Fenghou

At two o'clock in the night, [-] troops and [-] camels finally arrived at Linhuang City.

Wang Duo came to greet the arrival of the chief general Niu Gao, Niu Gao anxiously asked: "How is the situation of the enemy army?"

"Reporting to Dutong, the enemy army has set up a large camp fifty miles away, and no longer march."

"Why is that?" Niu Gao asked puzzled.

"The humble staff think they should be preparing siege weapons, because there is a large forest where they are stationed, and then there are no trees, it is all grassland, and the scouts say they are logging a lot!"

Niu Gao nodded, and immediately said: "In that case, unload all the camels and send [-] cavalry to escort the camel team back to Yanshan overnight!"

It was difficult to feed [-] camels in the city, so Niu Gao's decision was wise. At the fourth watch, the camels and [-] camel drivers who took a rest set off south again under the escort of [-] cavalry.

……

It was finally dawn, and the soldiers who had rested overnight also recovered their strength. All the soldiers got busy and moved food and medicinal materials into the warehouse. Now that the supplies were sufficient, they didn't have to worry about it even if they besieged the city for half a year.

Hundreds of military doctors who came with the army also checked the epidemic in the city.

"Has there been an epidemic in the city?" Niu Gao asked.

Wang Duo shook his head, ""So far no epidemic has been found. We are very cautious. The gates of the city have been closed to prevent people and businessmen from outside the city from entering. We have also built urns at the north and south gates. Even if we come to send sheep, the sheep will come in. People stay in the urn city. "

"Where are the scout soldiers coming back?"

"It's the same. Disinfect in the outer city, and then go to the courtyard on the edge of the city to isolate yourself for five days. If there is no problem, you will come out. You will strictly follow the defense regulations formulated by King Yong."

Niu Gao was not worried about Wang Duo's execution ability, even King Yong was impressed by his prudence and earnestness.

Niu Gao walked up to the top of the city, looked at the spacious city and asked, "How many people are there in the city now?"

"Less than 10,000, all of them are Han and Khitan. Others, including 1+ Jurchens and Khitans in various counties, were afraid of the epidemic. Under our persuasion, they all went to Yanshan Mansion. The humble official sent [-] troops to guard. If Counting the [-] troops who escorted the camels south last night, there are only [-] troops left in the city."

Niu Gao nodded, "20 troops are enough, as long as there are enough iron fire mines and fire oil, we will not be afraid of [-] Jurchen troops attacking the city!"

Wang Duo said worriedly: "Dutong, I am most worried about whether the golden soldiers will use the plague to attack us. Once the plague breaks out in the city, it will be a disaster for us!"

Niu Gao smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness told me not to worry about this issue. The Kingdom of Jin is looking for a place without plague, and they want to create another plague in Linhuang City, so what's the point of their coming here?" ? It doesn’t matter if we die, but the Kingdom of Jin is about to be destroyed.”

Wang Duo was stunned, "It's still His Highness who sees it clearly!"

Although this is the case, Niu Gao still can't be careless. Many things do not change according to people's will. Even if the Kingdom of Jin does not spread the plague, there is no guarantee that the epidemic will not happen.

On the same day, the Western Army began to make decoctions for the soldiers and the people in the city to drink to prevent the plague. The military doctors also conducted epidemic prevention training for the governor Xiao Wanmu and the officials and servants, and then they went to train the people together. The core is three points, drink Boil water, wash your hands frequently, wear a mask, and report immediately if you find someone vomiting or diarrhea!

……

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Kingdom of Jin moved westward, and the team moved very slowly. They not only had a huge amount of material wealth to carry, but also many old and weak women and children. There were thousands of court ladies, eunuchs, and guards around Emperor Wanyanquan. People, except for the emperor who rides in a cart pulled by twenty horses, the other eunuchs and palace ladies walk on foot, and the march is really slow.

Of course, they are not in a hurry, Linhuang Mansion is still in the hands of the Western Army, and the army still needs to take Linhuang Mansion back.

At present, the emperor Wanyan Quan has been completely dismissed, he was really depressed and angry, but he didn't dare to show it, he already felt that Wanyan Wushu had a murderous intent on him.

