One Piece of Song Dynasty

Until now, there is still no news about King Qin’s soldiers and horses in various places. The edict of King Qin to Weng Yanguo, the economic envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, was sent on November th, more than a month ago. The edict of King Qin to Fan Zhixu, the five-way propaganda envoy of Shaanxi Province, was sent on November , which was nearly a month ago. Why have they not done anything yet? Song Qinzong and his ministers were extremely anxious. Song Qinzong couldn't understand why the last time the Jin army surrounded Tokyo, King Qin's soldiers and horses quickly gathered at the city, but now they are delayed.

Sun Fu wrote a letter in the name of the Privy Council, but it was actually a letter urging all the soldiers and horses in the world to work quickly for the king. After Song Qinzong saw it, he immediately delivered the order to Kaifeng Mansion, made a wax bullet pass ultimatum, recruited warriors, and implemented it urgently.

The letter said: "The Jin people broke the rules and went straight to the capital, plundering the residents and Pingling County. Although there was a request for peace, there was no time to retire. The Lord went out of the palace to feed the soldiers, and the soldiers and the people wept. Thinking of Fen, everyone clamored to fight for the front. Although they thought about the former alliance, they were not ordered to go to war. However, the Jin people had great desires that were difficult to stop, and they were insatiable in their pursuit of life.

Recently, the Jin people have built ladders, goose carts, etc. on the walls of the capital to watch for gaps and attack the fortified city. They have set up many false strongholds to hide suspicious soldiers from a distance and are desperate for support. When serving as a privy minister, he has experienced hardships and dangers personally. Although he is a saint and is benevolent, he still wants to make peace with the soldiers. However, the minister is righteous. How can he care about his position and steal a territory of more than ten thousand miles? Gather heroes from all over the world. He is the ancestor and father. Under the Holy Spirit The rest of the self-restraint is only filial piety and loyalty, and do what the ministers want to do. It is appropriate to pay tribute to the great festival, and to repay the kindness. Knowing that the order is not clear, I want to do something but dare not.

On the day when the call to arms arrived, the generals, supervisors, county guards, prime ministers, and Lingzuo all responded to the situation, regardless of the regular system, and started to serve as King Qin's teachers. If you have already set off, you are expected to have your commanders urge you to rescue Ying Jingshi. If you have not yet set off, you can go anywhere near or near, and allow the heroes in the village to pass on their efficiency and recruit brave men. There is no limit to the number, and each of them will recommend their leaders to come. Or those who are scattered in the mountains and forests and have gathered into a team are allowed to apply to the government office where they are. Regardless of the military and civilians, the people are also allowed to do their own thing, take advantage of the situation, attack from all sides, and learn about what they have gained. Since Jie Yue, Ge Tie En has been established. May the loyal ministers and righteous men work together and work hard to achieve great success, and there will be no time to delay. "

The next day, the weather suddenly changed. At first, the sky was dark and overcast, but the snow had not yet fallen, and there were several inches of snow strands hanging from the sky. Soon, heavy snow began to fall all over the sky, and the snow on the road soon became more than three feet thick.

That night, a comet suddenly appeared in the sky, and a stream of white gas slowly floated out from the stars in Taiweiyuan. Some people watched the sky at night and sighed quietly: The country of the Song Dynasty was in danger.

Ordinary Tokyo citizens do not understand celestial phenomena. They only feel that this day is very depressing, and the heaven and earth seem to be shrouded in an ominous atmosphere.

On November nd, the Jin army violently shelled Xuanhua Gate in the south of the city. Tian Hao, the promotion official on the south wall, was unfortunately shot and killed. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty issued an order to upgrade Tian Hao to five levels in a row, and also gave Longtuge as a posthumous gift to be built.

On the rd, the weather was very cold, the north wind was howling, and heavy snow fell non-stop, and soon the ground was covered with several feet. Outside Xuanhua Gate, the Hulong River that has not yet been filled by Jin people has completely frozen. The Jin army then dispatched infantry, crossed the river on the ice, and charged towards Xuanhua Gate.

Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, Wang Zonglio and other military ministers came to the tower of Xuanhua Gate to observe the enemy's situation. Wang Zongliu ordered Fan Qiong, the inspection envoy on all sides of the capital, to lead his troops out of the city to fight. Fan Qiong did not hesitate and led more than a thousand people directly out of the city from Xuanhua Gate to fight with the Jin soldiers.

The Jin soldiers saw that the morale of the Song army was very high, so they retreated to Henan. The Song army wanted to pursue the victory and advance on the ice. However, just a dozen steps away from the north bank of the river, the ice suddenly broke. More than officers and soldiers fell into the Hulong River with a crash, and soon disappeared without a trace.

The Song army on the city was shocked when they saw this scene, while the Jin army on the other side cheered loudly when they saw it. Although this incident was an accident, it had a great impact on the Song Army. Some people secretly lamented: "How could it be that our teacher is in danger?" This incident greatly dampened the morale of the Song army.

At this time, the Jin people were almost finished filling in the river and building a bridge in front of Xuanhua Gate. When it was first discovered that the Jin people were filling the river to build a bridge, Wu Ge came to observe it. He suggested to the south wall official that he should open the sluice gate and release the water three feet to raise the water level. At the same time, the gates were opened every night to release all the water from the Cai River, submerging the earth bridges built by the Jin people during the day. However, Nanbi's promotion official refused to accept it. Now someone brought up this suggestion again, and Wang Zongzong asked people to do it quickly. However, the river was already frozen.

Outside Dongshui Gate, the Jin people built several overpasses to overlook the city. On this day, the Jin army also launched a fierce attack on Dongshui Gate. They transported fire ladders, cloud ladders, bridges and other siege equipment to the city, and countless golden soldiers climbed up.

Yao Youzhong calmly responded to the challenge and directed the Song soldiers to hit the Jin army's siege equipment with ramming rods. Once they hit, the ladder would fall down. If they missed the hit, they would use wolf fang gunners and gun mount gunners to come forward and assassinate them. The Jin soldiers could never Climb the city. The golden soldiers rushed up again and again and were beaten down again and again.

After the Jin people completed filling in the river and building a bridge outside Xuanhua Gate, they launched a fierce attack on Xuanhua Gate. They pushed five opposite towers and came to the foot of the city wall under the cover of cannon stones and arrows.

The Song army on the city continued to hit with poles, and three opposite buildings were knocked down. Song soldiers saw that the building opposite was about to collapse, so everyone rushed to the building opposite and threw grass and fire to burn it. There were many trees and grass in the opposite building, so it was quickly ignited. However, suddenly the wind direction reversed and turned to the south. The strong wind brought the fire to the towers and burned two towers.

In a hurry, Wang Zongliu ordered people to rebuild the tower immediately. But as soon as the construction workers set up the skeleton of the tower, they were discovered by the Jin people. They immediately bombarded them with cannons and stones, making it impossible to complete the tower.

That night, snowflakes kept falling all night long. The snow was several feet deep inside and outside Tokyo.

Early the next morning, the Jin army pushed four fire ladders and launched a fierce attack on Dongshui Gate. Three of the fire ladders were knocked down by the Song army on the city with hitting rods. Only the fire ladder attacking the "Zi" tower was not hit. As a result, the city tower was set alight, and the raging fire swallowed up both the "Zi" city tower and the two watchtowers east of Xuanhua Gate. Dozens of golden soldiers took advantage of the situation and climbed onto the city wall. They waved black flags and cheered loudly.

The fire on the city tower was too fierce, the flames soared into the sky, and the Song army could not rush through. At this time, guard Yao Youzhong drew his sword and directed the palace guards and the city defenders to step forward to put out the fire. At the same time, the officers and soldiers fired their bows and crossbows, and even poured alchemical juice on the enemy. The Jin soldiers who climbed the city were unable to dodge and fell to their deaths one after another. The Song army then recaptured the city wall.

Although the city wall was recaptured, the Jin army still attacked the city wall, which further dampened the morale of the Song army defending the city. In addition, no troops from King Qin had arrived so far, and pessimism began to spread among the Song army.