Chapter 561: Beheading (14)
I have to say that the officials of Goryeo are still very conscientious.
As the de facto leader of the Privy Council of Goryeo and the cousin of the number one powerful minister of Goryeo, when the enemy soldiers approached the city, he neither retreated to the official office to play remote command, nor did he drink and have fun at the Xuanyi Gate, but braved the arrows and stones and commanded from the front. Not to mention how high his command level is, but just with this attitude, I am afraid that it is enough to make Wang Yu burst into tears and call him a good minister.
Receiving the order to defend the city, the soldiers rushed to the city with hurried steps, passing by this group of high-ranking Privy Council officials. However, this is not the time to set up a score, Li Zide beckoned his officials to swing away, stick it on the left side of the road, and make way for the soldiers to enter the city.
In the chaotic footsteps, Li Zide suddenly noticed a trace of abnormality, and looked back left and right with a solemn face: "Why did the gongs and drums in the Song military camp tent stop?" â
The officials on the left and right are not roundworms in the stomach of the Song people, so they naturally can't answer the questions of their bosses. Someone tried to say: "Isn't it that the Song people have seen that I have opened the capital city with towering and majestic soldiers, and they don't even have the patience to bluff?" â
Someone started to take the lead, and naturally there were indispensable people who praised it, and they all expressed their opinions on the reaction of the Song army to besiege but not attack. It turned out that although the Song army did not attack the city in the past two days, it beat gongs and drums in the camp all day long, and the noise shook the sky. The highly adaptable Goryeo people have changed from the initial discomfort to the current habitual.
At this time, the sound of gongs and drums of the Song people stopped, not to mention that Li Zide and his group of senior officials were puzzled, and even the defenders in the city were just as uncomfortable, and many curious city defenders looked down at the city.
This look. I saw something unusual.
The originally low-key Song people were even more low-key at this time, not only did the bluffing drumming stop, but the gate of the village was closed. The cavalry of the Song Kingdom, which was assembled from the south and north, did not enter the village, but went to the west to cut off the dust, and the posture was unparalleled. It's a pity that there is no target in the direction of their charge? The only explanation is that this group of Song troops saw that the siege was hopeless, and they couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to flee.
"Shangzhu Country!" "Your Excellency!" The generals defending the city saw that Li Zide followed the reinforcements of the reserve soldiers into the city, and they all stepped forward to salute. Li Zide waved his hand very concisely, telling them not to be polite, just lie on the city wall and look into the distance. After a while, he really couldn't see any clues, so he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around. Pulled the only remaining general of the Dragon and Tiger Army in the Eight Guards to the side. Secretly instructed Li Ziqian what he had entrusted to him just now.
"If the Song people want to withdraw their troops, it will undoubtedly be good news for the king, but my brother was detained by them, and his life and death are still uncertain. In this way, only the dragon and tiger soldiers in the city are the most elite, this is busy. Please also General Kim, you must help! â
General Jin, who was over fifty years old, reversed his excitement just now, and his festive old face suddenly became crying and embarrassed. I only heard him complain: "The Song people are withdrawing their troops." The tiger is not down even if he dies, they have tens of thousands of cavalry there, and there are only 2,000 soldiers here at the end of the general, how can they take advantage of them......"
Li Zide didn't get angry when he heard this, and he didn't use his power to pressure him, but just tempted him and said: "This time the master of the martial arts class died in battle, and the vacancy can't be too long, the Taishi is very optimistic about the general, and I hope that General Jin will do it himself!" â
The generals didn't dare to approach and disturb, but just watched from a distance, witnessing the long process of the general of the Dragon and Tiger Army from panic to excitement. I don't know what kind of chicken blood Li Zide gave General Jin, but I saw this general, who was over fifty years old, came over with a radiant spirit, and immediately spoke:
"This is the capital of my Goryeo Kingdom, not a vegetable garden where anyone wants to come and go, the generals of the Dragon and Tiger Army will listen to the order, and when the Song army pulls out the camp, they will all ......follow the generals."
Before General Jin's bold words were finished, he saw hundreds of soldiers on the city wall on one side clamoring, pointing to the houses outside the city that had already escaped, and shouting: "When did this group of Song people hide in?" Shoot him, shoot him! â
Li Zide frowned and looked in the direction pointed by the sergeants, and sure enough, he saw dozens of unarmored Song people coming out of the houses and running outside the city.
