"What, Wang Qing's family, you want to go out of the city to fight the Jin people?"

Above the main hall, Zhao Huan's face was surprised, and next to him, a brand-new honeycomb coal stove was boiling a pot of hot water.

The city of Tokyo was besieged by the Jinren and the roads were cut off, and he was worried all day. But let Wang Song go out and fight a decisive battle outside the Jinren City, he didn't dare to take this risk.

The army in the city, except for the loyal army and the new army, there were only 30,000 or 40,000 people left. Garrisoning such a large outer city of Tokyo is already overstretched. Then let the army go out on an adventure, in case the whole army is destroyed......

"Wang Qingjia, are you sure of victory?"

"Your Majesty, the minister is fifty percent sure. However, the ministers will fight hard, strive to kill more gold people, and share the worries of His Majesty!"

Seeing Zhao Huan's hesitation, Wang Song continued:

"Your Majesty, if you defend it, there will be a shortage of food and wages in the city, and the soldiers will be miserable, and I am afraid it will be difficult to defend the city. If the soldiers mutinied, the city of Tokyo would be destroyed. The ministers have firearms, and the elite soldiers of their subordinates can at least retreat with their whole body. Your Majesty can rest assured!"

Hearing the word "mutiny", Zhao Huan immediately became nervous, and asked in a trembling voice: "What does the Wang Qing family want me to do, just open your mouth."

Sure enough, the scare worked.

Wang Song said: "Your Majesty, the Jin cavalry comes and goes like the wind, and to deal with the Jin people, the cavalry and firearms must be used together to break the enemy." Now the minister has prepared firearms, but there is a shortage of war horses, and his majesty is asked to allocate the horses. Thank you very much!"

"There are still more than 3,000 war horses in the imperial army."

Zhao Huan pondered for a moment and continued: "Immediately draft an order, in the city of Tokyo, from the royal horse and detained, the whole family of the hidden person will march the military law in parallel, Xu Rensu, reward 3,000 yuan, in Beijing except for the consul, attendants, eunuchs, and Langguan Xu to leave one, the rest of the horses, all sent to the front of the army." Violators will be investigated and punished with great rebellion! ”

Wang Song was overjoyed, and bowed again: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Wang Song......

Zhao Huan hesitated: "Do you still have something to say?"

Wang Song nodded, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, if the minister unfortunately dies in battle, please don't open the city and surrender, as long as you persist, there will be the arrival of King Qin's army." The ambition of the golden man and the wolf, aiming to destroy my Great Song Dynasty, and negotiating peace with him is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger. I hope Your Majesty will consider it!"

Zhao Huan was moved in his heart, nodded and said, "Wang Song, I am waiting for your triumphant return!"

Wang Song walked out of the hall and let out a long sigh.

"Official, what's the situation?"

As soon as he arrived at Wuyue Temple, a large group of generals rushed over from all over and surrounded Wang Song.

"Zhang Heng, Dong Ping, you two and Wu Tong are together, and you must not be sloppy!"

Zhang Heng and Dong Ping looked solemn, hugged their fists and said goodbye, and dispersed first.

"Great official, Wanyan Zonghan is stationed in Liujia Temple, five miles northeast of the city. Wanyan Zong Wangtun is stationed in Qingcheng, five miles south of the city. Wanyan Lou Room and Wanyan Xiyin each have their own things. ”

Niu Gao shook his head and said, "Five miles of road to turn around, this guy is bold enough!"

Wang Song's face turned pale, and he turned his head and asked, "In the battle outside Xuanhua Gate, a few Han prisoners were captured, did they confess?"

Niu Gao hurriedly said: "The big official, it has been recruited." The news that the Fanzi military camp was stationed was also obtained from there. ”

He is not afraid of heaven and earth, and after many years of living in poverty, he always has a anger in his heart and wants to vent. Who knew that as soon as he met Wang Song, he immediately became broad-minded, and his anger disappeared without a trace.

