One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zong Han was a little angry. On the morning of the th, he sent Xiao Qing and Feng Pu into the city again and asked Song Qinzong: Since he had agreed to send the prime minister and the prince out of the city as hostages, why hadn't he set off yet?

Seeing Xiao Qing's harsh tone, Song Qinzong promised that he would arrange for them to leave the city as soon as possible. In fact, Song Qinzong completely believed in He Li's judgment at this time, thinking that the Jin people were running out of food and grass and were about to retreat, so he planned to use coaxing and delaying tactics against the Jin people.

On the th, the Jin army attacked Dongshuimen again. They continued to bombard Erguaizi City outside Dongshui Gate with artillery, trying to destroy it, and then made a way to climb the city here. At the same time, they placed three fire ladders and braided bridges against the city wall outside Dongshui Gate. Teams of Jin soldiers held torches and climbed up in an attempt to burn the Song army on the city. There are no gate towers at Dongshui Gate, and there is no dragon river outside the city, so it is easy for the Jin army to approach.

Liu Yanqing came to the city in person and ordered the soldiers to saw off the Jin Army's bridges, put out the fire with water, and use knocking poles to break the Jin Army's fire ladder. Many Jin soldiers fell. Three Jin soldiers who were setting up scaffolding fell to the ground on the spot. die.

Since the siege of the city, the Jin people have cut down a large number of trees outside the city and built many cave houses. They covered the cave houses with new cowhide and ordered migrant workers to transport earthworks to fill in the Long River. They also made many siege equipment such as ladders and fire ladders. They also used Lei stones as cannon seats, and more than of them have been built. They searched everywhere for steles, stone mills, sheep and tiger stones in tombs, etc., and transported them all to the positions outside the city as cannon stones. The Jin Army's artillery was very powerful. In more than half a month, the number of cannon stones fired at the Dongshuimen City alone amounted to more than ten feet.

On the tenth day, Zong Wang sent another envoy, Liu Yan, into the city. Liu Yan said to Song Qinzong: "Your dynasty originally promised to cede land and make peace, but it broke its promise. Now, we just want to get all the land in Hebei and Hedong, and then stop the army. We can cede it first. Both sides of the land, and then send the ministers who advocate not ceding the land to the front of the army to discuss reconciliation." Then he said: "The prince also ordered me to inform your court: if the Jin people have no choice but to do so, the prince and the country will die in the city; But if your court has no choice but to do something about it, then you can do nothing."

Zong Wang’s words are profound. In other words, we are ready to die in battle, but are you, the Song Dynasty, ready to subjugate the country? He Li and other ministers thought that Zong Wang was afraid of reinforcements from all over the world, and used this to intimidate the court.

That night, Song Qinzong didn't sleep all night. After repeated thinking, he decided the next morning to send Cao Fu, the minister of the Privy Council, to replace the prime minister, and Shi Xi, the imperial envoy of the clan, to go out of the city instead of the prince and serve as hostages in Zong Han's army.

Zong Han learned that the Song Dynasty hostages had arrived, so he met them in the military tent. Zong Han asked: "What is the name of the prince?"

Shi Xi replied: "My name is Shi Xi."

Zong Han asked: "Since you are a prince, why not share your name with the emperor?"

Shi Xi replied: "I don't dare to be named after my father."

Zong Han said: "From King Zhao of Yan down, everyone is named after you, but not Shi Xi. It's fake."

At this time, someone said to Zong Han: "The title of scholar is the ear of the clan, and he is also a fake prince."

Zong Han was very angry, but he suppressed his anger. He ordered wine to be served to the hostages of the Song Dynasty. After three rounds of wine, Zong Han ordered Feng Fu, Cao Fu, Shi Xi and others to be sent back to the city. From beginning to end, not a word was exchanged.

Zong Han felt that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty had no sincerity in peace talks and must capture the capital to show the faint emperor. After that, the Jin people attacked the city with increasing urgency, day and night.

