"Tell the brethren to pack up their horses, take their bows and knives, and go south to the grassy valley!"

The originally peaceful Datong immediately boiled, and the Jurchen soldiers were all ready to go south to Taiyuan and sweep east of the river.

Datong, Qin Pingcheng County, the first year of Tianxing in the Northern Wei Dynasty set the capital, the Northern Qi Tianbao seven years changed its name to Hengan Town, the Northern Zhou placed Yunzhong County, Sui changed to Yunnei County, Liao Chongxi seventeen years to place Datong County, for the Liao to accompany the capital, called Xijing.

Datong can lose is the gateway to the northwest, and if you want to defend Taiyuan, you must first defend Datong. However, in the third year of the Qing Dynasty (936), the rebel general Hejiedu made Shi Jingjiao, worship the Khitan lord Yelu Deguang as his father, and borrowed the Khitan soldiers to destroy the Later Tang Dynasty, called the emperor, and the country was called Jin. With the help of the Khitan, the sixteen states of Yanyun were ceded to the Khitan. Wu Luan, the judge in the clouds, did not accept the humiliation of cutting the land, repaired the equipment, guarded the city day and night, persisted for half a year, and finally Yunzhou fell. So far, Datong has been occupied by the Khitan and Jurchen, so that the Han rule in the Central Plains has since lost the northern Ping domain.

From Datong to Taiyuan, it is only 600 miles, if the iron horse goes south, it only takes ten days to threaten Taiyuan.

Ten days later, when they arrived in Taiyuan, it was enough to collide with the rescue planters, and that was the moment when the Shaanxi army was destroyed.

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At this moment, the seed division is advancing towards Taiyuan, and the forward is twenty miles away from Taiyuan's stone bridge, and the Chinese army has reached the stone pit in Shouyang. General Huang You found that the terrain was unfavorable.

"It's a slightly concave terrain with a raised surface around it. At this time, the seed army is in the center of the stone pit, the terrain around it is slightly higher, suitable for the iron cavalry charge, if there is a Jin army ambush on the side, and then the advantage of the terrain, charge down, will form a devastating blow to the seed army, the general do not follow this road, change to a road! A cold sweat broke out on Huang You's face, and looking at the surrounding terrain, he had the urge to kill the scout.

Scouts are the eyes and ears of the army, responsible for detecting the enemy, alerting the large army and informing them of the terrain in the direction of advance. After all, there are some subtle terrains that are difficult to mark on the map, and everything needs to be scouted.

However, after sending so many scouts, they did not realize this place of execution, and introduced the army into this Jedi.

"A different way?" The planter laughed, "We don't have a choice, even if we know that this terrain is not good for us, we must continue walking!" “

"There is not enough grain and grass, grain and grass can only last for a month, if it is difficult to defeat the Jin army in a month and relieve the siege of Taiyuan, we can only annihilate the whole army in Taiyuan City, if we want to retreat, can we outrun the four-legged brute?"

Huang You's face twitched, but he still continued: "General, once you encounter an ambush, the Jin Army's iron cavalry will be condescending, and the 70,000 army will immediately collapse. ”

"Changing the road and starting from another road is certainly less dangerous, but at least ten days are wasted, and we don't have much time to waste!" The Seed Master Dao refused again.

Huang You no longer persuaded him, so he could only continue to walk. It's just that there is constant resentment in his heart, damn those Privy Council Governors Xu Han are not things, the emperor is not a hungry soldier, and he didn't even raise food and grass, so he could only support it for a month, and he was still a fart.

That is, the general is honest and sends troops recklessly; The other two military horses did not move at all, not because they had their own troops, but because of the lack of grain and grass, and they may have just arrived in Taiyuan, and the grain and grass were exhausted. The army horses that run out of food will be crushed without the enemy's attack.

Huang You's heart is broken, and he is ready for the worst at this moment.

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The Jurchen tribe, rising between the white mountains and black waters, destroyed the Liao State in more than ten years, and the Song Dynasty flowed out of the feces and established the Dajin Empire.

