Tang Dynasty Mingyue Song Dynasty Pass

Chapter 686 Jinling Falls

This night, Huangfu Jixun and his generals lived in fear, because they were very worried that the news would leak out and they would be surrounded by the Imperial Forest Army in the middle of the night.

But the thing they were nervous about didn't happen, so they survived the long night smoothly. When the sun rose from the horizon and illuminated the morning glow, Huangfu Jixun stood at the top of the city and saw the red sun jumping out. After hitting the ground, the whole person breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart was excited.

Because as long as another hour passes, it will be Chenshi, and the Song army will line up under the city, and they can surrender.

Last night, the Song army sent scouts to shoot arrows with a note tied to it, saying that Huangfu Jixun had agreed to surrender.

According to the time agreed upon by each other, the inside should join forces with the outside, and enter the west gate of Jinling City.

Of course, Song Jun would not fully believe it, he would shoot the vanguard to enter first, and the army would watch outside the city, worried that this was an ambush trap deliberately set by Tang Jun, and wanted to invite you into the urn.

Therefore, Song Jun will remain cautious, but the opportunity is rare, and he will not give up the opportunity of Huangfu Jixun to surrender.

As time went by, the camps of the Song army in the distance blew their horns, and the camps on all sides outside Jinling gathered soldiers and horses one after another.

As usual, the army was assembled and marched to the foot of Jinling City, preparing to attack the city.

Today Cao Bin, Pan Mei, and Shi Shouxin are all gathered outside the west gate. This is the main battlefield and the key to breaking the city today, because they all know the news that the Tang army will defect and surrender, and they are full of expectations.

In fact, Huangfu Jixun did not complain because he was excluded. On the contrary, he was deeply trusted by Li Yu, Zhang Bo and others, and handed over the important West City Gate to him. Disappointed by the current situation, he is unwilling to fight to the death for Tang and live and die with the city.

That's why Huangfu Jixun wanted to gain credit by surrendering his allegiance, so that by virtue of his military merits, he could be conferred an official position in the future, and he would not have to fight the Song army again, and he could save his life. This was his true idea.

"The time has come, prepare to attack the city!"

The herald rode his horse and ran, shouting military orders.

The first wave of soldiers outside the west gate, about [-] Song soldiers, was about to attack the city.

On the top of the city, Huangfu Jixun, several lieutenants, and Du Yuhou were also full of nervousness and excitement. As long as they can go well at this moment without any moths, they will change the course of history and make the battle between Tang and Song Dynasties a reality. A fundamental change occurred, which made the tightly defended Jinling City once again exposed its flaws and accelerated the city's collapse.

"Come on!"

Outside the city gate, when the Song Army's thousands of troops rushed straight over, the Tang Army's archers at the head of the west city did not shoot arrows this time, and the Song Army under the city also tacitly did not shoot to cover it, which meant that the long-range attacks of both sides had all entered silence. state.

"Boom!"

The cavalry of the Song Army rushed to the city gate quickly.

"Squeak!" At this time, the gate of the city opened from the inside, and a soldier of the Tang army stood up, holding a white flag and waving a white flag to express his sincere surrender, and let the Song army enter the city.

In the distance, Cao Bin, Pan Mei and the others nodded slightly when they saw this situation. The soldiers took down the west city gate without seeing blood. Difficult, because it is no longer a piece of iron.

Pan Mei smiled and said, "Congratulations to General Cao, our plan to destroy Tang has gone more smoothly than we imagined, and it will be completed ahead of schedule."

Cao Bin stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I thought we would have to fight hard for another half a year to trap Jinling. When the food and grass in the city were cut off, people's hearts were exhausted, and morale was lost, there would be a chance to break the city. Unexpectedly, this time our army attacked from the very beginning. The posture of deterring the weak-willed generals in the Tang army, some people will naturally not think about falling with the Tang court, and the appearance of such half-hearted generals who want to surrender is really due to human nature."

Pan Meisuo nodded and said, "The first step is to attack the army, the second is to attack the diplomatic relations, and the second is to attack the city. Although we are at the lowest level of strategy at the beginning, it is undeniable that our attack strategy has also produced unexpected results!"

Cao Bin laughed loudly and said, "In any case, we completed the plan to destroy the Tang Dynasty ahead of schedule. Now that the solar terms are just in autumn, if the fierce battle continues until winter, the south of the Yangtze River will be cold and rainy, damp and cold, and the soldiers will not adapt to the environment in the south of the Yangtze River. If you catch the wind and cold, it will also cause a lot of injuries and troubles, but fortunately, God bless my soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty."

While the two were chatting and laughing happily, the Song army had entered the city and began to attack the main road, the north gate and the south gate of the city.

The Tang army patrolling the streets found that the Song army had entered the city, and immediately started street fighting and interception.

