Chapter 715 0710 [Does the Kingdom of Jin Really Want to Negotiate Peace? ]

When Wanyan Zongbi was attacked at night, Wanyan Zongfu was attacking the Zhendonghaikou Great Wall.

The Khitans built this Great Wall not only to deal with the Bohai Kingdom, but also to prevent Zhu Wen from crossing the sea to send troops.

After the demise of the Bohai Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom continued to repair the Zhendonghaikou Great Wall, and the defense targets were naturally the Northern Song Dynasty and pirates.

It even gradually evolved into a customs house. For example, Qian Miao, the king of Wuyue, traded with the Liao Kingdom through this customs house. There were also Shandong merchants before the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty who secretly came here to smuggle with the Liao nobles until the Northern Song Dynasty court banned Shandong's sea trade.

Li Bao led his troops to move to Juehua Island and Haibin County, and Zhao Li also led his troops to Goryeo. Only Yelu Yudu and Hou Gai were left in Lushun, commanding the Khitan and Han people who defected from the Jin Kingdom.

When Wanyan Zongfu led his troops to attack the Great Wall, Yelu Yudu urgently wrote a letter for help, and Shandong transported the demon soldiers from Shamen Island.

The battle of attack and defense of the Great Wall at Zhendong Haikou lasted for more than a month, with heavy casualties on both sides.

The defense force on the Ming side was initially mainly composed of Khitan and Han people, and even women were dispatched at critical moments. They relied on the advantageous terrain and Great Wall fortifications, and were equipped with the armor replaced by the Ming army, and repeatedly repelled the attacks of the elite Jin Kingdom.

Until the demon soldiers from Shamen Island were transferred, the situation was completely stable, and Wanyan Zongfu had no way to deal with this Great Wall.

Two ships came with the wind, and Yang Yao, who had recovered from his injuries, had already transferred to the Ming Navy.

He landed at Lushunkou with a team of soldiers, and soon Yelu Yudu and Hou Gai came to greet him.

Yelu Yudu asked for food as soon as they met: "General Yang, have you delivered any food?"

Yang Yao replied: "The Jin soldiers were defeated by our army's night attack dozens of miles west of Jinzhou. Lord Li seized a lot of food and ordered me to transport a thousand stones to support Lushun. In addition, I brought you some things."

"What?" Yelu Yudu asked.

Yang Yao smiled and said: "The flag of the fourth prince of the Jin Kingdom, and the heads of several Jin generals."

Yelu Yudu was overjoyed: "With these things, the morale of the Jin soldiers on the opposite side will surely drop sharply!"

The saltpetered heads were brought over one by one.

Hou Gai recognized Da Yan at a glance, and said in surprise and joy: "Damn it, this guy is dead. When 100,000 Liaodong people revolted, this man led his troops to kill countless rebels and was known as the first warrior of the Bohai tribe."

"He died well!" Yelu Yudu clapped his hands in celebration.

At noon that day, Wanyan Zongbing's flag was hung at the northeastern end of the Great Wall, and the heads of those Jin generals were hung on long poles.

Yelu Yudu was afraid that the Jin soldiers could not see clearly, so he wrote big characters on a long cloth under each head to indicate the owner of the head. He also wrote a line of big characters on a long cloth under Wanyan Zongbing's flag: Wanyan Wushu's army was annihilated.

Wanyan Zongfu, who got the news, came to the foot of the mountain to observe in person.

He knew Chinese characters, and instantly felt cold all over. He couldn't understand why Wanyan Zongbing's flag was taken away?

There was also the head of Da Yan. The death of this first warrior of Bohai was a great blow to the morale of the Bohai soldiers.

Back in Huacheng Pass, Wanyan Zongfu frowned.

"It is difficult to take down the Zhendong Haikou Great Wall unless tens of thousands of troops are added to attack from all parts of the Great Wall." Hushahu said.

Hushahu is a very common name of Khitan and Jurchen. The Fuzhou Dutong who followed Wanyan Zongfu to fight was called Hushahu, and the brother of Puluhun who was killed by Huyan Tong in a duel was also called Hushahu.

The Hushahu in front of him was the son of Wanyan Xibushi.

He also had a son with the same real name as the Dajiannu who was killed in the explosion.

Wanyan Zongfu said depressedly: "Most of the people stationed on the opposite side of the Great Wall are Han and Khitan people who defected last year. They used to fight for the Great Jin Kingdom, but now they have become brave and brave in the Ming Kingdom. Even women climbed the Great Wall and threw rocks."

None of the generals said anything, because this was really nonsense.

Wanyan Zongfu recruited tens of thousands of troops, including elite troops of the Jin Kingdom. Generals Sandulu and Hulubu also brought two Meng'an.

Before the war, they all thought they could win easily. After all, the main force of the Ming army had been transferred from Lushun, and there were only some people who defected from the Jin Kingdom.

But the fight was not what they imagined!

These Han and Khitan people, wearing the garbage armor replaced by the Ming army, holding the old weapons replaced by the Ming army, actually fought desperately and bloody one by one.

Another Fuzhou governor named Hu Shahu said: "It took three years to completely quell the rebellion of the Liaodong civilians. At the most dangerous time, several state cities were breached, and the remaining soldiers hid in my Wubao for defense. Until the rebellious civilians ran out of food, the court sent elite troops to help, and then those unruly people were suppressed. Don't look at the enemy troops guarding the Great Wall. They were all civilians last year. If they are pushed to the limit, they will bite people."

No one reflected on why the people of all ethnic groups fought desperately. In their established thinking, it is normal to exploit and oppress the civilians.

Civilians are tools for growing food, and civilians are cannon fodder recruited to fight. If the civilians are forced to rebel, just lead the troops to suppress them. No one will dare to rebel after killing them a few more times.

