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They carried shields and went to various places outside the city to persuade people to surrender.

The Bohai soldiers shouted the following:

"Listen up, Bohai people in the city!"

"Never forget the blood feud."

"Quickly kill the Koreans!"

"Help the Great Jin open the city gates,"

"Those who perform meritorious service will all be richly rewarded,"

"They can even bring their families to the Jin Kingdom and receive land!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoxian's expression changed drastically.

He quickly said to the messenger:

"Tell the soldiers inside the city,"

"They were all Goryeo warriors,"

"There is no distinction between the Korean and Bohai ethnic groups here."

"As long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, the imperial court will reward you handsomely!"

"As long as we hold on for one more day,"

"I'll only pay the reward for one day,"

You can claim it when you change shifts each day.

Blood feuds are ultimately too distant.

But the reward money from the garrison commander was right in front of them.

What a load of bullshit!

Goryeo did a lot.

One hundred years ago,

In order to make Goryeo submit and pay tribute, the Liao Dynasty...

They agreed to grant Goryeo hundreds of miles east of the Yalu River.

But granted land is granted land.

The Liao Dynasty relocated its already small population.

In order to populate the border regions, Goryeo Kingdom

They lured the Bohai people north of the Yalu River to migrate south.

Furthermore, they secretly contacted the Song Dynasty and submitted to the Northern Song.

The Bohai people, unable to endure the exploitation by the Liao Dynasty,

Korea also has preferential policies.

So they all fled to the Baozhou area.

And he built six towns for the Goryeo Kingdom.

That is, the six cities east of the Yangtze River.

The Liao Dynasty discovered that Goryeo was recruiting its citizens.

Moreover, they were exchanging flirtatious glances with the State of Song.

They immediately stationed troops on the north bank of the Yalu River to threaten [the region].

The King of Goryeo was terrified.

He dared not take in any more Bohai people.

They dared not send them back to reinforce the Liao border.

Chapter 398 Goryeo's Shocking Moves

So the King of Goryeo pulled a crazy stunt.

They launched a large-scale massacre against the Balhae refugees who had been lured to Goryeo!

Baozhou and the six surrounding cities east of the Yangtze River,

There are also many descendants of the survivors of the Bohai ethnic group.

Even among the soldiers guarding the city, there were quite a few.

Their grandfathers were massacred.

How could I possibly forget in such a short time?

Furthermore, when the Liao Dynasty fell,

Tens of thousands of Bohai people also fled here.

There are still 20,000 to 30,000 left to be repatriated.

These new immigrants from Bohai,

They also maintain close ties with the descendants of the original survivors.

Wanyan Zonggan stationed his troops outside the city.

While building siege equipment,

Meanwhile, they sent people to continue shouting.

At the same time, troops were divided to besiege the six cities east of the Yangtze River.

Those are all small mountain towns.

It's not even as big as a town in the Zhejiang area.

But it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

A direct confrontation would definitely result in significant casualties.

Descendants of the Bohai people who survived in the six cities of Jiangdong

They account for at least 30% of the local population.

If we also include the new immigrants from the late Liao Dynasty...

The Bohai ethnic group is estimated to make up about 50% of the population.

Wanyan Zonggan sent people to persuade him to surrender.

They promised a lot of benefits.

In less than ten days,

Two mountain cities saw Bohai soldiers defect.

With the help of the Jin army, they quickly captured the mountain city.

Then take the defecting Bohai Navy,

They were taken to other mountain towns to make announcements.

The remaining four mountain towns also fell into internal strife.

At this point, Baozhou had become an isolated city.

Faced with such a desperate situation,

The Goryeo court was slow to send a large army to aid them.

Li Xiaoxian, the garrison commander of Baozhou, quickly made a decision to follow the will of his ancestors.

Surrender the city!

The gates of Baozhou were wide open.

Li Xiaoxian led his troops out of the city and presented them with maps and household registers.

He slid to his knees with incredible speed:

"The guilty general Li Xiaoxian pays his respects to the noble general of the Great Jin Dynasty!"

Wanyan Zong chuckled dryly, "Very good, you know what's good for you."

Li Xiaoxian surrendered with astonishing speed.

And he even plans to become a collaborator:

"Unbeknownst to you, nobles in the two capitals of Goryeo are engaged in internal strife,"

"The nobles of Kaesong imprisoned the king."

"Nobles of Xijing are holding the imperial clansman, the Duke of Taiyuan, hostage."

"Raising troops to purge the emperor's inner circle is a form of rebellion."

"The armies of the two capitals are currently engaged in battle,"

"The Great Jin Heavenly Army then charged forward,"

"We will surely be able to capture both capitals quickly!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Wanyan Zonggan was overjoyed.

Li Xiaoxian said, "This humble general is willing to be the vanguard for the Great Jin."

"Please lend me five hundred Jin Kingdom iron cavalry."

Wanyan Zong chuckled dryly and said, "Then I'll lend you five hundred Jurchen cavalry."

"This humble general is determined to die for the Great Jin Kingdom!"

Li Xiaoxian swore an oath.

He then kowtowed frantically to express his gratitude.

Two major factions within Goryeo are at war.

The Kaijing faction gained the upper hand.

They defeated the Xijing faction to the point of being unable to manage their own affairs.

Korean troops in other prefectures

It had long been taken away by the nobles of the two capitals.

The Jin soldiers were already incredibly powerful.

Meanwhile, Goryeo's military strength was depleted.

Within half a month, Wanyan Zonggan had killed them and brought them to Pyongyang.

Upon learning that the headquarters in Pyongyang had been besieged,

The morale of the Xijing faction at the front was in disarray.

The entire army was routed by the Kaijing faction.

"Lord Sikong, news has come from the north,"

"Pyongyang, the capital of the Western Regions, has been captured by the Jin army!"

Upon hearing this urgent military intelligence,

Kim Bu-sik, who colluded with the Jurchens, engaged in factional strife, betrayed the country, and placed the king under house arrest,

But he didn't show even the slightest bit of panic.

He seemed to have expected this.

Chapter 399 Threatening to Be an Insider