On the eighth day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Xuanhe's reign in the Song Dynasty, a large group of infantry and cavalry had been placed at the gate of Nanhe, Daming Mansion in Beijing during the Song Dynasty. When the gold thieves had already reached the edge of the Yellow River, this scene really shocked the common people and gentry in Daming Mansion.
Could it be that the Dajin soldiers have entered the Daming Mansion and are about to attack the city!
In order to find out what was going on, the frightened gentry and common people of Daming Mansion crowded on the long street inside Nanhe Gate and looked towards the city gate. There were also some experienced natives who simply walked along the horse path of the outer city of Daming Mansion towards the city wall. Walking up, I want to climb up and have a good view.
The city has been fortified, and there are many single and double cannons on the top of the wide city wall that can be used to fire mud bombs and stone bombs. This is a light trebuchet that can't hit very far, but there are many of them. It is a piece of equipment used to destroy enemy siege engines close to the city wall.
Directly in front of the parapet, a parapet was built. On the parapet, there were also hanging skins and bamboo grate fences used to protect the arrows. Outside the parapet, there were rows of forked logs several feet higher than the parapet.
The parapet is a good place to hide troops, which is equivalent to the trench on the city wall. Even if the enemy sets up a small artillery outside the city, it will be difficult to hit the defenders squatting against the parapet.
The Pachamu is a tall wooden fence that can prevent enemies who climb up the city from climbing directly over the parapet. The defenders can rely on the cover of the parapet and use spears and crossbows to kill the enemies who board the city.
Directly in front of the parapet is the crenellation of the city wall, against which piles of rolling logs and stones are placed. Of course these are used to hit people!
Vehicle-mounted gango boards were placed at regular intervals on the top of the city to block roads. Large wooden boards were wrapped with iron leaf nails, placed on a wheeled cart, and placed horizontally on the top of the city. This was It was a tool used to prevent the enemy troops who climbed up the city from attacking along the city wall, but now it blocked the daimyo people who wanted to go up to the city and have a look.
At this time, all the imperial troops stationed in Daming Mansion had already lined up outside the city, so those guarding the city wall were all local soldiers. Many people lived in the streets and alleys within Nanhemen, and they were fellow villagers with the common people who came to the city to see from afar, so the two parties simply started talking through the gap between the gango boards.
"This lieutenant, why are there so many soldiers and generals marching out of the city? Is it because the gold thief's soldiers are here?"
An old captain of the Xiang soldiers wearing a war jacket and a Fan Yangli on his head waved his hand and said to the people who asked questions: "Don't talk nonsense. If the gold thieves come to the name, Cai Dayin will not block the city gate with earth and rocks to defend it? How can he dare to send troops?" Go out of the city and refuse to fight?"
"What? Cai Dayin is also out of the city? Is it to welcome some distinguished guests?"
"How is it possible? Cai Dayin is also the Prime Minister of Transport, and he was also the Prime Minister of the Privy Council earlier. He belongs to his official position in Hebei Province. Who can help him get out of the city?"
"Could it be that the official's royal chariot came to Hebei in person?"
Someone mentioned the official family, and the common people crowded on the horse road were speechless and turned their expectant eyes to the talkative old captain.
The old school captain was really a well-informed person. Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, he just sighed: "It would be great if the official family is willing to come... It's a pity that the official family is not here, but the official family's son." His Highness King Yun!"
"King Yun? Why is a great king here?"
"Why does a great king come to Daming Mansion?"
"Yes, the king of this dynasty doesn't travel far away often!"
The old lieutenant was mysterious and said in a low voice: "What else can the king of this dynasty do when he comes to Hebei? Of course he is to make peace with the gold thief!"
The big names and common people who asked were all wide-eyed, "Can we really make peace? Can the Jin people agree?"
The old lieutenant sighed again: "Isn't the gold and silver treasures what the Jin people want? The officials have a lot of money, and if they give it all to them, are they still afraid of not being able to make peace?"
The people sighed one after another.
"Oh, it's all people's wealth and people's blessings. Just give it away..."
"I don't know how much I will pay? Is there going to be another tax?"
"There will definitely be a tax increase, otherwise we can still expect the government to take money from the internal treasury?"
