Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  King Xīn of Zhāo wanted to take a shortcut, but according to Mǎ Zhèng and Zhāo Bāngjié's views, this battle had no room for clever tricks, only a strong attack. The time left for the Righteous Army was limited, and the Jīn army stationed in Píngdìng City and Shòuyáng City would soon come to reinforce once they received news that the Righteous Army was currently attacking Fúshān.

  Once the main force of the Jin army arrives, the attack of the righteous army will be blocked, and the strategy that has been developing between Taihang Mountain and Le Ping City may fail. Therefore, Ma Zheng suggested that Zhao Xun deploy heavy troops to attack Fushan day and night, perhaps they can turn the tide.

  Zhao Ke strongly disagreed. Such a strong attack would result in everyone's death, and they would similarly fail when facing the main force of the Jin army later on. Zhao Ke did not launch a strong attack, which made Wu Feng, Liu Xi, Liu Sange and other generals very happy, thinking that Xing Wang was afraid of them. Ma Zheng and Zhao Bangjie were very helpless about Xing Wang's unwillingness to launch a strong attack.

  Perhaps the Jin army commander in Pingding City thought that the main force of Shouyang would arrive at any time, so after learning that Fushan was surrounded, he mobilized nearby Jin troops to support it.

  Scouting report: Zhao Jun's troops have arrived, less than 10 miles from Huanglong Slope. The middle army soldiers are all very frightened, asking the commander to make a decision.

  Upon receiving the news, Zhao Yun's expression remained calm and composed, but he was secretly shocked. He ordered Ma Chao to temporarily lead the vanguard while he himself rushed to the central army on horseback.

  The thirty thousand strong men of the central army all recognized his great flag, and when they saw his great flag, they knew that General Shi had returned to the central army's camp. The strong men knew that the one being protected by the Imperial Guard in the middle riding a sorrel horse was General Shi. Although it was hard to get close enough to see his face clearly, everyone saw his great flag, saw the fully armed Imperial Guards, and saw that magnificent sorrel horse. The strong men were no longer afraid. General Shi had arrived, their fear of the Jin army was gone, and they had no more worries. Their gratitude and respect for General Shi could only be expressed through thunderous cheers.

  Zhao Xun rode his horse all the way, with cheers ringing in his ears. "Xin Wang! Xin Wang......!" The robust men shouted excitedly, their voices gathering into the most turbulent waves between heaven and earth. Accompanied by the undulating mountains and rivers, it echoed in the vast and distant sky.

  "Wolf smoke rises, Jiangshan looks north; Dragon rolls up, horse neighs loudly......" I don't know when or who started singing this military song that was said to be personally written and composed by General Xin. Everyone joined in, singing together. With General Xin present and the military song being sung, everyone felt fearless and dared to fight the Jin army to the death.

  When Zhao Song walked into his own headquarters, it was very quiet. Everyone was busy with tension, although they were in a hurry, but they were busy and not chaotic, tense and orderly. Zhao Song was very satisfied, Gao Yunfei, this fearful general, was really too talented, originally this guy's skills were not in fighting. This guy is getting more and more powerful, under such circumstances, the headquarters can still maintain normal operation, firmly controlling the overall situation, it's really not easy.

  "What's the situation ahead?" Gao Yunfei was a coward, and with the Golden Army's reinforcements approaching from the side to attack the Righteous Army, he was very nervous. Seeing Xing Wang's smiling face, he wanted to force a smile, but couldn't manage one.

  "It's okay." Zhao didn't think and immediately lied to him, saying: "Don't worry, we'll take down Fushan in a day or two."

  After the arrangement was settled, Zhao Kun began to think of a strategy to defeat the enemy in his own camp. Xiao Gan was a general of Liao who surrendered to Jin, but he actually did not gain the trust of Jin at present. After his surrender, he would have been eliminated by the nobles of Jin. However, because he was the leader of the Jie people, killing him would cause dissatisfaction among the Jie people towards the Jurchen people, so Jin did not kill him.

  Xiao Gan has now surrendered to the Jin army, without any honor or merit. Now Wanyan Zongwang has led the main force of the Jin army to Shouyang, and is about to arrive soon. If Xiao Gan still doesn't have any military achievements, then when Wanyan Zongwang arrives, he will no longer have the opportunity to make a name for himself. For Xiao Gan, time is actually very important at this moment.

  To sum up, Xiao Gan should be eager to defeat the Loyal Army now. As the overall leader of various Xianbei tribes, the Xianbei are very fierce in battle. When the Song army attacked Yanjing, they couldn't even beat the remaining Liao army at that time, and the Loyal Army's combat power is probably not as good as the Song army. So he naturally doesn't fear the Loyal Army. But he fears the punishment of the Jin army. For safety considerations, he will not attack rashly. However, as a surrendered general of the Jin country, Xiao Gan also wants to make achievements and gain high merits in the Jin country for his own future consideration.

