Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 39 Jinyang City Breakdown
The four cavalry attack at the same time!The horses neighed and roared, and the hooves of the horses flew on the slippery ground. After being stepped on by the cavalry in front, the slippery ground had become much more solid. The infantry behind were not affected at all when they ran. Just don't step on some remaining slightly larger water holes.

The crowd was like a sea, and the horses were like a tide. The Song Army's suffocation that it hadn't breached Jinyang City in the past four months was completely released. The sound of countless horseshoes and shouts became a continuous burst of thunder.

"Long live Your Majesty!" "Long live the Song Dynasty!" Among the countless shouts, various high-profile and passionate shouts continued to come.The entire army only knew that His Majesty the Emperor suddenly ordered to pump water overnight, and then the city wall collapsed like a godsend. Except for Ye Chen, people didn't know why the city wall collapsed.And in this era when the imperial power is supreme and superstitious gods of heaven and earth, such a situation will give the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Han Dynasty, and everyone in the world an illusion that God's will is helping the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor of the Song Dynasty He is the real Son of Mate.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't think that there would be such an effect beforehand, but looking at the scene in front of him and hearing the cheers from all over the army, he suddenly realized what this method of breaking the city, like ghosts and gods, would bring to him. The will of the people of the world.Even as long as the emperor himself does well, and then guides and manipulates it with public opinion, it will be a situation where the world will return.At that time, I will conquer the world with a large army, unify the countries, and achieve great achievements.

"This great achievement will definitely not lose to Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, and Tang Taizong, and I will also become the first emperor in the ages." Zhao Kuangyin thought to himself, his face was flushed, and with his will, he couldn't help breathing quickly.

Zhao Kuangyin heard the same shortness of breath from Ye Chen. Thinking of all this, the great achievement of turning things around was done by the young man next to him. He couldn't help turning around, patted Ye Chen on the shoulder, and said, "Ye Chen Dust! You are very good, I will not treat you badly."

Ye Chen was overwhelmed by the flattery, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee, suppressing the joy and excitement in his heart, and said respectfully: "Thank you for the appreciation from the officials. I am willing to do the best for the officials and contribute everything to my Great Song Dynasty's eternal achievements."

Ye Chen's words were fresh, but the meaning he expressed was very nice. Zhao Kuangyin felt better when he heard it. He laughed, and the more he looked at Ye Chen, the more pleasing it was to his eyes.

Except for the eunuch Wang Jien, Zhao Pu and other civil servants around saw Zhao Kuangyin being so affectionate to Ye Chen, and then looked at Ye Chen with a completely different look, as if seeing a rising star in the Song Dynasty.

In fact, since Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, he has never been so warm to others.Therefore, it is conceivable that the scene just now shocked the ministers.This will bring infinite benefits to Ye Chen.

Ye Chen didn't think so much, he just felt that he had made a great contribution again. According to Zhao Kuangyin's promise, it was the achievement of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and he was going to be named a knight.

Due to the Anshi Rebellion at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the chaos of the Five Dynasties, and the lessons learned from more than 50 years of chaos in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, since the founding of the Song Dynasty, except for a small number of people who have made great contributions to the founding of the country, there have been many officials and knights, but only There are more virtual nobles with a salary.

There has even been a corresponding decree that no real title can be granted unless the merits of opening up the territory and expanding the territory.The so-called rarity is the most precious, one can imagine how the founding lord cherished the preciousness in the Song Dynasty.

The collapse of the Jinyang City Wall was not at the same time, and only about one-third of it collapsed at this time.But these gaps are enough for the Song Dynasty army to easily enter the city.

Before the dust settled, the Song cavalry had already rushed to the edge of the city, but the hill-like mounds of mud and rocks also blocked the cavalry's way, and they had to dismount and lead the horse to cross. Fortunately, the Northern Han defenders were still in a daze at this time. Panic, panic state.There was no large number of troops to stop them, and the Northern Han soldiers who survived nearby were already frightened at this time. Seeing the Song army approaching in large numbers, they turned around and ran into the city without saying a word.

Most of the city wall on the south side of Liu Jiye, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Han Dynasty, had not collapsed. After being horrified, he quickly recovered his true colors as a famous general. The Northern Han army resisted the incoming enemy.

In fact, without waiting for his order, the panic-stricken Northern Han defenders had already rushed down the city wall.

In the Imperial Palace of the Northern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Jiyuan of the Northern Han Dynasty was awakened by the sound of the city wall collapsing in his sleep. He hurriedly kicked the concubine next to him out of bed and shouted for help.

The eunuch leader Wei Degui ran in and cried out as soon as he entered: "Your Majesty! No, the city wall has collapsed, and the Song army has entered the city. Jinyang City is broken..."

