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

Kaifeng City, Marshal's Mansion.

The herald rushed in quickly: "Report! Wengcheng has been captured by Zhai Jin's troops!"

When Li Bangyan heard this, he slapped the big case and stood up: "Great! Great!"

Zhong Shidao, who was pale and lying on the couch, struggled to sit up and gasped: "Zhai Jin is a fierce general of our Western Army. He followed the Shaanxi general Liu Fa before. This man is smart and fruitful. It’s not a waste of time!”

Li Bangyan quickly stepped forward, supported Master Zhong and persuaded him: "Old Mr. Zhong, you can just rest. The officials have already discussed this battle with us, and we will definitely defeat the Jin army under the city. Don't leave." Worry about it.”

Zhong Shidao couldn't help coughing for a long time. He took Li Bangyan's hand and said with a sad smile: "Commander, Zhang Shuye is defending the enemy at Suanzao Gate, Yue Fei is defending the enemy at Tongjin Gate, and Han Shizhong is defending against the enemy at Xishui Gate. I am the only one." , If you don't get sick sooner or later, you will be sick at this time. If you can't go into battle to kill the enemy, you are already feeling unworthy of the emperor's favor. How can you... cough cough cough..."

A violent cough made Zhong Shidao couldn't help but lie back down again. He turned to look at Li Bangyan and asked, "Since there is a Dongfeng Cannon, why didn't you use it so early?"

Li Bangyan didn't want to explain too much to Zhong Shidao. According to the previous plan, he should go to Akihito Palace to pick up the officials and go to the city to watch the battle.

But seeing this veteran of the Western Army who had guarded the border for the Song Dynasty all his life and fought on the battlefield all his life, his hands that had held swords and guns all his life were already as thin as firewood, his resolute eyes were already cloudy, and his hair was full of black hair. Cheng Huafa, the young man who rode his horse and whipped his whip, is already old and his days are numbered.

Li Bangyan couldn't help but feel a sore nose. He held Zhong Shidao's hand and sat next to him: "Old Mr. Zhong, there are only a few Dongfeng cannons, so they should not be used lightly. If you use them, you will have to fight to determine the outcome, or they will explode. Either Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang must be killed, or the living strength of the Jin Army must be annihilated to the greatest extent possible."

Zhong Shidao coughed twice: "What do the officials mean?"

Li Bangyan nodded.

Zhong Shidao's wrinkled face showed a smile: "I didn't expect that the officials really know how to fight. They avoided the Jin army's attack on the city, and used Zhai Jin's troops to send the Dongfeng cannon to the top of Wengcheng. If Jin If the army does not investigate, they will definitely not use light artillery to bombard the city. If the Dongfeng artillery is protected, the Jin army will definitely press forward. By then...ahem...ten thousand cannons will fire in unison..."

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Looking from a distance, the winner has been decided on the top of Wengcheng. The defenders on the top of Nanxunmen have been defeated and retreated. Zhai Jin has also ordered people to erect the five-color sun-holding flag.

Wanyan Zonghan was still cautious and did not order the siege infantry to rush to Wengcheng immediately. Instead, he ordered the entire army to move forward and assemble on the bank of the moat.

The artillery array also dispersed and moved forward slowly, adjusting the distance so that it could cross the barbican and directly attack the Nanxunmen city wall.

In this way, even if the siege infantry is ambushed, they can be rescued in time.

The army moved forward, especially the artillery carriages, which moved slowly, and it took a lot of time here.

Longdeok Palace.

The chamberlain who had been following Emperor Daojun ran into the palace in panic: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Wengcheng has been lost."

Emperor Daojun, who had been meditating and chanting sutras with Zhang Tianshi for the past two days, finally couldn't calm down anymore and got up: "Wha...what?"

The chamberlain wiped the sweat from his forehead: "There was news just now from outside the palace that the Wengcheng at Nanxun Gate has been lost, and the five-color sun-holding flag has been planted on the top of the Wengcheng."

Emperor Daojun felt that the world was spinning in front of his eyes.

A few months ago, he discussed with Zhao Fujin that he wanted to leave the city south again, go to Lin'an Mansion, and stay with Jiu Geer temporarily.

But Zhao Fujin refused to say anything and asked him to keep his heart in his stomach and eat and drink when he should.

Although Emperor Daojun did not believe it 100%, he saw that Zhao Fujin had become quite experienced in both governance and employment over the past year, so he believed a lot. But now...

"Sir, what should I do?"

