Chapter 10 Chapter Ten: The Forever Western Army

It was September in the fourth year of Song Jianyan (AD 1130). If we take a long-term view and go as far as the upper reaches of the Tula River in Mongolia today, we will find that there are many reasons why the Jin State established the Puppet Qi. In addition to the shock that Yue Fei and Han Shizhong gave them, accidents happened outside the border. This starts with Yelu Dashi.After the fall of the Liao Kingdom, Dashi led his troops to the northwest and arrived at Ketun City, which is the upper reaches of the Tula River.This is the resident of the Northwest Road Recruitment Department of the former Liao Kingdom.The Jin army destroyed almost all the military towns in the Liao Kingdom, but ignored this one, because it was too remote and irrelevant to the overall situation.History has proved the Jurchens wrong, hopelessly wrong.

Yelu Dashi led 200 cavalry to arrive here, and convened a meeting of the governors of the seven prefectures and the leaders of the eighteen ministries. Under his inspiration, the Liao Kingdom was re-established, and it was called Xiliao in history. Kedun City is surrounded by luxuriant aquatic plants and abundant livestock, and it is thousands of miles away from the Kingdom of Jin.In a few years, Xiliao's troops had gathered hundreds of thousands of troops.In 1129 A.D., Yelu Dashi sent troops to raid the northern camp of the Kingdom of Jin. He succeeded in the first battle and took back two camps.A year later, the Kingdom of Jin decided to send out heavy troops to wipe out the roots and exterminate the Khitan remnants.

It is a pity that since the death of Wanyan Aguda, there is no dictator in the Kingdom of Jin. Jin Ting recruited troops from various tribes, but the tribes refused, and Jin Ting just let it go. Yelu Dashi got a more relaxed environment.Not long after, he went on a mighty expedition to the west, starting from the city of Ketun, and conquered an infinitely vast territory, almost as vast as the territory of the former Liao Kingdom. In a sense, the Khitan people built the most expansive country in East Asia. This is something.For the Kingdom of Jin, although there was no expedition to Xiliao, it also increased troops on the frontier.In this way, there was pressure on both the south and north fronts, thus creating an unprecedented opportunity for Zhang Jun on the west front.

In Xuanfuchuan and Shanxi, Zhang Jun, who was in control of military horses, money and food, and government affairs, had been preparing for the western front for a full year and a half, and finally completed the pre-war preparations at this extremely coincidental pass. The so-called preparation is nothing more than two words-soldiers and money. If you want to fight, these two things are indispensable.The area under the jurisdiction of Zhang Jun happened to be the entire Song Dynasty. I mean both sides of the Yangtze River. Counting the original Northern Song territory, it is the area with the most abundant reserves of these two things.

It is undisputed that even if the strength of the Western Army fades due to various reasons, it will not be completely exhausted, because there are famous generals in Shaanxi, and new ones pop up all the time. Qian, Sichuan is the last safe haven for the Han people.Whether in ancient times or modern times, every time the Han people faced a catastrophe, the hinterland of Sichuan, the hinterland, would play a role.It can not only take refuge, but also provide money for the restoration of the country. The Land of Abundance is not called for nothing. When Zhang Jun took office, the first thing he did was not to integrate the Western Army, but to order a Sichuan native named Zhao Kai to go back to his hometown, and asked him to force the people of Sichuan to borrow five years of national debt.At this time, all the cash in Sichuan people's hands was seized, and his successor Zhao Ding cursed because there was nothing left in Sichuan... Zhang Jun used the money to hoard a huge amount of military supplies.

With this money, he can attack the Western Army. Over the past few years, the Western Army has been ruined, not only because of the decline in combat effectiveness, but also because of the fact that there are many factions, each doing its own thing, and no one listens to anyone. Overhead. The Northwest Six Armies—Yongxing, Yanyan, Huanqing, Jingyuan, Qinfeng, and Xihe lost their unified dispatch. To reverse this situation, it will be very simple if it is simple, and it will be complicated if it is complicated.The method Zhang Jun used was very powerful. He directly dismissed Zhang Shen, the chief general of the Xihe Army, and Wang Si, the chief general of the Huanqing Army, and promoted a large number of young men, such as Liu Xi, the son of the famous general Liu Zhongwu, Liu Qi, and the Wu brothers. , Arranged to a prominent position.

This amounts to a naked power grab.In the army, even if it is a direct supervisor, there are huge risks in doing so.History will prove that a few years later, when Zhang Jun did this again, he caused huge irreparable losses. The empire that had just stabilized was once again in turmoil. But this time he succeeded, because he rarely compromised with one person. This person is called Qu Duan.Qu Duan, courtesy name Zhengfu, was born in Zhenrongjun (now Guyuan, Ningxia), and was born in a military family.Qu Duan is a legendary soldier. He fought against the ever-victorious general of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Loushi, and both sides won and lost each other; The nickname is "Crying Lord".

