Reborn Yue Feizhi returns my rivers and mountains

Just when the two armies of the Jin State were encircling Bianjing, good news came from various places where the troops were divided. The Zhengzhou and Luoyang defenders abandoned the city and fled. The Jin army easily captured the two states, and the Heyang defender also wanted to abandon the city. , but was killed by the rebels, and then the Jin army conquered Heyang.At this point, all the counties in Hedong have been surrendered or destroyed. The Jin army is guarding the key roads. The troops of King Qin everywhere are blocked and it is difficult to approach.

Nianhan's army arrived a little later than Wanyan Zongwang. When they had to set up camp, Nianhan went to Wanyan Zongwang's camp in person to discuss a plan to break the city.

When Wanyan Zongwang heard that Nianhan had come to see him, he quickly came out of the camp to greet him. The two of them went into the tent and sat down hand in hand.Nianhan said: "Erlangjun came to the city first. Do you know how the military is in the city?"

Wanyan Zongwang said: "There were envoys from the Southern Dynasty who came here and said that Qin Zong wanted to exchange the lands of Hebei for our army to retreat. I didn't dare to do it because the Prime Minister of the country hadn't arrived yet, so I didn't agree. I have also tried it in the past few days, but in the city Although the defenders were weak and did not dare to go out to fight, the city gates were tightly closed and they defended the city. Now the Bianjing City is heavily guarded and the walls are high and thick, so it is difficult to get out if we are eager."

Nian Han pondered for a moment and said: "What Erlang Jun said is true. The Western Army has always been the strongest in the Southern Dynasty, but now I have sent heavy troops to guard Tongguan, and the Western Army cannot advance even an inch. And all the prefectures around Bianjing are in my hands. In this battle, the Southern Dynasty army will have no strategy, no bravery, and everyone is afraid of death. When they see my large army, they often collapse without a fight. I also repulse all the surrounding troops of King Qin. Now Bianjing City is just an isolated city, waiting for me Once we have carefully considered the matter, it will probably be settled soon, and we will definitely not do anything about peace talks." Wanyan Zongwang nodded in agreement.

Then the two men discussed the matter of jointly attacking Bianjing. Nianhan did not return until late at night. After that, the two armies reorganized their troops and prepared to launch an attack on Bianjing.

The generals of the Jin army had finished reorganizing their horses, so Wanyan Zongwang began to attack the east city wall first. At this time, the defender of the east city was Liu Yanqing, the defeated general who was defeated in Baigou. He was demoted to Junzhou by Emperor Huizong because of the incident that year, but he was exiled to Junzhou. The Liu family has been a general for generations and has great influence in the court, so not long after, he was restored to the post of naval governor, who was currently in Bianjing city.

Facing the fierce attack of the Jin soldiers, although Liu Yanqing was afraid of death, he was trapped in the capital and had no way to retreat, so he used his skills from many years in the army to his best advantage.When the Jin army arrived to set up camp under the city, he keenly discovered that the east wall where he was stationed would be the direction from which the Jin army attacked the city, so he ordered people to pile grass at hundreds of places under the city at night for later use. use.

As soon as the Jin soldiers were dispatched today, they were discovered by the defenders on the city. They quickly used rockets to ignite hundreds of haystacks under the city. On the one hand, they could temporarily block the enemy and give the defenders time to prepare. On the other hand, thick smoke rose. This can warn the whole city and make the defenders everywhere be more vigilant.

As the capital of the country, the ordnance in Bianjing City is far from comparable to that of state capitals such as Taiyuan.Seeing the Jin soldiers attacking, Liu Yanqing pushed out the nine-ox cannon placed in the city to defend against the enemy.This nine-ox cannon is an advanced version of the catapult. It has infinite elasticity and can shoot even stones as big as millstones.

Following Liu Yanqing's order, countless boulders flew over the city and landed among the attacking Jin soldiers. Wherever the boulders passed, the siege ordnance was smashed to pieces. The stone that fell to the ground remained powerful. Once the Jin soldiers If he couldn't avoid it, he was beaten into a pulp.The Jin army attacked several times, but Liu Yanqing led his troops to repulse them. The news reached the ears of Emperor Qinzong. Long Yan was so happy that he immediately decreed that Liu Yanqing be the general protecting the country.

At this time, the Jin army saw that the east wall was difficult to break, so they moved to the south wall. Nianhan still used the method of attacking Taiyuan, using Dongzi carts to transport fuel and fill the moat. As a result, the river was filled up, and the army went under the city wall, but the defense The ordnance was sent out in unison, and all the soldiers guarding the city were killed, so Nianhan also returned without success.It was like this for several days.