It's just that the foundation of this empire is too shallow, and it is an initial rise of local tyrants, and there is a serious shortage of talents in all aspects. The emperor, minister, marshal and other key positions of the Jin State are all Wanyan's. At this time, the Jin Kingdom was more like a family empire, and the appointment also adhered to the principle of cronyism.

This time, the Jin army went south, and the soldiers and horses of the east and west attacked the Great Song Dynasty, but there was a diametrically opposite ending, and the eastern route army was like a bamboo, threatening Bianliang, forcing the Song Emperor to sign an alliance under the city, cutting land, paying compensation, sending women, and calling ministers, and returning with a full load; However, the Western Route Army was trapped under the city of Taiyuan, and it was repeatedly difficult to break through the city defenses and break through Taiyuan, but under the continuous attack, the losses were innumerable.

One is a great achievement, and the other is stagnant.

This made Wan Yan Sticky Han extremely angry, and he was both jealous and resentful in his heart.

It's almost summer, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, which is a painful torture for the Jurchen soldiers from the northeast, plus the fierce fighting for a year, still did not break through Taiyuan, morale is extremely low, have to retreat, and if they don't retreat, it may lead to a mutiny among the soldiers.

had no choice but to retreat, leaving only 10,000 iron cavalry and 20,000 infantry besieged Taiyuan as the deputy general.

At this moment, there are 100,000 defenders in Taiyuan, and the Jin army is in a hurry, and it is difficult to break through at all.

And the commander-in-chief of the siege of Taiyuan also became Wanyan Lou's room.

Wanyan Lou is not as good as Wanyan in terms of strategy, and he is not as good as Wanyan in terms of reputation, but he is the most cautious in fighting. On the one hand, he gave up continuing to attack Taiyuan City, but implemented the city lock law, forcibly recruited the people near Taiyuan to dig a trench, the trench was one zhang deep, about two zhang wide, constantly surrounding Taiyuan City, constantly trapping Taiyuan, and preparing for a long-term siege of Taiyuan, so that Taiyuan completely became a dead city.

On the one hand, it is necessary to destroy its branches and leaves first, and then cut its trunk. Not to attack Taiyuan, but to attack the county near Taiyuan, eliminate these Song troops, and relieve the worries of attacking Taiyuan.

Looking at the trench that was being dug continuously, Wanyan Lou Room was full of pride and said: "There is a way to lock the city, why worry about Taiyuan City not breaking!" ”

At this time, a Han strategist said: "The method of locking the city is just the stupidest way to defend the city!" “

The generals of the Jin army around him were immediately furious, their eyes glared at this Han strategist, you said a word to me, scolded the Han strategist, boasted about him, and were extremely dissatisfied. Obviously, although this Han strategist is in Jinying, his popularity is extremely poor.

Wan Yan Lou said, "How does Mr. teach me?" ”

"The method of locking the city has an immediate effect on Wujing and other places besieging Liao, because the population of Liao is sparse, the capital is relatively small, the number of households is tens of thousands at most, and the population is less than 200,000! Such a medium-sized city can be besieged by the method of locking the city, stewing meat over a slow fire, and boiling the Liao army step by step, in addition, the national strength of the Liao State is weakened and unable to rescue, so it can only be trapped in the city and boiled to death. “

"But this is not the case in the Great Song Dynasty, which is densely populated and has a large number of households, cities with tens of thousands of households abound, and more than a dozen cities with more than 100,000 households. If the method of locking the city is adopted, attacking the fortified cities one by one, there will not be hundreds of years, and it will not be successful. Liaodi is sparsely populated and has a small area, and the loss of Wujing is equivalent to the destruction of the country; But Song Di is otherwise, Bianliang was lost, and the Great Song Dynasty was still the Great Song Dynasty; lost the four capitals such as Bianliang and the Daimyo Mansion, and the Great Song Dynasty was still the Great Song Dynasty. “

"The method of locking down the city is protracted, consumes too much manpower and material resources, and takes too long. Once the city is too big, it is impossible to lock the city at all, such as Bianliang, and for example, the ancient Taiyuan City. ”

