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After the defeat in the Battle of Xiaoshang River, the monk Wanyan Chen retreated to Yanling County in Kaifeng Prefecture and stationed there, while repairing and replenishing his troops, while thinking about the next step of the march plan to break the Song army's attack.

Monk Wanyan Chen naturally knew that the current situation of the Jin Army was very passive. The Song army achieved an absolute advantage on the front line of Xuzhou, and a corner of Nanjing's defense circle collapsed. However, this does not mean that the defense of Nanjing will collapse on all fronts, and the Jin army still has a chance to save the situation. And this opportunity is in Chenzhou.

Because now Yang Yan's main army is concentrated in Xuzhou, and he has just defeated the Jin army in Xiaoshangqiao, and the soldiers are vigorous, so at this time, it is undoubtedly a very unwise move to use troops in the Xuzhou area. At this time, the Song army gathered 45,000 men and horses on the front line of Chenzhou, led by Chen Min, and was attacking the city of Chenzhou. The defender of Chenzhou is Wen Gusun, and the defenders have about 25,000 people, and in the short term, there is no problem for the Jin army to hold Chenzhou City.

And if at this time, the Jin army concentrates its forces, turns to attack Chenzhou, and defeats Chen Min's men and horses with Wen Gusun of Chenzhou, there is still a great chance of victory. After defeating Chen Min, he will be able to break through a gap in the all-out offensive line of the Song army, even if Yang Yan captures Xuzhou, but his flank is exposed to the Jin army's troops, and he does not dare to launch an attack on Nanjing, and must return to save Chenzhou, while the Jin army can either fight another battle with the Song army in Chenzhou, or take advantage of the situation to recapture Xuzhou. Maybe we can reverse the current situation in one fell swoop.

Therefore, after carefully discussing the plan of attacking Chenzhou with Pu Atong, he thought that this was also the only way to break the all-out offensive line of the Song army at present.

After discussing and deciding, Monk Wanyan Chen immediately launched the arrangement and launched the Battle of Chenzhou. First of all, all the wounded soldiers were immediately transferred back to Nanjing for treatment, and the remaining men and horses were rough and fine, and 30,000 elites were selected, of which 13,000 were cavalry, including 5,000 Tiefutu and 1,000 broken arrows. Yongpu Atong led 2,000 Tiefutu and 5,000 light armored cavalry as the vanguard, and the monk Wanyan Chen led the army to follow. At the same time, he sent someone to tell Wen Gusun, who was stationed in Chenzhou, that he was ready to send troops to meet the battle.

After the arrangement was completed, Pu Atong immediately led the army to set off. However, Monk Wanyan Chen was silently praying in his heart, hoping that this time the Jin army could successfully defeat the Song army, because this was the last chance for the Jin army.

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At this time, Chen Min was actively planning to capture Chenzhou.

Chen Min joined the army when Zhao Gou was the emperor, and he can be regarded as a minister of the Four Dynasties, in fact, he is only forty-five years old this year, just in the prime of life, but in the Great Song Dynasty military, which is dominated by young people around thirty years old, he entered the ranks of veterans in advance.

After Zhao Chen succeeded to the throne, he paid attention to military affairs, which also greatly improved the atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty, which emphasized literature and light military force, and greatly improved the status of soldiers.

And Chen Min's position as the official director of the Guards and Horses Military Department determined that compared with other generals of his generation, such as Shi Jun, Guo Zhen, Meng Zongzheng and others, he had many fewer opportunities to fight on the battlefield. It was only this time that the Great Song Dynasty made a full-scale northern expedition that he had the opportunity to personally lead an army and go into battle to kill. Therefore, Chen Min also cherished this opportunity very much, hoping to make a contribution in the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty and wait for the establishment of the festival.

Because Yang Yan implemented the strategy of taking Xuzhou first and then Chenzhou, this time Chen Min led the army to attack Chenzhou, and Yang Yan did not give him an order that he must capture Chenzhou, but only needed to contain the Jin army in Chenzhou and protect his flanks. But Chen Min didn't think so in his heart, if he could capture Chenzhou alone, he could not only open a gap in the front of Kaifeng Mansion, but also it would be his own military exploits.

Therefore, Chen Min also worked very hard, after marching into Chenzhou, he first cleared the counties and towns around Chenzhou one by one, and won several Jin troops in a row, although they were some small battles, but they could also improve the morale of the Song army. Then he commanded the Song army and launched an attack on the city of Chenzhou.

However, the Jin army was very well guarded in Chenzhou, and although it had lost several battles in the early stage, there was no major loss of troops, and there were still more than 25,000 people. Moreover, the defender Wen Gusun is also a battle-hardened general, leaving only 10,000 horses in Chenzhou City to garrison, and set up three camps outside the city, forming a defensive system that supports each other and integrates with Chenzhou City. It also brought great difficulties to the offensive of the Song army.

The Song army, under the command of Chen Min, launched a continuous attack on Chenzhou, and the two sides fought fiercely several times, and there were casualties on each other, but they did not make much substantial progress. At this time, it was reported that the Song army had won the "Battle of Xiaoshang River" on the front line of Xuzhou, and it was about to capture Xuzhou, which also made Chen Min feel very anxious.

