The next morning, another troop transport ship came, and the infantry in Deng Chun's hands reached 5,000.

Escorted by cavalry, they pulled chariots with mules and followed the Ling River to the southeast of Jinzhou City.

The situation here is a bit complicated.

The east, west and south sides of Jinzhou City are full of rivers, and there are mountains on the other side of the river on the east and south sides. The Ling River flows southeast, passing between two mountains, and on both sides of the mountains there are Jin Bingzhai forts.

He has been operating in Jinzhou for three years and has created a three-dimensional defense system that integrates cities, walled forts, rivers and mountains.

Li Jinyi's army was on the southwest side, and he planned to cooperate with Deng Chun to first capture the mountain fortress in the south of Jinzhou City.

Although Li Jinyi had many soldiers in his hands, Deng Chun's official position was greater and his qualifications were more profound, so he personally went to Deng Chun to discuss.

"There are three cottages in the south of Jinzhou, and there are earthen walls between the mountain passages," Li Jinyi said, "There are not many defenders in each cottage, but there are two wooden bridges in the south of the city." Once our army attacks the cottage, the golden soldiers in the city can quickly cross the bridge to increase the number of troops to rescue. You can also cross the river from the east and west and send cavalry to attack the flanks of our army. ”

Li Jinyi has been here for several days, and even drew a simple map of the enemy's defense.

Deng Chun pointed to the map and said: "The three cottages attacked at the same time, and the two divisions of our army relied on the river to arrange a vehicle formation, so that the enemy cavalry could not attack and interfere from the flanks. By the way, Your Majesty also asked me to bring a big gift. ”

"What gift?" Li Jinyi asked.

Deng Chun smiled and said, "A bunch of heads." ”

Even if the artillery was sufficient, a small number of small return guns were placed on the ships of the Ming Navy to throw smoke bombs at enemy ships.

Soon, several small return guns were dismantled from the ship.

The cavalry, escorted the naval gunners, came to the west of Jinzhou and began to project "gifts" into the city.

It's all heads!

There are the heads of Gao Biao who were strangled to death by Yang Zaixing, and there are also the heads of the heroes of various clans who were killed by Wanyan Zongfu.

The heads are plastered with lime to prevent decay, and each head is packed in a bag. Many words were written on the bag with a brush, including the name and position of the owner of the head.

"Put!"

The heads in the cloth bag were returned to the cannon and thrown into Jinzhou City.

The Jurchen soldiers basically did not know Chinese characters, and the soldiers of all ethnic groups did not recognize Chinese characters. Curiously, they opened the cloth bag and saw the heads in the bag, although they couldn't identify who it was, but they still had a faint guess - the friendly forces were defeated!

"This ...... This is Li Jing, Li Jing of the Li clan in Liaoyang! An officer exclaimed, pointing to the head.

In the early years of the Jin Kingdom, there was really a Bohai general named Li Jing, who was obviously recognized at this moment.

There are also literate Khitan generals, who picked up the cloth bag and read: "Gao Biao, the son of the Gao family in Chenzhou, the privy deputy envoy of Guangning Prefecture, the commander of the soldiers and horses on the Suguan Road, and the envoy of Fuzhou Jiedu ......"

"Dada-da-da!"

There was a sound of horses' hooves, and Wan Yan Shengdu personally led the Jurchen Xiao to ride, galloping and shouting along the way: "Hurry up and hand over the cloth bag, no one is allowed to hide it privately." These heads are all impersonated, and they are a scare ploy of the southern thieves! ”

Of course, no one dared to hide it privately, and honestly handed over the bag and head.

However, the news of Wanyan Zongfu's defeat and the death of the generals of the Suguan Pavilion still spread rapidly among the defenders in the city.

Wan Yan tart lazily pointed to the collection of a bunch of heads: "Liduo is simply dizzy, indiscriminately booby-trapping the generals of all clans, and he doesn't know how to deal with the beginning and the end!" ”

Wan Yan Xiyin said: "The situation was urgent. You are not unclear about the thoughts of the heroes of all races. If Liduo didn't take the lead, when the main force of the Ming army came to the city, the armies of the city would inevitably rebel. ”

Wan Yan tart said angrily: "Then how to fight now?" The spirit of the army has floated! ”

Wanyan Xiyin was speechless.

……

South of the city.

