One Piece of Song Dynasty

That night, Nie Chang, Geng Nanzhong and the accompanying officials, as well as thirteen golden envoys including Yang Tianji, Wang Rui, and Sa Limu, left the city from Yiqiu Gate, the west gate of the capital, and stayed overnight in Qionglin Garden.

Qionglin Garden is a beautiful royal garden, facing the beautiful Jinming Pool in the north and south. Early the next morning, they set off from there. When they reached Wangjing Bridge, they found Jin Army cavalry moving around.

On November , Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty dismissed Li Hui from his post as Privy Councilor. Li Hui rode back to the capital alone on the th. The deputy Xuanfu envoy Zhe Yanzhi ran back to the capital as early as the th and was punished on the th. He was appointed deputy envoy to Haizhou Tuanlian and resettled in Yongzhou.

Wang Xiang, who stayed in Xijing and was the general manager of the West Road, abandoned Xijing and went south, ignoring the imperial court. Song Qinzong was very angry about this and dismissed him from his post, appointing Sun Zhaoyuan as the general manager of the West Road. Sun Zhaoyuan was formerly a member of the Ministry of Water Resources, and had just returned to Beijing not long ago when he and Zhe Yanzhi gathered the defeated Song army on the bank of the Yellow River. Song Qinzong ordered him to leave the city again and go to Shaanxi to convey the imperial edict. He ordered Fan Zhixu, the pacification envoy of the Yongxing Military Route, to lead the commanders of the Sixth Route of Shaanxi and urge King Qin of Shaanxi's troops to assist the capital.

The six commanders in Shaanxi are: Huanqing commander Wang Si, Xihe commander Wang Yi, Jingyuan commander Xigong, Qinfeng commander Zhao Dian, Yanyan commander Zhang Shen and Yongxing army commander Fan Zhixu. These six-pronged army and horses were the most powerful team in the Northern Song Dynasty and were called the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. Song Qinzong hoped that the Western Army of the Song Dynasty could reach King Qin in the capital in time, just like the last time King Qin led the army under Zhong Shidao.

In the afternoon of that day, Sun Zhaoyuan led only three cavalrymen and quietly walked out of the country. Subsequently, all city gates in Tokyo were closed.

The Jin army is about to approach the city, but no one from King Qin's troops from all directions has arrived. Most of the troops in Beijing had gone out to garrison Hebei and Hedong to rescue Taiyuan, but they had often collapsed. Now, the only troops in the city are the palace guards, the Upper Fourth Army, the Chinese Army, and the archers from the East and West Routes of Beijing, totaling more than people.

When Zhong Shidao learned that both Zhending and Taiyuan had been lost, he immediately sent a message and ordered the general manager of Nandao to be responsible for the maintenance of the king's troops, and the Shaanxi system to be responsible for regiment training. After Zhang Shuye, the general manager of the South Road, and Qian Gai, the Shaanxi Zhizhi envoy, made a statement, they each commanded their troops and planned to go to Que. However, after the death of Zhong Shidao, Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong wanted to negotiate peace with the Jin people. They said to Nie Chang: "Now the people are in poverty and have hundreds of thousands of soldiers under the capital. How can we provide them? Besides, since we have negotiated peace, If the Jin people knew that the imperial court was gathering troops, they would not be angry." Nie Chang then ordered to stop Zhang Shuye and Qian Gai from advancing. They were told not to move rashly. If they had already set out, they were to return to their original positions and disperse their camps. The two armies were then demobilized, Qian Gai's Shaanxi Army was sent to Qinfeng and Xihe, and Zhang Shuye's South Road Army was sent to Fangzhou, Anzhou and Fuzhou.

Faced with the severe situation, Song Qinzong and his ministers decided after research to implement separate defenses on the four walls of the capital. They appointed the elevating officer Sun Zhan to be in charge of the east wall, An Fu to be in charge of the west wall, Li Zhuo to be in charge of the south wall, and Shao Pu to be in charge of the north wall. , deploying people per wall. Wang Zongliu, the commander of the front department of the palace, served as the commander of the capital. He divided the capital's soldiers into five armies as a reserve team for emergency rescue: the front army was stationed at Shuntianmen, the left army and the middle army were stationed at Wuyue Temple. Yao Youzhong is the commander; the right army is stationed at Shangqing Palace, and the rear army is stationed at Jingyangmen, led by Xin Kangzong. The remaining fifty-seven thousand people were assigned to the four walls of the capital. Liu Yanqing and Fan Qiong also commanded Caiwu men respectively to guard the four walls. Song Qinzong ordered all the soldiers guarding the city to wear armor and go to the city.

