However, it is said that at that time, the Jin State Shangjing Huining sent 200 people to pretend to be businessmen, and secretly escorted Zhao Huan to Dading Mansion, passing through Qingyun on the way, and when he was resting in the mountains and forests, he suddenly killed a group of horse bandits, and he didn't talk to him, and he came up with a slash and killing.

The Jin soldiers who pretended to be businessmen desperately protected Zhao Huan, but they were not the opponents of the powerful horse bandits, and all the Jin soldiers were killed.

At that time, there was a person who pretended to be dead and successfully escaped death, and he saw that the horse bandit did not kill Zhao Huan, but grabbed him on the horse and took him away. When the bandits were far away, this man did not dare to stay for a long time, so he quickly ran away desperately, and finally succeeded in delivering the news to Zhongjing.

After Zhao Huan was taken away by these horse bandits, he was locked in a house, with good food and drink, but he didn't go out, and no one came to question.

Zhao Huan has been imprisoned by the Jin people for several years, and he has long been numb to the point of losing his temper. Looking at these horse bandits again, they are not like Han people, and they are estimated to die faster when they tell their identity as emperors. Only take a step at a time to see what these people are going to do if they catch themselves.

Zhao Huan spent three days like this, and finally someone came in to ask him about it. Zhao Huan didn't look like a Jin person, nor did he look like a Song person, but he looked a little blind.

"Name?" The man asked coldly.

Zhao Huan thought for a while and said, "Song Huan." ”

"Song Huan, what are you doing?"

“…… Do nothing. ”

"You need to tell us something, but you can't go out!" When the man had finished speaking, he went out and closed the door.

Zhao Huan looked confused, is this the end of the question? I haven't asked you yet!

That person was just acting on orders, so he didn't care what Zhao Huan thought. He went back to report truthfully to the people above, but the people above didn't say a word, and they couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad on his face.

That night, a group of people barbecued lamb outside the house and drank wine merrily. Zhao Huan also got a hearty wine and meat, he hadn't drunk and eaten meat so happily for several years, this was probably the most delicious wine and meat he had ever eaten in his life.

After eating and drinking, Zhao Huan fell on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

In the dream, the story of Zhao Heng's life was played in turn. A carefree childhood, a teenager who was fascinated by calligraphy and painting, was made a prince at the age of fifteen, but unfortunately he only wanted to be obsessed with academics......

At the age of twenty-five, he worshiped as Kaifeng Mu, and then the Liao State was destroyed, and the Jin State invaded the Great Song Dynasty, and his father was in danger...... At the age of twenty-six, he ascended the throne as the emperor and changed the yuan to "Jingkang", but before the ass was hot, the Jin army besieged Bianjing and captured his father, himself and thousands of people in the palace......

On the way to Jindu, the clansmen were frightened and humiliated, and many people died tragically on the side of the road, and the men were slaves and the women were prostitutes...... Later, when he was imprisoned in Dading Mansion, a courtier named Qu Ping bravely entered the tiger's den in Longtan alone and took away his father and more than 100 other people, leaving only himself......

Zhao Huan stretched out his hand and shouted desperately: "Please, take me away......" However, he did not answer.

Night, dead black; Dreams, black deaths.

In the middle of the night, the house accidentally caught fire, and Zhao Huan slept soundly, and he didn't even wake up when he was burned to charcoal.

The next day, a Central Plains man knelt in front of Zhao Huan's charred corpse, crying bitterly in a hoarse voice.

In the dark corner of the distance, another person watched all this coldly, sneering.

Zhao Huan, who was given the name of the Marquis of the Jin Dynasty, was born in the third year of Yuanfu, collapsed in the seventh year of Jianyan, and was Chinese New Year's Eve five years old, the ninth emperor of the Song Dynasty, reigned for one year, and was captured by Jingkang, was captured in the Jin State, and finally died tragically in the nameless place of Qingyun.

In October, Yue Fei's fifteen-year-old eldest son Yue Yun escorted artillery grenades into the front line, and the First and Second Route Armies of the Song Army set out to march all the way to the Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, Jin State, and there was no one who dared to resist along the way. Kutura was ordered to march south from Linhuang, conquer Xingzhong Mansion, and besiege Dading Mansion to the west.

