The strange situation in Jiayou Town has made Gao Kan suspicious. Without Jiayou as a rear supply place for food, grass and supplies, the Jin army stationed in Xingtang would be like a ball of rootless water, waiting to die sooner or later.
Wu Song's troops and horses had not shown any trace before, so there was no need for the Jin army to abandon Jiayou.
Even if there were scouts and spies who knew about the remnants of the group of soldiers gathered by Wu Song, they would pose a huge threat to Jiayou.
Then the Jin army should return immediately, capture Wu Song's soldiers and horses first, and ensure the stability of the rear area before planning the next move.
Instead of giving up Jiayou directly, the main force of thousands of Jin troops in Xingtang lost their supply and retreat.
The only possibility is that Jin Jun never planned to stay in Xingtang for a long time, or even in Zhending Mansion for a long time.
Suspicious, Gao Kan opened the secret letter sent by Lu Junyi from Zhending Mansion. He only glanced at it, and he was shocked.
If there was nothing wrong with the Jin Army's layout that Lu Junyi and the others had detected, then based on the situation in Zhending Mansion, Gao Kan made a bold guess.
In order to confirm this guess, he immediately sent someone to give orders to Yang Zhi.
He was ordered to immediately send troops to Xingtang City. No matter what method he used, he must test the strength of the Jin army in Xingtang City.
After waiting for a long time, Gao Kan received the news sent by Yang Zhi. The worst news was the one he least wanted to hear.
Xingtang City is already a dead city.
Yang Zhi led the army to the city gate and called for it, but there was no response, so he tentatively sent a group of cavalry to charge.
As a result, he broke through the city gate easily and entered the city directly. At first, Yang Zhi was worried that this was a trap deliberately set by the enemy, so he did not dare to rush in with his army.
It wasn't until the soldiers and horses of the Jin army came out of the city with pale faces to report that he hurriedly led the army in.
As a result, as soon as they entered the city, what they saw was a miserable scene of hell on earth. It turned out that the city was full of corpses of murdered people, who seemed to have been dead for at least half a month.
There was not even a single living person in the entire Xingtang City.
After receiving this report, Gaokan finally confirmed his previous guess that the five thousand elite cavalry of the Golden Army were no longer in Zhending Mansion.
Even the thousand-man troops led by Wanyan Bowen and stationed in Cigu Town were just suspects.
The Jin Army cavalry who came down from Lingqiu this time, their goal from the beginning was the Jin Army's East Road Army in the east. They wanted to fight all the way from Zhending Mansion to Daming Mansion to join the East Road Army.
Gao Kan read the secret letter sent by Lu Junyi again, and it became clear immediately.
From the perspective of the Daming Mansion alone, the layout of the Jin Army's troops and horses is quite strange, but all this is based on the premise that their enemies are only the main force of the 40,000 to 50,000 East Route Army of the Jin Army in front.
If, if there is still a surprise army, rushing south from the north, whether it is entering Daming Mansion from Yizhou or from Mingzhou, there will be no soldiers and horses in the entire north of Daming Mansion that can defeat the Jin army.
Because all the Song troops in Daming Mansion have been mobilized by Lu Junyi and Suo Chao to Bozhou and Yanggu to resist the main force of the Jin Army's east route.
The entire Daming Mansion, in front of the five thousand gold army, is like a lamb to be slaughtered!
Taking a deep breath, Gao Kan knew that the matter was urgent and immediately sent people 800 miles to Daming Mansion, making sure to deliver his secret handwritten letter to Lu Junyi.
But Gao Kan knew very well in his heart that Lu Junyi ordered people to send letters from Daming Mansion, which sometimes took many days, and he sent people to send back the replies, which also took many days.
By the time someone delivers the letter, the Jin army may have already invaded Damingfu City.
At the moment, Gao Kan only hoped that Lu Junyi could realize that something was wrong in time, join forces with Suo Chao, find a solid city to hold on to, and wait for reinforcements.
If he could keep the 20,000 or so Damingfu soldiers and horses he had, there would be hope.
If it cannot be saved, then Daming Mansion will fall, followed by the Gyeonggi area, and the entire Hebei East Road of the Song Dynasty will probably fall into the hands of the Jin people.
If the battle ended like that, Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army would no longer be considered a lone force deep into the Song Dynasty. He would not be afraid at all even if he faced the soldiers and horses of Qin Wang from all directions in the south rushing to Bianliang.
Jingkang, it’s time to move forward!
It is even possible that the situation will be worse this time. Judging from the fact that the people in Xingtang City asked the Jin Army to kill them all, it is very likely that the Jin Army will massacre the city in Bianliang, Tokyo this time.
I don’t know how many of the millions of people in Tokyo will survive, and I don’t know how many of the Zhao Song official family and royal family will survive.
Gaokan can only avoid this situation as much as possible at the moment.
Because once all the royal family members of the Zhao and Song Dynasties died in Bianliang City, the entire Song Dynasty would immediately fall into endless chaos. The soldiers and horses who originally went to Bianliang King Qin might turn into warlords if they turned around.
Once the Song Dynasty formed a situation of warlord separatism, without a unified central royal court, they had no ability to resist in the face of the flourishing Jin Kingdom.
At that time, if Gao Kan wanted to clean up the situation, he might not be able to reach the sky.
Return to the teacher!
Gao Kan knew that all he could do at this time was to immediately return to Daming Mansion for reinforcements.
I just hope that my actions will be fast enough, and I also hope that the Imperial Guards of the Zhao Song Dynasty in the capital can react faster and be able to resist the Jin army for a little longer.
As long as he returns to Daming Mansion and outflanks Wanyan Zongwang's east-route army, there is hope that all the tens of thousands of Jin elites will stay in the Song Dynasty.
Especially the five thousand soldiers and horses who came out from Xingtang slaughtered the city in this way, leaving no chickens or dogs alive. Gaokan also made sure to behead all of them one by one and hang them on the city wall to pay tribute to the dead souls.
In Zhending Mansion, all the soldiers and horses under Gao Kan received the arrival report.
Everyone immediately took their soldiers and horses and quickly headed south towards Daming Mansion.
But Gaokan had just walked halfway when he received a piece of news that was even more shocking.
Taiyuan fell.
Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army completely annihilated the Pingding Army, and the army surrounded Taiyuan Prefecture. Tong Guan, who was in trouble, actually opened the city and surrendered.
The entire Hedong Road surrendered to the Jin people because of Tong Guan, and they also surrendered together.
Wanyan Zonghan had already ordered the vanguard of the West Route Army to have 20,000 troops. He sent troops from Taiyuan and rushed to Xiangzhou. Before the Jin army arrived, the governor of Xiangzhou had already submitted a letter of surrender to the Jin people.
Cizhou, Weizhou, and Anli Military Town, which were close to Xiangzhou, surrendered to the Jin people one after another.
In the blink of an eye, Daming Prefecture was surrounded by the Jin Army from the east and west. Liang Taishu, the prefect of Daming Prefecture, fled overnight, but was caught by the Jin Army on the way.
This shameless man immediately expressed his loyalty to the gold thief and even issued an order to the Daming Prefecture to surrender to the gold thief.
The only good news is that Lu Junyi and Suo Chao did not obey Liang Zhongshu's order to surrender. Under the critical situation, they made a timely decision together with the army, and the army retreated to Daming Mansion.
