The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 203 Twelve Gold Medals

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King Bi, who was chatting and laughing with Li Bangyan just now, collapsed from his chair to the ground. He supported his body with one hand and pointed at Li Bangyan with the other hand tremblingly. He stammered: "Li...Li...Li Bangyan! You are brave!"

"Shh... shh..." Li Bangyan stepped forward quickly and covered Zhao Huan's mouth: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please lower your voice, please lower your voice."

"Woo... come on... oo... come on!"

"Your Majesty! Listen to me, don't shout, don't shout. This is what the officials want." Li Bangyan's little heart almost jumped out. If the princess heard this and yelled again, she would be like this Even if the errand is done badly.

"Listen to me, listen to me. In order to defeat the two armies of the Jin Kingdom, the official family needs your cooperation, the prince, to put on a show. It's not a real usurpation of the throne. It's just a show, a show."

The forced king finally calmed down, pulled away Li Bangyan's hand, turned over and got up from the ground: "Pretend? Why are you looking for me? My sister wants to test me, right? Isn't that right?"

Li Bangyan almost laughed angrily: "Oh, Your Majesty, it's really not true. With the enemy in front of us, how can an official have the heart to do such a thing!"

The forced king thought about it carefully for a long time, but still felt that something was wrong. He tilted his head, paced, and waved his hands: "No, no, it's okay to act, but the question is who to show it to? Then Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang are not here. Who are you acting for? You just want to fool me, don't you?"

Li Bangyan sighed and shook his head: "Hey, my lord, do you still remember the last time Wanyan Zongwang besieged the city, when Yao Pingzhong of the Western Army came to King Qin?"

King Bi shook his head: "I don't remember. Yao Pingzhong? Who is it?"

Li Bangyan pointed to the charcoal stove in the hall: "The coal you are burning now was dug by him."

Wang Yi clapped his hands: "Hai, tell me earlier, the one who digs coal in Yan'an Prefecture?"

"Yes, yes, the King forced you to remember?"

King Bi thought again: "What does it have to do with a coal digger?"

Li Bangyan explained: "At that time, Yao Pingzhong was about to raid Jin Camp, but the news was leaked. He was ambushed by Wanyan Zongwang, and our army was defeated. My lord, do you think who leaked the news?"

"You mean, there are fine works in Kaifeng City?"

Li Bangyan replied mysteriously: "Maybe he is in the court."

King Bi frowned: "It should have been the Peace Faction at that time. By the way, you, Li Bangyan, were the core figure of the Peace Faction at that time. Tell me, is it you? Is it you?"

Li Bangyan was speechless: "Your Majesty, this is not important..."

"Important! Very important! There is a mole in our Song Dynasty court, how can it not be important!"

At this time, Li Bangyan felt how lucky he was to be beaten by Yaoshi Guo last night. At least Yaoshi Guo could understand human speech. This naughty king... an idiot, right?

"Xiaguan means that the Jin army must have something detailed in Kaifeng, whether it is among the people or the court. In short, there must be something. If the officials want to sing this play, it is to be performed for them."

Li Bangyan talked hard and it took him two full hours to convince the king.

Before he even had time to drink, he ran to Longde Palace again.

Emperor Daojun did not slump down from the Taoist platform like King Bi, but he also appeared to be extra cautious.

After asking a lot of details, it was confirmed that Zhao Fujin was really putting on a show for the Jin people to see, and then he declared: "Infinite Heavenly Lord, it's OK."

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In the Privy Council, Zhong Shidao and Han Shizhong were planning another thing.

That is how many troops are needed to trap Wanyan Zongwang's troops in Tangyin.

"Shilang Han fought against the East Route Army in Zhao County. The former army can probably estimate how many people there are in the East Route Army, right?" Zhong Shidao asked, sipping his tea.

Han Shizhong nodded: "The East Route Army has about [-] to [-] soldiers and horses."

