On December 24, the fierce north wind howled, the roof tiles in the city of Tokyo were blown up, the big trees were broken by the wind, and the iron cavalry that was inseparable from the end of the face was like a cold wind to the city of Tokyo again. This time, the Song army could not have an advantage in numbers, and the generals defending the city hurriedly recruited soldiers in the capital, but the recruits were all beggars and the like, and they had no fighting spirit, but they came to eat together.

On the 27th of the lunar month, the Jin soldiers began to attack the city, the generals defending the city mobilized the people to go up to the city to resist, went up to see that the legs were weak, only to see the Jin army outside the city to arrange hundreds of stone cannons, and so they went to the city, they launched together, the stones and tiles rained up, the frightened officers and soldiers of the city avoided one after another, fortunately, there was calm, and hurriedly erected the war shed to resist the flying stones.

But everyone wondered that the people who carried the artillery outside the city were their own compatriots, and it was reasonable to be persecuted, but the Jurchens came from thousands of miles away, how could they bring these big guys, even if they were ready-made, they could not be completed in a short time. But the generals in the city knew in their hearts that these stone cannons were given to people by the Great Song Dynasty for free...

That has to start from before the siege of the Jin army, after Zhao Huan heard that the Jin army was coming again, he called on the kings of Qin from all over the country to recruit warriors, and he was not idle to hear that there was a 'flying mountain camp' outside the city, this guy was very powerful, and he was a sharp weapon for battle, so he personally went out of the city to inspect and check, and also wanted to see the power of 'flying mountain'.

This flying mountain is actually a stone cannon, using the force of the lever to launch the stone out of the cannon, the stone cannon of the Great Song Dynasty has become a system of its own, and it takes forty people to operate. a single-tip cannon that fires two pounds of stone projectiles; There are 100 people to operate, and the double-tip cannon that fires 20 catties of stone projectiles; There are also five-tip guns and seven-tip guns that fire 70 to 100 pounds of stone bullets. Of course, there are also two-person whirlwind cannons and tiger guns, but the stone bullets are much smaller. It can be said that the Great Song artillery has formed a multi-echelon equipment of light, medium, and heavy weight.

'Flying Mountain Battalion' has 500 stone cannons of all kinds, in the era of cold weapons, this can be said to be an absolutely combat-effective force, of course, the effective killing of stone cannons and artillery are not the same, but the boulder falls from the sky, smashing into people and animals, it is estimated that the chance of survival will not be large, this deterrent to the siege of the city should not be small.

When the Song soldiers saw the official family coming, the morale of the soldiers and generals was greatly boosted and they performed practical exercises. I don't know if the equipment was not maintained or the soldiers operated in violation of regulations, there was a mistake at the scene, and the stone did not hit the head of the imaginary enemy, but smashed one of the Song soldiers to death. His arrival turned out to be a talisman for the soldiers who died, so Zhao Huan took advantage of the excitement and returned disappointed, hastily ended the review, and turned around and returned to Beijing.

The performance of the official family made everyone feel at a loss. I don't know what to do, so when the wall was clear, these more than 500 stone throwers were abandoned in the suburbs, and no one cared about them. The Ministry of War said that the cannon was under the control of the imperial court. when the Privy Council shall take back the city; The Privy Council said that it was under the control of the ordnance; The ordnance supervisor said that the eunuch in charge had just been convicted and dismissed; Gyeonggi said that they were not in charge of guarding the throne, so they were not in charge of it; Some people say that it is necessary to use a carriage and horse to recover these, so the driving department should be responsible; The driving department said that it was a matter of the treasury...

After the end, the Jin army accepted the 500 cannons without hesitation. Take this offensive and defensive weapon for your own use, and use it for the attack on Bianjing City with a little preparation. What a ridiculous person doing something ridiculous!

Within a few days of the Jin army's siege, Xin Kangzong, the commander of the Great Song Dynasty, was suddenly killed. It was not the golden soldiers who killed him, but the people who defended the city. It turned out that Xin Kangzong was very strict in controlling the army and the people, but the soldiers and the people were arrogant and did not obey the control. Xin Kangzong once ordered the soldiers: do not shoot arrows when the enemy is not close, otherwise it will only let the Jin soldiers pick up the arrows and shoot them again. It is said that there is no problem with this order, and the arrows in the city are less than one arrow, and they can only be used at critical moments.

However, there was a soldier who ignored the ban and played with archery in the air when he was idle, and of course he was severely reprimanded by Xin Kangzong and imposed military law. The soldier was not convinced, so he wanted to take revenge on him, spreading rumors that Xin Kangzong was a relative of Tong Guan, and the soldiers were not allowed to shoot Jin Bing, and wanted Jin Bing to attack the city, and he was a traitor, but this made people suspicious when they heard it.

Coincidentally, at this time, the east city wall began to change flags, and the former flags were removed and replaced with new blue flags. Now this sergeant is even more gibberish and fanning the wind, Xin Yongzong changed his banner in order to be a Jurchen internal response, and to receive the Jin people to enter the city, and at that time, there were eggs under the nest? and every city shall be slain.

Rumors spread through the mouth, one after another Xin Yongzong rebelled, and now even the flag has been replaced, so under the instigation of some people, thousands of people gathered in Xuande Gate, carried the Dengwen drum to Donghua Gate to knock on it, and the officials of Kaifeng Mansion could not suppress it. Kedeng heard the sound of the drum, which alarmed the officials. Zhao Huan sent someone to inquire and reported that there were crowds gathering outside to make trouble, and when he heard it, he was immediately furious.

