Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 712 Yan Zonghan's death (please subscribe!)

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Zhe Keqiu led the Zhe family army out of Fuzhou, detoured south, and prepared to go to the Shengchi area, and cooperated with the two brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin to intercept the Jin army's way back north.

But just after Zhejiajun arrived in Yuncheng, they heard a very bad news-the golden general Wanyan Loushi defeated the two brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin, opening the passage to return to the north.

When he heard the news, he was shocked and rushed to stop the Jin army.

But the Zhejia army hurried to the edge of the Yellow River and found out that the Jin army had crossed the river three days ago.

Jin Jun's actions this time are quite secretive.

Until Wanyan Zonghan issued the order to cross the river, Liu Kai and other Chinese soldiers thought that the Jin army was gathering troops to prepare for a night attack.

In this section of the Yellow River, the ice usually thaws around Lichun, and it happens to be Lichun now.

In fact, when the Jin army and the Chinese army fled and chased and came to the bank of the Yellow River, the Yellow River was already civilized.

In the eyes of Liu Kai, Han Shizhong, Zhang Xian and other Chinese soldiers, the Jin army was already caught in the urn, and there was no possibility of escape.

Moreover, the Chinese army who was mixed in with the Jin army found out carefully that the Jin army was about to die and attack the left Chinese army at night, that is, Han Shizhong's department, and then fled to Shaanxi, and then returned to Hedong from Shanzhou.

In this regard, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Xian and others set up a net to defeat the Jin army in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, the sudden change of weather and severe cold sealed off the already civilized Yellow River. The Jinren placed hay, coarse cloth and loess on the ice of the Yellow River to make a living way, and then all passed the most difficult time. of the Yellow River.

By the time Liu Kai, Han Shizhong, Zhang Xian and other Chinese soldiers realized, the Jin army had already crossed the river.

As a remedy, Liu Kai and others gathered all the cavalry of the Chinese army, and then chased after them to cover up and kill the Jin army.

But this time, Jin Jun fled extremely simply.

All the golden men got on their horses, and all the things that the horses could not carry were discarded.

As for those who can't ride a horse, they are all abandoned.

Therefore, He Li, Feng Chen, Cao Fu, Lu Yundi, Zhang Zheng, Tan Shiji, Wang Zao, Kang Zhiquan, Yuan Dangke, Shen Hui, Huang Xiaqing, Zheng Su, Guo Zhongxun, Sima Pu and other ministers, as well as the Sixth Form of Taixue Bureau officials, secretary provincial officials and other Song officials who were taken away by the Jin people, as well as a large number of Zhao Song clan relatives, were all rescued by the Chinese army.

but--

What is puzzling is that the members of the Zhao family, the sons-in-law of all the concubines of the emperors and concubines (in fact, they are the husbands of all the women who have entered the harem), in short, all the people who have a stake in Li Yan, the Chinese army unexpectedly It didn't work out.

Later, the Jin people returned to Shangjing and announced to the world that they only brought back less than a hundred Song people.

This incident became an important topic for those who slandered Li Yan in later generations to slander Li Yan - they used conspiracy theories to believe that Li Yan sent people or Li Yan's people took advantage of the chaos to kill all the people who had a stake in Li Yan.

Regarding this, those who admired Li Yan and wholeheartedly defended Li Yan couldn't argue with their mouths, because they really didn't have a better explanation. After leaving these people, should we still keep them?

It's a bit far off.

The Zhongqi pursued until they were less than a hundred miles away from Huguan before catching up with the Jin army.

Seeing Zhongqi chasing after him, Wanyan Zonghan personally led ten thousand Jurchens to the rear.

After several trials, the two sides launched a bloody fight on a plain.

Because the infantry and the Benlei chariot troops did not follow up in time, this was a pure cavalry fight.

The Jin army, to be precise, is exactly [-] Jurchen cavalry.

As for the Chinese army, all the troops added together have 5000 people and [-] to [-] horses.

It can be said that the Chinese army has an absolute advantage in both the number of people and the number of horses.

however--

After the fight, the Chinese army realized that the battle was not as easy as they had imagined.

As soon as the battle started, Wanyan Zonghan took the lead—he took his two sons to fight at the forefront of all the Jurchens.

It may be because of this, or it may be the concentrated outbreak of resentment after being bitten and killed by the Chinese army for a month or two, or it may be that the desperate Jurchens inspired their death, and it is more likely that they remembered their Jurchens' past glory , in short, the Jurchens broke out with extremely powerful combat power this time, so that the soldiers of the Chinese army finally realized what it means to be "the Jurchen is not full of ten thousand, and full of ten thousand is invincible".

but--

The Chinese army is also full of elite cavalry. The first battalion, the Tiefutu, the kidnapper left and right army, and the volunteer battalion are all dispatched, and they are all led by the titan Zhang Xian.

The two sides fought from morning to noon, and from noon to afternoon.

It wasn't until evening that Wanyan Zonghan was shot off his horse by Yang Zaixing, and the battle was considered over. Surrounded by [-] Chinese cavalry, less than a thousand Jurchens finally put down their weapons and surrendered on their knees.

Although they won the final victory of the war, beheaded the leader of the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan, and wiped out all the ten thousand Jurchens, none of the soldiers in the Chinese army had the joy of victory on their faces.

Not to mention, although the Jurchens were defeated, their strategy has now been achieved-they successfully held the middle cavalry for a whole day.

Just say, the battle itself.

The battle was fought too badly.

Except for the less than a thousand Jurchens who surrendered, almost all the other Jurchens were killed in battle.

The casualties of the Chinese army were as high as more than 5000.

In terms of the number of casualties alone, the Chinese army was actually defeated in this battle.

And, don't forget, the Chinese army is doing their best.

Therefore, the soldiers of the Chinese army did not think it was a big victory.

The bravery of the Jurchens won the respect of Zhang Xian, Lu Junyi, Yang Zaixing and other Chinese soldiers, so that they did not massacre all the more than 1000 Jurchens, but decapitated the killed Jurchens and made them into Jingguan.

Due to the huge sacrifice made by Wanyan Zonghan and his ten thousand Jurchens, another ten thousand Jinren successfully retreated into Huguan, and then went north without stopping.

Zhang Xian and the others were all cavalry and did not have the ability to attack the city, so they were stopped outside Huguan.

Three days later, Liu Qi and Han Shizhong led the army to Huguan one after another.

Five days later, Zhe Keqiu led the Zhe family army to Huguan to join the main force.

Liu Kai sent out an army and asked them to send Yan Zonghan's body, escort the Jin army prisoners, escort the rescued hostages, and transport the Jin people they captured from the Song Dynasty to steal the blackmailed things back to Tokyo Miansheng.

By the way, the most precious treasures that the Jin people snatched from the Song Dynasty, and the most precious treasures that the Jin people obtained from excavating the Song Mausoleum in Gongyi, have disappeared for the time being.

Some people say that Wanyan Zonghan sent his cronies to transport all these treasures to a secret cave on Mount Song and hide them in order to take them away again in the future.

After the troops returning to Beijing to offer captives left, Liu Kai and Han Shizhong split into two groups, continuing to attack Huguan all the way, detouring Pingyang Mansion all the way, preparing to go north from Pingyang Mansion, while Zhang Xian took his troops to Shanzhou, preparing to capture Tongguan locked Song Xijun in Shaanxi and did not teach Song Xijun to come out and make trouble.

That's right.

The stance put on by Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Xian is to take back Hedong in one fell swoop!
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(End of this chapter)