At this moment, someone came to report that Changping Town had been attacked by the Jin army, and asked Chen Minsu to send troops to rescue.

Chen Min couldn't help but be surprised, Changping Town is thirty miles northwest of Chenzhou, and it is the only way from Chenzhou to Kaifeng Mansion, and Chen Min left 5,000 men and horses here to garrison, which is to protect his flank to attack Chenzhou. Now that this place is being attacked by the Jin army, is it difficult for the Jin army to turn the direction of attack to the front line of Chenzhou?

Although he was not completely sure of the movements of the Jin army, Chen Min did not dare to take it lightly, and immediately led 20,000 horses and horses to rescue Changping Town in person.

The Jin army attacking Changping Town was none other than the 7,000 vanguard led by Pu Atong. Although Changping Town is the only way from Kaifeng to Chenzhou, it is only a small town, with only more than 2,000 households in total, and there are no defensive facilities such as walls and trenches, so although the Song army built some temporary fortifications here, after all, the time is too short and does not play much role.

As soon as the Jin army arrived in Changping Town, they immediately divided their troops into five routes and launched a multi-point attack, which overwhelmed the Song army. Although the Song army tried their best, in the end, because of the big difference in strength, after holding on for half a day, they could not resist the attack of the Jin army and withdrew from Changping Town in defeat. And at this moment, Chen Min led the reinforcements and rushed to Changping Town.

After encountering the defeated army, he learned that Changping Town had been lost, and Chen Min incorporated the defeated army into the army on the one hand, and immediately ordered to launch an attack to recapture Changping Town. And Pu Atong also knew that Changping Town was difficult to defend and easy to attack, and at the same time, all the cavalry he brought was a cavalry army, and he was also good at attacking but not good at defending, so Su Xing took all the men and horses out of Changping Town and fought a decisive battle with the Song army in the wilderness outside the town. If the Song army can be defeated in the field, then Changping Town will naturally still be in the hands of the Jin army.

Chen Min came to the rescue of Changping Town this time, 6,000 of the 20,000 troops were cavalry, which belonged to the Ma Jun Si Fei Cavalry Army, so Chen Min ordered that the cavalry of the Flying Cavalry Army be the main force, supplemented by 10,000 infantry, led by Chen Min himself, and fought fiercely with Pu Atong's Jin army. At the same time, he ordered the remaining men and horses to take advantage of the situation to seize Changping Town.

So the two armies started a big battle outside the town of Changping. The Jin army took Tiefutu as the central army, and the other cavalry lined up on two wings and launched a fierce attack on the Song army. Although the Song army did not have heavy cavalry, it was also fearless, and launched a back-and-forth attack with the Jin army with a pure cavalry army.

Chen Min himself is also a general who is proficient in archery and horse archery, and he is in the prime of life at this time, so he also wields a broadsword, takes the lead, and personally goes into battle to fight the Jin army. The main general took the lead in rushing to kill, and the generals and soldiers naturally fought bravely, all of them competed for the first, and it was inseparable from the Jin soldiers for a while.

The cavalry of the two armies galloped on horseback, stabbed with spears and slashed with swords, and fought with each other in a disparity. Back and forth, five or six rounds of fierce fighting were fought in a row, and each suffered casualties. However, due to the lack of heavy cavalry in the Song army, the number of casualties was also higher than that of the Jin army. And in the gap between the Russian field after the separation of the two armies, thousands of corpses of men and horses were left behind, as well as dozens of ownerless war horses, wandering in the open field.

However, after several rounds of back and forth, the Song army successfully curbed the momentum of the Jin cavalry's sprint, so Chen Min ordered the infantry to also participate in the battle. So when the cavalry of the Song army attacked the Jin army again, the infantry of the Song army also followed the cavalry and rushed towards the Jin army. However, due to the speed of the cavalry, they quickly distanced themselves from the infantry army.

The men and horses of the two sides met again, and the warriors raised their weapons one after another, and launched an attack on the enemy at the moment when the horses staggered. For a while, the war horses neighed, the voices of people roared, and many people were shot down from their horses, or injured or killed, which is difficult to measure.

But after the two armies staggered, the Jin army found that the infantry of the Song army, which had been waiting for the battle, had been dispatched at some point, and they were about to rush in front of them.

If you look down from the air, you can clearly see that the position of the Jin army at this time is in the middle of the middle of the cavalry army and the infantry army of the Song army. The infantry army was rushing forward, and the cavalry army was also turning their horses' heads, preparing to charge back, and the Jin army was caught in the predicament of being caught in the back of the Song army.

At this time, the Jin army was also a little overwhelmed, not knowing whether it was time to continue to advance and meet the infantry of the Song army, or whether it should turn around and still engage the cavalry of the Song army.

Pu Atong stood up on horseback, looked back and forth, then raised the big knife in his hand, pointed ahead, and said, "Dajin warriors, follow me forward--rush." As he spoke, he grabbed the horse's belly with his legs and rushed towards the infantry of the Song army, and when the other Jin soldiers saw it, they also urged their horses to open their horses and rushed up together.

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