The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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In less than an hour, tens of thousands of Jurchens have reached the top of the dense forest cliff. The long ropes made of animal skins are thin and tough. I saw them skillfully taking out the hardwood with hooks from their waists. After tying the ropes, it was like a spider spinning silk. Thousands of ribbons were thrown condescendingly, as if they had already practiced, they calculated the distance between the battlement bricks, and shook the rope to make the hardwood with the hook stuck in various gaps.

The Liao army on the top of the city had already noticed when the ropes were thrown from the sky, shouted and shouted immediately, and raised their knives to cut off many ropes. Although the arrow bamboo bow is not powerful, the power of condescending shooting is quite astonishing. The Jurchen embedded sharp stones on the top of the bamboo arrow, and the rattan armor of the Liao people would not have much effect when shooting at close range.

The two sides were not the focus of defense. There were [-] soldiers on each of the east and west walls of Longzhou. Under the blow of the rain of arrows, he was immediately suppressed and couldn't lift his head up. Taking advantage of this gap, Wanyanhu gave an order, wrapped his hands in animal skin, grabbed the rope and slid down.

Tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers shouted and shouted strangely, one by one like swift apes gliding down the rope, and in the blink of an eye, the east and west walls were already densely filled with Jurchens; the Liao army with only 3000 people watched the dense turns Thousands of real people descended from the sky overwhelmingly, who dared to resist, they all abandoned the city and fled. [

While Wanyanhu hacked and killed the Liao soldiers, he ordered people to light fireworks.

Outside the south gate, Su Jin looked at the billowing black smoke rising from the city walls on both sides of the east and west, and knew that Wanyanhu had succeeded, and it only took an hour from departure to entry. Knowing well, this kind of efficiency can't be achieved unless you are fully prepared and practiced proficiently.

"Let's do it." Su Jin said softly.

The soldiers of the Song army who had already been fully equipped gave a loud cry and rushed towards the city gate with the ladder; Wan Yanhu was very smart. After taking down the east and west walls, he immediately concentrated his forces and rushed to the south wall. He knew that the Song army The siege of the city is imminent, and there are still more than 4 Liao defenders on the top of the city. If they don't immediately go to outflank and contain them from the rear, these 4 people will definitely cause heavy casualties to the Song army; Whether to keep the promise and hand over Longzhou to himself will be a big problem.

So he wisely chose to attack the Liao army in Nancheng. The Liao army on the top of the city was already shocked by the shouts and smoke in the city. People flocked along the main street, this kind of mood can only be described as Soul Feitianwai.

The city lord and the guards were still waiting to give orders to resist desperately, but the soldiers had already given up, especially after Wan Yanhu's men rushed to the gate of the city and killed all the [-] defenders inside the gate. After opening the gate and guarding it firmly, this This battle is meaningless, it is dangerous to defend, the troops are absolutely inferior, the enemy is on the back, and all kinds of failure factors are concentrated together, even if Zhuge Liang is alive, it will be difficult to recover.

The battle started quickly and ended even more quickly. In less than three hours, all the remaining troops in the city had been wiped out. The 5000 defenders killed more than 4, and more than [-] people were captured before they could exert their strength. After the battle, Su Jin immediately ordered Wanyanhu's Jurchen soldiers to stay at the southern city gate to rest and clean up the battlefield in the city. The army took away all the weapons and armor of the defenders, but their own people got nothing.

There were also Jurchen soldiers who refused to hand over the captured weapons, and there was also friction when the Song army confiscated them, but the Song army was so vicious that they killed them directly, and hacked to death a dozen Jurchen soldiers who refused to hand over the trophies , and then stripped off the armor and weapon from the corpse; after hearing this, Wan Yanhu bared his teeth and glared angrily, and went directly to Su Jin in the city lord's mansion to demand severe punishment for the murderer, and demanded a reasonable explanation.

Hearing this, Su Jin comforted and said, "Chief Wanyan, the friction between soldiers is nothing. If you think about it this way, you won a big city for nothing and tens of thousands of people in the city. I will also keep some captured Liao soldiers. I'll give you some food, and I'll leave some for you, aren't you satisfied?"

Wan Yanhu said angrily: "But, since we have reached an agreement to march together, we are considered friendly troops. How can you treat friendly troops like this?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "My army goes deep into the Liao people's country, all the supplies can only be obtained from the Liao people, food, weapons, armor, and horses, of course I want them all, otherwise how can I cope with the upcoming war? "

Wanyanhu snorted and said: "Marshal Su should have other intentions, your supplies are already sufficient, and weapons and armor are a burden to you, don't think I don't know your thoughts."

Su Jin laughed loudly, his eyes sparkled and said: "Happy, Chief Wanyan is a happy person. Compared with you, I am a little secretive and not upright; yes, I don't want to be stabbed in the back, it's as simple as that; I can destroy the armor if I can't use it, and I can't leave it to you, because I don't trust you, after all, you and I don't have a deep relationship, and this joint venture is also beneficial to both parties, and it hasn't reached the point of heart-to-heart."

