On June 22, the third year of Hongwu in the Song Dynasty, in the north city of Wulahai City, the red and black sun flag symbolizing the Emperor of Jin Dynasty was still flying at the top of the city.
The grasslands at the foot of the mountains from the north city of Wu Lahai City to the southern foot of Black Mountain are dotted with tents of all sizes. The red and black military flags and five-color military flags of the Jin Dynasty are still fluttering in the wind!
The camp and flags of the Jin Army and the red and black sun flag of the Jin Emperor all show that the battle of Wu Lahaicheng still has no final winner!
Although the Jin soldiers suffered two disastrous defeats in the initial battle on June 16 and the night attack on June 19, the number of soldiers lost including Han'er, Mengwu, Jurchen and other troops exceeded 20,000, and more than 20,000 soldiers were lost. On the night of June 19th, they abandoned the southern city of Wulahai City, the main city under the threat of the Song Army's "hot pot cannon", and the entire army shrank to the north of the Yellow River and Beihe.
However, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Great Jin Dynasty, at this time, still did not admit defeat... He was still north of the Yellow River Beihe, relying on the Yellow River Beihe and Heishan to set up defenses and persevere.
And Yue Fei, who had won two battles, wiped out more than 20,000 enemies, and captured the main city of Wu Lahai, did not take advantage of the victory to attack the Jin soldiers north of the Yellow River and Beihe. After all, he only brought more than 30,000 people north. Although they won two games in a row with the help of firearms, the casualties of their troops exceeded 3,000, and the consumption of gunpowder, explosive pots, and cannonballs was extremely high.
So Yue Fei occupied the main city of Wu Lahai City, which had been abandoned by the Jin soldiers, and then relied on this castle, which was considered extremely strong in the cold weapon era, to continue with Emperor Jin while waiting for the arrival of the main force led by Zhao Kai.
The two armies facing each other in Jiahe did not engage in large-scale fighting on the 20th and 21st, but were busy consolidating their respective camps.
On the 22nd, the army led by Zhao Kai, a Luoyang official of the Song Dynasty, finally passed through the Hejian Grassland and arrived at the main city of Wu Lahai City.
The news of Zhao Kai's arrival quickly spread to the north city of Wu Lahai City, where the Emperor Wanyan Wu of Jin Dynasty was begging for money.
"Father, father... Zhao Kai's troops have arrived. There are a total of seventy or eighty thousand people, including infantry, cavalry, and many large carriages. The queue is endless on the grassland! This is But what should we do? You are so sick..."
"Puluhu, why are you panicking?"
Wanyan Wu's hoarse voice interrupted Wanyan Zongpan, who was reporting the military situation to him in front of his sickbed. Puruhu was Zongpan's real name. The Emperor of Jin fell ill...not something. A serious illness is just an "occasional cold"!
On the morning of June 19, after hearing from Wanyan Huonv that General Wanyan Loushi had died in battle and that the Tiefutu warriors had lost more than 2,000 people, she "fell cold" and fainted, and was finally carried away. Then he returned to the north city of Wu Lahai City.
After two days of recuperation in the north city of Wu Lahai City, he recovered a little. However, the medical officer accompanying the army said that the "wind cold" Wu Qimai contracted was extremely cold, so he could not get excited or move much. In the end, It's best to keep it up for a while before moving...otherwise there is a risk of "cold collapse"!
Of course Wu Qimai was unwilling to "collapse", and his son Wanyan Zongpan was a rare true filial son in an emperor's family... He really was not a "filial son"!
Because although he is the eldest son of Wu Qimai, everyone calls him the "eldest prince", but the "eldest prince" of the Kingdom of Jin is not equal to the crown prince... It just means that he is the eldest son of the emperor, and he is also the eldest son of the emperor. He is not the only "big prince" in the Kingdom of Jin.
There are more than a dozen "princes" on Wanyan Aguda's side. The eldest among them is the eldest brother of Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongfu and Wanyan Zongbi. The current Guolun Bojilie Wanyan Zongqian is the elder brother.
In addition, although Wanyan Zonghan is not the "eldest prince", he is the eldest brother of the eldest son. He is the eldest grandson of the Wanyan family, and he is also the eldest grandson! He is also qualified to be acquainted with Banbo Jilie.
As for Wu Qimai's current heir to the throne, he is his younger brother, who is familiar with Banbo Jilie and Wanyan Xieye. If Wanyan Wu Qimai died now, then Wanyan Xie would ascend the throne and become emperor.
Since Wanyan Xieye's health is not very good, it is very likely that he will not be able to be emperor for a few days before he has to be replaced by someone else. It is also very likely that he will not be able to survive Wanyan Wu's begging and will be ahead of Wu's begging... .So Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Zongpan are now eyeing the next position of Banbo Jilie.
Of course Wanyan Wu Qimai wanted his son Zong Pan to ascend the throne, but the problem was that Zong Pan's reputation and merit were not enough, and Wu Qimai himself was not strong enough... So Wanyan Wu Qimai It's okay to be alive, but once he dies, it will be difficult for Wanyan Zongpan to compete with Zong Qian and Zong Han!
And this time the Battle of Black Mountain was fought by Wu Qimai Yujia personally. A defeat would not only lose the already weak strength of Wu Qimai's family, but also damage the reputation of Wu Qimai and his son, which was not very high in the first place. .
Now Wanyan Zongpan is not only getting farther and farther away from the position where he is familiar with Banbo Jilie, but it is even more difficult for him to settle for the next best thing and find a position in Bojilie. He can't even join Bojilie's team... This With such a situation in front of us, how could Wanyan Zongpan not be filial?
