The Laoha River in the Liaojin period flowed in a slightly different direction than a few hundred years later.

It is called Tuhe at this time, and it flows out from Yanshan Mountain in the southwest. Passing through the south of Qijin Mountain, the Liao State built a city by the river, named Zhongjing Dading Mansion, and the address was dozens of miles west of Ningcheng in later generations.

Dading Mansion and the surrounding areas, during the Liao period, the Xi nationality was the main thing, followed by the Khitan nationality, and the Han nationality again.

The Xi people's rebellion against Jin was very big at the beginning, and the Jin State suppressed it for two or three years before it subsided. Then, the Xi people were disrupted and many Han people were moved over.

At the same time, there are also many young people who are really alive.

Especially the elite who followed Yan Zonghan to fight in the south and the north, many of them migrated their clansmen to Dadingfu, Lizhou, and Jianzhou.

"The main force of the golden soldiers is here, the main force of the golden soldiers is here!"

Eighty miles north of Dadingfu City, Wang Yan built a beacon tower in Yuanbao Mountain.

As soon as Wanyan Zonghan's main force appeared, wolf smoke rose one after another along the mountains. Only an hour later, the news reached Dadingfu City, and then sent a wolf smoke signal to the south and east.

Wang Yan stood on the city tower, looked to the north and asked, "How many Jin soldiers are coming?" ”

The Daming light cavalry who fled back said: "The sky is overwhelming, and there are thousands of cavalry who have opened the road, and the light cavalry of our army have been driven back." ”

Wanyan Zongfu was frantically recruiting troops in Liaodong, and Wanyan Zonghan was naturally similar.

Moreover, there are also Tanggu tribes in Linhuang Mansion, all of whom are descendants of prisoners of war and slaves of the Liao State. Among them, there are a large number of Jurchen people, although the descendants have long been Khitan, but still retain some Jurchen customs, and are regarded as Jurchens by Jin Guotongtong.

Linhuang Mansion, that is, the vast area from the Keshiketeng Banner to the Horqin Grassland.

It is mainly based on fixed grazing, supplemented by farming.

And he returned to the Jin State earlier, the population loss was not serious, and he was relatively loyal to the Jin State.

The young and strong herdsmen were all brought in to fight, and Wanyan Zonghan also spread rumors on the grassland, saying that the Ming Emperor planned to slaughter all the tribes.

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More than 40,000 golden soldiers quickly arrived outside the city of Dadingfu.

One crossed the Tuhe River in advance and came to the north of Dading City. One encamped on the east side of the Tu River. One continued to the south, and sent out cavalry to explore the Ming reinforcements.

Wanyan Zonghan observed the city with a telescope, and soon saw Wang Yan on the city tower.

"Marshal, there are no Ming troops on all sides, and the southern thieves have all hid in the city." Wanyan came to report.

After Wan Yan Lou died of illness, his troops were inherited by his son Wan Yan Mouyan.

Wan Yan Mouyan is twenty-four years old this year, and he can't be entrusted with important tasks for the time being, and the real command has to rely on the generals left behind by Wan Yan Lou's room.

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Keep an eye on the south, and focus on besieging the city and sending reinforcements. If you encounter the Ming army's vehicle formation, you can fight it, and if you can't fight it, you will cut off its grain route, and go to attack and kill those grain transportation teams. ”

Soon, another light horse came from the other side of the river: "A section of the wall we have torn off is filled with earth and stones. There is also a section that is estimated to be too late to fill in, and there are a lot of baggage trucks. The wagons were not chained together, but they were next to each other, blocking the gap in the wall. On and behind the car, there were Ming troops guarding. ”

Wanyan Zonghan personally took a small boat to cross the river in the northeast of Dading City, picked up a telescope and observed carefully.

The northern wall was demolished by the Jin Kingdom very early, and the soil of the wall was thrown into the moat, and the moat in the north of the city was completely filled.

Now, two-thirds of the vacant city wall was filled by Wang Yan, and the remaining third was blocked by chariots.

"Make the Zhennan Cannon!" Wan Yan Zonghan ordered.

Zhu Ming changed the name of the Huihui cannon to the Pingyi cannon, but it became the Zhennan cannon when it was transmitted to the Jin country.

