Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Just like Wanyan Zongwang's smooth sailing, Deputy Marshal Zuo's Nianhan led [-] Western Route Army troops from Taiyuan Road. Along the way, the defender of Shuozhou looked down on the wind, and Daizhou was quickly defeated by his army. The rest of the counties They were occupied by them one after another, and soon they were coming to the city of Taiyuan Prefecture.

At this time, the highest official of Taiyuan Prefecture was Tongguan, the king of Guanghe County who "contributed to the recovery of Yanyun". At this time, his official position was as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, and his official residence was in Taiyuan Prefecture.Before the Jin army sent troops, Song general Ma Kuo, who was on an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, repeatedly reminded the Jin people of their intention to attack the Song Dynasty. However, at this time, Tong Guan was immersed in his dream of regaining Yanyun and becoming a county king. Take your words to heart.He didn't get anxious until Nianhan led his troops to conquer Shuo, Wu, Dai, and Xinzhou, and was about to approach Taiyuan Prefecture.

At this time, Nianhan had already sent someone to send the letter of war to Taiyuan Mansion. After seeing the Jin envoy, Tong Guan quickly prepared a generous gift to thank him and said during the banquet: "Master Nianhan is here with his army. It is such a big thing. Why don't you tell me first?" I know?" The Jin envoy smiled but said nothing, and then advised him not to go against the wishes of the Jin army, but rather to cede the land of the two rivers to the Jin country to thank him for hosting Zhang Jue and the refugees in Yanjing.

After the Jin envoy left, Tong Guan thought about countermeasures alone. However, because he had seen the power of the Jin soldiers in the north, he was already frightened. After thinking hard for a long time, he felt that the battle would be defeated, so he thought of abandoning the city and fleeing.

Then Tong Guan summoned the officials of Taiyuan Prefecture to discuss the matter. He said to everyone: "At this time, the Jin people are attacking us in the Song Dynasty. Now there are only more than [-] soldiers and civilians in the city, while the Nianhan army has [-] people. There are also surrender troops along the road. There are countless soldiers. How can we defeat them? How about abandoning the city and waiting for the reinforcements from Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei to arrive here before making further calculations."

Just as Tong Guan finished speaking, Zhang Xiaochun, the magistrate of Taiyuan on the side, looked sarcastic and stood up and said: "Now that the Jin people have betrayed their alliance, the king should order all the soldiers and horses in the world to resist. If the king returns south, the morale of the army will be shaken, and all the troops in the east of the river will be destroyed." Lost in the hands of the enemy. And once Hedong falls into the enemy's hands, what will happen to Hebei? Sir, please stay and serve the country with us! Moreover, Taiyuan's terrain is dangerous, and both the soldiers and the people are brave. If they work together, the Jin soldiers may not be able to break this city. "

After hearing what he said, Tong Guan became angry and said loudly: "I am the envoy of Xuanfu. I carry out the affairs of Xuanfu and have no responsibility to protect the land. Now that you are determined to keep me here, what is the use of you and other generals?" He stood up and walked away, leaving everyone looking at each other in shock.

At first, everyone thought that Tong Guan was just talking about running away and putting up a little resistance, but they didn't expect him to do what he said. That night, they gathered all their family members, carried gold and silver, and went straight to Bianjing under the cover of night.

The news of Tong Guan's escape to the south came. Zhang Xiaochun put his hands on his hands and laughed and said to the generals: "Tong Taishi is so majestic on weekdays, but as soon as the Jin people arrived, he became timid and ran away before the battle started. I don't know if he escaped back to the capital. How should I go to see the Holy One?"

At this time, Wang Zhen, the deputy general manager of the Xuanfu Department, said: "My lord, the plan now is to mobilize all the soldiers and civilians in the city, regardless of men, women, old or young, and issue them with weapons to guard Taiyuan together. We still need to send additional people urgently. Report to Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei for help."

This king was the descendant of Wang Dao, a famous official in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was born in a military academy. He had followed Tong Guan to conquer the Xixia and Fangla rebels successively. He made great achievements and was named the commander of the Xuanfu Division.Then he followed Tong Guan to conquer Liao, defeated Baigou, and fled back with Tong Guan.After Tong Guan was awarded the title, he was appointed deputy governor of the capital.As a trusted general of Tong Guan, this person is very different from Tong Guan. He is loyal and righteous, and he must take the lead when out in battle, so he is very prestigious in the army.

Seeing what Wang Zhen said, Zhang Xiaochun felt that it was very reasonable, so he gave all the military power of Taiyuan Prefecture to Wang Zhen and let him control it, preparing to defend the city and resist the Jin army.

After Wang Zhen was ordered to do so, he ordered people to build another inner city with earth in Taiyuan City, dig trenches around the inner city, and build horse-repelling fences to prevent the Jin army from entering the city after the city was broken, or to defend the inner city.

