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On the 20th, the Jin army in Handan began to retreat.

On the same day, Li Hu summoned the commanders of each army and deployed detailed strategies for chasing. That night, the Huli Army went north in separate routes and then pursued.

On this day, Gao Baolong led his army into Hejian Prefecture and headed straight to Hejian City. Zhang Gaoer led his army to attack Boye City of Yongning Army. Li Jinze led his army into Shenzhou. The three armies were as powerful as the bamboo shoot and were extremely fast, basically blocking the Jin army's retreat from the direction of Jizhou.

Wanyan Gao and Liu Yanzong had just led their troops to retreat to Hejian Prefecture, and the Tiger Lieutenant Army arrived. This attack speed shocked the Jin army, especially those Jin soldiers who knew very little about the war in Hebei were even more frightened. They guessed that the main force was already on Zhending, and Handan was defeated on the front line, and Hebei could no longer defend it. The morale of the army was in chaos and his morale plummeted.

Liu Yanzong invited Wanyan Gao to Xiongzhou quickly and command the overall situation.

"Marson, please rest assured. I will do my best to guard the Hejian and drag the Tiger Lie Army to help the right deputy general win the Zhending battlefield."

Liu Yanzong was confident and seemed to be full of confidence. But Wanyan Gao was anxious and his ominous premonition became stronger and stronger. The development of the battle made the Jin army extremely passive. How likely would it be to fight hasty after being passive?

"If Zong Fu wants to achieve the expected results on the Zhending battlefield, he must block Li Hu's pursuit on the front line of Handan, but can they block Li Hu?" Wanyan Gao looked at the map with a nervous look, deep fatigue appeared in his low tone, and a little frustrated in his eyes. His confidence was hit hard by the fall of Zhending Mansion. Now that the Hu Lie Army is coming quickly, he and Zong Fu have lost contact again, which makes him lose control of the entire Hebei battle situation. A sense of powerlessness surges from the bottom of his heart, making him full of fear for the future.

"Zong Fu will definitely take this into consideration." Liu Yanzong comforted, "It takes time to retreat north to Zhending, and it takes time to regain Zhending City. In order to win enough time, he must leave enough to block people in Handan..." Liu Yanzong said this, his voice gradually decreased, his eyes wandered, and his expression on his face was even bitter. If Zong Fu left enough to block people, then what would he attack Zhending?

Although the Zhending Tiger Lie Army rushed straight to Hejian as fast as possible, intending to cut off the Jin army's retreat route on the Hutuo River and Hulu River, they must also consider that the Jin army may go directly north and break through from the Zhending direction. Although this breakthrough road is full of crisis, due to the support of Youyan reinforcements, the possibility of a successful breakthrough is very high. Therefore, the Tiger Lie Army must have left heavy troops in the Zhending direction. Zong Fu has blocked the front and pursued the troops behind, the first thing is to break through, and the second is to capture Zhending when he chooses the opportunity. However, from the current situation, it is quite difficult for Zong Fu to complete these two goals.

"Marson, after you return to Xiongzhou, you must find ways to mobilize troops from Youyan to the south again." Liu Yanzong suggested, "Zongfu went north and the Huliwei Army was attacked by me from north to south on the Zhending line. We must transfer the troops attacking Hejian back. In this way, I can lead the army to follow up, move closer to Zhending Mansion, and enter the Zhending battlefield."

Liu Yanzong pointed to the map and drew a circle in Zhongshan, Zhending and Qizhou area on the map. "Marson, please see, Wanyan Jiemu and Han Qinghe are currently in Shahe, with about 60,000 troops; a few days later, Zongfu's army will arrive at Zhending. If nothing unexpected happens, he will have to lead at least 120,000 people; my main force in Hebei has gone north, and the Huliwei army fighting in Hutuo River, Hulu River, and Hejian Prefecture will have to return to Zhending quickly. I will lead the army west along the Hutuo River and enter the Zhending battlefield from the direction of Qizhou. I have more than 20,000 people in my hand, plus Zongfu and Wanyan Jiemu's army, there will be 200,000 troops on the Zhending battlefield."

Liu Yanzong looked up at Wanyan Gao and continued, "According to our estimates, the army that Li Hu could be transferred to the Hebei battlefield was up to about 300,000, and the gap between the two sides in terms of military strength was not big. Even if Li Hu surrounded Zong Fu in Zhending, he would not be able to eat his army. Besides, I, Youyan, and the two armies of Hejian were rescued at the same time, and the Huli Army would also have to divide troops to intercept it. It is conceivable what the final result of this battle would be."

What was the result? Stalemate? Push the battle situation again in the direction expected by the Jin army? Taking advantage of the stalemate on the battlefield, taking advantage of the insufficient financial resources of the Tiger and Li Hu's army and the lack of food and supplies to force Li Hu to withdraw his troops? Wanyan Gao couldn't help but think of Wanyan Talan and Shandong Jin army. At the beginning, Wanyan Talan's idea was exactly the same as Liu Yanzong's idea, but Wanyan Talan's entire army was wiped out.

Judging from the achievements of the Tiger Lieutenant Army in recent years, the Tiger Lieutenant Army has no absolute advantage in the decisive battlefield every time, but every time it has won with absolute advantage. This risk cannot be taken? But what if it is not taken? The battle situation is developing as Liu Yanzong described. The Jin army and the Tiger Lieutenant Army have moved the decisive battlefield to Zhending, and both sides are throwing all their troops into the decisive battle. The decisive battle in Hebei is imminent and is about to break out.

