In front of Hu Yangeng's eyes, the expressions of each enemy were different, some were frightened, trying to retreat, some roared, raised their arms and raised their spears to squeeze forward, and some turned their heads to look to the side, listening to the orders and commands of a chief not far away, and hurriedly glanced at the past, and all kinds of expressions were quickly faded and replaced by their armor. The wounded are screaming, and the warriors are crying out.

Hu Yangeng looked forward again, the enemies were dense, and he didn't know how many enemies there were in front of him. He couldn't seem to break through anymore. He made a decision and was about to give the order: "The rear team becomes the front team, the front team becomes the rear team, and retreat", when he suddenly heard a loud shout, and hurriedly raised his head to look forward, the Jin soldiers on the opposite side were at a loss at first, or turned their heads to look back, or still rushed forward with their spears, but they didn't wait too long, and the enemy formation on the opposite side was in chaos. First from behind, then from front, a knight with a hook and sickle jumped into Hu Yangeng's eyes.

This knight was covered in blood, straddled his horse bravely, and fought hard, like a sharp blade piercing into the sea, cutting through the golden soldiers who were blocking Huyan Geng's formation, and killing a passage. All enemies who stood in his way were either stabbed to death by him, or provoked by him with a scythe and thrown into the air. The golden soldiers turned on their backs.

Just look at this knight, the embroidered robe is skillfully made parrot green, and the battle uniform is lightly cut willow leaf yellow. The top is red and brilliant, and he holds a golden wire hook sickle. Isn't it Xu Ning!

The two sides were closed, more than 80 horsemen came to the bridgehead, Yang Kefa had already set up a formation at the bridgehead, received the cavalry to cross the river, and then used the phoenix crossbow to shoot the position, and under the cover of the bow and crossbow on the opposite bank, the infantry team also gathered to cross the river, and then put away the suspension bridge. Some of the golden soldiers had already caught up with the drawbridge, and Yang Kefa alone held an iron gun and drove these golden soldiers down the river.

Everyone returned to the city and met Zhao Huan, Zhao Huan asked, "How many people are out of battle this time, and how many people are back?" ”

He Li on the side exclaimed: "The official family doesn't ask about merit, but first asks about casualties, it's really benevolent." ”

This time, with the addition of Huyan Geng and Yang Kefa's department, nearly 800 people crossed the river, and now only 500 people have returned.

Zhao Huan sighed and instructed Tong Mu that those who died in this battle would be paid for by the palace and compensated. All the generals who went out of the battle were rewarded. At this time, Xu Ning bowed down and asked to fight on the west city wall, because the capital gate army in the west lacked a general to lead.

A snake can't be without a head. Zhao Huan encouraged again. Follow Uncle Zhang back to the Privy Council

Hu Yangeng endured it as a walking horse, and followed Uncle Zhang back to the Privy Council, Zhang Shuye just sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and sighed: "Bianliang grain and grass are not continuous, Shu Kang, what can you do?" ”

"Geng is a military minister, and he doesn't know much about people's livelihood."

"Really? Didn't you do a good job of borrowing money to buy winter clothes? The military man has winter clothes to keep out the cold, and the merchant and you have made money. It's just that the treasury will lose a lot of money. It turned out that Zhang Shuye already knew that the borrower behind the scenes was Hu Yangeng.

Hu Yangeng smiled: "That was done by Shi Xingfang, and the last general is just a foil." ”

"It's not you, is it?" Uncle Zhang knew that it was not the time to investigate, so he didn't ask in detail, but turned the topic back: "Shu Kang, Xin Yongzong was killed, after all, the family members of the forbidden army had no food to eat, so they made trouble, but Xu Fuyin told me that the grain stored in the official warehouse can only be supplied to the forbidden army." ”

Hu Yangeng thought to himself: It's not that Bianliang has no food, it's just that the wealthy families of the high gate are hoarding Juqi and refusing to take it out and sell it. Then he said: "Please put grain from the noble gate?" ”

Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly at night, it seemed that Hu Yangeng didn't have any good way, so he said, "You go back to the barracks to rest first." ”

In the past ten days, the Jin soldiers have also erected a series of barracks in the south, basically blocking the connection between Yingchang and Bianliang in the south. On the twentieth day of the lunar month, Uncle Zhang gathered his staff at night and summoned Huyan Geng, because the civilians in the city lacked food, the Metropolitan Gate Forbidden Army and the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army guarding the various city gates were a little unstable.

Hu Yangeng said: "All family members in Bianliang City will be given an extra portion of grain and grass." ”

Liu Ziyu, who joined the military, said: "The grain stored in Bianliang is enough for a year, but if it is distributed to the family, plus other unexpected losses, it can only last for more than three months." ”

Hu Yangeng replied: "If the forbidden army is unstable, it can't even support it for three months, what's the use of keeping food?" ”

Uncle Zhang muttered for a while: "First put grain for the families of the forbidden army, and this official will ask the emperor to decree that the emperor's relatives and nobles will hand over the grain to Kaifeng Mansion for sale." ”

Uncle Zhang's actions were very fast, and Zhao Huan had a holy decree the next day, asking all the nobles to either hand over the stored grain to Kaifeng Mansion for sale at a flat price, or directly give porridge.

However, some nobles set up porridge sheds around the mansion, but very few of them handed over grain to Kaifeng Mansion. Empress Zhu's maiden family prepared a hundred stone millet rice, to be handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, please Kaifeng Mansion to sell at a flat price, Kaifeng Governor Xu Bingzhe said: "Noble relatives sell grain at a flat price, doesn't it disturb the price of grain?" "I returned the hundred stone corn.

