Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

And Xiao Siwen's rationality and strength also completely disintegrated, and there are two reliances that he has been sticking to.

One is that there is a way out. He feels that his eldest daughter married the emperor of Qin, and he has children of the emperor. The younger daughter is also valued by the emperor of Qin. The emperor of Qin is outside the city, even if the city is broken. He also has life.

The second is confidence. He believes that no matter how powerful the Qin army's artillery is, it will not be able to smash the city wall of Shangjing. Otherwise, why didn't the Qin army break through the city after besieging the city for more than a month?

But in today's battle, when Qin Jun really took action, his second support was instantly shattered!Only then did he understand that the city walls that Qin Jun wanted to break in were completely vulnerable to artillery! (Xiao Siwen himself thought)

Chapter 548, Rebellion

At night, dense crowds of people, both men and women, were gathering in the north of the city driven by the army.

They dug soil from an open space in the east at night, filled and compacted the rear of the city wall, surrounded it with good pine boards, and continued to thicken the city wall from the inside.

Xiao Siwen personally brought more than 20 personal guards to supervise the work in the rear, and asked the defenders to supervise. Anyone who did not work hard would be whipped directly with a whip.

The number of guards around him continued to increase. At the beginning when he was in Nanjing, he basically had only one personal guard, who was a subordinate warrior who had followed him for many years. Later, there were four, ten, and now more than 20 masters.

Just because the situation in Shangjing became more and more tense, and the atmosphere became even more terrifying.

The city of Shangjing is not too fast, and the situation is becoming more and more cloudy.

The north and south of Shangjing are long and narrow, separated by the inland river. The north of the city is called Da Nei, which is the residence of Khitan nobles and noble ministers of the Liao Kingdom.

On weekdays, the two sides are quite distinct, and there are many conflicts, but they can still get along peacefully.

However, as the Liao army has been continuously defeated and lost troops over the years, and Shi Congyun has made it clear that those who can speak Chinese will not be killed. In addition, now that the army is approaching the city, the people in the city are panicked, terrified, and under the pressure of fear. However, the Qin army has been only attacking the north of the city, and has been fighting directly towards Da Nei, which has caused many other voices in the city.

In the south of Seoul, some people have long advocated surrender, lest the Qin army come in without leaving behind. The Khitan nobles in the north of the city are dominated, but they dare not surrender. .

If this happened in the past, Xiao Siwen could lead troops to suppress it, but now the Daliao has more than [-] elites, and the defense of the city depends entirely on the soldiers and civilians in the city. Insufficient, many people fled, and many died in the south.

Xiao Siwen was also in a dilemma. Two days ago, there were Han people who wanted to assassinate him in the street, and opened the city gate to welcome the Qin army into the city. At that time, the assassin was caught and executed on the side of the street. After that, his guards also increased one after another.

While he was supervising men and women recruited temporarily to repair and thicken the city wall, someone came to tell him that the officials in Taicang were in a hurry, and the food, grass, cattle and sheep in the city were almost gone.

Xiao Siwen's face turned gloomy. The Qin army besieged the city for more than a month, and three of their cattle, sheep, food and grass were no longer in the city.

Some of them were taken away by the army that went south to fight, and they must have been captured by the Qin army afterwards.

The other part is in the big camp outside the city, which has now been captured by the Qin army, and must also fall into the hands of the Qin army.

There are also most of them because the late emperor was fond of hunting and ignored government affairs. Most of the time he was not in Shangjing and hunted in the north. Most of them lived in the Heishan Palace in Huazhou, where he often went hunting. The war broke out after His Majesty ascended the throne, and there was no time to pay attention to those things.

Now the Black Mountain Palace must have been occupied by the Qin army and fell into the hands of the Qin army.

In other words, almost all of the savings of the Liao Kingdom over the years, a large amount of cattle, sheep, horses, and grain, fell into the hands of the Qin army, so that now Shangjing began to be short of grain and grass after more than a month of siege.

Xiao Siwen felt even more overwhelmed and clueless for a moment, so he could only give orders, and temporarily concealed the news, taking one step at a time.

That night, he came home very late, and when he passed by street corners or alleys on the way, he was trembling, for fear that an assassin would jump out of it, and before he got home, he heard the Qin army firing cannons at night as usual, disturbing people's hearts.

When he returned to the eldest princess' mansion, his wife and daughter Xiao Yanyan were waiting for him and prepared hot food for him.

