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At 5 p.m. on the second day, several generals simultaneously opened the general's envelope. They all had the same message: Leave half of the troops to guard the camp, and lead the rest to gather 20 miles south of Dasan Pass. Set fire as a signal to attack the enemy's main camp.

When several groups of troops gathered south of Dasan Pass, Qian Mingduo had already been waiting for them there.

"Attack the enemy's main camp first, and then General Wenyuan and Li Yi will attack the enemy troops ambushed north of Dasan Pass when they return to the camp." Qian Mingduo looked at the generals surrounding him, "If this ambush of the enemy comes to rescue the main camp, I will intercept them here."

Qian Mingduo drew his sword and pointed at the hill. Several generals led their troops towards the Jin army camp in tacit agreement.

The several sentries ambushed outside the camp had already been removed by Su Yao's men, so the Jin army was awakened from their dreams only when several groups of troops rushed into the camp. They hastily fought, but were no match for the Song army. Most of the 80,000 Jin soldiers were killed by the Song army, and only the commander Wanyan He escaped in a hurry under the desperate protection of hundreds of his personal soldiers.

Just as the generals were killing people, the Jin army that had been lying in ambush north of Dasan Pass saw flames rising from the direction of the main camp. The commander left half of his troops behind, and Tingzi led the rest to lift the siege of the camp.

But just when he was about to agree, 5,000 archers led by Qian Mingduo were waiting for him in a long and narrow valley.

Following Qian Mingduo's order, five thousand crossbows were fired, killing most of the Jin army. Qian Mingduo then commanded his soldiers to rush down the valley to attack.

Only a few Jin soldiers escaped back to the ambush site, and the rest were killed.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Qian Mingduo ordered Zhao Wenyuan and Li Yi to return to the camp. According to the prior arrangement, the two generals joined forces to annihilate all the ambushed Jin troops.

In this battle, more than 50,000 Jin soldiers were killed and more than 3,000 were captured, which greatly hurt the Jin army and made them no longer able to attack.

The Song army defeated the Jin army at the tiny cost of only 300 deaths and 200 injuries.

When the battle report reached the capital, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, was so happy that he shouted "What a relief" three times. He issued an order to reward the soldiers at the front with 100,000 silver coins and to promote officers above the rank of colonel by one level.

Qian Mingduo was awarded the title of Grand Secretary of Guanghua Palace, Minister of War, and Prince's Guardian, and was given the title of First Rank. When the officers and soldiers of the Song camp were toasting to celebrate, Qian Mingduo stood alone in the big tent.

Qian Mingduo fell into deep thought about the ancient saying "When the rabbit dies, the dog is cooked; when the birds are all gone, the bow is put away." He felt that the Jin army was annihilated too thoroughly this time. When a general who commands a war has no war, it is very likely that the ancient Chinese saying will come true.

Qian Mingduo sat down at his desk and wrote the following words on the memorial: Although the Jin army was badly defeated by our army, according to the latest intelligence, the Jin prime minister Wanyan Shu colluded with the Western Mongolian Khan and prepared to jointly invade our border...

His meaning was very clear. He wanted to create a situation of unrest on the border. After the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian tribes united, they would pose a threat to the Song Dynasty.

No matter what Emperor Gaozong thought, Qian Mingduo had to rely on constant wars to protect himself.

Soon, Qian Mingduo received a letter from the court ordering him to return to Beijing to report on his work. In fact, it was mainly because Emperor Gaozong wanted to have a face-to-face meeting with him.

Qian Mingduo did not dare to delay, he only led Ling'er, Su Yao and fifty personal soldiers and rushed to the capital immediately.

After traveling in the morning and sleeping at night, Qian Mingduo arrived in the capital a few days later.