Many Han people in the land of Youyan were forcibly relocated by the Jin Kingdom. Most of them, including the Han families who invested in gold, were moved to Xianping.
That is Kaiyuan!
By the middle of the Jin Kingdom, the population of Kaiyuan even surpassed that of Liaoyang. Moreover, agriculture and commerce were on par with Liaoyang. This is the super business ability of the Han people.
At this time, it had not developed yet, because the Jin Kingdom had been extracting men and collecting grain.
As for the Khitan people, they mostly migrated to Jinzhou and Guangning.
The troops collected from these three places were transferred to Jinzhou by Wanyan Zongfu.
The defender of Jinzhou is Wanyan Talan, with a total force of more than 20,000. Among them, there are more than 6,000 Jurchen soldiers, more than 7,000 Khitan soldiers, more than 8,000 Han soldiers, more than 3,000 Xi soldiers, and some Khitan and Han people.
Jinzhou's rammed earth city wall has been expanded twice since it was built in the Liao Dynasty. When it was first built, the perimeter was only 2,700 meters, and later it was increased to more than 3,000 meters. Later, an ear city was built close to the city wall.
In recent years, the Jin Kingdom has built more urns on all sides, as well as parapets and arrow stacks.
Li Jinyi followed the Liaoxi Corridor and led his troops in pursuit, almost filling the moat on the west side.
After Ju Ming captured Huosu Guancheng, he immediately ordered Yang Yun and Li Shifu to lead the cavalry overland and gallop all the way towards Jinzhou. Deng Chun led the infantry by boat and landed on the east coast of Jinzhou with heavy supplies of food and grass.
Wanyan Talan wants to withdraw his troops from Jinzhou, but it is not as easy as the mountainous areas on the north bank of the Yalu River!
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Wanyan Xiyin personally led five hundred knights to Jinzhou to deliver the news.
By the way, supervise Wanyan Tarlan.
There are various signs that Wanyan Talan is getting involved with the eldest prince. This guy was historically the "peace advocate" of the Jin Kingdom.
"Zhuhe Sect" is just an adjective, the exact name is "Taizong Sect".
After the Taizu faction launched a massacre of the Taizong sect, Wanyan Talan directly chose to go south, wanting to defect to Zhao Gou and Qin Hui. Wanyan Talan's eldest son, Wanyan Shengdu, ran to Mobei with his own soldiers.
Tried to seek refuge with the Mongol Khan Habul.
Both father and son were killed on the way to escape.
"Hesu Guancheng is gone, so we should look for opportunities to burn food and retreat." Wanyan Xiyin said.
Wanyan asked lazily: "How long have you been here for?"
Wanyan Xiyin simply explained: "The Bohai soldiers rebelled."
"When did it happen?" Wanyan asked lazily.
Wanyan Xiyin said: "Last night, someone burned the camp and caused chaos. Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng led their troops straight to Liaoyang. At dawn today, the marshal killed all the powerful Bohai commanders and led the Jurchens to the east for Liaoyang."
Wanyan shook his head lazily: "I can't leave."
Wanyan Xiyin said: "The whole army rode away and burned food to delay the enemy. We should be able to take away the Jurchen soldiers."
Wanyan Talan asked: "The military rations in Huosu Guancheng are gone, and Liaoyang may also change hands. If Jinzhou's grain and grass are burned again, even if there are still 20,000 Jurchen soldiers, where will they get the military rations?"
Wanyan Xiyin was silent.
Wanyan Zongpan’s outrageous plan was not told to his ally Wanyan Talan.
Until now, Wanyan Talan didn't know that the Jin Kingdom's overall strategy had been obtained by the Ming Dynasty. He didn't think about betraying the Jin Dynasty and defecting to the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he had been thinking about how to win.
Wanyan Talan said: "We must defend Jinzhou and wait for Nianhan (Wanyan Zonghan) to lead the main force to return for reinforcements. Otherwise, this battle will undoubtedly be defeated, all military supplies will be lost, and we will starve to death!"
Wanyan Xiyin asked: "Are there any signs of rebellion among the Han and Khitan people in the city?"
