The horse is newly riding on a white jade saddle. After the battle, the moon is cold on the battlefield.

The sound of iron drums at the top of the city is still vibrating, and the gold sword in the box is still bleeding.

Let us also say that on the last day of the ninth year of Jianyan, the Zhao Guan family and Yue Fei broke into the city on the same day, and both Taiyuan Prefecture and Daming Prefecture fell.

Among them, let’s not mention what is happening outside Daming Mansion, but only talk about the situation inside and outside Taiyuan City. The main force of the Song Army is actually caught in a certain situation of chaos. However, given the exaggerated contrast between the enemy and ourselves in Taiyuan, as long as the city can be swept clean

If the Jin army is in chaos for one night, it will be chaos for one night.

Moreover, the most common way to express this chaos is that the Song army, which was in a state of excitement, was unwilling to leave the city and return to the camp to settle down, so it went everywhere to inspect the Jin army.

In one afternoon, three men and dozens of murderers were captured alive, tied up, or their heads were sent directly to Zhao Guan's house. It is worth mentioning that so far, there are still no Jurchens.

Meng'an was willing to surrender, so beheadings continued one after another in front of the Taiyuan Inner City Government Office Hall where Zhao Guan's family was temporarily stationed.

"So that the officials will know that this person is Wanyan Renhe."

Just when the ministers and officers below Zhao Guan's family were a little bored, suddenly Wang De, the deputy commander of the imperial camp, actually led a person into the hall, stepping on dark red blood stains.

Hearing Wang De's words, the crowd in the office was naturally excited, and even Zhao Jiu was in high spirits for a moment.

There was no way, this was the general of Taiyuan of the Jin Kingdom, and he was the second Wanhu of the Jin Kingdom to be captured alive after Han Chang.

You must know that the military systems of the Song Army and the Jin Army are different. When the Jin State was prosperous, one ten thousand households could lead the march. At that time, the marching ten thousand households could directly compare with the capital commanders in the imperial camp of the Song Army, and the fierce security was also

It was almost equivalent to a commander. Later, the situation was slightly balanced. The system of marching division was widely used. The Jin army also had a permanent commander with tens of thousands of troops. Naturally, the commander-in-chief was against the commander-in-chief. But even so, it cannot be said that tens of thousands of households were left behind.

To the point where he is equivalent to a controller.

What's more, it is equivalent to this kind of famous person. He has been famous in both countries since the Jingkang Incident ten years ago. Later, he accompanied Wanyan Lou's chamber to raid Guanxi many times, and participated in the Yaoshan War, so that he was on the list of war criminals.

household?

No wonder Wang De actually came to repay his merits personally.

Without further ado, Zhao Jiu nodded towards Wang De, then looked at the bound golden general, but hesitated for a moment.

But soon, with everyone holding their breath and concentrating, the official of the Song Dynasty still spoke seriously to the people in the hall: "In other words... I will tell you the truth, according to the memorandum and the list of war criminals I published before, it is

There is no need to persuade you to surrender, but you are the first Jurchen Ten Thousand Households that I have captured alive, and you are from the Wanyan clan, so if you are willing to surrender, I can make an exception and pardon your death penalty... Are you willing to surrender?"

The whole body was tightly tied up, and he kept staring at Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting in the former pull-out position, as soon as he entered the door. When he heard this, he looked at the other person deeply, as if he wanted to remember the other person's appearance.

, then slowly shook his head and responded calmly:

"The foreign general is not dead. At the beginning, he simply destroyed the city too quickly and was discouraged. When he was surrounded, he just wanted to take a closer look at the officials... Now that he has seen it, he will die without regrets."

Many civil servants who came after the incident, especially a few younger southeastern "preparatory consultants", sighed when they heard the words, as if they had hit some big news, and wanted to see how Zhao Guan's family would respond, so that they could go back and write their own today.

In "Cong Zheng Ji".

However, when Zhao Guanjia heard this, he just nodded, and then without changing his expression, he waved his black hand directly in the seat and said concisely:

"Behead it!"

The civil servants around him were immediately discouraged, and the squad leaders, who had carried out this order countless times in the afternoon, immediately swarmed forward, dragged the man out, held him down on the ground in front of the hall, and chopped him with a knife.

His head was presented, but Zhao Guanjia just waved his hand again, obviously not caring.

Only once I came back, the blood stains on the ground became more obvious, which made many people who came late know where these blood stains on the ground came from.

