Poor Family Chapter 778

  Chapter 778 Soldiers approaching the city

The main force of the Jin soldiers arrived in Tokyo City earlier than Li Yanqing expected. Just after noon, 200,000 Jin soldiers crossed the Wuzhang River and arrived at the old camp ten miles north of Bianliang City, where the Jin soldiers were stationed last time. place.

  At the same time, the 30,000 elite Jurchen cavalry led by Wanyan Zonghan also arrived at Chicang Town, south of Bianliang City, and Wanyan Zonghan immediately sent more than 100,000 Song soldiers' heads to the main camp.

The Jinbing main camp is busy stationing the big camp. More than 10,000 Jinbing soldiers went to cut down trees and build barracks. This time, Wan Yanxie also changed the garrison strategy, and stationed 200,000 Jinbing soldiers in the four directions of southeast, northwest and north. , surrounded the city of Tokyo, and the main camp was still placed in the north, with 100,000 troops stationed.

  Although there are only 100,000 troops in the north, the barracks still occupy an area of ​​ten miles long, covering all the wilderness and vast farmland.

Large woolen tents were erected one after another, among which Wanyan Xiye's marshal's tent was particularly eye-catching. It was a certain lotus tent, with a main tent in the middle and five auxiliary tents around it, covering an area of ​​five acres. A very magnificent king's tent, with a gilt tower on the top, shining in the sun.

In the big tent, the soldiers are still busy setting up the big tent, laying carpets, and placing decorations. Wan Yanxie also likes gold utensils especially. All the items in his big tent are made of gold, and the whole big tent is dazzling with gold. , as if it makes people feel like they are in a treasure house.

  The soldiers were busy, but Wanyan Xieye stood aside with his hands behind his back, listening to the report of Wanyan Zongwang who had just rushed back.

Wanyan Zongwang successfully intercepted the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, which made Wanyan Xie very satisfied. He smiled at Wanyan Zongwang: "Although Zonghan defeated 200,000 Song troops and killed more than 100,000 enemies, in my opinion, his The achievement is still not as good as your capture of the Supreme Emperor of the Song Dynasty."

  Wan Yan Zongwang was overjoyed, and quickly said: "Thank you Marshal Du for your kindness, I will continue to work hard and will not let the Marshal down!"

Wanyan Xie was also very aware of the conflict between Zong Han and Zong Wang, and he didn't intend to mediate. Wouldn't it be better for them to compete hard? He said lightly: "I'm just telling you a principle, attacking the city is the bottom, attacking the mind is the top, to force the emperor of the Song Dynasty to leave the city and surrender, that is the real conquest, although killing people is refreshing, but it is only destroying the body, not conquering the heart, you understand Did I mean it?"

   "The humble job understands!"

   "Now that you understand, how do you attack Bianjing?"

  Wan Yan Zongwang bowed his head and pondered for a moment and said: "Negotiate first, and then attack the city if the negotiation fails, and then force them to negotiate, use both tactics to fight and negotiate, use both soft and hard methods, and finally force the emperor of the Song Dynasty to leave the city and surrender."

  Wan Yanxie also nodded and smiled slightly: "Since you understand, then you will be in charge of fighting, and I will be in charge of talking. Let's see how long the Song Dynasty can hold on with both hard and soft tactics."

   "What is Zonghan responsible for?" Wanyan Zongwang asked again in a low voice.

   "He is in charge of the periphery, annihilating those Song troops who came to King Qin!"

  At this time, Wanyan Zongwang suddenly remembered something, and quickly asked: "Marshal Du, how are those thunderbolts repaired?"

  Speaking of Zhentianlei, Wanyan Xie also had an unconcealable annoyance in his calm eyes. After Wanyan Zonghan captured Taiyuan City, he actually captured two thousand Zhentianlei, which made Wanyan Xie overjoyed.

But after Zhentianlei was transported to the Daming Mansion, they discovered that more than half of the Zhentianlei had no matchsticks, and they were pulled out by the soldiers of the Song Army when they retreated. The top firearms craftsman worked hard to put the matchlock back in, but found that the Zhentianlei had become a dumb mine and could not be detonated at all.

  Wan Yanxie also said coldly for a while: "It hasn't been completely repaired yet, this time I will use 300 pieces first, it should be enough!"

  Wanyan Zongwang lowered his head in disappointment. These three hundred thunderbolts are only a small part of the more than two thousand thunderbolts. It is said that they were still found in the military warehouse.

  Wan Yanxie was also disappointed, feeling a little restless, so he waved his hand, "If you have nothing else to do, step back! Listen to my order when you attack the city."

  Wanyan Zongwang stepped back, Wanyan also walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, and finally calmed down, he turned around and asked, "Is Liang Zhongshu back?"

"is back!"

   "Let him meet me!"

   Not long after, Liang Zhongshu walked quickly into the big tent holding a wooden box, knelt down and saluted, "See Marshal Du!"

   "Prefect Liang has worked hard, please get up!"

   "Thank you Marshal!"

   "Is this the head of Li Yanqing?" Wanyan also glanced at the wooden box and asked.

   "Exactly!"

  Wan Yanxie also opened the wooden box with his toes. Inside was the head of a young man. The blood on his face was wiped clean, but it still looked weird. His face was black, obviously he died of poisoning.

   "Prefect Liang, is this Li Yanqing?"

