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They wanted to attack Shouyang County.

Shouyang and Leping (Xiyang) were Zhang Guangdao's two rear bases.

Wanyan Zonghan's intentions were very clear.

The plan was to first cut off Zhang Guangdao's westward retreat route.

Then they would come back and annihilate Zhang Guangdao's army.

"Send the order: attack the city tomorrow!"

Zhang Guangdao made a quick decision.

He has a backup plan.

You do your thing, I'll do mine.

Let's see who can break through the city first.

The garrison commander of Shouyang County was Guo Yaoshi.

Besides his old brothers from Liaodong,

They also recruited some refugees in Shanxi.

Including the laborers transporting the grain,

There were a total of six or seven thousand people—these laborers were transporting grain for Zhang Guangdao.

Wanyan Zonghan besieged Shouyang.

This also cut off one of Zhang Guangdao's grain routes.

At this very moment, the Jin soldiers were already digging in the sand.

They're preparing to fill in the moat of Shouyang County!

Guo the Pharmacist stood on the city wall.

Observe the movements of the Jin troops.

Put down the binoculars, turn around, and begin to reprimand:

"Brothers, some of you,"

"Follow me as I fight my way from Liaodong to Youzhou,"

"Then they went south from Youzhou to Kaifeng."

"These past years, I've lived hand to mouth,"

"When are there ever a few days of peace and tranquility?"

"Since we pledged allegiance to His Majesty, we no longer have to worry about provisions,"

"And quite a few of them got married."

"Once the world is at peace, we can live a comfortable life."

"The Jurchens are attacking today,"

"They won't let us have an easy time,"

"Are you willing to follow me to fight the enemy and achieve merit?"

"kill!"

The officers from Liaodong shouted in unison.

Guo, the pharmacist, added, "The rest of the brothers are all locals from Shanxi."

“Those prefectures and counties in the north,”

"What kind of lives are ordinary people living?"

"I'm sure you all know that."

“Among you are those who fled from the north,”

"Our hometown is still in the hands of the Jurchens."

"The enemy is attacking today. Are you willing to follow me to protect the villagers?"

Chapter 1999 Never Surrender Again!

"Defend the villagers!"

The Shanxi officer also roared in anger.

There are more than seven or eight thousand people in the city.

There are also civilians who have fled in recent days.

Guo the Pharmacist then recruited young men from the city.

The defending troops have exceeded ten thousand.

A large number of elderly, weak, women and children also helped to move the supplies.

When the Jin soldiers forced the civilian laborers accompanying their army to fill in the moat...

Guo Yaoshi then led the archers out of the city to shoot.

To slow down the enemy's earth-filling speed.

It took about half a month of procrastination.

They also organized a suicide squad during the foggy weather.

They went out of the city and destroyed a small number of Jin soldiers' siege equipment.

Until the sixteenth day of the siege,

Wanyan Zonghan began organizing a large-scale siege.

They also introduced more than twenty Pingyi cannons.

I don't even know what a trebuchet is.

Who leaked this information to the Jin soldiers?

Although Shouyang County was fortified by Zhang Guangdao,

But it still appears too short and fragile.

Wanyan Zonghan first used Han soldiers from Shanxi to attack the city.

Consume Guo Yaoshi's defensive supplies.

Then they used the old Liao-Han soldiers.

The defenders were exhausted from repeated attacks.

Outside Shouyang City, corpses littered the ground.

On the twenty-first day...

Jurchen and Bohai soldiers,

They launched a surprise attack, mixed among the siege cannon fodder.

There is a section of the western city wall.

The Jurchen soldiers actually breached the city walls.

Pharmacist Guo urgently dispatched a reserve team to drive them back.

At the same time, due to repeated bombardment by volley fire,

A section of the city wall on the north side has cracks.

Guo, the pharmacist, sent people to dig and extract soil in the city.

They organized the elderly, women, and children to pile earth behind the cracked city wall.

Even the rammed earth houses within the city were demolished to reinforce the city walls.

"The casualties are approaching three thousand; this city will not be easy to capture," Wanyan Loushi said.

Wanyan Zonghan said, "Most of the dead were Han soldiers."

"The rest are also soldiers from Bohai,"

"Not many Jurchen warriors died."

Wanyan Loushi said, "The Han soldiers in Shanxi no longer want to fight."

"Every time they charged to the city walls,"

"We haven't even started climbing the city walls yet,"

"He was shot a few times and then escaped back."

"We can't delay any longer,"

"We should send more Jurchen warriors to attack the city."

Wanyan Zonghan shook his head: "Guo Yaoshi is guarding the city, so we must be careful."

"Use the grunts to wear him down for another half month,"

"When the defenders are truly exhausted,"

"It wouldn't be too late to send in Jurchen warriors then."

Wanyan Zonghan has come to the wrong place.

He shouldn't have been fighting in Shanxi.

Shanxi is a land of mountains and rivers,

It is divided into several sections by mountain ranges.

Shanxi is like a sturdy sea ship.

Each section,

They all resemble an airtight cabin.

Break through one or two,

This ship will not sink.

We must continue our strong offensive.

We conquered city by city.

Due to the ghostly terrain,

Most military tactics,

It doesn't work in Shanxi.

Even the Jurchen cavalry suffered a significant blow.

The area is covered with mountain ridges.

In actual combat, infantry is more effective.

The formidable cavalry under Wanyan Zonghan's command,

It can only exert its power in certain valleys.

Discussing military matters from the perspective of the Jin Dynasty,

Wanyan Zongwang should be allowed to lead the troops to attack Shanxi.

Wanyan Zonghan, on the other hand, should lead troops to attack Hebei.

This is the only way to fully utilize the strengths of their respective forces.

But that's impossible!

Wanyan Zongwang was exchanging glances with the inner court.

In fact, it was initially conceived as a counterbalance to Wanyan Zonghan.