Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Wanyan Zongwang took the remnants of the defeated generals, took out the dry rations he carried with him in the cold night, and took soybeans from the horse's bag to feed the horses.This is due to the habit of the Jurchens. They have always had the habit of bringing some food with them in order to deal with getting lost in the wasteland and so on.Those fried soybeans are an indispensable hard material for war horses.People can not eat them and can deal with them, but war horses can't treat them badly.

The atmosphere of sadness lingered around the defeated soldiers all the time. The thousands of people who managed to escape knew that the second prince had made great achievements in the past, but he had been squeezed out by the third prince and other Khan's relatives in recent years, and now he was defeated and returned to Nanjing. Don't think about the days to come, and you all know that it will be even more difficult.

Wanyan Zongwang calmed down his depression, and encouraged the generals who had followed him for more than ten years: "It will be fine to return to Hejian Mansion tomorrow. Be alert tonight, don't let the enemy outflank you, and leave early tomorrow morning."

Such a soft-spoken second prince is extremely rare.It also made those who followed him feel even more anxious and uneasy.But Wanyan Zongwang knew that it was useless to say anything now, so he quickly recovered his physical strength so that he could continue to escape.After arranging the soldiers to watch the night, they curled up their tall bodies by the fire together with the soldiers, and fell asleep in the cold night.

Four more, Wanyan Zongwang got up and woke up the soldiers, each of them rubbed snow on their faces casually, fed the horses and packed up the girdles, covered the fire with snow, and covered up the traces of resting here overnight.

"The Yuan army will definitely come to pursue them today. We will work hard and rush back to Hejian Mansion to measure their army. We will not be able to reach Hejian Mansion tomorrow. We can take the gold, silver, jewelry and Woman, back on the grassland."

The soldiers who fled here with the second crown prince were either human beings or people with outstanding martial arts skills. After shouting a few words, they mounted their horses one after another and continued to flee northward for their lives.

More than half an hour later, Lin Chong and Hua Rong led the horse army, followed the traces left by the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin who fled yesterday, and arrived at their campsite last night.Although Wanyan Zongwang ordered the soldiers to cover it up, the traces of the five or six thousand horse troops were still clearly exposed to the sun.

Lin Chong got off his horse to investigate carefully, and then said to Hua Rong and the soldiers: "Although the Jin army covered up the traces, the ground in a few places is still mild. They shouldn't have escaped for a long time. Get on your horse and continue to pursue."

Hearing that there were traces of Jin Guo's defeat and deserters, all the soldiers became excited. It was a rare time when they were able to chase after the Jin soldiers. This was enough to boast to others for a lifetime.

Lin Chong and Hua Rong led the army all the way to the north, and snowflakes began to fall in the sky again at some point.One after another, they are getting bigger and bigger.This increases the difficulty for those who escape, and the pursuit is also more difficult.The heavy snow gradually covered the traces left by the soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin, leaving only a white picture of the north wind, smoke and snow in the world.

Before noon, the heavy snow had already made Lin Chong and others unable to tell the direction.Hua Rong took out the compass from his arms, which was given to him by Gongsun Sheng.

"Captain Governor, if we follow this direction, we should reach Hejian Mansion. This is specially instructed by Mr. Gongsun."

"it is good."

Lin Chong was not surprised when Hua Rong took out his compass when Hu Sanniang asked Gongsun Sheng about the weather and how to find his way in the snow last night.

"Order the soldiers to dismount and let the horses rest for a while."

The [-] soldiers dismounted immediately, loosened the girth of the horse, and took out the dry goods prepared for the war horses first, regardless of filling their hungry stomachs, to take care of their sweethearts.

Lin Chong carefully took care of the Zhaoye Jade Lion that Lu Zhishen forced him to accept. This Jade Lion was tall but docile, fast and durable. If it wasn't for this Jade Lion a few days ago, his left arm would have been cut off on the spot.

The Jade Lion snorted and exhaled hot air. With its big head arched, it ate the roasted fragrant soybeans in Lin Chong's hands, and then licked the remaining aroma in Lin Chong's hands, and Lin Chong touched the war horse's neck and mane. Mao, took out two pieces of bamboo candies.The Jade Lion snorted, chewed, and rolled a few mouthfuls of snow.

The soldiers all fed their horses first, and then hurriedly filled their mouths with dry biscuits, no matter whether they were dry or hard to swallow, if they didn’t eat them at this time, they would have to swallow them in the north wind after a while down.

