Liaoyun Pass is just the beginning.
But after the Yunzhou Army followed the footsteps of the Xiongnu and entered the pass, the scenes they saw along the way were heart-wrenching scenes!
Everyone's anger was raised to the highest level!
In Xining City, Zhao Jun watched with an ugly expression as the head was put down at the top of the city. It belonged to the city lord Ma Denghe and was also an old acquaintance of their Yunzhou County. He just didn't expect that he would be here when he saw him again. kind of scene.
Compared with the passes, these cities are much larger, and the number of surviving people in the cities is also much larger.
From their mouths, Yunzhou Army learned what happened.
After passing through several cities, Zhao Jun finally determined that these cities were all opened by traitors from inside the city. Otherwise, how could the Xiongnu attack the city so quickly with their shitty siege technology?
As for the source of these traitors, Zhao Jun already has a clear target, and that is the Ding family!
It must be the Ding family!
Liaoyun Pass was opened by the Ding family, Xining Mansion was opened by the Ding family, and every city after that was opened by the Ding family's internal forces!
When he learned this key information point, Zhao Jun's face was far from happy and joyful. Instead, it became more solemn.
This is because Zhao Jun suddenly thought that since the Xiongnu relied on the Ding family to attack the city all the way, if there was an internal force from the Ding family in Bianjing, wouldn't it be doomed?
"I hope Father, you can discover this information soon!"
Zhao Jun could only pray secretly.
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Bianjing!
The palace!
"Your Majesty! The ministers in the court started fighting again. The ministers who were in charge of peace and the ministers who were in charge of war were each beaten with bruises and swollen faces. They showed no official manners at all.
Now they are making a mess in the court! "
In Funing Palace, Zhao Duan, who was already upset because of the Xiongnu siege, suddenly became more agitated when he heard the news.
He stood up angrily and roared: "Why don't they go out of the city to fight the Huns if they like fighting so much? How can they just be here in their nest?
How is it appropriate for a group of scholars to fight each other like street vendors? !
The Huns haven't entered the city yet. They want to kill each other in the city first, right?
Cao Shuang! "
Zhao Duan shouted again with a higher pitch.
"The slave is here!"
Cao Shuang outside the palace quickly agreed.
I heard Zhao Duan order from inside: "Go tell them, or separate now!
Or, I will let the Han generals strip them naked and throw them to struggle naked outside Donghua Gate!
Since they don't care about the dignity of scholars, then I will help them respect their dignity! "
Cao Shuang was horrified, until his emperor was really annoyed, otherwise he would never have said such words that did not save face for the ministers in the court.
"promise!"
But he could only agree and then quickly moved forward.
As soon as he walked out of Funing Palace, he bumped into a man wearing a dragon robe.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Cao Shuang saluted respectfully.
Zhao Ming nodded in return, and then asked: "Cao Daban, where are you going?"
Cao Shuang sighed and did not hide anything. He immediately told what happened in the previous court and His Majesty's arrangements.
Zhao Ming nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and couldn't help but sigh after hearing it.
He waved his hand and said: "Cao Banpan, please go and do your work first. I will go and persuade my father. These days, as the Xiongnu besieges the city, my father's mood is getting worse day by day. However, those officials have some political opinions. If there are differences, just use fists and kicks, and it is normal for my father to be angry."
Cao Shuang nodded and prepared to leave.
"What His Highness the Crown Prince said is that I just hope that when the country is in such difficulty, the adults in the court can work together to overcome the difficulties, instead of just attacking each other, but no one can make useful suggestions!"
After speaking, Cao Shuang sighed helplessly, turned around and headed forward with a group of young eunuchs.
Looking at his leaving figure, Zhao Ming stared quietly for a long time before retracting his gaze and striding into Funing Palace.
He returned to Bianjing as early as half a month ago.
And the Xiongnu's speed was beyond his expectation.
Even though he had left so many days in advance, the Huns actually caught up with him in less than three days!
When the Xiongnu appeared in the Gyeonggi area, the entire Gyeonggi area around Bianjing suffered a disaster!
The walls of Bianjing are high and thick, and the Xiongnu, with only 50,000 people, could not do anything to capture Bianjing for a while.
But the villages, counties and towns around Bianjing seemed to be turned into lambs to be slaughtered by the Xiongnu!
The Huns who did not get any benefits in Bianjing continued to wreak havoc in these places!
kill! set fire! snatch! Female sex!
They do everything, like a swarm of humanoid locusts, eating the Gyeonggi region into ruins!
Then the people captured by them were constantly driven to attack the city!
These Huns seemed to be playing, they did not attack themselves, they just let the people captured by them keep approaching Bianjing City.
At first, the defenders of Bianjing City did not know how to deal with these helpless people.
There are even soft-hearted people who want to take the opportunity to save these people.
However, when a few disguised Huns emerged from the first batch of people who were pulled up in baskets, and the Huns also launched an attack at this time, no one dared to let these people get closer.
The first time I was caught off guard, but at least not many Huns were brought up. After more than a dozen soldiers died, I killed the few who had already entered the city.
After the matter was reported, in order to prevent the Huns from attacking the city like this, the generals who defended the city finally could no longer be soft-hearted after giving orders from above.
Facing this group of Song people, the guard recognized his pain and issued an order to treat them as enemies!
The soldiers begin to attack!
Arrows, rolling logs, stones, gold juice, etc. were all used to drive away the approaching people.
Behind them are the Huns, and in front are their own defenders, but neither side is willing to let themselves and others get close.
These people seemed to have become abandoned people, shedding blood and tears, and gradually lost their lives in the battle between the two sides!
The soldiers guarding the city were under great psychological pressure to kill the people. Even though they had orders from above, their ancient concepts made them feel deeply guilty.
But the Huns don't care about this. They are all Song people anyway. They don't care how many people die. They can also help reduce the defenders' defensive materials.
Moreover, it can be bumped into just in case. If the opponent is careless, he might be able to break in!
In this way, waves of people were driven to attack the city!
As time went by, another part of the Huns finally came all the way from Yumen Pass with the help of the Ding family, and the strength of the Huns increased to more than 200,000!
More than 200,000 troops were blocked at the foot of Bianjing City, and they continued to use Song people as cannon fodder to attack the city. They were wasting materials to defend the city and killing their own people, but the other side did not suffer much losses.
And with the increase in the number of people, the entire Bianjing was completely surrounded, putting great psychological pressure on the people in Bianjing!
In this oppressive environment, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government were instantly divided into two factions when Prime Minister Zhanghe fell ill!
One faction is the capitulation faction, and the other demands the emperor to surrender to the Huns, and uses people, land or food to request the Huns to retreat.
The other faction is taking the lead in fighting. Their main idea is to fight the Huns to the end and never give in like the Huns!
The two sides attacked each other in the court, and sometimes they would take action in a hurry, leaving the entire court in a state of chaos.
These days, Zhao Duan is very angry!
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(End of chapter)
