Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 446: Disagreement and Resentment

The way dozens of riders galloping for their lives is different from the way a large army marches. At least the originally precious human and animal power will not be cared about at this time, and may even be thrown away wantonly.

Tushan Yongnian came from the Tushan clan, a prominent Jurchen clan. A clan outside the Great Wall like this might lack anything, but it would never lack warriors and war horses.

On the second day, at noon on December 12, the sky was filled with leaden dark clouds and cold winds. Tushan Yongnian arrived at the Jin army camp and saw a chaotic scene from afar.

If the 30,000 troops in the Xicaishi camp could work together with Wanyan Liang in command, then the 30,000 troops in the Yangzhou camp were somewhat at odds with each other.

Of course, this kind of discord between the surface and the heart is nothing compared to the Song army's pattern of sabotaging each other and stabbing each other in the back, but it still exists.

Apart from anything else, the commanders-in-chief of these three armies are Xiao Qi, commander-in-chief of the Shenwei Army, Gao Jingshan, commander-in-chief of the Wuan Army, and Guo Anguo, commander-in-chief of the Wujie Army.

Among the three people, one is a Khitan, one is a Bohai, and one is a Han Chinese. Together with Tushan Zhen, the Jurchen's immediate superior, it is really a hodgepodge.

In addition, the three generals also have their own personalities.

Xiao Qi has the greatest ability and the highest status. Even if Tu Shan Zhen did not have the title of Left Military Inspector, the status of both parties would be similar.

In real history, Xiao Qi was a general who divided his troops with Wanyan Liang to attack the Huaixi area.

Needless to say, Gao Jingshan was a general who followed Wanyan Aguda in the rebellion against the Liao Dynasty. He was a backbone among the Bohai people. He was a general and a prime minister, and was a veteran among the veterans.

Although Guo Anguo is of a younger generation and has little fame, his father is Guo Yaoshi, a senior general of Youyan who was active during the Jing Kang period, defeated Wanyan Jiemu, rebelled against Liao and Song!

Guo Yaoshi's life story is self-evident. After surrendering to the Jin Dynasty, he was tortured by Wanyan Zongwang and ultimately died a miserable death. His son, Guo Anguo, was able to rise to power and even become the commander-in-chief of an army purely due to Wanyan Liang's promotion. Naturally, he was deeply grateful to Wanyan Liang, and thus became his most trusted confidant.

Moreover, the Wujie Army under his command was not an ordinary army. Before Hezhameng'an was reorganized, the Wujie Army even served as Wanyan Liang's central army for a long time.

Pucha Shijie, the deputy general manager of the Wujie Army, was Wanyan Liang's personal guard and could make independent decisions when necessary.

With these multiple identities in place, it is almost impossible to make them willingly and completely obey Tu Shanzhen's command.

Therefore, there are many considerations when setting up camp for these three armies.

In order to blockade Jiangdu County, the capital of Yangzhou, which is commonly known as Yangzhou City, at least one of the three armies had to camp between Yangzhou City and the Song army's Guazhoudu camp to block any reinforcements that Liu Qi might send.

However, when none of the three parties was willing to submit to the other, Tu Shanzhen had no choice but to play the game of compromise and arranged the three armies to be stationed in the northeast, east and west of Yangzhou City respectively, and set up camp along the canal to pincer attack each other.

This posture is more like self-protection than attacking Yangzhou City.

This is indeed the case. Yangzhou City is not a strong city. Li Heng's Huaidong Song Army has only 8,000 people. Although it is considered elite in the Song Army, it is far inferior to the Wujie Army, which has fought many bloody battles.

However, Li Heng was still able to hold on to Yangzhou City, which was enough to show that these three armies did not use all their strength.

But even so, Tushan Yongnian felt that the Jin army camp could not be in such chaos, right?
Was he attacked by Liu Qi himself? Filled with doubts, Tushan Yongnian didn't immediately go looking for Tushan Zhen. Instead, he went straight to the Wujie Army camp on the westernmost side of Yangzhou.

Guo Anguo and Pucha Shijie did not dare to be negligent. When they heard that the right military inspector had arrived in person with the imperial edict, they immediately came out to greet him.

This choice is very simple, because Tushan Yongnian came with Wanyan Liang's order. No matter what, the right thing to do is to find Wanyan Liang's confidant to communicate first.

The three of them met and exchanged a few pleasantries. Tushan Yongnian, not caring about his dusty body and exhausted face, directly asked Guo Anguo the question in his heart: "Why is there such chaos in the camp?"

Guo Anguo smiled bitterly and shook his head without saying anything. Pucha Shijie immediately answered the question: "Because Wu Chengjun just arrived and has now gone north along the canal."

Tushan Yongnian frowned. "Wu Chengjun? Xu Wen's Wu Chengjun? Are they rebelling? How dare they cause such a big mess?"

Pucha Shijie was a little angry, but also a little helpless: "We also learned about the defeat of Wu Chengjun two days ago. They wanted to join forces with our army. Although the Left Inspector General did not respond, the defeated army will naturally not wait for long. Wu Chengjun arrived at our camp today.

However, I originally wanted them to camp together with my Wujie Army. However, I don’t know what was wrong with Xu Wen, he was determined to continue heading north.

I naturally had no control over Wu Chengjun, and I didn't want to fight with them, so I let them go. Who would have thought that these Han soldiers would actually shout words like "Go back home" while marching, causing our army to be restless. This is really outrageous.

They don't look like they've been defeated at all. In my opinion, Wu Chengjun just mutinied and fled!"

Tushan Yongnian ignored Pucha Shijie's complaints and quickly grasped the key point: "Is the Wujie Army already unstable?"

Guo Anguo sighed again: "It's not that they are unstable, but seeing that Wu Chengjun was able to withdraw his troops and leave, but he couldn't, he had some complaints. Now they have been suppressed, and the Meng'an are also organizing their troops, so there is no big problem."

Tushan Yongnian nodded, as if thinking about something.

Guo Anguo bowed and said, "I wonder what your Majesty's intention is for the Right Inspector to come here?"

Tushan Yongnian frowned, "At the military meeting the night before yesterday, it was decided to withdraw the troops. The 30,000 troops from Huaidong were withdrawn to Shanyang. Didn't the military envoy come to convey the message?"

Guo Anguo was shocked: "Left Supervisor of Military Affairs didn't issue any military orders, so we didn't know."

Tushan Yongnian decisively put Wu Chengjun's affairs behind him and said, "You two continue to stabilize Wu Jiejun. I will go find the Left Inspector first."

Pucha Shijie gritted his teeth and said, "No, I will go with the Right Military Inspector. It's fine for the Left Military Inspector to hide such important military information from Xingjun Meng'an, but how can he hide it from us generals? Are you going to abandon the Wujie Army?"

Just as Tushan Yongnian nodded, a military envoy rode up on horseback and said, "General, my family's Meng'an sent me to inform you that there are unusual movements in Yangzhou City. It seems that troops are coming to attack. General, please make preparations as soon as possible."

Guo Anguo's expression turned extremely grim, and he then said to Tushan Yongnian, "Right Military Supervisor, go find the Left Military Supervisor quickly. My camp is well-fortified, with well-trained soldiers and sufficient food. Even if the Song army had 100,000 soldiers and horses, they would find it difficult to shake it. But the other two armies might not be so sure!"

Tudan Yongnian could only nod repeatedly for a moment.

(End of this chapter)