The Jin soldiers had already suppressed the situation, but the imperial court actually tried to negotiate peace with the Jin people. As for how to respond to the battle and how to defend the city, the ministers and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, both civil and military, had no clear plans and could only respond in a haphazard manner.

The author Hu Chuhui saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. As a scholar, he could only compose long songs to express his anger. The poem goes: "The nine gates of Yuguan are so narrow before the guests from the horizon return. The ministers split the ground and crossed the battlefield, and the cavalry galloped by the river. The officials called for troops to rush to the door, and the residents rushed to the alleys. Please sit down and be bound by the war. , Wu Yong hastily fled one after another. The Yellow River is miles long, and the sand is cold and the trees are long and dangerous. The officers and soldiers are watching the enemy like smoke, and the beards on the rafts are walking on the ground. The ministers are sitting in the temple with their salaries, and the ministers are playing the blood of the Mingguang. Hu'er smiled and flicked his fingers, and the ministers looked like deer and deer. Obviously the Han Dynasty also had ministers, but who said that the whole country was empty? Jia Sheng stopped talking and mourned for a long time, and he didn't use them unless they were talented."

Hu Chuhui's poem is full of grief, anger and desolation. It can be said to hit the nail on the head and hit the mark.

Deploying and guarding the capital is a top priority. However, no matter how strong the city of Tokyo is, it is still an isolated city. If there are no field troops to come to the rescue and the isolated city is defended alone, the situation will definitely be very difficult.

Wu Ge, who once served as an envoy to the Jin army, saw this clearly. On November , he came to the palace to meet Song Qinzong and asked to send him to Shaanxi, mobilize Shaanxi soldiers and horses, and rush to the capital for reinforcements.

Wu Ge once followed the Jingyuan Army to guard the northwest as Bingyilang and Ganbanjinglu Company. He grew up in the Western Army and was full of confidence in the combat capabilities of the Shaanxi Army.

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty was very happy and immediately issued an edict, ordering Wu Ge, as a martial arts master and a member of the Gemen Xuanzanshe, to go to Shaanxi to mobilize troops. After he arrived in Shaanxi, he told the Shaanxi commanders clearly about the severe situation facing the capital. Ask them to quickly lead their troops to the capital and King Qin.

After all, Shaanxi is too far from Beijing, and water far away cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby. Closer to the capital is the Si Dao General Manager. Song Qinzong had already given orders to the four general managers to immediately lead their troops to serve the king. However, now we only know that Wang Xiang, the general manager of the West Road, has fled south, and there is no news about the other three general managers. At the beginning, the purpose of setting up the four general managers was to protect the safety of the capital. However, at the critical moment, there was no general manager who could lead the troops into the defense. Thinking of this, Song Qinzong became very sad.

The situation became increasingly urgent, and the ruling ministers headed by Tang Ke did not dare to go home at night. They live in the capital office so that they can hold meetings in time, communicate the situation, and study countermeasures.

On November th, the Jin Army's cavalry appeared under the capital. The atmosphere of war immediately enveloped the capital and people's hearts, and everyone in the imperial court began to become nervous.

In order to strengthen leadership, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty made further adjustments to the ruling team of the imperial court and appointed Cao Fu, the censor Zhongcheng, as the privy minister of signatures, Chen Guoting as the minister of Zhongshu, Feng Fu as the minister Zuocheng, and Sun Fu as the minister Youcheng. At the same time, adjustments were also made to the city defense command structure, and the positions of deputy and lower-level officials of the capital city defense envoy were set up. Appoint Shangshu Youcheng Sun Fu as the guardian envoy, Wang Zongliu, the commander in front of the palace, as the deputy guardian envoy, and Guo Zhongxun and Lu Yi as the guardian generals.

Tang Ke led the new ruling team to inspect the city and walked around the city walls. After returning to the palace, they suggested to Song Qinzong that the city defense leadership must be strengthened. Therefore, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered an additional promotion officer to be added to each city wall. The east wall is for Xin Kangzong, the south wall is for Gaocai, the west wall is for Zhang Ru, and the north wall is for Liu Yan. Liu Yanqing was appointed to lift the four walls, and Liu Tao was appointed as his deputy. For each city wall, a clan member was assigned to be responsible for co-imitation; for each city gate, a clan member was assigned to be responsible for opening and closing the gate. In addition, arrangements were made to suppress the governors at the gates of Zhucheng. The number of people was so large that they were invincible.