Emperor Daojun asked anxiously.

Zhang Tianshi still closed his eyes and replied quite calmly: "It is useless to think too much about destiny. This calamity will be experienced no matter what. The Supreme Emperor should calm down and recite scriptures more to accumulate some merit for what will happen after his death." .”

Emperor Daojun was disappointed: "If the Jin army comes in, sir..." "When they break the city, it will be the time when the small Dao becomes immortal."

"Then..." Emperor Daojun wanted to ask what would happen to him, but he remembered that Zhang Tianshi had made his destiny very clear the day before, and it was useless to ask more, so he could only swallow his words.

"The Supreme Emperor?" the chamberlain whispered: "Even if we can't get out of the city, we can go hide outside the palace? At Miss Shishi's house..."

"Shut up!" Emperor Daojun said in a deep voice: "Didn't you hear what Mr. said? You can't escape this disaster! Since I can't escape, I don't want to hide anymore. I can't hide anywhere in this Longde Palace." Go, kill the Jin people if they want, chop them into pieces if they want, use me to refine oil if they want. I have abandoned Kaifeng and abandoned the people once, do I have to escape again? I have never done anything brave in my life. Once, I will be brave once!"

After saying that, Emperor Daojun strode towards the outside of the palace.

The chamberlain quickly stopped in front and knelt down with a plop: "Your Majesty, you must be brave. You can live and die with the Song Dynasty and the official family in Longde Palace, but you can't go to the city to kill the enemy..."

Creak!Bang!

The palace door was slammed shut!
The chamberlain turned around and saw Emperor Daojun staring at him and scolding him: "Who said I was going to the city? I just thought the wind was blowing outside the palace. Look at your worthless look. You even forgot to close the door. !”

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"The infantry obeys the order, cross the river, and garrison the Wengcheng!"

As the messengers rode their horses back and forth along the moat to deliver orders, the siege infantry of the West Route Army had already lined up and were marching cautiously towards the Wengcheng on the opposite bank along the route that Zhai had just taken.

The 3-strong team was huge. The front row had already reached the center of the moat, while the back row had not moved on the bank.

At this time, tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the Nanxunmen city wall, and rounds of arrow rain poured down. However, under the cover of the infantry shields, the lethality of these arrow rains was really limited.

By the time the front row of infantry had crossed the river, the rear row of infantry had also stepped onto the ice and were a foot or two away from the shore.

Suddenly, a flash of red suddenly appeared on the top of Wengcheng.

In the gray and dark sky and earth, this red color is so dazzling and so captivating.

Wanyan Zonghan was startled, pointed the riding whip in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Who is that?"

Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Loushi and other generals all looked around and saw the man in the red cloak at the top of the Wengcheng city. He grabbed the five-color sun-holding flag erected on the top of the city and took it. The torch handed over by Zhai Jin moved closer to the five-color sun-holding flag that symbolized the undefeated myth of the Jin Kingdom.

The flames burst into flames, and the five-color flag holding the sun fell in the wind and burned.

Slowly reduced to ashes.

Only then did Wanyan Zonghan react and yelled, "No! We've been fooled!"

Before Wanyan Zonghan's angry roar dissipated, a huge explosion suddenly sounded, like rolling winter thunder in the entire sky concentrated in one place.

At the top of Wengcheng City, more than 50 Dongfeng cannons sprayed out thick white smoke. Solid bombs and explosive bombs were not thrown out at a 45-degree angle like trebuchets. Instead, they were fired at angles calculated by the Song Academy of Sciences. Shooting diagonally under the city.

One after another, like fire from the sky, the shells hit the ice of the moat.

The solid bullet instantly smashed through the ice that had already endured the limit. The biting river water rose into the air and splashed. The frozen river surface began to crack, and the cracks quickly spread in all directions.

The explosive bombs exploded in the dense crowd, and the hot blood mixed with the cold river water. The broken limbs and broken arms carried the exploded ice cubes, and spread out in all directions with the explosion point as the center.

The infantrymen of the Western Route Army who were still on the river were howling like ghosts and wolves. Some were even shaken by the incredible scene in front of them, crying and laughing in fear: "Immortal magic! Immortal magic! The people of Song Dynasty know immortal magic!"

The infantrymen who had already crossed the river were so frightened that they forgot about their situation. It was not until arrows rained down from the city head that Zhai Jin's troops who rushed out from the city gate struck him in the face with a knife. The severe pain brought these people back. Realized, they wanted to fight back, but it was too late. (End of chapter)