Chapter 398: Attacking the City

After Zhao Kuang finished his excitement, he stretched out his hand and said, "Commander, in order to show his sincerity, General Yin slashed and killed the supervisors and others sent by Wang Yu in his army, and all the heads are here, please take a look." ”

Jiang De didn't look at it, pulled Yin Yanmin and continued to walk inside, and said, "General Yin is doing things, do I still need to ask?" Today, we have saved the lives of tens of thousands of people, and we should be revealed! ”

On the banquet, Yin Yanmin sat in the first place on Jiang De's right hand in a restrained manner, he looked at the wine and food in front of him, but basically didn't eat anything, Xu Guanzhong looked at it in his eyes and asked, "Why doesn't General Yin eat?" Could it be that the food and wine here are not to the general's appetite? ”

Yin Yanmin bowed down and said, "The last general doesn't dare, but the last general is worried about his family, so he can't eat it." ”

Jiang De looked at Yin Yanmin, put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Someone!" ”

Several sergeants walked in and saluted Jiang De.

"Pass my password to the Jurchens in Xijing City, and say that I want Yin Yanmin's whole family, as long as they are willing to release people, I can give them 10,000 stone of grain."

"Commander-in-chief!" When a group of generals heard that they were going to send grain and grass to the Jurchens, they couldn't help but persuade one after another.

"Think twice, the Jurchens are short of food and grass, if we have food and grass, we may have to suffer from the enemy." Xu Guanzhong also got up and persuaded him.

"Okay, stop it, General Yin Yanmin led the army to vote, I can't even protect his family, how will I face the world's tongue in the future?"

Everyone lowered their heads and stopped persuading, Yin Yanmin was moved to tears, poofed, and crawled to the center, kowtowed to Jiang De and said, "Ming Gong is very kind, and it is difficult to return the broken bones of the last general, please let the last general be the vanguard, and the last general is willing to take Yizhou for Ming Gong." ”

"The general has just changed banners, is it inappropriate to let the general be the vanguard?" Jiang De asked.

Yin Yanmin replied, "Duke Ming is willing to pay 10,000 stone of military rations for the last general, and if the last general cares about such things, it will leave a stigma, please send a sergeant to protect me, if the last general can't take Yizhou within five days, let the head of the last general come to repay the kindness of Ming Gong." ”

Jiang De stood up with a bang, walked down, helped Yin Yanmin and said, "Okay, then please ask the general to bring his own soldiers and horses, and go to Yizhou tomorrow, I will wait for good news here!" ”

Yin Yanmin nodded heavily, walked to the table, took the wine jug, drank a pot of wine, and then arched his hand and said, "Generals, the last general will go on the expedition tomorrow, so I won't accompany you much, and the last will be in Yizhou City to spread wine and food, waiting for the arrival of the generals." ”

After Yin Yanmin left, Huang Xin said worriedly, "Commander, will this guy not come back once he goes?" Or set a trap for us in Yizhou? ”

Wu Song took a big sip of wine and said, "He wants to ambush, there are mountains and dangers here, isn't it better than Yizhou?" ”

Jiang De said with a smile, "Da Lang is right, okay, I will eat here today, you are ready to march at any time when you go back, and Da Lang will guard the Zhenyin Pass." ”

"The last general commands!"

- Three days later

"My lord! General Yin Yanmin sent a box. Xu Guanzhong walked in quickly with a box and said.

Jiang De put down the Lay's potato chips that he had exchanged and said, "Open it and take a look." ”

"Yes!" Xu Guanzhong put the box on the ground, opened it slowly, then took out an object and looked at it, and said with a smile, "Lord, it is the Great Seal of Yizhou City!" ”

"Good! Raise troops and go to Yizhou! Jiang De patted his thigh and said excitedly.

- and states

In just a few months, Wang Yu seems to be a few years old, the Liangshan army and the Jurchen army that were originally planned did not fight, the three mountains besieged him like a prison, and the 200,000 army will consume materials and food that ordinary people can imagine, Jin Fushi has persuaded him many times to streamline the army, but where does he dare to disarm...

"King, Weichen still thinks it's not appropriate to send General Yin Yanmin to garrison Maxiling." Jin Fushi lowered his head and said to Wang Yu again.

"This matter has been said many times, the Yin family still has a lot of influence in the army, and there are not many generals in our army, Ma Xiling is extremely important, you have to guard against the waterway and can't go, who can you send if you don't send him?" Wang Yu sighed.

He couldn't help but recall that more than ten years ago, when Goryeo was full of famous generals, where would there be no one available like now.

Jin Fushi said again, "Even if you want to use General Yin, it should not be placed in Maxiling, but in Dafeng Mountain." ”

"Dafeng Mountain is facing the Jurchens, and the Yin family has not escaped in Xijing, if the Jurchens use this as a threat, what should they do?"

Yin Yanmin attaches great importance to the family, because of this, he will never do anything to disgrace the family, the Jurchen is a barbarian, if he takes refuge for his family, the world will only say that he forgets the righteousness for the sake of filial piety.

