Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 583 Breaking the Jinling City
But Cui Xi always looked calm. Facing the battle in front of Ye Mansion, if he fought recklessly, even with his super strength, he would surely die, but if he wanted to retreat, no one could stop him.

Not long after, Shui'er walked out of the half-dead maze, glared at Cui Xi fiercely, and said, "My brother Ye said that you will be given three days to break through. If you can't break through, you will die inside. Dare you?" Don’t dare to break in, you decide for yourself.”

Hearing this, Cui Xi's expression became serious. He came to Ye Mansion today to test whether Ye Chen was dead or alive, or how badly he was poisoned, and whether he could survive.Then make the next decision based on the results of the trial.But it never occurred to him that today he would venture into this half-dead labyrinth that has been listed as the first forbidden place in the Jianghu.

Cui Xi's complexion changed, and I don't know how long it took, until Shui'er and the surrounding Huaxia Weifu masters showed sarcasm, Cui Xi took a deep breath, and a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and said: "Since King Xiangfu is so kind I invite you, how can I live up to King Xiangfu's hospitality."

As soon as the words fell, he walked towards the entrance of the half-dead maze without hesitation. The black knight blocking the front followed the black moon and waved to get out of the way. Soon, Cui Xi walked into the half-dead maze step by step. , the footsteps are steady, disappearing.

In the small courtyard at the center of the half-dead labyrinth.

Ye Chen and the ghost doctor expressed regret and admiration at the same time. Ye Chen shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, Yu'er once said that the process of practicing the Demon Sect's skills is different from the practitioner's usual habits or nature. The subtle connection, the more unscrupulous and fearless, the more you can get twice the result with half the effort by practicing the Demon Sect Kungfu. On the contrary, if you shrink back when encountering things and feel timid in your heart, at least you will let the realm stop, and at worst you will enter such a state. Demon, the demon heart collapsed and his meridian shattered to death. If Cui Xi flinched just now, he would not dare to say that he was insane, but it is certain that he will not be able to advance to the half-step Xiantian in this life. However, if he really breaks through the half-dead maze now , the state of mind and will will probably be greatly improved, and thus the strength will also be improved."

The ghost doctor sneered and said, "Hmph! With the old man around, how could this devil kid easily break through the maze of half-death. Let the old man play him to death here. Let the lineage of the devil sect be cut off."

Han Xizai and Xu Xuan have their own thoughts, return to Jinling, and return to Li Yu.

Seeing that lobbying Zhao Kuangyin had no effect, Li Yu was even more disheartened and restless.At this time, Jinling City had been besieged by the Song army for more than a month, and Pan Mei was neither in a hurry to advance nor showed signs of retreating.Residents in the city could not go out to collect firewood, grain and rice gradually became scarce, and the price of a bucket of rice reached ten guan.All of a sudden, people were panicked, and the morale of the army began to fluctuate.

Pan Mei followed Zhao Kuangyin's entrustment and received Zhao Guangyi's secret order. He was still not in a hurry to attack the city by force. He wanted to do everything possible to persuade Li Yu to surrender, so he sent people into the city many times and said to Li Yu: "The situation is like this, Jinling will definitely be broken. I The reason why the army is not in a hurry to attack the city is just to cherish the city and gather together. It is the best policy to hope that the king will save the people in the city from suffering and return to their fate as soon as possible."

However, under the persuasion of Lou Yanming, Chen Qiao, Zhang Bo, Wang Dongyang and other important officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu remained unmoved and determined to persevere to the end.

At the end of April, Pan Mei issued an ultimatum to Li Yu: "On the 28th of this month, the city will be destroyed, and it is better to plan it early."

But Li Yu was confused by left and right, and still turned a deaf ear to Song Jun's ultimatum.It seems that the siege battle is inevitable.

Pan Mei was very sure about whether she could break through the city.It is not difficult to defeat Jinling with the Song army's strong horses and strong soldiers.It just depends on how many people will die in this process and how long it will last.

In addition, what worries Pan Mei the most is that on the day Jinling City was broken, tens of thousands of troops swarmed into the city.Can there be no looting, burning and harassment of the people?

In the past few days, his ears often echoed the repeated words of Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin when he sent him to the expedition: "After entering the city, don't hurt the people in the city. If you are still struggling, Li Yu's family must not do harm." He was very worried, lest someone Not obeying the general's order, after the war broke out, they killed each and every one, indiscriminately, killing innocent people indiscriminately.

In fact, Pan Mei felt quite disapproving of Zhao Kuangyin's order from the bottom of her heart.However, at this time, he must not let Zhao Kuangyin see that he has the slightest intention of disobedience, on the contrary, he must do everything according to His Majesty's wishes to the greatest extent, so that on the day of class teacher, he can submit to the emperor Satisfied, but also good to do other things.

Today is April 26th, and there are only two days left before the final siege.The battle was imminent, and the soldiers of all the battalions were gearing up and eager to try, but at this critical moment, Pan Mei suddenly fell ill and hid in the commander's tent, refusing to pay attention.

Feng Xin and other generals were shocked when they heard about this, and hurried to visit the Chinese military tent.Feng Xin said anxiously: "The city will be attacked the day after tomorrow, the three armies cannot be without a commander for a while. The commander is sick, and it is advisable to call the doctor to see a doctor and take medicine."

