The next morning, as soon as the sun showed its face in the mountains at the end of the grassland, Wanyanhu led 50,000 Jurchen soldiers to the outskirts of Zhengzhou.

The Song army also went out of the city to pull out, according to the old rules, put a fire before leaving, after the army went out of the city, the entire Zhengzhou city has become a sea of fire, the soldiers held a big log to destroy the city wall gate and all the defensive measures, the fallen city wall will fill the moat tightly, an hour later, Zhengzhou has been unrecognizable.

Wan Yan Liang led the troops to watch all this from a distance, and was secretly frightened, the Song people really had a scorched earth policy, and there was no grass everywhere they went, and the Huanglong Mansion fell into their hands, and they would definitely destroy it overnight, it would be a pity.

The 'army' of the beautiful face was astonishing, but they all rode horses, but the horses were only saddled with straw mats. The soldiers had no armor on their bodies, but were all half-shirted of animal skins, with fur hats and pheasant feathers on their heads, and most of the soldiers were bare-footed with black cow dung.

These are not enough, the weapons in the hands are even more smiling and big teeth, the bow is a bamboo bow, the spear is a bamboo spear, some people still hold Bai Sensen's animal thigh bone as a stick, only a few thousand people in 50,000 people have iron tools, or short and pitiful small short knives.

The soldiers of the Song Army looked at this group of soldiers called Huazi pitifully, looking at the shining armor on their bodies, the polished swords and guns, and a sense of pride arose; Wan Yanliang and his soldiers could obviously see this disdain, their faces were a little feverish, but they all stood tall and folded their bellies, refusing to show half of their envy.

However, that Su Dashuai was amiable, there was no trace of disdain in his smile, and when Yan Liang met him, he also praised a few words about the Jurchen army: "Sure enough, the momentum is fierce, the characters between the white mountains and black waters are extraordinary, looking at this army, I finally understand why the Liao people are just vassals with you instead of enslaving them." ”

Wan Yanliang immediately had a good impression of the young handsome man with slight lips in front of him, said a few words of modesty, and straightened his back even more.

After the army was launched, Pan Jiang asked Su Jindao halfway through: "Dashuai, what can such a Jurchen person do?" Can bamboo arrows and bamboo spears be used against a fart? ”

Su Jin smiled and said in his heart: If you knew that it was these bare-ass natives who would establish a big empire in the future, and even the Great Song Dynasty would be destroyed, you wouldn't think so.

Pan Jiangwu said to himself: "Commander, why don't we give them some weapons, so it can come in handy." ”

Su Jin suddenly changed color and said: "Stupid words, is it a problem to raise tigers?" Don't give them a single iron nail, after capturing Longzhou, all weapons and materials will be taken away, and those that can't be taken away will be destroyed on the spot, and nothing will be left; We are using them to help us contain the Liao army, the southern Liao army must have returned to help, and we need them to rebel and contain it, can we defeat the Liao State, and we want to cultivate a Jurchen who threatens us? ”

Pan Jiang didn't understand why the marshal was so jealous of this Jurchen tribe, but since Su Jin was so solemn, of course he had to completely obey the order, Su Jin had already made up his mind, if he could destroy the Liao State, the next step would be to destroy the Jurchen tribe, and at the worst of all, he would drive them to the far north, and the lessons of history must be learned, and this hidden danger must not be left.

Two days later, Xiongguan is in sight, at first glance Longzhou, everyone gasps, but see the two mountains between the ten thousand walls, the only passage through the north and south, a black big city stands in the middle, there is the tendency to look at the world, the terrain of the north and south is broad, but it can be attacked, but the east and west city walls are less than four or five zhang away from the cliff, there is no city gate at all, and the narrow passage between the city wall and the cliff can not stand at all, because standing there, it is equivalent to sending the neck to the defenders at the head of the city, let them cut down.

Standing in front of this city, Su Jin also felt a little weak, a complete frontal attack, the price paid would be heavy, it was the same whether it went around or not, and the terrain behind the city was still the same after spending a few days detouring, two mountains and a city, it was simply a place where a dog bites a hedgehog.

The loss of the frontal attack was too great, Su Jin moved the idea of attacking from the cliffs on both sides, but how ridiculous it was to immediately lift this method after a little try, the mountains and forests were dense and covered with thorns, and the forests were full of thorns and thorns, and they couldn't go up the mountain at all, but some generals immediately proposed a way, they proposed a fire attack plan, and a fire burned the mountains and forests, that is, they did not attack, and they were roasted.

