Chapter 1: The Awakening of Shin Wang...

  On this day at dusk, the headquarters of the righteous army. Looking at the setting sun in the west, Zhao Kuang couldn't help but feel very angry in his heart. Although he knew that Zhao Cong's great army would not cooperate with the righteous army to launch an attack on the Jin army, Zhao Kuang was still extremely furious that Zhao Cong's Song army had not launched an attack yet.

  Zhao Gou is indeed too weak. Now the Jin army is marching north in large numbers. If Zhao Gou leads the Song army to launch an attack from south to north, coordinating with the righteous army to encircle and strike the Jin army, the Jin army will naturally be defeated by the allied forces. Even if you, Zhao Gou, don't want to welcome the two saints and rescue your relatives, at least have some ambition to defeat the Jin army and recover the rivers and mountains! But this Zhao Gou really has no hope at all.

  The Eastern Route Army launched an attack on the towns near Zhending on the first day of the month and approached the city of Zhending on the tenth day, concentrating its forces. The Central Route Army took a whole eight days to capture Jizhou.

  After the Jin army on the central route captured Ji Zhou, they all stopped advancing. The commander of the central route army was Wanyan Zonghan, who had great ambitions and his purpose in stopping advancement was too obvious, which was to consume the strength of the eastern route Jin army and the righteous army.

  Wanyan Zonghan was always suspected by Emperor Taizong of Jin, so he had to ensure that every battle was a complete victory with minimal losses. His army was his own capital, so he first let the Eastern Route Army and the Righteous Army fight each other to mutual exhaustion, then he led his troops to launch a fatal blow against the Faithful King's Righteous Army, achieving final victory.

  The Jin army in the middle route wants to take advantage of the situation, which is also within Zhao Jun's expectations. However, it is also the worst scenario that Zhao Jun had expected. Currently, the battlefield situation is unfavorable for the righteous army. The main force of the righteous army has been luring the enemy into a deep trap, but the Jin army in the middle route remains stationary and refuses to take the bait, making it impossible for the righteous army to launch an ambush.

  The Eastern and Western Routes of the Golden Army combined had several hundred thousand men, several times more than the strength of the Righteous Army. If they were not careful, it would be a disaster for the entire army. At this moment, whether or not to reverse the situation and turn defeat into victory depends on whether the ambush can deliver a fatal blow to the Golden Army.

  If the Jin army did not enter its own ambush circle, the righteous army had no choice but to retreat and give up all the towns. However, this would result in huge losses for the righteous army, and many civilians would be captured by the Jin army. The Jin army was ruthless and killed indiscriminately, and they treated captured civilians as their slaves. The suffering of the civilians was something that Zhao Song could not bear.

  The victory of the Western Route Army has now become crucial. If the Western Route Army cannot quickly annihilate the Jin army led by Wanyan Zonghan and support the Eastern Front in time, then Zhao Yun's army may be defeated and retreat from Zhending. In this case, if the righteous army wants to stand firm in Hebei Road, it will have to fight another bitter battle.

  "General, let's retreat." Gao Yunfei advised: "Our army has suffered too much loss. Even if we lose the city of Zhending today, we will have another chance to retake it tomorrow. The Jurchen army is too powerful, and we can't predict how they will attack us. If Wanyan Zonghan (Zhonghan) leads his 100,000-strong army from Hebei to march north immediately, we will be completely surrounded, and the situation will become even more precarious."

  Zhao Yun hesitated and was indecisive, the Jin army was ruthless, taking all the civilians captive as slaves, they were unable to abandon the civilians and launch guerrilla warfare. Even if Zhao Yun could bear to abandon the civilians, his current reputation would not allow him to do so. His reputation could attract many famous generals and righteous scholars to come and join him, but it was also a burden!

  Within the borders of Zhending Prefecture, there are now gathered Fu Xuan's Iron Mountain Army, Jiao Wentong's War Tiger Army, Meng Shou's Golden Dragon Boy Army, Zhao Xiaodao's Xiwang Imperial Guard Army, and Zhao Qing'er's 10,000-strong Rear Army. In total, six armies with over 30,000 men.

  Among the defenders in Zhending City were Fu Xuan's Iron Mountain Army and Jiao Wentong's War Tiger Army. Although various righteous armies adopted guerrilla warfare to drag down the main Jin army, a large number of Jin troops still gathered 40,000 soldiers to besiege Zhending. The Iron Mountain Army, War Tiger Army and defending militiamen inside Zhending City suffered heavy casualties.

