Chapter 1 The Matter

With this incident, the Zhao Emperor was clearly angry, and Chancellor Lü's face was also unsightly, which was understandable... To say nothing else, the spectacle of the so-called Royal Army arriving and the enemy collapsing in disarray, with the people welcoming them with food, was severely discounted.

However, once these two were displeased, everyone in the entourage, from Wang Yan, Wang De, Li Qiong, and Fan Zongyin, who were actually very politically significant figures, to the hundreds of powerless court officials, all became as silent as cicadas in winter.

However, as silent as cicadas in winter as they were, things still had to be done. Although the Zhao Emperor had been dealt a head-on blow, making him realize how complex and entangled the situation facing the Northern Expedition was, the more this was the case, the more he needed to bite the bullet and move forward.

Therefore, on the second day after Anyi opened its gates, the Zhao Emperor put away his displeased expression and convened a military council as if nothing had happened, inquiring about the next itinerary, and he did indeed receive various suggestions.

The first major category of suggestions was that the Emperor should temporarily settle down in Anyi or the city of Hezhou, establish a temporary palace, to appease the local people, and also to show the rear that the entire Hedong (Yuncheng Basin) had been taken. Then, when the Imperial Cavalry had also arrived, the main force could advance north to Taiyuan and so on.

The second type of suggestion was that the Zhao Emperor might as well head west to Hedong City, meaning that Hedong City, which was heavily guarded, might surrender directly upon seeing the imperial banner, just like Anyi.

These two types of opinions were the mainstream. Civil officials and most of the court officials from the southeast mostly suggested that the Zhao Emperor stay in the local area, while military generals below Wang Yan mostly suggested that the Zhao Emperor take a trip to Hedong City.

Undoubtedly, the former inevitably had some ideas of filling official vacancies and seeking stability, while the latter was clearly for possible military merits... No one thought that Wendun Sizhong and the thousands of Jurchen soldiers in Hedong City would surrender directly. On the contrary, they all felt that it had been more than half a month, and Hei Long Wang Sheng's siege positions had already been built, and they could directly get something when they arrived.

However, regardless of which type it was, Zhao Jiu would not indulge them.

Fortunately, there was a third suggestion.

"Your Majesty."

Lü Yihão cupped his hands in the county yamen. His expression was cold and clear, and he showed no trace of yesterday's anger and embarrassment, even though many smart people had already realized that Shi Gao's suicide yesterday was more directed at this chancellor. "I believe that since Hezhou has been taken, we should not stay here for long..."

"Oh." Zhao Jiu pretended to be surprised. "What is Chancellor Lü's reason for saying this?"

"Your Majesty's northward journey is for a grand purpose, which is to completely recover both He Provinces, and if possible, to try to seize Yanyun as well." Lü Yihão was unhurried. "Hedong Prefecture, with its two states, can be defended by seizing J绛 County, which is certainly gratifying, but if Your Majesty puts on a gratifying posture, I am afraid that it will be ridiculed by people with lofty ideals, and the soldiers on the front line will feel that Your Majesty's ambitions are small, and they will inevitably become slack."

"Then we should go to the front line?" Zhao Jiu asked without changing his expression. "To Hedong City?"

"Of course, we should go to the front line, but if we are going to the front line, why go to Hedong City?"

Lü Yihão continued to stand upright. "The Jin army withdrew from Zhiguan Xing, retreated across the Hui River, and defended along the Fen River, already abandoning the meaning of Hedong. Although Hedong City is the capital of Hedong, a famous city of the world, it has been frustrated in the initial battle and has no strength to fight again. It is surrounded by Wang Sheng's troops, which are several times larger than itself, and cannot be turned around. Now that the possibility of reinforcements has been cut off, it is already a dead city. As for Wendun Sizhong, he came from Aguda's main camp and has been in Hedong for several years, committing many killings. He is the enemy chieftain personally placed on Your Majesty's list of war criminals. Not to mention whether he will surrender, even if he does, would Your Majesty agree? Therefore, Wendun Sizhong is just a living dead man."

"I understand." Zhao Jiu looked as if he had suddenly realized. "A city doomed to die, plus a person doomed to die, it would be wrong for me to take even one more look, and it would be stealing Wang Sheng's merits after a month of hard work. The plan for now is that Hedong should be arrayed, so that Wang Sheng can lead the main force of the Imperial Left Army to take it openly, kill him and send his head throughout the world to serve as a deterrent... Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Then where should I go?"