Compared with his external war, his internal war kung fu is higher. Wang Shu, the special commissioner who controlled the Western Army mentioned above, was disgraced by him, and he packed up and left.As for the method used, it is not complicated at all, just three words. --disobedient. He selectively executed the orders given from above.As long as it endangers the strength of his troops, he ignores it.In this way, the Jingyuan army he led would have nothing to lose in a crisis situation.At the same time, he annexed many local rebels and incorporated many bandit organizations.His military strength has risen rapidly, and he has become so powerful that his family dominates.

The Wu brothers are all his subordinates. For such a person, Zhang Jun gave full respect.He imitated the ancient practice of "going on stage to worship the general", and assembled the Western Army to worship Qu Duan in public as a mighty general. This scene was very touching. The Western Army in the audience cheered and praised Zhang Xuanfu as a good leader who understands, respects and loves soldiers!Look, he brought us food and supplies, and raised the status of soldiers to such a high level, unlike the civil servants in the past who bossed and ordered the generals around. Zhang Jun finally integrated the Sixth Route Western Army together.In his mind, his money is the lifeblood of the Western Army, and Qu Duan is the leader in name, and if he listens to him, then the time is ripe for his great and brilliant plan to be implemented.

He sent someone to see Qu Duan, saying that now that the organizational system is unified and the financial resources are sufficient, compared with the number of the Jin army in Shaanxi, the Western Army has the upper hand, and a battle should be held to wipe out the main force of the Jin army in one fell swoop. What a prospect when this is said!Zhang Jun believed that any Han Chinese, a soldier of the Song Dynasty, would be excited about it, and immediately vowed to resolutely complete the task under his wise leadership. Unexpectedly, Qu Duan's old problem happened again... This is a battle, a decisive battle of the group army. After the winner is determined, one side usually dies and the other faints.In other words, whether you win or lose, you will lose a huge amount of strength.

The loss of strength is the most unbearable thing for Qu Duan. Qu Duan was disobedient again. He said that even though he had money, the soldiers were still the same soldiers as before, and he was not sure of victory in a decisive battle with the Jin army.Now, we should divide our forces and send troops to destroy the food roads and farmland of the Jin army. After a few years, there is hope of victory. Zhang Jun was dizzy with anger, the country was in peril, and there was no need to delay. Wait a few years before the decisive battle. At that time, there would be no Song Dynasty, let alone the so-called "hope" of victory! But he didn't have an attack, he knew the value of Qu Duan, he was a banner figure with outstanding achievements, and it would be foolish to abolish the general in the final battle. But then he saw two stupid things! The first thing is that Shanzhou fell. At that time, Jingzhaofu, Fengxiang, Yan'an and other important towns in the northwest fell into the hands of the Jin army. The main force of the Western army was restrained by Zhang Jun and kept away from the battlefield, accumulating strength and preparing for the decisive battle, but did not send troops in time.However, the war still gradually developed in a direction favorable to the Song Dynasty. Local militias and some Western troops spontaneously organized and recovered many towns. Among them, Li Yanxian, the general of the Western Army, had a brilliant record. He shocked the upper echelons of Song and Jin with his own power, and regained Shanzhou, an important town that controlled the junction of Shaanxi and Henan. Since then, relying on Shanzhou, he fought more than 200 battles with the Jin army, inflicting heavy losses on the Jin army many times.After the news came out, the morale of the entire southeast was greatly boosted, and even Zhao Ji said: "I heard that Yanxian fought with the Jinren recently, and won repeated victories. I can't sleep with joy." Jin Guo was shocked, so Wanyan Lou Shi personally led the main force to attack Shanzhou, and he must pull out Li Yanxian's nail.Shanzhou fell into a bitter battle, no matter how brave and tenacious Li Yanxian's troops were, they had to consider the balance of troops.He urgently asked Zhang Jun for help, and Zhang Jun sent a letter with a pigeon, ordering Qu Duan to lead an army to assist Shanzhou.However, the mighty general once again selectively executed, still disobedient... In the first month of the fourth year of Jianyan (AD 1130), the Song army in Shanzhou ran out of ammunition and food, and the whole army could only eat beans, while Li Yanxian himself only drank soup made from beans.At this point, Li Yanxian still refused to surrender. