Looking at the plump-faced man in front of him, Tang Ning couldn't help but be a little stunned. He had never seen him beaten by Yan Agu, but he heard Tao Fugui come back and tell him that he was eight feet tall and his waist circumference was eight feet.

It is said that this person can run a horse on his arms and stand on his fists, and his face is extremely fierce.

Although I don't know if this is true or not, Wanyan Agu was born in the remote north, and the nomads who grew up in a cold environment may not look much better.

And Wanyan Zongwang's appearance is unmurderous, and there is even a feeling of wanting to be close to him.

Have you seen the Buddha statue in the temple? He looks like those Buddha statues.

"Marshal, the last general advises to deal with this person carefully." Lu Qiren whispered in Tang Ning's ear: "When the mountain attack was reorganized at the end of yesterday, the Jin soldiers were still fighting back.

But when Yang Yingzheng and the others escorted this person down the mountain, those golden soldiers took the initiative to throw their weapons on the ground. Even the cavalry jumped off their horses......

Dashuai, this person's reputation among the Jin Army is probably not low, and once it is not handled properly, it may invite disaster. ”

When Tang Ning heard this, he also felt a little incredible.

Although this Wanyan Zongwang is the son of Wanyan Aguta, he is not the eldest son after all, and he will not inherit the throne in the future. Why did these soldiers defend him so much?

So he looked at Wanyan Zongwang and said, "Do you know who Ben Shuai is?" ”

Previously, in order to show his respect for Wanyan Zongwang, Lu Qiren did not tie him up, and after bringing him into the handsome tent, he also invited him to sit down.

Wanyan Zongwang said a little nervously: "I know you, you are Tang Ning, the Marquis of Danyang of the Great Song Kingdom. ”

"Oh? How do you know? ”

"I've heard that Danyang Hou has sparse hair now......"

“……”

If it weren't for Lu Qiren telling himself just now that this guy was not low in the Jin Army, Tang Ning would have pulled this guy out now...... Pluck your hair.

Pulling the corners of his mouth stiffly, Tang Ning stretched out a finger and nodded Yan Zongwang said, "Okay, good ......"

Just as he was about to finish asking Yan Zongwang about some more things, Liu Ling hurriedly walked in. When he lifted the curtain and saw Yan Zongwang, Liu Ling seemed to be relieved.

walked up to Tang Ning and whispered, "Tang Ning, can you give him to me?" ”

"What do you want him to do?"

"You don't know, Wanyan Zongwang is one of the few people in power in the Jin Kingdom who is not hostile to my Great Song Kingdom.

Wan Yan Sheng, Wan Yan Zonghan are all bent on destroying our Great Song Kingdom and annexing our land after destroying the Liao State. These two people are going to kill all of our Song people!

Jin Taejo is still alive and can suppress these two people, but what if he dies? When he dies and Yan Sheng succeeds to the throne, will this battle continue to be fought?

But it's different with Yan Zongwang! He and Wan Yan Sheng had different ideas

, he wants to coexist peacefully with our Great Song. Think about it, if we secretly contribute to support Yan Zongwang to take the position. Isn't there no need to fight this battle? ”

What Liu Ling said was all about the future, and Tang Ning was not interested in it. Liu Ling didn't know that Tang Ning planned to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests after the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and live his own small life in leisure.

So Tang Ning said casually: "In that case, then you can do it yourself." ”

Liu Ling breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand: "Thank you for your accommodation!" ”

After that, he turned his head to look at the dazed Wanyan Zongwang and said with a smile: "Second prince, I have offended a lot before, please don't blame the second prince......"

"I don't blame." Wanyan Zongwang shook his head: "I am the general of the defeated army, how can I be dissatisfied?" ”

Seeing Liu Ling's eyebrows fluttering, Tang Ning was a little unhappy. knocked on the table and said: "If you want to chat, go out to chat, this is the handsome tent, and the handsome man has to have a meeting!" ”

Liu Ling glanced at Tang Ning and said to Wanyan Zongwang: "The handsome man has driven people away, the second prince, let's go to other places." ”

"Huh?" Wanyan Zongwang blinked: "Won't you kill me?" ”

"Second Prince, you have a noble status, how can we hurt you?"

Running dog!

Tang Ning watched Liu Ling pull Wanyan Zongwang out of the handsome tent, and scolded secretly in his stomach.

The news that the Jurchen elite led by Wanyan Zongwang was defeated by the Song army soon spread back to Shangjing from the mouths of those fleeing Jin soldiers.

