Five days later, Wan Yanchang's letter of request for help was sent to the Daimyo's Mansion, 'The siege has been defeated in succession, the casualties are heavy, the troops are not enough to continue the siege, and I beg the Marshal to send reinforcements, if the humble post is still in Luoyang, it will not be so defeated........

A letter of resentment for help made Wan Yan Xian also scold the table, and the generals persuaded Yan Xian to calm down, Wan Yan Xian also shook his head and said to everyone: "It's really disappointing to me, it's nothing more than to let him withdraw from Luoyang and return to Taiyuan to attack the city, he has such a grudge in his heart, do I have to follow his mind after Yan Gao?" ”

Wanyan Xiyin persuaded: "Tart lazy has always been a very proud person, this attack on Taiyuan suffered a heavy setback, which may make his mentality a little unbalanced, so there are some complaints in the letter, in fact, it is understandable, now the top priority is to send reinforcements, and Taiyuan must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise it is really difficult for the Son of Heaven to explain." ”

Wan Yan also let out a long sigh, walked to the window with his negative hand, and looked at the snowdrift outside the window worriedly, just yesterday, the will of the Son of Heaven was sent to the Daimyo's Mansion, first expressing appreciation for their capture of the western part of the Central Plains and Shandong, but then blaming them for losing Taiyuan, and ordering them to recapture Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise it would affect the overall situation.

"It's called pulling a hair and moving the whole body!" Wan Yan Xian also sighed lowly.

Of course, Wanyan Xian also understands the meaning of "influencing the overall situation" in the will of the Son of Heaven, Hedong Road is connected to Hebei in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Central Plains in the south, and Mobei in the north, which can be said to be the core area of the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty, and the strategic significance is extremely important.

And the core of Hedong Road is Taiyuan Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion is like a chess eye, affecting the whole body, even if you are dissatisfied with Wanyan Chang, you can't ignore it.

"The army can be reinforced, but where can I find the heavy siege weapons that Yan Chang wants?"

Wanyan Xiyin groaned and said: "I remember that there seems to be one in the warehouse of Zhending Mansion, so it is better to ask Liang Fangping, he knows better." ”

Wan Yan Xian also immediately sent his own soldiers to find Liang Fangping, and after a while, Liang Fangping hurried to the marshal of the capital's tent, bowed down and saluted: "Please marshal Du!" ”

"I remember that Mr. Liang turned out to be a two-way transfer envoy in Hebei, so he should be familiar with the situation in Hebei!"

Liang Fangping didn't know the meaning of Yan Xian's question, so he hesitated and said, "It's quite familiar!" ”

"Wanyan Chang lost troops in Hebei, and now he asks me for help, asking for support and heavy siege weapons, the army can be increased, but I don't have heavy siege weapons in my hands, and it's too late to make them now, just now the Wu Chamber said that there are a lot of heavy siege weapons in Zhending Mansion, is it true?"

Liang Fangping nodded, "There are indeed a lot, trebuchets, cannons, bed crossbows, nest cars, ladders, siege ladders and other siege and defense weapons, I saw it with my own eyes when I went to inspect the warehouse half a year ago." ”

Wan Yan Xian was also overjoyed, but then he thought of a troublesome matter, how to transport these large siege weapons to Taiyuan? It is too far and too difficult to take the Luoyang detour again.

He asked again, "Mr. Liang, is there really no way to go to Jingcheng now?" ”

Liang Fangping said: "Now the road is closed by heavy snow, it is really difficult to walk under normal circumstances, if it is not a special situation, it is best not to walk in Jingcheng." ”

Wan Yan Xian also heard what Liang Fangping said, and hurriedly asked, "Can you leave under special circumstances?" ”

"I know that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, whenever there is heavy snowfall, Jingcheng will stop coming and going, but there is a precedent in history, the Northern Zhou general Dugu Xin has levied 200,000 people to clean up the snow in Jingcheng, and it was opened within ten days, and the Northern Zhou army entered the Northern Qi and caught the Northern Qi by surprise."

Wan Yan Xian also took a few steps with his hand, and he immediately decided: "It is urgent to open up the passage between Hebei and Hedong, I will hand over this matter to the two of you, and forcibly recruit 300,000 people from the east as soon as possible, and Wan Yanchang will also recruit 200,000 people from the west in Hedong, and open the well for me within ten days!" ”

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Jingcheng is the only passage that can take the heavy car in the Taihang Eight Mountains, the strategic position is extremely important, and it is not impossible to go in winter, but if it encounters a blizzard, there will be a dilemma of heavy snow covering the mountain, in this case, it can only wait patiently until the beginning of spring and then resume the travel between the east and west of the Taihang Mountain.

