. Just when the Song and Jin countries were engaged in a fierce offensive and defensive battle in the Central Plains and around Kaifeng Prefecture, in the northwest region of the Jin State, the army led by the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Changzhi and the rebels of the Jin State were also engaged in a desperate battle.

After losing all the attacks, Wanyan Zongzheng and Po Sa led their troops back to Yan'an Mansion, and immediately formed an alliance regime against Wanyan Changzhi's rule, and elected five people led by Wanyan Zongzheng, Bi Sa, Wanyan Yunji, Wanyan Yongji, and Wulin Da Tianxi, forming a leading group. At the same time, he issued an edict to all parts of Dajin, calling on the defenders and guards everywhere to respond and oppose Wanyan Changzhi's rule together.

However, in the rebel leadership group, Wanyan Yunji, Wanyan Yongji, and Wulin Datianxi are actually all pulled to make up the numbers, but they are only relying on their special status. The actual power is in the hands of Wanyan Zongzheng and Po Sa.

At present, the rebels possess a part of the entire Yanyan Road and Hedong Road, including a total of nine counties of Yan'an, Danzhou, Baoanzhou, Suidezhou, Fangzhou, Yanzhou, Xizhou, Jiazhou, and Shizhou, with a total strength of 60,000 or 70,000 troops. However, after the edict was issued, there were very few responders, and it can even be said that there were none. This is mainly because most of the magnates of the Jin State who did not accept Yan Changzhi's rule were beaten by Yan Zongzheng with the scriptures, and even if there were some, at this time, they planned to wait and see for a while to see the momentum of the rebels before they came, and no one dared to express their position easily when the situation was not yet clear.

Seeing that no one responded to the edict issued, Wanyan Zongzheng, Po Sa and others were not only a little panicked, they all knew in their hearts that with their current strength, it was not enough to confront Wanyan Changzhi, so everyone discussed and decided to send Jiang Hongtao as an envoy to the Song Dynasty to discuss the alliance and jointly deal with Wanyan Changzhi.

After Jiang Hongtao left, everyone also looked forward to his early reply day and night, for fear of being rejected by the Song Dynasty. A few days later, when I heard that Jiang Hongtao sent someone to report that he was going to the front line of Jianghuai to see Yang Yan, everyone was a little relieved, and it seemed that there was hope. But at this moment, Wanyan Changzhi also led an army of 60,000 and was stationed in Taiyuan Mansion.

Taiyuan Province is adjacent to Shizhou, and after the Jin army is stationed here, it can launch an attack on the rebel stronghold at any time.

However, Wanyan Zongzheng and others did not completely pin their hopes on the Song Dynasty, and while uniting with the Song Dynasty, they were also actively recruiting people, deploying grain and grass, making materials and equipment, strengthening the city wall guards, and preparing to meet Wanyan Changzhi's attack. After learning that Wan Yan Changzhi had gathered men and horses in Taiyuan Mansion, he immediately decided that Yong Xiaosa would lead 50,000 horses and horses to take Shizhou as the core of the defense to resist Wan Yan Changzhi's attack.

Po Sa is also a general who is proficient in the art of war, and knows that after attacking Yan'an from Taiyuan Mansion, Shizhou and Xizhou must pass, so he assigned men and horses, and led 30,000 horses to garrison Shizhou, and let Cui Li lead 20,000 horses to garrison Xizhou, preparing to meet the Jin army.

Sure enough, just three days later, the Jin army's army entered the territory of Shizhou, first captured Pingyi County in the southeast of Shizhou, and then launched an attack on Shizhou City.

Fortunately, Po Sa was fully prepared in Shizhou, and the Jin army attacked for three days in a row, but failed to make any progress, so they had to retreat to Pingyi County to temporarily rest.

Seeing that the Jin army had retreated, he couldn't help but be secretly proud in his heart, Wanyan Changzhi also suffered a big loss under his own hands this time. However, he didn't dare to take it lightly, the prestige that Yan Changzhi had built up over the past ten years was not a big wave, except for Yang Yan in the Southern Song Dynasty, no one was able to be his opponent. Therefore, Posa reminded his generals that they should still be careful and not careless. On the other hand, he sent a letter to Cui Li, who was stationed in Xizhou, and asked him to defend carefully, maybe the Jin army would not be able to capture Shizhou, so he would turn around and attack Xizhou. At the same time, he also told Cui Li that once Xizhou was in danger, he immediately told himself that he would send troops to the rescue.

As soon as the messenger was sent away, someone hurried to see Po Sa, and said, "Marshal, something is wrong. ”

Po Sa was stunned for a moment and said, "Tell me quickly, what is the matter?" Is there something wrong with Xizhou? "I still thought in my heart, could it be that the Jin army was going to attack Xizhou with the scriptures, and Cui Li sent someone to report to him?

The messenger hurriedly said: "No, it is Yan'an Mansion that is in an emergency, Wan Yan Changzhi led a team of men and horses to Yanchang County, and asked the marshal to return to the army immediately to rescue Yan'an Mansion." ”

Xiao Sa was stunned for a moment, and said, "How did Wanyan Changzhi get there, could it be that he flew over?" "Yanchang County is less than thirty miles east of Yan'an Mansion, just behind Xizhou, so Po Sa couldn't figure out how Wanyan Changzhi went around his back.

