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

Xihe Road, Xizhou.

On top of the city, the flag was broken, the gate tower collapsed, corpses lay on the ground, and their blood was black.

Yao Pingzhong was panting, he hit the golden mace in his hand hard, frowned and said loudly: "Are these Xixia troops crazy? They are attacking the city so desperately, even if they take the city, they will suffer heavy losses. What are they planning?"

Next to him, Bai Ao also looked puzzled: "You look a little anxious. You haven't been like this a few days ago. Could it be that you got some military order?"

"Military order?" Yao Pingzhong looked to the northwest: "Could it be that something big happened in Xixia, so these expeditionary troops were ordered to fight hard to capture Xizhou?"

Bai Ao's expression changed when he heard this: "In Xixia...could it be that Young Master Jian has made great achievements?"

Yao Pingzhong nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes, it must be that the prince's side has won successive victories and shaken the Xixia army. This side was forced to rush to Xizhou and then decide to advance or retreat."

Bai Ao thought about it: "What great achievements will the young master achieve, even forcing Xixia to change the military orders at the front?"

Yao Pingzhong looked at the invisible company camp in the distance outside the city, as well as the Xixia soldiers below the city who were preparing for battle and were about to attack the city again, and sneered: "I'm afraid we are about to hit Xingqing, the lair of these summer dogs." That's why they were so panicked, they wanted to seize Xihe as soon as possible, and then decided to leave and return reinforcements."

"Are we really going to attack Xingqing Mansion?" Bai Ao felt a little dazed after hearing this. Xingzhou, Xingqing Mansion, is the capital of Xixia. If we attack there, doesn't it mean that Xixia will be destroyed? And if Xixia can be destroyed and the Song Dynasty has been unfinished for hundreds of years, this achievement will probably be no less than that of recovering Yanyun, right?

Even, from some perspectives, destroying Xixia is more powerful than recovering Yanyun!

After all, this is a national war. It is a separate national war. Taking advantage of the opponent's entire territory is not like attacking the Liao Dynasty, but joining forces with the Jurchens. In fact, to put it bluntly, the Jurchens are the main force. What's more, after the fall of the Liao Dynasty, only Yanyun is taken. According to the covenant, we cannot interfere in this place.

This makes the performance weak by three points.

"Brother Yao, if that's the case, what should we do now?" Bai Ao was excited and asked hurriedly.

Yao Pingzhong picked up his golden mace, waved it towards the outside of the city, and said with twinkling eyes: "Xia Gou is crazy and intends to destroy the cauldron. At this rate, Xizhou City will be broken sooner or later. In my opinion, it is better to break it late than to break it early. There is no need to fight again." The other party has consumed it, so it’s better to make other plans!”

"How to make other plans?" Bai Ao took a step forward and whispered.

Yao Pingzhong looked around, put his hands to his lips, and lowered his voice: "I think... since the opponent's troops are not strong enough to besiege the city and are just attacking by force, then we can go back and clean up later, and lead the troops to break out directly at night!"

"Ah?!" Bai Ao was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Yao Pingzhong, who was tall and tall with thick eyebrows and big eyes, to actually run away...

In the northern Liao Dynasty, Nanjing was the capital of Jin, and the capital of the Liao Kingdom.

It was known as Youzhou and Yanjing, but now it is generally called Nanjing.

It is the first of the sixteen states of Yanyun. The so-called back mountain old land and the old land of China all refer to its center and surrounding areas.

The Liao Dynasty was founded by the Khitan. The Khitan were nomadic and lived in pursuit of water and grass. They were good at riding and shooting, and were good at fishing and hunting. In the third year of Qingtai in the Later Tang Dynasty, Shi Jingtang, the envoy of Hedong Jiedu who guarded Taiyuan, borrowed troops from the Khitan and defeated the army of the Later Tang Dynasty. Next, Shi Jingtang took Youzhou The Xin, Wu, Yun, Ying, and Shuo prefectures under its jurisdiction were ceded to the Liao, and together with other prefectures previously occupied by the Khitan, the "Sixteen Youyun Prefectures" were all occupied by the Liao from then on.