It is rumored that in order to extinguish the Northern Han Dynasty, the Song army burned and looted the city of Taiyuan after breaking through the city, and the people of Taiyuan were slaughtered, and the women were also captured and sold to various places, and the ancient city of Taiyuan was burned and destroyed. Later, Pan Renmei built a new Taiyuan City, but the new Taiyuan City, whether it is in scale, the city defense is far inferior to the ancient city of Taiyuan, if the ancient city of Taiyuan is in, the method of locking the city, how can it be useful! “

"The second major drawback is that as long as Taiyuan City is abandoned, the law of locking the city will naturally be broken. It's a pity that the prefect Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Yu have commendable courage and limited wisdom, and the Song Emperor even betrayed Taiyuan, but he is still holding on, and he is too ignorant of current affairs! ”

Saying this, the Han strategist stopped talking and stopped talking.

Wanyan Lou said in his heart: "If you say that you don't know the current affairs, why don't you know the current affairs." If you know the times, want beautiful women, want official positions, want money, and nothing, why bother with this nominal strategist! “

This Han strategist is named Wang Lang. After the Jin army broke through Yuci City, he was in prison and rescued him.

The Jin army is extremely strong, but the talent is extremely lacking, the Jin country can be said to be thirsty for talent, and attaches great importance to scholars, as long as they are talented, they send beauties, money, and official positions, in order to win over. Even so, very few people have joined Jinguo Chushi.

In the territory of the Song Dynasty, scholars regarded Jin people as barbarian beasts, and would rather hide in the deep mountains and old forests, and would rather be a monk than a monk. Even if there are occasional people who join the Jin Army, they are mostly rhetorical, there are people in name only, and few people who are really capable are willing to join the Jin Army.

And as long as he is talented, even if he is in Jinying, his heart is in Song, and Wanyan Lou will admit it.

For example, Wang Lang is such a talent.

For some reason, Wang Lang offended the Yuci clan and was imprisoned, and the queen of the autumn was beheaded. It's just that the Jin army came, and the autumn queen asked and beheaded and became yellow. At first, he did not go out after his death, but later he was persecuted by his parents and his son, and Wang Lang came out.

But even if he is outstanding, Wang Lang is incompatible with the surrounding Jin army generals.

Generally speaking, the Han officials who have just come out of office are upright and upright at the beginning, and they swear to the death to observe the festival of the country, but this kind of integrity can't resist money, can't resist the beauty of beauty, especially can't resist the temptation of official positions, and may last for a few days, and then it will completely fall, and the so-called integrity has long been thrown to Java.

But Wang Lang is different, the gold and silver given by the Jin Army are sealed in situ, not moving, and the beauties sent are not touched at all, and keep saying that Guan Erye is also from Hedong, when Cao Cao got on the horse to send gold, dismounted to send silver, and sent beauties in the middle, and sent knighthoods, it is still the same integrity, and I can do it.

As a result, he was not in harmony with the generals in the battalion, and his temper was too stinky to accept even Wanyan Lou's room. But it's hard to accept, and you have to endure it.

The Jurchens are less than 10,000, and they are invincible. The Jurchens have never been full of 10,000, and they can directly command more than 10,000 Jurchen warriors, and there are only a few people in the Jin Kingdom, and fortunately he is one of them. In the past, most of the battles with the Liao army were quick battles, and there were few troops under the fortified city, and it was difficult to advance an inch in a year.

And this is extremely important for the supply of logistics, the supply of food and grass for soldiers, the distribution of equipment, the arrangement of siege equipment, etc., are extremely cumbersome. And this time to catch the strong men, build trenches, and realize the method of locking the city, it is a huge hero, these are extremely cumbersome things, let Wanyan Lou room to deal with it, annoying, a mess, but if these small things are not handled well, it will inevitably affect the morale of the soldiers, affect the battle of the whole army. And none of the generals under his command were able to handle it properly. But after Wang Lang came, these things were handled like a quick knife, properly and without a trace of problems.

So, Wanyan Lou Room could only endure it, although this Han strategist was extremely ignorant of current affairs, he still endured.

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