Jingkang Chapter A Lonely City and Ten Thousand Mountains Section 69 Biography of the Beginning

Zhao Huan pondered for a long time and announced: "He Qingyan lost the city gate, cut the decision, and passed the whole army to set an example." Liu Yanqing, Xin Kangzong and other generations lost the western city wall, stayed in the camp for self-efficacy, and made meritorious contributions. Hu Yanzhuo, Yao Youzhong, Wu Ge, Hu Yangeng and other generals were not alarmed by the chaos and responded appropriately, and each was added to the first level of their own officials. ”

Zhao Huan is selfish, cowardly, afraid of death, and lazy. But he's not stupid.

Of course, he knew that without his permission, Zhang Shuye, Hu Yanzhuo and others directly deployed Long Jie's army to West Street, close to the outer wall of the imperial city, which was a big rebellion. That's not the same as the late Tang Dynasty. From this side, Zhang Shuye and others must be severely punished.

But now they can only rely on Long Jie's army to hold the west, so Zhang Shuye and Hu Yanzhuo can't move. If you want to move, it is also the general account after the Jin soldiers retreat. The urgent task now is who bears the responsibility for the loss of the western wall.

It was Liu Yanqing who raised the imperial envoy to the west, and the first to lose the guard of the Kaiyuan Gate was Xin Kangzong. There is also Fan Qiong, who escaped from Jinhuimen, who has long been disobedient to Zhao Huan's wishes, and cutting them is naturally the most convenient way to deal with them. But from another point of view, among the envoys guarding the four sides, Wang Yu and Zhang Shuye in the south are like one, and the east side is not careful, and Wu Ge's qualifications are too shallow; The North Orihiko is said to have carried out the orders of the Privy Council in a decent manner. Long Jiejun, who was in charge of staying in the inner city, also seemed to be obedient to Uncle Zhang's words.

Now that Uncle Zhang's night is strong, if Liu Yanqing is cut down, and the Xin family brothers are scattered, then who will restrain Uncle Zhang?

There is always someone to bear the responsibility for the loss of the western wall, who else can there be besides He Qingyan? Moreover, the fundamental reason for the fall of the west this time was that Zhao Huan mistakenly believed in Guo Jing's divine soldiers, resulting in no fortification in the upper and lower parts of Kaiyuan Gate City. If you don't attribute the blame to He Qingyan's ineffective fighting, do you want Zhao Huan to admit that he is a pig?

The defenders who retreated from the west, except for those who scattered and plundered on the street, some of the people who obeyed the rules followed He Qingyan, Xin Kangzong and others to Tianqing Temple to rest, and when everyone passed through the defense line of the Long Jie army, they knew that the court in the city was still prepared, and their minds were a little settled. The soldiers heard that the noise outside gradually subsided, and the sky slowly brightened, thinking that the night had passed peacefully.

At this moment, an attendant suddenly came to announce the decree, and the attendant first praised the officers and soldiers in the main hall, and then invited He Qingyan to the back room to listen to the decree. Xu Ning knew a few guards left in the main hall, so he went up to answer. The guard replied: "Commander Xin, Teacher Xu have rewards, and He Qingyan has nothing to deal with." ”

The soldiers and men discussed: "Why do you work so hard, there will be a reward after all." ”

There are also grievances for Xin Kangzong: "Our Huanqing army is also fighting hard, shouldn't Commander Xin receive the same reward?" ”

"The forbidden army, the cronies of the Son of Heaven, really take advantage of everything."

