The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 466
Tokyo, Yanfu Palace Ruizhu Hall.

Emperor Daojun held a portrait with doubts on his face and pointed at the people in front: "This, this..."

The several ministers in front had different expressions. Li Bangyan said: "Your Majesty, this does look a bit like King Qin!"

He Li said: "I think it's just a resemblance in appearance, and the skin color is wrong."

What Emperor Daojun took was a color portrait sent by the Kingdom of Jin. The painting was of the assassin of Wanyan Aguda. Many people in Huining had socialized with Zhao Tong at that time, so this picture was very realistic and lifelike.

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty, they are indeed similar. Only the skin color is different, but the general outline is the same as that of King Qin."

Tang Ke said: "Looking at the description sent by the Kingdom of Jin, the murderer's height and build are similar to those of King Qin."

Emperor Daojun put down the picture in his hand and wondered: "My dear friends, although I look somewhat similar, the color of the skin is wrong. What's more, what ability does that evil beast have to sneak into the Kingdom of Jin and do what he did? Ordinary official position?"

"This..." Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Although they all looked similar, after all, the coloring of the painting meant that the murderer's skin color was different from that of Zhao Tong. No one dared to directly bite Zhao Tong to death, and the murderer was still there. In the Kingdom of Jin, he became a big official, almost equal to the Minister of Rites. It would be unbelievable if it were Zhao Tong!
Seeing that everyone was silent, Emperor Daojun shook his head: "I don't think it's that bad thing, maybe it's just a similar appearance, and Liu Qi told me something before when he came back from the Kingdom of Jin, about the characters of the Kingdom of Jin... …”

"Your Majesty, I have also heard about this!" He Li whispered: "It is said that the current writing system in the Jin Kingdom was created by this murderer. Therefore, he gained the trust of Wanyan Aguda and had the opportunity to follow a group of princes and ministers to the west for hunting. Assassination."

"Isn't this...impossible?" Tang Ke said: "Didn't it say that the Jin script was created by Wanyan Xiyin?"

"Ahem, Mr. Tang, you don't know something now." Li Bangyan hurriedly answered. He was the most well-informed among the people. After all, the prodigal prime minister lived up to his name. He had extensive contacts in the brothel market and civil border areas, and he knew many rumors. most.

"I heard that the murderer originally took refuge with Wanyan Xiyin. Wanyan Xiyin was in charge of the compilation of women's straight texts at the time. Seeing the murderer's genius, he stayed with him. I didn't expect that the murderer was really talented and actually created a profession. When the text came, Wanyan Xiyin recommended him, and Jin Taizu sealed him as an official. Later, when he assassinated Jin Taizu, the text had already been promoted to the lowest level. If it were cancelled, it would be really embarrassing, and he was in a dilemma before he said that Wanyan Xiyin was the official. It was created, but Wanyan Xiyin is the main author, which is barely fair."

"Is this so?" Zhang Bangchang said in surprise: "I asked Wanyan Xiyin for his great achievements. Why didn't the Jin Kingdom reward him? It turns out he was not the one who created the female straight writing!"

"It would be nice if we don't kill him!" Bai Shizhong frowned and said, "He recruited that assassin. He is guilty of a serious crime, but his reputation is great among the female straight tribes, and everyone knows about it and it must be related to him. He has nothing to do with it, so only one life is left."

Emperor Daojun thought: "The more I hear this, the more impossible it becomes. How could that evil creature have such ability and actually create words? Can you tell me if it is possible?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then lowered their heads. When it came to whether Zhao Tong had such ability, their opinions were different from those of Emperor Daojun.

That is...probably there are still some.

Although their relationship with Zhao Yu is not very good, they cannot deny Zhao Yu's talent. They all know how capable Zhao Yu is, but they can't admit it if they don't say it. They don't say it on weekdays, and they don't know it now. Can speak.