According to the record of "Jingkang Yesuolu", Xu Bingzhe once said to Dazai He Li that if Empress Zhu's family sells grain at a flat price, how much grain does their family have, and so much grain is sold at a low price, not to make money, what is the picture? "Ill-intentioned."

Even the queen's family was accused of ill-intentionedness, so other families would not dare to take out the grain, not to mention that most of the high-ranking families hoarded Juqi in order to sell grain at a high price for profit.

In this way, the Jin army besieged the city outside, but the momentum of the siege was not as fierce as the previous ten days, and the Song army reluctantly stabilized the morale of the army by sending food to the military families. But the food in the city is dwindling day by day, and the people's homes have become porridge to live. In this way, he entered the second year of Jingkang.

On the first day of the second year of Jingkang, Zhao Huan accepted the congratulations of the ministers in the main hall and rewarded the ministers, and then Wang Xiaodi, the Chinese scholar, suggested: "On the occasion of the New Year's Day, the wine should be transferred to the prince of the Jin Dynasty, in order to repair." (Note)

Zhao Huan played on track and asked Wang Xiaodi to handle it.

Uncle Zhang was angry: "The people in the city can only eat porridge, how can there be any reason to send wine to the enemy?" ”

Zhao Huan felt strange: "Didn't I already issue an order for the emperor's relatives to hand over the rice to Kaifeng Mansion for sale?" ”

"There is a holy decree, but no one does it."

Zhao Huan wept sadly: "How difficult it is to mourn the people's livelihood. So, Zhao Huan ordered the birds and beasts of Genyue to be released for the people of Kaifeng to catch and eat. But the matter of supporting the grain of relatives and nobles is still not settled.

Uncle Zhang was in the lobby of the Privy Council at night, listening to Song Jiang and others report to him that the defenders' food stocks were less than one day a day, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Hu Yangeng was also on the sidelines to listen to the order, and he had been on duty in the Privy Council most of the time since he took it as a horseman. He secretly gestured to Song Jiang, and the two came outside the hall.

"Song Jiyi, the Sprinkle family wants to go to the order to borrow grain."

"Borrow?" Song Jiang stared at Hu Yangeng with an inquiring gaze, "As soon as this case is opened, I'm afraid that Zhang Shumi won't be able to afford it." ”

"So you can't let Zhang Shumi know."

"Then why did the horse tell me again?"

"I want Song Jiyi to mention which ones can be borrowed and which ones can't be touched."

Song Jiang's face changed greatly: "I'm not from Bianliang, I don't know." Song Jiang hasn't heard you say anything about this, so he doesn't know anything. "After that, he turned around and left.

Hu Yangeng sighed in his heart: "Song Jiang, who is so old-fashioned, this is slipping." "However, although I can't find anyone who can top the thunder, it is imperative to borrow food. Now I have to find allies in all four cities and act together, and the law will not be held accountable when the time comes. Hu Yangeng made an appointment with Wu Ge and Xu Ning, and then made an appointment with Yao Youzhong through Wu Ge, and everyone discussed. Because Xu Ning was rescued by Hu Yangeng, he was very grateful to him, and his wife and children were also in the city, so he was naturally willing to get more food.

Wu Ge said: "I have two friends, one is named Lei Guan, who works in the household department, and the other is Ding Teqi, who is also a staff member under Zhang's secret account. Lei Guan once mentioned an idea. He served in the household department, and he could borrow Taicang public grain and set up an account house, on the one hand, to relieve refugees, on the other hand, to recruit soldiers, as a reserve for the defenders of the city, and also to prevent the brave people from rebelling. ”

"That's a great idea. In addition to being used as military supplies, the grain we borrowed was used to help the people in the name of the household department Taicang, and at the same time the soldiers were selected. Are these relief points opened? ”

"Since the siege, many poor people have lost their jobs, or because the income from small businesses has been reduced and they are not enough to make ends meet, and they need government relief. Although the almshouse is a public office, it appears in the form of a private office, borrowing three major places: Wuyue Temple, Qisheng Temple, and Tongwenguan. Relief food is distributed every day, and thick porridge is boiled twice a day for the poor to eat. Invite the imperial physician Xing Liang, the imperial student Wu Ba, the imperial prince Gao, the clan Zhao Zifang and others to come out to preside. ”

"Well, all the poor who received the relief food, along with their families, were registered, and they were compiled into a list, divided into small teams and brigades, and received the food in order. There are also many soldiers who have left the military to teach soldiers and soldiers, and forbidden army officers who know the military establishment use the military art department to strangle the army and the people. ”

"Ding Teqi went to Shumi Zhang, said good things for us, and asked Shumi Zhang to deal with the people in the court." Hu Yangeng thought, this black cauldron is still stuffed to Uncle Zhang's night.

The first time they borrowed grain went very well, and they first found Empress Zhu's maiden home. Zhu Guozhang still knows the severity, his family originally wanted to give out grain, Zhao Bozhen, who participated in the military, and the housekeeper of the Zhu Mansion discussed it carefully, and the Zhu family was willing to give 2,000 stones, which was barely enough for the army to defend the city for three days, and it was not necessary to buy it with cash, just wait for the grain collected by the household department and Kaifeng Mansion in the coming year to be repaid.

Subsequently, Zhao Bozhen, Zhang Yantang, Liu Ziyu and others visited several nobles who had intended to sell grain, such as the Gao family, the Xiang family, the Shi family, and so on. Shi Xingfang is only a junior in the big family of the Shi family, and he can't speak at all, anyway, these families have a little bit of food, which is enough for the army for ten days.

Next, there is the fallen Prime Minister Cai Jingjia.

Note: According to the "Three Dynasties and Northern Alliances", during the siege of the Jin soldiers, Zhao Huan accepted the prime minister's suggestion to "send people to move the Jin people to the village with wine and food." ”

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