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Shanzhou fell.Li Yanxian led his troops to fight in the streets, "hit by an arrow like a hedgehog", seriously injured his left arm, and finally threw himself into the river to die, a heroic martyr for the country.Fifty-one generals under him died in battle together, and none of them surrendered. When the news came, Zhang Jun lost his temper.Qu Duan refused to help, disobeyed orders, and watched his compatriots martyrdom... This is an act more shameful than cowardice and cowardice, and it is simply murdering his comrades! And this is just to preserve his own strength. In any era, this kind of behavior has only one result, military law, beheading for public display!However, the situation is stronger than others, and Qu Duan's prestige and strength are too high. Zhang Jun couldn't bear it, but he still endured it. All for the decisive battle. Then another thing happened.After Wanyan Loushi broke through Shanzhou, he quickly marched westward to reinforce Saliyin.Crying Mr. Lang has been crying non-stop these days. He was beaten violently by Wu Jie, the elder brother of the Wu brothers, in the area of ​​Pengyuan store, and he will soon be unable to hold on.The first battle of the Jin army was approaching, Wu Jie did not panic, and Zhang Jun, who was far behind, was also very calm, because Qu Duan was sitting behind Wu Jie, this time he was no longer a friendly army, but a subordinate of the headquarters, no matter what , the mighty general will no longer turn a blind eye. But Qu Duan happened to see nothing again! He took the initiative to retreat, isolated Wu Jie in front, and gave Wanyan Loushi a wide and straight passage.Without any hesitation, Wanyan Loushi quickly detoured behind Wu Jie, flanked with Sa Lidao, and wrapped Wu Jie into dumplings... Wu Jie's combat effectiveness is amazing. If you rank all the generals in the Southern Song Dynasty, he can rank Into the top three, only behind Yue and Han. Wu Jie broke out and went back to the rear to have a big fight with Qu Duan.Qu Duan is really awesome. After doing such a despicable behavior, he actually demoted Wu Jie's official position with confidence, because Wu Jie had no superiors in his eyes. What else can I say?The mighty general is really too mighty! Zhang Jun still did not punish him, and still chose to tolerate for the sake of the overall situation.The war is approaching, as long as Qu Duan can cooperate with him to win this battle that concerns the fate of the country, everything else will be trivial. But at the military meeting that followed, Qu Duan said something like this: "A decisive battle is bound to be defeated. The Western Army should try their best to spare no effort, and only consider counterattacking after ten years." Ten years... Didn't you say last time that it only takes a few years? At this point, Zhang Jun was finally completely disappointed with Qu Duan, and he could no longer find any reason to tolerate this person.It's not that Zhang Xianggong has never killed someone, it's just that he hasn't seen blood in the northwest! Qu Duan didn't care at all, he was immersed in the dream that everyone gave in to him, was helpless to him, and kept pleasing him, so that a few days later, he made the most serious mistake in his life. A few days later, Zhang Jun ordered the Western Army to gather in the Fuping area of ​​the Guanzhong Plain in Shaanxi.Fuping, anyone with a little military knowledge will know how important this place is after looking at a map. "... Fuping, Shi, Wen Zhouza, Jing, Fuyiwei. The south is bounded by Ju and Qi, and the north is surrounded by Pinshan Mountains. The peaks are steep and surrounded like a city... Both water and land dangers are prepared. There are differences between hosts and guests. To be firm, to choose profit and advance, if there is a criminal, the piece of armor may not be returned." ("Fuping County Chronicle") Zhang Jun took a fancy to the point of "the difference between the work and rest of the host and the guest", and he wanted to occupy this strategically important area first, wait for work with leisure, use the host to deceive the guest, and subdue Wanyan Loushi.As soon as the order was issued, the commanders of Yongxing, Wu Jie, Huanqing, Zhao Zhe, Xihe, Liu Xi, and Qin Feng, Sun Wo, all rushed to the assembly point.At the same time, the Song Army's logistics troops rushed here.From Sichuan to Shaanxi, stretching thousands of miles, food, grass, money and silk piled up like mountains, and a large number of transshipment civilians transported these military supplies here. These civilian husbands set up another camp next to the Western Army's military camp. Everything was going on in full swing, except that the mighty general and the Jingyuan army could not be seen.This is a real lunatic, such a military order, such a battle, he dares to be disobedient! Zhang Jun came to the door and asked him what he was doing.Qu Duan's answer was actually "You must lose"! Is this what a soldier should say?Can you disobey orders and refrain from going to the battlefield if you feel that you are bound to lose?Zhang Jun was overjoyed, he laughed outrageously, and asked in a daze, "What if you are undefeated?" Qu Duan was very calm and said: "If you are undefeated, I will cut off your head." Zhang Jun said, "Do you dare to issue a military order?" Qu Duan wrote as soon as he picked up the pen, without any ambiguity. Zhang Jun carefully put away the military order and told him, "Very well, if I lose, I will cut off your head too." Until this moment, Qu Duan still thought he was safe, and