Seeing that no one was talking, Emperor Daojun felt a little worried. He picked up the portrait again and said, "Obviously it can't be done by that villain, but the assassin's appearance is somewhat similar to him. Now even if he is willing to go to the Jin Kingdom to confront him, It’s hard to let him go, there is no room for suspicion in such a big matter.”

Bai Shizhong said: "Your Majesty, Wanyan Aguda is the founder of the Jin Kingdom. His assassination will never be tolerated by the Jin Kingdom. Once the Northern Liao Dynasty is destroyed, they will intensify their pursuit of the matter, let alone the King of Qin. We have already gone to Longyou, even if we don't, we can't let them see it, otherwise it will not only be detrimental to the war situation, but also to our Song Dynasty."

Emperor Daojun said angrily: "The Liao Kingdom is too dirty. How do you know that the villain looks similar to this assassin?"

Bai Shizhong pondered: "I'm afraid that the Liao Kingdom had a plan when they set up the arena that year. They secretly copied the King of Qin's appearance and brought it back. The assassins they sent were selected based on the King of Qin's appearance. As for the assassins being able to create female straight characters... Wei Chen I thought it was actually built by Liao a long time ago, and then it was given to assassins to perform in the Kingdom of Jin."

Emperor Daojun's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then his expression became angry, and he slapped the case and said: "I think that's the case. The Liao Kingdom must have planned it long ago. Not only did it do a despicable thing to secretly assassinate Wanyan Aguda, but it also used it to slander I, the Great Song Dynasty, can kill people with a borrowed sword, killing two birds with one stone!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this, feeling that Bai Shizhong's analysis was very reasonable. Although Zhao Yu had some possibility, something was always wrong. After all, meeting pirates when going to sea was not a fake. Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing were transferred from Shandong a few days ago. After questioning, both of them were convinced that the pirates were so powerful that they had hundreds of ships. They captured them in a show of force. They were imprisoned on a deserted island and almost starved to death. The wild peaches on the island were so unpalatable that the King of Qin even vomited after eating them.

The more Emperor Daojun thought about it, the more annoyed he became. The Liao Kingdom was too hateful, and Yelu Yanxi was too shameless. He said in a deep voice: "The Liao Kingdom is despicable. We will wait until the Liao Dynasty is over to capture Yanxi's son before we settle accounts with him. Now, What is urgent is how to reply to the Kingdom of Jin. Do you have any plans, dear friends?"

There was silence below, and for a long time Li Bangyan stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have an idea here..."

Yuan Guo secretly complained in his heart at this moment. He led people to Zhuolu City to deceive [-] soldiers and brought them back to Gaizhu. However, they were all killed by the Song army in less than an hour. Now that it was not over, they asked him to pretend again. Defeated and went to the gate of Zhuo La City.

This is really a big death. Before, he thought that he would never return to Xixia after doing something like this. If Li Qianshun knew, he would probably kill him. But now that he has actually done it, he feels that killing him is a light thing. He will probably be cut into pieces with a thousand cuts. Only then can we relieve our hatred.

Seeing Zhuo La City in front of him, Yuan Guo looked back and saw that the more than 1000 remaining soldiers behind him were all fake, all disguised as Song troops.

These Song soldiers not only put on Xixia armor, but also had their hair cut into Xixia hairstyles. Many of them did not wear hats, with their bare foreheads exposed, and their braids on both sides dangling. How could anyone look at it? Why are they Xixia soldiers?

Isn’t it said that the hair and skin of the body are received by the parents? Why did you shave your head?Yuan Guo frowned and thought, yes, yes, the Song Dynasty's Western Army is not all Han, half of them are soldiers, how can they care about the rules of the Han people.

But that doesn’t seem right. King Qin’s hair doesn’t seem to be long either?Not only is it not long, it is shorter than those of the Daxia people. How can we explain this?
Yuan Guo was thinking wildly, and Zhang Xian shouted from beside him: "Instructor Yuan, what are you thinking about!"

