Fenghou

The civil servant who was sent was Zheng Qing, about 50 years old, and an official in charge of finance in Pyongyang City. When he was young, he had studied in Bianliang, Tokyo, and could speak fluent Chinese.

Zheng Qing was led by the soldiers to the tent of the Chinese army, and the judge Liu Kun received him. The two generals were inspecting the camp and had no time to meet him, so they asked the civil servant Liu Kun to come to see him.

Of course, Liu Kun's status is not low. He is a member of the sixth-rank military department, Wailang. Among the civilian officers in the army, he is second only to Chang Shi and Sima. Chang Shi is Hu Yun, the servant of the Ministry of Officials.

Liu Kun politely asked Zheng Qing to sit down, sighed and said, "We went all the way south, and what we saw and heard was really shocking. I didn't expect Goryeo to be so dilapidated!"

Zheng Qing's nose was a little sore, and he said sadly: "Mr. Liu didn't know the tragedy of the Jin soldiers' invasion of Goryeo. They burned, killed, raped and looted all the way, the mountains and rivers were broken, and all the wealth was plundered."

Liu Kun said indifferently: "If the Kingdom of Jin is a tiger, then Japan is a wolf. Nearly 20 Japanese troops have landed near Jincheng and are heading towards Kaesong. Don't you guys know such important news?"

Zheng Qing was taken aback, and stood up abruptly, "Is it true that the Japanese army landed in Korea?"

Liu Kun nodded, "Of course it's true, otherwise why would we appear here?"

The first thousand and 570 chapters three break the city

Of course, Zheng Qing would not believe what the other party said. He wanted to save Goryeo. Goryeo was not a vassal state of the Yong Dynasty, nor was it a vassal state of the Southern Song Dynasty. Why did they come to save it? Like Japan, they wanted to annex Goryeo when it was weak.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Qing asked, "What does Yong Jun want us to do?"

Liu Kun shook his head, "It's not what we want to do? It's your choice. If you choose to resist, then you will meet with soldiers and blood will flow all over the city. If you choose to surrender, the Yong army will not kill anyone indiscriminately."

"Then what fate will we have?" Zheng Qing asked again.

"I reckon you will stay, but we can decide whether you are the city lord or not, and that requires the emperor to decide his fate."

"All right!"

Zheng Qing sighed, "I'll go back and report the truth to the city lord. It's not up to me to decide what he chooses. I hope you don't blame me!"

"Don't worry! I will intercede for you!"

Zheng Qing bowed and saluted, bid farewell and returned to the city.

Zheng Qing was hung on the top of the wall in a basket, Miao Qing stepped forward and asked, "What did the other party say?"

"Reporting to the city lord, the other party said that more than [-] Japanese troops have landed from the Jincheng area and entered Korea."

Everyone was in an uproar, the Japanese army has entered Korea?They don't know anything.

"And then?" Miao Qing was more concerned about her own fate now.

"The other party said that if we choose to surrender, they will not kill one person indiscriminately. If we choose war, blood will flow all over the city."

"If I surrender, what are they going to do with me?"

"The other party said that they are not the ones who can decide, the fate of the city lord is decided by their emperor."

Miaoqing immediately understood that he was going to be sent to Jingzhao, he gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't live, the whole city will have to be buried with me!"

"Order the whole army to prepare for a desperate battle with the enemy!"

Miaoqing chose to resist. He was betting that the opponent did not carry siege weapons and could not capture the tall and strong Pyongyang City.

……

Gao Ding, Liu Cui, and a group of generals rode horses several miles outside the city to observe the city. It has to be said that Pyongyang City is very similar to the Zhongyuan City.

Gao Ding pointed at the horsewhip and said with a smile: "They probably think that we don't carry siege weapons, so we can defend the city and refuse."

Liu Cui sneered and said, "The monk's idea is to be different. With our 10,000+ army, how can a mere few thousand people defend the city? Don't we know how to cut wooden ladders?"

Gao Ding immediately said: "Let them taste the taste of Iron Fire Thunder!"

