Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 160 Yangou is coming!

Pay attention, the indescribably large city in front of you is called Bianjing.

The people of Song Dynasty have confirmed most of the terms, but they are quite critical of the idea of ​​marrying the emperor's concubine. Most ministers do not think that more money and food should be given, nor do they think that more money and food should be given to the emperor's concubine. They just feel that Liu Ling seems to have no intention of attacking. city, then the one who “holds” the right to speak should be our own side.

Even after the first batch of envoys appeased Liu Ling, the imperial court immediately began to take this opportunity to delay, hoping to confirm whether the news about Zongze and Tong Guan in Hebei was true.

Han Fang walked quickly into the commander's tent holding the letter and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the people of Song Dynasty have another idea. They say that our army demands too many terms and the capital will not be able to come up with them for a while. We need Our military will reduce it as appropriate."

"Didn't I say that if they can't get it together, they will use Di Ji to pay off their debts?"

"People in the Song Dynasty said that Di Ji is the emperor's daughter and the face of their Song Dynasty, so they can only marry one. The idea of ​​repaying debts is too ridiculous, so..."

"Ah."

Liu Ling put down the book in his hand, pushed Zhu Shuzhen's waist, and asked her to stand up from his arms and go out.

She is also well-behaved and knows that she is not qualified to listen to what is said below.

"Song people are really cheap."

The inkstone in front of Liu Ling was still wet, so he picked up the pen and dipped it in some ink, wrote two words at random, and then handed it to Han Fang.

"Block the rivers and official roads around Bianjing, and prohibit the teams transporting grain from entering the capital as much as possible. I will first let them not eat a grain of grain.

Tell the people of the Song Dynasty that within three days I will at least see the official decree and official documents from the court recognizing compensation. The same goes for the emperor and the concubine. The military officials sent by our army will agree on the amount immediately, and the money and food can be paid later. I will give it again, but the Emperor Ji, who is used as a debt bond, needs to be taken away by our army envoys on the spot.

If not, I will attack the city first and then breach the embankment! "

Han Fang lowered his head and glanced at the paper in his hand.

There are two words written on the paper:

Yellow River.

The section of the Yellow River from Daming Prefecture to the north of Kaifeng Prefecture is in Liu Ling's hands. It is really easy to destroy any dam. Liu Ling came as an "invader", so what will happen if the Yellow River breaks its embankments? No matter how big the impact is, it has nothing to do with his interests.

But for the Song people, this was also a very disgusting threat to them.

One day later, there was still no news from the Song people. A Zhenyuan Army general led an army of 500 horses and attacked Moutuogang. This was the horse breeding farm of the Song people in Kaifeng Prefecture, where a large amount of grain and horses were stored. Liu Ling once again gained considerable quantity of supplies.

At the same time, because of the official's previous decree of a truce, he issued an order to let the states north of the Yellow River provide military supplies for the "Han Army", which was tantamount to directly acquiescing to the Yanyun army to use Hebei as a granary to burn, kill, and loot.

In contrast, Bianjing City had been sealed off when Liu Ling's army arrived, intending to defend it to the death.

However, there are more than one million people in Bianjing City. A one-day closure is enough to be fatal. Several consecutive days of closure are enough to quickly cause a large number of hungry people to appear in the city. The food that was originally intended to be transported into the capital was either intercepted by Yanyun's army or was intercepted by Yanyun's army. Liu Ling was recruited into the army by purchase.

In the court, during the early morning court, the ministers looked at each other, and the first question they asked was not about the current situation, but

"Scholar Cai, how much grain does your family have?"

"No more, no more, no more."

The ministers shook their heads and sighed at each other, whispering to each other in low voices, while walking to the square outside the Morning Palace.

At the east gate of the imperial city, several officials also heard the conversation of these big shots and secretly laughed at them. One of them, the most handsome and the most heroic, couldn't help but said: "The gate to the north of the country is wide open, and the northern captives are asking for money outside the capital." The imperial court did not send out a large army to conquer women with money and food, but instead these princes and powerful people, are they really shameless?"

If you don’t have a face, you don’t need to worry about your face. Someone next to him immediately laughed and said: "Uncle Liu Xin, you are just a sibling, just like us, a petty official who is at the mercy of others. Aren't you afraid of death if you discuss the government's affairs arbitrarily?"

The young man named Uncle Liu Xin sneered and couldn't help but look at the palace wall next to him. He was silent for a while and said slowly:

"I am originally a general, and foreign enemies have invaded. If I can have the opportunity to go to the outside of the city to fight with swords and guns, and have a showdown with the Northerners, I would really like it!"

The crowd immediately burst into laughter.

"Stop talking nonsense."

The eldest one lowered his voice and asked: "Recently, the price of the grain store in Beijing has soared. My family can hardly afford it, but this month's salary is in arrears. We brothers, if you have a little extra at home, "Can"

"Brother Zhang, you know me. My younger brother is a widower. He is away from home every day. How can he store food at home?"

"Brother Zhang, my family is also in trouble. You know that my wife is about to give birth, so you will naturally be close to my wife and me at this time."

Everyone immediately waved their hands and refused.

There is a shortage of food in the capital now, and the price of food in the city is more expensive than the price of silver. Even if there is plenty, who would be willing to give it to others easily?

"Uncle Xin."

"That's all, you can come to my house later to get some."

Liu Qi sighed, and everyone chatted until noon. When the court was about to disperse, several ministers left the place where they were guarding, and some words were vaguely heard from their mouths.

"The Yellow River bursts its banks. Only Emperor Ji is nothing more than a loss of his face."

Liu Ling's army was stationed outside the city. The court told the people in the city that these were soldiers on the border who were short of military pay. They came in groups by chance to "beg for money and food." The court was sending people to appease them, so there was no need to worry.

However, the imperial court never gave a reasonable explanation for the closure of the city.

Liu Ling had one more request, and now the court has complied with it.

"The traitor Tong Guan has embezzled military pay, and Yan Commander Liu Ling has led his army to file a complaint!"

Bianjing has been sealed off, and people who still have the time to hang out in places like Qinlou and Chuguan can often hear some "inside information", especially those people who have noses and eyes, which makes people have to believe it.

Liu Ling, compared to the likes of Guo Yaoshi, his reputation among the people of the Song Dynasty is actually quite good, mainly because he has filled the huge gap in "brave martial arts" among the Song people in recent years.

He entered the land of Yan and snatched the princess of the Liao Kingdom, and rushed to the desert to fall in love with the Queen Mother of the Xia Kingdom.

And when the leader of the Jin Kingdom got married, the news reached Bianjing, and countless versions and notebooks were made up by people who had free time.

But now, Liu Ling, the king of Han, has led his army to arrive outside the capital. No matter how stupid he is, he will not think that he has any good intentions in coming here at this time.

It's impossible for him to see that the New Year is about to happen, so he brought his army to come around to congratulate the officials on their birthday, right?

If that were the case, the court would not have sealed the city.

Liu Qi brought Brother Zhang back home, and was just about to give him some food when a servant stumbled in. When he saw him, he immediately screamed: "Lang Jun, Lang Jun, leave quickly, Yan Thief is attacking." It’s the city!”

(End of this chapter)