Zhao Yu first stabilized the slang soldiers of the mountain brigade with a bucket of water and a meal, but looking at the aggrieved little lady who was about to cry in front of him, he was a little overwhelmed. To put it seriously, he cried and cried in front of everyone, which embarrassed himself; To put it lightly, it doesn't hurt or itch to work, and one day it will re-exert itself to 'coerce' himself, how will he live in the future! But Zhao Yu soon found that he was a villain, Li Sanniang was smarter and more sensible than he imagined, and it was more appropriate to describe it with the word virtuous.

In fact, Li Sanniang regretted it immediately when she saw the little emperor appear, and she originally meant to be the main attacker. You must know that although in Qiongzhou, although he made a family affair with the royal family, it also led to criticism and rumors, especially after the formation of the mountain brigade, although he was strictly trained, he never got the opportunity to show his skills, and he was always in a state of 'being protected', and he was treated as a vase like himself. Now that it is the critical moment of recovering the country, almost all the forbidden troops of the Xing Dynasty have been transferred north to the battlefield, but the mountain brigade is still idle and guards Daning Village alone.

Li Sanniang saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart, which can also be said to be angry and hateful. hated himself for his hard work, but that thief boy never looked at himself properly, let alone gave himself a chance, just as a dispensable political exchange. So he wrote to the Queen Mother to ask him to lead his troops to go on an expedition and do his best to restore the country, and finally came here with the reinforcements who went to Hangzhou, but the little emperor didn't see him, and he was regarded as a reserve as in the past. And several requests for war were rejected, and in a hurry, he made radical acts.

However, he still didn't see Zhang Shijie, but let the guards surround them like a great enemy. Li Sanniang also immediately realized that her behavior had violated military regulations, which was like a rebellion, and this had never happened since the establishment of the Shuaifu Army, and she could be regarded as a precedent in the army. But she gambled on it, and she had to ask for an explanation.

But as soon as the little emperor appeared, Li Sanniang knew that it was no longer as simple as violating military discipline, this matter was tantamount to piercing the sky, and she also realized that she had given the little emperor a problem, not only involving the reputation of the royal family, but also affecting her three thousand subordinates. And she also knows that in preparation for entering the city, the whole army is strengthening military discipline education. But at the moment, he has done such things, and in order to calm the incident, he will probably not hesitate to destroy them, so as to deter the whole army and correct military law.

Because Li Sanniang knew that the little emperor had always been 'cunning and detrimental', she refused to drink the water he sent because she was worried that the water would be drugged, so she cleaned them up bloodlessly. But the little emperor saw through her mind at a glance, and he drank it first to show his openness, but he made himself a villain. When the meal was delivered, she finally realized that the little emperor was not harmless to herself, but he had the heart to help her solve the catastrophe that she had broken through, which showed that she was still thinking of love and righteousness, and she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

Lang has a concubine who is interested, and the matter is easy to solve. Li Sanniang took the initiative to admit her mistake, and Zhao Yu used her earnestness to cover up for her misconduct, but she couldn't go unpunished. But at this time, Zhang Shijie and his group of people came back just now, seeing that His Majesty wanted to kill his relatives in righteousness, he hurriedly stepped forward to intercede, and finally decided that the two chief officers of the mountain brigade would be fined for one year, and they would be punished for their credit in the siege of the city by taking on the task of breaking through the city defense, and if they failed, they would be punished for the two crimes. And anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty has exonerated him and fulfilled his wishes......

The next day, Chen Renweng quietly sent his daughter into the inner palace, and Zhao Yu was worried that the crazy girl would find trouble, so he arranged it in the back garden, so as not to bump into the ministers who were deliberating. At this time, the preparations for the siege of the city had been fully rolled out, and the suspicious plan he set up made the enemy troops in the city begin to move, and the terrain in the north of the city was flat and open to facilitate the concentration of troops, and when the Yuan army entered and occupied Lin'an City, the Genshan Gate in the northeast was destroyed.

Gen means north in the five elements of the gossip, Gen Mountain, is the hill in the north of the city. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong built "Genyue" in Bianjing, and the Southern Song Dynasty named Genshan, which contains the meaning of thinking about the homeland. In addition, after the Yuan army pacified Jiangnan, the city was demolished, so the Genshan Gate was not repaired and left to be abandoned. At present, the Song army besieged the city, and the Yuan army suffered heavy losses and had to borrow the city wall to resist the enemy, but it could only be repaired in a hurry, but everyone knew that this kind of maintenance was a symptom rather than a cure, and it had always been the weakest place that was most easily damaged.

At present, the Song army scouts frequently appeared in the north of the city, and tested the city wall with artillery, and a large number of warships were also assembled in the east and west directions, only a small number of troops were found in the north of the city because of the obstruction of the mountains. It is very difficult for the naval army to attack the city from the West Lake or the Qiantang River, and it is very difficult to cross the moat more than ten zhang wide, and it is not easy to break through several sluices to block the tide before attacking from the water gate. Therefore, the Yuan army's auxiliary generals Wanhu Zheng You and deputy Wanhu Li Polanxi, who were in charge of the city's defense, judged accordingly that the main direction of the Song army's attack was Beicheng, and other directions were just bluffs.

