The Song Dynasty was defeated and returned, and was no longer able to look northward, let alone recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Liu Yanqing naturally became the scapegoat. Because Tong Guan had contributed to the surrender of Zhuozhou and Yizhou, his prestige in the court remained undiminished and he won the trust of officials.
With Tong Guan's help, Guo Yaoshi became the defender of Zhuozhou. Because there were no more soldiers to fight in the northern part of the Song Dynasty, Guo Yaoshi had actually controlled a large area in the northern part of the Song Dynasty. Li Er also became the governor of Zhuozhou because of his meritorious service. The defender of Yizhou.
For a period of time after that, there was no movement in the Song Dynasty, but it had close contacts with the Jin Kingdom. It was rumored that it would spend a lot of money to purchase the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the Jin Kingdom. At this time, the Liao Kingdom, under the continuous attacks of the Jin Kingdom, had begun to retreat.
In the following three years, the Song Dynasty indeed spent a large amount of gold and silver to purchase some cities in the sixteen states of Yanyun from the Kingdom of Jin. Under the continuous attacks of the Jin Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom had lost a large amount of its territory, and its demise was imminent.
Over the past three years, Lu Yi has been developing quietly. Because of Tong Guan's existence, the scale of private salt increased countless times, and it was able to accumulate countless wealth for Lu Yi every month. Lu Yi did not let this wealth go unused. He spent all of it on military construction, but all this was done in secret.
"Emperor Tianzuo has been captured. Xiao Wansheng wanted to assassinate Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Jin Kingdom for begging, but he was also killed by the rebel army. Daliao is completely dead." Yang Xiyan came to Lu Yi's study and Tell Lu Yi the shocking news he just got.
"I originally thought that with our secret support, the Liao Kingdom could resist for a little longer, but I didn't expect the Jin Kingdom to be so strong!" Lu Yi sighed. The Liao Kingdom was destroyed, and soon it was Lu Yi's turn to face the Jurchen clan.
Over the years, Lu Yi had been secretly supporting the Liao Kingdom, whether it was food, armament, or military intelligence. Although Lu Yi earned a lot of wealth in the Liao Kingdom as a result, Lu Yi's fundamental purpose was to let the Liao Kingdom resist for a longer period of time.
However, firstly, the Liao Kingdom had long been weak, and secondly, the Jin Kingdom was indeed strong. Now three years have passed, and the Liao Kingdom has finally been destroyed. Next, as long as the Jin Kingdom puts its domestic affairs in order, it will gradually turn its attention to the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty spent a large amount of gold and silver to purchase cities in the sixteen states of Yanyun, which made the Jin Kingdom covet the wealth of the Song Dynasty. What's more, the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Kingdom at a time when the army and horses were strong, so how could they let go of the weak Song Dynasty.
There is not much time left for Lu Yi. Within a year at most, the Jin army will inevitably move south. Fortunately, Lu Yi has been secretly accumulating strength in the past three years. Not to mention the Kingdom of Jin, not even Yang Xiyan knows how much strength Lu Yi has accumulated.
Lu Yi then called over Guo Yaoshi and Li Er and informed them of the news that the Jin army was about to move south. Although the two of them did not know why Lu Yi concluded that the Jin army would go south, because of their long-standing trust, they did not dare to be careless and began to plan carefully to prevent the Jin army from going south.
Sure enough, a year later, the Jin Kingdom sent Bo Jilie Wanyan Xieye as the capital marshal, and sent 100,000 troops, divided into two groups to go south from Shanxi and Hebei. Both armies were pointing directly at Bianliang. It was obvious that the Jin army wanted to destroy the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.
The Kingdom of Jin was divided into two routes, the east and west. Among them, the army on the east route was directed at Guo Yaoshi. As early as a year ago, under Lu Yi's arrangement, Guo Yaoshi and Li Er began to shrink their troops. The main forces were stationed along Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City.
Historically, the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty twice, but failed the first time. The Song Dynasty ceded a large number of cities in the north. But only ten months later, the Jin army went south again. This time, it did not give the Song Dynasty any chance, directly destroyed the Song Dynasty and occupied the northern land.
The Jin army moved southward with great momentum, and soon arrived at the foot of Zhuozhou City. As long as the Jin army conquers Zhuozhou along this route, there will no longer be an obstacle to their march south, and the entire northern part of the Song Dynasty will no longer have any troops to stop the Jin army.
The Jin army was fierce and wanted to capture Zhuozhou City in one fell swoop. However, the Jin army soon discovered that Zhuozhou City was not as easy to break as they imagined. Under Guo Yaoshi's defense, Zhuozhou City was as stable as Mount Tai.
For a month, the Jin army continued to attack, but it never threatened Zhuozhou City. As a last resort, the Jin army had to divide its troops and go south to attack Yizhou City. But soon, the Jin army discovered that under Li Er's defense, Yizhou City was no easier to break than Zhuozhou City.
The Jin army was on the offensive for a long time, but saw that it could not break through the two cities of Zhuozhou and Yizhou. In the end, only a small number of troops were left to contain Lu Yi and others. Then the large army turned south and rushed towards Bianliang.
"Why didn't you stop the Jin army?" Yang Xiyan was in Zhuozhou City at this time. Seeing the Jin army moving south, Yang Xiyan couldn't help but be curious. She knew that Lu Yi's strength was more than that.
"Why should I stop them?" Lu Yi naturally had his own plan, otherwise Lu Yi would naturally have a way to annihilate all the Jin troops in front of him.
Yang Xiyan thought for a moment and looked at Lu Yi with shock in her eyes. She already understood why Lu Yi didn't stop Jin Jun. Obviously Lu Yi's appetite was bigger than she thought.
