Chapter 446 The Golden Soldier Is Running Away (two chapters in one)
Chapter 446 The golden soldiers are running away (two-in-one chapter)
Author: Uncle Long Legs
Chapter 446 The golden soldiers are running away (two-in-one chapter)
He raised his head and drank the cup of Guanglu wine in front of him, which was exclusive to the Song Dynasty palace and was said to be extremely precious.
Wanyan Zonghan took a deep breath and took the lead in adjusting his emotions from hearing a series of bad news.
First, he waved to the dancers, musicians and other people in the big tent to leave.
Then, he filled the wine glass again.
Only then did he stand up, hold the cup in both hands and put it on his chest, and said solemnly to Wanyan Loushi, who was sitting next to him:
"Lou Shi, I'm here to admit your mistake.
Originally, I thought that when you were in Pingzhou, under the command of Xuange Camp and Hu Yitong, you actually lost troops and generals, and you also ended up in such a horrible state. It really embarrassed our Jurchens, so it was very difficult.
I look down on you a little.
After these days, after we personally fought with Na Hu Yiyi, we realized that we had made a huge mistake in blaming you.
It's not that you are useless, it's that Hu Yitong is too powerful.
Originally, I wasn't too shameless to say such nonsense to you, but I think that Hu Yitong and his Xuange Camp will sooner or later be a thorn in my side, Daikin.
So today I specially called Shang Zongwang, Xiyin and others to serve wine together to apologize to you.
I hope you, Mr. Lou, can open up your mind and for the sake of me, Daikin, don't care about those past festivals and tell me how to deal with Hu Yitong.
In addition, the war here in Kaifeng City is changing rapidly, and I don’t know what countermeasures you have in mind."
The voices just fell, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Xiyin, and even the attending mothers, Wanyanchang, Liu Yanzong, and Alu, without waiting for a large group of people, also picked up their wine glasses and stood up.
They all said things like, 'I have offended many people in the past', 'Wang Loushi, for the sake of Da Jin, he did not hesitate to teach me' and so on.
In the end, in front of Wanyan Lou's room, they all drank the wine in the glass again, which was regarded as self-punishment.
Upon seeing this, Wanyan Loushi also stood up quickly and said polite words such as "No need to be polite, we are all our own people".
It even looked like his eyes were a little red, as if he was deeply moved.
In short, at this moment, the high-ranking officials of the Jin Kingdom's army against the Song Dynasty showed that they would work together to deal with the current bad changes.
After a cordial performance by the top brass of the Golden Army.
After sitting down again, under the gaze of everyone, Wanyan Loushi pondered for a while and finally expressed some thoughts that were in his heart and had been considered for some time:
"Zong Wang, Zong Han, and all my colleagues, my opinion is that now, we can consider returning to the imperial court.
Counting this time, our army has been out for nearly half a year during the Jin Dynasty's attack on the Song Dynasty. After the continuous marches and battles, many of the army's officers and soldiers were already tired.
What's more important is that everyone has grabbed enough, and some of them regret their lives.
If it's like before, it's no big deal if everything goes well in the war.
However, judging from the current situation, it has obviously affected the performance of our army's combat power. It originally had 100% of its combat power, but it can only use 60 to 70% at most.
Almost all the gold, silver, and cloth of the Song people in Kaifeng City are now in our hands.
Even if they squeeze it harder, the Song people probably won't be able to get much out of it, so it's better to just go back.
Of course, even though the Song Dynasty's Qinwang army was somewhat ready to take action after hearing about some incidents in Kaifeng City.
It's just that with their fighting power, it will take them a long time to defeat them, so we don't have to leave in a hurry within these few days.
Even if Xiangzhou is occupied by another Xuange camp, we can just go back to Taiyuan on the west road.
Before leaving, everyone still has enough time to plunder Kaifeng City one more time before leaving. For example, some Song people must be taken away~"
When he got to this point, Wanyan Xiyin forcefully patted the short man in front of him.
