The situation of Liaokou near the river and the sea greatly limited the offensive plane of the Jin army. Tart lazy in the upper reaches of the Liao River to collect a lot of civilian river boats, the first row of boats to open the road piled up with firewood and grass, ignited down the river, the back of the civilian boats carried more than 2,000 soldiers who could get on the boat, ready to attack the west gate of Liaokou.

When the Hanbu sailors saw it, they blocked the front with several small river boats, and set their rudders in the horizontal ground. The fireboats that rushed down from the upper reaches collided with these riverboats and became entangled, and they spiraled in the center of the river and burned together, burning a piece of the river into a sea of fire. The Jin army ships that followed closely behind the fireboats hurriedly stopped, and watched as the ships that opened the way burned on the surface of the river.

After burning for more than half an hour, the fire gradually went out, and the Han Navy Division dispatched the vehicles and boats upstream, first using iron hooks to open the fireboat, and then advancing to ram the Jurchen ships that had not yet withdrawn ashore. The northerners are not accustomed to horses, but not boats, where is the opponent of the Han Navy Master on the water? So the battle on the water was completely one-sided. Tart lazy was furious, and commanded the archers to shoot the chariots and ships on the shore, but his men lacked high-strength long-range weapons such as bed crossbows, so how could he cause great damage to the Hanbu sailors by holding their arms alone? After this battle, the ships that were collected with great difficulty were all wiped out, and the soldiers who could take the boats were also lost, and from then on, the Jurchens no longer dared to compete with the Han on the water, and the coveting of the west gate of Liaokou also stopped completely.

The tart lazy side lost, and Zongwang Zonghan's side was also uncomfortable, and in the past few days, the strong attack, night attack, detour, and artillery bombardment have all been tried, but they have not been able to cause fundamental damage to Liaokou. Zong Han had the intention to drive the people to attack the city as a vanguard, but the villagers around Liaokou who belonged to the jurisdiction of the Han Department had withdrawn into the city, and the villages in the southeast of Chenzhou had no one to capture. Zong Han wanted to catch the people in the Hanmin village in Tokyo Road as a precursor, which frightened Liu Yanzong, Yelu Yujian and others to hurriedly advise. Zong Han also knew that if the Jin army really did this, he would have to offend the non-Jurchen people in the territory, so he had no choice but to give up.

Seeing that Liaokou was difficult, Zong Wang had the intention to change his offensive strategy, first dividing his troops to advance to the south with 5,000 lives, and then trying to see how hard the defense in the south was. At this time, the road leading to Jinmen had long been cut off, and the previously smooth road was now all potholed ravines, making it difficult for horses to advance. Zong Bi drove the people of Tokyo Province to pick up dirt and gravel for miles to fill in the potholed ground, but he filled in a mile here, and the Han farmers over there dug an extra mile, and if he wanted to abandon his horse and go south with infantry, he was worried that there were crossbowmen ambushed in the ravine, coupled with the attack of the Han infantry, Zong Bi's troops did not have an advantage, and the progress of the southern push was very slow.

On this day, the war stopped for a while, and Liu Yanzong came to the ancestral hall of the dilapidated village to meet Yang Pu again. Yang Pu seemed much calmer than last time in this meeting, and Liu Yanzong's attitude was not as domineering as last time, but the two sides were still unwilling to make too many concessions. Yang Pu stated that the Han Ministry was willing to continue to recognize Dajin's suzerainty, but only if the Jurchens withdrew their troops and sent back to Zheyanchong; Liu Yanzong insisted that the Han Department go out of the city to meet the division and dismantle the Liaokou city defense, but did not mention anything about the folding of Yanchong. The two discussed for half the night, but there was still no result.

That night, Zong Wang launched a night attack without success, but lost more than 300 people, and the next day the battle broke out again, Zong Wang looked at the wounded soldiers on the front line who kept falling, and knew that if he continued to fight like this, if his main army and horses were damaged by more than one-third, the status of the second room in the Dajin court would be shaken.

Zong Gan was even more anxious after knowing the situation in Huining, and even sent a secret letter asking Zong Wang to drive the soldiers and horses of other tribes and factions to open the way in front, so as not to let the strength of the second room be damaged too much, but the leaders of other tribes and factions are not fools, if the second room does not make a contribution, how can they bravely attack the city? These days, Zongwang has actually hidden Allah's power behind the Han infantry, but Zong Han and Tart, who have a great influence in the army, cannot command after all! Zonggan couldn't, and urged Wu Qimai to quickly requisition Huanglong Mansion and Shangjing Dao soldiers and horses for reinforcements. Wu Qimai had been prepared for this matter for a long time, he originally knew that it would not be easy to conquer Liaokou City, but he didn't expect this city to be like this! However, he was reluctant to launch the army that had been prepared in Huanglong Mansion, and the reason for this is intriguing.

The Jin State is in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and the Han side is not having a good time. Yang Yingqi was so uncomfortable holding stacks of bills in Jinmen. Hanbu's savings over the years are quite abundant, and he can still support the current battle situation, but how long can he support it? In order to cope with this war, Yang Yingqi has already divided a large area of territory in the northern part of the peninsula into a war zone, and slowed down the advance of Zongbi with large-scale surface destruction. After the war, the reconstruction of the land and the resettlement of the aborigines of the land alone were enough to drain 30% of the financial savings of the Han people.

