"Your Majesty, I don't know if Yunze discovered our plan or what happened. The King Qin troops outside did not catch him. By the way, maybe he wanted to sneak attack Jinying, so..."
Li Zheng seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly said to Song Ji.
His words made Song Ji feel happy. In other words, when Yunze went to sneak attack Jin camp, he did not bring the Qin Wang coalition forces with him, so the Qin Wang coalition forces missed. or……
Li Zheng actually did not tell the truth to Song Ji. He did not dare to tell Song Ji that Yunze discovered their plan. He was afraid that this matter would cause Song Ji's displeasure. Make Song Ji feel that he is incompetent.
He could only avoid catching Yunze now because Yunze went to sneak attack Jinying.
"Is that so! What should we do about this matter?" Song Ji looked at Li Zheng and asked.
Hearing this, Li Zheng quickly continued: "Let's continue with the matter of capturing people. After all, it's not easy for the Jin people to explain. In addition, the Jin people should not be able to attack the city again if their food and grass are burned this time. It is even more difficult for them to return safely." The Kingdom of Jin is also a problem... This is a good opportunity for us. We only need to use food and grass in exchange for them to retreat. Or the siege of Tokyo can be solved this time."
As soon as Li Zheng said these words, Song Ming's face changed slightly. He opened his mouth and said angrily: "Li Zheng, what do you want to do... Wouldn't it be better for the Jin army to have no food and grass? Why should we send them food and grass? What do you think? Are you harming my Dajing! You actually want to make an enemy!"
Li Zheng's bad idea made him furious. Before, Li Zheng said that Yunze should be handed over to the Jin people, but he did not agree with it. He knew that doing so would be almost equivalent to cutting off his own arm.
But although he was the emperor now, the power still belonged to Song Ji. Song Ji didn't listen to what he said. Now Li Zheng actually said to give food and grass to the Jin army, which made him almost kill Li Zheng on the spot.
Li Zheng heard this and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, although the Jin Army has lost food and grass, it is definitely not at the end of the road yet. If they really attack the city in one go, with our current city defense and combat effectiveness, they can really withstand it." Stay!"
"Now that we have offended Yunze, he is afraid that he will not help us anymore. Once the Jin army is pressed, there is no guarantee that they will not attack the city. By then, we will only have one way to defeat the city."
"Even if this is the worst outcome, then why don't we use food and grass in exchange for the Jin army's conditions for retreating?"
Hearing this, Song Ming opened his mouth to refute, but he couldn't say anything to refute. Their current situation is indeed the case, but then again, if it weren't for Li Zheng's bad idea, how could Yunze ignore Tokyo City.
With Yunze around, even if the Jin people could not be driven away, they would still be shocked in the end. It would be extremely difficult for the Jin army to capture Tokyo City. The originally good situation was ruined by Li Zheng and his father.
Now it's one wrong step, one wrong step after another. However, Song Ming seemed to have thought of something and quickly said: "Didn't Yunze just send troops to burn the Jin army's food and grass? He will definitely still help us!"
He still had hope in Yunze, feeling that Yunze would not ignore Tokyo City.
But when Li Zheng and Song Ji heard this, they looked at each other and knew in their hearts that Yunze would never take care of Tokyo City again. The last time he set fire to the food and grass, he was probably just doing his best to save people.
After all, knowing that Song Ji wanted to harm him, this time the coalition forces wanted to attack Yunze in the middle of the night. Yunze would definitely know about this. Will Yunze still help them at that time? Will you stay outside Tokyo?
Unless he is a fool, he will stay outside Tokyo and wait for others to catch him every day.
"On this matter, just do as Li Xiang said... There is no need to talk about it anymore..." Song Ji snorted coldly and made the final decision.
Hearing this, Li Zheng quickly accepted the order respectfully and left. Song Ming sighed, and left helplessly and somewhat angrily. Fan Hui behind him also shook his head and sighed.
Song Ji is really speechless, he actually wants to fight against the enemy. It was too naive to think of exchanging grain and grass for the Jin army to retreat. If the Jin army had really kept its promise, they would not have attacked Jing in the first place.
They are like hungry wolves who cannot get enough to eat, and they are greedy thieves. Give him more and they will only ask for more.
It's a pity that Song Ji doesn't have any blood. He only thinks about how to get rid of the golden man, and he can't see the situation clearly. What can they do with a jester like Li Zheng here!
Outside the city, at the Jin Army's camp, it was already dawn, and the fire in the camp had been put out, but the food and grass had been almost burned, and less than 10% of the food and grass could be saved. It's only enough for them to stay here for about two days at most.
Facing the majestic city of Tokyo, the possibility of them capturing it was gone.
However, the two of them still refused to give up. At this time, Zong Han and Xi Yi were standing in front of the camp. In front of them were 20,000 siege soldiers, Guo Zhaotu's 20,000 siege soldiers, and Zong Bi's 20,000 siege soldiers. City army.
They have decided to attack the city with all their strength, because they have only this chance. All we can do is try our best.
