Yingchang Mansion City.

A fast horse flew to the palace and reported: "Taishou, the thieves have broken Xiangcheng, and Xiangcheng County has ordered to abandon the city and flee!" ”

The prefect Cai Zhuang pretended to be calm: "I know, let's go and investigate." ”

After the sentinel left, Cai Zhuang fidgeted.

He only had two concubines by his side, and he couldn't find anyone to talk to, because those guys couldn't make friends.

Another day later, the sentry came again to report: "Taishou, the thieves are thirty miles away!" ”

Cai Zhuang scolded: "Where did the thieves come from? That's clearly a rebel army! ”

The sentry was obviously stunned for a moment, and quickly changed his words: "Qi Yu Taishou, the righteous army is already thirty miles away." ”

"If you go to be a guide for the rebels, you will say that the government has prepared a map of the household register, and the officials and people in Yingchang City are all looking forward to the arrival of the rebels." Cai Zhuang commanded.

The sentinel got the errand, and Xi Zizi was ordered to leave.

Cai Zhuang immediately summoned the officials of Yingchang Mansion and Changshe County, and announced in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner: "There is no way for the faint king, and the violent Song Dynasty should perish." Zhu Xianggong and Marshal Zhu, the Xingyi Division, the Cutting Righteousness, and the Huanghuang Benevolence and Righteousness Division, are now thirty miles away, and you will greet them with me. ”

"It's all up to Taishou to decide!"

Officials at the prefectural and county levels agreed together.

This is Yingchang Mansion, which is one of the most severely brutalized areas in Xicheng.

The really good official has long been demoted to another place by the eunuch Li Yan because of his opposition to Xicheng. The remaining officials either aided or remained silent.

And the prefect Cai Zhuang is also not small, his father is the famous former prime minister Cai Qu, his brother married Feng Jing's daughter, and his sister married Wen Yanbo's grandson.

When Cai Jing was in control of the court, their entire family was in a high position, and even a bunch of daughters and sons-in-law were added to the ranks.

Cai Jing dismissed the prime minister, Wang Hao ascended the throne, and Cai Zhuang's family was liquidated.

Going around, Cai Zhuang climbed up to the eunuch Li Yan again, wagged his tail and used Li Yan as a dog, and frantically brutalized the people to cooperate with the exploitation of Xicheng.

Now, Song Huizong has run away, and Li Yan has also run away with Emperor Taishang.

When the new emperor ascends the throne, Cai Zhuang must have died miserably, because his father and his brother had persecuted too many ministers before!

Since the new emperor can't tolerate himself, he simply sacrifices the city to join the Zhu thief.

In order to show sincerity, Cai Zhuang carried official seals, household registers and maps in a carriage, and led the officials at the prefecture and county levels out of the city, intending to go ten miles away to ceremoniously welcome the rebels.

Southern suburbs, in an estate.

More than a dozen big landlords in Yingchang Mansion are gathering together to plan.

Suddenly, an official broke in: "Caizhuang dog thief, go out of the city for ten miles to meet the rebels!" ”

A sturdy middle-aged man suddenly stood up and said: "If Cai Zhuang votes for the rebels, this bird official can be beautiful, how can you repay your grudges?" Each family must order all the households, intercept and kill Caizhuang outside the city, and then take the opportunity to seize the city and dedicate it to the rebels! ”

"This ...... It's not good to kill the official. Another elderly landowner said.

The middle-aged landlord sneered: "I'm going to join the rebels, do you care if you kill the official?" If you don't have eggs, go home and hug your grandchildren, and if you have eggs, follow me! ”

Cai Zhuang has only been in charge of Yingchang Mansion for two years, and he wants to tie up the Xicheng Office and make money himself, and a bunch of officials under him are also making money.

In the entire Yingchang Mansion, except for a few gentry with deep backgrounds, who can collude with the government to fish and eat the common people, even many big landlords can't bear it. As for the small landlords and yeoman farmers, almost all of them went bankrupt, and the land under their names had already been sold, so they could only become tenants for the big landlords' families, or they fled everywhere to become vagrants.

Cai Zhuang walked seven or eight miles with officials and clerks beating gongs and drums, full of pomp and circumstance, and it was grand.

Suddenly, thousands of people rushed towards them with hoes, poles, sickles and other farm tools.

The leaders were several large landowners, all of whom were armed with knives and guns, and some even carried bows and arrows.

"Diao Min has rebelled!" The county lieutenant of Changshe reacted first, and turned around and fled without caring about anything.

Cai Zhuang was shocked and said to the officials and archers: "Stop them, kill them!" ”

Before these people could move, the scribes had already begun to flee, and the officials of the yamen followed when they saw this.

