In the heavy snow, the carriage drove through the noisy streets...|

The sound of running, shouting, and crying were all heard. This street leads to the north wall, and another group of residents who volunteered to guard the city went there under the leadership of the Xiaoba Army. A woman and a child were crying beside the street in the snow. The family members died on the wall two days ago. There are not many such people now. They are mixed in the noisy sound, which is pity, but they can't say anything except comfort.

Because more residents were being mobilized to go to the city wall, the huge Bianliang City was shrouded in such an atmosphere.

When Tian Li Gang, Qin Siyuan and others mobilized the people to help defend the city, there were many people who were willing to do so. However, when such a large-scale operation started, they naturally faced various problems, disappearing, ill, and unwilling to go, which made the responsible person hysterical and manic. When things really hit the front, the wives and children of each household may not really want the men in the family to go to the city wall. There are countless situations that have erupted.

Fortunately, what we face this time is really the vital interests of the residents of Bianliang. Even if some people cannot help, there are enough residents who have been mobilized.

This time, the Jurchens launched a large-scale attack on the city, with a total of more than 50,000 troops, and the soldiers in the city were responsible for defending the city, about 80,000. When they started, they had already helped under the city walls or were on standby everywhere. The total number of people who had reached 100,000, and tens of thousands or even tens of thousands were in a state of mobilization at any time.

Such a huge organizational force has made the whole city in a state of fanaticism and boiling, and invisibly, it has actually inspired everyone's passion to defend the city. At least in the past few days, the patriotism aroused in the city of Bianliang is unprecedented. If, in terms of political achievements, any official who organizes such a situation is worth boasting for the rest of his life.

∏The nameless carriage passed through the city that was still snowing and entered the back door of the Tong Guan Prince's Mansion. Here, there were some carriages, and officials were waiting in the yard. The young generals on the carriage came down and walked into the inner courtyard. Tong Guan was receiving guests. The young generals reported it and then reported the situation at the city. In fact, the new battle situation was similar. The war was fierce and the city was critical: "... The Jurchens climbed the city twice and were defeated again, but there was a major damage to the city of B and Section 6, which may become the Jurchens' full-strength breakthrough..."

At this time, the five or six people in the room could be called officials of the court, either military generals, or civil servants in charge of military power. Tong Guan looked at the drawings of the city wall to deduce, frowned, and asked about the situation in the city. One of the officials asked: "...The world is proficient in military affairs, and there is no better than the prince. The prince thinks, how about this war? Bianliang City. Can we still defend it?"

Another person said: "This time, it seems that the Jurchens are determined to break through the city."

"Since the troops have sent troops to attack the city, what time did you want to break the city?" Tong Guan frowned at the city wall drawings. He was tall and had a momentum of not being angry but not being angry. "And the attack and defense of the city change rapidly, the Jurchens are determined to be determined. Aren't we determined to defend the city? In this crisis, we can only work together and not have stupid thoughts. When you go back, you can quickly send your generals out. Don't delay any more!"

‘The real person started to act seriously. In order to defend the city, in just a few days, Li Gang even mobilized the troops to defend the imperial city several times, and mobilized residents to help below, but there were naturally differences among them. Ordinary people could only help carry bricks and boil water, deliver supplies, some escorts from the escort bureaus, guards from wealthy families, or Ren Xia people who danced with swords and guns, but they could really go to the top of the city to fight. Many officials in the city were naturally mobilized and asked them to send their personal guards and guards to the top of the city. Some people readily agreed to this kind of thing, while others found their own backers and sought their opinions...

However, at least at this time, the city officials did not dare to object casually in this matter whether they were in harmony or in disagreement with the left and right ministers. Tong Guan, Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others even sent their family generals and guards first - although only part of them was sent, in any case, it means that they also hoped that the city wall could be kept.

Of course, in addition to sending monks to help defend the city, there are many other things that they operated quietly in private to prevent the city wall from being really broken.