Wanyanhu blushed and said: "Marshal Su is bullying us Jurchens. We have to cooperate and be suspicious at the same time. You Nan people are really entangled, and people can't figure it out."

Su Jin sneered and said: "Don't call yourself noble, we are all the same, don't think I don't know that you have been eyeing Longzhou for a long time, judging from the way you attack the city, I am afraid that you have premeditated and practiced many times; The crown you mentioned, as a subject of the Liao Kingdom, why do you have the heart to covet it? Are you a dignified gentleman? Fifty steps laugh at a hundred steps, it is extremely ridiculous."

Wanyanhu was exposed by you, his face turned blue and white, he was bored for a while, and his tone slowed down: "Marshal Su, we really need armor and weapons, I want you to promise that we will never be enemies of you, and you also ask for When I conquer Ningjiang Baozhou and other places, I don't have weapons and armor, so how can I have the strength to contain them?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Those two places are within your reach. Once Longzhou is lost, Ningjiang and Baozhou will be hanging alone in the north. There is nothing to worry about; besides, I don't believe that you can calculate Longzhou, so you won't calculate that." Two places, perhaps the weaknesses of those two cities have already been figured out by you, so let's not go around here and there."

Wanyanhu resisted the urge to draw his sword, told himself to be patient, sighed disgustedly and said: "How can Marshal Su trust our Jurchen tribe, how can he give us some weapons and armor, our Jurchen tribe just want to be themselves. Bao, after taking these cities, I can survive better. It would be unfair to say how ambitious I am, the entire tribe only counts 10 people, how can I make a difference?"

Su Jin said in his heart: You are now cats, but in time you will be tigers. [

"I can give you what you want, but you have to agree to my conditions." Su Jin didn't want to really anger the Jurchens at this time, so he quickly came up with a compromise.

"Master Su, please tell me."

"A few days ago, I came to report that there were two large armies coming from the south and the west. One was a 18 army brought back from the southern front, and the other was the defenders of Linhuang Mansion. I'm afraid they didn't wait for us to die. So I rushed over to encircle; Needless to say, I will face a fierce battle; To be honest, I have 25 people now, and there are [-] people besieging me. Help me defeat the encircled and suppressed enemies. In that case, I guarantee that you will be armed with all the weapons and armor of the Jurchen tribe, and I will share [-]% of your spoils after the battle. From then on, you can throw away your bamboo bows, arrows, and spears. Your [-] Warriors are going to be a really strong army too."

Wanyanhu's complexion changed drastically, and he shook his head again and again and said, "How did this happen? In addition, my Jurchen soldiers are only the same in number, and victory or defeat will be a big loss. Your country of Song has a large population, and you can recover if you lose it. My [-] Warriors are Jurchen's only possessions, without them, how can the tribe survive?"

Su Jin suddenly said: "Your life is precious as a soldier, but my soldiers are worthless? Yes, the hundreds of thousands of deaths and injuries in my Song Dynasty really matter. The population of the Song Dynasty is nearly 70. 4000 million people, but who is not raised by parents? Just based on your words, our deal fell through. With your 5 more people, my chances of winning are not much higher; I am just looking for someone for you It’s just the reason for the armor and weapons, otherwise how can I explain it to the generals?”

Wan Yanhu said anxiously: "That's not what I mean, what I mean is that we have few people, we can't afford to die; once we die too many, we won't even have a foothold."

Su Jin sighed and said: "Actually, it's not as scary as you think. At least 25 to [-] of the Liao people's [-] army are new soldiers, and their combat power is far from mine; if your troops join, I won't let you face it." To meet the enemy, let you control the left and right and disperse their energy; after a few days of rest, our army will march westward to attack Taizhou (Note: Taizhou in Liao Dynasty, not Taizhou in the Song Dynasty, is in the middle of Liaoning today.) I guess it is in Taizhou The enemy army will encounter a big battle, and you only need to go south to attack Xinzhou to contain it. As long as you can attract some Liao troops to defend Xinzhou, it will relieve the pressure on me, and I will have a better chance of winning."

Wanyan Hu doubted, "Is it that simple?"

Su Jin laughed loudly and said: "It's that simple, of course you are willing to act with my army and fight the Liao army in Taizhou head-on, and the commander-in-chief has no objection."

Wan Yanhu waved his hand and said: "Then let's go to Xinzhou, but I'm keeping my words in mind, there are few soldiers and horses coming, I may still be able to fight with them, if there are more, I will immediately retreat to Longzhou."

Su Jin laughed and said: "You have a good plan, well, the deal is done, and I will give you [-] sets of armor and weapons to facilitate your actions. If I win after this battle, I will naturally let you carry the armor and weapons. If I lose I guess I've lost my life, so there's nothing I can do; so you'd better pray to God to bless me and win the battle."