Kang Chengxun only felt that his mouth was dry, and he wanted to make the emperor happy, but he knew that this matter was not trivial, so he had to answer honestly: "No." ”

Zhao Huan said again: "They have also suffered heavy casualties, and their morale has dropped, can they still attack desperately like Shicai?" ”

"The enemy's generals are experienced, and they still followed the wings when Jin Taizu destroyed Liao, and they have experienced a hundred battles, and the soldiers under their command are also not afraid of death. Now they retreat, just to let the soldiers rest and rectify, during which the generals will naturally cheer them up, and the Jin soldiers are fierce and aggressive, and the ten thousand enemies can only achieve miraculous results by surprise, even if they are used again, they will not be like the right talents. ”

Kang Chengxun paused and said with a wry smile: "Besides, we don't have it anymore." ”

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "There aren't many hot oils and sassal wood stones, right?" ”

Kang Chengxun replied: "Exactly." In a hurry, I couldn't prepare much. After the city wall was repaired, you and we didn't expect that Chang'an would suddenly be surrounded by the enemy, and all kinds of equipment were not prepared, and those stones and sassalwoods were prepared in a hurry last night. The enemy will be in battle for a long time, and they must know our situation well, and with the strength of the sergeants (the fastest update) and morale recovered in a while, they will definitely come back to attack. ”

Zhao Huan was in a deep mood, it was his idea to stay in Chang'an, and now that only a morning had passed, he had vaguely known that his decision was a bit reckless.

I thought that with hundreds of thousands of people and soldiers of the forbidden army in the city, although the enemy had tens of thousands of people, he would definitely be able to block it with a strong city. After the fierce battle, seeing the performance of those soldiers of the box army who were undertrained and unskilled, he realized that soldiers not only had to train, but also had to experience such a cruel scene before they could be said to be elite soldiers.

The enemy attacked the city, and the Song army came from top to bottom. If it is in the field plain, the more than 10,000 Song troops at the head of the city are not the enemy's enemies.

He walked forward and looked out from the building.

It was originally a sassy autumn day, but at this time, I only felt that the ice wind was biting.

On the land that stretches for more than ten miles, corpses are lying everywhere, and broken arms and stumps along with broken spears and arrows are lying in front of you. A gust of autumn wind blew, and a golden army flag planted obliquely on the ground blew a hunting sound. Black and red, moving and still, looking at the extreme, I can't tell the desolation and cruelty.

After a long silence, Zhao Huan finally turned around and said to Kang Chengxun: "Our army has suffered a lot of losses, I am here, I have heard the report, Hu Bin and Zhu Ji have died in battle." I'm really sad in my heart. Let's go and see the soldiers. After waiting for Zhang Jun and them to come, I will talk about defending the city. ”

He took the lead, followed by Kang Chengxun and others. and went to the city.

The outermost was the last battle between the Destruction Battalion and the Banzhi Guards, and when they saw that the emperor was coming, everyone hurriedly got up.

Zhao Huan waved his hand to Yi Qing, who was covered with dirt, and said, "There is no need to be like this, the armor on the battlefield is on your body." ”

Yi Qing's face was covered with blood, obviously the result of the killing, he didn't care about scrubbing, and when Zhao Huan finished speaking, he grinned and replied, "The ceremony cannot be abolished." His Majesty is stubborn and stubborn in front of the battle array, how dare the ministers be rude. ”

Zhao Huan stood at the head of the city full of blood, and looked at it, one by one, the extremely tired and injured soldiers knelt in front of him, and the corpses were lying around the city, blood and soldiers' tears, still exuding heat.

He was extremely moved in his heart, if he was still a little contrived just now. When he saw this scene, and the soles of his feet were still stained with the blood of the soldiers, even if his heart was like iron stone, he couldn't hold it anymore.

"Good life collects the corpses of the fallen soldiers, and records the names one by one, and when Chang'an is lucky to keep it, I must build a monument for them and worship them in person, and my descendants must do the same, and they will always be the example for generations, and their families will be raised by the government, without worrying about food and clothing! I want to let the men of the world know that those who donate their lives for the country will enjoy the blood and food of the country, and if the country is for the country, the country will live up to the country! ”

He said this very quickly, all from his heart, so full of passion and compassion, said impassionedly, loudly, after this remark, the city was silent all around, after a long time, first Kang Chengxun and other senior generals knelt on the ground, and then all the Song army soldiers present, knelt down together, each with tears in their eyes, and said together: "Your Majesty is so sympathetic to the soldiers, even if the ministers are broken, they can't report it, they will fight to the death, and they will never let Chang'an fall into the hands of the enemy." ”

Zhao Huan waved his hand to let everyone get up, and then took a few steps forward, personally helped Kang Chengxun and other forbidden army generals up, and only said: "After a while, the Jin soldiers will attack again, and it will depend on Zhuqing to fight to the death. ”

He was in a turbulent mood at this time, and he was distressed about the loss of the death and injury of the general who had been serving him, and he felt that his decision to defend Chang'an was a little rash, but in fact, his confidence was not very sufficient.

