More than 10,000 Jin bandits came to the fort!

Such things have happened many times since Kaifeng was besieged. Four branches and forts outside Kaifeng, including Ruisheng, Qingcheng, Qionglin, Yichun, etc., were occasionally attacked by Jin soldiers.

Although the attacks of the Jin soldiers were tentative, the troops dispatched were only a few hundred. However, the generals of the Song army guarding the four forts and civil officials of the army in order to earn more credit for themselves and to seek more rewards for their subordinates, they deliberately reported more enemies. At the beginning, they reported two or three thousand, but later they reported more and more. In the early February, they even reported twenty or three thousand!

As a result, this false reporting of the enemy situation caused Li Gang, the commander of the camp, and called the guards and soldiers of the four forts to be criticized. So the people below had to restrain themselves, but they still had to report false reporting, but they did not dare to report tens of thousands, and the upper limit was 10,000.

Therefore, in the past two days, all the Jin thieves came to harass each other, there were more than 10,000. When they heard the "more than 10,000 Jin thieves", the father, son, king and minister in Chongzheng Hall were not panicked, not only were they not panicked, but they were also eager to try.

Although Kaifeng Prefecture is surrounded by Jin thieves now, the winning rate of the Song army and Jin thieves when they confront each other is as high as 100%!

Therefore, when the four branches of Ruisheng, Qingcheng, Qionglin, Yichun and other four branches were attacked by more than 10,000 Jin thieves, led troops out of the city to support this matter, it seemed to everyone in Chongzheng Hall that it was an opportunity.

Since it is an opportunity to get promoted and become rich and become famous, of course everyone has to compete for it.

"Your Majesty, as the Chief Privy Council, the military and state affairs, military preparations, border defenses, and military affairs, all responsibilities are all. Today, the thief arrives at the capital, and I should go out to supervise the formation. Please allow me to supervise 5,000 elite troops and go to Ruisheng City to help."

The first person to stand up and ask for battle was Cai You, the official in the Privy Council! More than 10,000 Jin thieves came, but he was willing to supervise 5,000 troops out of the city to confront him. If Zhao Kai from Daming Mansion learned about this, he would be shocked - it turns out that the person who was most talented in the Song Dynasty was not him, Zhao Kai, but Cai You, Cai Juan!

He dared to use five thousand Kaifeng imperial guards to go out of the city to fight ten thousand gold thieves, and Zhao Kai didn't dare to think about this!

"Your Majesty, Yuwen Xuzhong, the deputy envoy of the camp, is willing to supervise 5,000 people who dare to fight and leave the city to support Ruisheng Fort." Someone immediately stood up and "snatch business" with Cai You. "I am the deputy envoy of the camp, and the supervisor of the battle is his duty."

Zhao Ji glanced at the man. He was a graceful white and fat civil servant named Yuwen Xuzhong. He was originally a member of the Central Secretariat and was considered an "old party" in the court (although Huizong was basically in power in the new party, the imperial art of the Song Dynasty emphasized distortion and interference, so he would not completely eliminate the old party). Because he was closer to the prince's teacher Yuwen Xuzhong, when he established the personal camp, he was asked by Li Gang and promoted to the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall and served as deputy envoy of the camp.

Now Zhao Ji has to choose one of the two Song geniuses, Cai You and Yuwen Xu, to fight against the "more than 10,000 Jin soldiers". He looked left and right, and repeatedly weighed it in his heart.

Although Cai You is a "person", he has a very bad reputation among Kaifeng people and cannot rely on him to appease the soldiers of the three yamen and the people of Kaifeng.

Although Yuwen Xuzhong was close to the prince, he did not participate in the "persuading to retreat" in the twelfth month of last year. Moreover, he was responsible for appeaseing the people and brave the rebels in his own camp. He had a high reputation among the Kaifeng people and was considered a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty...

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Ji smiled and said to Cai You: "The responsibilities of Privy Councillors are to take charge of the overall situation. The deputy envoy of the camp should go to the camp."

Then he asked Yuwen Xuzhong, "You are a civil servant in Xuzhong, and you can only supervise the formation and cannot go into battle to kill thieves. I wonder who you want to use as general?"

After all, the Song Dynasty used literature to control military affairs, and even if the troops were at the city, this route could not be changed!

Anyone who changes his use of civil war will be the fate of the Song Dynasty. Because this use of civil war is not only a matter of high civil officials or high military status, but a wealth distribution mechanism for the entire country... It is not how the taxes of the court are divided, but how the wealth of the entire country is divided!

