Wanyan Zongqian was the eldest son of Aguda and the father of Wanyan Liang, the future King of Hailing.
This man once served as Bojilie in the state literature, and was on an equal footing with Wanyanxie. At this year's Bojilie Conference, he voluntarily gave up his position as the first deputy prime minister in exchange for the command of the Bohai army in central Liaoning.
This time he led troops to conquer Goryeo, but he only brought 3,000 Jurchen soldiers, and the rest were all from the Liaozhong and Bohai Navy.
Li Xiaoxian, the guard general of Baozhou of the Goryeo Kingdom, woke up and suddenly found that the Jin army had reached the other side of the river.
Li Xiaoxian recruited young people in the city and farmers in the suburbs. At the same time, he also sent fast horses to the capital to ask for help.
Although the Jinguo Shipyard on the north bank of the Yalu River was burned down by Li Bao, a lot of wood still survived.
These wood materials were made into simple rafts, and more than ten thousand Jin troops quickly crossed the river.
Baozhou City was quickly besieged by Jin soldiers.
Wanyan Zongqian did not attack the city immediately, but asked Bohai soldiers to go to various places outside the city with shields to persuade them to surrender.
The Bohai soldiers shouted like this: "Bohai people in the city, listen, don't forget the blood feud. Kill the Koreans quickly and help Dajin open the city gate. Those who have made meritorious services will be rewarded heavily, and they can also take their families with them."
Go to the Kingdom of Jin and get the land!"
Hearing this, Li Xiaoxian's expression changed drastically, and he quickly said to the messenger: "Tell the soldiers in the city that they are all Goryeo warriors. There is no distinction between Goryeo and Bohai here. As long as you kill the enemy and perform meritorious service, the court will reward you heavily! As long as you hold on for one day.
, I will give you a reward for one day, and you can get it when you change defenses every day."
After all, the bloody feud is too far away, but the reward from the guard is right in front of us.
Goryeo has done a lot of nonsense.
A hundred years ago, the Liao Kingdom promised to grant Korea hundreds of miles east of the Yalu River to Korea in order to make Korea a vassal and pay tribute.
But the land was given, and the Liao Kingdom moved away its small population.
In order to enrich the population on the frontier, the Goryeo State lured the Bohai people north of the Yalu River to move south, and secretly contacted the Song State and professed vassalage to the Northern Song Dynasty.
Because the Bohai people could not bear the exploitation of the Liao Kingdom and the preferential treatment policy of Goryeo, they fled to the Baozhou area one after another and built six towns for the Goryeo Kingdom. That is, the six cities in Jiangdong.
The Liao Kingdom discovered that Goryeo was luring its own people and was flirting with the Song Kingdom, so it immediately stationed troops on the north bank of the Yalu River to threaten them.
The King of Goryeo was frightened. He did not dare to take in the Bohai people anymore, nor did he dare to send them back to enrich the borders of Liao Kingdom. So the King of Goryeo played a cunning maneuver and launched a large-scale massacre of the Bohai refugees who had been lured to Goryeo!
There are also a large number of descendants of Bohai survivors in Baozhou and the surrounding six cities in Jiangdong, including many among the soldiers who defended the city.
Their grandparents were massacred, how could they forget it in such a short period of time?
In addition, when the Liao Kingdom fell, tens of thousands of people from the Bohai Sea fled, and only 20,000 to 30,000 were repatriated. These new immigrants from the Bohai Sea also had close contacts with the descendants of the original survivors.
Wanyan Zongqian stationed troops outside the city, building siege equipment and sending people to continue shouting.
At the same time, troops were divided to besiege six cities in Jiangdong. They were all small mountain towns, not as big as the towns in Zhejiang. But they were easy to defend and difficult to attack. If they fought hard, they would definitely suffer a lot of casualties.
The descendants of Bohai survivors in the six cities in Jiangdong account for at least 30% of the total local population.
If new immigrants from the late Liao Dynasty are included, the proportion of Bohai people is estimated to reach 50%.
Wanyan Zongqian sent people to persuade them to surrender and promised a lot of benefits. In less than ten days, Bohai soldiers defected in two mountain cities, and they cooperated with the Jin soldiers to quickly capture the mountain cities.
Then the Bohai Navy, who had turned against them, was dragged to other mountain towns to appeal, and the remaining four mountain towns also followed the civil strife.
At this point, Baozhou has become an isolated city.
Faced with such a desperate situation, and the Goryeo court was slow to send a large army to help, Baozhou guard Li Xiaoxian quickly made a decision to follow the will of his ancestors.
Surrender the city!
The gates of Baozhou city were wide open, and Li Xiaoxian led his troops out of the city to present the map and household registration. He knelt down in a very smooth manner and said: "Li Xiaoxian, the guilty general, please come to see the noble general of Dajin!"
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Very good, you are very knowledgeable."
Not only did Li Xiaoxian surrender surprisingly quickly, but he also planned to lead the way: "Unknown to the nobles, the nobles of the two capitals of Goryeo and Goryeo were fighting among themselves, and the nobles of Kaijing imprisoned the king. The nobles of Xijing held the clan prince Taiyuan hostage, and raised troops to rebel against the Qing Dynasty. The armies of the two capitals were fighting.