"I'm thinking about the prince's hair..." Yuan Guo hurriedly stopped mid-sentence: "The villain didn't think about anything."

Zhang Xian blinked, Prince's hair?Why is the prince's hair so short?He also wanted to know, but the prince never said anything.

"Don't think about it. Someone is coming in front of you and you haven't answered it yet!"

At this time, a group of Xixia city patrols came in front, about 100 of them. When they saw them, they ran over. The leader shouted in Xixia: "Stop, stop, where are you from?"

Yuan Guo hurriedly stepped forward and said sadly: "You still ask where the team is? Can't you see it! Gaizhu City has been lost, it has been lost!"

"Ah?" The patrol leader was shocked and said quickly: "Didn't we just send 3000 troops to support?"

Yuan Guo said angrily: "The opponent has strong soldiers and horses, and heavy crossbows. They can't defeat it at all. They suffered a lot of damage and lost the city. Only these are left to come back!"

The leader of the opposing team looked at the soldiers behind him and saw that they were all listless, their armors were skewed, and many of them had blood stains on their bodies. He couldn't help but ask, "When did the Song army become so powerful?"

Yuan Guo said: "I didn't know. I have to go back to the city quickly to report to the capital army. I think you guys should also enter the city with me. This Song army is coming with a lot of force. They may kill them in a moment."

The leader was even more shocked when he heard this: "Do they still dare to attack the military commander?"

Yuan Guo said: "Who knows, just seeing that this time is different from the past, I'm afraid it's hard to say what kind of thoughts I have."

After saying that, he raised his whip and headed towards the city gate. Seeing them running past, the leader couldn't help but feel a little worried. He looked at the people behind him and ordered: "Go back together!"

Seeing these city patrol soldiers following up, Zhang Xian couldn't help but feel secretly happy. He originally told Yuan Guo to find a way to move these city patrol soldiers away, so that when the large group behind them approached, they would not be discovered in advance and warned.

After arriving at the city gate, Yuan Guo immediately started to call the door and reported his identity and the news that Gaizhu City had been lost. The city immediately became chaotic.

At this time, the city patrol soldiers also came. They were anxious at the moment. Since they knew that the Song army was coming from behind, they still patrolled outside. They all returned to the city and guarded it tightly. If they could not run outside in time, they would be caught up and killed by the Song army. .

They had a coded communication with the defenders at the top of the city. They shouted at the city, and the city began to lower the suspension bridge.

In fact, the Dry City also has a suspension bridge, but it is not as far away as the Water City Suspension Bridge. In order to build it on the moat to pass people, the Dry City's suspension bridge is under the city gate. When it is lowered, the city gate leaf is exposed. When it is pulled up, it is another portal, which connects the city gate opening. The outside is tightly closed.

At this time, the suspension bridge was lowered, and the two city gates inside creaked open. Yuan Guo looked at the leader of the city patrol soldiers: "You go first, I am here with wounded soldiers, so we move too slowly."

The leader did not doubt that he was there, and quickly led his people into the city. Then Yuan Guo pretended to follow him on horseback. When they reached the middle of the city gate, Zhang Xian suddenly launched an attack. He raised his gun and killed several soldiers guarding the gate. On the other side, Shi Jin also killed several Xixia soldiers, and then a row of archers and crossbowmen flew forward, and a dense and compact rain of arrows suddenly shot out.

Shi Jin shouted at this time: "Quick, go and seize the Noose Tower and the Thousand Jin Gate Tower."

Following his order, death squads immediately rushed up the city wall against the city wall. Behind them, they began to shoot loud arrows into the sky. They heard bursts of "chirp" screams in the air. This was to inform the large forces behind that the city gate had been lowered. , hurry up and seize the city.

