Chapter 023: The City is Broken

The wind came, the fog dispersed, but the sun was still hidden in the layers of fog, and the sky and the earth were in chaos.

Zhao Guangyi made Pan Mei's Chinese army tent his temporary camp, he sat in the camp, his face was gloomy and the sky that did not see the red sun, and the news was urgently reported to his imperial case.

"Report, the battalions have been collected, and the results of the examination show that in addition to the soldiers killed by the enemy troops attacking the camp, there are no less than 10,000 people who trample on each other and are accidentally injured."

Zhao Guangyi's face sank like water, and he commanded in a cold voice: "The dead are concentrated and cremated on the spot." The wounded were quickly treated by the military doctors, and as for the corpses of the Han army, they were all moved to Jinyang City and thrown into the moat, so that Liu Jiyuan could see clearly that his only reliance was over. ”

"Report, General Liu Yu's department suffered the most casualties in the melee because more than half of the soldiers were wounded and the troops were the least, and now the remaining troops are limited, and it may be difficult to take on the siege task, General Liu asked the official to transfer the general to change the defense."

Zhao Guangyi snorted and waved his hand to let him out. This old Liu gnawed the hardest bone in this battle, he was reluctant to fight, but last night in the fog and confused with his own people, he didn't take the opportunity to pick the pick, but Liu Yu's subordinates did suffer huge casualties, I can't say, I have to transfer the forbidden army to replenish his men and horses in a while.

"Report, the casualties of General Mishin's unit are not very serious, but General Mishin was wounded......"

Zhao Guangyi was startled, leaned out of the imperial case, and asked urgently: "But the people in the chaotic army were injured, are the injuries serious?" ”

"General Mishin...... It was blindfolded, and it was difficult to see when the sky was dim, and when the Han army attacked the camp, General Mi Xin had to struggle to command, running between ...... He accidentally fell into the trench dug in front of the camp and was stabbed in the right rib by a pointed wooden stake, but his life was not in danger. ”

Blindfolded is night blindness, the cause of general night blindness is a lack of vitamin A, but there are also iron filings night blindness and hereditary night blindness, General Mishin is iron filings night blindness, in a battle iron filings splashed into his eyes, slowly generating iron oxide, during the day does not have much impact on his vision, but when it comes to dim light, it is difficult to see.

Zhao Guangyi sighed, shook his head and sighed: "Sweeping the ground!" I drove the expedition in person, and the 200,000 troops were trapped in Jinyang City, but they were so embarrassed and disgraced by thousands of enemy troops! ”

He slammed the case, his eyes bursting with a fierce light.

At this time, another person broke into the camp: "Report, General Zhe Yuxun and General Yang Chongxun failed to restrain their subordinates, so that they were provoked by the enemy to have a melee with the soldiers of the forbidden army. ”

Zhao Guangyi pursed his lips: "Excuse me?" Why don't you go to my camp for your guilt, but ask your own men in your own army to be punished with rods? This bastard, can I still take the opportunity to kill you? You also look down on me Zhao Guangyi too much! ”

Zhao Guangyi finished scolding in his stomach, and looked back at Tian Chongjin, the commander of the camp who was standing aside, and ordered: "Tian Qing, quickly go to the military camp of the two generals to stop the execution, and appease the two generals on behalf of me." The enemy is cunning and takes advantage of the fog to plot, and our army is not only the two generals who are taken advantage of by the enemy, telling them not to blame themselves. When I have taken care of all the matters, I will visit them in person. ”

"Obey." Tian Chongjin agreed, and walked out of the big tent quickly.

"Report, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of Longxi, Hexi, and Yang Hao, the envoy of the Hengshan Festival, are now outside the tent and ask Your Majesty for guilt."

Zhao Guangyi said angrily: "Xuan him in." ”

Yang Hao hurriedly rushed into the tent, saw Zhao Guangyi at a glance, and bowed his head: "Your Majesty, Weichen pleads to Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Guangyi squinted at him: "What is Yang Qing's crime?" ”

Yang Hao didn't raise his head and said: "Last night, the Han army attacked the camp, and deliberately led my soldiers to attack General Pan's camp, so that it ......"

Zhao Guangyi intercepted and said: "I already know about this matter, Yang Qing's disposal is quite timely, it is rare for you to stay so awake in such a fog last night." I don't add to my sin, but get up. ”

Yang Hao couldn't stand down, and said loudly: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and the minister is deeply gracious, but ...... The minister is also guilty. ”

Zhao Guangyi's eyelids jumped, and he asked in a deep voice, "What other crimes?" ”

"Your Majesty, after the minister restrained his subordinates, he immediately rushed to General Pan's camp with the superintendent Lord Cao, intending to explain the misunderstanding and understand the situation. Halfway through, he encountered several wounded soldiers of the Han army, and in the chaos, Cao Jian Jun ...... He was martyred. ”

Zhao Guangyi's face changed slightly, and a look of suspicion immediately flashed in his eyes, he stared at Yang Hao, his face was cloudy for a long time, Fang Shen said in a deep voice: "Yang Qing, in the melee last night, all the departments were killed and injured, but ...... The generals of the battalions were all unharmed, and the commander of the Chinese army was killed by a few stragglers, which is really unheard of......"

