Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 76: Benefiting Both Sides (Part 1)

There is nothing to say. The Song army was waiting for this rearguard force. While the main force of the Jin army used the fleet to cross the river, tens of thousands of Song troops began to advance into Luoyang from three sides... There were no tricks, and no desperate resistance. By the time the Song army calculated the opportunity and finally concentrated its forces to attack the ferry north of Beimang Mountain, only Yelu Ma Wu and less than 10,000 Jin troops were left on the south bank of the river to cover the rear.

The two sides fought, re-enacting the previous battle of Zhengzhou. Yelu Ma Wu won first and then lost. After losing nearly 3,000 soldiers, his entire army fled.

But the story continued to repeat itself, which made Han Shizhong extremely unhappy - Yelu Ma Wu fled westwards, and with the help of horsepower he managed to meet the fleet on the other side of the Yellow River at Changquan Ferry in the upper reaches, and then successfully escaped.

The reason for Yelu Ma Wu's successful breakout was actually very simple: Li Yanxian missed the deadline.

In fact, this commander-in-chief, who was highly valued by Emperor Zhao and whose actual status was probably on par with Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, not only failed to arrive on time, but also simply withdrew his troops.

Of course, Li Yanxian was not bringing up any bad traditions of the Western Army, but there was a reason for it - the part of Shanzhou on the north bank of the Yellow River suffered a strong attack from the Jin Army's Western Army, and in this wave of attack, the flag of Wanyan Loushi's son Wanyan Huonu also appeared in the Hedong area.

Li Yanxian had to immediately organize support for his troops on the north bank of the Yellow River to prevent them from being wiped out.

After all, with the emergence of the Western Army and the northward retreat of the main force of the Eastern Army, the main force of the Jin Army had reached an astonishing number around Zhongtiao Mountain at this time.

After learning the news, Han Shizhong did not dare to talk nonsense anymore. On the contrary, understanding the seriousness of the matter and knowing that Emperor Zhao was watching him from behind, Han Liangchen sent troops to assist Li Yanxian's troops in retreating, while leading the entire Song army to immediately deploy troops along the Yellow River.

In early February, from Tongguan to Huazhou, the main forces of Song and Jin gathered on both sides of the Yellow River, and the total number of troops on both sides facing each other across the river reached an astonishing 300,000.

At this point, Emperor Zhao was a little panicked.

Of course, Han Shizhong made a report immediately while arranging the defense line.

He believed that the weather had turned warmer, and the Jin army, which hated the warm climate in the south, had no desire to move south again, nor could it raise enough food and fodder for 200,000 troops to move south in the short term. It was obvious that the coordination of the two armies in the east and west was the result of Wanyan Nianhan, the commander-in-chief, coordinating the two armies in his capacity as the commander-in-chief after learning that Talan had been defeated and fled back to Hebei, in order to support the withdrawal of the Henan troops.

Now, Wanyan Wushu's main force has withdrawn, and the Hedong land that was previously recovered by Li Yanxian of Shanzhou has been recaptured. As long as the Jin army in the direction of Nanjing and Huazhou withdraws safely, the current terrifying confrontation will disappear immediately.

By then, the fourth major invasion of the Jin army, which lasted from the second year of Jianyan to the third year of Jianyan, for half a year and stretched across thousands of miles, would officially end.

A few days later, the Jin army withdrew from Nanjing and Huazhou was relieved, and Han Shizhong's words officially came true.

Immediately, the main force of the Jin army in Hebei withdrew across the board and the war ended.

On February 15, as Zhang Jun, who had recovered Nanjing, personally led his troops to Tokyo to "protect the emperor", Emperor Zhao issued a new decree.

The first was to have each army distribute military rations that could be used as seeds, as well as some eliminated military livestock to local governments. The governments would then distribute them to the soldiers and civilians who had returned home to escape the war, in order to seize the last opportunity for spring ploughing.

Second, the old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers in each army were settled locally to form military settlements.

Thirdly, he would order the officials from Nanyang and Xiangyang who were heading for the Wuhe area to follow the other ministers and change their route to Zhengzhou Heyin. The wealth and food grains that were being escorted from Xiangyang should also be transferred to Heyin. After all the armies were properly settled and ensured to be safe, they should also try to gather in Heyin… As the emperor, he wanted to reward the six armies here and reward them according to their merits.

PS: If you turn the page again, you can see Xiaojiu saying goodnight to everyone on my behalf