Fenghou

There are only [-] defenders left in Lin'an City, and Empress Wei still maintains them with a high salary of ten guan qian per month, otherwise they would all run away long ago.

The gate of Lin'an City was closed tightly, and the soldiers on the top of the city were watching the camp outside the city nervously. All the soldiers knew that there was no city wall for a long stretch of the West Lake, and it was easy for the Western Army to enter the city. Just deceiving themselves, many soldiers have already considered how to escape.

Although ten pennies a month is not bad, it is by no means a fortune, it can only be counted as a small amount of money. Is it worth losing your life for such a small amount of money?

More importantly, there is no money to spend now.

The city of Lin'an is in a state of depression, almost all the shops are closed, and the merchants are almost gone. Only a few official rice shops are still open, and the common people have no choice but to buy rotten rice grains worth [-] ren per bucket. Today, salt has also risen to the sky, and the price of salt per catty is always the same, which is the official price.

There are only two restaurants that are open in the city, but the prices are skyrocketing. You can order a jug of wine and two side dishes at least [-] yuan to start. The only customers are soldiers. The soldiers complained that their monthly salary was only enough to drink A jug of wine is not as good as before.

The people had no way of living, and the people had no choice but to flee. All the people whose families were not in Lin'an City ran home, and walked from the West Lake. Although there were soldiers blocking them, it was strictly forbidden to go out of the city, so a special out of the city business was born. In the dead of night, every small boat was fully loaded. The people who left the city left the city by water, and the soldiers on guard saw it, but they turned a blind eye and closed their eyes, taking advantage of others, so it was natural to make things easier for others.

The smugglers are also the same group. Grain, salt, oil, and vegetables are brought in at night, and the common people also buy them by the river at night, which is much cheaper than the official. Rice is 110 yuan per bucket, salt [-] yuan per catty, and side dishes More than ten yuan, it is this salt price that makes people vaguely guess their identities, they should be the Western Army.

But not every household can survive. Many poor families have only a few pennies left, and they have no place to sell things if they want to sell them. They are starting to fall into desperation.

At this moment, a news spread quickly in Lin'an City. The Western Army set up a shelter camp outside the city. Each household had a tent and was provided with basic rations every day. This made many desperate people see Hope, they all packed their things and left the city at night.

During the day, there were people standing guard by the West Lake, but at night, the guards disappeared, and the people were allowed to drag their families out of the city. In one night, more than [-] people escaped.

Under the night, three black shed boats stopped in front of the small river in front of the sales house. At this time, the door of the sales house opened, and several black shadows led a group of gray-haired old people out of the yard. People, these are lonely old people. During this time, the Western Army has transferred hundreds of people, and this is the last batch.

"Slow down, old people, get on the boat slowly, ten people are enough for each boat."

It was Wei Yanzong who supported the old man to get on the boat. He took hundreds of people to transfer the people at night, and delivered food and salt to the people. He has done a lot of meritorious service over the years, and he has been promoted by King Yong to be the commander of the upper army.

Dozens of old people were supported and boarded the boat one by one, and the three black-covered boats sailed out of the city.

All the generals wanted to leave a way out for themselves, so they also reached an agreement with the Western Army. They could not do it during the day, but they could enter and leave by water at night.

At this time, in Xu Xiantu's mansion of Zuo Xiangguo, Lu Gang was having a secret conversation with Xu Xiantu in the room.

Xu Xiantu couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to leave Lin'an. This time Lu Gang specifically persuaded him to stay.

Xu Xiantu's mood was very low, and he said slowly: "There are only fifteen officials left in the imperial court, and the others have all run away. There are only less than 300 people left in the palace that originally had thousands of people, and everyone who can be stolen is stolen. Those who left have all gone, and the rest are homeless people, and the court has nothing to do. I haven't seen Queen Wei for almost a month, and there are no memorials to review, except for drinking tea every day. Drinking tea, perhaps only Zhu Shengfei was a little busy, he was in charge of the warehouse.

