Goryeo's Xijing Pyongyang is its companion capital, and its political structure is almost the same as that of Songak, the governor has a lot of power, he only needs to be responsible to the king himself, and the appointment and dismissal of his subordinate officials are completely decided by the governor himself, forming a political force, often-for-tat with the Songak nobles, so that whenever the Songak nobles are arrogant, the Goryeo royal family always tries to shift the focus to Xijing Pyongyang to eliminate the influence of Songak aristocratic politics, so it plays a pivotal role in the stability of the Goryeo regime.

On the other hand, Jin Fushi immediately led 10,000 reinforcements to Xijing after being ordered, strengthened the city defense, hoarded grain and grass, appeased the people who fled in all directions, evacuated the old and young, recruited volunteers, and prepared to meet the Jin army.

A few days later, Wushu led the army to arrive, facing the north mountain to block the water, easy to defend and difficult to attack Xijing, he divided the troops to surround Xijing with five roads around the city and the battalion, the middle army Tunchuan Debu, the left army Tun Xingfu Temple, the right army Tun Chongxing Temple, the rear army Tun to guard the Datong River, the front army Tun Chongxing Temple East, sent an envoy to persuade surrender at the same time to build siege equipment, once the peace negotiations failed, then waved troops to attack the city. Sure enough, the Jurchens' persuasion to surrender was categorically rejected by Jin Fushi.

In the early morning of September 6, Wushu ordered the siege of the city. The two sides launched a fierce battle under the city, the Jin army marched in unison, filled the trenches and built bridges and attacked fiercely, the Goryeo defenders in the city counterattacked with bows and crossbows and stone cannons, the Jin army fell and fell into the trenches countless, and the dead under the city piled up, and the city could not be broken for a while. However, the Jin army's attacks continued one after another, and the battle reached the city in the evening, and the city was in danger by erecting ladders to climb the city wall! Seeing the city walls fall. Jin Fushi personally supervised the battle and led the reinforcements to the city, and the morale of the Goryeo army was greatly boosted. The spears and the short soldiers fought each other, and the momentum was like wind and fire. The Jin army, who ascended the city, was caught off guard and driven off the city wall.

For three days in a row, the Jin army attacked day and night without rushing to kill and wound, and the ladder chariot did everything they could, but the Goryeo soldiers and civilians in the city also resisted desperately, and even the children and women went to the city to throw bricks and tiles to resist, and repelled the attacks of the Jin army again and again. Seeing that he could not attack for a long time, Wushu ordered people to go down the river to the Datong River to assist in the attack. The Datong River passes through the city in Xijing, dividing the entire city into two parts, which is also an important part of the defense, and once it is attacked, the whole city's defense line collapses.

But Jin Jun made another low-level mistake. The Goryeo defenders seized the opportunity to lay down more than a dozen boats full of firewood and oil downstream, and set them on fire with rockets on the river bank.

That night, Jin Fushi secretly dispatched 3,000 elite soldiers out of the city at night to attack the rear army of the Jin army, which was defeated in the daytime. Therefore, he was defenseless, and the result could naturally be imagined, if it was not for the Wushu to send troops to help, the blockade of Xijing might have been broken. This victory was not only a big one. It also greatly boosted the morale of the Goryeo army, and rumors began to spread in the city that the Song Dynasty naval army defeated the Jinshui army on Shenmi Island, and the reinforcements would arrive in Xijing in a few days. This strengthened the determination of the Goryeo soldiers and civilians to defend the city to the death......

"Taishi, our army has captured more than a dozen cities in Goryeo. The goal of punishing Goryeo has been achieved, is it time to retire? "Played for nearly ten days in a row. Xijing City remained unmoved, but the goal agreed upon at the beginning was initially completed, and Sali suggested to Wushu to withdraw the army.

"Prison army, we dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Goryeo this time, but it has always refused to surrender, but has resisted with all its might, obviously not surrendered, so we must capture Xijing, trap its capital, and capture its lord to force it to surrender, and then dare not rebel and challenge my Dajin Guowei!" Wushu shook his head and said, although the set goal was achieved, he was still far from his goal, and decisively rejected the suggestion of Sali to drink.

"Taishi, I see that Xijing is dangerous, not easy to break, and there are many soldiers in the city and the garrison is very strict, the city guard Jin Fushi is known for his prestige in Goryeo, and he is very good at using soldiers, and he is relied on by the lord of the country, the whole city is under his orders, and our army sends every dead soldier to climb first, only to the city, no one can set foot on the battlement. If the army attacked, within a few days, the sharp soldiers were all killed in the arrows, and the Song army occupied Mi Island was also unable to attack for a long time, if the Song Navy came to help and landed in Dingzhou, it would cut off our way back! Sali said worriedly when he saw that he was rejected.

