One Piece of Song Dynasty

When Yang Keshi heard this, he was furious. He jumped off his horse and said to everyone: "You can tell me which families are Khitans and which families are Xi people. I will order the army to go and massacre them."

Therefore, these Han people led the Song army to areas where the Khitan and Xi people lived more concentratedly. Many innocent Khitan and Xi people were brutally killed that morning.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun, it's not good, the Song army started massacring the Khitan and Xi people in the city." Niu San ran over again and shouted to Liang Xing.

Liang Xing asked hurriedly: "What's going on?"

Niu San said: "It seems that the imperial army entered the city in the morning and caused panic among the Khitan and Xi people. The soldiers of the imperial army violated military discipline and killed a Khitan indiscriminately, which made the Khitan and Xi people dissatisfied. They all They went to the streets to block the advance of the army, angering the generals of the imperial army, and then some Yanyun Han people led the imperial army to the residential areas of the Khitan and Xi people, and the imperial army began to massacre the Khitan and Xi people."

After hearing this, Liang Xing banged the table and said angrily: "Confused, stupid, there are hundreds of thousands of Khitans and Xi people in this city. How can they kill them? These Khitans and Xi people only need to go to the streets with weapons to kill them." Thousands of imperial troops can drink from a pot, and by the way, there will be more imperial troops entering the city later."

Niu San shook his head and said: "Not yet."

Liang Xing frowned and said, "Then these thousands of people are in danger. You should continue to send people to monitor them. Don't take any other actions. If there is any situation, report it immediately and see how things develop."

Niu San cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lang Jun." At the same time, Zhao Yun had the same reaction as Liang Xing.

Yang Keshi sent people out of the city, not to Liangxiang to report the victory to Liu Yanqing, but to Xiongzhou to report the victory to Xuanfu Si Tongguan. The victory report said that our army broke through the gate of Yanjing with only troops and has now advanced into the city of Yanjing. The main force is marching towards the palace city in two directions.

However, the situation of the Song Army in Yanjing City became increasingly bad. The streets were full of Khitans and Xi people, regardless of gender, old or young, and they were rushing towards the Song Army like a tide. They held swords, guns and sticks in their hands and launched a fierce street battle with the Song army. The streets of Yanjing City have now become a battlefield, and the Song army will pay a bloody price for every step forward.

After a bloody battle, the Song army finally broke through the obstacles of the Khitan people and reached the imperial city. Although the imperial city is not large in scale, the city walls are towering and connected with battlements, making them very strong. The gate of the imperial city was tightly closed, and the Liao soldiers hid on the city wall and fired continuously at the Song army. The arrows were like rain, and the Song army could not get closer at all.

Seeing this, Yang Keshi was so anxious that he said to Pharmacist Guo: "Our army does not carry any siege equipment. Do you think there is any good way to attack this imperial city?"

Pharmacist Guo said: "How about writing a letter to Concubine Xiao De first to persuade her to surrender?"

Yang Keshi said: "Okay, write it quickly."

Pharmacist Guo quickly drafted the letter and ordered the archers to shoot the letter onto the tower.

Pharmacist Guo told Concubine Xiao De in the letter that Master Wang had occupied Yanjing City and the palace city had been surrounded on all sides. Putting down arms and surrendering to Kaicheng is the only correct choice. I hope the Queen Mother will make a clear decision and never miss the opportunity without regretting it.

At this time, Concubine Xiao De, dressed in military uniform, was standing on the tower of Xuanhe Gate. At this time, someone sent a letter of persuasion from Pharmacist Guo to surrender. Concubine Xiao De felt very conflicted after reading it. Should I hold on or surrender? Can I hold on and hold on? But I am really unwilling to surrender.

Several spies hurried up to the tower and reported to Concubine Xiao De that the soldiers and civilians in the city had joined forces and were fighting to the death with the Song army in the streets and alleys. The Song army had no military discipline, looted property, drank and indulged in lewdness, and completely lost the support of the people. At present, the Song army that has come to the palace city is less than troops.

After hearing this, Concubine Xiao De was overjoyed and decided to make a desperate move to defend the imperial city and refuse to surrender. She immediately sent people out of the city through a secret passage and went to the Lugou River to deliver a message to Xiao Qian, asking him to quickly return to the city and rescue him.

The veteran Zuo Qigong also came to the tower at this time, and Concubine Xiao De handed him the surrender letter from Pharmacist Guo. Zuo Qigong looked at it and said, "The Queen Mother, in the opinion of an old minister, you might as well write a reply to Guo Thief, and promise him to think about it first, and give him a delaying strategy to delay the attack until the army comes back for reinforcements."

Concubine Xiao De nodded in agreement, and immediately wrote a reply and ordered the archers to shoot into the Song army under the city.

Concubine Xiao De said in the letter that in order to protect the city from the flames of war, surrender could be considered, but the Song army must immediately stop killing innocent people in the city, otherwise they would rather die than surrender.

Pharmacist Guo read Concubine Xiao De's reply and said to Yang Keshi: "Concubine Xiao De refused to open the city and surrender immediately. She negotiated conditions with us. This was obviously a delaying tactic. I think we still have to find a way to attack the city. .”

At this time, the right-wing troops led by Gao Shixuan and Yang Kebi also came to the imperial city.

Yang Kebi said: "The Khitan people seem to be crazy along the way. They are chasing and intercepting our army everywhere. If they don't kill, it will be impossible to pass."

Gao Shixuan looked at the towering city towers and walls and said to Yang Keshi: "We don't have any siege equipment. How can we climb this city wall?"

Yang Kebi said: "You can use big logs to hit the city gate. I used this method to break through Fangla's city the year before last. As long as the city gate is broken open, everything will be easy."

Yang Keshi asked: "Where can I find big logs?"

Zhen Wuchen, standing next to Pharmacist Guo, replied: "There is a lumber yard in the north of the city. You can definitely find big logs there. I can take people to find it."

Yang Keshi was overjoyed and said: "Okay, you hurry up and take people there."

Zhen Wuchen then led a team of troops to the lumber yard in the north of the city. He was here to report the situation of each city gate to Pharmacist Guo. The task given to him by Pharmacist Guo was to inspect the various gates of Yanjing City and maintain contact with each other. Now, Zhen Wuchen took people to find Da Yuanmu, but Pharmacist Guo actually forgot to arrange for someone else to replace Zhen Wuchen. This oversight later had a great impact on the fate of the Song army in the city.

Yelu Dashi, who was stationed at Juyongguan to guard against the Jin army, was shocked when he learned that the Song army had advanced into Yanjing. He quickly gathered cavalry and rushed to Yanjing for reinforcements. Halfway through, Yelu Dashi ordered: All officers and soldiers should take off their military uniforms and tops.

Juyongguan is only about a hundred miles away from Yanjing City. At dusk, Yelu Dashi led his army to the west gate of Yanjing. He ordered people to shout to the gate tower: "We are the reinforcements of the Song Dynasty. Open the city gate quickly."

When the Song soldiers guarding the city gate saw a large group of cavalry coming outside the city, they thought that reinforcements were coming. They happily opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge. The Liao army swarmed in, and more than Song soldiers were all killed.

Yelu Dashi ordered seven generals to lead elite troops each to quickly seize the remaining city gates. Yelu Dashi asked them to cut down the suspension bridge directly and completely cut off the connection between the inside and outside of the city. Not a single Song army was allowed to run out of Yanjing City. The Song army would not be able to come back and they would be buried in Yanjing City.