  Zhao Song thought of this, he clapped his hands and said: "Since that's the case, I'll take the initiative to attack the Jin army reinforcements, let Xiao Gan think that attacking our army has an opportunity to gain the upper hand. He will naturally come out to take advantage of the situation... Hmph!"

  Although he surrendered to the Jin army, Xiao Gan was a proud and arrogant man who thought highly of himself. He must have looked down on the Song Dynasty's righteous army, so when facing the Song people, he dared to fight. Moreover, now that the righteous army is surrounded by enemies and in a desperate situation, if they show signs of instability, he only needs to lead his troops to attack downhill and victory will be assured. From this calculation, knowing that he would definitely win, Xiao Gan would certainly fall into Zhao Chen's trap once tempted.

  Zhao Cuizhi thought about it more and more, feeling that this plan was feasible, so he began to devise a more detailed plan...

  "How many Jin army reinforcements are there?" Zhao Ze asked. "About over 10,000 cavalry." Zhao Bangjie's expression was very solemn, and after a slight hesitation, he said, "Commander-in-chief, most of our rear army are infantry, if the Jin army cavalry charges over, our losses will definitely be great."

  "Alright, I'll immediately deploy the Long Wolf Riders and Black Dragon Army's cavalry." Zhao Ze didn't wait for Zhao Bangjie to finish speaking, and responded in one breath. He said: "However, you must lead your troops to launch a proactive attack and drive the Jurchen-led army back to Pingding."

  When he heard the words of King Xinfeng, Zhao Bangjie was stunned. He stared with his eyes wide open for a long time and didn't dare to speak. Is this son-in-law crazy? In front, fighting against the Jin people, and in the back, still taking the initiative to attack the Jin people's reinforcements, what kind of battle strategy is this? Others don't fight you, it's already a blessing, but you're good, you take the initiative to fight others, do you know how to fight or not?

  However, for Xin Wang Qiansui, he did not dare to question, but carefully asked: "When will the attack begin?" "Tomorrow afternoon, the Jin army's reinforcements will definitely be forced to come up. You fight hard and fiercely, regardless of losses or casualties." Zhao Chen swung his hand and said: "Drive these Jurchen reinforcements back to Pingding for me. Do they think that their more than 10,000 people can defeat us?"

  In the morning, General Wan Yanwen led his troops to approach Hu Xiaotai. As for whether to continue approaching or even attacking the righteous army, General Wan Yanwen had hesitated for a long time.

  Regarding the strength of Xīn Wáng's righteous army, Wányán Wēn naturally knew. Pú Jiā Nú was not that powerful, leading 10,000 elite Jīn soldiers to be defeated by Sòng Dynasty's Xīn Wáng. He led over 10,000 cavalrymen, which seemed formidable, but most of these men were garrison troops from various places in Píngdìng Prefecture. Most of the cavalrymen had one horse per person and were actually infantrymen from the city guards who mounted horses. Their combat effectiveness was extremely poor.

  There was one thing he never thought of, Zhao Chen actually fell into a desperate situation, seeing his reinforcements arrive and still refusing to retreat, still wanting to attack Fushan. That King Xining Zhao Chen, who had been blown up to the sky, would not fight after all? Now he is surrounded by enemies, even Wanyan Wen is now very puzzled, what kind of medicine is this King Xining selling in his gourd.

  It is clear that Zhao Kuang was underestimating his own reinforcements, thinking that they would not pose a threat to the righteous army. The original plan of Wanyan Wen's command was to use the reinforcements to suddenly rush to the flank of the righteous army and then slowly approach, forcing King Xining Zhao Kuang to retreat.

  Who would have thought that Zhao Chen was a fearless guy, he didn't show any fear at all. The King of Xin in the Song Dynasty led his troops to attack Fushan despite being surrounded by the Jin army from both front and back, without paying attention to his own supporting forces.

  Wanyan Wenzhong also knew that the main force of 50,000 Jurchen soldiers led by Wanyan Zongwang had already arrived at Shouyang City, and he realized that the current Song Dynasty's Xin Wang was determined to capture Fushan at all costs. Zhao Chen wanted to connect the Taihang Mountains to Leiping and form a pincer movement with Leiping to Pingding, so that when dealing with the Jurchen soldiers, they could both attack and defend.