Su Jin also felt that this plan was feasible, the biggest advantage of this city is the terrain, but the biggest disadvantage is indeed such a terrain, Su Jin didn't understand, why the people who built the city did not take into account the factor of fire attack, after thinking about it carefully, Su Jin suddenly realized that the mountains and forests are not so easy to catch fire, they are all evergreen cedar pines, it seems that it is very easy to catch fire, but it is diametrically opposite, there needs to be a great thing to support combustion, and there must be a suitable wind direction; There is nothing to fuel in these years, and there is no danger that the mountains and forests will be burned; Moreover, even if the mountains and forests are on fire, that is, the east and west sides of the city are more affected, it is obviously unrealistic to destroy the city with fire.

Su Jin has the things that ignite the fire, with thousands of barrels of fire oil, and he can light the fire immediately if he wants a fire attack, but the problem is that the fire oil is too precious, and the effect of the fire attack is not too good, and some of the gains outweigh the losses, and Su Jin is quite reluctant.

On the second day of camping, Su Jin convened the generals in the tent to discuss how to attack, saying that there was no other way to remove the fire attack, Wan Yanhu also attended the meeting, but he didn't say a word, only buried his head in eating the food on the table, and drank the wine he brought.

Jingtai suddenly remembered what Yan Hu said, before he came, he had said that he knew Longzhou's weaknesses, so why not let him talk about the way now; Jingtai proposed to let Wanyanhu talk about the way, but all the generals disagreed, what can a native wearing a tiger skin skirt do.

Su Jin was very interested, and said with a smile: "Leader Wanyan, don't hide if there is any good way, this city will be your city in the future, and you don't want us to burn down the mountains and forests and make this place a miasma." ”

Wan Yanhu said: "Su Dashuai, fire attack is useless, I have been to Longzhou many times, there are fire shelters in the city, the fire in the city may also have a starting effect, the fire in the mountains and forests on both sides is harmless at all, don't waste that energy." ”

Su Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "In this way, there is only one way to attack?" It's okay, I have craftsmen with the army, there is a lot of wood here, and it is not difficult to build some siege equipment, and it will be taken within ten days. ”

Wan Yanhu said: "Don't be so troublesome, I have already thought of a way, I will lead people to break into the city, and your army will take advantage of the chaos to attack the city, if things go well, you can go down in half a day." ”

"Bragging!"

"The sky is full of cowhides flying."

The generals of the Song army were disdainful and disdainful, and the natives of this tiger skin skirt were not small in their ability to open their mouths, and it turned out that bragging was not the patent of the Song people.

Su Jin smiled: "But how do you get into the city?" The front is beaten, and the side is the mountain forest and cliffs, I'm afraid it's not easy. ”

Wan Yanhu said: "I have my own way, my 50,000 sons will climb the cliffs on both sides and climb to the top of the city." Then you will attack. ”

Su Jin's heart moved: "Enter the city from the cliff by rappelling?" It's a good way, I didn't expect it; But how do you get to the cliffs? It is difficult to walk in the mountains and forests, do you cut through thorns and thorns to open the way? Or do you need to burn the forest before climbing it? ”

Wan Yanhu got up and arched his hand and said: "Su Dashuai, there is no need to bother, my Jurchens have their own Jurchen means, Dashuai only needs to set a date for the attack, and the rest is to use the fireworks in the city as the number, and your army will attack the city when the smoke rises, and we will be in the city at that time." ”

Su Jin saw that Wan Yan Hu was so confident, and it was Wan Yan Hu's people who took the lead, so he didn't have any psychological burden, so he immediately gave the order, ate breakfast and lunch early, and launched an attack at noon.

Fifty thousand Jurchens let out an earth-shattering roar after Yan Hu's grunting, and then divided into two teams, one to the east and the other to the west, to the side of the mountain, looking at the appearance of these people barefoot and bare-legged, the Song army generals muttered non-stop: "Isn't this still stabbing blood?" Thorn vines are not polite to you, these Jurchens are crazy. ”

Su Jin sat on his horse, squinting at the Jurchen people reaching the foot of the mountain, the black Jurchens quickly disappeared into the forest, and then the treetops trembled like wheat waves and rolled forward, and the Jurchens on the treetops moved and jumped flexibly like fish in the water.

The generals were also dumbfounded, Su Jin sighed: "This time you know what it means to be unseemly, they have lived in the mountains, forests and valleys for a long time, and moving on the trees is a good trick, but I didn't expect it." ”

Pan Jiang sighed softly: "I know why the marshal is so defensive against them, not only brave, but also resourceful, already with excellent quality, supplemented by sharp blades and strong armor, it is regarded as a big disaster." ”

Su Jin sighed and shouted: "All ready, see the fireworks signal, and attack the city immediately." ”