After the news of Yelu Dashi's personal expedition came out, the morale of the Liao army was greatly boosted. It is now the end of April since the troops were dispatched in December last year. The two armies of Jin and Liao fought fiercely in Shenzhou and Liaoyang for nearly half a year, and the soldiers were all tired and could not tolerate the scorching heat, but at this time, no one dared to retreat lightly. Yelu Tiege was strictly ordered to make meritorious contributions, and also began to attack and defend each other with the Jin soldiers, and the infantry army camped for more than ten miles by virtue of the mountain situation, and each other was horns, and there were large groups of iron cavalry echoing back and forth between the camps. The Jin soldiers were repeatedly unable to attack. The two sides of Liaojin were at a stalemate. Under the attack of the Jin soldiers for several days, Liaoyang City was already crumbling. However, the fighting dragged on for months, but it was still unconquered. Seeing that the reinforcements of Yelu Dashi's personal expedition in Shangjing were about to arrive, the Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguta, who was stationed in Huanglong Mansion, finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to lead 20,000 iron horsemen to the south and hunt under Liaoyang City with Yelu Dashi.

Outside the city of Liaoyang, the Jin soldiers attacked the city more violently. Every time they attacked the city, the Jin soldiers often drove more than 10,000 troops to sign the army as the precursor, but they mixed the elite of Meng'an Mouke, and the Liao army defending the city was negligent, so they could only shoot ten thousand arrows and smash the stone down the city, but they really couldn't kill many Jurchen soldiers. For months, the land outside the city was stained purple and black with blood. At the beginning of the siege of Liaoyang, in order to prevent the plague from raging, after each confrontation, the Liao army at the head of the city tacitly did not kill or injure the corpse collection team of the Jin State. Later, when the weather became hotter, the Jin soldiers actually threw the rotting human and animal corpses into the city, and the Liao army no longer tolerated the Jin soldiers approaching to collect the corpses. As soon as the golden soldiers approached the city wall, arrows rained down.

At this time, under the city of Liaoyang, the corpses had been piled up, rotting to the point that they were not looking good, and even when there was wind, there was an unbearable stench. Most of the houses in Liaoyang City were blown up by stone bombs, and most of the rest were demolished to strengthen the broken city walls. Fortunately, there are a lot of reserves in the city of Liaoyang, and hundreds of thousands of Khitan people know that if the city is broken, they will definitely die, and even the healthy women go to the city to defend it, and the old and weak transport arrows and stones to guard the slaves. And Xiao Suxian, who stayed in Tokyo, was originally a descendant of the Bohai clan, and Yelu Dashi privately promised him the restoration of the Bohai Sea, so the Bohai people in the city were able to fight to the death. The Bohai clan that the Jin army was hoping for was hopeless, but the inner Ying of the Brotherhood took advantage of the battle between the two armies to deliver the news, saying that the Hannu in the workshop in the city were preparing to rise up, and asked the army outside the city to prepare to respond.

It stands to reason that the Han'er in the city are all slaves and have no contact with the outside world at all, but there happens to be a Han'er who has joined the Brotherhood of Volunteers, who is the son-in-law of the Bohai people, so he was concealed by the Yue family in the household registration and was also incorporated into the Bohai people's military register. Zhao Xingde was quite surprised, and after checking that the code was correct, he still informed the Jin Jun of the news.

At present, the pattern of Liaoyang City was planned by Han Chang in that year, and various workshops were distributed according to the direction of the five elements, including Kouyun, Dongmu, Beishui, Nanhuo, and Xijin. The east is the wood of A and B, just east of Liaoyang, there are many mountains and forests, and the east of the city is full of carpenter's workshops, processing all kinds of woodware. The north is the water of non-decay, the north of Liaoyang City is adjacent to the Taizi River, and the scale of the wharf is second to none in the interior of Liaodong, and the goods are mostly transferred to other places. The south is the fire of Bingding, the south of the city has many kiln factories, burning bricks and making pottery, and the fire is soaring at night. The west is the gold of Gengxin, and there are many iron shop workshops in the west of the city, and iron farm tools, various armor and weapons are made in the west of the city. The world calls Xia Guojian the first in the world, and in the Central Plains, there are many high-grade blades that lie that they are made of Xia Guobai steelmaking, but in fact, they are all produced in Liaoyang, because the steel is pure, sharp and durable, and ordinary people can't distinguish it at all. This time, most of the Han workers and slaves who contacted the incident were in the blacksmith workshop in the west of the city.

When Han Ningshuang introduced the layout of Liaoyang to Zhao Xingde, Zhao Xingde also sighed that this Han Chang should be a very smart person. Not only did the resources and logistics corresponding to various workshops be arranged just right, but also the attributes of the five elements were alluded to to build momentum for the Han army. So much so that after the failure of the Han army, the Liao court has not changed the slightest change because of the original plan of attacking Liaoyang City. Liaodong has also been circulating the saying that Liaoyang is the head of the dragon vein in Liaodong, and even the emperor of the Jin State is quite concerned.

The defenders of the Liao State have completely blocked the Xiande Gate and the Great Liao Gate among the three city gates in the west, leaving only a large Shun Gate due west for the Liao army to ride out of the city for the impact. After the Han army uprising, it was to seize this Dashun Gate. Han Ningshuang said hello to Wan Yan, and led the army to ambush outside the west city wall first. The Jin soldiers originally encircled Liaoyang City in a way of besieging three queyi, and the attack on the west city wall was not fierce. Immediately ordered Wanyan Zongbi, Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Lou to lead 20,000 regular soldiers to be transferred to the west of Liaoyang City. The other Jin soldiers were still attacking the eastern, southern, and northern walls with all their might, leaving the western walls alone, preparing to attack the city immediately as soon as there was movement in the city.

