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Chapter 37 Attack
A big traitor like Yang An'er, even if he surrendered, no one inside or outside the court would really regard him as his own family.

At that time, he formed his basic force into the Tiewa Ganzhan Army, and then he was withdrawn from Shandong and transferred to the front line behind Monan Mountain. The emperor even personally wrote an order to Yang An'er, to use them as a cushion against the Mongols.

Later, Yehuling was defeated, the defense line of Jiehao collapsed, and Yang An'er retreated into Zhuozhou.However, in addition to Tang Kuo's joint attack, the imperial court also had various parties to monitor it.Only around Dingxing County, there are Zhuozhou Yongtai Army, Yizhou Gaoyang Army, Xiongzhou Yongding Army, and Baozhou Shuntian Army.

It's just that no one expected that the imperial court suffered another defeat at Migukou in Xijing the following year, and the so-called million-strong army collapsed.These four Jiedu states are like paper paste.

At that time, if the imperial court dispatched troops from the Central Plains to supplement them, these heavy troops could still be restored.But firstly, the threat from the Mongols is much greater after all, and secondly, Yang An'er has always been female, and treats her boss extremely respectfully and politely.Even though the broken soldiers in various parts of Hebei were fighting against each other, Yang An'er never showed any signs of expanding his power.

This situation finally reassured the imperial court a little, and Yang An'er launched it!
In just half a day, he captured Dingxing County, killed Tang Kuo and fought together, distributed the treasury funds to the people, and then went south along Laishui to Rongcheng County with great fanfare.

Yang An'er originally had no more than a thousand troops, but later forced hundreds of rout soldiers to land in the south of Zhuozhou, and then engulfed the local soldiers and Ding Zhuang in Dingxing County, the total number exceeded [-], and the momentum was very strong.

They seized nearly a hundred good horses from Tang Kuo's combined mansion. During the march, Yang You, Guo Yaoer, Zhan Hui, Wang Min and other fierce generals personally urged Qingqi to send out four sentries, defeating several intentions one after another. All the soldiers who blocked them had their heads cut off and hung in front of the horses.

That night, Yang An'er's troops broke into Rongcheng to plunder, and the front team even took many boats in Rongcheng County, with tall pine and bright torches, like a fire dragon with teeth and claws, it crossed the pond and approached the Xiongzhou government.

Seeing this situation, Bode Zhangnu, who also served as the military governor of Yongding Army in Xiongzhou, was so frightened that his legs went limp. He immediately summoned the whole city to defend the city, regardless of age.Then he sent envoys overnight to inform Zuo Jin urgently, begging for help.

Whether there will be reinforcements is still being debated. Since Xiongzhou was the first to be unlucky, the chief officials of several other military towns are relieved.

Bird and Zhang Nu visited the city for several days in a row, but saw dozens of large boats sailing on the water, with spears and spears on board, approaching from time to time.

He, a Jurchen, started out by reading sage books, and was born as a Jinshi scholar in Beixuan Ci Fu. He didn't dare to lead people out for reconnaissance at the moment, and only wrote the battle situation on the documents.

He thought hard all night and came up with a good line, which he called "Praise new soldiers, who knows old scholars." After chanting repeatedly, he added a few other lines to make up a whole poem, and he carefully recorded it in the battle report, so that the messenger brought it Zhan Bao kept going out to complain.

However, at this time, there were not many people on the boat at all, and those spears and spears were all made of reeds.

Yang An'er reined in Rongcheng County and turned back to the north, and sent Liu Quan to lead an elite detachment, all in small boats, passing through the lake and marsh area between Liuli River and Laishui, upstream, and went straight to Fanyang, Zhuozhou.

In the direction of Yijinguan in Bazhou, at this time, a commander of the capital led his troops to challenge on the east bank of the Liuli River.Yang An'er confronted the main army across the river, while the partial army crossed the river in a small boat to outflank it. They defeated it in half an hour, captured 400 horses, and expanded the army by [-] men.