Today's two blizzards caused a large amount of snow to appear on the mountain road of dozens of miles in Jingcheng, blocking the passage of Jingcheng, but the serious situation in Taiyuan Province made it necessary for Jin Bing to open up Jingcheng, Wanyan Xian also ordered to forcibly recruit 300,000 people from Zhendingfu, Zhaozhou, Dingzhou, Xingzhou and other three prefectures and one government to rush to Jingcheng to dredge the snow road, so that at the same time, Wanyanchang also forcibly recruited 150,000 people on Hedong Road to dredge Jingcheng from the west.

For a time, the resentment of the people in Hebei and Hedong was boiling, and the people who exposed the rod and resisted gold rose one after another.

Huoyi County, Jinju, here is the starting point of the south of the Mouse Bird Valley, is a small county sandwiched between the mountains, east of Huoshan Mountain, west Wanggu Shooting Mountain, there are many mountains, arable land is scarce, the people of Huoyi County rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, most of them live by collecting medicine and hunting.

The population of Huoyi County is only more than 20,000 people, most of whom are scattered everywhere, and the population of the county is only a few thousand.

As soon as the morning dawned, Liujia Village in the west of the county seat was boiling, and Liu Yong, the capital of Baozheng, brought a news that the county had posted a notice that Baishui Township, where Liujia Village is located, must produce 3,000 strong men, bring their own dry food to Jingcheng to concentrate, and decompose it into Liujia Village, at least 120 strong men.

In the ancestral hall at the entrance of the village, more than a dozen men were angrily asking Du Baozheng, "A few days ago, the Jin soldiers forcibly requisitioned food and coachmen, and we were robbed of half of the rations, so that our wives, children, and mothers had to starve in the cold winter, and the only ten carts in the village were also requisitioned. Do we want to bring only dry food, do we want our wives, children, and parents to starve to death? ”

Du Baozheng Liu Yong smiled bitterly: "It is the amount that Zhang Zhixian forcibly pressed, and I have no choice, I heard that the number of people is not enough, you can donate money and grain to offset the number, and a strong man is counted as twenty yuan, or two stone rice." ”

"Fart!"

Liu Da, one of the five Liu brothers, roared angrily: "There are only thirty strong men in our whole village now, and there are still ninety people who are counted as 1,800 yuan?" Whoever can get so much money simply doesn't want people to live. ”

"It's pressed down from above, if you don't do it, Jin Bing may come to suppress it, and you will kill people!"

"We'll kill people if we're in a hurry!"

Liu San rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "Big brother, don't reason with the dog officer, take out a knife and slaughter them all, let's go to Taiyuan to join Li Dutong." ”

The other twenty or so young men all shouted together, "We are Song Min, not slaves of the Jin Kingdom!" ”

Du Baozheng Liu Yong was frightened, "Brothers, don't be angry with me, I was also forced by Zhang Gouguan, if I can't get together the money, food and young people, my own life will not be guaranteed." ”

At this time, Liu Da raised his hand, "Everyone be quiet, listen to me!" ”

Everyone gradually quieted down, and Liu Da asked, "Is there a golden soldier in the county?" ”

Liu Yong hurriedly shook his head, "Soldiers from all over the country have been transferred to Taiyuan Mansion to fight, and there are only about 20 officials in the county, and there are no soldiers. ”

Liu Da said to everyone: "We want to live a peaceful life, it must be impossible, I suggest that we join the young people from other villages to go to the county seat to find the magistrate to explain, if we don't give us an explanation, we will kill the dog official and go to Huoshan to be a rebel!" ”

Everyone agreed, they imprisoned Du Baozheng, each went home to get hunting knives and bows and arrows, more than 30 people went to the villages under the leadership of Liu Da to gather the righteous army, the anger has already burned all over Baishui Township, they responded to the call, and soon gathered hundreds of hunters, and drove towards the county seat.

Along the way, people continued to join their procession, and when they arrived in Huoyi County, there were more than 1,300 rebels who participated in the rebellion, and the five Liu brothers became their leaders.