Chapter 167 confrontation in Yanjing
At this time, many of the people who were greeted by Jingyuan soldiers from the sixth routes of Guanshan. Yao Duan's troops were originally under Zhang Jun and were not familiar with Qu Duan. However, Zhang Xian's troops, although many of the soldiers had just joined the army in the past two years, most of the lower-level officers were from the original Jingyuan army. When they saw the old boss arrive, they were unable to reminisce about the past, but they stood one by one by one, just near the city gate, and gathered to bow to Qu Duan.
If it were in the past, Qu Duan would have ignored it, but at this moment he nodded with a smile and signaled to the officers.
Because of the crowds, the cavalry slowed down their horses and slowly entered the city. Qu Duan looked at them and saw officers who were commanding the class, and it was very rare to see the deputy generals and above. He was surprised. After a while, he saw a deputy general standing behind the generals. He raised his whip and asked the deputy general: "What is this general called? Which unit is it?"
The general was tall and burly, but his face was blue and blue, which was very strange. His accent was just the same as that of Qu Duan and others. He was obviously a man from Guanshan. After hearing Qu Duan’s question, he immediately trotted forward and bowed and replied: "The last general Yang Zhi, the sixth deputy general of the First Army under General Zhang Xian, is ordered to guard the city gate here."
"Okay, very good."
Qu Duan tilted his head and thought for a long time, knowing that Yang Zhi was not his old subordinate, so he immediately asked again: "Where is your head coach? Haven't you heard that I'm here?"
Yang Zhi's face was flushed and bowed and replied, "I don't know this at the end."
Seeing Qu Duan's face showing surprise, Yang Zhi said again: "This, when the general heard someone coming to report, he has sent someone to report to General Zhang, but I'm afraid he will come soon."
If he had answered this from the beginning, Qu Duan would have nothing to say, but he had a strange expression and he was confused about it. Now he said he would send someone to pass the invitation, but his preface was inconsistent with the latter, which made Qu Duan feel suspicious.
Just as he was about to interrogate, he saw that the brigade of imperial guards was in the clear distance, and the brigade of imperial guards swarmed towards the city gate with torches. Qu Duan knew that it must be Zhang Xian and others who heard that he was coming and came to greet him. He no longer talked to the general, but just waited for Zhang Xian to come.
After a while, golden light flashed under the torch. Zhang Xian and Yao Duan walked in the front, with dozens of generals and deputy generals behind him surrounded by the back. The golden light flashed on their shoulders, which was so dazzling.
At this time, Qu Duan already knew that the other party must be convening a military meeting and leaving Yang Zhi, the deputy general, to patrol the city. He was just surprised that these two young generals were not sure what they were doing and why they were so sneaky. They had to convene a military discussion after dark.
He was suspicious, but his face was silent. When Zhang and Yao walked closer, Qu Duan did not wait for the two of them to greet him first, so he immediately turned over and dismounted. He held hands and greeted them, and then smiled and said, "Two generals are really hard, and they are still discussing the military at this time."
Yao Duan was rough and straightforward. When he heard Qu Duan say this, his face turned red immediately. It was because Zhang Xian was lazy and did not care about the details. He was not very respectful in front of Qu Duan, the commander-in-chief of the army, but he heard Qu Duan ask a question. He immediately laughed and replied: "The general is about to arrive in the army. Moreover, the military situation changed several times in a day. The last general summoned his subordinates to discuss whether he would lean towards Taihang and take out the army."
Qu Duan said "hmm" and did not comment. However, he knew in his heart that these two bold generals who did not care about the world must have made some moves after analyzing the overall situation. However, before his military order was reached, he must have acted first without receiving the order. This was the case when attacking Taiyuan that day, but he was also very impressed by the two people's grasp of the overall situation and the courage and courage of these two people.
But invisibly, his commander was general Yijun. According to his past temper, he would definitely be rebuked and even declared a military order, suspending the two of them first and waiting for the order to deal with the order. At this time, he changed his original intention and knew that it was the time to use people. Yao and Zhang were both powerful generals and had great talents in the overall situation. They dealt with extreme conditions, but in fact they were not good at opposing the war.
Thinking of this quarter, he smiled at the two of them and said, "It's great, the two generals are really determined. On the day of attacking Taiyuan, the two generals are also determined to make the battle smooth and the city will be destroyed in one battle."
This is to wake up the other person. He is not a fool, and he needs to deceive himself.
After hearing what he said, Yao Duan felt ashamed and couldn't help but bow down and replied, "The General is too rewarded."
Zhang Xian also blushed and bowed with Yao Duan to perform the manners.
What these two people did was indeed not as expected by Qu Duan. The changes and evolution of the entire battle situation were indeed on the track outside the design of the Guanyuan Campaign.
If it were said that in the ten-year Northern Expedition of Shaoxing in Zhao Gou, only Yue Fei achieved brilliant results and defeated the Jin soldiers in a row, but the main force of the Jin soldiers was not actually damaged. Zong Bi dared to continue to assemble large troops and prepare to lure Yue Fei to divide the troops. In addition to eating Yue Fei near Kaifeng, Zhao Huan's seven-year Northern Expedition of Jingkang achieved unexpected fruitful results. The main force of the Jin soldiers was divided into two parts, Hebei, Central Plains, and Shandong, and they were unable to fight again. In this era, the deployment of the Moshou battle did not change. Of course, it was not the character of Zhang Xian and Yao Duan and the way of being a general.
