The Song army did not follow Yelu Chongyuan's thoughts, they did not mean to stop at all, but rushed to the southwest overnight, and in the second half of the night, Yelu Chongyuan pulled out the camp and chased after it, and finally hung the tail of the Song army after noon.

The road became more and more difficult to walk, and the grassland had already crossed in the morning, but the terrain was still quite flat, and as long as it did not snow or rain, the situation was still in favor of the Liao army; The Song army, which had fled day and night, was already showing fatigue, and its speed was getting slower and slower, Yelu Chongyuan estimated that after two or three hours, his own vanguard would have to chase after the opponent's broken rear army, and then it would be the time when the war broke out.

Earlier than expected, Yelu Chongyuan's vanguard army had already fought with the Song army's broken army at the end of the time, and the battle between the two armies could be described as devastating, and the Liao army almost didn't pay any casualties to kill more than 10,000 rear troops wearing Song army armor and driving carts.

Yelu Chongyuan also felt that it was too smooth, no matter how it was said, when the battlefield was cleaned, the truth simply blew up Yelu Chongyuan's lungs, and these more than 10,000 people were not the Song army at all, but the Liao soldiers enslaved by the Song army, who were used to drive chariots and horses with the army to do miscellaneous labor; Originally, they were being dragged forward in the position of the Chinese army, but not long ago, they were suddenly abandoned and retreated to the rear, and then they were scattered and slashed by indiscriminate pursuers, without even having a chance to explain.

The cry of the surviving Liao surrender made Yelu Chongyuan feel extremely humiliated, and the Song people used the surrender to delay the pursuit of the army, a small battle, plus the cleaning of the battlefield, just like that, the Song army opened a short distance; It seems that the intention of the decisive battle before dark today cannot be realized, and the superiority of cavalry and troops in the dark night cannot be brought into play, and Yelu Chongyuan will never launch an attack at night.

It was very dark in October, and Yelu Chongyuan had to order again to stop the pursuit and rest, and the Song army could not support it, and after the Liao army stopped, they were unable to hurry, and stopped in front of sixty miles to rest; Both sides sent a large number of sentinels to check each other's news, the Liao people were to prevent the Song people from sneaking away, and the Song people were afraid that the Liao people would sneak closer and close the distance.

After a night of fear, the sky had just turned white, and the two armies almost unanimously opened up, continuing to chase and flee.

When the sun rose, a castle on the distant horizon gradually appeared in the mist, and the dynasty that received the report was full of surprise, no doubt that it was Shinshu; Judging from the smoke rising from the city and the mess on the edge of the city, there was a battle here, which must have been left by the Jurchens of Wanyanhu to attack Xinzhou.

The dynasty is most concerned about whether Wanyanhu has taken Xinzhou, if not, his future is gone, and there will be a large army to pursue him, and there will be more than auspicious; If the Jurchens captured Xinzhou, then their 80,000 people could enter the city to defend it, and with Wanyanhu's tens of thousands of horses, they could firmly contain the Liao army.

The good news came, it was the Jurchen soldiers standing at the head of the city, the defenders of Xinzhou were originally only a few thousand people, the night before Wan Yanhu led the army to attack, the city lord and the guards had already fled, if it weren't for an unclear deputy general with thousands of people to resist to the death, Wan Yan Hu could take Xinzhou with almost zero losses.

Wan Yanhu was very happy, Su Jin's intention to attack Xinzhou by himself was to attract a part of the Liao army to divide his troops to rescue, but now the fact is that the Liao army has no such plan at all, and the main force of the Liao army has already met in Taizhou, and at this moment may be fighting with the Song people on the grassland east of Taizhou.

Wanyan Hu wanted to laugh when he thought about it, Su Jin was treacherous, and wanted to use himself to attract the Liao army to reduce the pressure, but the Liao people only saw him Su Jin, but he let himself pick up a big bargain and made a lot of money in Xinzhou, which is called lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot.

Wan Yanhu didn't want to stay in Xinzhou for a long time, there was no danger to defend here, and there was no sense of security when staying here, and the Liao people would turn around and clean themselves up at any time; However, since he had captured the city, he had to stay overnight to satisfy his pride, and he planned to collect the materials and belongings in the city in the morning, and then return to Longzhou with the seven or eight thousand people in the city.

It was this night of delay, but he regretted it for the rest of his life, and the men at the head of the city saw the overwhelming army coming towards Xinzhou from a distance, and they were immediately frightened, and hurriedly went to report to Wanyan Hu.

Wanyan Hu came to the city wall in a hurry, raised his eyes to look west, and suddenly felt cold; There is no doubt that the Song army is rushing in front, and the back is full of dust, and it is the Liao people who are black and pressed like ants; Immortality! Is this playing with me? Either not a single soldier came, or hundreds of thousands of people came, which was simply asking for their own lives.

