This mountain is mine

Chapter 263 Bianjing Wind and Snow Day

On New Year's Eve in the 33rd year of Fu Yuan, although the heavy snow that had fallen in Bianjing for several days had stopped, the sky was as dark as ink, with no moon or stars, only the gorgeous fireworks, shining like stars, which added a lot of color.

The city was peaceful and jubilant, but Zhao Chi in the deep palace was living a miserable life.

Even if his stomach hurts like death, he still has to endure to come to the banquet.

A palace banquet is being held in the palace. Civil and military officials of the third rank and above are eligible to enter the palace to attend the banquet. Although the Fangling Rebellion preceded it, this New Year is somewhat unpleasant, but fortunately, the Fangling rebels only attacked the city. It does not occupy the city, and now it has disappeared without a trace. The imperial court has sent people to deal with the aftermath, and the rebels have not seen the rebels coming out to add to the obstruction in the past few days during the Chinese New Year.

Zhao Chi was furious once by the emperor, and the grim face that was reprimanded added a lot of gloom.

More than 3 soldiers were killed or wounded, fled or were captured, and the Fangling rebels rioted in many cities along the way, provoking the majesty of the court. Such a defeat made Zhao Chi feel ashamed.

Zhao Chizheng blamed the failure on the lack of troops, and at the same time asked for an order, "When the returning army from Yunzhou arrives, bring the army again, and it will be a shame."

Don't kill Yu Miaomiao and the rebels to relieve his hatred.

Just finished speaking, without waiting for the emperor to answer, he suddenly exclaimed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something is wrong!"

The hearts of all the officials who had just let go went up and down again, and the emperor Longyan was furious, saying that something big was wrong on New Year's Eve, isn't this a bad idea?

The eunuch Tong Guan, the envoy sent by the emperor to Taiyuan to congratulate the Jurchen on capturing the Liao emperor, came in with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

As soon as he came in, he knelt down on the ground, cried out the humiliation he had suffered in the Jurchen, and then said that the Jurchen had already broken through Yanjing and drove straight into the Song Dynasty.

Because Tong Guan was walking fast, he brought back the military report first. Although it was a fast horse, and he didn't dare to stop without sleep, it took seven or eight days, and the Jurchen had Guo Yaoshi as his guide. He was almost driven away by the Jurchens.

In other words, the Jurchen iron cavalry is not far from Bianjing.

The news he brought back was enough to make the emperor forget about the Fangling Rebellion.

The palace banquet was interrupted hastily in the middle of it, the palace was very gloomy, although the lights were brightly lit, but there was no festive atmosphere about the coming of the new year, no one dared to laugh loudly.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 34th year of Fu Yuan, the courtiers who were supposed to take a rest according to the custom were still full of courtiers on this day, and there was no shortage of one.

The situation was critical, and Song Ting sent three urgent reports.

First, order the various armies to quickly go to Bianjing for rescue;

Second, the troops who had previously retreated from Yunzhou were accelerated to return to the defense, and intercepted the Jurchens who were crossing the river halfway;

Third, send envoys to beg for peace from Jurchens.

When the news came out, the ruling and opposition parties were shocked.

Although the people in Bianjing City didn't know the details, they saw that the gate of the city was suddenly on guard, and there were fast horses driving out from time to time throughout the day, spreading news anxiously, which also caused people to speculate.

Some well-informed merchants knew that the commercial route to the north was cut off, and they also vaguely guessed. For a while, the gossip spread like wildfire, causing people to panic.

The ripples caused by the chaos in Fangling years ago quickly faded with the sudden disappearance of the rebels, but Zhao Chi hated Yu Miaomiao and the rebels because of the occasional abdominal pain, and sent his confidantes to search everywhere.

The whole city is filled with fear of the Jurchen's stepping into the country. The imperial court pinned its hopes on the alliance with the Jurchen to destroy the Liao earlier. Apart from defending, they did not make up their minds to take the initiative to attack.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yingtianfu and Luoyang have transferred more than ten thousand defenders to Bianjing.

Zhou Xiuwu and Li Sijin entered the city that day.

Li Sijinlu conspired with Zhou Xiuwu to bring soldiers and horses into Bianjing. If Bianjing escaped this disaster, he also had a way to make Fangling's soldiers and horses retreat completely.

