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

Chapter 181 Digging a hole is easy, but filling it is difficult

In the past few days while Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army was filling holes outside Taiyuan City, Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army was resting and reorganizing in Zhending Mansion.

The fourth prince, Wanyan Zongbi, was puzzled: "Second brother, what are we waiting for?"

Zong Wang pointed to the location of Taiyuan City on the march map: "Wait until the West Route Army takes Taiyuan."

The last time I went deep into the city alone, I still had the unbearable experience of being teased under the city of Kaifeng. If the West Route Army had captured Taiyuan at that time, and the two armies from the east and west had joined forces under the city of Kaifeng, even if they could not capture Kaifeng, I would never have been beaten by the female official of the Song Dynasty. The family drama is like that.

Every time he thought of this, Wanyan Zongwang hated himself for underestimating the enemy and rushing in, and hated the West Route Army for not giving enough strength!

So this time, he decided to stay put and wait in Zhending Mansion.

"Then what if they can't take it?" Wanyan Zongbi asked.

Wanyan Zongwang sighed: "If they can't take Taiyuan City, why should we go to Kaifeng? To congratulate Emperor Daojun on his birthday?"

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Digging a hole is easy, but filling it is difficult.

Wanyan Zonghan gave full authority to fill the hole to Wanyan Xiyin.

Wanyan Xiyin divided the former Liao Han army of more than 1 people into more than 200 teams, each with 50 people.

Among them, 20 people are responsible for digging and transporting soil, another 20 people are responsible for filling soil and burying pits, and the remaining ten people are responsible for guarding.

With this arrangement, these 200 teams only filled in the pond on the south side of Taiyuan City's south gate. In at most ten days, they could fill in an area large enough to attack the city.

The premise is that the garrison in the city dare not go out of the city to harass.

Regarding this, Wanyan Zonghan was extremely confident: "Don't worry, it's okay. Cowards like the Song Army dare to defend the city. How about going out to harass them? They don't have the guts!"

On the first day of work, those responsible for guarding were still very alert, but on the second day they relaxed a lot. By the third day, some of them didn't even wear armor.

Taiyuan City in August is hot!

After working until noon, these Jin soldiers rested on the spot at the pond where they were responsible, eating some dry food, or taking a short nap.

Some people are lying on the ground on their backs, watching the white clouds floating leisurely in the blue sky, thinking that after Taiyuan is broken and the Song Dynasty is destroyed, they must make more after entering the city. The people of the Song Dynasty are rich, so just copy a few A family is enough to support my relatives in Huining Mansion for several years.

I was lost in thought when suddenly there were some dark and sharp objects among the white clouds in front of my eyes...

"arrow!"

Before he could recover from the pleasure of robbery, an arrow fell towards his eyebrows. The blue sky and white clouds in his eyes changed color in an instant, turning a strangely bright red until they were completely black.

"The Song Army is attacking! The Song Army is attacking!"

Jin Jun, who was lucky enough to survive the first wave of arrows, started shouting hysterically.

The living person turned over and stood up, watching the organized Song Army archers in the distance firing another shower of arrows towards him.

Veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles have already begun to take action. Some people jumped into the unfilled pond next to them, hoping that the mud was thick enough. Some people got under the earth-carrying truck, and some even grabbed the smaller ones next to them. His companion stood in front of him.

But more Jin Jun just stood there blankly, watching the rain of arrows approaching in an instant, and then fell straight to the ground like hedgehogs.Until my death, I never figured out where these Song troops came from!

In only a quarter of an hour, the Jin army filling the pit suffered more than a thousand casualties.

It hurts a lot and is even more insulting!
Wanyan Zonghan was furious: "No one knows where the Song army left the city from?"

The Jin army general who escaped alive was trembling and did not dare to speak.

The scene at that time was too chaotic. On the plain with nowhere to hide, several rounds of arrow rain were coming. Who cared to see how the Song army came and how it disappeared.

"Scout! Where's the scout!"

Wanyan Zonghan took pictures of the big case, pointed at the scouts and asked: "Which gate does the city come out of?"

The scouts who were responsible for keeping an eye on the movements of Taiyuan City around the clock all looked at each other with confusion on their faces: "Come back to the commander, no soldiers or horses are entering or exiting any of the gates of Taiyuan City."

Wanyan Zonghan laughed angrily: "Oh, then they came out of the ground?"

Wanyan Zonghan's angry words shocked Wanyan Xiyin: "Commander! I understand!"

Wanyan Xiyin stepped forward quickly, pointed at the battle map of Taiyuan City and said: "Commander, I have never understood why the Song Dynasty people built this ten-mile pond outside Taiyuan City. Although it can temporarily delay our attack on the city, time, but they are also trapped in the city, we just need to slowly fill in these ponds."

"Ok?"

"But if the Song Dynasty people had dug tunnels between the ponds and ridges early for troops to move, they would have been able to consume our vitality unknowingly while we were filling the ponds and ridges. Once we had filled the ponds and ridges, , we have already suffered heavy losses!”

Wanyan Zonghan frowned and said, "You just want to understand this? Isn't it obvious?"

Wanyan Xiyin explained: "No, it's not that I have understood this. I have understood that the Song Dynasty people never wanted to negotiate with us from the beginning. They sent Sima Pu to Huining Mansion while secretly plotting against Chen Cang here. Marshal, what do you want? , these ten miles of ponds and tunnels can be completed in just a few months, okay?"

Wanyan Zonghan remembered what he had discussed with King Yun Zhao Kai at that time. Zhao Kai refused to agree to everything. He thought it was because the people of Song Dynasty were scared out of their wits, but he didn't expect that the clown was actually me?
Wanyan Zonghan was ashamed and furious: "Ha! With these mud pits, do you want to stop our Jin army from destroying the Song Dynasty? From tomorrow on, each team filling the pits will be equipped with thirty archers, and additional scouts will be sent to guard them!"

Wanyan Xiyin sighed: "If this is the case, the progress will probably slow down!"

"Don't be afraid! I, Zong Han, have plenty of time!"

The next day, the Jin troops who went out to fill the pits no longer dared to be careless. They put on heavy armor, and some even carried scimitars, for fear that the Song troops would emerge from some nook and cranny and catch themselves off guard.

The archers assigned to the pit-filling team were all Han Chinese or surrendered soldiers from the Liao Kingdom.

In Wanyan Zonghan's view, the Song army was still cowardly and only dared to rely on tunnels for sneak attacks and shoot cold arrows from a distance.

In this case, the Jin army suppressed them with equal firepower, so they did not dare to act rashly.

Sure enough, throughout the next day, there was no more sneak attack by the Song army.

In Taiyuan City, after hearing the spies' report, Yue Fei couldn't hold back his joy: "Each team is equipped with thirty archers, and more than 200 teams are [-] archers. How much wealth does Wanyan Zonghan have, how dare he use it like this?"

Based on Yue Fei's understanding of the configuration of the Jin army, there would be no more than 8 archers in the [-]-man team, and most of them were cavalry and siege infantry.Of the less than ten thousand archers, six thousand were sent out to fill the hole. It would be a pity not to eat them.

Yue Fei opened the tunnel map that Han Shizhong left for him, compared in detail the area actually occupied by the Jin Army, and said in a deep voice: "Assemble at the martial arts field!"

(End of this chapter)