Liang Zhongshu nodded, "The humble official knows Li Yanqing, it seems that he should be him, and Li Yanqing has no military power now, so it is easier to be caught. Listen to their explanation, Li Yanqing was found in the cellar of the Cao Mansion, and he was desperate to take the poison. suicide."

   "How many people in Song Dynasty are credible?"

Wanyan Xie also snorted, and kicked the wooden box to cover it again. He said Li Yanqing was just an excuse to gain a little psychological advantage in negotiating. Do not negotiate the authenticity of it!

From this matter, Wan Yanxie also tested the other party's fear of his own army, he pondered for a while and said: "Go and tell the other party, I accept their sincerity, and the peace judgment can proceed, but it must be represented by the three prime ministers." Come to my camp for peace talks."

The army of the Kingdom of Jin approached the city, and the capital suddenly became extremely tense. The business that had just recovered a little bit was like a small spring in winter. With the arrival of the cold wind, it quickly shrank and became depressed. A bullock cart full of goods drove in from the outer city. These were residents who had fled from the outer city to the inner city. The outer city had become extremely unsafe. On Li Yanqing's suggestion, Xu Ning sent troops to notify the residents of the outer city from door to door. Withdraw into the inner city.

In an official residence near Zhuque Gate, Li Yanqing met Cao Sheng, the general of the right guard. Although Cao Sheng was a son-in-law, he had a close relationship with Yun Wang Zhao Kai. The way of demotion deprived him of his military power in the Forbidden Army, and appointed him as the general of the Jinwu Guard.

   Even so, with the Cao family's prestige in the army, and Cao Sheng's connections in the Forbidden Army for more than ten years, Li Yanqing really had to ask Cao Sheng for help in many things.

   "You kid thinks of me now?"

  Cao Sheng glared at Li Yanqing angrily, "Why didn't you come to me when you were hunted by the Imperial Army, afraid that I wouldn't be able to protect you?"

   "Isn't it because I'm afraid of hurting your old man!"

   Li Yanqing said with a smile, he also knew that what he did would annoy Cao Sheng, but there was nothing he could do, and now he could only deal with it with a younger generation's playful smile.

   "Don't act tender in front of me, kid. Don't think I'll forgive you. If you have any troubles, how can I explain to the old man? How can we explain to Yunniang?"

Cao Sheng wasn't very angry at first, but when he thought that Zhizhengtang had handed over the fake head of Li Yanqing to the golden man, indicating that Zhizhengtang really wanted to kill Li Yanqing, he couldn't help but get angry. also became severe.

  Li Yanqing felt Cao Sheng's anger, and put away the smiley expression on his face. After a long while, he explained in a deep voice: "Xu Ning is my backup. At this critical moment, I must pay close attention to the New Northern Army."

   "Then why didn't you tell the truth just now, since you also know that now is a critical moment, do you still have the mind to joke with me?"

  Li Yanqing nodded silently, and said apologetically, "Uncle Six, I'm sorry!"

Cao Sheng sighed resentfully, "I'm actually not angry with you, but I hate those **** in Zhizhengtang, they have no backbone at all, and they spend all day thinking about how to compromise and seek peace, I don't understand, Tangtang How did Zhizheng Hall become a den of traitors?"

  Li Yanqing is silent, and everyone knows the reason. Since ancient times, a wise ruler has become famous, and a foolish ruler has become a traitor.

   Cao Sheng saw that Li Yanqing didn't speak and didn't complain anymore, so he asked, "Speak up! What can you do with me today?"

   "Uncle Six can tell me about the 20,000 forbidden troops in the city!"

Cao Sheng pondered for a while and then said: "The commander in front of the palace is concurrently held by Wang Shiyong, the servant of the Ministry of War, but he is a civil servant, and he only cares about the general direction of the army. The person who leads the troops is Wang Daoqi, the deputy commander in front of the palace. In addition, Zhizhengtang also controls 2,000 soldiers, but it doesn't make much sense, the key person here is Wang Daoqi!”

   Wang Daoqi? Li Yanqing immediately thought of his son Wang Jun, he really had a narrow way to go. Although he knew that the possibility of success was not high, Li Yanqing still had a little luck in his heart and said, "How likely is it to win over Wang Daoqi?"

   "Do you think it's possible?" Cao Sheng asked him back.

Li Yanqing had no choice but to remain silent. Cao Sheng sighed and said, "You are the Minister of Rites of the imperial court, and you are also the Duke of Lu. Although the Zhizheng Hall used the imperial decree to arrest you, you were not dismissed. Wang Daoqi has every right to refuse the arrest, but He still sent troops to actively cooperate with Zhizhengtang to spare no effort to hunt you down, which shows the hatred in his heart for you!"

Cao Sheng's words completely cut off Li Yanqing's glimmer of hope for Wang Daoqi, Cao Sheng looked at him, then smiled slightly: "Although I can't win over Wang Daoqi, it doesn't mean that I have nothing to do with the Imperial Army. "

  Li Yanqing was overjoyed, "I knew that Uncle Six would not let me down."

   "Although I have a little influence on the Forbidden Army, I am not as good as you."

   "Me?" Li Yanqing couldn't figure it out for a moment, and asked with a frown: "Why me?"

  Cao Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Do you still remember Pan Yue?"

  (end of this chapter)

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