"Add a sentence to the express report from Tokyo." Zhao Guanjia thought for a while, and then turned to the ministers beside him. "Tell them to change that statement again... Wherever the country of Jin is fiercely safe, and tens of thousands of households are lined up, each one will be the first to go out.

Those who surrender will be forgiven their death penalty."

All the ministers agreed and went about their business in a hurry.

Zhao Jiu also looked at Wang De and finally smiled: "Wang Qing, do you have anything to say about the good fortune that was distributed today, or should I keep it public until the end of the war?"

"Official!"

Wang De immediately bowed down in the hall, extremely eager. "The measurement of merit is naturally a matter after the war. This is an official rule. I will never dare to say anything at this time, but I really have a small matter... Please forgive me.

The second son, Wang Shun, does not want an official salary. As long as he can continue to serve the army as a regular soldier, I will be grateful... Let him take credit for his achievements and his future."

Zhao Jiu immediately laughed again: "I have forgotten what Wang Shun committed, but no matter what, I can pardon the Jin man, but can't I pardon him? If he is prepared to hold the title, it will still be effective in front of you."

Wang De was relieved for a moment, thanked him hurriedly, and handed over to all the civil servants and military generals in the hall, then simply stood in the hall and stopped paying attention to external matters.

As soon as the matter was over, before anyone could congratulate Zhao Guan's family on the capture and kill, another officer hurried over to ask for instructions. But for some reason, this person came to the hall and saw the people in the hall. He was a little timid again and only hesitated in front of the door.

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Seeing this, Zhao Jiu pursed his lips slightly. Ren Baozhong, who was already impatient, immediately moved forward with his knife and started talking with the man outside the door.

After a while, Ren Baozhong turned back, but he said quite simply: "Go back to report to the official's house, and there is another capture. I don't know what to do next?"

"Who is it this time?" Zhao Jiu didn't care. "All of them have been killed. Meng An has killed dozens of people. If anyone is involved, just report him..."

"They are the family members of the Taiyuan Marching Department of the Jin Kingdom..." Ren Baozhong bowed his head and faced each other. "We just found it in the warehouse in the northwest corner of the inner city."

"Pull out the female relatives from Su's family?" Zhao Jiu suddenly understood.

"Not only the family members of Ba Lisu, but also the family members of my own family, as well as the families of Meng'an, Mouke, and local officials who were directly under Taiyuan. They were all previously consolidated and placed in Ba Lisu's mansion in the inner city. The war just broke out

, so he fled to the warehouse under the leadership of the great master of the side room of Ba Li, and fought stubbornly."

"Dashi?" Zhao Jiu thought thoughtfully.

"Bohai Da Clan." I don't know if it was an illusion. After today's war, Ren Baozhong's behavior was obviously more cautious. "The Da Clan is a noble family of Bohai. Bohai's status in the Jin Kingdom is second only to the Jurchens.

People in high positions are often related to the Bohai family and the Gao family. For example, the current ruling prince Wanyan Orben has a concubine of the Da family, and his eldest son Wanyan Liang is the daughter of the Da family."

Zhao Jiu became more and more aware and asked again: "Then what? Are you asking me how to deal with it?"

"Yes." Ren Baozhong was still respectful and cautious. "Those young girls from the Jin Kingdom often behaved in a promiscuous manner... They didn't dare to bring them to the imperial court, so they asked the officials to punish them directly."

"There are so many bad things going on." Zhao Jiu thought for a moment and directly gave an answer that he had been preparing for a long time. "Then we will take care of it first. When we have more, we will send it to Lanzhou and hand it over to the Xiliao officials.

He said that these people are all natives of the Liao Kingdom... Let them exchange for war horses, Persian and river specialties."

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly fell silent, but unexpectedly, there was no voice of advice or opposition.

As for Ren Baozhong, although he is well-informed, he couldn't help but be startled at this time, but after being startled for a while, he had nothing to say... Bohai people and Jurchens, aren't they the ancestors of the Liao Dynasty? Yelu Dashi

Come here, you can't deny this.

However, the person still spoke: "There is one more thing."

"Tell me."

"The commander who captured the female family members said that in addition to the wife and young man who were some misbehavior, there were also some people who took the initiative to plead for mercy and release. One of them claimed to be Master Li from Tokyo..." Nibaozhong continued to report seriously.

It was so quiet in the hall that you could hear a pin drop. Even Wang Yan and Wang De just raised their ears and lowered their heads, let alone Wu Jie and others who looked up at the roof.

