The predecessors said that Zhang Jun chose the route of the Northern Expedition on Huainan East Road, because Shao Hongyuan's departure point for Huainan East Road, Xuyi, the departure point for Huainan East Road, while Li Xianzhong's departure point for Huainan West Road was Dingyuan, located at the east end of Huainan West Road, close to the east road. So it was concluded that the war broke out in the jurisdiction of the former Han Shizhong...

This is inaccurate! The Song army set out to fight, but the targets were all on Huainan West Road, which was Zhang Jun’s defense area back then, and it had already left Han Shizhong’s control area!

This difference is not the right or wrong of historical materials, but involves the relationship between the ocean and the navy. Before the war, Zhang Jun conducted a huge and detailed investigation and learned that the heavy troops of the Jin army were concentrated in the Henan area, and the two Huaihe Rivers were relatively empty, and the navy was crippled by Li Bao during the Wanyan Liang's invasion. It has not been restored to this day... Then, with Huainan Road as the direction of the land attack and the camera assist of the eastern route naval army is the most reasonable configuration.

This month, the Jin army captured Huanzhou on Qingyuan Road, and Qiang Ni, the guardian of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Qiang Zhen, and his brother, were both killed in battle.

On May 1, Pusan ​​Zhongyi returned to Zhongdu City to pay his respects. Jin Shizong immediately appointed him as Prime Minister and Marshal of the Capital, and immediately rushed to Kaifeng to take charge, restrained the generals and tried their best to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty's Longxing Northern Expedition!

On the 1st, Zhang Jun crossed the Yangtze River and personally supervised the front line! On the same day, Li Xianzhong led the Western Route Army and Shao Hongyuan led the Eastern Route Army to cross the Huai River. The Northern Expedition of Longxing of Emperor Xiaozong's dynasty officially started!

Li Xianzhong led the Western Army to Dougou. At this time, he made preparations: one was to draw his sword and unsheathed it, waiting for the fight, and the other was to move out a chair, sit down quietly, and wait for the head general of the Jin army to bring another chair over, and the two could chat face to face...

Because the leader of the Jin army on the opposite side was Xiao Qi. That's right! It was the vanguard of the Jin army's middle route when Wanyan Liang invaded the south, commanding 100,000 Jin troops across the two Huaihe Rivers and defeating Shao Hongyuan! Back to the end of the last war in Caishiji, the Jin army moved towards the Guazhou Ferry. Li Xianzhong led more than 10,000 Song troops across the river to challenge, restored Huaixi Prefectures and County, and fought fiercely with the Jin Dynasty's The Legend of the Condor Heroes near Hengshanjian, and returned...

The reputation of a famous general in Shaanxi immediately caused a sensation in the Jin camp! Many Jin army generals fell into memories, including Xiao Qi...

Xiao Qi was always a Khitan, and even if he was valued in the Jin Kingdom, he was still interested in his homeland. It happened that the first Khitan uprising broke out. Xiao Qi had a sudden idea. Why didn’t he secretly collude with the Southern Song Dynasty on the front line, and cooperate with the inside and outside to destroy the Jin Kingdom and take the opportunity to restore the Liao Kingdom? If successful, there will be Song Dynasty in the south, uprising in the middle, and Western Liao in the north, and the Jin Kingdom is still killing each other, and there will be great opportunities no matter what...

Xiao Qi secretly sent someone to contact Li Xianzhong to realize this plan...

Li Xianzhong was very happy. He didn't care whether Xiao Qi's wish could be realized or not. He just needed Xiao Qi to cooperate with him to cross the Huai River, from Suzhou to Bozhou, go straight to the old Beijing Kaifeng, pass through from Kaifeng to Shaanxi, and return to his hometown, Fuyan! There, his reputation represents everything, and the Han people will respond immediately and quickly gather tens of thousands of troops like they did back then! At that time, he could only restore all the lost land in Shaanxi!

Now, Li Xianzhong is "alliance" Xiao Qi, right ahead. It depends on whether the Khitan keeps his word and whether he has changed his mind when he is in the battle?

Li Xianzhong felt that there was a high possibility of changing his mind, and the reason was time. If he had done it at that time, Xiao Qi would definitely have nothing to say and just acted as a traitor. But at this time, the first Khitan uprising was destroyed, and Emperor Wanyan Bao was determined to be stable. Xi Liao probably didn't even know the letter. It would be inhumane to let Xiao Qi keep the contract again...

As he expected, when Xiao Qi came, he rode a horse, carrying a large group of crutches, but he didn't look at the chairs. So the two sides started a war in the steep ditch. To be honest, there were not many tricks in Li Xianzhong's arsenal. He was just a Guanxi man, who dared to collide, fight in the field, and galloped like the former Western Army!

His Western Route Army fought with Guaizima in Dougou and won a great victory in the violent collision. Then he tightly grasped the retreating Jin cavalry, making them afraid to gain a foothold in the field and forced them to retreat to the base camp Lingbi... Lingbi is the largest baggage stronghold of the Jin army in this area. The city is tall and there are many food and supplies. It is a nail that Li Xianzhong must remove when the Northern Expedition. On that day, Li Xianzhong chased with his head, bit Xiao Qi tightly, and drove the Jin army to Lingbi City, and began the second round of fierce battle...

Siege the city, kill the enemy in two in one, and finish the matter at once! The matter was really over that day. The battle outside Lingbi City was Xiao Qi's second consecutive defeat in a day. His subordinates' crutch horse was crippled by Li Xianzhong like the iron kite of Xixia back then. He didn't even have room to retreat into the city gate. The team was scattered under the city wall and fled from all directions...

