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The southeast shape wins, Jiangwu will be the capital, and Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times!

This is a sentence sung by the Northern Song Dynasty poets in praise of Hangzhou.

It is true that Hangzhou here, with beautiful mountains and rivers, picturesque scenery and outstanding people, has always been the capital of the two Zhejiang roads in the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the center of political, economic and cultural gravity in the southeast.

Countless big bureaucrats, big landlords, and big businessmen all regard Hangzhou as their gold cave and comfort nest, and they have gathered here in Hangzhou to indulge in pleasures.

The powerful people were not only obsessed with this place during their lifetime, but even wanted to be buried in this "Jiandi Qiantang, extremely majestic" Kengzhou, such as Cai Jing, the prime minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty, who was once above 10,000 people under one person, buried his father here.

Therefore, Hangzhou City is almost the second richest capital of the Zhao and Song Dynasty after Tokyo Bianliang City.

The topography of Hangzhou is inclined from northwest to southeast, and the north, west and south of the district are surrounded by mountains, forming a horseshoe-shaped barrier in the southeast, and there are many lofty mountains and deep ravines and valleys in the northwest; The southeast is hilly and wide, the terrain is flat, and it is a natural place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In order to ensure that this rich capital is more impregnable, the Zhao and Song dynasties spent nearly two hundred years on the basis of the former Hangzhou City, from Qinwang Mountain, from the east of the Jiajiang River to the Ganjiang River, Qiantang Lake, Huoshan, Fanpu, and Zhou 70 li to build an impregnable Hangzhou outer city.

And there are thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals in the city, and there are mountains of grain and grass that are like mountains.

These are enough to ensure that Hangzhou City can hold on for a long time.

But Zhao Ting, the supreme leader of Hangzhou, felt that the rebels had won successive battles, and their morale was high and unstoppable.

The third day of December in the second year of Xuanhe.

The defeated soldiers who had returned from the front and the dignitaries who had fled to Hangzhou reported to the officials in Hangzhou that the rebels had broken through the cities of Jiande, Tonglu, Xincheng, and Fuyang, and were rushing in the direction of Hangzhou.

Upon learning of this news, Zhao Ting immediately gathered a group of officials, gentry and nobles in Hangzhou City and said to everyone:

"Cai Zun, Yan Tan's generation will be the elite of the two Zhejiang in Qingxi, now the ant thieves are powerful, invincible, I want to destroy the grain and grass near Hangzhou, the strong wall is clear, the number of ant thieves is large, if there is no grain and grass support, will leave without a fight, then I will go back to Hangzhou, clean up the mess, but without a fight and bend the thief's soldiers, what do you think?"

Hearing that Zhao Ting was so bold and reckless, Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others all gasped!

You must know that local officials like them have the responsibility of defending the land.

Be.

If things are really as Zhao Ting imagined, they can consume the righteous army, and then recover Hangzhou, they may have no merit or merit.

But if they fail to exhaust the rebels, then they abandon the city and flee, but they will be severely punished by the imperial court.

Chen Jian immediately objected: "There are three or five thousand soldiers who can fight in the city today, and we will call on each family to send some Zhuang Ke and family members, and all the people can gather, so that the city will be firmly guarded and wait for help, and it may not be impossible to defeat the thief, and Zhao Xianggong does not need to make dangerous moves." ”

Zhao Yue also said: "If the grain and grass in Hangzhou are destroyed, how will millions of people in Hangzhou live next year, and although the thieves are powerful, they can't suddenly send me to Hangzhou, we have asked the court for help, and the army will be sent in a few days." ”

Others are not the same as Zhao Ting's opinion.

Seeing this, Zhao Ting flicked his sleeves: "The vertical is not enough and conspiracy!" Then he left alone.

Back at the mansion, Zhao Ting was restless.

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Ting called all his confidants and said: "Others don't know that the government knows, and the ant thieves are no longer okay, you immediately prepare the oil to go to the granary to wait for the order of the government, if the order of the government arrives, you will definitely burn all the grain and grass, huh...... The armor storehouse will also be burned down! ”

"There is no food and grass, and there is no armor, this mansion will see that those ant thieves can stay in my Hangzhou City for a few days!"

At the same time, seeing this, Zhao Ting brushed his sleeves away, and scolded them for "insufficient erection and conspiracy", Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others were all iron-faced.

Feng Ge said hatefully: "He is a new official, his real estate and fields are all in Suzhou, and he is the wife and brother of Zhu Xianggong, so he is fearless, can I wait for An to be like this?!" ”

Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others nodded in agreement at the same time.

At this time, someone came to report: "At the city gate, hundreds of gentry and nobles are carrying their families and belongings and want to leave the city." ”

Zhao Yue said to Chen Jian: "Don't condone this matter, otherwise the people's hearts will be chaotic, and if other generations leave, they will take away a lot of villagers and families, how can this city be defended?" ”

Chen Jian heard what he said and sent troops to intercept those gentry and nobles.

In the process, there were fierce clashes between the two sides, and finally Chen Jian had to send troops to suppress the rebellion of the gentry and nobles.

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In the evening, the sky suddenly became dusty.

Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others got the report, thinking that the rebels were coming, and hurriedly climbed the city wall to watch.

Soon, Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others saw that this group of people who came was definitely not the righteous army, but the Song army, and it was the elite forbidden army in the Song army.

