"They want to enter from Wengcheng!" Wang Zheng exclaimed.
Gao Jingshan said: "I have no choice, follow the Wengcheng. Life or death depends on this one move!"
The elites of the two tribes ignored the Qingqi elsewhere and gathered one after another following the sound of the horn, and then rushed towards the Jurchen Qingqi who fled to Wengcheng.
"Shoot arrows when the rebels get closer!"
Wanyan Zongxian ordered.
He deployed his own soldiers and hundreds of Jurchens here to ensure that the cavalry of the two tribes could not rush through the barbican city.
As long as the reinforcements of light cavalry are welcomed into the city, the chaos in the city can be easily resolved.
And half a quarter of an hour ago, on the city wall hundreds of meters away from the Wengcheng, two officers rushed towards their superiors.
"But where is the rebellion again?" Han general Yu Yaochen asked.
The two officers raised their guns in unison and pointed them at Yu Yaochen's chest.
Yu Yaochen's soldiers were stunned for a moment, then raised their weapons and pointed them at the two men.
"We were sent by the Ming Emperor," said one of the officers. "There are dozens of our craftsmen in the city. Does General Yu think the Jurchens can still win?"
Of course it's nonsense, there are only three fine works in the city.
It is no accident that these two people are in Liaoyang at this time and serving as grassroots officers.
In order to prevent the Bohai clan from inciting an army rebellion, the troops of various ethnic groups who were transferred to Liaoyang to defend the city were either captured slaves or homeless refugees.
And the hundreds of minions sent by Shi Yuangong to move eastward with the Jin people were all refugees without heels. And they were relatively strong, so they could easily be recruited to replenish the army, and even be promoted to officers during the expansion.
As for the Han general Yu Yaochen, he was the second son of Yu Zhongwen.
Yu Zhongwen was a native of Ningyuan, Wuzhou (Shenchi County, Shanxi). He passed the Jinshi examination and served as an official in the Liao Kingdom. He also became a Hanlin bachelor, lectured on scriptures to the Liao emperor, and helped the Liao emperor draft edicts.
Emperor Tianzuo was defeated and fled, and the Jin soldiers captured Yanjing. Yu Zhongwen and Zuo Qigong surrendered the gold together, and then together they were sentenced to kill Zhang Jue.
The Zuo family was prosperous, and the clan members also moved to Liaodong, so they naturally continued to be highly used by the Jin Kingdom.
The Yu family was much more unlucky, as none of the descendants had very high officials.
It was precisely because the Yu family had no foundation that Yu Yaochen was sent to train the new army and form a Han army loyal to the Jin Kingdom.
Yu Yaochen looked at the two officers in front of him. He even remembered their names. One was Fang Yong and the other was Wu Bogui. He personally selected them from the refugees and promoted them to officers!
Wu Bogui said: "General Yu, betray the Jin Dynasty and defect to the Ming Dynasty. The Yu family only surrendered to the Jin Dynasty and did not go south with the army. You are still the first warrior of the Yu family. In a situation like yours, once you defect to the Ming Dynasty and perform meritorious services, you will definitely be reused.
The prominent Bohai families who are married to the Jurchen nobles have all turned against the Jin. What are you, a Han from the Liao Kingdom, waiting for? Your hometown may have been captured by the Ming Dynasty, and maybe all your clansmen in Shanxi have surrendered."
Fang Yong said to the Han soldiers around him: "The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has sent millions of troops to capture Chengzhou. They will kill him in the next two days. Do you want to be buried with the Jurchens?"
Three years ago, these Han soldiers were still refugees. What loyalty did they have to the Jin Kingdom?
After being threatened by Fang Yong, they looked at the chaotic city. They all put away their weapons and stopped pointing at the two big details.
Fang Yong continued: "There were only four members of my family left. The Ming Dynasty in Nanben soon lived a good life, and was allocated 80 acres of land in Hebei. It was also tax-free for three years, and the tax was halved for two years, and the family's food was enough."
I can’t even finish it. Do you want to live like this?”
Can you get land, tax exemptions, and more food than you can eat all?
The eyes of these Han soldiers shone when they heard this.
Even Yu Yaochen's personal soldiers said: "My lord, why don't you surrender to me?"
Yu Yaochen looked at the soldiers under his command. He seemed to have no choice, and there was really no need for the Yu family to be loyal to the Jin Kingdom.
