One Piece of Song Dynasty

Jin Jun deliberately showed weakness and refused to reply to the letter of challenge, which gave Zhang Jun the illusion that Jin Jun was afraid of him like a tiger. He even believed that Song Xianggong was the role model for him to learn from, so he personally drew up a Taoist list and posted it in front of the military gate: Anyone who captures the Jin Army's commander Lou Su alive will be awarded the title of Jiedushi, and will be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver and ten thousand pieces of silk.

Lou Su, the old commander of the West Road of the Jin Kingdom, was a famous general of the Jin Kingdom who had served as a soldier and victorious in all battles. Although he was ill, he personally inspected the Song Army camp with his scouts at close range. He found that although it was dotted with stars, the barriers were not solid and riddled with holes. Although the Song Army If there are too many, they will be defeated in one battle. Lou Su responded tit for tat and immediately sent someone to post his notice next to Zhang Jun's camp: Anyone who can capture Zhang Jun alive will be rewarded with a donkey and a piece of cloth.

When Zhang Jun saw this, he couldn't help but became angry. He hurriedly tore up Lou Su's notice and returned to Fenzhou, two hundred miles away to the west, which is today Bin County, Shaanxi Province to supervise the war. He handed over the task of being the commander-in-chief of the former enemy to Liu Qi's brother Liu Xi, but Liu Xi could not command the Qing Army commanders Zhao Zhe and Wu Jie and other five generals. When the battle came, he actually raised the banner of Qu Duan and himself Pretending to be Qu, he was sitting in the camp, but Lou Su saw through the trick. As soon as Wu Shu led elite cavalry to Fuping, Lou Su immediately responded.

On September , the fourth year of Jianyan, the Battle of Fuping finally started in a long-suppressed tense atmosphere. This was the first major battle between the cavalry of the Song and Jin Dynasties on the plains. At the beginning of the battle, Liu Qi personally led his elite cavalry and took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Wushu's camp on the right wing of the Jin army. Wushu also tried his best to meet the enemy. The battle was extremely fierce. Wu Shu's subordinate Han Chang, a famous general from Hebei Province, was hit by an arrow in the eye. Han Chang gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrowhead together with his eyeballs. His eyeballs were like strings of candied haws, and blood and flesh splattered immediately. He dismounted, grabbed the dirt and stuffed it into the bloody eye socket, while the horse continued to shout and fight. The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, until the sky was dark and the sun and the moon were dark. The Jin army's formation was once surrounded and disintegrated, but soon withstood Liu Qi's charge.

Wu Jie and other generals were watching the battle in front of the enemy. The Jin Army's cavalry did not rush forward or retreat in a hurry. They fought steadily and their tenacious fighting style left a deep impression on them. Lou Su had no time to watch the battle. He personally led three thousand elite troops, each carrying a bundle of firewood, to fill a path in the reed swamp, and then suddenly rushed to the Huanqing Army camp on the right wing of the Song army like an army from heaven descending. It happened that Zhao Zhe, the head coach of the Huanqing Army, was not in the military camp at this time. No one knows where he was at that time. Is there anything more urgent to do before the battle than fighting?

The Huanqing Army collapsed immediately, leading to a rout of all armies. After a day of fierce fighting, Liu Qi's troops were exhausted and had no choice but to retreat. The loot captured by the Jin army piled up like a mountain, and also piled up like a mountain were the corpses of the Song army. The Battle of Fuping ended with Zhang Jun's complete defeat. As a result, large areas of Shaanxi and Gansu fell into enemy hands, and the Song army could only retreat to Sichuan.

Wu Jie killed all the deserters among his subordinates who fled first on the spot. The deserters died instantly, their heads rolled, their bodies were in a mess, and everyone in the army trembled. From then on, military discipline was strict. However, who should bear the first responsibility for the serious crime of harming the country?

In October, Zhang Jun gathered the remaining defeated generals to Qinzhou, which is now Tianshui, Gansu Province. He was so angry that he wanted to kill Zhao Zhe, the commander of the Huanqing Army, as a scapegoat. Zhao Zhe refused to accept it and complained that he had saved Jingkang during the siege. Zhang Jun was so angry that he hit his mouth with the hilt of his sword in public, until his mouth was filled with blood and his teeth fell out. He then pulled him out and beheaded him. This incident led to various military generals in the northwest defecting to the Jin Kingdom.