Zhang Jun didn't dare to do anything to him.It's a pity that Zhang Jun directly dismissed him from his position, demoted him to the end, and asked him to "live at home" in Jiezhou. He became an unemployed civilian. However, the Jingyuan Army, which he has always retained his strength and relied on as his backer, did not stage a mutiny or anything like that to protect him.This is a hopelessly stupid man, why doesn't he open his eyes and take a look? Wu Jie has become Zhang Jun's confidant; Sun Wo was single-handedly promoted by Zhang Jun; Zhao Zhe was the first to approach Zhang Jun; not to mention Liu Xi, together with his younger brother Liu Kai, was Zhang Jun's designated Fuping Battle coach. Looking around, the Western Army is in Zhang Jun's hands except him, why didn't he dare to move him?Even belittling him and killing him will help improve morale.History abandoned this Hun man, and his Jingyuan Army was transferred to Liu Kai's name. Liu Kai, courtesy name Xinshu, was born in Chengji, Qinzhou (now Tianshui, Gansu).The son of Jiangmen, his father Liu Zhongwu was the first general of Jingyuan Road and the military commander of Xihe Road during Shenzong Xining. He fought against Tubo with Wang Shan and recovered Hehuang. Liu Kai is brave and good at fighting, resolute and tenacious, and is a well-known lone hero among the first generation of generals in the Southern Song Dynasty.To put it simply, his name shined brightly in the most dangerous stages in the history of the Song Army's war. Even when he was over sixty years old and seriously ill, he lined up in front of the emperor's horse to stop the opponent's overwhelming soldiers. Fuping assembled the last main battle army of the Song Dynasty and overdrawn the money and food on the last piece of rich land. According to the saying at the time, it was "half the world's responsibility". In fact, it had profoundly affected the fate of the Song and Jin countries. In this regard, Zhang Jun is not clear.He always believed that his enemy was Wanyan Loushi, but he didn't know that the Kingdom of Jin had mobilized all its forces and quietly sent troops to reinforce Shaanxi. The host of the imperial military meeting was Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai, and the leaders who entered Shaanxi were Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Eriduo. These were the highest standards. However, Zhang Jun didn't know it. He ordered the Western Army to speed up, occupy Fuping first, and set up a stronghold on the plain east of Fuping County.The terrain here is open and low, which is conducive to the impact of the cavalry regiment. After Wu Jie, the commander of Yongxing, walked around, he suggested that the whole army retreat to the west for dozens of miles and re-establish the camp, because there are mountains there.The Western Army fought in the hilly areas all the year round, and the mountains were their main battlefields. As long as they built a stronghold in the mountains, they could attack and defend. This suggestion is correct no matter how you look at it, but the voice of opposition seems to be stronger.Liu Xi, the commander-in-chief of the whole army, said that first, although Fuping is flat, it is mostly swampy land, and the cavalry cannot charge up, so it is naturally restricted; Sorry; thirdly, this time, the Western Army has gathered too many troops to bully the few, which is just right for them to display their skills in the plains.Therefore, choosing Fuping as the decisive battlefield is beneficial to the Western Army. Troop strength, this is the most sensitive issue in the Battle of Fuping.From then to modern times, there are various theories.First, how many troops did the Western Army assemble? According to the official statement of the Song Dynasty at that time, it was 400,000 infantry and 70,000 cavalry. Then look at the Kingdom of Jin. The nineteenth volume of "History of Jin" records "60,000 cavalry and 120,000 infantry", which is the same as "Zhang Jun's 180,000 cavalry and 180,000 infantry" recorded in "The Monument of Wanyan Loushi, King Zhuangyi". Bi Fuping" is consistent. Comparing the two, the strength of the Western Army should be around 150,000. According to the usual practice, at least one-third of them are grain transporters.Therefore, it can be calculated that the actual strength of the Western Army is at most about 100,000. On the other hand, the Jin army, Wanyan Loushi's strength is between 20,000 and 30,000, which cannot be falsely reported.It is no secret that he fought fierce battles with the Western Army when he entered Shaanxi for a long time. However, Jin Wushu led his own 20,000 cavalry, together with Wanyan Eriduo's 30,000 cavalry, quietly moved first to Luoyang and then to Shaanxi, which was unknown to the Song army.With the addition of these two troops, the actual combat strength of the Kingdom of Jin is 80,000 cavalry. The numbers were basically the same. Zhang Jun didn't know that I was so dangerous.He was very busy, and an urgent matter bothered him and the entire Western Army, that is, he gathered so many people together and wanted to kill Wanyan Loushi, but how could he get Wanyan Loushi to come to Fuping obediently to fight? Seeing so many people piled up here, a fool would know how to hide.The Jin army is all cavalry, if