Wanyan Wushu, this idiot and reckless man, only knows how to lead troops to fight, only to toss, and doesn't know how to govern the country at all. He criticizes himself for his inaction all day long, but he doesn't understand that when the national power declines, he needs to recuperate.

After taking power, after a lot of tossing, the entire Jin Kingdom was wiped out. Although the epidemic is a natural disaster, is it not a man-made disaster?If he hadn't gathered all the people of the Kingdom of Jin to Shangjing, how could the plague in Xinzhou spread to the capital?

Thinking of this matter, Wan Yanquan gritted his teeth with hatred, his ancestor's foundation was lost by his torment.

At this time, the Empress Pei Man who was beside him snorted and said, "Is Your Majesty just watching Dajin Jiangshan being mourned by him?"

Pei Manshi is also a formidable person. She persuaded the emperor Wanyan Quan several times to contact the old generals, buy the core generals, and overthrow Wanyan Wushu, but Wanyan Quan just remained indifferent, which really made her anxious, but there was nothing she could do.

Wanyan Quan said coldly: "He's just looking for an excuse to kill me! If you're not worried, just try it."

"Even if you don't do anything, he will still kill you. You might as well put all your eggs in one basket and fight him. There is still hope of redemption!"

Wanyan Quan closed her eyes and lay down on the carpet without speaking. Pei Manshi gritted her teeth with hatred, wishing she could rush up to punch and kick her, so she could only sit by the window and sulk.

……

Wanyan Wushu's forward [-] troops have already arrived fifty miles away from Linhuang City. Wang Duo's judgment is correct. The task of this vanguard army is to prepare siege weapons. The Jin Kingdom moved westward in a hurry, and there was no time to build siege weapons. All the siege weapons in stock were given to Wanyan Nianhan, and they were all stored in the Jinzhou warehouse. Before they were used, they were seized by the Western Army.

They had no choice but to build it temporarily. Along with the 1000 army, there were [-] to [-] craftsmen. These were the last craftsmen in the Kingdom of Jin.

Originally, there were tens of thousands of craftsmen in the Kingdom of Jin, but most of them were Han Chinese. Among them, 3000% of the craftsmen were in Daxing Mansion, 200% of the craftsmen were in Jinzhou and Liaoyang Mansions, and only [-]% of the craftsmen were in Shangjing. , but a plague killed half of the craftsmen, and there were hundreds of people who were not dead, but were infected with the disease and could not follow them. In the end, there were only [-] people left.

The most miserable ones were gunpowder makers and firearms makers. The entire army was wiped out, and the iron fire thunder that Wanyan Wushu had been thinking about was completely gone.

Veteran Suoli Yishi is the leader of this vanguard army. On the one hand, he sent soldiers to cut down trees to obtain materials. On the other hand, he urged the craftsmen to be busy day and night to make simple and practical siege ladders. Fortunately for the plague, after leaving Shangjing, the soldiers never fell ill again, which made him very grateful.

Of course, this is mainly due to the joint isolation method of the imperial doctor Pucha Baoping. If one person is sick, the soldiers in the entire tent must be isolated. In a few days, the spread of the plague in the army was gradually brought under control.

At this time, a soldier came to report, and the prison prince came.

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Wanyan Wushu rushed to the vanguard camp with [-] soldiers, and the main force behind him was about a hundred miles away.

Room B of Suo Li came out to welcome him, "Please refer to the lord for the humble position!"

Wanyan Wushu waved his hand and asked, "Are any soldiers sick?"

"Report to the prince, not yet!"

Wanyan Wushu breathed a sigh of relief. Some soldiers in his main army fell ill, but the number was not many, only dozens of people, and the illness did not spread.

Room B Suoli said again: "I also feel that the military doctor is right. The key is that the groundwater in Shangjing is polluted by the epidemic. Now that you leave Shangjing, there will be no epidemic."

Wanyan Wushu nodded and sighed: "That's true. Many people don't want to leave Shangjing, but now it seems that leaving Shangjing is a wise move. Even the number of ordinary people who get sick has been greatly reduced."

When they entered the camp, they saw that soldiers and craftsmen were busy, and the simple siege ladders that had been built had piled up like a mountain, with hundreds of them.

Wanyan Wushu stepped forward and looked carefully at the siege ladders. They were basically made of straight birch and pine wood, tall and strong, but relatively simple to make. The two big iron hooks look more powerful.

