The two countries of the Jin Dynasty and the Song Dynasty communicated with each other and did not station permanent envoys in each other's capital. Instead, according to the agreement between the two parties, special personnel were dispatched whenever something happened. For example, every year on the New Year's Day or the birthday of the Jin Emperor, the Song State would send envoys in advance to congratulate them in time; if there were major events such as state funerals or enthronements, the Song State would immediately send envoys to inform them; or to pray for small matters, etc.
However, because the political situation in the Jin Kingdom was becoming increasingly turbulent and Zhongdu was always under the threat of war, Yu Rong was not able to celebrate his birthday in the third year of Da'an. Later, several envoys such as Dong Juyi, Zhen Dexiu, Li Wei and others also came. Judu turned back halfway. Ding Yan and Hou Zhongxin were the first envoys from the Song Dynasty to enter Zhongdu after three years.
The fact that successive envoys could not arrive made them aware of the turmoil in the Jin Kingdom. Before they went out as envoys, they were told by powerful people in the court that they must take advantage of the weakness of the northern captives to propose a reduction in the amount of annual coins.
But after they arrived in Zhongdu, they encountered the Mongolian army and invaded again. He could have returned in six days, but he was trapped in the Huitong Hall for more than ten days. The situation in the city suddenly changed last night, and the Huitong Hall was broken into by rioters. The two of them fled outside all night, and almost died several times. It was only by luck that he was spared from this earth-shattering chaos.
This is no longer the kind of turmoil that the Song Dynasty officials imagined. Over there, the Prime Minister's dictatorial power in the past two years has also caused dissatisfaction among many courtiers, but the confrontation between them is all about killing without blood; but what happened in Zhongdu was a riot of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people! It's a life-and-death massacre and struggle! Every family bleeds like a boiling spring, and the public's bones are trampled all over the streets!
Ding Yan had never seen such a situation before. At this moment, he was completely panicked.
Fortunately, Hou Zhongxin was still conscious. He said, "Bachelor, they have really accomplished something. You must calm down and watch again!"
"What are you looking at?"
Ding Yan hesitated for a while before he poked his head out from behind the low wall again.
He heard Ding navy infantry advancing slowly on both sides of Tongxuanmen Street. Every time they reached an alleyway, they would detach their hands to explore inside. Behind him, he saw crossbowmen climbing up the roof of the house, sitting astride the ridge of the house and paying careful attention to their surroundings. He saw flags of various shapes on the blue-black city wall in the distance being thrown down and replaced with the unique red military flag of the Dinghai Navy.
He found that the intensive shouts of killing nearby were quickly stopping, and the whole city seemed to have recovered from the madness; he heard the creaking sound of doors or windows being pushed back, and the few surviving people in the city began to explore the atmosphere outside. Variety.
He saw that more and more people noticed the change in the atmosphere. Deep in a fork in the road opposite Tongxuanmen Street, some rebels came out under the scolding of Dinghai soldiers, gathered in groups, and then walked on the roadside. Settle down in the prescribed open space.
Most of the rebels were sitting cross-legged, and there were also officers who looked like kneeling on the ground. Their horses were taken away, and their armor and weapons were ordered to be surrendered. So that on both sides of the road, all kinds of spears, short spears, straight knives, hammers, shields, helmets and armors were piled up randomly, like a bunch of weeds that suddenly grew up.
In addition to the rebels, there were scattered Mongolians who were also treated in this way, but the soldiers of the Ding Navy were particularly rude to them. Several Mongolians clenched their fists and yelled at the soldiers, probably trying to explain their different status. The surrounding Dinghai soldiers immediately rushed up and killed all these people, then cut off their heads and hung them on the barrels of their guns for public display.
Probably some navy generals expressed dissatisfaction with this, and soon someone came running over, gathering the surrendered Mongols together, and also gathered a group of prisoners, and piled the weapons thrown randomly on the ground into a remote open space, like It's like a hill made of iron.
In the blink of an eye, only one place in the huge city was still fighting.
Shuhu Gaoqi's troops were fleeing every moment, but he was still persisting.
After all, he had accumulated a reputation from thirty years of military service, and he had not been serving as Marshal for two years in vain. There were still hundreds of dead soldiers around him. But their battlefield is moving further and further north, they have retreated back to the palace city, retreated past Danfeng Gate and Yingtian Gate, and ran past Da'an Gate a moment ago. Now they are fighting and retreating with their backs to Da'an Palace.
The central capital of the Jin Dynasty was built on the basis of the Jinfu in Nanjing of the Liao Dynasty and the layout of Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Its palaces were even more magnificent and majestic.
Da'an Hall, as the place where major ceremonies such as sacrifices and court meetings were held in the Jin Kingdom, was spared no effort in craftsmanship and was extremely luxurious. The main hall is located on a three-story platform. It is eleven rooms wide and splendid. The eaves and brackets seem to be fluttering. There are Duodian and cloisters on the east and west sides. The Guangyou Tower and Hongfu Tower at the end of the corridor were captured by Ding Haijun after a short fight. So Shuhu Gaoqi quickly ordered a group of crossbowmen to stand on the top edge of the platform and fight with the two towers. Enemy troops shooting at each other upstairs.
The crossbowman has the railing as a support, and he can still support it for a while. The frontal confrontation is becoming more and more difficult. Shuhu Gaoqi continues to increase reward incentives, but the braver his subordinates die faster, the entire front line retreats faster and faster, and the array becomes more and more loose.
