Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 819 0814 [Huangtou Shiwei]

The young man who gave Wanyan Zongxian advice was named Heshi Liezhining.

His father's name was Hesheli Saba, who had been killed in battle by the Ming army.

And his father-in-law is Jin Wushu.

He also has a little brother of the same race and a different tribe, named Heshi Lieliangbi. He is only fourteen years old this year, but he is already a teacher in Shangjing, responsible for teaching Jurchen writing and has 200 students. Later, he was promoted to Shangshu Province at the age of seventeen, deputy prime minister of the Jin Kingdom at the age of forty, and prime minister of the Jin Kingdom at the age of less than fifty.

In addition, Wanyan Zongxian's biological mother also came from the Heshilie tribe.

In the early stages of expansion, Aguda's biggest enemy was Heshi Liebu. Through wars and marriages, and continuous conquest, division, and wooing, the Wanyan clan annexed the Heshilie tribes.

"It seems they have really rebelled." Wanyan Zongxian was worried.

Heshi Liezhining said: "Don't go out of the city to fight."

Wanyan Zongxian said: "I know."

There are only more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers in Liaoyang City, and there are hundreds of yellow-headed Jurchen (Huangtou Shiwei) slave soldiers captured from the Heilongjiang River Basin. The rest are relatively loyal Xi soldiers and Han soldiers, all young men recruited directly from the refugees, and have nothing to do with the heroes of various ethnic groups.

As he was talking, this guy suddenly knelt down, looked up at the sky and cried: "Your Majesty Taizu, how could the country you conquered have fallen to this... Wuwuwuwu!"

The number of Bohai cavalry outside the city is less than a thousand, but they are all elite soldiers who have been on the battlefield.

Heshi Liezhining said: "We can't kill them for the time being. Most of the people in the city are Bohai people. Once the Bohai nobles are massacred, the people may be frightened and revolt. When the chaos breaks out in the city, and there are Bohai elites outside the city, Liaoyang will cooperate with the inside and outside. Gone."

"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty said that as long as the Jurchens are killed and rebelled, both the Han people and the Xi people's children can be divided into fields and tax exempted!"

"Support the Emperor of Han and kill the Jurchens!"

"The Han people in the north are also Han people, and now the Han emperor has come to kill them. The Jin soldiers were defeated by the Han emperor in the Huosu Pavilion. Do you want to follow the Jurchens and wait to die?"

Wang Zheng's voice was very loud. He rushed to the city and ran back and forth, dodging arrows and shouting at the same time.

Wang Zheng was still shouting outside the city, pointing at Wanyan Zongxian and roaring: "When I followed your father to fight against the Liao Kingdom, you couldn't even ride a horse. Today I came back from a bloody battle, and you insulted the loyal ministers of Dajin like this..."

After blowing the trumpet, Wang Zheng walked around the other city wall and shouted to the Han soldiers and Xi soldiers guarding the city: "How did the Jurchens oppress you? You were originally farming in Youyan, but you were forcibly moved to Liaodong by the Jurchens. Day and night You work hard but can't fill your stomach, and all the food you grow is taken away by the Jurchens. You become refugees, and many fellow villagers starve to death. The Jurchens recruit you as soldiers, but they are just treating you like dogs!"

“Woooooooo~~~”

Seeing that crying to the sky and howling to the ground didn't work, Gao Jingshan stopped acting and got up and climbed on the horse's back: "Blow the trumpet!"

Wanyan Zongxian said nothing and was thinking about whether to kill all the clans in the city.

All the clan soldiers knelt down and looked at the sky, wailing outside the city.

The trumpet sounded loudly outside the city, and nearly a thousand Bohai cavalry galloped around the city, trying to send the signal to the tribesmen in the city.

What's more, they have to divide their troops to guard the big families in the city.

Once they leave the city to fight, the Liaoyang defenders will definitely be defeated!

"Woooooooo~~~~"

"Support the Emperor of Han and kill the Jurchens!"

