Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

He led the personal guards and joined the battlefield, and a group of imposing iron cavalry quickly charged towards the battlefield.

As soon as they entered, they tore through the Song army's attack like a meat grinder, and flesh and blood flew across the air.

Wanyan Jiamu was worthy of being the number one Jurchen general, but with his height of nearly two meters, thick body, terrifying arm strength, and his waving weapons, no one dared to approach him.

"Report! Wu Tongzhi, the gold thief suddenly came in with an elite team!"

"I saw it." Wu Jie stared coldly at the battlefield, "They are putting up a stubborn fight! Wanyan Jia's mother has been overwhelmed, and the army is broken and doesn't know how to assemble a formation for another battle in the future, but she comes in personally , Pass down the order to capture Yan Jiamu alive."

"Yes!"

Wanyan Hujia at the top of the city witnessed the entire process of the battlefield. From his perspective, those people in the distance were as small as ants.

But he could see how the Jin army's kidnapper horse was stopped by the Song army, and how the Chinese army was killed and retreated by the Song army.

It was the first time he saw such a weird scene.

In his concept, it is impossible for the Song army to fight the Jin army head-on and still achieve such a record.

But everything in front of me actually happened.

Just when Wanyan Jiamu rushed into the battlefield and was excited to fight, many cavalry of the guards who had already forbeared were dispatched.

The Holy Guard cavalry is silver armor.

Two thousand cavalry and four thousand horses roared from afar.

Everyone's brain became blank, adrenaline soared, and blood seemed to be burning in the body.

The world has also become quiet, no sound can be heard, only the wind whistling past the ears.

Like a startled rainbow, they tore through the ice and snow, and rushed towards the chaotic Golden Army cavalry.

The sound of shouting and killing was overwhelming.

At this moment, the cavalry regiment of the Divine Guard condensed into a torrent of silver steel, as if it could crush everything in this world to pieces.

When the out-of-order kidnapper horse cavalry found a terrifying wave of cavalry rolling towards them, everyone's expressions changed.

Even the war horses whined in panic.

Like ants on a hot pan, they were at a loss in place.

Finally, the frenzy of the guard cavalry came in.

In an instant, the screams of people, the wailing of war horses, the sound of iron objects colliding, and the sound of bones breaking were mixed together and drifted around with the cold wind.

Blood flew in the air, staining the silver armor bloody.

Tie Guduo smashed the enemy's helmet, shaking the liquid in his head into a paste.

The snow in the snow rose up in groups, between the white and the blood, was the Shura purgatory that harvested all life.

Under such an impact, the chaotic Jin army fled on a large scale, but a large number fell down and died tragically.

Seeing this scene, Wanyan Hujia sat limply on the ground, his face pale: "It's over..."

The war started at noon and really ended in the evening.

The white world turned into blood, and countless people were crushed into meat by the battlefield meat grinder.

The human head with eyes still open rolled down from the "mountain of flesh and blood".

In the Battle of Taiyuan, the Song Army fought head-on with the Jin Army.

Different from Yue Fei's several battles, this time, Wu Jie did not make a surprise attack, but fought head-on.

Of course, this also includes Wu Jie's superb control of war psychology, as well as the heavy sacrifices of the soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City.

From the perspective of a commander in chief, it is worthwhile to win this battle.

More than 3000 Song soldiers died in battle, and almost all of the Jin army's [-] elite were wiped out.

Wanyan Jiamu was captured alive.

The Jin army on the city of Taiyuan witnessed all this, and their morale collapsed.

How much impact did the Battle of Taiyuan have on Song Jinxia's situation?

Chapter 465 The Strategy to Contain the Kingdom of Jin (Fourth Change)

On the tenth day of December, it was snowing heavily in Tokyo, and the stove in Wende Hall was burning vigorously.

Zhang Shuye walked in.

He reported on the situation of the Northwest Tea Horse Division.

"Orihiko bought [-] horses in Hehuang this year, and I heard that there is still a sale of [-] war horses under negotiation."

Zhang Shuye excitedly handed over Zhe Yanzhi's letter.

Zhao Ning began to read carefully.

