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

Chapter 48 The Dragon Veins of Taiyuan City
Taiyuan City, the land of dragon veins in the Central Plains.

Not to mention other specialties, it has been recognized by the world that for hundreds of years it has been the specialty of the emperor.

From Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty, to Liu Zhiyuan, the founder of the Later Han Dynasty...

The second son of the old Zhao family sent [-] troops to attack Taiyuan. He felt that the dragon veins here were very strong, which made him worried and couldn't sleep at night.

No!

Taiyuan’s pillar industries must be destroyed!

Zhao Jiaerlang doesn't know how to destroy the industry of creating an emperor, but he is good at setting fire to and digging up cities!
The city has been burned down and the city walls have been dug down. You can't grow an emperor out of the ground, can you?

The ancient city of Taiyuan, which had stood for thousands of years, was destroyed in the long river of history due to the crazy and selfish thoughts of Erlang Zhao.

Perhaps from that day on, the dragon veins had indeed been broken.

But it was the branch of the old Zhao family that was broken!
It is not recorded in history books, but there is a folk saying: Digging and digging in the big city of Taiyuan, planting stupid seeds and blooming stupid flowers...

In the following decades, the descendants of Erlang of the Zhao family came to understand: their ancestors were indeed stupid. Without Taiyuan City, the northern nomads regarded this place as their own back garden, where they could come and leave whenever they wanted. The Song Dynasty court could only stare blankly and catch the chicken blindly!

So starting from Renzong, he began to wipe the butt of Zhao Jiaerlang and rebuild and expand Taiyuan City.

It's just that although the Song Dynasty was rich, it was not an infrastructure fanatic after all. Until the Shenzong Dynasty, after the expansion of Taiyuan City was completed, it would never be the same again.

Strictly speaking, Taiyuan City at that time was not an isolated city, but a city cluster. It was composed of three large cities and several small cities. It was divided into the East City, the Middle City and the West City. Among the main cities and the West City, there were Daming City, Cangcheng and Jinyang Palace City.

After the enemy army spent a lot of effort to capture a city, they found that there were more deep pools and fortified cities waiting for them to unlock.

Family members, who can understand that overwhelming feeling of powerlessness?

But today's Taiyuan... is just a smaller version of Kaifeng!
Therefore, Zhao Er's stupidity is not just about the grace of the donkey and cart.

On December [-]th of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the West Route Army of the Jin Kingdom pointed its sword at Taiyuan City. The armed eunuch Tong Guan fled in a panic. Taiyuan Magistrate Zhang Xiaochun and Deputy Governor Wang Zhen could only resist the banner of defending the city against the Jin.

But what they faced was Wanyan Zonghan, the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army's West Route Army!

In the past hundred years, apart from Wanyan Aguda, the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zonghan was definitely the well-deserved first god of war.

But even as brave as Zong Han, he suffered under Taiyuan City.

From December [-]th to February [-]th, more than a month had passed. He could only look at the city and sigh: "The second prince said a few days ago that the Song Dynasty had agreed to cede Taiyuan. I don't know how things are progressing?"

Wanyan Yinshu, the general of the West Route Army, felt that this matter was not safe: "Commander, the words of the Song Dynasty must not be taken lightly! The general will have a plan to capture Taiyuan City!"

Wanyan Zonghan asked: "What's the plan?"

Yin Shuke's strategy is very simple. Since Taiyuan City cannot be attacked for a long time, then waste it!
"Although Taiyuan is difficult to attack, the food, grass and soldier supplies in the city are limited after all. We just need to lock up Taiyuan City and waste it with them, or we will starve them to death!"

Contrary to the situation in Kaifeng, Taiyuan City will not have time to build strong walls and clear fields in the future. There are many small towns and villages around it. The Jin army is harvesting grass and grain outside the city and has no worries about food and drink. However, the food reserves in Taiyuan City are limited and cannot last long at all. "Lock the city?" Wanyan Zonghan thought for a moment: "Although this strategy is good, time does not wait for us. The second prince has already arrived at Kaifeng City. If Luoyang, the capital of Xijing, is not captured, the Western Army of the Song Dynasty can march eastward at any time to help. If the Western Army of the Song Dynasty arrives, the second prince will be alone. It’s dangerous.”

