Seventy More Expeditions (Part II)

.“ Kill!"

Zhao Yueru led 5,000 cavalry and fought out from Dongshengmen. Rush to the northwest. Not far from there, it was 15,000 gold soldiers and horses who came from Luoyang to rescue Nanjing.

Today is the fourth day of the Song army's expedition and surprise attack on Kaifeng Mansion.

After the Song army defeated the defenders of Kaifeng Mansion, they immediately captured all the gates of Kaifeng Mansion in succession, except for one gate in the east and west, and the rest were sealed with mud and sand, thus completely capturing Kaifeng City.

Then Zhao Yueru immediately followed Yang Yan's instructions in advance, first captured the officials of the Jin army in the city, regardless of whether you have a position or a right or a position, or have a position and power, as long as it is in the city of Kaifeng Mansion or the officials who serve in the Xingtai Shangshu Province of the Jin State, they will be caught at once, and then all of them will be killed, and no one will be left alive. A total of nearly 300 Jin officials were killed. A small number of the officials of the Jin state of Nanjing fled, and a very small number of them hid among the people, and escaped with their lives, but all of them were executed.

Zhao Yueru also sent people to arrest the family of Monk Yan Chen, but when Song Jun, under the leadership of the spies, rushed to Monk Yan Chen's residence, he pounced.

It turned out that after Wanyan Changzhi left Nanjing, he left Wanyan Chen's father-in-law, Na Yan Ming'an, to stay in Nanjing and pay for the supply and dispatch of materials for the southern expeditionary army. Because Monk Wanyan Chen was a left-behind envoy in Nanjing, his wife Na Yan Caiyun and two sons and a daughter all lived in Nanjing, and after Na Yan Ming'an arrived in Nanjing, he also lived in the house of his son-in-law's daughter.

When the Song army broke through Kaifeng Mansion, Na Yan Ming'an was eating with his daughter, grandson, and granddaughter. Hearing that the Song army had entered Kaifeng City, Na Yan Ming'an was also surprised, but in the end, he was a person who had seen the world, so he immediately took the opportunity to kill him, and hurriedly and quietly took his daughter, grandson, and granddaughter to escape from Kaifeng Mansion on horseback under the protection of more than a dozen powerful henchmen. Even the other servants and maids in the palace were not alarmed, and they could be described as thoughtful.

It turned out that Na Yan Ming'an's plan was to try his best to be less shocking to others and escape from the city quietly. Then come back to inquire about the movements in the city, if the Song army is repulsed, then quietly return to the city, pretending that nothing has happened, if the Song army occupies the city of Kaifeng, then flee elsewhere, and then try to transfer troops to recover Nanjing. As a result, the next day, when Na Yan Ming'an sent people back to inquire, he learned that Nanjing Yijing had been completely occupied by the Song army. Nalan Shu'an had no choice but to flee to Anqiu County with his daughter, grandson, and granddaughter, and then sent someone to inform Wanyan Changzhi, and transferred troops everywhere to prepare to recapture Nanjing.

And what the Song army had to deal with next was the grain and grass materials that Jin Guofeng had stored in the city of Kaifeng. In addition to the grain and forage left by the Song army for about ten days, all the rest that could be burned were burned out, and those that could not be burned were destroyed as much as possible. There were more than 30,000 war horses left in Nanjing, except for only 10,000 for their own use, the other 20,000 war horses were also killed by the department.

When killing the officials of the Jin State, the Song soldiers were nothing, because they were hostile to the two countries and were unceremonious to the enemy. But to kill the horses, the soldiers are a little unable to do it, they are all cavalry, they have special feelings for the horses, even if it is the enemy's horses, no exception, and those who stay in Nanjing, are all very good quality horses, to kill more than 20,000 at once, the heart is really a little reluctant, so to the end, many soldiers are in tears.

Yang Yan's intention is to capture Kaifeng, and he can't hold it at present, even if he can't hold it, then try to destroy it. After the Song army retreated, only the Jin army was left with a dysfunctional city.

As a result, during these four days, the Song army continued to destroy, so that every day in the city, you can see the flames of Tengtian and the neighing of the slain war horses.

However, the silver and copper coins in Kaifeng could neither be burned nor destroyed, so the Song army dispersed them to the inhabitants of the city. Because the sabotage of the Song army was only aimed at the officials of the Jin State and the materials in the treasury, there was no excessive action against the people, on the contrary, the military discipline of the Song army was extremely strict, and no one dared to offend the people in the slightest, including the Jurchen people, so even many officials and soldiers of the Jin State hid in the homes of the people they knew, and no one searched them.

Now the Song army has distributed money to the people in the city, and naturally won the great favor of the people. Moreover, most of the people in Kaifeng Mansion are Han Chinese, and they have a strong sense of identity with the Song army. Kaifeng Mansion is four years after Jianyan (29 years), occupied by the Jin State, Bai in Shaoxing nine years (39 years) had a short return to the Great Song Dynasty, but since Shaoxing ten years (40 years), it was completely occupied by the Jin Dynasty, to now Kaifeng Mansion City is almost occupied by the Jin State for forty years, in the past, it was said that most of the people who were still under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty were the old people who thought they were the old people.