That is, whether this wealth in the world is used to support scholars or soldiers!

Hearing Zhao Kai's question, all the ten three-yamen in Chongzheng Hall were straightened. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the positions that could be called the Three-yamen in charge were not three, but eleven, namely the chief and deputy commander of the Third Yamen and Du Yuhou, and the two four-box commander of the Fourth Army. Now the commander in front of the Hall was sick at home, while the remaining ten soldiers were headed by Liu Yanqing, the commander of the guards’ personal army, and all were obedient in Chongzheng Hall!

Yuwen Xuzhong had a long time ago and said to Zhao Ji confidently: "Your Majesty, I want to ask Liu Yanqing, the commander of the guards, to leave the city and retreat to the enemy."

Liu Yanqing was the leader of the Liu family, one of the three major generals of the Western Army (Liu, Yao, and Zong). He had earlier voted for Tong Guan and was entrusted with important tasks during the Northern Expedition of Xuanhe. However, after a series of changes such as Xuanhe's repeated defeats, subsequent demotion, and later resumption, he and Tong Guan are no longer in the same group.

Moreover, Liu Yanqing did not come to Kaifeng Prefecture empty-handedly. He still had more than 10,000 Western troops. Although these Western troops were defeated repeatedly during the Northern Expedition of Xuanhe, they were still much stronger than the three yamen soldiers in Kaifeng. At least their cavalry could ride horses, archers could shoot archers, and spearmen could really put on armour and fight for a few times.

In Kaifeng Prefecture City today, only the thousands of Shengjie troops under Tong Guan can compare with them.

Out of caution and to keep a certain distance from the prince Zhao Huan, Yuwen Xuzhong cleverly chose Liu Yanqing. Now there are many people in Kaifeng Prefecture who hold the prince, but few can be called a hard-core friend. After all, Zhao Ji is only 45 years old, and the prince was greatly damaged by Zhao Kai's prestige. It is hard to say whether he can ascend the throne in the future!

Zhao Ji was of course satisfied with Yuwen Xuzhong's choice, and nodded to Liu Yanqing and said, "Liu Yanqing, I'll call you to transfer 5,000 Qin soldiers and fight with Yuwen Xuzhong!"

Liu Yanqing was no longer timid at this time. His wrinkled black face was full of loyal and brave expressions. He saluted Zhao Ji and said loudly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, although there are more than 10,000 thieves, but only 5,000 soldiers are enough to retreat to the enemy!"

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "I am waiting for the good news in Chongzheng Hall!"

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"Report..."

A deliberately elongated voice came to Wanyan Zongbing's ears, who were frowning at the arrow rain coming from the sky.

Zong Bi's Jurchen name is "Wu Shu". He is the fourth son of Wanyan Aguda. He is two or three years younger than Wanyan Zongwang. He is much more powerful. He has a thick beard with a high nose and bright eyes, which looks quite fierce. In fact, this guy is indeed very fierce. In the war with the Liao Kingdom, he had the record of killing eight people alone and capturing five people alive in a battle, which is very famous.

Now he is the Wanhu, a marching army under Zong Wang, the third person behind Wanyan Jiemu and Wanyan Zongwang. So this time Wanyan Zongwang ordered him to lead more than 10,000 elite soldiers to approach Ruisheng City outside Kaifeng Prefecture, demonstrate to the Song people, and sent the envoy Cai Songnian into the city to conduct a "deception" plan.

However, Wu Shu encountered an unexpected trouble under Ruisheng City. The Song army guarding the city kept firing arrows without waiting for Wu Shu's people to approach! Although these arrows could not reach Wu Shu's army at all - they were too far away, so they could shoot. However, the Song people would occasionally shoot several crossbow guns with the Eight Niu Crossbow from time to time, how could Pan Songnian get close?

Just when Wu Shu was in trouble, the cavalry he sent out to guard suddenly came to report.

"Report to the Fourth Prince, the Jingyang Gate of Kaifeng Prefecture suddenly opened wide, and about five or six thousand infantry and cavalry came out, coming to Ruisheng City!"

Jin Wushu was stunned and turned around to look at the cavalry, "Did you see clearly? There are really only five or six thousand people?"

"When I go back to the fourth prince, I can see clearly that there are indeed only five or six thousand people!"
Chapter completed!