Lin'an City, Funing Palace.

Xue Ji, the secretary of the ministry, Hu Yu, the secretary of the military department, Yue Ke, the secretary of the household department, and Cheng Weijing of the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history platform were all present.

One by one, they leisurely tasted the "tears of beauty", and everyone gradually accepted the name, and this thing was really even more delicious after it was chilled.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today's 'Yuejia Army' is about to launch a battle to destroy Jin, judging from the current situation, there is not much suspense in this battle to destroy Jin."

"After the fall of Dajin, I will recuperate for half a year, and I want to go to Bianliang City to see it in person——"

The official Zhao Kuo drank sour plum soup, which was also a kind of tea that Guo Mo made back then, and it was deeply loved by Zhao Kuo.

"Official, do you want to move the capital to Bianliang?"

Hu Yu, who was sitting on the side, slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, he was old and couldn't drink "hero drunk", but he also had a soft spot for the "beauty tears" in the cup.

"Moving the capital? No, it won't. The prince's mind is to unify the universe, and now Dali no longer exists, and soon the Jin Kingdom will also be included in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and then it will be the Western Xia, the entire Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, and perhaps part of the Western Regions or Saiwai. ”

"The prince will not set up the capital in Bianliang, I heard that he wants to set up the capital in the capital, but this is not something that can be achieved in one or two years."

"What I mean is that it's time for me to pass on to the crown prince—"

Zhao Kuo took a sip of sour plum soup again, a trace of sweetness welled up in his heart, and he seemed to have a sense of relief when he said this.

"Official, you ...... How did you come up with such an idea? ”

In the Funing Palace, although many of them are Guo Mo's people, most of them are old courtiers who have followed the official Zhao Kuo for many years.

"Official, presumably His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not care about these things with you."

Xue Ji, the secretary of the Ministry who was sitting on the top and bowed his head, seemed to understand Zhao Kuo's meaning, and said vigorously.

"Haha, those who know me, Xue Qing also. I have been sitting in this seat, when Xiao Qi was the king of Yan, he took Dali, and when he was the prince, he had to destroy Dajin. ”

"This is clearly the style of the founder of the country, placed in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and should also be the master of Zhongxing in my Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately, these exploits should be recorded by the historian on my Zhao Kuo's head."

"Haha, such an honor, you can even go to Mount Tai to seal Zen. I still know how many catties and taels I have, and if I really continue to take the credit of Xiao Qi, I will be uneasy on top of the sweat. ”

Zhao Kuo's serious words, a person in the Funing Hall could naturally understand it, but no one would echo him.

"Official, your love for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can be deeply felt by the ministers, but do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will like to stay in the palace?"

Everyone also knew that they couldn't dissuade the official family, so Xue Ji asked from another aspect.

"Xue Qing, I have also thought about this, but fortunately, I am not in a hurry. This year, the territory of the Jin State was recovered, and next year I led my ministers to the north to worship their ancestors. ”

"In due course, I will announce this again. Even if at that time, Xiao Qi still wants to be free on the rivers and lakes for a few years, it doesn't matter. ”

"My body is quite tough now, it seems that there is no big problem to last ten or eight years, and I can also handle government affairs for Xiao Qi in the name of 'Emperor Taishang'."

"Xiao Qi's eldest son Guo Yi is also six years old this year, I will support him for a few years, if Xiao Qi doesn't want to be honest, it's a big deal to let his son be in charge of the country."

Well, it seems that this old man has been thinking about this matter for more than a day or two, and even all the backhands are ready, and he would rather retire to the emperor himself, and put historical merits on his son's head.

"Yue Qing, this time, the 'Yue Family Army' is the main force to destroy Jin, Xiao Qi means that after this battle, he will give your kid a marquis, you haven't been a marquis yet, you won't have a grudge against your son, right? Haha-"

Zhao Kuo obviously didn't want to dwell on the issue of Fang Cai, so he diverted the topic, and instead started a joke about Yue Ke, the head of the household.

Yue Ke is the youngest of the six Shangshu, and his title is naturally the lowest.