Zhang Jun then ordered the troops to evacuate Qinzhou and retreat to Xingzhou. Before the words were spoken, all the generals had already dispersed in a rush, each going their own way. After a while, no one was left, leaving Zhang Jun speechless and gasping for air. At this moment, he suddenly thought of Li Gang, who was impeached and dismissed by him. At that moment, he felt that he had been possessed by Li Gang.

One month after the Battle of Fuping, Zhao Ding hurriedly found Li Xin with the battle report. However, when he met Li Xin, he did not talk about the Battle of Fuping first, but reported another matter to Li Xin first. Zhao Ding said: "Your Majesty, Li Qingzhao came to Quanzhou and brought many ancient bronzes. I can't even name Wuhuamen."

Li Xin said in surprise: "Oh, this is a good thing. Those things must be preserved. They are the treasures of our Han people. Where is Li Qingzhao? I have long wanted to meet this great poet. Her Xia I admire Riquatrain very much, and Yuan Zhen will bring her to me tomorrow to see her in person."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Afterwards, Zhao Ding was silent for a while. Li Xin saw that Zhao Ding's expression was wrong and asked: "Yuan Zhen, something bad happened?"

"Prince Zhang Jun fought against the Jin army in Fuping on September th, and was defeated and collapsed. There was a great earthquake in the northwest." Zhao Ding was about to cry but had no tears.

Li Xin pretended to be gloomy and said: "Read the report."

Zhao Ding read the memorial: "As soon as the two armies clashed, our armies were in panic. Only Liu Qi took the lead to defend him. From the beginning of the morning to the end, the victory was still undecided, and there was no one to help him. Zhao Huan, the commander of the Qing army, When Zhe Shan left his post, the soldiers looked up in the dust and ran away in fright, and the army collapsed."

After receiving the memorial, Li Xin pretended to be furious after reading it, and shouted: "The army of cavalry, infantry, and people was completely defeated. All the five routes of Qinchuan were in the hands of the enemy."

"Zhang Jun is a civil servant, and he is not the opponent of Wu Shu and Wanyan Lousu." Zhao Ding also wanted to defend Zhang Jun, but Li Xin slammed the memorial: "What is not an opponent? He is ambitious and incompetent, he is vain and arrogant, and he is a stupid military adventure. The emperor previously put Sichuan and Shaanxi All powers were handed over to Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun could do things cheaply, but he insisted on going his own way and fought a decisive battle against Fuping. He also insisted on imitating Song Xianggong. He sent letters to the Jin army many times to arrange a decisive battle, which caused Wu Shu to rush to help in time and our army was defeated. .”

"With the loss of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Shu were completely exposed to the Jin army, and the situation in the southeast became even more dangerous." Zhao Ding worried.

Li Xin sighed: "Fuping was defeated on the western front and Chuzhou was lost on the eastern front. The situation has become more serious. However, our -strong army has been assembled. After seeing Li Qingzhao tomorrow, the whole army will march back to Lin'an the day after tomorrow, and Han Shizhong will lead the army. Ten thousand troops entered Jiangxi first to quell the rebellion. Chen Kangbo was appointed as Jiangxi envoy and Zhong Hao was appointed as Jiangxi pacification envoy. Zhang Jun was removed from his position as the Xuanfu envoy in Sichuan and Shaanxi and transferred back to Lin'an. Wu Jie was ordered to temporarily act as Sichuan envoy until the new pacification envoy arrived. The position of the pacification envoy must not allow the Jin army to advance further. Zhao Kai is transferred as the Sichuan envoy-general to lead the civil affairs of Chengdu Fulu, Tongchuan Road and Kuizhou Road. The Sichuan pacification envoy must assist the Sichuan pacification envoy to defend Sichuan."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I obey your order."

After Zhao Ding left, Li Xin sent a secret message to Jeju, telling the five thousand cavalry who were training there not to come to Quanzhou after completing their training, but to land directly from Mingzhou and return to Lin'an; after writing the letter to Jeju, Li Xin wrote to Xinghan wrote a letter asking Xinghan Chongwu Academy and Chongwen Academy to send a group of students over to prepare to take over Jiangxi and Zhejiang. These two places were severely damaged by the war, so they would definitely not be as aggressive as those in those areas. But what needs to be done still needs to be done.