It was nearing the middle of winter, and it was raining and snowing on that day. Emperor Qinzong went to the city in armor and rewarded the soldiers with royal meals. The morale of the soldiers guarding the city was greatly boosted and they shed tears of gratitude, making it more difficult for the Jin people to attack.Zhang Shuye, the only general of King Qin's army, was summoned by Emperor Qinzong at the city gate for his meritorious service in several battles and was awarded the title of Bachelor of Zizheng Palace.

Seeing that the defense of the city was effective, someone suggested that they could fight the Jin army under the city, so Emperor Qinzong ordered Wang Zongli, the deputy commander in front of the palace, and Gao Shidan, the commander, to lead their troops out of the city to meet the Jin army.Wanyan Zong looked at the army and attacked, and defeated Wang Zonglio in the city. The commander Gao Shidan was besieged by the army and could not get out of the conflict. In the end, he fought hard and died for his country, while Wang Zonglio was defeated and retreated to the city.After this battle, the Song army no longer dared to fight and was willing to defend behind closed doors. Emperor Qinzong ordered Zhang Shuye to sign the Privy Council and direct the defense of the city. The Jin army had no choice but to surround Bianjing and wait for an opportunity.

On this day, Emperor Qinzong was patrolling from Ansumen in the north city to Chaoyangmen in the east city. Wushu happened to see Wushu at the bottom of the city. He raised his bow and shot. He saw the flying arrow grazing the face of Emperor Qinzong and flying past him, shooting behind him. A flagpole is shot into two sections.Emperor Qinzong was frightened and angry, so he ordered more than [-] soldiers to go out of the city in bamboo baskets to fight, killing hundreds of enemies, and then returned to the city in bamboo baskets.Emperor Qinzong was so happy that he appointed dozens of warriors who came out of the city as officials and generously compensated the dead.

Wanyan Zongwang and Nian Ran were unable to attack for a long time, so they ordered people to build a watchtower outside the city. The tower was a hundred feet high, overlooking the city, and could shoot the defenders at the top of the city with bows and arrows.Zhang Shuye waited until the construction was completed, and ordered to shoot it with rockets and burn the trough. The Jin army's several days' work was destroyed in one day, and the Jin army had no choice but to retreat and rest.

In the next few days, the Jin army built a ladder with a large wheel underneath and a leather object on top to prevent stone arrows from the city from being pushed straight to the edge of the city. The soldiers in the city used hooks and poles to hold up the ladder, making it difficult to approach the ladder.Some of them were close to the city wall, and some of the defenders on the city hung them with hooks and spears, and set fire to the ladders. The Jin army had no choice but to retreat.Then they used goose chariots and dongzi chariots to attack the northern city. The defenders on the city used bed crossbows to shoot them. stop.At this time, Emperor Qinzong did not hesitate to award rewards, and issued an order to select warriors to burn enemy frames, goose chariots, Dongzi chariots, etc. Once they succeeded, the common people would immediately be appointed as regiment training envoys, and the others would be rewarded in turn.It is said that under a heavy reward, there must be brave men. Emperor Qinzong issued an edict, and some people went there enthusiastically. However, the Jin army was restricted everywhere and could not advance even an inch.

Nianhan was dissatisfied and sent another general to attack the south city wall. Zhang Shuye heard that flying stones were attacking the tower trough outside the south city, so he ordered Fan Qiong to go out and attack, hoping to burn the Jin army's catapults.However, they did not expect the Song army to be cowardly. When they saw the fierce Jin soldiers from a distance, they were so frightened that they fled into the city. The soldiers trampled on each other, and more than a thousand people fell into the river and drowned. They returned in defeat.

The Jin army has been attacking for more than half a month. The troops of King Qin were blocked in key roads and found it difficult to come to the rescue. In addition, the defenders in Bianjing City also suffered heavy casualties due to the hard fighting for days. Now the number of available defenders in the city is only more than [-], and the Jin army discovered that the city's defenders The strength of the defense weakened, so the siege became more urgent.

At this time, Emperor Qinzong no longer had the ambition to "defend the country to the death" as he had at that time. He just retreated from the main hall and decided to send envoys to sue for peace regardless of the opposition of his ministers.At this time, someone said: "King Kang was envoyed to Cizhou and stayed for the people. This is God's will. Please take advantage of the opportunity and worship King Kang as the marshal of the world's troops, so that he can lead the world's troops to aid Kyoto." Emperor Qinzong Promise.

So Emperor Qinzong recruited several dead soldiers and went to Xiangzhou by separate routes with secret edicts.One of them arrived first and met Queen Kang. He took out the edict from his hair and handed it to King Kang.After King Kang finished reading the edict, his eyes shed tears and he burst into tears. The soldiers and civilians around him were also moved to tears.

So Kang Wang Zhao Gou was ordered to be the general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, and Chen Hengbo was appointed marshal, Zongze and Wang Boyan were deputy marshals, and he raised troops to the capital to serve the king.