Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Moreover, those ministers who had many industries in Bianliang City in Tokyo also firmly opposed the emperor's abandonment of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Zhang Shuye had no choice but to lead his troops to defend the city, preparing to fight to the death with the besieging Jin army.

Emperor Zhao Huan also sent envoys to Beijing to deliver a call to action, announced to all the countries in the country, publicized and praised Zhang Shuye's military exploits and loyalty, and ordered the governors of all states and counties to lead their troops to serve the king.

At the same time, Emperor Zhao Huan dismissed Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong, who were in charge of the war, and changed the appointment of He Yu and Sun Fu, who were in charge of the war, as prime ministers.

However, after Hu Zhiru's defeat, except for Zhang Shuye's lone army to help, no general led his troops to the capital to serve the king.

When the Jin army went south for the first time, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty were still united, and generals from all over the country led troops to serve the king.

But this time, only Hu Zhiru and Zhang Shuye came to King Qin.

It's just that Zhao Huanjun and his ministers in Bianliang City in Tokyo are to blame for such a situation.

In order to understand the siege of Taiyuan City, Zhao Huan, Li Gang and other main combatants blindly organized the Song Army to go north, and ignored the opinions of the front-line generals, forcing the Song Army to take risks and advance lightly. As a result, the main force of the Song Army loyal to the court was sent to the Jin Army Tiger's Mouth.

After three defeats in the Taiyuan siege battle, the Song Dynasty lost millions of battle-ready troops.In particular, most of the elite Zhongjiajun, Yaojiajun, Zhejiajun, and Liujiajun of the Western Army were killed outside Taiyuan City, which really hurt the Western Army and greatly damaged its combat power.

Now that the five roads in Shaanxi have to rely on recruiting local soldiers to guard against Xixia's attack, how can there be so many regular troops, King Qianliqin?

Therefore, when Wanyan Loushi occupied Luoyang and cut off the connection between Tokyo Bianliang City and Shaanxi Fifth Road, the reinforcements of the Western Army were still huddled behind Tongguan and did not go out of Guandong.

Chapter 938 Difficult to fight and even more difficult to reconcile

In addition to the fact that the Western Army had almost no soldiers to fight, the political struggle that Emperor Zhao Huan couldn't wait to start after he ascended the throne also made many local officials stay away from the court.

After all, the disciples of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others were all over the world, and Emperor Zhao Huan fought them down, which also made these local officials feel in danger.

One of the most important reasons why the emperor of the Song Dynasty was able to get the support of the scholar-bureaucrats was not to kill the ministers.Civil servants who failed in the political struggle all had the opportunity to go to Luoyang, Xijing, to live up their lives.

However, Zhao Huan broke the tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers within a few days of being emperor.Officials who feel that their lives are in danger in the future have greatly reduced their perception and support for the new emperor.

When the Jin army besieged Bianliang City in Tokyo, many local officials appointed by the Huizong Dynasty secretly chose to sit still and watch the success or failure.

Cheng Wanli, who stayed behind at Yingtianfu in Nanjing, is a typical example of this kind of official.

Hu Zhiru took away 2000 troops from Cheng Wanli, but after being defeated by the Yanchang Department of the Jin Army, more than [-] remnants were defeated and fled back to Yingtianfu in Nanjing.

Among them, there is the "Ugly County Horse" Xuan Zan who has broken through the siege.

Xuan Zan's face is like the bottom of a pot, with upturned nostrils, curly hair and red beard, and a sturdy figure. It is really ugly and unforgettable.

Ximenqing knew that Xuanzan's high martial arts skills, such as making steel knives and shooting straight arrows, could be regarded as the talent of a general, so he asked Cheng Wanli to accept him as a general under his command.

Now that he has no soldiers in his hands, and the Jin army besieging the city is so ferocious, Xuan Zan does not dare to go back to Bianliang City in Tokyo alone to make a mission, so he casts himself in Cheng Wanli's army with peace of mind.

The princess has long been pissed off by Xuan Zan's ugliness. Xuan Zan has no relatives in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and is not reused. He has no concern for Bianliang City in Tokyo.

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In Bianliang City, Tokyo, before the Jin army began to attack the city, the soldiers and civilians defending the city in the Song Dynasty could no longer withstand the pressure and began to gather crowds to riot.

On the first day of the leap November, the people in the city beat and killed Weibi ruler Xin Kangzong.

