On the night of July 18th and morning of the nineteenth, Linhuang Mansion.

The sound of shouts and gunfires came in waves, and the huge Linhuang Prefecture City had been beaten to pieces. The city walls, chest walls and earth slopes that the Jin soldiers once garrisoned were already broken, and all the corpses were everywhere. Most of them were Jin soldiers wearing thick armor and leather armor or "militia" without armor protection, and some were Republican soldiers wearing shining war armor. The battle situation was once very fierce. Many of the corpses of the dead on both sides were still fighting together, and some of the corpses of the Republican soldiers were still rushing away!

The gap on the south wall of Linhuang Prefecture City, which is more than 200 steps wide, is the most fierce competition between the two sides!

Out of the expectations of Wu Yiyong and Wang Yan, Wanyan Xi did not place the troops on the gentle slope formed by the collapse of the city wall and was bombarded. Instead, he placed the troops under the gentle slope and waited for the Zhou army to rush up before launching a counterattack.

Such tactics are completely nonsense before the cannon becomes the master of the battlefield, but at the moment it is the most correct choice.

Regardless of whether it can be held or not, it can at least cause considerable casualties to the opponent.

Therefore, the most tragic fierce battle began in these more than 200 steps.

All the Jin people who could fight in Linhuang Prefecture, whether they were Jurchen, Bohai, or Goryeo, regardless of men, women, age, or age, were all organized and devoted to the battle for the gap.

Those who are not strong, but who can still draw bows and shoot arrows all bring their bows and arrows, line up under the gap, shooting waves of arrows, shooting arrows like raindrops onto the soil slope of the gap. Those who are not capable of shooting arrows will carry the earth to build a trunk, and desperately build a chest wall inside the gap.

As for the strong and strong men, most of the Jurchen women were from the Jurchen tribe, because the strong men in Linhuang Mansion had already been incorporated into four Meng'an troops, and they were armed and speared to help fight, and launched a fierce attack with the regular Jin soldiers!

However, even though he was so tempting, he still could not stop the crazy attack of the Republican army.

The elderly, weak, sick, disabled, and young, who were also organized by the slanting, are all farms and citizenship cards... The more they come, the more they are!

The next morning, near the gap, there were layers of corpses of Jurchens, Bohai people, and Goryeo people. The bodies were pushed almost as high as the gentle slope! The soldiers of the Republican Army made a breakthrough on the corpse and captured the earth wall that had just been piled up in one fell swoop.

Then 12 6-jin cannons were dragged up and placed on a high place to bombard the targets in the city.

At this point, Xi also knows that the situation is over.

Not only the general trend of Linhuang Mansion, but also the general trend of the entire Jin Kingdom!

Because the attack power of the Zhou army was several times stronger than he had imagined before! The Linhuang Mansion Bastion, which was originally thought to be as solid as a decent, was vulnerable to the crazy attack of their cannons and infantry!

In just one day and one night, I fell into an opponent!

Xie did not have the idea of ​​dying for the city, but chose to break through after the city was broken and he had to find Wanyan Aguda as soon as possible, and then informed the news of the fall of Linhuang Mansion and the extraordinary strength of Zhou army.

The Jin soldiers must immediately evacuate the Korqin Grassland... Not only did the Korqin Grassland have to give up, but Huanglong Mansion and Huining Mansion must also give up!

As for whether Datong Prefecture can be defended, it depends on whether the Song Dynasty joined the war. If Kaifeng Prefecture still had a life of drunkenness, then the Jin Kingdom would have to move westward. No matter how difficult the route to the west was, it would be better than fighting the Zhou Kingdom to the east.

The Zhou army did not stop the Jin soldiers from breaking through, nor did they send cavalry to chase them. Most of the cavalry were sent by Wang Yan and Wu Yiyong to support Empress Xiao as late as the 18th.

The two of them were worried that Empress Dowager Xiao could not withstand the main force of Aguda, so they sent out the unused cavalry before the battle in Linhuang Mansion was over.

Moreover, there is no need to prevent the Jin soldiers who fled from Linhuang Prefecture from promoting the reputation of the Great Zhou Republic Army.

On the grassland, reputation is power and wealth!

In fact, the concerns about Empress Dowager Xiao were also unnecessary. The Empress Dowager also showed her power in the battle on the 18th. Not only did she withstand the attack of more than twice the number of Jin soldiers, but she also had defense and attack. She took advantage of the "Empress Dowager's Formation" in the front center to repel the attack of Wanyan Zongwang, and launched a large counterattack, almost breaking through the center of the Jin army's front.

In the end, although he was repelled in the counterattack initiated by Wanyan Zongbi, he still caused significant losses to the Jin soldiers! Not only were thousands of people killed, but more than 80 250-jin cannons were nailed to death.

After this round of counterattack, the square formation led by Wu Yixin retracted back to Camel City and began to use camel cannons for defense on both wings, and soon repelled the roundabout attacking Jin soldiers.

However, the biggest loss suffered by the Jin soldiers in today's bloody battle was the fall of their generation's hero, Aguda.