Xiao Siwen was very pleased, but he didn't have the slightest appetite. Looking at the daughter of [-] Nianhua in front of him, he looked serious and full of affection, and said seriously: "Yanyan, you are our family's hope."

Xiao Chuo was smart, and immediately felt the strangeness in his father's words: "Did the Qin army attack the city?"

Xiao Siwen nodded, "And it's very powerful, I'm afraid it won't last for a few days."

After saying this, both mother and daughter were terrified, and Xiao Siwen comforted again: "No matter what happens, our family will be fine, but Yanyan

Shi Congyun has been clamoring for you for many years, and he has never forgotten you since you were eight years old, now"

Xiao Chuo was a little embarrassed and annoyed, but she was never a naive person: "Father, I will try my best to protect my family no matter what."

With her daughter's guarantee, Xiao Siwen was relieved, and soon went into the room and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Before dawn at midnight, Xiao Siwen only slept for two hours, and immediately got up to inspect the city. The Qin army outside the city did not fire any more cannons, probably because it was still early, maybe they would continue to attack the city with cannons after dawn .

Xiao Siwen inspected the northern part of the city wall, and then went home after dawn.

But when he arrived at the gate of the mansion, someone reported to him at the gate that someone had just arrived from the palace and carried Xiao Chuo away in a sedan chair.

Xiao Siwen was stunned for a moment, strode into the yard and began to question the matter. Hearing the voice outside, his wife came out and asked him what was wrong.

"Who took Yanyan away!"

"There are more than 200 people in the palace. They are all elite guards. Don't worry if they can protect Yanyan's safety." The wife said.

Xiao Siwen raised her voice suddenly, "I didn't mean that! Didn't I tell anyone not to take Yanyan away!"

The wife was stunned: "But they are His Majesty's people, and they are His Majesty's request."

Xiao Siwen's mind was buzzing, he slapped his wife backhanded, and angrily said: "Your Majesty is also a human being!"

The wife covered her face in disbelief and looked at him. She was frightened and at a loss for a while, and soon she was wronged and shed tears.

Because she is the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom of the Liao Kingdom, and married into the Xiao family, her husband has always been obedient to her, but she never thought that her husband would beat her today!

"That's our family's fate!" Xiao Siwen didn't have time to say more, he ignored his wife who was still crying and got on his horse, and asked someone to summon the Xiao family's private soldiers, and quickly gathered more than 200 people in front of the eldest princess's mansion.

The guard next to him asked: "Are we going to rob someone?" They witnessed the quarrel between the husband and wife.

Xiao Siwen was stunned for a moment, the sun was rising in the distance, and sporadic gunfire from the Qin Army came from outside the city. He sighed softly, as if muttering to himself, "I have nothing to rely on now."

Then he led the people to the south of the city: "It's not to ask for people, but to open the city gate."

Everyone was stunned, but almost no one objected, some agreed aloud, some acquiesced, and followed Xiao Siwen all the way to the south of the city.

Almost everyone knows that going to the capital cannot be kept for a long time. The reason why Xiao Siwen was not afraid of all kinds of difficulties and had the heart to persevere before is nothing more than that he had Xiao Chuo as his reliance, and felt that even if the city was destroyed, Shi Congyun would not chase him to death. It was someone else and not him.

Now His Majesty has taken away his support and completely cut off his retreat. Entering the palace and seizing people is notorious for rebellion.

He thought in his heart, don't blame me for being unkind, it's better to open the city and surrender, and let the Qin army enter the city!Otherwise, when Qin Jun fights in by himself, he will not end well!

Chapter 549, Entering the Imperial City

Emperor Shi slept well all night, and the sound of gunfire in the middle of the night did not wake him up. Now he is used to the frontline environment, but the most important thing is that his mood is different.

Many years ago, he commanded the battle against the Liao Kingdom in Guanbei. He was under great pressure, exhausted physically and mentally, and often suffered from insomnia. It should be Li Chuyun and others who are blind now.

Emperor Shi gloated in his heart and let you know my sufferings, but after he finished his joy, he asked someone to take out some of the fresh wine and meat enshrined in his imperial tent and rewarded Li Chuyun, telling him not to work too hard and take care of his body.

Last night, Emperor Shi had a good dream. He dreamed of the obedient, considerate and sensible Empress Dowager Fu. He also dreamed that Zhao Shijian sent him a purple fur robe to keep out the cold, telling him that autumn was coming.

