My surname is Wang, my neighbor Wu Dalang

Chapter 323 Zhang Shuye: We will fight to the death and die for our country!
Early the next morning, Wang Lin led his army to leave Tokyo.

By the time Emperor Zhao Ji in the palace and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty got the news, Wang Lin had already led a thousand Tiger God Guard cavalry to gallop hundreds of miles away from the capital.

However, Yue Fei's [-] iron cavalry and Yan Qing's [-] tiger guards, who set off three days earlier, had already entered the territory of Daming Mansion after traveling day and night.

Yue Fei and Yan Qing knew very well what the [-] horses brought by Murong Wan'er meant to Qingzhou and Song Dynasty.

So along the way, in addition to the cavalry changing horses to let the horses rest, people just take a nap when they are tired, and rush on the road at night.

Yan Qing and Wang Lin agreed that the location of the joint army would be in Zhending Mansion.

That is where Zhang Shuye's handsome mansion is located.

In fact, Zhang Shuye had learned about Wang Lin's army entering Hebei the day before.

Zhang Shuye's first reaction was that Wang Lin tried to take advantage of the battle between Liao and Jin to lead his army into Yanyun and recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

But then it felt wrong again.

If it is to attack Liao, Qingzhou Army alone is an impossible task. The court must at least mobilize the Western Army in Hedong and Zhang Shuye's Hebei Army. There may be a chance for the three-way army to go north.

Since it is impossible to attack Liao, then...

Zhang Shuye immediately remembered the enmity between Wang Lin and the Chong family.

Recently, Zhang Shuye has been paying attention to the movements of the Hedong Zhongjia army.

Zhong Zhong died at the hands of Wang Lin, so it is impossible that there was no movement in the Zhong family army.

But fortunately, Zhang Shuye had a deep understanding of Zhong Shi Dao, he concluded that Zhong Shi Dao might bear a grudge against Wang Lin, but he would definitely not start an army to plot chaos.

After all, Zhao Song is still the world at present, and the emperor is still Zhao Ji.

And Wang Lin is not permanently stationed in the capital, and is still Qinglai Fanzhen, controlling Qinglai, Shandong and Nanjing.

In this way, there is no reason for cultivating the teacher's way even if he raised troops on the side of the Qing emperor.

In the second year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, March [-]th.

Wang Lin led a thousand tiger guards to the outskirts of Zhending Mansion and joined forces with Yue Fei and Yan Qing.

Yue Fei saw Wang Lin was accompanied by a beautiful and slim female general, although he glanced at him, he didn't dare to ask further questions.

On the contrary, Wang Lin generously introduced to both sides: "Yue Fei, Xiao Yi, this is Liang Hongyu and General Liang, the family of generals for generations, with high martial arts skills, so stay with Gu and be the commander of the guard."

"Hongyu, this is the Yue Fei I told you about, the student of the Guzhi, the deputy commander of the Fuhu Army, and the commander in chief of military affairs. This is Yan Xiaoyi, known as the prodigal son in the Jianghu, the commander of the Guhu Divine Guard, and the capital Commander of the Imperial City Division."

Liang Hongyu clasped her fists in salute immediately: "I've seen Yue Tongzhi, Yan Tongzhi!"

Yue Fei and Yan Qing were not fools, a woman who could keep Wang Lin by her side as the general's bodyguard... The two looked at each other, not daring to underestimate Liang Hongyu, and immediately returned the courtesy.

Wang Lin's deep eyes looked at Zhending Fucheng not far away.

The [-] war horses in the Liao territory were raised by Murong Wan'er and the Murong family and hid in the valley in the east of Yingzhou. It was impossible to hide them for too long.

Wang Lin must break into the Liao territory that has not yet been completely occupied by the Jin people as soon as possible, and escort the horses back to the Song Dynasty.

As for the return route, Wang Lin decided not to enter Yanmen Pass, but went east from Yingzhou to Lingqiu, and then went south to Hebei via the Damao Pass.

Because, entering the customs from Yanmen, and then entering Hebei from the north of the river, you have to cross the Wei Wei Taihang Mountains, which is not conducive to the march of a large number of war horses.

And if they enter Hebei via Taiyuan, they will have to face off against the main force of the Western Army.