Pan Mei lay sickly on the bed, covered with a quilt, sighed and said, "I don't know, my disease cannot be cured by any medicine."

Everyone was very surprised and asked: "Why did the commander make such a statement? If the medicine bait can't cure the disease, what can be used to cure it?"

Pan Meidao: "It's actually easy to get cured. As long as everyone swears not to kill a single person when the city is destroyed, then my illness will be cured immediately."

Only then did the generals suddenly realize that they set up incense tables and drink chicken blood wine together. Zhao Zan led the generals to swear to heaven that after breaking through the city, they would never kill innocent people indiscriminately, never burn, kill and loot, and never disturb the people.Only then was Pan Mei relieved, she jumped up, free from all illnesses, and began to deploy the siege.

On April 28, it was time to launch a general offensive.With the sound of the horn, the Song army beat drums and shouted, and thousands of troops, horses and ants swarmed and rushed towards Jinling City from the east, west and south.

When the Song army attacked the city, Huaxia Weifu's new-style catapults threw stones like rain and arrows like clouds. Numerous ladders, flying hooks, throwing carts, rushing carts, Xuan carts, and 轒辒 carts took the broad Jinling city wall as a battlefield.

The wind and thunder are overwhelming.The number of Tang soldiers guarding the city is no less than 3000, and the city is high and strong. In addition, in the past few days, Lou Yanming has sent people to spread propaganda everywhere to confuse the soldiers and civilians in the city, saying that after the Song army breaks through the city, they will massacre the city. The fighting spirit of the Jinling army and civilians regained some morale. After most of the day, the Song army killed and injured nearly [-] people, but they never attacked the city.

Behind the Song Army, on the elevated platform, Pan Mei looked away from the battlefield and said, "Jinling is an ancient capital, and in the nearly 60 years since the founding of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Jinling City has been continuously raised and reinforced. There are no less than [-] Tang soldiers in the city, and nearly Millions of people, the capital of a country where the emperor is located, even if the Southern Tang army is weak, this commander never thought that he would be able to break through it in a day or two."

"However, the various siege equipment provided by the Huaxia Weifu Weapons Department are extremely sharp. According to my estimate, Jinling City will be destroyed in half a month at most. If it is not possible, five days will be used to fill the moat, and ten days will be used to secretly dig Tunnels, you can dig to the bottom of the city, use the sharpest city-breaking weapon of the Huaxia Weifu, the explosive package, to blow up a section of the city wall, and with the strength of our army compared to the weakness of the Tang army, if we lose the advantage of the city wall, we will definitely be able to break the city."

"Come here, pass my order"

Before Pan Mei's order was spoken, there was a burst of cheers from the east, and then he saw a large flag of the Song Army planted on the wall of the eastern city of the Southern Tang Dynasty from a distance, with the word "Zhao" written on it.

"Marshal! It's General Zhao's men who have breached the east wall." A soldier with good eyesight and a quick reaction said with a happy face.But he didn't notice how ugly his handsome face was.

"The only way out is to kill Lou Yanming or capture him alive, so as to overwhelm Zhao Zan." Pan Mei thought to herself with a gloomy expression.

Half an hour later, the East City Gate was smashed open by the Song Army with a new type of door ram provided by the Huaxia Weifu, and the Song Army under Zhao Zan's command flooded into the city.

Two hours later, all four walls of the city were opened from the inside by Yue Zan's people, and all Song troops entered the city.

General Tang Yanyan, Ma Chengcheng, and Ma Chengjun led the crowd to resist, and fought fierce street battles with the Song army, but they were outnumbered.

The treasures in the eyes of ordinary people are gold, silver, jade and all kinds of gems, but the treasures in Li Yu's eyes are not gold, silver, pearls and jade, but the only copies handed down from generation to generation, the treasure book.Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, every time there was a war in the Central Plains, the noble families moved south one after another, and the classics and history books also fell to the south of the Yangtze River. Collect all the treasures and rare copies of the world's ordinances.

The Book of Changes read by Confucius, the "Three Wonders of Wei Bian", and the cowhide ropes worn on the wooden slips were all worn by Confucius himself.The manuscripts of Lu Buwei, Li Si, and Sima Xiangru, the imperial pen of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the final draft of Sima Qian's "Historical Records", the memorial to the champion Hou Huo Qubing, the Lanting Preface copied by Tang Taizong himself, and the handwriting of Wang Wei, Li Bai, and Bai Juyi

Therefore, when Li Yu returned to Houguan, he came to the Royal Library to have a look at the first time. These are the more than 50 precious books and secret books carefully collected by three generations of his grandparents, which took more than 1 years and the whole country. The treasures handed down from generation to generation that Li has painstakingly accumulated, looking at each volume and page of this precious thing that can be called a priceless treasure, Li Yu's heart is full of blood, and he intends to order it to be burned, but he can think about it again and again, but he is not willing. Burned, had to give up.

He also ordered people to pile up firewood in front of the temple and pour oil on it.Light a raging fire.He led Empress Xiao Zhou and many other concubines and children to set themselves on fire and die.But look at the pear-like pink face of Xiao Zhou waiting for the beautiful woman Lishu, think that I have just passed my 40th birthday, and I am in my prime, and I am not willing to end this young life, hesitated again and again, and Xiao Zhou After crying for a while, I went back to the deep palace to write poems and lyrics.

Things are up to now, live for a while, just resign yourself to fate.

(End of this chapter)