While they were talking, Wanyan Xiyin, the right supervisor of the West Route Army, opened the curtain and walked in.

Wanyan Xiyin was one of the few literate people in the Jin Kingdom. Even the Great Jin script was created by this person.

It stands to reason that educated people are good at reading and should be knowledgeable about etiquette. However, Wanyan Xiyin was different. He studied Chinese studies and did not have a thorough understanding of the main path, but he was able to pick up side paths at his fingertips. He was scheming and ruthless.

It perfectly confirms the saying of later generations: "Rogues are not to be feared, but only if they are educated!"

Not long after entering the camp, he heard the commander talking about the second prince Wanyan Zongwang, and he said slyly: "To besiege Kaifeng, the east and west routes should have supported each other, but the second prince rushed forward alone. This is just trying to steal the credit."

Just one sentence made Wanyan Zonghan feel uncomfortable and muttered in his heart: "Second Prince, this is not interesting enough!"

Wanyan Xiyin was able to see that Wanyan Xiyin had made a profit, and he quickly promoted his strategy of "locking the city", hoping to get his approval. Wanyan Xiyin walked to the sand table and said with a smile: "This is a wonderful strategy. , but it’s not enough to consume all their food and grass.”

Wanyan Zonghan asked: "Gu Shen has any clever ideas?"

The God of Grains is Wanyan Xiyin's real name. Generally, people with close relationships call him by his real name.

"There is a saying in the art of war of the Han people that the first priority is to attack the city, and the first priority is to attack the heart. If the city is locked only to cut off food and grass, I don't know how long Taiyuan City can hold on. Why?"

Wanyan Xiyin asked and answered his own question: "There is hope in my heart! As the saying goes, it is hard work but only after blowing all the sand can you find gold."

"Gushen speaks plainly!" Wanyan Zonghan frowned. In his heart, Wanyan Xiyin was good at everything, but his literate ways annoyed him, an illiterate!

"If the Taiyuan defenders firmly believe that the Song Dynasty will send troops to rescue sooner or later, and then the inside and outside will cooperate to eat us, then even if they are hungry, their fighting strength will not be reduced. If they have faith in their hearts, they will have the strength to defend the city!" Wanyan Xiyin laughed. said.

Just asking you, are you white?

"What do you think of the God of Ceres? What should our army do?"

Wanyan Xiyin pointed at the sand table: "Of course, let them have nothing to worry about! First, use the partial army to take Wenshui, Xidu Valley, Qixian, Taigu, Yuxian... and remove all the large and small towns around Taiyuan City. Take them, and if they don't surrender, we can massacre the city! If they surrender, we can treat them kindly."

Wanyan Zonghan loves to massacre the city!
But treat them kindly... Wanyan Zonghan asked: "Since we have taken these towns, we have to rob them of their food and their women. How can we treat them kindly?"

Wanyan Xiyin smiled and said, "If you don't kill anyone, you'll be treating me with kindness!"

Yin Shu thinks it's feasible: "The general is willing to lead the partial army and wipe out these towns!"

Wanyan Xiyin waved his hand: "This is not enough. Not only do we not allow a grain of food to enter Taiyuan City, we also cannot allow a single reinforcement to appear outside Taiyuan City, lock Taiyuan City, encircle the point for reinforcements, and kill all the Song troops who come to rescue. If we stay out of Taiyuan City, it won’t take long for the morale of the Taiyuan City defenders to collapse! As the saying goes, there is nothing greater than mourning, so how can we fight to the death?”

In the big tent, there was loud laughter!

"Report! Commander, the Eastern Route Army scouts are here!" the messenger shouted outside the account.

"Oh? There should be good news from the Second Prince, hahaha, please come quickly!" Wanyan Zonghan laughed loudly, if the Emperor of the Song Dynasty really ceded Taiyuan, why would he bother with all this!
(End of this chapter)