Chapter 023 The city is broken

The wind comes and the fog disperses, but the sun is still hidden in the layers of fog, and the world is in chaos.

Zhao Guangyi used Pan Mei's Chinese army tent as his temporary camp. He was sitting in the middle of the camp, his face as gloomy as the sunless sky, and messages were being urgently reported to him in front of the imperial court.

"Report, all the battalions have been collected. After reviewing the results, in addition to the soldiers who were killed by the enemy troops who attacked the camp, trampled on each other, and accidentally injured, no less than ten thousand people were injured."

Zhao Guangyi's face was as dark as water, and he ordered in a cold voice: "Gather the dead and cremate them on the spot. The injured are quickly treated by army doctors. As for the corpses of the Han army, they were all moved to the foot of Jinyang City and thrown into the moat, and Liu Jiyuan was asked to take a look.

It is clear that his only reliance is gone."

"Report, General Liu Yu's troops were wounded, with more than half of their troops wounded, and have the lowest strength, so they suffered the heaviest casualties in the melee. Now that the remaining troops are limited, they may not be able to take on the task of siege. General Liu asked the officials to transfer generals to change the defense."

Zhao Guangyi grunted and waved his hand to let him out. This old Liu had chewed the hardest bone in this battle. He had fought reluctantly, but in the heavy fog last night, he was confused and confused with his own people.

After a battle, it would be strange if he didn't take the opportunity to pick a fight, but Liu Yu's men did suffer heavy casualties. It's hard to say that the imperial army would have to be sent over to supplement his troops.

"Report, the casualties of General Mi Xin's troops are not serious, but General Mi Xin was injured..."

Zhao Guangyi was startled, leaned out of the imperial case, and asked urgently: "But someone was injured among the rebels, is the injury serious?"

"General Mi Xin... was a blindfolded bird, unable to see in the dim light. When the Han army attacked the camp, General Mi Xin struggled to command. While running... he accidentally fell into the trench dug in front of the camp and was hit by a sharp log.

The stake stabbed his right rib, but his life was not in danger."

Blindfolded eyes are night blindness. Generally, night blindness is caused by lack of vitamin A, but there are also iron filing night blindness and hereditary night blindness. General Mi Xin has iron filing night blindness. During a battle, iron filings splashed into his eyes.

The formation of iron oxide does not have much impact on his vision during the day, but it becomes difficult to see in dimly lit areas.

Zhao Guangyi breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and sighed: "The prestige has been ruined! I personally led the army to conquer Jinyang City with 200,000 troops, but I was defeated by thousands of enemy troops in such a mess, and the prestige was ruined!"

He banged the imperial case, and his eyes suddenly flashed with fierceness.

At this time, another person broke into the camp: "Report, General Zhe Yuxun, General Yang Chongxun failed to restrain his men, and was provoked by the enemy to have a melee with the Forbidden Army soldiers. In order to apologize to His Majesty, he has tied himself up in the camp.

In the middle, he took his subordinates and used them to punish them with rods."

Zhao Guangyi curled his lips: "Apologise to me? Why don't you enter my camp instead of asking your own subordinates to torture you with a stick in your own army? I can still take the opportunity to kill you, these bastards."

No? You guys look down on me, Zhao Guangyi, too much!"

After Zhao Guangyi finished cursing in his stomach, he turned back and ordered Tian Chongjin, the camp commander who was standing by him: "Tian Qing, go quickly to Zhejiang. The barracks of General Yang stopped the execution and comforted the two generals on my behalf. The enemy is cunning and uses the fog to carry out his plan."

, the two generals of Yang are not the only ones who have taken advantage of our army. Please stop blaming yourself. After I have dealt with all the matters, I will visit them in person."

"I obey the order." Tian Chongjin agreed and quickly walked out of the tent.

"Report, the Grand Marshal of Hexi and Longxi's troops and the Hengshan Jiedushi Commander Yang Hao are outside the tent to apologize to Your Majesty."

Zhao Guangyi said angrily: "Xian him to come in."

Yang Hao quickly rushed into the tent. When he saw Zhao Guangyi, he bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to apologize to your Majesty."

Zhao Guangyi squinted at him: "What crime did Yang Qing commit?"

Yang Hao said without raising his head: "The Han army attacked the camp last night and deliberately led our soldiers to attack General Pan's camp, so that..."

Zhao Guangyi interrupted and said: "I already know about this matter. Yang Qing's handling was quite timely. It's rare for you to stay so awake in such a heavy fog like last night. I won't add any guilt. Get up."

