Qiming 1158

Chapter 707

With an order from the headquarters, the main force of the Ming army immediately began to siege the city.

Long-range attack weapons such as big rockets, thunder cannons, and huge stones flew all over the sky, smashing into the city with all their strength, and the siege equipment pushed them to drill down into the city, escorting the soldiers to the city, and began to attack the city with ants attached to it.

The Ming army's attack was very resolute, while the Song army's defense was not very resolute from the beginning, and was killed by the Ming army several times. Tian Gongfu City is about to be breached.

However, this could not reverse the situation. The Ming army had been pressing the Song army to fight since the start of the war, and the Song army was quickly beaten by the Ming army without temper.

And the power of the Thor Cannon and the big rocket is really great, and I don't know where it will fall.

Some of the places where they landed were very tricky. They landed directly on the city wall, and with a bang, the surrounding Song soldiers were all bombed with flesh and blood, and the Song soldiers in a little distance were also bombed and could not get up.

The long-range attack of the Ming army gave the Song army a full deterrent, and also gave the Song army officers in the city full deterrence.

It should be said or not, those who can be officers in the Sanya Forbidden Army are all capable, not only have some real military skills, but also the ability to make money as an official. Very superior.

Such a good day makes the officers have a strong sense of superiority on weekdays, and they also feel that they and the big-headed soldiers have never been the same. Therefore, under the common death threat, the officers often have a stronger will to survive.

The Ming army sieged the city and surrounded it with three missing one, leaving the southern city gate vacant and not placing troops. Therefore, since the siege battle began, officers and their cronies have continued to escape over the wall at night.

This situation intensified, so that on April 27th and 28th, there was even a situation of fleeing over the wall during the day, which caused the Song army in the city to fluctuate.

Zhao Mi tried to push back, but it had the opposite effect, causing the officers who failed to escape in the city to launch an action.

They did not dare to fight the Ming army, but they dared to show their fangs to Zhao Mi, which not only shows their cowardice, but also shows how unpopular Zhao Mi is. Secretly work from it.

He has always wanted to take the position of the commander-in-chief in front of the palace, and even hesitant to fabricate Yang Cunzhong's accusations. Yang Cunzhong has been the commander-in-chief of the front office for many years. He is highly respected and won the heart of the army. Unstable, so there is this disaster.

On April 28th, the Ming army outside the city was attacking Huzhou Fucheng, and Zhao Mi's soldiers and rebels were also fighting fiercely inside the city. This strange phenomenon happened inside and outside the city at the same time, but it was a joke.

The result is of course needless to say.

The Ming army forcibly broke through the city wall and entered the city. Jing Tianyou, a brave general under Zhou Zhi’s command, took the lead in climbing the city and won the first ascent, which inspired the morale of the Ming army and opened the gate of the Fucheng.

Zhao Mi and the rebels were fighting fiercely. When they saw that the city was not safe, they were so scared that they lost their minds and forgot everything for a while.

However, the Ming army cavalry had already begun to encircle the south gate from outside the city. Their speed was very fast, and they soon reached the south gate. They intercepted the defeated Song Army soldiers who were running away, and the heads of the people were rolling.

In the end, only Zhao Mi and a small number of personal guards managed to escape because they rode good horses fast enough. Most of the forbidden army was killed and captured by the Ming army. This forbidden army was equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army.

The city of Huzhou was breached, and the gate of Lin'an was opened.

Zhou Zhi was overjoyed and didn't stop any longer. On April 29, he reorganized his army and began to go south along the river. The cavalry galloped ahead and pointed directly at Lin'an City.

That is, a little later on April 29, Lin'an City received news that Huzhou had fallen and the Ming army had flown down the river to take Lin'an because of the return of wave after wave of rout troops.

This news completely detonated the uneasy atmosphere in the city of Lin'an. The citizens of Lin'an, who had been oppressed by high prices and high-pressure curfew for many days, exploded and fled collectively. captive.

Although they were not the ones who experienced what happened in Kaifeng back then, they were the ones who heard it, especially after the collective return of the Zhao and Song royal families to Lin'an City more than a year ago, what happened in Kaifeng City that year once again became front page headlines on the streets of Lin'an.

Everyone began to recall how the officials and people in Kaifeng City were tortured by the Jin people and then continuously abused and coerced, and they quickly reached a consensus.