Don't talk about his grievances with the Zhong family, but these [-] war horses are enough to make the Zhong teacher take risks.

However, in order to realize the smooth southward movement of [-] war horses, the [-] cavalry under Wanyan Zongwang, the main force of the Golden Army who had just entered the Datong line, was a serious threat.

So... Wang Lin came up with Zhang Shuye's idea.

Wang Lin touched the troop transfer document issued by the Privy Council in his bosom, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

……

Zhendingfu.

The majestic Fucheng is majestic. Because it is close to the border of Song and Liao, the city defenses of Zhending, Dingzhou, Bazhou, Xiongzhou and other cities in Hebei Province are extremely strong.

The gate of Fucheng was opened, and Zhang Shuye led all the generals under the command of the Hebei Army to welcome them out of the city.

The [-] cavalry have a well-organized army, and the military flags are flying.

On the big banner in the middle, there is a Chinese character for king.

Zhang Shuye stared at the horse for a long time, and couldn't help gasping.

He really didn't expect that in less than a few years, Wang Lin had trained a cavalry force of nearly 2 men, and the army was so majestic and imposing, he already looked like a master of hundreds of battles.

And his army in Hebei has only 5000 cavalry.

And the Western Army, known as the elite of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty, under the command of Zhong Shidao, only had [-] cavalry.

Wang Lin urged the horse to come out.

A white horse with a silver gun and a purple gold crown on his head, he is not angry and majestic.

Yue Fei led the formation, Liang Hongyu and Yan Qing followed closely behind.

Wang Lin clasped his hands away on the horse and said with a loud laugh: "Mr. Zhang! Are you here all right?"

Zhang Shuye got off his horse, bowed and said: "I pay homage to His Royal Highness King Qi! I haven't seen you for a long time, and your lord is well!"

After Zhang Shuye paid his respects, he saw that Wang Lin hadn't dismounted from his horse, and he didn't seem to be entering the city at all. He frowned slightly and said, "My lord led an army to Hebei. I don't know why."

"Zhang Taiwei, the Jin aggressively attacked the Liao Dynasty, and the Liao Emperor was killed. Now the Liao territory is full of wars, and the Liaoxi capital has been broken by the Jin people. Under the orders of the officials, they led the army into the Liao territory to rescue my Song Dynasty trapped in Xijing. Sending the Liao Mission..."

Xijing is Datong.

Wang Lin said lightly.

He was telling half truths.

Zhang Shuye obviously didn't change much in his mood, which meant that he had already learned the news of Emperor Liao's killing.

However, Wang Lin did not believe that he would lead the army into the Liao camp to rescue the Liao mission.

Zhang Shuye clasped his hands and said: "My lord's army went deep into the Liao territory alone, the lower officials thought it was inappropriate, if they were trapped by the main force of the Jin people, I'm afraid it would be a disaster."

Wang Lin smiled and said: "That's why I asked Zhang Taiwei to set up the main force in Hebei, cross Yizhou, and pretend to attack Youzhou, assuming that my Great Song Dynasty will take the opportunity to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Attract Wanyan Zongwang to come back and support me The army has done its job."

Zhang Shuye raised his eyebrows fiercely, he couldn't hide a trace of joy.

The Liao territory was destroyed by Jin, and now it is a mess.

Unknowingly, Zhang Shuye thought about it many times during this period, and wanted to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Jin people to lead his army into Youyan, take the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and fulfill the century-old dream of the people of Song Dynasty.

But without the permission of the imperial court, he could not easily send troops.

Wang Lin slowly took out the official dispatch document issued by the Privy Council from his bosom, and ordered Yan Qing to hand it to Zhang Shuye.

He said again: "Zhang Taiwei, this time it is only a feint attack, a bluff, and a strategy to divert the tiger away from the mountain. As for the land of Youyan, I will not take it for the time being."

Zhang Shuye fell silent, and after a long time he said: "My lord, in fact, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the Jin people, we sent out troops from the three routes of the Song Dynasty, and the recovery of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun is just around the corner."

"Zhang Taiwei, the land of Yanyun has been in the hands of the Liao people for a hundred years. The land of Yanyun is full of barbarians, and the Han people do not occupy the mainstream. And even the Han people in the north do not want to return to the Song Dynasty. At this moment, even if our army Taking advantage of the chaos to attack Youyan, you will definitely not be able to defend it."