The messenger said: "This villain doesn't know either, but Wanyan Changzhi did go to Yanchang County through the meridians, and asked the marshal to return to the army quickly!" ”

Po Sa thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized that it must be Cui Li's lax guards in Xizhou, so that Wanyan Changzhi was killed in Yan'an Mansion, and he couldn't help but hate and think: Cui Li, this guy, is so careless, when this time the matter is over, I will definitely not be able to spare him.

In fact, it was really wrong to blame Cui Li, Wanyan Changzhi naturally knew that this counterinsurgency must be resolved quickly, and the rebels will inevitably defend the front line of Shizhou and Xizhou, if they forcibly attack the city, the losses are too great, and it also takes time, if you want to defeat the rebels as soon as possible, you must win by surprise.

Therefore, after gathering a large army in Taiyuan Mansion, Wanyan Changzhi immediately ordered Shi Mo Yanshan to lead 50,000 horses instead of himself to attack Shizhou and attract the attention of the rebels, while he and Pu Cha Dingzhu led 10,000 cavalry troops to go straight down the Fenshui boat in Taiyuan Mansion, passing through Fenzhou, Pingyang Mansion, Jiangzhou, Hezhongfu and other places, and arrived at the Hejin ferry of the Yellow River. After crossing the Yellow River there, he traveled north along the Yellow River, and after a big circle around Tongzhou and Danzhou, he finally entered the territory of Yan'an Prefecture and captured Yanchang County in the upper reaches of Yanshui in one fell swoop.

However, Wanyan Changzhi understood that all the troops he led were cavalry, which was not conducive to siege warfare, so he temporarily stayed in Yanchang County to rest. Just sent a small number of men and horses to haunt the vicinity of Yan'an Mansion to create a tense atmosphere, and at the same time sent spies to listen to the movements of the rebels from all walks of life. And Wanyan Zongzheng, Wanyan Yunji, Wanyan Yongji, Wulin Datianxi and others who stayed in Yan'an Mansion were also frightened and panicked, and quickly ordered Po Sa and Cui Li to return to the army to rescue, and within one day, seven urgent documents were issued.

Although Po Sa and Cui Li didn't understand how the Jin army went around their backs, they still had to withdraw their troops and go back to rescue when they learned that Yan'an Mansion was in an emergency.

And this time it was in the hands of Yan Changzhi, he originally planned to ambush the rebels halfway when the rebels returned to Yan'an Mansion, and first destroy the rebels' living forces. And Cui Li, who was closer to Yanchang County, was the first target of Wanyan Changzhi.

From Xizhou to Yan'anfu, there are two nearest distances to go, one is to go upriver along the Yan River, but now that the Jin army has occupied Yanchang County, this road is obviously not walkable, so there is only one left, cross the Yellow River and go to the exclusive mountain, back to Yan'anfu. Therefore, Cui Li can only choose this path.

However, this is also in the expectation of Yan Changzhi, he has already led 5,000 men and horses, ambushed in the exclusive mountain, and when Cui Li's men and horses passed through the exclusive mountain, they killed from both sides of the mountain road and launched a fierce attack on Cui Li's men and horses.

Although Cui Li's men and horses numbered 20,000 people, at this time, the men and horses had formed a long line in the narrow mountain road. In the face of the fierce attack of the Jin army, there was no resistance, and they were killed and fell to the ground one after another, and as a result, the corpses were all over the ground, filling the entire mountain road.

Fortunately, Cui Li was at the forefront of the team, so he also escaped the attack of the Jin army, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he didn't care about the people behind him and immediately fled with a few pioneers. As a result, of the 20,000 Jin army, less than 2,000 fled, and the rest were killed by Wanyan Changzhi's men and horses, nearly 8,000 Sheren, and the rest all abandoned their weapons and surrendered, and more than 10,000 troops were surrendered.

Seeing that the rebels had surrendered, he did not kill them, and announced on the spot that if he only surrendered sincerely, he would pardon them for the crime of rebellion and never cause harm, and asked the soldiers to surrender to the army for meritorious service.

Wanyan Changzhi was already prestigious in the Jin army, and he was the emperor of Dajin, so after the troops listened to his personal promise to pardon their crimes, they also temporarily settled down.

Subsequently, Wanyan Changzhi led the army to escort the surrendered army back to Yanchang County, and handed over the surrendered troops to Pucha Dingzhu for reorganization and distribution. He also led 5,000 men and horses to pursue Poza's men and horses.

But after such a delay, Posa's men arrived in Qingjian County. It is only more than 80 miles away from Yan'an Mansion. Wanyan Changzhi led the army to hurry, and traveled in a hurry for a night, and finally intercepted Posa's men and horses in Yongping Village, more than 40 miles northeast of Yan'an Prefecture, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle.

There were 30,000 men and horses in Posa, but they were also caught off guard by Wanyan Changzhi, so they were in chaos all of a sudden, and they were killed and retreated. But Po Sa is not Cui Li in the end, and this is not a mountain road to the Duzhan Mountain, after Po Sa led the army to retreat for more than ten miles, he finally stabilized his position, reorganized the team, and fought fiercely with Wanyan Changzhi's men and horses.

At this time, the disadvantage of Wanyan Changzhi's insufficient strength was revealed, and he gradually became a little unable to parry. When he couldn't support it, Shi Mo Yanshan led the Jin army to pursue him from behind, and as a result, he attacked twice, and immediately killed Po Sa to a great defeat, and the 30,000 army fled to Yan'an Mansion with less than 20,000.

And Wanyan Changzhi immediately joined forces with Shi Mo Yanshan and launched an attack on Yan'an Mansion.