After this incident, Emperor Zhao was obviously angry, and Prime Minister Lu also looked unhappy, which was understandable... Apart from anything else, the so-called scene where the enemy was defeated and the people were eager to obtain food and food as soon as the royal army arrived was greatly reduced.
However, once these two became unhappy, all the people accompanying the emperor, from Wang Yan, Wang De, Li Qiong, Fan Zongyin and other big figures who actually had very high political status, to the top 100 officials in the cabinet who had no say, all became silent.
However, no matter how silent one is, things have to be done. Although Zhao Guanjia was hit hard, making him realize how complicated and tangled the situation in the Northern Expedition was, the more so, the more he had to bite the bullet and move forward.
So, on the second day after Anyi was opened, Emperor Zhao put on a calm face and pretended nothing had happened, holding a military meeting to inquire about the next itinerary, and he did receive many suggestions.
The first category of suggestions was to hope that the emperor would temporarily settle down in Anyi or Jiezhou capital and establish a temporary residence to appease the local people and to show the rear that Hezhong (Yuncheng Basin) was completely under his control. Then, when the imperial cavalry was in place, they would join forces and march north to Taiyuan.
The second type suggested that Emperor Zhao should head west to Hedong City. They said that the heavily guarded Hedong City might do the same as here and surrender directly after seeing the dragon flag.
These two opinions were the mainstream. Civil officials and most of the cabinet members who came from the southeast suggested that Emperor Zhao stay in the local area, while most of the military generals under Wang Yan suggested that Emperor Zhao go to Hedong City.
There is no doubt that the former is inevitably thinking of taking advantage of the vacant official position and seeking stability, while the latter is obviously for possible military merit... No one thinks that Wen Dun Sizhong and thousands of Jurchen soldiers in Hedong City will surrender directly. On the contrary, they all think that it has been more than half a month, and Black Dragon King Sheng's siege position has been built, so they can get something directly by going there.
However, no matter which one it is, Zhao Jiu will not indulge them.
Fortunately, there is a third suggestion.
"His Majesty."
Lu Yihao bowed in the county government office, his expression was cold, and there was no trace of anger and embarrassment from yesterday. Even many smart people have realized that Shi Gao's suicide yesterday was more directed at this gentleman. "I think that since Jiezhou has been taken, we can't stay for long..."
"Oh." Zhao Jiu seemed surprised. "Why did Mr. Lu say that?"
"Your Majesty is going north with great ambitions, and you want to take over the two rivers. If possible, you should also try your best to take over Yanyun." Lu Yihao was not in a hurry. "If you take over the prefecture and two states in Hezhong, you can defend Jiang County. Of course, it is gratifying, but if your Majesty puts on a gratifying attitude, I am afraid that you will be ridiculed by people with lofty ideals, and the soldiers on the front line will think that your request is too small, and they will inevitably slack off."
"So we're going to the frontline?" Zhao Jiu said calmly. "We're going to Hedong City?"
"Of course we are going to the frontline, but if we are going to the frontline, why do we have to go to Hedong City?"
Lu Yihao continued to confront him proudly. "The Jin army withdrew from the Chenguan Pass, retreated across the Huishui River, and defended along the Fenshui River, which meant that they had already abandoned Hezhong. Although Hedong City was the capital of Hezhong and a famous city in the world, it suffered a setback in the first battle and had no strength to fight. It was also surrounded by Wang Sheng's troops, which were several times larger than its own. It was unable to make any efforts. Now that there was no possibility of reinforcement, it had already become a dead city. As for Wen Dunsizhong, he was born in Aguda's camp and had been in Hezhong for several years, killing many people. He was the enemy chieftain who was put on the list of war criminals by the government. Not to mention whether he would surrender, even if he did, would the government agree? So Wen Dunsizhong is just a living dead man."
"I understand." Zhao Jiu looked as if he had suddenly realized something. "A city that is doomed to die and a man who is doomed to die, if I look at it for a second, it would be wrong, and it would be stealing the merits of Wang Sheng's hard work for a month. For now, we should just set up our battle array in Hedong, let Wang Sheng lead the main force of the left army of the imperial camp to take it, and then kill him and send his head to the world to deter others... Is that right or not?"
"yes."
"Then where should I go?"