  In the eastern part of Wozhou, defending against the Jin army's central route, Zhao Bangjie led the troops of Zhaosongyong and Jinhutun, as well as Liang Xing's Pojinjun, Zhao Yun's Bodi Jun and Cui Qing's Yuntianjun. A total of five armies with 25,000 soldiers.

  Originally, the central army of the Jin army under the leadership of Wan Yan Lou Shi and Wan Yan Zong Wang had gathered a large army of up to 140,000. If the Jin army's Wan Yan Zong Han advanced at this time, then Wo State would have a bloody battle, and the loss of the Righteous Army would be severe.

  Loss is secondary, the key issue is that once the central route of the Jin army advances westward and northward, attacking Wozhou and heading towards Zhending, more than 200,000 Jin troops will be surrounding and intercepting in the east. At that time, it's not just the civilians, even the main force of the righteous army may find it difficult to retreat. If at that time the western route of the Jin army defeats the righteous army and enters from the west through Weizhou, the situation will become uncontrollable.

  "The Jin army has been attacking for several days, and Wanyan Luoshu and Wanyan Zongwang are both anxious to deploy troops to attack the city. From this, we can imagine the thoughts of the Jurchen people. Therefore, we cannot expect the Jurchen people to make mistakes in battle again. It's better to withdraw as soon as possible." Gao Yunfei continued to persuade: "Wanyan Zonghan is not a fool, and his generals are all experienced veterans who have commanded troops for many years in the Jin army. Given the current battlefield situation, the most stable approach is to immediately send out troops. This way, we can coordinate with the Eastern Route Army, trap them to death, and achieve multiple goals without exhausting our forces. Why not do it?"

  Zhaodu's gaze fell on the map, and he slowly shook his head, saying: "What you said is based on the premise that the Western Route Army failed or could not quickly eliminate the Jin army. But I believe in Yue Fei's ability, I believe he can lead the army to quickly occupy Taiyuan Prefecture, surround and kill Yan Wulang. At this time, the Western Route Jin army has not sent any news to other routes of the Jin army, which means they are no longer able to send messengers smoothly. This shows that the enemy's army is already surrounded. We need to be patient and wait, don't take rash action too early, so as not to cause unnecessary losses."

  Zhao Zhu bowed his head to look at the map, his eyes fixed on a small black dot in Jingyang Town. For the righteous army, whether they could stand firm in this large-scale siege by the Jin army depended not only on breaking through the enemy's siege but also on surrounding and killing Yan Chayan's Western Route Golden Army. Otherwise, the righteous army would be surrounded and killed by the Jin army from three sides.

  The righteous army is stationed near the Taihang Mountains. They have occupied a large amount of land in Hebei and Hedong, occupying the stronghold of Dingzhou Prefecture, directly threatening the Jin Dynasty's stronghold of Taiyuan. They also posed a threat to the Jin Dynasty's western capital, Datong Prefecture, making it difficult for the Jin people to sleep or eat. How can one allow others to sleep soundly by their bedside? The Jin people thought of ways to eliminate the righteous army. Having finally obtained the help of heaven and successfully establishing an army and base, this good fortune cannot be repeated, once lost, it is gone forever.

  In front of the attacking army of tens of thousands of elite golden soldiers, an individual's tactical strategy can no longer realize its value. Zhao Xun weighed it for a long time and decisively decided to withdraw.

  "Order all departments, taking advantage of the night, to quickly withdraw from Zhending and then withdraw from Lingshou. All civilians will withdraw together." "Also inform Generals Fu Xuan and Jiao Wentai, to lead their troops to break through the siege quickly. Tell Zhao Xiaodao to lead the Imperial Guard to cover the main force's withdrawal."

  "Urgently inform the two old ladies of the army, lead the rear army to organize the people to evacuate overnight, abandon everything that can be abandoned, and first withdraw the people to the big mountains."

  "Urgent report to General Yue, quickly annihilate the enemy, we need their support." Zhao Xun issued orders one by one, his eyes revealing a firm light.

  This time, Zhao Kuang also blew up. He ignored the dissuasion of his subordinates and personally led the 5,000-strong Imperial Guard to launch a surprise attack on the Jin army under Fucha and Jiaowen's command outside the city of Zhending, covering the retreat of more than 10,000 troops and civilian militia, and personally led the Imperial Guard to cover the rear for various armies.

  Deep in the night, two stealthy figures quietly approached Zhao Yun's personal guard camp from outside the valley, observed for a while, and then retreated quietly.

  Out of the valley, the two of them ran to a nearby forest not far ahead. Under the moonlight, it was seen that the forest was densely packed with golden armor-clad soldiers. One of the scouts reported to a fully armored man: "General, the enemy camp has about 5,000 people, and they are all resting now, their defense is very lax."

