Upon hearing the news of the Jurchen rebellion, Xiao Wuna was greatly shocked at first, and then calmed down. It was only a matter of time before the Jurchens rebelled. Xiao Wuna had expected it, but he didn't expect this day to come so quickly.
After calming down, Xiao Wuna turned to the pharmacist slave and said: "The Jurchens will rebel. I told the emperor a long time ago, but the emperor persisted in his persistence, which led to today's disaster. Now, there is nothing to say. You and I have only Fight to the death to protect Yongbyon Prefecture City God and wait for the other three cities to come to rescue."
The pharmacist's slave bowed to Xiao Wuna and said: "The soldiers are approaching the city and approaching the trench. There is no other way but to hold on. The current situation can only be like this. The master's slave is willing to follow the governor and fight to the death to protect Ning's border." The city god is not lost."
Xiao Wuna said: "Okay! Gather troops and horses to resist the Jurchen attack."
Xiao Wuna and the pharmacist slave did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly left the governor's office, summoned more than 3,000 soldiers and horses in the city, climbed up the city wall, and waited for the Jurchen soldiers and horses to attack the city god.
Xiao Wuna came to the city in person and looked into the distance.
In the distance, dust is flying. Wanyan Aguda led the Jurchen soldiers and horses, chasing the defeated Hun Tong army all the way to the gate of Ningbian Prefecture.
In the city of Ningbyon, the city gate is closed. Wanyan Agu reined in his horse and looked up, seeing the guards on the city wall walking back and forth, ready to fight.
Wanyan Agu ordered the siege of the city. The Jurchen generals led their soldiers and horses and tightly surrounded the city god of Ningbian Prefecture.
Xiao Wuna, who was on the top of the city, looked down and saw Jurchen soldiers riding horses, raising their swords and spears, spurring their horses, galloping under the city wall, shouting "Aoao", looking very excited and full of morale. exuberant.
Xiao Wuna thought to himself: "Something is not good! Looking at this posture, the Jurchen soldiers will not give up until they capture Ningbian City. It seems that the Ningbian City God may not be able to save it."
Outside the city of Ningbian Prefecture, Wanyan Aguda set up the Chinese army's tent on a high hill. Standing on a high hill, Wanyan Aguda could clearly see every move of the Liao soldiers in Ningbian Prefecture City and on the city walls.
After seeing clearly the situation in the city and on the city wall, Wanyan Aguda stood on the hillock, waving the flag in his hand, and directed the Jurchen soldiers to attack the city.
According to the handsome flag waved by Wanyan Aguda, the Jurchen generals galloped under the city of Ningbian Prefecture and began to organize Jurchen troops to attack the city.
Xiao Wuna and Yaoshinu led the defenders to resist tenaciously.
The Jurchen soldiers attacked the city fiercely.
Xiao Wuna urgently ordered his soldiers to light beacon fires and ask for help from the three nearby acropolises.
The three acropolises are less than 30 miles away from the city god of Yongbian Prefecture. When the acropolis was built at that time, it was considered that if something happens to the city god of Yongbian Prefecture, the three acropolises can rush to help quickly.
From the three acropolis in the distance, I saw beacon smoke rising from the city of Ningjiang Prefecture. Knowing that the situation was not good, I quickly ordered my troops and horses and rushed out of the city, hoping that the city god of Ningbian Prefecture would rush in with his horses to help Ningjiang Prefecture. city.
As soon as the reinforcements from the three acropolis reached the halfway point, they entered the ambush circles set up by Wanyan Yilie, Wanyan Alihan, and Wanyan Loushi.
Amidst the loud beating of drums, the Jurchen soldiers and horses lying in ambush on both sides of the road shouted and rushed out. The Liao army soldiers and horses rushing to support Ningbian Prefecture City were caught off guard and they all looked back. Those who ran slowly were rushed out one by one. The Jurchen soldiers were killed.
The three defenders of the city barely held on to their position, and organized several charges to break through the Jurchens' blocking line, but failed. At the end of the battle, most of the troops in the three acropolis were lost. Seeing that they could not break through the Jurchen soldiers and horses, they had no choice but to retreat to the acropolis and defend themselves.
On the city wall of Ningbian Prefecture, Xiao Wuna, who was leading the soldiers to defend, first heard the constant killing sounds in the distance and became very energetic. Later, the shouts of killing gradually became silent, and no reinforcements arrived for a long time, so Xiao Wuna became worried. Xiao Wuna knew in his heart that the Jurchens must have set up an ambush on the road in advance and intercepted and killed the reinforcements from the three acropolis, so that the reinforcements from the three acropolis could not come to aid Ningjiang Prefecture City.
Faced with this situation, Xiao Wuna and Guo Yaoshi could only rely on the limited troops of Ningbian Prefecture and defend desperately to protect the city god of Ningbian Prefecture, waiting for the court to learn the news and send a large army to come to the rescue.
