Chapter 200: Heaven Falls (6)

The Liao army advanced step by step to force the Jingshi City, and the form of the Jingshi City was tense.

The Gyeonggi land of the empire became the front line of the war, which was unexpectedly unknown to the military and civilians of Northern Naoli. Local officials and officers and soldiers rushed to meet the battle in a bloody manner, besieging their homes. The cowardly as a rat abandoned the city and fled.

The news of the defeat, the fall of the land, and the encirclement and annihilation of the official army by the Liao army continued to spread to Jingshi City, impacting the fragile and sensitive nerves of the people of Jingshi City. The capital of the empire was shrouded in the haze of defeat.

Song Yuren once again stood on the cusp, this was the first time he personally faced a face-to-face game with a newly rising empire in the north of the Saiwai. Even if the cards in his hand are very bad now, Song Yuren must continue to play.

In the three hundred years of the empire, there are many mediocre kings in the past dynasties, there is no shortage of kings who are rigid and self-serving, and there is no shortage of kings who hold on to the incomplete. But there has never been a cowardly king, and even in the trough of the empire, there has never been a king who bowed his proud head to a foreign enemy.

Song Yuren is no exception, he can't discredit his ancestors, he gritted his teeth in this battle, and he insisted on fighting desperately.

The prefectures and counties of Beizhili were lost one after another, and it was unrealistic to rely on the Zhenjun of Beizhili to repel the Liao army and drive the Liao army out of the Great Wall. The defenders of Beizhili and the town army of the Great Wall performed unsatisfactory in the initial battle, and were defeated one after another under the fierce offensive of the Liao army's iron cavalry. Their only role now is to delay the Liao army and delay the pace of the Liao army's attack on Jingshi City.

In addition to Beizhili, Song Yuren had high hopes for the 200,000 forbidden troops in Jingshi City. After all, it is the main garrison of Jingshi City. The original establishment of the forbidden army was also to defend the Beijing Division. The forbidden army was once the pride of a great power.

Before the Qinwang army from all over the country arrived in the capital, Song Yuren also counted on the 200,000 forbidden troops to be able to support the scene and maintain the battle situation. As long as Jingshi City is not lost, the capital of the empire is still there, and everything still has room for maneuver.

The idea is very good, the 200,000 army sounds like a lot of people, even if Manliao pours out the nest, the army that can be mobilized is only more than 300,000 people, and 200,000 people can always hold out for a while.

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very cruel. Zhao Ze's report flushed a basin of cold water directly under Song Yuren's feet. Song Yuren's last glimmer of hope was dashed, and the forbidden army couldn't count on it at all.

Song Yuren had heard of the corruption of the forbidden army for a long time, and corruption was corruption, but Song Yuren thought that 200,000 people could not be gathered, and more than 100,000 people should always have it, and he did not expect the forbidden army to be able to repel the Liao army's attack, but only hoped that they could defend Jingshi City.

But now this glimmer of hope has also been ruthlessly extinguished, and the degree of corruption in the forbidden army is beyond Song Yuren's expectations. The list of 200,000 forbidden troops on the list is seriously fake, and most of the names are hung with orders and silver, Song Yuren's teeth itched when he learned about it, and he couldn't wait to pull out these empty moths and cut them immediately.

Since his accession to the throne, there have been many arrears of military salaries, but only two armies have always been given priority and have never been in arrears. One is Peng Chaodong's Qin army, Qin Jun is the family foundation left to him by his imperial examination, the imperial examination is very high for Peng Chaodong and Qin Jun, and before his death, he told Song Yuren to pay attention to Qin Jun, Qin Jun is the only property of the empire. Pacifying internal and external troubles all depends on the Qin army, and it is understandable that the Qin army's food and salary should be given priority.

The other army is the forbidden army of Gyeongshiseong, as the army that guards the capital of the empire, it shoulders the heavy responsibility of the security of Gyeonggi, and the forbidden army is also the face of the empire. Therefore, Song Yuren never defaulted on the military salary of the forbidden army. But I didn't expect that in the end, it would be such a bunch of waste, and it would be completely useless when I wanted to use it at a critical moment.

There are 220,000 non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the forbidden army on the roster, and among these 220,000 people, there are even names from more than 100 years ago.

That is to say, the so-called 200,000 forbidden army, only about 80,000 people can really be found, and most of the 80,000 real forbidden troops are still old, weak, and disabled, and there are only about 30,000 people who can really be called soldiers.

Seeing this, Song Yuren wanted to cry.

In addition to the forbidden army, there are more than 100,000 town troops in Jingshi City, of course, there are actually 100,000 town troops, and the weak division of 100,000 town troops plus 80,000 forbidden troops is all the chips that Song Yuren now holds in his hands.

"Bad debt! Confused account! Song Yuren really couldn't bear to check the summary records of these rosters, and the pitiful numbers on the records kept appearing in Song Yuren's mind, "That's how the country raised soldiers?" When the country wants to use troops, where are the available soldiers? How do you get these accounts? You ministers, are you so conscientious? Such a big thing was all hidden from me alone, and it was not until the paper couldn't hold the fire that it came out! ”

Song Yuren roared angrily, one unpleasant thing after another since he ascended the throne continued to impact his bottom line, and the imperial examination told him on his deathbed that what he was going to take over was a mess, and he had to be cautious in every step he took in the future. I didn't expect to get such a bad mess.

The enemy is about to fight under the capital city, and the center finds that it can't take out the available troops to defend against the enemy! How ridiculous!

"Bing Ministry! Tobe! Song Yuren said by name, "You keep saying that you are in your position and do your duty." This is what you are talking about? Responsibility? ”

The officials related to the military department and the household department knelt down and pleaded guilty. What's the use of confession? If you confess your guilt, the Liao army will withdraw from Beizhili?

Song Yuren has a feeling that the country has no available ministers. Thinking of the available ministers, Song Yuren thought of Xu Hongqian and Peng Chaodong.

Peng Chaodong is the person who Song Yuren now has the greatest hope for repelling the Liao army, although this time the Liao army entered the customs, Peng Chaodong will not escape the blame, and he will bear a lot of responsibility, but who else has the ability to fight with the Liao army besides Peng Chaodong?

What about Xu Hongqian?! Thinking of this, Song Yuren realized that something was wrong in the hall, Xu Hongqian, the leader of the Qin Party, could not come to the court meeting today, such an important court meeting, how could Xu Hongqian be absent as the first assistant of a country.

Only then did Song Yuren realize that he was too excited and ignored Xu Hongqian. Peng Chaodong is not in Jingshi City, and he can't count on it for the time being. Now the only person who can be counted on is Xu Hongqian.

"Where is Shoufu Xu Hongqian?" Song Yuren asked with a gloomy face, he was very dissatisfied with the fact that the first assistant did not attend the court meeting, especially at the court meeting related to military affairs, the first assistant of a country was actually absent, what kind of system did this become!

"Your Majesty." Su Ke, the head of the household, stepped forward and said, Su Ke is one of the core figures of the Qin Party, Song Yuren asked Xu Hongqian, Su Ke naturally wanted to stand up and say a few words for Xu Hongqian, "Xu Shoufu was infected with vomiting blood and was unconscious, so he was unable to attend the court meeting. ”

Su Ke explained to Song Yuren the reason why Xu Hongqian was unable to attend. (To be continued.) )