Chapter 646 0641 [Pharmacist Guo's Enlightenment]

The camp set up by Zhang Guangdao was located in the urban area of ​​Yangquan in later generations, northwest of Pingdingjun City.

This place is connected to Shouyang County and controls the northern passage, which is a must-go place for Wanyan Zonghan's reinforcements.

Yao Pingzhong's camp is in the northeast of Pingdingjun City.

This place cuts off the passage between Pingdingjun City and Jingxing, and also lures the Jin soldiers in Chengtianzhai to attack. (Chengtianzhai is located more than ten miles west of Niangzi Pass.)

"Da Da Da Da..."

A fast horse came from the west. The messenger ran to the general's tent with a waist card, panting and said: "The main force of the Jin soldiers appeared in the north of Shouyang County and has passed several ridges of Fangshan!"

Zhang Guangdao opened the letter and read it, and began to think about how to fight next.

He set a trap here to besiege the city and attack the reinforcements, but Wanyan Zonghan was not fooled at all.

The Jin soldiers took out the three intersections in the north of Taiyuan and stationed troops there to prevent the Taiyuan defenders from going north to cut off their food supply. Then he went from Xibaijingzhai (Yangqu County), crossed Shandong and then went south, intending to attack Shouyang County.

Shouyang and Leping (Xiyang) were the two rear bases of Zhang Guangdao. Wanyan Zonghan's intention was very clear. He planned to cut off Zhang Guangdao's retreat to the west first, and then come to annihilate Zhang Guangdao's army.

"Order, attack the city tomorrow!" Zhang Guangdao made a quick decision. He had a backup plan.

You fight yours, I fight mine, let's see who can break the city first.

The garrison commander of Shouyang County was Guo Yaoshi. In addition to his old brothers in Liaodong, he also supplemented some refugees in Shanxi. Including the civilians who transported grain, there were a total of six or seven thousand people - these civilians were transporting grain for Zhang Guangdao. Wanyan Zonghan's siege of Shouyang also cut off one of Zhang Guangdao's grain routes.

At this moment, the Jin soldiers were digging sand and preparing to fill the moat of Shouyang County!

Yaoshi Guo stood on the tower, observing the movements of the Jin soldiers. He put down the telescope and turned around to give a lecture: "Brothers, some of you followed me from Liaodong to Youzhou, and then from Youzhou to Kaifeng. In these years, we have been living in fear from day to day, and there have been few days of peace. Since joining the prince, we no longer have to worry about food and grass, and many of us have married. When the world is pacified, we can live comfortably. Today, the Jin people are coming to kill us and not let us have an easy life. Are you willing to follow me to kill the enemy and make merit?"

"Kill!" The officers from Liaodong shouted in unison.

Yaoshi Guo said again: "The remaining brothers are all locals in Shanxi. I believe you all know how the people in those counties and prefectures in the north live. Among you, there are those who fled from the north, and their hometowns are still in the hands of the Jin people. Today, the enemy army is coming, are you willing to follow me to protect the villagers?"

"Protect the villagers!" The Shanxi officer also roared.

There are more than seven or eight thousand people in the city, and there are also people who have fled in recent days. Guo Yaoshi recruited young and strong men in the city, and the garrison had exceeded 10,000, and there were also a large number of old, weak, women and children helping to carry supplies.

When the Jin soldiers forced the civilians to fill the moat, Guo Yaoshi took archers out of the city to shoot, slowing down the enemy's filling speed. After procrastinating for about half a month, he took advantage of the foggy weather to organize a death squad and went out of the city to destroy the few siege equipment of the Jin soldiers.

Until the sixteenth day of the siege, Wanyan Zonghan began to organize a large-scale siege operation and launched more than 20 Pingyi cannons.

I don't know who revealed the Huihui cannon to the Jin soldiers.

Although Shouyang County was reinforced by Zhang Guangdao, it still seemed too short and fragile.

Wanyan Zonghan first used Shanxi Han soldiers to attack the city and consume Guo Yaoshi's garrison supplies. Then he used the old Liao Han soldiers to attack the city in turn to exhaust the defenders.

Outside Shouyang City, there were corpses everywhere.

