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The First Champion Chapter 452

Yao Pingzhong turned his head and said to Yelu Dashi: "Your Majesty, you have to find a way to break the heavy armored soldiers of the Tartars. Otherwise, in the narrow terrain, these iron bumps will also be resistant to attack."

Yelu Dashi's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "I've thought about a lot of ways, but I haven't found a useful solution yet. This is still a water battle. They are on land, and even their horses are armored. It is even more difficult to deal with when they collide."

The surrounding Khitan people nodded one after another, with lingering fears in their hearts. During the process of Jurchen's campaign against Liao, they were often bullied by this thing.

Yelu Dashi stepped forward, looked at Yao Pingzhong with hope, and asked, "Xiyan, in your opinion, how can we defeat these Tartars?"

After a brief silence, Yao Pingzhong smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty, please don't blame the foreign ministers for speaking out. The only solution for now is to ask for support from Bianliang."

Although the bottom of my heart was very uncomfortable, all Liao people present knew that this was telling the truth.

Jurchen soldiers are strong and horses are strong, and their momentum is like a rainbow. Only Song Dynasty can contend against Fang today.

Yelu Dashi was not a fierce man like Yelu Chun, king of Yan, who was willing to bend and never bend. He always bowed his head, especially after the decline of Khitan, Yelu Dashi bowed his head to Song and Jin without blinking.

To survive in the gap between the two great powers, only by surviving first can we have the opportunity to talk about the revival of Daliao.

"Come here, go to Yunzhou and order Yeluqing to be an envoy to Bianliang in the Song Dynasty. You can let him tidy up and order a few attendants to form a mission. After seeing me, I will leave tonight."

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In Juyongguan, Zongze's handsome tent has almost no extra decorations. There is a sword hanging on the wall, which is the most valuable thing in his body. It was given to him by Yang Lin when he was building the city in Tianjin.

Apart from that, there is a clothes hanger with a piece of expensive armor, which was made by Xujiazhuang, a wealthy family in Mizhou, along the coast of the Song Dynasty.Several sets were cut off by Yang Lin, one set was kept for himself, and one set was given to King Zongze, and Han Shizhong didn't even have one.

Zong Ze was wearing a bunt blue shirt, with his hair wrapped in a scarf, looking capable.

On two stakes cut from tree roots was a wooden plank with many maps scattered about, and on top of it was a marching map that had just been drawn with cowhide rolls and lead rods.

It marked the direction of the Jurchen's advance. If a veteran general in the Song Army saw it, he would know that it was the style of the Western Army's scouting horses. Youyan's spies were all from the Western Army and were poached by Han Shizhong.

These spies spread all over Youyan, and even infiltrated into the cloud.Even Liaodong has their footprints.

After so many years of war, the current generals of Song, Liao, and Jin have all started to pay attention to intelligence.The respective light cavalry scouts are also becoming more and more elite, and the number of them continues to increase.

Zong Ze frowned, and asked, "Can you find out clearly?"

"Exactly."

Sliding his fingers along the map, Zong Ze said in a deep voice, "Wanyan Agu is the main force coming here, so there is no reason to let him leave safely. Now that Song Liao is an ally, his lips are dead and his teeth are cold. I want to help them stop it."

"Boss, I'm afraid this won't work. There is an order from the imperial court, clearly written in black and white, to teach us to wait for Jin to guard the defense area and not to use troops rashly." Wang Yan, his commander, persuaded.

Zong Ze walked back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his back, and when he came up to Wang Yan, he said, "The intention of the imperial court is that we are afraid that we will rush into an ambush by the Jin men. It is indeed a plan to attack Khitan. The battle results are changing in a flash, and the princes in the court may not be able to see clearly like me. If we let him go like this, we are naturally not at fault, and Yao Pingzhong and the Liao people in the west will be in trouble. "

"As the head of the North Road, how can I just let the enemy cross the border because of my innocence."

Wang Yan clasped his fists and said anxiously: "But"

"It's nothing but, you send someone to Bianliang immediately to inform the court. I believe that Yang Shaozai will not blame us." Zong Ze made up his mind, and without delay, he said sharply: "Beating the drums will , Wang Yan guarded Juyongguan, and the others followed me to Weizhou to support Wang Teng and prevent the enemy from advancing westward."

When Zong Ze gave an order, the soldiers under him immediately got busy, and soon the big tent was full.

Many generals were already a bit slack, the Jurchen Tartars obviously did not come for You Yan, and the imperial court had a clear order not to attack rashly.

As a result, in a short period of time, when Liao and Jin are fighting for the top, Youyan will have no battles.

They all looked curiously at Zong Ze, the manager of the North Road, wondering what the manager Zong was going to do today.

Zong Ze stood upright and glanced around. His eyes were not very sharp, but they were extremely firm.

This once stubborn little official will have full determination to do what he believes in.