"Please ask the emperor to move his imperial court to Tieling Pass and command the troops to advance and fight with the main force of the Jin army for Linfen!" Lu Yihao's words made people unwilling to refute. "This is the emperor's original intention of crossing the river to the north."
"Mr. Lu said it well!"
Zhao Jiu slammed the table on the spot, but then looked around and asked earnestly, "What do you think? Do you have any other good ideas? Go ahead, and Prime Minister Lu and I will definitely consider it sincerely."
The rest of the civil and military officials looked at each other in bewilderment... then they naturally came to realize what was going on, and they all came out to praise Prime Minister Lu for his sincere words and to the point. The emperor should not have stayed here to waste time, nor should he care about Wen Dunsizhong, a man who was about to die... He should have gone to Tieling Pass.
Since everyone had the same opinion, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated and made a decision immediately to move to Tieling Pass.
However, Emperor Zhao was not so anxious this time... Following Wang Yan's advice, he urged Generals Han, Li and Ma to make proper arrangements and advance northward. At the same time, he personally issued an order in Jiezhou to establish temporary military stations and storage points along the line, trying to build a stable and strong logistics supply line to deal with the possible tug-of-war.
We waited until the relevant arrangements were made before we officially headed north.
This delay brought about new changes in the situation.
First, Wu Jie rushed the head of Guo Zhen... In fact, it was not that Wu Jie was reluctant to kill Guo Zhen before. Wu Da was also a ruthless man. Since such a shocking thing happened, no matter whether he was explaining to Emperor Zhao or to Han Shizhong, who was the big brother in the Western Army, he had to kill this man to make a statement.
Even the soldiers in the rear of the imperial camp would not say anything about this person at this time. This was different from Yang Zheng.
But why wasn't this man executed immediately before?
It was very simple. Wu Da was waiting for Emperor Zhao's scolding... If Emperor Zhao didn't cross the river, he would kill without hesitation. But just when he caught the man and was about to chop him off, Emperor Zhao crossed the river. And since Emperor Zhao crossed the river, in order to respect Emperor Zhao's authority on the front line, this commander-in-chief of the imperial camp's rear army and military governor waited there until he received a clear order. Only then did he chop off the commander's head and send it to the emperor.
This was Wu Jie's unique little thought, he always wanted to be smooth on all sides. When he was in Guanxi before, he had made peace with everyone in Guanxi.
I don't know if it was because Qu Duan's experience in Guanxi when he was resented by the people left him with a psychological trauma, so he followed Emperor Zhao's example and said, "Every time you oppose Cao, things will go wrong."
Without further ado, Guo Zhen's head arrived and Zhao Jiu ordered it to be sent to the emperor, which made him feel a little better.
But soon, the official became uneasy again, because as soon as he set out, a winter rain came unexpectedly, causing the temperature to drop again. Although it was far from freezing point, it still cast a shadow on the Northern Expedition.
After all, if a cold winter comes and even the Yellow River freezes over, there will be severe logistical pressure as hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians will need winter clothing and the stationing of troops will consume a lot of fuel. Another reason is that the Imperial Camp Navy will lose its advantage in controlling the Yellow River.
In other words, sufficient progress must be made to leave a strategic buffer for winter operations, and the logistical foundation needs to be further consolidated... There are supplies in the rear, but before the Yellow River freezes, the logistical embolism effect of the Shanzhou River will only become greater and greater.
On the contrary, things became a little more convenient after the Yellow River froze, but the logistical needs would only be greater at that time.
However, before that, a more obvious effect caused by the temperature drop was that Prime Minister Lu Yihao who was accompanying the army caught a cold, and several elderly people among the top 100 people in the Southeast Public Pavilion who were traveling with them also fell ill.
This frightened Emperor Zhao so much that he asked Li Qiong, Wang De and others to continue heading north, while he personally arranged for Prime Minister Lu to move to Wenxi.
Then, Prime Minister Lu took the initiative to persuade Emperor Zhao not to worry about himself and to go north as soon as possible to join the generals. He caught a cold and would go north to join them as soon as he got better... These implications were inevitable.