He shouted loudly: "Lou Shi said it well! Compared with the women from the Song Dynasty who have thick hands and feet, they are much more interesting.
Especially the concubines, princesses, and royal ladies of the Zhao family, all the palace maids, are much more interesting than the village women in the North.
When you leave, take it back with you for everyone to enjoy."
After hearing this sentence, Wanyan Loushi first despised Wanyan Xiyin in his heart. This guy's eyes now reach under the woman's skirt.
However, in the past few years, the experience of being suppressed and ignored by others has also made his temperament mellow.
But while echoing, he also expressed his own thoughts:
"What Xi Yin said makes sense. The concubines, daughters of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, the noble daughters of the clan, and the maids-in-waiting are all very good, so naturally they cannot be let go.
However, the people of the Song Dynasty have always been famous for their ingenuity, and their various craftsmen cannot be spared.
Before returning this time, we must take away all the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry of the Song Dynasty; especially those craftsmen from the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of Industry who can make gunpowder must be brought with us.
I also asked some craftsmen in the army, although they didn't know why the gunpowder in the hands of Hu Yitong and others was so powerful.
But they also said that the craftsmen in the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of Labor in Song Dynasty were more skilled in making firearms than they were, so maybe we can know the reason.
In time, we will also be able to use that amazingly powerful firearm.
In addition, the documents, maps, treasures, and magical artifacts of the Song Dynasty's imperial court were all good things. They were all searched for by him, and all the masters had to take them with them when they returned to the court.
As for the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and all the officials of the imperial court, the matter of whether to take them away or not is a big deal, so I might as well ask the Emperor for instructions as soon as possible, since there is still enough time anyway."
Everyone in the camp nodded in agreement with these claims made against Wanyan Loushi.
By now, they actually seemed to have eaten their fill of wild beasts, and were not opposed to withdrawing to the Kingdom of Jin; and before leaving, they also made one more ruthless search.
The only problem is, after attending the meeting, Wanyan’s mother thought of something and asked the key sentence:
"If we continue searching like this before we leave, will the Song people in the city cause any trouble?
If we really want to fight in the city, our army will naturally win a big victory; but I think the losses will not be too small. After the strength is greatly reduced, will it be detrimental to the safety on the way back?"
When saying this, Wanyan Yanmu even blushed a little.
In the past, when the Jin Dynasty was killing people, setting fires, and looting wantonly in the Song Dynasty, they would not care about these sheep-like people in Kaifeng City.
But I don't know if they were lucky or unlucky. After thousands of years in advance, they felt the power of the people that was unfamiliar but terrifying to them.
When I wanted to do something bad, I was actually worried about how these people would react.
Fortunately, Wanyan Loushi actually came up with a way, a way that sounds a bit weird and not very encouraging, but sounds more or less reasonable:
"It doesn't matter! Now that the Zhao family's court is in the south of the Yangtze River, it may still have some prestige in other places in the Song Dynasty.
However, due to all kinds of ugliness in Kaifeng City, as well as the instigation of Hu Yitong and others, according to the insider's statement, people's hearts have long been lost.
During the raid, as long as the Song court was targeted, the civilians would not do anything wrong. Presumably few Song people would stand up to fight against our army.
Besides, the folk people were also plundered and plundered by the Song Dynasty court in the past, and there was not much money left."
At first glance, the Jin Bing executives present thought such a method was strange.
After thinking about it carefully, I think it makes a lot of sense.
You must know that when they arrived at Kaifeng City, they were a little surprised.
Because they had always had a serious headache about the natural danger of the Yellow River, and they were even prepared to fight only to the edge of the Yellow River and fight across the river with the Song people.
As a result, under the command of senior officials of the Song Dynasty, they only beat the war drums for one night, and the army guarding the Yellow River spontaneously collapsed.
So it is not surprising that something happened to the people of Song Dynasty.
By this time, the atmosphere in the big tent had become quite relaxed; Wanyan Zonghan, who had been silent throughout the whole process, also spoke at this time.
