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Chapter 372 Song Army Lineup
"Difficult difficulty, the Jin army has 7.5 to 8.7 soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is increased by one quarter."

"Epic difficulty, the Jin army has 9 to 11.5 soldiers, and their combat effectiveness is increased by half."

Li Qian compared the strength of the Jin army in the "Battle of Fuping" at two levels of difficulty.

In epic difficulty, the Jin army has no more than 12 soldiers, while the Song army has 18. However, this is the Jin army at its peak, with elite cavalry such as the Crooked Horse and the Iron Pagoda. The Song army would have a hard time surviving if it encountered the Jin army at its peak in the wild.

The Jin army's combat effectiveness was extremely fierce during its peak period.

Wanyan Aguda established the military system of "Meng'an Mouke" and led 2500 people to attack the Liao Dynasty and captured the city of Ningjiang. He then led 3700 people to defeat the 7000 people of Liao's commander-in-chief Xiao Sixian and deputy commander-in-chief Xiao Wuna.

In the Battle of Darugu City, Liao General Yelu Wuliduo, Left Deputy General Xiao Yixiu, Right Deputy General Yelu Zhangnu and others led 20 cavalry and 7 infantry to attack the Jurchen tribe, but were defeated by Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Zonghan and other famous generals of the first generation of Jin Dynasty.

In the Battle of Hubudagan, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao felt the seriousness of the situation and led more than 100,000 Khitan and Han troops, claiming to have 700,000 troops, to attack Jin. Wanyan Aguda led 20,000 troops and took advantage of Emperor Tianzuo's eagerness to withdraw his troops due to civil unrest in Liao to pursue and attack fiercely, completely destroying the main force of Liao.

It took the Jin army only 11 years from launching the war against Liao to completely conquering the Liao Kingdom.

It took the Jin army only two years to destroy the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty.

During the Jingkang Rebellion, the Jin army captured Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong, as well as more than 3000 people including concubines, princes, royal family members, and nobles and retreated northward.

The Jin army during this period was incredibly fierce, sweeping across the world like a dimensionality reduction attack, and many famous generals of the Northern Song Dynasty were defeated and killed by the Jin army.

In the Battle of Fuping, the power of the first generation of Jin army was still there. 18 to Jin troops were able to defeat Song troops and almost destroyed the main force of the Song army's northwest army.

In the Battle of Fuping, the Song army had 18 troops, with Zhang Jun as the main general, commanding five armies - Liu Xi, the governor of Xihe, Sun Wo, the governor of Qinfeng, Liu Qi, the governor of Jingyuan, Wu Jie, the governor of Yongxing, and Zhao Zhe, the governor of Huanqing.

At the beginning of the southward migration, the imperial guards generals Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan launched a mutiny, killing the powerful ministers and eunuchs favored by Song Gaozong Zhao Gou in order to purge the emperor's side and force Zhao Gou to abdicate the throne to the two-year-old crown prince. Zhang Jun, Lu Yihao, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong and others made great contributions to the restoration of the king. As a meritorious official, they were once trusted by Gaozong and Xiaozong and were called "the assistant of the revival."

Zhang Jun held a high position in the Southern Song Dynasty, but his military talent was not strong.

In the Battle of Fuping, the Song army generals under Zhang Jun included Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Liu Qi, Liu Xi, Sun Wo, Zhao Zhe, Zhang Zhong, Qiao Ze, Zhang Zhongyan, Li Yanqi and others, and the military advisor was Liu Ziyu.

The brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin were the seven kings of the Southern Song Dynasty. Both of them were famous generals at the time. Wu Jie was a first-class general and Wu Lin was a quasi-first-class general. The two brothers led their troops to guard Sichuan and blocked the attack of the Jin army.

Liu Qi was also a remarkable figure. In Li Qian's opinion, his military talent was no less than that of the brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin.

In the early years of battles with the Western Xia, Liu Qi won many victories, and the Western Xia people feared him like a tiger, just like Zhang Liao to the Eastern Wu.

Liu Qi participated in the Battle of Fuping and the Battle of Xianren Pass, and was well aware of the attack patterns of the Jurchen cavalry.

In 1137 AD, Liu Qi took charge of the rebuilt Three Ya Army and Wang Yan's "Eight Character Army", and reorganized them into six armies and twelve generals, totaling 6000 people.

In 1140 AD, Liu Qi led 20000 soldiers of the Eight Character Army in a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin Army of more than 10 led by Jin Wushu himself, and defeated the Guaizi Ma and Tiefutu, which is known in history as the "Shunchang Victory."