"The Jin soldiers came to Youyan, but they wanted to go from Weizhou to attack Yunzhou. We were in Zhuolu Mountain to wipe out the Jurchen Tartars' Eastern Route Army. This time, we can't let them pass easily, otherwise the Western Army will be ashamed. The pressure is doubling." Zong Ze talked eloquently, but his tone suddenly became solemn: "If Yunnei is lost, Yingzhou will be hard to protect. If Yingzhou is lost, Qin Long and Hedong will be exposed to the Jurchen Tartars."

"The former Wanyan Xiyin, just 5 people can make a big disturbance in the Central Plains, and most of them are Khitan vassal soldiers. If their main force is allowed to go south, the consequences will be disastrous. We should rise up to stop it and relieve the pressure on the Western Army. .”

The generals below whispered to each other, and some looked excited, ready to compete with Jurchen.Some shook their heads again and again, thinking that this was just asking for fun.

Zong Ze slapped the table and said, "Send troops!"

Chapter 543 Fighting to the Death

In the summer of the second year of Xuanhe, Jin soldiers went south, pretending to attack Youyan, and captured Weizhou.

The court of the Song Dynasty, led by Yang Lin, suspected that this was a tactic to lure the enemy, and ordered the generals of Youyan to stick to their garrison and not to attack.

According to intelligence, Zong Ze, the general manager of the North Road, concluded that the Jin soldiers were targeting Khitan, and decisively sent troops to stop them.

Outside Juyongguan, the wind is blowing and the horses are neighing, and there are soldiers and horses running fast everywhere.Zong Ze was in the Chinese army, and he rode his horse along with the team, not falling behind.He had been recruiting and training soldiers and horses in Hejian Mansion these years, and he himself often practiced with them.

Zong Ze's soldiers and horses were not the best equipped in the Song Dynasty, nor the most experienced, but they were the most vigorous and most daring soldiers.

What kind of generals and what kind of soldiers, Zongze's bravery, resoluteness and perseverance are deeply rooted in this army that he personally recruited and trained.

A horse galloped closer, and after a closer look, he realized that it was Chen Cui, the commander of the capital. He said on the horse: "Boss, the Jurchens are in high spirits. Do you want to send someone to investigate first, and then pursue them, so as not to lose troops or generals?"

Zong Ze turned his head sideways and said, "Chasing and attacking him!"

The four words were sonorous and powerful, and Chen Que clasped his fists and walked away, returning to his formation.

Zong Ze was like a mirror in his heart, Jurchen has rarely suffered losses since she started her army, and she is known as invincible in field battles.

It is impossible for them to have the habit of guarding against pursuers. According to the arrogant temperament of Jurchen today, they would like to be pursued.

Especially in Youyan, they dreamed that Song people would walk out of the endless fortifications and fortresses one after another, and fight them head-on.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the mountains, rivers and cities of Weizhou were all in front of his eyes. Zongze opened his eyes in a moment, and said in a concentrated voice: "The enemy will march and plunder the place, raise the army food, and the prisoners will live. They will not return until night. Send the order, Chen Que led [-] elite cavalry to ambush on the west side of Gongshan Mountain, Kong Yanwei led [-] cavalry troops to ambush on the east side of Qiaoshan Mountain, and the rest followed me to pursue the Jurchen rear army."

The army then divided up, still trying to catch up with all their strength, and did not set up camp until night.

It only took two days, and on the second night, Zongze's main force had already caught up with the Jurchen rear army, and the Tartars looked back in amazement, only to find that there were pursuers behind them.

Sure enough, as Zongze expected, the Jurchen was so confident that she was unprepared, so she waved the flag and the Song army took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them.

The Jurchen soldiers didn't panic in the slightest, although they hadn't finished their formation, they were like a group of ferocious beasts, about to face the pursuers with frightening madness and ferocity.

The flames soaring into the sky illuminated part of the battlefield, and the sound of countless arrowheads hitting the side cards resounded densely.Even the body of the licensed soldier couldn't help but tremble, as if he was about to collapse to the ground in the next moment.Zong Ze was in the middle army, and the darkness concealed the ferocity of the Jurchens, narrowing the gap between the two sides.

More Jurchen archers in the enemy camp rushed forward, throwing more feathered arrows with all their might.In the rain of arrows, the Song army was still struggling to maintain the formation, and the pace of advancement did not stop.This is the result of Zongze's practice day and night over the past few years. Formation has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a habit.In layman's terms, this means sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime.

As for the Jurchen army and horses, they were indeed the most powerful force in this era that broke the Daliao Empire like lightning. After quick adjustments, the rear army became the front army, and they did not stick to the camp.Although I don't know how many pursuers there are in the night, they are not afraid and want to rush out.

The two sides are both advancing and never retreating. In the square inch of the gate of the camp, the fire is raging.They didn't even care about the choking smoke and dust, they forced their eyes open, tears streaming down their cheeks, squinting their eyes and going forward to fight.

The hundreds of people at the front were fighting for life and death when they met each other. After a burst of feather arrows, a general in the Song army shouted: "Kill the Jurchen Tartars!"

In the Jurchen camp, there were all kinds of Jurchen swearing constantly, shouting and screaming like beasts.