Chapter 317 Liaodong Battle Situation
Xiao Wuna covered the arrow wound on his shoulder and ran wildly, with only dozens of remnant soldiers left around him.
"Kill, capture Xiao Wuna alive!"
Jurchens shouted excitedly from behind, and arrows fell from time to time, causing fewer and fewer people around Xiao Wuna.
Xiao Wuna was also frightened and ran away. He never dreamed that as the prime minister of the North Academy, he would be killed and defeated by a group of Jurchens.
Some time ago, Wanyan's tribe rebelled and raised troops to attack Ningjiang Prefecture City.
The Liao Kingdom naturally responded immediately. Yelu Yanxi, who had just ascended the throne, took advantage of this opportunity and sent Xiao Wuna to lead troops to suppress the Jurchen rebellion.
Of course Xiao Wuna knew that Yelu Yanxi didn't like him, but as Yelu Yanxi's teacher, he had taught her carefully over the years, but he didn't expect that as soon as Yelu Yanxi came to the throne, he would find an excuse to demote him.
to the capital.
This made Xiao Wuna very disappointed. As for the so-called Wanyan tribe rebellion, Xiao Wuna didn't pay attention at all.
This is not to blame Xiao Wuna for underestimating the enemy, but in the eyes of the Khitans, the Jurchens were just a group of ungrateful barbarians who could not even forge iron weapons. Although they were brave, they could only be massacred when they encountered the regular army of the Liao Kingdom.
So when Xiao Wuna led his troops to Liaodong, all he could think about was how to deal with Yelu Yanxi's attack on him. As for the Jurchens, they were not at all in his mind.
However, Xiao Wuna miscalculated this time, because they were no longer facing the barbaric Jurchens before, but the mature Jurchens of the Wanyan Department who had absorbed civilized knowledge.
After Wanyan Aguda captured Ningjiang Prefecture City, the surrounding Jurchens came to surrender one after another, and Wanyan Aguda also recruited these Jurchens, then eliminated the old and weak, and organized an elite army of nearly 4,000 people.
In contrast, the Liao army led by Xiao Wuna claimed to have one hundred thousand troops, but in fact its real strength was only seven thousand. The so-called one hundred thousand troops probably included all the civilians who supported the army.
Therefore, the Liao army did not have an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
However, Xiao Wuna did not take the Jurchens seriously at all and chose to take the initiative to attack.
Although Wanyan Aguda has four thousand elite soldiers, because they are all newly recruited Jurchens, their hearts are not stable.
In particular, they also have a natural fear of the Liao army. After all, their tribes have been massacred by the Liao army countless times in the past. Anyone who dared to resist died under the sword of the Liao army.
What's more, Xiao Wuna's announcement that he had an army of 100,000 men frightened the Jurchens so much that some even wanted to escape quietly with fear in their hearts.
Wanyan Aguda also knew that the morale of his troops was unstable, so in order to stabilize the morale of the troops, he asked the shamans in the army to seduce the soldiers and told them that he had received instructions from God in his dream. As long as they raided the Liao army camp overnight, he would
can win.
The Jurchens were originally a group of savages with little culture. They were usually very superstitious, and shamanism was the Jurchens' belief. Therefore, Wanyan Aguda's words finally gave the Jurchens courage.
So under such circumstances, Wanyan Aguda left a few hundred men to guard the rear, and personally led 3,700 men to attack Chuhedian where the Liao army was stationed overnight.
Although it is already spring, the weather in Liaodong is still very cold.
Moreover, when Wanyan Agu went out to fight, it seemed that even God was helping him. It actually started to snow lightly that night.
Although the snow and strong wind caused some inconvenience to the march, the Jurchens had long been accustomed to this harsh climate.
On the contrary, the Liao army relaxed their vigilance in such bad weather. After all, they would not have thought that the Jurchens would launch a surprise attack on them in such weather.
Therefore, Xiao Wuna's army was almost unprepared. Wanyan Aguzha succeeded in killing the seven thousand Liao army and completely routed it.
Xiao Wuna refused to admit defeat at first, and tried to organize an army to counterattack several times. However, after the Liao army was defeated, the morale of the army had long been dispersed, and it was impossible to organize at all. Instead, Xiao Wuna's position was exposed.
So the Jurchens also pursued Xiao Wuna and wanted to capture him alive.
Xiao Wuna could only run away all night, but he did not expect that after running for almost a day and night, there were fewer and fewer guards around him, but he still could not get rid of the Jurchens' pursuers.
"Jiedu Envoy, Pennsylvania City is ahead!"
When they were arriving, the people around Xiao Wuna pointed ahead and shouted in surprise.
Xiao Wuna was shocked when he heard this. He immediately raised his head and looked around. He could vaguely see a tall city on the ground in the distance, which was Binzhou City.
"Quick! As long as we rush into Penn City, we will be saved!"
Xiao Wuna roared and immediately clapped his horse forward. The guards around him were also full of energy and rushed forward one by one risking their lives.
Binzhou City also quickly discovered the fleeing Xiao Wuna and others. Because Xiao Wuna was defeated too quickly, no news was received from the rear, and even the city gates were left wide open.
It was not until Xiao Wuna and others rushed into the city that they shouted loudly to close the city gate.
The Jurchens at the rear were also galloping on their horses, hoping to rush into the city before the city gate was closed and seize Binzhou City in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately, just when the Jurchens rushed to the city gate, the city gate finally slowly closed, blocking the pursuing Jurchens from outside the city.
Looking at the closed city gate, Xiao Wuna and others finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered Penn City to strengthen its defense, because there were more Jurchens coming from behind.
Immediately, Xiao Wuna took over the defense of Penn City, and then quickly sent people to the rear to ask for help.
The 7,000-strong army he led was almost completely wiped out, and there were only a few hundred defenders in Binzhou City, because all the previous defenders were transferred away by him. Now the Jurchens are coming fiercely. If the troops are not strengthened, I am afraid that Binzhou will also be destroyed.
It won't last long.
In fact, Xiao Wuna was right on this point. Shortly after he arrived in Pennsylvania, Wanyan Aguda led a large army and then launched a fierce attack on Pennsylvania City.
Xiao Wuna only defended the city for three days before the Jurchens captured Binzhou City. Then he had no choice but to flee with his troops again, but the Jurchens behind him were in hot pursuit.
Xiao Wuna then fled to Xiangzhou and Xianzhou, but they were all captured by the Jurchens one after another. Finally, he fled to a place called Changlu, where thousands of Liao troops were stationed, and only then did he temporarily gain a foothold.
At this time, Wanyan Aguda already owned vast areas such as Ningjiang Prefecture, Binzhou, and Xianzhou.
Later, Wanyan Aguda began to recruit tribes such as Wujia and Xiren. With the addition of these people, the strength of Wanyan tribe further expanded, and its military strength exceeded 10,000 people for the first time.
And when the news of Xiao Wuna's defeat reached Zhongjing, Yelu Yanxi and the Manchu civil and military officials were also shocked. This was the first time they had failed in suppressing the Jurchens, and the Wanyan tribe was so aggressive that it had become a climate.
Chapter completed!