An archer had his head in his head, his brain turned quickly, and he drew his sword and shouted: "Kill the corrupt officials, welcome the righteous army!" ”

Cai Zhuang hurriedly shouted: "Don't kill me, I'm also going to welcome the righteous army!" ”

What do the archers care about?

Cai Zhuang escaped only a few steps before he was slashed in the back with a knife and stabbed in the back by a shot.

Officials at the prefectural and county levels were almost wiped out.

When the landlords and peasants rushed in arms, the archers were already chasing the scribes, and the corpses lay on the ground in all directions.

"Where's Cai Zhuang?"

"Here, already dead!"

"Don't think about it if you're dead, divide the corpses and bring them back to the villages to feed the dogs!"

“……”

This guy, whose whole family and relatives were officials, was divided into hundreds of pieces by angry peasants because he had harmed the people of Yingchang too badly.

Some people guarded the official documents, and some people killed Yingchang to seize the city.

The villages along the way heard that Caizhuang had died, and the landlords and peasants joined in to help seize the city and present it to the rebels.

Other peasants wanted to take revenge because some gentry colluded with the government to harm the people.

The news spread quickly through the vast countryside, and countless peasants rushed to the homes of the inferior gentry. The scene quickly spiraled out of control, killing the gentry's entire family, robbing food and money, and insulting innocent women.

In Yingchang City, there is also chaos.

The archers first took control of the city and clashed with the peasants who came later. Because these archers, when they were in the fields covered by Xicheng, they also belonged to the abusers who helped the family, and I don't know how many peasant families were ruined.

The archers and the peasant army fought, and then the thugs in the city took advantage of the fire to loot.

The gangsters shouted for the eradication of profiteers and gentry, and instigated rebellion in the neighborhoods, indiscriminately looting the wealthy, and even some well-off homes were plundered.

When Zhang Guangdao arrived with his troops, Yingchang Mansion City was already in a miasma, and there were even several streets and alleys on fire.

Ge Shengzhong came to be the prefect of Yingchang, and the situation in front of him made his head extremely big, and he said to Zhang Guangdao: "General Zhang, please borrow 300 soldiers to give me ammunition to suppress the chaos." ”

"Pack up early and recruit the homeless to carry food for the rebels!" Zhang Guangdao admonished.

Ge Shengzhong obtained 300 soldiers, and while suppressing the lawbreakers, he organized the neighbors to extinguish the fire.

The wealthy families in the city seem to have a backbone, and they have brought their families to seek protection for Ge Shengzhong, so that they can cooperate with everything they do.

"Boom Rumble ~~~"

There was the sound of horses' hooves outside the city, but it was Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi's cavalry coming. Their horses were less than 5,000, and the inferior horses, donkeys and mules used to carry armor, grain, and grass were nearly 20,000.

After resting outside Yingchang City for half an hour, even the people and horses ate something, and continued to hurry after recovering a little.

They were ordered to rush to Mutuogang, the official horse farm northwest of Tokyo!

……

Liyang (Jun County).

When the news of Song Huizong's Zen position came, Wanyan Zongwang frowned, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Shi Liai, the military advisor, analyzed: "The emperor of the Song State is guilty of his own edict again, and he is passing on the throne to the crown prince, there must be a minister who is planning to force the emperor to abdicate while our army is moving south." I heard from the Song people who were officials in Youzhou that the prince of the Song Kingdom was frugal and simple, courteous and virtuous, and had the demeanor of a generation of virtuous monarchs. If he succeeds to the throne, I am afraid that the Song army will fight to the death. ”

Guo Yaoshi was anxious to make meritorious service, and hurriedly said: "Prince of Song Kingdom, I have also seen it in Tokyo. There is nothing extraordinary, he is very thin, he only speaks and does things, and he is not as good as the emperor of the Song Kingdom. ”

Shi Liai said: "You martial artist, how do you know about forbearance? The weaker the crown prince of the Song Kingdom, the more worthy of vigilance. Our army was still halfway through, and the emperor of the Song State issued an edict to abdicate, which must have been forced by the prince of the Song State and the ministers. A crown prince who dares to force the emperor to abdicate will be such a weak person? ”

Wanyan Zongwang thought so, nodded and said: "It seems that the Song State has been prepared, our army is in a hurry to the south, there is no supply of grain routes, we have to withdraw our troops to go back to break through the city, and open up the grain routes before talking about anything else." ”

Guo Yaoshi panicked, he was more anxious to make meritorious service than anyone else, and persuaded hard: "No matter how deep the prince of the Song Kingdom is, can he conjure up soldiers out of thin air?" Without an army, no matter how popular the prince is, what will he use to resist the heavenly soldiers? ”

Shi Liai said: "Baozhou and Dingzhou, without the elite of the Song Kingdom, can they hold the city?" Kaifeng was the capital of the Song Kingdom, and there was no need to gather soldiers and horses, and it was difficult to conquer it if it organized the people in the city to defend the city. What's more, the army of King Qin on the fourth road of Gyeonggi must be rushing to Kaifeng! ”

Guo Yaoshi had to throw out the bait: "There is a Mu camel gang in the northwest of Kaifeng City, and I used to play there. That was the Tiansi prison of the Song Kingdom, with 20,000 war horses and a mountain of forage! It's easy to lay there, and you don't need to siege it. ”

Wanyan Zongwang, who had already decided to temporarily withdraw his troops, heard that there were 20,000 war horses and countless forages, and that they could be obtained without attacking the city, so he immediately decided to continue to advance with the army.

