"I heard some Han ministers say that the main reason is that our national strength is not as good as the other side?"
"national power?"
Wanyan Zonghan shook his head and said: "I plundered all the national power of the Northern Song Dynasty, am I inferior to the Western Army?"
"Father, this is the difference in our understanding of national power. We plundered the gold, silver, copper coins, jewelry, jade, porcelain, calligraphy and paintings of the Northern Song Dynasty, thinking it was national power, but these wealth are still sealed in large amounts in the palace treasury, and have little effect. My child understands
, the real national strength should be land and population, but we pay the least attention to population, and almost all the people we plundered have died, so that now the supply of soldiers has dried up, and only the old, weak, women and children are left in each tribe."
"You are right, our understanding of wealth is completely wrong. If we don't find a way out, our Kingdom of Jin is expected to perish!"
Wanyan Zonghan drank a pot of wine in one gulp, threw the pot away, and gave a stern order: "Pass my order, and the entire army retreats back to Liaodong!"
Thirty-five thousand Jurchen cavalry retreated overnight, and the Jin Kingdom's rescue was officially declared a failure.
At night, the Western Army once again launched a fire attack on Daxing City. This time they no longer attacked the city walls, but directly attacked the city with trebuchets. Warships no longer sailed into the moat, and only fifty heavy trebuchets continued to attack the city.
Continuously throwing clay pots of fire oil into the west city.
Huge fireballs with bright red flames roared down from the sky, and immediately ignited raging fires when they landed. Xicheng had already experienced an attack, hundreds of houses were burned down, and the people fled.
But this time the attack had a longer range and caused new losses. Hundreds of houses were set on fire. Countless people called for their children and took their families to escape. In chaos, hundreds of thousands of people in the city walked out of their homes.
He watched in horror as the fireballs soared into the night sky, streaking across lines of fire and flying towards the city.
The powerful momentum of the fireball landing made the people in the city feel uneasy. They thought about their own fate. If the Western Army entered the city, would they plunder and massacre the city?
The main camp of the Jurchen Army is located in the west city, but it is still more than 300 steps away from where the fireball landed. Basically, it cannot affect the main camp. However, tens of thousands of soldiers have also come to the west of the camp fence, holding long contradiction signs in their hands, ready to prepare.
At this time, no one thought that the real danger was inside the city. To the east of the military camp, several black figures quickly approached the gate of the camp. There were no soldiers here anymore. All the soldiers were guarding the west side of the camp.
Several black figures used axes to chop down a camp fence, and two thin men got in through the gap. After a while, more than a dozen large tents caught fire. The two thin men who set fire rushed back, and the few black figures quickly disappeared.
In the dark night.
A fire broke out in the camp to the east. The fire spread rapidly with the help of the wind. In just one tea time, hundreds of tents were on fire, and the fire spread even faster.
The soldiers in the military camp were in chaos and fled outside the military camp.
Wanyan shouted at Liza and rushed out of the Chinese army's tent, shouting and asking: "What's going on?"
The soldier pointed behind him and shouted: "Marshal, the camp is on fire!"
Wanyan turned around and was stunned. At least a thousand tents burned, forming a terrifying sea of fire. The Western Army's fire attack for more than ten days made all the Jurchen soldiers afraid of fire to the core. Now,
The fire was burning in front of them, and they were even more terrified. No one thought about putting out the fire or dismantling the tent, but scrambled to escape outside the camp.
Wanyan Helisa's soldiers ignored his orders and dragged him away from the camp. Soon, Wanyan Helisa's Chinese army tent was also engulfed in flames.
It finally dawned, and the trebuchets of the Western Army retreated. The city was in chaos. Pucha Ahu hurriedly walked into the official office and whispered to Wanyan Helisa who was sitting in a daze in front of the window: "Marshal, the losses have been calculated.
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"What result?"
"More than 400 people were burned to death, all while they were sleeping. Eighty percent of the tent was burned, and the warehouse was not affected. However, the personal belongings of the soldiers in the tent were burned, which seriously affected morale."
"How did the fire start?" Wanyan asked Lisha again.
"After investigation, I found that the fire started from the camp in the east, and the trebuchets of the Western Army were attacking the Western Army. In short, someone set the fire. Someone cut down the camp fence and then got into the camp to set fire."
"who is it?"
