When will the courtiers perish?

Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain!

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At the end of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Eastern Route Army of the Jin invasion of the Song Dynasty adopted a strategy of bypassing Zhongshan Mansion and moving south, rapidly approaching the Yellow River.

The soldiers of the Song army defending on the north bank of the Yellow River never trained, and many soldiers did not even know how to ride horses, and the enemy situation was unknown.

The Song army on the south bank of the Yellow River saw the banner of the Jin army and immediately burned the pontoon bridge and cable on the Yellow River, so that thousands of Song soldiers on the north bank did not have time to flee to the south bank.

In this way, although the Jin army was intercepted on the north bank of the Yellow River, the Song army on the south bank escaped without a single one, and the Jin army first got more than a dozen small boats that could only carry six or seven people at a time, and then got a few larger boats, which were crossed for several days in succession.

Jin General Wanyan Zongwang laughed and said: "The Song Dynasty can really say that there is no one, as long as there are one or two thousand men and horses guarding the Yellow River, it will be difficult for us to cross the river." ”

In the first year of Jingkang, on the third day of the first month of the first month of 1126 AD, the news that the Jin army crossed the Yellow River reached Kaifeng.

Liu Dafu was shocked when he heard this, he never thought that what Fang Yu said before would come true, and immediately packed up his silver and prepared to flee to Lin'an Mansion in the south to join his daughter, but he accidentally met Liu Shiyan and Fang Yu at the gate of the city.

"Daughter!?"

"Daddy?!"

When father and daughter see each other, they are full of joy and sorrow, and they don't express themselves.

It turned out that all this was arranged by Fang Yu. You must know that there are some things that you will do until they happen, and it is too late to regret them.

Seeing his daughter holding hands with him and looking intimate, Liu Dafu sighed secretly. They are already in the same bed, what else can they do? The matter has come to this, and it is really rare for Fang Yu to have this kind of thought, he reluctantly acquiesced to this son-in-law.

When Liu Shiyan and Liu Dafu were pleasantly surprised, Fang Yu hurriedly greeted the father-in-law, and at the same time asked about the current situation.

Liu Dafu sighed, took his daughter's hand, and talked eloquently as he walked. It turned out that after Song Huizong hurriedly abdicated, he always felt unsafe to stay in the capital Kaifeng, and originally decided to go to Haozhou to burn incense on the fourth day of the first lunar month, escape from Kaifeng, and go to the south.

When the news of the Jin army crossing the Yellow River on the third day of the first lunar month reached Kaifeng, Huizong did not have time to wait for dawn, and only took Cai You, Yu Wencuizhong and a few inner servants to flee east from Tongjin Gate in the middle of the night.

Song Huizong was afraid that the boat would be slow, so he took the boat on his shoulder, and he was afraid that he would not go fast, so he took a fast boat carrying bricks and tiles instead.

When he arrived in Nanjing, he changed to take a mule, and only then did he take the official boat in Fuyu, and he fled to Sizhou before he dared to stay and rest for a while. At this time, Tong Guan and Gao Yu led the Shengjie soldiers to arrive, and instigated Huizong to cross the Huai River to Yangzhou.

When Huizong crossed the pontoon bridge, the guards who accompanied the car cried on the Panwang, Tong Guan was afraid of affecting the speed of escape, so he ordered the pro-army to shoot arrows, and many guards fell into the water with arrows.

After arriving in Yangzhou, he left Empress Taishang in Yangzhou, and fled to Jingkou on the south bank of the Yangtze River, where he happened to meet Liu Yufu and Fang Zhou who were waiting for the ferry in Jingkou. This is a later story, so I'll put it aside for the time being.

Fang Yu shook his head and sighed: "This is the result of emphasizing literature over military force! If half of the people in the court and the central government are capable of fighting, it will not be like this!"

Besides, after Song Huizong fled in panic, the new court of Song Qinzong was in a panic, and there were different discussions about the main battle and the main escape.

Qinzong appointed Li Gang as Shangshu Youcheng and stayed in Tokyo, wanting Li Gang to guard Tokyo for him, and he wanted to flee to Shaanxi to avoid the enemy.

Li Gang was taken aback when he heard this, and collided with a man on the way to meet Qinzong because he was in a hurry.

Li Gang said: "Who are you, get out of the way quickly, don't miss my big thing!"

Fang Yu said: "The big road goes to the sky, and the road under the road, you take your way, and it has nothing to do with each other!"

Liu Dafu saw that the person in front of him was dressed extraordinarily, and knew that he must be an official of the DPRK and China, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he retreated Fang Yu, and apologized and apologized.