To tell you the truth, I really don't understand, this Wei Dynasty has lost all people's hearts, what is His Royal Highness King Yong still doing in it?You said it was to make people forget the Song Dynasty. In fact, no one wants to go back to the Song Dynasty. Isn’t the Song Dynasty responsible for the death of Lin’an today? "

Lu Gang smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Yong is doing every step in an orderly manner. Now that the army has surrounded Lin'an City, it is time for the transition. Soon, the defenders will surrender, and the Western Army will enter Lin'an City. Surrounding the palace means that the time for Xu Gong to play his final role has arrived, and if we persist for another month, I believe His Highness will never treat Xu Gong badly."

"Tell me, what exactly does His Highness want?"

Lu Gang pondered for a while and said, "I can tell you that His Highness wants Empress Wei to issue a decree publicly as the empress dowager of the Song Dynasty, to announce to the world that Yong Kingdom is the only legal successor of the Song Dynasty."

"Empress Wei has publicly announced the end of the Song Dynasty, and now she is asked to announce it as the Queen Mother of the Song Dynasty. Isn't that funny?"

"Whether she announced the end of the Song Dynasty is not important, what matters is whether we admit that her role is to make everyone forget the Song Dynasty, but we did not recognize the end of the Song Dynasty, so let her announce it again, and her historical mission is over. .”

Xu Xiantu nodded, "Your Highness wants me to persuade her?"

"That's right!"

"But can His Highness accept the conditions she offered?"

Lu Gang laughed, "From ancient times to the present, have so many kings' abdication edicts been issued by themselves? Those kings probably died a few months ago, and they didn't dare to say that he was dead if they needed him to live. If you know the current affairs later, King Yong can ignore her evil and give her a good death, if she doesn't keep up with the current affairs, then as long as she is alive in name."

Xu Xiantu sighed, "I see, when will the Western Army enter the city?"

"Frankly speaking, I don't know. I'm still waiting for the notice, but the Kingdom of Jin has already been destroyed, King Yong's prestige is enough, it won't be too long, just wait for His Highness King Yong's order!"

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In the wilderness about ten miles away from Lin'an City, the Western Army set up a temporary shelter camp. This is also a place to temporarily resettle the people in the city. Many plain homes have run out of food and copper coins, and they can no longer support them. Therefore, Lu Gang then suggested that the army build this shelter camp to provide a shelter for desperate families so that they can have food and survive.

The shelter camp covers an area of ​​several thousand acres, and 1 tents were set up. At first, 3 households were considered to be sheltered, but in fact, more than [-] households came, so another [-] large tents had to be added in the north. Definitely a tent, because they are double-body tents with a curtain in the middle, so it doesn't matter if you live in two families.

Each big tent has two stoves. The military provides briquettes. This is not a new thing. It has been popularized in Lin'an a few years ago. Special merchants have shipped it in large quantities from the north. It has a high calorific value and is much cheaper than burning wood. , very popular among the middle and lower classes, and almost every household has coal-burning stoves.

The biggest advantage of coal-burning stoves is that you can drink boiled water. This is also a strict order of Chen Qing. Soldiers are not allowed to drink raw water, and it has gradually become a social custom. Few people in Jingzhao drink raw water. Taoist infectious diseases have been greatly reduced, physical fitness has become stronger, and it is not easy to get sick, and the life expectancy of ordinary people has also increased.

That night, more than 2000 people escaped from the city and were led to the northwest corner by soldiers. There are still some empty tents here, and more than 2000 people have been settled in a large tent for every two families.

A group of lonely elderly people were also arranged to rest in ten large tents.

The words of the soldiers when they left gave everyone hope.

"Don't worry! You will be home soon."

The first thousand and 510 chapters into the urn

In Duanzhou, Guangnan East Road, an army of 2 people is marching rapidly along the Xijiang River. This army wears various armors, some wear leather armor, some wear rattan armor, some ride donkeys, and some are naked. Walk on foot.

