The next day, the Jin army attacked the city again, this time from the morning to dusk before the troops, Wan Yan Gao knew that there were nearly 20,000 Dingbei troops in the city, afraid that once they attacked the city separately, they would be caught off guard by Yang Zhi in a certain direction; when the battle reached dusk, the city gate suddenly launched a poison smoke ball, and in the black smoke, the Jin army's war horses galloped everywhere, ramming and trampling their own horses, and the Jin army and the people who were attacking the city were defeated again, and the Song army still did not go out of the city, but only took the opportunity to radiate rockets and burn the siege equipment such as catapults.

It was already dark when Yan Gao withdrew his troops and returned to the camp, and the Jin troops went to the streams one after another to bathe and fetch water, and the Jin soldiers on the hillsides sat or lay down and rested on the grass; Shan Tinggui and others secretly shouted that it was dangerous, and if they directly put the poison in the water or grass at the beginning, even if they could poison a few Jin troops, it would be of no help to major matters. Zong Wei could even see that there were martial arts masters checking for poison in the water, and he couldn't help but smile and shake his head, Wan Yan Gao or someone next to him was as cautious as Yang Zhi.

Seeing those masters laughing and leaving, Shi Qian and Shan Tinggui took people to put on the armor of the golden soldiers, mixed in the crowd while it was dark, and did not enter the village, but just passed by the people carrying drinking water cans, and put the poison in by the way. At this time, the people of the Great Song Dynasty did not have the habit of washing their hands frequently, let alone the Jin people, and most of the drinking water jars of the Jin people were skinned and easy to identify in order to make them easy to carry; Zong Wei commanded Shan Tinggui's men to start putting poison on top of the water source, so that the poison could flow slowly down the water.

By the time Yelutan found out that some people in the army had been poisoned, everything was over, and the phenomenon of soldiers being poisoned by the streams and in the camp had occurred, and more than 2,000 people died at once, and there were almost the same number of wounded; the most important thing was that the food in the camp and the drinking water around it did not dare to be used, Wan Yan Gao immediately sent martial arts masters to search for these people who were poisoned outside the city, but Shan Tinggui and others had already fled dozens of miles away according to Yang Zhi's instructions.

Knowing that the army and martial arts masters searched and found no one, Wan Yan Gao could only order to retreat twenty miles, find a place with a clean water source and re-enter the village, and settle down in the middle of the night; Wanyan Zongjun was ordered to lead 5,000 people to ambush, and if the Dingbei army came to burn the catapult, he would give the other party a heavy blow, but after waiting all night, the Dingbei army did not come out.

After Yan Zongjun saw that Yan Gao did not arrange for anyone to move those catapults at dawn, nor did he arrange for the army to come to attack the city, he guessed what Wan Yan Gao meant, and found the big tent and asked Yan Gao: "Marshal, are you planning to withdraw the army?"

Wanyan Zongjun is the eldest son of Wanyan Aguta, and his eldest brother Wanyan Zonggan are both people who support Wu Qimai, and they have quite prestige in the court; Wanyan Gao did not hide it: "Yang Zhi is really cunning, just one method after another, we have killed and injured nearly 10,000 people, not to mention the common people, who are completely frightened by the other party. Don't look at us all the way from Youzhou, now we are a tired army, once the loss exceeds three or four percent, I don't know what will happen. There is also grain and grass, Yang Zhijian is clear of the wilderness, and the daily consumption of tens of thousands of people is amazing, I can't wait until the grain is exhausted before retreating. ”

Wanyan Zongjun understood what Wanyan Gao meant, if all of them were Jurchen warriors, maybe six or seven percent of the casualties would still have fighting spirit, but most of these 40,000 people were soldiers of the Han, Khitan, Xi and other ethnic groups, and if the casualties exceeded thirty percent, it would be difficult to launch an offensive again, and the 40,000 army had already lost more than 9,000, and there were still three or five thousand who would reach the limit; if they ran out of food and retreated, that would be when they were chased and killed by Yang Zhi.

Wanyan Zongjun pondered and said: "Marshal, we can also divide our troops to attack the other two counties and Huanzhou first, so that Jincheng will become a lonely city completely; ”

Wanyan Zongjun was injured in the battle to conquer the Daimyo's Mansion and was not yet well, Wanyan Gao had to take care of his emotions and comforted: "I haven't made a final decision yet, but I'm thinking about why Yang Zhi took the initiative to give up these places in Shenwu Town, you have also seen the level of the Dingbei Army to defend the city, he can completely entangle with us in the four towns, but Yang Zhi simply chose the offensive and defensive battle, and even did not send troops to attack us at the opportunity like yesterday." ”

Wanyan Zongjun felt a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said hesitantly: "Shuozhou, Yang Zhi is delaying time. ”

Wan Yan Gao was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "You mean that Yang Zhi sent people to Shuozhou earlier, just to confuse us here, but Zhao Gongjian and others have war reports, and Yang Rui is also closed in Huanzhou." It's not good, the other party wants to win with a surprise soldier and take Shuozhou first. ”

Wanyan Zongjun agreed: "Shuozhou and Huanzhou are only more than a hundred miles away, and they will be repeated in a day, so it is better to send a fast horse to ask." ”

While the two were talking, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the tent, and the patrolling Nahe Duen walked in with a scout and said: "Marshal, the general situation is not good, Zhao Gongjian's three armies were broken by Yue Fei and Yang Rui, Zhao Gongjian and Liu Ruxin were killed in battle, and Liu Junfu's whereabouts are unknown. ”

Wan Yan Gao immediately ordered Wan Yan Zongjun and Na He Duen to lead 5,000 horsemen to reinforce Shuozhou, and the two were about to go to Qi Qi when another scout reported that Yue Fei had attacked Shuozhou, and Liu Junfu was killed by the people of Basi's mother department on the border between Huanzhou and Datong Mansion. Nahe Duen couldn't help but say: "Amazing, Yang Zhi knows that Shuozhou can succeed, so he deliberately entangles us repeatedly." ”

Even a reckless man like Nahe Duen understood, what else could Wan Yan Gao say, and said with a wry smile: "Then we will withdraw the army, you two in the name of reinforcing Shuozhou, or lead five thousand horsemen to set off, but not to Huanzhou, but to detour to Huanghualiang in front of Shenwu Town to ambush, if our army retreats Yang Zhi to catch up, I hope to win back a game." ”

At noon, the Jin army all went north, let the 5,000 cavalry take the common people and the wounded first, and then destroyed the siege vehicles and catapults, and the army slowly retreated; when the city was discovered, it was immediately reported to Yang Zhi and Zhu Wu, and Yang Zhi categorically refused to pursue: "The Jin army retreated 20 miles to the village, which has actually become a kind of depth, and there are too many changes in it, so we will talk about it when they really retreat to Huairen County." ”。

Wan Yan Gao's army rested in Shenwu Town for a day before burning Shenwu Town to retreat, giving Yang Zhi enough time, but the scouts found that Yang Zhi did not even open the city gate, until the Jin army withdrew for a day and a night, Yang Zhicai sent Yang Lin and Li Zhong with two thousand infantry troops to the ruins of Shenwu Town to camp on the ruins. Wan Yan Gao sighed when he heard the return: "Yang Zhi, if you are so cautious in using your troops, you will eventually be a strong enemy of our army." ”

Jincheng is full of celebrations, and the tens of thousands of horses that can repel Yan Gao have given the soldiers and civilians of Jincheng a great sense of victory. Yang Zhi let Zhu Wu deal with it, he was not willing to block the trade road, but he also couldn't let others look at it too casually; Yang Zhi himself received the Fude who fled from Jiangnan.