Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Western Xia, the Liao and the Jin Kingdoms have been threatened many times. However, after so many storms, the city of Bianliang is still prosperous. Therefore, from Zhao Ji and Zhao Heng to civil and military officials to civil and military officials, they all believed that the Jin army would be satisfied with asking for a year-old tribute like the previous Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms. As long as they gave gold, silver and silk on time, they could still enjoy a rich and stable life in the city of Bianliang.

However, not long after the leisurely days, the envoys of the Jin Kingdom came to Bianliang City. Xiao Zhonggong and Yelu Yuji, who were sent from the Liao Kingdom to the Jin Kingdom, served as envoys and military supervisors respectively. Zhao Heng and the civil and military officials in the court believed that Xiao Zhonggong and Yelu Yuji were both from famous families in the Liao Kingdom and would definitely not be willing to live under the Wanyan family for a long time, so they thought they could induce and bribe these two envoys.

The officials responsible for receiving them sent gold, silver and wealth, and were quite tempting in their words. Xiao Zhonggong responded vaguely, but the officials of the Song Dynasty thought they were really suspicious, so they sealed a letter with wax pills and asked Xiao Zhonggong to send it to Yelu Yu to see, and they were insincere, thinking that they could help the Song Dynasty get some advantages in future exchanges between the two countries.

However, Xiao Zhonggong and Yelu Yujian were already scared by the brilliant record of defeating the Khitan 700,000 troops in the Battle of Bu Dagang. How could they dare to serve them? In addition, when they went south this time, the Hedong and Hebei areas of the Song army that they saw along the way were in ruins and did not hoard troops at all for alert, so they did not hesitate to hand over the secret letter to Wanyan Zongwang, the second son of the financial lord Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Zongwang was dissatisfied with the last time he led his troops south and did not capture Bianliang City. Now that he has such an excuse, he can still bear it. In August, Wanyan Zongwang used this secret letter as a reason to attack the Song Dynasty. This time, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were still leading the troops. Compared with the last time, the troops they led were stronger.

Before this, the Song people were not unaware of the dynamics of the Jin army. Zhong Shidao met Wang Fan, the envoy of Jin Kingdom in Heyang. He judged that the Jin soldiers would definitely go south in large numbers. He immediately submitted a memorial to the emperor to visit Chang'an to avoid the enemy. However, the officials in the court who had been trembling in the first battle of siege suddenly straightened their backs, directly criticizing Zhong Shidao for being timid and afraid of things, and put them on the shelf.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang marched in two directions. Wanyan Zonghan set out from Datong on the west side, defeated the Song Zhang Hao army in Wenshui the next day, and conquered Taiyuan in September. Wanyan Zongwang set out from Baozhou on the east side, defeated the Song army in Xiongzhou on the same day, and captured Xinle in September, defeated the Song general Zhong Shizhong in Jingxing, captured the Tianwei army, and conquered Zhending. The two were as powerful as the bamboo shoots and were about to attack Tokyo Bianliang.

It was not until this time that Zhao Heng remembered to re-activate the main war faction, but he had already missed the opportunity. If he had been willing to obey the advice of Zhong Shidao and attacked halfway, the Jin army would have suffered heavy losses. How could he have the energy to go south? Take a step back and if they were willing to spend some money to strengthen the defense in Hebei, how could the Jin soldiers attack near Bianliang so easily?

Now that the army is approaching, the Song army has suffered heavy losses. The defense of Bianliang City is almost unprepared. Even Bai Qi and Li Jing have no good solutions to the court, let alone Li Gang and Zhong Shidao. They are both short of money, food and soldiers, and are deeply restricted by the leader and the faction. In addition, Zhao Heng is not a wise leader, so they can almost say that they have no good solutions to deal with Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang.

Seeing that the pro-war faction did not seem to have any effect, Zhao Heng's mind changed again, and the pro-policy faction once again gained the upper hand. Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and others ordered the Song army in various places not to serve the king, and they fantasized that the Jin soldiers would leave as they did last time. This move made the Song army in various places stand still. At the beginning of the year, the Jin soldiers besieged the city and rushed to Bianliang. However, this time, only the Southern General Manager Zhang Shuye and his two sons Bofen, Zhongxiong recruited 13,000 troops and rushed into Bianliang.

Li Gang was kicked out of the capital again. Thinking of the current situation so embarrassing, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and others still acted like this. Zhong Shidao was very sad and angry. In addition, his brother Zhong Shizhong's death had already hurt his heart. Zhong Shidao died in October without getting sick, and the last Optimus Prime of the Song Dynasty was broken.

Afterwards, Zhao Heng personally visited the memorial service, cried for it, and posthumously presented it to Kaifu Yitong Sansi. However, these were of no use. He then refused the suggestion of Zhong Shidao to attack halfway, station troops in Hebei and retreat to Guanzhong, the fall of Bianliang was only time.

After the Jin army was renovated, they set off again in November. Wanyan Zonghan, the western route, attacked Bianjing from Taiyuan, and in a few days, the Weisheng army, Longde Prefecture, Mengjin, Xijing Luoyang, Yong'an Army, and Zhengzhou arrived at the city of Bianliang; at this time, Wanyan Zongwang from the east route, also fought from Zhending to Huaizhou, and arrived in Bianliang before Wanyan Zonghan.

Compared with the last siege of the city, the number of Jin troops was more than twice as many as this time. Fifty thousand soldiers surrounded Bianliang, including Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu), Wanyan Jiemu, Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Yinshuke and other famous Jurchen generals were all in the battle. At the same time, there were Liu Yanzong who joined the Jin Kingdom from Liao Kingdom and Guo Yaoshi, the commander of the Changsheng Army who first joined the Song Dynasty and then turned to the Jin Kingdom to help.

There were less than 70,000 in the city of Bianliang, most of which were miscellaneous soldiers who could not stand the battle. Moreover, there were not even a few generals who could lead the army in the city. Not to mention that they were not even able to lead the army, and there were not even generals of the same level as Tong Guan, and others like Zhong Shizhong. It was no wonder that Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong were eager to seek peace. I believe they knew that with this little power, they could not stop the Jin army at all.

In addition to seeking peace, all the civil and military officials in the court were in a hurry, and all kinds of evil ways also emerged. Sun Fu, the co-master of the Privy Council, read Qiu Jun's "Poem of Reminiscence" while sieging the city, and saw that there were words such as "Guo Jing, Yang Shi, and Liu Wuji". He suddenly felt like he was possessed by evil spirits. He thought that these three people could help Bian Jing in times of crisis, and immediately sent people to search in the city. As a result, he found a soldier named Guo Jing in the Long Guard Army, one of the four armies of the imperial guards.

Guo Jing didn't know whether he took the wrong medicine or was in a bad mind, but he directly agreed to Sun Fu's statement, claiming that he was good at "using gods and ghosts", and had the ability to "move mountains and seas, sprinkle beans into soldiers, and invisible". As long as he did what he said, he could capture Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan alive and wipe out the 150,000 Jin troops outside the city.

Zhao Heng, who had no other way, believed in this and immediately promoted Guo Jing to tens of thousands of gold and silk, and asked him to recruit troops on his own to prepare to cast spells and destroy gold.

What Li You had to complete this time was to help the Song Dynasty defeat the Jin army and defend Bianliang under such unfavorable circumstances. (To be continued.)
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