Assigned by Li Gang, who stayed behind in Bianjing, Yan Qing reported to Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Bianjing City Defense Headquarters. Liu Yanqing was overjoyed to see Yan Qing. Liu Yanqing had heard about Yan Qing's name for a long time, and it was like thunder in his ears. Naturally, he was extremely happy to see him today. After Liu Yanqing and Yan Qing exchanged greetings, Yan Qing asked to go out to fight with the Jin army.
Liu Yanqing said: "According to reports from spies, the Jin army has arrived in the northern suburbs. With Bianjing's current defense strategy, we can only hold on to the city and not take the initiative to fight." Yan Qing said: "Your Majesty, the commander, the only way to stop the war is to dare to fight. The Jin army arrived at the outskirts of Bianjing. If they did not fight a battle with the Jin army, the Jin army would become arrogant and attack the city with all their strength, which would be disadvantageous to us. Only by keeping the enemy outside the city walls and preventing them from organizing an effective attack on the city would we be able to This is the best policy." Liu Yanqing said: "What General Yan said is absolutely true, but the order I received is that the commander is not allowed to take the initiative to go out of the city to fight."
Yan Qing saw this and asked: "Who gave the command to the commander?" Liu Yanqing replied: "It was Prime Minister Bai's command." Yan Qing said: "Prime Minister Bai is not directly responsible for Bianjing's city defense. The person who commanded Bianjing's city defense is It is Li Liushou, and the commander should be responsible for Li Liushou." Liu Yanqing said: "Li Liushou's order is also to defend the city and ensure the safety of Bianjing."
Yan Qingjian said, after thinking for a while, he said: "What the commander said is indeed true, but defending the city and fighting is a matter for our soldiers, and we cannot limit ourselves to strict rules. The general will ask to leave the city and meet with the Jin army to test it. It’s false and true.”
When Liu Yanqing saw this, he wanted to let Yan Qing fight with the Jin army for a while, so that he could know the true strength of the Jin army, so he said: "What General Yan said is absolutely true. I command you to be the chief general, and my son Liu Guangshi is the deputy general. Lead three thousand soldiers and horses to form a formation outside the north gate. When the Jin soldiers and horses arrive, they will pretend to attack and actually defend. I will send other troops and horses to meet the city gate. General Yan can withdraw into the city at any time, and he must not be reluctant to fight." Yan Qing He replied loudly: "General, I will obey your order!"
Immediately, Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi led 3,000 troops out of the north city gate and formed a formation outside the city gate.
The Jin Army's troops on the east route, led by Guo Yaoshi's guide and Wanyan Zongwang, have arrived at the northern suburbs of Bianjing. Worried about the arrival of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty, worried about the large number of soldiers and horses in Bianjing City, and the strong and high walls of Bianjing City, Wanyan Zongwang slowed down his advance before approaching Bianjing.
Prior to this, Wanyan Zongwang sent people to Jinyang to urge the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan to quickly go south, meet at the foot of Bianjing City, and then join forces to attack Bianjing City. At that time, the East Route Army commanded by Wanyan Zongwang had only more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, while the West Route Army commanded by Wanyan Nianhan had 120,000 soldiers and horses. As far as Wanyan Zongwang was concerned, although he arrived at the city of Bianjing smoothly, he was not sure or confident about attacking Bianjing, so he did not lead his troops to rush forward, nor did he plan to attack Bianjing immediately.
Now, when the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty came out of the city to set up formations, Wanyan Zongwang was hesitant and undecided about whether to fight or not. Next to him, Pharmacist Guo suggested: "Second Prince, although there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Bianjing City, they are already frightened and do not have a strong combat force. These soldiers and horses that are coming out of the city to fight are to test the strength of our country's soldiers and horses. , should be repulsed. This will definitely put huge pressure on the Song Dynasty, causing it to dare not leave the city to fight. Our army can besiege Bianjing and wait for the arrival of the West Route Army led by the Prime Minister. At that time, But attack the city with all your strength."
