There was almost no resistance. At first, when the Qi Dynasty sent out sentries and troops to the vicinity of Liaoyang Prefecture, the defenders in the city just closed the city gate tightly and could not get out. But as time went by, as the surrounding prefectures, counties and towns were defeated one after another,
The attack was directed at Liaoyang Mansion, and more and more Qi troops were ordered to gather with various siege equipment.
However, the officers and soldiers of the various ministries also believed that the Jin Army Tatar Zhemo who was defending Liaoyang also intended to defend and resist. It seemed that he would have to pay a certain amount of casualties to storm the city wall.
The Jin army seems to be waiting and thinking these days. Seeing the Qi army gathering outside the city and about to launch an offensive on the city wall, the Liaoyang Mansion has lowered its flags and opened the city gates. The Jurchen ethnic group is still the main defender.
A large number of troops abandoned their weapons and lay on the ground, waiting for the Qi troops from all the ministries outside the city to come and take over...
The former general who guarded the Liaoyang Mansion, and now the one who decided to surrender his entire family to the Qi Dynasty, was none other than the leader of the Jurchen Wulinda Tribe, Shituhei of Wulinda who had been deliberately sent back by Xiao Tang.
Not only a large number of Khitan, Han, Bohai, and Xi people began to rebel against the Jin Kingdom, but even within the Jurchen tribes of the Jin people, the Ulin tribe also expressed its intention to break away from the Jurchen Wanyan clan. This was just like the fall of the Liao Dynasty.
Indeed, a large number of Khitan people surrendered and became obedient people under the rule of the Jin Dynasty. When the Jin Dynasty was at its most rampant, many Han people in the Song Dynasty invaded and conquered the territory thought that they had no choice but to become common people under the Jurchen rule...
What's more, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Puluhu and other members of the Wanyan clan also failed in political battles and chose to defect from the Jin Dynasty. On the contrary, these people were more willing to serve as the vanguard of the Qi army, like a leading party.
Capture the prefectures and counties, and hope to bargain with Xiao Tang for greater profits.
As wars started on several fronts in the Western Liaoning Corridor, the Liaodong Peninsula, and along the Yalu River, large areas of land in Lower Liaodong were now captured, and many Jurchen people appeared in the conquered lands. From a long-term perspective,
It is necessary to strengthen the ties between the various ethnic groups outside the customs in a subtle way. Therefore, Xiao Tang had good reasons to move on again and go to Liaodong in person to supervise the army and command the troops to continue to attack the entire Jin Kingdom.
Consider how to divide and resettle the large number of people from various ethnic groups who have also been included under the rule of the Qi Dynasty.
The war progressed more smoothly than Xiao Tang had expected. However, when the royal guard of honor passed through Jinzhou, the obituaries of Shi Wengong, Zhang Heng, Yelu Guozhen, Liu Ti, Zhang Jingzu and other generals who died in the battle were heard from the front.
Report. After Xiao Tang heard the news, he sighed and still ordered to bury the fallen soldiers together with him. As usual, he gave generous sympathies to the family members and heirs of the brave soldiers who died for the country, and set up a plaque with the biography, and sculpted his body in the Liangshan Ancestral Hall Cemetery in Shuibo...
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Only two days later, Xiao Tang received another report of the great victory of Qi armies from various tribes and captured the prefecture. Due to the rapid fall of Liaoyang Prefecture, Shenzhou and other places, it was far beyond the Jin army's expectations.
In addition, this also made Yinzhou (later Tailing City, Liaoning Province) and Guidezhou (near Fushun City, Liaoning Province) and Guidezhou (later Fushun City, Liaoning Province) to the north because Yelu Abaoji, the emperor of the Liao Dynasty, was smelting silver here.
The Jin Dynasty was struggling in this area, but the troops and horses sent to rush for reinforcements fell into the encirclement network of the Qi army.
The chief general of the Jin army, who was trapped in a tight siege but cut off from his return route, was the son of the old emperor Aguda of the Jin Kingdom, and the younger brother of Wanyan Alubu, Wanyan Wushu and other famous generals of the Jin Dynasty.
Wanyan Zongmin), although now he has been appointed in danger and holds the important position of commander of the Jin Army, it is obvious that in terms of fighting and fighting, he is much inferior to his brothers such as the Bodhisattva Prince and the Fourth Prince of the Jin Army. What's more, in such a Jin Dynasty
In the dangerous situation where a big tree is about to fall, no matter how hard Wanyan Arubu fights to the death, he will eventually be unable to avoid the situation of being attacked and attacked by several groups of Qi armies, and all the troops and horses are annihilated and defeated one after another...
