Jing Tianyou met the army on the way to attack Chang'an and told the news to Zhang Yuejing, who had caught up. Zhang Yuejing was very happy.
It is impossible to say that Zhang Yuejing has no idea of competing with Su Haisheng.
Both of them are Su Yonglin's old subordinates, but they are still different.
Su Haisheng is one of those very lucky people. Although he is an orphan, he was chosen by the Su family to grow up with Su Yonglin since he was a child. He is regarded as the adopted son of the Su family. He has no blood relationship with Su Yonglin, but he has a true brotherhood.
It is said that those who are near the water and the towers get the moon first, which is something that others cannot envy.
They were the first to follow Su Yonglin, the first to receive Su Yonglin's care and guidance, the first to receive education, and the first to be influenced by Su Yonglin and become his supporters.
Correspondingly, Su Yonglin also knows them best and knows their abilities best. When using them, he will naturally have a special sense of trust.
So not to mention Su Jue and Su Haisheng, who are currently leading the army to fight, and Su Yin and Su Changsheng, who are engaged in intelligence, even Su Yong, the big man Tie Hanhan, can lead the most elite Tiger Army and become Su Yonglin's personal bodyguard general. , who directly protects Su Yonglin's safety and is Su Yonglin's number one confidant.
For them, everyone who later joined the Su's Private Salt Group and followed Su Yonglin in selling private salt was very envious.
I envy them for following Su Yonglin very early. I envy them that their surname is Su and they are true confidants. Later, after the army started, they were naturally the first to be appointed. They shined around Su Yonglin, so much so that some people jokingly called them the Su family army.
When Su Yonglin first decided to appoint Su Jue and Su Haisheng as commanders of the corps, many people actually felt dissatisfied in their hearts.
Because before that, Su Jue and Su Haisheng were leading the troops beside Su Yonglin, and the other was responsible for staying in the rear area. They were not the types with outstanding military exploits. Compared with them, many people were not inferior. The positions they could hold were not as good as those of others. I also feel that I can take the responsibility.
But they were appointed anyway.
Therefore, there were some sarcastic remarks about this within the Liberation Army at that time, saying that Su Yonglin still trusted his own people.
However, Su Jue later led troops to open up the situation in Liaodong and killed the Jin Kingdom's puppet emperor. Su Haisheng single-handedly subdued Hedong. They had not lost in more than 20 battles, which fully demonstrated their ability to be trusted by Su Yonglin, and they were convinced. Everyone, and by the way, the people who were yin and yang before realized that this was Su Yonglin's ability to see people accurately and discerningly.
Despite this, as the first person in the army to be appointed as the commander of the corps and take charge of his own role, Zhang Yuejing was unwilling to admit that he was inferior to Su Haisheng and Su Jue in terms of military standards.
So Zhang Yuejing asked the army to speed up the advance and not give the Jin army a chance to react and organize a counterattack, so as to capture Chang'an as soon as possible and achieve the first success in conquering Guanzhong.
Zhou Zhi accepted the order and marched quickly. Within a few days, he marched down Huayin, Zhengxian and Weinan counties, broke into Jingzhao Mansion, and began to truly threaten Chang'an City.
At the same time, Tu Dan Hexi had just learned the news of the fall of Tongguan, and was hurriedly organizing remedial measures. When someone reported it again, he was shocked to find that the vanguard of the Liberation Army had conquered Weinan County and broke into Jingzhao Mansion. Refers to Chang'an.
In panic, Tu Dan Hexi ordered his subordinate Wanhu Daliangshun to lead 5,000 troops to defend Lintong.
He tried to build a line of defense in Lintong to temporarily stop the advance of the Liberation Army and buy some time to set up defenses so that Chang'an City could make preparations and have time to decide whether to leave or stay.
But he didn't expect that Daliang Shun was not willing to die.
When he learned the news, Daliangshun tried to use illness as a cover to avoid the battle, but Tudan Hexi did not allow him to avoid it at all.
"As a general of the country, when the Great Jin Kingdom is in danger, it is people like you and me who need to stand up to save the situation. How can you be afraid of fighting because of trivial matters? If you don't go, I will kill you now!"
Tu Dan Hexi came in person to threaten Daliangshun, but Daliangshun had no choice but to accept the appointment.
However, after he led his troops to leave Chang'an, he turned around and headed north, then turned west and fled towards Fengxiang Mansion, without going to Lintong at all.