The rest of the [-] horse army, the horses feeding the people, are all crowded together.

Hua Rong bumped into Lin Chong's shoulder, motioning Lin Chong to look at the resting soldiers.

"Great governor, should the soldiers be separated for rest in the future?"

Lin Chong raised his eyebrows to look at Huarong, what do you mean?On a cold day, huddling together can somehow keep you warm.If it was summer, it would be impossible to squeeze these people together.

"Now only officials have artillery, if when the artillery leaks out..."

Lin Chong immediately understood Hua Rong's hidden meaning. The [-] people were crowded too closely together. Once a cannonball exploded, the frightened horses could disable most of the soldiers.

Lin Chong nodded, "Well. Remember to report to the officials when you look back, and remind Gongsun Sheng to carefully protect the secrets of the artillery."

After the soldiers ate the dry food, they each walked away a little, and then began to "release water".It only took a moment, and the piss anger released by the 2 horses staying temporarily made no one want to rest.

Without Hu Sanniang in the team, these men also let go of themselves, which is also the normal state of the march.

Lin Chong waited for a while before ordering his personal guards to send an order, "Get on your horse immediately and pursue north."

The sharp bamboo whistle was blown out by the guard for a long time.

After three breaths, when the second long sound sounded again, the front team had already left with their horses.

Hua Rong took the lead with a compass in hand, and Ma Jun again braved the north wind and braved the increasingly dense snowflakes of goose feathers to set foot on the journey.The messy traces left by the meandering horse team were soon covered by heavy snow.The sky and the earth returned to a vast expanse of whiteness again, as if these people had never appeared before.Only careful people will guess from the green grass in this wilderness next year and the lush growth that is different from other places, whether something different from other places has happened on this piece of land.

It was difficult for Lin Chong and the others to chase, but it was even harder for Wanyan Zongwang to lead the defeated army back.

In the evening, Wanyan Zongwang, who had to stop again to let the horses rest, was frowning. There was no food left with them.The war horses began to chew the grass roots under the snow, and the soldiers also sat together tiredly in twos and threes, knowing that Hejian Mansion should not be far away, but they just didn't have the energy to rush to Hejian Mansion in one go.

Wanyan Zongwang looked at the low morale and was helpless under the sadness and despair.All day he was thinking about the reason for his failure, alas!The defeat was inexplicable.Why does the Yuan army have so many Thunderbolts?Was it the thunder that forced the emperor of the Zhao family to give up the country?

What weighed heavily on his heart was the consequences of failure, the consequences that he couldn't face—the direct descendants were buried in the south like this, how should they face their mother and concubine and wives when they went back, and how should they tell them?These are warriors selected from the mother and concubine's tribe and the wife's tribe. After this battle, their mother's tribe may also be annexed by other tribes.

How to break through this predicament?It goes without saying that the right to command the troops will be handed over to the third prince after returning.Admitting the reasons for his failure in front of Da Khan, bluntly saying that the Yuan army has a lot of thunder?No, the third prince and others should also have a taste of Hong Tianlei's position, so as to keep the safety of the mother, concubine and younger brother.

Then how should he explain his defeat to the Great Khan, a defeat that almost wiped out the entire army?

The side general Kuru who followed the second prince was the only haha ​​pearl left by the second prince since he was a child.What the master thinks, he knows and understands.During the years when the master gained power, batch after batch of haha ​​beads around him died.If the master is willing to go to the morning for three years, no, five years in the morning, like these years, he can bend down and make a smile, not to mention treating people with dignity, just to kill a few people, not only the position belongs to the master , There are many guards beside the master.

That position should belong to the master.

if……

There are not so many ifs in the world, and there is no possibility to make people walk the path they missed at the beginning.

The wind and snow had completely rested, and Wanyan Zongwang had no choice but to let the horse, which had been exhausted for a day, eat grass roots.I also had to accommodate the tired soldiers, just rest for a while, and those who are exhausted, rest for a while before continuing to move forward, maybe Da Yuan's army didn't pursue them.

With such a lucky Wanyan Zongwang, he never expected that Lin Chong would lead an army of horses several times larger than his, and after feeding the horses again, he was about to brandish his saber at them.

As night falls, the white snow reflects a few stars.The outpost Ma Jun dispatched by Lin Chong hastened back to report: Jin Guo's army is resting less than ten miles ahead.