However, Zhao Guanjia barely paused and smiled directly: "This is really strange...Liu Ziyu's younger brother Liu Zihui once told people that he met Li Shishi in Jiangxi...Why did this Li Shishi come to Hedong again?"

Ren Baozhong didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Zhao Jiu, on the other hand, obviously didn't take it seriously and instead chuckled: "Forget it, whether it's true or not, it's just a matter of survival... And she's not Master Li, she's also a Han woman who was robbed in Jingkang. According to the direct military rules, this

As long as she asks for it, she can be dismissed and resettled directly, so according to the established rules, let her pay her a resettlement allowance and let her go back to Tokyo... As for whether she is Master Li or Master Wang, it doesn't matter, she can't be sent to Shaolin Temple anyway, right? That way

Isn’t it humiliating the Supreme Taojun Emperor?”

Ren Baozhong nodded heavily, turned around and left, making special arrangements.

A small incident, nothing to mention, that's it. Next, there are a few small things to deal with, nothing more than sending out the Imperial Guard to directly supervise military discipline, taking over the inspection of the warehouse, and by the way, one Meng'an and two Muke were captured.

, but still no one surrendered, and the matter was solved with a knife. However, after a while, the sky had completely darkened. It is conceivable that today's temporary incident will come to an end, but the next step seems to be the main course.

Sure enough, after dark, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, who were originally scattered everywhere, and Ma Kuo, who stayed behind in the camp outside the city, came one after another, including the senior commanders under the various ministries.

Beside them, Wu Jie, Wang Yan, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan and others who had not even washed their hands, as well as Wang De who had caught someone on the way... Basically, it can be said that the entire Taiyuan Basin, except for monitoring things at this time

Li Shifu and Li Qiong of the Jin Army on both sides, and most of the top officials of the Song Army gathered together again.

This time, due to the chaos in the city, there was actually no special intention to hold a military meeting, but almost all senior generals with rich military experience realized that there should be such a meeting.

In response to this, Zhao Guan's family followed suit and started military discussions directly.

"I only have one thing to say, and that is to send an envoy to tell Hebule that if he doesn't come, he won't come." Zhao Jiu responded simply. "As for the rest, as for Wu Jie, I will be responsible for delivering the order."

There was a slight commotion in the hall where the candles had been lit, but it quickly subsided because no one among the three people with big banners, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, and Ma Kuo, said anything, especially Han Shizhong, the nominal marshal of Hedong.

The one with his chest out and his belly leaning on his belt actually didn't say a word. Although Wang Yan and Wang De had some problems with their personalities, for some reason, maybe it was because the city was so shocked today, they still managed to hold it back.

...If the commanders and ministers are like this, then naturally it is not easy for the others to say anything.

"So that the officials will know," Wu Jie held his black hands and went out. He first bowed to the officials, then bowed his hands to the officials, and then turned around and continued to show respect to Zhao Jiu. "I think the first priority right now is

, instead of going to capture Jingxing, they quickly dispatched some elites to go north to Yanmen Pass, and combined with the main force of the imperial camp rear army, the Yinshan Khitan-Ximengu coalition forces, plus the Hebule Eastern Mongolian army that the officials sent to notify, to try to encircle Datong.

... There are two reasons. First, Datong still has 20,000 households of the Jin army. If it can be captured in one fell swoop, it will be enough to shake the foundation of the Jin army; second, if Taiyuan and Datong are taken, Jingxing will block Hebei and the effectiveness of Hedong will exist in name only.

...In contrast, if you suddenly go to capture Jingxing at this time, Yelu Mawu is a good warrior and has a good heart, so it will definitely be time-consuming and laborious, and attacking the party will just go along with the flow..."

Let's say that Wu Jie officially took over the Hedong Front Army after dark and began to coordinate the next step step by step. However, in the Hexi area of ​​Daming Prefecture, the top brass of the Jin Army's main force stayed up until the third night before finally suppressing all kinds of uneasiness and in Li

A temporary military meeting was held beside a large bonfire somewhere outside Gu Town.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Although the serial explosions caused both armies to blow up their camps at the same time, the Song army quickly realized that it was their own miracle and destroyed the enemy's city defenses, so in the afternoon they finally

Entering the city calmly. But the Jin army just gathered their troops and hurriedly transferred tens of thousands of households across the river to the north and south to ensure that the camp was safe. It was already very difficult and very challenging.
To be continued...