"Hmph! You want me to die? I don't want to! This old guy is getting more and more confused as he lives. If he wants to die, he can just die on his own. Don't hold me back!"
Daliang Shun said nothing, killed the supervisor sent by Tu Dan Hexi, and ran away with the soldiers who also didn't want to die.
So when Zhou Zhi's subordinate Yuan Xian, the commander of the Third Division, led the vanguard to Lintong, the Han soldiers in Lintong City directly killed the Jurchen chief, opened the city gate and surrendered.
Yuan Xian captured Lintong County without spending a single soldier, and then continued to march towards Chang'an.
At this time, there was only Baqiao Town between the pioneers of the Liberation Army and Chang'an City.
When the news came that the Liberation Army was roaring in, all the Jurchens in Baqiao Town also ran away.
The local Han people did not intend to defend at all, but simply pulled out their own boats, saying that they would lead the way for the incoming Liberation Army and use their own boats to send them across the Ba River so that they could reach Chang'an faster.
The scene was quite lively.
So from Weinan County to outside Chang'an City, the Liberation Army did not fight a single battle. It only took a little more than two days to cross the Ba River quickly, and the troops were directed towards Chang'an City.
After learning that Daliang Shun did not stop the Liberation Army but led his troops to escape, Tu Dan Hexi collapsed in Chang'an City with despair on his face.
Tongguan was lost, and the Liberation Army entered Guanzhong. The trusted subordinates lost confidence, took the army and fled, abandoning Chang'an, themselves, and the Kingdom of Jin.
So, what capital do I have to fight against the Liberation Army?
He reorganized the entire army and found that there were only about 15,000 regular troops left in his hands. He didn't know how many people had mixed with the Chang'an crowd and fled outside the city in the previous chaos.
He could only gather more than 20,000 soldiers in the city. The total defense force of more than 35,000 people seemed strong, but as a lone army, there was no hope.
No matter how strong the city of Chang'an is and no matter how long it resists, it cannot reverse the strategic disadvantage caused by the fall of Tongguan.
If Tongguan fell, it would be a matter of time before Daqing Pass fell. The Liberation Army successfully marched in two directions, and the army entered the Guanzhong Plain and acted recklessly. The final rule of the Jin Kingdom in Guanzhong was about to collapse.
It's hopeless, it's over, this battle has only been lost for more than a month.
He originally expected to be able to hold off the Liberation Army at Tongguan and Daqingguan for at least three months.
When the time comes when the veterans of the Liberation Army are exhausted and may not be able to fight anymore and have to retreat, he will be able to survive and strive for new hope.
But now it's all over, all over...
Tu Dan Hexi covered his face and almost collapsed.
But suddenly, he remembered someone.
Zhang Zhongyan!
He commanded the newly recruited Han signing army in Fengxiang. It was the largest army except the regular army in the hands of Tu Dan Hexi, with more than 40,000 people and certain weapons and equipment.
Tu Dan Hexi felt that all the troops had been concentrated and it would be impossible for the local area to have emergency forces, so he entrusted Zhang Zhongyan to issue Han people to serve as soldiers and provide them with a certain degree of training.
Now, even if the training is insufficient, that army has become Chang'an City's only hope.
As long as Zhang Zhongyan leads his troops to support the attack, everything will be fine.
Tu Dan Hexi was also ill and sought medical treatment in a hurry. He immediately ordered three teams of messenger troops to be sent to Fengxiang, and ordered Zhang Zhongyan to quickly lead troops to support Chang'an in order to break the siege of Chang'an.
After issuing this order, Tu Dan Hexi felt that he saw hope again, so he cheered up again and prepared to do something to save the situation.
At this moment, the vanguard of the Liberation Army was less than half a day away from Chang'an City. The city was in chaos. Many people were trying to leave Chang'an City and were attacking the defense lines set up by the army.
His subordinates complained to him one after another, saying that the city was in chaos, and the army did not know what to do without his orders.
So much so that some people have already left Chang'an through the city gate and continued to flee west.
Tu Dan Hexi was very angry. He slapped the table and stood up. He took out the sword from his waist and gave the final order.
"Reinforcements are close at hand. The most correct choice is to stick to Chang'an. Send me an order to close the city gate and not allow anyone to leave. Everyone must return to their residences and are not allowed to go out privately. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!" "
