The area around Linhuang Fucheng has turned into a huge construction site!
A trench surrounding Linhuangfu City is now completed. It is so wide that even the best war horses cannot cross it. There were also many sharpened wooden stakes inserted at the bottom of the trench, which looked scary. On the outside of this circle of trenches (with the inside close to Linhuang Fucheng), a circle of lattice-shaped wooden fences was built. Behind the wooden fence, a low wall was built with sandbags. Behind the low wall, there are twelve three-sided and six-sided sandbag bastions currently under construction!
To the left and right of every bastion construction site where construction was in full swing, there were large groups of red scarf infantry, red scarf cavalry and Khitan cavalry waiting in formation, waiting for the golden soldiers in Linhuang Mansion City to come out to fight!
It turned out that what was under construction was the "comprehensive siege project" to surround Linhuang Fucheng. The project started on the fifth day of June. Hundreds of thousands of Song and Liao coalition troops came from the west of Qianli Pine Forest and hundreds of thousands of Song troops came from Yizhou. After joining forces, they did not attack the city immediately. Instead, after setting up camp, they began to build the siege.
Because hundreds of thousands of people worked together (and some had to be on guard), the project progressed very quickly. By the end of June, except for the twelve three-sided hexagonal bastions piled with sandbags that had not yet been completed, the entire siege was almost completed. It's finished.
Starting from late June, the troops besieging the city continued to move away. However, the number of besieging troops remaining around Linhuang Mansion is still about 80,000. Although the number is not large, relying on the completed trenches, fences, low walls and basically completed bastions (the part facing Linhuang Mansion City has been completed), It was enough to trap the 200,000 to 300,000 Jin soldiers and civilians in the city.
The troops that drove away turned south to attack Dading Mansion where Wanyan Zongbi was entrenched. The reason why the Song army besieged the city and did not attack was not only to avoid unnecessary losses, but also to encircle the point for reinforcements. I want to lure Wanyan Zongbi from the mountains of Yanshan to the grassland on the south bank of Huanghe River to eliminate him!
But this Wanyan Zongbi is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he doesn't care that much about Wanyan Liang's life or death.
Therefore, after Wanyan Zongbi learned the news that the Song army was besieging Linhuang Mansion, he didn't even look at Linhuang Mansion. Instead, they concentrated their forces to deal with the five Song armies that invaded Xingzhong Mansion, trying to repel them first, and then pack up the remaining troops and retreat westward or northward.
However, the Song army that invaded Xingzhong Prefecture was not a fuel-efficient lamp. They successively repelled Wanyan Zongbi's attacks in the field battle outside Xingzhong Prefecture. On June 25, they also defeated Xingzhong Mansion, which was heavily defended by Wanyan Zongbi.
At the same time that Xingzhong Mansion was captured by the Song Army, the main force of the Song and Liao Allied Forces, which had been waiting (while still under construction) at Linhuang Mansion on the northern line for more than half a month, finally detached an army of hundreds of thousands and headed south. They began to march toward the northern part of the Yanshan Mountains, where the terrain was relatively open, and headed straight for Dadingfu, Wanyan Zongbi's home base that had been run for many years.
The terrain of the Yanshan Mountains is narrow at the southern and western foothills, and wide at the northern and eastern foothills. If the Song army wanted to advance from the west and south, Wanyan Zongbi had enough dangers to resist.
If the Song army detoured and attacked Yanshan from the east or north, Wanyan Zongbi would be in big trouble. Cities like Dading Mansion and Xingzhong Mansion cannot be defended at all, and it is difficult to move north or west. The best outcome is to hide in the mountains and become a bandit... But he is completely Yan Zongbi, your head is worth a lot of money!
But the people trapped in Linhuang Mansion City don't know how difficult Wanyan Zongbi's life has been these days? I didn't know that most of the Song and Liao coalition forces surrounding Linhuang Mansion had withdrawn.
They only know that the trenches, fences, and bastions of the Song Army used to besiege Linhuang Mansion are getting stronger and more complete day by day, and they are about to be fortified!
Everyone already knows that they can't run away!
The only hope now is that the Song and Liao allied forces will run out of food and grass and retreat... But seeing how big the project they have done outside Linhuangfu City is, I am afraid they have already prepared enough food and grass to prepare for Linhuangfu City. Have you been living outside for a long time?
Daikin's national destiny... I'm afraid it's come to an end!
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Being trapped in an isolated city is of course very difficult!
Even Wan Yanliang, a young man who didn't know how to feel sad, seemed to have aged seven or eight years between June of the eleventh year and February of the twelfth year of Hongwu's reign in the Song Dynasty. The seventeen-year-old young man now looks like he is twenty-five or six years old... This does not mean that his days are like years, at least his months are like years!
The grain reserves in the isolated city of Linhuang Mansion were almost exhausted by February of the twelfth year of Hongwu.
Two to three hundred thousand people had been living half-starved and half-fed since July of the 11th year of Hongwu. They had been hungry for several months. By February of the 12th year, they could no longer sustain even the minimum rations. Since the beginning of February, stories of people starving to death began to spread in Linhuang Mansion. Yes, it is a legend, because no one has ever seen the corpse of a person who died of starvation...
The even more terrifying proposal has been brought to the court by ministers since early February.
"Your Majesty, there are no reinforcements outside Linhuang Mansion, and there is no food and grass inside. We really can't hold on. Why don't we send an envoy to the Southern Dynasty to ask for peace..."
