Liu Guangshi's plan is simple and ruthless.
He used Du Chong's head as a bargaining chip for peace talks with the Song Dynasty, and then in exchange for the Song Dynasty's initial trust in him, and then annexed Du Chong's troops and continued to serve as his Han general with the Jin people.
When the Jin Kingdom was established, although the leading people were Jurchens, the number of Jurchens was not large after all.
Even if all the large and small tribes were added together, they still could not support a country, especially a country that planned to enter the Central Plains.
So they took in a large number of Khitans, Xi people, Dangxiang people, and of course the largest number of Han people.
They even did not hesitate to set up three political powers with great autonomy among the Han people... Well, now there is only one.
Because these Han people needed a suitable leader to lead them to work for the Jin people, Liu Guangshi wanted to be in this position.
After Du Chong is eliminated, Zhao Ji and Liu Yu are left.
Zhao Ji, an old guy, can only write and draw. If he is asked to be the leader, I am afraid that even the Jin people will not be willing. So the last problem is the Daqi Emperor Liu Yu.
Liu Yu had soldiers, generals, connections and confidence, but he didn't have the ability.
To put it nicely, he is overly cautious; to put it badly, he is a timid and fearful guy who is not good enough to accomplish anything.
For this kind of person, Liu Guangshi doesn't need to kill him, that would be too obvious.
Keeping his life can also control everything about him, and use him to appease the Jin people's doubts and worries about themselves, while slowly gathering military power.
Now that the plan has gradually succeeded, Liu Guangshi has initially obtained the command authority over Yanyun Land, and it can even be said that he has done a good job.
All that's left is to cut off the return path of the Hebei Jin army.
But... Zhao Huan needed more than that. Nianhan had been fighting with them for so long. To be honest, Zhao Huan didn't believe Liu Guangshi, nor did he believe Liu Guangshi could stop Nianhan.
Therefore, before that, he needed to let Nianhan fall first.
As time became more and more sultry, even the battle to attack Yecheng gradually became more and more interesting.
The fighting time for both sides gradually became shorter, not because Nianhan's successors were weak, but because under the scorching sun, it was difficult to continue to attack or defend the city for a long time.
Even the Song Army's side was even more miserable.
The Song Army's armor is strong and they are much younger and stronger now. Although I dare not say that everyone has standard mountain-shaped armor, normal armor is quite sufficient compared to pig's.
But with dozens of kilograms of jet-black armor on your body, let alone fighting, you will easily collapse even if you stand on the city wall for a long time.
Fighting is especially strenuous.
Of course, the Jin people were not much better than the Song army. They had to carry various siege equipment all the way from the city, let alone fight with the Song army.
Even after rushing to the bottom of the city wall, I was already sweating all over my body, and I was already out of breath after a short dash.
The huge sun consumed a lot of the endurance of both sides. In the end, both sides had no choice but to tacitly choose to stop fighting and call a truce.
"Temporary repairs... prepare more torches!" Nianhan ordered, indicating that he was ready for a night battle.
In the other direction, Zhao Huan of Yecheng also made his own preparations.
"Boiling water, use boiling water for everything!"
"There's some ash, put it on, hurry up!"
"All the people come out, we will investigate and kill today, hurry up!"
"I don't want your property. Don't be so nervous there for you to look at!"
"From today onwards, everyone is no longer allowed to drink raw water. All water must be boiled for consumption!"
Soldiers were constantly shouting loudly in the city, and thousands of soldiers were constantly patrolling the city. The "public toilets" in the city were also cleaned every day, with specialized officials responsible for it.
At the same time, Zhao Huan also personally killed hundreds of meritorious soldiers.
They did not run away from the battlefield, nor were they afraid of fighting or death. They just got rich or lustful while inspecting the city's projects.
A group of guys who have been in the military camp for several years or even ten years can still support them when they encounter money, but when they encounter women and opportunities, these guys are really prone to problems.
Of course, Zhao Huan knew their suffering, so he killed them all with one strike, regardless of success or failure!
Under this kind of forced oppression, Zhao Huan knew that he could not last long, but he did not need to last long. As time passed, the night battle failed to capture Yecheng.
But it is true that under this kind of fighting, accidents finally occurred one after another.
In the Jin camp, a group of soldiers who were inspecting the camp suddenly rolled his eyes and fell down.