  A young man wearing Song Dynasty clothes behind the Jin general said, "Sir, I've told you before that I don't dare to cheat you. Can we get the reward silver now?"

  General Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry about this, come on, take him down to receive the silver." As he spoke, he gave a slight nod to a nearby deputy general of the Golden Army. The deputy general nodded slightly and said to the Song person, "Follow me," and then walked towards the depths of the forest.

  The Song Dynasty spy, who was delighted to have become a traitor for the sake of money, followed the Jin army deputy general with excitement, muttering to himself: "One hundred taels of silver, hehe, one hundred taels! Enough for me to eat and drink and find girls for many years!"

  The Jin army deputy general stopped in his tracks, turned around and said: "Give you money!" The Song dynasty spy looked up to see a steel knife. The Song dynasty spy was shocked, before he could speak, the knife came down. A cold light flashed, with a "pu" sound, splashing blood, a good head fell to the ground, staring at two big eyes.

  Jin Bing put away his steel knife, wiped the blood off the blade on the corpse, and let out a cold snort. "A guy who dares to sell anything for money," he said disdainfully. Our Jin country's bravest warriors despise people like you the most. With that, he turned around and walked back.

  The deputy general of the Golden Army came before the general and said, "General, I have already taken care of that Song person's life." The Golden Army general nodded with a smile and said, "With so many defeated types among the Song people, how could they not be destroyed by our great Jin? Ha ha ha! Brave warriors, take out your steel knives and tear those 5,000 soldiers of the Xining Army into pieces!" After finishing speaking, he mounted the warhorse beside him with a white cloth wrapped around its mouth, charged out of the forest, and the Golden Army followed closely on horseback.

  The Song camp was still pitch black and eerily quiet. The Jin soldiers held up torches, killed their way in, and threw the torches onto the tents, instantly turning the camp into a sea of flames. However, there were no miserable cries from the loyalist soldiers as the Jin general had imagined.

  The Jin army general suddenly realized something was wrong and shouted loudly, "Quickly retreat, there's an ambush!" At this time, several thousand torches suddenly appeared on the mountainsides on both sides. Zhao Song stood at the very front, smiling as he looked down at the terrified Jin soldiers, shouting, "This king has been waiting for you all for a long time! Give me arrows to shoot!" Over a thousand arrows shot towards the Jin soldiers below the mountain, instantly filling the air with a dense pattern of arrows. The Jin soldiers who were hit by the arrows cried out in agony as they fell off their horses.

  A loud shout of killing rose from outside the valley, and a thousand cavalrymen who had been hiding outside raised their sabers and killed towards the Jin army that was in chaos under the rain of arrows. At this time, Zhao Ke led Zhao Xiaodao and others to kill down from the mountain, with war knives and arrow rain everywhere, and blood splashing everywhere. Under the leadership of King Xining Zhao Ke, the Imperial Guards shouted and killed towards the Jin army, and the Jin army in the valley cried out in horror.

  A newly joined young soldier of the Sheng Wang's personal guard, standing on the mountain, watching the slaughter below, his bloodthirsty personality, cultivated over the years, made him restless. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he let out a loud roar and charged forward.

  The Jin army general, riding on horseback and fighting hard, beheaded many people, and his prestige was great. The Jin army leader, Hurun, was a brave warrior of the Jurchen tribe, and he was invincible.

  At this time, Zhao Yun's martial arts were strong and fierce, but he was currently surrounded by a group of tall and powerful Jin soldiers. He saw that none of his generals could defeat the Jin general, and although he himself was unscathed with over a dozen guards, he was unable to break through the encirclement of hundreds of elite Jin troops to engage in combat with the enemy general.

  Just then, a loud shout was heard, and the war horse of General Jin fell to the ground. General Hu Ernuo also fell off his horse. Both the Jin soldiers and the Song soldiers forgot about the battle and stared blankly at the little soldier who raised his fist high in the air.

  Originally, the little soldier rushed down the mountain, killing several Jin soldiers with one punch after another. Suddenly, he saw General Jin beheading several Song army officers, very brave. He rushed over, unexpectedly, with his energy focused on his dan tian, and punched the war horse's neck, knocking it to the ground.

  Jin stood up from the ground with a dizzy and swollen head, shaking his head vigorously. His eyes blazed with fury as he stared at the brave little soldier of General Wang's army, who was standing opposite him. With a loud roar, he raised the large knife in his hand and charged forward to kill.

  The two armies, coming to their senses, continued to fight and shout. The little soldier narrowed his eyes and stared at the golden general Huernu, who was about to fall on him with a big knife. At that moment, he dodged to one side and instantly avoided it.