However, not to mention that Emperor Zhao had been feeling a little flustered and confused since he crossed the river, let's just say that on the day after the winter rain that lasted only one day ended, outside Hedong City, the only place in the entire Hezhong area where fierce fighting was still going on, Wang Sheng, the deputy commander of the left army of the imperial camp and nicknamed Black Dragon, also delivered Emperor Zhao's manifesto to the city, and at the same time, following the example of Anyi City, issued an ultimatum to the city.
The so-called deadline is tomorrow noon. If you surrender, all the grassroots officers and soldiers in the city, including the Mouke, will be pardoned, regardless of whether they are Jurchen, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, or Han, and only the main culprit will be executed.
If they cannot surrender, once the city is captured, those who resist will be killed without mercy.
By the way, Wang Sheng's move was different from what Zhao Jiu did in Anyi before. He had been besieging the city for nearly a month, and the siege positions had been almost polished. Although the artillery vehicles were a bit insufficient, they had been targeting the northwest corner of the city and smashing it for two or three days... That's right, they started hastily smashing the city from the day Emperor Zhao crossed the river, because Wang Sheng was not stupid, they were all experienced soldiers, so who didn't know who?
Li Qiong, a guy from Hebei, is fine, but what if Wang De, Zhang Jing and others instigate Emperor Zhao to come to Hedong City to grab the credit?
This Hedong City is the capital of Hezhong Prefecture. There is also a Hezhong garrison commander named Wen Dun Sizhong, six Meng'an, and dozens of Mouke... These are all military achievements!
Military merit, for Wang Sheng in this Northern Expedition, is more than just real money. Wang Sheng is already a deputy governor, and according to common sense, will Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the generals above him, still have room to lead troops after this battle?
Therefore, Wang Sheng really wanted to make great achievements, and Wang De, who was slightly inferior to other generals, and senior officials such as Zhang Jing and Qiao Zhongfu also had this intention.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Sheng could not wait even though the artillery positions at the time were not large enough.
But now, seeing that Emperor Zhao was taking Wang De and his men away, Wang Sheng had another idea - this achievement would be real only if he demonstrated it in front of Emperor Zhao!
After the emperor leaves, he will no longer care about this place. Even if they reach Tieling Pass and Linfen wins and moves forward again, the credit will not be in the emperor's heart, right?
Therefore, once Zhao Jiu set off, Wang Sheng, with all kinds of complicated thoughts in mind, finally decided to launch a large-scale attack on the city, striving to capture Hedong City cleanly before the emperor left Hezhong. This time, he used courtesy before force and pretended to be a good man, mostly for Emperor Zhao to see - please see, I, Wang Sheng, am also a civilized man with the demeanor of a great general.
Of course, the nickname Black Dragon was meant to describe Vice Governor Wang's swift and resilient use of troops, but it also roughly reflected his usual character.
That's another matter.
In short, since Wang Sheng had made up his mind, after sending in this manifesto, he went to the Guanque Tower to reward the three armies, and gathered the officers, conferred official titles, made promises, reminisced about the past and established his authority...and the officers also roughly knew that Deputy Governor-General Wang wanted to get a chance to be a governor for fun, so of course they all cooperated with him.
Every one of them said that they would attack the city with all their might starting from tomorrow and make sure to capture Hedong City beautifully to win honor for Deputy Governor Wang in front of the emperor.
For a moment, everyone was very excited.
In this way, Wang Sheng had a few drinks and left contentedly, and simply stayed overnight in the Stork Tower. But that evening, he had only slept for about half an hour before he was awakened by his personal guards.
To be honest, when Wang Heilong was woken up by his guards and saw the fire outside and the shouts of killing coming from afar, his first reaction was that he had drunk too much and had fallen into a trap. The Jin army in the city counterattacked and took the opportunity to attack him at night. Then, his dream of becoming a military governor ended tonight.
But he walked out of the tent, stood on the upper floor, looked at the flames all over the city, and then looked back at his subordinates who had hastily gathered and were equally confused. The deputy commander of the left army of the imperial camp could only be stunned... He never thought that a letter of proclamation would directly trigger chaos and fighting in the city? !
How can this crappy article be so useful?
No wonder my prince has been studying cultural knowledge so seriously in Chang'an in recent years.
However, Wang Sheng was overthinking. The manifesto was just a catalyst. Before that, the atmosphere in Hedong City, which had been besieged for almost a month, had already exceeded his imagination.