A teenage young officer rushed to the city tower and said, "Father, the road to the Suguan may be gone." The Ming military artillery threw more than a dozen heads, all of which were the heads of handsome people of all races! ”

Xiao Zhongxuan frowned: "Which one do you recognize?" ”

The young officer's name is Xiao Anjie, and he said: "The child didn't see it with his own eyes, and he heard it. However, some generals recognized Gao Biao, Da Pan, Li Jing and others, and they were indeed the heads of heroes of all ethnic groups. Liduo has been defeated, how can Jinzhou City still hold on? Father should plan early! ”

Xiao Zhongxuan is Xiao Zhonggong's younger brother, and their mother is a princess of Liao.

When Emperor Tianzuo fled, the last armed force was commanded by Xiao Zhonggong.

Xiao Zhongxuan stayed to protect his mother and was captured by Jin Bing first. Later, Xiao Zhonggong was captured by Jin Bing together with Emperor Tianzuo. Both brothers were forced to reduce their gold and showed great loyalty to the country.

A few years ago, Xiao Zhonggong fought to the death with the Ming army and was killed on the battlefield by the Ming army.

As a clan of the Liao State, the country was ruined by the Jin people. Are they really loyal to the Kingdom of Jin?

Xiao Zhongxuan said: "Your grandmother, aunt, mother...... They are all in Beijing. If you and my father and son rebel, our family will surely die! ”

Xiao Anjie asked rhetorically: "Does my father think that Jin Guo can still win?" If we resist stubbornly, when the Ming army reaches Shangjing, what will happen to our grandmother and mother? ”

Xiao Zhongxuan was extremely entangled and felt in a dilemma.

Xiao Zhongxuan grew up in exile and was a prisoner with his mother for several years. It wasn't until the elder brother was also captured by the Jin people that the brothers took refuge in the Jin Kingdom together.

Their personalities are extremely cautious, for fear that if they make the slightest mistake, they will be seized by the Jin State and punished.

Let's put it this way, whether Xiao Zhongxuan is a civil official or a military general, he doesn't dare to be greedy for a penny in Jinguo. When he governed the locality, he did not allow the petty officials to embezzle. And he never went out of the limelight, walking in the state city he governed, and the people didn't even know him.

Historically, he served as a taishou in Shuozhou and Luzhou, and the Han people in both places gave him a shrine to worship.

How can a person who is so cautious that he does not even dare to embezzle an army to rebel easily?

"Father, do you really want to be loyal to the Jin Kingdom?" Xiao Anjie asked, "Have you forgotten how the Jin people slaughtered the Khitan people?" Have you forgotten His Majesty the Great Liao Emperor, how did he die in humiliation when he was imprisoned by the Jin soldiers? and the concubines and princesses of Da Liao, how were they divided and humiliated by the Jurchen barbarians? ”

Xiao Zhongxuan's tone became calmer: "Don't act rashly. Even if we want to be enlightened, we shouldn't be the ones to provoke. As long as you don't make trouble, your family can be a little safer. If someone rebels, we can just follow the trend. ”

"You have to remember that even if you vote for the Ming Kingdom, you must not publicize it. We are all people who have lost our country, we are all relatives of the Liao country, and no matter where we live, we are always suspicious. If you are convicted, you will die. ”

"If my father and son become officials in Daming in the future, they must not be corrupt or bribed, they must not disobey orders, they must not get involved in party disputes, and they must not harass the people. We will do whatever the emperor tells us to do. We are loyal ministers in the Jin Kingdom, and we are also loyal ministers in the Ming Kingdom. As long as you are loyal to the monarch and love the people, you can gain the trust of the emperor. ”

Xiao Anjie said happily: "Father agreed to come to light? ”

Xiao Zhongxuan nodded: "Go with the flow." ”

While he was talking, a herald rushed over: "General Xiao, the southern thieves are about to attack the cottage, you immediately lead the Khitan soldiers to the rescue!" ”

Xiao Zhongxuan was really well disguised, and his brother died fighting for the Jin Kingdom.

Among the generals of all ethnic groups in Jinzhou, Wanyan tart lazy actually trusted Xiao Zhongxuan the most.

Three cottages in the south were all under heavy artillery fire.

This morning, along with the first class, there were thirty more guns. Coupled with the twenty artillery pieces in Li Jinyi's hand, there were enough fifty artillery pieces to be dragged to attack the mountain.