The Yu clan is far away in northern Shanxi. The clan members have not migrated to Liaodong, and they have not held any high-ranking officials.
Moreover, the Yu family did not participate in the attack on the Song Dynasty and had no blood feud with the Han people in the south.
"Uncle Wu...Brother Wu, you take your own soldiers, raise torches, shake them and shout, then sound gold and beat drums to attract friendly troops outside the city," Yu Yaochen arranged, "The rest of the soldiers, follow me to capture the city gate!"
This Han army did not attack the Wengcheng, but instead captured the ordinary city gate a few hundred meters to the side of the Wengcheng.
"Dong dong dong dong!"
"Dang-dang-dang!"
It was drumming and gold-minging. Such strange sounds attracted both the Jurchen soldiers and the Bohai soldiers.
Wang Zheng, who was chasing the Jurchen Qingqi and wanted to rush into the urn city, was already approaching the moat. When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw more than a dozen torches waving at the top of the city. He quickly reined in his horse and slowed down to blow the horn himself.
The Bohai cavalry rushed towards the city gate one after another.
"The Han soldiers rebelled!"
The Jurchen soldiers in the direction of Wengcheng exclaimed.
"Quickly, break out from the east gate!" Wanyan Zongxian ordered in a panic.
Huangtou Shiwei has rebelled, and now the Han soldiers are also rebelling. It is impossible for the Jurchen soldiers to win and they will die in Liaoyang if they don't escape.
Wanyan Zongxian's soldiers blew their bugles and fled towards the east gate in panic.
The Jurchen tribe's population is too small, so they are not afraid of winning battles all the time. Soldiers of all ethnic groups follow them to rob, and they are very happy to be promoted and make money.
But in the past few years, they suffered successive defeats, the elites suffered heavy losses, the population dropped sharply, and they couldn't get the spoils of war. How could all the tribes unite with them?
The wall fell and everyone pushed it!
This has always been the case at home and abroad, especially in Liaodong where only the strong can survive.
When the Liao Kingdom ruled for more than a hundred years, it had long been regarded as the orthodoxy of the north. However, with the rise of the Jurchens and several great victories, the wealthy families in Liaodong flocked to join the Liao Dynasty, completely ignoring the kindness of the Lord of Liao.
Now it is just repeating the story of the past. The people of Liaodong have their own way of survival.
But the Jurchen soldiers fled, and Wang Zheng rushed into the city to chase them and quickly inquired about the whereabouts of his own people.
Then, he saw corpses everywhere, even the boys in the family were gone. Only young women and girls were left, and the old and lustful women were also killed.
After finding the bodies of the elders of the clan, Wang Zheng knelt down and was speechless for a long time.
Gao Jingshan also saw corpses everywhere. Instead of kneeling down and blaming himself, he turned around and looked in the direction of the Jin Kingdom to Beijing.
On the contrary, it is the other big clans, and the people of those clans are all in trouble.
In the middle of the night, Wanyan Zongfu led the female main force and finally rushed back to Liaoyang day and night.
They were exhausted, carrying only a few days' worth of food, but in front of them was a fortified city whose flag had been changed.
…
North of the Yalu River, Posu Road City.
The Ming army's infantry and cavalry were still on boats, but Wanyan Zongfu's messenger had already arrived.
When the messenger saw Jin Wushu, he quickly handed over the secret letter.
Jin Wushu opened the letter and only read a few lines before his expression changed drastically.
Various ethnic groups in the Bohai Sea rebelled, and Huosu Guancheng abandoned its defense. Wanyan Zongfu asked him to lead his troops back to Liaoyang, because the Posu Road side would definitely be attacked.
If you don't leave, don't even think about leaving!
Jin Wushu summoned the generals, without explaining the situation, and directly ordered: "Pack up the food, grass and baggage, and withdraw the troops back to Liaoyang at midnight tonight."
In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Xian led 3,000 vanguard troops and landed on the north bank of the Yalu River Estuary by boat, about forty miles away from Posu Road City.
While building a position with chariots, he sent people to notify Zhe Yanzhi of Baozhou to attack Jiangxinzhou tomorrow morning. The day after tomorrow, when the follow-up troops arrived, the two armies would be able to flank Posu Road City.
When Zhe Yanzhi received the news, all his generals were very excited.