First of all, although Wen Dunsizhong, the defender of the city, was born as a servant of Aguda, he had a fierce personality, was arrogant and cruel, and had a very bad character. He always acted recklessly and did not get along well with everyone above him.
Especially after he was appointed as the governor of Hezhong Prefecture, because he claimed to be a confidant of the central government, he even ignored the call of Balisu from Taiyuan. However, the Wanhu he led were originally separated from the Western Route Army, so there was some estrangement between him and his subordinates.
Of course, if Wen Dunsizhong could control this ruthlessness, and the fact that the Jin army in the city was a typical Jin Dynasty Meng'an Mouke system, they would still be able to unite against the outside world, and these problems would be nothing more than problems at most.
However, as a subordinate of Aguda, Wen Dunsizhong at least had a clear mind. He knew from the very beginning that Han Shizhong had crossed Hedong City and headed eastward, and Li Yanxian had not appeared at the gate of Hedong City at all. At the same time, Wanyan Bendu and Wanyan Balisu did not give him a word. He realized his predicament in an instant and had already had an emotional breakdown.
And now, with no sign of reinforcements for nearly a month, as a smart man who was accustomed to military affairs, he basically believed Wang Sheng's words of persuasion to surrender outside the city - the Third Prince suddenly died of illness, the Song Dynasty launched an all-out northern expedition, and had already taken Tieling Pass. The reinforcements were not absent, but were defeated midway. Balisu, the commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan Military Command, abandoned Hezhong and retreated to both sides of the Fen River.
As a result, he went from being extremely arrogant and cruel in the city to another extreme. He basically drank all day long and ignored everything, becoming increasingly depressed and waiting to die.
The people below advised him. If he was in a good mood, he would cry and say that he was born under the command of Taizu. At most, he would pay for his life for the Jin Dynasty. But if he was not in a good mood, he would ignore his status, whip the people and drive them out.
But then the real question comes... With the coach acting like this, what do you want the people below to think?
You, Wen Dunsizhong, were born under Aguda's command, but you died. What about the others?
The Jin army's military system and title system were typical Meng'an Mouke systems.
Starting from Mouke, no matter whether it was Jurchen Mouke or Mouke of other ethnic groups (there were Han Wanhu and Han Mouke when the country was founded), they were considered the backbone of the Jin Dynasty and the real core aristocracy. Even in the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu government, which had an extreme sense of identity with the Jin Dynasty, often translated Mouke into Beile.
Its preciousness can be seen from this.
Therefore, as the actual masters of the Great Jin Kingdom, the Moukes seemed to have the obligation and reason to fight to the death, which is why the city defense has always been stable.
However, the Jin army's military system was there. One Wanhu had ten Meng'an at most, but one Meng'an often had only four, five or six Moukes, and the rest were Haner troops or infantry from other ethnic groups.
This is a traditional tactical requirement of the Jin army.
But what are these Han soldiers thinking?
And now, Black Dragon Wang Sheng outside the city suddenly told them that Emperor Zhao himself had crossed the river and his document had arrived, clearly stating his will to execute only the main culprit. The Jurchen masters in the city did not seem to have any intention of refuting the authenticity of the document. What do you think the Han army will think?
The riot was particularly fierce and organized. Suddenly, the whole city was on fire. There were sounds of weapons clashing at five or six city gates. The government office, armory, treasury, and granary were also attacked soon after.
This left Meng'an, a Jin army soldier on duty at the military camp, dumbfounded. He didn't know where to rescue or how to find the rest of his colleagues. In a hurry, he simply brought only a hundred people to look for Wen Dunsizhong.
"What do you want from me?"
Wen Dunsizhong did not drink any alcohol today. Not only that, his eyes were bright and clear despite his sunken eye sockets, which made the Jin general who came here very happy.
But soon, General Jin realized the problem... The situation outside was like this, and he, the guard on duty Meng'an, came to look for the people left behind in the city, but the other party actually asked him what he was doing. Could he have been drunk and stupid?
With this thought in mind, General Jin said cautiously: "Stay here... the Han army in the city is causing chaos."
"So what do you want from me?" Wen Dunsizhong, who was wearing a brocade shirt and sitting in the hall of the provincial government, raised the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, then asked calmly.