Wanyan Zong saw this and asked, "What if the Western Army of the Song Dynasty arrives?" Guo Yaoshi said: "Since the Western Army of the Song Dynasty arrives, it is impossible to defeat our army in a single battle. As long as our troops and horses can stabilize Under the current situation, the soldiers and horses of the Song Kingdom will not dare to take the initiative and will definitely come to seek peace."
Wanyan Zongwang hesitated.
Seeing this, Pharmacist Guo offered further advice: "Second prince, when I was in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong treated me very well. In addition to appointing me as the magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture and the military governor of Wutai Army, he also gave me a mansion and a concubine in Bianjing. Take me to visit various parts of the capital. I know that there is a place in the northwest of Bianjing called Moutuogang, where the Song army raised horses. There are more than 20,000 excellent war horses and a lot of fodder. As far as I know, there are only a few horses there. The army is guarding it. If Moutuogang is captured, more than 20,000 high-quality war horses and a large amount of fodder can be obtained. It can also cause the Song army to panic, making it even less able to pose a threat to our Dajin army and horses."
Wanyan Zongwang was overjoyed when he heard about the plan, and quickly ordered Wanyan Chamu to lead 20,000 troops and horses, under the guidance of Guo Yaoshi, to Moutuogang to rob the Song Dynasty's more than 20,000 horses and grain. In order to cover Wanyan Chamu's sneak attack on Moutuogang, Wanyan Zongwang ordered General Liu Yanzong to lead 10,000 troops to attack the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty who were out of the city. This created the illusion of an siege and attracted the attention of Song soldiers and horses to ensure the sneak attack on Moutuogang. Gang succeeded. Wanyan Tarlan was then ordered to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to assist Liu Yanzong.
Wanyan Chaimu received the order, and under the guidance of Pharmacist Guo, he went to Moutuogang to rob soldiers, horses, and grain. Liu Yanzong received the order and immediately led 10,000 troops to kill the Song army who was waiting for battle outside the north city gate. Wanyan Talan also led 5,000 troops to meet Liu Yanzong's 10,000 troops.
The Song army waiting for battle outside the north gate of Bianjing was three thousand soldiers and horses commanded by Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi.
After the Song army formed their formation, Yan Qing discussed with Liu Guangshi: "The commanding officer sent the major general to follow me out of the city to set up a formation to fight the Jin army. The commanding officer must have the intention of sending the major general, and I hope that the major general can make some achievements. Later Son, the Jin army will definitely launch an attack. When the Jin army launches an attack, the soldiers will shoot arrows at the front line to delay its attack. At this time, the major general led a thousand horse troops as the front army to attack the Jin army. The army will inevitably be in chaos; then, I will lead an army of 1,000 horses to launch a second attack, and the Jin army will inevitably be defeated. In this case, the young general deserves a great contribution."
When Liu Guangshi saw this, he was overjoyed and replied loudly: "The general will obey the orders of the general!"
After Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi arranged their troops in formation, there were indeed 10,000 gold troops, led by several generals, rushing towards them. Yan Qing saw that the Jin army's front team had reached the point of an arrow, and loudly ordered: "Fire the arrows!" The soldiers immediately released arrows, and the arrows flew towards the Jin army like leeches. The Jin army was shot down. Liu Guangshi immediately shouted: "Follow me and kill!" Then he held a long spear and took the lead to kill the Jin army.
The Jin army was shot down by arrows. In the panic, Liu Guangshi led a thousand horse troops to kill them. Liu Yanzong, the leader of the Jin army, held a broadsword on his horse, shouted orders to stop the Jin army, and waved his sword to face Liu Guangshi. The gun in Liu Guangshi's hand flew up and down, killing Liu Yanzong together. Liu Yanchang used all his skills to resist Liu Guangshi. As soon as the Jin army regained their strength, they attacked the thousand-horse army led by Liu Guangshi, but the thousand-horse army led by Yan Qing arrived again.