they really go around in circles on the land of Shaanxi, the Western army will not be able to catch up. So he thought of a way, first to provoke, Zhang Jun offered a reward, whoever can capture Yan Loushi alive, will be rewarded with the title of envoy, 10,000 each in silver and silk.After Wanyan Loushi received the news, he quickly responded: Anyone who captures Zhang Jun alive will be rewarded with a donkey and a piece of cloth. Zhang Jun was furious and was counter-irritated!The Western Army was enraged. Someone came up with an idea and sent Wanyan Loushi a set of women's clothes. If he dared not come to Fuping for the decisive battle, he would wear them. This move is really cool, but it doesn't suit Zhang Jun's wishes.Zhang Jun is a person with great ambition and pursuit of perfection. He wants to defeat the Jinren grandly, from the process to the result, so that when future generations mention the battle of Fuping initiated by him, they will immediately think of mighty, tall, bright and holy. , how can it be mixed with a set of women's clothes? That would spoil the taste! The method Zhang Jun took was to write a letter in the afternoon to make an appointment to fight against Yan Loushi. This letter should be seen by the Jin people, let the whole world see, and let the world know how he defeated the Jin army. Wanyan Loushi agreed.The location is decided by Song Jun, and it doesn't matter if it is Fuping.The time was set by Jin Jun, and it was set on September 24th.September enters autumn, with high winds and calm clouds, which is a good time for nomads to launch wars. Everyone knows this, but Zhang Jun is very generous. Who asked him to choose the venue? The Jinren decide the time.In this way, Jinwushu and Wanyan Eriduo's units, which quietly entered Shaanxi in August, not only arrived in place in time, but also took a long rest. In the fourth year of Song Jianyan (1130 A.D.), on September 24th (seven or eight o'clock in the morning), the Jin army launched an offensive on time.Wanyan Loushi dispatched three thousand cavalry, loaded with firewood, soil bags, and quickly rushed to the swamp area in front of the Song army, charging all the way, throwing away firewood and soil, and soon paved a road. The swamp that the Western Army relied on to hinder the Jin Army's heavy cavalry was invalidated. The second wave of offensive was launched by Jin Wushu. He personally visited the battlefield and led the charge. He did not directly face the main formation of the Western Army, but quickly circled to the rear of the Western Army. There was a large area of ​​loose defense and The Song army camp full of loopholes. This is really the biggest weakness of the Western Army. It is not a military village at all, but a place where civilian husbands live.Wanyan Loushi's vision is really poisonous, if he chooses to break through here, not to mention obstacles, it will even destroy Song Jun's greatest weapon. The golden army cavalry criss-crossed, driving a large number of peasants towards the main formation of the western army. This made the western army helpless, who had excellent shooting equipment such as the god split bow, and could only watch the golden army break through the crossbow shooting area. At this time, the commander-in-chief flag had just been raised in front of the commander-in-chief tent of the Song Army, and it was not Liu Xi's "Liu" fluttering in the wind, but a big "Qu" character, the "Qu" at the end of the song! It is Liu Xi's nature to be timid before fighting and not to be in command.More than 800 years later, Marshal Liu Bocheng, one of the founders of the new China, had a famous saying: "If you are uncertain of your mind, you will lose everything." Liu Xi collapsed at the beginning of the battle.However, he has a good brother, Liu Kai, the commander of the Jingyuan Army.At that time, the barracks were in chaos. A super-large organizational system meant super-powerful combat power, but it also meant that it was super difficult to manage. Once there was chaos, no one could quickly restore order.To be honest, the Western Army was really taken aback. Although this day was the day of the war, no one expected the Jin Army's attack to be so sudden and treacherous. Damn Wanyan Loushi, this person's vision is really poisonous! At the critical moment, Liu Kai appeared on the front line of the battlefield. He stationed in front of the horse army, quickly stabilized the Jingyuan army, and then led the army to rush towards Jin Wushu.This was the first time that the young Liu Kai met Wanyan Zongbi with swordsmen. To be precise, it was also the strongest opponent that the Jin army had encountered since the war between Song and Jin when the Jin army had a complete system and was in good condition. Before, Han Shizhong, Huang Tiandang, and Yue Fei regained Jiankang. It can be said that they were caught off guard when the Jin army was at the end of its strength, and the two sides were not on the same starting line.At this time, the enemy and the enemy are equal, completely fair. Liu Kai's bravery is unimaginable. He hastily responded to the battle, and unexpectedly quickly defeated Chizhanhui, the head of the Jin army's ten thousand households, in the confrontation between the two armies.Ten thousand household heads, ten thousand cavalry, and half