Only then did Fang Yu know that he was Li Gang, and he quickly calculated for a while in his heart, so he clenched his fists and said bluntly: "It turned out to be Lord Li, the capital is where the temple, Sheji, hundreds of officials, and all the people are located, you can't give up, you should stick to it, as long as you calm the people's hearts, strengthen defense, and wait for the arrival of the Qinwang army from all over the country, you will definitely be able to hold it." In the next talent, I am willing to help the adults!"

Li Gang was overjoyed when he heard the words, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay! I'll go to meet the emperor now, and let the emperor stay no matter what!"

After entering the palace, under Li Gang's tearful and desperate plea, Qin Zong promised not to go to Shaanxi and stay in Tokyo. However, in the middle of the night, he changed his mind and told Zai Zhi that he was going to leave Beijing after dawn.

As soon as Li Gang got the news, he immediately rushed to the palace and saw that Qinzong was ready and was about to set off.

Li Gang asked the guards sharply: "Are you willing to defend the capital for the country, or are you willing to follow the emperor and escape?"

The guards replied, "Defend to the death!"

Li Gang then stated to Qinzong the advantages and disadvantages of holding on and leaving, saying: "The wives and children of the generals and soldiers are all in the capital, and they are unwilling to leave. In case half of them left on the way, there would be no one to protect the emperor. And once the enemy learned that the emperor had left the capital and chased after him with elite soldiers and horses, the consequences would be unimaginable. Please think twice!"

After Li Gang said this, Qinzong woke up. Therefore, Li Gang announced to the hundred officials and soldiers that the emperor had made up his mind, and anyone who dared to leave the capital and run away would be beheaded. In this way, the hearts of the people in the capital gradually settled down.

The next day, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Qinzong appointed Li Gang as the envoy of the pro-expedition camp, and was fully responsible for the defense of the capital Kaifeng. Li Gang was ordered to be in danger and strongly recommended Fang Yu as the deputy envoy of the camp.

What can he do? Liu Dafu was taken aback, and looked at this son-in-law with disdain, not expecting him to be able to make a career at all.

After receiving the letter of appointment, Fang Yu immediately organized the army and civilians to prepare for war, repaired the building turret, placed artillery and crossbow stones, and prepared a large number of masonry, sasswood, and fire oil as defensive tools.

At the same time, Fang Yu was equipped with 12,000 forbidden troops on all sides of the capital and on the sea, supplemented by the box army and the armor militia to assist in the defense. The 40,000 men of the Mabu Army were divided into five armies, the front, the rear, the left, the right, and the center, and the navy of 8,000 people, which were trained day and night.

Fang Yu also deployed the front army outside the Tongjin Gate to protect the Yanfeng Warehouse, which contained 400,000 stone of grain; the rear army was raised outside the Chaoyang Gate to defend the area of Fanjiagang, where the Kaifeng moat was the most shallow and narrow, so as not to let the Jin soldiers approach the city gate; and the left, right, and center armies were in the city and acted as reserves.

On the eighth day of the first month, when the defensive preparations were still in progress, the Jin soldiers went to the city of Kaifeng, occupied the Tiansi Prison in Mutuogang, northwest of Kaifeng, and obtained more than 20,000 horses and a large amount of livestock fodder.

That night, the Jin soldiers went down the Bianhe River with dozens of fireboats to attack the West Water Gate.

Li Gang personally came to the battle, Fang Yu led 2,000 daredevils to lay down the city, hooked the enemy ship with a long hook, threw stones to hit the boat, and put a log on the river to block the advance of the enemy ship, and transported the rockery from Cai Jing's garden to block the doorway of Xishuimen to prevent the enemy ship from entering the city.

After a day and night of hard fighting, more than 100 Jin soldiers were killed and the attack of the Jin soldiers was repulsed.

On the ninth day of the first month, the Jin army attacked the sour jujube gate and sealed the Qiu gate. Li Gang led more than 1,000 guards who were proficient in archery to rush to the Suojube Gate to command the battle.

At this time, the Jin soldiers had crossed the city and were using a ladder to enter the city. More than 1,000 guards fired at the golden soldiers with strong bows and crossbows, and the golden soldiers fell one after another.

Fang Yu led hundreds of strong men down the city and burned dozens of enemy ladders.

At this moment, Liu Shiyan summoned hundreds of heroes to shoot horses!

All of a sudden, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the soldiers of the Song army became more and more brave the more they fought, using hand cannons and sassal wood, far away with divine arm bows, and farther with crossbows and cannons, repelling the attacks of the Jin soldiers again and again.

The battle lasted from morning to afternoon, with Song officers and soldiers killing and wounding thousands of Jin soldiers. Seeing that the Jin army could not be attacked, they had to temporarily withdraw their troops and make plans again.