Yang Hao leaned over and said loudly: "Your Majesty is magnanimous, and I am deeply grateful for His grace, but... I am still guilty."

Zhao Guangyi's eyelids twitched and he asked in a deep voice: "What other crime is there?"

"Your Majesty, after I restrained my subordinates, I immediately rushed to General Pan's camp with Supervisor Cao, intending to explain the misunderstanding and understand the situation. On the way, I encountered several wounded soldiers from the Han army who were scattered and collided. In the chaos, Supervisor Cao

He... he died for his country."

Zhao Guangyi's face changed slightly, and a trace of suspicion immediately flashed in his eyes. He stared at Yang Hao with a gloomy expression on his face for a long time. Fang Chenchen said: "Yang Qing, in the melee last night, there were casualties in all the tribes.

But... all the generals of each battalion are safe, and the commander-in-chief of the central army was killed by a few stragglers. This is really unheard of..."

As soon as Zhao Guangyi finished speaking, a thunderous cry came from the door: "Your Majesty!"

This sound was like thunder, startling Zhao Guangyi. He looked up and saw a man standing in the tent. He was tall and tall, with flying beard and hair. He was wearing a sonorous battle armor, holding an iron helmet in his arms, and on his forehead.

Hot and sweaty, it was Guo Jin, the Yunzhou observation envoy.

Zhao Guangyi was greatly displeased. He flicked his sleeves and shouted angrily: "Guo Jin, how can you break into this camp without my summons? You are also a veteran of the court. How come you don't understand the rules so well?"

Guo Jin did not bother to apologize, but said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, something big has happened, something big has happened."

When Zhao Guangyi saw his face, his heart tightened, and he quickly asked: "What happened, tell me!"

Guo Jin said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, King Wu... King Wu has passed away."

Zhao Guangyi didn't react for a moment and said in surprise: "Huh? What did you say?"

Guo Jin had a big face like Zhang Fei, and two lines of tears slowly flowed from his wide-open leopard eyes. He said sadly: "Your Majesty, King Wu is a thousand years old and he...died!"

Yang Hao raised his head after hearing Huo Zai, and cast two horrified eyes at Guo Jin.

Guo Jin was bursting into tears at this time.

Guo Jin has been a general in the army since the Later Han Dynasty. He was originally a subordinate of Liu Zhiyuan. Liu Zhiyuan abandoned Jin and established Han Dynasty, and he had the merit of supporting him. When Guo Wei abandoned Han and established Zhou Dynasty, he was under Guo Wei's rule.

As a general, he became a minister of the Zhou Dynasty. When Zhao Kuangyin rebelled at Huangqiao and changed the Zhou Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, he naturally became a minister of the Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Guo Jin is not a direct descendant of the Forbidden Army, nor is he a close confidant of Zhao Kuangyin or Zhao Guangyi. He has been guarding the border for many years. Although he is not a vassal town, he has great local authority. Therefore, he is often criticized by imperial officials, and officials often complain to him.

Zhao Kuangyin secretly reported Guo Jin's evil intentions, but Zhao Kuangyin never dealt with such memorials. Later, he also sent these memorials to impeach Guo Jin to Guo Jin to show his trust, so Guo Jin could be said to be grateful to Zhao Kuangyin.

A prince, a military supervisor, and a deputy general in Zhao Dezhao's camp all died. The remaining generals were panicked. Their official positions were too low and they did not dare to see the emperor in the first place. Moreover, they had caused such a big disaster, so they reported the matter.

Guo Jin was shocked when he heard the news and immediately came to report the news to the emperor.

As a feudal official who only knew military affairs, Guo Jin had never doubted that Zhao Guangyi had anything to do with the death of the late emperor, so he did not hide his feelings in front of Zhao Guangyi. When he talked about the death of King Wu Zhao Dezhao, he thought of the late emperor,

Guo Jin was even more sentimental and couldn't help but reveal his true feelings and burst into tears.

After hearing his words, Zhao Guangyi couldn't help but froze. He stayed for a long time before he realized that he shouldn't have had such an attitude when he heard about his nephew's death. He immediately put on an expression of shock and anger and shouted:

"How is it possible? Dezhao was wounded by an arrow and was recuperating in the Chinese army. How could he die? Where is Zhou Yin? Where is Murong Qiuzui? Call them to me!"

Guo Jin said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, General Zhou Yin and Supervisor Murong, they were also... assassinated."

This time Zhao Guangyi was really shocked. He took two steps back and sat down on the chair, dumbfounded for a moment...