As expected at the beginning of this year, the strategy of handing over money to Xixia was pushed forward in the northwest with the end of the Song Xia War.

The Huizhou market has now become the core stronghold for banknote delivery and circulation in the Song and Xia Dynasties.

Naturally, the Song Dynasty benefited the most from the bilateral trade under the new financial system.

However, Xixia also benefited.

Especially the upper-class nobles of Xixia, represented by Li Qianshun, not only absorbed a large number of banknotes, but also declared banknotes as the only legal currency in the country.

Xixia himself also learned from Song Dynasty and set up a bank to force the people of Xixia to go to Xixia Bank to exchange copper coins, gold and silver for banknotes through policies.

In this way, after Xixia sold salt in the Huizhou market, a large amount of Dasong banknotes received were forcibly exchanged into the hands of Xixia people through Xixia Bank.

Li Qianshun and other big nobles hoarded copper coins, gold and silver.

An Hui, who was punished for defeat, believed that Li Qianshun and Brother Li Cha were blinded by money.

When Xixia joined the Song Dynasty's money delivery system, what Xixia got was copper coins and gold and silver, but the Song Dynasty privately bought war horses at a high price on the border between Song and Xia.

What Wei Ming Anhui said was right, this was to strengthen the Great Song Dynasty.

But he may be wrong about one thing. It is not only Li Qianshun who agrees to join the Song Dynasty handover system, but the entire aristocratic class in Xixia.

They all gained huge profits for a short time within the new financial framework set up by Zhao Ning.

People are short-sighted, let alone a group of poor ghosts who are threatened by all directions?

The Xixia nobles were immersed in the short-term happiness brought by handing over the banknotes. Many nobles were busy buying luxury goods for themselves from the Uighur and Song Dynasty, and even built pavilions in their own territories.

Therefore, in fact, the rapid circulation of banknotes in Xixia was not the decision of Li Qianshun alone, but the result of the joint promotion of the entire Xixia aristocratic group for their own interests.

On the other hand, the Great Song Dynasty has fully launched a private plan to smuggle war horses.

Orihiko said that there is still a big order on the way, which refers to the trade with Xixia.

Xixia war horse reserves are abundant. When Hu Quan started to push banknotes in the northwest and Xixia decided to hand over banknotes as legal tender, Zhe Yanzhi almost began to discuss big deals with Xixia horse dealers unrestrainedly.

To describe Orihiko's behavior in one sentence: printed a bunch of money in the morning, and bought war horses in the evening.

"Where is Zhang Bangchang?" Zhao Ning asked.

"A total of [-] war horses have been bought from Dali, and most of them are used for post stations and logistics."

Zhao Ning walked to the map, looked in the direction of the northwest, and asked, "Has the person sent out to contact Yelu Dashi not replied yet?"

"Not yet, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

Zhang Shuye said: "The vastness beyond the Great Wall is not so easy to find."

Zhao Ning sighed and didn't force it.

If Yelu Dashi can be contacted and Yelu Dashi is allowed to stay instead of moving westward, it will undoubtedly set up another nail for the Kingdom of Jin in the north of Yinshan Mountain.

But obviously this operation is very difficult.

Now that the battle of Taiyuan has started, no matter what reason Song used to start the war, the short-lived peace between Song and Jin would inevitably be destroyed.

The pressure on the northern front will skyrocket at this time.

For the next pattern of the northern line, Zhao Ning has made the next strategic arrangement.

Regardless of whether Taiyuan is recovered or not, this strategic arrangement can ease the military pressure on the northern front.

Zhao Ning said again: "Where do you think the horses in the northwest would be more suitable?"

Zhang Shuye said: "I think that Hebei can be allocated more, especially Li Gang's side. The Jin army has gone south from there several times. If a large number of cavalry can be formed in the Cangzhou area, they can fight with the Jin people on the wide plain. .”

Zhao Ning disagreed, and the reason was very simple.

It is definitely necessary to establish a large-scale cavalry regiment in the Hebei area.

In the future, the main battlefield of the Song and Jin Dynasties must also be there, and it is related to the recovery of the Sixteen States of Yanyun. Deploying a large number of cavalry regiments there can also prepare for the recovery of the Sixteen States of Yanyun.