"Please, Your Majesty, move to Tieling Pass, oversee the armies forward, and compete with the main force of the Jin army for Linfen!" Lü Yihão's words made it impossible for people to refute. "This is Your Majesty's original intention of crossing the river to the north."

"Chancellor Lü speaks well!"

Zhao Jiu slammed the table on the spot, but looked around, earnestly consulting. "What do you think, gentlemen? Do you have any other good ideas? Please speak freely, and I and Chancellor Lü will certainly consider them sincerely."

The other civil and military officials looked at each other... Then, naturally, they suddenly realized and praised Chancellor Lü's sincere words, hitting the nail on the head. Your Majesty should not waste time here, nor should he care about Wendun Sizhong, a futures dead man... He should go to Tieling Pass.

Since everyone's opinions were surprisingly consistent, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated and immediately made a decision to move to Tieling Pass.

However, this time, the Zhao Emperor was not so anxious... According to Wang Yan's suggestion, while urging the three generals Han, Li, and Ma in front to make proper arrangements and advance northward, he also personally issued an edict in Hezhou to establish temporary outposts and storage points along the line, trying to build a solid and strong logistics supply line to cope with the possible war of attrition.

It was not until the relevant arrangements were made that he officially went north.

And with this delay, the situation had new changes.

First, Wu Jie sent Guo Zhen's head in a hurry... In fact, it was not that Wu Jie was reluctant to kill Guo Zhen before. Wu Da was also a ruthless person. Since such a shocking thing had happened, whether it was to give an explanation to the Zhao Emperor or to Han Shizhong, who was an old leader in the Western Army, he had to kill this person to show his stance.

Even the Imperial Rear Army would not say anything about this person at this time, which was different from Yang Zheng.

But why hadn't he been executed immediately before?

It was very simple, Wu Da was waiting for the Zhao Emperor's scolding... If the Zhao Emperor did not cross the river, he would kill the person without hesitation, but when he caught the person and was about to kill him, the Zhao Emperor crossed the river. Since the Zhao Emperor crossed the river, in order to respect the Zhao Emperor's authority on the front line, this commander of the Imperial Rear Army and dignified military commissioner waited there, until there was a clear edict, then he chopped off the head of this commander and sent it to the Emperor.

This was Wu Jie's unique little thought. He always wanted to be smooth on all sides. Before, in Guanxi, he got along well with everyone in Guanxi.

It was not known whether it was because Qu Duan's anger and resentment in Guanxi that year had left him with a psychological shadow, so he learned from Zhao Emperor and came up with "every time I oppose Cao, things will succeed."

Enough idle talk, Guo Zhen's head arrived, and Zhao Jiu ordered it to be displayed, his mood slightly improved.

But soon, this Emperor became a little uneasy again, because as soon as he set off, a winter rain came unexpectedly, causing the temperature to drop again. Although it was still far from freezing, it still cast a shadow over the Northern Expedition.

After all, if the cold winter came, and even the Yellow River froze in the end, one was the severe logistical pressure, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians needed winter clothes, and the stationing of troops would also consume a lot of fuel; the other was that the Imperial Navy's control over the Yellow River would lose its advantage.

In other words, it was necessary to make sufficient progress, leave a strategic buffer for winter operations, and also need to further consolidate the logistical foundation... There were supplies in the rear, but before the Yellow River froze, the logistical congestion effect of the Shanzhou waterway would only increase.

On the contrary, after the Yellow River froze, it was a little more convenient, but the logistical needs at that time would only be greater.

But before that, a more obvious effect of the cooling was that Chancellor Lü Yihão, who was traveling with the army, caught a cold directly, and several older people among the hundreds of court officials from the southeast also fell ill directly.

This startled the Zhao Emperor, who ordered Li Qiong, Wang De, and others to continue north, while he personally settled Lü Yihão in Wenxi.

Immediately, Chancellor Lü took the initiative to persuade the Zhao Emperor on the bed not to care about himself and to join the generals in the north as soon as possible. He only had a slight cold, and he would join them in the north as soon as he recovered... These meanings that should be in the topic were inevitable.

