Tumeng: I am a national advisor in the Golden Family

Chapter 483 The frightened Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Yun wanted to move the capital
In the imperial city, all civil and military officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were gathered together, and Song Emperor Zhao Yun urgently summoned all officials.

The situation at this time was very critical. Who could have imagined that just over a month after the war started, the war situation had already reached such a critical level.

In the past few days, Zhao Xunhe, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, had not had a good night's sleep, and bad news kept coming.

First, Meng Gong's defense line in Xiangyang, which they had high hopes for, collapsed in just half a month, and the entire Xiangyang city was occupied.

This news was like a bolt from the blue to him, the Emperor of the Song Dynasty! The most important point of the Yangtze River Defense Line is Xiangyang City.

Anywhere can be breached, but Xiangyang City cannot be breached here. Breaking here would be terrible for them, the Song Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, the water transport fleet near the Yangtze River Basin was completely annihilated by the Mongolian army.

Then Jiangling Mansion actually rebelled, and the entire Jiangling Mansion surrendered to the King of Guanzhong along with the guard Liu Zheng.

"This Meng Gong has really harmed the country! A hundred thousand troops stationed in Xiangyang, the largest city in the world, were actually breached in just half a month." A civil servant sighed in the court hall and said.

Originally, I thought that among the several defense lines, the most secure one was the Xiangyang defense line where Meng Gong was stationed. After all, there were hundreds of thousands of troops there, and Meng Gong was the most treacherous minister in the world.

Xiangyang City has a large amount of city defense supplies, as well as grain and grass.

Let alone a few months, or even a few years, it shouldn't be a problem, but who would have thought that this number one city in the world would be captured in just half a month? .

"What's even more annoying is the Yangtze River water transport navy. How much money did our Song Dynasty spend on these navy?

But in the end, they were completely wiped out by the Guanzhong Army. Who made the fleet of the Guanzhong Army? They were all built by some Western barbarians. "

"Isn't it true? How can the ships built by those barbarians compare to the strong ships of the Song Dynasty?"

"Officials, I have proposed a strict investigation of Meng Gong. The reason why our army was defeated and completely collapsed this time is because of this man." A civil servant stood up and said.

"Yes, the officials must strictly investigate this Meng Gong and Liu Zheng, the guard of Jiangling Mansion, but he single-handedly promoted him. I didn't expect that this person would turn out to be a wolf-hearted person who surrendered to the enemy." Another Southern Song Dynasty courtier immediately Jumped out and spoke.

In the eyes of these people in the civil service group, Meng Gong was too incompetent.

Before, when the Mongolian army was marching south, it was only good luck to kill Wo Kuotai's son Kuo Chu. An octagonal ox bow happened to hit the opponent.

The Mongol prince was shot to death, which caused the Mongol army from the southern expedition to return. This time facing the army of the King of Guanzhong, Meng Gong's uselessness became apparent.

His own fighting skills were not very good either. He had been defending the largest city in the world for only half a month and was breached. The general he promoted with his own hands actually took the lead in the rebellion.

"My dear friends, aren't we discussing who should be investigated strictly? What we want to discuss now is the cavalry that appeared outside the city. How are we going to deal with this cavalry unit?" Zhao Yun said somewhat speechlessly.

At this time, you are still thinking about capturing a certain general and punishing him. Is it useful to punish him now?
Now that Meng Gong has been convicted, who will lead the army in the direction of Ezhou? Who will resist the Guanzhong army?
Could it be that you were sent by the King of Guanzhong to trouble me?
The news that Yangzhou City had been breached just came. In two days, the Mongolian army had already reached the gates of Lin'an Prefecture. The Guanzhong army was so fast.

