Guo Ning is leading a group of cavalry, marching along the outer city wall of Kaifeng.
Guo Ning no longer noticed the bustle in the city of Kaifeng. Those Jurchen princes and nobles, or the ceremonial guards of the Kaifeng court, were just a piece of cooked meat. Someone was responsible for cutting it and serving it on a plate.
For example, Li Ting, who was running rampant in the city at the moment, was obviously very interested in this. Guo Ning sent some of his troops inside to help him continue to make meritorious deeds.
Guo Ning himself dispatched his manpower step by step to firmly control the city from the outside to the inside.
The first thing to change hands was naturally the outer city wall of Kaifeng.
The outer city of Kaifeng relied on the construction of the Song Dynasty at that time. The wall base was five feet and six feet wide. The top of the wall was large enough for several heavily armed iron pagoda knights to march abreast. Guo Ning used the iron cavalry as the leader and forced the landing of the soldiers stationed here along the way.
Subsequent troops and horses accompanied them to take over.
The Kaifeng court's military embarrassment became more and more obvious at this time. Even though it controlled millions of Jurchens, their troops were scattered across half of the Jin Kingdom. How could there be enough? Even among the Kaifeng garrison, more than half of them were still
It's Han'er.
Strictly speaking, these Han children joined the Kaifeng imperial court earlier than most of the Jurchen soldiers. Some of them were the town defense army and the grain shooting army set up by the imperial court on Henan Road in the early years; some were the Kaifeng imperial court's defeat of the Red Coat Army.
, the Shandong Haner who made an emergency landing. When King Sui first went south, he had intended to bridge the conflict between the Jurchens and the Han people, so he believed in focusing on the Han army.
But as Guo Ning established his foothold in Zhongdu and showed more and more momentum to replace him, the Kaifeng court had to rely on the Jurchens, and instead continued to split up these Han troops and mobilize them out of Kaifeng to farm.
Such an operation is tantamount to a naked expression of suspicion, which further arouses rifts within the army.
In the past year, Han'er sergeants have constantly seen Jurchens fleeing from the north. Listening to them privately recounting Guo Ning's ferociousness and terror, their ears are getting calluses. However, since this Zhou Guogong is clearly trying to attack
If the Jurchens went there, what would they have to do with Han'er?
Earlier, Otun Orib, Wanyan and Apai led their troops to attack. In order to ensure the loyalty of the soldiers, they excluded all Han'er and temporarily transferred nearly 10,000 Jurchen civilians to fill the city wall. This way
The army is completely useless for fighting.
As soon as the news came that the two captains were dead, all the Jurchen civilians fled.
Seeing the flag of the Ding Navy arriving, the Han'er officers and soldiers all cheered loudly and voluntarily surrendered one after another. Even before the Ding Navy sent officers to take over, they killed the Jurchens who led the troops and arranged the troops in order.
As the sky gradually darkened, many Han soldiers opened warehouses along the city wall and took the initiative to distribute pine bright torches. A large number of soldiers followed Guo Ning with torches held high to build momentum.
Thousands of torches illuminated the city wall as bright as day, and it looked like a fire dragon stretching its huge body along the city wall. This momentum caused more and more people inside and outside the city to respond, and more and more people surrendered.
When the team crossed Hongren Gate and arrived at Guangze Gate in the east and north of the outer city, the Jurchens who had originally tried to escape through this place saw that the situation was not good, and most of them ran frantically in other directions.
The hundreds of soldiers stationed here had put their weapons, armor, stomachs, etc. in one place in advance, and were waiting to be dispatched empty-handed. When Guo Ning stepped onto the tower, there were still several people who had not been able to greet him. They were still standing behind the crenellations of the pier wall, looking out.
View.
Ni Yigang wanted to shout, but Guo Ning stopped him.
Guo Ning walked a few steps toward the crenel, looked around, and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"There is no way out!" A young Han soldier paid no attention to Guo Ning and said happily: "The Jurchen generals outside include Marshal Wanyan Congtan and Monk Wanyan Chen... They have no way out.
Let’s go!”
Guo Ning looked at them for a moment and smiled: "Can you recognize them from such a distance?"
The soldier felt that Guo Ning's accent was different and looked sideways.
Guo Ning was only wearing a gray military uniform and was not accompanied by any ceremonial guard. The soldiers were all gathered in the outer circle. The soldiers only thought that Guo Ning was a robe Ze who came to avoid the chaos and replied casually:
"In the past, when the two of them were in charge of the army, I saw them a lot. These two were not bad. They were kind to the soldiers and had their own abilities. They were very different from the stupid officials in the city. Although the Jurchens later became
They come a lot and squeeze hard, but the two of them have no grudge against us guys."
"I see." Guo Ning asked again: "If Duke Zhou sends people to surrender them, do you think it can be done?"
The soldier frowned, thought for a while and said: "If these people wanted to die, they would have died long ago. It's just because they don't want to die... I think it's not difficult to recruit them as long as you give them a reason.
I would be happy if a few of them could survive!"
Guo Ning laughed loudly and patted the soldier on the shoulder: "My little brother is quite knowledgeable."
When he retracted his body from the crenel, Wanyan Xilie was already kneeling beside him with excitement on his face: "Thank you so much, Duke Zhou!"
"Don't thank me, thank the soldiers. Thank your brother for his good reputation."
Guo Ning summoned Ni Yi and told him, "Go there once and give them an excuse! Just say that if you hand over Monk Wanyan Chen, they will be allowed to surrender!"
Ni Yi loudly accepted the order.
