Chapter 443: The Battle of Fuping and the Song Army's Great Defeat
It turned out that Zhang Jun set out from Jiankang and went straight to Xingyuan. The Jinloushi captured Fuyan and Yongxing Army, and Guanlong was in great shock. Zhang Jun then recruited many heroes and men and repaired the city. At the same time, he used Liu Ziyu as the senator, Zhao Kai as the transfer commander with the army, Qu Duan as the commander-in-chief, Wu Lin and Wu Jie as the deputy general, rectified the army and defended the Jin soldiers, and soon made great progress.
Soon, the Jin Loushi attacked Shanzhou, and Li Yanxian, the governor of Shanzhou, hurriedly asked Zhang Jun for help. Zhang Jun immediately sent Qu Duan to rescue, but Qu Duan refused to be ordered. Li Yanxian fought against the Jin soldiers, but because the reinforcements did not arrive, the city was captured by the Jin soldiers and was forced to commit suicide. Jin Loushi then entered the pass to attack Huanqing, and Wu Jie led his army to fight to victory. He asked Qu Duan to reinforce and support, but Qu Duan refused. Wu Jie fought against the Jin soldiers again, but suffered defeat and had to retreat to Xingyuan.
Wu Jie, whose courtesy name was Jinqing, was originally from Longgan County, Deshun Army. Later, because his father Wu Jian was buried in Shuiluo City, he moved to the place. When he was young, he was calm and determined, advocated integrity, was proficient in military tactics, and was good at riding and shooting, and was able to understand the great principles of study. Wu Jie, who was under twenty years old, joined the army on Jingyuan Road as a good son.
During the Zhenghe period, when Xixia invaded the border, Wu Jie led his army to fight fiercely, and was promoted to the deputy lieutenant of Jinyi due to his bravery, Quan served as the general of the team. In the second year of Xuanhe, he participated in the suppression of Fang La's uprising, defeated his people, captured one chief, and then defeated the thieves in Hebei. After many merits, Zhongxunlang was the eleventh general of Jingyuan. In the first year of Jingkang, Xixia attacked Huaide's army, Wu Jie led more than a hundred cavalry to pursue him and beheaded him at the 146th level. He was awarded the title of Bingyilang and the second deputy general of Jingyuan Road with merits. With these battles, Wu Jie first showed his strength in the army.
In the second year of Jianyan, the Jin army left Daqing Pass, invaded Shaanxi, and headed straight to Jingyuan Road. Wu Jie was ordered by Qu Duan, the commander of the General Secretary of the General Office, and led the front army to fight, defeated the Jin army at Qingxiling and pursued 30 miles. Therefore, he was promoted to Wuyilang, the commander of the military commander of the Jingyuan Road, and the commander of Huaide's army. Later, he was ordered to advance eastward and recover Huazhou. When the city was broken, Wu Jie strictly prohibited the soldiers from killing and looting, and the people were able to remain stable.
In the third year of Jianyan, Wu Jie was promoted to Wugong Master and the governor of Zhongzhou. In the winter of that year, Shi Bin, the leader of the rebel army of the remaining troops of Song Jiang, attacked Xingyuan but failed and attacked Chang'an. Qu Duan ordered Wu Jie to lead his army to defeat him. When Zhang Jun, the Xuanfu Disciple Commander, was in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the military officer Liu Ziyu recommended Wu Jie, Wu Lin's courage. Zhang Jun summoned Wu Jie and valued him very much, so he appointed Wu Jie as the commander and took charge of the personal soldiers in front of the tent with Wu Lin.
In the spring of the fourth year of Jianyan, he was promoted to the deputy general manager of the cavalry and infantry army of Jingyuan Road. The Jin Lou Office drove into the pass. Qu Duan ordered Wu Jie to resist the enemy in Pengyuandian, and he stationed in Binzhou to wait for assistance. During the initial war, Wu Jie defeated the Jin army, so that Wanyan Sali cried under heavy pressure. However, the Jin army fought again, and Qu Duan refused to provide assistance. Wu Jie's army eventually failed. After Qu Duan retreated to Jingyuan, he impeached Wu Jie and refused to obey the command, causing him to be demoted to Wu Xian, removed him from the position of general manager, and also known the Huaide Army. Zhang Jun cherished Wu Jie's talents, and soon appointed him as the deputy general manager of Qin Feng and the Fengxiang Mansion. After the war, Wu Jie comforted the military and civilians, and made the people live.