"In this case, if you want to completely trap Wanyan Zongwang in Tangyin, you will need at least four times the number of troops." Zhong Shidao looked at the defense map of Kaifeng City and thought deeply: "There are 30 troops and horses in various places outside the city, but... ...If they are all transferred out, Kaifeng's outer defense line will be empty." "Can the elite soldiers in the city be transferred?" Han Shizhong asked.

Zhong Shidao waved his hand: "That's inappropriate! Aren't the officials going to put on a show? In order to prevent accidents in the city, they must be heavily guarded."

Han Shizhong seemed a little worried: "Except for the [-] Western Army troops outside, the King Qin's army is still strong enough. I'm afraid the rest of them won't be able to surround Wanyan Zongwang, right?"

Zhong Shidao stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "If you really want to encircle and annihilate them, then you don't have to think about it. If the Jin Army cavalry wants to break through, they can't stop them with those outside the city."

"That……"

"However, the officials have said that they just want to cut off the intelligence exchange between the East Route Army and the West Route Army and buy time for Pharmacist Guo to prevent him from revealing his secrets. These soldiers can still do it." Zhongshi Daozhi He stood on the sand table and said: "Just surround me from a distance, but don't attack. What if you are Zong Wang?"

Han Shizhong scratched his head: "Surround them, just surround them. As long as they don't harass or attack, I will wait and see what happens."

"That's it. The official said that if things go well, it will only take five days. Maybe we will have withdrawn before Wanyan Zongwang wants to fight. It's not really a field battle with the Jin Army. We don't even need to send a coach. .”

After hearing this, Han Shizhong thought it was reasonable: "Then please ask the Privy Council to issue a document and prepare to mobilize troops."

Before Han Shizhong could say goodbye, Zhong Shidao called out to him again: "Shilang Han, do you think that the officials deliberately recruited the Jin army to Kaifeng, so that we can win?"

Han Shizhong did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you think, Mr. Zhong?"

Zhong Shidao seemed a little worried: "If you just defend the city, I think it is more than enough and the victory will be undefeated. But if you want to defeat the main force of the Jin army in one battle..."

"How?" Han Shizhong asked with a smile.

"Hey, maybe I'm getting old, and I always feel that our preparations are still a little bad. The Jin army can't attack the city. If they want to leave, there's nothing they can do to stop them."

Han Shizhong sighed: "Total annihilation is impossible, but if Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang can be killed, most of the Jin Kingdom's national destiny will be lost."

Zhong Shidao smiled and shook his head and said no more.

In his opinion, it is easier said than done!

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The next day, King Qin's army stationed outside Kaifeng City suddenly received an order from the Privy Council, and all units set out in the direction of Tangyin, encircling and outflanking them.

A few days after the garrison outside the city was stationed, the city gates of Kaifeng City were suddenly closed, entry and exit were prohibited, and the Kaifeng Mansion ordered a curfew.

For a time, various rumors spread, and people thought that Taiyuan was defeated and the Jin army was about to besiege the city.

However, the middle and lower-level officials in the court got another taste from some clues: something happened in the palace, and the building was about to collapse.

At the same time, all the generals of the elite imperial army stationed in the city were summoned to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to receive instructions and asked them to strictly restrain their headquarters. Without the double handwriting of Han Shizhong and Zhong Shidao, they did not obey all edicts and left the right and left ministers in charge. Neither does order.

A depressing atmosphere enveloped the entire city of Kaifeng.

The only relaxing place was in the palace. King Ji took the handwriting of Emperor Daojun and handed it to Zhao Fujin and asked: "Dad, I want to ask you, is it okay to write like this?"

Zhao Fujin took a second look and said, "If you are not a grandson, please let me lower my attitude."

The king forced him to nod and took out twelve more gold medals from his arms: "Sister, look, is this okay?"

Zhao Fujin weighed it in his hand and thought: "You stupid boy, what I want is a wooden sign with red lacquer and gold characters. How can such a heavy gold ingot be dissolved? It doesn't matter, it's just a gift anyway."

The king was puzzled: "Who are these twelve gold medals given to?"

Zhao Fujin smiled and said: "Yue Fei!"

(End of this chapter)