The city gate of Guangze Gate is still blocked. Although people have been mobilized to remove the earth and rocks, normal access will not be possible for a short time. Ni Yi is determined to show off his power in front of the crowd, holding on to the rope that the Jurchens had braided when they escaped with one hand.
He jumped over the high wall, kicked off the wall twice, and landed safely.
This was a method he learned from Dong Jin a while ago, but he didn't expect to use it now.
A few steps away from the city wall, there was a stray army horse. Ni Yi got on his horse and gave a strong whip. The horse was in pain and he stood up for a moment, then he galloped forward, crossing the shallow part of the moat in an instant, and rushed towards the city.
The place where Jurchen generals gather.
The whole set of movements was neat and tidy, and many soldiers on the city gate cheered loudly. Accompanying Guo Ning was Zhao Fang of Song State, and more than ten Song Army generals who accompanied him. Of course, they also saw Ni Yi's show off, and Meng
Gong immediately snorted, while his father, Meng Zongzheng, Hu Zaixing and other senior generals all watched Ni Yi riding in with respect.
There were still many scattered Jurchens in the city. Seeing his menacing approach, they all fled.
After walking hundreds of steps, you will reach Jinjun Gaixin.
It turned out that the Jin army fought and retreated. By this time, many of the injured could not be treated and were lying scattered on the ground. Blood was flowing everywhere. Even several generals were covered in blood and stood staggering.
Ni Yiduo also felt a little respect. He immediately reined in his horse and stopped, followed Guo Ning's instructions and shouted.
I have to say that the soldier's vision was really accurate.
Once this step was given, many Jin Army generals looked happy, and everyone shouted: "Monk Wanyan Chen is here!"
He turned around and pushed it out.
Ni Yi was waiting for him to repay him, but he never thought that Monk Wanyan Chen suddenly roared and shouted, and blood burst out of his eyes!
"Is this guy crazy? What are you shouting for?"
Monk Wanyan Chen's voice was hoarse. Ni Yi listened carefully and realized that he was shouting: "The country is broken, the army is defeated, and only dead ears can do it! I will not surrender! Give me the knife and let me fight to death!"
"Hey!" Ni Yi was shocked on the spot.
How can a man who is covered in wounds and half-dead still have such determination?
Duke Zhou indeed agreed to Wanyan Xielie's request, but no one knew at the time that a desperate man would dare to commit suicide in the face of Duke Zhou's lofty favor!
Without waiting for the Jurchen generals around him to panic and persuade him, Ni Yi had already pulled out the short sword from his waist and threw it in front of Monk Wanyan Chen.
Monk Wanyan Chen shouted desperately, broke away from the hands that grabbed his arms and shoulders, and raised his eyes to look at Ni Yi. His whole body was shaking, and the hand holding up the dagger was trembling. He opened his mouth and wanted to
He said something else, but his voice was completely hoarse.
Ni Yi could guess what he meant, and said in a deep voice: "I am Ni Yi, the commander of the personal guards of Zhou Guogong! You did not die in the hands of an unknown person!"
A smile appeared on Monk Wanyan Chen's face. He stepped forward and pointed the knife at Ni Yi's chest and abdomen.
When he was full of energy, this thrust would have been powerful, but now he was completely powerless and his movements were abnormally slow.
Ni Yi didn't even bother to move his horse to get out of the way. He turned his hand and pulled out the axe, swinging it horizontally. After a soft sound, the short knife in Monk Wanyan Chen's hand was already flying in the air.
The big ax turned around and carried the evil wind straight towards Monk Wanyan Chen.
Monk Wanyan Chen knew that he could not avoid it at all, so he only had time to glare. Unexpectedly, the iron ax suddenly turned, and the broad back of the ax replaced the sharp edge, and hit him squarely on the neck.
Monk Wanyan Chen's vision went dark and he fainted immediately.
Ni Yi leaned over to take a look, and asked hesitantly: "Are you still alive? I saved my strength and didn't kill him."
Wanyan Congtan and Yilapua rushed forward at the same time to detect Monk Wanyan Chen's breathing.
"He's fine." After a while, the two men breathed a sigh of relief: "Commander Ni, we beg for surrender."
In the second year of Xingding in the Jin Dynasty and the ninth year of Jiading in the Song Dynasty, the armies of the Jin and Song Dynasties gathered in Kaifeng to fight against the rebels.
The navy was ordered to dispatch, and there were no less than ten consecutive fierce battles at Nanjing Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road and other places, killing more than 20 enemies above the level of governor, captain, marshal, and annihilating no less than 50,000 enemy troops.
After the decisive battle at Kaifeng City, King Sui had been operating south for several years. The elite thirteen captains who had gathered from millions of Jurchens were all wiped out. In just one day, the total number of the dead, including those who were fighting among themselves in Kaifeng City, was no less than 50,000. .Inside and outside the city, blood flowed like rivers.
In the past two years, nearly a million Jurchens have gone south to Kaifeng, so much so that the imperial court in Kaifeng spent hundreds of dollars, and the three armies mobilized, one person farmed, and a hundred people fed. By the time the Thirteen Captains were separated, after the military households were reduced from redundancy, there were still There are 420,000 people. But among them, no more than one-third can fight with bows and are brave.
In the end, most of these courageous people died on the battlefield. The people outside Kaifeng who responded to Wanyan Congtan's begging for surrender were only in their early 2,000s.
As a result, this nation that once dominated the world with powerful force and entered the authoritarian realm lost its reliance on force. The spine and bones of the Jurchens in the Central Plains were completely broken.