Wanyan Nianhan used his troops to besiege Gaoyanei in Yanjin City, and at the same time moved his main force to attack the Jujube deployment. If anyone with a discerning eye could see it, they would know that this guy was going to "make soy sauce".
The reason is simple. The location of Ziziphus jujube is closer to the Yellow River than Yanjin. After Wanyan Nianhan's army moved to Suanzao, it was closer to the ferry and pontoon bridge on the Yellow River, which of course made it easier to escape.
Moreover, although Suanzao Town is a quite large town, there are not many defenders in the town. No matter how it is "rolled", it cannot cause much damage to Wanyan Nianhan who is determined to preserve his strength. At most, it just makes Nianhan unable to take it down for a while... As long as the "Crow Mouth Man" is not folded outside Suizao City, there is no shame in being unable to take it down.
In the past year since the Jin Dynasty started fighting against Song Dynasty, it had not conquered many cities.
Therefore, Nianhan, who moved to Suanzao, was in a favorable position to retreat northward at any time, and at the same time, he was in a favorable position to coordinate the entire army's northward retreat when Wu Qimai's retreat route (retreating along the east bank of the Yellow River) was cut off.
Of course, by doing this, Nianhan was giving up the big cake of Kaifeng Mansion and giving up.
If Wu Qimai breaks the Kaifeng Mansion, then Nianhan will not only be unable to go further to fight for the next Shibanbo Jilie, but will even lose the recognition of his warriors, causing the collapse of his own faction.
But if Wu Qimai suffered a big loss under Kaifeng City and ran away in embarrassment, he would even have to rely on Nianhan's support to escape. Then the next leader of the class, Banbo Jilie, must be Nianhan... So Nianhan's lying down is just a bet that Wu Qimai can't conquer Kaifeng Mansion!
"Damn Nianhan..."
In the Jin Bing camp in the north of Kaifeng Fucheng, inside a golden tent, the roar of Emperor Wanyan Wu of the Jin Dynasty suddenly came out, begging for money!
Wanyan Wanlibu, Wanyan A'lu, Wanyan Chanmu, Wanyan Wulu, Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Boji and others who came after being ordered and just walked outside the golden tent heard the roar, and they all jumped up. He was stunned and stopped at the same time.
These great Wanyan all knew that Wu Qimai and Nianhan would not deal with each other - when Wu Qimai first became emperor, Nianhan was accused of "stealing" because he took money from the treasury without authorization. , and even got beaten!
But can it be called stealing when the emperor takes money from the treasury? At best, it's just taking it without telling you. But Nianhan was making a fool of himself, talking about Aguda's death, and dragging a few Bo Jilie along with him to buy Wu Qi's power and beat up such a dignified emperor. It was really a bit excessive.
So it's right for Wu Qimai to hold grudges against Nianhan... But raising this matter to the level of "damn" seems a bit too much, right?
And now he is in front of the army, how can he kill a general like Nianhan?
Everyone has set their sights on the "Second Prince of Bodhisattva" Wanyan Youbu. He is Aguda's most beloved son and the second-largest figure in Aguda's lineage, second only to Wanyan Onben, Bojilie of Guolun.
Now Wanyan Onben is staying in Xijin Mansion in Nanjing, so the Aguda faction in front of the army is naturally led by Oniebu.
Wanyan Boji, the son of Wanyan Xieye, who is familiar with Banbo Jilie and is in charge of Daming Mansion, also said: "Second Prince, now is not the time for internal strife in our own family!"
Wanyan Wanli nodded and said: "Yes, even if Nianhan is very domineering, he will not die! Let's remonstrate with the emperor together and ask him to spare Nianhan!"
In fact, none of the big Wanyan people like Nianhan... This guy is domineering and no one takes him seriously! And they are not the same group as Nianhan. Some of them are from the Aguda sect, some are from the Wu Qimai sect, and some are from the Xieye sect, but there is no Nianhan sect.
But this does not mean that they will agree with Wu Qimai killing Nianhan... Who is Nianhan? The arrogant and domineering eldest prince of Jin Dynasty, the most prominent among all the powerful men, was a key figure in the Kingdom of Jin Dynasty in limiting the expansion of imperial power.
If he was killed by Wanyan Wu for begging, Dajin's imperial power would be greatly expanded. For a group of great Wanyan people, there is nothing worse than the expansion of imperial power.
And Wanyan Boji's father, Wanyan Xieye, must be the one who least wants Nianhan to die among all the great Wanyan.
Because once Wu Qimai's imperial power expands, he will seek to pass the throne to his son. Xie Ye, who knows Ban Bo Ji Lie, is in danger!
So Wanyan Boji immediately expressed his position: "If the emperor is unwilling to forgive Nianhan, then I will immediately go to Daming Mansion to invite my father over."
Wanyan Yili nodded and said with a smile: "Okay... let's go in immediately to give advice!"
As he spoke, he took the lead and led a group of Da Wanyan into the golden tent where Wu Qimai was.
After entering, I discovered that Wu Qimai had just lost his temper and kicked over all the tables and chairs in the tent. Wanyan Puluhu (son of Wu Qimai), who was as arrogant and domineering as Wanyan Nianhan, He was holding a memorial and standing in the big tent in a daze. Seeing the big guys coming in, he shook the memorial in his hand and said angrily to everyone: "You guys came just in time. Nianhan's memorial has just arrived... He no longer comes to Kaifeng Mansion, but has moved to Visit the Jujube Town on the bank of the Yellow River.