After discovering that the main force of the Yuan army was concentrated in Beicheng, Zhang Shijie, who presided over the siege, ordered to strengthen the intrusion into Beicheng and Xicheng, and at the same time moved the Shuai tent to the Songmuchang Xiazhai in the northwest, making a posture of taking these two directions as the main direction of attack. According to the investigation situation in these days, the secret soldiers were digging tunnels in Dongcheng, but the progress was not smooth. One is because of the fear that the movement will be too big and that the enemy will find out; The other is that the castle is built on top of rocks, which is hard and very difficult to excavate, but fortunately the ground is high and no groundwater has been dug up, otherwise the plan would have been abandoned.

On November 20, the Song army had besieged the city for more than 10 days, and one of the two tunnels had to be abandoned when it encountered a hard rock, while the other successfully chiseled through the foundation of the city, dug out a medicine chamber five zhang long, three zhang and five wide, and more than one zhang high, and filled it with nearly 5,000 catties of gunpowder. Although there is no shortage of food in the city for the time being, more than 300,000 people live in the city, and the meat and vegetables and firewood consumed every day are massive, but these things come from outside the city, and all sources have been cut off after the siege.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how are the preparations for the siege?" The daily small court meeting was held on time, Zhao Yu glanced at the ministers present and asked, Today's participants are not only the six ministers headed by Lu Xiufu, but also the heads of the ministries headed by Zhang Shijie.

"Your Majesty, the minister is ready to take over Lin'an City, all kinds of materials are ready, as long as the city is broken, it can be quickly mobilized into the city!" Lu Xiufu was the first to come out and play.

"Okay, after entering the city, we must first get rid of all the puppet officials, take over the city, and appease the people, especially to stabilize prices and ensure the livelihood of the people." Zhao Yu nodded and instructed.

"Obey the order!" Lu Xiufu retreated after giving a salute.

"Your Majesty, the household department has already collected 600,000 stone of autumn tax grain, 110,000 horses of silk silk, and 50,000 horses of cotton cloth, but because the Zhongtong banknotes are popular in the city, half of the banknotes are exchanged for salt banknotes, so only less than one million yuan of commercial tax is collected." Yao Liangchen said.

"Well, this matter can't be rushed, we still need to think about it in the long run, and let's see how effective it is by exchanging salt banknotes for Zhongtong banknotes, and the household department must be closely observed, and there must be no chaos that causes public resentment!" Zhao Yu said. Now the Yuan court banknote law in the Jiangnan region has actually been corrupted, although the original banknote value is strongly maintained, but in fact, a piece of banknotes in the market can not be exchanged for consistent money, depreciation of more than 20 times, on the contrary, the market Qiongzhou salt banknotes are quite strong, and at present, in order to stabilize the economy, he can only temporarily replace the circulation currency with salt banknotes, and use tax silver to offset the Zhongtong banknotes, as for the long-term impact has not yet appeared, can only be adjusted to see the after-effects.

"Yes, Your Majesty! The minister is now only trying it out on a small scale, and he will tell him after discovering the pros and cons! Yao Liangchen reported back.

"Your Majesty, the officials who receive Lin'an will be preliminarily approved, and they will only be approved by His Majesty!" Chen Zhongwei came out again, and took out the scroll from his sleeve and held it.

"Chen Shangshu has worked hard, but pay more attention to his body and don't overwork!" Zhao Yu took the roster handed over and admonished again. Chen Zhongwei has been diligent and diligent since he set out on the expedition, working day and night, and he is really worried that the old man will not be able to withstand the collapse.

"The minister has thanked His Majesty for his concern, but Lin'an's recovery is imminent, how dare the minister be idle!" Chen Zhongwei saluted.

"Your Majesty, the winter clothes deployed in all the departments in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions and the various departments of the Navy have been distributed in place, and the other departments have ordered them to temporarily raise them on the spot due to the inconvenience of the road." Jiang Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said, "The baggage and ammunition required by the various departments for the siege have been completed and delivered to the various departments, but the ordnance supervision has just resumed production, and the ammunition reserves are still insufficient, especially the number of muskets is relatively large. ”

"In addition, the recruit training camp has been prepared for the use of the old military camp in Shaoxing Mansion, and now 30,000 recruits have been recruited for training, and the insufficient number is still being recruited, and the minister is expected to complete it by the end of the year!"

"Sir can complete the task of raising supplies in such a short time, and the task of recruiting new soldiers is really not easy, but you must remember and do not use forced conscription and looting to recruit new soldiers!" Zhao Hao admonished again.

