Five days later, Wanyan Chang's letter of help was sent to Daming Mansion. "The siege failed continuously, suffered heavy casualties, and the troops were insufficient to continue to maintain the siege. He begged Marshal Du to send troops to reinforce. If the humble position is still in Luoyang, he would not be defeated like this.

A letter of resentment asked Wanyan Xie to slam the table and curse. The generals persuaded Wanyan Xie to calm down. Wanyan Xie shook his head and said to everyone: "It's really disappointing me. It's just that he asked him to withdraw from Luoyang and return to Taiyuan to attack the city. He was so resentful in his heart. Could it be that I, Wanyan Gao, must follow his wishes?"

Wanyan Xiyin advised: "Talan has always been a very proud person. The severe blow to attack Taiyuan this time may have made him feel a little unbalanced, so there are some complaints in the letter, which is actually understandable. The most urgent task now is to send reinforcements and you must seize Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise it will be really difficult for the emperor to explain."

Wanyan Xie also sighed a long time, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and looked at the snow piles outside the window with worry. Just yesterday, the emperor's will was sent to Daming Mansion. He first praised them for seizing the western Central Plains and Shandong, but then blamed them for losing Taiyuan and ordered them to regain Taiyuan as soon as possible, otherwise it would affect the overall situation.

"This is called pulling the whole body with one move!" Wanyan Xiu also sighed softly.

Wanyan Xie also certainly understood the meaning of the Emperor's will of "influence the overall situation". Hedong Road connects Hebei in the east, Shaanxi in the west, Central Plains in the south, and Mobei in the north. It can be said to be the core area of ​​the northern part of the Song Dynasty. Its strategic significance is extremely important. The Jin Dynasty's first attack on the Song Dynasty was to attack Hedong Road and seize Hedong Road. The plan to attack the Song Dynasty was almost half completed.

The core of Hedong Road is Taiyuan Prefecture. Taiyuan Prefecture is like a chess game of chess, which moves the whole body with one move. Even if you are dissatisfied with Wanyan Chang, you cannot ignore it.

"The army can reinforce, but where can I find the heavy siege weapons Wanyan Chang wants?"

Wanyan Xiyin pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that there seems to be something in the Zhending Mansion warehouse. Why not ask Liang Fangping for a question, he is more clear."

Wanyan Xie immediately sent his personal soldiers to find Liang Fangping. Soon, Liang Fangping hurried to the tent of Marshal Du and bowed to the custody and said, "Please give orders to Marshal Du!"

"I remember Mr. Liang was the transshipment commander of Hebei Two Roads. He should be familiar with the situation in Hebei!"

Liang Fangping didn't know what Wanyan Xie meant, and hesitated and said, "It's quite familiar!"

"Wanyan Chang suffered heavy troops in Hebei. Now he asks me for help, asking for support and heavy siege weapons. The army can be increased, but I don't have heavy siege weapons in my hand, so it's too late to build it now. Just now, Wushi said that Zhending Mansion has many heavy siege weapons. Is it true?"

Liang Fangping nodded, "There are indeed many, including catapults, fire cannons, bed crossbows, nest cars, cloud ladders, siege ladders, etc., which Bei Zhi saw with his own eyes when he visited the warehouse half a year ago."

Wanyan Xie was also very happy, but he immediately thought of a troublesome thing, how to transport these large siege weapons to Taiyuan? It was too far and too difficult to take the detour in Luoyang.

He asked again: "Mr. Liang, is it really impossible to go to Jingxing now?"

Liang Fangping said: "Now Jingxing is blocked by heavy snow. It is really difficult to walk under normal circumstances. If it is not for special circumstances, it is best not to walk in Jingxing."

Wanyan Xie also heard something in Liang Fangping's words and asked quickly: "Can you leave under special circumstances?"

"As far as I know, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Jingxing has stopped going east-west whenever heavy snow falls. However, there has been a precedent in history. Dugu Xin, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, once sent 200,000 people to clear the snow in Jingxing, and it was opened within ten days. The Northern Zhou army thus entered Northern Qi and caught Northern Qi off guard."

Wanyan Xie also took a few steps with his hands behind his back. He immediately made a decision: "It is urgent to open the passage between Hebei and Hedong. I will leave this matter to you two. We will recruit 300,000 people to start from the east as quickly as possible. Wanyan Chang also recruited 200,000 people to start from the west in Hedong. He will open up Jingxing for me within ten days!"

