One Piece of Song Dynasty

Mo Chou and others came to the capital hall. Mo Chou explained the situation to He Li and other prime ministers and stated that they were powerful. However, He Li and other ministers still decided not to send the prince out of the city as an envoy. He Li didn't believe that the capital would be lost today. He was about to send the Liujia magic soldiers out of the city to let the Jin people have a taste of the power of the magic soldiers.

Mo Chou tried hard, but He Li and others refused to accept it. Mo Chou was helpless and had to accompany Liu Yan to leave the capital hall and return to Duting Post. Along the way, heavy snow fell, and the cold wind blew against my face like a knife.

He Li and other prime ministers already knew that the siege of Xuanhua Gate was urgent, and He Li had sent people to force Guo Jing to send troops immediately.

Guo Jing and his Liujia soldiers have been stationed at Tianjing Temple. Previously, He Li had sent people to ask Guo Jing to send out his troops many times, but he repeatedly declined, saying: "Unless it is extremely critical, my division will not go out."

Yesterday, someone said to Guo Jing: "The thieves are attacking us urgently."

Guo Jing nodded and smiled and said: "If you choose a day to set out, you can achieve peace and reach Yinshan Mountain."

Guo Jing also boasted to the man that the army of magic soldiers he had formed was only for beheadings and there was no need to fight.

Guo Jing had previously requested Song Qinzong to prepare dozens of carriages in advance so that he could use these carriages to load Zong Han and other Jin prisoners after he led his troops out of the city.

Most people believe in Guo Jing's absurdity and arrogance and don't think it's strange. However, there are also knowledgeable people who feel chilled by it and know that it will harm the country.

Under He Li's forced order, Guo Jing finally climbed onto the Xuanhuamen city wall. He first set up flags on the city wall and painted a picture of the King of Heaven on each flag. He said: "The Heavenly King's flag has three sides on each wall, according to the instructions of the five directions."

The divine soldiers standing next to Guo Jing said: "This flag can scare the prisoners." The Song officers and soldiers present felt mysterious about these Liujia divine soldiers.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Wang Zonglio ordered the gates of Xuanhua City to be opened and let the magic soldiers go into battle. I saw Liujia Divine Soldiers arranged in seven square formations, majestic and high-spirited, marching out of the city.

Hearing that the Liujia Divine Soldiers were finally about to go into battle, the citizens of the capital swarmed to the Xuanhua Gate area, stretching their necks and legs in the cold wind, waiting for the news. The dark crowd was as far as the eye could see, numbering hundreds of thousands of people. There were also tens of thousands of people who quietly followed the magic soldiers out of the city, peeked at the excitement, and made noises to help the brave ones.

After a while, someone ran into the city gate and reported: "The former army has captured the stronghold and set up a big flag in the bandit camp." Then, someone else came and reported: "The front army has captured thousands of bandit horses." In fact, These news are all false and untrue and are purely spreading lies.

Guo Jing saw on the city wall that the Liujia Divine Soldiers had left the city, so he asked He Li to send an envoy to convey an order: Except for the envoys and soldiers who were left to guard the city, all other personnel on the city should go down to the city. Because he wanted to use the Liujia magic on the city. This magic can make people invisible and cannot be noticed by the Jin people.

He Li then sent someone to convey the order and ordered all other people in the city to go down to the city. At that time, many people gathered in the city, wanting to see with their own eyes how the divine soldiers brutally killed the golden man, but they were all driven out of the city one after another.

At this time, the Jin army began to attack. The main force in the siege this time was Lou Shi's troops. They were divided into four groups and marched in with great noise. At this time, the Liujia Shenbing front army had crossed the Hulong River and headed straight for Jinying.