Before the Quduan military order arrived, both of them only cared about the smooth progress of the battle, regardless of their future, and were determined to make a difference immediately, rather than waiting near Zhaocheng and following the steps.
At this time, Qu Duan suddenly arrived. The two of them didn't know why he was so urgent. They thought that although they had plans, they had not started their actions, so the coach would not have arrived in a hurry because of this.
The two of them were ulterior motives and kept shaking their eyes and signaling each other. Qu Duan saw it, but she only felt funny.
When they arrived at the place where the two of them were stationed, they all turned over and walked down the horse and entered the hall. Someone had already greeted him and led Qu Duan's horse to the side. Qu Duan kept walking, but he ordered: "Feed and washed, and I'll ride again later."
The personal soldiers in the land of the horse were very strange, but they did not dare to ask too much, so they had to hurried away with the war horse. Zhang Xian and Yao Duan looked at each other, both of whom were surprised, but they also vaguely guessed the intention of Qu Duan's trip, both of them showed excitement.
After Qu Duan sat down, Zhang Xian and Yao Duan led the generals to bow and salute, then retreated to the side and stood solemnly, waiting for Qu Duan to give orders. Qu Duan smiled slightly and said to everyone: "The latest military information, generals must know?"
The military information was conveyed quickly, but thanks to him, everyone immediately replied: "The last general will know."
Qu Duan nodded and smiled, and said, "General Zhang and General Yao naturally know that the overall situation has changed, so naturally they can no longer stick to the rules. Since you have summoned all the generals, I believe that the military affairs have been explained?"
He pointed to the front of the general sitting and asked with a smile: "What military affairs has this general assigned?"
When the general heard the general's question, he immediately stood up and stood up and replied: "The last general is under General Yao's command. He was ordered to lead 300 cavalry to patrol the rafts in Luzhou and Zezhou. He found the enemy's traces and immediately returned."
Duanji was satisfied with the other party's answer. Seeing Zhang Xian and Yao Duan's embarrassed expressions, he was not doing anything. He asked for a moment and knew that Yao and Zhang had prepared the attack to be true, and invisibly saved him a lot of things. After interrogating clearly, he said to Yao Duan and Zhang Xiansu: "The two generals know that the military situation has changed and the handling is very appropriate. Since the dispatch is appropriate, there is no need to wait any longer, the entire army will set off immediately."
Yao Duan took the lead and smiled and said, "I will lead the cavalry in our headquarters to be the vanguard."
Duan nodded and agreed, and smiled and said, "I am tired from the Central Army, so I march with most of Zhang Xianjun. General Yao has arrived in Zhending. There is no need to attack the city immediately. Continue to go north and cut off the road to assist Zhending in Zhongshan and other cities."
"Yes, I will obey the order."
Yao Duan knew that the military situation was urgent, and Qu Duan rushed here overnight as the commander. It was obvious that the military situation in the front changed several times overnight. He had to cut off the enemy's retreat before Zong Bi gave up the entire Hebei and fled to Yanjing.
He immediately put his fists out, lit up his troops and horses in his headquarters and rushed towards Zhending. Shortly after he set out, the remaining more than 10,000 troops and horses in his troops, together with Zhang Xian's troops and Quduan's central army, gathered together, and more than 20,000 troops were like a fire dragon, heading straight for Zhending.
Zhending was originally a great city that was built against the Liao army in the Song Dynasty. It was extremely tall and steep. The Liao army invaded the south several times and returned to kill the feathers under the Zhending City. However, when the Jin soldiers invaded the south, the military affairs of the Song Dynasty declined. Zhending City was high, dangerous and wide, and there were a lot of weapons, food and grass reserves in the city. The Hebei Strategic Staff has tens of thousands of troops in the city, but it was captured by the enemy in one day.
If the enemy opens the door to the Hedong and the Yellow River, and then drives straight into it, it is like entering a no-man, which is enough to show the importance of the strategic position of Zhending.
The situation in the Jin Dynasty is similar to that of the Song army that day. Famous generals and elite soldiers either stayed in Shangjing or gathered under Zongbi's command, and Zhending was even more in its hinterland. The Jin Dynasty had never thought that one day the Song army would face the city.
The Song army suddenly arrived, and the main force guarding Zhending was the Han army. Since the Liao generation, there has been a Han army. In Hebei and Yanjing, the Han people's Chinese and foreign divisions were not clear. The Hebei vassal states at the end of the Tang Dynasty were originally too close to the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, after the Liao Kingdom obtained the Yanyun area, many Han people joined the army to serve. When Emperor Taizong of Song attacked Liao, the Han army actually served for the Liao Kingdom and fought hard. At this time, tens of thousands of Han troops in Zhending City were not interested in fighting, and there were also a small number of Khitan soldiers. They were not elites before the country was destroyed, so they had no intention of working for the Jurchens.
When tens of thousands of Song troops arrived in covertly, plus the numerous Hebei, the Taihang Rebel Army shook flags and shouted to help the power. There was only one Feng'an Jurchen soldiers in the city who climbed the city to fight. The Song army was prepared and had already prepared a lot of siege equipment. At that time, with the Quduan's flag waved, tens of thousands of troops rushed forward. In just less than two hours, the Jin soldiers in the city were killed, and all the Han Khitans surrendered, and no one dared to resist stubbornly.
Chapter completed!