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On September 12, Shouyang, Taiyuan Prefecture.

Zong Han commanded the army to attack Shouyang City again. After a night, the tiger martyrs in Shouyang City suddenly increased, and the battle flags on the city walls were like forests, and the morale of the soldiers guarding the city was unprecedentedly high.

Zong Han felt a little regretful and thought that he should have attacked overnight yesterday, but then he thought that Taiyuan City was more than 200 miles away, and the Huli Lie reinforcements might have arrived yesterday, otherwise the Liangshan army guarding the city would not suddenly break out at the last moment, and the more they fought, he was worried about. What he was not about the reinforcements from Taiyuan Prefecture, but the main force of the Huli Lie Army who was quickly returning from the Hebei battlefield. If they arrived at Taiyuan City first, it would be difficult for this battle to achieve the expected goal.

Zong Han ordered to invest more troops to attack the city. Just when Jin soldiers gathered under the city, bad luck came.

"Boom..." With a loud bang, the earth shook, and more than a dozen Jin soldiers died in the explosion.

"Boom boom boom..." Explosions sounded one after another, and the entire battlefield trembled in this earth-shaking sound.

The Jin army's soul flew out of the sky, and the tide-like offensive suddenly stopped.

The Black Mountain gunner general who came to reinforce set up fifty stone throwers in the city and shot thunderous fireballs and shaking lasers at the Jin army battle formation outside the city.

The Jin army was hit by a head-on attack. Under the attack of the first wave of firearms, they were devastated and confused. Whether it was the commander in front of the battle or the soldiers who were siegeing the city, they were all stunned and did not know how to deal with it. The battlefield was completely in chaos and suffered heavy casualties.

Yelu Yuji immediately realized that this was a firearm. The defenders in the city were using firearms to attack the Jin army. This battle could not be fought again. If they continued, in addition to the greater losses, the Jin army's siege soldiers would be beaten to pieces by such terrible weapons, and the front-line army might collapse.

"Stop the attack." Yelu Yujiu ordered to withdraw, and the entire army retreated."

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After hearing the news, Zong Wang rushed to the front line in person. Seeing the corpses in a row under the city and the tiger army waiting for battle, an ominous feeling surged in his heart.

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"We don't know how many firearms Li Hu have in his hands." Yelu Yuji looked at the battlefield ahead, and was still scared. "But one thing I can be sure of is that the fireball projected by the Tiger Lie Army is much stronger than the fireball developed by us Khitans back then. It has a louder explosion and has greater lethality. If..." Yelu Yuji hesitated for a long time and still mustered up the courage to say, "If Li Hu made a breakthrough in firearm manufacturing in the past two years and established a firearm army that is more powerful than the Khitan gunner army, then we will attack forcibly and the losses will be immeasurable."

"There is no fear of things like firearms." Wanyan Olu, who was very proud of his face, "Don't say anything about your Khitan gunners, they did not play any role at all. It is rumored that the people of the Song Dynasty were the best in the world, but what was the result? We fought to the city of Bianjing and besieged Bianjing for more than a month, but we did not see the people of the Song Dynasty. In the end, the people of the Song Dynasty had to cede land and pay compensation. The people of the Song Dynasty were actually something to scare people, and how capable was the Hu Lie Mansion to surpass the Song Dynasty in the manufacturing of firearms?"

This sounds quite reasonable. Zong Han, Zong Jun, Shi Liai and others nodded frequently, and the solemn expressions on their faces involuntarily relaxed. Yelu Yuji was a little embarrassed, and his excessive caution seemed more like a timid and fearful battle at this time.

"Deputy Commander, in order to reduce the losses of siege, we should use more siege equipment." Shi Liai suggested.

Zong Han turned to look at him and signaled him to continue talking. In terms of siege, Zong Han and the Western Tent Army have accumulated a lot of experience in the past two years, especially with the help of the Han army, they began to use a large amount of siege equipment to reduce casualties in the siege.

"Let the cloud ladder and the cave house together and avoid the firearms of the Tiger and Lieutenant Army."

