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The sky continues.

【After successfully crossing the river, the Jin army marched straight to Bianjing. 】

[How many troops did the Jin army have at that time? ]

[The Northern Song Dynasty estimated that the enemy force was about 6.]

[Of these, only half were elite Jurchen soldiers, and subsequent intelligence showed that this number was actually overestimated.]

[It is even said that "the enemy cavalry is no more than 50,000, and those who can fight are only over 10,000."]

[That is, there are only 10,000 elite soldiers.]

[So, how did Song Huizong respond? ]

【He ran away! 】

[Before and after the Jin soldiers crossed the river, Song Huizong abdicated the throne to his son Song Qinzong. ]

【It's just passing the buck! 】

[Besides, it is not convenient for an emperor to escape. ]

[If the emperor takes the lead in escaping, the situation will inevitably get out of control. ]

[I won't be in any good condition by then. ]

[In this way, the 25-year-old Song Qinzong ascended the throne, and on New Year's Day, he changed the reign title to Jing Kang.]

[On the third day of the Lunar New Year, news came that the Jin army had crossed the river, and Song Huizong fled in panic that night.]

[The next day, Emperor Qinzong of Song also began to think about leaving, and while cursing Emperor Huizong of Song, he wanted to run away.]

Outside the sky, the end of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei and his son Liu Chan, who were watching the sky curtain together, were stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liu Bei said in disbelief:
"Wait, if I didn't miss it, the Jin Kingdom's Eastern Army marched south and reached the capital of the Song Dynasty without even fighting a major battle."

"Then, the emperor of the Song Dynasty didn't even dare to fight a major war."

"Just ran away without resistance?"

"If the Jin people are really extremely strong, we cannot defeat them."

"It is understandable that we lost the war and our country was destroyed."

"But how can they surrender without going through a life-and-death battle to defend the capital?"

Not only was Liu Bei dumbfounded, but even Liu Chan, who was much more cowardly, said:

"That's really not right."

"The Song Dynasty had a vast territory, seemed extremely prosperous, and had sufficient military strength."

"Even if the early battle situation was not good."

"But the emperor of the Song Dynasty shouldn't just run away, right?"

"Hold the city and wait for reinforcements. Maybe we can still fight."

In the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Congke drank a large cup and said with disdain on his face:
"Bah! This future emperor of the Song family is really afraid of death!"

"At worst, we'll fight to the death!"

"Even if we can't fight to the death, we should defend our country and die in service to our country!"

"How can you be so cowardly?"

The sky curtain also continues.

【At the critical moment, a hero stepped forward. 】

[Li Gang, 43 years old at the time, was not a military officer and did not hold a high position, so he had no chance to rise to prominence.]

[However, Song Huizong favored treacherous ministers such as Tong Guan, Cai Jing, and Gao Qiu, and the court was filled with flatterers.]

【Only Li Gang firmly opposed escaping and insisted on holding on. 】

【Song Qinzong adopted Li Gang's suggestion and promoted him to Shangshu Youcheng, entrusting him with the defense of Bianjing City and military power. 】

[So, is it true that Bianjing City cannot be defended? ]

[In fact, there were more than 100,000 Song troops in the city. Although their combat effectiveness varied, they were more than enough to defend the city.]

[There are millions of civilians in the city, who can recruit soldiers to assist in the defense, and there is sufficient food and grass in the city, so there is no need to worry in the short term. ]

[In addition, the city defense of Bianjing was impregnable. ]

[The inner city wall is twenty miles long.]

[The outer city is fifty miles long, thirteen meters high, and twenty meters thick! ]

[Most of the twelve city gates have three-story barbicans. ]

[Add to that the moat which is more than ten feet wide, and it is not easy to break through. ]

[Unfortunately, the officials in the city were incompetent, causing chaos in the city. ]

[Fortunately, Li Gang personally organized the soldiers and civilians, reorganized the city defense, built towers, deployed crossbow carts and catapults, and prepared defensive equipment such as rolling logs, thunder stones, firewood, and hot oil. ]

【At the same time, he deployed his troops rationally. 】

【12000 men were stationed on each of the four city walls.】

[The 4 troops were divided into five armies.]

[The two armies will be stationed at key points outside the city, and the three armies will serve as mobile forces, ready to provide support at any time.]

[In just four or five days, from the fifth to the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Gang raced against time to prepare for the defense of Bianjing.]

[This civil servant who was appointed in a time of crisis managed to put the chaotic city defense into good order.]

[When the Jin army approached the city from the west and north, Li Gang personally led a thousand elite imperial guards to the city wall to command the battle.]

[The Northern Song defenders were in a commanding position, and the Jin army in the distance became a sitting duck for crossbows and catapults.]

[The whistling boulder smashed into the enemy camp along with the sound of wind.]

[When the enemy approaches the city wall, the divine arm bow emits a sharp sound of breaking through the air. ]

[Arrows rained down like raindrops.] [Rolling logs and thunder stones also fell from the top of the city walls, causing the Jin army to be thrown into disarray.]

