Talai's astonishing crossing of the river to the north quickly cheered up Zhao Jiu, who was originally in a state of sadness, because even if he lacked military knowledge, he understood that the Jin army's right deputy marshal's decisive crossing to the north had completely reversed the situation in the entire Henan Province.
The problem here is not how many soldiers Wanyan Talan has, nor whether he still has the will to fight or whether he can fight. The problem lies precisely in his leaving Henan.
You should know that Talai was the nominal commander of the 120,000 main forces of the Eastern Army and the actual leader of the central group of the three major groups of the Jin army in Henan.
As long as he holds on in Henan, no matter how many soldiers he has, all the main forces of the Jin army in Henan will still be an organic union. No matter whether it is the Wushu Group separated by the Five Rivers area, or the so-called easternmost Huazhou Group and Nanjing Group, they will all have a common point of resonance.
But as soon as he left, not to mention that Nianhan of Damingfu was still controlling the eastern front, Wanyan Wushu's group was completely isolated!
Due to the powerful combat capability and mobility of the Jin army, the Song army did not dare to say that the opportunity had come at this time, but at least they had taken the initiative!
In fact, in the following three days, Han Shizhong sent envoys to write letters one after another based on the changes in military intelligence. In addition to constantly telling Emperor Zhao in Tokyo City about his views, he also constantly revised his plans.
In fact, on the 20th day of the first lunar month, with the new news that Wulinda Taiyu, who was supposed to be besieging Fangcheng under Wanyan Wushu, led a brigade of thousands of cavalry to appear in the Wuhe defense zone under Yue Fei's charge, Yue Fei sent it to Zhengzhou and Kaifeng by express horse. Han Shizhong's plan was immediately adjusted to delay the enemy layer by layer, lure the enemy deep into the city, and then do his best to set up an ambush in the border area of Zhengzhou, Yingchang Prefecture, and Kaifeng City, and bite Wanyan Wushu hard.
This plan clearly contained a sentiment of personal revenge, because it was simply a replica of Wanyan Wushu's ambush at Zhujiaqu Town and his defeat of Han Shizhong, except that the prey and the hunter were completely reversed.
Well, of course Emperor Zhao immediately issued an imperial decree to express his agreement... The reason was very simple. First, the plan was indeed feasible. Secondly, Yue Fei had only delivered the message here. The event itself, that is, the news that Wulindatai wanted to appear in the Wuhe area, was actually a day and a half ago. Time was short, so it was good to have a plan to deal with the enemy!
Let’s not talk about the fact that Han Shizhong and Zhao Jiu were becoming more and more courageous, and just talk about the other side. After Wulin Datai wanted to appear in the Wuhe area, Wanyan Wushu actually chose to withdraw all his troops and headed towards the Wuhe area.
He has to come.
In other words, he had no choice but to believe it.
Now, at the beginning, although Wanyan Wushu was angry and shocked when he heard that Changsha was defeated and Han Shizhong escaped, he did not have too many doubts and hesitations... Because victory and defeat are common in the military, with Han Shizhong, the chief general of the Song Dynasty who "always has miracles around him", and so many troops of the Tokyo Liaison Office on the opposite side, it was reasonable to think that he would be defeated.
In fact, when the first wave of defeated soldiers and messengers arrived at the city of Nanyang, the fourth prince of the Jin Dynasty only discussed with Han Chang and Balisu for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and decided on a strategy to return troops to rescue and try to regain the land of Wuhe. If unsuccessful, he would bypass Ruzhou and return north from Xijing.
After all, at that time, Wuzhu was already caught in a difficult decision as to whether or not to send troops to Xiangyang. To put it bluntly, Talan's defeat made it unnecessary for him to make a choice.
However, when more defeated soldiers arrived there, Wanyan Wushu became suspicious and panicked, because he firmly did not believe what these people said, that the Zhao Song emperor personally appeared on the battlefield and actually instigated this war.
This is ridiculous!
Because just a few days ago, everyone, including Wuzhu's own military knowledge, told the Fourth Prince that Zhao Jiu used 10,000 Song soldiers as bait that day and successfully fooled everyone including the Jin army and the Song army, and then fled to the fortified city of Xiangyang blocked by the Han River... This has already made him very angry, okay?
But now, all the people who fled told him that Zhao Jiu did not go to Xiangyang, and that the Song official had tricked him, the fourth prince of the Jin Dynasty, twice... double!
So, can this kind of thing be believed?
Therefore, in the early morning of the tenth day of the first lunar month, because the situation was in a desperate situation, the battle of luring the enemy and blocking the enemy broke out in the south of Nanyang City. The Jin army won a great victory and Zhao Jiu escaped from Nanyang.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Zhao Jiu went straight into Yanling, killed Du Chong and seized the military power.
On the 13th day of the first lunar month, the Battle of Yanling-Changshe broke out. In just one hour, the Jin army, which had underestimated the enemy, suffered a devastating blow.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, Zhao Jiu arrived in Dongjing City and peacefully took over the Dongjing Resident Office from Zong Ze. That night, Zong Ze died. But on the afternoon of the same day, Wanyan Wushu also saw the defeated Talan army that Wulin Datai wanted to escort to Nanyang City on horseback.
In fact, so many things happened on that day that it is very likely that Talan escaped across the Yellow River on the same day.
On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Han Shizhong's pursuing troops encountered the unprepared Yelu Ma Wu tribe in Zhengzhou and won a great victory.
On the 18th day of the first lunar month, Wulindatai's troops, who had finally received the order, appeared in the Wuhe area and entered Wuyang that night, joining forces with the remnants of the Jin army who had abandoned Xiangcheng, Yancheng and Xiping and gathered here, thus completely confirming all the previous news.
However, considering that Wulindatai had been in Fangcheng, the center of Nanyang and Wuhe areas, only a hundred miles away from Wuyang, Wanyan Wushu probably hesitated for a day and a half before accepting this fact, and then made a decision and issued a military order.
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