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Seeing that the Goryeo army refused to attack, Suoli Yishi was really annoyed. At this time, Wan Fuchang Wan Bilie persuaded: "The general can let them come back, and then mix them with the Jurchen army to attack, the effect will be more effective." a little better!"

Room B of Suo Li felt that it was reasonable, so he shouted an order: "Send the order to withdraw the troops!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The remaining [-] Koryo soldiers retreated in a panic, and the Western Army took the opportunity to shoot back. Hundreds of people were shot and killed, and the wounded soldiers on the battlefield eventually died of excessive bleeding.

However, Suoli Yishi also got the information he wanted. There were no trebuchets or bed crossbows on the top of the city, only bows and arrows. It was impossible to think about it. The Western Army rushed thousands of miles, and these heavy weapons could not be carried at all!

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Jingzhao, Chen Qing decided to go to Yanshan Road again after a few days of deliberation. Although he had only returned to Jingzhao for half a month, the major situation changes in the Kingdom of Jin made him unable to sit still.

In the internal affairs hall, Jiang Yanxian, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Shun were all silent. In fact, they did not approve of King Yong going to Yanshan Road again. One was the danger of plague in the Kingdom of Jin. Secondly, King Yong’s departure took another few months, and a large amount of government affairs piled up, so it was not appropriate to entrust the princess for review for a long time.

Zhou Kuan persuaded: "Your Highness, you can entrust the generals to encircle and suppress the Kingdom of Jin. Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, and Liu Cui are all good. Hundreds of thousands of troops are enough to destroy the Kingdom of Jin. Isn't it the credit of Your Highness? Why should Your Highness go there in person?"

Jiang Yanxian also persuaded: "Auspicious sign from the sky, His Highness's enthronement should start. At this critical moment, His Highness should stay in Jingzhao to preside over the overall situation. His Highness has gone to the north. The enthroned real dragon emperor is not here, so the officials are at a loss what to do!"

At this time, Zhang Shun also said: "The "Beijing News" specially surveyed [-] households in the Jiangnan area. As a result, more than [-]% of the residents do not miss the Song Dynasty, and almost all residents hate the reign of the Queen Mother in Lin'an. Everyone hopes that the new emperor will ascend the throne. , to restart the prosperous age, this is not only the wish of ordinary people, but also the idea of ​​a large number of gentry, His Highness is expected by all, we should seize this opportunity to achieve great things!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I understand your thoughts. If it's just a battle to recover Liaodong or Yanshan Road, it's fine if I don't go. This is to destroy gold, and it's my biggest wish for more than ten years. It's about to come true. , but I can’t personally participate, it will be my lifelong regret, enthronement can be postponed for a few months, it’s not a big deal, or it will take a lot of time to make various preparations!”

There was silence in the lobby. After a while, Zhou Kuan asked, "Your Highness has made up your mind?"

Chen Qing nodded, and the three of them understood that King Yong had already made up his mind, and talking to them was just out of respect for them.

"All right!"

Jiang Yanxian said helplessly: "I wish His Highness a complete victory and an early return!"

That night, Chen Qing bid farewell to his family, and led a thousand cavalry to leave Jingzhao City again, and rushed towards Yanshan Mansion. Each of them was paired with two horses, and they would rush to Yanshan Mansion as quickly as possible.

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums of war were like thunder, and the mixed army of [-] Jurchen Koreans launched a fierce attack on the city again.

This was the third siege of the Jurchen army. The first time was a tentative attack by 6000 Koryo soldiers. As a result, [-] people died in battle and returned in a disastrous defeat.

The second attack was a mixed attack of 3000 Jurchen soldiers and [-] Goryeo soldiers. The effect was not bad, but because the head of the Wanfu, Wanyan Aku, was shot in the forehead by a stray arrow, he was killed on the spot, so he had to withdraw the troops, causing nearly [-] casualties. .