But the problem is that his father Wu Qimai is no longer doing well, and Zhao Kai is coming with an army again... If Wu Qimai can't move, and Zhao Kai sends troops to attack again, what should we do?
Seeing his son's lost state, Wanyan Wu Qimai also sighed and said, "Puruhu, go and call Xiebao, Huonv, Salihe, Wulimei, and Hebule."
These people who were famous by Wu Qimai actually met outside the palace where Wu Qimai was training. So he was soon called into Wu Qimai's dormitory, and Wu Qimai asked the internal officials and palace servants who were waiting for him to help him up, and sat on the sickbed to summon everyone.
And among the people who entered Wu's begging palace, there was one more Xiao Zhonggong than the one he summoned before.
"Xiao Zhonggong, are you back from Li Qianshun?" Wu Qimai looked at Xiao Zhonggong and asked, "What does he mean?"
It turned out that Xiao Zhonggong was sent by him to contact the Xixia army. The 50,000 Xixia army did not dare to approach when Wu Qimai and Yue Fei fought. But in the past two days, they have moved quickly. They have driven all the way along the north bank of the Yellow River and reached the Jin Army's station twenty miles away last night.
"I just came back this morning..." Xiao Zhonggong said, "But I didn't see Qian Shun, I only saw Brother Cha, the King of Jin."
"What did he say?" Wu Qimai asked, "Does he still want to fight alongside us?"
Xiao Zhonggong was stunned, "Why did your Majesty say this? Does your Majesty suspect that Qian Shun has..."
Wu Qimai waved his hand, "I don't doubt Qian Shun... If Qian Shun didn't kill his wife and son, Zhao Kai would tolerate him in order to win over the Khitan people. But now, Zhao Kai can tolerate him, Xiao Heda , Yelu Dashi can’t accommodate him!”
"Your Majesty," Xiao Zhonggong said, "The King of Jin also said the same... He said that if I, Dajin, do not plan to fight the Song army in Black Mountain, then he and the Wu soldiers will prepare to lead their troops to the west. gone."
"Go west?" Wu Qimai asked, "Where do they want to go?"
"They want to go to Gaochang and Khotan." Xiao Zhonggong said.
Wu Qimai nodded, "If you move trees alive, people will die...that's the way to go!" He thought for a moment, "Now that Zhao Kai's army has arrived, I have caught the wind and cold, and I really can't prepare for the battle. We can only temporarily withdraw our troops and return to Xijing. Before leaving, I want to meet Brother Cha.
You go and tell him that our Dajin soldiers grabbed two large pot-like firearms in the previous battle, and their power is amazing. It is enough for us to keep one for ourselves and give the other to Dabai Gaoguo. If they can imitate it, it shouldn't be difficult to pacify the Western Regions. If Brother Cha is worried, then meet between the two camps... I will only bring 500 people, so let him bring 500 people too. "
After saying this, Wu Qimai sent Xiao Zhonggong away.
Seeing Xiao Zhonggong leaving, Wanyan Zonggou said: "Father, although my son and I drew the pattern according to the description of the living girl Meng'an, and even had a wooden model made, but..."
Wanyan Zonggou was also the son of a "great artist" and had some painting skills, which was incomparable with Zhao Kai. However, I can still draw the "Bucket Cannon" according to Wan Yan Huo Nu's description. Then he ordered Liu Lin to supervise the manufacture of several wooden model cannons, and also conducted test firings using captured granular gunpowder, non-exploding explosive pots and wooden bombs... although most of the wooden model cannons were exploded. , but in the end it was successful.
But now Wanyan Zonggou and his craftsmen have only touched upon the artillery, and it is still early to actually build the artillery!
Wanyan Wu Qimai smiled faintly: "You can go back and draw a pattern to make people dare to build a wooden model... They know that the craftsmen of Gao Kingdom are very powerful. With the wooden model and the pattern, they will definitely be able to make a wooden model." The one who made the bucket cannon.”
"My son, I accept the decree."
Wanyan Xianbao frowned deeply, as if he was worried. Wu Qimai glanced at him and asked, "Xie Bao, what are you thinking about?"
"Your Majesty," Wanyan Xiebao said, "I always feel that this brother Cha has bad intentions...and Qian Shun is probably gone!"
Wu Qimai frowned, "Xie Bao, don't say these unfounded words!"
"I know..."
Wu Qimai paused, and then said: "I'm sick. After seeing Brother Cha, I have to go back to Xijing to recuperate... I can't be in Black Mountain to prepare for the battle, and Lou Shi is not here anymore. Xie Bao, are you As the supervisor of the Southwest Recruitment Department, why not take over the position of Lou Shi and become the Southwest Recruitment Department?"
Wanyan Xiebao was stunned and thought to himself: Do you want me to take the blame?
Seeing Xie Bao's hesitation, Wu Qimai said: "Xie Bao, if you are the one to punish me, I will have to let Zongfu Nuli Duo be the one to punish me."
After hearing what Wu Qimai said, Xie Bao knew that he had to take the blame.
Because now Wanyan Zongwang is in charge of military affairs in Hebei, Wanyan Zongqian is staying at his hometown in Huining, and Wanyan Zongbi is in Xuzhou in charge of the army to fight against the Southern Song Dynasty. If Wanyan Zongfu takes over Wanyan Lou's office, then the descendants of Aguda and his descendants will take charge of the war. The Kingdom of Jin!
Wanyan Xiebao's lineage is relatively withered. In addition to his father Zonghan, there is also a nerdy uncle Zongxian, and then there is him...
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