In the eighth year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, on the eighth day of the first month, at the gate of the Nanhe River in the Great Song Dynasty's Beijing Daimyo's Mansion, a large group of infantry cavalry had been placed. When the golden thief soldiers had already killed the Yellow River, this scene really frightened the people and gentry in the Daimyo's mansion.

Isn't it that the Dajin soldiers have already entered the realm of the Daimyo's Mansion and are about to attack the city!

In order to find out, the frightened daimyo, gentry, and common people crowded on the long street inside the Nanhe Gate to look at the city gate, and some skilled natives simply walked along the horse road outside the daimyo's mansion to the city wall, wanting to climb up and look.

The city was already fortified, and on top of the wide walls were many single and double cannons that could be used to fire mud and stone shells. This is a light trebuchet, not too far to hit, but in large quantities, and is used to destroy enemy siege equipment near the walls.

Directly in front of the slightly cannon, there is a parapet wall, and there are also leather and bamboo grate fences to cover the arrows on the daughter wall, and outside the parapet wall, there are rows of forked wood several feet higher than the female wall.

The parapet wall is a good place to hide soldiers, equivalent to a trench on the city wall, even if the enemy sets up a little cannon outside the city, it is difficult to hit the defenders crouching against the parapet.

The platoon is a tall wooden fence that prevents enemies who climb up to the top of the city from climbing over the parapet. The defenders, on the other hand, could rely on the cover of the parapet wall and use spears and crossbows to kill and wound the enemies who ascended the city.

Directly in front of the parapet wall is the battlement of the city wall, and piles of rolling wood and stones are placed on the battlement. These are of course used to smash people!

At intervals on the castle head, there were wagons to block the road, that is, large wooden planks wrapped in iron leaf nails, placed on wheels, and placed horizontally on the castle head, which was used to prevent the enemy troops who had ascended the castle from attacking along the castle walls, but now they blocked the daimyo who wanted to go up to the castle.

At this time, the forbidden troops stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion had already left the city to line up, so the guards on the city walls were all local native soldiers. Many people live in the streets and alleys of Nanhemen, and they are fellow villagers with the famous people who want to see from afar, so the two sides simply talked through the gap between the gange boards.

"This captain, how come there are so many (so many) soldiers and generals who have driven out of the city? Is it that the GI of the gold thief has come to the daimyo? ”

An old captain of the van soldiers wearing a battle jacket and a Fan Yang hat waved his hand and said to the people who asked questions: "Mo Hu said, if the gold thief comes to the big name, Cai Dayin doesn't have to block the city gate with earth and stones?" Where do you dare to go out of the city to resist the battle? ”

"What? Cai Dayin is also out of the city? Is it to welcome some distinguished guests? ”

"How is it possible, Cai Dayin is also the minister of transport, and he was also the privy minister earlier, and he belongs to the official university on the border of Hebei, who can work his old man to go out of the city?"

"Isn't it the official family who came to Hebei in person, right?"

Someone mentioned the official family, and the famous people crowded on the horse road were silent, and turned their expectant eyes to the talkative old captain.

The old lieutenant was really a well-informed person, looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he just sighed in a deep voice: "It would be good if the official family was willing to come...... It's a pity that it wasn't the official family who came, it was His Royal Highness King Yun, the son of the official family! ”

"King Yun? How did a king come? ”

"What is a great king doing when he comes to the Daimyo's mansion?"

"Yes, the king of this dynasty doesn't go far away!"

The old lieutenant was mysterious, and said in a low voice: "What else can the king of this dynasty do when he comes to Hebei?" Of course, it's to make peace with the gold thief! ”

The eyes of the famous people who asked the question widened, "Can you really make peace?" Can the golden man agree? ”

The old lieutenant sighed again: "Isn't what the golden man asks for is gold and silver treasures?" The officials have money, and they have all the money, are they afraid that they will not be able to make peace? ”

The people sighed.

"Alas, it's all people's fat and people's ointment, so it's just a giveaway......"

"I don't know how much to give? Shouldn't there be any more taxes? ”

"There will definitely be a tax increase, otherwise you can expect the official family to dig out from the inner treasury?"