Zhang Jun originally wanted to rely on Qu Duan to respect himself, but then he began to suspect Qu Duan was unfaithful. When he heard that Jin Wuji had invaded Jiang and Huai, he wanted to lead his army into the guards, but Qu Duan interfered again, claiming that the soldiers in the northwest were not familiar with water wars. Zhang Jun became angry because of suspicion and gave up Qu Duan's military stewards and demoted him to the deputy envoy of Haizhou Tuan and placed Wan'an Army. Zhang Jun himself supervised the troops to Fangzhou and went south just a while ago. He also sent him to
Zhao Zhe was sent to recover Fuzhou, Wu Jie recaptured Yongxing Army, and then sent an edict to be captured by various prefectures and counties, and persuaded them to make orders to be corrected. The prefectures and counties responded a lot and returned to Song again.
In order to restrain the Jin army and reduce the pressure in the southeast, Zhang Jun gathered Liu Xi, the Xihe Road Administrator, Sun Wei, the Qinfeng Road Administrator, Liu Qi, the Jingyuan Road Administrator, Zhao Zhe, the Huanqing Road Administrator, and Wu Jie, in Fuping, Shaanxi. A total of five large troops, with a total of 400,000 soldiers and 70,000 war horses, and wanted to fight against the Jin army. Zhang Jun ordered Liu Xi to be the commander and set out first, leading each army to serve as the back.
Commander Wang Yan advised: "Shaanxi soldiers and generals are not in contact with each other, and it is not convenient for cooperation. If they go to fight together, if there are any setbacks, all the five routes will lose all. It is better to ask each route to divide the key points and wait for the enemy to enter the country and then order each army to come for reinforcements. If they cannot win, there will be no big losses." Zhang Jun disagreed. Liu Ziyu said that he should not do this, so Zhang Jun said with a sigh: "Don't I know this? But the war in the southeast is still in crisis, and I have to go out. If the Jin barbarians are defeated here, I will have no worries in the future and the southeast can concentrate on defending the enemy."
Wu Jie and Guo Hao all came to the advice again, but Zhang Jun still refused, so he led his army to set off. The front team went to Fuping, and Liu Xi gathered the generals to discuss ways to fight together. Wu Jie said: "The army is moving with profit, and the plains in this area are easy to be taken by the enemy, which may be harmful or not. We should first occupy a high place and rely on the danger to ensure the safety of the enemy." The generals said this was a roundabout way and said in unison: "We are many and few, and the quagmire in front of the camp can hinder the Jin army's cavalry. Even if there are iron cavalry coming, they cannot gallop. Why should we move to the high place?" Liu Xi could not decide because of the different opinions of the public.
Just as the Song army was hesitating, the Jin Loushi personally led the Jin army to a sudden arrival. They moved the soil and loaded firewood, filled the marsh and paved the road, and soon the mud was razed to the ground. The Jin cavalry passed by and advanced to the various camps of Song generals. Jin Wumu also led his troops to arrive, divided into left and right wings with Loushi, and stood in line for battle. Liu Xi saw that the enemy was approaching, so he ordered the camp to start a battle. Wu Jie, Liu Qi and others faced the enemy's left wing, Sun Wei, Zhao Zhe and others faced the enemy's right wing.
The left wing of the Jin soldiers was the troops of Jin Wushu. Liu Qi and Wu Jie led the army and fought bravely, and the enemy was defeated. Although the troops under Jin Wushu had experienced many battles, they couldn't help but feel a little timid at this time. They gradually retreated, and Jin Wushu also sweated coldly. Jin Loushi led the right wing and Sun Wei and Zhao Zhe to fight, but Sun Wei personally commanded and insisted on retrenching. However, Zhao Zhe was as timid as a strong man and hid behind the army. His performance was seen by Jin Loushi, so he led the iron cavalry to Zhao Zhe's troops. Zhao Zhe hurriedly fled, and the troops followed him.
As a result, Sun Wei's army was also affected and could not support it, and they collapsed immediately. Liu Qi and Wu Jie's armies were shocked to see the dust rising on the right. Jin Loushi defeated Sun and Zhao, and rushed over to help Jin Wushi. They attacked together, but Liu Qi and Wu Jie could not resist it and were defeated one after another. The commander Liu Xi saw that all the four routes were defeated, so he retreated.