As soon as Zhao Guangyi's words fell, a thunderclap shouted from the tent: "Your Majesty! ”

This sound was like thunder, which frightened Zhao Guangyi, he looked up and saw a person standing at the mouth of the tent, burly, with hair like flying, wearing sonorous armor, holding an iron helmet in his arms, and hot sweat rolling on his forehead, it was Guo Jin, the observer of Yunzhou.

Zhao Guangyi was greatly displeased, flicked his sleeves, and shouted angrily: "Guo Jin, without my call, can this camp tent break into indiscriminately?" You are also a courtier, why don't you know the rules so much? ”

Guo Jin didn't care about pleading, but said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, something big has happened, something has happened." ”

Zhao Guangyi looked at his face, his heart was also tight, and he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, you tell me!" ”

Guo Jin said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, King Wu...... Wu Wangxue is gone. ”

Zhao Guangyi didn't react for a while, and said in surprise: "Huh? What do you say? ”

Guo Jin had a big face like a fly, and two lines of tears slowly flowed from the eyes of the leopard, and he said in a mournful voice: "Your Majesty, King Wu is a thousand years old...... It's gone! ”

Yang Hao raised his head when he heard this, and two shocked eyes slammed into Guo Jin.

Guo Jin couldn't cry at this time.

Guo Jin has been a general in the army since the Later Han Dynasty, he was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhiyuan, Liu Zhiyuan abandoned Jin Jianhan, and he had the merit of supporting it. When Guo Wei abandoned Han Jianzhou, he became a Zhou minister because he was a general under Guo Wei's rule, and then waited until Zhao Kuangyin Huangqiao mutiny, Yi Zhou became Song, and he naturally became a Song minister.

Therefore, Guo Jin is not a descendant of the forbidden army, neither a cronie of Zhao Kuangyin nor a cronie of Zhao Guangyi. He has been guarding the border for many years, although it is not a feudal town, but he has very heavy authority in the local area, so he is often attacked by court officials, and there are often officials who secretly play Guo Jin to Zhao Kuangyin to plot against him, but Zhao Kuangyin has not dealt with this kind of concert, and later sent these impeachment of Guo Jin to Guo Jin to show trust, so Guo Jin can be said to be grateful to Zhao Kuangyin.

A prince, a supervisor, and an adjutant general in Zhao Dezhao's camp all died, and the rest of the generals were panicked, their official positions were too low, and they didn't dare to see the emperor, not to mention that they had caused such a catastrophe, so they reported the matter to Guo Jin. Guo Jin was shocked when he heard the news, and immediately rushed to report the news to the emperor.

As a feudal official who only knows the military, Guo Jin has never doubted that Zhao Guangyi has anything to do with the death of the first emperor, so he does not hide his feelings in front of Zhao Guangyi, when talking about the death of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wu, Guo Jin is even more sentimental when he thinks of the first emperor, and he can't help but reveal his true feelings, and tears are pouring down.

Listening to his words, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but be stunned, he stayed for a long time, only to realize that he shouldn't have such an attitude when he heard about his nephew's death, and immediately changed to an angry expression, shouting: "How is it possible? Dezhao was wounded by an arrow, and he was recuperating from his injuries in the Chinese army, how could he die? What about Zhou Yin? What about Murong begging to get drunk? Call them to me! ”

Guo Jin said in a sullen voice: "Your Majesty, General Zhou Yin and Murong Jian Jun, they are also ...... Assassinated. ”

This time Zhao Guangyi was really shocked, he took two steps back, sat on the chair, and was stunned for a while......※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the corpses of the dead soldiers of the Han army were about to fill the moat, and at the head of the city, countless men, women and children who were soldiers looked at the corpses of their children accumulated in the river below the city and wept silently. When the news reached Jinyang Palace, Liu Jiyuan was like five thunderbolts, he stood on the imperial steps in a daze, looking at the soldiers who reported the news with straight eyes, he was stunned for a long time, suddenly fainted with a scream, and rolled down the golden hall along the imperial steps.

