Because of the relationship between the Liao State and the intention to divide and rule, the Yalu River Jurchen tribes living in the hinterland of the Liao State have not been unified. This time, the Jurchen tribe learned that the Han army was attacking Baozhou, and each tribe also sent soldiers respectively, and when they arrived at Laiyuan City, each department also set up camp tents, but they were just closer. The camp is not as strict as the regular army of Jinguo, and after the camp tent is set up, those who practice martial arts, herd sheep, and cook food do their own thing. It was nearly dusk, and the sound of hu fluting, whimpering, mournful and desolate, came from the Jurchen camp, like an elegy.

Many of the subordinates stood by the camp tent and enviously watched the garrison to move the spoils, and the leaders of the various tribes, under the leadership of Wang Hengzhi, came to Zhao Xingde to discuss the next move. When they arrived at the Chinese military tent, the soldiers told the captain to inspect the camp for the wounded, and Wang Hengzhi and others came to the camp tent that Langzhong bandaged for the wounded. This camp for the wounded was a separate part of the camp, and in addition to the wounded sergeants of the 8th Battalion itself, some lightly wounded Goryeo prisoners were treated here.

The Jurchen leader also said with envy: "I knew that these Goryeo people were so vulnerable, we should have knocked down Baozhou City a long time ago." "The Yalu River Jurchen tribe had a feud with the Goryeo, and since the withdrawal of the Liao army, the Goryeo have taken over Baozhou on the hind foot. The nearby Jurchen tribes were like sitting on pins and needles, so Wang Hengzhi invited him slightly, and he also united with other tribes and brought more than 2,000 warriors to attack Baozhou.

"Although the Koreans were defeated, they held out almost until half of them were killed or wounded before retreating, and they were defeated by the incomplete arms of the army, and it was difficult to defeat the well-coordinated army of infantry and cavalry artillery by relying on numbers and bravery alone." Zhao Xingde didn't care whether he understood the meaning of the words or not, and turned his head to Wang Heng and said straightly: "The main force of the Goryeo army that came to the far city has been annihilated by our battalion outside the city, and there must be a lot of heavy grain and grass in this city. ”

As soon as his words fell, his forehead suddenly showed blue tendons. "General Wang, didn't you say that at the beginning?" "Are we Jurchens doing it for nothing?" He had fought many times with the Goryeo army, and knew that it was not easy to deal with. Zhao De easily packed up the elite soldiers of Goryeo. He was also a little timid in his heart, even if he was dissatisfied with him, he only asked Wang Hengzhi to make noise.

Wang Hengzhi was suddenly embarrassed and said: "General Zhao, the leader of the forehead also came to attack Baozhou together, which is also a good intention...... He coughed and said in a deep voice: "No matter what, the three armies will ally Baozhou, and the first thing is to work together to defeat the distant city, and you can't mess up your own position." It is also necessary to avoid the loss of General Zhao's previous achievements. ”

His original idea was to bring 3,000 strong men over to mix the military rations for 20 days, and then take Zhao Xingde's elite troops to besiege Kaizhou City. Wang Hengzhi also had no intention of conquering Kaizhou City, but just wanted to attract the attention of the Liao State for Han Ningshuang to pass through Suzhou Guannan. The Han army was hidden in the deep mountains and dense forests all the year round, and except for a few cutting-edge generals around Han Ningshuang, most of them lost the courage and confidence to attack the city and fight a tough battle. Who knew that the battle situation in Baozhou was greatly beyond his expectations, and Xia Guoying not only blocked the Yalu River in this area with gunboats, but also cut off the reinforcement of the Goryeo army between Baozhou and Laiyuan. Zhao Xingde even single-handedly defeated the Goryeo army, which was three times his size.

"The army of the Xia State is so strong, no wonder the Song and Liao countries are so jealous." Wang Hengzhi and his forehead were also silent on the surface, but in fact, they were deeply afraid and unwilling to show weakness. Wang Hengzhi saw that the far city was small, the Goryeo army could not exceed 3,000, and the main force had been damaged, even if the city was stormed, there would be no big casualties, so he deliberately picked up a slippery head. What's more, with the help of the Jurchen army, the chances of capturing the distant city are not small.

However, Zhao Xingde didn't look at Wang Hengzhi and Erliye, and only kept leaning down to check on the wounded sergeant. Seeing that many artillerymen were injured by stray arrows in their arms and calves, which were not protected by the armor, Zhao Xingde regretted placing all the archers in the flank camp, and muttered: "It would be good if there were effective archers in front of the defense line when the Goryeo army was charging into battle." Liu Zhijian was also watching the gunners of his team from the side, shook his head and said, "Don't blame yourself, captain." Everyone saw with their own eyes that the best way for archers to kill the enemy was to arrange them in the flank artillery barriers. If you want to blame, it's a pity that we have too few archers, and all the soldiers in the garrison camp are used. He sighed and said, "The Protectorate will never agree to cut swords, shields, and pikemen, and increase archers." Zhao Xingde nodded and sighed. The soldiers of the Xia State used all kinds of blades, just like the various schoolwork of the Great Song Dynasty scholars, which affected people's chances of advancing to the official ranks, and they could not be changed easily. On the other hand, increasing the proportion of archers is not beneficial or harmless, compared with the Great Song Dynasty's increase in the archers of the infantry army to eighty percent, the Xia army emphasized more hand-to-hand combat to defeat the enemy, so the infantry camp was equipped with more heavily armored spearmen and sword and shield men.