In late October, Qu Ping led nearly 200,000 Song-Xia coalition troops to the west of Dading. Three days later, Kutu led more than 70,000 Mongolian troops to besiege the east of Dading.

Wanyan Zongfu gathered 70,000 horses in Dading and swore to defend it to the death.

The Dading city wall is ten meters high, and the moat is drawn from the river next to it, and it is forty meters wide, which is not easy to break.

The Song army first launched a psychological battle outside, calling on the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender, so as to avoid the destruction of the lives and fish in the pond after the city was broken.

Of course, Wanyan Zongfu didn't pay attention to it, and just closed the city gate.

Inevitable that the gate was destroyed by cannonballs, he built rammed earth blocks behind the gates on all sides to block the gates. If the Song army wanted to enter the city, it had to climb over the city wall or directly blow up a big hole in the city wall. But with the current power of artillery, it is impossible to blow through the city walls.

Yelu Daqi wanted to assassinate Yan Zongfu for a moment, but finally gave up, because he wanted the 70,000 Jin soldiers and the Song army to fight to the death, so that he would have a chance to have a place at the negotiating table in the future.

Yelu Daqi has his own dreams, or extravagant hopes. "If people don't have dreams, what is the difference between them and salted fish?"

This pretending Lord Wang Qi then secretly told Qu Ping, saying that 70,000 gold soldiers could not be destroyed by killing a Wanyan Zongfu, and that another way was needed to break the city.

It is definitely unrealistic to cross Dading City and attack to the northeast, 70,000 gold soldiers are not good-looking, they will sneak attack from behind at any time, or cut off grain and grass.

Therefore, it seems that the capture of Dading step by step is a necessary step of chess.

The generals thought hard to no avail, Yue Fei said: "Just fill the river and attack!" ”

"We now have plenty of shells again, and Ben thinks we can storm it." Liu Guangshi said. 17

Han Shizhong said: "Since the secret report has finished saying that Yan Sheng has escaped through Liaoyang Mansion, why not order a team of cavalry to go straight to Huining Mansion to smash Huanglong, maybe you can intercept Yan Sheng on the road." ”

Qu Ping said: "Not necessarily, there are many cities along the way, Wan Yan Sheng casually drilled into a city, it is enough for us to use the strength of nine bulls and two tigers, and when he changes places, it will consume us for a while." Therefore, the safest way is to take it step by step. ”

Yang Zaixing said: "Since we know that Yan Sheng has run away, we might as well plan and lead the snake out of the hole." If Wanyan Zongfu knew that we were going to pursue the gold lord Wanyan Sheng, he might have left the city and dragged us by the tail so that Wanyan Sheng could escape. As soon as Wanyan Zongfu came out, we eliminated him with ambushes. ”

"Wanyan Zongfu is resourceful and suspicious, and he may not be fooled." Qu Ping said.

"Let the dark son finish talking about Yan Zongfu, it should increase the chance of success." Yang Zaixing continued.

Qu Ping said: "If the shadow son can say that Yan Zongfu is moved, then it is not the shadow son, it is the Ming son." General Yang's strategy is not impossible, so let's give it a try. Ordered Hu Tu to lead his troops to make a feint attack in the direction of Huining, General Liu Guangshi pretended to pursue Yan Sheng to Liaoyang, Yang Zaixing and Yue Fei laid an ambush on the road, and Ben Shuai continued to squat in Dading. ”

"Yes!" The people will go as they are commanded.

Wan Yan Zongfu in Dading City received the news that the Song army had sent elite cavalry to pursue Yan Sheng, and the generals in the city asked for their lives and were willing to go to the rescue.