The other Jin army was also overwhelming at first, but was blocked under Taiyuan City and could only besiege Taiyuan City. It was still in a stalemate for the time being. However, the Jin army that bypassed Lu Yi went all the way south with overwhelming force, and soon arrived at Bianliang City.
Bianliang City was finally defended, but at a great cost. The Song Dynasty was forced to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian, and negotiated a peace with countless gold and silver compensation. Then the Jin army, which went south to search for countless treasures, retreated.
At this point, the Jin Army's southward march was temporarily over, but it was only the beginning. When Taiyuan City fell, the Jin Army would definitely move south again, and the Song Dynasty would not be destroyed by then.
At this time, Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City, which were still occupied by the Song Army, had actually become the territory of the Jin Kingdom. Not long after, the imperial court sent an imperial envoy to accompany the Jin army, asking Pharmacist Guo to hand over Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City to the Jin army.
I am afraid that only a weird dynasty like the Song Dynasty would act like this. Naturally, Lu Yi would not obey such an order, and was threatened by the Jin army as an imperial envoy. The imperial edict was fake and refused to hand over Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City to the Jin army.
The Jin army was naturally unwilling to give up, but for a while they had no choice but to besiege Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City without attacking them. Long before the Jin army went south, Lu Yi had prepared a large amount of food and grass and made many backup plans. Even if the Jin army was besieged for two years, Lu Yi was not afraid at all.
Soon it was September, and the Jin army moved south again. This time the Jin army did not forcefully attack the city. Instead, they bypassed Zhuozhou City and Yizhou City and headed south. This time the Jin army was still unstoppable and quickly defeated all the defenders and rushed directly to Bianliang City.
The other army finally captured Taiyuan City, and then went all the way south to join the Jin Army on the east route. This time, the Jin army did not give the Song Dynasty a chance to negotiate peace. The two armies directly captured Bianliang and captured the two Huiqin clans, which is known as the shame of Jingkang in history.
Subsequently, the Jin army established Zhang Bangchang as emperor in Bianliang City, and the country was named "Da Chu". They also supported puppet regimes in several other places, and the entire Song Dynasty was officially destroyed. In the Song Dynasty, only Kang Wang Zhao Gou escaped, and he would soon proclaim himself emperor in the south and establish the Southern Song Dynasty regime.
"Now the northern part of the Song Dynasty has fallen. Although half of the country is still there, it will be destroyed sooner or later. How are you going to act now!" Yang Xiyan did not expect that the mighty Song Dynasty would be so vulnerable. However, the Song Dynasty was destroyed and Lu Yi was left alone, basically facing a certain death situation.
"The Song Dynasty has long been in decay. The so-called unbreakable cannot be established. For thousands of years, our Han people have been reborn from the ashes again and again. Look at the ferocity of the Jin army, but I regard them as grasshoppers after autumn. They can no longer jump. God!" After the Song Dynasty was destroyed, Lu Yi no longer had any worries and could finally use his hands and feet freely.
"Although you are very powerful, the Jin Army is now unstoppable. Why do you want to destroy the Jin Kingdom?" Yang Xiyan was surprised. Although she knew that Lu Yi had hidden a lot of strength, how could he be the opponent of the Jin Army.
"Send my military order to ask Pharmacist Guo and Li Er to come to discuss matters!" Lu Yi did not answer, but asked people to summon his subordinates. Now that the Jin army was about to return north, it was time for Lu Yi to give the Jin army a head-on blow.
"Brother, are we about to start taking action?" Li Er strode up to Lu Yi, his words full of excitement.
"Now that half of the country has fallen, the Jin Army is about to return north. When the time comes, the Jin Army will definitely not let go of us, a thorn in their side. They have to strike first to gain strength!" Pharmacist Guo also arrived at this time. Hearing Li Er's words, He couldn't help but speak.
"We have endured for so long, it's time for the world to see our strength! Are you all ready?" Lu Yi was also high-spirited at this time. After planning for such a long time, it's time for a battle to decide the outcome.
"Brother, there are now 100,000 troops in Yizhou City and Zhuozhou City. They are all elites. Even if I fight the Jin army, I can win it!" Li Er is full of confidence. These armies are all owned by Li Er. Training, no one knows the combat power of these armies better than Li Er.
"Although the Jin Army is fierce, our army is all elite. As long as we prepare in advance, it is not difficult to defeat the Jin Army in a battle!" Pharmacist Guo was also full of praise for Li Er's army training method.
"We must not only win this battle, but also completely annihilate the Jin Army so that the Jin Army will not have the strength to move south for at least three years!" Lu Yi's appetite was bigger than anyone else.
"Although our army is all elite, it may be a bit difficult to completely annihilate the Jin Army!" Guo Yaoshi hesitated. Now that the Jin Army has just defeated the Song Dynasty, its morale is high. It would be extremely difficult to annihilate the Jin Army in one fell swoop. .
"I have already made arrangements for this. This time our troops are divided into two groups. Guo Yaoshi, you will lead an army of 50,000 with me to deal with the Jin army on the east road. Li Er, you will lead an army of 50,000 people to deal with the Jin army on the west road. Our goal is to catch up with the Jin army. Completely annihilate the Jin army before leaving the Great Wall!" Lu Yi quickly issued the military order without allowing anyone to question it.
Pharmacist Guo hesitated to speak, and finally had no choice but to obey the military order. Although I don't know why Lu Yi was confident of annihilating the Jin army, military orders were as heavy as a mountain, and Guo Yaoshi had to obey them.
Then Lu Yi specially left Li Er behind and gave a special explanation. On that day, Lu Yi's troops divided into two groups and ambush the Jin army's northern return route in advance, preparing to annihilate the Jin army in one fell swoop.
