Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 250 The decisive battle breaks out

Earl Ying frowned, put his ear against the wall, and listened carefully to the outside.

For such a long time, the heavy rain has not stopped. Every day and every night, there is heavy rain and thunder in Bianliang City.

However, at this time, Earl Ying discovered that there was no sound of rain outside, and there was only a drizzle.

This is very strange!

The water in the prison should have flowed out a long time ago. Why is there more water now than a few hours ago?

why……

Earl Ying turned around, looked at Guo Jing who was lying on the ground, and said softly: "Hey, have you noticed that there is a lot more water on the ground?"

Guo Jing cried for a long time. When he heard Count Ying speaking, he rolled his eyes and said, "I am not a fool. How can I not feel more water?"

Count Ying, who has been in prison for two days and one night, naturally does not know that although the heavy rain has stopped in Bianliang City.

However, the water of the Yellow River is still flowing in from the outside.

At this time, Bianliang City was flooded with even more water before Earl Yingying was imprisoned by Emperor Huizong.

The Jin army was in misery. They originally thought that with the huge chariot, they could defeat the threat of the Yellow River water.

However, they were too naive.

Although the huge tank is invincible, it also has a huge shortcoming, that is, the water on the road cannot be too high.

Once it exceeds the limit that the tank itself can withstand, the tank cannot be used.

Once the chariots could no longer be used, the Song Dynasty came to attack them in large numbers. The Jin army simply had no spell.

Taking a step back, there is no way to evacuate from the outer city of Bianliang and return to his hometown in the Northeast at this time, because once the troops are withdrawn, the war will be declared a complete failure.

The human, material and financial resources lost by the Jin Army in this battle are immeasurable.

Jin Taizong, Wanyan and Wu Qimai gave Yi Li an ultimatum. No matter what, they must launch an attack on the inner city of Bianliang within three days.

Within seven days at most, the inner city of Bianliang must be captured.

The Jin army had no choice but to obey orders.

So like this, at dawn on this day, Wulibu and Jin Wushu each led [-] soldiers and horses, divided into east and west, and marched towards the inner city of Bianliang.

This day is already the ninth day of December, and there are only 21 days left before the New Year.

At this time in previous years, it was the Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty, Dali, or Xixia.

The whole country and all walks of life have entered vacation time.

Prepare for the Spring Festival and just wait until the Spring Festival is over to officially usher in the new year.

However, this year is completely different from previous years.

In fact, Emperor Huizong was deeply moved by this point.

I recall that when the Liao Kingdom was still there, Song and Liao were a country of brothers.

The monarchs of the two countries gave gifts to the Song Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty presented mink skins and beasts to the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty paid tribute to the Liao Kingdom tea and porcelain.

At that time, as a matter of routine, the monarchs of the two countries would pick up their calligraphy brushes and write thousands of words on rice paper, wishing each other prosperity in the new year.

What I regret is that now the Liao Kingdom is dead, and the previous Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Tianzuo was also captured alive by the Jin army.

Looking at it now, everything has changed and is no longer what it used to be.

Emperor Huizong, who was left haggard, looked at the devastation in front of him and secretly felt hatred in his heart.

On this day, when he went to court, the hall of the Song Dynasty was lifeless.The Secretary of the Ministry of War reported that the Jin army had marched towards the inner city of Bianliang. King Liang of the Jin Dynasty, Wang Yibu, and King of Wei of the Jin Dynasty, Jin Wushu, divided their troops into two groups, one from the east and the other from the west, to attack the inner city of Bianliang fiercely at the same time.

The civil and military ministers in the court did not show the same nervousness as usual, because everyone knew that this day would come sooner or later.

At present, the earlier this day comes, the better.

Since the Yellow River overflowed, the Song Dynasty has been deeply troubled and miserable.

The people were displaced, and the officials were living a life of today and no tomorrow.

To put it bluntly, enough is enough.

Emperor Huizong calmed down and thought about it, and found that this battle was no small matter.

The Kingdom of Jin has a total of one hundred thousand soldiers and horses. Of course, this is a real number and there is no lie.

After the Song Dynasty experienced several battles to defend Bianliang and fight against floods, there were only less than 8 people left in total.

Among these 8 people, there are a large number of old, weak and disabled soldiers.

Basically it can be said that in this decisive battle between Song and Jin, the Song Dynasty had very little hope of victory, extremely slim.

Not only Emperor Huizong, but also all the officials in the court had a clear understanding in their hearts.

Nothing could be clearer than the current strength comparison between Song and Jin.

But there is no choice but to bite the bullet and face the Jin army.

At Sipai time, the [-] soldiers and horses of the Song Army, which were simply invisible, were divided into two groups by the court.

There were less than 4 people on each route, ready to go, waiting to lead the Jin army in a defensive posture.

Han Shizhong, who had been temporarily appointed as deputy admiral by Emperor Huizong the day before, followed Kang Wang Zhao Gou as the East Route Army.

The other side of the West Route Army was led by Sun Qingshan, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Li Gang, Taichang Shaoqing.

Han Shizhong was as loyal as death, and when he ordered his troops, he found that the 4 people led by himself and Zhao Gou were not a little bit worse than the 4 people led by Sun Qingshan and Li Gang.

The 4 people under his command include old and weak soldiers, group leaders, wounded people, and even many improvised volunteers from Bianliang City.

After careful calculation, he and Zhao Gou came to a desperate fact.

Among these 4 people, there are only 2 who can truly be called elite soldiers.

This is such a pessimistic figure. If you want to rely on these 2 people to resist the golden army, it is simply nonsense.

Before leaving, Han Shizhong and Zhao Gou sat in the camp, looking at each other with sad faces.

After a long while, the young Yue Fei who was standing aside laughed twice and said: "Your Majesty, Brother Han, after this battle, most of us brothers will go our separate ways and see each other again in the next life."

Zhao Gou's right hand was always tightly holding the sword hanging at his waist. Han Shizhong saw that his fingernails were turning white.

"It's no big deal, as long as you two live, I'll die if I die!"

As soon as Han Shizhong finished speaking, he took the initiative to draw seven thousand old, weak and disabled soldiers on the battle map with a brush.

After finishing the hook, when he was about to put down the brush, Zhao Gou grabbed his wrist tightly.

Zhao Gou said urgently to Han Shizhong: "No! Never!"

Han Shizhong gave a wry smile and said: "The situation in the world is like this. No one wants to see this situation, but if you don't do this, what else can you do?"

"Prince Kang, not to mention whether you are a prince or not, whether you have a bright future or not, you and Yue Fei are even a round younger than me. I have been here for most of my life. If I die, I will die." ”

(End of this chapter)