Fierce Fighting in Sichuan and Shaanxi

The Battle for Sichuan and Shaanxi is the second historical novel in the "Song and Jin Contend for Supremacy" series. It describes how the Jin army's main force was surrounded by Han Shizhong at Huangtiandang for forty-eight days. The Jin army managed to turn defeat into victory by sheer luck, but from then on, it never had another chance to cross the Yangtze River. At this time, both the Song and Jin sides recognized the strategic importance of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and both stationed large forces there. Eager for a quick victory, Zhang Jun rashly engaged the Jin army in a decisive battle at Fuping and suffered a crushing defeat, leaving most of Shaanxi in Jin hands. At this critical moment, Liu Ziyu, Wu Yu, and others turned the tide. They fought major battles against the Jin army at Heshangyuan, Raofeng Pass, and Xianren Pass in succession, holding the gateway to Sichuan and preventing the Jin army from carrying out its strategic goal of conquering Sichuan, sailing east down the river, and destroying the Song. Meanwhile, after being stranded in the north for several years, Qin Hui returned south. The Southern Song court was about to undergo a far-reaching reshuffling of power.