Gao Biao took his Meng'an from Kaiyuan Gate and galloped along the dirt road, but he didn't go far before he heard a wail ahead.

"Garrison Arrow!"

In such a narrow street, it is not even necessary to aim.

"It's okay," Gao Biao thought, "I haven't met a bed crossbow yet." Otherwise, an arrow will pierce a string. Just thinking of this, I suddenly heard a buzzing sound, which was the sound of the bed crossbow, the phoenix crossbow, the eight-ox crossbow and other bowstrings being struck by a sledgehammer, and the crossbow arrows of various colors were like big birds, slashing through the air and slanting down. Gao Biao couldn't care about the image of the general anymore, kicked open the house next to him, and hid in the house.

At this time, from the upstairs of the house, behind the eaves, the figure of the Song army appeared, each of them holding a bow and crossbow, shooting from top to bottom.

Gao Biao ordered the whole army to retreat with their shields held high.

On this day, the Jin soldiers' offensive failed on all fronts, losing more than 2,000 horses.

In the past, the street battles were the dying struggles of the defending side after losing the city wall, and there was never such a thing as today, when the Song army preset a position in the city, and all day long, the Jin soldiers did not have a hand-to-hand battle with the Song soldiers.

This is a new situation that the Jin soldiers have never encountered, and they don't know how to deal with it for a while, and their usual practice is to continue to besiege the city and cut off Bianliang's foreign aid until Bianliang is starved to death.

However, the Jin soldiers' own food stocks were also insufficient, so they did not cooperate with Muhan to postpone the siege of the city, but divided into several teams of 1,000 people, and went to four places to collect food. All of a sudden, Dongchangfu in the east, Luoyang in the west, the Yellow River in the north, and Caizhou in the south were all poisoned by the Jin soldiers.

In Bianliang City, the food of the soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty became more and more scarce. The price of grain in the city has risen to 40 wen a catty, and the queues at the soup kitchens are getting longer and longer.

Due to the food supply in Taicang, the ration points run by Lei Guan and Ding Teqi have gathered tens of thousands of people who receive regular food, including more than 10,000 young and middle-aged people.

But not all soup kitchens are as orderly as Lei Guan arranged.

Zhao Xiucai is a scholar, listened to his wife's instructions and carried a rice bag to the grain store to buy grain, saw a large group of people gathered at the door of the grain shop, so he pushed aside the crowd and walked forward, his original intention was to buy grain, who knew that the door of the grain shop was blocked by a few guys, and said loudly: "This is the grain shop of the Cao family, you are not afraid of destroying the nine clans, take the lead in rushing to see." ”

Zhao Xiu just wanted to ask what was going on, but someone behind him shouted: "Rush and rush, the Cao family can't sell grain for fifty wen." The Cao family can still be bigger than the surname Zhao. Before the words fell, someone pushed Zhao Xiucai violently, and Zhao Xiucai staggered and rushed over. The people behind shouted: "The person surnamed Zhao took the lead and rushed, go up." So a group of people rushed in, a few shop guys couldn't stop it at all, but there were too many people in Bianliang who were short of food, and when they heard that there was grain moving here, they all ran over, and soon emptied the grain shop.

Since the beginning of the first lunar month, grain stores have been robbed and stolen every day, and even arson and injuries have occurred.

At this time, Wang Shiyong, the secretary of the ministry, Wang Xiaodi, the squire of the Chinese book, Wang Zongmi, the palace marshal and others jointly gave a recital, which said: Since the siege of the city by the Jin soldiers, "the people's livelihood has withered, and the lives have been ruined". In this recital, the meaning of the three kings is to stop the war as soon as possible for the sake of the people.

Zhao Huan, who has always hoped for peace, finally has a reason that can be said in a righteous and bright way: for the sake of the people of Bianliang, and this reason has examples, data, and detailed arguments, and the low-key club has begun to play a role.

It's just that he didn't know what price Jin Bing really wanted, so Zhao Huan sent Wang Xiaodi to Jin Ying as an envoy.

