Zhao Huan fought a humiliating battle in Chang'an City, almost defeating the Jin army from the front, and using real hard power to defeat Nianhan's army attack.
It also took a very long time, several years, making this battle particularly tragic.
The number of casualties among the civil and military officers in Chang'an City alone was over a thousand, and the casualties among the various petty officials were countless.
Zhao Huan used his most unique method to solve part of the problem of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty, although this process was extremely difficult and bloody.
The royal family's only Zhao Huan lineage is almost dead. Except for Zhao Kai who continues to fight with Yue Fei in Daming Mansion, there are only a few people alive.
Many other collateral uncles suffered heavy casualties. After all, for the sake of morale and to prove Zhao's courage, Zhao Huan sent them directly to the frontline battlefield.
The casualties were also the most severe.
Under such circumstances, there are almost only a handful of people who can persist until the end.
The battlefield in the southwest finally came to an end, and the battle reports from other battlefields were finally available. In this battle, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong undoubtedly ushered in their own highlight moment.
Especially Han Shizhong in the Jiangnan land directly faced Jin Wushu and dealt extremely high damage, which completely made the Jin people dare not go south to the Jiangnan land easily. From then on, Zhao Huan's rear was finally stable.
After the battle of Huang Tiandang, Jin Wushu did not give up his attack. After all, he still had considerable power after the battle of Huang Tiandang, and Liu Yu and Duchong could still recruit soldiers under their command.
After a rest in forging and generous rewards, Jin Wushu once again regrouped, boosted the morale of his men, and then asked Liu Yu and Duchong to replenish his troops and form an army of nearly one hundred thousand.
And less than half of them are orthodox northerners, that is, Jurchens or Khitans and Xi people.
With these soldiers and horses, Jin Wushu, who had not noticed the current changes in the Song Dynasty, felt that if he only faced Han Shizhong, he might not be able to fight him, or even avenge his shame.
From Huaiyang and other places, the troops were divided into two groups to attack together. Jin Wushu planned to first use cavalry to go to Chuzhou, and then use infantry to conquer Chengzhou. Finally, under the leadership of Wang Fu, he crossed the river and directly attacked Hangzhou and other places.
This idea was a good one, and Han Shizhong, who was responsible for chasing and expelling the Jin people, naturally refused to show weakness when he saw this, and immediately led his troops to prepare to contain them head-on.
At the beginning, the two sides fought in Chuzhou. The Jin army attacked Chuzhou. Han Shizhong's army from Chengzhou saw that the Jin people's morale was strong at this time and had to temporarily retreat to Zhenjiang.
Then he ordered his naval generals Yang Qin, Huang Zuo and others to command warships and go north from Zhenjiang to Yangzhou to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river.
After that, the situation reversed above, with Jin Wushu pressing forward step by step, and Han Shizhong constantly retreating, gradually entering Yangzhou.
After Han Shizhong led his troops to Yangzhou, he immediately ordered his general Xie Yuan to guard Chengzhou, first blocking the Jin's attack, and then relying on the power of the river and his own navy to kill the morale of the Jin.
Afterwards, he led the cavalry to attack again, but they began to circle around the Jin cavalry, refusing to fight to the death, let alone a decisive battle.
In this way, the two sides entered the vicinity of Dayi Town and then fell into a stalemate.
At this time, Han Shizhong finally found Zhang Jun, who was also staying in Jiangnan, and took over the rear area based on the warrant Zhao Huan left for him, and asked Zhang Jun to cooperate with him.
The first thing he did was to ask Zhang Jun to send an envoy to seek peace with Jin Wushu.
When the two sides were in a stalemate in Dayi Town, Zhang Jun received an order from Han Shizhong and sent Wei Liangchen, the Minister of Works, and others to the Jin army to beg for peace. At the same time, he sent a team of up to 300 envoys.
This team included important ministers of the court, officials from all over the south of the Yangtze River, and some military lieutenants and generals.
In terms of composition, this is definitely a very representative and highly valued team of envoys.
As an envoy, Wei Liangchen took the staff and beat it all the way, making great efforts. He wished that everyone in the world knew that the Song army could not defeat it, and wanted to beg for peace with Jin Wushu.
As the coach, Han Shizhong did not persist and kept giving orders to avoid fighting, so that generals from all over the country would avoid fighting and no longer have the slightest confrontation with the Jin people.
In this way, Jin Wushu, who kept failing, felt a long-lost dignity. He felt that he finally had to prove himself, and even faced Wei Liangchen's begging for peace, he made many demands.
Everything is difficult to agree to.
Wei Liangchen also expressed his intention and did not dare to agree easily. He only hoped to give himself some time to allow Han Shizhong's army to temporarily withdraw to Zhenjiang to show his goodwill, and at the same time, other envoys were left behind.
This series of actions made Jin Wushu feel even more relieved, especially after he learned that Han Shizhong had indeed withdrawn his troops from Zhenjiang and released a large amount of land.
He even looked down upon him.
But he never thought that as soon as Wei Liangchen left with his front foot, Han Shizhong on the back foot made a move.