"I'm worried about the Hesu Pavilion," Wanyan Zongxian said. "Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng have betrayed the Jin Dynasty. The other Bohai people may also have ulterior motives. If they don't pay attention to the front line, they will be defeated."

Although the total number of troops defending the city exceeds 4,000, it is difficult to guarantee their combat effectiveness because they have not fought many battles.

The Han soldiers and Xi soldiers who were guarding the city gradually stopped shooting arrows.

They thought that the main force of the Jin army had been defeated and the Huesu Pavilion had been captured by the Han emperor.

In this case, why should we follow the Jurchens to death?

Wanyan Zongxian rode over from the west city and scolded the soldiers guarding the city: "Don't listen to his nonsense. My Great Jin has 200,000 soldiers, all of whom are brave and skilled in fighting. How can a mere Han emperor defeat the warriors of the Great Jin? You were all refugees before. If the Great Jin court had not taken you in, you would have starved to death! In the past two years, the food and wages you received were only slightly lower than those of the Jurchen warriors. Did the Great Jin court treat you unfairly?"

Due to the sharp decline in the Jurchen population, the Jin Kingdom began to recruit young refugees who had lost their leaders.

Especially the Han and Xi people. They left their hometown and moved to Liaodong, but they had no heroes who could protect them.

They were all homeless and had no country. They were recruited to train the army, and their food and salary were increased. They were indeed more obedient than the soldiers of the powerful commanders.

Under Wanyan Zongxian's scolding, these people subconsciously drew their bows and shot arrows again.

Wang Zheng was so frightened that he quickly rode his horse to avoid it, but was still hit by an arrow in the back. Fortunately, his armor protected him and it did not penetrate deeply into his flesh.

However, Gao Jingshan sent someone to shout on the other side of the city wall: "Yu Liduo (Wanyan Zongfu) has been defeated. Hesu Pavilion, Tangchi, and Chengzhou have all been captured by the Ming army. Yin Liduo led the remaining soldiers to escape to Yongning, and the Jin Kingdom It’s about to perish, the Kingdom of Jin is about to perish!”

The morale of the soldiers who defended the city was shaken.

No one knew what happened in the Huosu Pavilion. They only knew that the two powerful commanders rebelled.

One is the commander of the guards and the army, and the other is Bohai Ten Thousand Households. These two heroes are powerful enough, and there must be a big problem with the golden soldiers on the front line.

……

Inside the city.

The local wealthy families in Liaoyang were not under house arrest and still lived in their own homes. They just couldn't leave at will.

The family members of wealthy families sent from other prefectures and counties were concentrated and settled near the government office.

Just taking hostages is not the same as guarding prisoners!

If you go too far, even if the Jin Kingdom wins this battle, it will force the powerful people of all races to rebel. Several teams of Jurchen soldiers were sent to strengthen surveillance of the major wealthy families. Everyone was ordered not to leave the house, and martial law was declared throughout the city. Anyone who dared to take to the streets privately would be punished for treason.

"Father, it's broken!"

Zhang Ruding rushed into the inner courtyard: "There is a trumpet sound outside the city. It seems that some tribe has rebelled. Jurchen soldiers came outside the house again and ordered no one to go in or out."

"Don't be impatient," Zhang Xuanzheng said, "I have told them that they must not rebel until the last moment. It must not be the rebellion of my Zhang family, otherwise the Jurchen soldiers would have rushed in and killed people."

The Zhang family is not the real Zhang family, but the Gao family of Liaoyang after changing their surname - they are the first of the three Bohai Gao families!

Zhang Xuansu and Zhang Hao both served as high officials in Shangjing in the Kingdom of Jin.

Zhang Xuansu was in charge of the Jin State's Planning Department, similar to the Jin State's Minister of Household Affairs.

Zhang Hao was responsible for reforming the official system and was Wanyan Zongqian's confidant.

They get along very well in the Kingdom of Jin, and they will never betray the Jin Kingdom unless absolutely necessary.