It's just that the time has not come.

Zhao Ning said: "If you want to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, you must prepare at least 15 cavalry, each with three horses. In this way, at least 25 horses must be invested in the Hebei area. Prepare [-] horses."

Zhang Shuye said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. If you want to guarantee it, you really need to invest so much."

"According to Zhang Jun's calculations, Shaanxi needs at least [-] organized cavalry regiments, each equipped with three horses, a total of [-] war horses, which does not include Hedong."

After such a calculation, Zhang Shuye's face was also a little shocked, and he said: "It is true."

"After the final calculation, it is estimated that the total number of war horses required has reached 40. Am I wrong?"

Zhang Shuye said with a heavy tone: "Your Majesty is right."

The number of war horses that Jin Guo can pull out is only this number. For the Song Dynasty, which is short of horses, how can it be possible to have so many horses so quickly?

Zhao Ning shook his head and said, "So, the battle situation can't be set up like this, otherwise there will be a shortage of horses on every front. In the end, all parties will quarrel over the allocation of horses. Wouldn't it be a mess?"

Therefore, this strategic layout cannot be done in this way.

Zhang Shuye said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. According to this calculation, Hebei and Hedong are not in a hurry to deploy so many war horses."

"That's right, no need for now. Hebei and Hedong have established a complete defense depth in the past few years. If the imperial court wants to take the initiative to send troops to recover Zhending and Hejian, it must fight a big battle with the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin. In the case of insufficient horses Come on, there's no need to do it."

Zhang Shuye immediately said: "In this way, we must destroy Xia first, then obtain a large number of cavalry from Xixia, and then go north!"

Zhao Ning said: "Now let's buy war horses from Xixia and build [-] cavalry for the Northwest. When the time comes, destroy Xia in one fell swoop and retake the Hexi Corridor. Why worry about no war horses?"

"But if we want to destroy Xia, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely interfere."

Zhao Ning looked at the map and said: "So it is very important to recover Taiyuan this time. Once Taiyuan is recovered, the main battlefield can be compressed to the Hebei area, and Han Shizhong has formed an organic military town here."

He pointed to the Dengzhou area, and then pointed to the southernmost tip of Liaodong, which is the area around Lushunkou in later generations.

"Han Shizhong landed here to build the city, and the imperial court sent envoys to Goryeo. If Goryeo can send people and food, it will be better. Once the military town here has a large scale, it can force the Jin army to invest heavily in this area, and disperse the Jin country into Hebei. troops."

Zhao Ning's move is undoubtedly to use the huge resources of the Song Dynasty to stretch the front line longer, force the Kingdom of Jin to disperse its forces, and relieve military pressure on Hedong, Hebei, and even Shaanxi when Xia was destroyed.

And if Taiyuan is recovered, the Jin Kingdom's front will only be forced to be compressed in the Hebei area.

It's only a matter of time before the summer ends.

At this time, Wang Huaiji hurried over: "The official, the official, the military newspaper sent from the Hedong front is the Taiyuan military newspaper!"

Chapter 466 New Pattern (First Update)

The Tokyo city in the wind and snow is quiet, and suddenly a man rides a horse and enters the city quickly.

"Urgent report from eight hundred miles east of the river! Urgent report from eight hundred miles east of the river!"

The messenger braved the severe cold, and his voice pierced through the wind and snow, echoing everywhere.

Some people couldn't help poking their heads out of the wine shop and looked over curiously.

"Urgent report from eight hundred miles east of the river! Wang Shike returns to Taiyuan! Wang Shike returns to Taiyuan! Wu Jie returns to Taiyuan!"

When he passed the Martyr's Shrine near the Imperial College, Bai Lian in front of the Martyr's Shrine seemed to be inspired and danced.

There is a memorial tablet of Wang Zhi, as well as the names of many soldiers who guarded Taiyuan and died for the country.

A few people couldn't help but come out and watched the orderly roar past.

"He said Master Wang has recovered?"

"What he said was indeed Wang Shike returning to Taiyuan!"

"And Wu Jie returned to Taiyuan."

"Wu Jie has recovered Taiyuan! Taiyuan has been recovered! Taiyuan has been recovered!"