Not long after the last time the students made trouble with the citizens, this kind of thing happened again, and it is even more nonsense to say that Xin Yongzong rebelled. This wind can't last long, if "blackmailing the monarch's father" becomes a habit, then it's okay. So he ordered the palace guards to shoot arrows from top to bottom from the inside, and the people gathered outside the palace saw that the arrows were shooting from above, so they had to jump with their heads in their hands.

After they dispersed and reunited, these people were even more angry, we can't afford to provoke the officials, so we went to Xin Yongzong's house to settle accounts, so the people went to the outer city and went to the city wall. Xin Yongzong was patrolling the city, and suddenly saw the people in the city flocking to him, only to say that the people came to help the war, but he didn't expect that these people were looking for him to settle accounts. When the gang came closer, they didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, and rushed forward to eliminate the 'traitors' for the country.

The unsuspecting Xin Xingzong was immediately recruited, and his cronies came forward to rescue, and more than a dozen people were also killed. The riot did not subside until the evening, and after the incident, Zhao Huan only issued an edict to remove all the people in the city who were helping to defend the city from the city wall, so as not to have similar incidents again...

In fact, Xin Yongzong's death was really unjust, and Yi Zhi had a reason for this, and it was also directed by Zhao Huan. Because this year's winter was a little cold, when the Jurchens had not yet crossed the Yellow River, some subjects invited them to use the beginning of spring to summon peace and misothesize the Jurchen soldiers. As soon as Zhao Huan heard the accurate performance, he first invited the spring earth cow to enter the city, and ordered the flag in the city to be blue to respond to Mude.

It turns out that the Song Dynasty should be Huode, it is the fire and the gold, but the Song character has wood, and the gold is also the wood, and after the spring earth cow enters the city, everyone looks at it, as if there are holes in it. At this time, it was already declining enough, but there was a bad omen, and everyone believed in this at the time, Zhao Huan's face was naturally not very good-looking, and he could only blame the sky.

Originally, military discipline had to be ordered to prohibit, military orders are like mountains, and those who dare not obey will be killed without forgiveness, so as to strictly enforce military discipline and state law. But the general was killed, and Zhao Huan Junchen neither dared to prohibit it, nor could he investigate the poverty, and in the end, it was impossible to do it, which inevitably chilled the army.

The more serious problem is that the forbidden army in Bianjing City has been killed or wounded or fled or fled to other places after these years of use. At this time, there were only 70,000 soldiers in the Beijing division, and at this time, the people who assisted in the defense were removed from the city wall, and they suddenly seemed to be overstretched, and there was a shortage of manpower...

The Jin army did not stop during the New Year, and Zhao Huan could not rest, personally patrolling the city and rewarding the soldiers who defended the city, but Tang Ke, the prime minister who patrolled the city with him, because he had always advocated peace, caused the Jin army to reach the city almost unhindered, and everyone did not dare to do anything to the emperor, and he, the executor, could only be a scapegoat, and was besieged by the people. Tang Ke fled on horseback, closed the door after returning home, learned the day of Li Bangyan on the chapter of self-resignation, and then was impeached by the imperial history, two days later Tang Ke dismissed the prime minister, He Li was appointed as the right minister, and Lu Hao asked Ren to be the secretary of the military department.

However, Tang Ke's dismissal did not calm the people's minds, but aroused everyone's 'resistance', and Wang Jian, the commander of the Chinese New Year, was beaten by the militia who had just been recruited, and more than a dozen envoys were killed, because these militiamen suspected that they were spies. The palace marshal Wang Zongmao led his troops to suppress the bullets and cut dozens of people before the situation was controlled.

At this time, there was another Jiaofang Le man named Si Wenzheng, probably frightened by the Jin Bing's offensive, he wrote to the book, and Li Chen could not fight again, otherwise once the Jin soldiers broke through Tokyo, I am afraid that it will be too late to bow down and surrender, and suggest that Zhao Huan surrender quickly. Prime Minister He Li was furious, took the holy decree, and cut off Si Wenzheng's faulty head.

Zhao Huan dismissed Tang Ke and appointed He Su as the prime minister, and Sun Fu as the Privy Council. But this pair of living treasures is the main battle faction, but they don't have half of Li Gang's ability, they are sour and stinky literati nerds, they don't know military affairs at all, and they can't be pointed at all. At the time of the national disaster, Siliang General, the seed master Dao died, and the King of Qin ascended to heaven, but Li Gang was still alive, so Zhao Huan immediately issued an edict: quickly summon Li Gang back to Beijing and re-use. But Li Gang is thousands of miles away at this time, and he can't come back for a while!

Bianjing was besieged this time, which was completely different from the last time, in the first time, Li Gang presided over the overall situation in Bianjing City, and there were soldiers and horses led by King Qin led by Shidao outside the city, and the siege was only the Eastern Route Army of the Jin State; The second time, the Jin civil unrest, and the Qin king Zhao Ta repelled the Jin army and did not let their troops come to the city. And this time, the two armies of the Jin Kingdom arrived at the same time, Li Gang had been demoted from the imperial court, the Seed Master Dao had also died of illness, and the King of Qin had ascended to heaven as an immortal, and there was no available general in the court!

The chaos in Tokyo made Zhao Huan feel like numb, he was very worried about state affairs, and he sat on the side of the table for several days to discuss countermeasures with the ministers, sleepless all night, and did not want to eat or sleep well. But who can blame this? It is said that once a gentleman and a courtier, Zhao Huan has been in power for several years, except for Geng Nanzhong, an evergreen tree, the slaughter and deacons have changed several times, and the ministers below do not know how many stubbles have changed, but it is a litter of rats under the weasel that is not as good as a litter. This made him wonder, can these people really hold the capital... (To be continued......)