Wang Xiaodi came and went quickly, and he reported: "The Jin people want to take the Emperor Taishang, the crown prince, the king of Yue, and the king of Yun as hostages. ”

Zhao Huan said: "I am a son of man, how can I be a hostage of my father, such as the prince Fang is a few years old, how to get to the front of the army." So he sent King Yue and King Yun to be hostages.

After Mu Han detained King Yun of Yue, he said that these two people were not enough, and since the emperor of the Song Dynasty was determined to make peace, it was better to let go of the defenders on all sides to show his sincerity.

Of course, Zhao Huan was not so stupid, so he consulted the ministers.

Uncle Zhang said: "If you are selected as an elite soldier, you can take advantage of the fact that the gold thief is not prepared to sneak attack the gold thief in the west, and you can drive the gold thief out of the city." ”

Zhao Huan said: "I am also in the country, how can I lose my trust." Wen Qing summoned the generals to fight, did he want to fight? If you want to fight, you will be lucky. Then he asked Sun Fu to look at Uncle Zhang and didn't allow him to take risks. Zhao Huan has not been very at ease with Zhang Shuye, in the past, it was an army of more than 100,000 people, and the four cities guarded the palace, except for Wang Yu and other generals, it seems that only Zhang Shuye has the ability to dispatch. His original intention was also to let Zhang Shuye and the generals contain each other. But I didn't expect Wang Yu and others to have a bit of a sense of harmony with Zhang Shuye and cooperate tacitly.

Now that the Jin soldiers are approaching the palace wall, Zhao Huan wants to further restrain Zhang Shuye.

After everyone retreated, Uncle Wang Zongwei stayed behind and said to Zhao Huan: "Don't let Long Jiejun defend the west again, Uncle Zhang may take risks at night, why don't you let the palace front division replace Long Jiejun to guard the west to ensure safety." ”

Zhao Huan was still hesitating, and Wang Zongwei said again: "The eight thousand elite soldiers in front of the palace will definitely be able to protect the city." ”

After a pause, Wang Zongwei said again: "You can also put Long Jiejun under the jurisdiction of the front division of the palace, let Long Jiejun retreat to Chongming Gate, and transfer Liu Yanqing's department to Jinglongmen, all under the command of the front division of the palace." ”

Chongming Gate is at the turning point of the Cai River turning east after entering the city, and Jinglong Gate is directly north of the inner city, both of which can be regarded as the waist of the inner city.

Zhao Huan was still very hesitant: "Let's think about it later." ”

The reason why Wang Zongwei gave such advice was because in the previous battle to defend Bianliang, he not only failed to make meritorious achievements, but mistakenly believed Guo Jing, resulting in the loss of the western city wall, so he wanted to defend the city alone with the palace army, and get the command of Long Jiejun and Liu Yanqing's troops to increase his weight. According to his thoughts, since Long Jiejun has proven that it can hold the west, plus the 8,000 people of the palace front division, it is not easy to defend the palace.

That night, two people suddenly climbed into the west wall of Zhao Huan's palace and were held by the guards, and the alarm in the palace was loud for a while. Zhao Huan also woke up, dressed in the dormitory and waited for the news, after a while, Wang Zongwei escorted two people, these two people confessed: It is the subordinates of Wang Yu, the envoy who guards the south wall, and heard that the official family wants to make peace, so they went to the city to petition and fight to the death with the gold thief. But because he was always stopped by the guards, he came in over the wall.

"Then why did you come in from the west?"

"The other three sides are very tightly guarded, only the west, because the Long Jie army is in the front, so the palace guards are a little negligent, the villains first blend into the Long Jie army, and then see the opportunity to come in from the west over the wall."

Wang Zongwei said: "You are so bold, dare to frame Wang Jieshuai." ”

Zhao Huan waved his hand: "Give them to Wang Yu and strictly control them." Zhao Huan felt that this seemed to be Wang Zongmiao's frame-up, but he didn't want to pursue Uncle Guo at this moment.

Wang Zongwei obeyed. But no one ever saw the two men again, and the matter seemed to be over.