Looking at the entire Great Song Dynasty and the opposition, in the past few years, the three strong teams under Guo Mo have been under control, and they have just been made marquises, and if Yue Ao has the merit of destroying the country, it is reasonable to reward a marquis.

"Haha, look at what you said, no matter how unbearable the minister is, he won't blush his own boy, right? The most minister is in charge of the household department, and he will intercept his money on time every month. ”

In the Funing Palace, there was another burst of laughter.

"Hu Qing, Xiao Qi wrote to say that now all the armies under his command have arrangements, let us organize more than 10,000 men and horses to deploy defenses on the front line of the Huai River, so as not to escape to the south of the Yangtze River."

"This matter, let your military department take the lead, arrange it quickly, don't delay the matter. The prince's meaning, if the troops are sufficient, it is not impossible to take down Caizhou and Yingzhou. ”

Hearing the official say this, Hu Yu's eyes lit up, this is the credit sent to his hands, and it can be regarded as allowing himself to participate in the battle to destroy gold.

In the Funing Palace, everyone is full of human spirits, and I can't see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is "making work".

In the previous battles in Hebei, Western Xia or Dali, the distance was too far to mention.

This war to destroy Jin was originally bordered by the Great Song Dynasty, not too far from Lin'an, the Song people's feelings for Dajin are complicated, Guo Mo will naturally let the elders in the court have a chance to get a piece of the pie.

"The minister understands, the minister will go to transfer troops and send generals, but almost all the elites of the Great Song Dynasty are under the command of the prince, and the troops that the minister can mobilize are probably only enough to capture one Yingzhou."

Surrender for the favor, whether it is Caizhou or Yingzhou, there is almost no defensive force, but there are still tens of thousands of forbidden troops in Lin'an, which have also been trained by the "Dunwu Army".

However, Hu Yu knows how to be proportionate, this is the credit given by the "Yue Family's Army", how can he accept it all with peace of mind?

......

"Your Highness, it seems that the people of the Jin Kingdom have really shrunk to Bianliang City."

The 50,000 "Yuejia Army" marched in the direction of Bianliang, except for the 3,000 defenders who encountered it at the border, and there was almost no shadow of the Jin Army along the way.

"This Cui Li is a little interesting, he actually took the opportunity to attack the east gate of Bianliang City last night? Judging from the fact that the Jin army in the city did not desperately recapture the east gate, they didn't realize that Cui Li had a connection with us. ”

In Guo Mo's hand, the latest battle report sent by the scout.

Cui Lijun skillfully took the east gate of Bianliang City, so he did not continue to fight inward, but relied on the east gate to start defense.

Half of the original 2,000 garrisons at the East Gate fled, but unfortunately Wanyan Baisa and other generals became Cui Li's prisoners.

"Hey, isn't this General Wanyan Baisa? I heard that the general is now worth a hundred catties of grain, and it just so happens that Cui's brothers are hungry, so they have to grieve General Wanyan. ”

Wanyan Baisa and the others were pressed down, whether they could change food or not, in case of an emergency, Cui Li could use him as a shield.

"Heizi, do you think we should send someone to contact the Great Song Prince now?"

Kuroko's successive outstanding performances have attracted Cui Li's attention, and now whatever decision he makes, he has to ask this honest southerner.

"General, in the opinion of the last general, we have to wait, unless it is a critical juncture, otherwise we will take the initiative to contact the Great Song Dynasty and fall into the inferior."

"Send scouts, wait for the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty to come, and lead them directly to the east gate, we call it the merit of offering the city, if you send someone to contact now, it will inevitably have the meaning of 'asking for help'."

What Kuroko said happened to be what Cui Li was thinking, and it was because of hesitation that he asked Kuroko's opinion.

"Okay, Ben will gamble, but he still sent people to spread the news in Bianliang City, saying that the Great Song Dynasty will come to attack Bianliang City tomorrow, so as to disperse our pressure."

This Cui Li really didn't give it for nothing, just a rumor, let tens of thousands of Jin soldiers throw into the mouse, they are afraid that before they can take Cui Li, the army of the Great Song Dynasty will really arrive.