That night, the Jin army installed more than fifty cannons outside Xuanhua Gate overnight, preparing for a massive attack. The next morning, the Jin army first attacked Xuanhuamen with artillery. Although there were false sheds built on the city, they did not work. Dozens of Song soldiers were killed on the spot by artillery stones. Because it was impossible to stay on the city, everyone went down to the city to take shelter.

Then, the Jin army dispatched infantry, crossed the unfilled Dragon River, and charged towards the city wall. Soon, more than thirty golden soldiers holding black flags were the first to land.

As soon as the Jin army's artillery stopped, the defenders Wang Qiong and Yao Youzhong led their troops to the city. Seeing that the Jin soldiers had arrived at the shore, they led dozens of brave envoys and more than a hundred Western soldiers to rush to the city, started fighting with the Jin soldiers, killing and wounding several Jin soldiers, and then the Jin soldiers retreated slightly.

After a while, Prime Minister He Li also ventured to the city to observe the battle. The Song army fired arrows and stones as densely as rain, but the Jin soldiers ignored them and never retreated. At this time, there were about six to seven hundred Song soldiers at the foot of the city wall. The Jin soldiers advanced bravely, hoping to fight with them. However, these Song soldiers did not dare to fight and ran away, with the Jin soldiers chasing after them. The guard general on the city sternly ordered the Song soldiers to turn back and fight, but they were scattered and unable to return.

Suddenly, the Jin army on the other side of the river fired violently, and the artillery arrows flew randomly, injuring hundreds of Song soldiers. What is incredible is that in the panic, nearly a hundred Song soldiers fell into the horse trap they dug. When the Jin soldiers saw this, they all laughed.

He Li hurriedly entered the palace and reported to Song Qinzong that the Jin people were attacking the city. Song Qinzong hurriedly summoned his ministers to discuss countermeasures. Hu Tanglao, the imperial censor, suggested: "I heard that King Kang sent an envoy to the area of ​​Cizhou and Xiangzhou, but was stopped by the soldiers and people and could not enter. This is God's will. Please worship him as the generalissimo on the spot and let him lead the troops of the world. Wei Jingshi."

He Li believed that there was no precedent in this dynasty for naming a large character, so he felt a little embarrassed. Mr. Hu Tang argued hard and said: "Today's country is in danger, and it is not a plan to cherish a big word."

He Li agreed and immediately drafted an edict. After reading it, Song Qinzong ordered the imperial edict to be made into wax pills and immediately recruited warriors. Four martial arts students, Qin Zai, Zhang Jiucheng, Feng Chaoying and Zhen Bangjie, are willing to go to Xiangzhou with the wax edict.

Now the Jin army is tightly besieging the city, and it is very difficult to send messages out of the city. Song Qinzong personally gave Qin Zai and other four warriors a strong march in Yaojin Pavilion in Houyuan, hoping that they could successfully complete their mission.

At this time, Kang Wang Zhao Gou was still in Xiangzhou, anxiously waiting for news from the court day and night. On this day, he came to Feixian Pavilion in Junpu to shoot an arrow with a bow. Before shooting, he thought silently in his heart: "If you hit this sign this time, you will definitely hear news from the capital."

The arrow hit the target as expected, and King Kang was very happy.

On the way back, King Kang said to the shogunate staff calmly and calmly: "At night, I dreamed that the emperor took off his royal robe and gave it to me. I took off my old clothes and wore the gift. How auspicious is this?" The shogunate staff didn't know what he meant. Don't dare to answer randomly.

Soon, someone reported that the capital sent envoys. The person who came was none other than Qin Zai. Qin Zai took out the wax edict from the hair on his head and presented it to King Kang. The edict said: "On the day of the call, King Kang was appointed Marshal of the Army, Chen Yu was appointed Marshal, and Zong Ze and Wang Boyan were deputy marshals. He quickly led Hebei troops to guard the royal family, appoint officials and act at their own convenience."

King Kang was surprised and delighted when he read it. He held the edict in his hand, looked at the palace and paid his respects, sobbing continuously. The soldiers and civilians present were very moved.