In front of Hu Yangeng, each enemy had different expressions. Some were afraid of chaos and tried to retreat. Some roared, raised their spears and pushed forward with force. Some turned their heads and looked to the side. They listened to the commands and commands of a chief not far away. They looked over quickly. All expressions were quickly faded and replaced by their armor. The wounded were screaming in pain, and the warriors were shouting.

Hu Yangeng looked forward again. The enemies were dense, and he didn't know how many enemies there were in front. He seemed to have no idea how many enemies there were in a sudden burst. He made a decision and was about to order: "The back team changed to the front team, the front team changed to the back team, retreating back." Suddenly, he heard a loud shout, and raised his head and looked forward. The Jin soldiers on the opposite side were at a loss, either turned their heads and looked back, or rushed forward with their spears, but before long, the enemy formation on the opposite side became chaotic. First, they were chaotic from the back, and then the front also began to chaotic. A knight holding a hook and sickle spear jumped into Hu Yangeng's eyes.

The knight was covered in armor and was brave enough to move on his horse, and he was rushing to the ground, like a sharp blade piercing into the sea, cutting the Jin soldiers blocking the Huyan Geng formation out of it and killing a passage. Any enemy blocking him was stabbed to death by him, or was lifted by him with a sickle hook and threw it into the air. The Jin soldiers were overturned by a horse.

Just look at this knight, with a cleverly made of parrot green in embroidered robe, lightly cut willow leaves in the battle uniform. The tassels on the top are bright red and the flowers are bright, and the golden silk hook and sickle spear is held in the hand. It is not Xu Ning!

The two sides were closed, and more than 80 cavalry rushed towards the bridge. Yang Kefa had already set up a formation at the bridge, and then rushed the cavalry across the river with a phoenix crossbow. Under the cover of the crossbow on the other side, the army also closed the river and then closed the suspension bridge. Some Jin soldiers had already chased the suspension bridge. Yang Kefa held an iron spear and drove the Jin soldiers down the river.

Everyone returned to the city and met Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan asked, "How many people came out this time, and how many people came back?"

He Li from the side exclaimed: "The official family will ask about the casualties without asking about the credit, and they will be a benevolent monarch."

This time, Hu Yangeng and Yang Kefa's troops were added, and nearly 800 people crossed the river, but now only 500 people are coming back.

Zhao Huan sighed and ordered Tong Mu that those who died in the battle would pay the money and provide pensions. All soldiers and generals who came out of the battle would be rewarded. At this time, Xu Ning asked for an order and asked to fight on the west wall, because the gate guards on the west were short of generals.

The snake cannot do without a head. Zhao Huan encouraged it again. Following Zhang Shuye back to the Privy Council

Hu Yangeng took the lead and followed Zhang Shuye back to the Privy Council. Zhang Shuye had just sat down, took a sip of hot tea, and sighed: "The food and grass in Bianliang are not renewed, Shukang, what are you doing?"

"Geng is a military minister and does not know much about people's livelihood."

"Is that so? Didn't you do a good job of borrowing money to buy winter clothes? The military man has winter clothes to protect the cold, and the merchants and you have made money. But the treasury will lose a lot." It turned out that Zhang Shuye had already learned that the borrower behind the scenes was Hu Yangeng.

Hu Yangeng smiled embarrassedly: "That was made by Shi Xingfang, and the last one is just a helping hand."

"It's not you, is it?" Zhang Shuye knew it was not a matter of investigation, so he didn't ask in detail, but turned the topic back: "Shukang and Xin Yongzong were killed. After all, the family members of the imperial guards had no food to eat, so they started to make trouble. But Xu Gong told me that the grain stored in the official warehouse can only be supplied to the imperial guards."

Hu Yangeng thought to himself: It’s not that Bianliang has no food, but that wealthy families in high schools are hoarding goods and refuse to sell them. He then said, “Why are you asking the nobles to release the food?”

Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly, and it seemed that Hu Yangeng had no good idea, so he said, "You go back to the barracks to rest first."

Over the past ten days, the Jin soldiers also set up a series of camps in the south, basically blocking the connection between Yingchang and Bianliang in the south. On the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, Zhang Shuye gathered his staff and summoned Hu Yangeng over. Due to the shortage of food in the city, the imperial guards and imperial guards guarding at various gates were somewhat unstable in the army.

Hu Yangeng said: "Any family members who are in Bianliang City will be given an extra portion of food and grass."

Liu Ziyu, a military officer, said: "The reserved grain in Bianliang is enough for one year. If it is distributed to the family and other unexpected losses, it will only last for more than three months."

Hu Yangeng replied: "If the imperial guards are unstable, they can't even last for three months. What's the use of keeping food?"

Zhang Shuye pondered for a moment: "First release grain to the family of the imperial guards. I will ask the emperor to issue an order, and ask the royal relatives and nobles to hand the grain to Kaifeng Prefecture for sale."

Zhang Shuye was very quick, and Zhao Huan sent an imperial edict the next day to ask the nobles to either hand over the stored grain to Kaifeng Prefecture for a fair price or directly provide porridge.

Some nobles set up porridge sheds around the mansion, but few people handed over grain to Kaifeng Prefecture. Empress Zhu's parents' home prepared 100 stones of millet and wanted to hand it over to Kaifeng Prefecture. Kaifeng Prefecture asked Xu Bingzhe to sell it at a fair price. "Will the nobles sell grain at an affordable price disrupt the price of grain?" He returned the hundred stones of millet.