To put it simply, the cave house is a movable wooden house. This kind of siege equipment can help the siege party transport the siege soldiers to the city. If a ladder is installed on the wooden roof, it is equivalent to combining the two siege methods together and increasing its power.

"We will suspend the attack and rush to build large cave houses and large cloud ladders day and night." Shi Liai said, "We will attack again after we are done."

Zong Han hesitated. It took time to temporarily make such siege equipment, but what the Jin army lacked was time. If Shouyang City was not conquered for a long time, the main force of the Tiger Lie Army from Hebei was flocking to it, and it would be very difficult for the Jin army to successfully conquer Taiyuan.

"How much time do you want?" Zong Han asked.

"Two days." Shi Liai also knew that the key to this battle was time, so he said without hesitation, "I will strive to build ten large cave house ladders in two days."

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Two days was an acceptable time for Zong Han. However, just one day, the thirteenth day later, the scouts who were heading to Taiyuan to investigate the enemy situation discovered the Tiger Lie Army coming to reinforce.

Ten miles of the camp, there were at least tens of thousands of troops, including the Heishan Army, the Shenlong Army, the Khitan Army, and the Northwest Army... This news shocked Zong Han and his men.

"Fortunately this is a mountainous area. From the well to Shouyang, including the Pingding Army, this area of ​​more than 200 miles is full of mountains, which is not conducive to the large-scale mobilization of the army. Otherwise, we may have been surrounded by the Tiger and Lieutenant Army." Shi Liai wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Zong Han, "This matter is a bit incredible. We started to attack the well on the first day of the first day. This news will be sent from the well to Taiyuan, and then from Taiyuan to Handan. It will take at least three or four days, even if Li Hu immediately

To dispatch reinforcements, these reinforcements will take more than ten days to reach Taiyuan at the earliest. However, judging from the scout's investigation, these reinforcements have already arrived in Shouyang in front of us, and there are more than 100,000 reinforcements. How is this possible? Is Li Hu a god who had long expected that we would attack Taiyuan? Or, our attack strategy leaked?"

Zong Han lowered his head and pondered. His ominous premonition became reality, and this reality was too cruel. The original plan was difficult to achieve, but if he could not conquer Taiyuan, it would mean failure and the consequences of failure were unimaginable. Huanglong Mansion had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, and they would further attack themselves. If Zong Wang won again in the Hebei battlefield, crossed the Yellow River, and surrounded Bianjing... Zong Han dared not think about it. If he really reached that step, Huanglong Mansion might even forcefully remove his military power.

"Zong Wang deceived us. He said he wanted to launch an attack to restrain the main force of the Tiger Lie Army, but he did not do it. He set a trap for us." Wanyan Olu was so angry that he suddenly slapped the table with a palm, and roared in a low voice with gritted teeth.

The generals immediately became cold inside the tent and the atmosphere was extremely depressing. Wanyan Olu's words woke up the generals of the Western tent. They suddenly realized that the strategy of attacking Taiyuan in the west might be a trap set by Huanglong Mansion for Zong Han, and Zong Han was deceived.

"Is there any news in Hebei?" Zong Han looked calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was angry.

"The letter from the East Tent, they have been attacking, attacking Handan and Luoyang." Gao Qingyi sneered, "Zong Wang must be lying to us. Li Hu's return to the aid speed is so fast that he must have received news of our attack on Taiyuan in advance. For Li Hu, Datong and Taiyuan are related to the life and death of the Hu Lie Army. He would rather give up Hebei than defend Taiyuan. Now that the main force of the Hu Lie Army has returned to Taiyuan, what should Li Hu use to guard Hebei?"

A hint of hatred flashed in Zonghan's eyes. He admitted that this time he miscalculated and fell into the trap of Huanglong Mansion and Zong Wang. Zong Wang's strategy to capture Hedong was simply a bait, luring himself to attack Taiyuan, and then tempting Li Hu to return the main force to Hedong. Then Zong Wang could successfully take Handan and Daming Mansion, cross the Yellow River, and kill Bianjing. The western tent was unsuccessful, while the eastern tent repeatedly won, and the result was imagined.