Seeing that there was no hope of escaping, Wanyan Arubu cried out in grief and anger to the sky, and resolutely led dozens of horsemen around him to rush towards the sharp cavalry army commanded by Suo Chao. In the end, he was seriously injured and fell off his horse, and died in the chaos.
But among the Jin army whose defeat was already decided, there was a man named Wanyan Aru who followed the army to make up for the tent and collected a large number of horses that were crushed and scattered. He was extremely brave and unstoppable in the melee, and even in the battle between horses,
Zhu Dian, who was blocking in front of the general to protect his vitals, knocked his horse over with a stick. If it weren't for the elite cavalry officers of the Qi army around him who desperately rushed forward to rescue the general, almost another general would have been killed on the battlefield. And the Jurchen general also took advantage of the situation.
They quickly rescued the remnants of the fleeing troops and quickly retreated to Yinzhou Prefecture to defend the city. The Qi army, which had the power of a great victory, took advantage of the situation and quickly formed an encirclement of the city. After several rounds of sieges, the Jin army was also isolated and helpless.
The loss is not small...
The siege army, including Lu Junyi, Niu Gao, Yi Lacheng, Yelu Guobao, Suo Chao, Sun Li, Zhu Tong... and many other elite divisions of the Qi Dynasty, had been assembled. It was originally thought that the remaining Jin army in the city had also fled.
He is ruthless and will inevitably destroy the people in the city until they are all destroyed.
However, after Wanyan Alu's reinforcements were defeated and died, the Jurchen general burst out with powerful fighting power. The Jurchen general who was ordered to continue to lead the remaining Jin army to continue to resist desperately sent an envoy to ask for a strike with the Qi army outside the city for several days. The reason
However, although it is known that the Qi Dynasty treated the people who surrendered well, the killings and wars between the two armies will inevitably affect the people living in the city. Although the military is dangerous, God also has the virtue of good life, but please allow the people in the city to be released.
Go out and settle down, no matter Han, Khitan, Jurchen...people of any ethnic group, even if they are willing to surrender to you, Qi Dynasty, or they are looking for a living, in short, your army and horses of Qi Dynasty are not edicts saying not to harm ordinary people.
Yes? Then first take care of all the innocent refugees in the city, and then we, the soldiers of the Jin Dynasty who have the responsibility to defend the land, will fight fiercely with you guys, just to destroy the city and kill everyone!
Lu Junyi, Niu Gao, Yi Lacheng and other generals of the unified army were also surprised by the actions of the Jin army in the city. After the envoys who came to inform them returned, without waiting for the Qi army's consent, Yinzhou City
A city gate was opened, and batch after batch of refugees, most of whom were emaciated and frightened, were let out. The soldiers of the Qi army who had formed a camp outside the city looked at them with big eyes and small eyes, and for a moment they didn't know what to do.
To deal with the large number of monks in front of them, all the food and supplies were confiscated by the Jin army who followed the law of power during war, but they were also allowed to bring other refugees out of the city with property that could not be used to fill their bellies.
At this time, Yinzhou City seemed to be isolated and helpless. However, the Yinzhou City was surrounded by groups and drove people out one after another. It was Lu Junyi who immediately took the decision. He could no longer leave these innocent refugees without a livelihood, so he sent out manpower to resettle them.
After watching the battle, he also described the battle experience here in detail, and sent a fast horse sentry to report to Xiao Tang's army who had led his army through Jinzhou. After Xiao Tang read the military intelligence and battle report, he immediately thought of Yinzhou
The Jin army guards sent out all the residents who were unwilling to defend the city to the death, and collected food from each house as military supplies. They must also do their best to reduce the food consumption in the city, and make a decision to defend the city to the end, and attack the city.
The Qi army was prepared to wear out for a long time.
However, the Jin Army general who was ordered to do so at the critical moment seemed to be a fierce and good warrior. If he was really cruel, wouldn't he have to hold the people in the city hostage for a long time? Just like Zhang Xun defended Suiyang during the Anshi Rebellion, and even took his wife, concubines, and elders in the city. All the weak people were killed and used as food for the army, and the rebels held down hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses for two years, while tens of thousands of civilians were used as food rations. When the city was broken, only about 400 people were left. ..In the eyes of the Han scholar-bureaucrats, Zhang Xun was a staunch and loyal minister. There were actually many such examples in the past dynasties. If the leader of the Jin army really had the determination to fight to the death, he would be like this. Do you really care about the innocent people? Or are you using public opinion as a threat and trying to teach the Qi army to bear the infamy of harming the people?
"This guy is really interesting..."
Xiao Tang put down the military report, and then ordered in a deep voice: "Pass my decree, order all the troops and horses to go north to Yinzhou, and quickly find the general who will replace Wanyan Alu to command the remaining Jinlu troops, and What is your name?"