404 The arrival of the army 1
After hearing this news, Wanyan Loushi immediately knew that Zhending Mansion was in danger!
There are only 30,000 Jurchen soldiers in Zhending Prefecture now. If Quduan came from Hedong, the number of troops led by him would definitely be very large, and it is possible to exceed 100,000! Although the Zhending Prefecture is solid, the Jurchens are not good at defending the city. Once the Han army surrounded the Zhending Prefecture, I am afraid that the Zhending Prefecture will be quickly captured by the Han people!
"Master, we must immediately lead our troops to Zhending Prefecture to fight against the Hedong Song army." Wanyan Jing said.
"This... Quduan has a lot of soldiers and horses. We only have more than 50,000 people in Zhongshan Prefecture. We have to keep people guarding Zhongshan Prefecture. Only 30,000 to 40,000 people will go to Zhending Prefecture! In this way, we may not be able to win the battle with the Song army. Even if we win, we will suffer heavy casualties. The population of the Han people is a hundred times that of ours, and their military strength is several times that of ours. Such a hard battle is not worth it, and we cannot fight such a hard battle." Wanyan Loushi said.
"What should I do if Zhending Mansion? What should I do if the 30,000 soldiers there?" said Wanyan Jing.
"Come here, I will send my order to get the 30,000 soldiers from Zhending Mansion to withdraw from Zhending Mansion and go to Zhongshan Mansion!" said Wanyan Loushi.
"What? No! Master, how can we give up Zhending Mansion?" Wanyan Jing said anxiously.
"I had to do it! Zhending Prefecture may not be able to defend it now, so that the 30,000 soldiers will come to Zhongshan Prefecture. Our strength in Zhongshan and Hejian will greatly increase! Zhongshan and Hejian are two of the three northern towns, with more than 100,000 troops in it, and a solid city. We can still stay in the Central Plains! Zhongshan and Hejian support each other, so the Han people can't imagine capturing these two places." Wanyan Loushi said.
"But, Zhending Mansion is also the city of our Jurchens, and we cannot give up easily!" Wanyan Jing said stubbornly.
"That's not the city of our Jurchens, it's the city of the Han people, it doesn't matter if we give up it." Wanyan Loushi said lightly.
"We have given up Hedong, and are we going to give up Zhending Mansion now? Also, when my father came to Hebei, he said he wanted to occupy Daming Mansion, but now Daming Mansion is also occupied by the Han people! In the area as big as Shandong Road, except for Dezhou and Qizhou, there are actually Song troops raging! Is this Central Plains still the Central Plains of our Jurchens?" Wanyan Jing said in anger.
"Zhongyuan was not our hometown! Our hometown is in the north! It should have started snowing there now, right?" Wanyan Loushi looked to the north and said with some remembrance.
The end of September of the lunar calendar is almost the beginning of November of the Gregorian calendar in later generations. At such a time, the first snow had already fallen in the northeast and the Russian Far East, not to mention that the climate in ancient times was much colder than now.
"Since the Central Plains are occupied by us Jurchens, it belongs to us Jurchens. We should not give up the Central Plains! For me, the Central Plains is also my hometown, and Taiyuan City is my hometown." Wanyan Jing said dissatisfied.
Wanyan Jing is only fourteen years old now. He came to the Central Plains when he was nine years old and spent most of his time in Taiyuan City. When he was a child, he was confused and his memory was not very deep in the Liaodong area. On the contrary, he lived in Taiyuan City for six years and was extremely familiar with Taiyuan City! He felt that enjoying the civilization, wealth and enslavement of the Han people was the life he had been used to since childhood, rather than hunting in the ice and snow of Liaodong!
"In the future, we will take back the entire Central Plains! Now, we are only Zhongshan and Hejian. Even if the more than 100,000 troops led by Liu Yu and countless Han untouchables arrived, our strength is still too small! Especially after the arrival of the Song army in Hedong, our strength is too weak! I want to write a letter to the second prince and ask him to bring Liu Yu and others back, and immediately use Liu Yu's army to open the way in front. We will go north to capture Juyong Pass, and then return to the north! Arrive to the north!
After that, Wanyan Chang and the Fourth Prince still had a lot of troops in their hands. Lord Zonghan was also in the north. We first trained our troops to make our troops as strong as when we founded the country. Then we continued to go south and seize the Central Plains! When we headed south again, it was when the Han people were completely extinct! The remaining Han people who survived were also slaves, and they were worse than pigs and dogs. We fought as long as we wanted, and killed as we wanted. What do you think?" Wanyan Loushi said.
"But, I still don't want to give up the Central Plains." Wanyan Jing gritted his teeth.
"I don't want to do it either, but this is the best way now! Only by knowing how to give up can you get more things!" Wanyan Loushi said.
"Master, can you let me stay in the Central Plains? I only need 30,000 soldiers and horses, no, only 10,000 soldiers and horses, I will stay in the Central Plains forever. I want the Han people to understand the truth that the Jurchens are invincible again! I will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to defeat hundreds of thousands of Song troops. What do you think?" Wanyan Jing looked at Wanyan Loushi and said eagerly.
"No! 'The Jurchens are invincible', this was the case before, but in the past few years, our Jurchen army is no longer as good as before." Wanyan Loushi said with a wry smile.
"Why aren't as good as before? I saw that our soldiers are still brave and good at fighting! I have also seen Liu Yu's Han army, which is far inferior to us!" said Wanyan Jing.
"In the past, we lived in the bitter and cold. We were hungry all year round. We didn't wear gorgeous clothes, but our combat power was unparalleled in the world! After obtaining the Liao Kingdom and the Central Plains, we enjoyed wealth and honor, and the soldiers had been corrupted by wealth and honor! Alas!" Wanyan Loushi sighed and said.