It's just that when Wang Song was angry, he was inexplicably nervous.

Wang Song nodded and said, "Go down and interrogate again, and see if you can get any other news from Jinying."

Zhang Xian said in a deep voice: "Great officials, according to the confessions of the captives, the Jin people's armies in the west and east have looted countless people, grain, gold and silver. The heavy grain and grass are together with the big camp. If you can burn the heavy grain and grass of the tartars, this battle will not be fought in vain!"

"What if you burn grain and grass, the Tartars can't loot everywhere!"

Wang Song's face was hideous, and he said fiercely: "The purpose of war is to kill and injure the other party to the greatest extent. This time, let's finish attacking Yan Zonghan's camp. Let the Jurchens bleed like a river!"

Everyone was shocked, Dong Xian's face turned red, and he hesitated: "Big official, is it too reckless to do this?"

Zhai Liang shook his head and said, "Erlang, don't think too highly of yourself and ruin the army." You and I have seen the power of the Jurchen Iron Horse, so it's better to be cautious!"

Wang Song's face was uncertain, and he said in a deep voice: "Dong Xian, Zhai Xiaoguan, the two of you are guarding the city." Other brothers, those who wish to go out of town with me, please stand aside. ”

Under the big war, he did not allow opposition in the army to appear, otherwise how could everyone be united.

Zhai Liang and Dong Xian's faces turned red. Zhai Liang was silent, but Dong Xian hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "The villain is rebellious, and he is willing to listen to the dispatch of the big officials!"

Wang Song nodded. He knew this period of history and understood that the siege was long. Although I solved the urgent need, accidents can happen at any time.

The other officers bowed together and said, "Obey the military orders of the senior officials!"

Zhai Liang was about to speak, but Wang Song nodded and stopped him.

"Zhai Xiaoguan, our army has gone out of the city all the way, blocked by the army all the way, and has to protect the city all the way and take the two armies back to the city. The command of the head of the city will be handed over to you and Niutong!"

Zhai Liang was inexplicably disappointed. At this point, he could only clench his fists and say: "Obey the military orders of the big officials!"

Niu Tong said anxiously: "The big official, the villain is willing to play the striker, please ask the big official for permission!"

Wang Song glanced at him and said coldly: "What, do you want to disobey the military order?"

Niu Tong had no choice but to retreat.

"Brothers, when Wu Ge's subordinates finish training, we can strike a fatal blow! This time......"

Wang Song looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "At least half of the people have to die." Are you afraid?"

Everyone shouted together, "Don't be afraid!"

Niu Gao shouted even more angrily: "The head has fallen off, and the bowl has a big scar!" The big officials only have to give orders, but no one wants to grab the position of the vanguard of this army!"

Wang Song asked Niu Tong to defend the city, obviously leaving a root for his Niu family, how could he not "fight to the death to repay his kindness".

Dong Xian hesitated just now, and was mistaken for cowardice by Wang Song, so he quickly stood up and said sharply: "Brother Niu, let's try it to see whose means are smart, who is the striker!"

Niu Gao was furious and walked out, with a loud voice.

"Dong Heimian, you are only the size of my son, and you dare to compete with me for this position! Come, come, let's talk!"

Li Yanxian hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Niu, Brother Dong, don't be impatient, just listen to the arrangement of the minister!"

Both of them clasped their fists and stood aside.

Wang Song nodded, and said loudly: "Soldiers, we are all brothers in life and death, in this life and the next life, regardless of each other. In this battle, I took the lead, Niu Gao and Dong Xian served as the two wings of the left and right armies, after Dong Ping broke off, Zhang Xian sat in charge of the Chinese army, and Li Yanxian and Zhang Heng sniped the Jin reinforcements. ”

Everyone was shocked. The commander of the first army actually wants to take the lead, which is really brave and selfless.