Dading Mansion and Linhuang Mansion have countless craftsmen, and Wanyan Zonghan brought hundreds with the army.

Those herdsmen in Linhuang Mansion are worrisome in combat effectiveness as cavalry, but their role is still very large. It can not only be sent out as a light cavalry to investigate, but also escort livestock and grain and grass, and can also be used as a people's servant when it is critical.

Hundreds of artisans and more than 2,000 herders went to the mountains in the northwest to cut down trees.

In order to rush for time, they even build equipment around a campfire at night.

The next day, hundreds of Jurchen cavalry and more than 2,000 herdsmen escorted more grain and grass south. The livestock was snatched from the southern grassland, and the grain was scraped three feet from the north of Jin, and Yan Zonghan lifted the table and fished with all his might, and now the grain and grass in his hands are very abundant.

On the third day, the Jin soldiers had built more than 30 large and small return cannons, as well as more than 400 simple siege ladders.

When the Jin soldiers pushed the return cannon and slowly moved towards the northern city, Wang Yan ordered: "Open the cannon!" ”

The Yanshan passage is not easy to walk, and the bulky cast iron cannons are difficult to transport, and there are only eight wrought iron field guns here.

Moreover, the Jin soldiers uprooted the city wall in advance, and the temporary construction of the wall was not stable, and it was difficult for artillery to be placed on it. The other three walls could not attack the besieging soldiers in the north.

At the moment, these eight wrought iron cannons are all placed between the chariots.

Eight of the vehicles, which had been towed overnight, were replaced by artillery and fired at the besieging forces.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

All the shells were aimed at the returning artillery in the middle of the march, but unfortunately the accuracy was not good, and not a single return artillery hit, but more than a dozen golden soldiers were killed.

The shelling lasted until the third round, and finally hit one, and that time the back artillery was smashed on the spot.

The return artillery went slowly, and the Ming army began to shoot again a mile and a half away. Continuous artillery bombardment to the fourth round, back artillery is still far from the city wall.

"Boom!"

"Ahh

Suddenly, a crater appeared in the ground, and a return gun, along with three gunners, plunged into a huge pit.

This time, the cannon was quite large, and a large section was exposed when transferred into the pit.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Another round of shelling.

Most of the people in charge of pushing the cannon were craftsmen and herdsmen, and only two of the gunners belonged to the veterans.

They were able to hold out until now, and after several rounds of shelling, suddenly one of the teams turned and fled, which in turn led more people to throw away the guns and flee.

Wanyan Zonghan could see it clearly in the rear, and gave an order: "The first team to break and flee will all be beheaded to show the public!" ”

Of the more than 30 guns of the Jin soldiers, nine of them had been smashed by shells, and three of them had fallen into the pit and could not get out.

According to Wanyan Zonghan's idea, the newly filled city wall of the Ming army was purely a spectacle, and it would collapse if it was smashed with a boulder a few times.

But the problem now is that the return cannon can't be pushed!

After thinking about it, the method of returning to the artillery bombardment city could only be abandoned, and Wanyan Zonghan ordered a direct siege of the city (car formation).

There are two gaps in the city wall that were filled with chariots, adding up to more than 300 meters long.

With Wanyan Zonghan's order, a large number of herdsmen turned into light cavalry, dragging wooden ladders with war horses and running towards the chariot.

Along the way, cavalry fell into the pits from time to time, and no one knew how many pits Wang Yan had dug.

Because the herdsmen's cavalry was too scattered, the eight guns of the Ming army were too lazy to shoot. It wasn't until the enemy was approaching the chariot and becoming denser and denser that the Ming army's bows and crossbows began to shoot arrows.

Lacking armor, these herders fell in the face of a rain of arrows.

They were also shooting arrows at the Ming army, but they were all blocked by shields or chariot flaps.

Before they could dismount and place the wooden ladders, a large number of herdsmen's cavalry retreated. Their loyalty to the Jin State is only relative to the various ethnic groups in Liaodong, and it has definitely not reached the level of fighting to the death.

