There was no reason why Hu Yantong was too panicked.
Although this person is considered to be a general, he is a descendant of the Huyan family. His so-called ancestral head lacks any nerve and has no scheming. And it was just a chance meeting that day. Han Shizhong casually pointed him out and followed Zhao Guan's family, so he has always been a little uncomfortable in the industry.
core work.
He is completely different from the all-rounded Yang Yizhong. He neither knows how to figure out the thoughts of officials nor how to get along well with civil servants and chamberlains. He even caused the censor to be impeached because of some remarks that were made regardless of the occasion.
...From this point of view, this Huyan commander is even worse than Liu Yan who knows how to keep silent.
However, this person was a general of the Western Army, and he knew the importance of the task to some extent, so it is understandable that he would be a little panicked when he knew the weight on his shoulders but was not used to this kind of work.
Besides, no matter what, the enemy came too fast - Academician Xiaolin arrived in the morning, and the enemy army appeared in the west of Ruyang City at noon. Such speed, even considering the poor riding speed of Academician Xiaolin, is enough to show that the Jin people
It is very likely that after defeating Monk Zongyin, he immediately dispatched from Dengzhou.
How can such a reaction and decision not be shocking?
But it doesn't matter. Now that the enemy has arrived, the previous cover-up and appeasement are meaningless... For a time, not to mention that Hu Yantong repaid Zhao Guan's family without losing his true nature as a veteran. He ordered early to gather the idle people outside the city and move the city
The outer pontoon was hurriedly cut off, and the city gate was closed. Even the four ministers who had just left recently got the order and assigned guards to various places in the city to appease people. The Zhao Guan family also personally went to the top of the West City.
Of course, no armor this time.
"The enemy only has 500 cavalry." Under the afternoon sun, Hu Yantong, who had regained his composure, pointed in the direction of the sparkling Ru River and gave a brief introduction to the officials. "This is a common method used by the Jin people. Whenever they march and attack, they must use
The small elite group moved forward very quickly. If they could scare people successfully or seize the city gate unprepared, they could easily accomplish something... Before, outside Xiacai City, the Puluhun who died in the battle was the vanguard and arrived at the city gate first.
of."
Zhao Jiu, who was sitting on the top of the city, looked at the flag across from Ru River. Thinking of the scene he saw by the Huaihe River that day, he nodded slightly: "In that case, the person who came here should be the most capable fierce An under Yin Shuke's command.
(Commander of Thousands, Troop of Thousands)?”
"It stands to reason that it should be like this." Hu Yantong shook his head for a moment, showing some doubts. "But when the sentry came back to report, he said that the flag actually had the word Yelu on it, and the flag was also a white horse flag..."
Yelu and the white horse must be Khitan people. As for Hu Yantong's reaction, Zhao Jiu suddenly understood, but did not say a word.
In other words, the military myths of the Jin Army for more than ten years were put there to help many Song ministers, generals, and even the people believe that the Jurchens were better at fighting than the Han, Khitan, and Xi people, as if the Jurchens were better than other people.
Most people have two hands.
According to this idea, for the traditional generals of the Song Dynasty, it is sometimes difficult for them to understand a phenomenon, that is, why the Khitans, Xi people, and Han people in Liao who had been on the same level as themselves before were still subjugated.
The remnant, once he surrendered to the Jin people, he suddenly transformed and showed such strong fighting power?
The answer to this question is of course very simple for Zhao Guan's family - at the beginning of the founding of the Jin Kingdom, there were senior officers from Han, Xi, Khitan and Bohai people who maintained the strength of the Jurchen army and always maintained strict military discipline.
The morale brought by victory and the emphasis on military technology have nothing to do with race or ethnicity.
It's just that it's not the right time to say something like this at this time, and even if it were said, it wouldn't make much sense.
"It should be Yelu Mawu." After hearing the introduction, Liu Ziyu, who was standing behind the official, thought for a moment and guessed the possible answer. "He was a surrendered general from the Liao Kingdom and served as the governor of the imperial court. He was there during the First World War in Taiyuan.
He has good silver skills, and he serves as a general under Brother Lisu... This man was unknown before he surrendered, but after he surrendered, it was said that he would personally fight at the front in every battle, and was not afraid of death. With his current appearance, I am afraid he is the one before him
After making many meritorious deeds, he officially entered the Meng'an and Muke system and became a serious Meng'an."
"If this is the case, I would like to lead the troops down to meet him!" Huyantong couldn't hold himself back for a while and took the initiative to ask Zhao Guan's family for a fight.
