Water Margin: The opening scene involves assassinating Emperor Huizong of Song and forcibly taking L

If Wanyan Zongxian had sent troops to attack directly, they might have fought back fiercely.

But as soon as they had a chance to survive, they became extremely weak and stayed at home obediently, praying for peace.

The other two residences were stormed in by fierce-looking Jurchen soldiers.

"Kill everyone except the women, and leave no children alive either!"

The cries of agony were deafening; all those killed were members of Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng's clansmen.

When they instigated the rebellion, their own people were naturally the first to suffer.

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Among the Jin soldiers defending the city were a group of blond-haired, blue-eyed men who were yellow-headed Shiwei slaves captured by the Jin state.

A few years ago, the Huangtou Shiwei people collectively rebelled and even remotely honored Yelü Dashi.

The reason for the rebellion was that they could no longer endure the oppression of the Jin Dynasty!

Unfortunately, they were defeated by Wanyan Zonghan, who captured many slaves to replenish the population.

Obedient and strong slaves were selected last year to be incorporated into the army.

It was completely dark.

Outside the city, shouts and horns were still being sounded, but inside the city, all was silent; the entire city was under martial law and no one was allowed to move around freely.

Yawuta led his troops to guard the city wall, and a group of civilians were brought over to deliver food to them.

This was certainly not his real name; it was just that he was called Yawuta by the Jurchens because of poor hygiene when he was a slave and had many festering sores on his body.

Yawuta means festering sores.

"What's that shouting outside?" Wuliyan asked, holding his rice bowl.

The name "Wuliyan" means pig. This person was tall and burly, not very bright, and ate a lot at every meal, hence the name Wuliyan.

Yawuta said, "The Jin army suffered a great defeat, and the Han emperor won."

Wuliyan said enviously, "You are so smart, you can even understand Chinese."

Yawuta asked, "Do you still want to serve as a soldier for the Jurchens?"

Wuliyan, shoveling rice into his mouth, said, "I want to go home."

"What can you do if you go back?" Yawuta pressed.

Wuliyan remained silent.

Their tribe was attacked by the Jin army, and countless people were killed. Even if they escape back now, they don't know how many relatives they can find.

Yawuta said, "Let's rebel. This is the best opportunity; there aren't many Jurchen soldiers in the city."

“As long as we capture one of the city gates, the rebels outside can rush in.”

Wuliyan continued eating, saying between chews, "You're smarter, I'll listen to you."

After finishing his meal, Ya Wuta pretended to pick up a weapon to guard the city, and walked over to another soldier, saying, "The Jin army has been defeated by the Han emperor."

"Upon hearing my call to kill, kill the nearby Jurchens and charge toward the city gate together."

Just then, a group of Jurchen soldiers suddenly arrived, carrying copper coins and bolts of cloth.

"You are no longer slaves, you are also Jurchens, Yellow-headed Jurchens!"

"The Yellow-headed Jurchens are of the same ethnicity as us; the Han Chinese are our enemies."

"From now on, as long as you kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you will be rewarded."

"Those who make great contributions can also become hereditary marquises."

"After this battle is over, women will be given to you to start your own families."

"They are all ladies from prominent Bohai families, each with delicate skin and tender flesh. You can do whatever you want with them!"

"If we can hold the city walls tonight, we can eat meat tomorrow!"

"Come and line up to collect your reward!"

Chapter 3424 Virgin Slave

Yawuta cheered along with the crowd, and taking advantage of the queue, he said to his companions in front and behind him, "The Jin soldiers were defeated by the Han emperor, and now they want us to go to war and die, which is why they have suddenly become so generous."

"When you hear me shout 'Kill!', kill the Jurchens nearby and charge toward the city gate together!"

The population of Liaoyang is mainly of the Bohai ethnic group.

The Han Chinese were next, followed by the Khitans, and the Jurchens were the fewest.

One hundred years ago, the Dayanlin Rebellion occurred. They killed the Liao prince and princess and established the Bohai regime centered in Liaoyang.

After suppressing them, the Liao Dynasty forcibly relocated the Bohai people of Liaoyang to the Liaoxi Corridor.

They also relocated many Khitans and Han Chinese to Liaoyang to reduce the proportion of the Bohai population.

In recent years, not many Jurchens have moved to Liaoyang, mainly due to the open and covert resistance from the powerful Bohai clans.

"Regardless of age or gender, everyone must climb to the top of the city wall!"

"All Jurchen slaves, you are now free to take up arms and help defend the city!"

The few remaining Jurchen civilians in the city were forced by Wanyan Zongxian to come out and defend the city, and were given simple armor and weapons.

Incidentally, they also liberated all the Jurchen slaves in the city.

These Jurchen slaves were employed by the powerful Bohai tribes before the establishment of the Jin Dynasty.

In order to increase the Jurchen population, the Jin dynasty issued an edict stating that Jurchen slaves could redeem themselves.

At the same time, when the Jin Dynasty seized slaves from other ethnic groups, it used them to exchange for Jurchen slaves, but the prominent families of Bohai still had a considerable number left.

The situation is critical now, so let's just liberate the whole city and quickly organize them into the city defense force!

These Jurchens, who had just gained their freedom, did not actually feel joy.

They have no sense of belonging to the Jin state; being able to eat their fill is their greatest wish. Asking them to guard the city now is just nonsense.

One by one, they nervously received their armor and weapons, then climbed the city wall and peered around aimlessly.