However, not to mention that the Zhao Emperor had been feeling a little flustered and confused since crossing the river, only to say that the day after the winter rain that lasted only one day ended, Wang Sheng, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Left Army, nicknamed Black Dragon, who was the only one still fighting fiercely outside Hedong City in the entire Hedong region, also sent the Zhao Emperor's proclamation into the city, and at the same time, following the example of Anyi City, issued a final ultimatum to the city.

The so-called deadline was noon tomorrow. If they could surrender, all the basic-level officers and soldiers in the city below the mouke, regardless of Jurchen, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, or Han, would be pardoned, and only the chief culprits would be punished.

But if they did not surrender, once the city was broken, those who resisted before would be killed without mercy.

Speaking of which, Wang Sheng's action was not the same as Zhao Jiu's in Anyi before. He had been besieging the city for nearly a month, and the siege positions had already been polished almost. Although there were some insufficient artillery vehicles, they had been smashing the corner of the wall in the northwest direction of the city for two or three days... That's right, he started smashing the city in a hurry from the day the Zhao Emperor crossed the river, because Wang Sheng was not stupid, they were all old soldiers, who didn't know who?

Li Qiong, this Hebei guy, was fine, but what if Wang De, Zhang Jing, and others encouraged the Zhao Emperor to come to Hedong City to steal the credit?

Hedong City was the capital of Hedong Prefecture, and there was also Wendun Sizhong, the Hedong Pacifier, who led ten thousand households, as well as six meng'an and dozens of mouke... These were all military merits!

And military merits, for Wang Sheng in this Northern Expedition, were not just simple things like real gold and silver. Wang Sheng was already a Deputy Commander, and according to common sense, would the marshals of the upper level, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, have room to lead troops after this battle?

Therefore, Wang Sheng really wanted to make meritorious service, and make great meritorious service, and compared with other marshals, Wang De, who was slightly insufficient, and Zhang Jing, Qiao Zhongfu, and others, who were regimental commanders, also had this intention.

It was precisely because of this that even though the artillery positions at that time were not large enough, Wang Sheng couldn't wait any longer.

And now, seeing that the Zhao Emperor was about to leave with Wang De and the others, Wang Sheng had another idea - this meritorious service should be established in front of the Zhao Emperor to be solid!

If the Emperor left and didn't care about this side in his heart, and even if he arrived at Tieling Pass and won in Linfen, and went forward again, wouldn't this meritorious service not be in the Emperor's heart, right?

Therefore, once Zhao Jiu set off, Wang Sheng, with all kinds of complicated little thoughts, finally decided to attack the city in a big way, striving to take Hedong City neatly before the Emperor left Hedong. Even this time, he was courteous before fighting, pretending to be a good person, mostly for the Zhao Emperor to see - please, Your Majesty, take a look, I, Wang Sheng, am also a civilized person, with the demeanor of a great general.

Of course, the nickname Black Dragon was not only used to describe Wang, the Deputy Commander's swift and resilient use of troops, but it could also be seen that he had always been shaped like this.

This was another matter.

All in all, since Wang Sheng had made up his mind, he sent this proclamation in, and then went to the Guanque Tower to reward the three armies, and gathered the officers to seal their titles and promise them rewards, and to talk about the past and establish his prestige... And the officers probably knew that Wang, the Deputy Commander, wanted to mix up a military commissioner to play with, so of course they all cooperated with all their strength.

One by one, they all said that from tomorrow onwards, they would definitely attack the city with all their strength, and be sure to take Hedong City beautifully, to win face for Wang, the Deputy Commander, in front of the Emperor.

For a time, from top to bottom, it was extremely enthusiastic.

In this way, Wang Sheng rarely drank a few cups, and dispersed contentedly, simply staying overnight on the Guanque Tower, but on this night, he had only slept for half an hour when he was awakened by his personal guards.

To tell the truth, when Wang Heilong was awakened by his personal guards and saw the firelight reflecting outside, plus the shouts of killing coming from afar, his first reaction was that he had been greedy for wine and had messed things up, and had capsized in the gutter, and had been counterattacked by the Jin army in the city, taking advantage of the night to attack. Then, his dream of becoming a military commissioner was also ended tonight.

But when he turned out of the curtain and stood on the tower, looking at the firelight all over the city, and then looking back at the subordinates who had gathered in a hurry and were equally at a loss, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Left Army could only be stunned... He never thought that a proclamation could directly cause chaos and infighting in the city!