The left and right warriors hurriedly lifted the emperor up, put it back on the imperial chair, and urgently summoned the imperial doctor to the golden palace for treatment, and the imperial doctors poured ginseng soup and pinched people, tossing for a long time, Liu Jiyuan groaned and returned to his soul, Liu Jiyuan woke up, and immediately cried loudly: "The elite soldiers are all dead, Jiye mistakes me, ah...... the Han family is about to die in my hands, I ...... I'm going to be killed by him Liu Jiye......"

There were not many civil and military officials in the small court of the Han Dynasty, and now a group of people who have died in battle, a group of people who are defending the city, a group of people who were killed by Liu Jiyuan and set an example for monkeys, and those who stayed on the Golden Palace to wait for him were either ministers or relatives, most of them were some waste, as soon as they heard that their only reliance on Liu Jiye was wiped out, they were already frightened to the bones, and the emperor cried again, they immediately prostrate on the Golden Palace, and knocked their heads to the tom: "Your Majesty, Liu Jiye is finished, my Han is also finished, Your Majesty, accept the edict of Emperor Song, surrender the city, otherwise...... Otherwise, we'll have no bones left. ”

Liu Jiyuan's most trusted eunuch Wei Degui knelt in front of the dragon chair, hugged Liu Jiyuan's thigh, and cried a handful of snot and tears: "Your Majesty, this is the day to kill my big man, let's descend, let's descend, although Your Majesty has lost the throne, but if you are a prince, you can at least save your life and keep your life rich and noble, your ...... emperor."

"Huh?"

Liu Jiyuan was crying, and when he heard this, he sat up suddenly, his knees bent, and he hit Wei Degui's nose, Wei Degui snorted, covered his nose and knelt there for a long time unable to breathe.

"Surrender...... Surrender, yes, since this country and society can't hold it, I ...... I am also worthy of my ancestors and ancestors, and I want to surrender the city! ”

Liu Jiyuan's spirits were greatly lifted, Huo Di stood up suddenly, and said loudly: "Come on, come on, prepare the four treasures of the study, take the jade seal and ......"

The emperor is coming.

The news spread quickly, and the people in Jinyang City all gathered in the imperial city, and they all looked at the emperor's envoy walking towards the west city gate step by step along the imperial street. The banner of the Emperor of Song was erected in the barracks outside the West Gate, and they knew, and the officials knew it, that was where the Emperor of Song was stationed.

A scene that once happened in Jinling City was staged again in Jinyang City.

The great eunuch Wei Degui, the right general Li Xun, and the Zhongshu Sheren Mo Yan......, all dressed in white, with their left arms covered, and holding a white sheep, although they were embarrassed, they tried to maintain their last bit of dignity in front of the people.

"Open the city gate, we will go outside the city to meet the Emperor of Song."

Mo Yan, a scholar from Zhongshushe, looked proudly at the soldiers in front of the city gate, if these people who had just put on their battle robes for a few days were soldiers, with pride and contempt in his eyes, as if he was the savior of these people, and was seeking a way to live for them.

The soldier looked at these officials with tears in his eyes, no one moved, the great eunuch Wei Degui was annoyed, he rushed up, and there was a slap in the face, slapping one with only one arm left, seeing that the soldier who was only fourteen or fifteen years old stumbled, and scolded sharply: "Bastard, didn't you hear the order?" Open the gates quickly, and if you dare to delay a moment, I will kill your head, and the head of your whole family!" ”

The soldier suddenly cried loudly: "I have no family, my family has all died, my father and my eldest brother have died in battle, my mother was in charge of cooking under the city, and she was also killed by cold arrows......"

Wei Degui glared at him in disgust, turned to the other soldiers and scolded, "What are you doing there one by one? Rubbish! It's all rubbish, open the gates! ”

The Song army was poor for half a month, and the city gate, which had never been opened by countless corpses, was gently opened in silence, and the ministers, eunuchs, and imperial relatives in white immediately rushed to the city gate.

They all wanted to be the first to rush into the Song camp and the first to see Emperor Song, they had already inquired clearly, after the ministers of the Tang State surrendered to the Song court, many people were reused, and the high-ranking officials had to do it, and the horses had to be ridden, and now that Liu Jiyuan was finished, it was time to make a good impression in front of the new master.

Mo Yan, who originally wanted to pretend to be reserved, was originally standing at the front, but he didn't expect that as soon as the city gate opened, those imperial relatives, eunuchs and ministers all rushed to him in front of him, Mo Yan was in a hurry, and quickly lifted his robe and pushed forward, the wounded soldier with a broken arm was still standing in front of him and cried extremely sadly, Mo Yan thought he was blocking his way, lifted his official boots is kick, and scolded angrily: "Get out of my way!" ”

He kicked the soldier by surprise, and the soldier fell to the ground, and the wound on his arm, which had just been severed two days earlier, touched the ground, and he screamed loudly in pain, and the people of the four corporal were furious when they saw it, and there was a commotion.