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The corpses of the dead Han soldiers were almost filling the moat. On the top of the city, countless men, women, and children pretending to be sergeants burst into tears looking at the corpses of their sons accumulated in the river below the city. When the news reached Jinyang Palace, Liu Jiyuan was struck by thunder, and he was stunned.

He stood on the imperial steps, looking straight at the soldiers who reported the news. He was stunned for a long time, suddenly screamed and fainted, and rolled down the golden palace along the imperial steps.

The warriors on the left and right hurriedly lifted the emperor, put him back on the imperial chair, and hurriedly summoned the imperial doctors to the golden palace for treatment. The imperial doctors poured ginseng soup and pinched the emperor. After struggling for a long time, Liu Jiyuan finally gave a scream.

After regaining his soul, Liu Jiyuan woke up and immediately cried loudly: "The best soldiers are all dead, Jiye has mistaken me... The Han Dynasty will perish in my hands, I... I will be killed by Liu Jiye

Killed..."

The small court of the Han Dynasty did not have many civil and military officials to begin with, but now some of them were killed in the battle, some of them were defending the city, some of them were killed by Liu Jiyuan as a warning to the monkeys, and those who stayed in the golden palace to serve him were either sycophants or relatives of the country, most of them were trash.

As soon as they heard that Liu Jiye, the only one they relied on, had been wiped out, they were so frightened that their bones and muscles were weak. The emperor burst into tears again, and they immediately prostrated themselves on the golden palace and banged their heads: "Your Majesty, Liu Jiye is finished. I am a big man."

It’s over, Your Majesty, accept the Song Emperor’s edict and surrender the city, otherwise... otherwise our bones will be gone.”

Wei Degui, Liu Jiyuan's most favored eunuch, knelt in front of the dragon chair, hugged Liu Jiyuan's thigh, and cried until he burst into tears: "Your Majesty, God is going to kill me, let's surrender. Let's surrender."

Although Your Majesty has lost the throne, by being granted the title of Duke, you can at least save your life and wealth for the rest of your life, Your Majesty..."

"Um?"

Liu Jiyuan was crying loudly. When he heard this, he sat up suddenly. His knees bent and hit Wei Degui's nose. Wei Degui groaned and knelt there holding his nose and couldn't breathe for a long time.

"Surrender...surrender, yes, since the country and the country can no longer be defended, I...I can be considered worthy of my ancestors, I will surrender the city!"

Liu Jiyuan was greatly refreshed. He suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Come here, come here, prepare the four treasures of the study and get the jade seal..."

The emperor is about to surrender.

The news spread quickly, and the people in Jinyang City gathered towards the imperial city. They all looked haggard and looked numbly as they watched the emperor's envoy walking along the imperial street step by step towards the west gate. In the military camp outside the west gate,

They knew the flag of the Emperor of Song, and those officials also knew that it was where the Emperor of Song was stationed.

The scene that happened in Jinling City happened again in Jinyang City.

The great eunuch Wei Degui, the right general Li Xun, and the middle school scholar Mo Yan... all wore white clothes, bared their left arms, and led a white sheep. Although they were in a state of embarrassment, they tried hard to maintain their last strength in front of the people.

dignity.

"Open the city gate, we are going outside the city to see the Emperor of Song."

Mo Yan, a member of the Zhongshu family, looked at the soldiers in front of the city gate proudly. If these common people who had just put on their uniforms for a few days could be considered soldiers, his eyes were filled with arrogance and contempt, as if he was the savior of these people and was seeking for them.

A way to survive.

The soldiers looked at these officials with tears streaming down their faces. No one moved. The eunuch Wei Degui was angry. He rushed up and slapped each of them with one arm. Seeing that the soldiers were only fourteen or fifteen years old,

He staggered and cursed sharply: "You bastard, didn't you hear the order? Open the city gate quickly. If you dare to delay for a moment, I will kill your head and the heads of your whole family!"

The soldier suddenly cried loudly: "I have no family anymore. All my family members are dead. My father and my eldest brother were all killed in the war. My mother was responsible for cooking under the city and was shot to death by a cold arrow..."

Wei Degui glared at him with disgust, turned to the other soldiers and cursed: "What are you all doing standing there? Trash! They are all trash, open the city gate quickly!"

The Song army was at a loss for half a month, and the city gate that had never been opened, leaving countless corpses behind, was gently opened in silence. The ministers, eunuchs, and royal relatives in white clothes immediately rushed to the city gate.
To be continued...