Ever since the Jindong Route Army crossed Yanshanfu Road and invaded the heart of the Song Dynasty, a huge question has been in the minds of the top brass of the Jin Army - where are the legendary 800,000 forbidden troops of the Song Dynasty?
This story of 800,000 forbidden troops has been passed down in the Liao Kingdom for more than a hundred years. It must be true, right?
But the Jin soldiers had already reached Kaifeng Mansion, but they didn't see a large number of Song Dynasty imperial troops blocking the way. He didn't even fight a serious battle along the way, and rushed outside the capital of the Song Dynasty... This is strange no matter how you look at it!
Where did the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty go? Did they flee, or were they playing a trick to lure the enemy deeper?
Regarding this issue, the top brass of the Jin Army also have two different views. Prince Bodhisattva Wanyan Zonghan believes that there are 800,000 forbidden troops. Even if it is less than the number, it cannot be underestimated. If you discount 800,000 in half, there are still 400,000!
How could so many people just run away? If they all run away, who can they go to to get military pay and supplies? Can the officials of the Song Dynasty pay these deserters? impossible!
So they must be waiting somewhere for a decisive battle with Jin Bing!
The "Zhi Song Faction" headed by Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong believed that the Song Dynasty's 800,000 forbidden troops were extremely inadequate, and the actual number was definitely less than 300,000. Among them, only the Western Army has a little field combat capability. The other Forbidden Army has no field combat capability at all and can only barely guard the city gate. Therefore, it is normal for the Dajin soldiers to encounter no opponents all the way south. There is no need to be suspicious and scare themselves.
And Han Chang also belonged to the "Knowing Song Dynasty School" and looked down upon the Song Dynasty Forbidden Army at all. And he also has evidence. Back then, Yelu Dashi relied on being defeated by the Jin heavenly soldiers and defeated tens of thousands of Liao troops who retreated to Nanjing Road. He defeated hundreds of thousands of Song troops in the Northern Expedition... .Those are already the best troops in the Song Dynasty!
With such meager strength, when encountering Dajin's heavenly soldiers, how can they survive if they don't run away?
Therefore, until the first day of February, Han Chang, who was ordered to monitor the movements of Daming, Xiangzhou, Mingzhou, Cizhou and other three prefectures, did not believe that anyone on the ground in this prefecture and three prefectures would dare to fight with his 1,000 Liaodong Haner Army. .
But now, Han Chang's view has changed... It turns out that the Song Dynasty still had capable soldiers!
Now he stood blankly on a high bulging embankment of the Yellow River, looking at the flames rising into the sky over the battlefield ten miles away, and listening to the bursts of noisy sounds coming from the direction of the battlefield, his face filled with emotion. It was an expression of disbelief.
Of course he knew that the place where the flames were blazing was the camp of 10,000 troops led by Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong who were going to Daming Mansion to ask for money... What did this mean? The money didn't arrive, but he was beaten by the soldiers of Zhao Kai, the king of Laoshizi Yun?
No way! The Song army of Daming Prefecture crossed the Yellow River on the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month, and it is already the first day of the second lunar month...Why haven't Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong won the battle yet?
The two of them can lead the 10,000-strong Victory Army and the Nanjing Road Han Army! And it was still a field battle. In two days, he couldn't defeat the more than 10,000 Song troops who came from Daming Mansion?
Oh, not only did the Song army not be defeated, looking at this movement, it seemed that the Song army was suppressing them and fighting!
When did the Song Army in Daming Mansion become so powerful? How could they actually suppress the Chang Sheng Army and the Nanjing Road Han Army, which were both in similar numbers?
Just when Han Chang felt incredible, the sound of horse hoofbeats came. The soldiers guarding Han Chang became nervous. They each took out their swords and bows and prepared to fight, until three knights in black came on flying horses and opened their throats and shouted: "Mountains and rivers collapse!"
"Mountains and rivers collapse" was the command given by Han Chang this morning, and the uniforms of the Liaodong Han'er Army were also black. The three cavalry who came should be the Yuanbanzi sent by Han Chang. "
"Dajinxing!"