Liu Yanzong changed his way of thinking, turning the unfavorable situation of being forced to retreat across the battlefield in Hebei into a favorable situation of strategic transfer and decisive battle at the right time. As a result, the situation changed drastically and rekindled Wanyan Gao's fighting spirit.

"Wanyan's failure is a lesson." Wanyan Gao sighed, "If we want to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the decisive battle, we must invest more troops in external rescue."

"The disadvantage of external rescue is only one of the reasons why Wanyan Talai failed. In my opinion, the reason why Shandong Jin army was defeated quickly was mainly because of the betrayal of the Shandong Han army, which was a fatal blow." Liu Yanzong said, "I don't know if Zong Fu learned this lesson, but if I were in Handan, I would never take the Hebei Han army with me. I would rather give up Handan than leave the Hebei Han army behind to block the Tiger and Fierce Army."

Wanyan Gao frowned deeply, thought for a long time, and finally nodded vigorously, "Let's talk about it when we arrive at the decisive battlefield. I will immediately go to Xiongzhou and urgently order Yanjing Wanyan Xiyin to ask him to send reinforcements south again."

"In addition, please ask Huanglong Mansion to come forward and supervise the Xizhang Zonghan, and order him to attack or threaten Daibei at the right time to reduce the heavy pressure of Youyan's defense."

Wanyan Gao accepted Liu Yanzong's opinion and went north overnight.

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On the 21st, Yue Fei received a report from a scout in Zhending Prefecture that the Jin army in Handan was evacuating, and the direction of its retreat was Zhending Prefecture.

"In four days, the Jin army can reach Zhending Mansion." Sun Ge gestured on the map, "At this moment, Guishuai and Baoshuai are attacking Hejian Mansion, and Li Shuai is on the front line of Huluhe River. Even if they return to Zhending as fast as possible, it will be four days later."

Ying Qin stood by the map and pointed his hand at Luancheng in the south of Zhending Prefecture, "We want to intercept the Jin army here so that Guishuai, Baoshuai and Li Shuai will return to Zhending to win time."

Yue Fei nodded slightly, "How is the situation on the Shahe River? Are there more reinforcements coming from the north?"

"As of now, the scouts have not found any signs of increasing troops on the Shahe line." Huang Zong replied immediately, "Wanyan Jiemu and Han Qinghe's army combined with about 60,000 or 70,000 people. They did not support Hejian Prefecture as we expected, but continued to attack Zhending, and their intentions were unclear." Huang Zong hesitated for a moment. Then he said, "With the strength of Wanyan Jiemu and Han Qinghe, there is no possibility of regaining Zhending. If they were to stop us from attacking Zhongshan, it would make sense, but they knew that our army had launched an attack on the Hutuo River line with the intention of surrounding the main force of the Jin army in Hebei, and they were still continuing to **, that would make no sense."

"What's wrong?" Ying Qin smiled, "Look at the development trend of the entire Hebei battlefield, it is obvious that the two armies will fight to the decisive battle in Zhending. If Wanyan Jiemu and Han Qinghe support Hejian Prefecture and give up Zhongshan, not only will the entire Hebei be lost, but Zong Fu will also be dead. From this, it can be seen that the Jin army probably had thought of this step a long time ago, so when they had no choice, they had to concentrate the army to Zhending and fight to the death with us."

"This is exactly the result I expected." Yue Fei smiled and said, "If the Hebei Jin army retreated towards Hejian Prefecture, we will not only not be sure to surround them, but also not be sure to severely damage them. Now, the battlefield of the decisive battle has moved to Zhending, and our chances of victory will greatly increase."

"This is a bloody battle." Ying Qin waved his arm vigorously, "a life-and-death battle that determines whether China and Earth can be unified immediately."

"As Tuo Shuai said, our most urgent task is to block Zongfu's Jin army in the Luancheng area." Yue Fei stood up and walked to the front of the map. "But the purpose of the blocking is not only to give Gui Shuai and Bao Shuai time to return, but more importantly, to win time for the Grand Marshal to capture Handan. Handan cannot be taken down and the food and food route cannot be smooth. The food and supplies of my hundreds of thousands of troops will become a problem. If there is insufficient food and grass, you cannot fight the decisive battle."

"Zong Fu led the main force to retreat northward, and the army left behind in Handan was about to be defeated, and his morale was sluggish, so he was no match for the general." Sun Ge said dismissively, "By my guess, Handan will definitely be conquered by the general within two or three days."

Yue Fei and Ying Qin looked at each other, but neither spoke. Although Li Hu was well prepared and had an army of 150,000, it was hard to say whether he could quickly capture Handan.

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On the 21st, Li Hu shot a letter to Handan City and supervised the garrisons in the city to surrender.

Qian Dinggong and 20,000 soldiers of the Han army in Hebei were very scared. They had been abandoned by the Jurchens. Only by surrendering could they have a way of life. But will Li Hu give them a way of life? Liu Yu from Shandong is a living example, and in the end, Li Hu found an excuse to kill him. The crime of surrendering and traitoring the country was too serious. Even Li Hu dared not go against the will of the people and dared not tolerate the traitor.

Qian Dinggong was desperate, and a group of officials and generals were even more anxious all day long. However, the lower-level officers, soldiers and the people in the city had no such concerns. They could only have a way out for surrender.

Late at night on the 21st, the Han soldiers guarding the southern city of Handan launched a mutiny, killed their Shangguan and opened the city gate.

The Tiger and Steve Army took advantage of the situation and rushed forward, and captured Handan City in the early morning of the 22nd.

Qian Dinggong and dozens of officials and generals were all killed, and their heads were hung high above the city gate.
Chapter completed!