Yan Qing rode on a bay-red horse, galloping and leaping over. Yan Qing, who was on the horse, shot a few sharp arrows and knocked down several golden generals. Then he waved the iron sword in his hand and chopped down several golden generals. Yan Qing rushed to Liu Yanzong's horse and shouted loudly: "Zhuo! You are a Han Chinese, why do you serve the Jin people?! Look at the sword!" After roaring, he stabbed Liu Yanzong with his sword. Liu Yanzong hurriedly hid, but Yan Qing's iron sword stabbed Liu Yanzong's horse's neck. The horse under Liu Yanzong's crotch fell to the ground, and Liu Yanzong also fell to the ground. Liu Guangshi poked at Liu Guangshi with his gun. Liu Yanzong rolled on the wild ass to avoid Liu Guangshi's gun. Dozens of Jin generals and soldiers swarmed up and blocked Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi, allowing Liu Yanzong to escape. Jin Jun also looked back.
When Liu Guangshi was about to catch up, Yan Qing shouted: "Young general, don't catch up, retreat quickly. There are supporting troops behind the Jin army, I will cover you." Liu Guangshi said, turned the horse's head, looked behind and retreated. Behind the Jin army, Wanyan Talan was coming in a menacing manner.
When Yan Qing saw this, he thought, to capture the thief first, capture the king. See if I capture this golden general, what else can his golden soldiers do? ! Yan Qing jerked the horse's reins, and the horse rose into the air, stepping on Jin Bing's head, and rushed towards Wanyan Tarlan.
Wanyan Talan was also a general of the Jin Kingdom, and his martial arts skills were extremely good. This guy was rushing over with his troops and horses. Seeing that the Song army's soldiers and horses had retreated, suddenly a Song general rode his horse to kill him. He was startled. He quickly raised the mountain ax in his hand and howled to fight Yan. green.
Yan Qing swung his sword several times and stabbed Wanyan Tarlan. Wanyan Tart lazily moved left and right to avoid Yan Qing's iron sword. Wanyan Talan's generals surrounded Yan Qing. Yan Qing swung his sword to chop down a golden general, turned his horse's head, turned around and said to Wanyan Talan: "Listen, you thief! If you hadn't had so many men, your grandfather Yan Qing would have had your head cut off today! You Yan Grandpa Qing, let’s go!” Yan Qing immediately mobilized his horse and killed dozens of gold generals and soldiers along the way, chasing him to Liu Guangshi. Liu Guangshi said: "General Yan, retreat quickly! I'll cover you!" Yan Qing said: "Don't be reluctant to fight! Retreat quickly!"
Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi took the remaining Song soldiers and retreated at the North Gate.
In the north gate, a group of soldiers and horses of the Song Army came out to kill the generals, held back the soldiers and horses of the Jin Kingdom, and covered Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi's retreat into the north gate.
In this battle, the Jin army did not take advantage. Instead, more than 3,000 Song troops led by Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi killed more than a thousand Jin soldiers and generals, which greatly boosted the morale of the Song army. The commander of Bianjing, Liu Yanqing, was overjoyed and personally welcomed Yan Qing, Liu Guangshi and other generals and soldiers who had retreated into the city, and reported the achievements of Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi in attacking the Jin army to Li Gang, who stayed in Bianjing. Li Gang then reported Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi's credit for attacking the Jin army to Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huanzheng was about to commend Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi. Prime Minister Bai Shizhong stepped out of the train, full of anger, and asked Li Gang: "Who ordered Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi to fight?" Li Gang replied: "The commander of Bianjing, Liu Yanqing, ordered Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi went to fight!" Bai Shizhong said: "Liu Yanqing should be beheaded! The prime minister personally ordered him not to take the initiative to fight with the Jin army. How could he make the decision without authorization to fight against the Jin army?!" Li Gang said: " This is within the scope of Commander Liu's authority. What's wrong with that? Commander Liu won the first battle and killed more than a thousand Jin soldiers, which was a great achievement. Instead of receiving praise, he wanted to behead people. What's the truth? Isn't it true? To increase the ambition of the Jin people, you will destroy our prestige! If you want to behead Liu Yanqing, please first behead the one who was left behind."
Bai Shizhong ignored Li Gang, turned around, bowed to Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan, and said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is that Jin is strong and I am weak. Our strategy is to defend the city and not be angry." The Jin Army left room for peace talks. Liu Yanqing rashly ordered his men to fight, which affected the overall peace talks and should be beheaded."
Qinzong Zhao Huan heard the memorial and put aside the idea of praising Yan Qing and Liu Guangshi.
