Chapter 199: Heaven Collapses (5)

After Yan Haiya, the Liao army that went south won the first battle of Miyun City, and the Liao army tore the first hole in the defense line of the Great Zhao Empire.

And almost at the same time, another Liao army: the main force of the Liao army that was personally conquered by Yan Shengcong, also took Zunhua City in one fell swoop with Luo Wenyu at this time.

The two armies formed a two-way flank attack, and the momentum was violent, and they rushed straight to the heart of the empire, Jingshi City.

The march was surprisingly smooth, so smooth that the Liao army was deeply surprised by this.

The news of the Liao army's breaking of the border spread rapidly, and the entire empire was shocked!

Although in the past three dynasties, the empire has been declining, and the country's strength has been declining, and defeating battles is commonplace. However, most of the battles were far away from Jingshi, and more often happened unexpectedly at the Great Wall.

Jingshi City at the foot of the Son of Heaven originally thought that the war was still far away from him. The capital of the empire is not something that barbarians can come to if they want.

The defense line of the Great Wall, which stretches for thousands of miles, is piled up with silver, and it is as solid as gold, how can it be broken by barbarians if they want to?

The news of the loss of the two important border towns of Miyun City and Zunhua City was rushed for 800 miles, and it reached Song Yuren's case in the early morning of the next day.

Song Yuren, who was in a daze, was sleepy-eyed, and he didn't fall asleep until late at night when he was sparsely reviewed, and it was very uncomfortable to be woken up early in the morning. Especially for people like Song Yuren who have been lacking sleep for a long time, every bit of sleep time is precious.

"What's the matter?" Before Song Yuren could freshen up, a lump of earwax had accumulated in the corner of his eyes, his eye circles were very dark, and his eyes were full of exhaustion.

Zhao Ze really couldn't bear to disturb Song Yuren at this time, but this time the matter was too urgent, and Zhao Ze had to wake up Song Yuren. Many civil and military officials have gathered in the main hall to wait for Song Yuren to come to the court to deal with this external trouble, which has not been seen in a century.

Zhao Ze walked too quickly, accidentally stepped on the hem of his robe and fell.

"Big companion, how old are you, and you're so careless like a child." Song Yuren couldn't help but laugh and said, "I'm here, if there is something to do, just say it slowly." ”

The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting for Song Yuren's life were about to step forward to help Zhao Ze, but Song Yuren stopped them: "I came in person." ”

Song Yuren stepped forward to help Zhao Ze with his own hands, but Zhao Ze gasped and said: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Miyun City and Zunhua City have been lost, and the Liao army has broken through the border and entered the customs." ”

Zhao Ze only had an urgent battle report of eight hundred miles in his hand.

The news of the loss of Miyun City and Zunhua City was like a thunderbolt from the sky, Song Yuren froze, and his face was incredulous: "The Liao army ...... Isn't the Liao army in Liaodong, we also defeated the Liao army not long ago, how can the Liao army break the border. ”

I didn't receive any signal about the Liao army breaking the border in advance, and it all came too suddenly. Song Yuren, who is at the helm of the Great Zhao Empire, has not yet reacted from his shock.

Who would have thought that the Liao army would break through the border overnight? Who would have thought that Da Zhao Zhenjun would be so vulnerable? How did the Liao army, which was far away in the hinterland of Liaodong, break through overnight? There is also a narrow Liaoxi Corridor between Liaoyang City and Jingshi City, which is garrisoned by the empire's strongest army: the Qin army. It was impossible for the Liao army to break through this strong defensive line in a short period of time.

This is the opinion of the vast majority of Zhao people, in their eyes, no matter how tense the war in Liaodong is, Jingshi City is still safe. The Manshu people are not yet a threat to the city.

"Miyun Zunhua is lost? The Liao army entered the customs by taking advantage of the ancient and breaking the border? Song Yuren asked.

Zhao Ze nodded tearfully and said yes.