  Wanyan Wenzhong felt that he had underestimated Zhao Kuangyin, and suddenly led the various troops from Pingding Prefecture to come quickly to his support. Facing the strong Zhao Kuangyin, he was again in a difficult situation. The miscellaneous troops from various garrisoned places that he led might really... perhaps... possibly not be a match for the Righteous Army.

  Wanyan Wenzhong thought that he could not push any further, his idea was to let Zhao Kuang and Fushan fight each other to the point of mutual exhaustion, and then take advantage of the situation to achieve a great victory. At this moment, Zhao Kuang was attacking Fushan, if he pushed too hard, the King of Jin, Zhao Kuang, would gather his main force to attack him, and if he lost the battle, the imperial court of Jin would not forgive him easily. The reason why the Jin army could fight was because rewards and punishments were clear-cut. If he lost the battle, but Fushan held out, he would definitely be the number one criminal, and the consequences would be disastrous.

  Wanyan Wenzhong immediately led the army to set up camp on the spot, and he did not continue to press in on the Righteous Army. He didn't get close to the Righteous Army, but the Righteous Army came over instead, with more than 10,000 soldiers marching over. The two armies faced off, one arrayed on a hilltop and the other encamped on the plain.

  That King Zhao Xun wouldn't go mad and order an attack on himself, would he? Wan Yanwen was thinking about this when suddenly the horn for charging sounded from the mountain ridge.

  When Zhao Chen's righteous army began to launch an attack, Wanyan Wen was shocked. What did this King of Trust, Zhao Chen, want to do? At this time, he still wanted to fight with himself, had he considered the troops on Fushan?

  Zhao Kuai assigned the two battalions of cavalry, Longwu and Dragon Wolf, with 5,000 horsemen to Zhao Bangjie. Zhao Bangjie sent the two fierce generals, Xiao Deli and Gan Guduo, to the rear to fight against the Jin army. Both of them had a vendetta against the Jin people, one was determined to avenge the Khitan people and the Liao state, while the other was simple-minded and killed without mercy. They were afraid that if they used them to fight against the floating mountain Jurchen Jin army in front, they would not fight with all their might due to old feelings and ethnic emotions. It was just right to use them to deal with the supporting Jin army coming from behind.

  As for the Jin army reinforcements attacking from the side, Zhao Bangjie was originally hesitant and indecisive about launching an attack. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen sent someone to urge him repeatedly, ordering him to immediately launch a fierce attack on the Jin army's flank, fighting to the death, and not to delay the military order.

  Since the Commander-in-Chief's son-in-law was enraged, Zhao Bangjie no longer hesitated. He ordered his subordinates to sound the horn immediately, and as soon as the flag moved and the horn blew, they began to launch an attack on the approaching Jin army.

  After Zhao Jun's "political education" for many days, the simple-minded Khitan general Xiao Deli and the Xi general Gan Guduo were deceived by Zhao Jun to see the Jin army as a deep hatred, their eyes turned red. Now even the war horses under them seem to have felt the owner's hatred, one by one restless, neighing loudly.

  Only a Zhāo Bāng-class order was heard, and the two thousand cavalrymen let out a thunderous roar, then they were like tigers and dragons, rushing forward with a loud whistle. A violent gust of wind rolled up from the flat ground, bringing with it a rolling cloud of smoke and dust that charged towards the flank to support the Jin army led by Wanyan Wen.

  Wanyan Wenzhong saw the righteous army launch a surprise attack, he only welcomed the battle. He dispatched his elite vanguard to lead three thousand cavalry troops to meet them head-on, and as soon as they clashed, the battle became extremely fierce.

  The righteous army composed of Khitan, Xianbei and Bohai people was brainwashed by Zhao Kuangyin's political education to hate the Jurchen people deeply. They suddenly went crazy, fighting with a completely desperate attitude, willing to exchange one life for another, rather than letting go of the Jurchen enemies who occupied their homeland and caused their country to be destroyed and their families to be ruined.

  The rebel army's infantry and cavalry formed a tight array, their flags and arrows aligned, their momentum fierce and powerful. They clearly intended to engage in a decisive battle with Wanyan Wen's great army. Wanyan Wen saw that things were not going well, and within less than an hour, the casualties on both sides had reached a very serious level.

  These three thousand cavalry are the backbone of Wanyan Wen's family, and once they are exhausted, he will not be able to stand up again. Moreover, the troops behind him are all garrison troops, with little combat effectiveness in field battles.

  At the sight of the enemy's desperate struggle, he was unwilling to engage in a decisive battle. He still hoped that Zhao Jun would attack Fushan and Xiao Gan, resulting in mutual destruction. Therefore, Wanyan Wen decisively ordered his troops to withdraw from the battlefield, retreating ten miles. He immediately turned around and ran away.