In 1141, Liu Qi joined forces with Southern Song generals such as Yang Yizhong and Wang De to defeat the -strong Jin army again in Zhegao. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and other Song generals grew up in the flames of war, and their troops were no less powerful than the Jin army.

If the emperor had not been worried that these generals would become too powerful and threaten his authority, the Northern Expedition might have been successful.

Liu Xi was the brother of the famous general Liu Qi.

Military generals such as Sun Wo, Zhao Zhe, Zhang Zhong, Qiao Ze, Zhang Zhongyan, and Li Yanqi are not well-known, and most of them are third-rate generals.

Military strategist Liu Ziyu, when he was young, followed his father to garrison in eastern Zhejiang and studied military books. When the Jin army invaded the south, the father and son defended Zhending to the death and repelled the Jin army, making great contributions. Zhang Jun was appointed as the envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and asked Liu Ziyu to participate in military affairs. After the failure of the Battle of Fuping, Liu Ziyu helped Wu Jie repel the Jin army at Dasan Pass and stabilize the situation. Later, because he advocated resistance against the Jin army, he was attacked and excluded by Qin Hui, who advocated peace, in his later years and died with hatred.

In this battle, the military advisor of the Song army, Liu Ziyu, had a good strategy. Zhang Jun had been in Sichuan and Shaanxi for three years, training new soldiers. He treated Liu Ziyu as a distinguished guest, appointed Zhao Kai as the transport commissioner, and Wu Jie as the general. Liu Ziyu was good at managing finances, while Wu Jie won every battle. Before the battle, Liu Ziyu believed that it would be difficult for the five Song armies to fight together, and it was not appropriate to confront the Jin army head-on on the plains. The best strategy was to station troops and defend.

However, Zhang Jun was eager to destroy the Jin army in the northwest and recover his homeland, so he did not follow Liu Ziyu's advice.

Li Qian analyzed the lineup of civil and military officials of the Song army. Although there were famous generals such as Wu Jie, Wu Lin, and Liu Qi, 60,000 cavalry and 120,000 infantry, the decision-making power of the Song army was in the hands of Zhang Jun, who might not listen to the advice of the famous generals, military advisors, and Li Qian. The saying that the chief general was incompetent and exhausted the army was not just a simple saying.

Zhang Jun was loyal to the imperial court and advocated resistance against the Jin army, but his military ability was not very high.

Moreover, the Jin army camp in the Battle of Fuping was even more terrifying.

The chief general of the Jin army was Wanyan Zongfu, the fifth son of Wanyan Aguda, the founder of the Jin Dynasty. Two years before the Battle of Fuping, Wanyan Zongfu defeated the 200,000-man army of the Song general Ma Kuo in Le'an, forced the Song army to surrender in Huazhou, took Kaide and Daming, and pacified Hebei.

Wanyan Zongfu was a royal family general, so he served as the main general. The truly terrifying ones were his deputy generals Wanyan Loushi and Jin Wushu.

Jin Wushu, the fourth son of Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda, players of the Eastern Han Dynasty must be familiar with this name.

Jin Wushu fought against too many Southern Song generals.

Famous Southern Song generals such as Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Wu Jie, Wu Lin, and Liu Qi all gained experience with Jin Wushu.

Because Jin Wushu was defeated repeatedly in battles, he gave people a feeling of being weak, but Jin Wushu was also a fierce general. In a battle with the Liao army, Jin Wushu used up all his arrows, snatched the Liao soldiers' spears, killed eight people alone, and captured five alive.

After the Jingkang Incident, Jin Wushu led the elite troops such as the Crooked Horse and the Iron Pagoda, marched straight into Lin'an, searched the mountains and seas.

Before the Battle of Fuping began, the Jin Kingdom realized that the Song army was planning a decisive battle in the northwest, so it ordered Jin Wushu to lead 2 elite cavalry from Luoyang to support Shaanxi, and Wanyan Loushi led tens of thousands of troops from Hedong to Suide Army.

Jin Wushu's 20,000 elite cavalry were high-level cavalry such as the Crooked Horse and the Iron Pagoda. The Song army had almost no chance of winning on the plains.

At this time, famous Southern Song generals such as Wu Jie and Liu Qi had not yet reached their peak, and Liu Qi had not yet found a way to crack the Iron Pagoda.

As for another deputy general of the Jin army, Wanyan Loushi, he was even more terrifying.

(End of this chapter)