Chapter 1457 The variables in the official history are not only Xiao Tang
Seeing Wanyan Orulubu's serious expression, Wanyan Talan didn't take it seriously. He laughed loudly and said: "Then Xiao Tang defeated the Song army who went to conquer several times. What's the big deal? In the final analysis, he was just commanding a group of Shuibo bandits. The old Emperor Aguda appreciated him mostly because of his old friend surnamed Xiao. When we were suffering in the white mountains and black waters, we had some friendships, but it was just It is a personal matter of congenial temperament, but if Xiao Tang insists on being an enemy of the Jin Dynasty, even if the old emperor Aguda is alive, let alone Xiao Tang, even if the great hero named Xiao is alive, he will be my Jurchen son for generations. Jiye will not miss any old feelings!
We will first kill the Southern Dynasty emperor's ministers who are cowering and frightened in Bianjing City. When the troops return to the court, we can also go to Shuibo Liangshan to raise troops to ask Xiao Tang what he is planning. If Xiao Tang can recognize promotion, He could be of great use if he was left to control the Song people. If he didn't understand the current affairs and sent his army to flatten his bird stockade, we, Dajin, had conquered it all the way in the past ten years. What about Gao Yongchang, Zhang Jue and his like? We don’t see enough of the bastards who take advantage of the situation to cause trouble?”
Wanyan Orulubu nodded and said: "The most important thing now is to think about how to overwhelm the emperors and ministers of the Southern Dynasty in Bianjing City as soon as possible. Of course, our army can use siege equipment to destroy the city wall, and then take turns to attack the tired defenders. The army You can also plunder the four directions outside and take turns to rest and recuperate. However, this huge capital city has inexhaustible supplies of grain, arrows, and defensive equipment. I don’t know how long it will take...
Wanyan Nianhan on the West Road was dragged to Taiyuan Prefecture on the Hedong Road in the South Dynasty. He was unable to attack from both sides and was surrounded on all sides. As a result, the capital of the South Dynasty was completely isolated. It is indeed unwise to blindly attack and cost the lives of our troops. , it is said that the number of Southern Song troops in Bianjing is still greater than our army, and we must also consider that reinforcements from the Southern Dynasties may arrive at any time... In the end, no matter how weak the Song people are, they will be far superior. My Jurchen is more than a hundred times stronger, and the capital of the Southern Dynasties cannot be easily conquered."
"Yes... there were a lot of defenders in Bianjing City in the Southern Dynasty. However, when the Song people saw that our army had reached the gate of their capital, they cowered in the city in fear instead of going out to fight in a battle formation. Compared with the Liao people, The Khitans are even more afraid to fight... No matter how strong the city gates are, it will not help. In the end, they can only be broken by foreign enemies. My Jurchen daughter is better at being able to withstand the battle, but the Song people... can't. Do you want to stay?"
Wanyan laughed lazily, then waved his hand fiercely, and gave an order to the general behind him: "Assert the five men on standby to step forward and walk under Bianjing City, and then fall to the majesty of Nanmanzi." !"....
Although the Song Dynasty officers and soldiers guarding Bianliang in Tokyo also had brave men who fought to the death, famous Jin army generals such as Wanyan Talan and Orulubu who had been tempered by wars probably also discovered the lethality of the Song army through siege tests. Disadvantages: Most of the Song troops who defended the city walls were still fearful of war. This long-established combat quality could not be reversed by one or two Song officials who decided to fight to the death.
From the perspective of the Song army guarding the city, the military tents of the Jin army advancing under the city seemed to be spread out endlessly as far as the eye could see, with flags covering the sky and the sun. As expected, the Jin people were all ferocious and ferocious. Due to his past achievements in the Northern Territory, panic and uneasiness indeed spread among the Song Dynasty court and the troops defending the city.
Although Bianliang in Tokyo is said to have 800,000 Imperial Guards in the Dianqian Division, the actual number is far less than this number. However, if the ministries are fully equipped with hundreds of thousands of troops, they should still have hundreds of thousands of troops. However, although Gao Qiu, the Taiwei of the Dianqian Division,
Killed by Xiao Tang, he not only formed cliques in the Palace Division for personal gain, but also eliminated dissidents and suppressed generals who were not under his control. He also invaded military camps to expand his private territory and used the forbidden army as a force. The fatal drawbacks he had accumulated were finally revealed.
It was completely exposed when the national crisis hit.
Of the 800,000 forbidden troops claimed by the capital of the Song Dynasty, half were removed first for those who exaggerated and falsely reported, and many more were reduced for those who were old and weak, who were living on empty military pay, and after excluding the rest who were almost just serving as private military craftsmen, there were still a large number left.
Military discipline is lax, and there are weak soldiers and generals who dare not fight to the death... Although the Jinguo East Road army outside the city only has about 60,000 soldiers, how many fighting soldiers are there in Bianliang City, Tokyo?
