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

Chapter 217 One stone stirs up a thousand waves
The night of November [-]th in the first year of Jingkang.

Ten battalions outside Kaifeng suddenly mutinied.

If calculated at full capacity, there would be a full 3 people.

Mutiny?

This was something Zhao Fujin never expected, because looking at all the details of the current situation, there was no reason that could cause a mutiny among the King's troops outside the city.

Even in the official history, Zhao Huan, who was full of tricks, never caused the Song army to mutiny.

Although this kind of frustration made Zhao Fujin a little confused and even a little unable to accept it, luckily it didn't make her confused.

"Where are these 3 people now?"

Li Bangyan returned anxiously: "Outside Nanxun Gate."

"Is the city under siege?"

"Not yet."

Zhao Fujin took the footcloth from Chunxia's hand, wiped his feet briefly, put on his snow-white socks, put on his deerskin boots and wanted to go to the Nanxunmen city wall to see what was going on. Han Shizhong and Li Bangyan quickly stopped him: "Guan Jia, if you show up now, all your plans these days will be in vain. Wanyan Zonghan is still standing still."

Zhao Fujin glanced at his mouth and said, "Without any ceremony, it's pitch black, how can anyone recognize me?"

Li Bangyan said awkwardly: "Officials, even if there is no guard of honor, just your appearance of overwhelming the country..."

"Yes." Zhao Fujin ordered Chunxia: "Go and find me a bamboo hat."

Fifteen, full moon.

Although the sky and the earth are clear and cold, the moonlight is bright and bright, and it is easy to see one foot away. There is nothing like the darkness of the night.

About [-] mutinous troops had crossed the moat and were surrounding Wengcheng.

Don't ask why they crossed the moat so easily. It was because the defenders didn't think there was any problem with the deployment of their own people. Not only that, they even took the initiative to lower the drawbridge to let them pass.

By the time more and more people were crossing the bridge and the atmosphere was getting weirder, it was already too late.

Fortunately, both sides were relatively restrained.

Although the 3 people who mutinied cursed at the defenders at the top of the city, they did not take any radical actions, such as shooting black arrows or burning the city gates.

And the defenders at the top of the city did not throw wood, stones, or oil, and beat them as thieves.

The two sides got up and down, talking about each other in the air.

"What do you want to do? Become a rebel?" Chengtou reasoned.

"You are the rebels. We have received a secret letter from the government. We want to enter the city to serve the king. Open the city gate quickly!" The people in the city were also reasonable.

The city was speechless. There were a lot of rumors during this period, but they couldn't open the city gate to them just because of these rumors. What if it was just rumors?
"Brothers, calm down first. I will go to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to ask for orders." The guard at the top of the city shouted.

What responded to him was the cry of the "rebels" under the city: "The Protector's family is on the Qingjun's side! The Protector's family is on the Qingjun's side!"

Perhaps because the heartfelt loyalty to the emperor was so contagious, someone on the city wall suddenly responded, and the scene was extremely chaotic for a while.

If Tang Ke hadn't arrived quickly with the former Kaifeng Prefecture Yin Wang Shiyong and others, I'm afraid the gate of Nanxun Gate would have been opened.

"What are you shouting for? What are you shouting for?" Tang Ke climbed to the top of the city and yelled angrily: "Shut up, everyone!"

Seeing a group of civilian officials coming, the soldiers guarding the city finally fell silent.

The power of civil servants in the Song Dynasty to intimidate military generals is something engraved in the DNA of the Song Dynasty court, and it has never changed in the past hundred years.

The commander of the Nanxunmen city wall defense section quickly stepped forward and said, "I have seen you, sir."

Tang Ke glared at him: "The rebels are all under the city, what are you still hesitating about? Why don't you let people shoot arrows?"

The commander hesitated: "This... this will make things worse."

"When the sky falls, the Supreme Emperor and King Bi are holding it up, and we, the ministers of the court, are holding it up and shooting arrows for me!"

The commander still did not dare to accept the order, Nuonuo said: "Tang Xianggong should ask the Privy Council or the Ministry of War to come, so that the general can act according to the order. If not, I will not dare to do it."

Tang Ke was shaking with anger and pointed at the commander: "Okay, okay, it's all reversed, right? If you don't shoot, I will do it."

