One Piece of Song Dynasty

Perhaps the ministers believed that these suggestions made by Ding Teqi were general and not practical, so they did not report them to Song Qinzong.

Later, Ding Teqi did something very meaningful. As a witness in the city of Tokyo at that time, he wrote a notebook called Jingkang Chronicles, also known as the Records of Lonely Officials Crying Blood, which truly records the major and minor events that happened in Tokyo during the more than days during the Jingkang Incident, and vividly records The dynamics of the government and the behavior of the people at that time.

On the sixth day of the eleventh month of Run, the Jin people stormed Shanlimen, Tongjinmen and Xuanhuamen. Their arrows were like rain, and they shot into the city walls like hedgehog hairs. They also used cannons to bombard the city walls. Cannonballs as big as millstones fell on the city from time to time, and many towers and oars were destroyed.

Yao Youzhong is responsible for guarding Tongjin Gate, which is a water gate with two Guaizi cities in the north and south. Yao Youzhong directed the soldiers to build two more round gates on the two Guaizi cities. They first built a masonry wall about thirty steps away from the horse, like a city wall. Then a small round door is opened in the middle of the wall, and a gantry board is used as a gate, just like a city gate, and a parapet is built around it. The enemy should all enter and exit through the round gate. If the enemy's troops are heavy, the garrison board can be lowered through the round gate, and it will be another kidnapping city. In this way, you can effectively attack the enemy and protect yourself. Therefore, Tongjin Gate is stronger.

Tongjin Gate was the most important place for the Jin people to attack, but the Song army defended it well and was invincible in the end, all thanks to Yao Youzhong's strength.

Yao Youzhong also believed that the Xuanhuamen city tower was too wide and the space for movement was too large. Once the enemy troops climbed up the city wall, they would quickly gather. He suggested adding false sheds and parapets to the city wall, and setting up two small gates next to the parapets, just like city gates. If the enemy attacks the city, due to the limited separation, it can not only limit the area of ​​activity of the enemy troops who ascend the city, but also serve as a barrier for the Song army to kill the enemy. However, this suggestion was blocked by Qin Yuan in the capital, and the court did not adopt it.

Wang Zongmao, the deputy capital commander and deputy garrison officer in front of the palace, saw that the Jin people were brazenly setting up camp in the south of the city, transporting earth to fill the river, and actively preparing for war. He was simply arrogant and showed too much contempt for the Song Dynasty officials and troops. He was very angry and decided to take the initiative to defeat the Jin man's arrogance. On the seventh day of the eleventh month in Run, he personally led more than a thousand Siya soldiers in front of the palace to rush out of the city and start a war with the Jin people. Yao Youzhong commanded his troops to use bows, crossbows and cannons in Guaizi City, Tongjinmen.

In fact, the Jin people had already taken precautions. As soon as Wang Zonglio led his troops out of the city, they ambushed and launched a fierce counterattack with arrows like rain. The commander Gao Shidan fought bravely and died heroically. Wang Zonglio saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly led his troops to retreat.

Yao Youzhong led his generals to supervise the battle at the foot of Guaizi City. He fought with the Jin soldiers several times. Both sides suffered casualties and the outcome was indistinguishable.

The Jin people saw that the Song army had returned to the city and Tongjin Gate was difficult to break for a while, so they stopped their counterattack. They quickly mobilized their forces, accelerated the repair of gun mounts and other siege equipment, and continued to prepare for the siege.

At this time, Song Qinzong's imperial writing was quickly conveyed to the defensive positions on the four walls of the capital. The content was: "Fan Zongyin first proposed to cede the territory. Now the Jin soldiers are coming again, making me lose the hearts of the world and resigning for the first time." Song Qinzong promulgated at this time The purpose of this imperial writing is simply to explain that the original intention to cede territory and negotiate peace was not his original intention.

In the evening, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty suddenly received a report saying that Feng Fu, the minister of the Privy Council, had requested to enter the city. He was appointed by Nianhan and led the Jin envoys Xiao Qing, Yang Zhen and Salu Mu to negotiate peace. Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Mo Chou and Gao Shishang to continue to serve as accompanying envoys, and arranged for Jin Envoy and his entourage to stay at Dutingyi.