Soon, the patrol soldiers of the Tang army in the city had already learned the specific news.

"Quickly, send the news that the west city gate was broken and Huangfu Jixun surrendered to the palace, and ask the officials to make a decision!"

"Yes!" All of them rode their horses and galloped towards the palace.

At this time, the imperial court was still in the Guangzheng Hall, and everyone heard the sound of fighting outside. They felt strange that the sound was louder and closer than usual. Just when the civil and military officials were puzzled, the patrolling guards were all dusty and embarrassed. Came outside the main hall and asked to see the official family.

Due to the emergency of the military situation, the Imperial Forest Army guarding the palace gate did not intercept him, and sent guards to send him outside the main hall, and then was led by the eunuchs into the Guangzheng Hall to face the saint.

"Reporting to the official family, the big thing is not good, the west city gate is broken!"

Li Yu asked in panic when he heard the words: "How could it be easy to confront each other, and how could it be easily broken?"

The capital replied: "It was Huangfu Jixun, the guard at the west city gate, who led his troops to surrender and turned against each other. That's why the Song army outside the city entered the city so easily."

Li Yu and the ministers of the DPRK and China were all panicked when they heard the news, and even their faces were full of surprise and anger.

"Huangfu Jixun, this kid is wronging the country!"

"Treason the country and turn to the enemy, Huangfu Jixun deserves to die."

The officials in the court were extremely angry, and Li Yu's head buzzed, and suddenly went blank.

The west city gate was broken, and the Song army rushed into the city. One can imagine how difficult it would be to hold it and regain the city gate.

Perhaps very soon, there will be a chain reaction. The north gate and the south gate will be attacked from the inside by the Song army, attacking from inside and outside. Perhaps the entire Jinling City will be destroyed today.

Yin Chongyi said: "The government hastened to issue an order. The most urgent thing is to mobilize the main force to block the Song army at the west gate from entering the city, and put an end to the rebellion. Second, send an imperial army to the Huangfu's house, behead the whole family of Huangfu's family, and punish them for crimes." . Come to deter Xiao Xiao!"

Li Yu was in a panic, and when he heard the words of Yin Chongyi, the privy envoy, he immediately felt that it made sense.

Therefore, Li Yu immediately issued these two military orders, and General Jin Wuwei led his troops to intercept the West City Gate, hoping to recapture the West City Gate.In addition, the commander of the guards was sent to lead five hundred forbidden troops to Huangfu's house, and to kill Huangfu Jixun's whole family to deter those who defected to the enemy.

Although Li Yu has issued a military order, there is still a lot of noise in the court, and the faces of the civil and military ministers are full of worry and fear.

The Song army has entered the city, and this news is very unfavorable, because according to the practice of defending the city in the past, as long as the enemy breaks through a gate, there is a half probability of breaking the city.

If there is only a small group of people, hundreds of people can break in and snatch back the city gate, fighting to the death, there is a half chance of being able to seal the city gate.

However, the 2 to [-] defenders of the entire west gate surrendered, allowing tens of thousands of Song troops to flood in. Under such circumstances, even if tens of thousands of Tang troops resisted, they might not be able to regain the west gate.

Short-handed handover, rampage, lack of formation, and only relying on street fighting, the fighting will become more and more chaotic, which will make Tang Jun's entire confidence collapse and morale drop.

At this time, the army will be defeated like a mountain, and other city gates will be affected, and they will fall one after another. That is too dangerous.

In the court hall, Xu Xuan, Pan You and others were also trying to find a way, but what they said was sidelines and could not change the overall situation. After all, these were civil servants and had no ability to command battles. They were mostly theoretical defenses on paper. Under this kind of chaos, it is not practical at all.

Li Yu looked at the terrified civil and military officials, and some even burst into tears in the Tang Dynasty. He seemed to realize that the entire Jinling City was about to fall, and the fate of the Tang Kingdom's demise was coming.

"Heaven will kill me, Li Tang!"

The 40-year-old country is at stake!
Some old ministers were helpless, at this time, many people thought of Su Chen and Lin Renzhao, there was a shortage of people who could use troops like this, so they turned the tide!

Li Yu looked annoyed, announced the dispersal of the court, and asked the courtiers to go home and wait for the news, and make their own preparations.

Some ministers such as Zhang Bo, Pan You, etc. made it clear that once the Song army broke through the city and entered the city, they would not be prisoners and commit suicide at home in order to preserve the dignity of the final dynasty.

Many ministers have made such resolute statements. As for who can do it, we will only know after the fact.

In depression, Li Yu got up and walked to the harem. He also had to make arrangements for the funeral. Once the Song army attacked outside the palace city, the thousands of imperial guards in the palace would not last long. Should he surrender or die?

(End of this chapter)