Zhang Xian shook his head and said: "Xianggong, you are the commander of the first army, and it is about the life and death of the loyal and righteous army." The loyal and righteous army can do without Zhang Xian, but it can't do without big officials, this former army commander, the villain should be decided!"

The other generals said together: "What General Zhang said is very true, the big officials are behind, and the command and dispatch are sufficient."

Wang Song was helpless, nodded and said, "Brothers, we are one in life and death." Zhang Xian is the commander of the former army, and the rest remain unchanged, and the official serves as the commander of the Chinese army, and is dispatched in the center. ”

All the generals bowed together and retreated.

Coming out of the Wuyue Temple, the wind and snow were mixed and the cold was freezing to the bone, and Wang Song couldn't help but shiver.

There was half a foot of snow on the street, and when I stepped on it, my whole ankle was sunk. The trees lining the streets were bare, and their bark had been stripped bare.

On both sides of the street, there were unkempt, ragged, and dying people. When Wang Song and others came over, some people stretched out their hands, as if they wanted some food, but their mouths couldn't make a sound.

Suddenly, there was a cry from the street corner, and it seemed that there were people, who could not stand the hunger and cold, and had already gone first.

On Tank Street, in front of a shop, there are layers of ragged people, and the sound of chopping bones and selling can be heard inside, which seems to be a butcher shop.

"Didn't you say that there was a shortage of food in the city, so how could there be meat to sell?"

Wang Song was secretly surprised, and said: "Niu Tong, you go and take a look, if there is mutton, let's also have a few catties."

Niu Tong's face turned red, and he said: "Big official, let's go to other places, this meat is not very clean."

Wang Song was stunned for a moment, looked around, and found that all the generals bowed their heads and their eyes flashed.

"Niu Tong, tell me quickly, what kind of meat is this selling?"

Seeing Wang Song's face pale, Niu Tong hurriedly whispered: "Big official, this is selling ...... Human flesh!"

Wang Song was nauseous for a while, and he almost vomited out what he ate in the morning.

"Since the Jin people besieged the city, there was a shortage of food in the city. The people starved to death and had to feed themselves on human flesh. Although the government has an example of selling human flesh, it is also prohibited. ”

Niu Gao shook his head and sighed: "The people are forced to freeze, and some people openly sell human flesh. On the streets, the people plundered the dead and cut their bodies to eat. I don't know how many corpses there are in this house, and I don't know how many people starved to death. ”

The food in the city now only protects the royal family, officials and the army, and as for the common people, it is selectively abandoned.

Zhang Xian also shook his head and said: "Two days ago, the weather turned fine, and there were deserters in the city who deceived them into gold, set fire to and looted, and arrested more than 1,000 people. The people hated it to the bone, and they even cut up the corpses with knives and made all these thousand people into mouths, which shows how the people in this city have become hungry!"

Wang Song shook his head secretly. There was a shortage of firewood in the city for heating, so Zhao Huan ordered all the houses and platforms in Wansui Mountain to be demolished and used for heating. When the houses were demolished, dozens of people were stoned to death, and when they fled, they trampled on each other, and hundreds more died. Beat each other, snatch wood, and kill hundreds more.

The hundreds of people who died were cut off their arms and thighs in an instant, and some of their whole bodies were cut off, leaving only white bones.

What the hell is this world!

"Since the siege of the Jin people, prices have skyrocketed, and mutton is seven pounds per catty, rice is two pounds per stone, and pork is four pounds per catty. The people had no money left over, and tens of thousands of people starved to death on the road. In addition to cat meat, rat meat, and human flesh, the common people also eat horse leather, leather tubes, tree bark, etc., all of which are full of food. ”

Before Xu Hu's words fell, Li Yanxian had already answered: "The Jin soldiers have besieged the city for more than a month, and there are 30,000 people starving to death in the city. If this continues, when the Jin people retreat, I am afraid that there will be few people left in the city!"

Wang Song's face was pale, and his heart was extremely depressed.