If there is chaos in Bianjing, it is everyone's responsibility to protect the family and the country, and it is inevitable to avoid it, and to abide by the rules.For foreigners of different races, people and officials of the time instinctively reject them, and Li Sijin is no exception.

What's more, in private, Tang Kuo still has murderous intentions towards him. Before Tang Kuo traveled in the Song Dynasty, they also had several confrontations and hated each other.

Zhao Man left 3000 soldiers and horses, and Zhou Xiuwu left [-] people including slightly injured soldiers and horses to guard the Fangling. Except for [-] who were seriously injured or damaged, he took the remaining [-] elite Fanglings, and took over [-] soldiers on the road. , mixed up as reinforcements, swaggered into the city, was not checked much, and was arranged to be stationed in the north of the city.

Counting them, there are 20 defenders in Bianjing.Because the Jurchen West Route Army besieged Taiyuan Mansion, it was counterattacked and defended by troops near Taiyuan Mansion. This place and surrounding troops could not be mobilized. Only [-] troops from Huainan, Jingbei, and Southwest Garrison were mobilized to rush here. However, Because of the heavy snow last year, the army could not arrive immediately even if they rushed.

After Zhou Xiuwu entered the city, he found Yu Miaomiao according to the clues, and told him his plan. Let's drive the Jurchens away for now.

For this, Yu Miaomiao was also expected, what kind of soldiers will be brought, they are all the same as Zhao Man, before Zhao Man handed over people to Zhou Xiuwu, Yu Miaomiao had nothing to say, let him handle it by himself.

Her body was getting heavier and she was about to give birth in a month. Apart from looking for news about Zhao Man, all her attention was basically on giving birth. This Bianjing is not Fangling, she is not familiar with it, and Zhao Chi They also made people look for Yu Miaomiao everywhere, hating her to death, because her actions were inconvenient.

The arrival of Li Sijin helped her solve many problems. He has connections in Bianjing, and by the time he helps Yu Miaomiao get everything ready, it is almost the Lantern Festival.

Li Sijin is busy in and out every day, running around under Zhao Chi's nose, but also finds time to chat with Yu Miaomiao every day.

Although not as close as before, at least Li Sijin like this, Yu Miaomiao can't treat him like a child before.

As for Li Sijin, maybe it was because he used to look like a child in front of Yu Miaomiao, but now he tried his best to change his image, and helped Yu Miaomiao arrange everything, very carefully and appropriately.

The two get along very happily.

From then on, what Yu Miaomiao did every day was to wait for the news with both fear and anticipation.

One day, when Li Sijin came back from outside, Yu Miaomiao was lying on the rocking chair, quietly looking at the wintersweet tree outside the house, a few birds were jumping on the branches, shaking the snow on it to fly down Come on, she was also fascinated by this, Li Sijin approached, but she didn't notice it.

Standing at the door, Li Sijin was warming up by the fire, while looking at her, also a little dazed.

Ten years earlier, Yu Miaomiao was definitely not the type he liked, not to mention liking, such a little lady was not in his eyes.

Although she is also beautiful, she can't be called a city of color. She likes flowers and plants, food livelihood, money economy, and she also understands piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. But it was too far away, she had too much worldliness.

He has even seen her in the most embarrassing appearance. Where is there any sense of beauty at all? unacceptable.

He likes smart, gentle and cunning little ladies, who respect and love her husband as if they were heaven, and can make him amuse, the blushing and shy little lady he said in a few words, but Yu Miaomiao, who used to pretend to be stupid Sometimes, on the contrary, he was a little hot when she said it a few times.

He was controlled by Gu poison before, and he protected Yu Miaomiao out of instinct, but gradually he opened his mind and realized the importance of Yu Miaomiao to him.

Later, when those Miao girls came to the door, he heard the secret of Yu Miaomiao again. She was his antidote, and he also wanted to clear up the poison in his body as soon as possible, so he pestered her all day long. You can see Yu Miaomiao's regretful and guilty expression.

A few times he knits a sweater with her with a bamboo stick, and the raised bamboo thread accidentally punctures her finger. She hides Zhao Man, hesitates and stealthily pulls his clothes to wipe her hands.

