Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 180

Everything was going as planned by Concubine Zong Ping, Wanyan Wu begged to buy the first emperor to ascend the throne, full of ambition, thinking that he had the power of the world in his hands.

He even tampered with treasury property for his own enjoyment, but was discovered by the prime minister and told Wanyan Zongwang and others that Wanyan Zongwang invited the powerful factions in the court, such as Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonggan and others, to expose it in public in the court.

In the end, all the ministers united to ask him to get off the throne with his support and frame, and stick twenty sticks in front of everyone!
After the beating, he returned him to the throne, and then all the ministers headed by Wanyan Zonghan knelt down to plead guilty.

At this point, Wu Qimai, who was extremely humiliated, had no choice but to endure the pain and finish the shocking wine brought by the attendants, and then forgive the innocence of the ministers.

At night, Concubine Ping repeatedly advised him, thinking that since the descendants of the Taizu were so dissatisfied with him and humiliated in court, and Wu Qimai did not have outstanding military achievements, now the only option is to go south to attack the Song Dynasty and use the wealth of the Song Dynasty to make friends with them. Only the ministers with real power can keep the throne and take it slowly.

Wu Qimai remembered what happened in the daytime, and could only swallow this humiliation severely, so he resorted to Pingfei's plan.

Soon after, he united with all his ministers and made up his mind to attack Song Dynasty!

Then, under the pretext of receiving Liao general Zhang Jue without authorization, Song Dynasty began to gather 20 soldiers and horses, and decided to attack southward in three ways.

At this time, only two years had passed since the peace period between Song and Jin Dynasties, and Yanshanfu Road was already full of flames of war.

In the past two years, Fan Zhuo had planned far ahead, and had already handed over the refined gunpowder formula to Tong Guan, and Tong Guan sent it to the palace.

And set up a special firearms department in Yanjing City to store gunpowder.

At the same time, Fan Zhuoyuan also presented the method of blast furnace steelmaking, which is more efficient than the traditional method of steelmaking, and secretly developed the original city fire gun, but the technology is not good enough to make fire guns, and the main force still has to rely on cold weapons to fight .

Because of these two contributions, Fan Zhuoyuan's authority was further increased, and Tong Guan promoted him to be in charge of Chengdu through the Privy Council, so he could justifiably control the army.

At present, the original [-] soldiers and horses have been expanded to [-], half of which are cavalry.

The generals and soldiers of all the ministries have also been trained by Fan Zhuoyuan. Although those Hebei forbidden troops do not have the courage to fight in the field, they have certain rules for defending the city.

At this time, it was heard that the Kingdom of Jin was gathering troops and preparing to tear up the alliance on the sea and attack southward, and the state of Song was in a state of panic.

Song Huizong's original idea was to behead Zhang Jue, a surrendered general of the Liao Kingdom, and send his head to the Kingdom of Jin to "plead guilty."

However, he was strongly opposed by the important officials in the court, but under the flattery of Cai Jing and others, he beheaded Zhang Jue and pleaded guilty to the north.

The Jin people believed that the Song State was not sincere and insisted on sending troops, so the Song Dynasty could only resist the enemy passively.

Fortunately, at this time, the Yanshan defense line was in hand. Although Song Huizong didn't plant, he still had a barrier in his heart. He ordered Tong Guan to stick to Yanshanfu Road, and at the same time mobilized famous generals such as Chong Shidao and others to go north.

At present, Fan Zhuoyuan deployed his defenses at Juyongguan and Deshengkou to prevent Jin Guo from entering from Shuozhou. After all, the population of Yunshuo and other four states were all plundered.

Zhong Shidao led [-] soldiers and horses to guard Miyun and Jizhou Zunhua, and Liu Yanqing [-] soldiers and horses to guard Yuguan.

Tong Guan led [-] soldiers and horses to sit in Yancheng, coordinated in the middle, and sent troops to support all parties at any time.

This arrangement is based on 20 soldiers and horses guarding Yanshanfu Road, even passive defense can ensure safety.

However, the facts did not go as expected. The Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty with an army of 20, but it was divided into three parts.

