Five hundred soldiers were led by Tang Huai's general Li Zhangsheng. The five hundred soldiers landed on the south side and saw Guancheng extending to the seaside in the distance.
Yuguan is not much different from Shanhaiguan in the Ming Dynasty. Shanhaiguan was rebuilt on the basis of Yuguan. Its purpose was to guard the Western Liaoning Corridor. It was impossible to leave a hole for the army to bypass the pass, so the city walls had to be built.
seaside.
There is also a Wengcheng in Yuguan, which was built by the Liao Kingdom to prevent the Jurchen army from going south. Two thousand Yan troops were stationed in the Guancheng.
Five hundred soldiers were lying in ambush in a forest about two miles away from Guancheng. The monk Jueming was a fisherman's son nearby and was very familiar with the surrounding terrain. He said to Li Zhangsheng: "There are strange rocks all the way to the seaside. The general can lead his army
Walking along the seaside, it is blocked by strange rocks and cannot be seen by the defenders at the top of the city. You can go directly under the city wall."
"Is there a road to the seaside? I see gaps all over it."
"Yes! There is a small path that is not easy to find. We often walked there when we were kids."
Li Zhangsheng nodded, "We'll set off tomorrow night!"
On the afternoon of the next day, 20,000 troops landed in Haiyang County, Runzhou. This was later known as Qinhuangdao. It was a natural harbor and was very close to Yuguan.
The landing of 20,000 troops was immediately discovered by the Yuguan garrison. The defenders were very nervous. All 2,000 garrison troops went to the city and watched the 20,000 Western troops to the north.
Commander Xiao Hongwei was a Khitan and was cautious, so he was left to guard Yuguan.
Xiao Hongwei was also really shocked. The Western Army actually came from the waterway, but he was shocked because he still had to defend Guancheng.
"The whole army is not allowed to slack off. Be ready with bows and arrows, and be ready with rolling logs and rocks. The Western Army will most likely attack the city at night!"
The city is three miles long, and it is difficult for two thousand soldiers to defend the city. All the soldiers have pressed up on the north wall, leaving their backs basically empty. Only a few dozen people are left on the south wall to guard the city gate.
The 20,000 Western navy troops were one mile away, and the commander-in-chief, Tang Huai, patiently waited for darkness.
When encountering different situations, different siege methods should be adopted. For example, Liu Qiong used fire attacks to attack Juyong Pass, and then used a battering ram to break open the city gate. Juyong Pass was no longer meaningful to them.
The Yuguan that Tang Huai faced was of great significance. He had to seize the city completely without destroying it, so Tang Huai adopted a method of internal and external cooperation to seize the city.
It was already dark now. Tang Huai and Chen soldiers were a mile away, holding torches high. The 20,000 troops gathered into a sea of fire, full of murderous intent, patiently waiting for changes on the city.
In the south of the city, Li Zhangsheng was leading five hundred soldiers along the seaside path. The soldiers were obscured by strange and rugged rocks. Although there were defenders patrolling back and forth above the city gate, they could not see the increasing number of soldiers.
Nearly five hundred soldiers.
Soon, five hundred soldiers arrived at the easternmost end of the city wall, which is close to the sea. There were originally soldiers standing guard, but the situation in the North City was severe. Soldiers from all positions were mobilized to defend the North City. The defenders above the Western Army soldiers were also mobilized.
Pull away.
Several soldiers threw their iron claws onto the top of the city, hooked them on the city wall, and began to climb up. After a moment, three soldiers climbed up to the top of the city. Seeing that no one was around, they fixed the three rope ladders and threw them down.
, a large group of soldiers began to climb the rope ladder up to the city.
There were twenty soldiers at the head of the south city gate. They were the only Yan soldiers left in the south city. The soldiers patrolled back and forth at the head of the south city, looking anxiously at the north city from time to time. At this time, a group of more than a hundred soldiers ran.
When they came over, the team was so neat that Nancheng soldiers thought they were one of their own coming to change the guard.
They rushed forward happily, but what greeted them was a storm of arrows. Twenty soldiers were hit by the arrows and fell down. Several injured soldiers turned around and ran wildly, trying to ring the bell to call the police, but as soon as they reached the alarm bell,
However, they were overtaken by a second round of arrows. Three soldiers were hit by random arrows and fell to the ground. More than a dozen Western soldiers rushed up to protect the bell.