"The rebellion is too hasty. I don't know how to deal with it. I'm here to ask for your advice." General Jin finally couldn't bear it any longer. "Stay here. If we don't take action, the Song army outside the city will react. If any gate is opened, we will be doomed..."
"I know." Wen Dunsizhong took a sip of warm tea, sighed slightly, and then responded calmly. "As I recall, you were a guard of Nianhan?"
"yes……"
"Come to think of it, if not for this, how could you be driven here to be my subordinate?"
"Stay behind..."
"I am from the same family as you." There were flickering flames and constant noise outside, but Wen Dun Sizhong seemed to be indifferent. "But I was born under the command of Taizu, so I can be the governor of Wanhu. If the Song people don't attack, I may be able to become a prime minister in the future, but you can only be a Meng'an."
“…”
"Taizu's talent is ten times that of Nianhan." Wen Dunsizhong looked at the man with a complicated and confused expression and said seriously. "Thanks to this, my talent is also ten times that of yours."
Meng'an came to his senses and swallowed his saliva, but turned his head to look at the fire outside, and looked at Wen Dunsizhong again, only regretting that he could not kill this man.
"If you don't believe me, I'll give you some pointers." Wen Dunsizhong remained calm. "That day, the Second Crown Prince, Olib, was about to lead the troops. Before he left, he asked Taizu how to be a general. I was by his side at the time..."
"Stay!" The Jin general was helpless and smiled bitterly. "If I hear you finish, can I ask you to go out and help me quell the rebellion?"
"Who knows?" Wen Dunsizhong said nonchalantly. "Maybe, maybe not."
The golden general said nothing, took off his helmet, sat down opposite the other party, and poured himself a cup of tea.
Wen Dunsizhong laughed when he saw this: "Nianhan does have some skills after all. It's worth it that you have learned from him for so long."
General Jin picked up the tea, took several sips, and then asked, "May I ask how Taizu taught the Second Prince?"
Hearing this, Wen Dunsizhong also seemed to be serious: "Taizu said that a general must first be diligent. If he is not diligent, he can't do anything well... When you set up camp in a place, you must know where your troops are, what the surrounding terrain is like, how many roads there are, where to set up checkpoints, where to store food, weapons and supplies... Only in this way, when you are suddenly attacked at night, you will know where to find the troops, where not to lose, where the enemy is coming from, and how to deal with it."
General Jin was still sneering when he heard the first part, but he gradually became serious when he heard the latter part.
"Just like right now." Wen Dunsizhong raised his hand and pointed to the outside where the flames were rising to the sky. "There are six gates in Hedong City, four warehouses, a government office, a county office, two garrisons, and three military camps. Except for the six gates that are evenly distributed, the others are all biased to the east, and they are all guarded by our Jurchen main force... This is also the reason why you don't know how to rescue and where to rescue... But if I come to cause chaos, I must divide my troops to cause chaos, set fire under the cover of night, pretend to attack these key points in the east, and then secretly concentrate my elite troops at the two farthest west gates, and ignore everything else, directly seize the gates, open the gates, and lead the Song army into the city..."
General Jin's heart sank, and he blurted out, "So, by the time I knew about the riot in the barracks, it was already too late?"
"It's too late for such a big city." Wen Dun Sizhong shook his head. "Just think about it. The Han army is as strong as the Jurchen army. There are tens of thousands of Wang Sheng's troops outside. How can we stop them? The only place where you can do something is probably right here. Because there must be a small number of Han soldiers who want to continue to be employed by the Song people. They will inevitably think of the government office and prepare to capture me in exchange for merit. However, these people must be a minority and dare not interfere during the discussion. They will only gather secretly after the chaos and come to find me. If that were the case, you would have come here by accident."
As soon as he finished speaking, as if to confirm Wen Dunsizhong's words, the Jin army outside suddenly shouted, and the sound of fighting rang out outside the government office.
The Jin general stood up for a moment, but then sat down again dejectedly, turning his head to look at Wen Dun Sizhong: "May I ask what else did the Grand Master teach the Second Prince?"