In the 10th year of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Deguang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty, designated Youzhou as "Nanjing Youdu Prefecture". In the 10th year of the Liao Dynasty, Emperor Shengzong Yelu Longxu of the Liao Dynasty expanded Youdu Prefecture and changed it to "Nanjing Youdu Prefecture". It is called "Xijin Prefecture". The name of Xijin Prefecture comes from the saying of "taking Yan Fenye Luyin as the Tianjin of Ximu", so it is regarded as Yanjing until now.

Yanjing was the companion capital because the Liao Dynasty implemented the national policy of "governing according to customs". Influenced by the multi-capital system of the Tang Dynasty, it divided the country into five capitals and five roads to plan its territory.

Among them, Shangjing Road was governed by Jinglinhuang Mansion, which was the capital of the Liao Dynasty.

Zhongjing Road governs Dading Prefecture in Zhongjing.

Tokyo Road, governing Liaoyang Prefecture, Tokyo

Nanjing Road governs Nanjing and Jin Prefecture.

Xijing Road governs Datong Prefecture in Xijing.

The Liao Dynasty divided the Han and Khitan people according to the five capitals, established the northern and southern chambers, and had two official systems. However, these are not actually the real capitals of the Liao Kingdom. The real capital should be the "Four Seasons Nabo" of the Liao Emperor, spring water, autumn mountain, sitting Winter and summer tents.

Among the five capitals of the Liao Dynasty, Nanjing has always been the busiest. Because originally there were many Han people in the Han region, and it was close to the Song Dynasty. The border trade was prosperous, and it was the commercial and trade center of the entire Liao Kingdom. It was extensive and prosperous, had the largest amount of money, and the largest population. Also prosperous.

Even when the Liao and Jin wars started a few years ago, Yanjing was still not affected. After all, it was far away from the battlefield, and it also attracted wealthy nobles from several northern capitals to come one after another to buy houses and land in Yanjing. Even if they did not settle there, We should also leave an escape route so that we can retreat here when the war goes bad.

But this year was different. When the Jurchens came from the east, everyone in the north fled to the south. Yanjing was indeed very lively, overcrowded, and prices soared. But then, the Song Dynasty suddenly raised troops from the south to kill them, and Yanjing immediately Chaos breaks out.

Although the Song army's advance was extremely slow, the wealthy clans and wealthy merchants who had originally taken refuge in Yanjing were all eager to leave Yanjing.

At this moment, the Liao Kingdom had lost all its territory in the north and east. Even the upper capital had been lost, while the central capital had just been occupied by the Jin people. These people had only one way to go west after leaving Yanjing.

At this time, the actual people in charge of Yanjing were Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian.

After the Jin soldiers captured Zhongjing, Emperor Tianzuo fled westward. After wandering around the mountains, there was no news about him.

In order to calm people's hearts, Yelv Dashi held discussions with Prime Ministers Zhang Lin, Li Chuwen, and Dudu Commander Xiao Qian, and appointed King Yelv Chun of Qin and Jin Dynasties to take the throne and call him Emperor Tianxi. However, the main military power was held by Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian, and Nanjing City basically It was the two of them who had the final say. Even Yelu Chun, who was on the throne, could not mobilize the Khitan soldiers and horses in the city.

The two of them didn't do much to stop those who fled west from Yanjing. They just wanted to leave, but they couldn't take away all their belongings. They left half of the gold and silver and only enough food for one and a half months. They couldn't take anything else. Otherwise, you are not allowed to leave.

But even so, during the time when the Song Army marched north, many of the large households in Yanjing City fled, leaving behind a lot of property and countless grain and grass. In this way, the city became very refined.

The pace of the Song army's attack was not fast. They fought several times in Baigou and other places, won several states in hard and bloody battles, and began to advance towards Yanjing bit by bit.