After all, he was quite embarrassed by the scolding from the officials just now, and now he saw that he was a Khitan, and he was even more angry.
"Just defend the city." Zhao Jiu had no choice but to yell again. "You are the only general in the city, and most of the defenders in the city are your old troops. What if you make a mistake when you go down? And there is a pontoon bridge across the Ru River.
It has also been demolished, is he waiting for you to come over or are you waiting for him to come over?"
Hu Yantong was embarrassed for a moment.
"Don't worry about it, Commander Huyan." Liu Ziyu also hurriedly came to advise. "It is a great achievement to be careful at this time... Yelu Mawu didn't cross the river from the upstream in advance. As a result, when he came here, he saw that the pontoon bridge was broken and the city was strict.
, I’m afraid I’ve already lost my mind.”
"Yes, instead of worrying about these five hundred people, it is better to send out another messenger quickly while the enemy is still looking for an opportunity to cross the river and the main force has not yet arrived." Zhao Jiu also made arrangements of his own. "Send another messenger out and tell the surrounding towns to be careful.
Shou, be sure not to come to Ruyang. Han Shizhong and Wang De will also send official envoys to them. They must be careful about being besieged and seeking reinforcements."
After all, Hu Yantong knew the importance, and he bowed his head after hearing the words. After Zhao Guanjia finished explaining, he simply stood up, preparing to follow the previous discussion, leaving Hu Yantong to take charge of the defense of the city, while he himself returned to the city to appease people... because that was it.
After a while, there was some commotion in the city due to the closing of the city gates and the withdrawal of people outside the city.
In this way, Zhao Jiu led Academician Xiao Lin and Liu Canjun and walked straight down to the city with about thirty or forty armored squads. They met Zhang Jun, the censor Zhongcheng, who came specifically to find the official family, and Wang Yuan, the commander of the imperial camp.
, a few people chatted for a while, and then rode horses to patrol along the streets to reassure people... But they had just walked one street, and the Zhao Guan family had not yet got a good performance opportunity, so Hu Yantong suddenly sent another
A team of squadrons rushed over, saying that there was a serious military situation and asking the officials to go to the city again.
Zhao Jiu had no choice but to ask Zhang Jun to take half of the squad to suppress the riots in the name of Yu Shi Zhongcheng, while he led the rest to turn back immediately.
Unexpectedly, this time he did not go back to the west city wall, but under the guidance of the Banzhi people, he climbed directly to the north city tower which was not blocked by Ru River, and then met Hu Yantong here.
However, as soon as they boarded the city tower, without Hu Yantong opening his mouth, the Zhao Guan family suddenly realized... Because visible to the naked eye, smoke and dust were rising in the fields to the north, as if a large army was coming here. According to the Zhao Guan family's position in Bagong
The three-legged cat's eyesight trained in the mountains seems to be estimated at four to five thousand people.
"Is the Jin Army brigade so fast?" Zhao Jiu felt as if his opponent was cheating. "And they crossed the river early?"
"Not a golden man." Liu Ziyu blurted out. "This is not the movement that a cavalry should have..."
Zhao Jiu felt embarrassed for a moment, but couldn't help but be confused.
"It's true that he is not a Jin man," fortunately, Huyantong immediately reported back, covering up the official's momentary embarrassment. "The good instructor knows that I was ordered to send envoys out of the city from here to send messages to various places, but not long after leaving the city, someone came to the north to
Encountering this group of soldiers and horses on the road, the leader claimed his surname was Zhai and was a member of the Xiping Rebels. Hearing that the Jin army had defeated Zhao Zongyin in Dengzhou, he guessed that the Jin army might raid here, so he had no time to report and immediately led the army to the northwest of Caizhou.
The tribes are coming here to help King Qin..."
"The Xiping Zhai Chong that Yan Xiaozhong spoke of?" Zhao Jiu couldn't help but be overjoyed when he suddenly realized it. He almost ordered the troops to enter the city, but just when he was about to speak, he stopped himself and forced himself to calm down before asking. "Yan Xiaozhong
Are you in there too?"
"I don't know!" Hu Yantong shook his head repeatedly. "It is precisely because the situation is unclear and the timing is too coincidental that I dare not take matters into my own hands. I only ask the officials to make a clear decision..."
"Send someone to investigate and ask Yan Xiaozhong where he is. If he is there, let him come to the city to see me first!" Zhao Jiu thought for a while and could only give this order.
Hu Yantong received the order and immediately went to the city to make assignments.
