Guo Jing had been chattering these past few days, hinting at Zhao Ji to kill Zhan Yunpeng, and finally Zhao Ji began to waver.
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Mingzhou.
Wanyan Gao attacked the city several times but was defeated every time. He had no choice but to camp on the outskirts and wait for an opportunity to strike.
The Jin army's western route totaled more than 70,000 people. Jin Wushu led more than 10,000 people to the Song-Jin border in Shanxi, but did not move for a long time.
The main force of the Western Army, numbering more than 60,000, was led by Wanyan Zonghan, but Wanyan Zonghan did not join forces with Jin Wushu to attack Shanxi as planned.
Wanyan Zonghan led 60,000 cavalrymen, the elite of the Jin Dynasty, and marched south through Hejian Prefecture to join forces with Wanyan Gao.
The Jin army's plan was for Wanyan Gao and Wanyan Zonghan to lead an army of 70,000 men each to attack the Song Dynasty from the east and west fronts, which was the same information Zhao Huan received.
Little did they know that this was just a trick by the Jin army to paralyze Zhao Huan. The Jin soldiers had no intention of attacking Shanxi from the beginning. Their goal was to attack the front line of Shanxi, so that Jin Wushu led 10,000 troops to feint an attack on Shanxi, thus tricking Yue's army into being unable to split up.
Then Wanyan Zonghan led the main force of the Western Army to meet with Wanyan Gao and captured Mingzhou in one fell swoop.
Once Mingzhou was captured, Bianjing would no longer have any defenses. The Jin soldiers could march straight to the capital without any obstacles.
Wanyan Gao was overjoyed when he heard that Wanyan Zonghan's army had arrived. He and Maji and others personally welcomed them. The two Jin troops totaled over 80,000 men, making it easy to deal with the Mingzhou Song army, which now numbered less than 20,000.
The problem was that Zhao Huan's 100,000-man army would take another three days to reach Mingzhou. If Nangong Wentian couldn't hold Mingzhou within these three days, the entire Song army's defense line in Hebei would be doomed.
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