……

The monarchs and ministers of the Song Kingdom were discussing how to defend Tokyo.

The situation in this time and space is more complicated than in history, because Zhu Ming's army came from the south.

Li Gang had already selected a slightly stronger forbidden army from a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled, and recruited young people inside and outside the city to supplement them. Barely strong, a force of tens of thousands of people was formed, although the armor was uneven, but it was barely usable.

However, what about Zhu Ming's army sent to the north to guard the Yellow River?

Sent to the south to defend, who will stop the Jin soldiers from crossing the river?

The Privy Council knew Li Di, and he actually said whimsically: "If you don't guard the south or the north, you will defend the city of Tokyo." The city here is high and deep, and it is impossible for a time to capture it by both gold soldiers and thief soldiers. Whichever comes first, the two bandits will definitely meet, and maybe they will fight themselves! ”

Li Gang worried: "If you are passively trapped in the lonely city, and the army of King Qin has not arrived, it will be difficult to defend the city of Tokyo." ”

Bai Shizhong was full of thoughts about offering the city to Zhu Ming at the moment, and he didn't want any accidents, so he suggested: "The imperial court's troops are stretched, and it is impossible to defend on both sides, so you can only defend Tokyo and wait for King Qin's reinforcements." ”

Lee Bangyan also said, "It's time to defend Tokyo!" ”

Zhao Huan looked at Geng Nanzhong: "What does Aiqing think?" ”

Geng Nanzhong didn't understand military affairs at all, but he was in charge of the Privy Council, and said in a daze: "You should stay in Tokyo and wait for help." ”

The military affairs were decided so happily, and they didn't care about the situation outside the city, just hold the city of Tokyo anyway.

With more than 10,000 soldiers in uneven armor, what else can they do but defend the city?

Li Gang also had no good way, so he decided to recruit some more righteous soldiers to join the army, at least to pull the garrison to more than 30,000.

"Your Majesty, the vanguard of the Zhu Thief is here!"

The monarch and the ministers were shocked when they heard this, and only Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were ecstatic.

Zhao Huan, who was extremely timid, actually dared to go to the outer city in person and climb the city wall to observe the situation.

I saw that the overwhelming cavalry of the Zhu Thief came from the southwest of the city, arrived outside Tokyo and did not stop, but went straight to the north.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, it covers an extremely wide area, that is, Yan'an Village, Shuanghepu, Shamen, Peanut Village and Army Farm in Rice Township, Longting District.

Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi came here first with cavalry.

There were also some soldiers stationed in the Heavenly Prison, but when they saw the Zhu Thief cavalry coming, they had already slipped away.

Deng Chun captured a few horse breeders and ordered them to gather all the 20,000 war horses in the Tiansi Prison.

After working for a long time, Deng Chun looked at the three or four thousand sick and thin horses in front of him, and his expression was like a ghost: "That's all? Aren't there 20,000 war horses? ”

The horse keeper cried with a sad face: "The quota is indeed 20,000 horses, but all parties take a lot of them, the tea and horse division send less, and some people secretly steal and sell." Hearing that the Jin soldiers were coming, the Emperor Taishang took his favored ministers to the south and pulled the available horses to transport the goods. In recent days, the minds of the prisoners have changed, and many people have stolen horses home. ”

No matter how introverted and generous Deng Chun is, he can't help but scold his mother at this moment: "Straight mother thief, hurry up and hurry up, run away in vain!" ”

Chen Ziyi was also depressed: "I still want to have a war horse, so I will make up the heavy armored cavalry to three thousand." Now it seems that I don't know if I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey. ”

"Dadada~~~"

Several horsemen galloped over: "The golden man is here, on the other side of the river!" ”

Wanyan Zongwang personally led the cavalry to hurry, wanting to get 20,000 war horses as soon as possible, but when he saw countless cavalry on the other side of the river, he was surprised: "The Song army is really prepared!" ”

Shi Liai had an expression that had already been as I expected, and arched his hand: "His Royal Highness the Second Prince, it's better to withdraw the army as soon as possible." ”

Wanyan Zongwang said: "If you want to withdraw, you should withdraw early, you have already arrived in Tokyo, where is the reason to withdraw troops now?" ”

(End of chapter)