There was immediately a panic in the imperial camp, and the shouting and killing outside became much clearer, which confirmed that what the soldiers who reported the news were true. At this time, Wan Yan Baisa was holding a wine jug and toasting others, he was also a little drunk, his feet were fluttering, and he couldn't help but be so frightened that his legs were weak, and he sat on the carpet with a "bang". Not only him, but also many ministers were frightened, the wine glasses and chopsticks in their hands were so frightened that they fell on the carpet, and several timid singers all let out bursts of screams, running around in the big tent, trying to find a place to hide.

Wanyan Yungong was also frightened when he heard this, and the wine he drank turned into a cold sweat, and most of his drunkenness was gone, and he said in a trembling voice: "The Song army came to attack our camp, what can I do?" ”

Fusan Zhongyi hurriedly got up and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, there are ministers waiting here, and your Majesty will be safe." Then he hurriedly asked Su Shi Lie Zhishou and Shuqi Gao Hu to go out of the camp to see what the battle was like.

Su Shi Lie Zhining and Shuqi Gaohu immediately went out of the imperial camp to take a look, only to see that the front camp of the Jin army camp was in chaos, and countless tents were set on fire. In the firelight, it can be seen very clearly, the Song army is chasing and killing the Jin soldiers everywhere, and the corpses of the Jin army are lying on their bodies, it seems that a big defeat tonight may be inevitable.

Fortunately, the large camp of more than 200,000 Jin troops occupies a lot of space, and the current scope of the Song army's attack is only part of the front battalion, only accounting for three or four percent of the territory of the Jin camp, and the rear camp has not been affected at all. After all, Su Shi Lie Zhining is also a general who is deeply versed in the art of war, and he knows that although the Song army has entered the Jin camp, there are only 40,000 or 50,000 horses in total, and there are at least 100,000 troops in the back camp, so the only way now is to immediately go to the back camp to gather men and horses to resist the Song army, only hoping to keep the camp and save the situation.

However, the location of the imperial camp was slightly behind the center of the main camp, and the flames of war gradually spread to the imperial camp. Fortunately, the guards behind the imperial camp were very different from other places, and even after the all-night feast, there were more than a thousand guards who stayed up all night to guard. The leader of the night guard was named Wu Yan, and at this time, he ordered the guards to stand guard around the imperial camp and stand by in battle. It seems that it can still resist for a while.

When Su Shi Lie Zhining saw it, he was also a little relieved, and immediately ordered Fu Wuyan to protect the imperial camp, and then said to Shuqi Gaohu: "General Shuqi, I will go to the back camp immediately to recruit men and horses to resist the Song army, you go back to the imperial camp immediately, please Your Majesty and all the ministers are ready, in case you can't resist, you will immediately evacuate the camp." ”

After Shuqi Gaohu and Wuyan received the order, they both went their separate ways. At this time, more than 200 soldiers who were on guard at night were gathered around Fushi Lie Zhining, and they hurriedly ordered them to go to each camp immediately to wake up the sleeping Jin army soldiers, and immediately get up to meet the Song army.

In fact, at this time, there was such a big movement in the front battalion, and the rear battalion had already been alarmed, and most of the soldiers were awakened, but the front and rear battalions were too far apart, and they didn't understand what was going on, and they didn't command, so they were all at a loss. After hearing the order of Sushi Lie Zhining, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly put on his armor and helmet and went out of the camp to gather.

But tens of thousands of troops will not be able to gather in a moment and a half, the soldiers not only have to wear clothes and hats, neatly draped, but also have to look for their own troops, companions, and it is dark and difficult to see, so the commotion is chaotic.

And at this moment, I only heard the sound of shouting and killing from the left and right, and the flames broke out, and the Song army actually divided its troops into the camp of the Jin army. It turned out that Yang Changpeng led the army of the Song army to respond, and saw that Yang Yan's front men and horses were very smoothly killed into the Jin camp, and the men and horses were invincible everywhere, only killing the Jin soldiers to flee in all directions, and it seemed that there was no need for their own reinforcements.

The area occupied by the Jin army camp is very vast, and the Yang Yan and Song armies can only be torn apart in a small area for a while, and most of the Jin camps have not yet been affected, and the Jin army may also regather its men and horses to resist the Song army. Therefore, Yang Changpeng made a quick decision, divided the Song army under his command into four routes, and slaughtered the Jin army camp from all over the place, killing the Jin army from one end to the other.

Sure enough, the four teams of Song troops each looked for a direction and entered the Jin camp, and the momentum was huge for a while, and the front camp and the back camp were also attacked by the Song army, although the Jin soldiers in the back camp were not as helpless as the front camp, but they were also in a hurry, and they were killed a lot by the Song army at once, and the other Jin soldiers were panicked, so they were even more panicked, and many people couldn't care about the whole team, and they ran away to chase and hide.