"I don't believe it!" Wanyan Jing said.
"That's the truth." Wanyan Loushi shook his head gently.
The rain outside became heavier, and a burst of cold air rushed towards the hut. Wanyan Jing couldn't help but shrink his head. Wanyan Loushi whispered: "If I were in Liaodong before, what would such a chill be considered? In Liaodong, a child as big as you were still practicing outside with his shirtlessness even in such weather! No other Jurchen would do this!"
Wanyan Jing frowned. Although he was dissatisfied, he didn't know how to refute Wanyan Loushi.
"We should wait for news from your father! If the second prince can lead Liu Yu's army of more than 100,000, our troops will reach more than 300,000! At that time, we will not be afraid of everything." Wanyan Loushi said.
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It was raining heavily, and in the middle of the night, the rain turned into ice.
The weather became colder and colder. There were countless Jurchen soldiers guarding the city on the wall of Zhongshan Mansion, but now most of them have retreated to their houses, with only a few people remaining on the wall.
Late at night this day, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from outside.
Wanyan Loushi was awakened, and he immediately ordered all the Jurchens around the city wall to rise up.
Someone had already set up a torch, and they saw countless Jurchen cavalry coming here below!
The Jurchens were all naked and had money braids, which was absolutely unforged evidence! The Han people paid attention to "their body, hair, skin, and skin were accepted by their parents" and would never shave their heads like this! In the Qing Dynasty later, the Jurchens forced the Han people to shave their hair, but the Han people were unwilling to agree, so the Jurchens had to use the cruel means of "leaving their hair but not their heads, leaving their heads but not their hair" to force the Han people to shave their hair.
Seeing that it was the Jurchen cavalry, Wanyan Loushi breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately asked someone to open the city gate. At that moment, many Jurchen cavalry rushed into the city.
A ten thousand men came up from below. Because it rained, his whole body was soaked, and his clothes were extremely muddy.
At this moment, he hurriedly wiped his face and then headed towards Wanyan Loushi.
"The last general will meet the general!" said the ten thousand men.
"You are in Zhending Mansion, and you will get my order so soon?" Wanyan Loushi said in surprise.
He just issued an order yesterday to ask the 30,000 Jurchen soldiers from Zhending Mansion to come to Zhongshan Mansion, but after only more than a day, the 30,000 soldiers from Zhending Mansion actually arrived at Zhongshan Mansion. The speed was a bit too fast!
The head of the Wanfu was the Jurchen guard stationed in Zhending Mansion. He said at the moment: "General, there are too many Han soldiers and horses, and they are heading towards Zhending Mansion. We know that we cannot defend Zhending Mansion, so we are heading here! On the way, we saw your messenger! It can be seen that the heroes have the same views, and you also ordered us to come back."
The headman had a smug smile on his face, while Wanyan Loushi was very angry.
He issued an order to let the 30,000 Jurchen army of Zhending Prefecture go to Zhongshan Prefecture, which was strategic considerations, but the 30,000 Jurchen army of Zhending Prefecture actually gave up the Zhending Prefecture voluntarily. This is a manifestation of cowardice! After staying in the Central Plains for six years, the corruption of wealth and honor, the Jurchen army not only had physical fitness far inferior to before, but also had a far inferior to before! If the Jurchens had just risen, even though they knew that the number of enemies was several times that of their own, the Jurchens would never flee, but would rush up to fight the enemy to decisively!
However, Wanyan Loushi did not have an attack either. He just waved his hand, and the ten thousand men finally retreated.
"Our Jurchen army has indeed been worse than before over the years. It seems that we must withdraw from the Central Plains and return to Liaodong! After returning to Liaodong, I will train the army strictly to make our Jurchen army stronger again!" Wanyan Loushi said secretly.
On September 25, Wanyan Loushi had not received any news about Wanyan Zongwang, and on that afternoon, the sound of horse hooves sounded again in the north of Zhongshan Prefecture!
Wanyan Loushi was standing on the city wall. He hurriedly looked towards the north. This time his face changed drastically.
Countless cavalry appeared in the north, but this time it was no longer Jurchen cavalry, but Han cavalry! The number of Han cavalry was at least 40,000 to 50,000!
These Han cavalry first occupied important places in the north, and then cavalry went south and galloped outside Zhongshan Prefecture. The laughter of Han cavalry could be heard constantly.
Wanyan Jing also hurried to the city wall at this moment. He ran to Wanyan Loushi and said, "Master, how could there be so many Han cavalry coming here? Could it be the cavalry under Quduan, Hedong?"
Wanyan Loushi shook his head and said, "No, Qu Duan doesn't have so many cavalry under his command!"
Wanyan Jing said in surprise: "Where did the Han cavalry come from?"
Wanyan Loushi said: "It may be the Han cavalry entering Yanyun and Shandong Road! But why did these Han cavalry appear here? The second prince led the army to rescue Dezhou and Qizhou in danger. So many Han cavalry should be blocking the second prince! Or, they would take advantage of the opportunity to attack Hejian Prefecture, but why did they appear here?"
Wanyan Jing said: "No matter what, we cannot let the Han people show off their power in front of us! We must destroy this Han cavalry!"
Wanyan Loushi nodded and said, "No, right! They all came outside Zhongshan Prefecture City, and soon Quduan's army would also come outside Zhongshan Prefecture! The second prince doesn't know what the situation is? Now Zhongshan Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture is in an extremely dangerous situation! We can no longer bear it and we must eliminate these Han cavalry as soon as possible to avoid siege in the future! But we still cannot attack hard. They must station. When it is evening, if we have the chance, we will go to the night attack!"
Chapter completed!