Yangzhou City, which he had placed high hopes on and focused on defense, was actually captured in a few days, or it could not be said that it was captured, but surrendered. It was really an incompetent general, and the three armies were exhausted! (A book friend here once asked a question: Yangzhou City is still separated from the Yangtze River. After conquering Yangzhou City, as long as there is a bridge, war horses can be transported there. There is no need to use ships to transport them. Shipping is the slowest. Yes, there is a backup pontoon bridge in Yangzhou city, so the protagonist’s son’s cavalry unit can cross the Yangtze River so quickly.)
Now they have the Song Dynasty. It was almost a stormy moment. All three lines of defense collapsed, the Chuzhou direction was breached, the Yangzhou City army even drove to Lin'an Prefecture, Xiangyang City was breached, and Jiangling Prefecture was breached. I wonder if the Song army in the Ezhou direction can still withstand it?

"Guardian, you don't have to worry too much. Most of the enemy troops outside the city are cavalry units. These cavalry are not good at siege warfare. We just need to close the city gate tightly and hold on." A general stood up and said, He spoke.

Sirs, what are you afraid of? We are in the city, but the enemy is outside the city.

Moreover, all the enemies were cavalry, which looked very powerful and scary, but they did not carry any engineering equipment. Even if they started logging on the spot, it would take time to make engineering equipment.

During this period, as long as they closed the city gate, there would be no danger at all. As long as they defended the city, Lin'an Mansion was not an ordinary state capital, but the residence of the emperor.

There are 5 forbidden troops here. The forbidden troops are the core combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty and the strongest combat effectiveness. They are the best in terms of training and weapons and equipment.

No matter what, there is no way they can break through Lin'an Mansion.

"My lord! What you said is wrong. The cavalry outside the city seems to be more than ten thousand at least. When the Jin cavalry came to Kaifeng Mansion, didn't they also attack the city?

Didn't they also kidnap the two emperors of our Song Dynasty? "A civil servant stood up and spoke.

"Yes, there are so many cavalry outside the city that you can't even see the end of the city when you stand on the tower."

"The enemy has at least 30,000 to 50,000 cavalry." A civilian official said.

When they heard that there were 30,000 to 50,000 cavalry, the expressions of all the civil officials present changed wildly. They, the ministers, remembered the shame of Jingkang. At that time, tens of thousands of Jin Kingdom's cavalry came and directly destroyed the Northern Dynasty.

When the Emperor of the Song Dynasty heard this, his face changed wildly, and he even turned pale.

Could it be that he is the next emperor to be kidnapped by the enemy? When the King of Guanzhong was young, he had tattoos on the back of one of his supervisors. He said he wanted to put his eyes out.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun's whole body began to tremble, and then he was extremely frightened. As the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, he knew the fate of the second emperor Huiqin best.

He knew what it would be like to be destroyed by the enemy. It would be worse than death!

no! He couldn't be those two people, and he absolutely had to find a way to save himself. As for what the general said just now, he didn't understand at all, and he didn't even think about encouraging the army.

"My lords, the enemy's cavalry will never exceed ten thousand, or even only seven or eight thousand. Their horses seem to be many, but both the Mongolian army and the Guanzhong army have spare horses. These horses are with them. They are just spare war horses, and you have to calculate their total number." A general stood up and said.

It would be ridiculous to think how many enemy cavalry there are just by seeing the number of enemy horses. And even if we only count horses, there will not be more than 2 horses.

Where did the thirty to fifty thousand cavalry come from? Is it necessary to be so afraid? As long as the city gate is closed, they will not be able to stir up any waves.

"Officials! I think we should summon all the soldiers and horses to come to the capital to help the king now." A civil servant stood up and said.

What the general said just now was selectively ignored by them. No matter what, the enemy's cavalry had already reached the door. At this time, protecting the emperor was the most important thing.

"Yes! Officials, you should immediately mobilize Marshal Meng from Ezhou and ask him to lead his troops back to the division to come to the rescue."

Meng Gong now still controls the army in Ezhou and other armies south of the Yangtze River.

There should be about 100,000 people. As long as these people return to the army to rescue them, they can drive away the Mongolian cavalry at the gate of the city.

"No! The emperor must not call back the army. No one from the front line can be called back. Otherwise, our Song Dynasty will be finished.