The ministers were very flustered, and someone proposed to take some benefits to exchange for the second prince with the Song people.

But Wan Yansheng didn't seem to want his younger brother to return to Shangjing unharmed, he said: "My Jurchen tribe has always respected the strong, although he is the son of his father and my own brother, he was defeated after all.

What qualifications does a defeated general have to continue to live in this world? If I were him, I'd kill myself! ”

As soon as he said this, everyone understood what Wan Yansheng meant.

Although he didn't say it, he was still unhappy for the second prince in his heart.

You are a stable successor to the throne, don't be so small-minded. Why bother? And the second prince likes to study Buddhism, and he has no idea about power at all, a person who will not compete with you for the throne, why do you have to kill them all?

Isn't this done disregarding blood and kinship?

It is true that the Jurchen tribe admires the strong, but the Jurchen tribe is not a beast, and if the family is in trouble, can they pretend not to see it?

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkeys are kings. The king goes out on an expedition, and the prince who guards the city is the one who says the same.

Although the ministers were dissatisfied, they could not raise objections, and they also wanted the head around their necks.

……………………

The 120,000 elites sent by Shangjing were defeated by the Song army, and in a short period of time, they could no longer draw up manpower to follow the Song army

Combated.

It can only maintain the land north of Danzhou and outside the sixteen states of Yanyun and not be invaded by the Song army.

Just when the Jin State guards of the Gubei Pavilion were trembling and waiting for the Song army to attack, the Song army began to advance towards the west.

At this time, the Jin people understood that the Song army was not to send troops to Beijing to attack their own base camp when the Jin army was encircling and suppressing Emperor Tianzuo in Jiashan, but to recover the 16 states of Yanyun, and sent 200,000 troops.

The Song people wanted the sixteen states of Yanyun, and the Jin people also wanted it. But under the current situation, the Song army on the western front has entered the Yunzhongfu Road, and the Song army on the eastern front occupies the areas of Shuozhou, Huanzhou, and Yingzhou, consolidating the defense, and it is difficult to capture it for a while.

The large forces of the Jin army are still fighting against the remnants of the Liao State who are stubbornly resisting in Jiashan, and the sixteen states of Yanyun, even if they don't want to give it to others, they have to let it go now.

Ten days later, Liu Ling took Wanyan Zongwang and those Jin people who strongly asked to follow Wanyan Zongwang back to Kaifeng Mansion to see Zhao Ji. After Tang Ning arrived in Danzhou from Zhizhou sent by the imperial court, he returned to Shunzhou by the same route and entered Yanzhou from the Sanggan River.

This is another decisive battle, there are three cities that can support each other with Fuzhou on Yunzhongfu Road, Ruzhou, Wuzhou, and Xinzhou, and the troops of these three states will arrive as soon as Tang Ning leads the army into Yanzhou.

Tang Ning led an army of 200,000 at the beginning, leaving 30,000 in Youzhou, and 15,000 each in Danzhou and Shunzhou.

The battle losses exceeded 30,000 people, and now only 100,000 troops remained.

However, after so many baptisms of war, those who can survive are all mentally resilient and experienced veterans. At least on the issue of their combat effectiveness, there is no need to worry.

At the beginning of January, the weather was extremely cold. The waters of the Sanggan River were frozen into ice. It takes dozens of people to chisel for an hour, and it will definitely not work by boat.

If you can't take a boat, then walk along the Sangan River. The weather was cold, and the army was moving very slowly.

On a road of more than 200 miles, the Song army walked for fifteen days.

At this time, the Jin army had already assembled in Yanzhou, and was waiting for the Song army to send it to the door. The defenders of the three state cities of Xinzhou, Wuzhou, and Ruzhou each sent 15,000 soldiers to support.

There are still 30,000 garrisons in Yanzhou itself, a total of 75,000 people, which is the information that Wu Desi discovered before the war.

In terms of the comparison of troops, the Song army had the advantage. But also taking into account siege operations, so the superiority in troops is not a big deal.

In terms of the comparison of the quality of troops, the Song army was at a disadvantage. These garrisons were all stationed after the capture of Wanyan Aguta, who marched together with Wanyan Aguta.

As an elite unit that followed Wanyan Agu to fight, its combat effectiveness was even higher than that of the elite Shangjing led by Wanyan Zongwang.

But that's not to say that there aren't chances, because most of the people who can be left to defend the city are problematic.

The particularly powerful ones are always going to open the way for Wanyan Aguda to be the vanguard, and most of the people who are left in the city are wounded soldiers.

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