But Jiang Xinzhi is different, they are not only from the Song Kingdom, they are from the Kingdom of Shang, and they have four princes in their hands, if they take refuge in him, the world is probably acceptable. Jin Fushi said again.

Wang Yu suddenly said angrily: "What did you say? Those Song people robbed the lonely country, can the world still accept it? ”

Jin Fushi hurriedly lay on the ground, not daring to speak, at this time, a waiter came in and reported, "King, there is a battle report." ”

"I'm afraid it's Ma Xiling's battle report, it seems that Jiang Xinzhi has already started to attack, bring it in." Wang Yu said.

A sergeant covered in sweat was helped in, he took out a letter and said, "The king, the little one is the sergeant of Wenzhou, Yin Yanmin has defected to the enemy!" ”

"What?" Wang Yu stood up with a sigh and said in disbelief.

Jin Fushi hurriedly stepped forward, took the letter, and handed it to Wang Yu, who opened it and looked at it, only to feel that the world was spinning and he was about to fall.

"King, don't worry, what has happened to the matter?" Jin Fushi stepped forward to hold Wang Yu and asked.

Wang Yu closed his eyes, and said angrily and hatefully, "I was said by Aiqing, this Yin Yanmin actually surrendered to the enemy with a lonely army of 20,000." And not only did he surrender to the enemy, but also said that Yizhou surrendered to the enemy together. ”

"So, the enemy army has arrived in Wenzhou?" Jin Fushi looked at the sergeant.

The sergeant nodded and said, "The enemy army is nearly 100,000, and it has surrounded Wenzhou City, and Wenzhou City is only a few thousand defenders, so it is really difficult to fight the enemy... Please send reinforcements quickly! ”

Wang Yu sat up with a sigh and said, "Yes, yes, we want to send reinforcements, quickly, mobilize the army!" ”

"My lord, there are only six or seven thousand people in Wenzhou, there are 100,000 enemy troops, and the city walls of Wenzhou are low... I'm afraid it's hard to hold on, so it's better to concentrate your forces here. Jin Fushi lowered his head and said.

"If Wenzhou is lost again, we will only have this place to wait, if we lose again..."Wang Yu's eyes are about to lose their light.

Jin Fushi replied, "So our army must fight against the water in this battle, the king, Weichen asked the king to transfer the garrison of Dafeng Mountain and other places, and the battle and the state, if this battle is won, our country can prolong its life for a hundred years, so defeated, Weichen will be martyred with the king, in order to comfort the previous king." ”

- Five days later, Vanilla

"Get down on my knees!" Wu Song held two knives upside down in one hand, and pushed a person to kneel on the ground with the other, the general looked at Jiang De and the others with masks with his head held high, and snorted, "Traitor, kill him, kill him, why bother to say more!" ”

"You are the Wenzhou County Shou Jin Pingwu? You have only a few thousand soldiers and horses in your city, how dare you fight against my 100,000 army? Jiang De asked, "I actually used this low city wall to block my army for seven days, which is considered to be some ability." ”

"Commander, this person is a local nobleman, who is kind and generous on weekdays, and has given to the king many times... Oh, it was Wang Mata who raised taxes and asked for a reduction in taxes, but after Wang Mata refused to allow it, he also asked for his own pockets to give to the local poor people, so most of the local people were willing to die for him. Yin Yanmin arched his hand and said.

"You can see, at least four or five thousand people died in this battle!" Jiang De waved his hand and said, "Wang Yu, is it worth working for you like this?" ”

"Ten steps away, there will be vanilla; There will be loyal men in the ten-room city, and I have three thousand miles of rivers and mountains in Goryeo, how can there be no heroic men, can they all surrender to thieves like you like these traitors?

If it weren't for you... If it weren't for you thieves, without you rebels, I'm still peaceful in Goryeo today," Jin Pingwu scolded loudly. Saliva splashed everywhere, making Jiang De take a step back.

Jiang De looked at the battlefield full of stumps and broken corpses, and couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness in his heart, indeed, if it weren't for him, Goryeo would actually be peaceful for many years. It was he who pulled these people into troubled times.

"Lord Kim, please listen to me." Xu Guanzhong came out and said, "You are also a scholar, you should know the general trend of the world, you must be together for a long time, and you must be divided for a long time, since the Anshi Rebellion, the world has been divided for hundreds of years, and the Song and Liao confrontations have been for a hundred years, but it is not a long-term plan, and today the Jurchen rose in the northeast, which is the beginning of the great chaos in the world."

At this time, although Goryeo is in one domain, can it really be peaceful?

The self-lord became the master of Goryeo, divided the land, destroyed the inferior gentry, reduced taxes, built roads, revitalized culture and education, strengthened the army, built workshops, and frustrated the strong, which is the capital of a generation of Ming lords, but what about Wang Mata? Wu can't defeat the Jurchen, Wen can't be rich and rich, reward for no merit, punish for no fault, and Lord Jin who is loyal to this person is foolish and loyal!