Now we can compete with this cavalry force by relying on our own strength. Even annihilating this cavalry force is not impossible. "A general stood up and said. How can we mobilize the frontline troops to return reinforcements at such a critical period? Moreover, the number of enemies does not require reinforcements at all.

"Emperor, why don't you go up to the tower and encourage the soldiers of the three armies?" a military general said.

There were several thousand cavalry in the Imperial Army of the Southern Song Dynasty. After all, they were the army guarding the emperor's capital. They had an absolute advantage in numbers. It was not impossible for them to go out to fight.

At that time, as long as the emperor stands on the city tower, the morale of the soldiers of the three armies will be inspired, and they will definitely kill the enemy with all their strength. Then they will have a chance to repel this Guanzhong cavalry.

No matter how bad it is, it can still boost morale.

"You bastard, it's ridiculous. The emperor has a body of ten thousand gold, the body of a real dragon. How can he go up to the tower to boost morale? If anything goes wrong, our country, the Song Dynasty, will be in danger." A civil servant stood up and said.

The majestic Emperor of the Song Dynasty must of course sit in the imperial city. How can you go to the outer city tower to encourage ordinary soldiers?
"Officials! In ancient times, there were emperors who led military expeditions in person. Why don't you follow suit? Our great ancestor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, was also a military general." A military general said.

When is it now that you still care about the emperor’s body of gold? As long as you go upstairs and let ordinary soldiers see you, it will be a great encouragement to ordinary soldiers.

These generals can also take this opportunity to improve the morale of the soldiers, and there are heavy soldiers protecting the city tower, so how could it be in danger?
"Haven't you seen the battle report from Xiangyang Prefecture and the battle report from Yangzhou Prefecture?
The artillery and heavy artillery of the Guanzhong army are extremely powerful. They can easily attack the defenders on the top of the city. If the emperor goes up to the city tower. Wouldn't that be a waste of life? "A civil servant said.

Several generals were very angry when they heard this. Didn't you see that there were no infantry outside the city? The cavalry can't run around with artillery. They don't have artillery.

"My dear friends, I am the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Logically, I should stay in Lin'an Mansion to resist these bandits. But if anything happens to me, the Song Dynasty will be over. I want to move the capital, but I don't know what you think of it?" Zhao Yun said.

He heard what the ministers just said, but he didn't believe what these generals said. If your generals were really so powerful, they wouldn't lose again and again.

I have believed in your generals, but what about the rewards your generals gave me? It has only been a month since the Guanzhong army marched, but you have already lost Xiangyang Prefecture, Jiangling Prefecture, and Yangzhou.

This is all the result of my trust in you. Now that you tell me that I can defend Lin'an Mansion, I don't believe it even more.

For the present plan, it would be safer to move the capital and escape to the south. Go to Jianning Mansion, or Fuzhou, or Quanzhou. The further south you go, the harder it will be for the cavalry to be used, and you will be safer by then.

As soon as these words came out, the generals in the court suddenly opened their mouths and looked at their emperor in disbelief.

"Guan! You mean you want to leave? You want to leave Lin'an Mansion? Continue south." A military general asked.

"I really want to move the capital. The generals can bring 50,000 imperial troops to escort us. We will go to the south to prepare our strength again, form a coalition, and then go to the north." Zhao Yun said.

There was no way, he was frightened by the Guanzhong army. From the moment he took the throne, he was pushed to the ground by the Guanzhong King and beaten.

The King of Guanzhong first defeated his army of hundreds of thousands in the land of Guanzhong, and then took away his land of Sichuan and Shu. Then he was defeated in the land of the Central Plains. Facing this King of Guanzhong, he never failed I won, but now I have lost all confidence and just want to settle in a corner.

Anyway, it's not like the emperor of their Zhao family has never done this kind of thing. Otherwise, where would their Southern Lin'an Mansion be?
"Your Majesty! If we go further south, we will have no chance. We can't defeat the north, and there is no need to be afraid of this cavalry unit!" said a general.

