Outside the more than a dozen city gates outside Bianliang City, countless crowds of people gathered in the dark. They are all people who have fled here. Many of them fled south from Bazhou, Xiongzhou, and Baozhou, and arrived in Gyeonggi in fear along the way. Many people died on the way, and those who survived were frozen and starved with only half their lives left. There are also some people who have only recently joined, because after Baimadu was broken through by the Jurchens, there was no suspense that the Jurchen army would go south and arrive in Bianliang City. The people of several counties in the northern part of Gyeonggi also joined the fleeing army and fled to the city of Bianliang.

They thought that when they arrived in the capital, they would end their suffering and would be able to get the warm protection of the imperial court. You will have something to eat, clothes to wear, and a place to shelter from the wind and rain. But what they never expected was that more than a dozen gates in Bianliang City were tightly closed, and they couldn't enter the city at all. They were faced with a drawbridge pulled up high, a tall, cold black wall, and the cold gaze of the defenders at the top of the city.

Women, children, and children wept and shivered in the cold wind, and the men could do nothing but ask for help.

"Open the city gates, it's okay, we are all the people of the Great Zhou, we have nowhere to go. The court can't ignore us. I beg the emperor to be gracious, we just want to have a bite to eat and a place to live. Please. ”

Countless people fell to their knees in the snow and kowtowed to the city. However, the defenders on the tower were like clay sculptures and wood sculptures, and there was no response at all. No one paid any attention to them.

"Don't beg them, they're all white-eyed wolves. Usually we provide for them with money and food, but now they don't care about us. These officials and rich are all black-hearted people, what is the use of asking them? Someone shouted angrily.

"Exactly, begging them no, they don't care about the life or death of our people, they are all a group of wolf-hearted and dog-lung people, our people are like grass mustard in their eyes, and they don't care about life or death. Such a court will not think about our common people at all. Someone chimed in.

"Fuck it, let's rush into the city. We don't have the strength to flee any further south, and we have to rush into the city to survive. Tell me that all of us trapped outside the city will rush into the city. It doesn't matter what rules he has. Someone yelled in righteous indignation.

"Yes, rush in, rush in. They don't care if we live or die, we rush in ourselves. Is the capital the place for these people? Do we just deserve to freeze and starve here? ”

The crowd roared angrily, and the black-pressed crowd began to approach the city gate, and the black-pressed crowd squeezed on the outside of the moat, roaring and shouting towards the city. Some even picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the city. Some of the stones were thrown at the top of the city, so they were not lethal, but they made the defenders of the castle tower react immediately. Some soldiers took off their bows and arrows and began to bend their bows and arrows.

"Folks, folks, come slowly." In the crowd under the city, another man who was still neatly dressed, but also had a beard and a tea bun and a loose bun, raised his hand and shouted to stop him.

"Who are you? Why are you stopping us? The people asked angrily.

"Folks, here is He Anmin, the commander of Changheng County, you can't make such a fuss. At the moment of the great enemy, if you storm the gates of the capital, the defenders will treat you as a mob? I'll shoot arrows. You're the one who hurts in the end. ”

This person is He Anmin, the commander of Changheng County. After the White Horse Crossing was broken, there were no soldiers and horses stationed in the counties north of the thorns.

Of course, He Anmin could only evacuate. His family members have been sent to the capital, and he stayed in Changheng County alone until the last moment, and had no choice but to flee Changheng County with his entourage. Along the way, he also endured all the hardships to come to Bianliang City, but he was blocked out of the city along with the fleeing people. In the current situation, He Anmin still understands that if the people storm the city gate, the defenders at the head of the city will not sit idly by. At this time, they can do anything. The excession of the people's actions will lead to the deterioration of the situation, and he cannot but come out to dissuade them.

"Prefectural order? Are you the Changheng County Commander? You dog officials, the people usually feed you alive, but now we want to enter the capital, but you are not allowed. Folks, slaughtered this dog first and got angry. Some of the people shouted angrily.

"Kill him, yes, kill him." The surrounding people shouted.

"You can't do this, He Xianling is a good official who loves the people, you can't treat him like this. Are there any people in Changheng County? Come out and testify! Several people came out and shouted.

"We testify that He County Ling is indeed a good official, and the people of Changheng County know that he is a good official. Otherwise, how could he be trapped outside the city with us? It's not because you want to go with our people. You can't kill him. "Many people in Changheng County came out and said justice.

"This is also true, the county magistrate of our county has already run away with his family, and he is still trapped outside the city gate, and he doesn't look like a faint official." There are people who say it.

"So what? He didn't let us do it, did he want us all to die outside the city? If he is a good official, why doesn't he speak for us? Some people questioned loudly.