"Once the Jin soldiers reacted and attacked on a large scale, coupled with the chaos of the Liao people, our soldiers and horses in the Song Dynasty went deep into dangerous situations, and in the end they could only lose troops and generals, and the gains outweighed the losses."

"The lower official knows what the prince said is true, but..."

Zhang Shuye had white hair on his head, tremblingly said: "My lord, if you don't take the land of Youyan, in the future after the Jin people finish repairing, they will attack our Song Dynasty from the two lines of Yunzhong and Hebei. This land of Hebei , One Mapping River, in the end, it is impossible to hold on.”

As the coach of Hebei, Zhang Shuye knows the situation of the Hebei army best.

Lazy in armaments, weak troops, uneasy.

Relying on the Hebei army to stop the invading Jin soldiers is almost a dream.

So he has been thinking about whether to advance as a retreat, move the war to the land of Yanyun, and delay the invasion time of the Jin people.

Wang Lin nodded slowly.In the Song Dynasty, Zhang Shuye was a rare understanding person.

Unlike other courtiers, they still hold the illusion of alliance with Jin and a state of brothers.

But without Liao as a barrier, Hebei cannot be defended.

Even if the main force of the Western Army is transferred to Hebei, it will not help.

The Jin army is all cavalry. After more than a hundred battles, big and small, the Liao Dynasty was destroyed. The momentum is like a rainbow. The Song army, which is mainly infantry, is at a disadvantage.

This is the weakness in the womb.

Zhang Shuye said again with emotion: "In order to prevent the Jin soldiers from driving straight into the capital, the old man made a suicide note with the generals of the Hebei Army and swore a blood oath that he would commit himself to the country, regardless of life and death. Give up an inch of land!
Fight to the death!If the golden man wants to pass, he must step over our corpses! "

After Zhang Shuye's death, the generals in Hebei showed generosity.

Ever since the news of the Jin people's mass destruction of Liao reached Hebei, the defenders in Hebei knew that the time for the Jin people's large-scale invasion was imminent.

The war is inevitable.

As frontier generals, they knew that with the weak strength of the Hebei army and the lack of precipitous terrain in Hebei, fighting against the golden cavalry was equivalent to a mantis holding a chariot, and sooner or later it would be a death sentence.

But it is common for soldiers to shroud their bodies in horse leather. It is also the fate of frontier soldiers to eat the country's salary and die in battle for the country.

These generals are all prepared to die.

Wang Lin felt hot in his heart.

He got off his horse and bowed to Zhang Shuye and other Hebei generals.

This group of iron-blooded generals is worthy of my worship.

The Hebei army couldn't bear the footsteps of the Jin people going south.

The fall of Hebei is a matter of time.

He can only count on Zhang Shuye to lead the Hebei army to deal with the Jin army as much as possible and buy him more time.

……

Taiyuan House.

The Xuanfu envoy of Hedong, the general manager of soldiers and horses, and the chief general of the Zhong family army, the official office of Zhongshi Dao.

Zhang Xiaochun, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, led his son Zhang Hao to enter in a hurry. In the main hall, all the generals of the Zhong Family Army, General Yao Gu of the Western Army and others were present.

Now Zhong Shidao is an old man over seventy years old, but with gray hair and gray head, his spirit is still hale and hearty.

As the third-generation general of the Zhong Family Army, he was born and grew up in the army all his life, guarding the border, fighting against Xixia, and made great achievements in battle.

Since he was transferred from the defense envoy of Qinfeng Road to Taiyuan in the past, he has built the ancient city of Taiyuan as solid as gold.

Zhang Xiaochun clasped his hands and said: "Master, the subordinates will be rewarded. The king of Qi, Wang Lin, led an army into Zhending, Hebei, and there seems to be a sign of breaking into the Liao territory."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhong Hao, Zhong Hao, and Zhong Sun Zhongwei walked out side by side, and said angrily: "Father, the rebel Wang Lin murdered the prince of the Song Dynasty and killed my Zhongliang general of the Song Dynasty. The crime is heinous, please return it!" Commander-in-law ordered that I would like to raise [-] troops with Zhongwei to raid Hebei, kill this thief, and avenge my uncle!"

(End of this chapter)