On the 21st day, the Jurchen and Bohai soldiers, mixed in the siege cannon fodder, raided.

There was a section of the western wall that was attacked by Jurchen soldiers. Guo Yaoshi urgently dispatched the reserve troops to kill them.

At the same time, due to repeated bombardment by Huihui cannons, cracks appeared on a section of the northern wall. Guo Yaoshi sent people to dig soil in the city and organized the elderly, women and children to pile the soil behind the cracked wall. Even the rammed earth houses in the city were demolished to reinforce the wall.

"There are nearly 3,000 casualties. This city is not easy to capture." Wanyan Loushi said.

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Most of the dead were Han soldiers, and the rest were Bohai soldiers. Not many Jurchen warriors died."

Wanyan Loushi said: "The Han soldiers in Shanxi don't want to fight anymore. Every time they rush to the city, they run back after being shot with a few arrows before they start to climb the city wall. We can't drag it on any longer. We should send more Jurchen warriors to attack the city."

Wanyan Zonghan shook his head: "The one guarding the city is Guo Yaoshi, so we must be careful. We can use miscellaneous soldiers to consume him for another half a month. When the defenders are really tired, it won't be too late to send Jurchen warriors then."

Wanyan Zonghan came to the wrong place. He shouldn't fight in Shanxi.

Shanxi is a land with mountains and rivers inside and outside, and is divided into several plates by mountain ranges.

Shanxi is like a sturdy sea ship, and each plate is like an airtight cabin. If you break through one or two, the ship will not sink, and you have to continue to attack and attack one city after another.

Due to the damn terrain, most military tactics are ineffective in Shanxi.

Even the Jurchen cavalry is greatly reduced. There are ridges everywhere here, and infantry is more effective in fighting.

The powerful cavalry under Wanyan Zonghan can only show their power in some valleys.

From the perspective of the Jin Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang should lead the troops to attack Shanxi, while Wanyan Zonghan should lead the troops to attack Hebei, so that their respective forces can fully exert their strength.

But that is impossible!

Wanyan Zongwang flirted with the inner court, and was even initially pushed out to check and balance Wanyan Zonghan.

Therefore, Youzhou must be handed over to Wanyan Zongwang, and it is closely related to the hinterland of the Jin Dynasty.

In order to fight for autonomy, Wanyan Zonghan could not use the almost white land of Youzhou as his territory. If he chooses there, the Jin Dynasty court will not move the people there because they are afraid of overly strengthening this guy.

The choice of battlefield alone reflects the internal strife of the Jin Kingdom, resulting in Wanyan Zonghan's elite being unable to display their true combat effectiveness at all.

The thirty-second day of the siege.

Wanyan Zonghan finally couldn't bear it anymore and began to invest a large number of Jurchen soldiers to attack the city, and used various methods such as digging tunnels into the city.

Although the defenders were exhausted, they were more than able to defend the city.

This is one of Zhang Guangdao's military food bases, with enough food to feed the defenders for one or two years.

It was the end of another day's attack. Wanyan Zonghan's face was expressionless. He had just received a letter asking for help. Pingding Army City could no longer withstand Zhang Guangdao's strong attack.

Wanyan Loushi said: "The best way is to give up attacking Shanxi. Only leave a strong army to guard Yunzhong (Datong), and the rest go to Hebei to fight. It is open and flat, and our Jurchen cavalry can gallop freely. The army If we stay in Shanxi and the enemy hides in the city, everything will turn into a siege."

"Going to fight in Hebei means bowing to Wu Qimai, and you will be controlled by him from now on." Wanyan Zonghan said.

Wanyan Loushi said: "As long as he has strong soldiers, what can Wu Qimai do to us?"

Wanyan Zonghan finally said what was in his heart: "It is ours to conquer Shanxi, and it is theirs to conquer Hebei."

Wanyan Loushi was speechless.

Wanyan Zonghan's territory consisted of large grasslands and northern Shanxi, and he could only conquer along Shanxi. No matter how much territory in Hebei is captured, if Taiyuan is not broken, it will always be separated by Wanyan Zongwang, which is equivalent to helping Wanyan Zongwang expand his territory.