As if struck by lightning, Liu Jiyuan's face paled in an instant. He never thought that he got news last night that the Khitan army had arrived not far from the west of the city, and the Song army was about to withdraw in a few days. He had just had a good night's sleep last night. Why did the city wall collapse upon waking up?

Concubine Mei who fell on the ground got up, she had long forgotten about being kicked out of bed by her own emperor, and she cried in horror.

"I must be dreaming, I must be dreaming, the Song army has been unable to break through Jinyang City for nearly four months, how can it be broken at will, let alone the city wall collapsed. Hahaha... Wei Degui, you are so stupid , actually broke into my dream to frighten me, to see that I will kill you, so that I can wake up from my dream." Liu Jiyuan fell into a state of madness, pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, and slapped Wei Degui, who was kneeling on the ground, To stab.

Seeing this, Wei Degui's face changed drastically, he got up and ran, Liu Jiyuan staggered and fell to the ground.

"The emperor is crazy..." Wei Degui rushed out of the room, shouted, and ran away.

The eunuchs, maids, and guards waiting outside also heard the movement inside, and they were panicked. Seeing that the emperor seemed to be really crazy, they were worried that they would rush out and kill them as before, so that they would wake up from the dream.They looked at each other a few times, and amidst the screams, they scattered like birds and beasts.

The people around the emperor ran around and spread the news that the emperor was crazy. Before the Song army arrived, the entire palace was already in panic and chaos.When the news spread outside the palace, the already panic-stricken soldiers and civilians of Jinyang City suddenly lost half of their backbone.

The other half of the backbone is Liu Jiye, the general of the army, and Guo Wuwei, the prime minister. Needless to say, the latter is cursing outside the city.

And Liu Jiye's voice was almost hoarse, and finally, with his powerful prestige, he organized thousands of troops to block the enemy nearby, and sent an order for the Northern Han army to use the familiar terrain to carry out street fighting.But the next thing completely made him despair.

The guard at the south gate of Jinyang was in fear last night, because he had received a secret order from Guo Wuwei yesterday, telling him to open the gate of Tiancheng and let the Song army in when he saw the signal outside the city the next day.Although he is the guard of the south gate, the lieutenants under his command are not his people. He conspired with his confidant for half the night last night, thinking about how to kill the two lieutenants under his command when he opened the city gate.

Unexpectedly, before he received Guo Wuwei's signal, the city walls on both sides of the city gate collapsed, and the sound of the city wall collapsed even further away.

This guard was also a decisive and smart person, knowing that if he didn't open the city gate at this time, when the Song army entered the city from the collapsed ruins on both sides, there would be no chance of surrendering, so he took the confidant to kill two Lieutenant General, opened the south gate.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyin was in high spirits, his ecstasy was beyond words, and at the same time, he watched from a distance that the ruins prevented the cavalry from entering the city. This delay, the Northern Han army had already organized some troops to shoot with bows and arrows on the other side of the ruins, more or less giving the Song army Some killing losses were caused, but there was no cavalry sprint. Afterwards, street fighting with the Northern Han army in the city required another effort and some losses.

Zhao Kuangyin was slightly regretful about this at first, but suddenly he saw the south gate open, and hundreds of defenders inside rushed out and lined up on both sides. Throw down your weapons and kneel in surrender.

He remembered the secret letter from Guo Wuwei, the prime minister of the Northern Han Dynasty a few days ago. He had originally negotiated a cooperation between the inside and the outside, but there was no news. These days, the city was attacked by ships, and the south gate of the city was not opened to let the Song army enter as planned.He originally thought that Guo Wuwei had changed his mind when he saw the Khitan army coming to help him, but unexpectedly he surrendered at the last moment.

"But at last it was of some use." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes shone coldly, watching a large number of cavalry enter the city from the south gate, he felt extremely happy, thinking that the event had been accomplished.The Northern Han Dynasty has already fallen into my hands, and it is up to the fierce battle with the Khitan.

Guo Wuwei was hiding on a low hill in the south of the city, and he also saw that the guard at the south gate opened the gate and surrendered, and his face looked a little better.

Up to this time, he still didn't know what happened, why the city wall of Jinyang collapsed suddenly.

"Alas! What a pity! However, the most important thing at this time is to appear in front of Emperor Song and take credit for this achievement. Hmm... Now it is very important for the Song Army to stabilize Jinyang City as soon as possible and build the city wall. There is no more suitable candidate than me. I must win this credit, so that I can gain a high position in Song Dynasty and be easy to explain to my master." Guo Wuwei sighed and muttered to himself, Descended from the dwarf mountain and walked towards the southern camp of the Great Song Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)