Thousands of soldiers stationed at the other three city gates were also summoned back by Xiyi at this time, but Zong Han and Zong Bi did not express their opinions.
Because, according to Xi Yi's consciousness, this is a glimmer of hope for the people in the city and the dignitaries, and even a glimmer of hope for those who defend the city.
With hope, the soldiers and people guarding the city would not be able to defend the city with all their heart. All they were thinking about now was how to escape from the city. It is estimated that Song Ji and Song Ming may have such thoughts after learning the news.
The 60,000-strong siege army had already gathered in front of the east city gate. The huge momentum made the defenders on the city wall tremble with fear.
However, the attacking Jin army did not attack the city immediately, but gradually approached the city gate. After reaching a certain point, the siege army stopped, and the Jin army generals who wanted to surrender shouted to the city wall.
The words of surrender made all the guards on the city wall shaken.
At the same time, in the palace, Song Ji and Song Ming, as well as the common people and dignitaries in the city, all knew that the Jin army was crazy and prepared to attack the city with heavy troops.
Not only that, they also learned that the siege Jin army in front of the remaining three city gates had withdrawn. This gave everyone a different thought.
Many common people and dignitaries quietly dragged their families to the other three city gates. They even wanted to bribe the soldiers guarding the gates to let them out.
Song Ji and Li Zhengze's expressions changed greatly. Song Ji even said anxiously to Li Zheng: "Li Aiqing, the Jin army is ready to fight to the death. Go to the city wall and tell Wanyan Zonghan that we are willing to provide food and grass so that they can be safe." Go back to the Kingdom of Jin. As long as he withdraws his troops!"
At this time, they were in the Golden Palace. As soon as Song Ji said these words, most of the courtiers were stunned. No one could have imagined that the emperor would say such words to benevolent enemies.
I never imagined that Emperor Song Ji would be so naive and think that the Jin people were so easy to get rid of! Yang Zhen and other officials from Song Rui's faction all shook their heads.
Not one of them came out to speak, because they knew that Song Ji was a man who wanted to do his own thing, and they couldn't persuade him at all. What they are thinking now is that it is time to think about how to take their families out of Tokyo.
Because, if they don't escape, when Tokyo is destroyed, even if they don't die, they will definitely be miserable. They are already certain that the city of Tokyo is afraid of breaking the news!
Upon hearing this, Li Zheng quickly took the order and left. The others retreated, and most of them were thinking of escaping from Tokyo through the remaining three city gates.
Song Ji even thought about escaping from Tokyo, but he didn't dare. After all, where could he go after escaping from Tokyo? In the world, I am afraid that if he gives up the city of Tokyo, the final result will not be to lose all his rights, but he may even die at the hands of others.
Only if the city of Tokyo is preserved can he, the emperor, be worthy of his name. Out, there are too many people who want his throne.
When Li was rushing to the city wall in a hurry, there were already soldiers at the other three gates who could not resist the temptation. Not only did they open the gates and let those people go, but even the soldiers guarding the city ran away with their families.
The other three city gates directly became a large-scale evacuation scene, because all the common people and dignitaries wanted to leave the city. The three city gates were crowded, and all the dignitaries were in front of the city gate.
As for the common people, they were squeezed behind. Everyone wanted to escape from Tokyo City with their families. Therefore, after the three city gates were opened, there was a city gate that they could not close anymore. A situation that cannot be closed.
The soldiers who didn't want to defend the city didn't want to be locked up, but it was because there were too many people and dignitaries who wanted to escape. Their soldiers guarding the gate were all squeezed out.
The dignitaries who escaped from the front and those behind formed a long line of people, just as those people were congratulating themselves on leaving the city of Tokyo.
Suddenly, many Jin Army cavalry appeared from the sides of the three city gates, with thousands of people at each city gate. These are the Jin troops who had previously guarded the three city gates. On the surface, they seemed to have retreated to the east gate to attack the city with all their strength.
But in fact, this is just Xi Yi's trick. He created a situation in the front where the army was pressing down on the city and he wanted to break the city at all costs. The purpose is to put pressure on the people and dignitaries in the city.
Under such pressure, he withdrew the defenders of the other three city gates. Under such circumstances, those people would definitely try their best to escape from these three city gates.
Once the city gate is opened, it is impossible to close it again.
When the cavalry appeared, those who escaped from the city were so frightened that they even dropped their belongings and ran away desperately. The people at the city gate wanted to escape back.
But under the crowd, it was impossible to squeeze back. Even if the defenders on the city wall saw the cavalry coming, it was impossible to close the city gate again.
The three city gates were quickly broken through by the charging Jin Army cavalry, and the people blocking the city gates were ruthlessly slaughtered. When the people behind saw this, they were so frightened that they fled back quickly.
The city gate that was originally blocked, after those people learned that the Jin army was rushing, they all dispersed, and the city gate was exposed in front of the Jin army.
In this way, the three city gates were directly breached by the Jin army.
