Outside the low and dilapidated county town of Wangdu County in Dingzhou, a large tent appeared at some point.
At a glance, it is clear that this camp is not a stronghold like that of the Song Army, but a large camp of the Jin soldiers.
The Song Army's fortifications were tightly packed and strong, and the location of the fortifications was not open but dangerous, so there was often not much open space inside the fortifications. The trenches were wide and deep, and the stockades were tall and strong. A wall of sheep and horses was often built behind the stockades. The horse breeding wall is dotted with arrow towers and watchtowers. Looking from a distance, you can see densely packed towers and tall wooden fences, which are impregnable.
If tens of thousands of Song troops gathered together to build a fortress, it would be like building a fortress. If the Jurchen soldiers came to attack it, they would probably suffer heavy casualties!
However, this camp located in Zhongshan Prefecture (Dingzhou) of the Song Dynasty covers an extremely large area, looks a bit scattered, and the camp is also very empty. The surrounding trenches and stockade fences were also hastily repaired. There were no watchtowers and only some relatively tall watchtowers were built. The entrance to and from the camp is also very wide, allowing large groups of cavalry to enter and exit quickly.
Obviously, this is a large camp for an army mainly composed of cavalry. Judging from its area, there are probably tens of thousands of cavalry gathered here. But today's Song Dynasty cannot provide so many cavalry, so the soldiers and horses in this camp can only be Jin soldiers!
In the center of the camp, hung high was a Jurchen red and black military flag, a white general's tooth flag, and a general recognition flag with large black Jurchen characters tattooed on it. If anyone recognizes the Jurchen characters, they will know that this recognition flag belongs to Marshal Wanyan Zonghan of the left deputy capital of Dajin.
The West Route Army led by Wanyan Zonghan has indeed passed through the Taihang Mountains from Feihuxing and entered the boundary of the Hebei West Road of the Song Dynasty!
I don’t know whether it was because the weather was too hot, or because of the despondency on the Hedong battlefield, but the morale of the Dajin West Route Army who re-entered the Song Dynasty seemed a bit low. No one in the camp was training under the bright sun. Most of the female soldiers who were not on duty found a shady place to relax. Only a small number of them had nothing to do and were wandering around the camp fence under the sun, seeming to be waiting. Ali, who was threshing grass in the valley, returned home with a full load.
The Dajin West Route Army actually gained a lot on the east side of Hedong. When they evacuated from Feihuxing, everyone was still happy and happy, as if they had made a fortune. Until mid-May, when they were repairing in Yizhou, they suddenly got the news that the Eastern Route Army had made a fortune around Kaifeng Prefecture...
If you compare goods, you have to throw them away, but if you compare people with others, you will die!
This golden thief is more psychologically unbalanced than the golden thief!
The Dajin West Route Army thought they were in trouble, but the East Route Army ran into the Song Dynasty's 800,000 forbidden troops, and was tied up in Liyang by the Yellow River floods. They didn't even catch anything... but the news came , everyone in the Eastern Route Army made a fortune!
Not small fortune, medium fortune, big fortune, but windfall!
Even the Chang Sheng Army, the least popular among the Eastern Route Army, became rich overnight because of Guo Anguo's surprise attack on Zhongshan Fucheng!
Zhongshan Mansion is the original Dingzhou! Ding kiln is right there!
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no Jingdezhen. Dingzhou, Cizhou, and Junzhou were the porcelain capitals of the world. Among them, the porcelain kilns in Dingzhou were the largest, so there were many wealthy households in Dingzhou. When the Jin soldiers invaded, these wealthy families in the porcelain industry raised money to recruit brave men, purchased a large amount of grain and grass, and urgently reinforced the city. Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang did not capture Dingzhou and went directly around the city... In the original history, the Jin army could not break Zhongshan Mansion under the tight defense of the Song people until three years later.
But Zhao Kai sent Qin Hui to Zhongshan Prefecture and replaced the original prefect Zhan Du (he, Hejian prefect Chen Tao, and Xinde prefect Liang Yangzu were all transferred to Hedong), and the result was bad... ...Qin Hui meets Zhao Gou! Is it still possible?
Since Qin Hui arrived at Zhongshan Mansion, he has been eager to achieve a draw. So after learning that the Dajin East Route Army had reached a peace agreement with the imperial court, I believed it without reservation. Especially when he knew that one of the two gold thieves generals who escorted Zhao Gou north was Guo Anguo, the son of Guo Yaoshi, he felt even more relieved - although he did not know that Liu Tiannv was Guo Tiannv, but he knew that Guo Yaoshi Anguo Tong Zhao Kai!