of Jin Wushu's troops collapsed. According to records, Chi Zhanhui was beheaded on the spot, and the whole army was wiped out; some said that he was beaten stupidly, and he threw the coach Jin Wushu aside, regardless of his life or death, he rushed out with the remnant soldiers and ran all the way. until it disappears. Either way, he was never seen on the battlefield again.Jin Wushu and his other half of the army, the 10,000-man team led by the Han general Han Chang, were heavily besieged by Liu Kai, and they became shackles, and they were dying.Han Chang won the lottery in the rain of arrows flying all over the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and one eye was shot through! Han Chang, courtesy name Yuanji, Han nationality, general of Jin State, the most powerful general under Jin Wushu's account.He is famous for his good archery, and he can reach the strength of three stones with his bow.Among Song and Jin, only Yue Fei was at the same level as him. It's a pity that he suffered a big loss in bow and arrow in the confrontation with Liu Qi.After being hit by the arrow, the man suddenly exploded. He pulled the arrow out of his eye socket, grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and pressed it, his fighting power soared. , Protected him and killed him. How amazing, how brave!The Han people once again became the lucky stars of Jin Wushu.He can get help from various types of Han people on various occasions and in various matters! damn thing. So far, the first stage of the battle of Fuping is over, the Jin army wins first and then loses, wasting the ingenious arrangement of the ever-victorious general Wanyan Loushi.One-fifth of Liu Kai's western army defeated Jin's trump card army, paralyzing Jin Wushu, who was in charge of the right wing.The proud, majestic, and God of War fourth prince...why are you always ashamed? Wanyan Liduo, who was sitting in the middle of the town, had no choice but to send some soldiers over to him, even if he couldn't fight anymore, he had to hold his ground and put on a show.At this time, it was noon, and the two armies had been fighting fiercely for a whole morning. It was said in history that "the soldiers were half dead, and blood flowed like rivers."The Jin army couldn't afford it anymore, they were fighting in a foreign country anyway, and for the sake of concealment, they brought very little supplies, while the supplies assembled by the Western army were piled up like a mountain, so they didn't dare to consume them at all. In desperation, they resorted to the last trick - the tactic of kidnapping and horse. This tactic is very famous, and later it became more and more miraculous, making it seem like a subject that can be set up for special research.In fact, it is very simple, that is, to use the high mobility of the cavalry, outflank the two wings, and intersperse left and right.This tactic has been used by the Western Army long ago, such as Di Qing's Battle of Guirenpu.The difference is that the cavalry unit of the Jin Army has a huge organizational structure, and the range of outflanking is too wide, which was beyond the reach of troops from various countries before. The tactics of the nomads are also gradually improving. Like the previous Liao army, they often used cavalry to charge forward. Although they moved quickly and erratically, the Song army gritted their teeth and fought hard. The Kingdom of Jin is different. The tactics of flying with two wings together can rise to a strategic level, such as destroying the Northern Song Dynasty from the east and west, and can also be specific to the means of winning a certain battle. Wu Jie suffered a big loss at Pengyuan Store. Later, this trick was completely outdated, not to mention that the Song army had a way to crack it, and the nomads themselves were replaced by more advanced cavalry tactics.When the unparalleled God of War came, cavalry tactics were raised to unprecedented heights.The Mongolian cavalry has no formation and no restrictions, and it changes at any time according to the situation like flowing water. Every partial change can cause fine-tuning of the entire army... That is the nightmare of all mankind. Back in Fuping, the right wing of the Jin army was disabled, and the two wings could only fly together on the left, and the coach on the left, Wanyan Loushi, was ill at the time, so he had to fight with his illness. Wanyan Loushi played, and he once again showed his unique war wisdom.What is he like?If you have to make a comparison, just like how "Desert Fox" is used to describe the best and youngest German Marshal Rommel in the Western world, and the U.S. military uses "Bull" to describe the aggressive and powerful naval general Halsey, Wanyan Lou Shi must be an eagle or a snake. This man's eyesight and sense of smell are too keen. At the beginning of the war, he saw the civilian husband's camp of the Western Army, so he quickly broke through and went straight to the main line, which caught the Western Army by surprise.This time, he played with an illness, and the opponent he chose for the decisive battle was even more tricky. The Huanqing Army of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty. The status of the Huanqing Army in the Western Army is not very high. Comparing the resumes, it can be seen that in