Therefore, between Jin Jun and Cui Lijun, a balance was strangely formed, and no one thought of breaking it.

At the time of Shen, the 5,000 vanguard troops of the "Yuejia Army" rushed to the outside of Bianliang City, leaving a certain number of vigilance troops, and the others began to set up camp five miles away from Bianliang City.

Arriving two days early, it still surprised the defenders at the west gate of Bianliang City.

Ximen's main general is the general Wanyan Shilu, although this person is also surnamed Wanyan, but he has no kinship relationship with Wanyan Shouxu, the emperor of Jin, but was given the surname Wanyan by his ancestors.

In terms of blood, he was originally a Han person, whether it was his appearance or what he learned in his chest, he was completely Han style, and he was also a rare person who cultivated both civil and military skills.

The west gate guarded by Wanyan Shilu with 10,000 gold soldiers is also recognized by everyone as the most likely city gate for the Song army.

Therefore, the equipment to defend the city has long been prepared, and even the urn city has been secretly built, and the residents near the west gate have long been evacuated, and their original houses have also been demolished and used as materials for defending the city.

"Don't panic, everyone, this is just the vanguard of the Song army, it shouldn't be attacking the city tonight, it's all recuperating, and finally check the arrangements everywhere, don't make any mistakes-"

Wanyan Shilu was still very calm, and personally inspected the city wall, and then got off the city wall and went to the palace to pay a respect.

In Longde Palace, the Emperor of the Jin State Wanyan Shouxu was talking with the two old ministers, one was the Privy Council of the Jin State to make Wanyan Saino, and the old man had not closed his eyes for almost two days and one night.

The other turned out to be an old minister who had been bedridden for many days, Shi Anshi, who was a Wenchen in the end, and his body bones were not far worse than Wanyan Sai, and he was still coughing while talking to Wanyan Shouxu.

The coughing sound of a high and a low cough made Yan Shouxu's heart very uncomfortable after hearing it.

"Senior Master, why don't you go back to your house to rest, you hold on like this, and my heart is not comfortable."

Wanyan Shouxu's eyes were red, partly because he was moved, and the most important thing was that His Majesty the Emperor was also drunk last night.

There were more than 20 jars of "hero drunk" hoarded in the palace, and Wanyan Shouxu felt that he had to drink all these fine wines, and he didn't want to leave them to Song Jun.

"Haha, Your Majesty, on weekdays, Shi Mou knows that His Majesty doesn't want to see an old man like us, but now that the soldiers are in the city, the old minister wants to come to the palace to accompany His Majesty, cough-"

There was another violent cough, even with a shrill whistle.

"Your Majesty, give your treasured 'hero drunk' to the old minister, the old minister hasn't closed his eyes for a long time, and drinking a bowl of 'hero drunk' is so bold."

Wanyan Saibu, who has always followed the rules, actually made such a request to Emperor Dajin.

"Haha, the third uncle is so interested, but your body and bones are important, we can only taste it, and when the Song army is repulsed, I will accompany you to get drunk and rest."

Wanyan Shouxu hurriedly ordered the imperial dining room to prepare a banquet, and at this time, Wanyan Shilu walked in from outside.

"General Wanyan is here, come on, let's take a seat together-"

In front of the important ministers, Wanyan Shouxu, the emperor, is quite competent, and he never puts himself on the shelf of the emperor, let alone at this critical moment.

"Your Majesty, the vanguard of the Great Song Dynasty has arrived outside the West Gate and is encamping, it seems that it will not attack tonight."

Wanyan Shilu also sat down casually, and gently patted Shi Anshi on the back.

For Shi Anshi, the old man, Wanyan Shilu, who has studied Confucian culture since he was a child, has always been very respectful, and in this regard, he is much stronger than Wanyan Baisa, who was captured by Cui Lisheng.

"General Wanyan, you must not be careless in the face of the Song army, although the current 'Yue Family Army' may be worse than the one that Yue Pengju used to be, but we can't take out the 'Tiefu Map'."