When the money was divided, these old people all bowed to the Song soldiers one by one, and the old tears were all over the place, saying that they finally saw the army of the imperial court again today. It made the Song soldiers' hearts sour.

Even Zhao Yueru felt uncomfortable, this was originally the capital of the Great Song Dynasty in the past, which once carried the countless glory and glory of the Great Song Dynasty, and also witnessed the weakness and shame of the Great Song Dynasty. And at this moment, he led the first Great Song army to enter Kaifeng Mansion in the past forty years, and his heart was naturally very excited.

However, Zhao Yueru's heart was also clear, the occupation of Kaifeng Mansion was only a temporary act, Yang Yan only gave her five days to stay in the city of Kaifeng Mansion, no matter what the result was, she had to leave Kaifeng Mansion and return to the Great Song Dynasty. And now it's the fourth day of the Yijing, but Zhao Yueru's desire to stay is getting stronger and stronger.

And at this moment, someone came to report that a group of men and horses had been killed in the north of Kaifeng Prefecture, with a number of between 10,000 and 15,000. Zhao Yueru's heart suddenly froze, and she woke up from infinite emotion and reverie. After all, she is also a person who has been on the battlefield for a long time, and she also knows that she can't hold Kaifeng Mansion no matter what, so she must make a decision immediately, and she can't hesitate at all.

Therefore, Zhao Yueru immediately summoned Liu Fuwu and Wei Jiao to discuss countermeasures together. The result of the discussion was that Zhao Yueru and Wei Jiao led 5,000 men and horses out of the city to meet the Jin army. Liu Fuwu stayed in the city to prepare, and tomorrow the Song army must evacuate the city of Kaifeng.

After the decision, Zhao Yueji and Wei Jiao led 3,000 armored cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry out of the city to meet the Jin army.

It turned out that this time the Jin army was the 15,000 men and horses that fled to Anqiu, and finally gathered 15,000 horses, including 5,000 cavalry. Judging from the situation of these four days of exploration, the Song army was only a small army, although it was all cavalry, but the number was only a few thousand, so Na Yan Ming'an thought that with this fifteen thousand men and horses, it was enough to recapture Nanjing. Therefore, he didn't want to wait any longer, and led his men and horses back to Nanjing.

Zhao Yueru looked at the dust raised in front of her and nodded, the number of people coming from the Jin army was quite a lot, almost three times as many as herself, but the dust was low but uneven, dense but not transparent, it can be seen that the array is not neat, it should be a temporary patchwork of people, it is not difficult to defeat such a golden soldier.

Therefore, she waved the coiling dragon stick in her hand, pointed at the Jin army on the opposite side, and said, "The good sons and daughters of the Great Song Dynasty, fight back the Jin soldiers and rush with me." As he spoke, the white horse under the seat was clamped between his legs, and the first one rushed out.

"Kill! Ahh The Song army shouted together, followed behind Zhao Yueru, urged the war horse, and rushed out.

After the distance between the two sides was shortened, Zhao Yueru hung up the dragon stick first, took off the astonishing bow, bent the bow and set up arrows, and shot at the golden soldiers. Although she was on a galloping horse, she still had no arrows, and shot down five golden soldiers in a row. The other Song troops also raised their horse emperor crossbows and shot at the Jin army.

The golden soldiers were constantly shot down from their horses, and they were immediately swallowed up by the torrent that followed behind, and some of them tripped over many of their companions behind, and the already somewhat chaotic team was even more chaotic at this time.

At this time, the distance between Shuangxiang was less than thirty steps, Zhao Yueru calmly hung up the frightened bow again, re-grasped the coiling dragon stick, and rushed into the formation of the Jin army. The golden soldiers who passed her were all shot down from their horses without exception. Even if it was just a weapon attack, she would be shocked by the fierce energy coming from the stick and spurt blood, and she would die dead, and no one could block her blow, and in the blink of an eye, seven or eight golden soldiers were knocked off their horses.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Jiao was only one line later than Zhao Yueru, and he was killed. After a round of thick-backed knives in their hands, three golden soldiers screamed and rolled off their horses, and then with a wave of their tiredness, they cut the heads of the two golden soldiers into the sky and flew into the sky.

After four days of rest, the Song soldiers and horses got plenty of rest, and the fatigue of the long journey was swept away. At this time, morale, spirit, and physical strength were almost at the peak, and there were 3,000 armored cavalry, in contrast, the Jin army was originally a second- or third-rate man who stayed in various places, and it was a temporary patchwork, although the number was large, but it was a rabble, where was the opponent of the Song army, and only the Song army was killed and fell to the ground.

Only one charge by the Song army penetrated the Jin army's formation, and then the Song army turned around and made another charge, and the Jin army was immediately completely chaotic, and the Jin soldiers and Jin generals were like headless flies, scurrying around on the battlefield, and even Na Yan Ming'an could not command well.

However, the Song army became more and more courageous, and the whole army was divided into ten squads at once, going back and forth on the battlefield, constantly dividing the Jin army's position and killing the Jin soldiers. As a result, the Jin army was completely unable to organize effective resistance.

Less than half an hour after the battle, the Jin army was defeated and fled. Na Yan Ming'an's plan to recapture Nanjing also failed completely.