Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Although Emperor Zhao Huan let the main war faction organize troops and horses to defend the city these days, he also used the main peace faction ministers to negotiate peace with Jin.

In order to let the Jin army retreat, Emperor Zhao Huan agreed to cede both Hebei and Hedong to the north of the Yellow River to the Kingdom of Jin.

In order to let the defenders of Hebei and Hedong hand over the city as soon as possible, Emperor Zhao Huan sent Geng Nanzhong and Nie Chang to follow the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to read out the decree and hand over the land to the Kingdom of Jin.

Before leaving, Nie Chang said to Emperor Zhao Huan: "The people of Lianghe are loyal and brave. If they don't obey the imperial court's order, they will definitely be arrested by them. I will die with my eyes on my humble minister!

If the peace negotiation fails, the minister will dispatch subordinate officials to urge Qin Wang's division to go to Beijing to guard. "

Emperor Zhao Huan agreed with Nie Chang to play by ear.Therefore, Nie Chang was ordered to go to Hedong.

Geng Nanzhong accompanied Jin Guo's envoy Wang Rui to Weizhou, Hebei.

The township soldiers in Weizhou planned to kill the Jin envoy Wang Rui, but Wang Rui fled in a hurry.

Geng Nanzhong went to Weizhou alone to announce the decree, but the people of Weizhou refused to accept Geng Nanzhong into the city.

Nie Chang went to Hedong, and when he arrived at Jiangcheng, the people of Jiangcheng closed the city and refused to enter.

Nie Chang went to the bottom of the city with the edict in hand, and climbed up the city with a rope.

The Jiangzhou army and civilians refused to accept the imperial court's order to cede the land, and Zhao Ziqing, the commander of Bing Maqian, commanded the soldiers to kill Nie Chang who came to deliver the order.To vent their anger, the soldiers also gouged out his eyes and cut them into pieces.

The local prestige of Zhao Huan's court can be seen from this.

Chapter 939 Guo Jing is a good stick

After hearing the news of Nie Chang's death, Geng Nanzhong didn't dare to stay outside Weizhou City anymore, so he went north to Xiangzhou.However, although the states in Hebei did not dare to raise troops to serve the king, they all refused to cede the land to the Kingdom of Jin.

Under the city of Bianliang in Tokyo, learning that Hebei and Hedong refused to hand over the city and land, the Jin army once again intensified their siege efforts.

On the evening of the seventh day of the lunar new year, the Jin army launched an attack on the south and north Guaizi cities of Tongjinmen.

Encouraged by Yao Youzhong's victory in going out of the city on the third day of the first day, the commander-in-chief Wang Zongxi ordered Gao Shidan, the commander in chief, to lead more than [-] Yamen soldiers down to the city to fight the Jin army.

This time the Jin army had been prepared for the counterattack of the Song army. After Gao Shidan's army went down to the city, they sent out ambushes from both sides and wiped out Gao Shidan's army.Commander Gao Shidan was also killed on the spot.

Yao Youzhong was supporting Nanguaizi City. Hearing that Beiguaizi was in danger, he personally led the generals to come, cast bows and crossbows, supervise Paoshi, and saved Beiguaizi City after a bloody battle.

On the morning of the ninth day, the Jinren continued to focus their attack on Xuanhuamen, and Yao Youzhong led a group of people to defend Xuanhuamen.

On the Hulong River outside Xuanhuamen, the Jin army has already built more than half of the bridge.

The Jinjun’s method of stacking bridges is to use rafts to float on the water first, and then lay a layer of dry firewood, a layer of reed mats, and a layer of thick soil, in order to circulate, and the layers are increased, so that arrows, stones, and fire cannot enter.

Yao Youzhong chose archers with divine arms to suppress the Jin army under the city, and then brought bed crossbows and nine-ox crossbows, and set up large and small cannon mounts to resist the Jin army's attack.

The Jin army was also fully prepared and used siege equipment such as fire ladders, cloud ladders, weaving bridges, goose carts, caves, bumping poles, and poles.Later, the Jin army used stone cannons, which caused great damage and deterrence to the Song army defending the city.

Yao Youzhong led the Song army to build various defensive facilities, confronting the Jin army's attack tit-for-tat, and struggling to support it.

The offensive and defensive battle between the two armies was in full swing, but God was on the side of the Jin army again.

On the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th, heavy snow fell in Bianliang City, Tokyo. The soldiers of the Song Army who guarded the city did not dare to be careless. They were exposed to the city day and night, suffering from hunger and cold.