"I don't know. It could be spies from the Western Army, or it could be the people who are dissatisfied with us. Too many civilians died. It could also be scoundrels who come in to steal things and then set fire to it. It could even be soldiers who are going crazy internally. There is no evidence of being humble."
Wanyan drank from Lisa and sighed: "General Ahu, do you think it is necessary for us to stay in Daxing City?"
Pucha Ahu pondered for a while and said: "Marshal, I'm sorry for my humble position, but if the Western Army wanted to seize Daxing City, it should have been able to break it long ago. For example, last night, there were no soldiers on the Western City, but they did not attack the city. I thought that
, the Western Army just wants to force us away."
"Why?"
Wanyan shouted with confusion and asked: "Could it be that Chen Qing pities the people in the city and refuses to fight with us in the streets? But judging from his methods of burning the city, he is just as ruthless, even more ruthless than us. At least we will not directly set fire to people's houses.
But they started directly!"
"I wonder if there will be reinforcements if we leave Daxing City."
"You still expect reinforcements now?"
Wanyan Helisa interrupted him impatiently, "We have been besieged for twenty days. Do you think there will be reinforcements? There will be no reinforcements. I can only rely on myself. Whether I can escape back to Liaodong depends on God's will."
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"The marshal has never thought about whether the reinforcements could not get through because Yuguan fell into the hands of the Western Army?"
Wanyan stood up abruptly, his eyes full of fear, and he said anxiously: "It shouldn't be possible! It's absolutely impossible."
"Marshal knows Chen Qing very well. Will Chen Qing always leave Yuguan alone?"
Wanyan drank from Lisa and sat down slumped. He finally understood that Chen Qing forced him to leave Daxing City because all escape routes were blocked and they had nowhere to go.
"Can we only die in Daxing City in the end?"
Pucha Ahu's lips moved. There was something he didn't say. In fact, they could still surrender.
At this time, a soldier rushed over and reported: "Marshal, there is a message from the Eagle in Beijing!"
Wanyan drank from Lisa and asked quickly: "Where is Yingxin?"
The soldier presented the eagle mailbox, and Wanyan Jiulisa took out a roll of yellow silk from it. He and Pucha Ahu were immediately shocked. The yellow silk was the emperor's handwriting.
Wanyan Helisa hurriedly unfolded the yellow silk, and the two of them came forward to read it. The contents inside made them look at each other. The emperor actually ordered them to surrender, and then would redeem them with huge sums of money.
Pucha Ahu nodded and said: "This may be the best way to save the lives of our brothers. The Han people have a saying: If you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood. As long as you save the lives of the Jurchens, the Kingdom of Jin will still have a chance.
Be strong again."
Wanyan drank from Lisa and hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that Chen Qing will carry out the killing order and kill us all!"
"Probably not. This is not a battlefield. He has no reason to kill prisoners of war who voluntarily surrender. At most, he will let us go to the mines to mine. But as long as the ransom from the court satisfies Chen Qing, he will let us go."
Wanyan drank from Lisa and nodded, "Okay! How about you go to the Western Army camp and express our willingness to surrender to Chen Qing."
"I'll go as soon as I'm ready!"
In the Western Army camp, Chen Qingzheng and several generals discussed the plan to start street fighting after attacking the city. After twenty days of hesitant pressure, the Jin soldiers still refused to evacuate from the east city, and Chen Qing finally lost patience.
The generals all agreed that there were many Khitans and Jurchens in Yanjing City, and many civilians were likely to take up arms against the Western soldiers. Therefore, as long as men appeared on the streets, no matter how old or young they were, they should be regarded as enemies.
Chen Qing also deeply agrees with this point,
At this moment, a soldier reported at the tent gate, "A Jurchen general came to the city, named Pucha Ahu. He said he was the deputy general of Wanyanhelisha and came here to ask for surrender!"
"Please surrender?"
Chen Qing and everyone else also looked at each other in shock. This news was also beyond their expectations. Niu Gao smiled at Chen Qing and said, "If you think about it carefully, it seems that surrender is their wisest choice!"
Chen Qing nodded and ordered: "Bring him in!"
Not long after, the soldiers brought Pucha Ahu in. Pucha Ahu knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists and said: "All households in the Kingdom of Jin, Deputy General Pucha Ahu of Daxing City, comes to see His Highness King Yong!"