"If you raise taxes, just raise taxes. It's better than if a gold thief breaks in and we kill them all..."
"Oh, it's all the people who suffer anyway!"
While the well-informed people were talking a lot, Cai Maozheng, the transfer envoy to Hebei Province and the judge of Daming Mansion, was neatly guarding outside the Nanhe Gate of the outer city of Daming Mansion. He kept his prime ministerial demeanor and looked southward. Let the north wind blow his official robes.
A large group of officials from Hebei Yunsi and Daming Prefecture stood behind him. Most of them were green-robed junior officials, but there were also a few senior officials in scarlet robes. Three of them were still wearing swords and huddled in the corners. They should be It's a military attaché.
The official uniforms of military attachés in the Song Dynasty adopted the military uniforms, which means that the official uniforms of civil and military officials are exactly the same, and it is difficult to distinguish them just by looking at the official uniforms. Since Daming Mansion is now on the front line, military attachés should naturally carry their swords out of the city to show preparation for war.
Two of the three military attaches were wearing scarlet robes, and they were obviously senior military attaches above the sixth rank. One of them was about fifty years old, with a thick white beard, a short build, and piercing eyes. The other man was about forty years old, a fair-faced official with a smooth chin and no beard. There was also a military attaché in a green robe, an extremely grown-up man, in his mid-thirties, with a full beard. He was just rubbing his hands: "Thief, I don't know when I will be able to fight the gold thief happily." If we can fight a battle and then negotiate a peace, we can also get some heads and transfer them to several officials!"
He muttered in a low voice, but the two high-ranking officials in scarlet robes beside him gave him a sideways glance. Among them, the man with a short beard who was about fifty years old said with a straight face: "Po Han Wu, you can't say such nonsense!" We are fighting to kill the Han people and just obey orders, whether it is war or peace, that is a major military plan, how can a military person interfere?"
The beardless eunuch also lowered his voice and said: "Commander Han, be careful what you say! We are not in the camp today... If Mr. Zhuan hears it, our family will not protect you!"
The man who was called "Po Han Wu" just sighed helplessly and closed his mouth tightly and stopped talking. But at the same time, a group of civil servants in green robes were talking about it. They are all civil servants, but they are not as courageous as the three military attaches (one of whom is a chamberlain with the title of Jiedushi). Why don't they just say whatever they want?
"Have you heard that King Yun came to Hebei this time to buy off the gold thief for three million years old coins plus a Yanshan Mansion!"
"Three million annual coins? Real or fake? In the early years, the annual coins we gave to the Khitan were only 500,000! Why did it increase to three million?"
"It's true! Zhang Deyuan and Hu Mingzhong, who recently came from Tokyo to serve as officials, said so!"
"That's right, I also heard this from a few Tai students who came back from Tokyo to celebrate the New Year..."
"Three million... Yanshan Mansion, which I bought for one million, has to be given away. This is really a loss of capital! His Highness, Prince Yun, was also a Jinshi. How could he be willing to do such a thing? ?”
"Why doesn't he want to do it? You don't know yet, right? The official family has secretly promised him Guo Ben's position. As long as the draw is 10%, Guo Ben will be replaced!"
"Be careful what you say, be careful what you say...How can we talk about the changes in the foundation of the country casually?"
Although civil servants in the Song Dynasty were less likely to be punished for their words, it was better to say less if the matter involved the country's foundation.
Although these green-robed civil servants had stopped talking, what they said had already reached Cai Mao's ears. However, he just pretended not to hear anything and still stood there waiting for the arrival of Zhao Kai and his entourage.
However, this veteran minister who had been up and down in officialdom for decades already had opinions on the matter of war and peace, because in his sleeve, he held a copy of the imperial edict sent by Zhao Ji. In this edict, Zhao Ji urgently ordered Cai Mao to immediately contact the Jin people and ask the Jin people to go to Daming Mansion to negotiate peace with King Yun Zhao Kai... He also asked Cai Mao to clearly tell the Jin people that King Yun Zhao Kai was bringing A total of 3.3 million goods and an emperor arrived in Daimyo. All these goods and the emperor were to be given to the Kingdom of Jin!
