Before Wanyan Zongwang proposed harsh conditions to the Northern Song Dynasty court, Wang Zhen led the Jinyang army and civilians to fight hard to hold Jin Wanyan Nianhan's Eastern Route Army north of Taiyuan, preventing them from going south.
The Jinyang guarded by Wang Xun was Taiyuan among the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian proposed by Wanyan Zongwang.
When Wanyan Zongwang led the Eastern Route Army of the Jin Dynasty to the bank of the Yellow River, he did not dare to cross the river rashly for fear of being attacked by the Song army. At this time, Wanyan Zongwang sent people to Jinyang to send a message to Wanyan Nianhan, asking him to speed up his advance. The east and west armies met in Bianjing. After Wanyan Zongwang led the East Route Army across the Yellow River, he was worried that the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan would not be able to reach Bianjing City in time. As a result, the East Route Army he led went deep alone and was surrounded and annihilated by the Song Army, so he sent people again. Jinyang, urging and ordering Wanyan Nianhan, quickly captured Taiyuan, led his troops south, and met with the East Route Army at the foot of Bianjing City. In the following period, while Wanyan Zongwang was marching towards Bianjing, he sent people to Jinyang to urge the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan. As a result, although Wanyan Nianhan attacked Taiyuan with all his strength, he failed to defeat it.
After Wanyan Zongwang arrived at Bianjing City, he sent people to Taiyuan several times to urge Wanyan Nianhan, but Wang Zhen, Zhang Xiaochun, Cui Ren, Yang Keshi, Cui Ren, Chai Jin and other generals in Taiyuan City resisted with all their might. As a result, the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan was never able to capture Taiyuan.
Wanyanzong saw that the West Route Army and the East Route Army were unable to meet at the foot of Bianjing City as scheduled, and he was afraid that the Song Dynasty's Qinwang divisions, especially the Song Dynasty's most capable Western Army, would arrive, so he prepared to withdraw. Wanyan Zongwang put forward very harsh conditions, which were actually a cover for his withdrawal. In Wanyan Zongwang's mind, whether he could get gold, silver and ceded land was secondary, but being able to withdraw his troops safely was the main thing. The Northern Song Dynasty court did not know about this situation.
What is the situation in Taiyuan?
To the north of Taiyuan City, there is an ancient city called Bingzhou. It was built by General Pan Mei when he was stationed in Taiyuan in the early Northern Song Dynasty. It has a circumference of only 10 miles. It stretches from Yunlu Street to Houxiaohe River in the north and south, and from Qiaotou Street to Shuishui West Gate in the east and west.
In order to ensure that the city of Taiyuan is not lost, Taiyuan magistrate Zhang Xiaochun, general manager Wang Xiliu, Yang Keshi, Chai Jin, Dong Jie and others will be stationed in Taiyuan City. The two of them led 20,000 troops to personally sit in Bingzhou City and guard Bingzhou City.
As long as the city of Bingzhou is there, Taiyuan will be safe and sound; if Bingzhou is lost, Taiyuan will be wide open.
Therefore, Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen led their troops to advance and garrisoned Bingzhou.
The 120,000 troops of the West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan came to Bingzhou City. Wanyan Nian rarely saw that the Bingzhou city was not large and could not station many soldiers and horses, so he sent people into the city and issued a letter of war to Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen, ordering Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen to surrender immediately. Otherwise, they would break the city and start a killing spree. The stone passed through the knife, and no grass or trees were left. All the soldiers and civilians in the city were killed without mercy, and no one was spared.
Jin army general Xiao Dewen was ordered to go to Bingzhou as an envoy. Xiao Dewen was a surrendered general of the Liao Kingdom, and this time he completed Yan Nianhan's West Route Army operation. Xiao Dewen rode his horse to the bottom of the city and shouted loudly: "General Song, who is guarding the city! Open the city gate! Let me in, I want to see your marshal guarding the city!"
Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the city asked loudly: "Who are you? Why should I let you in?" Xiao Dewen rode on his horse, raised his head and replied: "I am Xiao Dewen, the envoy of the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army of the Jin Kingdom, and I am under the supervision of my family. The commander-in-chief has appointed me to be an envoy to your country!" The general who defended the city then ordered his men to report to the prefect Zhang Xiaochun and the general manager Wang Chun. Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Chen heard the report and ordered them to be brought to the city to meet them.
Xiao Dewen rode into the city and, under the leadership of the soldiers, arrived at Bingzhou Fucheng.
Xiao Dewen rode on a tall horse, arrogantly. A soldier shouted an order: "Jin Envoy dismounts!"
Xiao Dewen was stunned for a moment, and saw several Song soldiers with angry faces, so he stopped his horse. The soldier ordered: "If you really want to follow me, don't look around." When Xiao Dewen saw this, he thought to himself, if Bingzhou city is destroyed, you will all die. Now I am entering the city alone, why are you so arrogant? ! Xiao Dewen remained silent and followed several soldiers.
Xiao Dewen, led by soldiers, entered the palace where Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen were handling affairs.
In the front of the hall, Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, sat in charge of Wang Zhen.
After Xiao Dewen entered the palace, he stood upright and said arrogantly to Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen: "I have been ordered by the commander-in-chief of our Western Route Army, Wanyan, to come to your place to declare a war. Wanyan orders you to surrender immediately. Our country You will be treated favorably; if you do not obey the order, our army will break into the city and kill all the soldiers and civilians in the city, leaving no one behind."
When the king saw this, he was so angry that he shouted loudly and ordered the soldiers in the palace: "This guy is extremely arrogant! Soldiers, knock this guy over! Beat me hard!"
Gao Dewen shouted: "I am the envoy of the Jin Army!"
Wang Xun glared and gnashed his teeth, shouting: "Hit! Beat! Beat me!"
Upon hearing the order, more than a dozen soldiers rushed forward, toppled Xiao Dewen to the ground, and beat him with sticks until Xiao Dewen cried like a ghost, howling like a wolf, and cried for his father and mother.
After the soldiers beat Xiao Dewen violently, Wang Zhen didn't wait for Xiao Dewen to say anything else. He opened his eyes angrily and shouted at Xiao Dewen: "You guy! Why don't you get out of here and wait to be killed?! Go back and tell your family Commander! Wang Zhen, the general manager of Taiyuan in the Song Dynasty, is waiting for him in Bingzhou City! Whatever his ability, just use the generals to kill and massacre him, wait until he breaks into Bingzhou City! Get out!"
After roaring, Wang Zhen ordered his soldiers: "Get this guy out of here!" The soldiers heard the order, and with another burst of sticks, Xiao Dewen was beaten out of the hall.
Xiao Dewen crawled out of the hall, endured the pain, climbed on the horse, cursed his father and mother, and left the city.
Xiao Dewen returned to Wanyan Nianhan's tent, crawled on the ground, and reported the situation to Wanyan Nianhan while crying.
When Wanyan Nianhan heard the report, he was furious and ordered his deputy commander Wanyan Loushi and general Wanyan Wumu to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Bingzhou, hoping to give Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen power.
After Xiao Dewen was kicked out of the main hall, Wang Zhen was still angry and said loudly to Zhang Xiaochun: "The envoy of the Jin Army was extremely rude. He even roared in the court. It is not enough to vent his hatred without beating him! After the envoy of the Jin Army returned, Wanyan Nian Han will definitely send troops and horses to attack the city. Magistrate Zhang, sit in the city and organize the people, soldiers and civilians to guard the city. When I go out, I will fight him, so that he can know how powerful my king is!"
Zhang Xiaochun said: "General Manager Wang, calm down! The defense of Bingzhou City is of vital importance. General Manager Wang is the military leader, so he should be cautious when going into battle. He can order General Cui Ren to lead five thousand troops to go out of the city to fight to see whether the Jin army is strong or not."
Wang reported: "This battle is very important. There can't be any mistakes. It's better for me to go directly to the battle. Don't worry, Magistrate Zhang. I will return to the city after I kill the Jin army."
Zhang Xiaochun said: "Mr. Wang, please be more careful."
Immediately, Wang Zhen and Cui Ren led five thousand soldiers and horses out of the city to fight.