Therefore, Qin Hui, who was cautious, agreed to hand over Zhao Gou outside a city gate in Zhongshan Prefecture (inside the sheep and horse wall). According to Wanyan Zongwang's order, Zhao Gou did not have to go to Heilongjiang to drink from the northeast wind, and he would be released when he arrived at Zhongshan Prefecture.
After arriving in Zhongshan Mansion, Han Chang and Guo Anguo released Zhao Liangsi first and asked him to notify Qin Hui to wait for Zhao Gou and Zhao Gou's entourage in the sheep and horse wall outside the south gate of the city, and they also made an appointment.
Qin Hui thought there was no problem, so he agreed... But he never expected that Guo Anguo had no idea that his father had secretly communicated with Zhao Kai, let alone that his sister had let Zhao Kai sleep again and again. Therefore, he still wanted to perform meritorious service in order to atone for his father's defeat.
And the way he accomplished his meritorious service was to send dead soldiers from the Ever Victorious Army to disguise themselves as Zhao Gou's followers in Huncheng!
Qin Hui, who neglected to take precautions, took Guo Anguo's trick and was the first to be captured alive!
The defenders of Zhongshan Prefecture were mainly composed of civilians, and they could be strictly controlled when Zhan Du was in office. However, after Qin Hui took office, the management of the Zhongshan Prefecture rebels became lax, and their combat effectiveness also declined rapidly. When Han Chang and Guo Anguo sent dead soldiers to attack the city, Minzhuang, who was responsible for guarding the gate, was frightened away by the dead soldiers of the Chang Sheng Army who suddenly attacked.
After easily capturing a city gate, the morale of Han Chang and Guo Anguo's troops was greatly boosted. However, Minzhuang of Zhongshan Prefecture, who had lost the backbone of Qin Hui, was completely in chaos and was quickly defeated by the swarming Jin soldiers... Such a good Zhongshan Prefectural City was so advantageous to Han Chang and Guo Anguo!
After receiving the news, everyone in the Jinbing West Route Army was jealous, annoyed, and regretful!
In order to save the Eastern Route Army, they withdrew without even breaking through Taiyuan Fucheng, and they didn't get any meat at all.
And what about the East Route Army?
No need to save at all...they are getting rich!
When the group of the West Route Army hurriedly arrived in Dingzhou, they received news that the East Route Army had killed the officials of the Song Dynasty and returned home with a full load.
Is this the end?
Have you returned home with a full load? What about us? Are we going to go back empty-handed (in fact, we grabbed some)?
"No! We can't just withdraw our troops like this!"
Inside the tent, Wanyan Zonghan, who was sweating profusely from the heat and livid with anger, roared angrily at Wanyan Talan, who had just arrived at Zhongshan Mansion with a group of captives carrying valuables.
"In order to rescue your Eastern Route Army, my son, Zhao Kai, was killed... If the great revenge is not avenged, how can we retreat and return?"
Wanyan Talan looked at Wanyan Zonghan who was about to explode with anger, nodded and said: "Actually, the second prince also feels that Zhao Kai is the biggest threat to our Dajin, and he wants to get rid of him as soon as possible!"
Wanyan Zongwang finally calmed down a little, "Okay...then don't retreat, wait until the weather gets a little cooler and go south to kill Zhao Kai!"
Heading south?
Wanyan was stunned, "Deputy Marshal Zuo, aren't you marching westward?"
"No, just go south!" Wanyan Zonghan gritted his teeth and said, "Our West Route Army is going south to Jingdong Road in Song Dynasty!" Going south to Jingdong Road?
Wanyan Tart said lazily: Jingdong Road is to the east, not to the west. You can't catch Zhao Kai there on Jingdong Road! There is only Zhao Huan there...
Wanyan Zonghan seemed to have seen through Ta Lan's thoughts. He glared and shouted, "No way? We are going to Jingdong Road to catch Zhao Kai. Do you have any objections?"
"No, no objection..." Wanyan's lazy mind was also active, and he understood it after a little thought. Wanyan Zonghan’s goal is the wealth on Jingdong Road!
His Western Route Army gained less from this southern invasion, and everyone was dissatisfied!
He has to take the big guys to get more, otherwise the hearts of the people below will be scattered, and it will be difficult for him to be the boss!
Thinking of this, Wanyan Talan said to Wanyan Zonghan again: "Deputy Marshal Zuo, if you want to go south, our East Route Army will naturally accompany you... The second prince and the fourth prince will be coming north soon. When the time comes, Please invite Banbo Jilie to come to Zhongshan Mansion, and let’s work together to formulate a strategy for attacking the Song Dynasty and seizing territory!”
Wanyan Zonghan glanced at Talan and said, "What good idea does the second prince have? Let's hear it!"
Ta Lan smiled and said: "The second prince's idea is to use Zhao Huan to take his wealth and attack Zhao Kai to destroy his soldiers!"
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