Could this dogshit article be so useful?

No wonder his own Prince had to study cultural knowledge so seriously in Chang'an these past few years.

However, Wang Sheng was thinking too much. The proclamation was just a catalyst. Before this, the atmosphere in Hedong City, which had been besieged for almost a month, had already exceeded his imagination.

First of all, although the defending minister in the city, Wendun Sizhong, came from Aguda's personal guards, he had an intense personality, was arrogant and cruel, and had a very bad character. He always acted recklessly and did not get along well with anyone.

Especially after serving as the Pacifier of Hedong Prefecture, because he claimed to be a confidant of the central government, he didn't even listen to Balisu of Taiyuan, but he happened to lead this ten thousand households that were separated from the Western Route Army, so he had some estrangement with his subordinates.

Of course, if Wendun Sizhong could grasp this ruthlessness, and the Jin army in the city was a typical meng'an mouke system, it would still be able to unite against the outside world, and these problems would at most just be problems.

However, Wendun Sizhong, as a personal guard of Aguda, had at least a thorough mind. From the beginning when Han Shizhong crossed Hedong City and marched east in a big way, Li Yanxian did not appear under Hedong City at all. At the same time, Wanyan Bandu and Wanyan Balisu did not say anything to him, and he instantly realized his predicament and was already somewhat emotionally broken down.

And now, as he had not seen any trace of reinforcements for nearly a month, as a smart person, and also a person who had seen a lot of military affairs, he basically believed the words of persuasion to surrender from Wang Sheng outside the city - the Third Prince suddenly died of illness, the Great Song launched a full-scale Northern Expedition, Tieling Pass had been taken, the reinforcements had not come, but were defeated midway, and Balisu, the Commander-in-chief of the Taiyuan Garrison, abandoned Hedong and retreated to both sides of the Fen River.

As a result, he went from being extremely arrogant and ruthless to another extreme in the city, basically just drinking all day long, not taking care of anything, and waiting for death in despair.

When his subordinates advised him, if he was in the mood, he would cry and say that he was from the Taizu's personal guard, and he would just repay the Great Jin Kingdom with his life. If he was not in the mood? On the contrary, he would disregard his status, whip the people who came to advise him a few times, and then drive them out.

But in this way, the real problem came... If the commander was like this, what would the people below think?

You, Wendun Sizhong, were from Aguda's personal guard, you would just die, but what about the rest?

The Jin army's military system and nobility system were a typical meng'an mouke system.

Starting from the mouke, regardless of whether it was a Jurchen mouke or a mouke of other nationalities (there were Han Chinese ten thousand households and Han Chinese mouke at the time of the founding of the country), they were the pillars of the Great Jin Kingdom, the real core nobles. Even in the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu government, which had an extremely strong sense of identity with the Jin Dynasty, often simply translated the mouke as beile.

Its preciousness could be seen.

Therefore, as the actual masters of the Great Jin Kingdom, the mouke seemed to have an obligation and a reason to fight to the death, which was why the city defense had always been stable.

However, the Jin army's military system was there. There were no less than ten meng'an in one ten thousand households, but there were often only four, five, or six mouke in one meng'an, and the rest were infantry composed of Han Chinese soldiers or other ethnic groups.

This was what the Jin army's traditional tactics required.

But what were these Han Chinese soldiers thinking?

And now, Wang Sheng, the Black Dragon, outside the city, suddenly told them that the Zhao Emperor himself had come across the river, and his documents had arrived, and the explicit edict was to punish only the chief culprits, and the Jurchen lords in the city did not seem to have any intention of refuting the authenticity of this document, so what would the Han Chinese soldiers think?

The riot came very fiercely and neatly. Suddenly, fires broke out all over the city, and there were sounds of weapons clashing at five or six city gates. The prefectural government, armory, treasury, and granary were also attacked.

This left the Jin army meng'an on duty in the barracks stunned. They didn't know where to save them, nor how to find the other colleagues. In a hurry, they simply brought a hundred or so people to find Wendun Sizhong.

"What are you looking for me for?"

Wendun Sizhong didn't drink today. Not only that, but his eyes were bright and his mind was clear, which made the Jin general who came very happy.