the most important and critical few super battles, the Huanqing Army always lost the chain.For example, during the five-way campaign against Xixia during the Shenzong period, the Jingyuan army rushed to the gate of Lingzhou city, and Gao Zunyu, who was then the chief general of the Huanqing army, blocked it. At this time, the main general of the Huanqing Army was Zhao Zhe.Zhao Zhe, who was born in the judicial system, once worked as a criminal and prison official of the local government.After Jianyan crossed the south, there were many bandits in the southeast. Zhang Jun cooperated well when he suppressed the bandits, so Zhang Xianggong, who was also a civil servant, took him with him when he went west to Sichuan and Shaanxi.To be honest, there is nothing wrong with this. Many famous generals and marshals in the Western Army came from civil servants, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Zhang Kang, Zhang Wei, etc., all of whom have great reputation and outstanding military exploits. It's a pity that Zhao Zhe has nothing to do with these things. He disappeared before the most important pass of the Western Army, after the battle between the Huanqing Army and Wanyan Loushi.Some sources say that he escaped, while others say that he did not escape, and has been in Fuping's battle all the time, but he just didn't show up. In the duel with Wanyan Loushi, the ever-victorious general of the Jin Army, the main general actually disappeared! In the morning of that day, the Jingyuan Army and the left wing of the Jin Army singled out, and in the afternoon, the Huanqing Army fought against the left wing of the Jin Army. This time the battle was a mess.In the morning, there was no way, because the Jin army sneaked into the weak point, which led to Liu Kai and Jin Wushu fighting for their lives; but in the afternoon, from the mid-day fight to the sunset, the two armies fought for six rounds. What a long time it was. There are countless opportunities for the Western Army to recover all kinds of losses. The hateful thing is that Zhao Zhe, the leader of Huanqing, will play his disappearance to the end, and will never show up if he says he won't show up.Liu Xi, the coach in the center of the formation, was even more amazing. He seemed to have no idea what was going on, and he didn't give any orders from the beginning to the end, let alone send a general to command temporarily. Perhaps, he was really waiting for Qu Duan to be his coach! As night fell, the Huanqing Army finally couldn't hold on anymore, and the tragedy that was destined to happen happened.They were pressed by the Jin army to their main formation, shaking all the friendly forces in the rear, and causing great turmoil in the entire Western army! The battlefield in Fuping was instantly out of balance, and the Jin army only pushed a corner. After that, the entire western army stepped on their horses and horses, in chaos, and began to retreat to the southwest.The super huge battle array has revealed its disadvantages. When it starts to move in a certain direction, no matter who uses what method, it can't stop it. The night of September 24th in the fourth year of Song Jianyan (AD 1130) was the evening of the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty.The most powerful and glorious legendary army in the century of the Song Dynasty failed. It found all kinds of excuses for its failure, because that was indeed not its normal combat performance!But it is also irrefutable, the incompetence of the general is equivalent to the poor quality of the army, which makes people have nothing to say. But it has to be said that generals like Liu Xi and Zhao Zhe were selected before the battle, and political factors far outweighed military needs. They were digging holes for themselves and performing suicide. Looking at the results, the traditional impression given by this battle is that the Western Army suffered a disastrous defeat, was devastated, and has since withdrawn from the stage of history.This is wrong. The battle of Fuping can only be regarded as a defeat battle. There are two facts that prove this point. First, the Jin army did not dare to pursue. During the whole day's fierce battle, the damage rate of the two armies was equal, and the Jin army was even more serious.As night fell, the Western Army retreated, and the Jin Army was at the end of its strength, daring not to pursue again. Second, Jin Jun found the treasure and did not want to pursue it. In the camp of the Western Army, they found a mountain of various materials, including gold and silk, food and grass, war equipment, and armor. They had everything, which was the five-year tax of all the people in Sichuan. Faced with such a huge treasure, the Jin army, who was looting and had washed Song and Liao white, couldn't move. They scrambled to jump into the pile of money, rolling happily.The Battle of Fuping ended like this. The Jin army grabbed money and occupied Fuping, while the Western army kept its strength and retreated to the southwest.Looking at the situation, Shaanxi is very dangerous, but there is still a glimmer of hope.The Western Army also has the Beishan Mountains and Liupanshan Mountains in Shaanxi. If they can concentrate their forces to guard the passes and make use of their strengths in mountainous mobile