One Piece of Song Dynasty

As the country's military director, Cai You thought that these military facilities were "useless" on the eve of the war, which is really a strange thing in the world. The Chronicle of the Northern Expedition commented on this: "Everyone who fails in their plans is to blame, but those who jump off the beam to support the enemy are like this."

After the Second Army was abolished, at a time when "human sentiments were confusing and people were unhappy", when "the barracks were moved and the buildings and oars were destroyed", news suddenly came that the Jin army had invaded in a large scale.

At this time, the situation in Yanjing was already critical. The Yanjing area was originally a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. There was Zijin Pass in the northwest of Yizhou, Juyong Pass in the west of Changping, Gubeikou in the north of Shunzhou, Songting Pass in the northeast of Jingzhou, and Yuguan (now Shanhaiguan Pass) in the east of Pingzhou. "All these passes were created by heaven and earth to separate the boundaries between Tibetan and Han Dynasties. If one man can control them, they can be worth a hundred." If the Song Dynasty could occupy these passes after regaining Yanjing, the Yanjing area might be preserved.

However, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan within Yuguan were occupied by Yelu Abaoji, the Taizu of the Liao Dynasty since the Later Tang Dynasty. Ping Prefecture was renamed Liao Xing Prefecture, which governed the two prefectures of Ying and Luan, and was named Pingzhou Road. At the time of Shi Jingtang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty acquired the Tan, Shun, Jing, Ji, Zhuo, and Yi prefectures in Yanshan. He built Yanshan as Yanjing and administered the six prefectures of Tan, Shun, and Jing. It was named Yanshan Road and Pingzhou Road. Become two parallel roads.

At the beginning, when the Song Dynasty was negotiating with the Jurchens to hand over land, Song Huizong, because he did not know the political geography of the Liao Kingdom, mistakenly believed that "Yanjing also governs the prefectures and cities" and had included all the land in the pass. He did not know about Ping, Ying, and Luan. The three states are not within the jurisdiction of Yanjing. This political mistake made Song Huizong regretful, so he repeatedly ordered Zhao Liangsi to try his best to win over the three states of Ping, Ying, and Luan during negotiations. However, the Jin people were not stupid. They clearly saw the strategic value of the Ping, Ying, and Luan areas, so they rejected the Song Dynasty's requests many times. Not only did they want to keep this place, but they also stationed heavy troops here, in order to leave themselves a passage out of the customs and southward.

In order to take back this place, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty did not hesitate to take the risk to recruit Zhang Jue, the traitor of the Jin Kingdom and the governor of Nanjing. The Zhang Jue incident was one of the most fatal political mistakes made by Song Huizong in the process of recovering Yanjing, and it created an excuse for the Jin army to invade.

The Jin army divided into east and west routes to attack the Song Dynasty, and Zong Wang led the east route army to send troops first. On November , the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army occupied Tanzhou and Jizhou on the th. It was not until the morning of the th that Yanshan Prefecture confirmed that the Jin army had invaded in a large scale.

As early as twenty days ago, Pharmacist Guo had assembled the Ever Victorious Army and stationed it in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing. On the morning of November , Cai Jing, a bachelor of Baohe Palace and the pacification envoy of Yanshan Prefecture, went to the eastern suburbs to meet with Guo Pharmacist to discuss strategies for retreating from the enemy. After returning to the city, Cai Jing said to his brother-in-law Xu Cai: "Guo Fenyang seems to be afraid of the Jin army."

On the second day of December, Medicine Master Guo sent people into the city to ask Cai Jing for instructions, intending to send troops to meet the enemy. At this time, Xu Cai strongly suggested to Cai Jing: "If Duke Guo goes to the city and goes to the stronghold, he can send Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to move forward. If Duke Guo goes and wins, he will be arrogant and uncontrollable. If he fails to win, he will be completely defeated and Yanshan will be shaken." . In addition, Gubeikou and Juyongguan may be able to get a glimpse of Yan's weakness and strength, and they must be defended to prevent the Jin from breaking in." Cai Jing disagreed.

