One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhao Huan was about to get angry again when he heard this, when another guard came to report: "Report to the Emperor, news came from Prince Yun's Mansion, Prince Yun's wife was kidnapped last night."

When Concubine Zhu Defi heard that Zhu Fengying had also been kidnapped, she immediately fainted. Zhao Huan supported Concubine Zhu De and shouted: "Go and call the imperial doctor quickly. You go and inform the Imperial City Department and Kaifeng Prefecture to come and investigate the case quickly. The Jin army is laying siege to the city." , the thief must still be in the city, I have to dig three feet of the ground to find the thief, my queen, and my sisters."

The two guards clasped their fists and said, "No, Your Majesty."

Just as the two guards left, another guard came and reported: "Your Majesty, there is something strange in the study."

Zhao Huan said: "After I have settled the concubine, I will go to the study with you."

After setting up Concubine Zhu De, Zhao Huan followed the guards to the study. When he came to the study, he opened the door and saw that the study was much emptier than before.

Zhao Huan suddenly thought of something and hurriedly looked around. After a quarter of an hour, Zhao Huan collapsed on the ground and said: "It's over. The jade seal of Chuan Guo is lost. Go and inform the Imperial City Department that the thief has Chuan Guo." Jade Seal, tell them to find the thief and remember that this matter must not be spread out. If it is spread out, I will only ask you."

The guard cupped his fists and said, "Promise, Your Majesty, my subordinates will strictly guard this secret."

Just as the guard left, another guard came over and said, "Your Majesty, the Jin army has begun to attack the city again."

Zhao Huan frowned and said, "Let's go to the political hall."

On the fourth day of November, Zong Han deployed the main force of the West Route Army in the area of ​​Dongshuimen, Chenzhoumen and Xinsongmen, intending to open a breakthrough from the south wall of the capital. Zong Han and Zong Wang had a division of labor. Zong Han was responsible for attacking the west and south walls, and Zong Wang was responsible for attacking the north and east walls.

The Jin people set up camp in the south of the city, not far from Liquan Temple in the city. Most of the scouts sent by the Song army to the city were captured by the Jin people. The Jin people lured them, but they learned a lot about the truth in the city.

The Jin people are preparing to attack the south wall. They used the "hole" as a cover and transported large amounts of firewood and soil to fill the moat. At first, in order to deepen the moat, the Song Army launched a strategy to divert water from the Bian River, but now the river is frozen. The Jin people also forced migrant workers to bring sand and soil and piled them into earth beams to place the stones needed for the trebuchet.

In response to these activities of the Jin army, the Song army on the city could not do anything because they were all moving outside the range of arrows and cannons and could not hit them at all.

The official in charge of promotion in the east wall was originally Xin Kangzong. After Xin Kangzong was beaten to death by the common people, he was succeeded by Sun Zhan.

On this day, Sun Zha went to He Li and asked to be relieved of his post of promotion. He said that he was originally a censor, but because he offended Tang Ke, he was scolded by Tang Ke and ordered to guard the east wall. He did not come willingly. Nowadays, the Jin people take advantage of the power of being victorious in a hundred battles and advance into the city without fear. Assume that the imperial court has good generals and soldiers, but for the sake of the country and the country, they cannot do anything lightly, not to mention that there are no generals and soldiers in the city now. It is like fighting hundreds of thousands of tigers and wolves with bare hands. In the ten years since he had been in the imperial court, he had only regarded writing as an official and speaking as a profession. Just because of a word that was offensive to his ears, he risked his life and resisted the strong bandits on the city walls. If defeated, it will only be death. But I was just a scholar, how could I control a group of tattoos to guard the city wall? Now I knew I was not qualified, so I asked for release and left. Why don't your husband choose a brave general and one who is skilled in military and political affairs to replace him? Otherwise, if something goes wrong, "it's not someone's fault."

On this day, Sun Fu, the Privy Councilor, inspected the defense situation on the four walls of the capital. He did not go down to the city that night, but stayed on the city wall with the officers and soldiers.

Nie Chang and others who went to Hedong to handle land cession also arrived in Zezhou at this time.

Nie Chang estimated that the Jin army had probably arrived in the capital at this time. He quietly summoned the counselor Liu Cen and the administrative officer Teng Mu, showed them the imperial letter given by Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty before leaving, and conveyed the oral instructions of Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty.

Nie Chang's secret plan was to restrain the Jin envoy Yang Tianji, while Liu Cen and Teng Mu rushed to Shaanxi to urge King Qin's troops to come to Beijing to protect him.

Nie Chang looked sternly and said: "I will fight to the death to make things happen."

That night, Nie Chang went to the Taijin Pavilion to accompany Taishi Yang Tianji and said: "The Prime Minister said that I will not return to the army until I have finished cutting the three towns. The hearts of the ministers are eager for sparks. But the road is far away and there is no need to hurry." I want to send my subordinates to go east, while I go west and meet in the river. In this way, the matter can be completed in less than twenty days. In this way, the prime minister can also send troops as soon as possible."

Yang Tianji and others agreed. Therefore, the gold envoys Wang Di and Guo Tianxin were assigned to lead gold military depots to accompany Liu Cen and Teng Mu on the east road, while Yang Tianji personally accompanied Nie Chang on the west road. They agreed to go separate ways early tomorrow morning.

In the past few days, the Jin army's attacks on Tokyo City have become increasingly fierce. The Song army defending the city was actually in a passive state of response due to the few soldiers and generals. Faced with the arrogance of the Jin army outside the city, two small figures in the city wrote to the court and proposed their own military strategy.

One character is Wu Ge. Before the main force of the Jin army arrived at the city, he wrote several times, suggesting that he divide his troops out of the city and build a stronghold outside the city to prevent the Jin army from approaching the city and control the road to the southeast. Once the situation becomes critical, the Holy One can withdraw from the capital and head to the southeast. However, the court did not accept it.

On the fifth day of the eleventh month in Run, Wu Ge once again secretly reported to the court, suggesting that a day should be selected to concentrate the troops in the city and send troops out from all the city gates at the same time. Before dispatching troops, the division of labor must be clear. Some will serve as the main attack, some as containment, some will conduct surprise attacks, some will conduct tail attacks, and some will serve as support and rescue. Such a comprehensive counterattack can win in one battle.

Wu Ge believed that the Jin people thought that our army was timid and did not dare to go out of the city to fight. If you boldly leave the city at this time, you will catch them by surprise and attack them unprepared. Our army urgently needs a big victory to boost morale. If morale is strong, then "attack will make you strong, defense will make you strong, and peace will make you long-term."

Song Qinzong did see Wu Ge's suggestion, but still refused to adopt it. In Song Qinzong's mind, Wu Ge belonged to the radical and adventurous faction. Song Qinzong felt that it was not appropriate to open the city to fight when the powerful enemy was pressing the city and the soldiers defending the city were generally fearful and lazy. Once they leave the city and are defeated, the Jin people may take the opportunity to enter, and the consequences will be disastrous. Song Qinzong was unwilling to take risks, and he still had a sense of luck and a little fantasy about the future outcome.

Another character is the imperial student Ding Teqi. At that time, the imperial students in the city were very concerned about the current situation and the war. Ding Teqi is just one of them. He saw that the imperial court only responded with troops as appropriate to the Jin army's attack on the city, but did not show any intention to use troops resolutely. It seemed that it still wanted to seek peace. Therefore, he wrote a letter to discuss and put forward the theory that "the Jin people have three reasons that can be destroyed, but there are five reasons that cannot be delayed in the use of troops."