After receiving Zhao Huan's summons, Fu Su bundled his armor and entered, because he was heavily armored, he only bowed to Zhao Huan for a while, and then got up and hugged his fists and asked, "Your Majesty Xuanchen, what are your orders?" ”

Although he knew that Zhao Huan summoned it for the messenger who was seriously injured and died, as a Langguan guard, he did not say it directly, but waited for the emperor to make a decision.

This kind of minister's style made Zhao Huan's originally agitated mood gradually calm down.

He tapped the back of the chair lightly with his fingers, and thought: "Fu Qing, the palace has been locked, and the gates of Chang'an must have been locked at this time?" ”

Fu Su nodded and said, "Every day after the first hour of the unitary hour, the gates of the city will be closed, and it will not be opened until the first hour of the next day. Glancing at Zhao Huan's expression, he said again: "Actually, the time of opening the city could have been slightly earlier, but Chang'an is important, and everything is more careful." ”

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Yes, so I can rest assured." ”

Fu Su finally couldn't hold it back, and asked Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty must also know that Fei Lun sent someone to deliver a letter, and the enemy soldiers are coming day and night, I don't know what to do?" If you want to patrol the river, it is better to set off sooner or later, and it is most appropriate to set off overnight tonight. When the minister was at the palace gate, the envoy was seriously injured and entered the palace, and the minister knew that the situation was serious, and he had sent someone to ask Si Kang in front of the palace to undertake training, and the crime of Tan Yue was punished. ”

"Hurry up with power, what Tan Yue!"

Zhao Huan gently revealed the matter, and ordered: "When I summoned you, I ordered you to open the palace gate, and Xuanzhangsuo, Xie Liang, Zhang Po, Teng Maoshi, Wei Xingke, Kang Chengxun and others all came to see you." ”

Fu Su took the order and left. After Xu Shuang, the palace gate not far away was noisy, and the wooden copper-clad palace door creaked and slowly opened.

As the palace gate opened, more than 1,000 palace guards were all summoned. Lined up, holding spears and bows, guarding at the palace gate.

Zhao Huan ordered one after another: "Order a curfew in Chang'an, martial law, and strict investigation." ”

"All the generals who stay in Chang'an are on standby outside the palace."

"All the officers of the front division of the temple are at once fully armoured. Gather in the palace. ”

"The soldiers of Chang'an's thieves, fire prevention, government messengers, postal communications, and box army engineering were immediately assembled, and the ordnance institute, the bow and crossbow courtyard, and the arrow building institute issued weapons, and all the armies were brought to the city head for vigilance and defense."

He connected and issued the order, and then passed it to the night guard by the attendant around him, and after using the seal, he handed it over to the Banzhi guard to go out of the palace to give the order.

In this way, not only the people in the palace knew that something big had happened. Even the people near the palace were also woken up by the sound of horses' hooves, and they wanted to go out to take a closer look. However, he was reprimanded by the soldiers who carried out the curfew order with lanterns and torches, spears and knives, and ordered not to look at them again.

This night, the people of the city did not know what was going on, but they only knew that something had happened and coaxed their wives and children to sleep. And all the men of the house gathered themselves together, and stood against the gate, and prepared their weapons where they had them, and took up all the long ones that were handy. Under the dim oil lamp, while nervously discussing what was going on, from time to time I looked through the window and looked outside.

By midnight, the tension had not subsided, but had become more severe.

First of all, the military discipline was not serious, and even the soldiers who laughed and talked during the march gathered from all over the city, and then lined up in a chaotic queue, with torches, and in their hands they had just led the forbidden army to use the refined weapons, and went in the direction of the city wall.

Next to their queue were middle- and lower-ranking officers with nervous expressions, their faces were blue and silent, constantly scolding those soldiers who did not abide by military discipline, but they were often flustered, and they did not have the majestic appearance of officers on horseback, and often disrupted the queue of their own ranks.

Not long after, just when people were a little tired, there was another sound of the clash of armor on the street. Soon after, there was another heavy muffled sound of cowhide boots on the road.

These sounds are neatly uniform, and they are monotonous and dull, one after another, as if they are beating on people's hearts.

If you look at it with your eyes, you will find that these soldiers are wearing heavy compound armor, each of which is carefully crafted to effectively protect the important parts of the soldiers.

This is the latest armor of the elite of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, in order to counter the advantage of the enemy's heavy cavalry, the armor of the infantry of the Song Dynasty is getting heavier and heavier, Zhao Gou in Lin'an, he also ordered the manufacture of a foot armor weighing 70 catties, invested a lot of money, and only created a few thousand pairs, specially designed for the heavy cavalry assault of the enemy on the battlefield.

This kind of idea is obviously difficult to realize, no matter how strong a man wears this kind of heavy armor, it is difficult to travel long distances, and no matter how heavy the cavalry is, the action must be light and fast compared to the heavy infantry, so when he arrives at Zhao Huan, he just orders to strengthen the protection of important subordinates.

Rao is like this, these armor worn on the elite forbidden army is also forty pounds, and when they take action, the armor leaves on the battle armor make a clang, reminding people that this is the most elite hoplite in the Song Dynasty.

At this point, the most sluggish people also knew that Chang'an must be seriously threatened, and Chaoyan began to mobilize all the forces available in Chang'an City to go to the city wall to garrison.

