Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 618 Bianliang City Breaks (Please Subscribe!)

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Not long after Zhang Shuye led King Qin's army into Bianliang City, the main force of the Jin West Route Army and the East Route Army arrived at Bianliang City one after another.

Someone made a rough count, and the Jin Army has a total of more than [-] troops.

Among them, many were forced to come to transport food and grass from the east of Hebei, and they also filled in the number.

In addition, the Jin army also captured some people near the city, and ordered them to transport rocks, log trees, and make siege equipment. There were also quite a few of these people.

All in all, the Jin army should have no more than [-] soldiers capable of fighting.

Wanyan Zongwang stationed his headquarters in Liujia Temple in the northeast suburb of Tokyo.

Wanyan Zonghan stationed his headquarters in Qingcheng in the southwest suburb of Tokyo - this was originally the fasting palace where the emperor of the Song Dynasty held suburban sacrifices.

The main force of the Jin army gradually dispersed, and then set up several military villages on the four walls of Bianliang City to surround Bianliang City.

The Jin army finally approached the city of Bianliang.

Faced with this situation, Zhao Huan was at a loss, and didn't want to do nothing and just sit and wait for death.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan issued an edict, and the three high-ranking officials changed their names back to their original names. Dazai and Shaozai were still called Shangshu Zuo and Youpushe.

Then, Zhao Huan appointed He Li, the servant of the door, as the right servant of the Shangshu and the servant of the Zhongshu, that is, the prime minister; Liu Yanqing, the Shaobao of the inspection school, the Jiedu envoy of Zhenhai Haijun, and the envoy of Baolu Palace in the Shangqing Dynasty, was the young assistant of the inspection school.

Soon, Zhao Huan issued another edict to inspect the city defense on the south wall of the capital.

When he arrived at Nanxun Gate, Zhao Huan was very happy to see the King Qin's army led by Zhang Shuye in pristine condition. He immediately ordered to take off the gold belt from Prime Minister He Lihu's head and reward it to Zhang Shuye.

Zhang Shuye took the opportunity to say: "Guo Jing is crazy, and he is expected to fail. Now that the Jin camp outside the city has not yet been built, I would like to lead all the generals out of the city to attack, and the Jin people will be defeated."

Zhao Huan didn't accept it—the current Zhao Huan no longer had the guts to fight.

Soon, the Jin army officially began to attack the city.

To be honest, at the beginning, Song Jun played very well.

Fan Qiong privately led troops out of the city to attack the Jin army's camp, successfully returned, and captured hundreds of Jin people's heads.

The Song army then sent death squads out of the city and burned five Jinren cannon mounts and two goose carts.However, seven gun mounts remained unburned.There are countless gun mounts that have not yet been erected.Yao Youzhong then led another 1000 people from the former army to respond, and went down to the city to fight, killing and injuring many Jin people.

When Liu Yanqing led the Northern Expedition to recover Yanjing, although he was defeated by the Liao army and his reputation plummeted, he still has rich combat experience. Seeing that the defense of the southeast city was weak, he went to the city in person to command and defend against the enemy.Liu Yanqing was very good at commanding operations—every night, he ordered people to pile up hundreds of bundles of hay under the city, and when he found the Jin people attacking the city, he would light the fire and call the police, so as to prevent the Jin people from sneaking in.He also accepted other people's suggestions and placed a nine-ox cannon on the east wall. Although the cannon was worn out, it was still usable. It played a huge role in city defense and smashed the golden army's siege ladder many times.Zhao Huan also specially issued an edict to designate the cannon as the general who protects the country.

Zhao Huan also appointed Zhang Shuye as a member of the Privy Council who signed the letter, and was promoted to the ranks of ruling ministers. He also asked Zhang Shuye and Sun Fu to jointly handle the affairs of the four wall city defense. And listen to its restraint.

From Zhang Shuye's position, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Huan is really planning to reuse Zhang Shuye.

But Zhao Huan has a very problem with the employment of people - on the one hand, he wants to delegate power to ministers, on the other hand, he dare not delegate power to ministers.

Take Zhang Shuye as an example.

Zhang Shuye, who had been unsuccessful for many years, was suddenly reused by Zhao Huan, so he wanted to flex his muscles to embrace Zhao Huan's emperor's favor.

Zhang Shuye planned to go out of the city to fight the Jin army, to boost the morale of the Song army, so that the Jin army did not dare to underestimate the Song State, and also made the Song State not so passive.