After the group of officials were temporarily dismissed, Tong Guan frowned, looked at the drawings, clicked a few o'clock in his hand, and asked the confidant of the company next to him: "What do you think about the battle situation in the city guarding the city?"

The confidant was silent for a moment, looking at Tong Guan: "The Jurchens are determined to fight, and the city... may be destroyed at any time. But as the prince said, the two prime ministers are also determined, so..."

"If the city attack and defense are in detail, there are often no conclusions. The battle between the two sides made mistakes and made the mistakes." Tong Guan touched the map and said word by word, "The battle in front of us has been in danger since three days ago. The Jurchens wanted to find our mistakes in the strong attack. Every time they climbed the city, they found the mistakes. On the afternoon of the 22nd, it was the most critical. However, Li Gang and Zhong Shidao were extremely determined. Before the Jurchens expanded the mistakes, they filled them back with their lives. After that, they all climbed the city several times. If it were not for our firm fighting spirit, no matter which time, the city would be destroyed. The Jurchens fell to Beijing in half a day because of such a mistake. Often, dozens of people climbed to the top of the city. The will of the guard side was weaker and the compensation was slower, and that would mean that the whole city would be destroyed."

Tong Guan is currently the most powerful military person in the Wu Dynasty. In the eyes of many people, he is also the best person to fight. His teachings are not enough to come from the outside world, so the confidant listens seriously.

Tong Guan paused: "But, being able to frequently make such mistakes also means that our situation of defending the city is already on the line that can be broken at any time. Li and Zhong can make up for it a hundred times. If you only need to slow down once, Bianliang will be no longer lucky. There is no way to guess such a situation in detail. Therefore, I can't answer if they asked if the city could be defended."

He sat on the chair and was silent for a while: "The right prime minister is amazing... Qin Siyuan, if it weren't for the Black Water Alliance, suppressing him for several years, now our war in the war will probably not be so embarrassing. In the past three days, he has continuously mobilized people to the city, so that there are sufficient supplies at the northern section of the city, which is the real reason why these mistakes can be replenished in time. If he hadn't been in charge, these people would not know where to go. If they were dead or seriously injured, they could not withdraw in time. Instead, they occupied a place on the top of the city. In this way, the city would have been destroyed long ago. Li Gang, even if Master Zhong wanted to move, it would be a clever woman who would not cook without rice..."

"Right Prime Minister..." said the confidant, "He is among the people, but his reputation is not as grand as Li Xiang, Zhong Shuai and others..."

"He is a pragmatic person. He is talented but hard to be famous." Tong Guan glanced at him, "What's more, after the Hei Water Alliance, he was vacant for several years and was in accusation. After he resurrected, he encountered various things in the Northern Expedition. He was burdened by this and wanted to do practical things, sometimes he had to take a different approach. Officials regarded him as cruel officials. The people were all ignorant people, and they knew something. Alas. If he had been focusing on his official position for several years and not touching the mess of the Hei Water Alliance, now in the court, he would be the one who can compete with Taishi Cai."

His hand waved on the drawings and sighed: "If this is true, I will be much smoother in the Northern Expedition, and I will not be as embarrassed as I am now..."

Such feelings are naturally suspected of being hindsighted, and they are not the category where the confidant can interrupt. After a while, Tong Guan gave an order and sent him to the city to watch the situation of the war at any time...

As Tong Guan said, there is no way to judge in detail, but from the overall perspective, the Jurchens' achievements are well-known all over the world, and if they can defend for a while, they may not be able to defend for a lifetime. This is the perception that most of the officials in the city who know the inside story have. In the imperial city, Zhou Zhe, who was a little aware of it, had already started to move at this time.

His latecomer was not because of his slowness, but was simply for Li Gang, Qin Siyuan, Tang Ke—even Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others. The queen had run out of the palace in advance, and he chased him behind him, but was forced to stay by the civil and military officials of the court. After returning, he was angry and stopped in charge: If you want the mess in front of you, I will take it, I will see what you can do!