Even Su Shi Lie Zhining couldn't help but be a little nervous, because now he didn't know how many men and horses the Song army had dispatched, but he felt that there were Song troops in all directions. I couldn't help but shake my heart, it seems that I am afraid that I am going to lose tonight. If it was just Su Shi Lie Zhining leading the army, he might continue to recruit soldiers and then fight to the death with the Song army, but now that the emperor is also in the camp, the first priority is to protect the emperor's safety first.

At this time, he was by his side, and he also gathered three or four thousand gold troops, as well as two generals, Meng'an Qijin and Pucha Zhenyi, and also prepared more than 200 war horses, so Sushi Lie Zhining immediately led this group of gold troops to the imperial camp.

It happened that the Song army went to the edge of the imperial camp with the scriptures, Yang Yan fought in the golden camp, only to see that the other camps were brightly lit and the garrison was lax, only this camp was brightly lit and tightly defended, so he knew that the people living in it were by no means ordinary people, and the ten ** was the imperial camp of the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, so he immediately commanded the Song army and killed the imperial camp of the Jin army.

But outside the camp, there was a Wuyan who commanded the Jin army to resist the Song army with all its might, and all the generals who had a feast in the camp also came out of the camp to help resist the Song army. Therefore, for a while, the Song army could not attack.

As soon as Yang Yan saw this, he immediately ordered Zhao Cao to lead a group of Song troops and launched a fierce attack on the Jin army. Zhao Cao danced the crescent cane in his hand, personally took the lead in the impact, and everywhere he went, the Jin soldiers were hit one after another, and their heads were broken and bleeding, and their bones and tendons were broken. Wuyan led the Jin army to resist with all his might, but he couldn't stand Zhao Cao's bravery, Wuyan danced a big knife and went to meet Zhao Cao in person, but he set up several sticks, and was also shocked by Zhao Cao's arms and vomited blood, so he had to retreat to the side.

Seeing that the defense line of the Jin army was about to be broken through by the Song army, fortunately, at this time, Su Shi Lie Zhining led the army to arrive and resisted the Song army. The Jin army finally temporarily protected the safety of the imperial camp.

Su Shi Lie Zhining hurriedly ordered Meng'an Qijin and Pu Cha Zhenyi to help Wuyan protect the imperial camp together, and he took a set of armor and hurriedly went in and out of the tent to see the emperor. After entering the account, I saw that Yan Yungong and the ministers were all pale, and some of them were still trembling.

As soon as he saw Su Shi Lie Zhining coming in, Wan Yan Yun hurriedly said, "Su Shi Lieqing, how is it outside." ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining also didn't care about marching to see the big salute, and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we can't resist tonight, the ministers are ready to get off the horse, please Your Majesty immediately change into armor, and the ministers go out of the camp and get on the horse, let's escape from the camp first." ”

After hearing this, Yan Yungong didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said, "Okay, then take the armor and let me wear it." ”

Fusan Zhongyi and Sushi Lie Zhining also didn't care about the ceremony, the two helped Wan Yan Yungong put on the armor, and then guarded on both sides of him on the left and right, and walked out of the imperial tent. The other ministers followed.

Because of the warmth in the tent, many ministers only wore single clothes, and when they left the big tent, the temperature was much lower. Many ministers were so cold that they sneezed several times.

At this time, the Jin army was resisting the Song army outside the camp, and Su Shi Lie Zhining led everyone to the side of the war horse, and was about to help Yan Yungong get on the horse first, at this time, several concubines brought by Wan Yan Yungong and several of his favorite dancing girls rushed to Wan Yan Yungong's side, some people grabbed his sleeves, some grabbed the robes, some people pulled the placket, and they cried and begged: "Your Majesty, don't throw the concubines down." ”

"Your Majesty, take the concubine with you."

"Your Majesty, let the concubines come with you."

Seeing that they were the emperor's concubines, they didn't dare to stop them. And Wanyan Yungong heard the sound of fighting outside the camp getting louder and louder, and a few feather arrows fell nearby, and he was in a hurry, just wanting to leave here as soon as possible, and he could still manage these women there, so he hurriedly shouted while struggling: "Let go, let go, get out of the way, get out of here." ”

But there were a few women who held on very tightly and would not let go. In a hurry, Wanyan Yungong couldn't break free. However, when the emperor said this, he came over to help, tore these women apart one by one, and helped Yan Yungong to climb onto the horse. Su Shi Lie Zhining also said: "Let go and let Your Majesty get on the horse." Those who can ride a horse find a horse to ride on and follow along, or they will have their own destiny. ”

Seeing that the emperor got on the horse, the other officials hurriedly found their horses to ride. There are also two or three of the concubines who can ride horses, and they are all looking for horses to ride. But most of the concubines Maihime couldn't ride horses, so they had to beg the other ministers. At this time, the other ministers could not take care of the fragrance and cherish the jade, but the emperor's concubines did not dare to beat and scold, so they could only retreat. For a while, the horses neighed, the women cried, and it was a mess.