……

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The drums outside the city sounded, and the commander of the capital, Yue Yun, led an army of [-] soldiers and began to gather.

Not long after, [-] troops formed a large formation outside the city, with battle flags flying and spears like forests, almost all of them were cavalry.

All five thousand defenders gathered on the south wall, everyone holding spears, extremely nervous.

Monk Miaoqing, the owner of the city, was not at the top of the city. He hid in the Buddhist hall in his mansion, sat in front of the Buddha, and chanted sutras desperately, praying to the Lord Buddha to bless him.

"The Heavy Shield Army comes out!" Yue Yun shouted.

Two hundred soldiers with large shields came out, and they quickly used the large shields to form a shield wall and approached the suspension bridge.

A hundred steps away from the suspension bridge, arrows were fired from the top of the city, and dense arrows shot at the shield.

But it was of no avail to the shield wall. The shield wall continued to move forward, and there were still twenty steps away from the suspension bridge. Suddenly, two chain mines flew out from behind the shield wall. Slip and fall on the suspension bridge.

"Boom! Boom!" Two explosions sounded, thick smoke rose, and the two thick iron chains pulling the suspension bridge flew up. The heavy suspension bridge fell and hit the bank of the moat heavily, and the gate leading to the city wall was opened.

The soldiers guarding the city had realized that the Yong army was about to attack the city gate, and they immediately prepared a large number of rolling logs and stones above the city gate. Once the soldiers of the Yong army approached, the rolling logs and stones would rain down.

At this time, a huge thunder cannon pushed towards the city gate. This is the stone cannon used in naval battles, but it is bigger than the stone cannon used on warships, and it was transported by Wanshi sea ship.

During the Three Kingdoms and Sui and Tang Dynasties, it was used to shoot big rocks, so it was called a stone cannon. Now it is used to launch iron fire thunders, so it cannot be called a stone cannon, but a fire thunder cannon.

Its principle is the same as that of a crossbow bolt. It is ejected, which is different from the throwing of a trebuchet. The throwing of a trebuchet is farther, but the accuracy is not high, while the ejection of the thunder cannon is a flat shot, and the range is not far, but the accuracy is good.

Dozens of soldiers pushed the thunder cannons slowly approaching the city gate, guarded by shields on the front, back, left, and right sides, and arrows rained down on the top of the city, but they still couldn't stop it from advancing.

Fifty steps away from the city gate, the thunder cannon stopped, and the soldiers with heavy shields squatted in front, followed by 'bang! With a loud noise, a hundred-jin iron fire thunder flew out, with white smoke whistling from above.

This iron fire mine is a thorn mine with several inch-long spikes on it. It can be nailed to a ship, and it can also be nailed to a wooden city gate.

And the city gate of Pyongyang City is a wooden city gate, 'bang! 'Thunderbolt was nailed to the city gate, only for a moment,' Boom! There was a deafening bang, the city wall shook, the soldiers on the top of the city screamed and fell down, sawdust flying all over the sky, and thick smoke filled the air.

When the thick smoke dissipated, the city gate was blown to pieces, revealing a huge city hole, from which one could see the scene inside the city.

Yue Yun waved his sword and shouted: "Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist in the corner will be killed!"

Thirty thousand cavalrymen mobilized and charged into the city like a tidal wave...

The war to attack Pyongyang City ended in just half an hour. More than 800 of the [-] Koryo soldiers were killed, and more than [-] soldiers surrendered.

When the city lord Miaoqing learned that the city had fallen, he took poison and committed suicide in despair, and the Yong army immediately occupied Pyongyang.

Judge Liu Kun was appointed as the temporary county magistrate, and Zheng Qing, who could speak fluent Chinese, was appointed as the county magistrate. The Yong army immediately confiscated all of Miaoqing's wealth and food, and built five large sheds in the city for porridge relief. Relief for the poorest people in the city.