The soldiers who got on their horses again carefully put the bits on the horses so that the horses could not neigh.The thick snow kept the hooved horses from making any louder noises.The [-] horse army, like ghosts wandering in the dark night, quietly approached Wanyan Zongwang's five or six thousand cavalry.

The journey was less than ten miles, and it took almost two quarters of an hour.

……

Two thousand steps away is the Jin Army.Lin Chong brandished the Zhangba Snake Spear and then reined in his horse to stop. The soldiers of the horse army dismounted one by one, tightened the girth of the horse, and stepped on the horse again. Everyone's heart was excited.

"Leave no survivors." Every soldier remembered the official's order.

The sound of the rumbling horseshoes shocked Wanyan Zongwang, and the wandering sentinel ran and shouted while reporting, "Second prince, the Yuan army has caught up."

Hua Rong shot arrows while riding the horse, and harvested the sentries galloping towards the Jin army.

The soldiers of the Jin Army hurriedly climbed on their horses to escape for their lives, and the jade lion under Lin Chong's crotch was like a gust of wind, chasing after the chaotic lineup of the Jin Army.He stared at the group of fleeing crowd surrounded by shiny armor in front of him, picking off one after another who tried to stop him.

The 6000 horse cavalry surrounded the [-] people who were frightened and began to kill.The trapped people were unwilling to die with their hands, and resisted desperately. The fierce battle with guns and guns ended in less than a quarter of an hour.

Only Baishiqi escaped from the battle circle and headed north.

Lin Chong and Hua Rong led hundreds of cavalry in pursuit, and finally caught up.

"kill."

The besieged were Wanyan Zongwang and his personal guards. With nowhere to go, every gold soldier fought desperately with the goal of losing both sides.But the horses were so hungry and weak, and the people were so hungry. After a few breaths, there were fewer and fewer people on the horses alive. Kuru struggled to resist Lin Chong's snake spear with his body, screaming in pain and being picked up by Lin Chong. dismount.

Wanyan Zongwang was drenched in blood, he knew he couldn't escape, the general of the Yuan army who was riding his elder brother's war horse, the Zhaoye Jade Lion, had already blocked his possible escape with another young general holding a long spear and a bow on his back. retreat.

Of the nearly 20 soldiers I brought out from Jin Kingdom, except for the more than 5 who stayed in Hejian Mansion, all of them were killed in two days.

He put his beloved saber across his neck, and said to Lin Chong: "Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Kingdom of Jin, was not defeated by you, but by the thunder of your Yuan army."

Hua Rong interjected: "The Thunderbolt was made by our Majesty, you were defeated by our Majesty, and you have been wronged?"

"Is this true?" Wanyan Zongwang didn't believe it.

"Why did you lie to you? Seeing that you are the second prince of the Kingdom of Jin, I'll show you face. You can go on your own."

Wanyan Zongwang smiled miserably, "Thank you!" The horizontal knife wiped his neck.

Lin Chong and Hua Rong led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, and moved their wounded soldiers to the fire to wrap their wounds. Those who were not dead and could not escape in the Jin Kingdom rushed to mend their swords, and they also gathered those who had no owner in the Jin Kingdom and fled in all directions. War horses, it's already the middle of the night when everything is ready.

"Governor, we also suffered more than 4000 cavalry casualties."

Hua Rong reported the number of casualties sorted out to Lin Chong, and the excitement of annihilating the [-] soldiers of the Jin Kingdom has been overwhelmed by the number of casualties of the horse army.Every soldier of the horse army was under his command, let alone two of the guards who followed him in Liangshan and died.

Lin Chong nodded, patted Hua Rong on the shoulder and comforted him: "Our cavalry is much worse than Jin Guo's. If there were no official artillery, we would have lost many lives in this battle, and we may not be able to win in the end. Take good care of the wounded soldiers, and when the officials arrive tomorrow with the central army, they can be handed over to the rear army."

With An Daoyuan around, he should be able to save the lives of some soldiers.

It was almost evening on the second day when the Chinese army led by Hu Sanniang arrived.Lin Chong and Hua Rong reported the situation of the battle and Wanyan Zongwang had already conferred the title.

Hu Sanniang was very satisfied with the results of this battle. She praised the two of them vigorously, and then said: "If you don't fight a few tough battles against the Kingdom of Jin, you won't be able to kill their arrogance. You two have worked hard, so take a good rest tonight , Tomorrow, Chen is leaving. When we arrive at Hejian Mansion, we will still use the method of encircling three ques and one, leaving no way out, to drive the Jin army out of the city, and then you will have to lead the horse army to chase the Jin army."