On that day, the two groups of soldiers and horses marched quickly and supported each other. They marched sixty miles in one day, which brought great pressure to Zhuozhou governor Niangaozhen.

Nianjiazhen was also a well-known literati in the Jurchens. He served as a professor, chief bookkeeper, criminal governor, transfer household registration judge, and later successively served as the governor of Dexing Prefecture and the governor of Xuande Prefecture.

After the defeat at Yehuling, Niangaozhen entered Hebei with the defeated soldiers. Because of his reputation, he was transferred to the post of governor of Zhuozhou and also raised some hills, where Shuowang offered sacrifices.

And because the emperor's mausoleum is in Zhuozhou, since the year before last, Zhuozhou has resumed the establishment of the Yongtai Army, with Niancutzhen as the festival envoy.

There is an interesting phenomenon. With the successive failures of Dajin in the battles with Mongolia in recent years, the military equipment of the imperial court has gradually become stretched. More and more complex, more and more.

For example, when Nianhezhen first arrived in Zhuozhou, the officers under his subordinates were only one Junju and two Jundian who were also on patrol.Later, the military division of the capital was set up, with hundreds of soldiers and horses under the command of the commander of the capital; and later, there were archers under the county lieutenant, local soldiers under the inspection, soldiers organized by the Baojia group, and Xiaojie army directly under the Jiedushi. wait.

This is a matter of course. In the face of increasing military pressure in the north, the role of Zhuo, Yi and other prefectures has changed from second-line support to front-line support for the Mongols.Therefore, the military status of these states continued to improve, and the imperial court tried its best to maintain the military power of each state, and the number of officers and soldiers under the account of Jiedushi became larger and larger.

The only problem is that all the officers are fumbling in front of Nianjiazhen, but the soldiers are all active on documents and paper. In reality, the number is not much less than before.

Nianjiazhen, Tushanhang, Bodezhangnu, Meijiqinu, Gaoxi and other local officials all faced the same situation.They wrote repeatedly, asking the imperial court for military reinforcements, weapons and equipment, and food and supplies, but the imperial court could not give them anything.Only some military pay was given, which was like waste paper.

Although Nianjiazhen is in Zhuozhou, she has also heard that the situation in the frontier is so critical, and the political disputes between the court and China are intensifying. The current emperor and the Jurchen nobles do not trust each other, and the struggle between them has become uncontrollable.

This kind of struggle has also affected the army, making generals everywhere at a loss as to what to do.There are even some people who see the weakness of the court and become more arrogant and domineering. They support themselves outside the court system and become warlords.

Nian Jiazhen is a literati, she can see it clearly, but she has no solution, let alone the courage to confront others.In short, as a Jiedu envoy, he has neither prestige nor strength, and the only thing he can do well with his heart is to sweep the emperor's tomb.

Sadly, even where the imperial mausoleum is located in Dafangshan, there are active Jingan people's troops whose enemies and friends are unknown.Nianjiazhen wanted to take people to sweep and sacrifice, and had to say hello to Jing'anmin.The corruption of the country has come to this, what else can be said?When things come to an end, it's nothing more than death!
In fact, since the defeat of Yehuling, Nianjiazhen's confidence in Dajin has been shaken.At that time, the Mongols' overwhelming cavalry, their agile and changeable offensive and defensive advances and retreats, those tenacious and daring warriors like a pack of wolves, and even the mountains of corpses and seas of blood they passed left a deep impression on Nianjiazhen , making him heartbroken.

He sometimes wondered if the powerful army that claimed to be invincible at the beginning of Dajin, the strong army that destroyed the 70 Liao army in the battle of Gubu Dagang, could be compared with the Mongols ?

Maybe... maybe almost.

So, how many Mongols are there now?
I heard that Temujin had 95 guards and [-] thousand households... that is a terrifying power of more than [-]!
Such an enemy is simply impossible to fight on the battlefield.What's more, inside Dajin, there is a traitor like Yang An'er who can't be redeemed?