After that, Tang Ke grabbed the long bow of a crossbowman next to him and tried to shoot. Unfortunately, he couldn't pull the bow string even after pulling hard several times. Tang Ke threw the long bow aside in frustration and moved around again. He looked down, quickly stepped forward, picked up a stone, and threw it towards the bottom of the city.Boom!
The stone hit a soldier at the bottom of the city on the head.

Immediately blood splattered everywhere and he died.

The Song army, which was just quarreling under the city, saw that the defenders at the top of the city had killed people, and immediately put up their posture, only to hear someone shout: "Guan Guan, Qing Jun, kill me!"

After Tang Ke heard this, he just poked his head out of the city to take a look at the situation below the city. He was shot off by a flying arrow. His hair was messy and he shrank back in fear: "Defend the city! Defend the city!" city!"

It really is a stone that stirs up a thousand waves.

The two sides, who were just chatting with each other, suddenly started shooting crossbows at each other.

The sword and shield soldiers below the city raised their shields to protect their own crossbowmen, and the crossbowmen found the opportunity and fired fiercely towards the city head.

However, due to the lack of siege equipment, the situation at this time was extremely unfavorable to the "rebels under the city".

In order to avoid casualties, Zhai Jin could only send an order to his headquarters: "Pay attention to cover and retreat across the moat."

The commanders of the other divisions also issued the same military order.

Fortunately, the Imperial Guards who defended the city did not kill them, and fought more restrainedly. They also deliberately did not raise the drawbridge of the moat to allow the soldiers under the city to withdraw, so the "rebels under the city" suffered few casualties.

If the normal offensive and defensive battles were carried out, without the support of siege equipment, and the infantry and archers were still mixed together, and their faces were under the Kaifeng city wall, it would be easy to be wiped out.

On Nanxunmenli Street, Han Shizhong was driving a light vehicle, taking Zhao Fujin and Li Bangyan to Nanxunmen. From a distance, he saw a mess on the city top, with beacon fire and smoke.

At that moment, my heart sank: "It's broken!"

"Huh..." Han Shizhong stopped the carriage, turned around and said to the car: "It's too late, the fight has already started."

Zhao Fujin opened the curtain, looked from a distance, frowned in thought for a moment and said, "Go to the Ministry of War."

Li Bangyan was stunned: "Ah? Why don't you go to the top of the city to stop it?"

Zhao Fujin said with a helpless smile: "It's too late."

……

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Qingcheng, Jinjun camp.

The scout rolled off his horse and rushed into Wanyan Zongwang's tent: "Commander, the battle has begun at Nanxun Gate in Kaifeng."

Wanyan Zongwang was studying the next battle plan with the generals of the East Route Army. He was shocked when he heard the news: "Huh? The West Route Army is coming?"

The scout shook his head: "It's not the West Route Army, it's the Song Army outside the city that mutinied."

Wanyan Zongwang frowned and looked at Xiao Zhonggong.

Xiao Zhonggong was also surprised: "On that day, I just told Zhai Jin to join other generals who supported Zhao Fujin to go to Kaifeng to ask for an explanation. Unexpectedly... they mutinied?"

Wanyan Zongbi was overjoyed: "Commander, if we send troops now, we will surely be able to catch him by surprise!"

Wanyan Zongwang pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Yelu Yujian has led two thousand cavalry to have a look. The rest of the troops are preparing for war."

Upon seeing the order, Yeluyu stood up and was about to leave when Xiao Zhonggong warned, "Zhai Jin and the other ten battalions are our own."

Yelu Yujian nodded.Turn around and leave.

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outside Kaifeng.

Those generals who had not met Xiao Zhonggong before and maintained a high level of political consciousness still performed stably.

Faced with the action of the "Ten Battalions of Rebels" going to the city to "protect the official's house and Qing Jun's side", they still showed that the matter had nothing to do with them. They did not see the documents from the Ministry of War and the Privy Council and would not make any moves.

Half a year ago, Zhang Jun, who was transferred from the chief secretary of Taichang Temple to the Ministry of War, and then was sent out of the city to take the command of the second battalion of Qingshuo Army in Henan Prefecture, stood outside the account holding a tea bowl and looked in the direction of Nanxun Gate. The fire was soaring into the sky, and he smiled at the deputy commander Qu Duan: "They can't attack Nanxunmen."

Qu Duan naturally knew, but he just didn't understand why he didn't send troops to encircle and suppress the "Ten Battalions of Rebels"?
"Rebels? Hehe... It's not clear who the rebels are. Let's not get on the wrong team and make ourselves embarrassed even if we fail to achieve success."

(End of this chapter)