However, the Jin general soon realized the problem... It was already like this outside, and his own meng'an on duty came to look for the city's pacifier, but the other party actually asked him what he was looking for him for. Could it be that he had been drinking himself silly?

With this thought, the Jin general was careful and said, "Pacifier... The Han Chinese soldiers in the city are rebelling."

"So what are you looking for me for?" Wendun Sizhong, wearing a silk jacket and sitting in the prefectural hall, raised his teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, then asked calmly.

"The rebellion is too urgent, and I don't know how to deal with it. I'm here to ask the pacifier for instructions." The Jin general finally couldn't bear it. "Pacifier, if we don't act, the Song army outside the city will react, and if any city gate is opened, we'll be finished..."

"I know." Wendun Sizhong took a sip of warm tea, sighed slightly, and then said calmly, "I remember, you came from Nikan's guard?"

"Yes..."

"I guess so, otherwise, why would you be sent here to be my subordinate?"

"Pacifier..."

"I have the same background as you." The firelight outside flickered, and the noise was constant, but Wendun Sizhong just didn't care. "But I came from Taizu's personal guard, so I can be a pacifier and lead ten thousand households. If the Song people don't come to attack, I might be able to be a prime minister in the future, but you can only be a meng'an."

"..."

"Taizu's talent is ten times that of Nikan." Wendun Sizhong looked at the complex and confused face of the other party and said seriously, "Thanks to this, my talent is also ten times that of yours."

The meng'an came back to his senses, swallowed, but turned his head and looked at the firelight outside, and then looked at Wendun Sizhong again, but only hated that he couldn't kill this person.

"If you don't believe me, I'll give you some pointers." Wendun Sizhong still calmly said when he saw this, "When the Second Prince, Olubuwang, was about to lead troops out, he asked Taizu how to be a general before leaving, and I was by his side at the time..."

"Pacifier!" The Jin general was helpless and smiled bitterly instead, "Can I ask you to go out with me to quell the chaos after I finish listening to you?"

"Who knows?" Wendun Sizhong didn't care and said, "Maybe I will, maybe I won't."

The Jin general didn't say a word, took off his helmet, and sat down in the seat opposite the other party, and then poured himself a cup of tea.

Wendun Sizhong also laughed when he saw this, "Nikan is still a bit capable, it's not in vain for you to follow him for so long."

The Jin general picked up the tea and drank several mouthfuls in a row, and then asked, "May I ask what Taizu taught the Second Prince?"

Hearing this, Wendun Sizhong also looked serious, "Taizu said that to be a general, you must first be diligent. If you are not diligent, you can't do anything well... When you set up camp in a place, you must know where your troops are, what the surrounding terrain is like, how many roads there are, where to set up sentry posts, where to store food, weapons, and supplies... Only in this way, when you are suddenly attacked at night, can you be clear in your heart, know where to find the troops, know where you can't lose, know where the enemy is coming from, and know how to deal with it."

The Jin general was still sneering when he heard the beginning, but he gradually became serious when he heard the end.

"Just like now." Wendun Sizhong raised his hand and pointed to the blazing fire outside, "There are a total of six gates in Hedong City, four warehouses, one prefectural government, one county government, two pacifier's public houses, and three military camps. Except for the six gates being evenly distributed, the rest are all biased to the east, and there are our Jurchen main forces guarding them... This is also the reason why you don't know how to save them, or where to save them... But if I were to cause chaos, I would definitely divide the troops to cause chaos, set fires under the cover of night, feign attacks on these key points in the east, and then secretly concentrate the elite on the two western gates that are the furthest away, and regardless of everything, directly seize the gates, open the gates, and lead the Song army into the city..."

The Jin general's heart was cold, and he blurted out, "In that case, when I learned about the rebellion in the military camp, it was already too late?"

"It must be too late in such a big city." Wendun Sizhong shook his head and said, "You know if you think about it, the Han Chinese soldiers have the same strength as the Jurchen soldiers, and there are tens of thousands of Wang Sheng's troops outside, so how can you stop them if they are determined to cause chaos? The only thing that can make you do something is probably here, because there must be a small number of Han Chinese soldiers who want to continue to be reused by the Song people, so they will inevitably think about this prefectural government and prepare to capture me to exchange for meritorious service. However, these people must be a minority, and they dare not be nosy when discussing the plan, and they will only gather secretly after the chaos starts and then come to find me. And if that's the case, you've already stumbled over here by mistake."

