Chapter 532: Wind and Words Are Like Knives

In order to prevent the Song army from attacking the city on a large scale, Fusan Zhongyi built low walls in front of the city, which were curved and narrow, and could only pass through two or three people. In actual combat, the low wall was indeed able to prevent the Song army from becoming large-scale. The large space was used to attack the city gates, but the problem was that these low walls also caused problems for the Jin side. But defense does not mean completely passive defense, the Jin army sometimes carries out some night raids, but with these low walls and trenches, it is difficult, and everyone can only defend to the death.

However, Wan Yan did not want to give up because of this, especially in the face of the Song army's artillery fire, their counterattack was weak, and it was difficult to prevent its launch, and everyone wanted to launch a night attack to destroy the Song army's artillery position. He wondered if we couldn't break through the low wall, so we could pass underground. So he ordered to recruit more than 1,000 dead soldiers with a lot of money, dug tunnels from under the city, and prepared to use this to sneak in front of the Song army's position, and suddenly launched an attack on the artillery team, destroying the artillery and killing the artillery.

The generals still agreed with the emperor's strategy, but in the implementation, everyone was speechless about the emperor's command ability. Everyone knows that if you engage in a sneak attack, you must shoot quietly, and you must try your best to hide your intentions and whereabouts. But Wan Yan, who had never commanded even a small battle, asked to go into battle in person to boost morale, and of course it was impossible to let the emperor drill into the tunnel, but to participate in the battle as a commander.

After this battle, Yan Yan showed his 'ingenuity', he was afraid that those daredevils lacked command, and the order could not be understood and the action failed, so he ordered a red paper lantern to be lit on the top of the city tower, and asked the daredevils to act according to the command of the lantern. Not to mention that there are no night vision devices in this era, and Wan Yan Yan does not have a pair of eyes that can penetrate the darkness, how can he see hundreds of steps away at night. That can only be imagined by patting the door of the head, and giving orders as a matter of course.

Anyone who is a soldier understands how to command a battle. Flags are used during the day and lanterns at night. Suddenly there was a red light flashing and swaying above the Huining City Tower. Not to mention the veterans in the Song army, even the slightly experienced soldiers will find the weirdness, and the self-proclaimed smart Wan Yan is even more tender in front of veterans like Zhao Li and Gao Chong, and they immediately realized that the Jin army was making a big move, and of course they would be vigilant.

As a result, the battle commanded by the Emperor of the Jin State was self-evident, and the daredevils of more than 1,000 people took the initiative to expose their whereabouts and rushed towards the Song army like moths to fire. The raid was declared a failure. However, the generals of the Song army were very modest, and they all said that they should take the first credit on Wan Yan's head, if there was no reminder of the red paper lantern on the tower of his city, how could they fight so happily and win lightly......

The raid failed, but Wan Yan still did not intend to give up his command, and this time he planned to change from martial arts to civil fighting. Thinking that the Song army had fought here and surrendered Yan Yong and Sa Li, and that according to convention, these surrendered troops would definitely be used as cannon fodder or coolies to fight with the army, so he decided to rebel against these prisoners of war first. But the city was surrounded by water. It is unlikely that you will go out of town to do work.

How to counter it? Of course, this is difficult to be 'resourceful', he has been influenced by Han culture since he was a child, and naturally knows the allusion of 'paper kite biography'. He ordered a large number of paper kites to be made, and then placed the counter-instrument on it. ordered to fly at the head of the city, hoping that the paper kite could fly to the Song army camp, and after being picked up by those former Jin soldiers to understand their hard work. Re-return anyway.

As long as the wind is strong, it doesn't matter which way the wind is blowing. Anyway, there are Song military camps all around, so it is certain that the paper kite flew to the Song camp. But the effect is not very good. Because the Jin army was sent by the emperor to Liaodong to fight the Khitans, there were Jurchens in the siege team, but there were few of them, and even if they all went back, they would not be able to make up a thousand-man team. Moreover, the document was written in Jurchen script, and for this small language, there were really not many people in the Great Song Dynasty who knew it, and they didn't know what to do at all.

The emperor's strategy of retreating from the enemy made the government and the opposition cry and laugh, and also made Wan Yan Yan himself depressed, and he was no longer enthusiastic about commanding the battle, which had been made extremely sad, and now there was a crisis in the city. At the beginning of the siege, in order to be able to hold on for a long time, the city had implemented the policy of 'bracketing', but it was only because the executor was unfavorable to guide the people's resentment to boil, and it was he who had to stop collecting surplus grain and open a warehouse to release grain to calm down the turmoil.

At this time, the Song army has besieged the city for more than 20 days, not only did not retreat, but attacked the city more than once, just at this time the rumors in the city rose again, saying that the food in the city was insufficient, and it was only enough to besiege the city for more than a month, and now it was about to run out. This caused panic among the people, and they rushed to buy grain, so that the price of grain soared, and the price of rice was as much as two, and even the price of other daily necessities was rising, so that the gentry's families could not cope with it, and those ordinary families could not afford it. The people in the city were unstable, and they did not hesitate to meet each other with knives and guns in order to order food.

