The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 180 Shilitangdai Taiyuan City

When Wanyan Sheng learned that Song Dynasty not only failed to fulfill its contract, but also openly declared war on Jin Dynasty, Long Yan was furious and ordered the destruction of Song Dynasty.

In August of the first year of Jingkang, the Western Route Army of the Jin Kingdom, led by Wanyan Zonghan, left Datong and headed straight for Taiyuan.

Five days later, the Eastern Route Army also sent troops from Baozhou, aiming directly at Zhending Mansion.

If there is any difference between the second southern invasion and the first, it is that although the Song soldiers in the first southern invasion were weak, they still had some resistance, even if they collapsed at the first touch.

But this time, not even a shadow of Song Bing could be seen along the way.

As soon as Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army forward arrived at Zhending Prefecture, Wang Shuheng, the prefect of Zhending Prefecture, opened the city gates and surrendered directly.

But surrender was surrender. Once they entered the city, they found that there was nothing in the city, no weapons or ammunition, no food and grass, and even the granaries in the city were clean.

Although Wanyan Zongwang was angry, he could not kill Wang Shuheng. After all, he surrendered voluntarily.

In this situation, even if the city is slaughtered, there won't be much money to be made.

The first victory of the Eastern Route Army was such a magic.

After breaking the truth, according to the original plan, they continued all the way south, heading straight to Kaifeng, and the other way west, cooperating with Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army to encircle the point for reinforcements, and killed the Song army who wanted to rescue Taiyuan.

However, on the way to the west, we were almost at Taiyuan City, and we didn't find a Song Dynasty team rushing to help Taiyuan City, so we had to turn back to Zhending.

The same goes for the West Route Army. The road from Datong Prefecture to Taiyuan City is smooth. Let alone the Song Army, there is not even a dog blocking the road.

Is the Song Dynasty completely ruined?
With this doubt, Wanyan Zonghan finally arrived outside Taiyuan City. The sight in front of him made him confused whether he was going the wrong way.

The ponds that stretch for ten miles tightly surround the city of Taiyuan.

The rice in the pond has been harvested and turned into muddy puddles that are difficult to walk through. Even people, let alone war horses, have to be careful when walking.

"Ceres God..."

Wanyan Zonghan stood on the outskirts of the pond, looking at Taiyuan City surrounded by the pond and said with a bitter smile: "How to fight this?"

It was also the first time for Wanyan Xiyin to see such a scene. It was almost impossible to use troops on this ten-mile pond. War horses could not be used, and siege equipment could not be pushed up. The only way was to fill up the ten-mile pond. Dai.

This is a big, time-consuming and labor-intensive project.

"I didn't expect this Song Dynasty man to be so cunning and think of such a method. Commander, let's set up camp first." Wanyan Xiyin sighed: "It seems that our West Route Army will be later than the Second Prince's East Route Army this time. Arrived in Kaifeng."

After setting up camp outside Shilitangdai in Taiyuan City, Wanyan Zonghan summoned the generals to discuss how to resolve the current situation.

Gu Shen felt that in order to capture Taiyuan City, an area must be cleared first. Not to mention galloping the army and horses, at least siege artillery must be set up. Otherwise, how would the city be destroyed?
Wanyan Lou's room was cursing, feeling that these grandsons from the Song Dynasty couldn't fight with real swords and guns, so they were thinking of these dirty tricks.

Some people also suggested that Taiyuan City was surrounded by Shili Tangdai, which not only hindered the attack on the city, but also locked itself up. It was better to bypass Taiyuan City and go straight to Kaifeng.

"This method is good. We can't attack and they can't get out, so let's just waste our time with them and go directly to Kaifeng." Wanyan Zonghan suddenly said after taking a picture of the big case.

"That's inappropriate!" Wanyan Xiyin stood up and came to the sand table: "Taiyuan must be captured."

Everyone was confused and looked at Wanyan Xiyin. "Commander, your Majesty's intention this time is to destroy the Song Dynasty. If you want to destroy the Song Dynasty, you must first destroy Taiyuan. If Taiyuan is there, the Song Dynasty will not be destroyed."

Wanyan Xiyin pointed to the sand table and said: "If we bypass Taiyuan and go straight to Bianliang, if the Taiyuan defenders come out and attack Kaifeng from both inside and outside, our army will be attacked from both sides. One and two, if Taiyuan is there, we will There is no way to prevent the Western Army of the Song Dynasty from entering the Central Plains. Thirdly, if Taiyuan is there, the Song Dynasty court can move westward into Guanzhong even if it cannot defend Kaifeng. It is impossible to destroy the country in one battle like it did in the Tang Dynasty to quell the Anshi Rebellion."

For the above three reasons, Wanyan Xiyin was actually most afraid of the invasion of King Qin of the Central Plains by the Western Army of the Song Dynasty.

But what he didn't know was that the main force of the Western Army had already deployed defenses around Kaifeng.

The reason why the Song Dynasty had to defend Taiyuan was because those in Taiyuan had Shanxi, and if they gained Shanxi, they would block the Jin army's only way to invade south.

It's so embarrassing to be picked up for fights all the time. If you want to fight, you have to fight on someone else's territory.

Wanyan Xiyin's words caused silence in the big tent. After a long time, Wanyan Zonghan said: "In that case, let's start filling in the pond from tomorrow. With 8 people, it won't take long to fill in the pond." "

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Taiyuan City, General's Mansion.

The scout reported on the current situation of the Jin army: "The Jin army has a total of more than [-] people and has set up camp in the southwest outside the city."

Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, sighed: "More than [-] people? The Jin army is here to destroy the country this time."

"You want to destroy the country with 3 people?" Yang Zaixing said with a smile from the side: "With the more than [-] defenders in Taiyuan City, we can make them come and go wherever they want. If they want to destroy our Song Dynasty, what nonsense!"

Zhang Xiaochun looked at Yue Fei who had been silent and asked: "General Yue, what are your plans?"

Yue Fei stared at the sand table and frowned: "If Wanyan Zonghan insisted on taking Taiyuan, he would have to order people to fill in the ponds. But filling in these ten-mile ponds is not easy. I think he would only fill in the south. On the side of the city gate, this saves the most time and effort."

"Then attack the south gate?" Yang Zaixing walked to Yue Fei's side, looked at the sand table and asked, "Why didn't he clear the west side? The west gate is obviously easier to attack."

Yue Fei smiled and said: "Wanyan Zonghan is so arrogant, naturally he wants to attack from the main city gate."

"Then what should we do? Watch him fill it in?" Zhang Xiaochun also stood up and came to the sand table.

Yue Fei sighed and said: "When Han Shilang left Taiyuan, he left me a tunnel map. In my opinion, although it is of little use, it can't live up to Han Shilang's good intentions. When the Jin army starts filling in tomorrow Miitangdai, let the scouts take a good look at their manpower arrangements, and we'll act according to our circumstances."

"General Yue means that if the Jin army divides into small groups to fill the pond, we will use the tunnel to kill them one by one?"

Yang Zaixing looked a little excited.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xiaochun frowned and said, "In this case, wouldn't the tunnel entrance be exposed?"

Yue Fei nodded: "This kind of strange trick can only be used once or twice. How can it be used again and again? If you want to repel the Jin army, you still have to defeat them openly and openly!"

Gao Chong, who had been silent in the general's residence, then answered: "I like to hear this, it's upright! Let them fill it out, and when it's done, I, Gao Chong, will take the lead and pick Wanyan Zonghan! Such a Yin man in the underground. Don’t come to me for trouble, I can’t do it!”

(End of this chapter)