Far outside the city, Wanyan Aguda, who was standing on a high slope, saw clearly what was going on in the city and on the city wall. In anger, he quickly took out his bow and arrow, strung the arrow, fully drew the bow, and looked at the city wall. Shoot away.
Wanyan Aguda was a good archer. When he was more than ten years old, he could shoot an arrow three hundred meters away and hit birds in the sky. His archery skills were evident? !
Back then, when Xiao Wuna was on a mission to the Jurchen tribe, he saw with his own eyes the teenage Wanyan Aguda shooting down several birds in the sky.
On the high hill, Wanyan Aguda's arrows flew like meteors towards the city wall of Ningjiang Prefecture. Several guards on the city wall were knocked over by Wanyan Agu's arrows one after another. When the Jurchens saw this, they became excited and shouted: "Aguda! Aguda!" The attack on the city became more fierce.
The soldiers guarding the city in Yongbyon Prefecture were shocked and panicked. Xiao Wuna knew that Wanyan Aguda was good at shooting, so he hurriedly informed the soldiers: "Be careful to hide! Beware of flying arrows!" Upon hearing the order, the soldiers defending the city all found bunkers to defend themselves.
On the city wall, Xiao Wuna saw that the situation was critical, so he hurriedly called Xiao Daoqiang, the deputy general of the Ningbian Prefecture garrison, and ordered him to fight desperately to get out of the city. He rushed to the court at starry night to report to Emperor Tianzuo and asked Emperor Tianzuo to send troops as soon as possible. Rush for help, otherwise, the city of Ningbian will not be protected. Xiao Daoqiang received the order, held a long spear, got on his horse, and rode to the city gate.
Xiao Daoqiang shouted loudly: "Open the door quickly!" The soldiers guarding the city hurriedly opened the city gate. Xiao Daoqiang rode out of the city gate. The city gate then closed.
The Jurchen soldiers outside the city gate suddenly saw the city gate wide open and were about to rush in. However, they saw a general rushing out from inside. They hurriedly surrounded him and poked at him with his spear.
Xiao Daoqiang, who was riding a horse and holding a long spear, stabbed three Jurchen soldiers to death in succession. The Jurchen soldiers retreated. Xiao Daoqiang suddenly clamped down on the horse's belly with his legs, shook the reins in his hands, and shouted loudly: "Drive!" The war horse that Xiao Daoqiang was riding neighed, flipped its hooves, and flew away in the air.
A large section of the Jurchen soldiers were trampled down by Xiao Daoqiang's war horse. When they got up and pursued again, Xiao Daoqiang had already disappeared.
The Jurchen soldiers failed to catch up with Xiao Daoqiang who rushed out of the city to report the news, and hurriedly came to report the situation to Wanyan Aguda. Wanyan Agu was rewarded, and he knew that Xiao Wuna had sent people to move reinforcements, so he ordered the siege to be carried out quickly, and he must defeat Ningjiang City God before the Liao reinforcements arrived.
The Jurchen generals received the order and intensified their siege efforts.
Xiao Wuna and Yaoshinu organized their troops and took advantage of the city wall to resist tenaciously.
Besides, after Xiao Daoqiang, the deputy general of the Yingbian Prefecture garrison, broke out of the Jurchen encirclement, he hit his horse and galloped as hard as he could. Halfway through, he met Wanyan Alihan who was fortified in the middle road. Wanyan Alihan rode his horse to stop him. Xiao Daoqiang was anxious, opened his eyes angrily, shouted loudly, fought all the way, and even broke through Wanyan Alihan's blockage. Xiao Daoqiang galloped away with his horse.
Xiao Daoqiang galloped all night and arrived at Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing of Liao Kingdom at the evening of the second day. Fortunately, Emperor Tianzha was in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing before he went out hunting. Xiao Daoqiang hurriedly entered the palace, met Emperor Tianzuo, and reported the Jurchen rebellion and the siege of Ningjiang Prefecture City. Xiao Daoqiang's face was full of urgency, and he reported to Emperor Tianzha: "Your Majesty, the military situation is urgent. We will send out a large army to help immediately. If there is a slight delay, I am afraid that the city of Ningbianzhou will not be protected."
Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi was shocked when he heard the report. Yelu Yanxi did not expect that the Jurchens, who were not many people in his eyes, would be so bold and dare to rebel!
At this time, Yelu Yanxi remembered Xiao Wuna's previous reminder and regretted not listening to Xiao Wuna's advice and taking precautions. However, there is no point regretting it now. The top priority is to send troops to rescue as soon as possible. After a delay, Ningjiang Prefecture was captured by the Jurchens, and Xiao Wuna's life may not be saved.
Immediately, Yelu Yanxi urgently ordered the Bohai Navy commander He Ne to lead three thousand troops to rescue Ningjiang Prefecture.