"Deputy Commander, what should I do now? Will I continue to attack?" Wanyan Olu had no intention of fighting again. He wanted to withdraw, wanted to fight from Hebei to the Central Plains, and at least rob a piece of credit from the Eastern Tent.

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It is not that he wants to steal the credit for the Eastern Tent, but that he must maintain the existing power of the Western Tent. He can no longer allow Huanglong Mansion to suppress it like this. He must give Huanglong Mansion a warning. Before the Great Jin Dynasty captured most of the territory of the Song Dynasty and gained an absolute advantage in China, it is best to maintain the stability of Huanglong Mansion and not spend his thoughts on internal strife. This will not benefit the Great Jin Dynasty.

"Send scouts again and investigate carefully." Zong Han said calmly, "Confirm that the main force of the Tiger Lie Army has returned to Taiyuan."

Gao Qingyi agreed and immediately sent an order.

"What then? What should I do?" Wanyan Olu asked impatiently.

"Retreat the main force and retreat to the Jingzhi first." Zong Han said, "The main force of the Tiger Lie Army returned to the rescue. We have lost the opportunity to capture Taiyuan. We can only do our best to hold them back and prevent them from reinforcement of the Hebei battlefield."

"Deputy Commander, the main force of the Hu Lie Army has withdrawn. What will Li Hu use to guard Hebei? He must have given up Hebei. Zong Wang is about to cross the Yellow River and enter Bianjing." Wanyan Olu said coldly, "We must not only withdraw immediately, but also go south to enter the Central Plains immediately."

"No." Zong Han said flatly, "We must take the overall situation into consideration. If we retreat all of us and follow Zong Wang to the Central Plains, then Li Hu's strategy of defending Hedong and threatening Hebei will be successful. They can enter Hebei at any time and cut off our retreat. At that time, let alone conquering Bianjing, I'm afraid even Hebei will not be able to defend."

Yelu Yu, Shi Liai and others nodded repeatedly, agreeing with Zong Han's view of the entire battle situation. Li Hu returned to Hedong with his main force and abandoned Hebei. His real purpose was this. If Zong Han withdrew his troops and went straight to kill Bianjing, the main force of the Tiger Martyrs would definitely enter Hebei.

"We pretended to be in Shouyang and pacified the front line and were forced to withdraw from Hedong by the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army. Then it is obvious that the situation of the war is not good for us. Wanyan Gao must make strategic adjustments and order us to defend Zhending and Handan to support Zong Wang's Eastern Tent Army to attack Bianjing. Zong Wang knew that we had seen through his plan and must be worried that we would take action behind our backs." Zong Han sneered, with a hint of murderous aura in his eyes, "At that time, I can have a good talk with him. In the battle of Bianjing, we must participate. With such a great contribution, he cannot be monopolized by himself."

On the 14th, the main force of the Jin army began to retreat.

The scout Hu Lie immediately found out the movements of the Jin army and quickly rewarded Luo Qinghan.

On the fifteenth, Luo Qinghan ordered Dong Zhongsun, Dugu Feng, and Yelu Mage to lead his army to attack the Fangshan Jin army camp. Yelu Yuji retreated decisively.

On the 16th, the Tiger and Lieutenant Army advanced to Pingding City, and Luo Qinghan commanded the army to attack the city.

On the 17th, Zong Han led the main force to retreat to Chengtian Army Village and urgently sued Yanjing Wanyan Gao. The strategy of attacking Taiyuan in the west failed because of the timely return of the main force of the Tiger Lie Army. Now more than 100,000 Tiger Lie Army attacks continuously, and the Jin army could not resist and had to retreat.

On the same day, Luo Qinghan conquered Pingding City and commanded the army to continue advancing towards Taihang Mountain.

On the same day, Wang Yuan led the Northwest Army to withdraw from the battlefield and quickly returned to Shaanxi Fourth Route.
Chapter completed!