Xianxia version of Water Margin

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When Yue Fei personally led the Dayuan cavalry to approach Panjin with overwhelming force, they encountered an unprecedented stubborn resistance.

Panjin, a small city with less than 80,000 soldiers and civilians, seemed to have become a hard nut on the Yuan army's journey, and it was difficult to easily gnaw down.

Under Panjin City, the Dayuan Army and the Jin Army guarding the city had a fierce battle. The person guarding this place was none other than the leader of the Jin royal family - the third prince Wanyan Zongfu, now famous in the world as Wanyan Zongyao, Jurchen name讹里多 (also known as nest peeing).

In history, Wanyan Zongfu also had an extraordinary identity, that is, he was the father of Jin Shizong Wanyanyong.

Wanyan Zongfu enjoyed a high reputation in the Jin Kingdom for his integrity, generosity and charity.

Wanyan Zongfu's military talents should not be underestimated. Historically, he succeeded Wanyan Zongwang and served as the left deputy marshal of the Jin Kingdom. He commanded the Jin Kingdom's army and made many extraordinary achievements.

From Le'an's massive defeat of 200,000 elite soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty, to his successive victories in Huazhou and Kaide Prefecture, and then to his glorious victory in Daming Prefecture, he went all the way north and pacified the entire Hebei region.

He then moved to Shaanxi and joined forces with Wanyan Loushi, Jin Wushu and other famous Jin generals to defeat Zhang Jun's 60,000 cavalrymen and 120,000 infantrymen in the Battle of Fuping. Afterwards, he was unstoppable and conquered many cities. An important town, Jingyuan and Xihe roads were included in the territory of the Kingdom of Jin.

Now, facing the Yuan army led by Yue Fei, Wanyan Zongfu showed his talents as a famous general of the Jin Kingdom.

Wanyan Zongfu knew the importance of the Western Liaoning Corridor to the Jin Kingdom, so he had to defend this line of defense at all costs.

Wanyan Zongfu had long expected that the Yuan army would attack Panjin, so he rebuilt the city on the mountainside in advance and took advantage of the terrain to build an indestructible defense system.

This made Panjin City a real fortress, easy to defend but difficult to attack, which also made Yue Fei feel quite troublesome.

Under the fierce offensive of the Dayuan Army, Wanyan Zongfu fought side by side with the 80,000 soldiers and civilians in Panjin City. They resisted to the death and never backed down.

Although the Yuan army was assisted by advanced weapons such as the invincible general cannon, it was difficult to break through this impregnable city in a short period of time.

The Dayuan army was trapped in the Liaoxi Corridor and was in a dilemma, unable to penetrate further into the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom.

Yue Fei was very anxious about this!

Yue Fei stood in front of the formation, looking at Panjin City looming in the clouds and mist, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of complicated emotions in his heart.

As night fell, Yue Fei summoned his generals. The lights in the tent were brightly lit, reflecting his resolute face.

"Although our army is well-equipped, the enemy is holding on to the danger and is commanded by a wise and courageous general like Wanyan Zongfu. A forceful attack is not the way to defeat the enemy."

Yue Fei's voice was calm and powerful, penetrating the night and touching people's hearts.

"Send the order, suspend the attack by force, and use outsmarts instead." Yue Fei's eyes were as bright as fire and he continued, "I want to lay out a plan to deceive the enemy. On the one hand, I will send an elite team to detour to both sides of the Liaoxi Corridor to find weak points for a surprise attack to distract the enemy's attention. Strength; moreover, send more flying bridge soldiers to prepare for a general attack at night. "

The generals took the order and left, each getting busy.

Yue Fei walked out of the camp alone, looked up at the stars in the sky, and said silently in his heart: "God bless me, I will win this battle!"

In the evening of the next day, when the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the sky, the Dayuan Army quietly completed its deployment.

Wanyan Zongfu stood at the top of the city, looking at the seemingly normal enemy camp in the distance, but he felt a faint uneasiness in his heart.

Suddenly, shouts of killing came from both sides of the Liaoxi Corridor. Wanyan Zongfu was shocked and ordered his troops to be dispatched for rescue.

Just as the Jin army was dividing its forces, the army led by Yue Fei personally launched a fierce offensive against Panjin City under the cover of darkness, using flying bridges, spiritual running machines and siege equipment.

As an important part of the art of war, siege warfare has witnessed the collision of wisdom and courage countless times.

In siege warfare, people often have a misunderstanding that daytime is more beneficial to the siege party.

Quite the opposite is true.

The day often provides a natural barrier for the defenders, while the night quietly paves a secret journey for the attackers.

This phenomenon is not only an intuitive reflection of tactical choices, but also a profound integration of human nature, nature and strategic wisdom.

