The fire on top of the city was still burning, and thick smoke filled the sky over the county town.
It was the fourth watch at this time, the night battle had just ended, and the trebuchets of the Western Army had also withdrawn into the camp.
And at this moment when they were hiding in the city and licking their wounds, 40,000 Jurchen troops began to break out.
In the night, the city gate slowly opened. Wanyan Nianhan glanced at the Western Army camp in the distance with a complicated expression. He waved his hand and said, "Attack!"
Captain Wanyan Tahan took the lead to leave the city. He led 10,000 elite cavalry as the vanguard. The 10,000 cavalry quickly left the city and formed an array, launching a sudden attack.
Ten thousand cavalrymen were like a raging sea tide, and ten thousand horses were galloping, their hoofs stirring up billowing yellow dust, and they were charging towards the enemy camp.
As soon as the city gate was opened, the Western Army discovered that 10,000 Western Army crossbowmen were quickly in place. They were lying in the trench holding their divine arm crossbows and were ready.
The Jurchen Army's cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the main force of 30,000 people behind them was also dispatched, running towards the opening in the west under the leadership of Wanyan Nianhan.
Wanyan Nianhan also figured out that if the Western Army was prepared, the camp was most likely an empty camp and a trap. If they entered, they would fall into a trap.
So we still have to break through the gap in the west. They are cavalry, so they can break through part of it anyway.
This news was really unexpected by Chen Qing. He originally thought that there would be a battle to attack Shangjing, but he did not expect that the plague broke out in Shangjing first.
In the wilderness that was ten miles long and wide, a bloody and cruel battle of annihilation broke out.
The battle lasted until the morning of the next day before it finally ended. All 25,000 Jurchen cavalry were killed. The wilderness was littered with corpses of horses and people. Broken limbs and arms formed pools of blood. The entire land turned red.
At the same time, Yang Zaixing's entire army was dispatched and deployed to the north of the camp. They had already dug a trap and were waiting for the enemy to rush in directly.
But it was no use. The soldiers gradually stopped their horses and prepared to turn around and follow the main force. However, the Jurchen cavalry's hesitation gave the Western Army's crossbow troops a third chance. The 10,000 crossbow troops raised their crossbows and fired again.
The Western Army's 200,000-strong army continued to move northward and occupied the Liaodong region, including Jinzhou, Xianping Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture and Shenzhou. Twenty troops immediately surrounded Liaoyang Prefecture.
The kerosene burned extremely fast. In just a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry were caught in a sea of fire. The trebuchets continued to throw kerosene into the sea of fire. The fire became more intense and thick smoke billowed. The knights and cavalry fled with no way out and were completely engulfed by the fire and smoke.
Already.
The more than 20,000 Jurchen cavalry behind them reined in their horses and looked at the sea of fire in front of them in horror, while countless Western cavalry came from behind.
Chen Qing's 80,000-strong army also broke out of the camp and attacked the rear of the Jurchen cavalry overwhelmingly. Chen Qing had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Dozens of Western cavalrymen holding torches rushed forward from the north and threw the torches. With a bang, the kerosene on the ground was ignited. At the same time, the kerosene also burned from the east.
"and after?"
"Later, His Highness also knew that there was a coup. Wanyan Wushu killed Wan Yanchang, and at the same time wiped out all Wan Yanchang's followers in the court, and replaced them with new officials. As a result, the newly appointed officials did not know about the plague at all.
Then Wanyan Wushu issued a gathering order, ordering all the food, materials, and people from various places to be gathered in Shangjing. Shangjing could only accommodate a few hundred thousand people, but as a result, a population of 500,000 people poured in, and they were all concentrated in the outer city. It is said that the outer city
It exceeds ten times the capacity, and there must be patients from Xinzhou here, so the first batch of plague patients discovered were dozens of Xinzhou people."
Wanyan Nianhan drew his sword and shouted, "Brothers, fight them!"
The western passage is about five miles wide and three miles long. It is full of gravel and sand, which is not suitable for war horses to run. War horses can easily stumble while running. But at this time, tens of thousands of cavalry no longer care about the terrain.
With his superb riding skills, he galloped on the gravel ground. After running for two miles, he quickly discovered that something was wrong. The ground was covered with sticky liquid and the smell was pungent.