He also said that the Song army was very good at defending the city. He suffered a loss in Yanjin and could not attack for a long time. He asked us not to underestimate the Kaifeng defenders. If Kaifeng is really difficult to fight, we should withdraw to Hebei in time to avoid futile efforts and another defeat. Loss for no reason!
Look, this Nianhan is disrupting the morale of the army! "
I see……
All the big Wanyan guys understood what was going on.
Wanyan Nianhan was indeed unreasonable. It was not that it was bad to pour cold water on the troops and disturb the morale of the army, but he told the truth and then took the correct route himself, leaving a possibly wrong road for Wu Qimai and the others. Wanyan left.
If everyone fights against Kaifeng Mansion together, then everyone will share in the mistakes, sharing the blessings and sharing the blame.
But now, Nianhan dumped the blame first, and then stood aside and watched everyone take the blame... What kind of intentions were behind this, and how could anyone not see it?
He dumped the blame. If Kaifeng Mansion failed to win this battle, he would not bear the responsibility, and he had foresight!
With foresight...then when the next time I choose Bamboo, shouldn't he be chosen?
But it can be seen that they have nothing to do with Nianhan!
Who else can capture Wanyan Nianhan and take the blame together?
And Nianhan is also extremely horny, so he doesn’t have the right to speak?
That's why Wu Qimai was so angry that he jumped up and down.
"Your Majesty," Wanyan Wanli said, "Nianhan did suffer a big loss in Yanjin. Even if the horse is dead, maybe he is discouraged?"
"Hmph!" Wu Qimai snorted coldly, "If he is really discouraged, how can he still write a memorial like this?"
"Your Majesty, there is some truth in what Nianhan said," Wanyan A'lu, who had suffered losses in Yuncheng, whispered, "Kaifeng City is indeed strong, and it looks difficult to fight!
Moreover, the Southerners have stabilized their position and become increasingly difficult to deal with. First Captain Gao came out, then Zhao Bupo came out, and now there’s Little Lieutenant Gao..."
When Wu Qimai heard this, he was really angry!
If it weren't for Wanyan Youlibu, Wanyan Wushu, Wanyan Alu and his brothers who suffered losses from Gao Qiu and Zhao Bupo last time, he wouldn't have sent troops all the way to create trouble!
Now that the battlefield has not been recovered, how can he retreat?
This time, the Kingdom of Jin sent a total of more than 300,000 troops. This was an army that could overwhelm the country. It cost a lot of money. If they returned without success, then who would be responsible for the expenses of Meng Anmouke below for this troops?
And now they are outside Kaifeng Prefecture, how can they evacuate?
Now that we are retreating, the people below are still not allowed to treat Wu Qimai as a coward?
"Your Majesty," Wanyan Wanli could not help but suggest that Wu Qimai was very angry and knew that it was impossible for him to back down, "In fact, whether Nianhan comes or not will not have much impact on the battle of Kaifeng Mansion... and He also got a lot of wood for us, and gave us some food and grass...With these, we can also attack Kaifeng Mansion! If we can capture Kaifeng Mansion, Nianhan will be making a mistake!"
Wanyan Wu finally heard a few words from Qingmai.
"No, what are your ideas?" Wu Qimai asked, "Our filling of trenches and mountains has not been going well these days!"
Kaifeng Fucheng is not Yanjin City. The moat of Kaifeng Fucheng is part of the canal system with Kaifeng Fucheng as the core. The river is five to six feet wide, and boats can also be sailed on it!
The Song army mobilized many "Liangshan warships" to patrol the moat, and any Jin soldiers who dared to approach would be attacked.
There are 300 horse-faced piers around the outer outline of Kaifeng Fucheng. Several cannons are placed on each pier, and the range of these cannons seems to be quite long. If the Jin soldiers want to pile up dirt outside the moat of Kaifeng Mansion, they will easily be beaten by cannons!
In addition, the defenders of Kaifeng Mansion are not short of divine arm bows and bed crossbows! And they are all "997 soldiers"!
Therefore, in several tentative offensives, the Jurchen soldiers under Wu Qimai's command, Alixi, suffered considerable losses. It was extremely difficult to build mountains and fill trenches outside Kaifeng City...
"Your Majesty," Wanyan Weli said without thinking, "It seems that the only way to fight is by the Wuzhang River!"
"How to fight?" Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at his nephew who was very good at using soldiers, "We don't have a navy army!"
"We have cannons! And we have the strength in numbers..." Wanyan Wanli couldn't say, "The Fifty-Zhang River is very narrow. The waterway in most sections of the river is only five or six feet wide, and the river beaches on both sides are not even wide." It will exceed ten feet... If we can set up hundreds of cannons on the north bank of the river, are we afraid that we will not be able to control the channel of the Wuzhang River? Can the warships of the Song Dynasty withstand the stones fired by hundreds of cannons?
As long as we control the river channel, our people can cross the river and build a pontoon bridge on the Wuzhang River to cut off the river channel. After crossing the Wuzhang River, our people are not far from the Bian River.
When the time comes, the Song Army will be forced to fight us outside Kaifeng Prefecture in order to protect the water transportation of the Bianhe River! "
"What a good idea!" Wanyan Wu Qimai clapped his hands and said with a smile, "I still can't find anything you can do if I can't help you! As long as the Song army is willing to come out of the city to fight, I am sure that we can win a complete victory!"