They had been prepared for a long time and could not even wait to attack the island tomorrow, so they sent out troops directly in the evening.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
The inland river ships fired artillery together with the shore positions, and bombarded the Jinbingzhai fortress in Jiangxinzhou.
Jin Wushu originally planned to withdraw his troops in the middle of the night, but at this time he had already loaded the trucks with grain and grass. In order to paralyze the Ming army on the other side, Jiang Xinzhou's troops did not withdraw.
The Jin soldiers on Jiangxinzhou have been in a panic these days. When they heard that they could evacuate tonight, they all relaxed and just waited for the time to pass.
The Ming army suddenly launched an attack and caught the Jin soldiers on the island off guard.
Under the cover of artillery, Li Cheng, Zhao Li and Yeluyu saw three generals and each led their troops to attack Jiangxinzhou from three sides.
The first reaction of the golden soldiers in the fortress was to run away!
The main force will withdraw at midnight tonight, so why should they stay and resist desperately?
Zhao Li was the first to lead troops to the island. He thought it was a fierce battle, but found that the Jin soldiers were fleeing in panic.
"My sons, follow me and kill!" Zhao Li hissed.
Li Cheng was afraid that Zhao Li would take all the credit, so he anxiously urged: "Blow the drum, beat the drum, let the whole army land on the island!"
Most of the Liangshan heroes who were still serving as soldiers were broken up and mixed together.
Li Kui was the only one left under Song Jiang's command, and the two jumped ashore and rushed quickly.
Especially Song Jiang, he is not as cowardly as in "Water Margin". This guy is a cunning and fierce bandit. He served as a low-level general in the Ming Dynasty for several years. His fierceness has become less fierce, but he has become more calm and cunning.
"Don't let the friendly forces take the credit and charge straight at the enemy general's flag!" Song Jiang ran quickly, completely ignoring the formation.
There were many small boats on the north bank of Jiangxinzhou. The fleeing golden soldiers crowded onto the boats one after another, and even pushed each other and were pushed into the water.
"Boom boom boom!"
The river ship had already sailed over, and there was a burst of artillery fire on the river, and then a direct collision with the larger hull.
The Jin soldiers who had not yet boarded the boat saw that they could no longer cross the river and return to the city, so they were forced to gather on the shore and turn around to face the enemy.
"Archery!"
The Ming army stationed in Goryeo didn't have many archers, which required long-term training, so most of them were equipped with strong crossbows.
Those golden soldiers who had no way to escape seemed to still want to form a formation and fight. The crossbowmen stopped one after another and fired at the crowd in front.
Zhao Li had already led his troops to fight with the Jin soldiers on the east side. After chasing and escaping, both sides had no formation at all. However, the Jin soldiers were frightened for a long time, but the Ming army was full of morale. The battle was completely one-sided, and some Jin soldiers simply jumped.
Jiang fled.
It’s not just a matter of morale!
The Jin soldiers on Jiangxin Island were thinking of withdrawing in the middle of the night. Their armor was not put on, but was dismantled and stacked to be transported away.
The Jin soldiers didn't even wear armor, and they were all killed and wounded after one round of crossbow arrows!
Jin Wushu stood on the Posu Road tower, observing the battle with a telescope, and he didn't want to watch anymore.
The battle ended quickly, because the Jin soldiers who were still alive knelt down in groups and surrendered.
"I captured an enemy general!"
Song Jiang cheered and cheered, holding up a sword made of iron and steel. Anyone who could use this thing was definitely not a soldier.
Zhe Yanzhi, who was stationed on the south bank, slowly took a boat to Jiangxinzhou.
He ordered the soldiers to occupy the fort, escort the prisoners back to Baozhou for custody, and called a private soldier: "I went to report to General Zhang, saying that Jiangxinzhou has been captured. Whether we attack the city tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will attack the city again."
I’m here to cooperate at any time.”
Orihiko was in a good mood, but he yelled the next morning: "The gold thieves are all weaklings, let me chase them!"
The city of Posu Road is already empty.
All the Jin soldiers withdrew northward in the middle of the night, passing through the direction of Fengcheng City in later generations, and fled to Liaoyang via mountain passes.
Along the way, baggage was deliberately thrown down to block the road to slow down the Ming army's pursuit.
They even sent troops to the hillsides on both sides to cut down trees and roll them down the slopes, blocking the narrow and rugged mountain roads.
Orihiko became more and more angry as he chased after him, and all his time was wasted on clearing obstacles!