"Is it firm?" Wanyan Wushu asked.

Suo Li Yishi smiled and said, "It just looks a bit clumsy, but it's very strong, and there's no problem in attacking the city!"

"That's good! How many can you build in a day?"

"Around eighty, but there are only a limited number of iron hooks, only three hundred pairs of iron hooks, and not enough pig iron!"

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "There is still some pig iron in stock, I will send someone to deliver it, and I will try my best to collect some pig iron, which must be used for attacking the city."

Speaking of this, Wanyan Wushu asked again: "How is the situation in Linhuang City?"

Soli Yishi bowed and said: "The humble staff sent out three batches of spies, two of which did not come back, probably hunted and killed by the other side's scouts, but the third batch of spies came back and brought back several Jurchens from the ranch, They know better."

"Is anyone still there?"

"Still!"

Soli B quickly sent someone to find the Jurchens to bring them back. Soon, two Jurchen men were brought up. They were in charge of the sheepfolds in the pasture. The Western Army transferred the Jurchen people in a hurry, and many people missed them. , these two are also one of the missing.

The two men knelt down and saluted, "The villain kowtows to the prince!"

"Have you been to Linhuang City recently?"

"Reporting to the prince, we have sent sheep twice recently!"

"What's the situation in the city, how many troops are there?"

"We've only heard some generalizations from people."

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "Just talk about it!"

"I heard that there were 5 people when they came. It was said by the officials in charge of the ranch. Later, they sent troops to attack Dading Mansion, and then sent troops to escort the Jurchen people away. It is estimated that there are at most 2 people now."

Wanyan Wushu thought for a while and said, "Do they know there is a disease?"

"They knew that, so they told everyone that the plague that broke out in the Kingdom of Jin would spread over. Everyone was frightened, and then they all moved away."

Another person also said: "They have never opened the gate of the city, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. We can only deliver sheep at the gate of the city, and we are not allowed to enter the city. The water burns the skin, so wash it off quickly."

Wanyan Wushu asked some more questions, and then let them go down. He felt that these two people were also hearsay, and the information was not very accurate. It is estimated that there are more than 2 Western troops in the city.

He called a military doctor and asked, "Can lime kill the disease?"

"I heard that the Han people use lime water to disinfect and splash it on toilets, roads and rooms. When they go out, they have to splash lime powder on their bodies. It's very choking!"

"Then why don't we use lime?"

"My lord, we use fire, and fire is the same, and there are no lime mines near Shangjing."

Another military doctor also said: "My lord, the outbreak in Shangjing is mainly due to the pollution of the groundwater. Using quicklime has no effect. As long as you leave Shangjing and pay attention to isolation, the epidemic can also be controlled."

Wanyan Wushu was really depressed. It wasn't about whether it was effective, but because he didn't know that quicklime could prevent the epidemic. Lime mines are produced in large quantities in Shinshu. He now suspects that the Western Army must have some good epidemic prevention methods, and they don't know.

But now the top priority is not to prevent the epidemic, but to seize Linhuang City, otherwise they will have no place to stand, and this is why Wanyan Wushu came to inspect.

He then said to Soli Yishi: "I will give you [-] Korean soldiers. Their epidemic is over. You lead an army of [-] to attack the city. Someone from the craftsmen will take over, so you don't need to worry about it!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

……

Two days later, [-] Koryo Army soldiers and [-] logistics soldiers arrived at the garrison. They brought a large amount of tents and food. kill.

Although the Kingdom of Jin captured Linhuang City with heavy casualties that year, it was 30 years ago. Almost all the soldiers who participated in the siege had died, and the then coach Wanyan Nianhan also died in the Liaoxi Corridor.

So to the current Jin soldiers, Linhuang City is completely unfamiliar, but when they get to the city, the tall and strong Linhuang City still makes them tremble for a while. The moat is so wide and the city wall is so tall. Attack the city?

Suoli Yishi is also one of the surviving veterans who participated in the battle against the Liao Dynasty. He has experience in siege. He immediately ordered the army to set up camp on the spot. He circled the city wall again and decided to concentrate the army to attack the north of the city. The terrain here is flat. The moat is relatively narrow.

As night fell, Niu Gao stood at the head of the city and watched the Jinbing camp three miles away. Judging from the size of the camp, there were about 6 to [-] enemy troops. Judging from the cart he was carrying, they should have attacked city ​​ladder.