Under the continuous bombardment, the morale of the Jin soldiers stationed in the cottage plummeted.

The Jin cavalry came out of the city from the east and west, wanting to attack and harass the flanks of the Ming army. But several hollow car formations were placed there, and after hundreds of dead and wounded, the cavalry of the Jin State did not dare to continue the attack at all.

Xiao Zhongxuan led his troops to the cottage, and the Jurchen generals stationed there asked him to obey him honestly.

However, it is not possible to work!

Xiao Zhongxuan was halfway through with his troops, and he had already told his officers. Everything is to preserve the strength first, and don't fight to the death with the Ming army attacking the mountain. It is time to release arrows and arrows, and it is time to flee and flee.

From mid-morning to afternoon, the three cottages were lost.

Xiao Zhongxuan fled back to the city with the "remnant soldiers" and ran to ask for guilt as soon as possible. He knelt down in front of Wanyan and said: "The last general is guilty, and he has no face to see the marshal, please behead the last general to deter the army." ”

Of course, it was impossible for Wanyan to kill him, and he also supported him with his own hands: "General Xiao, please get up." You're not wrong, it's the southern thief who is too capable of fighting. ”

Xiao Zhongxuan said: "It's still because there are many heads thrown in in the morning, and it is rumored in the army that the city of the Suguan has been lost. Now the generals and soldiers under the command of the last general all feel that our army will be defeated, so they are demoralized and dare not fight. Otherwise, even if the southern thieves have sharp firearms, it is impossible to capture the cottage in half a day. ”

These words are true, and Wanyan tart has to believe it, because the Jurchen soldiers are also demoralized.

After the Ming army occupied the southern cottage, it attacked the eastern cottage the next day, and soon uprooted the remaining two cottages.

At this point, all the outer fortifications of Jinzhou of the Jin soldiers fell.

Another day passed, and one of the three was missing.

And on the mountains to the east and south, they condescendingly set up artillery and fired indiscriminately into the city to intimidate.

Every day, a large number of cavalry were sent to shoot into the city to persuade them to surrender. The letter promised that as long as the rebel Jin surrendered to the Ming, the past mistakes would not be investigated, and the Ming army would only kill the Jurchen people!

While shelling, while persuading to surrender.

After several days in a row, the Han, Xi, and Khitan people were all ready to move.

On the seventh day of the siege on three sides, the Ming army began to formally attack the city. Under the cover of artillery, one after another siege equipment was pushed forward.

Just as the Ming army was climbing the city wall, Xiao Shunxian, the general of the Xi nationality, suddenly launched and led his troops to rush towards the nearby Jurchen soldiers.

There is a mess here, and there will be a Han general.

Wang Bolong, the commander of the Han army, was still loyal to the Jin State, but his soldiers did not think so. Especially for middle and low-level officers, who can't they give their lives? Why do you have to hang yourself from a tree?

Wang Bolong is a high-ranking official, rich in clothes and food, and can also marry a lady from a wealthy family in the Bohai Sea. These middle and low-level officers don't have Wang Bolong's preferential treatment!

"On the contrary, you dare to disobey military orders!" Wang Bolong roared angrily at the Han soldiers who were killing.

An officer shouted: "Han Jia's son, don't give your life to the golden dog again." The Han emperor is about to win the world, and he will be a soldier for the Han emperor in the future. Kill! ”

A few days ago, the cavalry of the Han people in Liaodong suffered heavy losses when they collided with the car formation.

They have been frightened by the Ming army, and at this moment, the city is about to be destroyed, how can they be willing to accompany Wang Bolong to die?

The Han soldiers turned their spearheads one after another and killed their main generals.

Wang Bolong was shocked and inexplicable, and hurriedly shouted: "I also want to surrender." Come with me to pledge allegiance to the Han Emperor......"

"Kill!"

The personal soldiers around Wang Bolong, a few people suddenly rioted, and they all started from behind.

Wang Bolong, who was wearing strong armor, was just injured. He wanted to say anything more, but he was knocked down by his own soldiers, pressed to the ground and wiped his neck.

Soon, one of the soldiers raised his head: "I have killed Wang Bolong, the general of the Jin State, quickly follow me to capture the city gate and receive the reward!" ”

On the side of Nancheng, Xiao Zhongxuan really took advantage of the situation and ordered: "The Khitan soldiers obey the order, put down their weapons, and open the city gate." ”

(End of chapter)