Gao Ding and Liu Cui rode horses to inspect the city, looking at the extremely depressed city, Gao Ding sighed and said: "It's hard to imagine that this is the Xijing of Korea, it is so dilapidated and depressed, worse than a small county in the Central Plains. "

Liu Cui shook his head and said: "Before I thought it was a disaster for the Kingdom of Jin, but now I know that it is completely the result of the cruel oppression of their internal rulers. To open a shop, half of the daily sales money must be handed over to the city owner. If you can’t earn back the capital, who is willing to open a store, I heard that even setting up a food stall can’t escape exploitation.”

"Yes!"

Gao Ding sighed and said: "We actually copied 20 shi of grain, 2 taels of silver, [-] taels of gold, and a lot of other wealth from Miaoqing's official residence. He actually owned hundreds of women. Serving him alone is too licentious and shameless, but he is still a monk, which is simply a great irony."

Liu Cui smiled slightly: "I'm actually curious, how did he escape the search of the Jinren with so much wealth?"

Gao Ding said with a smile: "It is said that before the Jinbing came, he transported a lot of wealth to the mountains and hid it, and then his warehouse was filled with copper coins and some cheap and heavy things. Kaesong surrendered, didn’t you find out? No copper coins, no copper wares and ordinary porcelain, probably all were taken away by Jin Bing as treasures. I also heard that he burned a lot of low-quality large porcelain and used The colors are painted very brightly, filling the warehouses, pretending to be the official kiln porcelain of the Song Dynasty, and it is probably used to fool the Jin soldiers."

Liu Cui suppressed a smile and said: "This man is a bit crooked, but it's a pity he didn't know that our army was coming, otherwise he would definitely be busy building fires again."

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

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A flash of lightning flashed across the night sky, followed by another thunderstorm, and heavy rain fell from the sky. In just a moment, Tai Chi Palace became a vast expanse of rain and fog.

There is a new construction site to the east of Taiji Palace, where the East Palace is built, covering an area of ​​about [-] mu.

Prince Chen Ji is already 16 years old. In two years, he will be of age and will live in the East Palace by himself. Although there are still two years left, the East Palace has to be prepared in advance.

Because of the rain, there was no one on the Donggong construction site, and it was deserted everywhere.

At this time, three thin men in black flashed by, their movements were incomparably fast, comparable to lightning. The knife hit the guard dog, and the flying knife was poisonous, and the guard dog died immediately.

The construction site is close to the palace wall, which is tall and strong. Because of the construction of the new palace, there are two shelves next to the palace wall. Three black-clothed people climbed onto the shelf and easily crossed the palace wall. The three figures disappeared in layers of layers. in the palace.

At this moment, a construction site watchman walked towards the kennel with a bowl of leftovers.

Just now the dog barked twice, and when he heard it, he remembered that he hadn't fed the dog yet, so he brought a bowl of leftover rice to feed his pet dog.

"Dahei, stop barking, won't I bring you food?"

He put down the bowl. In the past, his dog would definitely pounce on him and gobble up the food, but today there was no movement at all.

"Dahei, are you angry?"

The guard looked towards the kennel, just as a flash of lightning flashed across the ground, illuminating the ground instantly, and he saw his dog lying on the ground with a dagger stuck in his forehead, and there was a puddle of blood on the ground.

The guard was so frightened that he looked around and shouted in a trembling voice, "Someone! Come soon!"

……

At this time, in the study, Chen Qing was looking at the heavy rain outside with his hands clasped in front of the window.

This year, there is a lot of rain. At the turn of spring and summer, it rains almost every day. Farmers are frowning, seeing that the wheat is about to rot in the water.

As the monarch, Chen Qing not only has to worry about this year's grain harvest, but also worries about whether there will be floods this year.

The Bashui has already flooded the dikes. The low-lying Jianzhang County, that is, the former Han Chang'an City, has been flooded. Many people have been flooded. At present, only a small amount of water has flooded. If the rain continues, the Weihe River may be damaged It will also break the embankment, and that will be a big trouble.

"There are assassins!"

Suddenly a shout was heard in the distance, followed by the sound of a gong, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" This meant that there was danger in the palace.

Chen Qing frowned. It had been many years since he had heard the cry of an assassin.