General Jin nodded, and was about to speak, but suddenly, he felt a divine power under his feet send him up, and suddenly the whole person was like a cloud, and he wondered if the feeling of spring breeze was like this? Who knew that all of a sudden everyone changed, including Li Zide, several generals and ministers close to the outer city tower could not stand, and instantly turned upside down, Li Zide was the worst, he leaned on the outer wall closely, at this time, like a kite with a broken line, was sent out of the city tower by a force, and the whole person was in free fall, straight to the urn city planted.
Seeing this amazing scene, General Jin's heart jumped to his throat, and when he was still worried about Li Zide's safety, he didn't know that a loud sound that he had never heard when he was out of his mother's womb suddenly came out of the ground, and in an instant, General Jin only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he suddenly lost consciousness.
"What a sound!" Li Ziqian, who walked halfway, was frightened by the loud sound of the sky falling apart behind him, and he just wanted to beckon the coachman to stop, but the trills of the coachman's lost soul had reached his ears: "The master is sitting firm, the horses are crazy!" â
Li Ziqian's reaction was not slow, and he hurriedly grabbed the things he could grasp to stabilize his body, but at this time, this beautifully decorated carriage was not just a horse going crazy, and for a while, Li Ziqian, who was in the carriage, still hit a blue nose and swollen face, and suddenly had a long nosebleed.
Fortunately, Li Ziqian's coachman is not an idle person, seeing that he has lost his balance in the case, he still does not give up the idea of bringing the carriage back to stability, at this time Li Ziqian's left and right guards are fighting with the frightened mount, and no one can come to help him, this coachman is really helpless, he does not do two things, and does not care whether passers-by live or die, grabs the carriage with one hand, draws out the saber and cuts the reins, and finally with his efforts, the horse and the cart are separated, and they are sent into the shop on the street by inertia.
Li Ziqian, who was abnormal, turned out of the carriage, and didn't care about the life or death of the coachman, just like all the people on the street who didn't know why. They all hurriedly looked in the direction of Xuanyi Gate, only to see a huge mushroom cloud suddenly rising in the sky, and the smoke was filled for a while. As his vision blurred, a wave of burnt heat rushed down the street, making it difficult to breathe for a while. Fragments of masonry and stone were mixed in smoke and dust, smashing the wooden walls of the shops along the street.
At this time, the guards who had relieved themselves saw that the flying sand and rocks were too violent, and hurriedly escorted Li Ziqian to take refuge in the houses along the street. Although this place is more than three miles away from the Xuanyi Gate, if the mortal body causes these bricks and stones to collide, there is a chance that they will either die or be injured.
"Zide!" Li Ziqian screamed like crazy. His feet were paralyzed, and he was about to sit on the ground, but the guards hurriedly helped him. Li Ziqian shouted in a gaffe: "Go, go, go and investigate!" â
The guards glanced at each other, waiting for the flying sand and rocks on the street to subside a little. Then he saw some men leading the way and running away in the direction of the city gate. At first, there were many unknown Goryeo people who ran towards the loud noise with them, but more and more panicked people fled for their lives along the way, and the panic atmosphere quickly spread to other people who were at a loss, and they quickly turned around and ran aimlessly.
The guards saw that the streets were full of chaotic people, and it was difficult to go to Xuanyi Gate, but fortunately, there were many Goryeo soldiers in the crowd, and the guards stopped a rout. Anxiously asked him about the situation at the sound, only to see this man lost his soul and said:
"Miserable! It's miserable! Walls...... The walls all collapsed and collapsed. There are hundreds of people in the Dragon and Tiger Army, and if you say no, it's gone! Song Jun...... The Song army is about to come in, run quickly...... Run! â
The guards looked at each other and couldn't hide the fear in their hearts, at this time, it was still an officer with a bright brain, and urgently asked Li Zide's whereabouts, where did the defeated soldiers know the details, and cried: "The villain only saw that the city wall on the edge of the city tower had collapsed under the city, and the city tower and the city tower were still there, and they were all on the city tower in Shangzhu Country, so they should still be alive, right?" â
After this man finished speaking, he was about to run, but he was caught by Li Ziqian's guards, so he dragged him to the master.