But at this moment, a harsh and heart-wrenching sound of "Gazazaza" suddenly sounded from the city gate. Zhang Xian and Shi Jin's expressions changed. He looked up and saw that the gate tower was barely taken down when the other party actually put it down. Enter the city gate.This city gate is commonly known as Qianjin Gate. It is said to weigh a thousand kilograms, but in fact a thousand kilograms is light. Every city gate has to weigh several thousand kilograms. Even the gates in Tokyo City weigh tens of thousands of kilograms.

There are roughly three materials for a thousand-jin gate. One is a wooden gate covered with iron sheets. Don't underestimate this wooden gate. It is three feet thick and over ten feet long and wide. A wooden gate covered with iron sheets weighs at least three or four thousand kilograms. A wooden gate as big as a city gate would weigh more than 5000 kilograms.

The second type is the stone gate. The stone gate cannot be used in big cities because the gates of big cities are wide and there are not such big stones to use. However, even the stone gate in a small city weighs several thousand kilograms. After all, the weight of the stone itself is placed there. Of gold and iron.

The third type is the thousand-pound gate made of pure metal. This is extremely rare and is generally not used in heavy cities.

At that time, Yang Guang held a martial arts competition in Jiangdu, pretending to choose the general marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, intending to wipe out the eighteen anti-king families, and the smoke and dust of Route 72. When these anti-king heroes fled to the north gate of Jiangdu, a thousand-jin gate fell, and that gate was The pure metal city gate weighs ten thousand kilograms. After all, Yang Guang runs Jiangdu as the Southern Emperor City, and everything is imitated in Chang'an.

The gates in Tokyo in the Song Dynasty were also made of metal and weighed more than ten thousand kilograms. However, this gate in Zhuolu City was not this kind of gate, but made of iron covered with hardwood, weighing about five or six thousand kilograms. Once it was pressed up, Not to mention broken bones and tendons, he will definitely be crushed into a meat pie.

When the two of them saw the city gate falling, they were shocked. Zhang Xian was very fast and jumped forward, holding the gun in his hand and pushing it upward.

But the gate itself was heavy, with a thickness of nearly three feet. It came down with such force that it was already heavier than its own weight. The gun bent instantly, and Zhang Xian immediately let out a long and mournful scream.

His spear is not an ordinary thing. His martial arts was learned in Langzhou, central Sichuan. He was not taught by Zhao Tan. Zhao Tan only taught him the art of war and did not teach him martial arts. His teacher was a hermit in central Sichuan and a Taoist from Qingcheng Mountain. When he was being treated for a serious illness, he saw that he had a talent for learning martial arts, so he accepted him as a disciple and taught him boxing and kicking skills. This spear was also a gift from the Taoist priest.

At this moment, Zhang Xian saw that the weapons given by the teacher were destroyed and the city gate was still falling. He couldn't help but scream and raised his arms to hold the gate.

When Shi Jin saw this, his expression changed immediately and he shouted: "Young man, I don't want it!"

Shi Jin knew how heavy the Thousand Jin Gate was. Although Zhang Xian's martial arts was good, his strength was not strong enough to hold the gate. Zhang Xian was not a powerful general. In terms of the strength of his arms, he was not even as strong as him.

Shi Jin felt that his scalp was a little fried. He knew who Zhang Xian was to Zhao Yu. He was Zhao Yu's brother-in-law. If Zhang Xian died here, how could he go to see Zhao Yu?
Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and urged his horse forward, raising his arms to hold the brake together with Zhang Xian.

Only two loud noises of "Boom, Boom" were heard. Their mounts were all crushed, and the gate was still falling downwards.

How can this Thousand Jin Gate be so trustworthy?Even with the combined strength of the two of them, they can't hold it back at all!
When Yang Guang was competing in martial arts in Jiangdu, those heroes rebelled against the king and fled to the north gate. The thousand-jin gate fell. It was a hero named Xiong Kuo Hai who held up the gate with both hands and held it up for a moment. This Xiong Kuo Hai was nicknamed The Purple Faced King was then known as the fourth best man in the world.

Even the fourth best hero in the world, after releasing many heroes in the end, was unable to withdraw from the gate due to lack of physical strength, and was finally crushed to death.