A white-bearded old man blushed and said in a trembling voice: "It is you who claim to live and die with Jinyang!" Now it is you who will surrender the city! When you defend the city, you are clothed and fed, and you hide in the palace far away; It is we who fight bloodily in the city, and our lives are as cheap as dogs. When you surrendered, you ran faster than anyone else, and when you voted for the new emperor, you were still officials, and you could still enjoy all the glory and wealth. But what do we have? We ordinary people don't want anything, we just ask you big men to treat us as a person, more or less as a person......"

The white-bearded veteran burst into tears, and the more he spoke, the angrier he became, and he suddenly raised his arms and shouted: "It is we who defend this city, and if we want to hand it over, it should also be us, these dog officials who have lost their conscience, kill them all, and don't let them harm others again." Kill them all and avenge our loved ones! ”

The roar of anger sparked the fury in the hearts of the soldiers who stood silently on either side like a volcano: "Kill them all!" Kill all these dog officials and pay for the lives of our loved ones! ”

Angry roars came and went, like a huge tsunami, rippling at the head of Jinyang City, and the soldiers pounced on the white-clothed officials, like wolves and tigers, swords and swords, and cut them into pulp in an instant.

The city gate has been opened, and the sound of the battle alarmed the soldiers in front of the Pan Mei camp, because a few days ago there was a mistake to kill the officials who surrendered out of the city, so the Song soldiers in the Pan Mei camp were very cautious, they opened their bows and arrows, and watched the open city gate and the crowd in front of the city gate like crazy and frantic, and at the same time made people quickly report to the Chinese army.

The commotion at the gate of the city soon stopped, and the red-eyed people slaughtered all the officials who surrendered, and I don't know who shouted "Kill the dog emperor who doesn't treat us as people", which was immediately responded to in the mutinous mad soldiers, and countless people brandished knives and guns and rushed along the straight royal street to the imperial city.

They wept and roared all the way, venting their anger and grief, and people continued to join their ranks, rolling like a huge wave, rolling towards the palace gates...... Zhao Guangyi ran all the way to Zhao Dezhao's Chinese army tent, hugged his nephew's body and cried, beating his chest and condemning himself for not taking good care of his nephew, ashamed of the emperor's brother, panicked left and right civil and military repeatedly dissuaded, the drama of hypocrisy and hypocrisy here is really happy, bursts of cheers from far and near, one after another, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but be stunned, he quickly stopped crying, changed color and asked: "What happened?" ”

The left and right sides looked at each other, and they didn't know why, everyone was surprised, and a guard rushed in, and reported excitedly: "Holy Lord, the defenders of Jinyang City have mutinied, they opened the west gate, and then turned back to kill the imperial city!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Guangyi wiped his tears, still in disbelief: "Is there really such a good thing in the world?" Zhao Dezhao just died, and this Jinyang City is also self-defeating? ”

At this time, another guard rushed in and reported loudly: "Holy Lord, General Pan and Marshal Yang have led their troops into the city to try to control the outer city of Jinyang, Jinyang City is full of chaotic troops and people, and a fire has been ignited in the direction of the Forbidden Palace!" ”

Zhao Guangyi was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly walked outside the tent...... Founded in the late Spring and Autumn Period, Jinyang City, the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties, was in the center of the city in flames, and the streets and alleys were full of riots.

Dong An Lane, the guards of the infantry army are waiting for Liu Jiye's mansion, the door of the house was knocked open with a "bang", a young colonel with an agile figure led a dozen big men into the courtyard, there are three people standing under the corridor, a beautiful woman, next to two and a half children, the two children are only about ten years old, the younger one is only four or five years old, the woman is about forty years old, the head is eyebrows, the facial features are beautiful, but the eyes are red and swollen, as if she has just cried.

She was dressed in a plain dress, protecting the child in one hand, and holding a sharp sword in the other, seeing the Song army breaking into the courtyard, the beautiful woman had a sinister eyebrow, and her phoenix eyes were awe-inspiring, and she shouted: "Yanhuan, protect your brother, follow behind your mother, let's kill it." ”

The young colonel who rushed into the courtyard was Mu Yu, he saw that the beautiful woman had a big belly and was pregnant, and she actually had to lift her sword to fight, so he quickly threw away the handle of the blade and shook his hand: "Fold the aunt, break the grandmother, and don't do it, I was ordered to save you from meeting with the honored husband." ”

At the right time, a goshawk flew over Jinyang, the commotion all over the city seemed to make it a little confused, it circled twice over Jinyang City, and then recognized the position of Yang Hao's army, and projected its wings down...