With this mentality, he hurried in the palace and gave up on himself. He turned over the signs of at least two concubines every day, and scolded them after finishing it. When the Jurchens attacked strongly, he even had the idea in his mind: "Look, you can block it!"

Of course, this was just anger. He was an adult and wanted to defeat the Jurchens in his heart. However, with such thoughts, he could ignore the troubles of ordinary people. However, when the war broke out for two or three days, he couldn't help but start paying attention, and finally knew the situation.

Zhou Zhe was not a military general, and he had no idea about the war. He could not, like Tong Guan, relying on the news from the city wall, knowing that the war had been stepped on the tight wire rope. But no matter what, with Zhou Zhe's intelligence and some think tanks around him, he realized three days later that the three old things had put their best efforts, and once the city was broken, he really had to consider the southern tour.

So he started to move: he didn't care about the city wall anyway, even if he wanted to, he couldn't do anything at this time - he still had this self-knowledge. He quietly stretched out his tentacles and focused his focus on the road out of the city. Finally, a small-scale dispatched generals arranged all the roads from the imperial city to the south gate. During this period, many forces in the capital were informed and helped. For example, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Gao Qiu... and so on, and Li Gang, Qin Siyuan, and Qin Hui, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and other officials who could get into it all tried their best to give the green light and make these retreats. Zhou Zhe felt relieved.

However, when he thought that as the emperor, he had reached such a situation, and the rampant treacherous slander around him made him feel like he was restrained. Now he threw so much power out and considered his way out in a frustrating way. These people seemed well-behaved, but in fact they were probably laughing at him as the emperor. Whenever he thought about this, he became more and more frustrated in his heart. In this way, he smashed out several valuable treasures.

Leaving the scope of the palace, the sky was full of wind and snow, the operation of more than 100,000 people was promoted. The workload was amazing. From Qin Siyuan to the subordinate Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of War, they coordinated, operated and connected each other, from the first-rank high-ranking officials to the lowest-level Lizheng and yamen runners, they issued orders and arranged arrangements. At every moment, hundreds of thousands of officials were running around the city, grassroots officials allocated personnel, middle-level officials were responsible for screening, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, and prepared a large amount of logistics supplies. The Ministry of War reported that there was news about the war on the city wall, and the staff group also had to make calculations based on this information, and then transferred a group of people to a suitable place. Wait for use.

The real war was supported by the operation of thousands of trivial things. When there was a gap in the fierce battle on the city wall, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao and others quickly filled it with their lives, what really determined the overall situation was not only the fighting spirit in the city, but also the ones at their hands, and whether there were enough lives suitable for filling it with them...

From the masses with different quality, select people who can fight, and select people who can be craftsmen and transporters, and quickly arrange them in places where there are vacant places. When each group of troops on the city suffers a lot of war damage, respond keenly and invest in available new forces. Then go back to carry out a lot of publicity in the city to cheer everyone up and ensure everyone's food and drink. And so on, are all problems in the logistics center.

Qin Siyuan, who is in charge of the center of the Ministry of War, has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights.

The entire lobby—including the yard outside the lobby, had been covered by the shed and became one—number of voices were sounding, and officials and scouts ran in and out, and some of the officials below could make judgments on the spot. Many things were quickly passed to Qin Siyuan. Then, the senior staff members used a huge sand table to deduce the situation on the battlefield not far away, and then made the decision to arrange them.

All the organizational operation abilities under Qin Siyuan have been fully utilized, and there is also Ning Yi's role in this - he has been in the central center of the Prime Minister's Mansion for so many years. His extremely efficient method and understanding of handling things has also been learned a lot by other people in the Prime Minister's staff. They are the most outstanding people of this era. They can be used subtly in many things. In many details of their actions, the operation of the Prime Minister's Mansion has Ning Yi's modern optimization.