Then, Song Qinzong immediately summoned Feng Shu, and summoned He Li, Sun Fu and other prime ministers for a meeting to discuss. Feng Fu first introduced the situation of the Jin envoy. He said: "Xiao Qing is extremely cunning and eloquent. Yang Zhen and Salu's native language is simple but solemn. Salu's mother is a Jurchen and a close confidant of Nianhan."

He Li and Sun Fu were opposed to the peace proposal at first. They believe that the reason why the Jin people left and came back is precisely because of the consequences of the last peace and heavy bribery, because the Jin people have tasted the sweetness of the peace negotiation and can no longer advocate peace negotiation. They advocated keeping the door closed and waiting for the troops of King Qin from all directions.

However, now the Jin people are attacking the city more and more urgently, and the city is suffering from no soldiers to fight. Even the militiamen and the soldiers in the city are less than , and King Qin's army has not yet arrived. What to do? Song Qinzong felt that in order to preserve the country and the country, peace negotiation was the best option. He Li, Sun Fu and others had no choice but to agree.

Early the next morning, Mo Chou introduced the Jin envoy into the main hall to meet Song Qinzong.

Xiao Qing and others elaborated on the Song Dynasty's breach of trust and said: "The three towns have been promised, but as soon as the troops retreated, you refused to deliver. Although you agreed to draw the river as a boundary, the Prime Minister and Marshal still insisted on making an alliance with the emperor. , then we are willing to retreat."

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered Mo Chou to explain: "It is not that the three towns refused to deliver, but the soldiers and people of the three towns refused to comply. Therefore, they sent envoys to Daijin to discuss that the land of the three towns could be exempted and the taxes of the three towns could be increased as annual coins. This was not a breach of trust."

Xiao Qing retorted: "Dajin received an edict from your dynasty, saying that the size of the land of our ancestors cannot be compared with others."

Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty also ordered Mo Chuan to explain: "This is the proposal made by the ministers the day before yesterday, and they have been demoted. Now I have a letter of credence back to the marshal. I hope that after the grand masters return, they will make more peace proposals to the marshal and never forget each other." "

Xiao Qing and other gold envoys then retreated, returned to Dutingyi, and left with their credentials. In fact, the Jin people did not really want to negotiate peace when they sent envoys here. Their purpose was first to explore the trends of the Song Dynasty, and secondly to paralyze and confuse the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers, nothing more. The Jin people are cunning and deceitful, and using peace to assist in battle is their usual tactic and a strategy they have tried repeatedly.

On the eighth day of November in Run, not long after Xiao Qing and other Jin envoys left Tokyo, a house in Cai Jing suddenly caught fire, and the flames were dazzling across the sky. What is strange is that the fire only burned Cai Jing's house and not his neighbors' houses.

Citizens were curious after hearing the news and came to watch it one after another. In the end, all Cai Jing's residence was reduced to ashes, but the neighbors' houses were safe and sound, and everyone applauded. This fire was obviously man-made and well prepared.

Cai Jing has at least three residences in the capital. One is in the East City, which was purchased early; the other is outside Changhemen in the West City, which was a reward from Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. It is large and luxurious, and Cai Jing lived there before he was exiled in his later years. Here; there is another one near Jinmingchi, probably similar to a villa. It was the mansion in Dongcheng that was set on fire.

At that time, the security situation in the city was very chaotic, and murders and arson occurred from time to time. But Song Qinzong and his ministers were busy dealing with the Jin people's siege and could no longer care about this.

On this day, Song Qinzong received a report saying that there was a serious shortage of cannon stones in the city, and he asked for instructions whether the Genyue Mountain stones could be destroyed and used as cannon stones. Song Qinzong issued an edict to allow it. As a result, the people rushed into Genyue Garden, beating with hammers and axes, demolishing houses for firewood, cutting down bamboo trees for fences, and killing thousands of large deer to comfort the soldiers guarding the city.