This army is the [-] elite army led by Liu Guangshi himself. After Liu Guangshi surrendered on Jingnan South Road, he was not executed, but was exiled to Guangnan West Road to serve as an army. Nanxilu trained militias for the local government. He still has some skills, and the militias he trained repeatedly suppressed local barbarian rebellions.

Finally, it gradually attracted the attention of the emperor Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou had been troubled by the barbarian rebellion on Guangnan West Road. The nonsense of complete repentance, reactivated Liu Guangshi, appointed him as Sima of the militia on Guangnan West Road, gave him a quota of 2 people, and asked him to train the local militia army to suppress the barbarian rebellion.

With the army in his hands, Liu Guangshi's ambitions were once again exposed. He first restored his original surname and took control of the pacifier's office on Guangnan West Road. Duan occupied the seven states of Guangnan West Road, proclaimed himself the King of Annan, plundered big households, and took money to recruit soldiers. In just a few months, his army had reached 10 people.

At this moment, the news came that Liu Qiong led an army of [-] troops into Guangnan East Road, which made Liu Guangshi very nervous. His troops were numerous, but they were basically mobs without armor and equipment. Holding a bamboo knife and bamboo spear.

However, after Liu Qiong entered Guangnan East Road, he was not in a hurry to enter Guangnan West Road, but was actively preparing for battle.

At this time, Liu Guangshi got the news that Liu Qiong led an army to Lianzhou to encircle the rebellion of the mine supervisor Chen Zhiwu. Near Guiyang County in Lianzhou, there were the most important copper and silver mines in the Song Dynasty. There were as many as 10,000+ miners. Liu Qiong At least [-] troops must be led to quell the chaos, and another [-] troops will mainly guard the Guangzhou area, leaving the rest of the troops empty.

Liu Guangshi knew that the Western Army was preparing for war in Duanzhou and hoarded a large amount of food and soldiers. Now that the Western Army is going north to suppress the miners, this is his opportunity!

Liu Guangshi immediately made a decision and led an elite army of [-] to Duanzhou, [-] miles away.

Due to overseas trade, Guangnan East Road in the Song Dynasty has gradually improved and the population has gathered, but the population of Guangnan West Road is not too large. The [-] troops marched day and night, and the villages they encountered along the way were burned, killed and looted. , raped women, but they did not dare to rob the county for the time being. Liu Guangshi was worried that Liu Qiong would get the news, so he turned around and went south again.

He had no choice but to promise the soldiers for the time being, and when he returned to the city after he got the food and soldiers, he would rush into the county town to grab a good time.

That evening, the army arrived in Gaoyao County, and [-] troops arrived outside the county seat. The gate of the county seat was wide open and no one could be seen. Liu Shiguang was puzzled, so he first sent a few spies into the city to investigate.

Not long after, the spies came back to report, "My lord, the city is an empty city, no one is seen, and the streets are full of discarded debris. The people in the city should have fled in a hurry. Maybe there are still many people hidden in the city. We didn't Take a closer look."

"Did you go to the warehouse?"

"Go and see, there is still a lot of food and grass in the warehouse."

"Where's Bingjia?" Liu Guangshi asked anxiously.

"There are a lot of boxes, all of which are written with leather armor, swords, and spears. There are so many boxes, piled up like a mountain!"

Liu Guangshi was overjoyed. Seeing that it was getting late, he ordered the army to enter the city to rest. "

[-] soldiers flocked into the city, rushing into the houses, looking for belongings and women, but to the soldiers' surprise, there was no one in the county town, and there were quite a lot of things, but they were all tattered clothes and furniture, which were worthless.

But every household has wine and meat, freshly made wine and meat. Soldiers are hungry and eat dry food along the way. Facing the fragrant wine and meat, they can't bear it, and they drink and eat meat one after another.

Hundreds of soldiers began to look for firewood and wells for cooking. At this time, hundreds of jars of wine were found in the warehouse of a liquor store. The soldiers moved them to the street and prepared to drink to their heart's content. It was a dark liquid with a pungent smell. The soldiers were furious and smashed all the wine jars, and the black liquid flowed all over the street.