Originally, such outstanding abilities were all for the Northern Expedition, but unexpectedly, the most urgent time was to defend the capital. In the busy dealing with messages, Yao Zunian and others would occasionally come to persuade him to take a break, but he waved his hand and refused, just like burning his life. The old man did not feel tired at this time.

This is not an ominous sign. Although he has been dealing with a lot of things for a long time, Qin Siyuan has also had extremely high attainments in health preservation, mind cultivation, etc. In a sense, the strength of knowledge and spiritual strength has promoted the harmony of the body. In recent years, the biggest impact on him was probably the reversal of Zhang Jue being killed, but now, after being mentally prepared, he can still stand such overdraft.

And every command is extremely clear.

In the current situation, both the offense and defense seem to be overdrawing their own strength and their lives. However, the Jurchens are like a young man with unlimited potential, and the Wu Dynasty is already old. Even though Qin Siyuan is doing his best to deal with everything, what he feels is almost endless pressure. When he takes a wrong step and is bound to be doomed, his only choice is to continue, and he cannot see too much hope.

Among the various messages that kept coming, there was finally one that was different in nature, as if he was cheering up, and he didn't need to worry about it. The news was extremely confidential, and it was a letter taken by Yao Zunian and written in a cryptic text throughout.

The translation method and qualifications of this essay are only owned by Qin Siyuan himself, but Yao Zunian knew that the source of the news was transmitted by Ning Yi and others outside the city.

Qin Siyuan quickly completed the interpretation. After a moment of silence, he informed Yao Zunian of the news.

"...more than 4,000 people... took the initiative?" Yao Zunian asked with his eyes, and several important messages had been sent out next to him.

"Shit it." Qin Siyuan clicked the secret letter and began to read other news.

Yao Zunian put away the letter and whispered for a moment: "Even if the soldiers are fierce and dangerous, this is like a death. Should they not act rashly, mobilize the rest of the troops and then attack?"

In the battle outside the city for more than two months, it has been fully revealed how powerful the Jurchens were. At this time, their strong attack on Bianliang was indeed very critical, but more than 4,000 people took action at this time, no matter what, it was like a helpless act of burning a boat. In addition to Qin Shaoqian, it was more like sacrificing himself for justice and dying for his country...

In a sense, although more than 300,000 people outside the city were dispersed and fled everywhere, if they could all be gathered together, the siege of Bianliang could still be solved by attacking Zong Wang's siege. However, it was simple to say, but it was really impossible to do it.

The new information stayed in Qin Siyuan's hand, and the old man pursed his lips tightly. Then he shook his head: "Take aside, the sad soldiers will win... If they cannot win, this is their own choice, and it will be like God's will... Now, we can only defend Bianliang to the death without thinking about other things."

His eyes were determined, and then he focused on the matters in the city. From his eyes, it was difficult to know what the old man was thinking at this moment, but I think it was obvious that at this moment, his eldest son was trapped in the lonely city of Taiyuan, his life and death were unknown, and his second son was also outside the city, braved the wind and snow all over the sky and embarked on the road to death...

Leaving the lobby of the Ministry of War, the white city, the knights who were rushing to the huge wall to the north, countless people and soldiers were running towards the city wall. And above the city wall, the continuous fighting and fighting had almost dyed every part of the city wall red.

On the west side of the city wall near the war-torn Xinxuanjue Gate, the city was marked as Section B6. A female wall had been smashed by a huge rock flying in. The Jurchen soldiers were rushing towards the gap, and on the snow field below. The Jurchen cavalry's rushing arrows covered both ends of the gap. On both sides of the city wall, a large number of Wucha soldiers held swords and shields, and their spears were charging towards the breakout with the threat of arrow rain. The soldiers in the front pushed a knife and hysterically shouted forward. The arrow rain occasionally shot people to the ground, and the crowd behind followed. On the other end, the Jurchens had formed a gun forest, and the soldiers in the front rushed towards this side with two large iron shields.