But this time, [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] Koryo soldiers attacked together, carrying [-] siege ladders. The Jurchen soldiers were obviously much better equipped. Short spears, they are all elite Meng'an troops, all of them are brave and good at fighting.

This is also where Wanyan Wushu's confidence in capturing Linhuang City lies. He believes that with the heroic and powerful Meng'an Army, he will definitely be able to capture Linhuang City.

Bows and arrows are still useful, but the people who were shot were basically Goryeo soldiers. The Jurchen soldiers used their large shields to block the stormy arrows of the Western Army.

At this time, the bed crossbows on the top of the city were also fired. Unfortunately, there were only three hundred of them. Each round of arrows was [-] jackdaw arrows. This kind of arrow has a strong penetrating power and shot through Jurchen. The soldier's large shield shot and killed more than [-] people at once.

However, more than [-] people were killed, which is still insignificant to the [-] army, but they still forced the Jurchen army to change their tactics. They threatened the Koryo soldiers to run in front and serve as human shields for them.

After paying the price of thousands of casualties, more than [-] troops rushed across the moat from the pontoon bridge and hooked a siege ladder on the top of the city. The Goryeo soldiers were in front and the Jurchen soldiers were behind, and began to climb quickly. climb.

The Western Army had been prepared for a long time. The soldiers hidden on the city wall lit the chain mines and threw them up the siege ladder. Keep advancing, using chain mines specially designed to deal with siege ladders and suspension bridges.

When the soldiers of the siege ladder climbed to the front of the chain mine, the chain mine 'boom! The ground exploded, and with a flash of fire, several Goryeo soldiers were blown out, and the siege ladder was blown off in the middle, and the siege ladder tipped over, screaming from the ladder.

Hundreds of siege ladders were blown up by chain mines, but the real catastrophe came later.

At this moment, thousands of soldiers raised huge fire oil clay pots and threw them downward. The fire oil pot burst, and a large amount of fire oil flowed out of the city. Dozens of torches were thrown down, 'Boom! 'The ground burned, and the outside of the city suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Thousands of bales of hay were thrown from the top of the city, turning the outside of the city into a fiery hell. More than 1 soldiers were caught off guard. Those who stood against the city wall were Korean soldiers, and Jurchen soldiers were on the periphery. More than [-] Korean soldiers fell into the sea of ​​fire and were burned Crying and screaming, the Jurchen soldiers on the periphery were frightened and rushed to the pontoon bridge to escape. The river also turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Fortunately, swimming is an essential skill of Meng'an soldiers. More than 2000 Jurchen escaped from this catastrophe, but the Korean soldiers fell into the sea of ​​fire and hell. [-] people.

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It only took Chen Qing seven days to arrive at the camp of Daxing Mansion. At this time, Yang Zaixing, other generals and 20 troops had received a message from King Yong Feiying and assembled in Daxing Mansion.

In the big tent, Chen Qing pointed to Linhuang Mansion on the sand table with a wooden pole and said: "The Kingdom of Jin is planning to move its capital to Linhuang Mansion, and the intention of Wanyan Wushu is also very obvious. They want to control the grassland at the same time, and then integrate the power of the grassland and We fight, but we can't give him that chance."

After a pause, he looked at everyone again and said: "But this is our chance, everyone, the moment of revenge is coming. We have been waiting for this day for a long time. We will kill the Linhuang Mansion, destroy the Kingdom of Jin, and die for thousands of people." Revenge of my compatriots!"

All the generals were excited, and they raised their arms and shouted together: "Destroy the Kingdom of Jin!"

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An army of 20 set off, carrying [-] camels full of food and supplies, and left Juyongguan to head towards Linhuang Mansion.

Every soldier rides a horse and walks lightly, which is the biggest advantage for them to get the horse breeding place in Hexi. Every soldier, even the infantry, has his own horse. They can ride instead of walking, which is faster and more economical. physical strength.