Liu Guangshi went straight to the warehouse with hundreds of soldiers. After all, they came for armor and food.

Two large warehouses are close together, one is a grain warehouse and the other is a military armor warehouse, surrounded by barracks outside.

They first came to the grain and grass warehouse, half of which was hay, and the rest were sacks of grain, piled up like a hill, estimated to be thousands of stones.

"My lord, that's not right!" a soldier exclaimed.

Liu Guangshi stepped forward, "What's going on?"

"My lord, look here!"

A soldier pointed at the grain bag. His hands were itchy just now, so he couldn't help but slashed with a dagger.

Liu Guangshi was stunned. What came out of the grain bag was not grain, but rice husk. He also pulled out his knife and split dozens of bags at the surrounding grain bags. All that flowed out was rice husk, not a single bag of grain. They inspected several hundred more bags, and their hearts went cold. Only a few bags on the ground outside the warehouse were grains, and it happened that the spies he sent into the city saw these bags.

"Go to the armory!"

Liu Guangshi turned around and ran to Bingjiaku, and the soldiers followed him one after another.

Liu Guangshi now only hopes that the treasury officials cheated and embezzled food.

The situation in Bingjiaku completely chilled them. Similarly, only a dozen boxes on the ground outside were real items, and the other thousands of boxes were all empty boxes.

Liu Guangshi was completely stunned.

At this time, he suddenly smelled a pungent smell in the air. This smell was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"Where does this smell come from?" Liu Guangshi asked.

"Reporting to the lord, it seems that in the wine shop, a lot of black wine was found, and the brothers smashed all the wine jars, that's the smell.

"Black wine?"

Liu Guangshi thought for a while, then suddenly yelled, "No, it's kerosene!"

Liu Guangshi turned around and fled. As soon as he ran out of the warehouse, more than a dozen soldiers rushed towards him and stammered: "My lord, brothers...the brothers are all poisoned."

"what happened?"

"The brothers went to the houses to search for belongings and found a lot of wine and meat. They couldn't help eating and drinking, and all of them were poisoned.

Liu Guangshi stomped his feet angrily, "Who told them to eat indiscriminately, how many people were poisoned?"

"More than six thousand people!"

Liu Guangshi almost fainted from anger. He only brought 2 people in total, so [-]% was removed.

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the sky and shouted: "My lord, there are enemies!"

I saw rockets flying in from all directions outside the city, and even fireballs flew in.

Liu Guangshi was stunned, and he immediately realized that he had been tricked.

"Retreat! Retreat outside the city!"

Without him shouting, the soldiers had already rushed out of the city. Gaoyao County has only one south gate, and countless soldiers rushed towards the south gate.

Just as Liu Guangshi ran dozens of steps, the street in front of him suddenly burst into flames, flames rose into the sky, and thick smoke billowed. It turned out that the black wine smashed by the soldiers was ignited. Where is the black wine? None of these soldiers had seen kerosene.

In fact, all the roofs were sprinkled with flammable materials such as sulfur, gunpowder, and kerosene. In addition, the houses on the two roads of Guangnan were basically made of wood, so the fire spread extremely quickly, and the entire county town burned quickly .

The first thousand and 510 chapters of Guangnan

Tang Qian, the commander of the upper army, stood on a high place at this time, commanding [-] soldiers to besiege the city.

It is true that Liu Qiong led the army to quell the chaos, but it does not mean that there are no other generals in the Western Army. The remaining general is Tang Qian. He is a scout and pays special attention to intelligence.

Just a month ago, Tang Qian received an important piece of information that Liu Guangshi's armor was extremely short of armor and food, so Tang Qian decided to set up a set up in Gaoyao, transporting a large number of fake soldiers and food to the warehouse, and sent people to to preach.