To this day, there are even Jurchen people who are slaves in the hands of Bohai rich people.

The Jin Dynasty court allowed Jurchen slaves to redeem themselves, or captured prisoners of other ethnic groups to exchange for Jurchen slaves, just to increase the number of Jurchen people, and did not liberate their compatriots because of the establishment of the regime.

They treated the lower classes of the Jurchens like this, let alone the people of other ethnic groups?

"Are we going to withdraw our troops?" Wanyan Hushahu asked.

Wanyan Zongfu said: "I will send someone to Jinzhou first to find out whether Wuzhu's army was completely wiped out."

There was no need for him to send people to inquire. Wanyan Zongbi quickly sent a messenger over and gave an overview of the battle process with slightly changed details.

Wanyan Zongfu once again summoned the generals: "Over at Wushu, we encountered a new kind of firearm. It is round, nearly the size of the head, and can explode after being thrown. The sound is like thunder, the light of fire is looming, and there is smoke. Dabo died from it. Both legs were blown off by this thing, and many elite soldiers had their heads shattered by this thing. Wu Shu called this firearm an iron fire ball."

When all the generals heard this, they were all horrified.

Khulubu asked: "I'm afraid it's a bit exaggerated. How can a mortal make such a firearm?"

Wanyan Zongfu shook his head and said: "Many soldiers have seen it with their own eyes. There shouldn't be any lies. Talan's troops have also seen it. This kind of firearm may be newly made by the Ming army. There are not many in quantity at present. It is only used to deal with me." Elite military."

Falcon Shahu said in surprise: "If in another two years, the Ming Dynasty makes more such firearms, how will they be able to attack cities in the future? For example, for the Great Wall of Zhendong Haikou in front of us, the Ming army only needs to transport one or two hundred iron weapons. If you throw the fireball down at the critical moment and blast our warriors, you will never be able to recapture this Great Wall."

The generals fell silent again, and the war gradually became unfamiliar.

First, the Ming army fought across the sea, turning the Jin Kingdom's rear into a front line. They also took advantage of the lack of troops along the coast to capture the Zhendong Haikou Great Wall. Not only can the Ming army fight across the sea, but the warships are also equipped with artillery, and now they even have iron fireballs.

I heard that Wanyan Zongwang also encountered many firecrackers from the Ming army.

These Jin generals were a little confused about how to fight in the future.

Hu Shahu said: "Can we also learn those firearms?"

Wanyan Zongfu said: "A fine work has been left in the Ming Dynasty, but the firearms of the Ming army are strictly controlled, and even ordinary Ming soldiers are not allowed to touch them."

The generals discussed repeatedly and agreed that the attack could not continue.

They clamored to withdraw their troops, and then forcing an attack on the Great Wall was no different than risking death.

Wanyan Zongfu had no choice but to obey everyone's wishes.

However, he was afraid that the Ming army would increase its troops in Lushun, so he left Meng'an under Sanjian Lu to garrison in Huacheng Pass and Huacheng County to prevent the Ming army from increasing troops from Lushun and attacking Guancheng.

The Jin army evacuated, and the soldiers and civilians of Lushun cheered.

They are actually all civilians, not even the garrison. They farmed and fished in peacetime, and were enlisted as rural soldiers in wartime, just to live a normal life.

The only regular troops here are Yelu Yujian and Hou Gai, each with 500 field troops.

As for the demon soldiers on Salmon Island, they do not belong to Lushun.

Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbi, after arranging frontline defenses, each returned to the Kingdom of Jin and went to Beijing.

One returned without success, and the other returned with a miserable defeat. They were brothers in distress.

In the absence of Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan and others, Wanyan Xie also presided over the Bojilie Conference.

Wu Qimai was sitting in the main seat, feeling quite at ease.

It was disadvantageous for the generals on the front line to fight, but it was beneficial to the Emperor of Jin.

"The Ming army is so brave that we, the Jin Kingdom, should shrink our troops," Wan Yanxie also said. "Now each army is divided into three, one is in Yunzhong and the grassland, one is in Youyan Prefecture, and the other is in Liaodong and Liaozhong . It is too scattered and too wide, and it is controlled by others. It is impossible to integrate the various departments, and it is extremely difficult to transport military supplies. I think we should abandon Youyun and take the various departments back to the hinterland. "

Wanyan Zongfu said: "I agree with this method. Not only should the armies be taken back, but also the people of all ethnic groups should be moved back to enrich the coastal population east of Jinzhou. Give the Sixteenth State of Youyun to the Ming Dynasty and take away the local goods. and population in exchange for peace between the Jin and Ming Dynasties. We can stock up on food for a few years while we are not at war with the Ming Dynasty, and suppress all the rebellions in various places. It will not be too late to start a war after we have enough food."

Wanyan Zongqian said: "On the grassland, the Yelu Rock is not reassuring. We have gone south to plunder it twice this year. After negotiating peace with the Ming Dynasty, we should mobilize troops to destroy the Yelu Rock!"

"What do you think about the Wu room?" Wu Qimai looked at Wanyan Xiyin.

Wanyan Xiyin, as the founder of Jurchen writing, had completely turned to Wanyan Zonghan at this time, and was one of Wanyan Zonghan's confidants in the court.

Wanyan Xiyin said: "The two countries have stopped fighting to negotiate peace. It is a very important matter. The opinions of the two marshals leading the troops should be sought. Nianhan is still fighting with the Ming army in Shanxi. His Majesty must send an envoy there. There are only two marshals leading the troops. Only if you agree can the peace talks be carried out, otherwise there will be no negotiation at all.”

"Then send the minister to talk to these two good students." Wu Qimai nodded.

Wanyan Zonghan was in Shanxi and was being attacked by the Ming army from three directions.