When night falls and everything is silent, the night, this invisible ally, puts a mysterious veil on the Yuan army, making their actions elusive.

On nights when the moon is dark and the wind is high, the Yuan army can use the cover of night to quietly approach the city wall and implement tactics such as surprise attacks, striving to break through the defenders' defense line at the minimum cost.

More importantly, the fear and uneasiness in the dark will greatly weaken the morale and judgment of the defenders.

With limited line of sight, it is often difficult for defenders to accurately judge the enemy's situation, and they are prone to panic, which affects the overall defense effect.

The attacker can make full use of this psychological advantage and use psychological warfare, fire attacks and other means to further undermine the defender's will to resist.

However, darkness is not the attacker's absolute advantage.

Without light guidance, the attacker's actions are also full of unknowns and risks.

The complexity of the terrain, the rugged roads, and the traps that the defenders may have set may all make the attacker's surprise attack fail.

Therefore, how to maintain a high degree of vigilance and coordination in the dark has become the key to whether the attacker can successfully break the city.

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Under the cover of the night, a group of flying bridge soldiers of the Dayuan Army materialized flying bridges leading directly to Panjin City.

Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Suo Jian, Suo Chao, Luan Tingyu, Shi Jin, and Tang Bin each led their elite cavalry and followed the flying bridge to the city wall.

At the same time, Wu Song's tribe, Xie Zhen's and Xie Bao's tribe, who had moved to both sides of Panjin City, also began to launch a fierce attack on Panjin City.

Under the city, Dayuan soldiers came like a tide, a flying bridge appeared out of thin air, the sound of cannons shook the sky, the rain of arrows flew, and the shouts of killing shook the sky and the earth.

Not long after, someone reported to Wanyan Zongfu: "Report to Lord Wolf, there are Dayuan troops attacking from both sides."

Wanyan Zongfu's face was solemn, he knew that at this moment, the fate of Panjin City was hanging by a thread.

Faced with such a crisis, Wanyan Zongfu personally went into battle and commanded decisively.

The Jin people also knew that once the Yuan army broke through Panjin City, all of them would die, and all their women would become the playthings of the Yuan army, so they all resisted.

The offensive and defensive sides launched a brutal fight.

Not long after, Shan Ming, a general under Wanyan Zongfu, came to report that the left wing could no longer hold up. They had suffered heavy casualties and asked for reinforcements.

Wanyan Zongfu knew that Tu Shanming was not a weak person. Since he came to ask for help, it meant that the left wing was definitely in danger.

Although Wanyan Zongfu, who was facing a fierce attack by the Yuan army, had a difficult life, he still sent 500 hard troops to Tu Shanming.

Soon, the right wing could no longer hold on.

Wanyan Zongfu sent another 300 hard troops to reinforce the right wing.

Half an hour later, all three fronts were in emergency.

Wanyan Zongfu could no longer provide reinforcements to anyone, so he took his son Wanyan Yong to fight personally and took the lead.

Just when the Jin army was about to be defeated, when a ray of sunlight penetrated the clouds in the morning and shone on the solid city wall, the defenders ushered in their most advantageous moment.

Under the sun, everything is in the clear, and the attacker's movements are nowhere to be seen.

The city wall, as the strongest fortification, its towering figure is even more majestic under the sunlight, like an insurmountable barrier, keeping the enemy out.

The defenders can take advantage of the good sight conditions to accurately direct the defense. Whether it is long-range suppression with rain of arrows or a melee counterattack based on the advantages of the city wall, they can exert their maximum power.

In addition, the light during the day also limits the attacker's covert actions, making it difficult to carry out tactics such as sneak attacks and night attacks, further consolidating the defensive posture of the defenders.

The defenders in Panjin held on to this difficult night.

Seeing this, Yue Fei sighed unwillingly.

Seeing Wanyan Zongfu standing on the city wall from a distance, Yue Fei used the sound transmission technique and said loudly: "Niao Liduo, you know that you are just resisting stubbornly. You defended last night, can you defend tonight? Why bother? To be buried with a foolish and unscrupulous patron? My Majesty is benevolent and loves the people. If you are willing to open the city and surrender, you and the entire city's soldiers and civilians will be safe, and you can continue to enjoy glory and wealth in our Yuan Dynasty."

Hearing this, Wanyan Zongfu smiled coldly and said, "Don't try to show off your rhetoric. I'm waiting for you to fight tonight!"

Seeing this, Yue Fei ordered that he should be replaced and continue the attack. He must not be given a chance to rest...

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At the same time, the Jin Dynasty court finally received the gold harvest from the Yuan Empire, and successively captured many forts on Panjin's defense line, and also eliminated the Jin navy in Panjin. Now hundreds of thousands of troops from the Yuan Empire are gathered in Panjin. Under the city, attacks continued day and night. Panjin was in danger. The Yuan army might soon enter the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom was in danger.

