Chapter 167 While talking and laughing, the canopy was in ashes
The first round of attack by King Qin's army began immediately afterward.
But the war is still the same.
Those scum soldiers, one or two hundred meters apart, threw stones and arrows at the city wall in a chaotic manner, and then carried the ladder to run to the moat, because of the casualties and fled, the only difference was that after some of the archers of the Western army joined, they caused more casualties on the city wall......
In fact, the Western Army is also divided into elite and scum, but their scumbags are slightly less scummy than the scumbags in other places.
What the Western Army can fight is the elite.
That is, a general-like army.
Of course, the number of genuine family members is not too much, but in addition to this, there are a large number of recruits in the land controlled by these generals' families, which can really be beaten, because these generals are basically equivalent to lords and subjects to them.
In fact, these generals in the northwest of the Song Dynasty were also gated to a certain extent in the late Ming Dynasty.
Or so they were.
The Zhe family in Fuzhou is simply equivalent to Tusi, his family is actually hereditary Zhizhou, the current Zhizhou is Zhe Ke Seek, he took over his brother Zhe Ke Da's class, as for Zhe Yan is his nephew, Zhe Yan's father Zhe Keshi is the son of Zhe Ke Daddy, this slave doesn't know if it's a nephew or farther away, but in short, they all belong to this family.
The Zhe family has always controlled Fuzhou from five generations to the present, and then the Fuzhou Zhejia and the Linzhou Yang family formed an unbreakable alliance with generations of marriage, and finally the two families controlled Lin, Fu, and Feng Prefectures, and then became the boss of northern Shaanxi.
At present, the Yang family in Linzhou is Yang Zongmin.
In Jingkang, he and Zhe Keqiu divided the army, one went south to protect the pass, and the other went east to save Hedong, but after the two elites were exhausted, Xiao Hulu, the leader of the feuding party who was originally attached to the Liao State, copied his hometown, and his son Yang Zhen and the old and weak women and children of the whole family were killed in battle, and then he took the Yang family army to die in Chang'an. And Zhe Keqiu was defeated and retreated to Fuzhou, and then surrendered to the Jurchens, but the Jurchens did not trust him, and then poisoned him, and the Fuzhou Zhe family also ended.
However, Zhe Yanzhi followed Zhao Jiumei, which can be regarded as a continuation of the Zhe family in the south, as for whether Yang Cunzhong is Yang Zongmin's grandson......
This, in fact, there were many self-proclaimed Yang generals in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Liu Yanqing's family is similar.
It's just that his family's rank is much lower than that of the folded family.
The Liu family's background is just a hereditary inspection, and there are even many theories about the origin of their family, and the Northern Alliance of the Three Dynasties will compile records that it is a familiar household in Xifan, but it is still doubtful that it is not a Han person, after all, after a hundred years of turmoil in the late Tang Dynasty, that area has long been chaotic, but one thing is certain, his cavalry department is Duofan.
The Yao family is a powerful family in Guanzhong, and they have been generals of the Western Army since Yao Gu's grandfather.
It's the same with planters.
It's just that the farmer is from Luoyang.
But everything about the seed family is based on the strength established in the Western Military System starting from the grandfather of the Seed Master Dao and the Seed Shiheng.
The status of Liu Qi's family is even lower, but his father has a close relationship with Gao Yu, so the Liu family has risen relatively quickly, but in general, it is still the third gear. The first rank of the Western Army folded the Yang Alliance, but they belonged to an old family and were strong, but they were suppressed by the imperial court. The second grade, the Yao family, is also more relied on by the current imperial court, especially the seed family because the ancestors are actually Confucian, so they are more trusted, and they can already be said to be the representatives of the Western Army on the bright side.
But in fact, the farmer can't afford to mess with the folded family, the family is the local emperor, and the farmer is just because he is trusted by the imperial court.
The Zheyang Alliance is in a hurry and can be divided.
But if the Planter Dao brothers want them to die, they can only die.
The third gear is Liu Yanqing's miscellaneous cards, the local strong family, and then took the family to make contributions in the army, but because Liu Yanqing was obedient and got the full support of Tong Guan, he began to climb out and squeeze to the second gear, similar to the Xin family, but everything they are tied to Tong Taishi, just like everything in Liu Qi's family is also tied to Gao Yu.
The foundation is not good.
But one thing must be clear.
The Zheyang Alliance has always been the town stone of the Northern Song Dynasty in the northwest.
The magistrates of the imperial court can be changed, and the control of the territory of the two families of Zheyang remains unchanged, and as long as the two families of Zheyang are loyal to the Zhao family for one day, the sky of the Zhao family in the northwest will not change, and the two families of Zheyang do not have high-ranking officials at present, but that is only because of the suppression of the imperial court, after all, they are already the emperor of the soil on their own territory, and Zhe Keqiu has already hereditary Fuzhou, and then give him a slight envoy of the Yan Road, is that ready to make the entire northern Shaanxi to his family as a fief?
Therefore, whether it is a matter of asking for it or Yang Zongmin, the fame and official position cannot be compared with the Dao of the Seed Master.
It's not even as good as Yao Gu.
But......
They are the town stones of the Great Song Dynasty in the northwest.