Wanyan Zonghan ordered the execution of more than a dozen of the first to flee, and asked the overseer team to run back and forth with their heads: "Whoever dares to retreat again will be beheaded!" ”

Two more groups of herdsmen's cavalry were organized to attack.

Under the strict military law, someone finally rushed to the chariot, cut the rope that dragged the wooden ladder, and put the ladder on the chariot in an attempt to climb.

But that's all, all of them were killed and retreated by the spearmen of the Ming army.

Wanyan Zonghan organized a fourth attack, and the front was still charged by the herdsmen's cavalry, and the back was the use of elite Jurchen soldiers. The herdsmen's cavalry consumed the arrows of the Ming army, and the Jurchen elite took the opportunity to rush to the chariot.

"Grenadier!"

Whenever a Jurchen elite approached the chariot, the grenadiers on the chariot raised 10,000 enemies, lit it with a fire rope and threw it over the chariot baffle.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Those Jurchen elites are still building wooden ladders, and even the people and ladders are all blown up and scrapped.

The nearby Jin soldiers were so frightened that they fled one after another.

Finally, Wanyan Zonghan stopped attacking and ordered the whole army to withdraw to the camp.

Wanyan Zonghan was very helpless, the Ming army's firearms were too difficult to deal with. There are artillery at long distances, guns at medium distances, and 10,000 enemies at close range, how can the Jurchen elite play no matter how powerful it is?

Not to mention attacking the fortified city, even if the city wall is stripped off and only blocked by chariots in formation, the golden soldiers will not be able to rush in at all.

I can only besiege the city and send reinforcements.

And it has to be ambushed and attacked, if the reinforcements of the Ming army form a car formation, the Jin soldiers can't beat the reinforcements!

Wang Yan sat on the north tower of the city, watching the Jin people retreat with a blank face.

Most of the soldiers under his command belong to Hebei people, and they all have a deep blood feud with the Jin State.

As long as the main force of the golden soldiers is dragged here for a few days, several other friendly armies will be able to arrive.

"Marshal, ten miles south of Wen'an Town, I found reinforcements from southern thieves!"

Wanyan Zonghan immediately climbed on horseback, leaving a guard camp, and he personally led the elite to fight the Ming reinforcements.

In order to paralyze Wang Yan, who was defending the city, they also went around from further east to prevent the soldiers defending the city from discovering it with binoculars.

To the south of Wen'an Town is Li Yanxian, who is no longer a pure horseman. Part of his cavalry, led by Yan Ping, marched eastward and followed Li Jinyi to fight Jinzhou. The rest of these cavalry were mixed with thousands of infantry, and Li Yanxian's military rank was higher than Yue Fei's.

Arriving in Wen'an Town, Li Yanxian directly ordered: "Rely on the town's houses, rivers and chariots, and form a formation in place and wait for the friendly forces to converge." ”

Hey, hey, don't go.

The generals of the Ming army all knew Yan Zonghan's plan, so what were they impatient?

Li Yanxian formed a formation in Wen'an Town, waiting for Li Bao and Yue Fei to come and converge.

A messenger rode in and handed Yue Fei's secret letter to Li Yanxian.

Li Yanxian carefully read the secret letter, and said with a smile: "Since General Yue said that he is sure, then I will lend him the cavalry under my command!" ”

Wanyan Zonghan has too many war horses, and if he can't win, he can escape at any time.

Yue Fei's idea was very simple, go directly to burn the grain and grass of the golden soldiers!

Even if the grain burning fails, it can be withdrawn into Dadingfu City.

Once the grain burning is successful, it will be able to force Yan Zonghan to fight a decisive battle.

Yue Fei was already playing aggressively, and Li Bao was even more crazy.

After hearing that Yan Zonghan was coming, he immediately withdrew from the city of Xingzhong Mansion and let the second-line troops and people garrison the Jianzhou Mansion City. He didn't think about saving Wang Yan at all, but led the elite to ride north, each with only one mule to transport grain, wanting to attack Huihe County and Sanhan County, and directly take the rear city of Wanyan Zonghan.

Li Bao was very relieved to Li Yanxian, Yue Fei, and Wang Yan, since the three of them could be stabilized, why did he have to go all the way to save them? Just cut off the enemy's retreat!

(End of chapter)