Li Ziqian, who had just stopped his nosebleed, listened to this person's cry, and the whole person couldn't hold back any longer, crying: "Heaven is dead in Goryeo, and it is not a fault of war!" â
Until this time, he still stubbornly refused to believe that the collapse of the city wall had any inevitable connection with the Song people, because no country in this world could master this terrible power of destroying the city like tearing paper. Even the Song people, who have always been ingenious, are absolutely impossible!
After a burst of hysteria, I saw Li Ziqian suddenly come to his senses, slapped the rout in the face, and scolded: "When the Song army enters the city, you all have to die!" Give me an order, order all the garrisons in the city, give me to assemble at Xuanyi Gate, and I must not let the Song people enter the city! Remember, it's all garrisons! â
Hearing this, where did he dare to ask, he hurriedly sent an order, Li Ziqian glanced in the direction of Xuanyi Gate with hatred, and said to the guards around him: "Gather the remaining house slaves in the house, go to Xuanren Gate, and protect me out of the city!" â
The rout was still captured in the hands of the guards, and before meeting, the country's Zaifu said one thing and did another, and said in a speechless voice: "Taishi, you can't leave us!" â
Li Ziqian forgot that there was still this superfluous person by his side, and suddenly pulled out the knife, and suddenly the white knife went in and the red knife came out, and suddenly there was a hole in the abdomen of the rout, and the rout fell to the ground, pressing his stomach with one hand, and pointing at Li Ziqian with the other: "You...... If you run, we won't be able to run......"
At this time, not to mention a big commotion on the street, even the Wang Ma in the royal city heard the movement, and his heart sank for no reason, and he urgently ordered the guards to go out of the royal city to find out the truth, at this time, a group of civil officials led by Han Anren asked to see outside the royal city, and Wang Ma urgently ordered them to enter the palace to meet him.
As soon as the monarch and the ministers met, they couldn't hold their heads and cry, only to see Han Anren and others inform the king of the tragic news of the collapse of the city wall next to the Xuanyi Gate. â
In the end, it was Weng and his son-in-law, Wang Yu and Li Ziqian's reactions were the same, but he linked this collapse with the defeat of the Eight Guards a few days ago, and decided in his heart that it was definitely the handiwork of the Song people, and at this time, all the courage in the body wrapped under the king's robe disappeared: because the Song people had such ability, even if he fled to any city and place in Goryeo, he could not stop the Song people's soldiers.
But in desperation, how did he know that the various gunpowder raw materials that Liang Shanbo had collected for a year had been consumed very little in these two major blasts.
"Your Majesty, the Song soldiers have already begun to snatch the Xuanyi Gate!" The news of the reporting official made Wang Yu collapse directly under the throne, and in a hurry, he actually rushed to the doctor and shouted: "Go and ask Da Liao to save the driver!" â
Han Anren's face was more ugly than crying at this time, and he knelt on the ground and played: "Da Liao is far away in the sky, where can I solve the near fire?" Your Majesty, if we don't leave, we won't be able to leave!" â
"Go, where are you going? Lord Han, the Song people are guarded by cavalry at the gates of the other twenty-one cities except Xuanyi Gate! In this chaotic army, what is the difference between high and low, if you meet a group of stunned young people, the king is in danger! It is important to send a messenger to make peace! Could it be that the commander of the Song Dynasty dared to openly kill me as the lord of Goryeo? â
At this time, several civil officials came out to persuade each other, and these few people who spoke were Han Anren's henchmen, so there was no question of ZĂ i's position, and Han Anren could face up to what they were saying now, and lowered his head and pondered when he heard the words.
"Close the door, close the royal city! Quickly receive hundreds of officials from the court to enter the city, elect those who can speak well, and the lonely king, the lonely king will make peace with the Great Song Dynasty! The lone king is willing to sever relations with the Liao State and sever ...... All the exchanges, once again worship the Song State as the suzerain, and there will be no two hearts from now on! Jurchen ...... If they want to contact the Jin Kingdom, they will contact them, and Gu will allow their envoys to pass through Goryeo! That...... Natamna...... Tamna let the Great Song Dynasty restore the country for him, and I, Goryeo, would never dare to have any ideas! â
These words are the last bottom line in Wang Yu's heart, he has been secretive on weekdays, but at this time he blurted out easily, which shows that people still have to force. (To be continued......)