Chapter 1036: Bringing the Gold into the Urn
As soon as Wang Gui and Wu Jie made a decision, they immediately began to act, they began to persuade the people in the city to leave, the people heard that the Jin soldiers were burning and looting in the Daimyo Mansion, and seeing that they were going to kill Hejian Mansion again, one by one they were frightened, and they helped the old and the young to pack up and flee from their homes, 80,000 people fled the county almost overnight, and hundreds of old people who refused to leave home were also forcibly carried on the car by the soldiers and transported away.
At the same time, hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass in the warehouse in the city also began to be moved, in addition to the tens of thousands of stone grain held by the people, the rest of the grain army moved outside the northern city, and temporarily dug a large pit in the ground to bury it.
After a busy day and a half, early this morning, Wang Gui got the information that 30,000 Jin soldiers had arrived in Leshou County, a hundred miles away, this news made Wang Gui secretly happy, so calculated, when 30,000 Jin soldiers arrived in Hejian County, it was already dark, if Jin Bing was willing to enter the city, of course, it was the best, if they refused to enter the city, rest outside the city, it was also an opportunity for them.
But Wu Jie still has some details to deploy, and he must use tactics to lure the golden soldiers into the city.
Wanyan Zongfu led 30,000 cavalry all the way north, and he relied on looting the people's grain to supplement the men's and horses' supplies, but as Wu Jie's judgment, the grain they plundered among the people was far from enough, and the official warehouses along the way were empty, the men and horses were half hungry and half full, and most of them were exhausted all the way, and they could only count on the grain and grass supplies in Hejian County.
In the afternoon, the army arrived at Beilin Town, which is still forty miles away from Hejian County, when the army passed through the town, they saw that the town was empty, which made Wanyan Zongfu a little strange, when they went south, this town was still a little populated, why is there no one now, is it because they heard that the Jin soldiers arrived, and they all ran away?
At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting on the street: "Stop, don't escape!" ”
I saw two people fleeing in panic from the alley, and a group of Ji troops was chasing after them.
Wanyan Zongfu pointed with a whip, "Stop them and bring them all!" ”
More than 100 cavalry rushed up, and in a moment, more than a dozen Ji soldiers were escorted up, but the two civilians ran into the woods and fled.
More than a dozen soldiers trembled, looking a little scared, Wanyan Zongfu glanced at them and asked, "You are the army of the Gaoqing descendant?" ”
One of the first guards saluted boldly: "Exactly! We are General Sun's subordinates. ”
General Sun is Sun Jingwu, the deputy general of Gao Qingyi, who is currently staying in Hejian Mansion, and Wanyan Zongfu knows this person.
Wanyan Zongfu asked again, "Then what are you doing here?" ”
"We are here to collect the summer grain tax, this year's tax can't be collected, General Sun sent all the soldiers to the countryside to help collect taxes, we are in charge of the area of Beilin Town, but the people fled when they saw us."
Only then did Yan Zongfu understand that there was no one in Beilin Town, and there was a team of wolf-like tax-collecting soldiers who were here to grab food.
"How much do you levy?"
"I collected more than 100 stones of wheat, and it was in the big cart in front."
Wanyan Zongfu was overjoyed, although there was not much wheat, but it was better than nothing, he immediately sent someone to fetch wheat, and after a while, Jin Bing drove a few carts over, which were full of grain, Wanyan Zongfu ordered the grain to be distributed to the soldiers, and the grain of 100 stones was distributed to 30,000 soldiers, each person only had about three he, which was equivalent to half a catty.
The Jin soldiers were rude to eat, put it in their mouths and chewed it, and then spit out the bran, at this time, Wanyan Zongfu asked again: "How many troops are there in the city?" ”
"There are probably a few hundred more! They all went down to collect grain. ”
"Is there any food and grass in the city?"
"Of course there is, I heard that there are still tens of thousands of stones, more in the past, but most of them were carried south by King Ji, so King Ji ordered us to collect 200,000 stone of grain no matter what."
Wanyan Zongfu nodded, tens of thousands of stones are enough.
He immediately shouted: "Everyone cheer up and rush to Hejian County to rest and eat!" ”
30,000 Jin soldiers mounted their horses one after another, speeding up and rushing towards Hejian County, forty miles away.
As soon as night fell, 30,000 Jin soldiers finally arrived in Hejian County, and the guard general took more than a dozen soldiers out of the city to greet him, "General Yang Yi and Marshal Du!" ”
This Yang Yi is only a middle-level officer, Wanyan Zongfu doesn't know him, he only knows the deputy general Sun Jingwu, Wanyan Zongfu asked: "What about you General Sun?" ”
"General Sun rushed to Raoyang with two thousand brothers, and the peasants there rioted and killed the grain collector, and General Sun led the army to suppress it."
Wanyan Zongfu nodded, he already knew a little bit of information in Beilin Town, so it was not surprising, he looked up at the head of the city, there were only more than a hundred people standing guard, and he asked again: "How many soldiers are there in the city?" ”
"There are also five hundred people, who are responsible for guarding the city, and the military camps in the city are empty, please go and rest with the marshal and the army."
Wanyan Zongfu didn't doubt it, nodded, and said to the left and right: "Order the army to enter the city!" ”
The 30,000-strong army was exhausted, and they hurried their horses to the city.