Kang Chengxun also didn't realize that he was disturbed by Zhao Huan's words that he wanted to sacrifice the soldiers to support the bereaved families, since the five generations, the image of the soldiers has become worse and worse, the country is like this, and the people of the world are also like this, if Zhao Huan's words are true, the status of the soldiers can be earth-shaking changes, how can he not be very excited.

Hearing that Zhao Huan promised to be rich, he subconsciously replied: "The ministers are regarded by His Majesty as the heart, and they dare to hope for wealth in the future at this time. ”

"Okay." Zhao Huan nodded with a smile, glanced around the city, and saw that hundreds of people began to go up to the city, transporting all kinds of materials, and some people began to move the dead and wounded soldiers down the city.

Not far from the corner of the city, houses were razed and demolished for a few logs on the roof, and the owner of the house did not resent and abused, and even rolled up his sleeves and demolished it more vigorously than others.

And where the smoke and dust rise, it is the privy envoy Zhang Jun who commands the people, he only wears a gray-brown robe, a soft hat, and a long knife at his waist, and under the protection of several personal soldiers, he leads the cardinal government and commands all the people in the city. Not far from him, there were 20,000 or 30,000 sturdy men who had been selected out, dressed in different robes and holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, were marching in a chaotic formation, while dozens of forbidden army officers squeezed out of their teeth were loudly admonishing these people, teaching them the simplest fighting techniques, hoping that they would be able to kill and wound as many enemies as possible before losing their lives when they were in battle.

Officers at all levels understood in their hearts that the common people were untrained, and at this time, with the enthusiasm for defending the country and their loyalty to the emperor, they were willing to go into battle, and once they really came into contact with the cruel battlefield scene, it was likely that the collapse of a few people would affect them all, so they had to agitate and preach as much as possible, and divided the militia into several parts, and went to the city one by one to consume the enemy troops, instead of rushing up, so as to prevent the sudden panic from causing all to collapse.

Zhao Huan saw this scene, but the confidence in his heart did not increase much. These urgently conscripted people are only momentarily brave, and do not have the tenacity of soldiers, and their fighting skills are not enough, and they are indomitable on the battlefield, watching their comrades' heads fly and blood splashing everywhere, but the calm and perseverance as if nothing happened, but it is not a momentary blood courage that can be obtained.

It's just that the Song Dynasty still can't help the people Xi (the fastest update) martial arts and carry bows and arrows, although the people despise the soldiers, there are still some ancient Han people's martial heritage, to attack with a strong enemy, the people can be used.

If it was in the Ming Dynasty, those descendants of the Han family who were completely degenerate, and tens of thousands of Han people who were able to be chased by a few Qing soldiers, were guts, incompetent, and useless people who were holding rats, and they did not dare to resist in the face of slaughter in Yangzhou.

He was pondering to himself, watching the ministers and generals in front of him try their best to arrange, preparing to resist the next wave of the enemy's attack, but suddenly someone in his ears said: "Your Majesty said that luck can hold Chang'an, and between the ministers, Chang'an must be able to hold, needless to say that it is a fluke." ”

This person's voice was very unfamiliar, but it was not the minister that Zhao Huan was familiar with or the generals and guards around him, he turned around in surprise and looked at it, but saw a middle-aged man in a Taoist robe, kneeling in front of him, looking at the emperor looking at him, but he was not panicking, a smile appeared on his bare face, but he did not speak.

Zhao Huan looked at him, but it was obvious that the other party recognized him, but he searched in his mind for a long time, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

Therefore, he didn't dare to say anything first, so he had to say: "You said that Chang'an will definitely be able to hold it, what is the reason, let's talk quickly." ”

The man in the costume first showed a look of surprise, and then he had to bow his head, touch his head, and replied: "This is not the minister's opinion, it is the minister's little friend's words, if Your Majesty wants to know the truth, you can summon him here to ask." ”

Because of the urgency of the war at the head of the city, and they were all loyal soldiers and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhao Huan only left a dozen guards by his side, and Zhao Huan had been mixed in the middle of the soldiers and the people who came and went to transport materials.

At this time, after listening to the emperor's answer to him, it was obvious that the emperor did not recognize this person, and several guards immediately stepped forward, because the other party was here to offer advice, so they kept a little politeness, only separated their bodies between this person and the emperor, and then said to him: "The privy envoy Lord Zhang is under the city, you man is so ignorant that you dare to talk nonsense around Your Majesty." If it weren't for this time, he would definitely be punished. ”