"How many Liao troops have entered the customs, and how many people are there?" Song Yuren's voice trembled a little, he now regrets that he didn't do a good job in the peace with the Meng people, if the peace with the Meng people was successful, and the Meng people stood on the side of Da Zhao, how could there be today's Liao army breaking the border and entering the customs?

"According to the war report, there are tens of thousands, and it is not known exactly how many people have entered the customs." Zhao Ze handed the 800-mile expedited battle report in his hand to Song Yuren.

Song Yuren shook off the battle report with one hand and roared: "Go to the court!" Go to court! Notify all civil and military officials in Beijing to come to the court. ”

The entry of the Liao army was tantamount to a fatal blow to the Zhao Empire. The Great Zhao Empire adopted a national defense policy of guarding external needs and internal needs, and was strong from the outside and capable from the middle. The Empire's elite warriors are deployed on the borders of the Empire to defend against foreign enemies. Although there are town troops in the hinterland, but they are better than nothing, and these town troops can only be in a safe position at best, and it is too difficult for them to go into battle to defend against the enemy.

Of course, Jingshi City is the capital of the empire, and the empire has strengthened the range of troops in Jingshi City, and during the Taizong period, Jingshi City set up 200,000 forbidden troops to protect the Beijing Division. In the past, the marches were all carefully selected and finely selected, and there was no problem for the 200,000 forbidden troops to hold the Jingshi City.

Later, the forbidden army and the town army implemented the world military system, which deviated from the original intention of Song Taizong. The original intention of Song Taizong to establish the forbidden army at that time was to select the strongest generals in the world and defend the Beijing division.

After more than ten or twenty generations, the combat effectiveness of the Jingshi City has been greatly reduced, and the soldier system itself has serious drawbacks and impracticalities. On paper, the 200,000 forbidden army actually numbered less than 80,000.

The forbidden army has been corrupt and degenerate to this point, and the situation is really worrying due to the invasion of strong enemies.

The news of the Liao army's entry into the customs spread and spread to the city of Jingshi. It caused a great panic in the city of Jingshi.

The people of Jingshi City had long heard of the evil deeds of the Liao army and were afraid of the Liao army.

Because of the broken border of the Liao army, a strange scene appeared in Jingshi City, and the displaced people who had been displaced before squeezed their heads and wanted to enter Jingshi City. And after the Liao army broke the border, no one wanted to enter this magnificent city again, the city wall seemed to have become a prison wall, and staying in Jingshi City seemed to be equivalent to waiting for death. At one time, there was a scene of only going out and not entering the city gate.

What is the forbidden army The people of Jingshi City know in their hearts that they are not worthy of dependence, and the only Qin army that is worthy of dependence is far away in Liaodong. Kyoshi City had no confidence in whether the Empire would be able to hold the capital.

There was chaos in the city, and the departments of Shuntianfu, the forbidden army, the Jinyi Guard, and the Dongchang were busy again, doing their best to stabilize the Jingshi.

The four gates of Jingshi City flew around, carrying a sealed bamboo tube to the south, west, and east and hurried away. The things in the bamboo tube are Song Yuren's edict of King Qin, the defense of Jingshi City is weak, and the forbidden army is not enough to defend Jingshi, so Song Yuren has to send an edict to King Qin.

Song Yuren became the second emperor to write an edict after Muzong.

On the same day, the two armies of the Liao State marched on the victory, and the momentum was like a breakthrough along the way. The Liao army on the north road to Wanyan Haiya was able to go south and take Neimiyun by taking advantage of the situation, and it was nearly seventy miles in one day. Wanyan Shengcong on the East Road, the soldiers are under the city of Jizhou, and the city of Jizhou is in danger. The form of Jingshi City is not optimistic, and Jingshi is in a hurry!

In addition to these two armies, Wan Yanying's first auxiliary army also broke through the border and entered the territory of Datong on the same day. Datong is in a hurry! (To be continued.) )