  Xiao Bing took a step forward, then turned around and suddenly raised his originally hanging hands, striking Jin Jiang's back. Jin Jiang Hu Er Nu fell to the ground with a thud.

  Jin stood up with a stern expression, his hand holding the long knife trembling slightly, and beads of sweat as big as soybeans covered his forehead. It turned out that he had been punched by the opponent and two ribs were broken.

  That little soldier stood quietly there, looking at him. As if there was a spiritual connection, the surrounding Song soldiers did not dare to provoke Jin General Hu Ernuo either. On the noisy battlefield, the little soldier and Jin General Hu Ernuo stared at each other, as if the surroundings were calm and peaceful, like the center of a tornado.

  Zhao Jun's strength was indeed extremely formidable, and all that could be seen was his steel spear dancing wildly, with countless stars twinkling with the call of death, sending one by one the Jin army generals and brave warriors to hell.

  In just a moment, Zhao Xun had slaughtered all the Jurchen soldiers who were trying to kill him. At this time, under the attack of Zhao Xun's personal guards, many of the Jurchen soldiers who came to raid the camp either surrendered or fled, and the rest were killed or wounded. Only one person, Hu Ernu, was left standing there, unable to move due to pain. The King of Faith, Zhao Xun, covered in enemy blood, slowly walked up to Hu Ernu and coldly sized him up, saying in Jurchen: "Jurchen dog, why haven't you knelt down and surrendered yet?"

  Jin glared at Hu Ernuo, gritting his teeth in pain, and coldly said: "You Song people are cunning, only knowing how to scheme and plot, without the demeanor of a brave warrior. If you're a true hero, then let's each lead a team of cavalry, form our battle arrays, and engage in combat."

  Zhao Yun smiled and said, "Brave warrior? Didn't you also come to steal our camp? On the battlefield, winning is everything. This plan of stealing a camp, we Han people had it a thousand years ago, how laughable that you dare use this plan against us."

  A brave little soldier next to him said, "This is called 'classroom axe', a Golden Dog with a brain worse than a pig's, learning from us Han people and still being arrogant, aren't you ashamed?" The surrounding generals all burst out laughing. General Hu Ernu of the Jin Dynasty pointed at the brave little soldier and angrily shouted, "You..." but accidentally pulled on his broken bone, painfully furrowing his brow.

  Zhao Jun smiled and said to the little soldier, "What's your name? I'm going to promote you heavily." Then he turned to General Hu Ernuo and said, "I won't kill a defeated general. Today, I'll spare your life. You go back and tell your lord that the Emperor of Great Song has already gathered an army of one million soldiers who are eager to defend the country. We will head north soon. Advise him to withdraw his troops early and avoid more bloodshed. Otherwise, when our army arrives, it will be the day of your destruction." He gave Hu Ernuo a horse and let him go back.

  ZHAO KUI knew that the other party was a trusted follower of WANYAN LOUSHI and WANYAN ZONGWANG, and would definitely pass on his words. Exchanging one general for a suspicious move was also one of Zhao Kui's usual tactics. Although Jin Guo and Zhao Gou had some connection, they were still enemies after all, and both sides were extremely wary of each other. If Zhao Gou led the army north now, the large amount of land occupied by the Jin army would be recovered, and the Jin army would naturally suffer a severe blow.

  A soldier led a horse over and tossed the reins to General Huernu. General Huernu gritted his teeth, took the reins, and with great effort climbed onto the horse's back, suppressing the pain of his broken bones. He glared fiercely at the young soldier before whipping the horse into a gallop and departing.

  Zhao Song gazed at Jin Jiang Hu Er Nu as he walked further and further away, then turned his head to smile at Xiao Bing: "What's your name? Your skills are impressive, yet I've never heard of you!"

  The little soldier was about to answer, when a sergeant who had come down from the mountain suddenly replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, this man is a new recruit in our army and is one of my soldiers. His name is Di Lei."

  "Di Lei!" Zhao Chen suddenly remembered, wasn't Di Lei one of the eight great hammers in the legend of Yue Fei? It turned out that he was a real person, no wonder he was so formidable.

  "Ah, I never thought that my personal guard would have such a high-ranking officer. It's really rare!" King Xīn Zhāo Chēn said with a surprised face, and then he said to the Wǔzhǎng (a military rank) and the camp commander who followed: "From now on, transfer him to my account and let him take orders from me, temporarily as my Shìwèi zhǎng (Guard Commander)." After that, King Xīn Zhāo Chēn took a look at Dí Léi with great interest, then he went to check the casualties.

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