In the eyes of Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others, not to mention the elite equipment armed to the teeth on this team of men and horses, that is, the three or four hundred war horses bought from the north under their crotches, which are not available to those poor rebels.

When the group came to the city wall, the leader came out of the crowd and shouted at the city wall: "Please come and answer Chen Xianggong." ”

Chen Jian fixed his eyes and saw that this person he knew, it was Liang Jin, the deputy commander of the Zhuji Horse Army, and Yan Tan's general.

Not only did he know Liang Jin, but he also had a vague impression of the generals around Liang Jin.

Seeing this, Chen Jiancai responded loudly: "This official is here, are you Liang Jin?" ”

Liang Jin immediately dismounted and bowed: "Liang Jin, the sinner, will visit Chen Xianggong." ”

Chen Jian bluntly asked the biggest doubt in the hearts of these people: "Qingxi battle, what is the outcome of the battle?" Where are Cai Zun and Yan Tanxian? ”

Liang Jin replied respectfully: "Cai Xianggong did not listen to Yan Xianggong's advice, and the enemy rushed forward, so that our 5,000 men and horses were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of ant thieves in the pit, and the sin general waited for a night to fight with the thief, only to rescue Yan Xianggong, but Yan Xianggong was shameless in defeat, and drew his sword next to the ridge to kill himself, and it happened that the ant thieves came to chase, and the sin general could not snatch back Yan Xianggong's body, so he could only make a detour back to report to you the beginning and end of the battle......

Speaking of which, this matter also blames Zeng Sheng, if it weren't for Zeng Sheng's fear of crime and fled to Zhenjiang to find someone to confess, but first went to Hangzhou to explain the beginning and end of the battle of Xikeng, Liang Jin's lies were self-defeating.

Now.

After Liang Jinyu finished speaking, he took the initiative to say: "The news crime will be brought to all, if you have no other send, the last general will bring people back to Zhuji to wait for the court to arrive." ”

How could Chen Jian let Liang Jin and them leave like this?

You must know that although Liang Jin and they only have three or four hundred horse troops, if they can concentrate the war horses in the city and the Zhuang Ke who can ride horses, and be led by these three or four hundred horse troops, it may become an important force that can influence the outcome of the battle.

Therefore, Chen Jian directly ordered: "You wait to enter the city as soon as possible, and the official has other arrangements." ”

Liang Jin hurriedly thanked him and said, "Xie Xianggong gave me the opportunity to atone for my sins." ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yue hesitated: "Or is there a fraud?" ”

Chen Jian glanced at Zhao Yue like an idiot, as if to say: "I know all these people, they are my soldiers, how can there be fraud?" ”

Chen Jian didn't talk nonsense, and directly ordered: "Put the suspension bridge and open the city gate." ”

Chen Jian's orders were passed down layer by layer, and finally reached the Song army soldiers who guarded the city gates.

Then, the winch slowly turned, the drawbridge was slowly lowered and erected on the moat, and then the jack gate was slowly hoisted......

Just as the jack gate was completely hoisted, there was suddenly dust in the distance.

Chen Jian, Zhao Yue and others looked at it again, and saw countless rebels like ants rushing from afar.

Seeing this, Liang Jin ordered to prepare for war.

With Liang Jin's order, three or four hundred horse troops picked up their bows and crossbows and clenched their sabers at the same time, as if they wanted to go back and fight with those righteous soldiers who rushed up.

Chen Jian looked at it and secretly scolded Liang Jin and others for not knowing whether they were alive or dead, they could fight again, and three or four hundred people could still beat tens of thousands of people's troops?

Chen Jian urged: "Open the city gate quickly!" Fast! ", and then gave an order to Liang Jin and others: "Don't go to war, enter the city quickly!" ”

This short period of time seems like a century long.

Finally, the heavy gates slowly opened with a tooth-aching "crunching" sound.

Liang Jin and the others entered the urn city without any danger.

Then the gates of the outer city began to open slowly.

As long as Liang Jin and the three or four hundred people can rush into this city gate, this Hangzhou city will almost be broken.

But at this critical moment, Zhao Ting suddenly rode over and shouted: "Close the city gate quickly, this generation will definitely come to cheat the city gate!" ”

Liang Jin saw that the gate of the outer city had been opened enough to allow one person and one horse to pass through, and shouted: "Do it!" ”

After speaking, Liang Jin took the lead and rushed into the city of Hangzhou.

The so-called tiger brothers, father and son soldiers!

Seeing that Liang Jin was fighting, Liang Zhen, Liang Xing and other Liang family members all stepped forward.

The people who came out of the pit with the Liang family also knew that it would be up to them whether they had nothing or everything in the future, so they stepped forward to fight.

And Niu Wei is also ready to use this opportunity to prove that he can be the acting leader of the Tiger and Horse Army, not just by relying on his eldest brother Niu Meng!

Therefore, at the end, he shot to death the soldiers of the Song Army who were collecting the suspension bridge.

"Boom!"

The suspension bridge, which had already risen a little, smashed down again!

led people to cut down the Song army soldiers at the city gate, Niu Wei left a guard of men and horses to guard the city gate and respond to the approaching tiger army according to Li Cun's instructions in advance, and then led the rest of the tiger army to kill the outer city gate that had been broken open by Liang Jin......

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