One of Han Chang's disciples and the captain of his personal soldiers shouted the corresponding command and flew over to meet the three cavalry. After a while, the captain of the soldiers came back on horseback and loudly said to Han Chang: "General, it is indeed the Song people who are fighting around Guo Liushou and Privy Liu's soldiers... and the Song people scattered around the battlefield. There are many hard-to-find rangers who won’t let our distant blockers get closer.”
"You bastards," Han Chang cursed, "How could the Changsheng Army and the Han Army on Nanjing Road be so useless? They were surrounded and beaten by more than 10,000 Song people!"
"General, there are more than 10,000 people from the Song Dynasty." Another person beside Han Chang reminded, "The Yellow River has begun to bloom in the past few days, and we can't cross the far road. The people of the Song Dynasty built a bridge on the river, and they came and went. Comfortably. Maybe there is an army behind those more than 10,000 people!"
"What else?" Han Chang took a breath and nodded slightly. He also agreed with this person's analysis.
The Song army was so cowardly, how could they dare to send troops to fight against Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong without several times the strength?
That day, Yaoshi Guo led 2,000 cavalry as the vanguard and fought from the city of Yanjing to the edge of the Yellow River, but no one dared to fight.
Now he and Liu Yanzong lead an army of 10,000 people!
How could that King Yun Zhao Kai dare to fight them if he didn't have more than 50,000 troops?
Could it be that the "800,000 forbidden troops" of the Song Dynasty were not all gone, and there were still some capable troops in Hebei, but now they have been rounded up by King Yun?
Thinking of this, Han Chang said to his left and right: "Let's get closer!"
After giving the order, Han Chang got on his horse and drove his horse down the bank of the Yellow River. Dozens of his soldiers quickly followed and surrounded him.
The group of people moved forward, walked about three to five miles, and found a forest. Just as they were about to get in and take a breather, they suddenly heard earth-shattering cheers coming from the battlefield ahead.
"Victory! Victory! The Great Song Dynasty is mighty, the Great Song Dynasty is mighty..."
What? Did the Song army win? How can this be?
Han Chang couldn't believe his ears. Yaoshi Guo and Liu Yanzong were actually defeated by the Song army! That's it for Liu Yanzong, he hasn't fought in any battles. But who is Pharmacist Guo? That was a victorious general who had experienced hundreds of battles. How could he lose to the Song army?
Could it be that we really met the main force of the Song Army?
Just as I was thinking of this, there was another commotion ahead, getting closer and closer to Han Chang.
"Quick, go into the woods!"
Han Chang gave instructions and entered the woods first. Then without dismounting, he rode directly through the trees in the dark and soon reached the other end of the woods. This way he was closer to the battlefield. Before he could stabilize his horse, there was a crowd outside the woods shouting and neighing, and there was a disturbance of fire. Han Chang quickly dismounted and ran to hide behind a big tree, revealing half of his face and looking out of the woods.
Outside the woods is an open official road leading to Xiangzhou. At this time, the official road is full of running troops, some on horseback and some on foot. Judging from their battle coats and armor, they seem to be the victorious army and the Nanjing Road Han army.
The group of people were shouting indiscriminately as they ran. Han Chang listened carefully and heard news that made him unbelievable.
"The Prime Minister is gone. The Prime Minister asked the King of Song to behead him. Run quickly. The King of Song is powerful. The soldiers of the King of Song are chasing him..."
What? Mr. Privy Council...Liu Yanzong? Liu Yanzong had the "King Dai" of the Song Dynasty beheaded? Han Changxin said: This person named Dai must be a general of the Song Dynasty, right?
As soon as he thought of this, there was a dense sound of horse hooves in the distance. It was so dense that it became one continuous sound, and it got louder and louder. In the end, the ground was shaking slightly!
Han Chang took a breath. There were probably tens of thousands of cavalry galloping, right?
It turns out that the main force of the Song Dynasty's imperial army was in Daming Mansion!
No, you have to go back and report to Prince Bodhisattva!
