Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 338 The Defense of Tokyo 26
Just as Wang Xiu left the city, Qin Hui unexpectedly visited Zhong Liqiu.

"My lord, Wenshi is out of the city. I wonder what your lord thinks about this battle?" Qin Hui was very solemn and respectful.

Zhong Liqiu seemed a little surprised when he visited Qin Hui. After listening to Qin Hui's straight-forward question, he understood Qin Hui's thoughts, and said indifferently: "Huizhi is a sage, and it is his duty to do his best for the court. Wenshi is a genius in managing the world. Hope it will be good for it.”

Qin Hui didn't get what he wanted, he was a standard main fighter, and the purpose of visiting Zhongliqiu was obvious.It is an indisputable fact that the Huangsong Bank has its own system, and the amount of money it reserves exceeds that of Taifu Temple.

Zhong Liqiu, as the actual person in charge of Huangsong Bank, has a large amount of money in his hands, and money is necessary for war, otherwise you will not be able to talk about it. The reason why Zhao Heng was indifferent is that Zhong Liqiu refused to withdraw money from the bank for a very good reason Simple, the bank is not opened for captives, but the seeds of the future of the Song Dynasty. The money in it belongs to the people of the world, and no one can use the capital.

"What your lord said is that Wen Shi is indeed capable of both civil and military skills, but the current situation is difficult, and there are wars outside the city, and the court is short of money!" Qin Hui still licked his face.

Zhong Liqiu chuckled, and said lightly, "It might just be the censor, why, when did you go to Taifu Temple?"

Qin Hui's old face is mighty, he really came because of Tao Zhongli Qiu's tone, or he came here on his own initiative, and he told Wang Xiu yesterday that the court has run out of money!He admired Zhong Liqiu's strength of character very much, and was also interested in Zhao Heng's never replacing Zhong Liqiu. He was keenly aware of the problems Wang Xiu ignored.

"My lord, the imperial court lacks money, so how can they use troops? The Huangsong Bank belongs to the imperial court. Seeing King Qin's army gathering, the supply of food and grass is insufficient, and the Taifu Temple and the Ministry of Households are already empty." Qin Hui said heartbrokenly.

"Half of the world's money is in the capital, how can you say there is no money?" Zhong Liqiu knew it well, but said in a neutral manner.

Qin Hui was speechless, yes!You took away the government treasury and folk money and gave them to the Jurchens, but in the end you couldn't even get the military pay, who is to blame?
"By the way, I heard that the officials punished Liang Shicheng?" Zhong Liqiu asked intentionally or unintentionally.

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Back then, Chen Dong wrote to prevent the officials from succeeding to the throne, and Liang Shi became the chief culprit. The officials were furious when they found out, and ordered Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu to commit a major crime of collusion. Already put down the law."

Zhong Liqiu had no expression on his face, and said indifferently: "If you try to get lucky, you will inevitably die in the end! If you knew today, why did you have to do it at the beginning?"

"My lord, the imperial court is in dire straits. Your Majesty has great hopes for your lord." Qin Hui still turned the words back, hoping that Zhong Liqiu could solve the problem of military expenses.

"At the meeting, we must put the world first!" Zhong Liqiu sighed softly.

On the night of the first day of February in the first year of Jingkang, the weather was gloomy, the stars and the moon could not be seen, and the cold wind was still strong. The officers and men on duty at the top of the city hid under the battlements one after another, avoiding the piercing cold wind, and huddled up to keep warm. .

Yao Pingzhong, Yang Kesheng and others, and 7000 Xihe soldiers from Jingyuan quietly left the city and went straight to Moutuogang. It is said that the movement of these more than [-] people leaving the city was not small. Residents on both sides of the street could clearly hear the sound of people and horses in the dead of night. Hissing sound.