"Not yet," Wanyan Talan said worriedly, "but if the news of the fall of Hesu Guancheng reaches Jinzhou, both the Han and Khitan soldiers may be shaken."
The two discussed repeatedly and finally decided not to withdraw their troops, but to defend Jinzhou and wait for Wanyan Zonghan to come for reinforcements.
About half an hour later, Yang Yun and Li Shifu's cavalry had arrived in the west of Jinzhou City.
Wanyan Talan said: "This is the vanguard cavalry of the main force of the Ming army. We must give them a head-on attack!"
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The leader of the Han army in Jinzhou City was Wang Bolong, who was a huge bandit in the late Liao Dynasty.
When Aguda attacked Liaodong, Wang Bolong led 20,000 people to join him and brought a large amount of baggage.
This made A Gu crazy with joy, and immediately granted him the hereditary title of Meng'an, and served as the governor of Yinzhou and Shuangzhou. Wang Bolong alone controlled the military and political power of the two states.
After receiving the order, Wang Bolong immediately led his troops out of the city.
Wanyan Talan's eldest son, Wanyan Shengdu, commanded three thousand Jurchen cavalry. Wang Bolong led four thousand Han cavalry and followed Wanyan Shengdu to directly attack the Ming cavalry outside the city.
As for Yang Yun, Li Shifu's cavalry only had 3,000 men, and they were running out of people and horses all the way.
"withdraw!"
The moment the Jinzhou city gate opened, Yang Yun ordered a retreat.
Their mission is not to annihilate the enemy, but to watch the Jin soldiers' retreat route and prevent the Jin soldiers in Jinzhou City from leaving calmly.
The Ming cavalry ran south along the Linghe River, blowing horns frantically along the way.
The Ming Qingqi, who was cruising in the south of the city, used binoculars to see the situation clearly, and immediately ran back to the Ming army camp in the west of Jinzhou to report the news.
Soon, Li Jinyi asked Yan Ping to ride over with two thousand men to harass and respond.
Wanyan Talan quickly dispatched 1,000 Jurchen cavalry, 1,000 Han cavalry, and 1,500 Khitan cavalry to rush out from the south city gate to block the attack.
Two groups of Ming cavalry fought and retreated, but Li Jinyi ordered the army to move forward and sent 20,000 infantry to approach the west wall of Jinzhou.
Deng Chun had already arrived by boat and landed forty miles southeast of Jinzhou City. He arranged a vehicle formation near the mouth of the Ling River to wait for the follow-up troops, and sent Qingqi northward to inquire for news.
This team of light cavalry soon met Yang Yun and Li Shifu, who blew the trumpet to guide them to retreat south.
Wang Bolong seemed to want to be buried with the Jin Kingdom. He never thought of betraying the Jin Dynasty and defecting to the Ming Dynasty. He led his Han cavalry to pursue the Ming Dynasty cavalry madly.
Maybe it's because his official position is very big.
A month ago, this guy had just been promoted to the commander of Guangning's horse army. He also served as the governor of two towns (a deserving post). He was also given 10,000 acres of land and a large number of serfs.
This person is a direct descendant of Wanyan Zongfu, a Han general who is specially used to check and balance Wanyan Talan!
"Raise the flag and ask them to come back from the east side!"
Deng Chun arranged a simplified version of the Plum Blossom Formation based on the specific terrain.
Two thousand people formed a large hollow vehicle array with their backs to the Linghe River. Another thousand people formed two small hollow vehicle arrays, located on the northeast and southeast sides of the large hollow vehicle array.
Yang Yun and Li Shifu led the exhausted cavalry through the large and small hollow formations.
Wang Bolong ordered his Han cavalry to be divided into two. One part followed directly and pursued them, while the other part circled the small hollow array and shot arrows eastwards.
The fusiliers were at Ju Ming's side and were not brought over.
But he brought more than 20 squatting tiger cannons.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
Among them, the eight squatting tiger cannons were well positioned and used shotguns to fire cross-fire at the incoming Han cavalry.
Then came the bows, arrows and crossbows, also firing cross-fire at the Han cavalry.
The Liaodong Han cavalry who rushed into the area between the large and small hollow formations fell down in confusion. They also shot arrows at the Ming army, but they were all stopped by the foldable baffles erected high on the chariot.
