At this time, the Jin State was actually a small country with the two cities of Liaoyang and Shenzhou as the core, and the territory under its control did not exceed Tieling to the north, Lianshanguan/Xiuyan to the east, Haizhou to the south, and the Great Wall of Jin to the west.

The strategic advantage of shrinking into such a small territory is that when the enemy attacks, it can enjoy a better advantage in internal operations, and the supply line for the troops to move is much shorter, which can save a lot of food and grass.

The disadvantage is that there is a serious lack of strategic depth, when a strong enemy army launches an active attack, the weak forward cordon is likely to be easily broken, and the Jin army may be directly penetrated into the core area by the enemy before receiving early warning.

In this case, unless the Jin army can achieve a complete victory like the last battle of Liaoyang, even if they repel the enemy, they will lose money extremely much.

What's more, there are only 100,000 Dingkou in total, and the Jin State, which has only 40,000 soldiers capable of fighting, actually has no ability to expel the Qi army at all.

On the morning of 18 December, the Second Route Army in the direction of the main attack arrived at Haizhou, where only 1,000 Jin Army armor soldiers and 2,000 Aha were stationed.

On December 20, the Qi army surrounded Anshan Station, which was garrisoned by 300 armor soldiers and 500 Aha slaves, which was the last important garrison stronghold of the Jurchens south of Liaoyang, in order to provide early warning for Liaoyang, and to hold on as much as possible to buy time for the main force of the Jin army to assemble and counterattack.

However, the sudden appearance of the huge Qi army caught the defenders of Anshan Post completely off guard, and they were completely surrounded by the Qi army before they even had time to send Tangma to warn Liaoyang.

Jurchen Meng'an, who was in charge of defending Anshan Station, looked at the Qi army columns and sleigh convoys pouring north all over the mountains under the city, and his heart was colder than the temperature outside below zero forty or fifty degrees.

He realized that the Dajin Kingdom was finished.

This Meng'an did not even order the soldiers to light the wolf smoke to warn Liaoyang, and took the initiative to open the city and surrender when the Qi army and the city arranged artillery to prepare for the attack.

On December 23, the vanguard of the Second Route Army of the Qi Army arrived at the foot of Liaoyang and immediately began preparations for the siege of the capital of the Jin Kingdom.

At this time, among the four fierce warriors of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Zongwang both led their troops to the north to hunt in winter, and among the two people who stayed behind, the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi led 6,000 Jurchen armor soldiers, 6,000 heavy soldiers (Aha firearms troops), and 30,000 ordinary Aha soldiers stationed in Liaoyang.

The only surviving non-clan Bo Ji Lie Wanyan Zonghan led 4,000 Jurchen armor soldiers, 4,000 heavy soldiers, and 10,000 Aha garrisons in Shenzhou.

That is to say, at this time, the Jin army left in the two core cities only had 20,000 soldiers and 40,000 auxiliary soldiers, and the rest of the troops were either scattered in Tunpu for the winter, or went to northern Liaobei to hunt for winter.

Such a force, of course, could not be the opponent of the 200,000 Qi army.

Taking advantage of the advantages of sleigh carts and cotton sweaters, the Qi army launched an attack in the cold winter that the Jurchens unexpectedly came, and it was not until the troops approached the city that Wanyan Zongbi, who remained in Liaoyang, realized that something was wrong.

The Han folk called the fourth prince of the clan Bo Ji Lie stood at the head of the south gate of Liaoyang and looked out, his eyes were full of columns, a strict array of Qi troops, and more red military uniforms in the distance like a flood, constantly converging into the ranks surrounding Liaoyang.

Countless pairs of thick cotton boots stepped on the snow, making a roaring sound, and the Qi army set up a long array of infantry phalanxes of about 1,000 people under the city, and a field cannon was placed in the open space between the phalanx, and the muzzles of the guns that made people chill all over pointed directly at the head of the city.

The cavalry of the Qi army on horseback galloped under Liaoyang City, conveying orders one after another to the besieging phalanx.

Behind the infantry phalanx were black-clad melee soldiers, and Wanyan Zongbi knew that those who flew the black flag were a trap brigade composed of Han soldiers who had committed crimes and did not die in his army, and non-Han soldiers who had risen from slaves to commoners.

And under the blue banner is the Blue Army Brigade composed of Jurchens and Muguls who have defected to the Qi State.

The equipment and tactics of this army were almost identical to those of the Jin army, and compared to the real Jin army, they did not have cavalry, which was a disadvantage, and the advantage was that the approval rate was 100 percent, which was much stronger than the Jin army, which only had a one-third armor rate.

In the eyes of the Jin army, both teams are dead soldiers, and once they enter the white-knuckle battle, these dead soldiers are the most dangerous enemies.

Further back, there was a row of astonishing cannons.

Wanyan Zongbi had never seen this kind of weapon in the Qi army before, and several Qi gunners who surrendered to Dajin had never said that the Qi army still had such a terrifying cannon.

This made the fourth prince of Jurchen very annoyed, he turned his head angrily to stare at a general dressed as a Han, and said viciously: "Zhou Ning, didn't you say that the Qi army didn't have a cannon larger than 10 catties?" What is that? ”

"I really didn't when I came to vote." The Han general replied frankly: "And Xu Shiyang attaches great importance to artillery mobility, and before I came, he had vetoed the plan to develop heavy artillery several times. ”

Wanyan Zongbi looked at him and couldn't say a word.

If this person was a Jurchen general, Wanyan Zongbi would definitely cut off his head.

But this is a Han man, and a Qi countryman, the only Qi country person who took the initiative to take refuge among the Qi people who served in the Jin army, and more importantly, this was an artillery officer when he was in Qi State, which is a rare professional talent for Dajin.

"Four...... Fourth Uncle ......" A trembling voice sounded behind Wan Yan Zongbi.

The fourth prince of the Jurchen turned his head helplessly, pressed his right hand on his left shoulder, and bowed slightly to the young man who spoke according to the etiquette of the Jurchens: "Great Khan." ”

The young man who has just stepped into the city is the eldest grandson of the Jurchen Taizu Wanyan Aguta, the son of Wanyan Zongbi's deceased eldest brother Wanyan Zongjun, Wanyan Hera, and now the heavenly khan of the Dajin Kingdom.

In fact, Wanyan Hera is just a puppet.

He was recommended to be the Great Khan because he had no soldiers under him, so it was easier to control, and he had secretly calculated that Tianhui Khan's thinking prince was extremely strong and not a Great Khan, and he could also somewhat clear some of their guilt for assassinating the king - we killed Tianhui Khan not because we wanted to be a Great Khan, but because Tianhui Khan was no longer suitable to lead Dajin!

Regardless of whether the nobles below believe it or not, anyway, the princes believe it.

"Fourth Uncle......" Yan Hela spoke in a trilling voice, and seemed to be very frightened: "Why are there so many Han soldiers?" Can the fourth uncle hold Liaoyang? ”

Wan Yan Zongbi frowned, this kid, his courage is too small, as a big sweat, how can he ask such a frustrating question at this time?

"King Khan, rest assured!" Wanyan Zongbi patted his chest and said: "I have lived in Liaoyang for a long time, and my roots are deep, and that Han dog will definitely not be able to capture this Liaoyang City!" ”

"Three days! Just three days! After that, the army going north will rush back, and then we will have another great victory in Liaoyang! ”