The strange thing is that Zhong Shidao and Li Gang, who are in charge of Xuanfu Division and Yuying Division, are uncharacteristically.Zhong Shidao stayed in the city that night and didn't care about Yao Pingzhong's actions. Li Gang said that he could not take charge because of a sudden illness, so he lived in the camp of the imperial camp at night.

At this time, Zhao Huan was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night, and sent eunuch Zhang Quan to take the imperial letter to Li Gang, "Ping Zhong has made a move, and it will be a great success. You can lead the soldiers of the imperial battalion out of Fengqiu to support Ping Zhong."

Li Gang did not send troops. He wrote that he was seriously ill. What's more, five days later when all the troops were supposed to be assembled, he used the excuse that he didn't know that Yao Pingzhong was going to send troops tonight.

Zhao Huan was very dissatisfied with Li Gang's attitude. Zhang Quan went in and out of the imperial battalion three times, and finally issued a military order.

Wang Tong, the vanguard official, led five hundred heavy cavalry straight to the camp, and passed two camps in a row, but they were all empty. He couldn't help being a little puzzled, I'm afraid the Jurchens were prepared, and wanted to observe, but Yao Pingzhong urged the troops repeatedly, so he had no choice but to Bite the bullet.

Beforehand, some scouts had visited these camps a long time ago, and they saw the candlelight shining brightly and the fights going on, there seemed to be nothing abnormal, no wonder Yao Pingzhong didn't believe it.

When Wang Tong reached the third village, he found a large group of Jin soldiers surrounding him with bows and crossbows, and he had to shout: "Everyone, fight hard."

The forward five hundred cavalry fought to the death, and Yao Pingzhong also understood that he had been fooled. The soldiers of the Song Army were all dumbfounded.

He had no choice but to send Chen Kai to lead the army to support him, and at the same time ordered the whole army to form a formation and retreat, but he never thought that the newly dug trenches would cause great losses to the fierce Western Army soldiers in the west of Zhejiang, and it would be too late for them to fall into the ditch Disarmed, one after another drowned to death, and even Chen Kai was beheaded by the cavalry of the Golden Army who rushed up.

When the sound of Hu Jia sounded everywhere, they were hiding in the dark night, wearing iron armor all over their bodies, and the Jurchen cavalry with fierce eyes were exposed in the mask of the pocket. They surrounded them from all directions and continuously attacked the Song Army's central army. , Kill the rout soldiers who broke out.

Yao Pingzhong is a fierce general, with unimaginable force, galloping through thousands of troops.He shot arrows with guns, whipped swords, broke through the encirclement layer by layer, and finally broke out of the encirclement and fled.The cavalrymen of the Golden Army who intercepted him were frightened by his bloodshot eyes, fearing that they would be killed by him, so they did not dare to get too close.

He fled alone in the wasteland, and he didn't dare to go back to the city. For the sake of the head on his neck, and to save some face, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and escape through the northwest direction.

Yang Kesheng was not so lucky, he really accepted his words as a scapegoat, stumbled in panic, and was captured by the Jin army.

As soon as the sky was bright, the counterattack of the main force of the Jin army began. The former army controlled Zhang Tuan, the right army controlled Shi Jun, the central army controlled Xin Kangzong, the left army controlled Liu Dian, the rear army controlled Wang Shigu, and the dare-war army controlled Fan Qiong. Go out to seal Qiumen to fight.

At this time, Wang Xiu was near Tiansi Prison, and he did not commit any troops to fight, but Qiu Fu repeatedly asked to fight, but he calmly and politely suppressed them.

When he was looking at the map and doing calculations, Qiu Fu and Li Bao were both dressed in full body armor, rushing into the account.

Qiu Fu was also not polite, and said bluntly: "Yao Taiwei's troops have been defeated, and the Fengqiu clan is fighting fiercely. We can't wait any longer."

Wang Xiu frowned slightly, her eyes fell on Li Bao, and said in a deep voice: "It seems that I was really fooled, how is the battle outside Fengqiu's gate?"

(End of this chapter)