Early the next morning, Cai Jing went to the eastern suburbs to see Pharmacist Guo. Xu Cai wrote the suggestion on a small piece of paper and entrusted Cai Jing's son Cai Songnian to go to the eastern suburbs to deliver it to Cai Jing, saying that the Feng family believed in the proposal. Soon, Li Zhen came to see Xu Cai, and Xu Cai made this suggestion to him. Li Zhen then also came to the eastern suburbs to advise Cai Jing. But Cai Jing still did not accept Xu Cai's suggestion. Cai Jing asked Cai Songnian and Li Zhen to tell Xu Cai: "Guo Fenyang has decided to personally lead the army to meet the enemy."

In order to boost morale, on this day, Cai Jing took out a large amount of gold and silk from the treasury and rewarded the victorious army with great fanfare. Then, Pharmacist Guo personally led the army to set off. "The Pharmacist's soldiers were well-dressed and the troops were in order." They advanced all the way east, and on December th, they arrived at the west bank of Baihe River in Sanhe County. At this time, Zong Wang had led his troops to the east bank of the Baihe River, "suspicious of the medicine master's army and did not dare to advance."

In the middle of the night, Medicine Master Guo led his army across the Baihe River. The Jin army immediately met them and prevented the victorious army from continuing to advance. Early on the morning of the th, the Ever-victorious Army and the Jin Army set up a battle formation. The Ever-Victorious Army was in the west, with Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren's troops on the north wing, and Guo Yaoshi's army on the south wing. The Jin Army was in the east, and the Jin Army was in the north. The wing is the army commanded by Zong Wang, and the south wing is the army commanded by others.

Guo Yaoshi's army fought fiercely with the Jin army for more than miles, repelling the Jin army in front of them. When they arrived at the Jin army's stronghold, they found that they had no fire starter and could not burn down the opponent's camp.

At this time, news came that the northern wing army had retreated. Zhang Linghui was defeated first and fled, followed by Liu Shunren. After hearing this, Pharmacist Guo had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

On the afternoon of December th, Cai Jing and other Yanshan Prefecture officials stood on the east wall of Yanjing, eagerly looking east toward Baihe River. Baihe is eighty miles away from Yanjing, but in the sky in the direction of Baihe, "dust is like clouds, and the sky is indistinguishable." After a long time, Zhang Linghui suddenly saw his army retreating, and then Liu Shunren also retreated. In the evening, Pharmacist Guo also led his army back. The three of them were "quite depressed and slandering each other." According to statistics from this battle, only of Guo Yaoshi's core hard force of came back alive.

The conflict between Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi is deep and has been going on for a long time. When they were officials in the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Linghui's official position was higher than that of Guo Pharmacist. After surrendering to the Song Dynasty, Pharmacist Guo not only had a higher official position than Zhang Linghui, but was also favored by Song Huizong, and was also appreciated by the second commander-in-chief, Tong Guan and Cai You, which made Zhang Linghui very jealous. Zhang Linghui felt unhappy and resentful when he thought about being left out. Wang Anzhong was already aware of this when he was in office. He recommended him to Song Huizong, and the court also appointed him as a high-ranking military official. However, after all, he was still under Guo Yaoshi, so he was always very unbalanced.

When Cai Jing saw that Guo Pharmacist, Zhang Linghui, and Liu Shunren had all retreated in defeat, he felt that the situation was not good, so he led the Supervisory Department of Yanshan Prefecture to the south gate of the city for a meeting. The transshipment envoy Lu Yihao suggested that a death squad of people be immediately formed, then open the city gate and retreat southward. Cai Jing said: "This matter must be studied carefully and carefully considered. Don't open the door hastily." Shen Guan, the promotion official, did not agree with opening the city gate.

Cai Jing said: "Everyone should go back now. You can discuss it with your family. You might as well send your flesh and blood back south first."

Cai Jing returned home and said to Xu Cai and Cai Songnian: "Today, we held a short meeting in the south gate. They all want to abandon the city and evacuate south. What do you think?" l0ns3v3

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