"Yes!"

Zhao Huan glared at him, scaring Kang Chengxun, who wanted to step forward to speak. Then he got up and stepped forward, looked at everyone one by one, and then said: "The powerful generals around me have been completely sent to the front line to defend Chang'an, and I am in danger with Chaoyan, and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people are on Zhuqing!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the cabinet were even more agitated, and they swore together: "I wish to keep Your Majesty and the people of the city safe, and I will die without regret." ”

"Okay, I'm very relieved."

It is very comforting, and it has succeeded in making these generals in front of them willing to fight to the death. In Zhao Huan's heart, there was no sense of relaxation at all.

The generals who are really good at attacking and defending, and who are very prestigious in the army, have all been sent to the front. Even Lian Chongji and Xue Qiang: A general like Zhe Xiaozhong, who was a little older and was deliberately put in the army by Zhao Huan to train his henchmen, was not around.

He is calm on the surface, but he is actually worried in his heart.

As an emperor, he has always relied on privy ministers and senior generals who know the soldiers, and this time the battle of Chang'an obviously asked him to do it himself, and it is impossible for him to rely on others.

Zhang Jun has his own strengths, but such a decisive battle to defend the city is not something he can call on and inspire.

After meditating for a while, he first asked Kang Chengxun: "In your opinion, what should I do now?" ”

Kang Chengxun, as Zhao Huan's supreme leader of the guards, originally disagreed with Zhao Huan's opinion, but agreed with the minister's idea, wanting Zhao Huan to run away immediately, which was the safest.

It's just that the emperor has made a decision, but it is inconvenient for him to say more. As a military general, he can only serve with sincerity and do his best.

Seeing Zhao Huan's question, he immediately said: "In the opinion of the minister, the top priority now is to know whether the enemy really came to Chang'an, how many people and horses, and how many horses. Whether there are siege equipment or not, whether there is food and grass to help, and if you find out these things, you can control the enemy according to the situation, instead of being led by the enemy. ”

Zhao Huan listened quietly, looked around, but saw Zhang Jun, Zhang Suo, Xie Liang, Wang Ye and other well-known ministers, all of whom showed approval on their faces.

I don't wait for him to speak. Zhang Jun stepped forward with Wang Ye, the privy councillor of the same knowledge, and said: "What Kang Chengxun said is indeed reasonable. ”

Zhang Suo once served as the Hebei Road Governor, and although he is now the prime minister, he couldn't help but speak: "Yes, although Kang Chengxun has been in front of the palace for a long time. The right person is right, and there is the style of a general. ”

With the approval of these ministers, Kang Chengxun's face glowed with excitement, and he immediately said: "Since all the adults agree, why don't you lead a few hundred elite horsemen." Go and find out. ”

Zhao Huan shook his head and said: "You are the supreme commander of the forbidden army in front of the palace, and with you, you don't have to worry about the morale of the army." If you make a mistake, the morale of the army will be unstable. ”

Kang Chengxun was about to step forward to ask again, but Zhao Huan shook his head slightly and stopped him with his gaze.

In Chang'an City, his most trusted general is this person, how could he let him risk his life.

When Ye Ling said: "Take Hu Bin as the positive, Zhu Ji as the deputy." Take 300 fine horsemen and go to the middle of the river to check, if you see the enemy. Don't engage in battle, just find out the situation and return immediately. ”

Hu and Zhu, both of whom were generals of the front division of the palace, heard that the emperor had entrusted such an important task to the two of them, the two looked at each other and smiled, rubbed their hands, stepped forward, and said: "The minister respectfully obeys His Majesty's holy decree, once he sees the enemy soldiers, he will definitely not fight." ”

Zhao Huan's eyebrows were slightly tired, and he ordered: "If you meet the officials of the prefectures and counties who have escaped, you can bring them back along the way." ”

"Yes, you know."

Zhao Huan was strong and laughed loudly: "The two generals are both Tiger Ben generals in front of me, and they will definitely live up to my expectations." ”

After all, there is no need to go through the procedure of privy order, and directly let the two emperors hand over the edict, and the two of them will hold the order, mobilize troops and horses, and go out of the city overnight to visit the enemy.

Zhang Jun watched the two of them leave, knowing that this matter was a foregone conclusion, he immediately turned his mind and said to Zhao Huan: "Since Your Majesty is determined to do so?" ”

Such a question was actually very disrespectful to the emperor, but he naturally asked it.

Zhao Huan smiled slightly and said to him, "I am determined to make up my mind." ”

"Yes, I understand." Zhang Jun bowed, and his eyebrows were full of solemn and murderous aura. He bowed down again and said: "The minister is the minister in charge of His Majesty's army, so he naturally has to give advice to His Majesty. ”

"Come on."