Going back further in history, the Master's father, Uncle Liang He, was also a fierce man who could lift a thousand-jin gate with both hands. This fierce man's original weapon was a sledgehammer, which was famous for its immense strength at the time. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties in later generations, he would definitely be able to rank A hero who is in the top three.

As for Shi Jin and Zhang Xian, even though they are considered to be excellent in martial arts and are good with guns and sticks, they are not 01:30 behind those fierce men.

Even if the gate in front of them is not the [-]-jin iron gate lifted by Xiong Kuo Hai, it still weighs five or six thousand jins, and two people cannot lift it at all.

Just when the two were about to be suppressed, a voice suddenly sounded: "Let someone do it!"

The two of them gritted their teeth and took a look, but they saw a figure like a black tower. It was none other than Du Bu.

Du Bo, who had been following the army, heard the sound of the city gate moving in front and hurried over. However, when he saw Zhang Xianshi trying to hold the gate over his own strength, he immediately jumped from his horse to the front and shouted something.

Du Bo's martial arts seemed to be a little weaker than Lu Junyi's, but then a little stronger immediately. What was stronger immediately was his strength.

He is nine feet tall, with a head as big as a wheat bucket, broad shoulders, and a waist as big as ten. He is a pure warrior, and at this moment, his martial arts has already reached the threshold of a master. If he is on a horse, he is almost as powerful as a ten thousand enemy. exist.

He exhaled loudly, waved his arms, and held the city gate under the city gate. Then he shouted "Ah", and the city gate stopped falling.

However, sweat immediately broke out on his forehead, his lips turned purple, and his face turned red.

Zhang Xian and Shi Jin had no time to be grateful at this moment. They picked up their weapons from the ground and rushed up the city steps to seize the gate tower.

Although the two of them could not hold the gate, they were able to kill ordinary Xixia soldiers like cutting open melons and vegetables. Even if they were shot by arrows, they could not be hurt. They only took a dozen breaths to reach the gate tower.

In fact, there were not many defenders above the city gate at this time. After all, there were only more than [-] people left in the entire Zhuolu and Nanjunsi at this moment. After being distributed to the four city defenses, there were not many in each place.

However, although there were few people, they still stood high on the city and attacked downwards with bows and arrows. They did not attack here, which resulted in the Thousand Jin Gate being lowered. Shi Jin and Zhang Xian attacked from different sources and captured the gate in a short time. Building, when he saw that the gate rope had been cut, he immediately called on the soldiers who were following him to pull together. There were hundreds of people before slowly pulling up the city gate below.

Du Bo was soaked in hot sweat at the moment. The robe seemed to be fished out of the water, dripping downwards. The moment the gate was pulled up, his body "thumped" "He retreated backwards, his arms and legs trembling with spasms.

Yuan Guo looked dumbfounded at the side. He did not expect that there were such fierce generals hidden among the Song army. Even Xixia had no warriors strong enough to lift the city gate. His face twitched and his face turned blue. At this moment, he hoped that the Song army would If Zhuo La City could not be captured, it would be better for everyone to die here. On the other hand, they wanted to capture the city quickly so that Zhao Tong could get the antidote to cure the terrible poison of insect flower ointment.

Just when he was conflicted, the sound of horse hooves came from outside the city. He subconsciously looked back and saw a large group of people coming to kill him in the distance. He couldn't help but sigh. It seems that after coming home, it is true... he can't go back to Xixia. !
Zhao Tong had more than 3000 troops and horses. Some of them were left to guard Gaizhu City, and the remaining nearly 1 people were brought over.

Zhuo Luo and Nan Junsi only have more than 2000 people. As soon as the city gate is opened, there is no need to say more about victory or defeat. It just depends on whether they want to simply seize the city or kill all the opponents.