A mighty 20 army appeared on the boundless grassland, with flags unfurled, covering the sky and the sun, and the nearby tribes fled westward in fright.

At the same time, Liu Cui also led an army of [-] from Liaodong, and rushed towards Linhuang Mansion.

Linhuang City had been surrounded by [-] Jurchen legions. After being burned with kerosene by the Western Army, the Jurchen army attacked the city twice again, losing nearly [-] people, and then stopped attacking the city. Wanyan Wushu also led the way. The army rushed to Linhuang City.

In order to restrain the main force of the Jurchen army, Niu Gao resorted to a trick. He sent people out of the city at night and dragged back the hundreds of dead horses on the battlefield, leaving the corpses of the enemy troops alone.

This move made the enemy's chief general, Suo Li Yishi, realize immediately that the Western Army probably ran out of food, so they went out of the city to snatch the horse corpses.

He immediately sent someone to report to Wanyan Wushu. Wanyan Wushu also believed that the other party was short of food and grass. Food is running out, how long can they last?

Wanyan Wushu immediately ordered the army to stop attacking the city. The army changed its tactics and implemented the technique of besieging the city, trapping the Western Army to death in Linhuang City. At most one month, the Western Army in the city will collapse without a fight.

At this time, the team of the emperor, nobles and common people of the Kingdom of Jin stopped thirty miles east of Linhuang Mansion.

They lived by the river and built tens of thousands of large tents. Although there is no city, it is also very spectacular, and the big tents can't see the end at a glance.

The Kingdom of Jin carried millions of cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, 10,000+ carts, and an inestimable amount of wealth. After all, it was a dynasty, and all its national power and wealth were here.

But what the Kingdom of Jin lacks most now is population. They only have 10,000+ people left, almost all of whom are old and weak women and children. These old and weak women and children are also recruited to drive carts for them.

Women and the elderly drive carts, but one advantage is that they don't have to walk on their legs, and they can put their children and belongings on the carts.

Of course, the population of the Kingdom of Jin is more than that. Although most of them fled to the south and were migrated away by the Western Army under the pretext of epidemic prevention, there are actually more than [-] people in various places, but the population of more than [-] is too scattered. It is impossible to gather, and the rest of the population are the people of Shangjing, all of whom follow the royal family.

Their sick family members were left in Shangjing to fend for themselves, and the people were very sad. Thinking of their parents, brothers and sisters dying alone in Shangjing, everyone was heartbroken, but there was no way to stay in Shangjing, and they were the same is dead.

Fortunately, the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wan Yanquan, allowed them to take their children, even if they were sick, which gave the people a little bit of comfort, but even so, many children died on the way, in just half a month. Thousands of children died on the road alone.

Among the tens of thousands of large tents, the largest one is the king's tent, and the surrounding thousands are noble tents and warehouse tents. These special large tents are surrounded by barracks and separated from other large tents of ordinary people.

In a small tent next to the king's tent, Empress Pei Manshi and Zuo Chancellor Wanyan Xiyin were sitting together alone. Both of them were arranging their clothes. It was obvious that they had just done something unspeakable.

Wanyan Quan and his wife, Pei Manshi, are completely politically married. He doesn't like this wife very much, and there is no child between them. Pei Manshi stays alone all year round, but she is an extremely powerful woman who loves power. Of course Wanyan Wushu could not be tolerated to seize power, since the emperor refused to act and listen to her persuasion, she had no choice but to do it herself.

The target Pei Manshi was looking for was the famous old pervert Wanyan Xiyin. The two hit it off immediately, and not only had an indescribable relationship, but also reached an anti-Liang alliance.

Liang is Liang Wang Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Xiyin is also extremely dissatisfied with Wanyan Wushu. The good Dajin was tossed to death by him, and no one could tolerate it.

