One Piece of Song Dynasty

After hearing the news, people such as Qi Zhi, the king of punishment and prison in Hebei West Road, Yang Yuan, who was promoted to Changping, Qin Baixiang, who was promoted to tea and salt official in Changping, also came to Xiangzhou to pay homage to King Kang. At first, Zhao Gou was nowhere to be seen. Because Wang Qizhi, Yang Yuan, and Qin Baixiang were all ordered to defend on the south bank of the Yellow River, they were supposed to be stationed in Liyang County, but now they actually left their stations privately and came to Xiangzhou. King Kang believed that they were leaving their duties without permission, so he refused to meet them.

After three days and three nights, Zhao Gou received them. Afterwards, these people stayed in Xiangzhou.

When King Kang Zhao Gou was in Xiangzhou, the common people of Ci, Xiang, Wei, Xing, Ming and other states as well as local tyrants came to protect him and repeatedly requested King Kang to raise troops as soon as possible and fight back to the capital. However, Zhao Gou disagreed. He explained that he was only sent as an envoy and had not received the imperial edict to raise troops, so he did not dare to raise troops without authorization. Moreover, people have been sent to Beijing with wax books to report to the Holy Emperor the affairs of Hebei and the feelings between the army and the people. Now they can only stand by on the spot.

Geng Nanzhong came to Xiangzhou and met King Kang. He no longer mentioned the matter of ceding land. He falsely claimed that he was following the emperor's imperial decree and came to see King Kang, requesting that all the troops from Hebei counties be mobilized to defend the capital.

King Kang didn't know that Geng Nazhong and Nie Chang were ordered to cede territory. He thought that Geng Nazhong was really here to convey the imperial edict, so he immediately said: "If this is the case, the army will be famous." So he ordered Geng Nazhong to draft a proclamation overnight and announce the army. At that time, Geng Nanzhong's entourage included several provincial officials, so the proclamation drafted was very standardized, and King Kang was very satisfied after reading it.

After the announcement, local heroes came to visit King Kang almost every day to discuss raising troops. Li Xiucai wrote to King Kang, praising the three wealthy families: the Li family in Nanping County, the Lan family in Pingluo County, and the Tian family in Hebi County. They were willing to recruit their own militia, and the weapons, armor, and money and food they needed did not need to be provided by the court. , they can be prepared by everyone.

King Kang was very happy and ordered Li Xiucai, the person who sent the letter, to come to discuss the matter. Wang Boyan and Geng Nanzhong sent people to summon Li Xiucai. King Kang asked Li Xiucai to invite the three wealthy families to Xiangzhou for discussion. Li Xiucai said: "These three tribes are not easy to attract. They must bring wine and silk and send officials there to recruit them with courtesy. If they are willing to come, I would like to talk to them and hope that they are willing to contribute to the court."

At the suggestion of Geng Nanzhong and Wang Boyan, King Kang agreed to these conditions. Therefore, the patrol officer of Anyang County was dispatched with wine and silk to give advice. After the patrol officer left, he summoned the children of the three tribes to Xiangzhou, and Wang Boyan treated them as guests.

Li Xiucai talked alone with the three tribesmen for a while, and soon they left. Li Xiucai said to Wang Boyan: "Everyone is willing to gather people. They do not need to be provided by the court. They each prepare money, food, utensils and armor. They request that each family be given three to five hundred official ultimatums, and each family's children are assigned five officials. Four of them are responsible for the jurisdiction, so that each of the people can be under control, and the other one is responsible for the inspection of the village. Because after each family organizes people, the village has its own person as the inspection, who can deal with urgent matters, and can drive people to control the situation. Defend the enemy and protect the homeland."

Wang Boyan reported to King Kang, hoping to agree as much as possible. Therefore, the children of these three tribes each borrowed three deputy lieutenants from Bu Jinyi to command the militia under their jurisdiction, and one from Bu Chengxinlang to serve as the patrol inspector of the village. Each family requested two hundred official certificates. The children of the three tribes left satisfied.