Only twenty soldiers were left in the south city, and the remaining 480 soldiers, led by Li Zhangsheng, ran toward the north city along the narrow corridor at the top of the city.
Two thousand soldiers were waiting in formation on the top of the city. General Xiao Hongwei was a little surprised. Why was there no movement from the other side? It seemed that they were waiting for something? He had an ominous premonition in his heart.
At this moment, there was a sudden chaos on the eastern wall. Soldiers ran to the west one after another. I wonder what happened?
Xiao Hongwei ordered urgently: "Go and see, what happened?"
A soldier ran to inquire and came back to report after only a moment, "General Qi, countless Western soldiers have been killed on the east city wall. They are very fierce and the brothers cannot resist them!"
Xiao Hongwei was suddenly shocked and angry, and shouted: "The army presses forward and resists them!"
Tang Huai, who was under the city, also saw the chaos on the east city. This was their surprise attack. Tang Huai immediately ordered: "Attack with the whole army!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The drums were beating loudly in the Western army, and 20,000 soldiers carried a hundred siege ladders to attack. Their target was the eastern section of the city wall, and 20,000 troops poured into the east city like a tide.
At this time, on the wall of the eastern section of the city, the soldiers of the Yan army were being killed and were retreating. There were corpses all over the ground. Xiao Hongwei was so anxious that he personally led a thousand soldiers to rush up. The two sides fought together on the top of the city. Li Zhangsheng was extremely brave.
He wielded a big knife and killed the enemy soldiers with their heads rolling and their limbs strewn all over the ground. Many soldiers were split into two pieces and their internal organs flowed out, creating an extremely fishy stench.
Three siege ladders took the lead in setting up the city head controlled by the Western Army. Soldiers swarmed up. The city head was already controlled by the Western Army. They did not encounter any obstruction. In just a moment, the first soldier jumped onto the city head.
Then the second person, the third person, and more and more soldiers boarded the city, and the two sides began to fight for the city.
The chief of the defending army, Xiao Hongwei, was so anxious that he ordered all the soldiers to press forward and drive the enemy troops down the city. At this time, a cold arrow came at him like "Whoosh!" He couldn't dodge and hit his left chest. Xiao Hongwei screamed and fell on his back.
On the ground, several soldiers hurriedly dragged him down.
More and more Western troops rushed to the top of the city, and the number of them had exceeded that of the enemy. At this time, the city gate was opened, and the Western soldiers rushed in. The garrison on the top of the city could no longer support it, and began to completely collapse.
, but the Western Army had already entered Wengcheng, and the enemy troops had no way to get down to the city, so they all knelt down and surrendered. Many soldiers even jumped from the city to escape, fell heavily to the ground, and never got up again.
After just a quarter of an hour, the war ended. Not one of the two thousand soldiers escaped, more than a thousand people became prisoners of war, and the general Xiao Hongwei died of his injuries.
The Western Army occupied Yuguan and secured the chokepoint from Liaodong into Yanshan Prefecture and even the Central Plains.
At the same time, Wanyan Zonghan led 50,000 Jurchen cavalry who had passed Jinzhou and were heading south quickly to rescue Yanshan Prefecture.
Chen Qing also led an army of 100,000 people into Yanshan Prefecture from Juyong Pass, while Niu Gao and Gaoding each led an army of 40,000 people across the Juma River. The two armies captured Rongcheng County and Guiyi County respectively, annihilating them all.
Niu Gao divided the tens of thousands of Jurchen troops into ten thousand and ordered Wang Duo to lead them to attack Yi County in the west. He himself led an army of thirty thousand to Daxing City.
After Gao Ding led his army to capture Guiyi County, he also sent 10,000 troops to attack Yongqing County, which also had 5,000 defenders.
At this time, the Jin soldiers were also shrinking rapidly. There were originally only 20,000 defenders in Daxing City, and 30,000 Jurchen troops were deployed outside. After Wanyan Helisha got the news about Juyong Pass, he urgently ordered Fanyang County, Yi County and Yong County.
Qingxian's troops withdrew.
There were 40,000 Jurchen soldiers in Daxing City, and 10,000 troops were unable to withdraw in time and were annihilated by the Western Army in Rongcheng County and Guiyi County.
Just two days after Yuguan changed hands, the armies of Chen Qing, Niu Gao, and Gaoding gathered outside Daxing City, with a total force of 200,000, and besieged Daxing City, the central capital, like an iron barrel.