Yang Yi took Wanyan Zongfu to the military camp in the city, and he asked again, "How much grain and grass is there in the city?" ”
"There are also 50,000 stone of grain and 60,000 quintals of forage, and the rest have been transported to the Daimyo's Mansion, and there is not much left."
This bit of food and grass was enough for Jin Bing, and at this time, Wanyan Sosuke found that the city was very quiet, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street, so he asked a little strangely: "Is there a curfew in the city?" ”
Yang Yi was a little embarrassed: "There is news from the Daimyo's Mansion that the Jin soldiers are plundering in the surrounding prefectures and counties, and the people in the city are frightened when they hear that Marshal Du is leading the army to come, and tens of thousands of people have fled today, and the rest of the people dare not go out." ”
Wanyan Zongfu's face suddenly darkened, of course he knew that Wanyan Yan's mother would indulge the Bohai people and the Goryeo people to burn and loot in Hebei, although he did not resist the burning itself, but he felt that Li Yanqing's 200,000 troops had already crossed the Yellow River, and Wanyan Yan's mother was still delaying time in the Daimyo's mansion, which was very unwise.
Wanyan Zongfu lowered his head and thought about how to explain to the wolf lord after he went back, and for a while, he no longer paid attention to the affairs of the people in the city.
In fact, Wanyan Zongfu also burned and looted all the way to the north, in his heart, the Song people were like pigs and dogs, he didn't have any military discipline, but he knew in his heart that Hejian County was the nest of Gaoqing, Gaoqingyi himself and the families of many generals were in the county, if the soldiers were indulged in burning, killing and plundering in Hejian County, I am afraid that it would provoke Gaoqing, and this kind of stupid thing Wanyan Zongfu would not do.
30,000 troops soon entered the barracks, the barracks cover an area of 1,500 acres, is the largest barracks of the Hebei army, can accommodate 50,000 soldiers, there is no training ground, 30,000 cavalry to live in a little reluctantly.
However, there were thousands of stone grain and tens of thousands of loads of forage in the barracks, as well as vegetables and fish, and thousands of bags of goat's milk wine, which made the golden soldiers ecstatic, and the soldiers began to feed the horses and cook, but more soldiers couldn't wait to open the wine bags and drink wildly.
Wanyan Zongfu was preoccupied, sitting in the room and pondering, he also knew that he would be impeached by Wanyan Zongfu if he left the Daimyo Mansion without authorization, if something happened to Wanyan Zongfu's army, the wolf lord would not spare him, which made Wanyan Zongfu regret a little in his heart, he shouldn't be hot-headed and lead the army north.
But the matter has come to this, he has no choice, thinking about it, the only excuse is that Yanshan has insufficient troops, and he rushed back to Yanshan Mansion to guard it on the order of Marshal Du.
At this time, there was a cheer outside, and Wanyan Sosuke walked out of the room and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
A soldier rushed forward and said: "The brothers found thousands of bags of milk wine in the cellar, and everyone was overjoyed. ”
Wanyan Zongfu frowned, "Tell everyone to drink less, don't get drunk, you won't even be able to ride a horse tomorrow." ”
"Obey!"
The soldier was about to leave, and Wanyan Zongfu ordered again: "Bring me a bag too!" ”
He was very depressed and needed to drink to relieve his boredom.
.........
The name Yang Yi is true, but his identity is a commander of the Song army, and because he is from Hejian Mansion, Wu Jie arranged for him to play the role of a guard.
Yang Yi ran to the city wall to find Wu Jie, and whispered to him: "Jin Bing asked me to ask for a thousand women, what should I do?" ”
Wu Jie thought for a while and said, "Are the Jin soldiers drinking?" ”
"They're all drinking!"
Wu Jie added a special anesthetic powder to each bag of goat's milk wine, because he was afraid that Jin Bing would taste the taste, so the amount was not large, but it was enough to deepen the degree of drunkenness.
But Wu Jie was also worried, he was afraid that after the Jin soldiers got drunk, they would come out in groups to invade the houses, and then they would be exposed.
Wu Jie immediately said: "Order the brothers to set fire to evacuate immediately!" ”
The Song army hid a large amount of fire oil, sulfur and other fire-causing things in the city, and drained a river in the city and poured fire oil into it, so that the Jin soldiers had nowhere to hide.
Hundreds of soldiers began to light fires in the city, at this time the north and south gates were also slammed shut, the Song army blocked the city gate from the outside with a boulder, and the 80,000 troops surrounded the county town tightly, once they escaped from the city, it was difficult to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Song army.
At this time, the soldiers who set fire to the city also retreated to the city walls, and they quickly climbed down the city along a dozen long ropes, and the last few soldiers lit the long ropes, and the last hope of the golden soldiers was also cut off.
At this time, the fire in the city was already monstrous, the fire engulfed most of the city, the fire had burned to the barracks, the soldiers who drank lightly had already drunk to death, and the soldiers with a high amount of alcohol were also drunk, and ran outside with difficulty, and Wanyan Zongfu was also drunk, and was carried out by several pro-soldiers to flee for their lives, but the Jin soldiers soon despaired, and the entire Hejian County burned the city, like a fire demon, and the smoke and fire engulfed the entire county.
All the golden soldiers shouted in despair.....
Wang Gui had to admire Wu Jie's strategy, he thought it carefully and meticulously, and there was no omission, and he really succeeded.
At this time, Wang Gui looked at the fire and smoke in the city, and let out a long sigh, "This turtle son is indeed stronger than me!" ”