This annihilation war lasted for ten days, and finally annihilated most of the southern forces of the Jin Kingdom, including the army of Dading Prefecture, totaling nearly 130,000 people, of which about 40,000 Korean soldiers were captured.
In the Chinese military tent outside the city, Pang Guangji, the leader of the Liaoyang Prefecture Intelligence Station, reported extremely important news to King Yong Chen Qing: a plague broke out in Beijing.
Another intensive barrage of crossbow arrows swept away fallen leaves like autumn wind, and once again felled a large number of enemy cavalry.
The horn sounded, and more than 20,000 Jurchen cavalry turned their horses to fight against the Western cavalry. At this time, Yang Zaixing's 60,000 cavalry also came out of the camp and attacked the Jurchen cavalry from behind.
Thousands of soldiers searched the battlefield and kept carrying out the bodies of fallen Western soldiers. Soon, Wanyan Nianhan's body was also discovered. He was pierced through the chest with a spear from behind and lay face down.
In the pool of blood, the Western soldiers also moved his body out, and collected swords, seals and other items as well.
Two fierce generals, Yue Yun and Zhang Xian, led the way, each leading 10,000 elite cavalry, galloping in the wilderness, waving their spears and flashing swords, while tens of thousands of soldiers roared loudly, "Kill the Tatars!"
Chen Qing asked: "What are the signs? I mean what are the clues and causes of this plague outbreak? Does Manager Pang know?"
"Yes! It's just that the quantity is unknown."
The cavalry continued to run, and after a hundred steps, the second round of crossbow arrows was fired. The arrows were overwhelming and there was no way to hide. Only those in front of them were shot, and they had a chance to survive. The Jurchen cavalry was once again shot and killed countless times.
In just two rounds of arrows, half of the cavalry were shot down. The morale of the Jin soldiers began to collapse and they were unwilling to run any more. Wanyan Tahan brandished his sword and shouted: "Impact! Impact!"
Liaoyang Prefecture was the last army of the southern Jin Kingdom. It consisted of 10,000 Jurchen soldiers and 40,000 Korean soldiers. It was commanded by Wanyanchi, the commander of 10,000 soldiers. Their mission was to prevent the Western Navy from moving northward from the Liaohe River, but they did not expect that the water force would
The army did not come, but the 20th Western Army coming from the Liaoxi Corridor came to kill them.
Pang Guangji bowed and said: "I have learned a lot about this plague. There are still traces of this plague outbreak. It first broke out in Jueyuan Temple in Xinzhou last autumn. All the monks in the temple died. Later, it was infected with COVID-19."
Pilgrims, after the pilgrims brought them back, the plague spread in more than a dozen surrounding villages, killing many people. Then winter came, heavy snow closed the roads, and news of the plague gradually disappeared."
"It's kerosene!"
"Is it really gone, or is it fake?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.
"Controller Wang Qiao shouted, "Shoot!"
Thousands of arrows were fired from a hundred and fifty steps away, and the arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry like a storm. The Jurchen cavalry suddenly fell on their backs and fell one by one. The screams and the neighing of the horses resounded throughout the battlefield.
The soldiers were so frightened that they beat their horses and ran wildly.
By this time, Wanyan Nianhan's army had already arrived, and the remaining attacking enemy troops followed the main force and ran towards the gap.
"It should also be noted that Xinzhou officials at that time asked for help from the Jin Dynasty court, saying that a plague also appeared near Xinzhou City and dozens of people died. Wanyanchang was in power at the time, and because not many people died, he did not report this matter.
Keep things in mind."
Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his hands and asked again: "Have the Jin army been infected with the epidemic?"
"Woo! Woo!"
Pang Guangji said: "As far as I know, soldiers in the army are also infected, because the military in Beijing urgently transported medicinal materials from Liaoyang Prefecture a few days ago. There is a batch of honeysuckle in the Liaoyang Prefecture medicinal materials warehouse, which they transported north."
"Are the troops in Liaoyang Prefecture infected?"
"When I escaped from the city yesterday, I didn't hear that there was an epidemic in Liaoyang Prefecture. There shouldn't be any. No one has returned from Shangjing during this period."
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[Lao Gao is preparing a new book, writing two books at the same time, and his body is a little unable to bear it. There are only two updates today, I’m sorry!]
