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Chapter 1378 The siege of Huanglong Mansion (Part )

When the sky lit up again, only broken armor and broken flags were left on the original battlefield.

"Your Majesty, most of the remaining enemies have been wiped out, and the rest have fled to Huanglong Mansion. All armies are still pursuing them!"

Zhu Wu reported to Sun Lei that the battle went much smoother than he expected. After the defeat, the Jin soldiers were no different from sheep.

"Leave some people to guard the prisoners, and the rest will follow me to Huanglong Mansion!"

Sun Lei ordered to the people around him.

Everyone took the order and quickly made arrangements, leaving 30,000 troops to guard the prisoners.

The road to Huanglong Mansion was full of corpses of defeated Jin soldiers, and you could even encounter some lone Jin soldiers.

"When I first came to Liaodong, I could still see snow, but I didn't expect it to be so hot now!"

Sun Lei looked at the lush plains and the endless mountains in the distance and said, the scenery in Liaodong this summer is really good.

"Your Majesty, this will become the best pasture in our country!"

Zhu Wu said with a smile that the terrain of the Liaodong Plain is no worse than the grassland and is a good place for grazing.

"I think it's better to be a farm."

Sun Lei said with a smile.

"Farming land? Your Majesty, it is winter in Liaodong for half of the year, and the population here is not large enough for large-scale farming."

Zhu Wu opened his mouth and said, Liaodong is indeed an excellent land for farming, and it is not inferior to the Central Plains. The only trouble is that Liaodong is remote and the winter is too long. In addition, Liaodong has a small population and cannot cultivate much land. It is not as profitable as grazing. .

“And we can only grow rice and wheat here, so production and transportation are a problem!”

Xu Guanzhong also opened his mouth and said that he knew Liaodong better than Zhu Wu. The land here was booming and there was no shortage of water. The Bohai Kingdom used to focus on planting, but it could only produce one season of food a year. This output was really not worth it.

"It doesn't matter, there will be suitable food soon!"

Sun Lei said with a smile.

The yields of rice and wheat in this era were much lower than those of later generations, and the population was not too large. The land in the Central Plains was already sufficient for cultivation. Coupled with the inconvenience of transportation, no one would think of coming to Liaodong to farm.

"Suitable food?"

Zhu Wu thought about it doubtfully. There were only those grains, and rice and wheat were already the most productive.

"Li Jun should be back soon!"

Sun Lei said with a smile that high-yield corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and the like are suitable for farming in Liaodong.

"You should take a longer-term view. The population will grow explosively soon, and people from the Central Plains will have to move to Liaodong!"

Sun Lei looked at Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu and said, feudal society was limited by food production, medical technology, and war, and there would be a population bottleneck, but with the demise of the Jin Kingdom, the Central Plains would not be threatened for a long time, and everything would be on track. , the population will double by then.

"Your Majesty, the Mongolian tribes and the Wanggu tribe have captured the Tata'er tribe!"

A cavalryman rode up to report.

"This is a move based on preparedness!"

Sun Lei said with a sneer, this news was not too early or too late, it came just after they won.

"They should have sent someone to watch from the outside!"

Xu Guanzhong said.

"These people are very proficient in adapting to the wind! Your Majesty, people with ulterior motives like this cannot be trusted!"

Zhu Wu said, "Qi State has already issued the order, but the Mongolian tribes and the Wanggu tribe have been delaying until now."

"Of course it's not credible. There are still enemies to the west. Just let them go!"

Sun Lei said with a smile that he gave the grassland tribes a lot of time. If these people quickly destroyed the Tata tribe and then came to support, then he could give the grassland tribes one more choice. But these people chose to wait and see. If he waits until the results come out before taking action, then you can't blame him for being ruthless.

After walking for two days, Sun Lei took people outside Huanglong Mansion.

At this time, Huanglong Mansion has been surrounded by large armies.

"Your Majesty!" Yue Fei and others hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"How many people fled back to Huanglong Mansion?"

Sun Lei looked at Yue Fei and asked.

"Jin Wushu, Wan Yanshou, Shan Shi Tuo, Lian Er Xin Shan, and more than 30,000 defeated troops!"

Yue Fei replied.

"Any ideas?"

Sun Lei pointed at Huanglong Mansion and asked Yue Fei.

"Not yet!"

Yue Fei smiled bitterly.

"Huh? Can't we defeat such a city? Do we need artillery?"

Sun Lei looked at Yue Fei and asked.

"Your Majesty, this Huanglong Mansion is different from ordinary cities. I saw them reinforcing the city wall when I was lurking in Huanglong Mansion. This Huanglong Mansion city wall is different from ordinary masonry or rammed earth walls. Its outer layer is made of bricks and stones, and then there are After several layers of rammed earth and masonry, it would be difficult for the artillery to explode."

Yue Fei said.

"Well, the Jurchens also learned this construction method?"

Sun Lei squinted his eyes and said, a group of "savages" who were hunting and fishing in the mountains ten years ago not only had iron smelting technology, but also advanced city building technology.

"This Jurchen wanted to build Huanglong Mansion into a capital city, so he invested a lot of manpower and material resources. It looks ordinary, but in fact it is a strong city."

Yue Fei introduced.

"Do you two strategists have any good ideas?"

Sun Lei looked at Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu and asked.

Both of them looked at Huanglong Mansion and frowned, thinking. Judging from Yue Fei's introduction, it was almost impossible to break the wall with violence, and it was obviously inappropriate to use human lives to attack the city. This siege required a lot of skills.

"Your Majesty, although the city wall is strong, it is no more than three feet high. We can build a siege tower vehicle and put the springboard directly on the city wall."

Zhu Wu thought for a moment before speaking.

The so-called tower cart is a tower that is higher than the city wall. It can be pushed to the bottom of the city. After setting up the springboard, the soldiers can directly rush to kill.

"That's a good idea!"

Sun Lei looked at Huanglong Mansion and then said, it is definitely not appropriate to attack by force. If the siege is carried out slowly, it may not be possible to break the city in several months. Huanglong Mansion is the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and there is definitely enough food and grass in it.

As soon as Yue Fei heard this, he immediately called the soldiers and ordered him to cut down the wood and build a tower truck. Liaodong was short of everything but wood, so building a tower truck was not difficult.

There was a lot of chaos in Huanglong Mansion. After the founding of the Jin Kingdom, Huanglong Mansion was regarded as the capital. All the treasures collected by the Liao Kingdom were transported to Huanglong Mansion. Naturally, the Jurchen nobles who had suffered a lot in the poor mountains and rivers rushed to move to Huanglong Mansion.

Now that Huanglong Mansion is besieged, the entire Jurchen nobles are trapped in the city.

"Jin Wushu, His Majesty is really defeated?"

A group of Jurchen leaders still didn't believe the news brought back by Jin Wushu. They had gathered all the troops in Liaodong, 500,000 people, plus the Tata'er tribe. How could they be defeated.

"The enemies have surrounded Huanglong Mansion, what else is there to doubt? How can I joke about this kind of thing?"

Jin Wushu said coldly, these people still have illusions.

"How did you fight the war? How did more than 500,000 people lose?"

An old man with gray hair and rat braids banged his cane on the ground and said angrily.

"What's the use of talking about this now? The enemy is besieging the city. Huanglong Mansion won't be able to defend it for long. Staying in the city will mean death!"

"It's better to go back to Changbai Mountain. Once in the mountains, the enemy can't do anything to us!"

"Yes, yes, go back to Changbai Mountain!"