On November th, with the approval of Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty, Dailoumen, the southwest city gate, was temporarily opened, allowing people to go out of the city to carry charcoal, wood, etc. outside the gate into the city for trading. Zhang Shuye took the opportunity to send soldiers down to the city to break the ice on the Dragon River, so that the Dragon River could protect the city.

Because Liu Ao failed to achieve great results in several battles to defend the city, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty ordered that he be removed from his post as deputy envoy to defend the city and be replaced by Liu Yanqing.

At this time, the Jin army had built a lookout tower hundreds of feet high in the southeast area outside the city. Zong Han, Zong Wang and other Jin Army generals boarded the observation tower many times to overlook the situation in the city.

That afternoon, the Jin army launched another attack in the southeast and northwest of the city. They first used cannons to bombard the city wall towers and oars, and many towers and oars were destroyed. However, the Song army in the city was very tenacious. They organized their forces in time and quickly repaired the oars.

Outside Tongjin Gate in the southeast, the Jin army loaded the ladder with large wheels, wrapped it in leather, and pushed it to the bottom of the city in an attempt to climb the city. The Song army officers used hooks and poles to push him away, preventing him from advancing. If a ladder approaches, hook it with a hook and set the ladder on fire. The Jin army attacked several times and was repulsed several times.

Outside Shanli Gate in the northwest, the Jin army used goose chariots, caves and other equipment to attack the city. The Song army officers and soldiers on the city fired intensively with nine-oxen crossbows. The arrows fired by the Nine Ox Crossbow had great penetrating power. One arrow actually penetrated three Jin people, which shocked the Jin people.

On November th, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to inspect Sibi again. The edict said: "The snow has not resolved yet, and the soldiers have been exposed. I dare not feel safe. Fortunately, Sibi will reward the soldiers for their hard work."

It has been snowing heavily for the past few days and the cold wind is biting. Song Qinzong was wearing a military uniform, riding a horse, with his wrists exposed, and marching in the heavy snow and cold. Like last time, he continued to comfort the soldiers with food and other things, encouraging them to kill the enemy bravely and achieve more military exploits.

Song Qinzong first visited Ansumen and then Chaoyangmen for inspection. Suddenly, the Jin man shot a cold arrow from the observation tower, and it landed under the banner in front of Song Qinzong, which surprised Song Qinzong.

At this time, hundreds of Jin soldiers shouted loudly and made rude remarks outside the city. More than guards around Song Qinzong requested to go down to the city to fight, and Song Qinzong approved it. The guards lowered the city, fought fiercely with the Jin soldiers, and killed dozens of enemies, and then lowered the city again.

However, two guards holding shields still did not come to the city. They jumped into the enemy group and continued to fight. Song Qinzong ordered the guards to go to the city to provide support, but no one was willing to obey the order. Song Qinzong watched helplessly as the two guards eventually died in battle. Song Qinzong was very unhappy, so he went down to the city.

After returning to the palace, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty issued another edict saying that anyone who burned the enemy's artillery mounts, goose carts, caves and other siege equipment would be awarded the title of Tuan Lian envoy in white, and the rest would be rewarded accordingly.

After receiving the order, Zhang Shuye and Fan Qiong organized troops to go down to the city, intending to attack Jinying and burn down the gun mounts. However, before they could approach the Jin camp and saw the Jin cavalry from a distance, the soldiers were so frightened that they ran away and trampled on each other. In the panic, nearly a thousand soldiers fell into the Hulong River and drowned.

Song Qinzong stood in the Ruisi Hall, looking at the heavy snow flying in the sky outside the window, feeling very complicated. He felt that God seemed to be helping the Jin people and going against the Song Dynasty. Because the Jin people come from a bitter cold land, they are not afraid of wind, snow or cold. In his own memory, the gentle and prosperous city of Tokyo seemed to have never experienced such severe cold and snowstorms. Not only that, but his queen and sisters have not been seen for several days. Although the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion have tried their best to search for them throughout the city, there has been no news so far.