After witnessing Zong Wang's troops being repelled by artillery, camel cannon and Liao soldiers' spearmen, Aguda's spirit suddenly collapsed.

He already knew that there was no way to defeat Xiao Sesse!

If even the 40,000 Eastern Liao army could not be defeated, then can the Battle of Korqin Grassland be fought when the main force of the Zhou army arrives?

Moreover, can the slant really defend Linhuang Mansion?

After barely supporting it until dark on the 18th, the two armies withdrew their troops and returned to the camp, Aguda finally fell down. He had a high fever that night, his whole body became hot, and he was a little confused.

His body was already very poor, and it was all supported by a spiritual force. Now that his spirit collapsed, his body could not hold on! This disease is probably in danger!

Several of his nephews quickly blocked his condition, and then held military discussions overnight to discuss whether to fight or leave.

The fight will definitely be unbeaten by Xiao Sesse, but he will run away immediately and feel unwilling to let Linhuang Mansion be able to defend it! As long as he can defend it, the Great Jin Kingdom will have the capital to persist on the Korqin Grassland.

No matter how powerful the Camel City and artillery were, they could only be used to fight tough battles. The Jin soldiers could use the advantages of the cavalry to deal with Xiao Seser, sending small groups of troops to attack her logistics line, harass and destroy the southern part of the Korqin grassland, and the large troops took her around the grassland.

In addition, the Jin Kingdom also had another ace, which was Wanyan Zonghan's Eastern Army.

As long as the Eastern Route Army succeeds in a sneak attack on Dading Prefecture, victory is still expected...

The next morning, the second generation of the Wanyan family finally reached an agreement. They did not retreat or challenged them actively, but sent dozens of cavalry to block the retreat of Xiao Sesse's army and cut off her food route!

At the same time, cavalry were sent to Linhuangfu City to investigate the situation there.

But within a day, a few strands of the cavalry sent out to cut off Xiao Sesse's rear were returned, and it also brought terrifying news.

They met more than 10,000 cavalry from the Zhou Kingdom! They were so powerful that they drove from the direction of Linhuang Mansion, looking like a victorious army.

Another day later, the cavalry sent to Linhuang Mansion also returned, and Wanyan Xie, who had successfully broken through, and more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry protruded from Linhuang Mansion City.

This time, the second generation of Wanyan did not dare to let Aguda take care of his illness, so he had to order the medical officer to give Aguda his life-threatening old ginseng.

This is actually overdrawing the little energy left by Aguda!

"How could this happen? How could this happen..."

After Agu, who was lying on the animal skin mattress, asked Xiye's report, the vitality in his eyes seemed to have been sucked away, leaving only the dimness and desolation.

"Father, what should I do? Make an idea!"

Aguda's eldest son Zonggan looked at his almost deadlocked father and asked anxiously.

"What should I do? Haha, it's over here. Is there any other way besides leaving?" Aguda sighed.

"But your body..."

The medical officer said that Aguda was weak and could no longer move.

Aguda forced a smile: "I'm fine. Let's wait until the night comes to Shancheng before resting... Let's start tonight, don't wait to delay."

He looked at his sons and nephews, "Isn't it just a defeat? It's common for victory or defeat. As long as the capital is still there, there will be a chance to make a comeback! Wushu, how many people are there?"

"Father, there are still 135,000 soldiers here."

The troops led by Aguda originally had 140,000, but later they gathered 60,000 to 70,000 Wanyan Zongwang, reaching about 147,000. Today, more than 1,000 people led by Xier came back, which reached 148,000. Now there are 135,000 left, which means more than 10,000 people are lost.

Not all of them were injured or killed on the 18th. Many scout cavalry were killed or disappeared in battle with the Yuanluoma in Dongliao.

"There are still many people..." Aguda thought for a while, "Let's go tonight, leave quietly, don't pull out the camp."

"But..." Wanyan Zongwang shook his head, "But what should Zonghan do? What should I do with the ten Meng'ans on the East Road? Those are 40,000 nationals! If they are abandoned, they will be fish on the chopping board of Zhou State!"

Wanyan Aguda looked at his son and smiled bitterly: "Wulibu, if it weren't for Zong Han's more than 40,000 people, would you think our 130,000 army could escape unscathed?"

The slight on the side was so sad that tears came down, "We have suffered a lot in this battle! Fourteen Meng'ans..."

Wanyan Aguda's face turned pale and he coughed a few times, "It's too slanted, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it anymore. I'll buy it with you to assist Wu Qi in the future. You can't eat your defeat in vain. You must learn something! Maybe you will use it in the future... On the way to the west, you must conquer the city and territories!

Unfortunately, I can't be with you anymore..."

The effect of Yeshan Ginseng quickly passed. Aguda fell into a drowsy again, his body temperature was up again, and he began to cough loudly, obviously pneumonia was on the rise again.

However, the people of the Wanyan family no longer cared about his illness, so they stuffed Aguda, who was sleeping in a coward that night and retreated with the army in panic.

Three days later, Wanyan Aguda, the founding king of the Great Jin Kingdom, passed away in Yelaishan City!

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