Jingxing is the only passage among the eight Taihang Xings where you can take large trucks. Its strategic position is extremely important and it is not impossible to go in winter. However, if you encounter blizzards, you will have a dilemma of heavy snow covering the mountain. In this case, you can only wait patiently until spring begins before resuming the exchange between the east and west places of Taihang.

Today's two blizzards caused a lot of snow to appear on the dozens of miles of mountain road in Jingxing, blocking the Jingxing passage. However, the serious situation in Taiyuan Prefecture made the Jin soldiers necessary to open up Jingxing. Wanyan Xi also ordered the three prefectures including Zhending Prefecture, Zhaozhou, Dingzhou, Xingzhou and other three prefectures to force 300,000 civilians to rush to Jingxing to clear the snow road. At the same time, Wanyan Chang also forced 150,000 civilians to clear Jingxing from the west.

For a time, the people in Hebei and Hedong were in full swing, and the people who were rebelling against the Jin Dynasty were rising one after another.

Huoyi County, Jinzhou, is the starting point on the south side of the Rat and Bird Valley. It is a small county sandwiched between mountains, bordering Huoshan in the east and Gushe Mountain in the west. There are many mountains and a shortage of cultivated land. The people of Huoyi County rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and most of them make a living by collecting herbs and hunting.

The lack of food has caused the population of Huoyi County to be small, with the county's population only more than 20,000, most of which are scattered everywhere, and the county's population is only a few thousand.

As soon as dawn was dawn, Liujia Village, west of the county town, was in full swing. Liu Yong, the Dubaozheng, brought a message. The magistrate had posted a notice that the Baishui Township where Liujia Village was located, must produce 3,000 strong men, bring their own dry food to Jingxing to concentrate. If it is divided into Liujia Village, at least 120 strong men must be produced.

In the ancestral hall at the entrance of the village, more than a dozen men were angrily questioning Du Baozheng, "A few days ago, the Jin soldiers forced to collect food and the coachman. We were robbed of half of the food, which forced our wife, children and mother to starve in the cold winter. The only ten large trucks in the village were also enlisted. Now the men in the village, together with the elderly and children, have only 64 people. How can we get 120 strong men? We have to bring only dry food. Is it necessary to make our wife, children and parents starve to death?"

Du Baozheng Liu Yong smiled bitterly and said, "It was the amount that County Magistrate Zhang forced to suppress. I have no choice. I heard that the number of people is not enough, so I can donate money and grain to pay for it. A strong man is counted as twenty coins or two stones of rice."

"fart!"

Liu Da, among the five Liu brothers, roared: "There are only 30 strong men in our village now, and there are still 90 people who count as 1,800 guan? Who can afford so much money? It's just that no one wants to live."

"It was pressed down by the top. If it doesn't happen, the Jin soldiers may come to suppress and kill people!"

"We will kill people if we are forced to force us!"

Liu San rolled up his sleeves and shouted, "Brother, don't reason with the dog official. Take out a knife and slaughter them all. Let's go to Taiyuan to join Dutong Li."

The other twenty young and strong men shouted together, "We are Song Min, not Jin Guo slaves!"

Du Baozheng Liu Yong was so scared that he shivered, "Brothers, don't vent my anger on me. I was also forced by Zhang Gou Official. If I can't raise all the money, food and youth, I will be unable to save my life."

At this time, Liu Da raised his hand, "Everyone is quiet, listen to me!"

As everyone gradually calmed down, Liu Da asked: "Are there Jin soldiers in the county?"

Liu Yong shook his head quickly, "Soldiers from all over the country have been transferred to Taiyuan Prefecture to fight. There are only more than twenty yamen runners in the county, and there are no soldiers."

Liu Da said to everyone: "It is impossible for us to live a peaceful life. I suggest joining the young and strong people from other villages to go to the county town to find the magistrate to explain. If we don't explain it to us, we will kill the dog official and go to Huoshan to be a rebel!"

Everyone agreed. They imprisoned Du Baozheng and went home to get hunting knives and bows. More than 30 people led by Liu Da to summon the rebels in various villages. Their anger had already burned all over Baishui Township. With a response, they soon gathered hundreds of hunters and drove towards the county town.

People continued to join their team along the way. When they arrived at Huoyi County, there were more than 1,300 rebels who participated in the resistance against the conscripts, and the five Liu brothers became their leaders.
Chapter completed!