At this time, in the Kingdom of Jin, although Wanyan Dan had succeeded to the throne, the government of the Kingdom of Jin was actually in the hands of the sons of Wanyan Aguda and the sons of Wanyan Wu.

At the beginning of Wanyan Gan's ascension to the throne, Wanyan Zongpan successfully instigated the rebellion of Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Zongfu. The three of them joined forces to firmly control another powerful force in the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zonghan, in the Huining Mansion in Shangjing.

On the surface, Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongqian and Wanyan Zonghan were in charge of the three provinces, and jointly assisted the young Wanyan Dan to maintain the stability and prosperity of the Jin Kingdom.

However, how could Game of Thrones be so simple?

Soon after, Wanyan Aguda's sons and Wanyan Wu's begging sons began to show their fangs. With lightning speed, they launched a brutal purge against Wanyan Zonghan and his cronies.

The majestic and famous generals of the Jin Kingdom in the past were either ruthlessly killed or promoted openly and secretly. Their surviving cronies were also transferred far away and sent to the distant land of Western Liao. Wanyan Zonghan was completely reduced to a political struggle. The victim was placed under house arrest in the palace, and his former glory was gone.

This is exactly what Wanyan Zonghan deserved, because he kept waging wars externally and always wanted to seize the supreme power of the Jin Kingdom internally.

Of course, it can also be said that Wanyan Zonghan is no match for Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongpan and others when it comes to playing politics.

However, this reshuffle of power did not end there.

Although Wanyan Zonghan's power was weakened, the shadow left by it still made Wanyan Aguda's sons and Wanyan Wu's begging sons uneasy.

As a result, a more brutal purge operation quietly began.

In the name of corruption, Wanyan Quan killed many of Wanyan Zonghan's capable generals one by one, and implicated his cronies, completely eradicating this potential threat.

Wanyan Zonghan, a former military giant, could only watch his beloved generals being slaughtered, but he was powerless. He was reduced from a majestic general to a lonely and helpless old man.

In this power struggle, Wanyan Zongpan gradually gained the upper hand with his extraordinary skill and wisdom.

Not only did he make great contributions in the process of eliminating Wanyan Zonghan's forces, but he also became the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty after the coup, and his status even surpassed Wanyan Tan's adoptive father, Wanyan Zonggan.

More importantly, due to the loss of Wanyan Zonghan's military support, Wanyan Zongpan relied on the Jin Dynasty's "Central Army" in his hands and the strong support of important officials such as Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Zongjun, and his strength surpassed Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan's father and son.

Wanyan Zongpan gradually became domineering, Wanyan Zongjun was the prime minister, Wanyan Chang held the military power, and the three of them conspired and did not take Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan's father and son seriously.

Later, Wanyan Zongpan simply drove Wanyan Zongfu, the only threat to them, back to Jinzhou, and strictly ordered Wanyan Zongfu not to return to Beijing without an imperial edict.

Now, Wanyan Chang and Wanyan Zongjun are respectively the governors of Zhongjing and Dongjing, each with hundreds of thousands of troops, and millions of nomadic people as backup.

This makes Wanyan Zongpan even more confident and disdainful of Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan.

Faced with such a severe situation, Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan did not sit idly by.

They secretly operated and handed over the huge army left by Wanyan Zonghan to Jin Wushu.

Jin Wushu did not disappoint everyone, and quickly integrated the 400,000 to 500,000 troops left by Wanyan Zonghan and the territory he had operated for many years with thunder and lightning, greatly increasing his strength.

At the same time, Wanyan Zongfu, who was stationed on the Panjin defense line, also had a large number of troops.

This became an important pillar for Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan to fight against Wanyan Zongpan's forces.

Neither side was willing to accept defeat, let alone give up the supreme power of the Jin Kingdom, which had just been established not long ago.

For a time, it seemed that a decisive battle was about to take place in the Jin Kingdom.

However, just as the two sides were on the verge of a showdown, a sudden news broke the tranquility of the Jin Kingdom.

The Yue Fei army sent by Jiang Hongfei was rapidly breaking through the Jin army's blockade of the Liaoxi Corridor, and the Jin Kingdom's southern border defense line was in danger.

At this time, Wanyan Zongfu, who was highly expected by Wanyan Zonggan and Wanyan Tan, was struggling to support the front line, and the fate of the Jin Kingdom was once again hanging by a thread.

Faced with such a crisis, the internal disputes in the Jin Kingdom seemed to have become insignificant.

Should they continue to fight internally until the country is destroyed;

Or should they put aside their personal grudges and join hands to fight foreign enemies?

This is a choice facing everyone in the Jin Kingdom...

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