Therefore, Zhang Shuye sent people to notify Fan Qiong, Li Shi, Zhang Xian, Pei Yuan, Meng Zao, Wang Qiong, Zhe Yanwen, He Zhonggang, Zhang Tuo and other generals defending the city, and asked them to go to the city at noon the next day for a meeting. .

But the next day Zhang Shuye waited until the afternoon, none of the generals he had sent to inform yesterday came.

Zhang Shuye was puzzled!
At about noon, a servant suddenly ran over and gave Zhang Shuye a copy of Zhao Huan's edict: "Wen Qing summoned the generals, do you want to go to war? If you want to go to war, I'd like to show you first."

It was only then that Zhang Shuye suddenly realized that his position as a member of the Privy Council was actually a name for nothing and no real power at all.

Uncle Zhang felt extremely frustrated, "In this troubled time, what use is it for me to have such a false name?"

The more Zhang Shuye thought about it, the more he felt that it was not a good taste, so he wrote a letter requesting that he be removed from the post of privy secretary who signed the letter, and he only served as the general manager of the South Road, leading the officers and soldiers of the South Road to defend the city.

However, Zhao Huan also disagreed.

Only then can't make the best use of it.

In addition, none of the divisions of Qin Wang from all walks of life has arrived so far—in fact, it is not that none of them have arrived. Hu Zhiru led 1 horses to Qin Wang. During the siege, the army was defeated, and Hu Zhiru was unfortunately captured.

In addition, I don’t know what’s wrong with this winter, but it’s extremely cold—the Jurchens live in the bitter cold of the Northeast, and are very adaptable to this kind of weather.The Song people rarely encountered such cold weather, so they were not used to it at all. Many soldiers were too cold to hold their weapons.More importantly, many people in the Song Dynasty believed that even God was helping the Jin army due to the pressure in their hearts.

All these things made the morale of the Song army more and more low.

On the other hand, the Jin people were extremely cunning. Not only did they fight, but they also sent envoys to negotiate peace with the Song State while fighting, so that the Song people couldn't make up their minds to fight the Jin army to the end.

Moreover, Wanyan Zonghan is very good at talking. To be precise, Wanyan Zonghan is very good at grasping the psychology of Song people, especially Zhao Huan's psychology.

Wanyan Zonghan once asked Zhao Huan to go out of the city to meet the alliance, but was refused.

Wanyan Zonghan quickly lowered his requirements and proposed to let the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and Prince Zhao Chen leave the city.

After this was rejected, Wanyan Zonghan lowered his request and asked Zhao Huan to send Zaizhi and the prince to the army as hostages.

In this way, Zhao Huan, who didn't care about the life and death of Zai Zhi and the prince, couldn't refuse, and then sent people to the peace talks, and then had hopes for the peace talks, and couldn't fight with all his strength.

but--

Talking about it, the Jin people never really stopped attacking Bianliang City.

Moreover, the more the attack becomes more fierce, it seems that the city of Bianliang will not stop until it is broken.

It is undeniable that the battle of the Jin Army is very strong.

But among the Song army, there are also some very powerful troops, such as the Linfu soldiers, that is, the Zhejia army, which are very capable of fighting.

More than 1000 Linfu soldiers led by Wang Qiong played meritorious service many times during the Jin army's attack on Bianliang City.

Wang Qiong is also a loyal and brave general, and has been doing his best to guard Bianliang City.

It's a pity that not long ago, when Wang Qiong was reinforcing the Songmen, he was wounded in the foot by a Jin army cannon, bleeding profusely, and was then helped down the city.

As soon as Wang Qiong left, the more than 1000 Linfu soldiers refused to obey other people's orders, and even Wang Zonglin, who was in charge of the capital, could not command them.

One day, Wang Zonglian saw that the Jin army was in a hurry to attack the city, so he lured the soldiers of Linfu with profit, saying: "If you dare to kill a thief with a long spear, for example, Cheng Jielang will reward you with five gold bowls, and some officials will be transferred to three officials. "

The soldiers of the Lin Mansion saw that there was a heavy reward, so they rushed to serve first, and killed more than [-] Jin soldiers in the first battle.

However, after the battle, Wang Zonglian's promise of suicide and golden bowl could not be fulfilled.

The soldiers of Linfu all complained, and even almost turned into a mutiny.

All in all, although the Song army has always been at a disadvantage, as long as it firmly defends the city of Bianliang, this battle can still be fought.

Raising one hundred thousand soldiers costs a thousand dollars a day.

As long as the Song Army persists, the Jin Army will definitely not be able to persist.

In the end, this battle is likely to be another Tanyuan alliance.

Unfortunately……

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(End of this chapter)