Zhang Jun was stationed in Binzhou, waiting for news. Suddenly, he saw the defeated soldiers fleeing back one after another. He knew that Binzhou could not stand his foothold, so he had to surrender Qinzhou. When he met Liu Xi, he blamed him. Liu Xi blamed Zhao Zhe, and Zhang Jun summoned Zhao Zhe to come, banished him, placed Liu Xi, and placed Liu Xi in Hezhou, and ordered Liu Qi and others to return to their towns, wrote a letter to Zhao Gou, and requested to be punished. Soon, he received a handwritten edict from Zhao Gou,
If you give more comfort, Zhang Jun will be even more angry.
The armies had just been defeated, and the Jin soldiers were arrogant. Most of the prefectures in Jingyuan were captured by the Jin soldiers. There was also a rebel general Mu Bing, who led the Jin soldiers to Huanqing Road and to break through the Deshun Army. Zhang Jun checked his subordinates and only had one or two thousand personal soldiers, so where could he fight again? Besides, the alarm was coming every day, and even Qinzhou was difficult to keep. Zhang Jun had no choice but to retreat to Xingzhou again. Some people said that Xingzhou was also a dangerous place, so it was better to move to Shu and station in Kuizhou. Only then could he be considered as having dangers and defending forever.
Zhang Jun discussed with Liu Ziyu, and Liu Ziyu was furious and said, "Those who proposed this proposal should be beheaded! The entire Sichuan area has always been called wealthy. Don't the Jin people salivate? But because there are iron mountains and plank roads at the entrance of Sichuan, it is not easy to penetrate. Moreover, because there are our troops stationed in Shaanxi, we cannot fly over into Shu. Now if we abandon Shaanxi and do not defend the enemy, we retreat to Kuixia, and we have no news about supporting Guanzhong. We have no plans to advance and retreat in the future and regret it. Now the enemy has just plundered and has not approached the prefectures and counties. You should stay in Xingzhou, and the people in the foreign relations are looking forward to the people in Shu. At the same time, we quickly dispatch officials to come out of the pass, summon generals, collect scattered soldiers, and distribute them in dangerous places, waiting for opportunities, and may also save the previous defeats to benefit the future."
After hearing this, Zhang Jun moved to the point of getting up and said, "I will do what I said very much, and I will do it immediately." After that, he immediately summoned all the generals and ordered them to come out of the pass to comfort the soldiers from all over the country. However, those people looked timid and embarrassed, Liu Ziyu stood up and asked himself, "Ziyu is not talented, I am willing to take this position." Zhang Jun was overjoyed and asked Liu Ziyu to go quickly. So Liu Ziyu rode alone and rushed to Qinzhou, and issued an edict to summon the fugitive soldiers. Because the soldiers were defeated in Fuping, they fled for fear of crime, and they almost didn't know where Zhang Jun was.
When they were ordered to forgive their sins, they still had their official positions, so naturally they came one after another. Within a few days, more than 100,000 people were gathered, and the military power was boosted. Liu Ziyu returned to report to Zhang Jun and asked to send Wu Jie to Fengxiang to guard the Mon Shangyuan in Dasan Guandong. Guan Shigu and others gathered Xihe soldiers to guard the Datan County of Minzhou. Sun Wei, Jia Shifang and others summoned Jingyuan and Fengxiang soldiers to guard the three prefectures, Cheng and Feng. The three routes were divided into garrisons to cut off the enemy's origin. The Jin soldiers did not dare to advance lightly since then. At this time, Jin Loushi died of illness. Jin Wuhuo felt that he was alone and did not dare to advance, so he chose a place to station troops for the time being. He planned to raise his spirit and make progress again.
Besides, Jin Ta was lazy in running Shandong and soon captured Chuzhou. Then he divided his troops to capture Bianliang. Shangguan Wu, the prefect of Bianliang, fled, but was killed by robbers. Bianliang was the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was formerly known as Tokyo, Henan Prefecture was called Xijing, Daming Prefecture was called Beijing, and Yingtian Prefecture was called Nanjing. At this time, all of them were occupied by the Jin Dynasty. The jin leader Wanyan Sheng had no intention of entering the Central Plains. In the past, the jin leader sent Nianwei and others to invade the south. He once said to the generals: "If you go here and can pacify the Song Dynasty, you must establish another vassal state, like Zhang Bangchang. The Central Plains is self-governed by the people of the Central Plains, which is more appropriate." Nianwei came out according to the order.
When the four capitals were successively owned by the Jin Kingdom, the financial owner mentioned his previous plan. When Liu Yu heard the news, he hurriedly presented the heavy money to Ta Lai and asked him to recommend it on his behalf. Ta Lai accepted the heavy bribe, so he naturally wanted to tell him, so he asked Liu Yu to make the vassal king, but Zai Wuhe did not agree.
Chapter completed!