If the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers attack at this time, they will definitely be able to quickly capture the two capitals!"
"Is there such a thing?" Wanyan Zongqian was overjoyed.
Li Xiaoxian said: "General Sin is willing to be a pioneer for Dajin. Please lend me five hundred Jinguo cavalry."
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Then I will lend you five hundred Jurchen cavalry."
"I will die for the Kingdom of Jin!" Li Xiaoxian swore, and then kowtowed crazily to thank him.
The two major forces in Goryeo are at war. The Kaijing faction has the upper hand, and the Xijing faction is unable to take care of itself.
The Goryeo troops in other state capitals had long been taken away by the nobles of the two capitals. The Jin soldiers were originally extremely powerful, but Goryeo was empty of troops, and was killed by Wanyan Zonggan in Pyongyang in half a month.
After learning that Pyongyang, the base camp, was besieged, the troops of the Xijing faction on the front line were in moral confusion, and were defeated by the troops of the Kaijing faction and completely collapsed.
"Sikong, there is news from the north that Pyongyang, Xijing, has been captured by Jin soldiers!"
After hearing this urgent military situation, Jin Fushi, who colluded with the Jin people, fought against the country, and put the king under house arrest, did not show the slightest panic.
He seemed to have expected it.
Jin Fushi made a quick decision and said to several of his confidants: "Ask the envoys from Haizhou Port to immediately go to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute and rescue troops. Send another envoy to Xijing to see the Jin Bing commander and ask them what they can do.
I wish to retreat."
As long as they can kill the Xijing faction, the nobles of the Kaijing faction headed by Jin Fushi don't care about national interests at all, and it doesn't matter no matter how many people are burned, killed and plundered.
Moreover, the Xijing faction had to take the blame for these disasters. It was they who deceived the public with their lies and induced the king to send troops. As a result, the Jin Kingdom sent troops for revenge, and everyone was devastated.
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Pyongyang.
Wanyan Zongqian lived in the Goryeo Palace. He had divided his troops to occupy the nearby Nanpu Port, and even captured two Ming Dynasty merchants from Shandong.
Wanyan Zongqian said: "If you are willing to be an internal agent for Daikin and deliver some news every year, I will let you go with all the people and goods. There is no danger. I will keep people at the port. When you do business, send the news
Just tell the person who left me behind."
A maritime merchant angrily rebuked: "You barbarians, don't say anything. If you want to kill or behead me, just do it immediately. Although I, Fan Chengli, am a merchant, I have also read the books of sages. How can I be the kind of person who betrays his country and seeks glory!"
But another maritime merchant knelt down and kowtowed frantically: "General, please spare my life. I am willing to be an internal correspondent."
"Very good," Wanyan Zongqian smiled proudly and pointed at Fan Chengli, who refused to cooperate. "Drag this man out and kill him, and remove all the cargo on his ship."
Fan Chengli was dragged out and yelled at the merchant, who was afraid of death: "You are not going to die a good death. Your Majesty will definitely barbarize the three tribes of you!"
The merchant huddled up in fear and lay on the ground shivering.
Wanyan Zongqian waved and said, "Come closer and talk."
The merchant trembled and crawled forward.
Wanyan Zongqian asked: "What is your name?"
The merchant was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, saying a lot quickly: "The villain is called Qian Cishan. He was originally from Jiangnan in the former Song Dynasty. The villain's clan brother is Qian Chen, the Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty. I heard from the clan brother that he came to Korea to do business.
The business can make a lot of money, so I bought a sea ship to sell goods to Korea. This is my first time here, and I was caught by the general before I could make any money... General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me!"
Wanyan Zongqian's eyes lit up: "Your clan brother is the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty?"
"We're not too close. We've already been on the fifth server. I haven't benefited much from my clan brother." Qian Cishan kowtowed crazily again, "I just ask the general to spare my life. General, you can take the goods on the ship."
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "Your ship has been impounded, and the goods on the ship are mine. How can you use my goods in exchange for your life?"
Qian Cishan was dumbfounded for a moment and stared at Wanyan Zongqian blankly.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Wanyan Zongqian was extremely proud and continued to threaten: "Even if I let you go back, the businessman will be killed, but you can escape alone, doesn't it arouse suspicion?"
Qian Cishan knelt on the ground and trembled in fear. After a long time, he suddenly said: "I am willing to invest money. I will not return to the Ming Dynasty. Please take care of me, general!"
Wanyan Zongqian asked: "The Kingdom of Jin does not lack you as a businessman, why should I take you back?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Cishan knelt there with empty eyes, as if he had lost his soul.
Wanyan Zongqian came up with an idea and said: "I can have people move the goods away, and then make the guarding soldiers drunk. You take the opportunity to take your own crew, escape back to the ship, and drive back in an empty ship. Your goods are converted into money, and every day
Once I deliver the message, I will repay you a sum of money."
Qian Cishan listened blankly, and then nodded as if he was having trouble.
Wanyan Zongqian said: "Don't think about returning to the Ming Dynasty and never going to sea again. If you don't deliver the news within half a year, I will send people to Kaifeng to spread the news and let the Ming Dynasty emperor know that you are colluding with Dajin."
"Never dare, never dare!" Qian Cishan cried.
To be continued...