"Then let's talk about what's going on outside." Wen Dun Sizhong continued to pour himself a cup of tea, but he actually took the initiative to pour a cup of tea for the other party, and then he said calmly. "Why didn't I move today? Why did I drink and be depressed before? It's not because I'm not loyal to the Great Jin Kingdom, but I already knew at that time... The Great Jin Kingdom wants me to sit here, and it also wants you to sit here, to delay the Song army as much as possible, and to delay the time as much as possible. And now that reinforcements are impossible, the higher-ups have another intention... Do you know what it is?"
The Jin general was gloomy for a moment: "We want to die... Try to drag as many people as possible before we die."
"But they don't know that I lost half of my troops at the beginning of the reckless battle, and I couldn't delay any longer." Wen Dun Sizhong finally became depressed. "In fact, Taizu taught the second prince that a general should unite his subordinates and make them one... I didn't learn this at all, otherwise, I would be able to do something today."
"Is there really no hope?" General Jin couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"It's really hopeless." Wen Dunsizhong said seriously. "Let me ask you one more thing. Have you ever thought about why we didn't even hear any news of the Han army's rise?"
"Is it because... we don't treat them as human beings?" General Jin laughed bitterly. "There are walls between the two sides?"
"That's right, but it's more than that." Wen Dunsizhong's eyes wandered. "I've been thinking these days, it's not just the Jurchen soldiers who don't treat the Han army as human beings. In the Jin Dynasty, aren't there also gaps between the close and distant branches of the royal family? Otherwise, how did Nianhan pull together the Western Route Army? And below the Jurchens, the Bohai people are slightly higher, stronger than the Khitan and Xi people, and the Khitan and Xi people are stronger than the Yanyun Han people, and the Yanyun Han people look down on the two-river Han people, one level after another. But if you treat the Han people as slaves, why use them? If you use them, why treat them as slaves?"
"The people in charge usually don't talk like this." The Jin general shook his head.
"I was wrong." Wen Dunsizhong replied bluntly. "In fact, today's situation is as I expected. Not only did the Han army rebel, but also the Han officials in the city rebelled... We have the means to monitor the Han army, but we rely on these Han officials. Now that the Han army has suddenly rebelled, we can only say that these Han officials from the two rivers have joined them long ago. As for the Han officials in Yanyun, they either rebelled too, or they deliberately kept silent, trying to be cautious and find a way out."
General Jin thought about it and was unable to refute it for the moment, but he became more and more depressed: "These Han officials are in charge of warehouses and administration, and they are also related to the wealthy families in the city. They may get a few officers drunk, and I'm afraid the warehouses will also be lost..."
"Not necessarily." Wen Dunsizhong said disapprovingly. "The city's storage is a good contribution, but the key is to surrender the city. If I were these people, I would probably focus on the roads that isolate these key points... You came from the central military camp and walked on the main street, but have you ever thought about why you are the only one who came to see me?"
General Jin shook his head repeatedly: "So, is Hedong City really hopeless?"
Wen Dunsizhong raised his glass and said, "Why else would I stay here and not move?"
The Jin general was silent for a moment, but still managed to speak: "Stay, I have no intention of saving this city at this point, but we are Jurchens after all, you are from Taizu's camp, I am from the Du Yuanshuai's camp, we should all be loyal to the Great Jin. In my opinion, the Han army attacking the government office outside has been repelled, you come with me, we will gather our own people along the way, kill one person if we can, burn one house if we can, let the Song people know that we have not lost our spirit, so what?"
Wen Dunsizhong laughed and said, "You really learned these things from Nianhan. You have the same temper as him."
"Stay here." The Jin will continue to sigh. "Not only is the Grand Marshal, but even if the Grand Master is still alive, what will happen? Will he just sit there and wait for death?"
Wen Dun Sizhong was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "How can you and I compare with Taizu? If Taizu were here, why would he need your advice? If you want to kill him, go ahead and kill him. I will just stay here and wait for the Song army to end the siege."
Seeing that his opponent had lost his fighting spirit, General Jin could not help but shake his head, raised his sword, and left without looking back.
As soon as this person walked out of the government office, he heard two gates to the west suddenly burst open in the distance. There were shouts and screams in the distance, and the sound was far louder than the previous noise in the city. It seemed that what Wen Dunsizhong had said was right. The Song army had already come in from the west, and this city was hopeless from the beginning of the riot.
But even so, the Jin general was still ruthless. He gathered his own Moukes and several teams of subordinates, and rushed along the street to the west towards the Song army. He set fires along the way and killed all the Song people he saw, regardless of age, gender, or whether they were officials or civilians.
When they collided with the Song army in the dark night, he took advantage of his bravery and determination to die, and the fact that his unit was on night duty and well-armored, actually enabled him to disrupt the Song army's formation and drive them back repeatedly.
But soon, the Song army reacted and concentrated hundreds of elite soldiers with heavy armor and long axes, and advanced along the street. After all, the enemy could not hold on, and even he was hit twice in the chest by the long axe. His blood was unstable and he retreated in embarrassment.
They fled all the way back. They could not defend the central military camp and dared not enter the narrow paths on the left and right. Finally, they returned to the government office in the east of the city. Then, the Jin army soldier looked around in the light of the fire and found that there were only a dozen or so people left with him. Knowing that there was nothing he could do, he gritted his teeth and staggered into the government office with a sword in hand.
"Look, why are you doing this?"
Wen Dunsizhong was still sitting in the hall, and when he saw the other party coming back in a mess, he shook his head on the spot. "Don't you still have to come back?"
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