How could Wanyan Zonghan, who was actually about to become a warlord, do things that were detrimental to himself and others?

The internal strife in Jin led to a big mistake in the southern invasion strategy!

According to Ju Ming's original plan, as long as the Shanxi army held Taiyuan, Wanyan Zonghan's army could do nothing, and there was no need to fight head-on like Zhang Guangdao.

These nobles of the Jin Kingdom were so arrogant that they dared to go south to invade the Ming Dynasty.

Wanyan Zonghan seemed to have forgotten that the tall and solid cities he captured in Shanxi last time could not be conquered by the superior combat power of the Jin soldiers. It was the Song Dynasty court that forced the old Liao and Han soldiers to rebel. These old Liao and Han soldiers who were placed in Shanxi either acted as internal agents or killed the generals, and finally captured the city again and again.

If the Song Dynasty treated the old Liao and Han soldiers well, and if the Song generals did not bully the old Liao and Han soldiers, it would be difficult for Wanyan Zonghan to conquer even the northwestern part of Shanxi!

Even if you don’t remember these, Wanyan Zonghan still wants to occupy the entire Shanxi?

Fighting in Shanxi is a tower defense clearance game!

Looking at the letter asking for help in his hand, and looking back at Shouyang City under the sunset, Wanyan Zonghan was riding a tiger and was unable to dismount, so he said to Wanyan Lou's room: "You personally lead the elite cavalry to rescue and pacify the military city. I will continue to attack Shouyang and capture this place. Only then can I do something else.”

Indeed, if Shouyang County is not captured, it will be dangerous for the army to go to the Pingding Army for a decisive battle, because the geographical situation is really unfavorable to the Jin soldiers.

Taiyuan is blocking the west, and Shouyang is stuck in the middle. If the main force of the Jin army wants to go to Pingding, they must pass through the northern border of Taiyuan, then pass through the northern border of Shouyang, and then cross the mountains.

If you're not careful, the food channel will be broken!

Of course, you can also transport grain from Jingxing, but then you have to see Yan Zongwang's face.

After nightfall, Wanyan Loushi led the elite cavalry and quietly rushed from the northeast to aid the pacification army.

Zhang Guangdao worked hard, fearing that he would have few soldiers. Except for Guo Yaoshi who was left to defend the city, all other troops were drawn out to fight the main force of the Jin army.

Fortunately for Wanyan Zonghan, he actually dared to divide his troops at will and didn't take Zhang Guangdao seriously at all.

These Jin Kingdom nobles seem to still be playing in the nostalgic server.

They have always fought like this when they met Liao soldiers, Song soldiers, Xixia soldiers, and rebellious Han, Xi, and Bohai people. There are tens of thousands of enemies, but they dare to pass with just one or two thousand cavalry, and then they always win a complete victory.

The most typical one is fighting Xixia on the grassland. Xixia has more than 30,000 troops, while the Jin Kingdom only has a thousand cavalry. The Jin soldiers suffered two to three hundred casualties in the first battle, but they continued to lure the enemy and eventually defeated more than 30,000 Xixia soldiers to the point of collapse.

Is Li Bao a lunatic?

The golden man is crazy when he fights!

Zhang Guangdao, who was storming and pacifying the military city, never dreamed that there would be such a beautiful thing in the world.

However, Guo Yaoshi is not very beautiful. The northern section of the city wall has been reinforced many times, but it was still blasted by shells.

However, it can still be defended. Due to too much reinforced rammed earth, the hole created is a slope, and there are also messy obstacles. The defenders can rely on the slopes and obstacles to continue to defend.

"Father, the golden man is here again."

"Take your old brother and go to guard it in person. If the city wall is damaged, come and report it!"

"yes!"

Pharmacist Guo stood at the top of the city leaning on a spear. He was so desperate and had no complicated thoughts.

It was just that he had rebelled so many times that he was tired of it. Since Prince Zhu trusted him and Zhang Guangdao also entrusted him with important tasks, he would risk his life to protect Shouyang.

Ming Dynasty will definitely not be defeated. If we can survive this time, we will have a bright future in the future!