Not long after Wang Zhen and Cui Ren led 5,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, Jin soldiers and horses, led by Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Wumu, rushed over to kill them. When Wang Zhen saw this, he shook the reins of his horse and was about to charge. On the side, Cui Ren shouted loudly: "Master, stay here! Let me kill him!" After Cui Ren roared, he took the lead without waiting for the king's permission, facing the Jin army with his long spear, and ran towards him.
Among the Jin army's soldiers and horses, Wanyan Wumu took the lead and fought in front of Cui Ren's horse. Wanyan Wumu shouted loudly: "Who is coming?!" Cui Ren didn't say anything, he galloped over on horseback, raised his gun and stabbed. Wanyan Wumu screamed loudly and swung his ax at Cui Ren's spear.
Cui Ren was furious and fought with Wanyan Wumu for more than ten rounds.
When Wang Zhen saw this, he was furious. He brandished his sword and galloped over, killing several Jin generals and more than ten Jin soldiers. Seeing that Wang Xun was unstoppable, the Jin army retreated. Behind Wang Zhen, more than 5,000 Bingzhou soldiers and horses rushed to kill him.
The Jin army was defeated.
At this time, Wang Xun, Wang Zhen's son, heard that his father was leading more than 5,000 troops and horses to fight. He also rode a small horse and came out of Bingzhou City. When Wang Xun saw the defeat of the Jin army, he was very excited. He galvanized his horse, shook his silver spear, and chased after him, knocking down several Jin soldiers one after another.
Cui Ren, who was fighting, suddenly turned his eyes and saw Wang Xun riding his horse and holding his silver spear, chasing the golden soldiers. He was shocked and shouted: "Who ordered the Major General to fight? Major General! Go back to the city quickly!"
Wang Xun ignored him and continued to fight with the Jin soldiers.
Cui Ren ordered his lieutenants to take Wang Xun back to the city. The deputy general heard the order, rode over, grabbed the reins of Wang Xun's horse, turned the horse back, and whipped Wang Xun's horse on the butt. The deputy general shouted loudly: "Major General, come with me!"
When Wang Xun saw this, he became anxious and shouted loudly: "If you don't kill the golden dog, why are you pulling my horse?!" The deputy general ignored Xun's displeasure and just drove Wang Xun's horse back into Bingzhou City. .
Wang Zhen and Cui Ren led the Song army to pursue and kill them for a while, then reined in their horses and stopped.
Cui Ren said to Wang Zhen: "Mr. Wang, the Jin army has many soldiers and horses, and they are about to counterattack. You lead the troops to retreat first, and eventually they will cut off the rear."
Wang said: "Okay! After I withdraw, you should also withdraw into the city quickly. Don't be reluctant to fight!"
Cui Ren said: "General Manager Wang, retreat immediately!"
Wang Zhen reined in his troops and withdrew toward Bingzhou City.
Wang Xun raised his spear and stood on horseback, leading more than a thousand horsemen to stand on the road.
The soldiers and horses of the Jin army finally calmed down under the orders of Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Wumu. Wanyan Loushi watched on the horse and saw that the Song army had withdrawn to Bingzhou City. He quickly led his troops to pursue him. He met Cui Ren, who was standing on the road with his gun drawn and his eyes wide open.
Cui Ren roared: "Golden Dog! Song Army General Cui Ren is here! If you pass here, come and fight your grandfather and I for three hundred rounds to see if you can win the silver gun in his hands!"
Wanyan Loushi's general Wu Linda Mu Shu was furious. He brandished his sword and rode his horse to fight. In the first round, Cui Ren shot him through the chest and knocked him off his horse.
Cui Ren's voice was like thunder, and he shouted: "Who else?!"
Wanyan Wumu was furious and wanted to fight Cui Ren. One of his generals, without waiting for Wanyan Wumu to go out to fight, rode his horse and raised his gun to fight Cui Ren. Cui Ren dodged sideways. When they crossed each other, he shook the spear in his hand and stabbed him to death on the horse.
Cui Ren shouted: "Golden Dog! Who else? Come out and fight!"