The two took the order and went down to rest.

That Hejian Mansion was originally an important town on the border of the Song Army, but because of the "Jin-Song Cooperation" after the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, Yanshan Mansion returned to the Song Dynasty, and the Changsheng Army led by Guo Yaoshi was stationed in Yanshan Mansion, replacing Hejian Mansion as an important border town. The guarding force of the Jianfu is already a superficial display.

The reason why Wanyan Zongwang took down Hejian Mansion effortlessly was because after the Eastern Route Army of the Kingdom of Jin arrived at Yanshan Mansion, Guo Yaoshi, who served as the Tongzhi of Yanshan Mansion, led the Changsheng Army to surrender.

With Guo Yaoshi as his internal help, Wanyan Zongwang marched eastward like a broken bamboo, until he encountered the resistance army sent by Hu Sanniang.

The general who led the army to the south with Wanyan Zongwang was the concubine brother of Wanyan Zongwang's father, and he was left by Wanyan Zongwang to guard Hejian Mansion.The two communicated daily.But he didn't see Wanyan Zongwang sent back for two consecutive days, and the sent people didn't return, so he was unavoidably uneasy.While he was restless, the soldiers guarding the city came to report one after another, "Yuan army took the head of the second prince to demonstrate at the south gate."

Then there are "Yuan army divided soldiers and moved to the west gate", "Yuan army divided soldiers and moved to the east gate."

Wanyan's mother was taken aback. His own nephew knew how much better he was in marching and fighting. How could he be beheaded and wiped out after two days of seeing each other?

He hurried to the south tower, looked down, and there was a tall wooden frame erected not more than two hundred steps away from the city wall, on which hung the head of Wanyan Zongwang.

Jiamu's heart was completely cold.Wanyan Zongwang took away all the elite soldiers on the East Road, and left for himself 5 people and more than 4 auxiliary troops, less than [-] of whom could fight. These people were mainly to escort Wanyan Zongwang with food and grass.The entire [-] army was wiped out, and if he guarded Hejian Mansion again, he would be waiting to die.

When he got off the tower, he told the soldiers to bring three days' food and grass, and then returned to Yanshan mansion from the north gate.

The Hejian Mansion immediately started to move, and the news of the siege in the north of the entire mansion also spread to the ears of the people.Every household closed their doors and hid.

Surrounding San Que Yi is already a classic case of Liangshan siege. Lin Chong, Hua Rong, and Guan Sheng led all the horse troops, and Wu Song led [-] infantry to the north gate.Before Wu Song and the others arrived at the north gate, Lin Chong, who watched the movement of the north gate with clairvoyance, found that the north gate of Hejian Mansion had put down the suspension bridge, and the horse army of the brigade was crowded out in a mess, surrounded by Wanyan and his mother.Then the suspension bridge at the north gate was closed again.

Lin Chong lowered his clairvoyance and said to Hua Rong, "The Jin Kingdom's horse army has come out. Get ready to intercept."

Lin Chong and the others waited in a clever place, on a hillside seven or eight miles away from the north gate of Hejian Mansion.The official road also formed an upward slope here. Although the slope was not steep, it was enough to attack from the top and down, giving the imperial cavalry a sense of oppression.

Wanyan's mother hurried out of the north city gate with nearly ten thousand horse troops, and encountered Lin Chong's first ambush by Lin Chong and the others within a short distance.Gongsun Sheng used the newly developed mines, the mother mines of the trip wire, and when one rings, it will drive a series of mines to explode.The series of explosions frightened all the cavalry following Wanyan Jiamu. Before they could recover, the frightened horses ran around, and more thunderstorms sounded.After remembering that there were no more explosions from landmines, there were not many golden pawns still riding on the horses, and most of the remaining ones were also in a state of shock.

Lin Chong and Hua Rong led the horse army like mowing grass, reaping the soldiers who could still stand, as well as all the wounded, those who were left by the horses, and all the people who were still breathing.

Wanyan's mother was wounded and lay helplessly on the snow.He wanted to stand up and fight till the end, but the dizziness caused by the explosion made him unable to sit up, let alone open his eyes.He was like a weak man with no strength to restrain a chicken, his head was cut off by Guan Sheng, because his armor was so outstanding that he was not an ordinary general at first glance.