There were also fierce Liaodong Han cavalry who rushed directly into the formation out of fear, but had to face four-meter-long infantry spears.
Only the long gun is okay, but the problem is that the long gunman is located behind the chariot.
Wang Bolong was horrified and led his cavalry to break out of the encirclement eastward. But if he wanted to escape like this, he had to face a flanking attack from three sides by a large hollow formation and two small hollow formations.
When all the bows and crossbows fired, Wang Bolong himself was hit by two arrows.
This guy led the remaining soldiers to a safe area in a thrilling rush, but Yang Yun and Li Shifu came to stop them and kill them.
However, the Ming Dynasty cavalry, who were short of men and horses, first fled to the rear of the hollow formation in the southeast corner. They circled the formation and ran eastward and then north, just in time to attack the Han cavalry in Liaodong.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
Seeing the miserable condition of the Han cavalry in Liaodong, Wanyan Shengdu quickly blew the trumpet and ordered a retreat.
But where can we retreat?
"Father, leave quickly, I will cut off the rear!" Wang Xi led his troops, reined in their horses, and turned around to stop them.
Wang Bolong had already been hit by four arrows, one of which was deep enough to reach his bones. He fell on his horse and ran away in panic, completely ignoring his son who had cut off his wife.
"Well done!"
Li Shifu and Wang Xi passed by on the wrong horse, raised their hands and thrust out their spears like dragons.
Wang Xi didn't even react, but he was stabbed in the face, and the spearhead pierced the side of his nose. Immediately, stars appeared in his eyes, he was dizzy, his body shook and he couldn't hold the reins, and he fell to the ground as the horse rose and fell.
Wang Bolong led the remnant soldiers to escape quickly, and Wanyan Shengdu tried to come to meet him.
"Boom boom boom!"
In the small hollow formation on the northeast side, three squatting tiger cannons fired shotgun shells, just in time to shoot at the Jurchen cavalry rushing over.
The Jurchen cavalry were so frightened that they quickly turned and fled.
Unfortunately, the horses of the Ming Dynasty cavalry were too tired, and after a while of pursuit, the enemy cavalry gradually fled away.
Back in Jinzhou City, Wanyan Shengdu counted his troops.
In the brief battle just now, a total of 7,000 Jin cavalry attacked, but only more than 5,000 came back. Moreover, nearly a thousand were injured!
"What formation is that?"
Wang Bolong looked horrified and uneasy, and he didn't even have time to grieve for his son's death in battle.
In this kind of plum blossom formation, the large hollow car formation is upright, but the small hollow car formation is slanted, which is equivalent to a movable bastion.
Especially when Wang Bolong turned to break out of the encirclement, he was attacked by three hollow arrays from a distance at the same time, and his Han cavalry were beaten to pieces by squatting tiger cannons and crossbows.
Wanyan Talan and Wanyan Xiyin rushed over. Seeing the cavalry fleeing in embarrassment, they quickly asked them what happened.
After some narration, Wanyan Tarlan fell silent.
Li Jinyi's army has arrived at the city, and all the Jin cavalry has withdrawn into the city.
Several teams of Ming Qingqi galloped around the city, firing letters urging surrender into the city, while shouting along the way: "Whoever surrenders will avoid death, whoever surrenders will avoid death!"
North of the city, city wall.
"Uncle, the Jurchen soldiers and the Han soldiers were defeated. More than 2,000 people were killed or injured in one trip!" A young man from the Xi tribe gloated.
Xiao Shun first warned in a low voice: "Don't show anything strange. We have few soldiers and are under constant surveillance. We must find a good opportunity before we can start an incident."
The young man of the Xi tribe said: "I heard that Yelu Yujian has become a high official in the Ming Dynasty. If we join him, we will be reused if we have made military exploits."
"It's good to be alive." Xiao Shun sighed first.
The Xi tribe's rebellion caused too much trouble, causing the Xi people to be suppressed in the Jin Kingdom, and they will always be cannon fodder.
The Jin Kingdom seemed to be deliberately erasing the Xi people.
The unit in front of us is already the last Xi soldiers to become an organic unit.