However, Zhuolu City is not like Gaizhu City. It is a big city. Although it is located on the border, there are many people living in it. It is even a place of discussion in this area. It is prosperous on weekdays. Such a city wants to conquer all the Xixia soldiers. Killing them without letting the news get out is basically impossible.

Zhao Tuo led his army into the city gate. Seeing Du Bu's powerless appearance, he couldn't help but ask hurriedly. Du Bu briefly told the story. He nodded and asked Du Bu to go to the rear to rest, and then entered the city.

They were almost invincible along the way. The Xixia Army could not hold on at all. The difference in strength between them was too great. Moreover, the defense of the Tengjia Army was abnormal. It did not take long to seize all the city defenses on all sides and then clear the city.

However, when they arrived at important places such as the Military Division Mansion and the Supervisory Army Mansion, the houses were already deserted. Zhuo Luo, the Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Military Division, and the others were missing. It is estimated that after the city was destroyed, they saw that The situation was not good and he had already fled from other city gates.

Yuan Guo couldn't help but complain in his heart when he saw this. Whether he was pretending to ask for help or deceiving people from the city, he was the one who brought people here. It would have been okay if he had captured Tongjun and others, but now they have escaped. These people will definitely tell Li Qianshun , telling what happened, then he can no longer escape the crime of being a rebel.

If this crime were committed by an ordinary person, I am afraid that the whole family would be killed and the nine clans would be wiped out. Even if he was born in the Yuan family, he would not be well off, and his immediate family would be implicated. It depends on how his sister explains to Li Qianshun, but he It is estimated that even if Li Qianshun exonerates his family, he, the chief culprit, will still die. If he is caught, he will surely be quartered, lighted sky lanterns, and fed to crows.

The search and purge in the city lasted until the early hours of the morning. Not all Xixia residents in Zhuolu City obeyed, and some of them prepared swords and guns and resisted during the search.

Zhao Tong issued a strict order in this regard. Anyone who intends to resist will be killed. If one person resists, the entire household will be killed. If one household resists, the three neighbors will be killed!

Overnight, rivers of blood flowed into Zhuoluo City, and corpses lay in the ditches.

Zhao Tong's heart is as solid as stone. In the past, the Song Dynasty and Xixia were in a national war, which was always so cruel. Now that he is leading Longyou, it is also a national war. He will never allow any mercy or hesitation.

War is not a treat, it is not a child's play, and there is no starting over!

He didn't close his eyes all night. When the sky was dim, he had already written a secret letter and sent people to Longyou to give it to Liu Suiyun, asking him to immediately increase his troops and send people to seize Zhuoluo City and kill Zhuoluo. Take down all the cities and counties under the Henan Army Division, occupy this place, and point your sword at Xingqing.

Three days later, order was gradually restored in Zhuolu City, but Zhao Tong ordered the four gates to be closed tightly and no entry or exit was allowed. This is the city of Junsizhou, with sufficient food and grass, complete armaments, and artillery and crossbows. Even if Xixia sent troops forward, He is not afraid of attacking, as long as he defends until Liu Suiyun's reinforcements arrive, he will be able to cooperate inside and outside and defeat the Xixia attacking army.

In the blink of an eye, a few days later, everything was quiet outside the city. No soldiers from Longyou arrived, and no one from Xixia arrived either. Zhao Tong could not help but feel doubts in his heart.

He sent out exploration horses as far northwest as the Great Wall in Jisang County, and as far northeast as Fuchuan and Huizhou in Roulang Mountain, but still no trace of the Xixia army was found.

On the other side of Roulang Mountain was the Xishou Baotai Military Division. He was hesitating whether to let someone sneak past Roulang Mountain to see what was going on with the Xishou Baotai Military Division. Suddenly there were soldiers guarding the city. He came to report that there were three men dressed in Xixia costumes coming from outside the city, and asked to come into the city to meet the coach.

Zhao Tong frowned. Although there were only three of them, out of caution, he did not want to let them in easily, so he took the generals around him to the top of the city to watch.

(End of this chapter)