On the same day, Xin Kangzong commanded the army to defend the city on the city, and found that the Jin army appeared outside the city.

Seeing that the Jin army was far away from the city and not within the range of bows and arrows, Xin Kangzong ordered the soldiers not to shoot arrows indiscriminately, lest all the arrows shot would be picked up by the Jin army and used against the enemy.

However, there was a sergeant on the city wall who refused to obey the order and shot an arrow into the air for no reason.

Xin Kangzong scolded the sergeant who did not obey orders.

The sergeant refused to accept it, and yelled that Taiwei Xin was a relative of Tong Guan, and he had ulterior motives. He did not allow the officers and soldiers in the city to shoot the gold thieves, because he deliberately wanted the gold army to attack the city.

The soldiers and civilians in the city heard this and spread the rumor one after another.As a result, the soldiers and people who were incited to hatred rushed to the top of the city, beat the guard Xin Kangzong to death.

For Xin Kangzong's death, the imperial court was not responsible for poor governance of the people. Since then, the imperial court has tolerated everything in the city, which led to chaos and failed orders.

When Xin Kangzong was beaten to death by the mob, Emperor Zhao Huan was working hard on the wall of the southern city to inspire the morale of the defenders.

Facing the serious threat of the Jin army, Emperor Zhao Huan finally knew he was afraid. He walked out of the high palace and assumed a posture of sharing weal and woe with the soldiers.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Huan, the emperor of the second day of junior high school, rushed to the west city to work in the army, and in the third day of the junior high school, he rushed to the north city to work in the army.

However, before Emperor Zhao Huan could go to Dongcheng to labor in the future, the Jin army launched an attack.

On the third day of November in the first year of Jingkang, the Jin army took the lead in attacking from Shanlimen, Tongjinmen, Dongshuimen in the east of the city and Xuanhuamen in the south of the city.

The Jin army's offensive was very fierce, and the arrows shot like rain, shooting the towers and walls like hedgehog hairs.

Moreover, with the five hundred stone cannons sent by the Song Dynasty, the Jin army used the collected millstones as shells to bombard Bianliang City in Tokyo, smashing the oars on the city wall to pieces.

Under the frantic attack of the Jin army, the Tongjin Gate in the east of the city quickly fell into crisis.

Liu Yanqing, the guard of the east wall, organized soldiers to defend Tongjin Gate desperately, while asking for help from the city.

Knowing that the military situation was urgent, Yao Youzhong hurriedly led more than a thousand people to Tongjinmen for rescue.

Facing the golden soldiers swarming under the city, the hero Yao Youzhong led his army to hang from the city wall, and fought against the golden army with his back against the city wall, finally beat the golden army back and saved the Tongjin Gate.

Although Liu Yanqing is mediocre, but after all he has practiced side affairs for a long time, his military quality is still much better than those Taiping officers in the city.

With the help of Yao Youzhong, after surviving the initial chaos, Liu Yanqing was responsible for the defense of the east city wall, making it impossible for the Jin army to break through.

Therefore, the Jin army avoided the direction of the east city defended by Liu Yanqing, and turned to attack the south city.

After some bloody battles, the Song army finally repelled the Jin army's attack and kept the outer city walls.

Seeing this, the ministers in the city exaggerated the battle on the first day, bragging it as a great victory, and said that the Bianliang City in Tokyo was as solid as gold, and the Jin army could not break through the Song army's defense line.

Emperor Zhao Huan was skeptical, so he summoned Liu Yanqing, who made great achievements on the first day of battle, and asked him what the current situation was like.

Liu Yanqing has fought on the border of Xixia for many years, so he can naturally see the current offensive and defensive trend of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

To Emperor Zhao Huan's question, Liu Yanqing replied bluntly: "Your Majesty, the ministers who say that the city is indestructible are all deceiving Your Majesty! The affairs of the court today can be described as dangerous!

The ministers didn't know about military affairs, but they showed victory to His Majesty.

However, our army is now passively defending the city.Even if you repel the enemy, you can only protect yourself.

If the Golden Army cannot be defeated, what should His Majesty and the court do?

So what's there to celebrate in today's fight? "

After hearing Liu Yanqing's reply, Emperor Zhao Huan seemed to have been poured cold water on his head, and the joy of victory evaporated.

Now that we can't keep the capital, do we still have to pin our hopes on the matter of peace?