Zhao Huan issued an edict the next day, asking the palace front division to take over the defense line of West Street, and at the same time allocating the original Shenwu Western Army to Wang Zongmiao's command, so that Liu Yanqing lost the west city wall and seized the effect. When the two armies changed their guards, there was another disturbance. But Jin Bing probably didn't expect the Song army to dare to change guards at such a close distance, and they were not prepared, nor did they take advantage of this chaos to attack.

Long Jiejun explained the positions of each crossbow machine and shooter to the front division of the palace. Wang Zongwei smiled secretly in his heart: "Isn't it just standing in the right position to release the arrow?" Who wouldn't. ”

Hu Yantong has no opinion on this change of defense, the cavalry in the Long Jie army is very heavy, and it is really sad to ask them to dismount and participate in street battles, so it is better to leave now. Long Jiejun said that he was involved in the defense of the city, but as a result, whether it was a trench battle outside the city or a street battle inside the city, there were not many opportunities for the cavalry to intervene.

Hu Yangeng was very annoyed. He carefully arranged in the city, step by step to lead the war to street fighting, and slowly introduced the Jin soldiers into the stage where they could show their skills in the fortified area, this Huyan Geng had to fight fires everywhere to play a pivotal battlefield, and Huyan Geng became the starting point of the warlord. He had already conceived of the use of new weapons such as the Kaqiusha and the Pine Cannons in Bianliang City. In order to concentrate on the street battles in Bianliang City, and to concentrate on the use of narrow areas to achieve the maximum effect, these weapons were only briefly tried a few times in battles outside the city.

But now I'm actually transferring myself. Not only did he transfer himself, but the cavalry in Long Jie's army, as well as the officers close to him, were also transferred out and placed under Wang Yu. Long Jie's army now has only 5,000 infantry left, guarding the West Street defense line together with the 8,000 palace front division and the rest of Liu Yanqing. It's a lot of money. Have you made all these preparations in vain?

Zhao Huan has long wanted to directly command Long Jiejun, the side of the palace wall. But he couldn't do it himself, he didn't seem to have the emperor's heart, and he was scolded as a faint king. But Wang Zongmao is worthy of being the uncle of the country, and he handed over the pillow if he wanted to doze off. No one will say that the emperor is suspicious of Uncle Zhang, only that Uncle Guo is a traitor. Uncle Guo, anyway, he has always been the image of a traitor.

Zhao Huan was a little proud of his pretentiousness, after this dispatch, Zhao Huan thought that he had firmly grasped the army with the most combat effectiveness and the most likely to clash with the Jin soldiers, and he would fight if he wanted, make peace if he wanted, promote peace with war, promote war with peace, and play how he wanted.

Zhao Huan was proud in his heart, and couldn't help humming a little song. Now he is in the West Palace, the residence of Empress Zhu.

Empress Zhu asked, the official family is in a good mood today? Did you defeat the Jin Bing?

"Definitely."

"Is that a successful peace negotiation, is the Jin Bing going to withdraw?"

"Definitely."

"That's killing Jin Bing or some important general, has the situation of the battle taken a turn for the better?"

"Definitely."

"Official, the gold thief has not retreated, so why should he be happy?"

"Sage, you heard me say that today I took back a handful of military power from Uncle Zhang's hands."

"The military power of the officials and ministers is given by the emperor, so how can you say that you can take it back. But Zhang Shumi's domineering actions? ”

Zhao Huan was a little embarrassed: "He didn't act aggressively, but the military power of the whole city was concentrated in one person, and I had to guard against it, and I was also to protect him." ”

Empress Zhu hesitated for a moment before she said: "The concubine is a woman, so she shouldn't talk much, but the eight thousand felt hats woven in the palace the day before yesterday were sent to various cities by internal attendants, and she came back and said that Zhang Shumi's distribution of felt hats was well organized, not only the elation of those who got the felt hats first, but also the impatience of those who did not get the felt hats, I believe that the next batch of felt hats will definitely arrive." It can be seen that Zhang Shumi has won the hearts of the military, and the official family should think that it is a dry city. ”

Zhao Huan said: "The sage thinks too much, thinks too much. But he was muttering in his heart: Won the hearts of the army?

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