The two of them were discussing as if no one was here, and just five paces away, some lightly wounded Goryeo soldiers were also wrapping their wounds. Cui Xianxi was dragged out of the pile of dead people in the trench by the sergeant, with no morale and a gray face, and only sat on the ground with a wooden face. Hearing that the enemy general summed up the gains and losses of this battle, he only felt ashamed and wanted to die. "In the past, I was used to being flattered in Kaijing, but today I know that there are people in the world, and there is a sky outside the sky." He raised his head, seriously remembered the appearance of the chief general of the Han army, and secretly decided, "If you are lucky enough to survive, Cui will come to ask Your Excellency for advice again." ”

Zhao Xingde deliberately snubbed the Han army and the Jurchen leaders who came late, and did not want to let them in easily to share the benefits. These people are not easy to deal with, and their foreheads are also full of anger, Wang Heng said with a straight smile: "General Zhao, there is something to say." Your army won the first battle, and rested for two days. Let our army and the Jurchen army fight far away. The wealth obtained by the three of us is divided equally, do you think it is good? ”

"Our army fought for a long time, and although it defeated the Goryeo army, it suffered a lot of losses. Well...... "When Zhao Xingde spoke, he looked embarrassed. In the end, under the continuous persuasion of Wang Hengzhi and Eli, everyone discussed and decided that Xia Guoying would be responsible for opening fire and bombarding Laiyuancheng, and the Han army and the Goryeo army would attack the city. There were gunboats patrolling the river in the Xia State camp, and it was impossible for either the Jurchens or the Han army to hold this place. After the city was broken, the Jurchens and the Han army divided the captured and Goryeo treasury equally, but they were not allowed to plunder the property of the people. Wang Hengzhi and Eli also calculated very clearly, when the Liao army withdrew, it must have searched the people in Baozhou and Laiyuan City, and the Goryeo army entered and scraped again. The people living in the city must have been in vain, and the Goryeo army stationed 3,000 soldiers and horses in a small county, so it is clear that the two cities have a lot of money in their treasury. Xia Guoying asked for the city and the people, and he was willing to give some practical benefits.

"General Zhao, what are you going to do with these Goryeo captives, so as not to waste food, either sell them to the Jin Kingdom as slaves, or kill them cleanly. Goryeo dog mongrels are not a good thing, and there is no less blood on our Jurchen hands. ”

Cui Xianxi kept pricking up his ears to eavesdrop, and he trembled even more when he heard the words, and he was full of worry, for fear that someone would see the clues.

Zhao Xingde looked at those pale-faced Goryeo slaves, many of whom could understand Chinese, and he said lightly: "Keep it first, this far city is not properly repaired, and after the city is conquered, it will be used to build a new city, and they will be needed." He paused and muttered, "It would be nice if I could get some more ransom." ”

Using captives to build projects is a common thing in troubled times, and he also snorted in his forehead, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the good lives of these Goryeo soldiers. Wang Hengzhi praised: "General Zhao let them live, it is really a bodhisattva's heart. "Building a city is hard labor, but it's much better than selling yourself into slavery in the kingdom of gold. Many Goryeo captives secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stayed in Laiyuan to build the city, at least they could see their homeland on the other side of the Yalu River every day. A noble son like Cui Xianxi, who was born in a hereditary martial arts class, has seven or eight hopes of survival, and he can't help but look forward to the rescue of the family in the country every day, and pay the ransom to redeem himself as soon as possible. After this bloody battle, although the news of the death of Dutong Jin Xianrong was not yet known, almost no one among the captives believed that the Baozhou army could reverse the defeat.

The fighting that followed was both expected and unexpected. The Goryeo army in the city was demoralized and lost foreign aid, and it was only a matter of time before it fell. Zhao Xingde intended to test the strength of the Han army and the Jurchen army, and only ordered the artillerymen to open artillery to bombard the far city, without sending a single soldier to help attack the city. Because the city was short, the Han army used the method of attacking the city with dirt mountains, and the strong men carried bags of soil under the city wall. The Goryeo soldiers placed arrows on the city walls to stop the piling of the mound, but suffered heavy casualties under the counterattack of bows and arrows from the castle. The earth mountain was piled up at an astonishing speed, but it took two days to reach the height of the city wall, and the Jurchen army and the elite of the Han army stepped on the earth mountain to attack the head of the Xicheng city. In the face of the visible fruits of victory, the Jurchen army and the Han army did not hesitate to suffer casualties, fought very bravely, and in less than half a day, Shengsheng drove all the Goryeo troops who resisted the last time from the city of Far West.

The remnants of the 700 Goryeo troops in the city finally surrendered to the Han army, and when various supplies such as food, armor, weapons and other materials were moved out of the camp, even Zhao Xingde secretly regretted it. Although only 3,000 troops were stationed, they had enough grain and grass for half a year, hundreds of thousands of arrows, more than 1,000 iron armor, and a mountain of wood and stone needed to rebuild the city. The Han army and the Jurchen army divided the spoils equally, and felt a little uncomfortable, so they generously gave all the prisoners to Zhao Xingde, but did not give food to feed the prisoners.

He also gave most of the materials he received to the Yalu River Jurchen tribes. As a result, after the Jurchen tribe tasted the sweetness, it is said that the supplies in Baozhou City were ten times that of the distant city, and the "savage" Jurchen was originally a feud with Goryeo, and originally wanted to take the opportunity to solve the threat of Goryeo. Within four or five days, more and more Jurchens gathered under the city of Baozhou, and various simple tents of different styles were connected one after another. According to Zhao Xingde, the Jurchen tribe under Baozhou City actually reached more than 13,000 people, although they did not belong to each other, but far exceeded the strength of the Han army and the Xia Guoying.