This is somewhat different from the original historical development. After all, the Maritime Alliance was forced back by Zhao Tao for a year or two. The Western Army was not the tired army it was before. All the epidemics have been cured, so the combat power exerted is quite normal and stable.

So even if the fighting is frequent and the march is difficult, we will still reach Yanjing City. And within this period of time, the city of Yanjing actually changed again.

Xuanzong Tianxi Emperor Yelu Chun, who was inclined to surrender to the Song Dynasty, actually died of illness. There was no direct Khitan royal family member in Yanjing City who could succeed to the throne, and Yelu Dashi and Xiao Qian had already controlled the overall political situation.

The two of them rejected Yelu Chun's order to entrust the funeral affairs to the Han Chinese Li Chuwen, and deliberately concealed the decree to surrender to the Song Dynasty.

Then he directly supported the Queen of Yelv Chun, Xiao Puxian, who came to power and changed the name of Yuan Dexing. Then he quickly eradicated Li Chuwen's faction and implicated the entire Han people.

In the Yanjing area, people were panicking because of the internal strife in the imperial court. Rumors spread everywhere. Rumors abounded that Li Chuwen was trying to unite with the ever-victorious army Guo Pharmacist to kidnap Empress Dowager Xiao and return to the Song Dynasty. Li Chuwen had already been killed, and his original lineage, including Guo Pharmacist, etc. People began to feel restless...

The Song army was divided into three groups, led by Liu Yanqing, Zhong Shidao, and Xin Xingzong, and approached Yanjing from three directions.

Among them, Xin Xingzong was slightly ahead. He arrived ten miles away from the west city of Yanjing from the due west direction, and then began to send out scouts to investigate. It didn't take long before some detailed information about Yanjing was found.

Yanjing City is generally rectangular, with eight gates on four sides:

To the east are Andong and Yingchunmen

The west is Xianxi and Qing Jinmen

In the south are Kaiyang and Danfengmen

In the north are Tongtian and Gongchenmen.

There is an inner city in the city, and the sub-city built in the southwest corner, also called the inner city, also has four gates:

The east gate is Xuanhe Gate

Ximen means Ximen

North Gate is Zibei Gate

The south gate is the south end gate.

In addition to these, there are other situations in Yanjing, such as moats, whether there is a water gate, how high the city is, and how many towers there are. Although they are not very secretive and important, they are always useful.

After Xin Xingzong got this information, he was eager to try it. He secretly thought that if he captured Yanjing before the other two armies arrived, wouldn't it be a great achievement?

Although Tong Guan repeatedly warned that Yanjing was too important to attack rashly, he must first capture and surrender the neighboring states, and he must be sure to make sure there were no mistakes.

But at this moment, he was already eager for success. He calculated the troops and horses in his hands and planned to attack Yanjing...

Tokyo, Kaifeng Prefecture.

Yanfu Palace, Linhua Gate in the northeast.

Just outside the Linhua Gate is Genyue. Originally, the garden built by the Daojun Emperor was called Wansui Mountain. Genyue was later renamed to mean that it was located in the northeastern corner of the palace city.

At this time, the construction of Genyue had been completed, which took nearly ten years. The scenery was mainly built using the mountain-making technique, that is, stacking stones to form mountains.

In addition to the mountains and rocks, there are also more exotic flowers and plants, rare and beautiful trees, exquisite pavilions and elegant pavilions, gilded and colorful, with mountains and rivers on the right, and ridges beside the back stream. They are full of mountains and valleys. Raising rare birds and animals, constructing flying towers and magnificent views, and being extremely luxurious, it can be said to encompass the beauty of the world and store the best of the past and present.

Emperor Daojun came over in an agarwood chariot at this time. As soon as he entered the gate of Genyue, he saw a huge stone that was more than four feet high and eight feet long.

Seeing this stone in the car, Emperor Daojun showed a nostalgic look on his face, and he couldn't help but think of Zhu Meng. The strange stones, flowers, trees and other things in Genyue were all donated by Zhu Meng, who promoted him to the bureau. At that time, it was sent from far away from the land south of the Yangtze River.