When he woke up, he found that there was no one around him. The big tent nearby was quiet, he could hear the gurgling of the Shali River, and there were sporadic cannons by the river in the distance. In order to let the people in the city sleep well, Qin Jun formulated He made a plan, even at night without stopping, firing cannons into the city every quarter of an hour.

Emperor Shi asked someone to serve him to wash, and then rode out of the gate of the camp. At this time, the east was white, and the mountains in the east were dark shadows, covered with a layer of fiery red gold. The boundary between heaven and earth gradually became more and more obvious in the darkness, like a split. Unravel the chaos of heaven and earth, distinguish clear and turbid.

Emperor Shi looked at it for a while, then rode around the camp with the guards on horseback, greeted the soldiers who were on duty until dawn, and asked about the situation at night.

Chatted with everyone enthusiastically for a while.

Everyone was happy and excited. They had never been so far away, let alone the capital of the Liao Kingdom. They said that they urinated on the Liao people on the other side of the river last night, but they didn't even dare to poke their heads out.

There was also a big soldier who told Emperor Shi that he had killed more than 30 Liao soldiers along the way, but the people around him didn’t believe it, and some who had a bad relationship with him said that he was deceiving the emperor. He didn't ask any questions about the crime, and went back to the imperial tent after talking for a while.

But before he arrived, Liu Qingchuan hurriedly rode over to stop the team, and shouted: "Official, official! The Liao army opened the south gate and surrendered!"

Emperor Shi was taken aback, and quickly asked calmly: "Is this true? Who opened the city gate!"

"It's true, I was on duty over there at night, and I saw it with my own eyes. It was the city gate that Xiao Siwen of the Liao Kingdom saw!" He said excitedly.

"How many people are there?"

"There are only two battalions on night watch."

"Send someone to find Li Chuyun, wake up the whole army immediately, and assemble the troops to go to the south of the city!" Emperor Shi said, turning his head and saying to the two strong generals Jing Si and Hai Jin who had been following him all the time: "You go and gather the imperial guards to the south of the city!" Chengnan, hurry up!"

The two nodded and went immediately.

"Take me to the south gate!" Emperor Shi said, and immediately rode his horse towards the south of the city. Liu Qingchuan also followed, and soon arrived in the south of the city.

At this time, it was bright and torches were still lit. Outside the south gate, there were dense tents and fences, and there were many forts. Thousands of night soldiers surrounded 200 people in the middle.

A man over there knelt down and shouted, "Please Your Majesty, save the little girl!"

His Chinese is not that proficient, and Emperor Shi didn't recognize his face at a glance, but Liu Qingchuan had already told him.

"Xiao Siwen."

"It's the guilty minister!"

Emperor Shi sighed in his heart, as expected of an old slicker and a good speculator, this time he became a criminal minister, "Who do you want to save?"

As he said that, Emperor Shi's gaze had already passed the crowd in front of him. He looked up from his horseback and saw the suspension bridge and the open gate behind him. However, there were still people guarding the gate. They immediately closed the door.

So he looked down at Xiao Siwen in front of him.

He cried very sadly: "The little girl Xiao Chuo originally planned to open the city and dedicate it to His Majesty, but she was blocked by the false emperor and was taken captive again just now, I beg Your Majesty to save her!"

Emperor Shi narrowed his eyes slightly. This old guy spoke very cunningly. He not only avoided the fact that he treasoned and surrendered, but also found a suitable reason for him not to doubt him. However, he didn't care about Xiao Siwen's moral character. The important thing was that they were Not really surrendering.

Time was urgent, he didn't have time to think about it, he didn't care much about Xiao Yanyan, but if he entered the city like this, the key would be to save many people from dying!Emperor Shi immediately calmed down from the excitement, analyzed the possible situation and the logic behind Xiao Siwen's words with a blank face, and the possible situation in the capital, with a lot of thoughts, immediately said, "Xiao Siwen, you have done a good job!"

Then he said to Liu Qingchuan: "Liu Qingchuan, you bring 1000 people in to take over the city defense in the south of the city, and greet you at the top of the city when you're done."

Xiao Siwen said: "I'll take him there!"

"No, you stay with me, and send a confidant to follow Liu Qingchuan."