Wang Qi said: "Marshal, the concerns of the soldiers are right, if there is danger in the saint, won't we become sinners through the ages?" ”

Wanyan Zongfu closed his eyes and meditated for a long time, and said forcefully against the public opinion: "If the great decision is not broken, it is impossible for the Song army to capture other places." Dading is seven inches in the throat, if the Song army wants to destroy my Dajin, he must first take Dading, otherwise he will not be able to take care of each other, the grain and grass will not be sustainable, and he will fall into the risk of being caught by our army. With Qu Ping's strategy, he may not be able to consider these! ”

Wang Qi also said: "What if the enemy is in danger and wants to attack Huining with lightning and endanger the Holy Lord? ”

"No way. The saint has been out of the city for six days, and no matter how fast the Song army is, it may not be able to catch up with the saint. Besides, there are soldiers and horses in the rear, and it will not be so easy to let the Song army pass. Wanyan Zongfu said firmly, "You wait and see, in less than five days, the Song army will inevitably turn around and attack Dading!" ”

The Song army marched east and south for three days, capturing five small prefectures and counties along the way, and Wanyan Zongfu really did not go out of the city to save the driver.

Qu Ping was inspecting the terrain along the riverside, and knew that Wanyan Zongfu was determined not to go out of the city to rescue, so he had to order all the troops to turn around and discuss how to capture Dading.

At this time, I saw a large group of hundreds of people, carts pulling large bags, and even driving cattle and sheep, hurriedly walking upstream along the river bank.

Qu Ping and his entourage were dressed in civilian clothes, so they walked over generously and asked, "Fellow, what are you doing in such a hurry, are you fleeing?" It seems that Song Bing has always committed no crime against the people, so you can't run for your life, right? ”

"You see you're dressed from out of town, right? This is a mess, let's hurry up! One of the people replied as he walked.

"So you really fled for your lives because of the military disaster?" Qu Ping asked.

But the people said, "It's not a war, it's a flood!" We are all people living downstream. In this place, there will be heavy rains for a month at this time of year, causing the river to swell, where can we still live? Only when God stops, let's go back. ”

Another person said: "Fighting, our common people were cut down by the Song army at most, or dragged to the battlefield by the Jin soldiers and cut off by the Song army, and their heads were not broken with a scar the size of a bowl." But this natural disaster is more torturous than a straightforward death! ”

Qu Ping watched the people drift away, and an idea appeared in his heart.

In ancient times, Yun Chang flooded Cao Cao's Seventh Army, and now there is Qu Dashuai who flooded Dading Mansion!

As long as a dam is built on the river to fill the flood water, the dam of the river dam and the moat and the city gate will be blown up at the same time, and the monstrous flood will engulf the city of Dading.

However, there are certain difficulties in implementation, and it is necessary to seize the time and invest a lot of manpower and material resources.

Without further ado, Qu Ping immediately ordered the withdrawn troops to gather on both sides of the river, and used all means to fill the river with sand and gravel, and must dare to complete it before the heavy rain came.

At the same time, Qu Ping led his troops to guard the outside of the city, and eighteen cannons were ready to bombard the city gate at any time.

Wanyan Zongfu was closed in the city, and he didn't know what was happening outside the city at all, he only knew that the Song army was back, and he was ready to accept it at any time.

Qu Ping thought that it was not enough to build a dam in the upper reaches of the moat, so he ordered his troops to build a barrage dam at the same time in the lower reaches of the moat, which could ensure that all the floodwaters from the upstream could flow into Dading City through the moat.

150,000 people worked day and night, and after seven days, the river was finally cut off at the upper and lower reaches of the moat, and a dam was built two or three meters above the surface of the river.

Everything is ready, only heavy rain is owed.

A day later, the torrential rain began to invade the land as scheduled, and the river accumulated into a large stream, and the water gradually rose to the top of the dam.

Qu Ping ordered the Shenji battalion to concentrate artillery fire and vent artillery fire to a city gate.

The gates were battered, and finally shattered, revealing the pitch-black earth and rocks behind them.

The Shenji battalion fired a few more shots, and the pile of earth and rocks collapsed, revealing a one-meter-high hole behind the city gate. The Song army continued to launch two rounds, and saw that the pile of earth and stones was slightly loose, but it was still harmless, and I don't know how much earth and stones Yan Zongfu had piled up behind the door.

Even so, it should be almost.

Qu Ping ordered the artillery to retreat, and all the troops withdrew to the high ground.

That night, while the people in the city were sleeping soundly, the moat dam was blown up with a "boom", and the river dam collapsed.

Because the abundant water was intercepted upstream, the water from the moat instead flowed back into the river. Next, the barrage dam was also blown open, and the long-accumulated flood rushed downstream, rushed to the moat, and rushed into Dading City like a manic beast.