You must not stay in Lin'an, hurry up and run, it will be too late if you don't run!
The previous wave of panic has actually sent a lot of people away, and this time it is an unstoppable flight frenzy.

It could be said that it was a rumor before, but few people in the government believed it.

But this time is different, this time is true, the Ming army is really about to arrive in Lin'an.

Not to mention the common people, many low-ranking officials, handymen, armed men, etc. who serve the imperial court have already started to pack up and run away with their families—for that little poor salary, it’s not worth it, it’s really not worth it .

People and officials fled in large numbers, and the defending soldiers in the city actually began to flee.

When the news came, the officers were also very panicked and did not take into account the soldiers for a while, so some soldiers quickly found their family members, mixed in with the crowd and ran to the west.

When the officers finally got instructions from the imperial court to close the city gates to rectify the order in the city, even the Sanya Imperial Army ran away, including officers and soldiers, not to mention the fleeing people, officials and some low-quality petty people who were really afraid. Official.

There was chaos in the court for a while, but after all, there was news that the city gates should be completely closed, the order of the whole city should be rectified, and there was no order not to leave the house.

The promulgation of the decree alone is not enough. The palace guards really took action, killed a group of people, shocked people's hearts, and quickly calmed the order in the city.

This order was issued by Zhao Tan, but it was mainly negotiated by the Zaifus, and Zhao Tan, who was pale and pale, nodded and allowed it.

To be more precise, Shi Hao came up with this order and asked Zhao Tan to agree.

Tang Si Tui and Shen Gai were so frightened they didn't know what to do.

Perhaps they also thought of what happened to the senior officials in the imperial court when the Jin army came to Kaifeng.

So in the face of Shi Hao's strong request, they no longer have the idea of ​​arguing with him and showing their power.

Wang Lun, the head of the Privy Council, had long since been dismissed by Zhao Tan because of the defeat in the battle, and the Privy Council was temporarily nominated by the emperor directly.

So now that Tang Si Tui and Shen Gai were too frightened and didn't know what to do, it was equivalent to Shi Hao taking power alone.

Perhaps Shi Hao himself did not expect that during the few hours between the evening of April 29th and the noon of April [-]th, he actually became the most powerful person in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Shi Hao is the only person in the team of Saisuke who can maintain his composure and make reasonable judgments.

During this period of time, even Zhao Tan, who was the most ambitious and unwilling to admit defeat, was in a state of disarray and couldn't think. It all depended on Shi Hao's opinions, which were then adopted by him.

Shi Hao made several very pertinent suggestions.

First, Lin'an was required to enter a state of full-scale vigilance. On behalf of the imperial power, the imperial guards appeared on the streets and alleys of Lin'an to carry out the strictest guard orders. Anyone who appeared on the street without a reason would be regarded as a meticulous arrest and execution.

Second, immediately order the [-] troops who had deployed defenses in the coastal areas to return to Lin'an to assist in the defense, abandon the coastal defense, and directly consolidate the defense of Lin'an City.

Third, ask Yang Cunzhong, who is in Lin'an to recuperate, to come forward and reorganize the army currently in Lin'an City. Except for the imperial guards, they will be reorganized into imperial camps. Yang Cunzhong will be the commander of the imperial camp and will be fully responsible for Lin'an defense.

Fourth, all the materials in the city have entered a state of deployment in an all-round way. First, the materials are not allowed to be sold privately, but only for official distribution. First, people must pay labor for the city defense in exchange for food and necessary daily necessities. Money is useless.

After these four suggestions were adopted by Zhao Tan and promulgated and implemented, the order of Lin'an City was slightly stabilized.

The veteran Yang Cunzhong was highly respected and prestigious. He came forward to lead the army in Lin'an City, and the army in Lin'an City was convinced of him.

Seeing that he hadn't left, he opened the warehouse and rewarded the soldiers with money, and the army in the city gradually calmed down.

With the support of the army, no matter how chaotic Lin'an City is, there will be no chaos. The force of the army is the best umbrella for order.

Shi Hao's actions quickly stabilized the chaotic state of Lin'an City, but it also put Lin'an City into an unprecedented state of alert.

Under such a state of vigilance, on the first day of May, the vanguard of the Ming army arrived outside Lin'an City.

After the small court in the Southern Song Dynasty was exiled to the south of the Yangtze River, Lin'an City, which was the nominal capital in fact, was approached and threatened by foreign troops for the second time, and it was shaky.

(End of this chapter)