And after vaguely guessing the truth, it makes people even more afraid.

Chang'an has been easily attacked once, and the tragedy of that military disaster is still fresh in the memory of the people.

The alien soldiers, with their ugly pigtails and strange tight-fitting robes, looked not much different from the peasants who toiled the land every day in the north of the Middle Garden. It was only when I saw their eyes, those greedy, vicious, and beast-like eyes, that I knew that there was really such a thing as beasts and cannibalism in this world.

They came, they robbed, they killed for pleasure, they s***, they broke cups, they burned, they destroyed everything they could, without mercy.

This is the inevitable phenomenon of the state just from a tribal civilization to a higher civilization, and the Jinyuan Jurchen is like this, after a hundred years of them. This is especially true of the Mongol tribes that rose from the steppes.

When I think of this, the people who have experienced the hardships of the war become more and more scared and nervous.

Despite the curfew. People can't go out, but people still try to get in touch with their neighbors, exchange ideas, and listen to news.

And the most important thing is only one point: whether the emperor is still in the city.

If it were now, this kind of thinking would definitely make people laugh.

There are no gods in this world. There is no savior, what is the use of clinging to an emperor who once surrendered and laid a soft egg?

It's just that in this era, the identity of the emperor, the role of the emperor in the expedition, and the importance of the emperor to the entire garden family are incomprehensible to later generations.

As long as the emperor has fled, a large number of officials, generals, and elite soldiers are bound to flee with him, and with the empty forces of Chang'an. Without an emperor, how many days can you keep it?

What everyone is talking about is also the most critical point in the dispute between the ministers and the emperor in the inner palace.

After Zhao Huan ordered the summons. The prime ministers and privy envoys came one after another, and after knowing that the situation was so urgent, Zhang Suo, Xie Liang, Zhao Kai and other prime ministers and Zhang Jun, the privy envoy, had exactly the same opinion, and suggested that Zhao Huan immediately take thousands of elite forbidden troops and go to Hanzhong. Then take refuge in Chengdu.

After he left, the officials continued on the road after serving Meng.

As for Chang'an, either a symbolic number of soldiers should be left, or the city gates should be simply opened and the people would flee on their own, perhaps such a mess could delay the enemy's pursuit of the army.

As for Zhao Huan's idea of defending the city, none of these ministers dared to come forward to agree.

It was noisy until midnight, Zhao Huan's orders were carried out one by one, and the imaginary enemy soldiers were getting closer and closer, and the ministers were all sweating profusely.

"Your Majesty, don't hesitate any longer!"

"Yes, it will change later!"

Zhang Jun was the highest military person in charge other than the emperor who was present, and he said categorically to Zhao Huan in an unquestionable tone: "Your Majesty, in the past, Xuanzong's father and son ran away, and later recovered Chang'an, if Chang'an was guarded that day, Chang'an could not be guaranteed, the temple could not be protected, and there would be no Lingwu story, and the Tang family would definitely fall." Today's situation is like this, and it is worth it to dump 200,000 troops in the western army, and to change the safety of His Majesty. Your Majesty must not hesitate any longer, you need to go on the road immediately, you can't wait too late! ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jun burst into tears.

Zhao Huan was also tired of fighting for land, looking at Zhang Jun, who was young and strong, and the cliff bank was high, he couldn't help but get up and said to him: "Why bother like this, why bother like this!" ”

He looked at the sky, the stars outside the window, the moon was bright, and the two sides had been arguing for a long time, and it was already the second half of the night.

Zhao Huan felt very tired, and knew that he was only afraid that after dawn, he would be able to see the enemy's traces, so he said categorically: "Don't fight anymore, I let you know the thoughts of the soldiers!" ”

After that, he ordered loudly: "The generals of the front division of the palace are inside!" ”

He gave an order, and someone went to summon it, and after a while, Kang Chengxun took the lead, and more than a dozen generals from the front of the palace entered in turn.

After everyone saluted, Zhao Huan didn't wait for them to speak, and asked sharply: "Generals, are you willing to flee and leave with me, or are you willing to follow me and defend Chang'an?" ”

Without waiting for everyone to answer, he said: "On the day when the enemy army entered the Kou, I took the fortified city of Tokyo, hundreds of thousands of troops, entered the enemy camp and knelt down to ask for surrender, and finally ended up in ruin, the Emperor Taishang is still suffering in the north, the millions of gold and silver looted in the city of Tokyo were sent to the enemy in vain, 100,000 clan officials and children of the people, were escorted to the north on foot, I was dressed in green clothes and hats, to worship the barbarian monarch, such humiliation, I have suffered once, and I don't want to suffer a second time in this life!" I don't want to be caught up on the way to escape, die in the ridges and fields, and laugh at people, I am the monarch of China, the Son of Heaven, I will either die in Chang'an, or I will look at you, relying on Chang'an City, and fighting to the death with the enemy, but look at my Han man, in the end, are you afraid of the North Park barbarians! ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Huan also shed tears, seeing that the generals in front of him were all in tears, his expression was excited, so he raised his anger and shouted: "Generals, whether you are fleeing or fighting, I am the Son of Heaven, but today I want to listen to your opinions?" ”

Before Kang Chengxun could speak, the generals under his command stepped forward together, knelt down suddenly, and said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to fight to the death, and would rather die than escape!" ”