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Niu Gao led a vanguard army of 6000 men in 20 battalions, with cold and hot weapons at full firepower, pushing forward all the way. After another twenty miles, they would soon reach the vicinity of Beijing City in Daming Prefecture. At this time, the flags flying on the city walls of cities and towns along the way were no longer the Yellow Dragon Flag of the Song Dynasty, but the Red Vermillion Bird Flag of the Jin Dynasty.

Wanyan Zongmou and Wanyan Loushi had led 50,000 Jin troops southward, heading straight for the city of Tokyo Bianliang on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The more than 10,000 Jin troops who stayed behind in Beijing City of Daming Prefecture were led by the two brothers Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbing (Jin Wushu). Niu Gao, who was already a shrewd man, instantly understood the intention of the Jin army. This was to avoid having their retreat cut off and being surrounded by the Song army and various civilian rebel forces, so they deliberately left a way to retreat.

When the Jin army learned that the Song army was attacking, they sent Jin Wushu, the third prince of the Jin Dynasty, to lead 5,000 cavalry out of the city to meet the enemy.

Jin Wushu, the third prince of the Jin Dynasty, was very similar to Niu Gao in appearance. Jin Wushu also had a face as black as charcoal, yellow hair, curly eyebrows, a big mouth and bull eyes. His eyebrows were pointed and erect, and his eyes revealed a fierce aura. He was about 1.89 meters tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist, a strong back and a strong momentum.

The latest military intelligence was quickly passed on to the commander of the central army, Xu Xian. After a brief analysis, Xu Xian found that the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zongmou, was indeed a man of measured advance and retreat. He considered failure before success and had already planned a retreat to preserve his strength in case the vanguard army was defeated. He immediately ordered the central army to advance at full speed and move closer to Niu Gao's vanguard army.

Liu Yuan, another soul in Xu Xian's body, was secretly thinking in his heart: "It's a pity that the Zhao Song court's policy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military power for more than 200 years has led to a serious shortage of military talents in the Northern Song Dynasty, so that Song Huizong appointed a coward like the ninth son Zhao Gou to be the Grand Marshal of the Army to resist the Jin people. He commanded more than one million troops across the country, but he only knew how to protect himself, either fleeing or negotiating peace. He had a good hand that was sure to win, but was turned into a losing game by Zhao Gou. Perhaps Zhao Gou, the Grand Marshal of the Army, had ulterior motives and deliberately preserved his military strength. He deliberately gave up resistance and conspired to sell out his father Song Huizong and his elder brother Song Qinzong to the Jin army. Otherwise, he would have no chance at all to compete for the position of the emperor! Perhaps such a conspiracy theory is the best argument for why Zhao Gou could become emperor in history!"

After thinking carefully, "It doesn't seem right. After Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong were captured by the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Gou immediately ascended the throne in Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture and became Emperor Gaozong of Song. His military strength was not damaged at all, but he kept fleeing south. It was obvious that he was frightened by the Jin army and had completely lost his determination to resist the Jin people! Even if he doesn't have the strength to fight the Jin army in the field, he has all kinds of city defense equipment, firearms, and artillery. It shouldn't be a problem to hold on to the city camps!"

At this time, Liu Yuan thought more and more deeply: "So, the weakness of the Song people recorded in history books is not because of poverty and weakness. It is not an exaggeration to say that the economic conditions of the Song Dynasty were the best in the world at that time. But why is it that the richer they are, the weaker they are? It's like a super rich man covered in gold and silver, walking among beggars, but he has no strength to protect himself or doesn't know how to protect himself, so he has to go to destruction in the end!"

Without thinking too much, Xu Xian's main force of the central army, more than 9000 people and 30 battalions, had already entered the territory of Daming Prefecture in Beijing, and would soon meet up with the vanguard army led by Niu Gao.