It was Xiao Zhonggong who proposed peace. He was a loyal minister of two dynasties, and now it seems that he is ready to become a third minister!
He paused and then said: "Your Majesty, I can go to the Song camp and have peace talks with the Emperor of the Song people. I can try to find a way for your Majesty to survive!"
Of course there is a way to survive... Song Jun's letter persuading him to surrender has long been shot into the city with a bed crossbow (this is a new use of the bed crossbow). The letter has already stated the conditions: Surrender to avoid death.
The only way to avoid death!
Nothing more!
Of course Wan Yanliang was not willing to give in... He had already studied it. The Song Dynasty was not so kind to the king. There were plans for him to die by taking the drug and become a cuckold!
He was still young, only 17 years old. How could he be willing to die suddenly by taking the triggering drug?
Moreover, his three wives are all young and beautiful, and many noble girls from Jurchen, Bohai, and Khitan have affairs with him... As soon as he surrenders, these women will all belong to Zhao Kai.
Thinking of this, he turned to look at his two unlucky uncles, Wanyan Zongqiang and Wanyan Zongmin.
"Your Majesty," Wanyan Zong said forcefully, "the city has run out of food... and the livestock have all been eaten, but there are still people left to eat..."
He spoke softly, but the monarchs and ministers in the hall heard him clearly.
"What? Eat, eat people?" When Wan Yanliang heard this suggestion, his eyes almost fell out of his head.
Wanyan Zongmin saw Wanyan Liang's fuss and quickly comforted him with kind words: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this human flesh... is also meat! As long as it is meat, you can eat it!"
Wan Yanliang was stunned again and again. He was speechless for a long time. After a while, he murmured: "How did I end up in such a situation? Is there no other way but to eat human flesh?"
Xiao Zhonggong said: "You can make peace! Your Majesty... eating human flesh is not a long-term solution after all!"
That’s right, there’s not much human flesh either!
Although there are more than 200,000 people in Linhuang Mansion City, not all of them have food to eat. What if we finish eating and the Song army from outside comes in?
Therefore, we can only eat the old, weak, women and children, and we should eat them with those in the city who can still fight! How long can I eat this way? What to do after eating?
"After eating, we still have to make peace..." Xiao Zhonggong said with a sad face, "Why don't we make peace now, and we can save a few more lives."
Wanyan Liangxin said: Now there are two choices. Should I become a cuckold immediately? Or should I have sex first and then become a cuckold? Since you can't escape, then let's not eat this human flesh!
Thinking of this, he had no choice but to sigh: "Well...it's all Xiao Qing's fault."
Xiao Zhonggong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, I have no friendship with the senior officials of the Song Dynasty, so it is not convenient for me to seek peace... There is a person in the court who has an old relationship with the senior officials of the Song Dynasty. If he can go with me, maybe We can negotiate a better condition.”
"Who? Who has an old relationship with Zhao Kai?"
"Hainbin Marquis Yelu Yanxi and the Song Dynasty officials had an old relationship..."
Wan Yanliang was stunned, "Isn't Yelu Yanxi the original emperor of Liao? How come he and Zhao Kai are old?"
"Your Majesty," Xiao Zhonggong said, "The official of the Song Dynasty is his father, the emperor!"
It’s really old, not only old, but also close!
Wan Yanliang sighed and said to Xiao Zhonggong: "Forget it, I will let Yelu Yanxi go with you... I have no other conditions. I just want to go to Shuntian Mansion and be an An Le Gong, who can be with me." If my family can live peacefully together for the rest of their lives, they will be content."
Xiao Zhonggong said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The officials in the Song Dynasty are kind and will definitely let you go to Shuntian Mansion to enjoy the blessings."
Wan Yanliang sighed: "I hope so!"
...
"What? Yelu Yanxi and Xiao Zhonggong came together to sue for peace on behalf of Wan Yanliang?"
In Liaoyang Mansion, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was walking in the middle, lowering his head while writing a commendation edict for Han Shizhong and Huang Wuji who presided over the encirclement and suppression of Yan Zongbi. After listening to Yu Yunwen's report, he raised his head with a look of pride on his face.
Can you be dissatisfied?
What kind of peace does Wan Yanliang want now? Please surrender!
Because Wanyan Zongbi, whom he could count on, had been forced into desperation last winter and hid in the depths of Yanshan Mountain... Just a few days ago, Han Shizhong and Huang Wuji jointly submitted a memorial, reporting to Zhao Kai that Wanyan Zongbi and his son were betrayed by his men, and their heads were cut off and sent to Dading Mansion. Now these two heads are rushing to Liaoyang Mansion, and Zhao Kai will see them soon.
Zhao Kai smiled and said again: "Father Bin, go to the Linhuang Mansion Army for me and take the heads of Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Heng... to let Xiao Zhonggong recognize them. If these two If the heads are correct, then the Kingdom of Jin will be completely finished.
I am a benevolent king, and I don’t want to kill all the Jin people. I can spare the lives of Yan Liang and his men. Wanyan Liang can be granted the title of Duke of Huunde, and his brother Wanyanchong can be granted the title of Chonghunhou. The two brothers will go to Yunnan Chong Valley to settle down together, under the supervision of Dali King Duan Yu. From now on, let’s live in Yunnan for generations to come! "