"Dutong, this should only be the vanguard of the enemy army, and the main force of the enemy army is behind!"

Wang Duo suggested to Niu Gao: "I'm thinking about it, should we inform His Highness?"

Niu Gao laughed and said: "If His Highness receives the news, he will definitely come again!"

"But if the Jin soldiers can't attack Linhuang Mansion, it will be troublesome if they continue to retreat north."

Niu Gao thought for a while and said: "You're right, this is a plan to destroy money, you must not be negligent, you must inform His Highness!"

……

At dawn the next day, two hawks flew into the sky, one in front of the other and the other in the direction of Yanshan Mansion.

At the same time, the sound of war drums sounded in the enemy's camp, and the experienced veteran Soli Yishi sent [-] Korean soldiers to conduct a tentative siege.

What is a tentative siege is to check the defensive equipment of the Western Army through the attack, including whether there are catapults, bed crossbows, what kind of bows and arrows, how many soldiers there are, as well as firearms, kerosene, and Western Army tactics.

Niu Gao also saw the other party's intentions, so he handed over the command of the defense to Wang Duo. As the chief general, he would observe the enemy army at a higher level, and also control the defense of several other city walls.

"Ugh-"

The trumpet sounded, and ten thousand Koryo soldiers rushed towards the North City like a tide. They carried a hundred siege ladders and large wooden boxes. The large wooden boxes were used to build floating bridges. The moat was ten feet wide. Pontoon bridges can be built temporarily.

Behind the Goryeo army were a thousand soldiers, they were the Jurchen war cavalry who held the formation, and whoever dared to escape back would be beheaded immediately!

Ten thousand soldiers of the Western Army were also deployed on the top of the city, each holding a god-armed crossbow. They had a bed crossbow, but the opponent was attacking the city tentatively, so there was no need to waste the iron arrows of the bed crossbow on them.

"Arrowers prepare!"

Wang Duo shouted sharply, the battle flag was waved down, ten thousand soldiers raised the crossbow, five thousand soldiers crouched at the top of the city, and another five thousand soldiers crouched behind them.

The enemy army was running closer and closer, and had already entered the range of 150 steps. Wang Duo shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

Immediately, thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the city!

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Goryeo soldiers are soldiers who are used as temptations and coolies. They do the most dangerous things. In today's words, they are cannon fodder.

Not only were they treated poorly, but their equipment was also extremely poor. In the case of the increasingly iron-deficient situation in the Kingdom of Jin, the Goryeo soldiers were not even equipped with swords and daggers.

This kind of armor is called felt armor, which is not the same as the leather armor of the Western Army. The leather armor of the Western Army is cowhide or horsehide. A piece of sheepskin is rough and thin, and it can't block the powerful crossbow arrows of the god arm at all.

The Kingdom of Jin discriminated against these Goryeo soldiers from the bottom of their hearts. So many Jurchen soldiers died of illness, their leather armor would rather be burned than to equip the Goryeo soldiers.

However, the Western Army did not feel pity because of the miserable treatment of the Goryeo soldiers. On the battlefield, there was no mercy.

Arrows shot at the Goryeo soldiers like a storm, and the Goryeo soldiers fell down one by one. They were terrified and turned around to flee, but before they could run back to the main formation, a thousand Jurchen soldiers rushed up, hacked with knives and axes, and immediately killed countless soldiers. Hundreds of people.

The Goryeo soldiers had no choice but to continue to charge. Arrows were still raining down on the city, and the casualties of the Goryeo soldiers continued to increase. After three rounds of arrows, [-] Goryeo soldiers killed or injured more than [-].

Goryeo soldiers gradually rushed out of the moat, and they began to build pontoon bridges with wooden boxes. Some Goryeo soldiers shot arrows and fell into the moat, but the arrows on the top of the city continued to shoot, and three more rounds of arrows were shot. More than halfway through, although the pontoon bridge was gradually completed, a large number of soldiers lay on the ground and refused to cross the river.

This is also their last resort, they will die if they cross the river, and they will die if they go back, so they can only lie on the ground where they are, avoiding the arrows on the top of the city.

Even though he was lying on the ground, he was shot in the back by soldiers of the Western Army.