March, Bingxu, Datong Prefecture.

Zhang Jue and Kang Gongbi were inspecting the city defense.

The two were colleagues and of the same age, and both were genuine Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom.

Jinshi in the Liao Dynasty are even rarer than those in the Song Dynasty. First of all, the imperial examination is not held regularly, and the number of candidates is not as large as that in the Song Dynasty. Generally, there are only twenty or thirty people in a year.

Zhang Jue entered the officialdom as a military official, but he has not yet become the deputy envoy of Jiedu more than 20 years later in real history. Before that, he only served as a garrison in the following states.

After the Song army invaded the country, Zhang Juecai was urgently promoted to the position of Chang Shi to assist Li Chuneng in the military affairs. Because Li Chuneng was fatuous and incompetent, Zhang Jue couldn't bear it and suggested to the Supreme Emperor to capture Li Chuneng.

When the Supreme Emperor fled, he took Li Chuneng away and temporarily appointed him as Deputy Privy Envoy Quan, with full power over Datong's military affairs.

Kang Gongbi, named Bodi, was born in Wanping, Yan State. He was eager to learn since childhood, and after becoming a Jinshi, he became a military judge in Wuzhou in addition to being a scholar. He also established the history of the Privy Council.

During the period of the Ningyuan Order, a frost in the county killed the crops, and the governor of Cao County was in a hurry, so the people were imprisoned. Gongbi wrote a letter, and the court released it. Because the county was exempted from rent and taxes, the county people built a shrine.

Supervise the money and silk warehouse in Pingzhou and transfer grain to Chuanzhou.

The big thief Hou Gai made a rebellion and was trapped in Sichuan Province, but he did not harm him. He even asked his subordinates to escort Gong Bi out of the country, saying respectfully: "Kang Gong, he is a good official."

Because the road to the north was cut off, Kang Gongbi came to Datong Mansion, where he was appointed by He Lu as the magistrate of the mansion and became Zuo Qigong's deputy.

Nowadays, all roads in Datong Prefecture are cut off. Zhang Jue fought a battle with the Song army at Huoshao Mountain in the west of the city, covering his escape with Lu We.

Zhang Jue worked hard in that battle, but he was not an outstanding general and could not withstand the difference in firepower.

What's more, his opponent is really too powerful.

Zhong'e, the biggest culprit of Ping Xia, slaughtered more than 300,000 Xia army elites, and is known as the "contemporary Bai Qi" god of murder.

Zhong Yi, the No. 0001 student of the military crash course of the Royal Military Academy’s predecessor, was the first soldier to be established in the New Army of the Song Dynasty, and one of the two martial arts disciples personally taught by Su Youshi Wei. He started a few years earlier than Sun Neng and was known as “

"will be planted".

Zhe Kexing is called "Zhejiafu" by the Qiang people, "He is brave before he is crowned, and he is capable of galloping and shooting without being accustomed to it." The word "Jiang Zhong" before Zhongyi specifically refers to him.

He fought more than 170 battles in his life. It is said that he killed more than a thousand enemies with his own hands. The folk title of "Zhe Family Army" also came from him. The Xia people were afraid of it and specially established a left wing brave army.

Si, "specialized in being the Zhe clan".

Zhe Ke Shi, Zhe Ke Xing followed his son, when he went to war with his uncle, Xiao Yin Coin pretended to be an enemy leader inspecting, called out the beacon guard and killed him, so that the Xia people could not pass on the beacon fire, and finally had to roll up their armor and flee.

Later, he furthered his studies at the Royal Military Academy, and worked in the Strategy Department of the Military Aircraft Department for several years. After taking over his uncle's job, he became prominent in both military and political affairs. Not long ago, he also recaptured the three states in Tao Nei. Linfu is known as the "little general species".

Zhang Jue was extremely unlucky when he met such people.

The Song army's method of building a stronghold under the city was very strange, and the method of encircling Datong Mansion was also very strange. They only built sandbags outside the four city gates to build fortifications, and then surrounded them with iron mesh.

It seems that the defense is lax, but Zhang Jue has experienced great things. He once sent soldiers to sneak attack the city at night, and was completely wiped out.

Then Zhang Jue understood that the Song army was just preparing for the big army to protrude from the city gate. As for the small army in Chuicheng, they didn't take it to heart at all. They could just rely on the small garrison in the sand barricade outside the city gate to eliminate them.

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The people of the Song Dynasty have powerful firearms, and they dare not show their heads easily now. Even the sharp weapons for city defense such as bed crossbows cannot move a hundred steps. The people of the Song Dynasty have a weapon that can be thrown up high and explode when it lands on the ground, so it can be eliminated.

Zhang Jue didn't understand how the weapons of the Song Dynasty could be so accurate.

Fortunately, Datong Mansion is an ancient city and an important town with high and thick city walls. The Song people cherished their lives and did not launch an attack for the time being.

Datong Mansion now has more than 200,000 people who have fled from the surrounding areas. Including the garrison and the previous population of the city, there are more than 500,000 people. Among them are Xi, Fan, Tatar, Han, and Khitan. If Zuo Qigong, Zhang

I feel that Kang Gongbi is a capable minister. If he is restrained properly, the people in the city will be able to start chaos.