He Anmin sighed and said in a deep voice: "Fellow villagers, He Mou is just a small county order, and he is in a similar situation to you, how can they listen to me." I stopped you because I was afraid that you would be harmed. He still knows some things, and if he storms the gate of the capital at this time, he will definitely be regarded as a mob. In this way, I'll go to the city to try it out and see if I can communicate, so don't be impulsive. Let me ask. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, urging He Anming to hurry up and talk to the defenders at the head of the city, He Anmin straightened his clothes, straightened his beard and bun, and then walked to the edge of the moat, and bowed to the forbidden army officers who were staring at the city tower above the drawbridge.

"The gatekeeper at the head of the city is polite. I am He Anmin, the county magistrate of Changheng County, Jingbei, and I have a few words I want to say to the general. ”

The city gate guard was an adjutant general of the Guards Infantry Division, and when he heard this, he said loudly: "He County Order, please have something to say." ”

He Anmin said: "Thank you." He wants to ask, why are you reluctant to open the city gate and let the people into the city? These are the people of my Great Zhou, who fled all the way to here, hungry and cold, and they can't last long. How can you keep these people out? Please open the gates and let them into the city. ”

The lieutenant general shouted loudly: "He County Order, we can't do these things. We received an order from above that the gates of the city were sealed and no one was allowed to enter or leave. We're just carrying out military orders. ”

He Anmin shouted: "Whose order is this?" Outside the four cities, hundreds of thousands of hungry and cold people, can they not be left to fend for themselves? ”

The lieutenant said, "You can't tell me, I can't control so much." If I open the gates, I will move my head. ”

He Anmin said: "Then you invite someone who can speak, and I will tell him." Or you report it for me, and say that He Anmin of Changheng County wants to see Zhu Zhirong and Zhu Da, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture

Man, invite him to come to the city and see him. ”

"Cut, I said this He County Commander, not to mention whether you are Changheng County Commander, even if you are that? Kaifeng Mansion knows how busy Lord Zhu is at the moment, will he come back to see you? My face is not so big, and I may not be able to see him. Do you call him to come, and he comes? What a big breath. The adjutant general of the city head said.

He Anmin shouted angrily: "You are a person who has involved the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, should you be a child's play?" Is this a trifle? No matter how busy Master Zhu is, he has to deal with this matter. You are also a person who eats the court's money, how can you be so indifferent. Please also put the life and death of the people first and notify Lord Zhu to come. ”

"Oops, you're still gasping? Teach Lao Tzu a lesson? Lao Tzu is not something that your little county commander can manage. I advise you to leave the gates at once, or you will not be welcome. The boss has an order, but someone dares to storm the city gate and kill him immediately. Even if you are a county magistrate, you will be given for nothing if you kill it, understand? Don't back down yet. The adjutant general of the city shouted loudly.

Before He Anmin could say more, the deputy general waved his hand, and several soldiers at the head of the city swished and shot a few arrows, and the arrows shot several feet in front of He Anmin, splashing a piece of slush. He Anmin's face changed drastically, and he had no choice but to retreat.

The conversation between He Anmin and the guards at the head of the city was all listened to by the people, and their hearts were cold. The imperial court had no intention of opening the city gates, and it didn't care about their lives or deaths at all. This made everyone angry to the extreme.

"Folks, it's a death left and right, let's rush in." Someone shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes, fuck it, what bullshit rules, left and right are a death, don't care about anything. Let's rush into the city, and we will rob what we see, and they won't let us live, so what do we care? ”

At this time, the emotions of the people were already a powder keg, and they were ignited by these words at once, and thousands of young people began to rush towards the moat. They jumped into the moat and swam to the other side, and now an air of anger dominated them, and they didn't even care about the cold water of the moat. Dozens of people froze to death in the water halfway through the swim, and many more climbed up to the opposite bank in a wet drench, and they rushed to the city gate, and began to smash the city gate frantically, and began to shout wildly. He also began to climb the edge of the city wall with great dexterity, trying to cut the thick rope of the gate drawbridge.

He Anmin shouted loudly: "You can't do this, you can't do this." Stop, stop. ”

But even if he shouted in his throat, no one responded to his words.

At the head of the city, the deputy general defending the city had a pale face and ordered in a deep voice. On both sides of the city wall, thousands of defenders began to bend their bows and arrows to shoot arrows at the crowd of people who were in chaos under the city, and the city head dropped rolling wood and stones, and smashed them on the heads of the people who were frantically smashing the door at the city gate. The people never expected that the defenders at the head of the city would really shoot people with arrows, and in just a moment, they were stoned to death and shot hundreds of people.

The people were terrified and began to run around crying and screaming. Women, children and children were knocked into the snow and trampled in the slush by the fleeing crowd. The arrows whizzed, the people screamed, and this scene was desperate.

He Anmin stood in the crowd of people running indiscriminately, his face was miserable, two lines of turbid tears were pouring down, and his heart was painful. A feather arrow broke through the air, He Anmin's body stiffened, and when he looked down, an arrow between his chest and abdomen sank into his body, leaving only the arrow clustered outside. He Anmin was extremely stunned, his body was in severe pain, and he bent down and coughed like a shrimp. Two civilians ran past him, knocked him down, and then countless feet stepped on his body, stomping his entire body into the mud and snow.