She didn't tell, he pretended not to know.

He was under the control of others at that time, it would be more leisurely to stay by Yu Miaomiao's side, idleness is idleness, he pretended to be silly to tease her, she didn't notice at all, she really took care of him like a child.

He had always thought that he was more used to taking care of women and being her reliance, all he wanted was to add to his sleeves, to have a harmonious song and occasional little fun.

Later, during the drinking party, she protected him, vented her anger for him, and felt wronged for him, so he suddenly couldn't bear to leave, and he began to envy Zhao Man.

The little lady who met all his requirements in the past, the gentle and charming little lady who was as beautiful as a fairy, now looks a little blurry in retrospect.

He couldn't help comparing Yu Miaomiao in front of him with his sweetheart whose face was already blurred. If she had been able to be half of Yu Miaomiao's tenacity back then, like Yu Miaomiao, knowing that Zhao Man was dead but still not giving up her determination to find him, if she had been able to do it differently. It's Yu Miaomiao, she definitely won't give up like this.

It's a pity that there is no if in this world...

Even if there were "ifs", there would have to be dozens of "ifs" in a row, so that he could see her one step ahead of Zhao Man, see her in his eyes, understand her, fall in love with her, and let her belong to him only.

Li Sijin didn't come back to his senses until the palms of his hands were burning hot.

Seeing that Yu Miaomiao was still staring at the dancing sparrows, he suddenly found it funny.

Wherever he went before, there were women's eyes chasing him, he just thought those women were very annoying, now that he has been pestered for a long time, Yu Miaomiao didn't notice him, he was no more than a sparrow in her eyes, and he feel frustrated.

He put his fist under his lips and coughed lightly, "How are you today?"

Yu Miaomiao just came back to her senses, she was a little surprised when she saw him, she still nodded: "It's not bad. The doctor said there are still 20 days left."

Li Sijin didn't know about her daughter's relationship with the drug Gu, seeing that her face was a little rosier than before, she just thought she was pretty good.

"A Li is back, is there any news today?"

Li Sijin had expected that she would ask such a question, and told the news he got.

"The 20 reinforcements have not yet arrived. Jurchen rejected the Song Dynasty's peace proposal. The Eastern Route Army was in full swing. The Song soldiers could not stop them and broke up. The Jurchen cavalry has already approached the north bank of the Yellow River and is preparing to attack Junzhou. If Junzhou is broken, Just go directly to the city of Bianjing."

Yu Miaomiao didn't get any news from Zhao Man, so she just let out a faint "Oh" without any ups and downs in her evaluation:

"It's only been a month since the Jurchen sent troops suddenly in the middle of the twelfth lunar month. It's not far from Hebei to Henan, but there are also important towns such as Cangzhou, Dizhou, Dongping, and Puzhou along the way. There are many guards and intercepting troops. It’s amazing to be able to overcome it so quickly.”

Even when soldiers are approaching the city, it is not as good as her heart is still like dead water at this moment.

Li Sijin knew that she checked Da Song's map every day, and he didn't find it strange that she could say this.

He heard her murmur as if sighing: "The Jurchen West Route Army was blocked in Taiyuan Mansion, and there is no news of him. Why? He clearly knows that the Song Dynasty is in danger, so why hasn't he come back?"

Li Sijin was speechless, he realized that he admired her persistence the most, but he also knew that he disliked her persistence to Zhao Man the most.

He didn't want to tell a lie to make her happy, so he swallowed the phrase "he's dead, and me". He also didn't want her to be stimulated. If he did, he probably wouldn't even be able to be friends.

He simply turned a deaf ear to it, and saw her stroking her stomach. He asked the doctor and found out that it was fetal movement, and it was about to give birth. The baby's fetal movement was very frequent, and sometimes it was a little violent.

He felt itchy for a moment, and wanted to touch her very much. He stared at her belly from time to time.

He is the same age as Zhao Man, and Xiao Dao is already two years old. He is still alone. Originally, he didn't value his heirs. He asked, "The child is making trouble with you again?"

Yu Miaomiao nodded.

Li Sijin hesitated for a moment, and asked with a bit of pleading: "Can I touch it?" Even if the clothes are separated, it is still difficult for a man and a woman to kiss.

