Fusan Zhongyi and Sushi Lie Zhining protected Wanyan Yungong and ran out of forty or fifty miles in one breath, at this time, the sky was already bright, and it was noon, and it was time to see that there was no Song army chasing after them, and the group could be regarded as holding their feet and taking a breath for a while. [ 八一 (Chinese?[?) [ ]］]．] ８〉１〕Ｚ］］．ＣＯＭ

In the process of their escape, there were constantly defeated troops joining their ranks, so the number of people also gathered more and more, and now there were seven or eight thousand soldiers gathered around them, of which there were about three thousand horse troops.

At this time, although the snow has stopped, the temperature is still very low. Wanyan Yungong is still young, and he likes to hunt on weekdays, so he has also been tempered to a strong body, and he also found him a felt to put on it on the way, so he didn't feel cold. And Su Shi Lie Zhining, Fusan Zhongyi, and Shuqi Gaohu are either military generals themselves, or they are military generals, and they are also used to military life, so they can survive. As for the soldiers, not to mention, they have been living this kind of life since the beginning of the day.

It's just that those civil officials suffered, because they were drinking in the royal tent before they fled, and they were all thinly dressed, and they didn't care about finding cotton clothes when they fled. They were all so cold that their faces were blue and their lips were purple, and they trembled and trembled on the horse. There are also the concubines and dancers who escaped with them, still wearing light gauze dance clothes, and they are so cold that their upper and lower teeth are fighting, and they can't even speak.

Although Wanyan Yungong is not cold, he has been running for most of the day since late at night, and his stomach has long been hungry, so he said to the servant Zhongyi: "Prime Minister, find a place to rest first, eat something and then hurry." ”

Fusan Zhongyi thought for a while: Now that the Song army has not caught up, find a place to rest, eat something, and then discuss the next step, and said: "Your Majesty, please wait for a while, wait for Weichen and the generals to discuss, and then make a decision." ”

So he summoned his generals and asked, "Do any of you know what this place is?" ”

Meng An replied: "Prime Minister, this is near Helan Plateau, about forty miles away from Hongzhou, I remember that there is a small village four or five miles away from here, we can rest there for a while, and find some food." ”

Fusan Zhongyi nodded, and said, "You first take a thousand men and horses, go to that village to have a look, and then look for some food, and be greeted by Your Majesty, and we will arrive later." ”

After Meng'an Qijin received the order, he immediately took a thousand cavalry and went first. Subsequently, Fusan Zhongyi ordered Pu Cha Zhenyi to take 500 cavalry and return to investigate the movements of the Song army, and collect the defeated soldiers behind Long. Then the servant scattered Zhongyi came to reply to Yan Yungong.

Wanyan Yungong heard that there was a nearby village where he could settle down, and he couldn't help but be very happy, and hurriedly ordered out. The group walked for a while, and came to a small village, Meng'an waited in the village, and when he saw that the team had arrived, he immediately welcomed them into the village. At this time, the Jin army completely controlled the entire village, in order to save trouble, Meng'an ordered soldiers to kill all the villagers, and then searched from house to house for food, clothes, quilts and other things.

After entering the village, Meng'an Qijin arranged Wanyan Yungong in the best residence in the village, but Sushi Lie Zhining was fine, did not forget to arrange the laid-off sentry, and ordered someone to pick up Pucha Zhenyi.

In fact, the scale of this village is not large, there are only more than 100 households in total, and the best house is only slightly larger than other houses, although it is very simple, but after driving for most of the day, it is finally possible to have such a place to stay, to be able to rest, Wanyan Yungong and other monarchs and ministers have nothing to find fault with, and this house is made of mud bricks, so that it can shelter from the cold wind. And the other soldiers were also crowded into other houses.

When they had entered the house, they sat down and rested. The servants were loyal and righteous, and they ordered the people to start a stove, and the house was suddenly warm. At this time, Meng'an Qijin brought a lot of searched clothes, although they were just ordinary cloth clothes, but the officials didn't care about decency, they grabbed it and put it on their bodies, and even those concubines and dancers, each of them also grabbed a lot of pieces to wear on their bodies.

Although everyone has a place to rest, this village is too small, and it has also been plundered by the Jin army before, and there are not even a few chickens, ducks, cats and dogs left in the village, so there is really not much food to be found. Fushi Lie Zhining had no choice but to order the soldiers to kill a few war horses to satisfy their hunger. If you don't have water to drink, you have to shovel snow and boil it.

However, the ministers of the Jin Kingdom were already hungry at this time, and after the prepared rice was brought up, they grabbed it one by one and ate it, devouring it. I don't care about any etiquette or image. It's just that ordinary people can have some fine food at home, but it is all coarse grains, and it is even with chaff and slices, mixed with sand and mud, and because of the tight time, it is also half-cooked, and the horse meat is also lacking in salt and sauce, and it still has a trace of blood.