Behind the city wall a little further away, soldiers from the Divine Bow Camp were shooting arrows at the Jurchen cavalry below, trying to suppress the Jurchens' rushing shooting. However, even if warriors fell from horses from time to time, the Jurchen cavalry team still did not leave the place and still maintained high-intensity arrows covering the wall.

Behind the city wall, Tang Yao had been shooting under the city wall for a long time. He was sure that there were three Jurchens in the cavalry team. He was one of the best shooters in the Divine Bow Camp. However, when he shouted and shot another arrow at the city, an arrow was inserted on his shoulder.

He gritted his teeth and squatted back behind the city wall, his head full of sweat due to weakness and pain. His hands were trembling with life. Almost all this was not because of the arrow inserted on his shoulder at this time - his hands, especially the five fingers, had already bloomed and covered with blood. Four of them were wrapped in cloth pieces, and they were still soaked in blood. The unwrapped middle finger was bleeding, and the bones were almost visible.

"Ah..." He shouted, then roared again, "Ah--" and his teeth still couldn't help but fight, and his fingers trembled.

For archers, bowstrings hurt their fingers. Even though there are many protection methods, after he experienced the battle of running around the city for several days and shooting archery, every finger was already shocking wound. However, he could not wear thick gloves, because in that way, he would not feel the bowstrings.

As a soldier of the Divine Bow Camp, he can't just shoot arrows at such extreme distances. If that's the case, what's the difference between his value and ordinary soldiers?

Next to it, more soldiers were rushing up the stairs on the inside to support him. One of them was obviously an ordinary militia organized. He was a fat man who had been involved in the spear and had some information about why he had sneaked into the team. At this time, he bent and sweated heavily with the gun in his hand. He looked at him with a look of almost crying - looking at the arrow on his shoulder...

The two of them looked at each other. Tang Yao was extremely embarrassed. Not only was there blood on his hands, but his shoulders, but his body was spotted with blood. His hair was loose, and when his mouth was opened, there was red plasma in his teeth. Beside the surrounding city walls, there should be corpses that had not yet been restrained. After the fat man looked at it, his face was even more mournful. Tang Yao took two breaths, and suddenly shouted "ah". He pulled out the arrow on his shoulder with his backhand, stood up, turned around, pulled out the longbow with a "wow", and the arrow shot out.

He stood there with his eyes staring, and when he confirmed that the arrow hit the person, he turned around and squatted down, looked at the fat man, showed a terrifying and ferocious smile, and shook his bloody fingers: "One." He said hoarsely.

The fat man still had a sad expression on his face, but then, holding the gun, roared "Ah-" and rushed towards the gap in the city wall where everyone was running for support.

"Ha ha……"

The arrow was with a barb. His force pulled it out, causing the blood vessels on his shoulder to break and blood flowed. Tang Yao covered his shoulders and looked at the fat man rushing over. He laughed. He then collapsed beside the female wall, watching the fat man rushing farther and farther away, laughing strangely, unable to stop: "Hahahaha...hahahahaha..." When the fat man disappeared into the crowd in front of his vision, his tears flowed out in laughter.

The wind and snow were howling, and inside the city wall, countless figures rushed towards the city wall like ants...

Outside the wall, the Jurchen camp, for Wanyan Zongwang, under such a tragic siege, the cowardly Wu Dynasty people could still defend it, which was quite unexpected. He had already gotten angry several times. At this time, he was standing on the high platform in the camp. He looked at the small gap on the city wall from afar, watched the fierce battle, and constantly issued orders, and then, he continued to issue more orders...

Climbing mountains and ridges, cavalry and infantry all walk in the snow together. The wind and snow maintain its strength. It is not small and has never been very strong. It is still okay to fight.