On the left, with Wanyan Zongwang as the commander, he led [-] troops to attack the empty Yunzhou and Shuozhou. The ultimate goal was to attack Taiyuan south and cut off the elite support route of the Song army from the West Road area.

In the middle of the road, Wanyan Zonghan was the commander, leading [-] troops down the Chaohe River, preparing to break through Gubeikou and enter Tanzhou, but it was actually a feigned attack all the way.

On the right side, Wanyan Loushi, the god of war of the Kingdom of Jin, was the commander, controlled by Wanyan Zonghan on the middle road, and attacked Yuguan along the Liaoxi Corridor to win Pingzhou. He was the biggest force to win Yanshanfu Road.

The soldiers and horses on the left side of the Kingdom of Jin were all the way, and quickly captured the empty Yunzhong area. However, in Shuozhou, they were blocked by the elite Western Army led by Shuozhou Observer Sun Yi, and fell into a stalemate.

The Jin army attacked Gubeikou from the middle road, but the Yanshan defense line was dangerous, and was strictly defended by Zhong Shidao's subordinates. However, the Jin army was not good at attacking the city, and was greatly frustrated. Across the Great Wall to attack Jizhou Zunhua.

This road is the route used by the later emperor Taiji to lead the Qing soldiers to attack the city of BJ. Zunhua defender Xin Xingzong, although he drank the blood of his soldiers and invaded his subordinates, he was still considered a mighty general in the Western Army, relying on the power of firearms to ensure Compliance without loss.

Jin Guozhong Road Army was stationed under Jiancheng, and was shocked by the artillery, which was not good for Kecheng.

In anger, the Jin army invaded everywhere, massacred and looted countless people in the countryside to vent their anger, and drove the people to attack the city.

The Zunhua defenders watched silently, and did not go out to rescue the city. Facing the siege of the people, although the morale of the soldiers was extremely low, they were still supervised by Xin Xingzong's supervising team.

Between the countryside, thousands of miles of wailing, blood flowing.

Even so, the overall line of defense has not been lost and is still solid, and was awarded by Tong Guan.

The final problem lies in Yuguan, Pingzhou, where Liu Yanqing is stationed. Wanyan Loushi, the God of War in the Kingdom of Jin, is really famous, and the main force of the [-] Jin soldiers is densely packed and boundless.

As a long-legged general, Liu Yanqing was terrified. He resisted decently in the first few days, but suddenly the golden soldiers drove the people to attack the city, and tens of thousands of ants were attached.

On the occasion of the battle, he led the 2 Chinese army to flee straight away, abandoning the [-] soldiers who were resisting on the top of the city.

Connected to the Great Wall, Yuguan, which was built extremely solidly, immediately declared its fall!

When Wanyan Loushi took this fortress, he was also inexplicable, originally thinking that there would be a bitter battle with heavy casualties.

However, in just a few days, Yuguan was breached, which surprised and delighted him.

He had seen the benefits of the artillery of the defenders on the battlefield before, and now he got more than ten heavy artillery weighing more than [-] kilograms, and he was immediately overjoyed.

With heavy artillery in hand, the only shortcoming of the Jin army's siege ability was immediately resolved.

At the same time, the Jin army, which was always plundering the city, did not kill the prisoners for the first time. Instead, it left most of the Song army who surrendered, and reused the gunners inside, all the way to Jizhou.

When Tong Guan heard the news of the fall of Yuguan, he woke up overnight and scolded Liu Yanqing at the mansion, threatening to kill him this time.

But it is still unknown where Liu Yanqing led those [-] soldiers and horses, even if he wanted to question him, he would not be able to catch anyone.

Li Gang and a group of generals entered the mansion and began to discuss how to deal with the current situation.

Once Yuguan is lost, the road from Pingzhou to the city of Yanjing is smooth and there is no danger to defend.

Those [-] gold soldiers won military weapons such as heavy artillery, and when they joined forces with the [-] army in the middle of Zunhua City, it was impossible to imagine that Xin Xingzong's tens of thousands of defenders would not be able to hold on.

At that time, it will be a tragic battle to defend Yancheng...

(End of this chapter)