Ruisheng City is a fortress rebuilt on the basis of Ruisheng Garden, the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty. It is still some distance away from Jingyang Gate, the north gate of the outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture. There are two routes to Ruisheng City after leaving Jingyang Gate. One is to go eastward along the inside of the moat, arrive at Ruisheng City against the back of the outer city of Kaifeng Mansion, then set up a pontoon bridge to cross the moat, and then After walking for about three miles, you can enter Ruisheng City.
The advantage of taking this route is that it is safer. The enemy has to go around the back of Ruisheng City to launch an attack. If they do this, they will easily be attacked in the back by the defenders in Ruisheng City, which is very dangerous. Moreover, trenches were dug between the moats of Ruisheng City and Kaifeng Prefecture to protect the connection between Ruisheng City and Kaifeng Prefecture. The disadvantages are the detour and the need to temporarily assume a pontoon bridge - the moat of Kaifeng Prefecture is very wide and the suspension bridge cannot be used, and building a stone bridge behind Ruisheng City is not conducive to the defense of the outer city of Kaifeng Prefecture. Therefore, taking this route to Ruisheng City is time-consuming, laborious and inconvenient.
The other route is to go directly across the moat after leaving Jingyang Gate (the original stone bridge on the moat outside Jingyang Gate was later demolished and a suspension bridge built. When the enemy comes, the bridge deck can be pulled up), and then Follow the official road leading to Ruisheng City and arrive at the west gate of Ruisheng City.
The advantage of taking this route is that it is short and easy to walk. It is only six or seven miles long and it only takes less than half an hour if you walk quickly. However, the disadvantage is that you are easily attacked by the Golden Thief Cavalry on the way to Ruisheng City. However, the Song army also had a remedy. They dug two trenches and built two wooden fences on both sides of the road between the west gate of Ruisheng City and the Jingyang Gate of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Of course, the two trenches are not very wide, and the two wooden fences are not very strong. The gold thief's large army really wants to fight, which is just a little resistance.
So when Jin Wushu led more than 10,000 Jin cavalry with a cheer, and suddenly went around from the front of Ruisheng City to the left side of the road covered by ditches and wooden fences between Jingyang Gate and Ruisheng City, Liu Yanqing and Yu Wenxuzhong were both shocked...
Why are there so many gold thieves! It's not that there are only a few hundred... No, when Ruisheng City reported there were tens of thousands, it turned out to be true this time!
Which bastard is on duty in Ruisheng City today? Why did you tell the truth? If I had known that there were really thousands of people riding on foot, I wouldn't have come.
"Quickly, quickly protect me and return to Jingyang Gate to defend..."
It was Yu Wenxuzhong, the good man who called the roll call outside Donghua Gate, who reacted faster. Before the gold thief could get within 300 steps, he decisively gave the order to retreat.
However, no one shouted "De Ling" behind him, only the sound of noisy horse hooves and footsteps. Yu Wenxuzhong looked back and realized that Liu Yanqing and his "long-legged soldiers" had already started running away! Flags and long-handled weapons were thrown all over the floor, those running fast and those running slowly bumped into each other, and there were shouts and cries. It was such a noisy scene, it was really embarrassing!
"How dare you..." Yu Wenxu was so angry that he couldn't even say anything. Although he also wanted to run away, he was a civil servant, and a civil servant should run away. Liu Yanqing was a military general, so he had to run away. Wait until you give the order! And you have to protect yourself and run first! Where can I just focus on myself and escape? Hum, after I return to the city, I must read a copy of Liu Yanqing in front of the official’s house!
Thinking of this, Yu Wenxuzhong yelled: "Liu Taiwei, don't run away, wait for me!"
Yu Wenxuzhong shouted while hurriedly turning his horse around and escaping along the road between the fence and the ditch toward Jingyang Gate.
Seeing the Song army running away, Jin Wushu, who came with more than ten thousand gold soldiers, was also anxious!