"The prison army is too careful, Song and Goryeo only communicate by sea, and the transmission of news is not smooth, and it has been ten days since the exchanges; Second, the mobilization of the army is not a matter that can be determined overnight, heavy preparations, and the deployment of soldiers will take time, and the main forces of the Song army are gathered in Yanjing, Dading, and Linhuang, which are not a short day, Zhao Er sent troops to land in Yingzhou that year, and it took half a year to prepare; Third, this season is the season when the trade winds alternate and hurricanes are frequent, even if they can send a naval army, they must watch the sea and wait for the wind, not that they can come if they want to! Wushu smiled and said, "Therefore, although the prison army is relieved, Xijing is difficult to capture for a while, we only need to lock the city for a month, and when the grain and grass in the city are exhausted, we will be able to enter the city without blood!" ”

"Well, Taishi is reasonable, but the Song Dynasty naval army can transport tens of thousands of soldiers to land in the morning and night, and it is only a three-day voyage from Dengzhou to Goryeo, and they only need to take advantage of the short time when the wind and waves are calm to arrive, we can't help but guard against it!" Sa Li still said with little relief.

"The prison army is too worried!" Wushu was a little skeptical that he had chosen the wrong partner, and he frequently questioned his wise decision, and he said unhappily, "Now that the war has begun for more than ten days, the Song Dynasty has not reacted, which means that they do not know what is happening here. Even if they were as you feared, they could send a naval division to quickly transfer troops, but they only succeeded when we were unprepared and the navy was weak, and now we have hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of generals cruising on the sea, how can we allow them to easily cross the sea and land! ”

"Alas, the Song army is still entrenched on Shenmi Island, but the naval army is still unable to capture the whole island, I am still worried that it will become a foothold for the Song Dynasty's reinforcements, this place is too close to Goryeo proper, as long as they land in Dingzhou, we can cut off our way back, if Xijing cannot be attacked for a long time, we will suffer from the enemy on our backs, I am afraid that the tragedy of the Battle of Yanjing will be repeated!" Sali sighed and said, he knew that this was the sore spot of Wushu and did not want to touch it, but now that the domestic elite soldiers are attacking Goryeo, if there is any more loss, the Jin State will no longer have the capital to confront Song, so he will be hard-headed to advise, hoping that Wushu can be more vigilant.

"Oh!?" Wushu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, Yanjing's defeat was the biggest shame since he joined the army, and he didn't want others to touch it the most, but although it made him feel unhappy when he mentioned it at this moment, he didn't deny that what he said was true, "The prison army is right, it's me who is less worried!" Now it's September, and the sea will freeze in another month, and the Song Dynasty Navy can only look at the ocean and sigh, but you can't help but prevent the weather from changing to leave a chance for the Song people. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone to tell you later!" Sa Li looked at Wushu's face and replied with a sigh of relief, although he did not achieve the goal of persuading him to fight and withdraw quickly, but it was better than being unprepared.

"Wait!" Wushu suddenly sat down Sa Li, who was about to leave, and said after a moment of silence, "Prison army, you have ordered someone to send the property, food, and people obtained in the past few days back to Liaodong tomorrow, so as not to change over time. Furthermore, you send someone to Kaijing to inform Wang Kai that if you want to get along, send an envoy as soon as possible, I am willing to listen to it, as long as he agrees to three conditions, we can withdraw our troops, one is to cede the land west of the Qingchuan River; The two severed contact with the Song Dynasty and paid the annual tribute; The three borrowed 10,000 soldiers to help attack the Southern Dynasty in the spring of tomorrow! If you don't listen, our army will first break Xijing, and then attack Kaijing, and then the country will be destroyed! ”

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" His attitude towards the vultures changed again, and Sa Liyu replied with a little surprise and hurriedly went down to handle it.

The three changes in Wushu's attitude are actually not difficult to understand, as the saying goes, once he has been bitten by a snake for ten years, he is afraid of the well rope, and the defeat of Yanjing has left too much shadow in his heart. He himself is not a reckless person, otherwise he would not have been a long-term commander under Han Li in his early years, nor would he tolerate Zong Han, who controlled the government, and would not have waited for the opportunity after being in charge of the army for many years in order to get rid of Yan Xiyin.

The timing of the dispatch of troops was also well thought out, and he studied the size of the Song army, the speed of response, and the number of men and horses that could be sent at the first time after receiving the news, and at the same time, taking into account the influence of the season and climate on the war, it can be said that he was comprehensive.

After the deduction, Wushu confirmed that the end of August is the best time to send troops, when their two armies by water marched, quickly broke through the defense line of Goryeo and went deep into its hinterland, and the Song Dynasty got the news too late, even if the rescue was unprepared, they could only send the Dengzhou Naval Division nearby, the strength was lonely, and it would not be the opponent of the water army of their own whole army, and the Song Dynasty had mobilized good grain and straw, and it was already more than a month after the Song Dynasty had mobilized the soldiers and horses, and at that time they had swept the entire territory of Goryeo. And the arrival of the harsh winter will also prevent the Song army from crossing the sea, and by the next spring, when the warm ice melts, Goryeo is already under its control.

And now the reason why Wushu listened to the advice of Sali was because the Xijing battle was not as smooth as expected, and he agreed to send an envoy to negotiate peace, which could not only paralyze the Xijing defenders, but also take advantage of the cowardice of the lord Wang Kai and the ministers of the court to achieve the containment of Jin Fushi, and create an opportunity for himself to capture Xijing as soon as possible.

In addition, the shadow of failure has not subsided, he is worried about accidents, like back then, he was busy for a long time and did not get any money, but let Zhao Er pick up the cheap, and he was worried that Zhao Er, a guy who does not play cards according to common sense, will play new tricks and send troops to help desperately, so he decided to be safe, settle in the bag, and leave a way back for himself...... (To be continued......)