"Your Majesty's arrangements for tonight are still appropriate. However, there are many gaps. ”

At this moment, no one cares about Zhang Jun's words, and even he himself only follows his own train of thought and doesn't care. Seeing that the emperor frowned, he only waited for himself to speak, and then said: "It was right to send troops and horses to the vicinity of the city wall, but Your Majesty just ordered the whole army to go through the past, regardless of priority, there is no backhand, if the enemy arrives tonight, as long as it is a little bit, it is likely to be routed overall." In addition, in addition to transferring troops to the city, it is also necessary to let Chang'an Mansion dispatch strong people to prepare wood, gunpowder, stones, sandbags and other equipment to defend the city. ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, he already knew that what the other party said was completely correct.

To defend the city, you need to distinguish priorities, have corresponding reserves, and need a large number of defending equipment.

Zhao Huan's first reaction was correct, but it was a bit of an old brain's drawback, but Zhang Jun was unhurried, and the few things he put forward were all insightful.

He knew in his heart that he immediately followed what Zhang Jun said, and sent the same governor Wang Ye and the prefect of Chang'an to mobilize the people near the city gate and prepare many equipment to defend the city.

This time the meeting in front of the palace, at this time, the sky in the distance has been slightly bright.

Although they didn't sleep all night, everyone was not tired at all, but they were calculating in their hearts, thinking about whether the enemy was really coming and when they would arrive at the city of Chang'an.

At the beginning of the hour, the entire Chang'an City began to wake up from the darkness.

However, although it was dark, the curfew was lifted, and people could come and go as they pleased, the gates remained closed, and no movement between the city and the outside of the city was forbidden. In addition, the situation was strange at night, so many people deliberately came to the vicinity of the palace to inquire about the news. It's just that near the palace today, the guards are very strict, and there are a large number of guards in front of the palace from afar, and as soon as they get closer, they are pointed to the chest by the soldiers with the shiny spear point, and they are not allowed to get any closer.

At the same time, the Privy Council envoy and the prefect of Chang'an gathered thousands of people overnight to accumulate stones, wood, lime, and sandbags near the various city gates, and the news also spread throughout the city.

After the sky was bright, there were many soldiers of the Xiang Army, to the city of the archery yard and the bow and crossbow yard to receive a large number of bows and arrows, along the way, hundreds of thousands of people worried about Zhongzhong, watching the soldiers with horse-drawn carriages to pull huge bed crossbows, creaking towards the city.

No matter how dull the person is, he also knows at this time that there must be a golden soldier to commit it.

Whether the emperor is still in the city or not, whether the ministers are still there, everyone is completely unsure.

Moreover, in the middle of the night, the news of hundreds of cavalry galloping out of the city first spread from the houses near the city gate, and then quietly spread to the people of the city, causing panic among the people. Even many officials who didn't know the details of the palace began to panic, gathered together one by one, discussed a lot, and went to their bosses to inquire about the exact news.

Until noon, many embarrassed officials and a small number of soldiers came outside the city, and opened the city gate in a disorderly manner, and then they were escorted by the generals guarding the city to the palace.

In a short time another small force of cavalry of one or two hundred men arrived at the city, many of them with arrow wounds and covered in blood, and while they entered the city, a considerable number of gentry and people on horseback or donkey, followed closely behind, and entered with this group of cavalry as they entered the city.

After letting in a group of people, seeing that more and more people were fleeing, the general in charge of defending the city saw that something was wrong, so he immediately ordered the soldiers to forcibly drive away more and more people at the city gate, ignoring the other party's scolding and crying, and forcibly closed the city gate.

Not long after the heavy iron-clad wooden gate was closed, the soldiers looking at the head of the city saw smoke and dust rising in the distance, and groups of Jurchen cavalry appeared on the plain not far away, galloping forward.

Seeing that the city gate was closed and there were soldiers guarding the city, not far from the range of bows and arrows at the head of the city, several Jurchens who looked like generals gathered together on horseback and discussed in a low voice.

At this time, many of the soldiers defending the city were urgently stationed in the upper city and the rest of the miscellaneous soldiers, seeing the other party like this, although there were only a few people, they were also flustered, and couldn't help but wait for the general to give an order, and many soldiers opened their bows and arrows and shot arrows towards the city.

The enemy was clearly out of range, and the sparse arrows were still far away, and they had already fallen to the ground.

At the beginning of the archery shooting by the soldiers at the head of the city, the Jurchens were also taken aback, and when they saw the situation, they laughed together, and some people drove the horses forward, with one hand on the waist and the other hand pointing at the city head and scolding. When the arrows at the head of the city came, but they still landed with all their strength after a dozen steps, they laughed again.

In this way, the morale of the city head was so low that it could not be lower, and the enemy cavalry under the city gathered more and more, seeing that the soldiers at the city head were so useless, several senior Jurchen generals were quite moved, and began to dispatch soldiers, let the closer ones dismount first, and ordered people to cut down a few big trees, sharpened their heads, and seemed to be ready to withstand the rain of arrows at the city head, and forcibly break open the city gate.

In the midst of the chaos, but saw a commotion at the head of the city, the soldiers were like weeds blown by the wind, and the chaos was shortened, and the Jurchens under the city were wondering, not knowing what was going on, after a while, it was still very weak at first, and it became louder and louder, and later, even the people in the city shouted together, and the voices of hundreds of thousands of people gathered in one place, resounding through the clouds.