The Song army soon arrived at the city, and a burly general shouted under the city, asking the Jurchens to quickly open the door and let the Song army enter the city; Wan Yanhu hesitated, not knowing whether to let the Song army come in or not to let the Song army in, or the words of a leader next to him reminded Wan Yanhu: "Great chief, the Liao army has come, now we are on the same boat with the Song people, if the Song army is refused to enter the city, after the Song army is annihilated, do you say that the Liao people can let us go?" It is better to let the Song army enter the city, and the two combined troops will be more certain to defend or break through. ”

Wanyanhu had no choice, and turned the ancestors of the Song people upside down in his heart, but the current situation had to join forces with the Song people, and he took advantage of the chaos to take Longzhou, and he had already torn his face with the Liao people.

"Open the city gate, welcome the Song people into the city, order all the brothers to go up the city wall to defend, and the Liao people will shoot arrows to block them when they get close to the city."

With an order, the gates of the four cities were opened, and the Song army was lined up in several long queues and quickly entered the city; The Liao army behind also realized the movement of the Song army, and chased after it with all its might, taking advantage of the chaos of the Song army to launch an attack, and there was a great chaos.

In order to ensure the safety of the city, Wan Yanhu ordered the city gate to be closed immediately, and locked more than 10,000 Song troops who had not yet entered the city gate. Ten thousand arrows were fired at the head of the city, and the Liao army that chased them to the city to kill people also shot a lot, forcing them to retreat a thousand steps away, and then they took a breath.

Although the dynasty was heartbroken, he also knew that in that situation, closing the city gate was the only choice, and Wan Yanhu did nothing wrong.

The Liao army outside the city slowly spread out and began to camp and set up formation, the situation was a little calm, at this time, Wanyan Hu, who was looking for Su Jin, ran to ask Wang Chao: "Where is Su Dashuai?" Did you have a decisive battle with the Liao army in Taizhou? ”

Wang Chao shook his head and said: "There is no big war, we are just dividing our troops into two ways, I will take these 80,000 people to the southeast to lead away the main force of the Liao army, and Su Dashuai has already rode north to make a detour to attack Linhuang Mansion." ”

Wan Yanhu opened his mouth and shouted, "You...... You, who are extremely despicable and shameless, know that I led my troops to attack Xinzhou, and also led the Liao army to come, this is to pull my Jurchen tribe into the water, it is simply unreasonable. ”

Wang Chao said angrily: "What are these words? How did I know you were in Shinshu? Didn't you send troops a long time ago? Why didn't you return to Yongju after taking Shinshu? ”

Wanyanhu was speechless, he couldn't tell the truth, because although he sent the troops early, he deliberately delayed on the road for a few days, in order to confirm the position of the main force of the Liao army, once there was a wind and grass he would not hesitate to retract to Longzhou, and only after confirming that the main force of the Liao army was in Taizhou, he made up his mind to attack Xinzhou; Wanyan Hu regretted that his intestines were blue, if he had been more decisive or simply coaxed, the current situation would not have been so bad; After taking Shinshu, he really shouldn't have stayed for this night.

"What now? The Liao people are going to fight us to the death, and I am afraid that there are 200,000 soldiers and horses. ”

"250,000 people, the emperor's younger brother Yelu Chongyuan commands." Wang Dynasty Road.

Wanyan Hu sighed deeply, it doesn't matter if others are in command, Yelu Chongyuan is a guy who can't let go, even if he is told that this is the Song people's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, he will never let go of himself and the Song army in front of him, not to mention that Yelu Chongyuan has always advocated an extermination policy for his Jurchen clan, and now that he is here, he will not let go.

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Yelu Chongyuan didn't expect that Xinzhou had fallen into the hands of the enemy, the original Song army fled in the direction of Xinzhou, he didn't think so, the Song army didn't have that time to capture Xinzhou and then defend the city, but seeing that the Song army immediately entered the city as soon as it arrived at the city, Yelu Chongyuan realized that the Song army had already known that Xinzhou had been taken, and when it became clear that it was Xinzhou captured by the Jurchens, Yelu Chongyuan scolded even more.

The Jurchens are really not fuel-efficient lamps, and they have long suggested that the emperor take drastic measures against the Jurchens, but the emperor is deaf, but he has repeatedly refuted himself, and now it is okay, the Jurchens have really come out to stir up the situation.

"Surrounded on all sides and set up camp, do you think you can save your life by relying on the small town of Shinshu? This is where you are buried. Yelu Chongyuan coldly ordered.