The soldiers and military ministers are all good to say, but Wanyan Yungong and Yigan Wenchen are usually brocade clothes and jade food, even if they are in the military camp, they eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and they are fried and fried, with exquisite materials and fine workmanship. After eating some food and having a little base in my stomach, I felt that it was really difficult to swallow, and I just couldn't swallow it in my mouth. But he also knew that there was really nothing else to eat, so he had to swallow it forcibly, so as not to be considered half-full.

After eating, Pu Cha Zhenyi also came back and reported to Wan Yan Yungong that there was no trace of the Song army within more than ten miles nearby, but he cleaned up the defeated soldiers along the road, and gathered four or five thousand people, all of whom were brought to this small village.

Hearing that the Song army did not catch up, Wanyan Yungong Junchen was a little relieved. First ordered Pu Cha Zhenyi to go down to rest, and then discussed what to do next.

Fusan Zhongyi immediately said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that although the Song army has not caught up for the time being, it cannot be guarded. There are few small houses in this small village, very simple and unobstructed, once the Song army comes, how can we resist? Therefore, in Yichen's opinion, he should leave immediately and rush to Hongzhou City to rest again, right? ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, this is only more than 40 miles away from Hongzhou. It was still early in the morning, and His Majesty and the ministers had rested, so it was better to work hard and rush to Hongzhou City overnight. ”

Wanyan Yungong listened to it, and he was also in the middle of it. When I first entered the village, the people were tired, tired and hungry, so they didn't care about anything. Now that he has relieved his fatigue, he has a bottom in his stomach, so he feels that it is not comfortable to stay in this small village, Hongzhou is also a state city, and his food, clothing and accommodation are much better than here, so he also hates to leave earlier and arrive in Hongzhou as soon as possible, so he nodded and said: "What the two Aiqing said is very true, then don't hesitate, please arrange it immediately and leave immediately." ”

Seeing that the emperor agreed, Fusan Zhongyi and Fushi Lie Zhining also immediately went to make arrangements. At this time, Yijing gathered more than 13,000 gold troops, and there were about 4,000 war horses, but most of the soldiers were poorly armored and unarmed.

Su Shi Lie Zhining immediately ordered the transfer, selected 3,000 cavalry, armor and weapons, protected Yan Yungong and others for the first team to go first, and led 500 cavalry to open the way. The rest of the infantry army was fully equipped with armor and weapons, and there were more than 2,000 people, which was the second team, led by Pucha Zhenyi. And leave the rest of the cavalry to the second team. The rest of the soldiers were in the third team, following behind, and they just had to move in the direction of Hongzhou anyway. If there are still defeated troops along the way, they will all be formed into the third team. Then he immediately sent someone to inform the guards of Hongzhou and prepare to meet them.

Forty miles is not a long way, if it is in normal times, you can walk on a horse for more than an hour, but now the heavy snow paves the road, and it is difficult to walk, so when you arrive in Hongzhou, it is in the middle of the night.

Wan Yantong, the guard general of Hongzhou, had already received a notice and went out of the city for several miles to greet him. And he had already prepared the wine and food in the city, Wanyan Yungong and others had not eaten enough in the small village, and they had been hungry for a few hours, although the wine in Hongzhou City could not be compared with the imperial banquet of the Zhongdu Palace, but it was also passable, so dozens of monarchs and ministers devoured it for a while, like a storm and clouds, all the wine and food were swept away, and there was still some unfinished, only felt that the world's food was nothing more than this.

After eating, it was the third watch, and Wan Yantong had already prepared to go down to the room, and the monarch and the others were also tired for a day, so they all went to rest. The following teams of Jin Jun also arrived in Hongzhou 6 times, and Wan Yantong also ordered people to accept them one by one. and sent a scout horse to find out the whereabouts of the Song army.

Wanyan Yungong only slept until noon the next day before getting up, and several concubines and dancers waited for him to freshen up. Then gather everyone to discuss the next step. At this time, Tanma reported that the Song army was still stationed in Yanzhou City, and had no intention of marching. Moreover, the remaining materials for cleaning up the camp of the Jin Army have not yet been completely sorted out.

Seeing that the Song army had no intention of attacking Hongzhou for the time being, Wanyan Yungong and others stayed in Hongzhou, repairing while recruiting defeated soldiers. In fact, the total strength of the Jin army was more than 220,000 people, and only more than 80,000 people were killed and captured by the Song army in this battle, and the rest fled in all directions, and nearly 20,000 died of freezing and starvation in the field in the past few days. In just three or four days, nearly 120,000 people gathered.

This number is not small, but most of the soldiers are empty-handed, there are less than 30,000 soldiers with complete armor and weapons, less than 20,000 war horses, and after the defeat, the morale of the whole army is very low. Obviously, the Jin army has no ability to turn defeat into victory. Therefore, both Fusan Zhongyi and Sushi Lie Zhining believed that the Jin army should completely abandon Western Xia and immediately return to the Jin Kingdom.