As soon as he finished speaking, as if to confirm Wendun Sizhong's words, the Jin army outside suddenly let out a shout, and the sound of weapons rang out outside the prefectural government.

The Jin general stood up for a moment, but sat down again in despair, and turned his head to look at Wendun Sizhong, "May I ask the pacifier... What else did Taizu teach the Second Prince?"

"Taizu also said that to be a general, you must understand the real intentions of the higher-ups, and you must also understand the surrounding situation." At this point, Wendun Sizhong finally sneered, "At that time, Taizu also praised me, saying that I was the one who understood his true intentions the most, so I became his messenger... Do you know? Some of our generals in the Great Jin Kingdom are really stupid. Taizu ordered him to attack which city, and he went to attack which city, but after he captured the city, he let the Liao army in the city escape... But he didn't know that Taizu's original intention was to trap the Liao army in the city, so that the Liao army could not escape."

"That's also true."

"To put it clearly, it is actually to know why you want to fight." Wendun Sizhong continued to sigh, "Why did you fight out of Hudian? Because the Great Jin was going to establish a country! Why did you take risks and storm the passes and seize Xijing? Because you wanted to destroy Liao and seize land to build a foundation! Why did you go south to fight the Song people? Because Nikan didn't fight for the throne, and wanted to go south to expand his own power, and the Emperor and the princes had no choice but to rush to send troops to divide his situation... Therefore, the Second Prince was so eager when he advanced in Hebei, and Nikan simply abandoned Taiyuan and locked the city and went south... Only, where could he have imagined that Tokyo City would be so rich at that time? And the Song people would be so cowardly?"

"I didn't expect the Song people to be so tough now." The Jin general helplessly sighed along.

"It's not that the Song people have become tougher." Wendun Sizhong shook his head and said, "I've also thought about it, it's more that we've become useless... What kind of days were those in the past, and what kind of days are these now? Enjoying the same, the Song people are so cowardly, and we will naturally become cowardly along with them. Taizu did the right thing in the past, selling the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song people, each being safe. It was Nikan who ruined the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom for his own selfish reasons. How hateful, I divided so much gold, silver, and children at that time, and I even doubted Taizu's vision, and only today, when I'm in a dead end, do I know Taizu's brilliance."

"..."

"Then let's talk about the things outside." Wendun Sizhong continued to pour himself a cup of tea, but he actually took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for the other party as well, and then said calmly, "Why am I not moving today? And why have I been drinking and despondent before? It's not because I'm not loyal to the Great Jin Kingdom, but because I already knew at that time... The Great Jin Kingdom wants me to sit here, and it also wants you to sit here, to try to hold back the Song army, to delay the time as much as possible. And when it comes to now, there is no possibility of reinforcements, and the higher-ups have one more meaning... Do you know what it is?"

The Jin general was sad for a moment, "They want us to die... To try to drag some people down before we die."

"But they don't know that I lost half of my troops in the previous reckless battle, and I can't delay it even if I want to." Wendun Sizhong also finally became sad, "Actually, Taizu also taught the Second Prince that to be a general, you must know how to unite your subordinates and make them one... I didn't learn this at all, otherwise, I would be able to do one or two things today."

"Is there really no way to save it?" The Jin general smiled bitterly.

"There's really no way to save it." Wendun Sizhong said seriously, "Let me ask you one more thing, have you ever thought about why these Han Chinese soldiers rose up one morning, and we didn't even hear the news?"

"Is it because... We usually don't treat them as people?" The Jin general smiled more and more bitterly, "Are there several walls between the two sides?"

"That's right, but it's not just that." Wendun Sizhong's eyes flickered, "I've also been thinking these days, it's not just the Jurchen soldiers who don't treat the Han Chinese soldiers as people? In the Great Jin Kingdom, aren't there gaps between the close relatives and the distant relatives? Otherwise, how could Nikan pull up the Western Route Army? Also, under the Jurchens, the Bohai people are slightly higher, stronger than the Khitans and the Xis, the Khitans and the Xis are stronger than the Han Chinese in Yanyun, and the Han Chinese in Yanyun look down on the Han Chinese in the two He Provinces, layer after layer. But if you treat the Han Chinese as slaves, why use them? If you use them, why treat them as slaves?"