Before sunset, amidst the sound of cannons from the south gate, the north gate opened again and lowered the suspension bridge.The auxiliary army that Wanyan's mother left behind to guard the city in Hejian Mansion included soldiers from the Liao Dynasty and Han people who were captured by the Song Dynasty and were taken to the Kingdom of Jin. They have been in the Kingdom of Jin for a long time, and now they are all auxiliary troops of the Kingdom of Jin. military slaves.Driven by their superiors, these auxiliary soldiers poured out of the north city gate, carrying the gold, silver and jewels collected in these days in a disorderly manner.

The order Wu Song received was to wait until there were no soldiers at the gate of the city and then come out, and immediately kill them with their tails on their backs. Lin Chong and Hua Rong's horse troops stood in front of them. The complete annihilation was Hu Sanniang's request for the Hejian Mansion.

Facing these disorganized infantry fleeing in panic, Wu Song really couldn't get up the energy to pursue them.But Hu Sanniang gave the order, so he had no choice but to obey the order.I picked up a well-dressed, well-armed figure who looked like an officer.There were cavalry troops blocking the way in front, and infantry troops chasing after them. The tens of thousands of people who came out of the city were quickly slaughtered.

The first battle was successful, the East Route Army was wiped out, and the Hejian Mansion was recovered. Hu Sanniang ordered the army to clean up the battlefield and burn the enemy's corpses. After a day of renovations, Han Tao was left to defend the city with a few lieutenants and [-] infantry.She explained to Han Tao the form of Qing Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin, and urged him to refuse to leave the city no matter how many people the Jin Army sent to challenge him.Defending the Hejian Mansion is a victory.The Yuan army will send troops to the north to conquer next year.

After the Hejian Mansion was settled, Hu Sanniang led the army from Hejian Mansion to Yanshan Mansion.She wants to take back the Yanshan Mansion first, and then take down the Datong Mansion, cut off the food road for the invading army on the western front of the Jin Kingdom, cut off their possibility of returning to the Kingdom of Jin, encircle with the [-] infantry led by Sun Li who reinforced Taiyuan, and wipe out the western front of the Jin Kingdom This vital force.

Besides, Sun Li followed Hu Sanniang's deployment, took Huang Xin, Ou Peng and other generals, led [-] infantry and [-] auxiliary troops, and headed all the way to Taiyuan.He kept Hu Sanniang's reminder in mind, and be careful of the Jin army's siege and reinforcements, as long as he can restrain Yan Zonghan from attacking Taiyuan with all his strength.

Therefore, after approaching Taiyuan, he set up camp about ten miles away from Taiyuan City. Facing the provocation of the Jin army, Sun Li refused to fight with a high exemption card.But when the Jin army attacked Taiyuan City, he led the infantry out of the camp, posing a sneak attack from behind.

When the Jin army was about to come to fight him, he fought like a hedgehog again, leaving Wanyan Zonghan nowhere to say anything.

Taiyuan's Xuanfu Division was under the command of Wang Zhi, who commanded the garrison in Taiyuan. He and Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, led the army and civilians in the city to defend the city with all their might.This man was also a man with a clever mind. After seeing the posture of the reinforcement Sun Li, he knew that Sun Li must have a backhand for what he did.He even sticks to the city and does not go out of the city to fight.No matter who came to persuade him and the reinforcements to attack the Jin army twice, he shook his head and refused.

Hu Sanniang dared to send Sun Li to lead the army to reinforce Taiyuan because of the adaptability of the guard Wang Zhi, which prevented Zong Han on the western front from successfully breaking through Taiyuan City.

Hu Sanniang led an army to take over Yanshan Mansion, and left Hu Yanzhuo with [-] troops to defend the city, just as she told Han Tao, just stick to Yanshan Mansion.After everything was settled, they led the army to Datong Mansion.With the help of artillery, Datong Mansion was recovered as smoothly as Yanshan Mansion.

When Yan Zonghan, who was still outside Taiyuan City, heard the news, his golden army on the western front had been out of food for three days.

Hu Sanniang sent troops to the south, made peace with Sun Lihui, and successfully wiped out Wanyan Zonghan's 15 troops.After that, Hu Sanniang retained Lin Chong as the marshal of the army, Hua Rong and Wu Song as the deputy commanders, and Gongsun Sheng as the military adviser. The 20 army was handed over to them to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in one go.

When Hu Sanniang returned to Bianliang with an army of five thousand horses, it was already a new year, the first Shangyuan Festival after the Yuan Dynasty was changed. .