The Privy Council made Yan Sai not remind.

"Thank you for the old marshal's mention, the last general understands that the west gate guarded by the last general is as solid as gold, and if the Song army wants to enter the city, unless it steps on the corpse of the last general-"

"Hey, I'm thinking, in the past few years since I ascended the throne, I haven't been able to show any favor to the people of Jinguo, but I have repeatedly lost the territory left by my ancestors."

"Now that they are trapped in the land of Bianliang, will the last 30,000 or so warriors of the Dajin Kingdom also be destroyed in my hands?"

Wanyan Shouxu was not in a high mood, and poured himself two large mouthfuls of "hero drunk", and coughed chokingly.

"Your Majesty, you must not be so pessimistic, even if my 30,000 golden warriors die, they will not make the Song army feel better. Take care, the last general will go to the city to garrison ......"

Wanyan Shilu stood up, hugged his fists towards Wanyan Shouxu and the others one by one, and then retreated.

Sure enough, the "Yuejia Army" did not attack the city overnight, but lived in the camp step by step, and did not even say hello to Bianliang City.

Cui Li's messenger took advantage of the night to enter the camp of the "Yue Family Army".

Guo Mo did not play his banner, but hid in Yue Ao's army, as if he didn't want to let people know about his existence so early.

"Yue Dutong, this is my handwritten letter from General Cui——"

The messenger handed over a letter in an orderly manner, and Lu Guanying, who was standing in front of Shuai Yu, took it and handed it to Guo Mo.

Guo Mo sat behind Shuai Eucalyptus, but no one introduced his identity to the messenger, and the messenger mistakenly thought that the person sitting in the center must be Yue Ao, the commander of the "Yue Family Army".

"Ben Shuai won't write a reply, go back and tell you General Cui, let him guard the east gate well, and he will be used if necessary."

"General Cui's merits, the marshal will also report truthfully to His Royal Highness the Prince, as for the handling of this water village is very good, tomorrow the Japanese marshal will send someone to receive it."

It turned out that in Cui Li's letter, he vaguely proposed that the "Yuejia Army" should enter the city from the east gate, but Guo Mo had different ideas.

This time, the "Yuejia Army" is considered to be well prepared, whether it is siege equipment or horse fighting, it will not be worse than the Jin Army, and it has not really gone through the baptism of the Great War after training for so long.

If you enter the city from the east gate, the merit of seizing the city needs to be given to Cui Li, not to mention, the next street battle is also a headache.

In this way, the power of the military formation trained by the "Yuejia Army" was greatly reduced, and the more than 30,000 sergeants on the other side were also in a state of waiting for work.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day it was dawn.

After a full meal, Yue Ao beat drums to gather the generals, and Guo Mo was also dressed in armor, but he sat on the side, and the middle position was reserved for Yue Ao, the commander of the "Yue Family Army".

"The generals listened to the order, and the capture of Bianliang City is today, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to supervise the battle in person, and the commander does not want to see anyone who is on the verge of battle."

"Ben Shuai has always felt that attacking the Jin Kingdom is a matter that does not need to be mobilized at all for every Song boy, and Ben Shuai will not say much, just say one sentence - to be worthy of the three bronzing characters of 'Yue Jiajun'!"

The siege began, and more than 100 trebuchets were pushed to the forefront of the 50,000 "Yuejia army".

These trebuchets, which were transformed by Guo Mo and Feng Mofeng, were lighter than those in the hands of the Mongols, but they were better accurate, and they could throw stones two hundred steps away.

More than a hundred, neatly discharged in three rows, completely covered the west gate of Bianliang City.

"Trebuchet, two rows ready, one row, put-"

Forty or fifty trebuchets "fired cannons" at the same time, and it was like a hailstorm at the head of Bianliang City, but the hail was also a little too big.

The artillery used by the "Yue Jiajun" is polished by a special person, which is similar to a round ball, and the size is like a basketball in later generations.

If a cannon stone hits a person's body directly, it must be a broken bone and tendon, and he can't die anymore.

Even if it hits the city wall, it can cause some trauma to the city wall, not to mention the defensive equipment placed on the city wall.