At this time, a black shadow flashed, and a petite female guard appeared in front of him. This was Zhang Wenyan, his personal female guard. She was very skilled in martial arts, and she usually would not show up, but she would definitely show up in emergencies.

"Your Majesty, please follow me!"

Chen Qing nodded, reached out and took down the Zhanlu Sword and Xiaotianxing Bow and Arrow from the weapon rack, and followed Zhang Wenyan to quickly leave the study through a side door and walk into another building.

They passed through one room after another and came to the emergency refuge tower. There are no windows on all sides, and it is built with blue bricks. It is five stories high. There are all kinds of facilities and supplies in it. It is no problem to live in it for a month.

Empress Lu Xiu and several other wives and concubines rushed there under the protection of their respective female guards. They were all relieved to see their husband coming.

"Where's Ji'er?" Chen Qing asked.

"Father, the child is here!" Chen Ji raised his hand behind and said.

Chen Qing nodded, "Everyone go upstairs!"

Everyone went up to the second floor. There were many rooms on the second floor, but everyone was uneasy and wanted to get together.

The lobby was brightly lit, and there were many soft couches with backrests. Everyone sat down in silence, and a dozen female guards stood at the entrance and exit, very vigilant.

At this time, Lu Xiu asked her husband in a low voice, "Why are there assassins now?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "To be honest, I'm also very confused. Who would come to assassinate me?"

Zhao Qiaoyun next to him asked, "Could it be Gaoli?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "Although Goryeo is the most likely possibility, after all, our 30 Yong army is using troops against Goryeo, and the other side wants to save themselves from perishing by assassinating the enemy's monarch, but the inner guards have already hidden Goryeo in the intelligence organization of Yong Dynasty." If it is cleaned up, it is unlikely that there will be any Goryeo assassins in the capital."

"Maybe they were sent just now!" Zhao Yingluo said.

Chen Qing still shook his head, "I just came to the capital, and I'm not familiar with the place, so I can assassinate? It's impossible."

At this time, Yang Jinchai, the head of the palace guard, who was soaking all over her body, walked in quickly. She walked up to Chen Qing and bowed, "See Your Majesty!"

"Tell me! What's going on?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it was at the construction site of the Eastern Palace. The night watchman found that his dog had been killed and a poisoned throwing knife was stuck in his forehead. He shouted and alarmed the guards. The guards found that there was a The mud footprints, if they were the footprints of craftsmen, would have been washed away by the heavy rain long ago, but the footprints are very clear, they must be the footprints just left. The guards preliminarily judged that three people sneaked into the palace with poisoned throwing knives, which is very dangerous, so they Raise the alarm."

"Haven't found it yet, have you?"

Yang Jinchai shook her head, "The assassin has not been found yet. The palace is too big, but there are many places to hide. But it rained heavily again, which washed away the smell, and the patrol dogs were useless."

Chen Qing frowned. The other party chose to assassinate on a rainy night. He was very experienced. He nodded, "Keep looking, and let everyone wear shields!"

"Your majesty obeys the order, please rest assured to wait."

Hearing that there were only three assassins, the family members were all relieved, and each found something to do.

……

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and teams of guards searched carefully in the palace, not letting go of every corner.

There are about 1000 guards in the palace, most of them are former soldiers of Chen Qing who have changed their identities, and some guards are getting old, retired and returned home, and new soldiers are added, almost all of them are locals. , net worth clean.

At this time, the news of the assassin in the palace also spread to the inner guards. Three thousand inner guards were dispatched urgently to deploy control around the palace, especially the temporary construction site of the East Palace.

There is also water surface control. The Dragon Lake in the palace is connected to the outside water system, and assassins can also dive out of the waterway.

In addition to the guards and the outer inner guards, there are [-] palace guards. The palace guards are female guards, because the male guards cannot enter people's rooms to search, but the palace guards can, especially the living quarters of the emperor and concubines. Neng Gongwei is responsible for security.

Internal guards, guards, and palace guards, collectively referred to as the three guards, are responsible for safeguarding the safety of the entire palace.