Not long after, He Qingyan was tied up by five flowers, carried by two palace guards, and walked straight to the door of the main hall. Another guard wielded a broadsword and escaped the executioner's posture. Everyone who saw it was stunned. Xu Ning stepped forward: "What is the defense, what's the matter?" ”

He Qingyan said: "The official family wants to kill me, sons, I am wronged, and I call it for me." ”

Although Xu Ning didn't know what was going on, it was clear that He Qingyan was going to be beheaded. Xu Ning knelt down on the spot: "Wronged, why can't you kill it." As soon as Xu Ning shouted, the forbidden army knelt down to shout injustice, and some of the soldiers of the Huanqing Army, quite a rabbit and a fox, also knelt down. From inside the hall to outside the hall, they knelt densely. Seeing this, Xin Kangzong also knelt down and shouted: "The last will be to die, how to prevent the envoy only has the merit of killing the enemy, and there is no crime of causing death." ”

Xin Qizong didn't know what to do, but he didn't want his brother to get involved, so he walked over and grabbed his younger brother's shoulder: "The affairs of the court, how can you control it, come, drag the fifth master back." ”

In the voice of the forbidden army shouting grievances, He Qingyan was pressed to the stone lion at the gate of the temple, and he was punished. Seeing a stream of blood spurting out of the cavity, Xu Ning's heart was cold.

Hu Yangeng was in the temporary camp on the west side of West Avenue and met He Qingyan's head. Hu Yangeng didn't have much to do with He Qingyan. However, knowing that he is a veteran of the Dumen Forbidden Army, he awarded the Guozhou regiment training envoy with his meritorious service, and when the Jin soldiers went south for the first time last year, he made great contributions and was promoted to Baozhou defense envoy, and the Bianliang defense in the past two months is the pillar of the west.

Now he has been beheaded, and the head of the four cities has been passed on. Hu Yangeng vaguely remembered that Wu Ge fought side by side with He Qingyan during the first battle to defend Bianliang, and he was a friend of life and death, and he didn't know what Wu Ge would think when the head of the meeting was passed to the eastern camp.

Wu Ge pulled out his saber and slashed a case into two sections with several knives in succession. The chamberlain who came to deliver the message and show He Qingyan's head has already left. In the holy decree, Wu Ge's own official has been promoted to another level, and he has officially stepped into the ranks of senior military attaches who are rampant in all departments. But Wu Ge's heart was full of anger, and he unloaded the case with a knife, and he didn't know who he thought of it.

In the north, Yao Youzhong also saw He Qingyan's head. After the messenger left, the two were relatively speechless. Zhe Yan's uncle Zhe Ke turned in front of the enemy, and now has 20,000 old troops of the Zhe family, staying in his hometown of Fuzhou safely. Yao Youzhong's uncle Yao Gu was afraid of the enemy and did not fight, and now he is in charge of Lingnan, so he has food and drink. Seeing He Qingyan's head today, I don't know how the two of them feel.

It was dawn, and the sound of mud bombs smashing on the city walls could be heard outside. The Jin soldiers had already turned the counterweight trebuchet on the western city wall in a different direction and began to test-fire. Fortunately, this trebuchet also has a skill in use, and it needs to be counterweighted according to the shooting table, and the mud bombs sent by the golden soldiers only smashed indiscriminately in the city without a target.

The attack of the Jin soldiers interrupted everyone's thoughts, and everyone was angry, confused, or happy, and all kinds of emotions were left behind.

The trebuchets on the north and south walls destroyed the trebuchets on the west walls after test firing, eliminating this hidden danger.

I don't know whether Jin Bing thought that he had broken the fighting spirit of the Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians, or was shocked by the prosperity of Bianjing. The Jin soldiers did not go down to the city, but sent a collegial envoy.

Xiao Qingji, the envoy of the Jin State, was eloquent, and he forced Chen Song Dynasty to break his promise, saying that the three towns had promised, and the soldiers had to retreat, so they refused to deliver.

Zhao Huan had already negotiated with Zai Fu, and he would make peace if he wanted to find an opportunity. He personally explained to Xiao Qing: The three towns are not delivered, and the soldiers and people of the three towns do not obey. Therefore, it is not untrustworthy to send an envoy to the Jurchen to exempt the land of the three towns, but it is not untrustworthy to calculate the tax of the three towns and increase it as an annual currency.