The suddenly unconscious soldier caused a small commotion. Not many people paid attention to it. They just thought that the man fell down because the weather was too hot.
Several people skillfully carried him back to his tent, took off his already somewhat hot armor, skillfully fed him water, beat his back and chest to soothe him, and then left him there. here.
No one noticed that the wound on his shoulder had cracked again, and pus, blood and ulcers had begun to appear.
What's more, he didn't realize that his body had begun to tremble slightly and his whole body began to feel hot.
The weather was too hot, causing too many people to collapse due to the unbearable heat. Even Nianhan would not patrol the barracks in armor twelve hours a day.
The army was divided into four or even five squads.
This is not a suitable weather for fighting. If the man in Yecheng was not Zhao Huan, and if Nianhan was not already very old, he would not be still fighting the Song army below Yecheng at this time.
During this period, the soldiers fell one after another, which also made him very tired. Today, Nianhan was having a rare drink in the military tent, trying to make himself feel more relaxed.
But this life always failed him.
While he was drinking and having fun, the doctor from the camp appeared in front of him with a panicked expression on his face.
"What happened again, what's wrong with you!" Nianhan felt upset when he looked at this guy now, "Didn't I send people to the rear to collect medicinal materials and recruit doctors?
With this large army fighting outside, there could be no accidents. Isn't it because the soldiers can't stand the hot weather?
Why don't you come here every now and then to look for me? "
The angry Nianhan threw the wine jar in his hand directly on the ground, and hit it next to the doctor's feet. The broken pieces almost opened a huge gap in the doctor's feet.
But now the blood and the pain on his ankle can't change the doctor's panic.
"General, it's not about the hot weather anymore, there's a plague in the army!"
After saying this sentence, the agitated Nianhan suddenly froze there, with endless fear in his eyes.
"How could a plague break out? I have people cleaning up corpses every day. How could it end up like this!"
"The villain reminded the general before that the hot weather is one of the reasons. The emperor of Song Dynasty used the method of digging water when he attacked Yecheng.
This flood took away too many corpses, plus the deaths and injuries caused by several previous battles and the expelled people from attacking the city.
This land of Yecheng is a horned land, a place blocked by waterways. There are too many corpses, and there are too many corpses of the people.
There are problems with the river and the entire area around Ye City. The villain told the general to be careful..."
"Bastard!" Gao Qingyi interrupted the doctor's words with an angry scolding, "Is it possible that what you mean is that the commander is wrong!"
"Villain... villain..."'
The doctor was so speechless by Gao Qingyi's words that he really wanted to curse.
This is not your fault. Could it be that it is the fault of the old man and me, a doctor?
Shameless!
But he was still sober and knew that if he said these words, he would really have no chance of survival. In the end, he could only turn his head away in anger and stopped talking.
Even with this look in his eyes, Gao Qingyi was still dissatisfied and angry. Just as he was about to step forward to teach this ignorant old man a lesson, Nianhan beside him slammed the table.
"Get out of here!"
The angry scolding made Gao Qingyi calm down, and he quickly bowed to apologize.
Nianhan, who had calmed down, looked at the doctor and asked softly.
"It's meaningless to talk about anything else now. I don't know what the old man is thinking now. Can you tell me what to do now?"
"Alas~" The doctor also let out a long sigh when he saw this appearance, "There is no point in saying anything now. The only thing we can do now is to gather all the soldiers who are sick.
Now we don't even know what kind of disease this plague is, and the villain has no way to come up with a suitable solution immediately. We can only take it one step at a time.
I also hope that the general will step up his efforts to mobilize doctors and medicinal materials. All medicinal materials are needed. When it comes to the soldiers... the general must not be merciful! "
"If we evacuate now..." Although Nianhan didn't want to, he still thought of the last way out and evacuated.
But this suggestion was again rejected by the doctor.
"If we want to evacuate, the general can lead some elites to leave immediately..."
"What are you talking about? I'm asking everyone. How could I be the one who ran away from the battle?"
Seeing that he had understood the wrong meaning, the doctor ignored the pain in his feet and knelt on the ground to apologize.
But what needs to be said still needs to be said.
"The general must not leave with his army now. If he leaves by force, the entire land of Hebei... may become a white land!
The plague is spreading and the weather is hot. I don’t know how many people will be affected. I’m afraid that the entire Hebei Road will be..."
"If that's the case...that's good."
"!!!"