Yu Miaomiao didn't take it seriously when he saw his longing face, so he put his hand on it carefully, feeling the slight fetal movement through the clothes and belly, and couldn't help touching it, it was also strange After he finished soothing, the baby inside did not move.

Li Sijin then withdrew his hand and changed the subject, "Today the emperor issued a 'crime decree' and gave the throne to the crown prince Zhao Chi, who claimed to be the Supreme Emperor and changed his year to Pingjia. The pro-military guards fled south."

Yu Miaomiao sneered when she heard the words, there was a rattle beside the rocking chair, she picked it up to play, the dull sound of "boom, boom, boom" resounded in the room, she played it fast and slow for a while, Li Sijin saw it a little bit Halo, looked away.

The next day, I heard that Zhao Chi also wanted to abandon the city and go west, but suddenly became seriously ill, with abdominal cramps dying, and could not walk until midnight. Later, the Minister of the Ministry of War said that he was admonishing him, but in fact he was forced to stay in Bianjing.

There is no hope of peace talks anymore, the main combatants in the city sent officials to come forward, organize the construction of war equipment, reorganize the armaments, and appease the people, the imperial court hastily prepared to fight, while waiting for rescue.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the city defense department of the Song Army in Junzhou collapsed.

On the [-]th, the bridge guards on the south bank also burned the bridge and collapsed, and the Jurchens easily occupied Junzhou.

On the [-]th, the Jurchens crossed the river in a small boat, and Bianjing was no longer dangerous to defend. The Jurchens cavalry went straight to Bianjing without hindrance.

On the [-]th, Jurchen captured [-] Song horses and a large amount of grain in Moutuogang.

On the 21st, [-] Jurchen iron cavalry approached the city of Bianjing and launched an attack.

The defenders of Bianjing stood firm day and night, and the Jurchen [-] West Route Army was unable to attack Taiyuan Mansion for a long time and was unable to come to help. The two sides were at a stalemate.

At the end of the first month, there was a sudden cold spring, with heavy wind and snow, which slowed down the pace of reinforcements.

Yu Miaomiao became more and more silent, and did not go out. Li Sijin hadn't returned for a few days, and she didn't know what was going on outside. She lived in the city, and the shouts of killing by the city gate couldn't be heard clearly, just to take care of her. The mother-in-law told her a few words from time to time, and now almost the whole city is preparing for war, "All the men next door have gone to the city gate to help."

"I heard that Jurchens' weapons are very powerful."

"The Jurchens are very fierce, and they are the same size as the two of us."

And so on.

Even if Yu Miaomiao didn't go out, she knew that the situation outside was severe.

Another day, I heard that Zhao Chi finally showed some blood, went to the city in armor, gave the soldiers the royal food, and ate the soldiers' big pot of rice by himself, which moved everyone. At this time, this useless new emperor can also play a role in boosting morale just like her previous one.

However, at night, it was heard that there were heavy casualties, more than half of the troops were lost, and Bianjing gradually failed. In the past few days, it has been snowing and cold, and many soldiers defending the city froze to death. Compared with weapons, the Jurchens who grew up in the Northeast are more adaptable.

On the 27th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Chi followed the national teacher Guo Jing and knelt on the ground with bare feet to pray for the snow to stop and the reinforcements to arrive before the Jurchens broke the city, but it was of no avail. The snow was as thick as knees.

Guo Jing, the national teacher, pointed out that the "Liujia method" can be used to defend against the enemy and win the victory with the method taught by Tianjun. Zhao Chi had no other way, and was disturbed by the Jurchen.

The reinforcements are approaching, and if they are strictly guarded, they can hold on to Bianjing City, so Li Sijin is not very worried, but after receiving the news of the so-called "Liujia Law", he immediately arranged for Yu Miaomiao to be sent out by the small road.

Along the way, I also brought Wen Po and a doctor, because I was afraid that she would not be able to get to the next town in time to give birth on the way.

Li Sijin still needed to make arrangements, so she did not accompany her, and she left under the protection of her own hidden guards.