What is this thing called? Why is it so difficult to send a "peace envoy" into the city? Thousands of arrows were fired at Ruisheng City, and the eight-oxen crossbow was brought out to shoot! After finally waiting for Kaifeng Mansion to send someone out, why did they run away as soon as they met? You are still protected by fences and trenches, and it seems quite safe. Do you need to run away in such a hurry? And I’m not going to beat you, just scare you...
"Chase! Chase quickly, don't let the Song people escape!" Jin Wushu quickly ordered the pursuit, leading more than 10,000 cavalrymen under him, and pursued fiercely along the fences and trenches.
The Jin soldiers didn't chase them too far, but the Song soldiers who were running in front suddenly stopped, and then there was a noise of cursing, shouting, and crying.
It turned out that the Song army led by Liu Yanqing and Yu Wenxuzhong could not escape. The Song army guarding Jingyang Gate saw the Jin soldiers coming and was so frightened that they closed the suspension bridge on the moat. Now Liu Yanqing, Yu Wenxuzhong, and the five thousand defeated soldiers who followed them out of the city were in dire straits... They had to swim across the moat!
So when Yu Wenxuzhong finally caught up with Liu Yanqing, Liu Yanqing, the commander of the Song Dynasty guard and horse army, was removing his armor with the help of his own soldiers. He had to take off dozens of kilograms of armor before he could swim in the water. !
Yu Wenxuzhong couldn't swim, and he didn't know that you couldn't swim while wearing armor that weighed dozens of kilograms. This was a physics problem that was not tested in the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty, so he asked loudly: "Why did the Taiwei remove his armor?" Do you want to go shirtless?"
Liu Yanqing also saw that Yu Wenxu was hit at this time. He ran so fast just now that he actually saw a Grand Bachelor of Guanwen Palace who was supervising the army with him! Fortunately, I didn't throw him away, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain it after returning to the city.
So he quickly said to Yu Wenxuzhong with a flattering look on his face: "The golden thief is approaching, and the suspension bridge is broken. The only way to survive is to swim across the river. Bachelor, quickly take off your clothes, and we will go into the water soon!"
What? Yu Wenxu's head buzzed, and he almost fell off his horse in shock. In this situation, shouldn't we fight to the death and survive? How can you swim across the river... Don't you, Liu Yanqing, not know that I am a scholar and can't swim?
Seeing that Yu Wenxuzhong still didn't take off his clothes, Liu Yanqing became a little anxious, "Why haven't you taken off your clothes yet, bachelor? Do you want to be loyal to the country?"
Loyal to the country? Well, Liu Yanqing, you can escape like flying. If you ask me, a civil servant, to be loyal to the country, I will never let you go!
Thinking of this, Yu Wenxuzhong spurred his horse forward with a dark face. When he reached Liu Yanqing's side, he turned over and dismounted. Liu Yanqing thought he was overthinking it, so he quickly went up to help him. While helping Yu Wenxuzhong off his horse, he said flatteringly: "Bachelor, please undress quickly and drink some wine to warm yourself. The water is too cold..."
As soon as Liu Yanqing said "the water is too cold," Yu Wenxuzhong took out his sword and put it on his neck. Now it wasn't the water that was cold, but his neck that was cold.
"Yu... Bachelor Yuwen, what are you doing? Why do you put the sword on the general's neck?"
Yu Wenxuzhong said with a dark face: "Liu Taiwei, have you forgotten that I am the supervisor of the army? You escaped from the battle and deserved death, so why shouldn't I kill you?"
"Kill, kill... me?" Liu Yanqing could feel the murderous intent of this Yuwen Bachelor, and immediately panicked, "Learn, Bachelor, the golden thief is powerful!"
"Is this officer's sword stronger, or is the gold thief's sword stronger?" Yu Wenxuzhong exerted force on his hand, and the blade of the sword pressed against Liu Yanqing's neck. His sword had been ground, but it was sharp. , the skin on Liu Yanqing’s neck was broken under the pressure.
Now Liu Yanqing was really anxious, "A bachelor's sword is as big as a bachelor's sword..."
Yu Wenxuzhong roared: "Why don't you immediately organize your army to fight!"
"Okay, the general will organize his army to fight immediately...Brothers, hold on for us and fight the golden thief!"