By the way, let alone how Hu Yantong went to find Yan Xiaozhong, I just said that as this army gradually approached Ruyang City and revealed the flag of the Song Army, the atmosphere above and below the city had already changed. For example, Yelu Mawu had not given up before, and was in the west
They followed the river to find a shallow place to cross the river. At this time, they saw such a large group of Song troops appearing on the north side of the river. They immediately gave up the attempt to cross the river. They just gathered in the northwest of the city and monitored them from a distance across the Ru River.
On the other side, when the Song troops on the city saw the arrival of reinforcements, they were naturally excited for a moment. Even as many officials with official status were unorganized and undisciplined, they came to the city one after another to see and then relay the news. The originally turbulent people
The streets gradually calmed down.
After a long time, I saw the sun turning to the west, and Yelu Mawu was setting up camp on the other side of the river. Only then did the rebels, who had been seen at a glance on the plain, gradually rush to the city, and Yan Xiaozhong, whose figure and appearance were unforgettable
Also riding a donkey, he appeared in Zhao Jiu's sight again.
"Yan Qing, why are you here?" Zhao Jiu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this man in the city.
"Guanjia!" Yan Xiaozhong got off his donkey and faced him directly at the bottom of the city. "I used to be a civilian in the Jin army, so I knew some of the Jin people's methods of using troops. Then I was in Xiping in the west. I heard that Wu
Guan Da was defeated, so he immediately urged Zhai Chong to come here... In addition to Zhai Chong's tribe, there were also rebels from all over the northwest of Caizhou gathered along the way. There were no less than 5,000 people in total, and they arrived just in time! With these 5,000 people, it was enough.
Once the city walls are lined up, Ruyang City will be impregnable!"
Zhao Jiu nodded repeatedly and ordered the city gate to be opened to let this person in.
But at this moment, Liu Ziyu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly tugged Zhao Guanjia's sleeve from behind, and then said in a low voice: "Guanjia, even if Yan Xiaozhong is here, he can't open the city! This person must be killed by the Jin Army
Captured!"
Zhao Jiu's expression remained unchanged, but he couldn't help being surprised, but after a moment's thought, he decided to refute it.
At this time, Wang Yuan over there also lowered his voice and responded seriously: "The officials and ministers also think that Yan Zhizhou is reliable, but what about Zhai Chong?"
Zhao Jiu still disagreed: "Yan Xiaozhong's war of resistance in Tangzhou was by no means a fictitious thing, and Zhai Chong and Yan Xiaozhong were united before the arrival of the Jin people. Could it be that they were spies long before Yin Shuke came to the west of Jingxi?"
"I am not worried about Yan Zhizhou." Liu Ziyu sighed and said helplessly. "The key is that what Hu Yanzhi said before was so right... The official family, the timing is too coincidental! Let's not talk about Yan Zhizhou or Zhai Chong.
, are there other people in Zhai Chong's army at this time, are they all reliable? If one or two hundred of them are capable of silver skills, can the Song Dynasty bear it? To take a step back, at this time, they are all reliable and can be admitted.
When you see the city, there are few officials and soldiers, and you are surrounded by Jin people outside, will everything still be reliable at that time?"
Zhao Jiu was speechless for a moment, but after just a moment, he slowly shook his head again: "It's still wrong... If they are not allowed to enter the city, what if they disperse angrily because I don't believe them? What if they invest money? Wait for the Jin army.
If the main force comes to the city and defeats them, what will happen to the morale of the city?"
Liu Ziyu and Wang Yuan both lost their temper and were speechless, but their insistence on not allowing the rebels to enter the city remained unchanged.
Again, it is a good thing that the reinforcements are coming, but the problem is that firstly, the timing is too coincidental, which makes people suspicious; secondly, at this time, there is an official family and four princes in the city. They should have a solid defense to deal with it, but they can't.
There shouldn't be any extraneous matters. In fact, Zhao Guan's family had just sent a message asking these people not to come.
But then again, they came all the time, and they didn’t receive the order when they came. Do you want to scold them for not coming to King Qin to save him?
In the midst of hesitation, Yan Xiaozhong seemed to have realized something at the bottom of the city, but he once again led the donkey and said: "Official, I will go and tell Zhai Chong that he should set up a stronghold on the north side of the city with his back to the river! How about it?"
Just as Zhao Jiu was about to speak, suddenly, a person standing next to him stood up and spoke clearly: "In today's situation, it is clear that one of my ministers is not good at riding a horse and is delaying the opportunity. Lin Jingmo, a scholar of Hanlin Academy, took the liberty of inviting himself out of the city to appease the rebels and atone for his sins!"
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It doesn't work anymore, I feel like a vicious cycle is coming... I'm going to die!