In particular, the Zen Emperor Zhao Ji had previously learned that the Jin army had crossed the Yellow River and quickly captured Huahua Prefecture. Before they reached Bianliang City in Tokyo, they had already joined Tong Guan, Yu Wenxuzhong and a group of favored ministers with more than 20,000 Song troops.
The army fled south in panic. Even Zhao Huan, who was forced to succeed, took advantage of the fact that the Jin army's siege force was not enough to encircle Tokyo Bianliang and thought of abandoning the capital and evacuating. The two emperors were unwilling to defend Tokyo Bianliang, and a large number of people in the city
How could the determination of the Song army generals in the army not also begin to waver violently in resisting the Jin Dynasty?
The atmosphere of surrender and peace talks also began to permeate within the Song court. Indeed, the court official Li Gang, who was in danger, immediately stabilized the situation. First, he strongly advised the soldiers and horses brought by the officials to have their families in Bianjing and would inevitably be separated on the way south, while the Jin soldiers
Hearing that His Majesty was escaping south, troops would be sent to pursue him, and how many soldiers would be able to protect the officials at that time. Zhao Huan was completely concerned about his own safety, so he gave up the idea of abandoning the capital and fleeing. However, after Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan
After such riots, both the government and the opposition in Bianliang, Tokyo, were shrouded in gloom and mist. During this period, Wanyan Olubu, Wanyan Talan, and other generals such as Liu Yanzong, commander of the Han army in the Jin army, who commanded the siege outside Bianliang in Tokyo.
There was no ambiguity. The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, who had obtained the Zen throne of the Southern Dynasty, had learned that he had been unable to escape with more than 20,000 Song troops, so he also dispatched a group of troops to pursue them.
After all, the war to destroy the Liao Dynasty had been going on for more than ten years. Just like when Emperor Tianzuo was chased and killed several times and fled east and west in embarrassment, he pursued and intercepted the enemy monarch Xie's mission. During this period, too many people were killed.
The generals of the Jin Army were already accustomed to it, and the Song Army seemed to be even weaker than the Liao Army. How far could the so-called Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji of the Southern Dynasties escape?
However, Li Gang was not just a hot-blooded fool. He calculated that the Jin Army's offensive seemed fierce, but if he could mobilize the morale of the defenders in Bianjing City to fight to the death, he would rely on the high walls and deep trenches of Bianliang City in Tokyo.
Given the geographical advantages and the fact that the ratio of casualties between the attacking parties was roughly equal, it would naturally be the Jin Kingdom's troops that could not be used up for a long time.
What's more, because the Jin people went south, the imperial court had issued an urgent edict and once again appointed the old Zhong Jinglue Xianggong, who was ordered to serve and retire because he was responsible for the defeat of Yanjing, as the school inspector and Shaobao, the Jingnan Army Jiedu Envoy, the capital and Hebei Province
An envoy was appointed and ordered to lead tens of thousands of Bianting's Western troops to rush to the capital. King Qin's troops and horses would also come to the rest of the territory to help. By then, the morale of Bianjing would naturally be boosted, which would be enough to relieve the immediate calamity of the Jin army approaching the capital city.
However, the head coach of the Jin army, Wanyan Orulubu, seemed to have already expected that Bianliang, Tokyo, would organize a strong defensive posture, and instead sent envoys to ask for peace talks with the Song court. The Song court was led by Li Bangyan, Bai Shizhong, Tang Ke and others.
The He faction immediately rejoiced. Not only did they advocate that the Qin army should not act rashly, which angered the Jin army and continued to launch a fierce offensive against Bianjing, they also urged Zhao Huan to meet all the conditions set by the Jin Dynasty in order to teach the Jin army who was approaching the city as soon as possible.
Willing to retreat to the north...
The main war faction in the Song Dynasty, headed by Li Gang, strongly advocated that the terms of the peace negotiation must be appropriate. If there is a conflict and delays, and they are waiting for King Qin's army to come to rescue, they must not agree to cede territory and seek peace. However, the official Zhao Huan
They are inclined to accept the opinions of the peace advocates such as Li Bangyan, even if they cede territory and seek peace; Wanyan Orulu Bu's side naturally offers more stringent peace conditions, in addition to maximizing their own needs, and with generals such as Wanyan Talan
Since he had the intention to wait and see the disputes and civil strife in the Song Dynasty, he also sent small groups of Jin troops to harass the city of Bianjing from time to time, constantly carrying out feint attacks and intimidation, in order to coerce and urge the Song Dynasty to make a decision as soon as possible...
Several groups of Jin troops were galloping outside Bianjing City, and the atmosphere was still tense, but at least it was no longer as fierce as before in attacking the city. However, during this particularly sensitive period, the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers inside Bianjing City, and Wan Yan outside Bianjing City
Unexpectedly, O Lubu and other Jin Army generals, and even Xiao Tang, who was stationed in Shuibo Liangshan, drank and pecked, and each had his own share. Some of the original trajectory of the situation had also changed... and this
The variable happened to Chen Xizhen, who was now trapped in Bianjing City.