Moreover, Wanyan Xiyin also opposed moving the capital. Originally, he only agreed to go to Linhuang Mansion to take shelter for a year and a half before returning to Beijing. It became a relocation of the capital, which really made him very angry.

Now Pei Manshi asked to join forces with him to deal with Wanyan Wushu, he hesitated for a long time, but he still agreed, with the emperor's skin, many things will be easier to handle.

Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a while and said, "It doesn't matter whether the emperor agrees or not, the key is that you have to hold the emperor's seal in your hand."

Pei Man said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, the emperor's seal is in my hand, and he doesn't care about it at all. During this period of time, he was drinking all day, drunk and dreaming, no one wants to pay attention to him!"

She put her arms around Wanyan Xiyin's neck and said: "When you seize the power, you come to be the emperor, and I will continue to be your queen!"

Wanyan Xiyin laughed dryly, "Let's talk about this later!"

"Then tell me, which general did you recruit?"

Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a while and said, "Chang Han knows!"

Pei Manshi nodded, "I remember that he belongs to Wan Yanchang, but he hasn't been purged?"

"He was Wanyan Wushu's subordinate at the beginning. Wanyanwushu didn't kill him because of his sympathy. He had [-] troops under his command, all of them were Khitan and Han. He was originally stationed in Longzhou. Longzhou didn't Infected by the epidemic, Han Chang just rushed over to meet up."

Pei Manshi was dissatisfied immediately: "Since there is no epidemic in Longzhou, why don't you go to Longzhou, instead go all the way to Linhuang Mansion?"

Wanyan Xiyin sighed, "This is his political purpose, and it is also the real reason why he said he wanted to move the capital. He wants to lose the land of the Great Gold Dragon and move to the grassland. He wants to become the Great Khan of the Grassland!"

"absurd!"

Pei Manshi was furious: "Isn't he afraid that his ancestors will come to settle accounts with him?"

"He has an army in his hands, so he's afraid of shit!"

Wanyan Xiyin cursed, got up and said: "Hurry up and draft an edict to make Han Chang the king of Liao. I promised him before, it is not good, and Han Chang will not easily do things for me."

"Is Han Chang reliable?"

Wanyan Xiyin nodded, "He is very loyal to Wanyanchang, and he only wants to avenge Wanyanchang. Wanyanwu shows the benevolence of a woman and let Han Chang go, he will be backed by Han Chang!"

Pei Manshi went out, and soon got back an imperial edict with the emperor's seal, making Han Chang the king of Liao and Minister of the Ministry of war.

Wanyan Xiyin hurried away with the imperial edict.

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Han Chang's army is not currently besieging Linhuang City, he is stationed in the forest, commanding the army to cooperate with craftsmen to build nest carts.

Twenty nest carts have been built so far. Han Chang was leading his army to escort the huge nest cart to Linhuang City, and happened to meet Wanyan Xiyin who rushed over halfway.

In the big tent, Han Chang knelt down and respectfully accepted the imperial decree. Wanyan Xiyin said again: "If you can kill Wanyan Wushu, the emperor and the empress will reward you with 1 taels of gold and seal Dading Mansion to you." You, including the cattle and sheep of the population there, you are the real king, you can establish your own country in Liaodong, General Han, Wanyan Wushu will never give you this opportunity!"

Han Chang said decisively: "It doesn't matter whether you have a fief or not, but your determination to avenge Marshal Talandu will never change. I have brought two thousand troops. When he comes to check the trebuchet, it is my chance to strike!"

"The specific timing is in the hands of General Han. Once we succeed, we will be notified immediately, and the emperor will take over the army."

"I understand. Please rest assured, Xiangguo, and the emperor and empress. Once I succeed, I will send someone to report immediately."

After Wanyan Xiyin left, Han Chang personally sent him out of the big tent. Looking at his back in the distance, Han Chang's eyes showed an imperceptible sneer.

