The defensive battle was fully commanded by his eldest son, Brother Wanyan Xie. On top of the city, Brother Wanyan Xie was so anxious that he shouted loudly, "Fire the crossbow!"
As early as the first wave of attacks by the Western Army began, five hundred crossbows were fired in a concentrated manner. In the darkness, powerful iron arrows were fired densely at hundreds of trebuchets from the north and south.
However, the Western Army also has rich experience in defending bed crossbows. It not only placed the winch at the rear and added defensive panels on the sides to protect the soldiers, but also wrapped the trebuchet with thick cooked cowhide. Although the iron arrows could still penetrate the cowhide, they destroyed it.
The power is greatly reduced, and it is nailed to the trebuchet just like an ordinary arrow.
After three rounds of bed crossbows were fired in succession, none of the slingshots were destroyed, and only a few soldiers were slightly injured due to improper operation. The bed crossbow's lethality was almost zero. Brother Wanyan Xie's voice was hoarse, but he was helpless.
I watched helplessly as huge rocks smashed into the city wall one after another, creating gaps one after another, and more than a dozen places collapsed.
But the weak defense still existed, that is, they desperately repaired the collapsed city wall. Three thousand Jurchen soldiers brought huge trees and stones, cleaned up the damaged wall, and re-erected pillars and stones.
A huge boulder smashed into the gap that was being repaired, and several wooden pillars that had just been erected were completely broken. The boulder smashed several heads into pieces, and rolled towards the crowd. Dozens of Jurchen soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and fled.
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In Shangjing, more than 200,000 lower-class people were forcibly expelled from the city. The reason was very simple. The plague broke out in Shangjing. Wanyan Wushu sealed off the Shali District with wooden fences, completely ignoring the lives of the more than 10,000 people inside.
They begged for three days without any results. As more and more people fell sick and fell, food was cut off, hunger and terror made thousands of people lose their minds. They overturned the barracks at all costs and fled into the outer city, spreading the epidemic to the outside.
Take it to every corner of the outer city.
Wanyan Wushu was furious. He was afraid that the disease would spread to the inner city, which was mainly the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles, so he ordered the army to drive all the people from the outer city out of the city and live outside the city, and they were not allowed to enter the city again.
For the first time, Wanyan Wushu admitted to the court officials that he had not thought carefully and should not have put so many people into the city, which led to the outbreak of the epidemic.
But he did not admit that his decision was wrong. The decision was not wrong, but it was just a small mistake in the execution process. As for the epidemic, he ensured that the epidemic did not enter the inner city. He would send troops to disinfect the outer city and eliminate all sources of the plague.
They have robbed a large amount of food from the Korean people. They are a little better off this year, but they cannot feed a million people.
Soon, the order to disband and return home was conveyed to every Jurchen family. The Jurchens all scolded the imperial court for being fatuous and called them here and there, delaying the spring plowing.
However, the terrifying news of the outbreak of the plague also reached everyone's ears. The fear of the plague made them curse and hurriedly packed up their things and fled to Beijing, returning to their hometowns.
Wanyan Wushu was a little dissatisfied and said: "Why are there only fifty thousand people? Didn't it say there were one hundred thousand young men?"
"How much did your army recruit?"
"Your Majesty, I suggest you let them go home."
Wanyan Wushu walked a few steps with his hands behind his hands and asked worriedly: "What if they refuse to go home?"
Wanyan Wushu frowned, why do you say that?"
Shangjing is today's Harbin area. It is far away from the Liaoxi Corridor and 1,500 miles away from Jinzhou. In addition, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Nianhan are the two major military groups of the Jin Kingdom. They usually do not interfere with each other, so
Wanyan Wushu generally won't care about Wanyan Nianhan's condition.
Wanyan Wushu said unhappily: "Intensify your training!"
On top of the city, Wanyan Wushu looked worriedly at the endless small tents outside the city. He knew that he had made a huge mistake. He should not have gathered Jurchens from all over the country to come to the capital. If these Jurchens could not enter,
Wasn't the city just concentrated and massacred by the Western Army?