The commander-in-chief of the Bohai Navy, He Ne, was ordered to mobilize 3,000 soldiers and horses and leave Bohai Prefecture. He said he was going to aid Ningbian Prefecture, but instead of rushing to meet the deadline, he dilly-dallyed along the way, deliberately delaying the time.
It turned out that He Ne, the commander-in-chief of the Bohai Navy, was afraid of fighting with the Jurchens. He had lost his troops and horses, his strength had been weakened, and he could not get supplements from the court. When he encountered an emergency, he could not count on others and had to rely on others. Rely on the few soldiers in your hands. Therefore, although He Ne, the commander-in-chief of the Bohai Navy, did not dare to disobey Emperor Tianzha's order, he did not actively go to rescue Ningbian Prefecture.
The Ningbian Prefecture garrison led by Xiao Wuna and Yaoshinu has been holding on for three days, but no rescue troops from the imperial court have arrived.
It's night, the stars and moon are in the sky, and the sky is bright. In the Chinese army's tent, the pharmacist's slave said to Xiao Wuna: "Xiao Governor, it's not that we didn't try our best to defend the city, it's actually that the Jurchens attacked the city too hard. Seeing that the reinforcements were delayed, Ningbian City may not be able to hold on. It’s better to leave the city and leave.”
Hearing this, Xiao Wuna looked at the pharmacist slave and said sadly and angrily: "The situation at hand can only be like this. Tomorrow morning, you and I will lead the remaining troops and work hard to break out. There may be a way out. We can fight again after we get reinforcements. Come back and take back our Ningbian Prefecture City God from the Jurchens."
That night, the two of them made plans together and made preparations all night long, just waiting to break out early tomorrow morning.
Seeing the delay in the arrival of reinforcements, and knowing that the border city of Ningjiang could no longer be defended, he had to decide to abandon the city and leave; this was also a helpless move.
Outside the city of Ningbian Prefecture, Wanyan Aguda's big tent was brightly lit.
Wanyan Aguda was also convening a meeting with Wanyan Nianhan and other generals to discuss the attack on Chenghuang of Ningbian Prefecture.
Wanyan Aguda looked at Wanyan Nianhan and said: "Nianhan, Xiao Wuna and Yaojianu have been guarding the city for several days and are exhausted. They will abandon the city tomorrow when they see no reinforcements. You should arrange troops and heavy troops. Defend, don’t let Xiao Wuna and Yao’s slave run away.”
Wanyan Nianhan received the order and deployed his troops overnight, waiting for Xiao Wuna and Yao's slaves to lead their troops to break through.
Early the next morning, the south gate of Ningbian Prefecture City suddenly opened wide. Xiao Wuna and the Yao family slaves on horseback rushed out of the city gate with the guards.
Wanyan Nianhan had already arranged his soldiers. When he saw Xiao Wuna and the Yao family slaves rushing out, they all drew their bows and fired arrows at Xiao Wuna, Yao family slaves and the Liao soldiers who followed them.
The Liao soldiers led by Xiao Wuna and Yaoshinu were shot into a large area.
Xiao Wuna's weapon is a spear and a green sword.
Xiao Wuna had already predicted that when they break out tomorrow, the Jurchens would be well prepared and would use archery to prevent them from breaking out. Now, when Xiao Wuna saw the Jurchen arrows flying towards them like locusts, he quickly drew out his green sword and knocked down the flying arrows. He immediately roared and charged towards them.
When a Jurchen general saw Xiao Wuna coming to kill him, he quickly drew his spear and rode towards him. He raised his spear and stabbed Xiao Wuna. Xiao Wuna opened his eyes wide, roared angrily, dodged sideways, waved his sword, cut the Jurchen general in half, and fell off his horse. Xiao Wuna turned around and shouted to the pharmacist slave who was following him: "Master slave! Let's go quickly!"
After roaring, Xiao Wuna hit his horse and left.
More than ten Jurchen soldiers rushed towards Xiao Wuna and surrounded him. They raised their swords and spears and stabbed him randomly. Xiao Wuna hung up his sword, took off his spear from his back, and stabbed several Jurchen soldiers over in succession.
The Yao family slave who followed Xiao Wuna also hacked to death several Jurchen soldiers. Just as he was about to escape, an arrow flew from a distance and shot down the horse under the Yao family slave's crotch. The horse under the Medicine Man Slave's crotch collapsed to the ground, and the Medicine Man Slave also fell under the horse and was captured alive by several Jurchens who surrounded him.
Other Liao soldiers were stabbed with swords and spears by the Jurchens and died.
Xiao Wuna looked back and saw that the pharmacist slave had been captured. When he wanted to save him, he was surrounded by many Jurchen soldiers. Knowing that he could not save the pharmacist slave, he had no choice but to fight his way out of the siege and escaped alone.