"Pacifier, you don't usually say these words." The Jin general shook his head repeatedly.

"I was wrong." Wendun Sizhong replied simply, "In fact, in today's situation, if I'm not mistaken, it's not just the Han Chinese soldiers who have rebelled, but also those Han Chinese officials in the city... It's not that we don't have the means to monitor the Han Chinese soldiers, but we rely on these Han officials, but now the Han Chinese soldiers have rebelled so neatly, it can only be said that these Han officials from the two He Provinces have long been merged into it. As for the Han officials in Yanyun, either they have also rebelled, or they are deliberately not saying anything, trying to sit on the fence and seek a way out."

The Jin general thought for a while, and couldn't refute it for a while, but he became more and more depressed, "These Han officials control the warehouses and administration, and they also have relationships with the big families in the city, and if they are prepared and we are unprepared, and they get a few officers drunk, I'm afraid the warehouses will also be lost..."

"Not necessarily." Wendun Sizhong didn't think so, "The warehouses in the city are meritorious, but the key is to surrender the city. If I were these people, I'm afraid I would focus on isolating the roads to these key points... You came from the central military camp and walked on the main street, but have you ever thought about why you are the only one who came to find me?"

The Jin general shook his head repeatedly, "In that case, there's really no way to save Hedong City?"

Wendun Sizhong raised his cup to him, "Otherwise, why would I stay here and not move?"

The Jin general was silent for a moment, but still tried to speak, "Pacifier, now that things have come to this, I don't have the intention to save this city anymore, but we are still Jurchens after all. You came from Taizu's personal guard, and I came from the Grand Marshal's personal guard. We should both be loyal to the Great Jin. According to me, the Han army that attacked the prefectural government has been repelled at this time. Why don't you and I go out together, and we'll gather our own people along the way? We can kill one person or burn one house. What if we let the Song people know that we haven't lost our edge?"

Wendun Sizhong smiled and said, "You really learned things from Nikan's side, and your temper is the same as his."

"Pacifier." The Jin general continued to sigh, "Not only the Grand Marshal, but even if Taizu was still here, what would he do? Would he sit and wait for death?"

Wendun Sizhong was silent for a moment and shook his head, "How can you and I compare to Taizu? If Taizu was here, why would you need to persuade me? If you want to kill, go and kill. I will just stay here and wait for the Song army to surround me and end it."

Seeing that the other party had lost his spirit, the Jin general couldn't help but shake his head and got up directly, left without looking back.

And as soon as this person left the prefectural government, he heard a loud noise from the two western gates in the distance, and there were shouts of killing from afar, and the momentum was far greater than the previous commotion in the city. It was as Wendun Sizhong had said, the Song army had already entered from the west, and this city was根本无可救药from the beginning of the riot.

But even so, this Jin general still went mad, gathering his own mouke, plus a few teams of subordinates that he had put together, and followed the main street to kill the Song army, and set fires along the way. Regardless of the old and young, women and children, officials and commoners, as long as he saw Song people, he would directly砍杀.

When he collided with the Song army in the darkness, he relied on a fierce and desperate spirit, and his own troops were the night watch troops, with complete armor, and he actually temporarily shocked the Song army's position, causing the Song army to retreat repeatedly.

But soon, the Song army reacted, concentrating hundreds of elite heavy armor axe soldiers and advancing along the main street. He couldn't support it after all, and his own chest was hit twice by a long axe, his blood was unstable, and he retreated in embarrassment.

He fled all the way back, couldn't defend the central military camp, didn't dare to enter the narrow lanes on the left and right, and finally simply returned to the front of the prefectural government in the east of the city. Then, this Jin army meng'an looked around with the help of the firelight and found that there were only a dozen people left to follow him. Knowing that things could no longer be done, he simply gritted his teeth and staggered into the prefectural government for the second time.

"Why did you have to do this?"

Wendun Sizhong was still sitting in the hall, and shook his head when he saw the other party returning in embarrassment, "Didn't you still have to come back?"

The general nodded, "Pacifier predicted things like a god, and his talent is indeed ten times that of mine."

Wendun Sizhong smiled bitterly for a moment and went to pour tea.

But after the Jin general finished speaking, he simply raised a knife and砍翻 Wendun Sizhong, who was unprepared, on the table