Xiao Qing revealed it in person: The Jurchens received the edict of the noble dynasty, saying that the size of the land of the ancestors is incomparable.

Zhao Huan proclaimed: "This is the suggestion of the traitorous minister, the traitor has been demoted, and he has his own letter back to the marshal." And the annoyance of the Taishi and the others advocating peace will not be forgotten. “

Xiao Qing also said: "Please ask the emperor to go out of the city to join the alliance, otherwise the besieging army will never be solved, and the siege equipment will never retreat." If he didn't agree, Jin Bing and a soldier would go down to the city, and there would be no more discussion. ”

Zhao Huan is at least concerned about his own safety, this alliance will never go, and he is only willing to send Zai Fu to go.

So this short negotiation broke down, and the Jin soldiers began to attack.

It may be that they are not sure about the street fighting, and the Jin soldiers just follow the horse road on the city wall to the north and south to assault the north and south walls, and at the same time continue to attack and contain them on the south, north, and east sides.

There are entrenchments on the north, south and east sides, and the Jin soldiers did not invent any new ways to overcome them, and on the city tower, the Jin soldiers originally planned to go down with a strong general.

It was Wang Bolong who attacked the castle tower, and after suffering losses in the east of the city, he was always looking for an opportunity to prove himself. On the Bianliang city wall, but the width of five horses in parallel, the Han'er soldiers rushed to the front with shields, and the Jurchens were heavily armored and cat-waisted, following closely behind the shield bearers, and then followed by Wang Bolong's other subordinates.

In charge of the command in the upper floor of the tower is Qiu Muling Zhonglian, he saw the Jin soldiers like a giant python rolling along the city tower, with a slight wave of his hand, the archers began to throw, heavy arrows flew into the air, and then the arrows flew downward, in the rear of the Jin soldiers, many people were shot, let out a miserable wail.

But this could not stop the advance of the Golden Soldiers, and those of them who had shields raised their shields above their heads in the hope that they could block some of the arrows.

The shield hand of the first row of Jin Bing had already reached the front of Song Bing, and at this time, Song Bing in the first two rows suddenly squatted down with his hands covering his ears, and his body was very low, revealing the three rows of pine trees behind him.

Fifteen pine cannons, five horizontal and three vertical, were tightly lined up. Wang Bolong didn't know what to do, and commanded the Jin soldiers to continue to rush forward, at this time, he felt a strong wind from his ears, and then he heard everything, and then saw fifteen large stones flying from the front.

Fifteen "solid bullets" completely penetrated the golden soldiers on the city tower and swept them away.

The Jin soldiers who attacked Ansu Gate to the north did not feel much better, and they were taken care of by the garrison arrows. The Song army set up a horse in front of it, blocked the road, and the arrows were like flying locusts. The Jin soldiers were defeated and retreated.

Seeing that the west tower was attacked, but the Song army on the other three sides did not collapse as expected, and the Jin soldiers were not in agreement with Mu Han, so that the Jin soldiers went down to the city to fight.

Most of the people west of West Street did not leave the city, either going to relatives in the city or staying in Daxiangguo Temple and other places. The houses on the west side are empty.

Seeing that the northern, southern, and eastern city walls could not be moved, the Jin soldiers transferred all the fierce generals to the west road. Tribu, Gao Biao, and Chi Zhanhui respectively assaulted eastward along the three avenues of Jinhuimen, Kaiyuanmen, and Shuntianmen.

These three people, Meng'an with Khitan, Bohai, and Yandi Han'er respectively, are all cronies and generals other than the Jurchens, and they have nothing to do with Huli. He refused to put them into the west, and he also invested a lot of money for the precursor of Sticky Han.

Sticky Han ordered arrogantly: "The Song people are weak, and they fight in short combat to kill non-Jurchen opponents, and the generals who enter the palace wall first are the first to take credit." ”

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