There are more than a thousand Jin soldiers in this group, and the leader is Meng'an General Tulik. He is an authentic Jurchen of the Jin Kingdom. His ancestors also followed Wanyan Aguda to conquer the world.
This time Cao Youwen was ordered to attack Runan. Along the way, the three brothers of Cao Youwen met gods and killed gods, met demons and killed demons. He would never let go of any golden soldiers who dared to jump in front of them.
No, Cao Youwen's actions in turn attracted reinforcements from the Jin soldiers, and it was this Tulik who came.
But when Tulik arrived, he found that the town he wanted to rescue had been captured by Cao Youwen, who was opening warehouses to stock up on grain and recruiting troops.
Tulik saw that Cao Youwen's army was brave and feared that he might not be defeated, so he chose to return to the army and withdraw.
But it is easy to come but hard to go. When Cao You heard that golden soldiers were coming, could he still let you run? So a war broke out between the two sides.
"Gold thief, take your life."
Cao Youwen was in the battle formation, with a majestic sword in his hand, and he kept chasing Tulik to kill him, but he was beaten by Tulik, who couldn't resist and kept dodging.
When Cao You heard that he was so brave, it was like heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals descending to earth. The morale of the army was greatly inspired, and the Jin soldiers who only killed were retreated steadily.
Soon, the Jin soldiers collapsed and fled in all directions. The three brothers Cao Youwen and their cavalry followed them like chopping melons and vegetables, killing more than 300 Jin soldiers. Only dozens of them managed to escape.
"Clean up the battlefield. We will camp under Shangcai City at night."
Cao You heard this like wind and fire, and without any delay, he quickly cleaned up the battlefield and continued on his way with his troops.
"Here we come, here we come, the Song army's thieves are here, what should we do?"
At the top of Runan City, the county magistrate Tang Tong looked panicked. Tulik beside him was even more frightened than him. But Tulik was scared in his heart, but he didn't look very panicked on his face. He said: "Don't worry, the Song army thieves
The soldiers are tired all the way, so when I go to gather the troops, I will kill them all without leaving any trace."
After Tulik finished speaking, he hurriedly went down to the top of the city and gathered his men. However, he did not go out of the city to fight Cao Youwen. Instead, he quietly escaped from another city gate, and Xingyue left Runan.
"Siege the city."
Cao You heard the news at the foot of the city and saw that it was not too late and there were not many defenders at the top of the city. He simply attacked the city directly and planned to spend the night in the city.
When the siege order was given, arrows rained down, iron cannons, and stones fell one by one on the top of the city. Suddenly, ghosts cried and howled, and screams continued.
The process went extremely smoothly. In less than an hour, Cao Youwan was the first to rush into the city, and Runan was captured. Cao Youwen led the army into Runan and took a bath and slept comfortably in the city.
The next day, Cao Youwen also opened warehouses to store grain, recruited soldiers, and then began to conquer surrounding towns, and sent people to send messages to Meng Gong, Du Gao, and Jiang Hai.
In Shangcai County Yamen, the county magistrate Chen Fang looked anxious. He didn't know what was going on. A large number of Song troops suddenly appeared and were attacking the city. He had asked the court for help, but it was unknown whether the reinforcements would arrive in time.
Zhou Xian, Chen Fang's aide, said at this time: "My lord, it is better to pretend to surrender to the Song army and welcome them into the city. We will prepare an ambush in the city and kill them all."
Chen Fang was in a dilemma and said: "Song people are good at calculation and strategy. How can we deceive them? How can they enter the city without being fully sure?"
Zhou Xian paused for a while and then said: "If there is no chance in the city, then outside the city, there is a way to make people's faces red with wine, and wealth and silk are attractive to people's hearts. There are also peonies to die under, and ghosts are also romantic. If they don't enter the city, the Lord will take them."
Give money and beauties, who wouldn't be tempted? If the lord gives away the money and beauties, everyone in the Song army will surely fight for them, and the morale of the army will be unstable. At that time, our army will take advantage of their unpreparedness and suddenly attack. How can we be invincible?"
Chen Fang felt that it made sense. No matter whether the Song army entered the city or not, they could take the initiative, so he adopted it.
The next day, when the sky was getting dark, Jiang Hai's army arrived at the foot of Shangcai City. Chen Fang personally took Shangcai officials at all levels out of the city to greet them. He said that he would bring all Shangcai officials to join the Song Dynasty and hoped to accept them. He sincerely invited the Song army to accept them.
Enter the city and take over the city defense.
Jiang Hai was worried about fraud, so he did not rush into the city and only camped outside the city. However, he kept Chen Fang behind and refused to let him go back on the grounds of asking about going to Cai.
Chen Fang had no choice but to stay in Jiang Haijun. Fortunately, the city was well-arranged and there were staff to take care of everything. Even if others were absent, it would not have much impact.
Soon, according to Chen Fang's order, wine, meat and property were brought to the city, and more than 300 women came together, saying that they would drink and eat meat with the Song army soldiers to add to the joy.
Some of these women were prostitutes, and some were forcibly captured, and their families were still imprisoned in cells. Therefore, many of them were crying miserably, but they did not dare to ask for help.
Jiang Wanzai was puzzled and suspected that Chen Fang had bad intentions. He said to Jiang Hai: "Uncle, it is understandable that Chen Fang sent wine and meat, but he sent hundreds of women. My nephew thought that he had ulterior motives and wanted to disturb the morale of our army, so he invited uncle
careful."
Jiang Hai said: "It doesn't matter. I have ordered someone to keep the woman, the wine and the meat under custody until dawn tomorrow. So what if we go to the city and let him do all the work?"
Chen Fang was disappointed when he saw that the wine and meat were sealed, the women were also imprisoned, and everything was in order in the Song army camp. Not only was his plan blocked, but he was also involved in it. What should he do?
After thinking painfully for a long time, Chen Fang knew that Jiang Hai might have seen through his trick. If he wanted to survive, the only way out now was to truly join the Song army. Otherwise, he would definitely die.
So Chen Fang asked to meet Jiang Hai, admitted his mistake to Jiang Hai, and said that he could help Jiang Hai win Shang Cai and make up for his mistakes.
Jiang Hai, however, was disdainful and said: "It's just a matter of going to Cai, and getting it is like picking something out of a bag. Why do you need to help me? If I pass the general out, won't I lose the prestige of our Song army?"
After saying this, Jiang Hai ordered people to kill Chen Fang, cut off his head and hang it in front of the camp gate to shock Xiao Xiao.
When the officials in the city saw that Chen Fang had been killed, there was an immediate chaos. Many officials and scribes fled with their families without waiting for dawn, but they were all captured by the soldiers sent out by Jiang Hai.
After interrogation, it was confirmed that a trap was set up in the city. Jiang Hai ordered dozens of people to enter the city first and destroy the trap. Then the army entered the city and deployed the city defense. At the same time, he held an inquisition meeting and took all the officials and scribes to the stage to let the people
Identifying their crimes and finally executing them one by one, this act alone won the hearts of Shang Cai.
Then, Jiang Hai ordered his soldiers to attack in all directions, one to expand his troops, and the other to create momentum to frighten the Jin court.
In this way, Jiang Hai, Du Gao, Meng Gong, and Cao Youwen only took half a month to occupy Xixian, Shangcai, Runan, Jieshou and other places one by one. The surrounding towns were also captured, and tens of thousands of people came to surrender.