Wanyan Huonv, the son of Wanyan Loushi, came to the front line to command in person. He found it ridiculous when he saw that the Song army infantry dared to stride forward in a square formation. He didn't know that this was a team of Liujia magic soldiers that was full of hopes for the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty. He immediately sent more than cavalry to raid the front army of Shenbing. The magic soldiers seemed to realize at this moment that they were also made of flesh and blood, and the front army was quickly cut into two parts by the cavalry. The magic soldiers in front were swept away by the Jin Army cavalry with their sabers, just like cutting grass. The divine soldiers behind them retreated one after another, falling into the dragon-protecting river. The pile of corpses was so high that it blocked the suspension bridge over the river and made it impossible to lift it up. In a very short period of time, the front army of Liujia Shenbing was trampled to pieces by the Jin cavalry, and "the sound of wailing was unbearable to be heard."

Guo Jing stood on the city and saw that the situation of the magic soldiers going into battle was not good, so he said to Zhang Shuye beside him: "I didn't expect the Jin people to be so rampant. I will go down to the city and do it myself, and I will make sure that no trace of the Jin people is left."

After that, Guo Jing hurried out of the city. But he neither did anything nor fought. Instead, he led the remaining magic soldiers to escape south.

Later, Guo Jing fled to Xiangyang, and there were still more than a thousand magic soldiers following him. It is said that he found a Zhao family clan there and wanted to make that person emperor, but was stopped by the Xiangyang guards Zhang Sizheng, Qian Gai and Wang Xiang.

At this time, someone happened to be fleeing from Tokyo and described to Zhang Sizheng about Guo Jing and the Liujia Shenbing. Zhang Sizheng was very angry and ordered Guo Jing to be arrested and soon killed.

When Guo Jing led the Liujia Divine Soldiers to flee south, the Jin army did not pursue them, but rushed straight to Xuanhua Gate. The citizens standing inside the city gate were very panicked when they saw this situation. They hurriedly called to the defenders to close the door to block it, and the city gate was quickly closed.

The citizens heard that the military sounds outside the city were in chaos, so they started talking about it. Some said that Guo Jing had defeated the Jin soldiers and were about to enter the city, some said that Guo Jing was originally a Jin soldier, some said that Guo Jing sent the Jin soldiers into the city, and some said that if Guo Jing ran away and would not interfere with the officers and soldiers, they would definitely be able to defend the capital.

The Jin army who was blocked outside the city gate saw that the upper floors and oars of the city were ruined, so they turned to attack the city wall. The oars on the upper floors of the city were set on fire by the Jin soldiers yesterday. Yao Youzhong ordered people to repair them urgently last night, but they were destroyed by the Jin army's cannons.

He Li, Sun Fu, Wang Zonglio and others thought that since the Liujia magic soldiers had gone into battle and were extremely powerful, the Jin army would not have the chance to attack the city again. Therefore, the city defense deployment was a little lax and careless that day, and the city was not even prepared to hit the pole. They never expected that Guo Jing and the Liujia Divine Soldier would escape.

Just when He Li, Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, Wang Zongliu and others were very angry with Guo Jing, the Jin army under the city had set up the ladder, and the Jin soldiers in iron clothes climbed up the ladder with all their strength. At the beginning, there were only two ladders, each of which could only accommodate fifty people at the same time. In the area destroyed by fire yesterday, a dozen golden soldiers were the first to scale the city wall. The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty on the city suddenly discovered that the Jin soldiers had boarded the city, and they were all shocked.

He Li, Sun Fu, Zhang Shuye, Wang Zongliu and others were all standing in the war tent not far away. They hurriedly ordered the officers and soldiers to come forward to fight and drove the Jin soldiers down the city. At that time, there were many imperial guards and city defenders in the war tent.

However, there was an open platform one or two feet wide between the Song army and the Jin soldiers who were ascending the city. At this time, the Jin army's artillery fire was like rain, but no one from the Song army was willing to step forward and fight to the death. Wang Zongliu ordered the Linfu soldiers who were responsible for the response to go up to the city to fight, but no one obeyed the order.

When Zong Han learned that soldiers had boarded the city, he immediately ordered a full-scale attack by beating drums and rousing the brigade. So, amid the thunderous sound of war drums, the Jin soldiers were "clad in iron and as numerous as ants". They moved several ladders and climbed up the city along the ladders in an endless stream.