According to the "Jingkang Yesou Record", Xu Bingzhe once told Dazai He Li that if Empress Zhu's family sold grain at a fair price, how much grain did their family store? So much grain would be stored and sold at a fair price, not to make money, what would that be the purpose? "I have ulterior motives."

Even the queen's family was charged with ulterior motives, so other families would not dare to take out the food, not to mention that most high-ranking households hoarded food to make profits by selling grain at high prices.

In this way, the Jin army besieged the city outside, but the momentum of the siege was not as fierce as the previous ten days. The Song army barely stabilized the morale of the army by distributing grain to the military. However, the food in the city was reduced day by day, and the people's homes had already made porridge to live. In this way, the second year of Jingkang was entered.

In the second year of Jingkang, Zhao Huan accepted the congratulations of the ministers in the main hall and rewarded them. Then the Secretariat Wang Xiaodi suggested: "On this day of the day, drinks should be transferred to the prince of the Jin Dynasty in order to repair it." (Note)

Zhao Huan approved the report and asked Wang Xiaodi to handle it.

Zhang Shuye sighed and said, "The people in the city can only eat porridge, how can they give wine to the enemy?"

Zhao Huan was surprised: "Didn't I have issued an order to ask the royal relatives to hand over the rice to Kaifeng Prefecture for sale?"

"Although there is an imperial edict, no one will follow it."

Zhao Huan burst into tears: "I mourn the hardships of people's livelihood." So Zhao Huan ordered the birds and animals from Gen Yue to be released for the people of Kaifeng to capture and eat. However, the matter of the relatives and nobles still had no idea of ​​feeding food.

Zhang Shuye was in the lobby of the Privy Council, listening to Song Jiang and others reporting to him that the defenders had less food every day, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Hu Yangeng was also obeying the order. After he took the initiative, he spent most of his time on duty in the Privy Council. He secretly made a gesture to Song Jiang and the two of them came outside the hall.

"Song Jiyi, the family wants to borrow food according to the order." "Borrow?" Song Jiang stared at Hu Yangeng with his exploratory eyes, "As soon as this example is started, I am afraid that Zhang Shumi can't afford it."

"So you can't let Zhang Shumi know."

"Why did Zouma tell me again?"

"I would like to ask Song Jiyi to mention which ones can be borrowed and which ones cannot be touched."

Song Jiang's face changed drastically: "I'm not from Bianliang, I don't know. Song Jiang has never heard of you talking about this and knows nothing." After that, he turned around and left.

Hu Yangeng sighed in his heart, "What an experienced Song Jiang, you'll be gone." However, although you can't find someone who is thunderous, borrowing food is imperative. Now you have to find allies in all four cities and act together. At that time, the law will not blame the public. Hu Yangeng made an appointment with Wu Ge and Xu Ning, and then came to Yao Youzhong through Wu Ge's appointment, and everyone discussed it. Xu Ning was rescued by Hu Yangeng and accepted his affection very much. His wife and children were also in the city, so naturally they were willing to get more food.

Wu Ge said: "I have two friends, one is Lei Guan, who works in the Ministry of Revenue, and the other is Ding Teqi, who also works as an aide under Zhang Shumi's account. Lei Guan once proposed an idea. He works in the Ministry of Revenue, and can lend Taicang public grain and hold an accounting and maintenance office. On the one hand, it is to help refugees, and on the other hand, it is to recruit soldiers as a reserve for the military guarding the city, and it can also prevent brave people from causing trouble."

"This idea is good. In addition to serving as military supplies, the grain we borrowed is used as military supplies to the people in the name of Taicang of the Ministry of Revenue, and at the same time selecting military men. Have these relief points been opened?"

"Since the siege, many poor people have lost their jobs, or their income from small businesses has decreased, and they are not enough to make a living, and they need government relief. Although the relief office is public, it appears in the form of private office, borrows the three major places of Wuyueguan, Qishengyuan, and Tongwenguan. Relief grain is distributed every day, and thick porridge is boiled twice for the poor to eat. The imperial physician Xing Ye, the imperial student Wu Zhu, the royal relative Gao, the royal family member Zhao Zifang and others come out to preside over it."

"Well, all the poor who received relief food and their families were registered, compiled into a list, divided into squads and brigades, and received food in order. There are also many military-leaders who have no military status and are engaging in military ranks and chariots, and the imperial guards who know how to organize military personnel and civilians."

"Ding Teqi was with Zhang Shumi, saying good things for us and let Zhang Shumi deal with the people in the court." Hu Yangeng thought that the blame was still stuffed to Zhang Shuye.

The first time borrowing grain was very smooth. They first found Queen Zhu's mother's home. Zhu Guobain still knew the importance of it. His family had originally wanted to produce grain. Zhao Bozhen, the military officer, discussed it carefully with the steward of the Zhu family. The Zhu family was willing to pay 2,000 stones of grain, which could barely be enough for the army to guard the city to eat for three days, and there was no need to buy it in cash. They just had to wait for the grain collected by the Ministry of Revenue and Kaifeng Mansion to be repaid next year.

Then Zhao Bozhen, Zhang Yanju, Liu Ziyu and others visited several nobles who had intended to sell grain, such as the Gao family, Xiang family, Shi family, etc. Shi Xingfang was just a junior in the Shi family, and he couldn't speak at all. Anyway, these families had a little bit of food, which was enough for the army to use for ten days.

Next is the fallen Prime Minister Cai Jing's family.

Note: "The Northern Alliance of the Three Dynasties" records that during the Jin army's siege, Zhao Huan accepted the prime minister's suggestion and sent people to the Jin people's village with wine and food."
Chapter completed!