Yang An'er's troops are based on the fierce and cunning thieves in Shandong as the backbone, and the refugees and poor people who cannot live in Zhuozhou as their wings.They are well-equipped and experienced, and their own side can't stand it.

Right now most of Zhuozhou has been swept away, so what can I do as an empty Jiedushi?

Nian Jiazhen is not afraid of Yang An'er.Although Yang An'er's strength is strong, twenty years ago, even if there were ten or hundreds of Yang An'er, they would all be wiped out by Da Jin.When the Dajin first entered the Central Plains, the southerners rebelled one after another. Wasn't it trampled by the iron hooves of the Jurchen heroes and trampled into layers of fleshy mud?
What frightened and discouraged him was Daikin's weakness and Daikin's own problems, which made him helpless against these enemies!
That's it!That's it!
Nianjiazhen was very calm, even if the scouts stationed outside the city repeatedly reported bad news, his composure could not be shaken.

"Yang An'er is only ten miles away from the city!"

"Yang An'er sent two wings to threaten the east and west gates!"

"Bao Xunjian led a hundred people to sneak attack from the west gully, but was besieged and killed by bandits. Half of the hundred people fled back, and Bao Xunjian died!"

"On three sides of the city, there are people cutting down trees and making ladders!"

"The people in the city began to be restless. There were rumors that you, the governor of the Niancut, had already run away with your servants. Some people said that they should obey Yang An'er and loot the big households in the city!"

"Yang An'er has come in person! He's here! This guy is approaching the city! This bandit is really powerful! The bandit army is terrifying!"

"The thieves are attacking the city! The city is attacking! Master Inspector, listen, the killing sounds are loud! Those are all thieves! What should we do?"

Nianjiazhen sneered, ate a plate of cheese and noodles in two or three bites, and then deep-fried the food to be soft, and then drank tea: "Who else is on the top of the city? Is it the county captain who scolded Li Ningta? Alas, let him come back, at this time, death is useless, why bother?

"What? Chi Li Ningta was shot in the face and died? Then, where are the soldiers of the Xiaojie Army? Are they leading their troops to resist? Repelled a wave of attacks? Let them hold on, I will immediately mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Capital Army Division ...What? The people from the Military Division of the capital are afraid that they won't be able to resist the enemy, so they ran away from the north gate first, right?"

"There are still some people running away one after another, can't be suppressed? Hey, they are indeed no match for Yang An'er, just run away!"

Nianjiazhen's house was right next to the north gate, but he was too lazy to stop those rebels.Just as he was talking casually, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and someone rushed in without hesitation.

what happened?Could it be that Yang An'er is entering the city now?
Nianjiazhen was taken aback, and hurriedly got up to go out to have a look.

As soon as he took a step out of the door, someone bumped into him head-on from outside, and threw himself on Nianhezhen.Nianjiazhen fell back, and the two rolled back into the house like gourds.

It was Su Lingtong, the commander of the Zhuozhou capital, who knocked down Nianjiazhen.Nian Jiazhen grabbed Su Lingtong's beard, pulled his sweaty head away, and said angrily, "What are you doing back here?"

In addition to sweat, Su Lingtong's face was covered with snot and tears, and it was completely black with dust.He wiped it vigorously and sneezed: "Jedu, listen! Listen!"

Nianjiazhen listened for a while, but there was no sound.

"Listen to what?" he asked, frowning.

Su Lingtong grabbed Nianhezhen's arm suddenly, and pulled him out: "Jiedu, let's go to the city to see! The imperial army is here to rescue! Just now I saw the kidnapped horses on both wings! The elite of the Anmouke Army Banner, people are like tigers, and horses are like dragons! Jiedu, there are elite troops from the imperial court, and they are here to rescue Zhuozhou!"

(End of this chapter)