If I am an adult, I should plan for the people, for the world, see the king and turn against him, face the holy lord and speak, govern the people in the happy land, train strong soldiers outside the palace, so a hundred years later, everyone will say that Lord Jin will only say that the lord and good ministers choose the lord and serve, and Wei Zheng, Wei Chi Jingde and others in the past are equally famous. ”

Jin Ping sighed worriedly and said, "How can there be two masters of loyal ministers? Can a daughter have two husbands? ”

"Yes, isn't the Empress Dowager Liu of my clan the second wife?" Jiang De said with a grin.

Jiang De is talking about Liu E, the queen of Zhao Heng of Song Zhenzong, who was originally married to an ordinary silversmith Gong Mei, and she was still married in the name of a concubine.

Jin Pingwu was speechless for a while, Song Zhenzong was named a generation of Ming Jun in this era, and Liu E was regarded as a generation of virtuous queens, even he couldn't say anything.

"Lord Kim, I've seen a lot of nobles in Goryeo, but there are too few like you." As he spoke, Jiang De helped Jin Ping up and said worriedly, "I hope that your benevolence and ability can be used by me and the people." ”

Jin Ping's eyes moved, and finally tilted his head and did not speak, Jiang De knew that he still needed some time, so he drew his sword, cut the rope that bound him, and then said, "Since Lord Jin is loved by the people, if I kill him, it will only make the people resentful, and this is not done by a wise man." I released the adults today, but I just hope that the adults will not go to Hezhou, which will soon become a battlefield, and if the adults lose it, it will be the loss of the people. ”

Jin Pingwu looked at Jiang De, a little didn't know what to say, Jiang De inserted the sword back, turned around and said, "The army is repaired for a day, the cavalry rushes to Hezhou, and Wang Yu will definitely fight a decisive battle with our army there." ”

"No!"

- and states

At this time, the walls of Hezhou were frantically heightened and consolidated, and nearly 150,000 soldiers and civilians were mobilized to prepare for the next battle.

"Reinforcements from all over the country will arrive in Hezhou, it will take five to ten days, and the thief army has broken through Wenzhou, and they can arrive at any time." Jin Fushi said worriedly.

Wang Yu looked at the sergeants around him and said worriedly, "Where is the chance for our army to win this battle?" ”

Jin Fushi looked at the sky and said, "In the sky, it is already winter at this time, as long as the war is delayed, in the cold winter, the wind and snow will bury all the thieves under Hezhou City!" ”

Wang Yu looked at the somewhat gloomy sky, wow, and said with a smile, "I see, in this way, our army still has a chance to win, okay, then let's fight!" ”

Dozens of miles away from Hezhou, a large army was slowly advancing.

"Looking at the sky, it looks like it's going to rain." Jiang De looked at the sky and said with some concern.

"When you march in winter, you are most afraid of wind, snow and rain, and I heard the old people here say that such a day means that there will be at least five days of rain in the near future." Xu Guanzhong nodded.

"Speed up and choose the highland garrison after arriving in Hezhou." Jiang De shouted, and the speed of the army suddenly accelerated.

In the evening, the Liangshan army reached the nameless hill several miles away from Hezhou and set up camp there. Jiang De's cavalry came out in all directions, covering the ears and eyes of Wang Yu's army.

Wang Yu in Hezhou City immediately got the news of the arrival of the Liangshan army, and he asked Jin Fushi, "The thief army has arrived, what should our army do?" ”

Jin Fushi bowed and said, "The king can rest assured, the thief army is coming from afar, it is necessary to repair for a day, the big war will break out the day after tomorrow, as long as our army can survive the first round of attacks of the thief army, our army can hold on, I hope that the king will appear at the head of the city and cheer with drums." ”

Wang Yu nodded and said, "This is a lonely country, and loneliness must be like this!" ”

That night, there was a drizzle in the sky, and it was raining in the already cold winter, which suddenly made Liang Shanjun suffer, although he prepared rain gear and tents, but overnight, there were hundreds of people who were sick with typhoid fever.

"Boil more ginger soup and other things to ward off cold, is there a shortage of herbs?" Jiang De asked as he visited the sergeant in the medical camp.

"Don't worry, my lord, before sending troops, you gentlemen have already considered this matter, but it rained too fast last night, and a lot of work was not done in our army's camping work, which caused so many sergeants to have typhoid fever."

"That's good, since it will rain for a few more days, let the sergeant rest for a few more days, and when the weather improves, then march again, can the sergeant's clothes be thicker?" Jiang De asked again.

"The lord is at ease, the clothes brought by the lord have been distributed, and the sergeants say that it is very warm." Xu Guanzhong said with a smile.

Jiang De looked at Hezhou City not far away and said, "This city is guarded by a moat, the city is high and the moat is deep, if you want to conquer this city, you must have enough siege equipment." ”

Xu Guanzhong nodded and said, "Fortunately, Yizhou and Wenzhou have been successfully conquered, and our army's naval division can go directly to Longjin Port, and artillery and other items do not need to be transported slowly on mountain roads, which saves a lot of effort." ”