……

Wanyan Xiyin never dreamed that Han Chang escorted the catapult to Linhuang City, he immediately found Wanyan Wushu, and reported to Wanyan Wushu that Wanyan Xiyin was planning to rebel.

Wanyan Xiyin completely misunderstood Han Chang. Han Chang is loyal to Wanyanchang, but Wanyanchang is not his father. He and Wanyan Wushu have no revenge for killing his father. It is impossible to be loyal to two people at the same time.

Once Wanyan Chang disappeared, he immediately came to his door to pledge his allegiance to Wanyan Wushu. Wanyanwushu accepted his allegiance generously and continued to let him be in charge of the army.

Han Chang was very grateful to Wanyan Wushu, and besides, he was not a fool, the military power was in Wanyan Wushu's hands, how could he support the empty emperor for a so-called name?

What's more, Liaodong and Dading Mansion have already been occupied by the Western Army, and it is said that he is officially named the king of Liao. Do you think he is a fool?

Wanyan Wushu patted Han Chang on the shoulder and said approvingly: "I know you won't betray me. Facts have proved that I didn't misunderstand the person. Don't worry, I will give you whatever they give you. Let's be together." Create a foundation in the grassland, and I will let you go to the west to build your own kingdom and give your descendants a legacy!"

Han Chang was grateful and said: "I am not just saying my allegiance to the prince. In the future, every inch of land I lay down will belong to the prince, and my descendants will be the descendants who have loyal to the prince for generations!"

"Good! In the future we will create a foundation."

Han Chang also suggested: "I suggest that the prince go west as soon as possible, and don't love to fight in Linhuang Mansion. Chen Qing is determined and will not give up his plan just because of a little epidemic. I am worried that his army will go north at any time. I think that Lin The lack of food in the Huang Mansion is more likely to be using tricks to hold the prince back!"

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "You make a lot of sense. After the rebellion is cleared, we will go west immediately!"

……

Han Chang continued to return to the forest to lead his army, and Wanyan personally led [-] cavalry back to the king's account.

That night, Wanyan Wushu led the army into the king's tent. The emperor Wanyan Quan was killed while drunk, the empress Pei Man was hanged, and after Wanyan Xiyin handed over the list of accomplices, he was also killed by Wanyan Wu. Shu cut off his head with his own hands.

Wanyan Wushu's heart was as hard as iron, and he immediately ordered the bloodbath of the noble camp. Hundreds of nobles and their families who opposed him were killed, and their wealth was plundered by Wanyan Wushu.

At this time, the 20 main force of the Western Army had arrived fifty miles south of Linhuang City.

At this moment, Wanyan Wushu has just returned to Daying, and two 10,000+ people and carts are preparing to leave for Daying.

The news of the arrival of the main force of the 20 Western Army stunned Wanyan Wushu and put him in a dilemma. What would the people do if he led the army to escape?What about the huge amount of wealth?And what about the army's food supplies?

At this time, seven or eight commanders rushed to the big tent one after another, demanding a decisive battle with the Western Army.

"My lord, this is the grassland and our territory. We have a powerful Meng'an cavalry. The Song army only has 20 soldiers. We can completely defeat them!"

"My lord, if we annihilate the Western Army, we can return to the Central Plains and regain everything we lost."

"My lord, the soldiers are unwilling to abandon their wives and children, and they are unwilling to leave."

The generals supervised the battle, and finally Shi Wanyan Wushu made up his mind to fight!Fight to the death with the Western Army.

……

The 20 troops of the Western Army stopped 19 miles south of Linhuang City, the [-] troops of the Western Army rested in place, and [-] troops guarded [-] camels, [-] miles away.

At the same time, another [-] troops led by Liu Cui came from Liaodong. At this time, they were not far away, about [-] miles away from Chen Qing's main force.

In fact, Chen Qing's main force could join forces with the army from Liaodong ahead of time, bringing the total force to 28. With the addition of the 33 troops from Linhuang City, the total force reached [-].