It is said that Han Chang persuaded Wanyan Wushu by the river and finally changed his decision. However, once the army decided to abandon the baggage and rush to Xijing, it was unstoppable in an instant...

Of course, this situation also meant that the Jin army had completely given up its intention to fight the Song army, and abandoning the baggage and marching purely at a forced pace would in itself mean that the horse death rate and the non-combat casualties rate of the soldiers would be greatly increased.

Seeing this situation, Yue Fei did not dare to delay. On the one hand, he sent part of the troops to cross the river to rob the abandoned baggage of the Jin army, and on the other hand, he quickly pursued along the river. He did not forget to report to Zhao Jiu and Han Shizhong in a hurry. After learning of Wang De's movements, he contacted Wang De and agreed to pursue him along the river.

But it was too late. The Jin army fought hard despite the huge pressure of casualties. When they reached Dengfeng, they met Yelu Ma Wu's support troops and successfully entered the Luoyang Basin.

This time, Han Shizhong's ambush plan completely failed.

This is not because Han Shizhong did not try his best, nor is it because Yue Fei did not diligently implement Han Shizhong's strategy.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with what the two did. Han Shizhong had not forgotten the loophole in Xijing. He had already contacted Li Yanxian to try to completely drive out Yelu Ma Wu in the Xijing area and seal the loophole, but it was too late.

Yue Fei's execution was impeccable. He even resisted the temptation to annihilate the four Meng'ans on the banks of the Ru River.

What's the problem?

It's very simple. The Song army underestimated the significance of the Battle of Yanling-Changshe... They underestimated both the degree of shock to the Jin army at this battle and the inspiring effect of this battle on their own people.

In other words, Zhao Jiu, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei were all a little special and a little detached from the masses. When they were preparing for the ambush, they did not put themselves in others' shoes at all and figured out what the significance of the Song emperor's personal appearance on the battlefield and victory, as well as the complete annihilation of the fifteen Meng'ans, would be to both the Jin and Song armies?

This was the first time that the Jin army, which had more than 10,000 troops, was annihilated in an organized manner!

When anything happens for the first time, it will make people panic... The Jin army themselves were afraid. Talai experienced the battle personally and was so flustered that he simply left and never returned. Although Wuzhu and his men were not afraid of this, they were actually afraid and uneasy in their hearts. This fear made them not fall into Yue Fei's textbook delay and temptation, but made them more vigilant.

After all, the Song army was not like this before.

The direct cause that led the Jin army commander Wuzhu to completely change his strategy was the active pursuit from Nanyang, which was beyond the expectations of Zhao Jiu, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and others. They really didn't expect that Wang De and Huyan Tong could catch up.

Of course, if you think about it the other way around, it seems unreasonable for Wang De and Huyan Tong not to chase after them... Although I don't know what the specific reaction was in Nanyang, but seeing the Jin army disappear in an instant, and then hearing that Emperor Zhao was in Yanling-Changshe, which sounded a bit scary but seemed impossible to fake, how could Nanyang's Prime Minister Lu not have any reaction?

In fact, it was Lu Yihao's original suggestion that the emperor lead the army in person.

Of course, Han Chang's excellent judgment and the vigilance of Balisu and others were also an important reason. It must be admitted that during the rise of the Jin Dynasty, a large number of outstanding military talents also took advantage of the situation. Their combat effectiveness is not a tree without roots or a mountain without fortifications... In a word, they can panic for a while because of this battle and the current predicament, but it is not realistic to expect their combat effectiveness and judgment to collapse rapidly.

But no matter what, after the main force of the Jin army suffered nearly a thousand non-combat casualties and lost even more war horses, Wanyan Wushu finally successfully retreated to Xijing and reunited with Yelu Ma Wu.

However, even so, the war could not end there, because almost at the same time when Wuzhu arrived in Luoyang, Li Yanxian's troops, Han Shizhong's troops who sent Wang Yan's troops to Tokyo to defend Zhao Guanjia, Yue Fei's troops, and even Wang De's troops and Lu Xing's troops, gathered one after another in Sishui Pass east of Luoyang, Dengfeng south, and Mianchi west, which is the outskirts of the traditional Luoyang Basin.

All the troops combined had at least 70,000 to 80,000 people, and they were in constant communication with each other. Under the leadership of Han Shizhong, who had the triple bonus of imperial edict, gold medal and jade belt, they basically surrounded Luoyang from three sides and kept shrinking the encirclement. It was obvious that they were eyeing the main force of the Jin army's cavalry, which numbered more than 40,000.

It was not that Han Shizhong was so bold, nor that he was so eager for revenge that he lost his mind, but these generals, and even Emperor Zhao who was far away in Tokyo, knew that Wanyan Wushu, who had abandoned his baggage and arrived in Luoyang, would definitely learn that Talan had gone north. Now that Talan had left, no matter how furious the Fourth Prince was, who had so many cavalry but lacked supplies, he had only one choice, and that was to raise a ferry as soon as possible and then quickly cross the Yellow River, because he could no longer stay in Henan!

When the Jin army crossed the river and divided its troops to cover their retreat, it was the best opportunity for the Song army to surround them and give them a severe bite!

The first month of the year is about to pass and the second month is about to begin. Due to the speed of information dissemination, the Jin and Song armies in other places may still be in a state of extreme division... But as the point of view put forward in "On War", the main battle determines everything at the military level. With the successful battle launched by the Zhao Song official himself more than ten days ago, and the expansion of the results of that battle by the Song army in the following days, at least the two warring parties around Luoyang know that the Song army held on in the end and the Jin army was defeated.

Moreover, this battle will soon be over.

So, Wanyan Wushu took the most decisive approach in his rage. He chose Yelu Mawu as the rear guard without hesitation, and then the entire army crossed the river in time.

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