But if they are allowed to return to their hometown, won't they admit that they made mistakes in their previous decisions?
Wanyan Wushu is in a dilemma,
Wanyan Wushu immediately sent a team of sentry cavalry to the Western Liaoning Corridor to inquire about the situation.
Wanyan Xiyin was a little embarrassed, so she had to change the subject and said, "Your Majesty, is there any news from Nianhan?"
Cai Songnian, the Minister of Revenue, understood the prince's dilemma, but as the chief financial officer, he had to say something clearly.
Shi Gunai bowed and said: "Report to the prince, I am recruiting about 30,000 soldiers for my humble position!"
"Your Majesty, it's not just about the epidemic. They are working hard. Just relying on the court's food subsidy, we can't sustain food for three months no matter how much we have. And if there is no harvest this year, what will happen next year?"
Aqiao lazily said: "Twenty thousand soldiers are recruited for a humble job!"
Wanyan Wushu shook his head, "Last time he sent someone to tell him that he led his army south to fight the main force of the Western Army, and then there was no news again. If he needs support, he will definitely send someone to ask for help, but so far there has been no news.
information."
"Your Majesty, you just need to tell the truth and tell the people that there is a plague in Shangjing and all of them will die if they stay in Shangjing. There is no need to drive them away. I believe they will leave Shangjing and go home."
"Reporting to the prince, one hundred thousand young people is a bit exaggerated. Many of them are old people in their forties and have almost no fighting power. Maybe Zuo Xiangguo has included them."
What everyone didn't know was that the plague had quietly spread at this time, and many elderly people in their forties were the first to get sick on the road, and eventually died of the disease on the way back home.
The most critical thing is that if the Western Army delays the attack and hunger and disease spread, the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed and the nation will be exterminated, and he will become the first sinner of the Jin Kingdom.
Wanyan Wushu finally realized the seriousness of the problem. Millions of people gathered in Beijing, agriculture was abandoned, there was no harvest in autumn, and there would be a famine next year?
Wanyan Xiyin thought about the possibility that there was no news, "Your Majesty, could it be that he was blocked in the Liaoxi Corridor?"
He also sent people to find Shi Gunai and Aqian Lan. After a while, the two people hurried over and said, "See you, Your Majesty!"
Wanyan Wushu nodded, "That's how you decide!"
The average lifespan of the Jurchens is very low, only about 40 years old. The nobles are in good condition and can live to be 50 or 60 years old, but ordinary people also have a life span of more than 40 years, so they are generally old people in their 40s. It is impossible
When he goes to the battlefield again, he can only farm at home. One illness will almost end his life.
However, after the coup, Wanyan Wushu took control of the Jin Kingdom. He had to consider the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom, but he habitually ignored Wanyan Nianhan.
Wanyan Wushu was surprised. He thought about it and realized that it was really possible. The Western Army transporting troops by waterway could indeed put the army behind Nianhan's army, cutting off the way back. Naturally, soldiers calling for reinforcements would not be able to get through.
Already.
"I humbly obey my orders!" The two of them bowed and left.
The siege of Laibin County has reached the tenth day. The small county town has been riddled with holes and the city gate has been smashed to pieces. However, the Western Army has not broken through the city. Even the stupidest people can see that.
The army wants to destroy their will to fight.
The Jurchen army suffered more than 15,000 casualties, lacked medical treatment and medicine, and the mortality rate of wounded soldiers was as high as 90%. Food was gradually running out, and the army had begun to select some old and weak horses to kill for food.
Once the Jurchen army reached the point of killing horses for food, their morale was basically gone, their morale collapsed, and war-weariness spread in the military camp.
The soldiers were increasingly dissatisfied with the indecisive coach Wanyan Nianhan. They should have broken out and headed north long ago. It has been delayed until today, and their morale has been worn away.
That morning, more than a dozen captains of thousands and thousands found Wanyan Nianhan and strongly demanded to break out of the encirclement and march northward without delaying any longer.