Suddenly a Jurchen officer came in and comforted him: "Don't panic, it's just the rebellion of the Gao family in Chengzhou and has nothing to do with your Zhang family in Liaoyang. As long as you don't leave home, there won't be any danger!"

Zhang Xuanzheng instantly felt much more at ease and asked his family not to move around noisily. At the same time, he sent his servants to climb the wall and peek at the street.

Several big families in Liaoyang were all comforted in this way.

If Wanyan Zongxian directly sent troops to kill them, they might still fight to the death. But as long as there is a slight chance of survival, they become extremely weak and stay at home praying for peace.

In the other two mansions, Jurchen soldiers rushed in with ferocious looks.

"Except for the women, kill them all, leaving no children behind!"

For a moment, the sound of crying and howling shook the sky, and the people killed were all members of Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng's tribe.

They started the rebellion, and the tribesmen were naturally the first to suffer.

……

Among the golden soldiers guarding the city, there was a group of blond and blue-eyed guys. They were yellow-headed Shiwei slaves captured by the Kingdom of Jin.

A few years ago, Huangtou Shiwei collective rebelled and respected Yelu Dashi.

The reason for the rebellion was that they really could not stand the oppression of the Jin Kingdom!

Unfortunately, Wanyan Zonghan was defeated and many slaves were captured to replenish the population.

Obedient and strong slaves were selected last year to form an army.

It was completely dark.

There were still shouting and blowing trumpets outside the city, but there was a dead silence inside the city. The whole city was under martial law and no movement was allowed at will.

Yawuta led the troops to guard the city, and a group of people were escorted over to deliver food to them.

Of course, this is not his real name. It was just that he had poor hygiene when he was a slave and had many sores on his body, so he was called Yawu Pagoda by the Jurchens.

Yawu Tower means sores.

"What are you shouting outside?" Wu Liyan asked, holding his rice bowl.

Wuliyan means pig. This man is tall and burly, not very bright in mind, and eats a lot at every meal, so he is called Wuliyan.

Yawuta said: "The Jin soldiers were defeated and the Han emperor won."

Wu Liyan said with envy: "You are so smart, you can even understand Chinese."

Yawuta asked: "Do you still want to serve as a soldier for the Jurchens?"

Wu Liyan was digging his rice and said, "I want to go home."

"What can I do if I go back?" Yawuta asked.

Wu Liyan was silent.

Their tribe was raided by Jin soldiers, and countless members of the tribe were killed. Even if they fled back now, they didn't know how many relatives they would find.

Yawuta said: "Rebel. This is the best opportunity. There are not many Jurchen soldiers in the city. As long as we capture a city gate, the rebels outside can rush in."

Wu Liyan continued to eat and said while chewing: "You are smarter, I listen to you."

Yawuta finished his meal and pretended to pick up weapons to defend the city. He walked to another soldier and said: "The Jin soldiers were defeated by the Han emperor. When they heard me shouting kill, they killed the nearby Jurchens and marched towards the city gate together." Rush over there.”

At this moment, a group of Jurchen soldiers suddenly came over, carrying copper coins and cloth.

"You are no longer slaves. You are also Jurchens, yellow-headed Jurchens! Yellow-headed Jurchens are of the same clan as us, and the Han people are our enemies."

"From now on, as long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious service, you will be rewarded. Those who have made great achievements can also be hereditary conspirators. After this battle is over, I will reward you with women to start a family. They are all ladies from the Bohai family, all of them are delicate and tender. Meat, you can do whatever you want!"

"As long as you guard the city wall tonight, you can eat meat tomorrow!"

"Come here and line up to receive the reward!"

Yawuta cheered along with everyone. Taking advantage of the opportunity to queue up, he said to his companions: "The Jin soldiers were defeated by the Han emperor and asked us to fight and die. That's why he suddenly became so generous. If you hear me shouting kill, kill him." The Jurchens nearby, rush toward the city gate together!"

(End of this chapter)