Some of the boiling soup was directly smashed into the cauldron, and the surrounding Jin Jun was burned instead.

Some cannons, which happen to roll down the racetrack, can hurt the Jin army all the way.

"Quick, dodge, find a place to dodge-"

The captain who defended the city commanded by the city, where had he ever seen such a posture?

He hurriedly hid in a dead corner of a female wall, shouting loudly.

There are 10,000 garrisons at the west city gate, and the Song army is going to attack the city today, and there are 2,000 people on the city wall early in the morning, 1,000 people on the city wall, and there are 500 people on the racetrack on both sides, so that they can be replenished at any time.

"Three rows ready, two rows, put-"

is so ruthless, the "Yue Family Army" actually applied the method of "three-stage shooting" to the stone throwing machine, which almost did not give the Jin army on the west city wall a chance to breathe.

After three rows of trebuchets, each of which had been released for five rounds, the Bianliang city wall was already in shambles, especially the thousand soldiers who were originally guarding the city wall, and not even half of them could safely dodge.

"General Wanyan, this ...... How can this battle be fought? ”

The deputy general found Wan Yan Shilu in a hidden place, and Wan Yan Shilu was also at a loss.

I only heard that the four strong teams under the command of the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty were unparalleled in the field, but I didn't expect the siege weapons to be so shocking, did I prepare so much, is it all in vain?

"Hurry up to the city, the Song army's trebuchet has stopped, and the city is about to be attacked-"

Wanyan Shilu was also helpless, so he had to recruit a thousand sword and shield soldiers again and send them to the city wall.

However, when nearly 2,000 Jin troops were gathered again on the west city wall, the 50,000 "Yuejia army" did not move forward, but heard the sound of the call again.

"Two rows ready, one row, put-"

It turned out that the "Yuejia Army" had also been calculated in advance, and looking at the width of the Bianliang city wall, it was possible to roughly calculate how many defenders would be on it.

If the stone thrower is less, it will not help, and if it is more, it is obviously a waste of "artillery".

Therefore, it is set to five rounds at a time, and after five rounds, a certain amount of time will be set aside to allow the defenders of the Jin Kingdom on the city wall to replenish some more.

"Ah, again? Get out of the way—"

This is a captain who has just been replaced, and the captain who guards the city just now was unfortunately hit by a cannonstone, although he is not dead, it is almost like death.

"General Wanyan, this ....... Hey—"

Witnessing the tragedy of flying stones smashing people again, the adjutant general was speechless.

"After the stone thrower stops, only two hundred people are left in the city to watch, if the Song army still uses the stone thrower, don't pay attention to him, if there is a large number of Song troops attacking the city, let the brothers go to the city to defend."

Wanyan Shilu changed his defensive strategy in an instant, otherwise it would not be possible to go on like this.

Before touching a single hair of the other party, his own people lost a little two thousand first?

There are only a few people in the West City Gate, and after a few rounds like this, the whole army will be wiped out.

"Captain, it seems that there are a lot fewer Jin troops in the city, don't they dare to come up under the city?"

The sergeant in charge of the stone thrower looked at the castle tower, these people were on the same level as archers, and both eyes were good at thieves.

"Hmph, want to hide? There are no doors—"

"All the stone throwers, all a hundred steps forward, didn't they hide under the city and not show their heads? Let's smash it down the city. ”

At the sound of an order, five sergeants are in charge of a trebuchet, and by pushing the base of the trebuchet, it can move slowly forward.

At the same time, two hundred giant shieldmen appeared on the left and right flanks, each holding a huge shield, to prevent the archers on the castle from sniping at the stone thrower.

"Yue Ao, your kid has grown up in the past few years, and you know how to protect the lives of your brothers?"

Guo Mo watched the operation in front of the formation from behind, and couldn't help but praise Yue Ao a few words.

"Hehe, look at what His Highness said, if you can use these sharp weapons to kill the enemy, who is stupid enough to let the brothers take their lives? However, these are not things I came up with, they are all Lao Qin's ideas. ”

It turned out to be Qin Ju's meaning, so it's no wonder that before participating in the "martial arts", Qin Ju had already been a lieutenant stationed at the border for several years.

