The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 181 Secret Weapon
"General, there is someone outside the city who claims to be His Majesty's envoy." A soldier came to report from outside.

Just when the defenders of Shicheng were panicking, someone from Bianjing City finally came. The person who came was an old scholar, Yu Yunwen from Zhongshushe.

The official position of Zhongshu Sheren is not very big, he is a third-rank official, but he has real power, and the most important thing is that Zhongshu Sheren is a close minister in front of the emperor, just like the secretary is easy to get promoted now. Shushe people are equivalent to people from the State Council.

This time, Yu Yunwen delivered the decree under Zhao Huan's order.

After seeing Yu Yunwen, Lu Hufeng was slightly surprised.

"Master Yu, you are the only one here?" Lu Hufeng asked in surprise.

Yu Yunwen nodded, and said to Lu Hufeng: "I ordered you to stand firm in Shicheng for one day by His Majesty's decree, and the reinforcements will arrive soon."

"Persevere for another day?" Lu Hufeng opened his eyes wide, and said with some embarrassment: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for one day."

Yu Yunwen said firmly: "Although it is somewhat difficult, you must persevere. As long as you persevere for a day, when the reinforcements arrive, the siege of the stone city will be resolved."

"Having said that, the time of day is really too difficult. The opponent has an army of 30." Zeng Lv'er couldn't help but interjected at this time.

"The 30 troops didn't come all at once. If my estimate is correct, the first wave of attacking the city is the vanguard of the Jin Army, no more than 10. The 10 troops, we add the natural danger of the Yellow River, and stick to it." One day, there should be no problem." Yu Yunwen analyzed.

Even though Yu Yunwen said so, the Song army guarding the city had no idea. Even if the 30 army would not attack together, even the [-] army would be enough to destroy them. The Yellow River is dangerous, and now it is the Yellow River. During the dry season, the water in the river is not deep, and it is much easier for the Jin army to cross the river.

"You don't have to worry. Your Majesty even asked me to bring a secret weapon this time. With this secret weapon, I will definitely be able to keep the Jin army from the north bank of the Yellow River." Yu Yunwen said to Lu Hufeng.

"I don't know what the secret weapon is." Lu Hufeng asked.

"Here, it's the stuff in the carriage. Remember not to let people get close, especially not close to the fire source, otherwise it will cause big trouble." Yu Yunwen said to Lu Hufeng.

"Could it be palm thunder?" Lu Hufeng asked.

Yu Yunwen nodded and said, "Not really, but it's similar to Zhang Xinlei, so it's been improved."

"This thing can help our army defeat the Golden Army?" Zeng Lu'er pointed to the carriage and said, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

This kind of gunpowder was not very common in the army of the Song Dynasty. The reason is that the risk factor of this thing is relatively high, it is easy to affect the user, and the lethality is limited. In addition, many Confucianists at that time thought it was a strange skill. Therefore, the research on this gunpowder was not in-depth in the end.

Now the generals of the Song Army naturally don't believe that this thing can defeat the Jin Army.

"Naturally, this thing is very powerful, and you will know it when the time comes." Yu Yunwen said to Lu Hufeng.

That night, the Jin army had already reached the north bank of the Yellow River.

This night, for the defenders of Shicheng, was destined to be a sleepless night. Since the Jin army arrived, the war drums have been ringing on the opposite bank all night. With the sound of drums from the sky, few people in Song Jun could fall asleep.

"General, it is estimated that the Jin army will attack the city early tomorrow morning, and the reinforcements have not arrived yet. Are we really going to hold back?" Zeng Lv'er said to Lu Hufeng.

Lu Hufeng nodded and said: "Your Majesty's envoys have arrived. It only takes half a day for the reinforcements to arrive. We must stick to it for half a day."

"Envoy?" Zeng Lv'er sneered, and said to Lu Hufeng: "General, that's just a poor scholar, do you believe what he said?"

Lu Hufeng glared at Zeng Lv'er, and said: "Don't go out and talk nonsense about this, if people listen to it, even I can't cover you."

Zeng Lv'er smiled indifferently, and said, "Of course I will only talk to you, the general. If you want me to talk about the current situation, the general should make plans in advance."

Lu Hufeng waited for Zeng Lv'er without saying a word.

Zeng Lu'er ignored him, and said to himself: "If this old guy doesn't come, we will be fighting the Jin army. If we can't fight then, we can surrender."

Seeing that Lu Hufeng's face was a bit ugly, he quickly changed his words and said: "Even if we don't surrender, we can retreat, we can retreat to Bianjing City. But now this old Confucian scholar is here, seeing how he looks, this time we must I want to die for my country, I think it's hard to say this time."

Lu Hufeng snorted and said, "Even if Lord Yu doesn't come, we can't retreat. If we retreat, what will the people in this city do?"

Hearing what Lu Hufeng said, Zeng Lv'er couldn't help but shook his head and said, "My general, don't be so stupid, what people are there in this city now, what people are there in this city now, listen If you say that the Jin army is coming, you have already left and fled, so there are no people for you to protect."

Lu Hufeng shook his head, and said to Zeng Lv'er: "For the reward of eating the king and the matter of loyalty to the king, if your majesty let you and me stay here, that is trust in you and me. How could you and I make the decision of abandoning the city and surrendering? Something is coming."

Zeng Lv'er wondered why Lu Hufeng was so pedantic, seeing what he said was so firm, he knew that persuasion was futile, it seemed that if he wanted to survive, he still needed to make some plans for himself.

The next day, when the sky just dawned, Yu Yunwen ordered people to put Yiye’s lone boat on the Yellow River, and one end of the boat was tied with a rope to prevent the boat from being washed away by the Yellow River. Going up, it's quite spectacular.

After dawn, the Jin army was preparing to attack the city. Facing the lone boat on the Yellow River, it really frightened the Jin army who wanted to cross the river.

The messenger reported the news to Wanyan Zongbi.

Wanyan Zongbi came to the river, looked at the dozens of small boats on the Yellow River, and didn't understand what the hell Song Jun was doing.

"General, there seems to be no one on this small boat, but I don't know what the Song army used to put these small boats on the river. Could it be that they want to use this small boat to stop our army from attacking the city?" Lieutenant General Shan Yu Qian said to Wanyan Zongbi, his words were full of disdain for Song Jun.

(End of this chapter)