Xi Jun had dealt with Liu Guangshi before, and knew that he was greedy and liked to use surprise soldiers to attack, so he set up this trap by taking advantage of Liu Qiong's opportunity to lead the army to quell the chaos.

Sure enough, Liu Guangshi got the news and thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he personally led [-] elites to Gaoyao County, Duanzhou.

Liu Guangshi's army burned, killed and looted all the way, and liked to rush to the houses to loot property. Tang Qian discovered this characteristic, so he set up wine and meat traps in the houses as he liked, and more than 6000 soldiers were poisoned.

At this time, eight thousand soldiers blocked the city gate with crossbow arrows, and the arrows shot at the fleeing enemy army like a storm. Groups of enemy soldiers fell down at the city gate. The corpses piled up like a hill. Many soldiers tried to escape by climbing over the hill of corpses, but they still fell down in the pile of corpses.

At this time, the soldiers of the Western Army threw hundreds of cans of kerosene over, and a raging fire ignited in front of the city gate. The flames engulfed the corpses. Howling and running, he fell headlong into the fire within a few steps.

Thousands of people also climbed up the city wall. They waved and shouted, begging to surrender. The only answer to them was merciless arrows.

Many soldiers couldn't help jumping down from the city, waiting for them to be ruthlessly assassinated with spears.

The fire burned from dusk to the morning of the next day. All [-] enemy soldiers died in the city, and none escaped. Even Liu Guangshi was buried in the fire following his ambition.

Tang Qian didn't stop, he immediately led an army of [-] to Wuzhou, Liu Guangshi's hometown.

Liu Guangshi's 10,000+ army is indeed a mob. Hearing that the lord is dead, they all scattered and went their separate ways.

But Liu Guangshi's general Pan Wen thought this was an opportunity. The Western Army only had 2 people. If he could defeat the Western Army, he could replace Liu Guangshi and become the new King Annan.

Pan Wen immediately led an army of [-] to face off against the Western Army who had killed from [-] miles away.

Wuzhou and Duanzhou are separated by Kangzhou and Fengzhou, but Fengzhou is very small. Fengchuan County, the state capital, is located in the southernmost part of Fengzhou, close to the Xijiang River, on the north bank of the Xijiang River about fifteen miles away from Fengchuan County. In a wilderness with a width of more than twenty miles, two armies met unexpectedly.

The [-] troops of the Western Army consisted of [-] cavalry and [-] infantry. Among the [-] infantry, there were [-] heavy armored infantry. They also carried [-] small trebuchets, which were only one person tall. The throwing pole is two feet long and weighs [-] catties. It is usually carried by horses. When it is used, it can be assembled very quickly. It can project a small iron fire mine weighing [-] catties - an iron hedgehog, a hundred steps away.

In addition, the Western Army also carried ten large iron fire mines weighing two hundred catties, which were specially used to bomb the city.

The Western Army quickly lined up, with [-] heavy armored infantry at the front, [-] crossbow troops behind them, who were also spear troops, [-] lance troops and trebuchet operators, and [-] cavalry at the end.

Seeing that the opponent was exhausted from afar, Pan Wen immediately ordered the whole army to attack, trying to overwhelm the formation of the Western Army with crowd tactics.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of war drums was like thunder, and the [-] troops came like a tide. Pan Wen also knew that the opponent's bows and crossbows were sharp, but he didn't care much about the life and death of soldiers. Soldiers can be recruited again after they die, but soldiers with armor and horses are not so easy to get. When he arrived, what he valued was the armor and equipment and horses of the [-] Western Army, as well as the great prestige that defeating the Western Army could bring.

Another most important reason is that Pan Wen is a native of the country and has never left Guangnan West Road, let alone fought against the Western Army. He is only a soldier of the Song Army and has a deep understanding of the corruption of the Song Army. He equated the Western Army with the Song Dynasty army.

The 100 crossbowmen lined up into nine factions, with [-] or [-] people in each row, and their spears were placed under their feet. Once the enemy came up, they would carry their crossbows behind their backs and become a spear army.