choke element

Back then, Miao Daorun, Jing Anmin, and Zhang Rou, all three of them boasted their own strength in the deep mountains, and they were all big men in Hebei. Even the local officials looked at their colors.In terms of fame, Miao Daorun was the first among the three, while Zhang Rou was young and vaguely attached to Miao Daorun.

At this time, after the two were both suppressed by the imperial court, Miao Daorun could only rely on his own military position to inquire about the rumors, but Zhang Rou was able to plant a secret line next to Gao Qi, the Shuhu who actually controlled the military affairs of the capital, and understood the details, which shows that he employs people. With clever means, he can win people's loyalty even more, and his thoughts are also very far-reaching.

However, Du Shisheng couldn't care less about compliments now.

He continued to ask: "More than 5000 people! The headquarters of the Mongolian Army! Degang, are you sure? How did this news get out?"

Zhang Rou calmly said: "Shu Hu Gao Qi kept this matter a secret, even his cronies didn't know the inside story. But ten days ago, after the Mongolian army's movements appeared in the Jinshuihe Camp, it was he who personally Cross multiple levels, and order a part of the Yi army cavalry stationed outside the Tongxuan gate to stop routine patrols and sentries to the Jinkouhe camp."

"However, at the Jinkou River, the terrain is 130 steps higher than Zhongdu City, so it is enough to overlook the city. How important is it? Even if you are afraid of fighting and dare not garrison troops as if they are horns, there is no reason not to send sentries. Early this morning Li Ying, the experience officer of Shuhu Gaoqi, accidentally discovered an omission in the direction of the sentry, and thought that the person in charge of the sentry would be slack, so he immediately brought someone to question. As a result, the matter became big and caused a lot of trouble .at last……"

Speaking of this, Zhang Rou looked at Miao Daorun: "Several military officers who knew about this incident were all detained in the camp by Shuhu Gaoqi's order, so there are only specious news circulating outside. But so many people inside However, Li Ying, the experience officer, is not easy to deal with."

Li Ying is not a direct descendant of Shuhu Gaoqi, but an official of Jinshi background. Both Yuanwailang and Xuanchai were accused of recruiting tens of thousands of militiamen at Foyan Temple in Xishan, and they fought against Mongolia from time to time. The controlled area once included Juyongguan and other key passes, and was specially rewarded by the emperor.

Although Shu Hu Gao Qi's power in Zhongdu is great, he is not a powerful minister, but more like the emperor's favorite and close minister.How dare he casually attack this famous Confucian official who is in the emperor's heart?

Since the morning, the two sides have confronted each other for more than an hour. Li Ying yelled and cursed several times, which made Shu Hu Gao Qi extremely embarrassed.Li Ying's subordinates took this opportunity to spread some reliable news.And one of them is Zhang Rou's old department.

It was this embarrassment that caused Shuhu Gaoqi to be unable to personally meet the representatives of the two major Xuanfu envoys from Shandong and Hebei, and had to ask his subordinates to deal with it.

It was also the existence of the Mongolian army in the Jinkouhe camp that made Shuhu Gaoqi change his fierce arrogance before, and dare not send soldiers and horses out of the city to meet the food and fodder he had been thinking about day and night.

"How could this be?" Du Shisheng's thoughts flashed in his mind.

The three people in the car were silent for a moment, and Miao Daorun was flustered: "I'm sure Shuhu Gaoqi is trying to join the enemy! This capital city is not safe anymore! Come in, we have to find a way to get out of the city as soon as possible!"

Du Shisheng shook his head.

Shuhu Gaoqi defected to the enemy?This is unlikely.

No matter how dangerous Dajin's situation was, after all, it was not to the point where the current marshal looked for another way.In addition, just now, an order was sent to Wulin Dahe and Du Shisheng, informing that the soldiers and horses in the city would not respond, not only Shuhu Gaoqi's subordinate Wanyan Lin, but also the servant Wanyan Xilie.

This Wanyan Xilie was not the kind of incompetent person who got his official position by relying on the emperor's favor.He was a brave man who robbed and killed Mongolian soldiers, snatched horses, and then served his mother, fleeing from a large number of pursuers all the way back to the domain.He was even favored by the emperor, and became a close confidant of the high-ranking envoy in just a few months.

It can be seen that the whole matter, Shu Hu Gao Qi was hiding the truth from countless civil and military personnel in the city, but not from the emperor.Since the people in the Near Servant Bureau are here, the emperor himself must know about it!Did the emperor surrender to the enemy too?This is too absurd!