How could this make the city feel favorable? The kidnapped horse is the trump card of the Jin army, and Xiao Qi is the leading general of the Jin army. These two pillars that support the psychological bottom line of the Jurchens were broken by Li Xianzhong in public, and they immediately collapsed!

The Lingbi city gate was wide open, and Xiao Qi led the Jurchens to line up to surrender... Li Xianzhong entered the city and promised the people of the whole city: as long as he supports the Southern Song Dynasty, he guarantees that everyone will live well, and this one also applies to the Jurchens!

Lingbi City has become calm, as if it has been governed by Li Xianzhong for many years...

At the same time, Shao Hongyuan's Eastern Army fell into... not hard fight, but embarrassing. Tens of thousands of Eastern Army troops crossed the Huai River and attacked Hong County as planned. There were only a few short soldiers in Hong County, only a few thousand gold troops. This was an obvious appetizer. Take care of this direct descendant Shao and successfully started a good start to boost morale...

In theory, with Shao Hongyuan's hardness during the Battle of Xupu Bridge, the quality of Han Shizhong's subordinates at that time, and the strength of several times the advantage, they would easily be captured no matter what. Then they caught up with Li Xianzhong's footsteps and joined forces to siege Suzhou...

Unfortunately, things did not follow this rule. Shao Hongyuan fought a war with such an advantage, and Hong County remained unmoved!

When the news came, Li Xianzhong was silent. At the beginning, it was like this. Can you still look forward to the future? But the Northern Expedition requires collective efforts. Even if the single-soldier regiment is as strong as the Yue family army back then, he will return in vain. The situation requires his Western Army to help, otherwise it will affect the plan of the entire Northern Expedition! However, Li Xianzhong did not divide his troops to support him. He just sent some surrendered Jin army soldiers who surrendered to Lingbi City. In his opinion, this is enough!

A famous general of a generation of famous generals looked like a torch, and he could see through the essence of Hong County at a glance! The Jin army there could withstand Shao Hongyuan in one breath. The knife handle of the scum in the army was too soft and he couldn't cut it. But he was different! There was no need to do anything at all, just bring a message and everything would be over!

This is true. As soon as the Lingbi surrendered soldiers arrived, the Jin army in Hong County collapsed immediately. The defender Fuchatmer, Dazhou Ren, surrendered and gave up resistance...

Finally passed the test... But Shao Hongyuan was so angry! It was embarrassing that he could not get out of the city, and he was even more shameless to be helped. The way to help was to persuade the surrendered soldiers to surrender. This was simply a slap in the face! His face was slapped by Li Xianzhong, and the entire military camp could hear it!

The people were lost, but the matter still had to be done. The Northern Expedition Army of the East and West had to act in a unified manner, and the two generals were not allowed to collude. As a result, something happened when they met!

A surrendered Jurchen soldier probably thought Li Xianzhong was very friendly and took time to report the situation and said that Shao Hongyuan's subordinates snatched one of his swords. How should we understand this? Snatching a sword? It doesn't seem to be a mistake. It's normal to confiscate weapons on the battlefield. Some people may say there is a difference, because the Jin army in Hong County surrendered voluntarily, so it's okay to seize guns but not kill them? The problem is that they didn't kill them either, but they just turned into robbery. Do you have to allow these enemies of the mortals to retain their own weapons after surrendering?

I can only say: I can't understand why the surrendered Jin army soldiers complained? Why do I feel that I was wronged?

What is important is the reaction of a generation of famous generals! Li Xianzhong was furious and immediately sent someone to ask Shao Hongyuan: Is there any such thing? If so, hand over the person immediately!

Shao Hongyuan handed over the person... It is said that this is very respectful. The army protects the shortcomings. Who is willing to work hard for you if you don't protect the shortcomings? Maybe Shao Hongyuan feels that he is very embarrassed recently? He can't raise his head in front of Li Xianzhong, so he obediently handles the matter and throws the principle of protecting the shortcomings aside... But he didn't expect that Li Xianzhong cut off the man with a knife!

After the previous analysis, we can see that this matter is not even easy to determine whether it is wrong, so why is it beheaded? However, when Li Xianzhong handled the Lingbi surrendered soldiers, he understood it very well and was even kind. So why was he so harsh and cruel to Shao Hongyuan's subordinates?

Many people's interpretation is for the military discipline of the Northern Expedition Army! The reason why the Eastern Route Army was delayed and was delayed outside the small Hong County was mostly due to the low morale of the military discipline. Shao Hongyuan could not rectify it, so Li Xianzhong had to do it for him! Otherwise, the great cause of the Northern Expedition would be destined to be empty!

This makes sense, but in addition to this, we should think a little deeper: Shao Hongyuan’s prerequisites for war, he is unwilling to be inferior to himself, and he must be at the same level! This is provocation, and it is the most taboo thing in the army! There is only one way to solve it, that is, to suppress it. Only after showing personal authority can the order be enforced and the orders are consistent!

A generation of famous generals disdained the power and plotting. He used the method of doing things among the generals! He sent surrendered soldiers to break the city and humiliate them with strength. If he killed someone to establish his authority, he would kill your subordinates. What happened?

Shao Hongyuan was silent, he couldn't resist. Comparison between the two: Li Xianzhong's reputation is not comparable, and his strength is far worse. His actual effect was beaten and he was slapped. It was a humiliation at any step... Then just shut up!

Shao Hongyuan didn't say anything. Li Xianzhong asked him what to do next, but he didn't say anything. He asked him when he would take action or not. He told him that the Western Route Army would attack Suzhou as planned, but Shao Hongyuan still didn't say anything... This is not illegal, no matter how fierce or cruel you are, I can't be silent? Besides, you can't order me because we have the same official position!
Chapter completed!