Chapter 1126 Jurchen Navy

As Li Bao also agreed, Xu Qing became very excited. After all, these people were all from impoverished backgrounds, and seeing so many good things they had obtained about to be burned, he felt as if he were cutting off his own flesh! With enough warhorses, Li Bao’s courage also greatly increased. He selected nearly a hundred soldiers who knew how to ride, sent them out thirty li, and then selected another 3,000 elites from the ship. They joined the 5,000 people on the shore in transporting the supplies. With more people, the work progressed quickly, especially since they had enough horses and vehicles. By the time the sun set again, the entire city of Yuguan had been completely cleared out. The grain and fodder stockpiled in the city now all belonged to Yue Fei. "Set fire to it, burn this city to the ground!" Yue Fei commanded, looking at the empty city before him. "Yes!" With his order, the entire city of Yuguan was soon engulfed in flames. A day later, when the Jin general stationed at Haiyun Temple and the nearby troops arrived, the entire city of Yuguan had become a ruin. "Bastards!" Wanyan Kan, the leader,’s eyes turned red as he looked at Yuguan, now reduced to a bare expanse of land. He had visited Yuguan more than ten times. Although the place was not prosperous, its terrain was strategic and difficult to attack. Although only 5,000 Jin troops were stationed here, such a magnificent city had been reduced to ashes in just two days. He could not understand how they had managed it. What made him even more upset was that the grain, fodder, and warhorses stockpiled in Yuguan were now all missing. These were meant to be rewards for the Jurchen tribes from Wanyan Aguda. Now that they were all gone, he did not even know how to report this to his superiors. "General, what do we do now?" "What do we do? How should I know?" After glaring fiercely at the soldiers around him, Wanyan Kan angrily threw down his whip and sat down on the ground. As angry as he was, the matter still needed to be resolved. After sulking for a while, Wanyan Kan finally stood up and gave orders to his personal guards. "Yes!" With great effort, after a long time, Wanyan Kan finally pieced together the origin of these Song troops from fragmented information. Although he himself found it hard to believe that so many Song troops had come by sea, after careful consideration, he decided to report this information directly. After hastily writing the letter, he sent it to Shangjing City via flying eagle, filled with trepidation. After sending the letter, Wanyan Kan's task was naturally completed. However, to his surprise, just three days later, as the nobles in Shangjing City had just received the news, and before they could even discuss what to do, the city of Suzhou in the Great Jin, on the other side of the sea, was once again looted by a group of unknown individuals. "Bastards! Where is the navy? What are they good for?" Wanyan Aguda, sitting on the dragon throne and looking at the two letters placed on his table, was furious. First, Yuguan; perhaps it could be considered a coincidence. But now, with the addition of Suzhou, the situation was entirely different. One must know that the so-called Suzhou city was approximately where Dalian is located in later generations. Yuguan, at most, was still the territory of the Liao people. But Suzhou was different. That was originally their Jurchen territory. To consolidate the vast territories they had conquered, they had almost emptied it. It could be said that in the original Jurchen territories, apart from a few important passes and some strong young men, other cities were now only left with the old, weak, and sick. If these Song people were to seize the opportunity and carry out a massacre, would their Jurchen people face the crisis of extinction? "Your Majesty, the Liao navy was always a mere show. Our Great Jin warriors are skilled in cavalry combat but not in naval warfare. If they were to..." Seeing Wanyan Aguda's anger, a Jurchen general lowered his head and said cautiously. "Do you know what you are saying? Do you know where Suzhou is? Do you know what the consequences would be if they really landed at Suzhou and marched north?" As soon as he finished speaking, Wanyan Aguda directly refuted him. Two important cities had been plundered, and they had not even seen the enemy's appearance. This intense sense of powerlessness was unbearable for him, the emperor who had founded the Great Jin Empire. "I don't care what method you use. I only give you ten days to find these people and eliminate them! Otherwise, you will all lose your heads and present them to me!" At this moment, as his army was plundering and burning in the Song territory, Wanyan Aguda was naturally afraid that the Song people would retaliate in kind on his land. He had lived between the White Mountains and Black Waters since he was a child, and he knew the consequences if the Song people, at all costs, set fire to the mountains. Thinking of that terrible outcome, he lost all reason. "Yes..." With the emperor's command, those below could only rush around frantically. Seeing the emperor leave in a huff, Wanyan Sheng, the prime minister, could only dejectedly start to find trouble with the generals below. Under such heavy pressure, the Jin navy, which was originally resting in its base, was inexplicably dispatched. Although their number of ships far exceeded those of the Song army, in terms of size and sturdiness, they were incomparable. If one added the quality of personnel, the two sides were not even on the same level. Let alone Wanyan Sheng, even the generals below had no chance of winning.