Kang Gongbi looked at the sand fortress under the city and the Song camp in the distance through the lookout: "Zhongyi and Zheke can besiege me with only 20,000 people, and Laozhong and Laozhe led the cavalry to sweep the perimeter.

There is also the traitor Xiao Guli who leads the way, Brother Zhang, is it okay to do this?"

Zhang Jue smiled bitterly: "It is a matter of loyalty to the emperor to eat the emperor's salary. It is a pity that you and I lost our lives in Xiongcheng, but we don't even know who we are working for."

Kang Gongbi sighed: "Zuo Gong said that he worked hard for the Liao Dynasty and was loyal to the Liao Dynasty. You and I are scholars, and we cannot imitate the likes of Brother Yeluma, Xiao Guli, and Pharmacist Guo."

Just when I said this, I saw a group of Song people gathered on the flat ground behind the sand barrier in front, tinkering with something there.

Zhang Jue pulled Kang Gongbi and squatted down against the wall: "Be careful, there are too many weird people in Song Dynasty."

There was no movement for a long time. Kang Gongbi raised his head and turned to look at the city: "Wind...kite?"

It's really a kite. It's a sunny day today, with a west wind blowing. Several big kites swayed and flew above the Song Army's position.

The kite was so big that it took several Song soldiers to hold it. There seemed to be something hanging under the kite.

When the kite flew over the city, there were suddenly several explosions. The sound was very familiar to the two of them, and they were so frightened that they immediately squatted down again and hid behind the brick wall.

As it turned out, the explosion came from the kite. The rope holding the thing broke, and the four square blocks suddenly turned into sheets of paper, flying towards the Datong Mansion.

The city of Datong Prefecture is not small. It is ten kilometers across and is about a quarter of the size of Bianjing City. Followed by several other kites, flyers began to fly, and they fell all over the city.

Zhang Jue quickly ordered people to go down to the city to get it for viewing, but it was a mimeographed "cloth" - "A Letter to All the Military and Civilians of Datong".

The article is written simply and clearly. It first states that the Song army's expedition was to help the Liao Kingdom quell the rebellion.

He Luo and Yelu Chun held a heavy army of 150,000. When the Liao Kingdom was invaded by Tatar invaders, and the two emperors went to the country to fight for the country, the two of them, with the dignity of the emperor's uncle and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, did not leave.

One soldier and one soldier help each other.

The self-respect of the soldiers was clearly visible at that time.

After that, he successively conquered Liaodong and Zhongjing, which ushered in the civil war.

After the great defeat, he did not think about repentance, became arrogant and rebellious, and established himself as king while the Yanxi disciples were still alive, which is unacceptable in heaven.

I, the Lord of Pilgrimage, and Yanxi are brothers. When I heard that the Lord of Liao's body was still cold, he rebelled. I was extremely angry and decided to launch an expedition.

After gaining the right to be orthodox, at the invitation of the nephews of the two emperors in Kangxi and Kangxi, they raised troops in five directions to suppress the rebellion.

Since the command of the troops, heaven and man have assisted, and all battles have been successful. He Luo fled in fear of crime, and Yelu Chun was trapped and waiting to be executed.

Song Junqiu committed no crimes and was truly a teacher of benevolence and righteousness.

Nowadays, 400,000 soldiers and civilians are trapped in Datong Mansion, and their resources are dwindling day by day.

The puppet dynasty is over, spring plowing is about to begin in various places, and the fathers, wives and children at home are looking forward to each other eagerly.

The Song Dynasty required the ministers and generals left behind in Datong Prefecture to consider the lives of the people as their primary consideration.

The best policy was to lay down the weapons and surrender the city, leaving no blame in the past. The officials, soldiers and civilians should all go to their respective duties, and no additional crimes would be committed.

Zhongce opened the city gates, and the Song Dynasty promised a period of ten days. The soldiers, civilians, commanders and ministers could go out on their own, either to return to their hometowns to farm herds, or to go west to attach themselves to the puppet king.

Leave no difficulty behind.

The next best thing is to sit in the city of sorrow and suffer the consequences.

The article concludes by calling on all soldiers and civilians, if those in power do not accept such benevolent conditions from the Song Dynasty, they should cooperate internally and externally and rise up to resist for the sake of their parents, wives and children, as well as the soldiers, civilians and soldiers of the city.

Don't let power-hungry ministers and merit-hungry generals use the lives of innocent soldiers and civilians in the city as a tool to threaten the benevolence of the Song army.

Those who are the first to be effective in the rebellion shall be rewarded with the rank of soldiers captured by the enemy.

An hour later, our troops will use their divine power to destroy the tower on the south gate of Datong Mansion, and ask the soldiers and civilians in the city to retreat to a safe area to watch quietly. This shows the great power of the Imperial Song Army and the benevolence of the Holy Lord.

Zhang Jue and Kang Gongbi looked at each other and saw the despair in each other's eyes.
Chapter completed!