The specific address of Duli is just east of Laotieshan in Lushunkou.

It was already an important regional place in the Tang Dynasty.

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This place is the northern landing point of the Bohai Strait, and across the sea is Penglai.

If Qilu wants to do business with Liaodong, this is the place they must pass through.

In fact, ancient Qilu has been famous for its maritime business since the Spring and Autumn Period.

In places where historical data cannot touch, there is reason to infer that private coastal merchants often traveled between Penglai and Capital.

In other words, private merchants who entered and exited the sea from the Cangzhou area and traded with Goryeo often settled here.

Although it is not as important as Zhongyuanchong or the border trading point of the Great Wall, it has gradually gathered some people over time.

An important part of Han Shizhong's management of Dengzhou Prefecture was to bring Duli under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture and connect Penglai and Duli's commercial exchanges.

The position of Duli in the Song Army's Liaodong strategy was the granary. All the grain shipped from Dengzhou or the Qian family from Hangzhou Bay was stored here.

In the future, it will also be one of the main trade points between Goryeo and the Song Dynasty.

When Wan Yanchang came to inspect the entire terrain in person, he was surprised to find that the west side of Duli City was backed by mountains, the south side directly faced the sea, and a protruding urn city was built on the north side. Only the east side looked normal.

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However, in the sea area southeast of Duli City, there are more than a dozen large ships displayed.

Those big ships looked like giant beasts floating on the sea.

They are very close to the coastline.

Wanyanchang didn't have access to water, so he couldn't tell whether those big ships could get closer to the shore.

If the Song army on board the ship could disembark in batches and form stormtroopers when the Jin army attacked the city from the east, it would cause great interference to the Jin army's offensive.

Wan Yanchang hesitated for a moment.

He immediately sent some scouts to the west of the city to investigate the situation.

These scouts climbed up the mountain and passed through rugged and narrow roads, and two of them accidentally fell to their death in the valley.

When I went to the mountains in the afternoon, I saw that a city wall had also been erected in the west of the city. Although it was not high, it was erected in a place with extremely weird terrain. It was impossible to form a team to attack the city in batches.

Now Wan Yanchang's balls hurt.

Sure enough, what you see on the map is different from the actual situation you face when conducting detailed inspections.

Wan Yanchang did not take action rashly, but sent more scouts to conduct a comprehensive investigation.

Wanyanchang had a mission. He boasted in front of Wanyan Zongfu that he could capture the capital city in just ten days.

After the scouts explored all the terrain, Wan Yanchang summoned his staff and cute men to discuss countermeasures.

There were only two roads in front of Wan Yanchang, the North City and the East City.

Staff Zhang Cai said: "General, there is a barbican and an arrow tower in the north city. It is very difficult to attack. The east city has a flat terrain. The Song army has not had time to build a barbican and there is no arrow tower. I suggest attacking the east city."

Mengyan Gu Lijia said: "The Song army has placed more than a dozen large ships on the sea. There must be something fishy. I think they are going to attack Beicheng!"

Zhang Cai said: "Those dozen large ships are still far away from the shore. It is not easy for the Song army to disembark and land in Dongcheng."

"Didn't you see that every ship is connected to the rocks on the shore by iron chains? If necessary, Song Jun can slide to the shore with the help of iron chains!" Gu Lijia obviously looked down on Zhang Cai's rhetoric.

The staff member said, "You who have never fought in a war have no idea that you can use your life to clear a road when necessary!"

Zhang Cai did not dare to say more. After all, he was a Han, and the status of the Han people in the Jin Kingdom was naturally inferior to that of the Jurchens.

Wan Yanchang said: "Don't you realize that the Song army is forcing us to attack Beicheng! They must have deployed heavy troops in Beicheng, as well as various weapons to defend the city."

Everyone was silent.

Wan Yanchang continued: "Song Jun asked us to attack Beicheng, but we refused to go, so we will attack Dongcheng!"

Gu Lijia said: "General, what if the Song army gets off the ship and attacks us while we are attacking the city?"

"Set up a line of defense at the seaside." Wan Yanchang said with a smile, "I don't believe that if we wait on the shore, the Song army can attack from the sea and defeat us!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but praise Wanyanchang for his wisdom.

On the ninth day of April, the Jin army began to take action.

Wan Yanchang arrived in Duli on the seventh day of April. He only had ten days and must capture Duli on April 17th.

Early that morning, Zhao Chen was studying how to cook sea crabs.

Since arriving in Dengzhou, I heard that people living along the coast have a difficult life and can only survive on crabs, shrimps, and fish from the sea.

Zhao Chen is a kind-hearted man. He heard that the people along the coast were living in such misery, and he couldn't do anything for a while. In order to appease the people, he became the king of Qi and ate these.

Sometimes he would cook it himself and invite Zhang Qing and Hu Yantong to eat together.

Although Zhang Qing and Hu Yantong burst into tears every time they ate, they still had to endure the meal.

Chinese people have been eating seafood for a long time.

For example, grilled oysters were served during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

However, due to transportation conditions, only a few people in the mainland can eat it, which is called delicacies from mountains and seas.

But in fact, many people didn't like to eat it in ancient times because it was too fishy.

Only the fishermen along the coast really had nothing to eat, so they often stewed crabs and squatted on sea cucumbers to survive.

Just when Zhao Chen was preparing to cook crabs for everyone to eat, he suddenly heard the bell.

He raised his head and looked outside.

"what happened?"

The attendant on the side said: "Your Highness, it may be the golden thieves attacking the city!"

"Siege the city?" Zhao Chen was stunned for a moment, then turned and walked back into the house.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

Not long after, Zhao Chen came out wearing a suit of armor and said with firm eyes: "Of course we will defend the city together with the soldiers and civilians of Duli City."

If Zhao Ning saw this scene, he would probably be a little pleased.

People are complex.

Zhao Chen is a conservative who has never seen the way of the world and the human heart, and only ideally adheres to the way of sages.

But that doesn't mean he's a coward.

As Qin Hui's wife Wang said, when the conservatives completely collapsed, the prince still dared to stand up. He was really brave!

"Your Highness, you can't go out, it's too dangerous outside."

But Zhao Chen had already put on his armor and went out, and his guards followed him out.

Soldiers and civilians can be seen everywhere on the street, and the armored Forbidden Army has begun to line up and assemble in the open space.

The Xiang soldiers began to move boxes of weapons out of the weapons depot.

The county captain of Duli City was shouting loudly on the street: "Don't panic, don't make chaos, just do what you need to do."

Zhang Qing led people towards the city head, where he met Zhao Chen.

"Your Highness King Qi, why are you out?"

"I am coming too."

"It's too dangerous out there!"

"It's okay, I won't disturb you."

The bells on the tower became more and more intense, and Zhang Qing didn't say much, but just said: "Protect King Qi!"

"yes!"

Zhao Chen followed Zhang Qing to the tower.

The vanguard of the Jin Army had already lined up outside Dongcheng. There were thousands of them, wearing light armor. Under the sunlight, they reflected a cold brilliance.

A Jin Army officer shouted loudly: "Surrender without killing!"

Then, thousands of gold troops followed and shouted: "Surrender without killing!"

Then the whole Jin army started shouting: "Surrender without killing!"

For a time, the sound shook the surrounding areas, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
Chapter completed!