But before they left the city, there was a news from the dark guards that the Liujia law given by the king of heaven ordered the soldiers defending the city to go out from the Xuanhua Gate and concentrate their forces to attack the Jurchens. The result was a big defeat, and the city of Bianjing was torn apart by the Jurchens Guo Jing, who was chanting mantras repeatedly on the city gate, claimed to practice the law, and fled with the rest of the soldiers without a trace.

The Jurchens had already ascended the city, and their generals and soldiers went straight to the palace, and Bianjing fell.

"Did you see Tang Kuo Tesi?" Yu Miaomiao asked.

The hidden guard nodded, "He didn't show up as a general before, and he only showed up when he ascended the city."

Yu Miaomiao smiled coldly, "How many of us are there in the north of the city? Where is General Zhou now?"

"Intercepted on the way to the palace, now I don't know how many more."

"Is that going to confront Tang Kuo?" she asked again.

"Yes."

Yu Miaomiao pointed to the layers of palace walls not far away and asked, "Which piece of palace wall is the palace of Song Dynasty?"

"Yes."

Their route out of the city at this time is to bypass the palace. It is said that there is a secret passage dug by an unknown emperor behind it, which can directly lead to the outside of the city.

Yu Miaomiao suddenly hooked the corners of her lips, "Aren't we very close to the palace?"

It is also very close to Tang Kuo.

Yu Miaomiao silently recited Tang Kuo's name once, her hands holding the curtain of the sedan chair were blue and white.

Now that Tang Kuo is here, can she still hope that Zhao Man is still alive somewhere, waiting to kill Tang Kuo?
If Tang Kuo didn't come, the Western Army couldn't break through, but she could still comfort herself. Zhao Man stopped Tang Kuo outside. There are 20 reinforcements available in Bianjing City, and the country will not be destroyed.

If there is any most direct and simple way to make the Jurchen retreat, it is probably to kill Tang Kuo. If Tang Kuo dies, the Jurchen soldiers and horses should be in chaos at this time. Reinforcements are coming, and they can be killed or killed in one go. is to drive away.

If Tang Kuo were to die, there would definitely be internal strife in the country he had just built, fighting for the position of the monarch. Now the king is not far away from the world, and he has no intention of fighting outside.

But Tang Kuo proudly entered Bianjing City and was heading for the palace of the Song Dynasty.

Tang Kuo has come, but he hasn't come back yet!

Zhao Man really couldn't come back. If he was alive, he would definitely try to stop him.

In the past two months, Yu Miaomiao racked her brains to find clues to comfort herself, but the belief that had been supporting her all the time suddenly collapsed at this moment.

Despair enveloped her like the north wind, and it hurt to breathe.

She didn't even see Zhao Man for the last time. His body was gone, and he didn't know where he was going. He was dead, and he died a long time ago.He said that he came back after the New Year, missed the appointment, and would never come back again!

He wholeheartedly wanted to destroy Tang Kuo and the Jurchen Ministry, but he could only watch them grow stronger and stronger. In a short period of time, he eliminated Liao and now occupied Bianjing.

If Zhao Man was here, I don't know how angry he would be. He didn't defend this country, let people drive straight in, and blood stained Bianjing. He didn't know how uncomfortable and depressed he felt.

Yu Miaomiao's face was terribly pale, and her stomach seemed to be writhing again. She covered her stomach, and Grandma Wen called her, "Ma'am?"

Yu Miaomiao's eyes were steamed, and she was hurt by the north wind. She sat back in the soft sedan, lowered the curtain, and said in a hoarse voice, "I'll rest here for a while."

As soon as he finished speaking, the ground began to tremble faintly, presumably the Jurchens' iron cavalry was approaching.

Yu Miaomiao could sense it even in the sedan chair, let alone other people.

Several bearers said worriedly: "Ma'am, please bear with me. It's better to hurry on the road as soon as possible. It's better to dodge for a while than to go on the main road. The Jurchens are about to catch up."

Yu Miaomiao replied, "Leave on your own."

The bearers looked at each other, seeing that their lives were at stake, they quickly went into the alley.

Yu Miaomiao looked at the stable women and the doctor again, "Go and hide too, I'll take it easy, it's not time to give birth now, I don't need you, these guards can carry the sedan chair, and they walk fast. "

Hearing what she said, these women and doctors who were trusted by Li Sijin hesitated for a while and left.

(End of this chapter)