Xiao Siwen glanced at him, nodded and instructed the people around him, and soon Liu Qingchuan's more than 1000 people who were on duty at night began rushing towards the south gate. Also stayed with Emperor Shi.

Emperor Shi kept his eyes on the south gate in the distance. Thousands of troops entered the city smoothly, but he never moved.

After a quarter of an hour, the flag of the Qin army was erected on the top of the city, and Liu Qingchuan led the crowd to wave to him, and Emperor Shi immediately said: "Enter the city!"

At the same time, he left a few messengers behind and told them: "When Li Chuyun comes, immediately let him lead the army into the city and take over the gates of the various cities."

Immediately afterwards, he led two generals and more than 1000 of the most elite soldiers of the Qin army into the city gate.

After Liu Qingchuan successfully took over the city gate, Emperor Shi believed half of Xiao Siwen's words. The most important thing was that he had a judgment. If what Xiao Siwen said was true, then the Liao Kingdom had nothing to do with the Qin army's entry into the city. Know!

You must know that Liaoshangjing still has a large inner city, and there is an imperial city in the outer city, so it is what he wants to be able to achieve it in one step by surprise!

Emperor Shi keenly seized this opportunity, and kept Xiao Siwen by his side out of fear of fraud.

Soon, after the crowd poured into the city gate, Emperor Shi immediately observed the surrounding situation, and saw that the south gate was completely controlled by the Qin army, and Li Chuyun and others had already led the army to arrive, so he immediately relaxed a lot.

"Order Li Chuyun to send elite soldiers from the fourth battalion of the Central Army to follow me!" After finishing speaking, he didn't look back, let Xiao Siwen lead the way, and went straight to the Imperial Palace of the Liao Kingdom.

Along the way, the army and civilian Qin army entered the city, terrified, and fled in all directions. On the bridge between Seoul and Da Nei, they encountered hundreds of defenders and set up checkpoints to face the surging torrent of iron armor from the Qin army. He ran away, but his hands and feet were already shaking with fright.

However, there was no conflict between the two sides. When Xiao Siwen spoke, they immediately dropped their weapons in relief and moved out of the way.

Let Shi Huangdi and others cross the bridge and arrive at the Imperial City of Inner City.

However, Emperor Shi didn't rely on Xiao Siwen when he entered the imperial city, because he analyzed from the words just now that Xiao Siwen and the Liao Kingdom Lord in the capital city were not of the same faction, and he would most likely not be able to say anything about the soldiers and horses in the imperial city.

So after crossing the bridge, he immediately said: "Jing Si, Hai Jin, you each lead five hundred guards, enter and control the gate of the palace!"

The two took orders, and immediately led others to launch a surprise attack on the imperial city. At this time, there was no defense in the imperial city, and it was unexpected that the Qin army could enter the city. This was the best time.

Xiao Siwen said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, the little girl is also inside, if you accidentally hurt her."

Emperor Shi glanced at him, "Hu Nian is also your daughter."

After saying a word, Xiao Siwen immediately shut up.

Soon, the four battalions of elite soldiers drawn by Li Chuyun also arrived to listen to them, but two quarters of an hour later, the front reported that the south gate of the imperial city of Liao Kingdom had been controlled.

Emperor Shi immediately led in, and many corpses fell down on both sides of the city gate. About a hundred people had all been dragged to the two sides.

The moment he stepped on the bricks and walked through the dark city cave and entered the imperial city, Emperor Shi knew that the overall situation was settled.

Chapter 550, Ouchi Imperial City

From the very beginning, Xiao Chuo understood what his father meant, and also knew that his mother didn't understand the key point.

So this morning when she found out that her mother had transferred the Palace to the eldest princess's mansion, she knew that something was wrong.....

But it was too late at that time, there were many people from Da Nei, and they all brought weapons, and they even had the intention of using force. There were not many people in the princess's mansion, so in desperation, she could only tell her mother that she would be back in a while, and deliberately explained that as soon as her father came back Tell him quickly.

After that, she had no choice but to enter the palace on horseback under the escort of many inner palace guards and cavalry.

Along the way, she guessed His Majesty's thoughts in her heart. Now that her father and brother control the power of the city defense, the soldiers from outside the city are approaching the city, and people are in panic. His Majesty's army of more than [-] people has almost lost, and there are no soldiers in his hands. .

But she thought of something more terrible.

She understood her father's temper, he was a person who would leave a way out no matter what, and what His Majesty did was to cut off his father's way out.

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