"If you increase the tax, you can increase the tax, it's better than the gold thief who has entered and we will kill them all......"

"Alas, in short, it's the people who suffer!"

When the well-informed people were discussing, Cai Mao, the Hebei transfer envoy and judge of the Daimyo Mansion, was neatly guarding outside the Nanhe Gate in the outer city of the Daimyo's Mansion, guarding his prime minister's bearing, looking at the south without squinting, and letting the north wind blow his official robes to the hunt.

Behind him, there was a large group of officials of the Hebei Yunsi and the Daimyo Mansion, most of them were green-robed petty officials, and there were also a few scarlet-robed officials, three of whom were still wearing swords and shrunk in the corners, which should be military attachés.

The military attaché official uniform of the Song Dynasty implemented the military uniform with the civil uniform, that is, the official uniform of the civil and military officials was exactly the same, and it was difficult to distinguish just by looking at the official uniform. And the Daimyo's Mansion is now on the front line, and the military attache should naturally go out of the city with a sword to show his preparation for war.

Two of the three military attachés wore scarlet robes, and they were obviously all senior military attachés above the sixth rank. One of them was about fifty years old, with a gray, thick beard, a short figure, and piercing eyes. The other man was about forty years old, and he was a fair-faced officer with a smooth chin and no beard. There is also a military attache in a green robe who is an extremely grown man, thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a full beard, just rubbing his hands there: "Thief and bird, I don't know when I will be able to fight with the gold thief, if we can kill and negotiate peace, we can also get some heads and come back to turn a few officials!" ”

He muttered in a low voice there, but the two scarlet-robed officials beside him glanced at him, and one of them, a short beard who was about fifty years old, said with a straight face: "Splash Han Wu, you can't talk nonsense like this!" We only obey orders to fight and kill Han, whether it is war or peace, it is a military plan, how can a warrior ask? ”

The beardless eunuch also lowered his voice and said, "Commander Han, be careful when you speak!" It's not in the camp today...... If the transfer minister hears it, our family will not protect you! ”

The man who was called "Splash Han Wu" just sighed helplessly, closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking. But at the same time, a group of green-robed civil officials began to talk nonsense. They are all civil officials, but they are not as bold as the three military attachés (one of whom is an attendant with the rank of Jiedu envoy), and they can say whatever they want?

"Have you heard, this time King Yun came to Hebei to spend three million coins plus a Yanshan Mansion to buy a gold thief!"

"Three million coins? Really? In the early years, the annual coins we gave to the Khitan were only 500,000! How did this go up to three million? ”

"It's true! Zhang Deyuan and Hu Mingzhong, who recently came from Tokyo to serve as officials, both said so! ”

"That's right, I also heard from a few students who came back from Tokyo for the New Year's holiday......

"Three million...... Yanshan Mansion, which was bought back for one million, has to be given away, which is really a loss of capital! His Royal Highness King Yun is also from a Jinshi, how can he be willing to do such a thing? ”

"Why wouldn't he? You don't know yet, do you? The official family has already secretly promised him the position of the national capital, as long as the peace is completed, the national capital will be replaced! ”

"Be cautious, be cautious...... How can we talk about the change of the country's capital casually? ”

Although the civil officials of the Song Dynasty were not likely to be convicted for their words, it was better to say a few words when the matter involved the country.

Although these green-robed civil officials accepted the discussion, what they said had already entered Cai Mao's ears, but he just didn't hear anything, and still stood solemnly waiting for the arrival of Zhao Kai and his party.

However, this old minister, who has been up and down in officialdom for decades, already has a proposition about the war and peace, because in his sleeve pocket, he has a copy of the decree sent by Zhao Ji. In this edict, Zhao Ji urgently ordered Cai Mao to immediately try to contact the Jin people and ask the Jin people to go to the Daimyo's Mansion to negotiate peace with Zhao Kai, the king of Yun...... He also asked Cai Mao to clearly tell the Jin people that Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, arrived at the Daimyo with a full 3.3 million goods and an emperor, and these goods and the emperor were all to be sent to the Dajin Kingdom!