warfare, they can at least keep southern Shaanxi and northern Sichuan. But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Zhang Xuanfu, who controls Sichuan and Shaanxi military, government, money and food, can still remain calm. It's strange that Zhang Jun can remain calm at such a moment.It is said that after Napoleon's defeat, he also cursed loudly, complaining that his subordinates had betrayed him and dragged him down, and he was very hysterical for a while. How could Zhang Jun be an exception? He did not go to the front line in person, but waited for news in Binzhou, which is about two hundred miles away from Fuping.As a result, what was waiting was not a victory that shocked the world, but a big defeat.He knew very well that what was lost was the only legion in the Song Dynasty, and what was lost was the wealth of the entire Shuchuan land. No one could afford such a loss! Zhang Jun is really a born big shot. At this critical moment, he quickly made the classic reaction that big shots in ancient and modern times would have, that is, he refused to admit his mistakes, blamed others, and vented his anger. He immediately summoned the fleeing generals of the Western Army to report to him, and first pushed Liu Xi to the end.This is still very fair.This Mr. Liu is really inexplicable. During the fierce battle in Fuping, he seemed to have suddenly suffered from cerebral palsy, and he did nothing stupidly.Ah no, at least he raised a handsome flag, even though the words on it were wrong. Not to mention his father, he even lost face to his younger brother. Next is Zhao Zhe.This man was alive completely, without any injuries on his body. He was defeated like this, and his psychology was not damaged. When facing the furious Zhang Jun, he was still able to think flexibly, and complained eloquently that he hadn't made any mistakes. Zhang Jun endured and endured, but he still couldn't hold back.I wanted to chop it off with a single knife, but this thing is so shameless, who is guilty if he is not guilty?Zhang Jun jumped up, grabbed an iron rod from his side, and pulled it towards Zhao Zhe foolishly. Zhang Jun beat Zhao Zhe to a bloody mess with his own hands and passed out. He dragged him to a small mound and beheaded him. After the murder, Zhang Jun was tired, his body was sore, his mind was confused, and he might even mutter curses in Sichuan dialect, this bastard of the world...why are there always so many unreliable people? Liu Xi and Zhao Zhe are indeed very unreliable, but who picked them out?This, Zhang Jun will not ask.Great people live a very long time, so it will be harmful to health. For the sake of health, mainly mental health, Zhang Jun had to kill another person.When he thought this way, a person far away said three words in a heartbeat: "I'm dead." Qu Duan, I really don't know what the reason is, he finally woke up once.It was indeed necessary for Zhang Jun to kill him. There were many reasons, not only the so-called bet the two played, not only that some of Qu Duan's old subordinates treacherously defected to the enemy after the Battle of Fuping, but more importantly, Qu Duan's appeal. If a person climbs up and shouts, it is likely to change the color of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Of course, the most important point is that he is too annoying, offending people to death.Wang Shu, Zhang Jun, Wu Jie and others hated him to the core, so why didn't they kill him? Give a reason, why not kill him? What happened afterwards was that Qu Duanyuan's subordinate Wu Jie and others provided evidence, Zhang Jun finalized the case, and Qu Duan was sentenced to death for treason.Before dying, Qu Duan stared at his beloved horse "Iron Elephant" for a while.It is said that this horse is so powerful that it can gallop four hundred miles a day.He looked up to the sky and sighed: "I don't regret my death, but Tie Xiang is a pity." Strange, did Zhang Jun even kill his horse?Or is it a pity that he will never have the chance to ride this horse again?No matter which point, it exposed his bastard mentality. 一匹马可惜，李彦仙可惜不？整个陕州城可惜不？ 叹息完这匹马，曲端又凝视了一会儿自己，又一次仰天长叹：“天不让我恢复中原乎？惜哉！”真是了不起！他是一位早已觉醒了的、明白自己的历史重任的大人物，可是，等他去恢复中原的话，是十年之后，还是二十年之后呢？ 富平之战明明检验出西军的战斗力绝不在金军的王牌部队之下，缺的只是一个靠谱的指挥者，至于说什么十年、二十年之后才可以成功……这是一句更加混账的话，吴玠、岳飞、韩世忠很快就将证明，击败金军，几年足矣，眼下就足矣！ 曲端的死法有好几个版本，著名的有毒酒、酷刑两种，这两种都离不开一个被火烤红的铁笼子。毒酒版是曲端被赶进笼子里，热得受不了，要求来点喝的，于是，毒酒出现了，他死了；酷刑版是曲端被关进铁笼子里，用蜡封住口鼻，锁上手脚，灌入烧酒，用烈火烤炙，导致五脏俱焚而死。 的确很惨，这种惨法让他广受同情，人们说他死得冤，张浚杀他，就像秦桧杀岳飞一样。这实在太混乱了，得有多么强大的逻辑才能把曲端和岳飞摆到一块呢！ 曲端从不服从命令，而岳飞面对召令，哪怕要放弃眼前千载难逢的复国机遇，都会听从命令，两者有一点相似之处吗？ 关于曲端，最后归纳成一句话——他早该死了，这种东西哪怕再能打仗，也不能留着。可以推演成这样，如果全民族都听他的，而他建立了不世功业，以后就会发展成他一人独大的局面，那绝对是一场噩梦。 泄愤结束，张浚神清气爽，终于有心情看战报了。应该没什么事吧，金军的损失也很大，大家都需要喘口气，休息一下……突然间，他跳了起来，什么？金军再次进攻，眼看就要打到邠州了！ 不会吧，西军都哪儿去了？ 直到这时，他才想起来，在虏刘锡、虐赵哲、杀曲端之前，他曾经下过一个命令，令参战的五路西军各归本路。 这明显是个坑爹的昏招，把刚刚战败的西军分散开，正好会被金军一个个击破，还有比这更蠢的事吗？恶果随之出现，迫于压力，环庆军的统制慕容渝投降了西夏，泾原军的张中彦、张中孚等人投降了金军，陕西大地上的局面已经无法收拾了。 张浚当机立断，马上逃跑。 他先是跑到秦州，再跑到兴州（今陕西略阳），眼看就要逃进四川了，他还是不停。终于，一个幕僚看不过去了，拦住他，并告诉他，再跑的话，川、陕宣抚就只剩川没有陕了！ 张浚终于停下了，在兴州设立宣抚司大本营，派出大批斥候，去召集被打散了的各种西军。这一次，情况出人意料得乐观，人马逐渐汇集，他清点了一下，乐得合不拢嘴，太棒了，竟然有十多万人。 这消息更坑爹。富平之战时，西军只有十余万的兵力，各路几乎没有留守。这时，从哪儿变出了十几万人？ 先不用管这个，反正张相公是神奇的，他说十几万，那就一定是这个数儿。看重要的，这十几万西军中，各路都有，唯独缺少永兴军。 不仅没有兵，连永兴军主将吴玠也不见人影了。 限于条件，没人知道吴玠在哪儿，如果知道的话，他们会被吓死的。并且，稍有点廉耻的话，都会无地自容，找个没人的地方去反省。 这时，吴玠率领几千名永兴军，冲破了金军占领的凤翔，沿陇山向南，直奔关中西南方向唯一的险关要塞——大散关。