Similarly, these large and small families have their own similar tribals, which are the real elite of the Western Army, and the Western Army other than these is only slightly stronger in combat effectiveness because of the perennial war, but in essence, it is still a member of the erosive system of the Great Song Forbidden Army.
At the peak of Xihe Road, there were a total of 50,000 or 60,000 generals who banned the army after the reform of the art of war, and the number of deserters was as high as 40,000.
Can such an army be strong?
"Please, King!"
Wang Yue said with a wine glass.
The two of them were on the tower of Chenqiao Gate, although this was the focus of the attack outside, but it did not prevent them from putting on a banquet.
"The general is really heroic, talking and laughing, the canopy is gone!"
Zhao Kai raised his glass very unnaturally and said.
At this moment, there was a sudden roar, and he screamed in fright that his wine glass almost dropped, and then an iron feather arrow from an obvious bed crossbow slammed open the window and swept between them, and flew out of the window on the other side, and instantly landed on the streets of the city, and several women on the side of the road rushed out of the house with cheers, and then picked them up and piled them aside.
There were already several piled up there, and these iron feather arrows would soon be sent for repair, and then they would be shot back in no more than half an hour.
The city's war machine is already in motion.
Kaifeng commune is running well these days.
Even as Wang Yue envisioned, the population of more than 800,000 people in the outer city of Jiuxiang and 89 Fangs has begun to like this system, there are no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, there are no various government restrictions, and you can do whatever you want to do business. They have a population of 800,000! At this time, there are not many countries that exceed this number! Western Xia could force the Great Song Dynasty to pay New Year's coins with a population of less than 2 million, and the population of 800,000 people in the outer city of Kaifeng, so why couldn't the emperor force the emperor to tolerate their autonomy?
Now this battle is no longer about grabbing money and gold, silver and jewelry.
Although it is good to be able to grab it, for the people of Kaifeng, forcing the emperor to accept this system and continuing the current good life is the most important thing.
So men, women, and children all went into battle.
All the militia from all walks of life went to the city, and their women and even children below were transporting weapons, participating in the production of arrows, and even demolishing those wealthy gardens and then transporting stones to throw them outside, as for the elite of the victorious army, they were blocked outside the Suzaku Gate, and as long as there was any abnormal behavior in the inner city, they would immediately blow open the city gate and kill it.
Of course, the inner city lords said they didn't dare to move.
"King, let's not talk this nonsense, first of all, I want to know why you are like this?"
Wang Yue said with a smile.
Zhao Kai smiled awkwardly, but he also knew that Wang Yue was going to trust him.
"Don't hide it from the general, Xiao Wang originally thought that the general and the prince conspired and wanted to put Xiao Wang to death, so he was a little impulsive in the palace, and even tried to push the official family into the lake. It's just that although it is urgent, but if you have to calculate it carefully, there is indeed a suspicion of killing the king and killing the father, so how dare Xiao Wang go back, even if the official family doesn't want to care, my eldest brother will not let me go, only the general can save my life at this time! ”
He said.
As he spoke, he stood up and saluted sincerely.
Wang Yue hurriedly got up and supported him.
"The king's words are serious, this is just a momentary dizziness, how can there be any such thing as killing the king and killing the father, the king's virtue is well-known all over the world, and a certain has always admired it, but the prince does want a certain to harm the king outside, but a certain has never had this idea."
Wang Yue said.
"Thank you general, the eldest brother has always misunderstood that Xiao Wang has the intention of seizing the throne, so he has never been able to see him, but he made the general laugh."
Zhao Kai squeezed out a few tears and sighed.
"Isn't the last general misunderstood?"
Wang Yue also sighed.
Zhao Kai smiled mechanically.
"The last general really has no dissenting intentions, I led the troops to make trouble originally to save Yan Guogong, but the trouble is not something I can control, after all, I have five hundred cavalry in my hands, and I can't fill a street, I didn't expect the people of the capital to be so gnashing their teeth on those traitors, it would cause such a big chaos.
But at this point, I can only be pushed forward by this trend.
I can't quit if I want to.
But my loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty has never changed.
And at this moment, my goal is very simple, that is, to be able to solve this chaos that has lasted for more than a month in a perfect way.
My vision is simple.
First, I will withdraw my troops back to Yanshan Mansion.
But Yanshan Mansion has to be given to Yan Guogong, so that my brothers and those who follow will not have to worry about the imperial court retaliating in the future, but we will continue to guard the north for the Great Song Dynasty and block the Jurchens from going south.
Second, the Kaifeng Commune must be continued.
I have to be responsible for these people, they followed me, I can't watch them be retaliated against by those wealthy dignitaries in the future, and the Kaifeng Commune is the best way, but they are still the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty or the official family, they will continue to be loyal to the official family, but they will not accept the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and they will elect their own people to govern.
In this way, there is no fear of retaliation from the imperial court.
Third, the promises made by the officials, especially the traitorous ministers, must also be fulfilled for us.
Of course, what is promised must be given to us.
I am these three points, as long as these three points are met, I will withdraw the army, but now these people outside do not agree, it is they who are blocking my withdrawal, otherwise as long as the official family fulfills the promises, I can leave with my brothers tomorrow.
But they won't let us go, because they want to fight and kill outside, so of course we can't just kill us. ”
Wang Yue said with a look of righteous indignation.
(3rd Watch)