From the head of Liaoyang City, there are endless camp tents in the endless camp, and at night, the torches are swaying everywhere, and the distribution is not clear, so more than 20,000 soldiers and horses are transferred to the west of the city, and the Liao soldiers in Liaoyang City are also unaware. However, after lying in ambush for several days, there was no movement in the city, and the Jin army was a little secretly suspicious. There were as many as 150,000 Jin soldiers besieging Liaoyang, but there were only more than 80,000 regular soldiers. There were more than 50,000 regular soldiers in the 80,000 Jin troops who confronted the Liao reinforcements. The Liao army that continued to attack the city was more than 70,000 people, but the main army was only 30,000, and now two-thirds of them are stranded outside the west city and do nothing. Seeing that Yan Agu was about to rush to Liaoyang City, it seemed that Yan Zonghan and other fierce generals wanted to make meritorious deeds as soon as possible. If it weren't for Han Ningshuang and Zhao Xingde's efforts to keep them, they would have turned this elite to other directions long ago.

"Lao Zhao, the internal response of this brotherhood, shouldn't it be ......" Jian Cheng looked out through the gap in the tent, the wind and waves were calm on the city wall, and there was no other sound in the city. Jian Cheng couldn't help but didn't say any more, Yu Wenliang next to him was the one who gave up the small ventilation to report the news, and when he heard the words, he was anxious, and said in a trembling voice: "Generals, the brothers in the city are all working with their heads, and the reinforcements must not be withdrawn." ”

"Don't worry," Zhao Xingde patted him on the shoulder and said in a deep voice, "We won't leave." He turned his head to look inside the tent, and there were eight people crowded into this small tent. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Liao army at the head of the city, everyone was not allowed to enter and exit at will during the day, and at night, food and water were sent from behind. Most of the Han troops were concentrated in the camp tent in the front, while more than 20,000 Jin soldiers were in the back. Han Ningshuang has already agreed with Wanyan that if Liaoyang City is broken, all the Han people in this city will be owned by the Han army.

Yu Wenliang said gratefully and in a deep voice: "General Xie." Zhao Xingde nodded at him, sighed and didn't speak again, and looked out again, but there was still no movement in the city.

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Behind the western city wall of Liaoyang, within a hundred steps is a demolished vacant land, piled up with stones, rolling wood and other materials. Because the Jin soldiers intended to encircle Sanque one, the Liao soldiers here were not as dense as the other three sides, and the Khitan women and the old and weak who helped the defense of the city were also arranged on the other three sides. Although the strength of the western city wall was inferior to the other three sides, Xiao Suxian, who stayed in Tokyo, did not relax his vigilance for this, and even ordinary Bohai people were not allowed to get within a hundred steps of the city wall.

A hundred steps from the city walls is the blacksmith's workshop. The blades in the city are cut and the iron armor is broken, and those that cannot be repaired must be returned to the furnace to be rebuilt. In addition to taking out the weapons stored over the years from the armor storehouse, the armor weapons required were also made by the workshop here.

Inside the workshop, there was a dense sound of "ding-ding-ding-" in the smoke and fire, and occasionally there was a "zi-la-", and the red-hot iron reached into the water to bring out a piece of steam. Because of the hot weather, most of the workers and slaves who struck iron were naked, and only a strip of cloth covered their shame, and the smoke and sweat made it difficult for everyone to see their faces clearly.

Yang San'er and Liu Quan occasionally exchanged glances. Yu Wenliang's life and death are uncertain, and I don't know if the news of the incident has been brought outside. In the past ten days, judging from the weapons and armor sent by the Khitans to repair, the battle outside has become more and more intense. Just the day before yesterday, a stone bullet hit the workshop shed next to it. There were fewer and fewer Khitan soldiers guarding them. A cold light flashed in Liu Quan's eyes, Yang San'er nodded meaningfully, raised his head slightly, and looked at Huo An in the distance. Huo An was standing next to the anvil and wielding the hammer vigorously, sweat staining his hair on his cheeks, he also looked at Yang San'er, nodded, his footsteps moved, and the shackles made a clanging sound. When these slaves were forging their blades, they were firmly tied to the ground with shackles and chains, and they could move no more than two steps from side to side.

Several leaders who were preparing to start the incident, Li Yi, Guo An, Zhou Wang, and Feng Ding did not hesitate at all. Yang San'er looked at Liu Quan again, and both of them nodded. Liu Quan buried his head and deliberately flicked the charcoal fire, and a sword that was being built burned red. The sun was about to set in a quarter of an hour, and in order to prevent accidents at night, the Khitan government would drive these slaves to sleep farther away from the city walls.

Three or four Khitan officials walked up to Li San'er and asked him to count the blades he had built today, and Li San'er reported to him with a smile on his face, trying his best to attract the attention of the Khitan officials. Just two steps away, Liu Quan suddenly pulled out the iron sword that was burning in the charcoal fire, and inserted it into the back of the Khitan man with a "snort-" sound, the blood had a scorched taste, and before the Khitan official could react, the iron sword was withdrawn and inserted into the chest of a person next to him again. The remaining two Khitan officials turned around and pulled out their scimitars, and Li San'er picked up the hammer and smashed it into their heads, and their brains burst out immediately.

"Do it!" With a loud shout! Huo An picked up the sledgehammer and kept "jumping", "jumping", "boom-" and smashed on the iron chains attached to the shackles in a row, and two or three iron rings were smashed to pieces. The Khitans should not have let the slaves build these chains by themselves, Huo An and others deliberately added sulfur to the iron, although it seems to be thick and strong, but it is abnormally brittle, and it can be broken by smashing it with a heavy hammer. For a time, dozens of slaves were freed, grabbed their blades and slaughtered them towards the adjacent workshop.