Du Shisheng was in the city of Zhongdu, and he was Guo Ning's eyes and ears. He had always been paying attention to the surrounding battle situation. He knew that in the past ten months, within a radius of less than [-] miles around Daxing Mansion in Zhongdu, there were constant wars, and the battle lines between the two sides were clearly separated. From criss-crossing to criss-crossing, and then to clear-cut, showing a trend of constantly closing in on the central capital.

But after all, Zhongdu City was a majestic city ruled by 80 civilians and 40 soldiers in the heyday of Dajin. The surrounding area of ​​the city is densely covered with many military forts and camps. The last time the Mongols attacked Zhongdu, it was blocked by Dotted with military strongholds.

Therefore, this time, the Mongols drove a large number of soldiers from Beijing Road to surrender as the leader, so that they and the Jin army could consume each other.At this time, almost all those who were entrenched around Zhongdu and even threatened to contact Tongzhou and Zhongdu were former colleagues of the Zhongdu Jin Army, and some generals even recognized each other.

These soldiers and horses are now leaning against the Mongols, and they are all in high spirits, like vicious dogs barking in front of the new master, but their real combat effectiveness is far behind that of the Mongolian army, and Du Shisheng will not let them go in the eyes.Shuhu Gaoqi may not be afraid of them with thousands of cavalry in his hands.

But the elite of the Mongolian army headquarters is another matter.

The last time this generation entered the bandits, they killed most of the Central Plains with blood flowing into rivers, and killed Wanyan Gang and Shuhu Gaoqi's [-] troops scattered in Jinshan Province, while Shuhu Gaoqi was defeated all the way from Juyongguan to Daxing Mansion.

Shuhu Gao Qi had seen the ferocity of the Mongolian army with his own eyes, so he really didn't have the guts to fight against it!

Du Shisheng put himself in the shoes of Du Shisheng, if he was Shuhu Gaoqi, and five thousand elite Mongolian troops suddenly rushed into the Jinkouhe camp, how would he deal with it?

To recapture the Jinkouhe camp, three times and five times the number of troops is simply not enough.Given the morale and training level of the Zhongdu defenders, it is likely that ten times as many troops will be dispatched to die.But if ten times as many troops were dispatched, would Daxing Mansion in the central capital still exist?

The Mongols didn't attack the city, they just watched quietly there, and we don't know what their real intentions are.Once this news spreads, it will in vain make the soldiers and civilians in the city panic and doubt, and push the morale that has been struggling on the edge of the cliff for a long time to the direction of the cliff.

Will it fall off a cliff?Who knows?

Then pretend not to know, and seek a temporary stability.

In any case, Zhongdu City is still in hand, with Jincheng Tangchi, if you persevere, there will always be a chance!The only thing that can be relied on is the iron-like city wall that circles the inner and outer sides of Zhongdu City, and the longest circumference is 75 miles!

As for the transportation team outside the city that Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou were worried about...

"There will be no mistakes in the capital, you two don't need to worry too much. As for the baggage train outside the city, I will send someone out of the city to report immediately!"

After finishing speaking, Du Shisheng saluted the two deeply.

Miao and Zhang had good intentions, but they didn't know that it wasn't just grain and fodder that arrived in Liangxiang, but the elite troops led by Guo Ning himself.Envoy Guo Xuan came here in person to keep an eye on the situation in Zhongdu at the shortest distance, so as to make the most favorable response for the Ding Navy at any time.

On that day, the Ding Navy had just gained a foothold in Shandong, and it was able to defeat the strong with the weak, defeating six thousand households of the Mongolian army.Today, the Ding Navy has been trained for two years, and the soldiers are strong and brave, and Guo Xuanshi's reputation is far better than before...

Those [-] Mongolian cavalry are not considered a big enemy, as long as the news gets out in time, Guo Xuanshi must have countermeasures!

Thinking of this, Du Shisheng stood up and smiled.

He was about to comfort Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou, but he heard a landslide and tsunami-like cry coming from the north of the city. In that call, there were countless surprises, fears, doubts, and doubts. incredible.The sound seemed to originate from the city wall in the north of the city, like whirlpools and torrents converging into huge waves, pouring into the entire black-gray ancient city, causing even greater panic in it.

"What's going on?" Du Shisheng leaned out suddenly and asked sharply.

The driver murmured: "It was fine just now...it should be the defenders of the northern city wall! They don't know why, but they suddenly became chaotic!"

Zhang Rou listened intently for a while, then frowned and said, "Someone is shouting, the Mongols are coming, there are many Mongols. Hey, are the Mongols from the Jinkou River actually attacking the city?"