At this time, the defense line of the Jin army was broken through by the Song army, and the imperial camp could not be saved. Seeing that the emperor was ready, he immediately took the lead by Sushi Lie Zhining and Meng'an Qijin, and Fusan Zhongyi and Shuqi Gaohu were in the center to protect Yan Yungong, and after Pu Cha Zhenyi was broken, he went to the outside of the camp to kill.

By the time the Song army entered the imperial tent, it was already a moment late, and Wanyan Yungong and others had already fled into the chaos.

Zhao Cao said hatefully: "There is only one step left to catch the dog emperor of the Jin Kingdom." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and said, "This time he let him run, but can he just escape back to the Jin Kingdom." It's hard to say. There's still a chance to catch him in the future. Let's deal with the battlefield here. ”

In fact, now on the battlefield, the Song army occupies an absolute advantage, although the Jin army has many people, but they have no fighting spirit, and they are killed by the Song army, and the blood flows out, dyeing the snow red. The Jin army, which was lucky enough to escape Yue's life, was surrounded and intercepted by the Song army, and could only scurry around like headless flies in the camp, and many people put down their weapons and raised their hands to surrender. But there were also some people who saw the emperor and his party escape from the camp, and they also scattered outside the camp, although the Song army tried their best to encircle it, but after all, the number was too small to cover it.

This battle lasted until the sky was bright, and the remaining Jin soldiers had no power to resist, so they could only surrender one after another. Only then did Yang Yan order the Song army to stop fighting. At this time, the snow had already stopped, and the camp of the Jin army was a mess. Many tents were still emitting black smoke, and the ground was lying full of the corpses of Jin soldiers, with severed limbs, broken knives and guns, and the blood of dead war horses that had already solidified in the snow and turned into ice.

According to a preliminary survey of the results of the battle, more than 40,000 Jin soldiers were killed in this battle, and more than 37,000 were taken prisoner. And the losses of the Song army itself were only more than 3,000 people. In the history of the war between the Song and Jin countries, the Great Song Dynasty has never won such a disparity. At the same time, although most of the war horses were ridden away by the Jin army, the Song army still captured more than 6,000 horses, which was also a big gain. The wealth left in the camp by the Jin army was all obtained by the Song army, and there were not many other things. But there are so many armors and weapons that they are almost innumerable.

Although the Jin soldiers who were captured in this battle were only about one-third of the total number of the Jin army's middle route army, after this battle, the defeat of the Jin army was determined, and the overall situation of Western Xia was irreversible. However, after a night of fighting in the snow, the Song army was also very tired, and did not have the energy to pursue the Jin army again. Therefore, Yang Yan ordered thousands of people to be left to continue cleaning the battlefield, and the army collected troops and returned to Yanzhou to rest.

Yang Yan had just returned to Yanzhou, and it happened that Lai Wenzheng also rushed to Yanzhou and informed him of the latest news within the Jin State. Moreover, the imperial court also increased the strength of Jianghuai, apparently hoping to recover the Central Plains in one fell swoop.

After Yang Yan heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, at this time, there was a rebellion in the Jin Kingdom, which was naturally good news for the Great Song Dynasty, Yang Yan originally planned to send troops to pursue the Jin Army, after hearing the news, he immediately dispelled this idea, and let Yan Yungong return to the Jin Kingdom, so that he and Wan Yan Changzhi could fight, so that the civil strife in the Jin Kingdom could be maintained for a period of time.

Then the top priority now is to immediately conquer Xingqing Mansion, completely occupy the entire territory of Western Xia, and then immediately send troops to attack Jingzhao Mansion, seize the land of Guanzhong, and cooperate with the attack of the Song army on the Jianghuai front. After recovering the Central Plains, he supported the weaker side among the two factions of the Jin State, so that the Jin State fell into a long period of civil strife. The Great Song Dynasty can take advantage of this period of time to stabilize the results of the war, restore its strength, and wait until its strength is restored, and immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition, not only to recover the lost territory, but also to regain the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Yang Yan immediately handed over the aftermath of Yanzhou to Yang Changpeng to deal with, and rushed to Xiangqingjun to join Gao Zhen and prepare to capture Xingqing Mansion.

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