Emperor Daojun immediately stopped the carriage, stepped out of the agarwood chariot, and then sighed: "Zhu Meng is a loyal minister!"

He looked at this huge stone, which was the most amazing stone. In order to pull it into the city, a piece of the city gate was removed, otherwise it would be difficult to enter.

And this huge stone was even named "Marquis of Divine Fortune and Zhaogong Pangu" by him. On the day of pilgrimage to the city, Xuande Tower passed downstream, bells rang, drums rang, fine music continued, draped in red and colorful, whirring, and nickel and nickel clang. , a piece of drum.

At that time, Zhu Meng knelt in front of Xuande Tower, crying and singing poems to praise his ancestors' virtues, to respect the emperor, and to beautify the present.

Emperor Daojun thought of this and couldn't help but say: "Zhu Meng is a loyal minister!"

Then he thought of that disobedient and unfilial bastard. What a scumbag. Such a loyal minister was killed by such a scumbag. I was so angry!

Emperor Daojun's face was a little ugly, and he wanted to express his anger, but when he looked around, there were no ministers, only palace maids and eunuchs. He was trembling with fear, so he couldn't help but suppress his anger, and ordered someone to move the bookcase to the front of the Godly Luck Zhaogong Panguhou. , then began to paint, and what he painted was a "Sketching of Divine Stones".

The word "sketch from life" is now available. Shen Kuo once said in "Mengxi Bi Tan": "The flowers are painted in yellow, which is wonderful. The brush is very new and fine, and there is almost no ink stain, but it is dyed with cyan. It is called sketch... …”

Emperor Daojun was a master of calligraphy and painting in the world, and he was especially good at flowers, plants, rocks and birds. He completed the painting in about half an hour, then put down the brush and got up to walk around the garden.

He was still in a bad mood, always thinking about that bastard second son. He didn't stop until he reached a large flower pond in front of him and looked at the beautiful and fragrant flowers inside. He felt a little relieved.

This large flower pond is full of peonies. Luoyang has always been the most famous for its peonies, but any plant in this pond is as good as the peonies in the Luoyang Imperial Garden.

There are several colors alone, such as Wei purple, Yao yellow, jade plate, cinnabar, romantic, gold powder, snow soul, toad essence, unparalleled beauty, first fragrance, parrot white, azalea red, rouge face, greasy pink cheeks, Yang Feiwu, Xizizi...and each plant is hung with a famous color plaque and covered with an embroidered curtain. There is no more famous flower than this.

Emperor Daojun felt a little more happy after seeing it, so he asked someone to move a chair and sit down to drink. For a while, the butterflies and bees were flying, and the fragrance of flowers was overwhelming. He felt a little drunk.

At this moment, Zhang Di suddenly hurried in from outside the garden, holding a fire-lacquered booklet in his hand. He came to Emperor Daojun and smiled, saying in a low voice: "Long live the military intelligence and battle report ahead, Privy Tong, please hurry up." A discount from Ma."

Emperor Daojun's expression moved slightly when he heard this. He raised his wrist and took it. When he opened it, it was Tong Guan who announced the good news in the letter. It turned out that the war against Liao went smoothly. Now he has wiped out all the cities in the southern states of Yanjing and the sixteen states have been taken down. Counting eleven states, three armies are all heading towards Yanjing at this moment, and taking Yanjing is just around the corner.

Emperor Daojun was overjoyed when he saw this place, and he no longer thought about visiting the garden and drinking. He hurriedly got into the agarwood chariot and ordered him to drive back to Yanfu Palace.

After arriving at Yanfu Palace, he ordered people to summon Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Tang Ke and other ministers to discuss matters.

The discussion was not about changing the name of Yanyun Land. After several discussions, it was finally decided that it should be called Yanshanfu Road, and that the government would govern Yanjing. As soon as there was another good news, it would be announced to the world immediately. This land of Youyan has been recovered!

(End of this chapter)