"Officials! If you are worried about the traitor army? Then just call in the armies from all over the country to serve the king. If the capital is moved, the ministers don't think it is necessary!" At this time, not only the military generals, but also the civil servants began to dissuade him.

Move the entire political center south. This is something you would do only as a last resort, and there are no big cities in the south. The only bigger ones are Longxing Prefecture, Jianning Prefecture, and Shaoxing Prefecture Qingyuan Prefecture.

Shaoxing Prefecture and Qingyuan Prefecture are only a few hundred miles away from Lin'an Prefecture, so they are not suitable to become new capitals. Longxing Prefecture is more suitable, but Longxing Prefecture is very close to Ezhou.

If Meng Gong of Ezhou is defeated by the Guanzhong army again, then it is better not to go to Longxing Mansion! Going further south, there really isn't much good to do.

Moreover, some state capitals in the south cannot afford to support the emperor, if they really let the Guanzhong army. If they occupy Lin'an Prefecture, Jiangning Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture and other places, then they really have no chance in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is impossible to be partial to safety.

The successful establishment of the previous Southern Dynasties relied on the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River defense line, coupled with the powerful naval forces of the Song Dynasty.

"Then, how about we cede territory and seek peace? I just want to keep my foundation of the Song Dynasty." Zhao Yun asked.

The generals who heard this were a little speechless for a moment. Is this the tradition of your old Zhao family? Who established the Southern Dynasties? The emperor Zhao Gou also did this and ceded a large area of ​​unoccupied northern land to the Jin Kingdom.

"Guan family! You must not leave Lin'an Mansion. If you leave Lin'an Mansion, you are more likely to be annihilated by the Guanzhong army. Even Guan family, you will become a prisoner." A military general said.

"Generals, what do you say? There are 50,000 forbidden troops escorting me away, how can there be danger?" Zhao Yun said.

It should be no problem for him to leave with the 50,000-strong army escorting him. If Yangzhou and other Guanzhong troops send reinforcements again, then the 50,000-strong army will not be able to leave even if they want to.

Now according to the latest battle report, the Guanzhou army from Yangzhou Prefecture should be attacking Jiankang Prefecture. It is estimated that Jiankang Prefecture will soon fall, and Pingjiang Prefecture on the other side may not be able to hold it.

"Officials! Although there are less than 10,000 cavalry outside the city, if they pursue the infantry, it cannot be called a war at all, but a massacre." The general said.

Are you kidding me, my lord? Son of Heaven.

Fifty thousand troops went out. And if he still escorts you to escape, you will be fiercely pursued by the cavalry troops!

It would be easier for us to stay in the city and defend. If you take us out of the city to escape, it will be really doomed.

"Didn't you just say that? As long as I appear in the army, the morale of the army will definitely be high. Isn't it possible to repel the cavalry troops in Guanzhong?" Zhao Yun asked.

As soon as these words came out, some civil servants shook their heads.

When you stand on the city wall to boost morale, you are cheering up the soldiers and making people feel at ease. After all, you, the ruler, are here.

But if you take them to escape, the meaning is different. When escaping, the morale of the army is at its lowest.

When pursuing, morale is at its highest. One side runs away while the other pursues. If the cavalry fights the infantry, you all know what the consequences will be.

"That's not as good as this. I will lead a small group of troops out of the city. The generals will lead the troops here to guard Lin'an Mansion. I will go to the south first to move reinforcements." Zhao Yun said.

I can't leave with a large army, so it's okay for me to leave the city with a small group of troops, right? After dressing up in disguise, the Guanzhong cavalry didn’t know that he was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, right?

"Absolutely not. Official, it is not safe for you to leave the city now. The cavalry outside the city will not let anyone leave." The general said.

"Emperor! Lead us to guard for a while. The envoy you sent has probably arrived at the Mongolian grassland. Now as long as he can convince the Mongolian Khan, the King of Guanzhong will definitely withdraw his troops." A civil servant stood up and said.

(End of this chapter)