He asked what was the most concerning thing in his mind:
"Lou Shi, how should we deal with Hu Yitong and Xuan Geying? I think this son is extraordinary, and he will definitely be a serious problem for me, Dai Jin, from now on."
After hearing such a question, Wanyan Loushi, who had always been open-minded in the past, finally showed a solemn look on his face this time.
Obviously, he currently has no good solution for Hu Yitong, a big enemy.
After a while, seeing everyone in the big tent with headache-like expressions on their faces, he squeezed out some smiles on his face and said in a pretending relaxed tone:
"It's okay! Hu Yitong has some abilities, but you don't need to worry too much about him.
This time, this guy made us helpless because of the unique topography of Chubing Mountain, the role of weird firearms such as gunpowder bags, and the fact that the Song people in Kaifeng City who were bewitched by him fought desperately to support him.
Among the above, as long as one of them is missing, Hu Yitong would have been defeated and died.
You are all veterans who have experienced battles for a long time. Naturally, you know that such a good time, place and people are a good thing. He, Hu Yitong, can meet him once, but he will never meet him a second time.
Based on my experience of fighting against this guy in the past, he is very powerful when occupying the ground. If he were to fight in front of two armies, he could only be regarded as a strong general.
The next time we encounter them on other terrain, any one of our golden soldiers will be able to defeat them, and at the end of the day, we can surround them and starve them to death."
It should be said or not! The above analysis by Wanyan Loushi is quite reasonable.
You must know that in this battle, Tiefutu, the strongest of the Jin soldiers, did not even have a chance to dispatch. It always used its weakest mountain-attacking aspect to face the strongest defensive aspect of Hu Biao and others.
If it were to be an encounter on the Great Plains, these people would really have the confidence to defeat Hu Biao easily.
After all, they would never have imagined what kind of tricks gunpowder weapons could do in the hands of modern people.
After thinking about this, everyone present finally felt relaxed; they were even thinking about the wonderful scene of defeating and beheading Hu Biao if they met him under other normal circumstances.
After arriving here, regarding the retreat of the Song Dynasty army, a consensus was reached among the top brass of the Jin army and it was basically finalized.
In the later period, while drinking and eating meat, they discussed some other details.
For example, from early tomorrow morning, there will be no need to continue attacking the damn Chubing Mountain tomorrow to avoid causing more unnecessary casualties.
There were 20,000 casualties in the mountains during the front and back attacks. Thinking about it, they all suffered from severe physical pain.
In the future, we only need to use 3,000 infantry troops to continue the siege at the foot of the mountain, and then send out an elite cavalry force to patrol.
It would not allow Hu Yitong on the mountain a chance to escape, ruining some of their follow-up plans; it would be better if the opponent dared to go down the mountain with all his troops, and they would all be wiped out in a single battle on the plains.
As Wanyan Loushi said, as long as they leave the special terrain of Chubing Mountain, those people are nothing.
In addition, the blockade composed of archers and trebuchets continued to be maintained upstream and downstream of the Cai River. As long as the Song people dared to follow the river to support, they would have to pay a huge price.
In this way, while eating and drinking, a group of Jin Bing senior executives discussed until the end, as if they remembered a small thing.
Wanyan Xiyin patted her forehead with her oily palms and asked again:
"By the way! That Song Dynasty spy named Geng Nanzhong, who has secretly taken refuge with us, should we take him with us when our master returns to the court?"
All the suggestions made by this person at the beginning were excellent. Although they did not finally win the Chubing Mountain, most of them went wrong in other places. It does not mean that his ideas were bad.
Overall, he is a good dog.
If we take them back together, we can help and give some ideas when dealing with the Song people in the future."
"It's a dog! It can bite people only if it is released, so it's better to keep it and let it continue to be a spy. Anyway, we have so many letters from him before and after, so we don't have to worry about him betraying him."
After hearing such a question, Wanyan Loushi answered casually without any hesitation.
After all, it is just a dog that takes refuge in others. If it is useful, they will throw some bones as a reward. If they are beaten to death while biting someone, they will not feel the slightest pity...