But this wave has not subsided, and it has risen again. Wan Yan received a secret report that Wushu had a disobedient heart, and frequently contacted the Song Dynasty. He was shocked when he heard this, the fourth uncle was in power and held the military and political power, and it was easy to usurp the throne. At first, he still didn't believe it, after all, if Wushu wanted to be the emperor, he could have been deposed long ago, so why wait for the moment when the country was about to die. But I am afraid to ponder things, especially those that are related to my own vital interests.

Wan Yan first thought that he wanted to abandon the city and run away when Huining City was just besieged, but Wushu did not stop him, but took the initiative to ask to stay in the dangerous city. I wonder how he didn't understand the danger after fighting on the battlefield for half his life, but in addition to being seriously ill in doing so, he may have already had a tacit understanding with the Song Dynasty and agreed to the conditions he proposed. And going out of the city by himself just provided him with convenience, and it might even be a trap, leaking his whereabouts to Zhao Er in advance and betraying himself.

At this time, although Wan Yan was full of suspicions, he was only suspicious, because everything was speculation, and he couldn't kill him without real evidence. In fact, he didn't dare to move without permission, and the court was full of protégés of Wushu, and if he couldn't beat the dog, he would not be bitten by the dog. Soon news arrived, saying that Wushu and Zhao Er had reached an agreement: Zhao Er promised to send Wanyan to the Great Song Dynasty as long as he surrendered Kaicheng, and cede the south of the Liao River. He abolished Wan Yan Kang, and set up Wan Yan Heng, the son of Wushu, as the king, and retained the title of Jin Guo, and he had already sent his son out of the city and into Jin Ying as a hostage.

If Wan Yan was still suspicious of the Wushu rebellion before, then now he believes eight points. It is a public matter that he has no heirs, and the two brothers and men who are closest to him have been executed, so the next successor can only choose from the two lines of Taizu and Taizong. There is basically no one in the Taizong family, of course, now that the Taizu family is in power, how can they make people lightly, so their families have already started a battle in the open and dark, Wan Yan Liang and Wan Yan Yong are good examples.

But everyone knew in their hearts that as long as the Taishi did not die, the next emperor would definitely fall into their family. Wan Yan Heng is also familiar with this person, Wan Yan Kang, who is the eldest son of Wushu, the descendant of Ah Guta, and is fully qualified to inherit the throne like him. And this person is brave and powerful, straightforward temperament, not the best among the younger generation, but not mediocre, especially if he has a good popularity, if he can get his father's support, he will be able to control the court quickly......

"Master, are you feeling better?" In order to confirm the accuracy of the news, Wan Yan decided to go to the Taishi Mansion to find out in person, and visiting the patient was also the best reason.

"Thank you for your concern, it seems that time is running out." Wushu reluctantly sat up and said with a wry smile.

"Taishi, don't think too much, Dajin Country is indispensable to you, and I can't do without you!" Wan Yan Yan said as he held the hand of the vulture.

"His Majesty has a good reputation, and the old minister heard that His Majesty came to the battle to encourage the army, and led the concubines out of the palace many times to appease the people and distribute relief, so he won the support of the army and the people, and the old minister can rest assured that he is dead. It's just that the strong enemy has not retreated, which makes it difficult for the old minister to feel at ease! Wushu said.

"Hey, why haven't you seen Bo Die today, how can he not serve medicine before bed when the master is seriously ill?" As he spoke, Wan Yan asked with a slight surprise as he looked left and right.

"Oh...... These days, the enemy army is attacking the city, and the war is urgent, so he is staying in the camp! Wushu was stunned for a moment and replied, he didn't know why the emperor suddenly asked about his son.

"Eh, although the war is urgent, the Taishi is more important to Dajin, how can he be so slow." Wan Yan frowned, and said to the entourage behind him with displeasure, "You go to the camp quickly to recall Bo Die, so that he doesn't have to go to the army every day to prepare for war, and it is important to serve the Taishi well." ”

The two gossiped, and after a long while, the entourage of the messenger returned, but Wan Yanheng did not come back together. The entourage said that there was no Bo Die in the camp, and his subordinates had not seen him for many days, thinking that he was serving the Taishi in the mansion. Then he searched all the camps in the city, but he did not know where they were. After hearing this, Yan Yan left with a pale face, but Wushu was confused, thinking that his son had offended the emperor, so he hid, so he didn't take it to heart.

But after two days, Wan Yan Heng still did not show up, and the vultures made people look for it, it can be said that in addition to the palace rummaged through the corners of the city and did not find anyone, he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly found someone to inquire about the situation in the palace, but the son did not find it but heard an amazing news, saying that the emperor who had not drunk for a long time went back to get drunk that day, scolded the Taishi for being disloyal, and actually begged to surrender to the Song Dynasty and wanted to establish a son as the emperor, and there were people in the streets and alleys of this matter.

Wushu suddenly woke up, that day the emperor entered the palace to visit the sick, but in fact it was a test of the truth, no matter what the truth was, the emperor was already suspicious of himself. Thinking that he was loyal, but still could not escape suspicion, and his son's whereabouts were unknown, he couldn't help but be disheartened, and his condition worsened...... (To be continued......)