As for the other ethnic groups, their weapons were confiscated, and even kitchen knives had to be handed over. Each family also had to send out able-bodied men to help transport supplies.

Some people wept as they demolished their own houses, carrying the pillars and beams up the city wall to make logs.

Every household carried chamber pots or incense buckets, poured their excrement and urine into large wooden barrels, and transported them to the city walls to boil and refine them into elixir.

The whole city was mobilized!

In the darkness, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves came from the east.

Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng quickly led their troops to join forces.

Wang Zheng said, "The Jurchen cavalry have returned."

"The main force can't return that quickly; there must only be a small number of light cavalry, probably trying to rush here to deliver the message," Gao Jingshan guessed.

"Then let's charge in!" Wang Zheng gritted his teeth.

They sounded their horns and led less than a thousand Bohai cavalrymen in a charge against the enemy in the darkness.

The two sides had just clashed when more than two thousand Jurchen light cavalry were already at a disadvantage.

Not only were they at a disadvantage in terms of equipment, but they also hadn't had much rest during their long march, leaving both men and horses exhausted.

Gao Jingshan and Wang Zheng set off with their elite tribal soldiers at the very beginning of the fire at the camp.

Wanyan Zongfu led his troops to fight in the canyon for a while, then returned to the city to gather the defeated soldiers and set up defenses. He then devised a plan to kill and burn grain before retreating, with a time gap of several hours in between.

The Jurchen light cavalry were routed and fled in several groups. Two of them quickly approached the city, shouting hoarsely, "The Gao and Wang clans have betrayed us! The city gates must not be opened!"

Wanyan Zongxian ordered his personal guards to shout, "Go around to the barbican, and come in from the barbican!"

Yawuta originally wanted to wait for another opportunity, but when he saw that the Jurchen reinforcements had returned, he knew that he could not delay any longer.

"kill!"

With a roar, he charged toward the nearby Jurchen soldiers.

The Jurchen soldiers were overjoyed and turned to look in the direction of the reinforcements, paying no attention to this side.

The Huangtou Shiwei suddenly launched an attack, catching the Jurchen soldiers off guard. The brave ones even tried to resist, while the timid ones simply turned and fled.

They were not elite troops; the truly elite Jurchens had long been transferred to the front lines.

Yawuta annihilated the nearby Jurchens, but did not continue the pursuit. Instead, he turned and charged towards the horse path.

On the horse path, civilians were still carrying supplies, while the Jurchen officer in charge had been frightened away, leaving only a few Liaoyang civilians standing there in a daze.

"Let's kill the Jurchens together!"

Although Yawuta can understand Chinese, it is very difficult for him to speak it, as his accent is so heavy that it is almost indistinguishable.

Most of the people were so frightened that they ran away, but a few actually followed suit.

Seeing that they had fled, Yawuta hurriedly shouted again, "Set it on fire! Set it on fire!"

One of the Khitan civilians, who was fighting alongside the Yellow-Headed Shiwei, immediately reacted upon hearing this.

He shouted to his companions, "Set the house on fire!"

The Khitans turned back to the city wall, where molten gold was being boiled, while the Jurchen soldiers had already been routed.

They picked up the burning firewood, lifted a pot of hot oil, and rushed down the ramp into the street.

He then poured hot oil on the shop's entrance, set it on fire, and went to the next shop.

"Set fire to kill the Jurchens!"

These Khitans shouted as they rushed into another Bohai shop.

The shop owner hid in the backyard, crying and pleading, "Don't burn my house down!"

Chapter 3425 The Power of Spies

The Khitan commoners didn't care about any of that and demanded, "Where's the woodshed?"

“I know, come with me!” said a Han Chinese servant living in a side room.

The woodshed was quickly set ablaze, and the crowd rushed out to continue setting it on fire, shouting "Kill the Jurchens and rebel!" along the way.

In the harsh and cold land of Liaodong, there are quite a few who dare to risk their lives.

The Liao Dynasty repeatedly drove the people of Liaodong to rebellion, while the Jin Dynasty frequently experienced rebellions.

Because their lives were too hard!

Before the Huangtou Shiwei had even captured the city gates, dozens of civilians had already joined the rebellion.

As the fire grew larger, many Khitans and Han Chinese spontaneously came to help.

Some servants even killed their masters and rebelled, then set fire to houses everywhere, and incidentally stole gold and silver jewelry to put in their pockets.

"Go to the North City and quell the unrest!"

Wanyan Zongxian panicked and gave the order, having no idea how many people had rebelled.

"The Yellow-headed Shiwei have betrayed us! The Yellow-headed Shiwei have betrayed us!"

The Jurchen soldiers, routed and defeated, cried out in panic.

It's okay if you don't shout, but shouting will only make things worse.

Yawuta led a force of just over two hundred Huangtou Shiwei, while nearly three hundred others were elsewhere.

The Huangtou Shiwei, who had not originally rebelled, were so frightened by the faint shouts of the Jurchen soldiers that they hastily joined the rebellion.

Instead of killing the Jurchen soldiers, they rushed into the city and indiscriminately hacked and slashed, then set fires to create chaos.

More and more ordinary people were killed and forced to flee their homes and take to the streets to escape, and neighbors near the fire site also came out one after another.

The whole city was in chaos, and fires broke out everywhere.

The wealthy families, who were forbidden from leaving their homes, had no idea what was happening outside and dared not make any rash moves. They could only stay at home and wait anxiously.

"The Jin army has suffered a crushing defeat, and the Han emperor Zhu is coming!"