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The next night, on the Cubing Mountain.
Facing the man in front of him who didn't have any wounds on his body but looked exhausted, he solemnly raised his hands to express his gratitude.
Hu Biao raised his voice and yelled:
"Fenghuahui, take this brother down, put him into dry clothes, eat some hot soup and rice, and have a good rest."
Under such an order, the rookie Feng Huahui, who had obviously different temperament after days of hard fighting, led the man down.
Then, the netizens who stayed in front of a fire on the top of the mountain looked at each other with extremely complicated expressions.
The Jin soldiers are about to retreat! Regarding this point, Hu Biao and the others actually had some vague guesses in their minds during the day.
As usual, they all woke up a little before dawn, hurriedly practiced "Mozi's Five Elements Breathing Method" and had breakfast.
Then Hu Biao led the members of Group A to prepare for the Jin soldiers' attack.
However, I was surprised to find that in the Jinbing camp at the foot of the mountain, everyone was slowly preparing for the morning meal. They were not at all like they were being driven into formation by the supervising team in the past.
In addition, in the time that followed, the trench was dug just a stone's throw away at the foot of the mountain.
At that time, Hu Biao and others had a feeling in their hearts. Although they did not know more about the situation, they could think of one thing: Jin Bing was about to run away.
Such a judgment was confirmed just now.
Because at about 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, Ma Kuo sent about 20 people to slide down from the city wall with ropes and swim to the death holding wood.
Although there were 20 men in total, only the one in front of him succeeded in going up the mountain in the end, which also clearly explained some of the things that happened in the city today.
For example: The Jinbing envoy sent people to the officials and the court to deliver conditions for them to withdraw their troops.
If the gold and silver are not enough, use the royal women and maids to make up for it. The queen, princess, noble maiden, and maids will each be converted into ingots of gold.
How much gold and silver can be converted into a number of craftsmen, maps, documents, magical instruments, etc. from the Ministry of Industry?
The above deadline is to respond within seven days, otherwise Jin Bing will come to the city to pick it up himself.
What's even more amazing is that when the Jin envoy passed by the city, he shouted loudly, saying that he only wanted things from the imperial court and officials, and that he had nothing to do with the common people.
In response to the conditions offered by the Jin people, Song Huizong, the Supreme Emperor, and the ministers of the court have been quarreling fiercely.
It was nothing more than wishing that the Jin soldiers would withdraw, but given the current situation, I also had some expectations in my heart and was reluctant to hand over the above.
When these men risked their lives and left the city, there seemed to be no result.
However, through all the above statements, Hu Biao and others have been able to confirm one thing: the Jin soldiers are really going to withdraw. Because of their appearance, Jingkang's shame seems to have changed a lot.
In the original historical line, almost ten days later.
Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty issued an edict to abolish the two emperors Huizong and Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, demoted them to common people, and forcibly took off the dragon robes of the two emperors. During the whole process, only Li Ruoshui, the lone minister, cursed.
A few days later, after Li Ruoshui failed to surrender, his throat was slit by an angry Jin man and he died.
More than a month later, the Jin people officially retreated.
The retreat was still divided into two groups, with the two emperors in the group, all the royal family members, ministers, maids, craftsmen and other thousands of people in the city.
There are also an astonishing amount of gold and silver, documents, maps, treasures and magical artifacts; the number of ordinary people exceeds 100,000.
In comparison, the Jin soldiers took away much less when they retreated this time.
At least more than 100,000 ordinary people escaped such a disaster.
The problem is that for such a huge change, Hu Biao and others still feel that it is not enough, and their hearts are still filled with huge frustration.
More importantly, they clearly knew that this incident left too much trouble behind.
They were on Chubing Mountain. Although this kind of real battle with real swords and guns was over, other forms of secret battles and risking their lives had just begun.
"What the hell! I hope that when the Jin soldiers retreat this time, they can still take away the two grandsons Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng, otherwise it will be a big trouble."
After figuring out the key, Huang Yizhi cursed like this...