The Jin army came from the bitter cold in the north. Not only did such heavy snow not hinder their actions, but it made the Jurchens of the Jin army feel more comfortable.

Why did the Jin Army choose winter for its two southern expeditions?It is because the soldiers of the Jin Army are afraid of heat but not cold.Moreover, the horses of the Jin Army are also more adapted to the severe cold climate, and they are prone to get sick when the weather is hot.

Therefore, this heavy snow that fell for several days was a disaster for the defenders and people in Bianliang City, Tokyo, but it was timely rain for the Jin army who attacked the city.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, and excitedly said to the generals, this is another 20 troops sent to me by God!

Knowing that the soldiers guarding the city were suffering from hunger and cold, Emperor Zhao Huan issued an imperial edict saying: "I am not at ease, but fortunately, I will reward the soldiers."

Therefore, Emperor Zhao Huan and his ministers visited the city wall every day to inspect the battle.

In order to motivate the soldiers, Zhao Huan rewarded them a lot, encouraging the soldiers to fight in the city, and those who won the first rank of the Jin army were given wine and food.

On the [-]th, the Song army fired stone cannons at Tongjin Gate and hit a golden general, said to be Liu An, the Han staff officer of Wanyan Zongwang.

After the emperor Zhao Huan heard the news, he ordered the envoys who were in charge of the artillery to be found, awarded the post of martial arts doctor, and gave him a gold belt.

Then, the imperial court presented the martial arts doctor's empty title and gold belt in the waiting courtyard, and offered rewards to the soldiers who killed the enemy and made meritorious service.

The stone cannons of the Song army defending the city lacked cannon stones. Emperor Zhao Huan issued an edict to smash the rockery pavilions in Zhaoji Genyue, the Taihuang Shang, and took the stones as cannon stones.

As a result, Song Huizong Zhao Ji spent a lot of money to search for the strange stones of Taihu Lake, all of which were smashed into pieces and shot out of the city with stone cannons.

Because the soldiers and civilians in the city were short of food, Zhao Huan issued an edict to kill all the rare and exotic beasts raised by the Taihuang Shang Zhaoji Genyue to feed the soldiers and civilians.

Those precious trees were also cut down for firewood.

Genyue Wanshou Mountain, which was piled up by Song Huizong Zhao Ji with countless people's fat and people's paste, disappeared in smoke.

The supplies of Genyue Wanshou Mountain are just a drop in the bucket for the tens of thousands of defenders, and many soldiers of the Song Army are still frozen to death on the city wall.

After Emperor Zhao Huan heard about it, he spread his bare feet in the palace and prayed for the sky to clear up.

Empress Zhu Lian personally sewed scarves, gloves, quilts and other things with the court ladies with the inner government coins, and distributed them to the guards.

At the critical moment, these actions of Zhao Huan and his wife still touched the soldiers and civilians in the city, and boosted the morale of the guards.

On the [-]th, [-]th, [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th days of leap November, taking advantage of the freezing weather, the Jin army's attacks on the city gates became more and more fierce.

On the night of the [-]th, the Jin Army installed more than [-] forts overnight, and fired cannons at Bianliang City in Tokyo at the same time.

Cannon stones covered the sky and covered every corner of the city.

Although there is a net shed on the city to defend against the cannon stones, it can't stop the raindrops of stones.

The defenders on the city who were hit by the artillery stone were all smashed into meat sauce. There were 3000 Song soldiers who died in the artillery stone that night.

The Jin army's stone cannon attack frightened the Song army defenders on the city wall, and the morale of the defenders in the city plummeted.

At this time, no matter how Emperor Zhao Huan and Empress Zhu performed, they could not effectively motivate the soldiers of the Song Army defending the city.

Prime Minister Sun Fu had no choice but to resort to religious superstition.

Because of the influence of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo all worship Taoism.Moreover, almost all the soldiers of the Song Army were illiterate and rude, and they were most able to accept the theory of ghosts and gods.

Although Lin Lingsu, who was full of believers in Bianjing, went back to Wenzhou to practice Taoism, he still had a disciple, Guo Jing, who stayed in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

This Guo Jing has learned a lot of tricks of pretending to be gods and tricks, and he can be regarded as a relatively good magic stick.

When Ximenqing wanted to develop Maojiazhuang outside Dengzhou City, it was also Guo Jing who went to perform exorcism and ghost hunting.Speaking of which, he and Ximen Qing also have a little fate.

Sun Fu secretly visited Guo Jing, the magic stick, and planned a conspiracy with him to boost the morale of the people in the capital.