"Taizu also said that a general must understand the true intentions of his superiors and the surrounding situation." At this point, Wen Dunsizhong finally laughed. "At that time, Taizu praised me, saying that I understood his true intentions the most, so I became his messenger to pass on military orders... Do you know? Some generals in our Great Jin Kingdom are really stupid. They went to attack any city Taizu ordered them to attack. In the end, they captured the city but let the Liao army in the city escape... Little did they know that Taizu's original intention was to let him trap the Liao army in the city and prevent them from escaping."
"That's true."
"That's clear. Actually, we need to know why we have to fight." Wen Dun Sizhong continued to sigh. "Why did we have to fight Chuhedian? Because the Jin Dynasty wanted to establish a country! Why did we ignore the danger, forcefully attack the pass, and advance to Xijing? Because we wanted to destroy Liao and seize the land to establish our foundation! Why did we go south to fight the Song people? Because Nianhan didn't win the position of the king, and wanted to go south to expand his own power, and the king and the princes had no choice but to rush to send troops to divide the situation... Therefore, the second prince was so impatient when he marched to Hebei, and Nianhan simply abandoned Taiyuan, locked the city and went south... However, who could have imagined that Dongjing City was so rich at that time? And the Song people were so cowardly?"
"I never thought the Song people would be so tough now." General Jin sighed helplessly.
"It's not that the Song people are tough." Wen Dun Sizhong shook his head. "I thought about it, but it 's more that we are useless... What was the day back then, and what is the day now? The Song people are so cowardly, so we will naturally be cowardly too. It was still the right thing for Taizu to sell the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song people so that we could all live in peace. It was Nianhan who ruined the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom for his own selfish reasons. It's hateful that I got so much gold, silver, and children at that time, but I actually doubted Taizu's vision for a while. It wasn't until today when I was in a desperate situation that I realized Taizu's wisdom again."
“…”
"Then let's talk about what's going on outside." Wen Dun Sizhong continued to pour himself a cup of tea, but he actually took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for the other party, and then he said calmly. "Why didn't I move today? Why did I drink and be depressed before? It's not because I'm not loyal to the Great Jin Kingdom, but I already knew at that time... The Great Jin Kingdom wants me to sit here, and it also wants you to sit here, to delay the Song army as much as possible, and to delay the time as much as possible. And now that reinforcements are impossible, the higher-ups have another intention... Do you know what it is?"
The Jin general was gloomy for a moment: "We want to die... Try to drag as many people as possible before we die."
"But they don't know that I lost half of my troops at the beginning of the reckless battle, and I couldn't delay any longer." Wen Dun Sizhong finally became depressed. "In fact, Taizu taught the second prince that a general should unite his subordinates and make them one... I didn't learn this at all, otherwise, I would be able to do something today."
"Is there really no hope?" General Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"It's really hopeless." Wen Dunsizhong said seriously. "Let me ask you one more thing. Have you ever thought about why we didn't even hear any news of the Han army's rise?"
"Is it because... we don't treat them as human beings?" General Jin laughed bitterly. "There are walls between the two sides?"
"That's right, but it's more than that." Wen Dunsizhong's eyes wandered. "I've been thinking these days, it's not just the Jurchen soldiers who don't treat the Han army as human beings. In the Jin Dynasty, aren't there also gaps between the close and distant branches of the royal family? Otherwise, how did Nianhan pull together the Western Route Army? And below the Jurchens, the Bohai people are slightly higher, stronger than the Khitan and Xi people, and the Khitan and Xi people are stronger than the Yanyun Han people, and the Yanyun Han people look down on the two-river Han people, one level after another. But if you treat the Han people as slaves, why use them? If you use them, why treat them as slaves?"
"The people in charge usually don't talk like this." The Jin general shook his head.
"I was wrong." Wen Dunsizhong replied bluntly. "In fact, today's situation is as I expected. Not only did the Han army rebel, but also the Han officials in the city rebelled... We have the means to monitor the Han army, but we rely on these Han officials. Now that the Han army has suddenly rebelled, we can only say that these Han officials from the two rivers have joined them long ago. As for the Han officials in Yanyun, they either rebelled too, or they deliberately kept silent, trying to be cautious and find a way out."
General Jin thought about it and was unable to refute it for the moment, but he became more and more depressed: "These Han officials are in charge of warehouses and administration, and they are also related to the wealthy families in the city. They may get a few officers drunk, and I'm afraid the warehouses will also be lost..."