Yang Yingqi calculated this big account, and felt that even if the Han Ministry could win this war by chance, and even defeat Dajin, he was afraid that the Jinmen government would not have the strength to effectively control the Northeast Plain - unless he was willing to degenerate the administrative system of the Han Ministry into a state and county fetters system, and let the economic model degenerate to a very inefficient agricultural and pastoral mode, but in this case, the system construction that the Han Ministry spent nearly ten years in Jinmen might be greatly impacted - because once the inefficient bureaucratic system and economic model are formed, it will not be ten years. It can be changed in twenty years, not to mention that this war may not be won by the Han Minister!

"Alas......" Zong Wang and Yang Yingqi sighed almost at the same time, but they couldn't stop yet-Zong Wang was unwilling, and Yang Yingqi couldn't stop.

"Liaonan is really difficult to fight." Zong Han did not reveal the snickering in his heart, he was not hurt much in this war, and his main army in Datong was still intact.

Zong Wang snorted and said, "Sticky Han, don't grow the ambition of others, destroy your own prestige!" ”

Zong Han said: "Yan Chong said that Liaokou is prepared, and it is true. In today's situation, it is extremely difficult to pacify the Han army by force. ”

Zong Wang said: "It's all here, can you turn back?" The 7,000 soldiers and horses of the Chenban will arrive the day after tomorrow, and the emperor has also transferred the Huanglong Mansion 10,000 horsemen to help, and you will stay here to watch Liaokou, and I will lead the Pingzhou military horses straight down to Jinmen! "There are 2,000 troops and horses under the command of Xianye at this moment, he brought them from Huining, 2,000 people were left by Zong Han to guard Zhe Yanchong, and the remaining 3,000 people were Xiao Ziqi.

Zong Han said: "Although Xiao Tienu offered Zhi Yanchong, how can he be trusted. If it weren't for the fear of Khitan and Bohai disagreeing, I would have wanted to trap him first to avoid future troubles! ”

Zong Wang muttered: "It's better to wait for him to arrive, and drive him as the vanguard to attack the Han Department - then he won't be able to turn back." How is it? ”

Zong Han heaved and said, "To a traitor, you don't have to be polite. But he's not a fuel-efficient lamp either! If we want to kill people with a knife, he won't be able to see it? ”

Zong Wang sneered: "If he dares to disobey, then we will pit him first!" ”

Zong Han shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid it's inappropriate." The man slipped tightly. Looking at Zhi Yanchong these days, he will not relax at all, if we force him to be anxious, in case he robs Zhi Yanchong and finds another way, it will not be good. After Zhi Yanchong was placed under house arrest, according to the previous agreement between Lu Yanlun, Han Fang and Liu Yanzong, Xiao Tienu, Zong Wang, Zong Han and Tart Lazy respectively sent 300 elite soldiers to "guard", Zhi Yanchong was accompanied by Pu Luhu and An Tahai in the tent, and there were four large camps with a total of 1,200 people outside the tent, and there were three groups of people around this 1,200 people - one group belonged to Zong Han, one group belonged to Xianye, and one group belonged to Xiao Tienu. There are more than 2,000 people in each of these three divisions, and they contain each other and monitor each other, so they go very slowly, and they have not yet come to meet the teacher.

Zong Wang frowned and said, "The situation in the Han Department is not quite right. ”

Zong Han asked, "What?" ”

Zong Wang said: "They are fighting like this now, aren't they afraid that we will really kill Zhi Yanchong?" ”

Zong Han sneered: "Will you kill him?" ”

This sentence hit the key point of Zong Wang and others, and now the Han Department has obviously completed the internal integration without Zhi Yan Chong, in this case, Zhi Yan Chong is only valuable if he is alive, and it is of little significance if he is dead.

"...... you say," Zong Wang said, "Zhi Yanchong won't have come to us on purpose to be a hostage this time, right?" ”

Zong Han was shocked by Zong Wang's words, shook his head and said, "How is that possible!" To deliberately put us under house arrest is to put our lives in our hands! I don't believe he's going to take such a risk! Besides, how did he know that after he was placed under house arrest by us, the Han Ministry would not be chaotic? In case there is chaos in the Han Ministry, or the people who control the Han Ministry do not take his life and death seriously at all, then wouldn't he die in vain? ”

Zong Wang nodded and said, "Yes." He also did not believe that there would be anyone in the world who would give his life entirely to someone else.

Zong Han said: "In any case, I still think that Zhiyan Chong's chess piece should be used as much as possible." ”

Zong Wang said: "You mean...... Divide the Han Department? ”

"Not bad!" Zong Han said with a smile: "Judging from the current situation, Yang Yingqi has obviously controlled the Han Department, and if a person has been in power for a long time, he will always be reluctant to do so." ”

Zong Wang said: "Did you say that after a period of time, let Zhiyan rush back and fight with Yang Yingqi?" ”

Zong Han said: "That's pretty much what it means, but there's no need to let Orihiko rush back." ”

Zong Wang said: "That's ......"

Zong Han said: "Don't forget what we had at the beginning! In fact, we can carve out another piece of land and let those who are dissatisfied with Yang Yingqi support Zhiyanchong there. ”

Zong Wang said: "The idea is a good idea. But where to find the site? Don't talk about dividing Liaoyang Mansion. ”

"Of course, it can't be too close to Liaonan! But not too far. Zong Han said: "It's too close, if we are swept away by Zheyan, and what means are used to merge this new territory with southern Liaoning, then we will lose more than we gain." But if it is too far away, the generals and officials of the Han Department cannot go to the old master, then this strategy is meaningless. Besides, we can't set aside a place in the territory for Zhi Yanchong - then the emperor won't agree. ”

Zong Wang said tentatively: "You mean...... Great Song? ”

"Not bad! It's Da Song! ”

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Don't forget to smash the flowers!