"There are three rows, and they are facing Bianliang City's twenty rounds of distribution, especially the position where the racetrack is extended, and hit hard-"

Twenty rounds, two or three thousand rounds of artillery, it will take some time to finish shooting.

The 50,000 "Yuejia Army" under the city were waiting for it, coldly looking at the spectacular scene in front of them, but their hearts were excited.

On the city wall, there was no longer the shouts of the captains guarding the city, only the sound of roaring artillery stones in the air, or the screams of the smashed sergeants.

"The ladder prepares—"

Before the trebuchet was finished, Yue Ao had already given the order to attack the city.

There were fifty ladders more than two feet long, and each one was followed by two hundred people, holding shields in one hand and knives in the other.

Because the stone thrower was smashed into the city suddenly, of course, it occasionally smashed on the city wall, but at this time these details were no longer taken into account.

Yue Ao ordered his sword and shield soldiers to ascend the city before the stone thrower stopped attacking.

A dozen or so people carried ladders and quickly moved towards the city wall.

The west city gate is the same as the east city gate, it is only more than two zhang high, and it is much faster to go up to the city by the cloud ladder than the rope, and there are fifty Song soldiers when you come up.

It's a pity that at this time, the Jin soldiers at the head of the city have already found a place to hide, and they didn't expect that when the stone throwing machine was still operating, there would be Song soldiers in the city.

Fifty, one hundred, one hundred and fifteen, two hundred........

The "Yue Family Army" who climbed the city wall also bent down and quickly extended to both sides, making room for more comrades to come up.

After the twenty rounds of stone throwers were finished, when the west gate of Bianliang City was still full of dust, more than 1,000 "Yuejia troops" had been boarded on the city wall.

Yue Ao's temperament, originally thought that he would take the lead, but unfortunately Guo Mo stayed here, and he had to obediently command in the rear.

But what's there to command this?

Now Guo Mo's army is fighting, and many of them have been repeatedly deduced on the sand table in advance, and even several possible variables have been prepared.

Yue Ao couldn't go, so Qin Ju followed the second thousand-person team up.

"Quick, send another two hundred men to the city—"

Learning from the previous lesson, this time Wanyan Shilu sent two hundred people again, and he no longer dared to send one or two thousand people forward to die.

Even so, with the twenty rounds of artillery, the Jin army in the city also suffered more than a thousand casualties.

There is no way, they were supposed to defend at the west gate, so they couldn't pull everyone into the city, and no matter how much they hid, they didn't dare to go too far.

After so many years of fighting, Wanyan Shilu has never been so depressed.

At least 3,000 casualties, right?

The problem is, no one can say how many rounds of such an attack will be left, many battlements on the western city wall have been smashed, and they doubt that this wall can withstand the constant attack of this artillery?

"Ahh

The 200 people who were sent out by Wanyan Shilu were slaughtered by the "Yue Family Army" as soon as they landed on the city wall.

"Quick, go and tell the general, the Song army has already landed in the city-"

It's a pity that it's too late to call the police, and more than 2,000 "Yue Family Army" have gathered on the city wall, and Qin Ju is among them.

"Brothers, go down to the city on the left and right, open the city gate on the left and welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince into the city, and follow me on the right——"

Qin Ju shouted and took the lead in killing the horse race track on the south side, followed closely by two hundred personal guards.

"General Wanyan, something is wrong, Song Jun ...... The Song army has already landed in the city, and is killing in the city—"

After all, there were still fish that slipped through the net, and ran in front of Wan Yan Shilu regardless of their lives.

"What? Okay, what a cunning Song Jun! Warriors of the Great Golden Kingdom, since the enemy has come in, let them taste the power of the scimitar in our hands, and come with me-"

Although Wanyan Shilu is a semi-Confucian general, he is also capable of killing people on horseback.

Riding his own war horse, holding a large iron spear, he ran to the south side of the racetrack to ......