"Not necessarily." Wen Dunsizhong said disapprovingly. "The city's storage is a good contribution, but the key is to surrender the city. If I were these people, I would probably focus on the roads that isolate these key points... You came from the central military camp and walked on the main street, but have you ever thought about why you are the only one who came to see me?"
General Jin shook his head repeatedly: "So, is Hedong City really hopeless?"
Wen Dunsizhong raised his glass and said, "Why else would I stay here and not move?"
The Jin general was silent for a moment, but still managed to speak: "Stay, I have no intention of saving this city at this point, but we are Jurchens after all, you are from Taizu's camp, I am from the Du Yuanshuai's camp, we should all be loyal to the Great Jin. In my opinion, the Han army attacking the government office outside has been repelled, you come with me, we will gather our own people along the way, kill one person if we can, burn one house if we can, let the Song people know that we have not lost our spirit, so what?"
Wen Dunsizhong laughed and said, "You really learned these things from Nianhan. You have the same temper as him."
"Stay here." The Jin will continue to sigh. "Not only is the Grand Marshal, but even if the Grand Master is still alive, what will happen? Will he just sit there and wait for death?"
Wen Dun Sizhong was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "How can you and I compare with Taizu? If Taizu were here, why would he need your advice? If you want to kill him, go ahead and kill him. I will just stay here and wait for the Song army to end the siege."
Seeing that his opponent had lost his fighting spirit, General Jin could not help but shake his head, raised his sword, and left without looking back.
As soon as this person walked out of the government office, he heard two gates to the west suddenly burst open in the distance. There were shouts and screams in the distance, and the sound was far louder than the previous noise in the city. It seemed that what Wen Dunsizhong had said was right. The Song army had already come in from the west, and this city was hopeless from the beginning of the riot.
But even so, the Jin general was still ruthless. He gathered his own Moukes and several teams of subordinates, and rushed along the street to the west towards the Song army. He set fires along the way and killed all the Song people he saw, regardless of age, gender, or whether they were officials or civilians.
When they collided with the Song army in the dark night, he took advantage of his bravery and determination to die, and the fact that his unit was on night duty and well-armored, actually enabled him to disrupt the Song army's formation and drive them back repeatedly.
But soon, the Song army reacted and concentrated hundreds of elite soldiers with heavy armor and long axes, and advanced along the street. After all, the enemy could not hold on, and even he was hit twice in the chest by the long axe. His blood was unstable and he retreated in embarrassment.
They fled all the way back. They could not defend the central military camp and dared not enter the narrow paths on the left and right. Finally, they returned to the government office in the east of the city. Then, the Jin army soldier looked around in the light of the fire and found that there were only a dozen or so people left with him. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, he gritted his teeth and staggered into the government office with a sword in hand.
"Look, why are you doing this?"
Wen Dunsizhong was still sitting in the hall, and when he saw the other party coming back in a mess, he shook his head on the spot. "Don't you still have to come back?"
The general nodded and said, "The one who stays behind is as smart as a god. His ability is indeed ten times better than mine."
Wen Dunsizhong smiled bitterly and went to serve tea.
But after General Jin finished speaking, he simply swung his sword and knocked the defenseless Wen Dunsizhong to the table, and then stabbed him several more times, making the whole room and the table covered in blood, still angrily cursing the corpse:
"You are usually arrogant and mean, looking down on everyone. Once you are frustrated, you become so depressed. With this kind of personality, even if you are ten times more talented than me, what does it matter? Are you worthy of talking about the great power of Taizu?! Are you worthy of looking down on the Grand Marshal?! Did we, the Jurchens, gain half of the world by relying on these little tricks?!"
After saying this, he dejectedly threw away the knife, sat back opposite the corpse, then turned over the bloody teacup, and without looking down on it, he poured himself another cup of tea.
As a result, it would have been fine if he hadn't drunk the tea. After drinking it in one gulp, the pain in his chest and abdomen, which had been hit by the long axe in the street fight, became unbearable. At this time, the sound of killing outside the government office was approaching. He tried to get up, but he felt as if his chest was cracked. It was really unbearable and he couldn't stand up at all. The Jin general was completely helpless, so he found a dagger from his leg, cut his throat in front of the table, and then fell directly on the table.
It contrasts nicely with Wen Dunsizhong.