The generals such as Shi Tianni, Yelu Kechoubar, and Li Shouzheng who had been following Guo Ning all dismounted their horses at this time and led their followers to rush to the high platform layer by layer.
The strength of the heroes in these places may vary, but the guards gathered around them are all good players. They fought hand-to-hand with the dead soldiers under Shuhu Gaoqi's command. The sharp edges of the long and short weapons shone with cold light, just like the tide washing away the piles of gravel. The rudimentary defenses of Shuhu Gaoqi were completely useless.
Shuhu Gaoqi's right-hand man, Wanyan Phosphorus, was forced into a corner by several Ding Haijun sword and shield wielders. He roared wildly and slashed with the knife, killing one person, but the other people pressed their shoulders against the shield and pushed forward like three walls, suppressing Wanyan Phosphorus until he could not move. Then he stabbed repeatedly with a straight knife through the gap between the shields. .
With every thrust, a scream came from inside the shield wall. A large amount of sticky blood flowed, covering the steps as white as jade, all the way to Guo Ning's feet, and then slowly seeping down along the gaps in the stone slabs.
Guo Ning held the golden sword in his hand and kept walking, stepping over the steps step by step, approaching the front line.
In countless battles in the past, this extremely brave young man has always been at the forefront, active at the forefront of the battlefield, personally crushing all resistance. But now, although he keeps moving forward, he never has a chance to fight the enemy. The officers and soldiers of Dinghai Navy, as well as the officers and soldiers of the newly attached local soldiers, all burst out with high fighting spirit. They shouted loudly, passing Guo Ning in waves, and continued to advance the front line.
As Shi Tianni broke through the defense line at the top of the steps, the military formation that Shu Hu Gao Qi tried his best to maintain was like grease thrown into boiling water. It continued to melt, from large pieces to small pieces, and from small pieces to sporadic dots.
In the blink of an eye, there were piles of corpses under the plaque of Da'an Hall. The soldiers looked around and found that there were no enemies who dared to resist. There was a sudden silence near the high platform.
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Li Shouzheng proudly brought two of his soldiers over to pay homage to Guo Ning: "Envoy, Shuhu Gaoqi is dead, and two of my men killed him!"
Yelu Kechou Baer was a senior military general of the imperial court. He had known Shuhu Gaoqi in his early years and couldn't help but ask: "Did this guy regret before he died?"
The two soldiers said: "I just heard him shouting at first that he was doing this for Dajin; then he shouted that this trip was not a loss, after all, he slept with the queen."
"This guy is really seeking death!" All the generals shook their heads.
The political minister Pingzhang and the marshal of the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, and the King of Yan of the Mongolia Kingdom died like this. The corpse was not far away, but this person was just an insignificant clown, and Guo Ning didn't bother to pay attention.
The high platform where the Da'an Hall is located is the commanding heights of the palace city. Apart from a few palaces and pagodas, it is also the place with the highest terrain and the widest view in the entire Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu.
Standing in front of the palace gate, Guo Ning could see the chessboard-like inner squares to the south, the stretching city walls, the gradually extinguishing smoke pillars and the military flags marching along the road.
He heard the roaring of horse hooves and footsteps from the north of the palace city again, so he stopped and pointed to a servant: "Master Huifeng's people are outflanking from behind. He sent a few people to high places to raise flags and blow trumpets. Welcome them.”
Soon, like a gray tide, large groups of soldiers and horses poured into the square below the high platform from Xuanming Gate in the north and the corner gates on the east and west sides.
When every soldier entering the square raised his head, he could see Guo Ning standing on the high platform at the end of the stone steps, with the huge palace and rows of red-painted pillars as the background.
The blazing gazes of so many people were suddenly focused. Shi Tianni and others beside Guo Ning suddenly felt that they could not bear it and hurriedly knelt down. Their actions were immediately imitated by a large number of newly defected soldiers. Thousands of people knelt down and made a dull sound, making the entire square seem to be lowered.
However, the officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy Headquarters did not intend to follow the example of their new comrades. They believe that they have a closer and stronger relationship with Guo Ning. They just cheered when they looked at Guo Ning.
This is Zhongdu!
Our envoy Guo Xuan and our Ding navy defeated so many enemies and captured Zhongdu!
The cavalrymen waved their weapons and galloped around the square. They turned sideways and faced the direction of Da'an Hall, and gave Guo Ning endless cheers. The infantry were jumping, laughing and shouting, and the crossbowmen fired shots one after another. Many Tiefutu soldiers in heavy armor also wanted to jump, but their armor was too heavy and they really couldn't jump, so they could only wave their hands desperately. .
Someone had an idea and took off his helmet to hit it with the handle of a knife. This action was quickly learned by everyone. The iron helmet was being knocked against, and the sound it made was suddenly sharp and sometimes rough. It’s not nice to hear, but it vents everyone’s excitement and enthusiasm.
The sound spread outside the palace city, more people joined in the cheers, and the horns, gongs and drums in the army were also beaten fiercely. As the cheers grew louder and louder, the human voices, gongs, drums, and horns cooperated with each other, gradually forming a bright and unified rhythm: "Mighty! Mighty! Guo Xuanshi Mighty! Ding Hainan Mighty!"