This army with a height of 4,000 people had a clear goal. Everyone was even ready for battle and approached quickly in the direction of Moutuogang. However, in the direction chosen, it was Bianliang City.

"Where is the troops?" In the Moutuogang camp, the ones responsible for garrison are Wanyan Jiemu, who is responsible for logistics, and the generals are Shu Liesu. It was quite surprising that an army appeared at this time and attacked on the initiative.

"I don't know, it seems a little different from the previous Wu Dynasty troops. It seems... a little scattered, but it is not slow."

"Four thousand men, half of the infantry and cavalry?"

"yes."

"It seems that some big-name rebels gathered up... It's a whimsical..."

In the past few months outside Bianliang City, in addition to the regular Wu Dynasty army, there were several rebels. Generally speaking, they were small in scale, but mostly passionate young men. At this time when the Jurchens were fighting, rebels from all over the Wu Dynasty emerged, and they all said that they were irreconcilable with the Jurchens. In terms of the number, there were 600,000 or 700,000 people. If they were in later generations, they might have the illusion of loyalty and martyrdom in the court, but in fact, there were not many who dared not be afraid of death to be beaten.

Moreover, if it is a regular army of the Wu Dynasty, two thousand cavalry or not, they must be matched with at least 20,000 people. The 4,000 people killed at this time are inappropriate, and they can only be said to be part of these young men.

For the Skill Speed, the logistics line from Moutuogang to Bianliang City must be kept intact. He is not an arrogant and reckless person, but he does not take too seriously the more than 4,000 people in front of him.

"I ordered Hu Zongxiu to lead two thousand cavalry to attack, Pulu, lead two thousand infantry, and then respond. The scout expanded his search. If he was sure that there were only four thousand people and there was no support, he would do his best to break them and grab them back. In addition, strengthen the defense of the camp and the patrolling around him cheer me up. Don't take advantage of the opportunity by the Wu Dynasty!" Shu Liesu gave an order, and then said, "In addition, after breaking them up, leave no living mouths, put their heads on the wood!"...

At this time, there were still 12,000 people in the Moutuogang camp, including 2,500 cavalry and more than 6,000 infantrymen, and the rest were craftsmen responsible for logistics. Of course, there were still thousands of people, who were captured Han people, who were locked up for fun, including women and men who were slaves.

Four thousand people from the other side came, and the same four thousand people on his side was already considered a lion fighting against a rabbit. On the one hand, he wanted to disperse these people with all his strength to shock the Wu Dynasty army with other ideas. On the other hand, Zong Wang's army was all out, and the remaining combat power was much worse except for more than two thousand cavalrymen left for him. If he could steal two thousand horses, his side would be much more powerful again.

The cavalry came out with the wind and snow. Soon after, they saw the enemy in front. The Jurchen general Hu Zongxiu was a powerful general. He led the brothers behind him and rushed down towards the same cavalry formation in front.

The iron hooves are like thunder, and the wind and snow are rolling up! The Jurchens' charge, in the current era, is something that even the mountains have to avoid. The reason why Hu Zongxiu did not use the tactic of riding and shooting by the crutch horse was because he was afraid that the other party would collapse and escape. In that case, although the opponent's infantry could be wiped out, if the cavalry chased each other on the snow, he would probably not be able to capture the opponent's war horse.

He hopes that the other party is a naughty person and not be scared by his charge.

As expected, the other party was not scared and actually came to kill him.

This made Hu Zongxiu, who was charging, very upset.

Damn, he actually dared to resist!

"Everyone, don't want to run away, don't want to beat it, what will happen if the Jurchens in front of you can't beat it, everything will be in vain from now on. So this time, either win or we will die here!"

The cavalry under his command were led by Qin Shaoqian, while the infantry general was Ning Yili, who disagreed with the opinion of the young general Yue Fei. The declaration of attack was not very passionate. After a simple shooting in the wind and snow, he rushed out like this.
To be continued...