  Seeing Jin Bing escape, Zhao Bangjie hesitated again, should he chase or not? According to the general's son-in-law's intention, it seemed like he should chase.

  But now the entire Hedong North Road is the territory of the Jin people. What if the Jin people are pretending to be defeated and setting up an ambush? If they fall into the trap, the two battalions of cavalry will be lost, and the righteous army will suffer too much. Forget it, battles need to be stable, anyway, there will be more battles in the future, let's take it slow. Zhao Bangjie thought about this and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, no longer pursuing them, seeing a good opportunity to retreat.

  On this day, Xiao Gan personally rushed to the left mountain camp of Fushan to observe the situation of the righteous army at close range. He was very surprised, according to reason, if Xing Wang's righteous army wanted to attack Fushan, they should have launched a fierce attack day and night.

  When Wanyan Zongwang entered Shouyang, the baggage train behind them was once intercepted and killed by a group of bandits from the Zhongyi Society. Since the Song people's righteous army of the Zhongyi Society knew Wanyan Zongwang's military situation like the back of their hand, then the Xining Righteous Army, which had close ties with the Zhongyi Society in various places, must have already known that Shouyang had the main force of the Jin army.

  Since we know that the main force of the Jin army is in Shouyang, if the righteous army insists on attacking Fushan, they should think about it. The main force of the Jin army will return to support Shouyang from the direction of Shouyang. How far is Shouyang from Fushan? The time for the main force of the Jin army to arrive is very short. If you want to take down Fushan and resist the main force of the Jin army, you must fight for every second. On the other hand, they must withdraw immediately.

  What made Xiao Gan puzzled was that the Xing Wang Yi Jun only launched a probing attack on the first day and then stopped fighting. On the contrary, the Xing Wang Yi Jun actually fought with Wanyan Wen's troops who came to reinforce from the flank.

  Xiao Gan Zheng only rushed to the front line to observe the enemy situation after hearing this news. He saw that General Zhao Chen was ignoring him and insisted on fighting against Wanyan Wen's army. He had a guess about Zhao Chen's use of troops, which was that the King of Song had no confidence in attacking his own impregnable Floating Mountain.

  King Zhao Xun of Xin was uncertain about attacking Fushan, so he must retreat later. Since he had to retreat, he naturally wanted to remove the nail that was Wanyan Wen's army first. Otherwise, when King Zhao Xun's righteous army retreated to Taihang Mountain or Leiping City, having an extra tail would not be good.

  When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll have to make a name for myself. Xiao Gan absolutely must make a big name for himself this time, capturing Xing Wang Zhao Kun alive would be a huge achievement. As long as he has this achievement, in the future, among the Jurchen generals who look down on him, he can also hold his head high and become a person, and continue to rise through the ranks and get rich in the Jin State.

  To investigate the situation of Xinyang's righteous army, Xiao Gan immediately ordered his subordinates to open the camp gate and lower the drawbridge. Xiao Gan led a team of guards on horseback to the waist of the mountain, while a group of officials followed closely behind, at a distance of several hundred meters or even farther.

  Looking far away, the camp of Xing Wang's righteous army was cold and deserted, with no one in sight. The guards were not few, but they were all sitting down to rest, leaning east and west. Xiao Gan looked for half a day, and he couldn't see anyone who was diligent and hardworking.

  At this time, a gust of wind blew over, and from the sound of the wind came a disjointed singing voice. Xiao Gan was very surprised, urging his horse to walk closer.

  This time he could hear clearly, the sound of blowing and singing in Wang's camp, even the shouting of gamblers.

  At this time, a group of people slowly entered the camp, and they were all women. From their clothes and hats, they were all dressed in Xianbei clothing.

  As soon as he saw this, Xiao Gan's face changed immediately. He thought of the places where the Jin army had arrived and captured many Xi people. Moreover, due to the Jurchen people's tyranny, they were afraid that the Xi people would rebel, so they dispersed and migrated southward many Xi people. Among them, there were many Xi people in Le Ping City, and many were family members of his own Xi people army officers.

  As Le Ping fell, he thought that the Xi people must have been slaughtered by Zhao Jun, and these women of the Xi tribe were obviously from Le Ping. The high-ranking Xi nobles of the past had fallen to become camp followers of the Han people today.

  At the sight of this, Xiao Gan was furious, and a burst of resentment rose up. The officials following him were mostly Khitan people, and they also saw from afar that their noble tribeswoman was suffering such humiliation. It can be imagined how great the anger in their hearts was, and for a time, each and every one of them was filled with righteous indignation.

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