"Your Majesty, Pingjiang, Jiangyin, Jiankang and other important towns along the river have been inspected, and the minister has ordered the heavy army and the craftsmen of the capital academy as the backbone, and requisition Ding Zhuang on the spot to start stationing in the city and building city defenses!" Wei Tianzhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said.

"The work of building the city must be grasped, this is the key to whether I can stand firm in the direction of returning to Jiangnan, but remember not to only covet speed, but ignore quality, the Ministry of Industry must strictly supervise." Zhao Yu nodded and admonished.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will not fail in his mission!" Wei Tianzhong bowed and stepped back.

"Your Majesty, the regulations for the entrance ceremony, the chariot, and the guard of honor have all been prepared, and we are just waiting to enter the city!" Xu Zongren came out of the list of joyful and said.

"Hehe, Xu Shangshu is really anxious, we haven't laid Lin'an City yet, so it's a little early to prepare, right?" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the recovery of the old capital is a major event of our dynasty, how can you enter the city silently, of course the minister must take precautions, so as not to catch the blind at that time, let the people of the world scold the minister for dereliction of duty!" Xu Zongren listened to it and said seriously.

"Okay, Xu Shangshu is old and serious, and he is thorough, I can rest assured!" Zhao Yu praised, of course, this is also a compliment to his performance since the expedition.

"The minister will live up to the emperor's grace!" Xu Zongren stepped back.

"Cardinal, now that everything is ready, it's up to Aiqing." After the reports of the various ministries were completed, Zhao Yu turned to Zhang Shijie and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to attack the city sooner rather than later!" When Zhang Shijie saw His Majesty's order, he immediately went out of the ranks.

"Well, let's talk about it!" Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, in the past few days, the ministers have ordered the ladders, bridges and siege vehicles to be built outside the northern city, and the enemy army has been unable to hold its breath, and has sent scouts to spy on the military situation many times, but they have been repelled by our rangers. Since then, the city has been strengthened, and soldiers have been assigned to patrol day and night, build war tents, and hoard rolling wood and stones. In addition, it has been reported that residents of the city are not allowed to go out of the city to collect wood, and now they have begun to forcibly demolish their houses and cut down trees to make fires for cooking and heating. In addition, the rebels and ruffians in the city robbed the rich and shops, causing turmoil, and the people from the outer city poured into Luocheng, and Zheng You ordered the gate of Luocheng to be closed to cut off the connection with the outer city. ”

"Zhong Chong signs that the morale of the army and the people in the city has become unstable. Moreover, our army has completed the mobilization of combat readiness, the tunnels have been dug up, the various departments have been arranged in place, and targeted training has been launched, so that the siege can be launched immediately after His Majesty's order. The minister thought that if it was too long, it would inevitably expose our intentions, and besides, the armies would inevitably slack off if they had not been prepared for war for a long time. There is also a deep winter approaching, our army has lived in Qiongzhou for a long time and is not tolerant of cold, and has been stationed in the field for a long time, which may lead to an epidemic of epidemics. Therefore, I think it is advisable to launch it as soon as possible! Zhang Shijie replied.

"What do Lu Xiang and all Aiqing think?" After hearing this, Zhao Yu turned to Lu Xiufu and asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cardinal marshal is reasonable." Lu Xiufu sighed slightly, "At the moment, our army has won victories from all sides, but it is also because of the civil strife caused by the death of the thief chieftain, so that Jiangnan is out of control and is taken advantage of by our army. Once their civil strife has subsided, they will send troops to come to the expedition, and our army has just regained the lost territory, and many places have not yet been pacified. Therefore, the minister thought that the Lin'an war should be ended as soon as possible, and it should quickly turn to defense to consolidate the results of the war. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal, and the current right minister sent troops to Ezhou, but the soldiers were tired after a long battle, and the attack was weak, and it was always difficult to recover; Although Jiang Cheng was like a bamboo, the rear was unstable, and the left flank was empty, so it was easy for the enemy to outflank him, and it was urgent to consolidate the rear and divide his troops to ensure the safety of the left flank. However, at present, our army has exhausted its elite, and there are no more troops to adjust, only Jiangsu and Zhejiang still have spare strength. Jiang Xuan, the secretary of the military department, came out of the ranks.

"It is precisely that now that the military expenditure is huge, and there are all kinds of waste waiting to be rebuilt, only by consolidating the recovered land as soon as possible can the financial endowment be guaranteed and the national use can be maintained." Yao Liangchen, the head of the household, is now under great pressure, and the money is spent like flowing water at the moment, and Qiongzhou's savings for many years are at the bottom at a glance, but everywhere he reaches out to ask for money, and he is about to die.

"The ministers seconded it!" Several other scholars also listed Shi Lidao.

"Okay, then the siege battle will be launched in two days, you Aiqing must fight the enemy with one heart, recover Lin'an, annihilate the enemy, and wash away the humiliation of the country!" Seeing that no one objected, Zhao Hao patted the case.

"Obey the holy decree, and the ministers will never give up!" All the ministers replied in unison......