Then he ordered people to open the Armory Storehouse and distribute all kinds of ordnance to the soldiers and civilians in the city. He climbed up and said to the soldiers and civilians in the city: "Taiyuan Mansion is an important barrier in the northern part of the Central Plains, and it was also the place where Longxing was established in the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years. There have been many wars in the past, but there has never been a precedent of surrendering without a fight. Now the Jin people have come to attack, and they have defeated several prefectures and counties. There are even more cowardly people who have surrendered to the city. Soon they will come Below Taiyuan City. If Taiyuan City is defeated, the Jin people will be able to march straight into the hinterland of our Central Plains, killing and plundering along the way, and the country will be in chaos."

"Master Tong Guan has now abandoned the city. If we are afraid of the Jin army, we can offer the city and surrender without losing the high officials' salary. But if the Jin soldiers enter the city, the soldiers and people here will suffer. We, as officials, If you can't defend the country and serve the country with your own life, what will you do to your ancestors? Moreover, the Jin army is bloodthirsty, don't you look at the Liao Kingdom back then? The country was destroyed and the family was destroyed, and thousands of Liao people were escorted to the bitter cold In this land, people everywhere are displaced, do we, the people of Taiyuan Prefecture, have to suffer the same disaster as them?"

"Now the war is fierce and dangerous, and Wang is not talented, but he is willing to live and die with this city. If the Jin soldiers want to break the city and kill the people, they must kill Wang first! If the city is alive and the people are alive, the city will die and the people will die. I will not surrender to the death! If If you violate this oath, you will be robed like this!" After Wang Zhen finished speaking, he drew out his sword, cut off the skirt of his robe with a "swish" sound, and threw it to the ground.

The soldiers and civilians in the city were inspired by this and shouted in unison: "I will never surrender! I will never surrender!"

Nianhan led his troops to the north of Taiyuan City, set up tents, and surrounded the city.Then he summoned the generals to discuss taking the city.The Nianhan army came all the way, and almost all the prefectures and counties they passed through were surrendered. Even the sporadic resistance of the Daizhou people was quickly conquered. Therefore, the entire army despised the weak military power of the Northern Song Dynasty and believed that Taiyuan Prefecture It's just something in the bag, it can be fought in one battle.So Nianhan just made some rough arrangements and ordered everyone to rest until they attack the city tomorrow.

The next day it was getting dark, and Nianhan's army started cooking rice. After the whole army had eaten, they led their troops to march towards Taiyuan City.Wang Zhen led his generals to the city to watch Nianhan's army. They saw flags flying all around and the sound of drums beating. There were countless ladders, city-breaking vehicles and other weapons in the army. Everyone had bright armor and a majestic appearance.Seeing this, Wang Zhen quickly ordered the soldiers and civilians to place iron pots on the earthen stoves that had been set up under the city wall, and boil water from the Fen River in the pots, waiting for the Jin army to attack the city.

Seeing that the army had gathered at the foot of the city, Nianhan waved the flag in his hand, and the drums of the central military office began to beat loudly. Thousands of vanguards carried ladders and headed straight for the city wall.When they came to the city wall, the archers in the rear formation of the Jin soldiers immediately shot upward to suppress the Song soldiers at the head of the city. The sword and shield soldiers in the front formation set up ladders and climbed up with shields above their heads.

At the same time, the king on the city gave an order, and the soldiers and civilians at the top of the city smashed the bricks and stones that had been transported to the top of the city on the heads of the golden soldiers below. Then the boiling water was delivered, and the soldiers and civilians poured the boiling water down with all their strength.Immediately, the golden soldiers were either hit by stones or poured with boiling water on their faces. They kept making shrill screams, fell down the stairs, and were thrown into a pulp under the city.

Because the city is high, it is difficult to use bows and arrows, and it is difficult to perform feats with sticks. So they mobilized catapults to collect all the stones around the city, put them on the carts, and attacked the city wall.Wang Zhen also placed the sandbags he had prepared on the city wall to cushion the impact of the stones.The rare catapults had no effect, so they rolled out several city-breaking vehicles from the army and headed straight for the city gate.This city-breaking vehicle is centered on a giant tree, with wooden wheels placed underneath for impacting the city gates.But he didn't expect that Wang Zhen had already filled the city gate with rubble and fired a volley of rockets downward, causing the city-breaking vehicle to catch fire.

The siege battle lasted from early morning until nightfall. Nianhan's army left more than a thousand corpses and countless damaged ordnance under the city, but returned without success.Such a battle lasted for several days.Seeing that it would be difficult to break through the city in a short time, Han Han was so anxious that he was as sticky as an ant on a hot pot, but there was nothing he could do. He was temporarily blocked outside the city of Taiyuan Prefecture and could not advance even an inch.