After he received the news, Han Shizhong immediately brought out all the cavalry in the general. This time he almost came out in full force, and the Dayi Town where he had previously had a stalemate with the Jin people was also the place he carefully prepared.
Han Shizhong personally led the army to attack, divided his troops into five teams in the swamps near Dayi Town, set up a heavy ambush, and then led his elite troops to spread the news of his retreat.
Afterwards, the Jin general Nie Erbojin, the commander of ten thousand men, learned from Wei Liangchen that Han Shizhong had retreated to Zhenjiang, and immediately sent his general Taboye and several hundred horses to go straight to the river mouth near Yangzhou and into the east of Dayi Town.
These people almost stepped into Han Shizhong's trap. Han Shizhong personally led his troops to lure the enemy deep, directly led them into an ambush and then set up ambushes everywhere, using the simplest method to trap them here.
Jingqi outflanked and attacked together, and ordered the Wei troops on their backs to each hold a long axe. With one axe, all the men and horses were shattered. The Jin army was trapped in the mud and suffered heavy casualties. More than 200 people, including Jin general Taboye, were captured, and the remaining people were captured. Of course, no one can escape.
After that, Han Shizhong used the corpses of these people to arrange along the way, and continued to lure the Jin man Nie Erbo Jin, the captain of ten thousand men, to come to rescue him. At the same time, he knocked out the enemy general Tabo who had been captured alive. Many soldiers put on the Jin man's armor and brought them to the rescue. The unconscious Tabo was also tied with a wooden stick and pretended to be still fighting hard.
When Captain Nie Erbo Jin saw this, he didn't think much about it. He immediately rushed over with his heavy troops, and then stepped into the swamp with one foot.
Soon the golden captain and the thousands of elites under his command followed in the footsteps of his subordinates.
The Song army was ambushing everywhere, and the Jin army was caught off guard and could not use its bow and sword. In addition, the Jin army was stuck in the mud, and its speed was completely unable to use, but it gave Han Shizhong an excellent opportunity.
But Han Shizhong's heart could not give up so easily.
What he wanted to do this time was to teach Jin Wushu a thorough lesson in Dayi Town.
Under the volley of bows and crossbows, the Jin people continued to die in the hands of Han Shizhong, but he did not concentrate on dealing with them. Instead, he deliberately opened a hole to let out the Jin people in the rear.
It's just that he blocked all directions leading to the Jin camp in Dayi Town, and all the traffic flowing out was in the direction of Liu Yu and Du Chong's camp.
In other words, if these escaped Jin people want to find reinforcements quickly, they can only ask Du Chong and Liu Yu for help.
As for whether they will help...
Do they dare not to help?
Han Shizhong's calculation was very accurate. It would be fine if there were three to five hundred or even more than a thousand people. This time he was trapped by the Jin people's captain of ten thousand people.
And he is also one of Jin Wushu's favorite generals.
Unless Liu Yu and Du Chong really want to be completely independent, they must come to the rescue.
Sure enough, when Liu Yu learned about this, he didn't dare to delay, and he didn't care if it was a trap against him. He immediately mobilized heavy troops to rescue him.
If he loses, he will have to evacuate back. As long as the Jin people are still there and continue to support him, he can easily recruit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of signed troops.
But if the Jin people abandon him, he will immediately be destroyed by many generals of Song Ting.
Of course, Liu Yu was not a fool. He also saw that it might be difficult to be virtuous this time, so he sent his confidant Liu Kui out to command the army.
Those were his trusted generals, and the troops he sent out were truly elite.
Even if the person was not rescued in the end, it would be understandable. But on the other hand, Du Chong was really not so lucky.
He had his favorite general Qi Fang before, but his head was blown off with a mace in the Battle of Daming Mansion. In the following years, although Zhang Yiqian and others helped him, he also had sufficient troops and horses under his command.
But the place where he, the King of Chu, belongs to the Sixth Commandery of Han and Xiang, not to mention that place was taken back by Yue Fei, and the few manpower and generals that he had managed to accumulate were completely destroyed.
There was nothing he could do.
Du Chong, who looked around and couldn't find the scapegoat, gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and rushed out with his army, just like Liu Yu.
As long as he has the courage to refuse to save the Jin people, he will not surrender on the battlefield.
The soldiers under Liu Yu and Du Chong also knew that this was almost a battle to the death, and they were ready to evacuate at any time from the moment they set off.
He was trembling along the way, fearing that an accident would lead to the annihilation of his entire army and his own death.
When they were about to arrive at the battlefield for assistance, Han Shizhong, who had been preparing for a long time, rushed out with his personal guards.
Flags were constantly waving in the dense forests on both sides, and there were constant shouts of fighting, as if an ambush army might appear at any time.
In this case, Du Chong and Liu Kui, who did not distinguish between true and false at all, chose to evacuate without thinking. Reinforcements were sent by themselves, and their lives were still very important.
Han Shizhong led 300 elite cavalry and chased tens of thousands of enemies. This scene will eventually be engraved in the history books and become a classic.