[These long-range weapons have always been what the Song army is good at. ]

[The Jin army only had siege equipment such as ladders, and they tried to use them to seize the city wall.]

【Li Gang immediately organized a death squad. 】

[They tied ropes around their waists and descended from the city wall, holding torches to light the ladders. In the flames, more than a dozen Jin army leaders became dead souls under the sword.]

[After the fierce battle, the Jin army lost thousands of men, but the walls of Bianjing remained as solid as a rock.]

[From then on, the Jin people dared not launch a strong attack easily and could only surround the city from outside. ]

……

Song.

Zhao Kuangyin saw this.

I felt a little better.

It seems that the Song Dynasty still has some military strength, although it is no match for the Jin people in a field battle.

However, the Song infantry was already at a disadvantage in field battles facing the Khitan and Jurchen cavalry in the north.

Zhao Kuangyin himself was well aware of this, so it was understandable.

Zhao Kuangyin sat down and said slowly: "It seems that it is not a problem for my Song Dynasty to hold Kaifeng."

"The tens of thousands of Jin soldiers who came from afar and advanced deep into the city were trapped under the strong city."

"The situation is so good, so how did the Song Dynasty fall?"

The sky continues.

[The situation seems to be developing in a direction favorable to the Northern Song Dynasty.]

[However, the Northern Song Dynasty's rulers and ministers made a second fatal mistake at this time.]

[When the war situation is favorable, take the initiative to ask for peace with the Jin people. ]

[Li Gang, the war advocate, firmly opposed peace talks.]

[He knew very well that the morale of the Song army was high at this time, and the Jin army was alone and deep in the territory, with logistical supply difficulties. A protracted war would be extremely beneficial to the Northern Song Dynasty.]

【But it was powerless to prevent the court's voices of peace from gaining the upper hand.】

[So Li Gang took the initiative to volunteer and was willing to go out of the city to negotiate in person, fearing that others would be too weak and lose their bottom line in the negotiation.]

【But Emperor Qinzong of Song and his ministers had other plans. 】

[They were afraid of Li Gang's tough attitude and were afraid of angering the Jin people, so they insisted on sending someone else.]

[The negotiation results were jaw-dropping. The Northern Song Dynasty almost completely accepted the harsh conditions of the Jin people.]

[The Jin people demanded Taiyuan and three other towns.]

【At this time, the military and civilians of Taiyuan were still resisting stubbornly. 】

[Because Song Huizong had previously broken his promise to Jin, the Jin people demanded that the Song Dynasty send a prince to the Jin camp as a hostage.]

[The 19-year-old King Kang Zhao Gou took the initiative to step forward and head for the tiger's den. ]

[The most outrageous thing is the huge compensation demand. ]

[The Jin people didn't know how much the Song Dynasty had, nor did they know how to calculate it, so they just asked for an exorbitant price.]

[The result of the peace talks was 500 million taels of gold and 5000 million taels of silver, an astronomical figure far beyond the capacity of Bianjing.]

[The imperial court simply cannot afford to pay the compensation.]

【However, Emperor Qinzong of Song and the ministers who advocated peace ignored the lives of the people and frantically plundered the national treasury, officials, wealthy households, and even the people. 】

[Until the 51th day of the first lunar month, only 7 taels of gold and 1430 taels of silver had been collected, which was far from what the Jin people wanted.]

[The Jin people were naturally unwilling to retreat easily.]

Barrage:

"Bianjing is indeed difficult to defend. There is no advantageous terrain at all."

"It's all the fault of the car god: if the danger is not in the heart, the capital will be moved earlier and the problem will be solved sooner."

《God of Cars: I am a rookie, not stupid. Don’t I know that Kaifeng has no defenses? I won’t build up the city defenses to death? My descendants will not build up defenses and just run away, right?》

Kaifeng has been under the rule of Zhu Wen and has been continuously developed over the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty. The city defense, layout, and water conservancy were very complete and mature at that time. It was definitely able to be defended!

"It's incredible that they don't dare to defend this top-level city defense."

《Defeated by Song Huizong and his gang! 》

《There are too many treacherous ministers.》

《The morning is full of righteousness and the stars are shining.》

"Among the high-ranking officials at that time, only Tong Guan had some ability. "

"Forget about Tong Guan. He led the well-equipped Western Army to a decisive victory."

"The Emperor of Song Dynasty is too rotten!"

"It's a pity that the soldiers and civilians of the three northern towns were still resisting, but they were sold out by the imperial court."

"Li Gang is not that strong, but even someone like him has become the only support of the Song Dynasty. How can we survive this situation?"

"You can say that Li Gang was stubborn and reckless, but his toughness was definitely the best choice at that time."

"Song Qinzong later became soft, what did he get in return?"

"So after winning the battle, they negotiated for peace. Did Wanyan Jiumei learn this from here?"

"Northern Song Dynasty Passive Skill: Peace Negotiation, Activate!"

"At that time, Ah Jiu was still a strong man with iron blood, ah!"

"There is nothing wrong with Zhao Gou at this time. He is indeed good." (End of this chapter)