One Piece of Song Dynasty

After leaving the wounded barracks, Li Xin met Qin Jing again. Qin Jing smiled slightly and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for repelling the Jin army's attack."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, reporter Qin hasn't returned to Lin'an yet?"

Qin Jing said: "The Nu family has asked colleagues to send back the interview records during this period. The Nu family plans to continue to follow the army north."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Bei may have to walk a long way this time, aren't you afraid?"

Qin Jing shook her head and said: "The prince is not afraid, so what is there to fear about the slave family?"

Li Xin asked with great interest: "How do you know that this king will follow me and continue walking north?"

Qin Jing replied: "The Northern Expedition has been sent out. The prince's personal expedition is for the Northern Expedition. The slave family does not believe that the prince will stop here."

Li Xin smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, Reporter Qin guessed it right. By the way, I have a piece of news for you. Please send someone back to Lin'an Daily so that your Daily can publish it and spread it as soon as possible." After that, Li Xin handed a piece of paper to Qin Jing.

After taking it, Qin Jing was pleasantly surprised and said: "Your Majesty, what's here is real."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Of course this is true. Well, I have something else to do. Reporter Qin should be busy first."

After bidding farewell to Qin Jing, Li Xin said: "Xiangong Zhao, send a message to Lin'an and Xinghan Island, asking the rear to organize a large number of materials and personnel to prepare to take over the recovered territory, and then inform the middle and west roads of the recovery of Yanyun. The Governor's Mansion on both sides of the road encouraged all the soldiers in the army to fight bravely and complete the Northern Expedition as soon as possible."

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

Li Xin then said: "Bo Ying, follow me north with an army of ten thousand."

Zhang Jun cupped his fists and said, "I obey your order."

It can be said that Jin Wushu suffered heavy losses in this offensive and defensive battle in Luzhou. All the infantry were either killed or floated. In the end, only four to five hundred cavalry were left in the five thousand elite iron futu. Jin Wushu led his cavalry to retreat northward, with Yue Yun and Li Shifu in hot pursuit. Jin Wushu had no chance to regroup his army.

On August nd, in the early morning of the Song Army camp in Guangzhou, Zhe Yanzhi had just gotten up and washed up when Zhong Zhi hurried in and said, "Uncle, it's bad, the Jin army has escaped, and the number of the Jin army is wrong."

Zhe Yanzhi was stunned when he heard this and said: "What's going on, the Jin army escaped and the number is wrong?"

Zhong Yan said: "I discovered this when I was inspecting the camp this morning. The Jin army on the opposite side suddenly ran away. And when I ran, I found that the number of people was obviously wrong. The number of escaped Jin soldiers was definitely not tens of thousands."

Zhe Yanzhi slapped the table and said: "We must have been tricked by the Jin people. The Jin people must have quietly withdrawn the main force in advance. Now we are in big trouble. We don't know where the main force of the Jin army has gone."

Zhong Yan comforted him and said, "Don't worry, uncle. I have already sent people to chase the Jin army. If I want to capture a few prisoners, I will know what the situation is."

Soon, the prisoners of the Jin Army were sent to the big tent. Zhe Yanzhi said with a cold face: "If you want to survive, just recruit them truthfully. Where is your main force?"

The prisoner nodded and said: "General, spare your life. The younger ones said that our main force went to Shouchun a few days ago. When they left, the commander only left people here to fill up the number. Shuai also asked us to wait until today to withdraw to Tokyo."

After the prisoners withdrew, Zhe Yanzhi sighed and said: "Oh, I feel so ashamed of my trust in the prince. The enemy army obviously withdrew in order to preserve Jin Wushu's retreat. The prince's messenger just left yesterday, and I still Swear to the messenger that the Jin army is still here."

Zhong Yan asked: "Uncle, what should we do now?"

Zhe Yanzhi thought for a while and said: "Let Li Dao stay in Xinyang and Guangzhou, we will lead the army to Shouchun, and then send people to work hard to inform the prince of the situation here."

Zhong Lao cupped his fists and said, "Yes, uncle, then I will organize the army to march to Shouchun."

On August , Jin Wushu led more than ten thousand fine cavalry and fled to Shouchun in panic. Fortunately, Wanyan Zongxian learned the news in advance and made preparations. Yue Yun and Li Shifu saw that the Jin army was heavily troops under Shouchun City, so they temporarily withdrew. When they came out, the cavalry ran fast. At this time, Han Shizhong's infantry was still one day away from Shouchun.

After entering the big tent, Jin Wushu slumped down in a chair and stopped talking. Wanyan Zongxian looked at the silent Jin Wushu and didn't know what to say. When he left, he had an army of , but when he came back, only were left. The rest of the cavalry was gone. Among the generals, veteran Wanyan Tuheshu and Pusan ​​Zhongyi had not returned, and they did not know whether they were dead or alive.

In this southern invasion, counting the losses of the East Route Army, the entire southern invasion army has lost more than horses. The situation of the West Route Army is still unknown. Since the beginning of the war between Song and Jin Dynasties, this is the heaviest loss for the Jin Army. Not only Not even an inch of territory was gained, and many soldiers and horses were lost.

However, it is not safe to stay outside Shouchun City now. Wanyan Zongxian thought for a while and said: "Commander, now is not the time to reflect. Shouchun City is not safe either. We should withdraw to Tokyo as soon as possible."

Jin Wushu feels bitter in his heart now. As the main war faction in the DPRK, this tragic defeat can be said to be a major blow to him. The main peace faction was just cleaned up before the war. It is conceivable that after this battle, the DPRK will be a What does it look like, but the current situation really cannot stay in Shouchun for a long time.

A slightly decadent Jin Wushu whispered: "We will withdraw early tomorrow morning. We have been traveling for two days. Let the soldiers rest."

Wanyan Zongxian nodded and said: "Okay, then I will arrange for the soldiers to prepare and evacuate early tomorrow morning."

Just as the offensive and defensive battle in Luzhou was coming to an end, the Song and Jin armies far away in Hezhong Prefecture were about to start another battle. The -strong army led by Qu Duan came from the north of Deng and Tang Dynasty on July th. We visited Ruzhou, Songzhou, Luoyang, and Shaanzhou, and finally crossed the Yellow River from Shaanzhou, arriving at Jiezhou, fifty kilometers away from Hezhong Prefecture, on July . Tokyo received Wanyan Zongxian’s order on the th It happened to be the thirtieth day before Qu Duan's message was sent to Wanyan Sali's army.

Wu Jie led his army and Salihe had not fought each other since they had fought twice in late May and early June. After Salihe's -strong army lost , they stayed by the Yellow River to set up defenses and wait for reinforcements. After arriving, the Jin Dynasty court sent reinforcements after receiving Sa Lihe's request for help. It was already July th when the reinforcements were assembled and arrived at Hezhong Prefecture. With five days to go, after the reinforcements arrived, Sa Lihe began to send troops to harass the Song Army's Yellow River defense line, hoping to find a loophole for the Song Army to cross the river. The Jin Army began to take action, and the Song Army also began to move.

However, it had only been five days since the two sides had been back and forth, and before Salihe could find a way to cross the river, news came that Qu Duan had arrived in Jiezhou. At this time, Salihe really wanted to curse, which put him in a dilemma. It's not that the -strong army is all cavalry. The cavalry can withdraw if they want. Most of the army is infantry. If there are infantry, the withdrawal will not be faster. Sa Lihe wanted to turn around and deal with Qu Duan's army first, but he understood As long as he leaves, Wu Jie will definitely lead his army across the river.

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