The two countries of Jin and Song Dynasty communicated with each other and did not station permanent envoys in each other's capital. Instead, according to the agreement between the two parties, special personnel were dispatched whenever something happened. For example, every year on the New Year's Day or the birthday of the Emperor of Jin Dynasty, the Song Dynasty had to send them in advance. Envoys should send congratulations in a timely manner; if the Song Dynasty had a national funeral, enthronement and other major events, they should immediately send envoys to inform them; or pray for scattered small matters, etc.
However, because the political situation in the Jin Dynasty was becoming increasingly turbulent and Zhongdu was always under the threat of war, Yu Rong was not able to celebrate his birthday in the third year of Da'an. Later, several envoys such as Dong Juyi, Zhen Dexiu, Li Wei and others also came. They turned back halfway from Judu. Ding Yan and Hou Zhongxin were the first envoys from the Song Dynasty to enter Zhongdu after three years.
The fact that successive envoys could not arrive made them aware of the turmoil in the Jin Kingdom. Before they went out as envoys, they were told by powerful people in the court that they must take advantage of the weakness of the northern captives to propose a reduction in the amount of annual coins.
But after they arrived in Zhongdu, they encountered the Mongolian army and invaded again. They could have returned in six days, but they were trapped in the Huitong Hall for more than ten days. The situation in the city suddenly changed last night, and the Huitong Hall was broken up by the mob. Ren Wei fled all night and almost died several times. It was only by sheer luck that he escaped from this huge chaos.
This is no longer the kind of turmoil that the princes imagined when the Song Dynasty was underway. Over there, the power of the prime minister in the past two years also caused dissatisfaction among many courtiers, but the confrontation between them was about killing without blood; but what happened in Zhongdu , but it was a riot of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people! It was a life-and-death massacre and struggle! Every family was bleeding like a spring, and the bones of public ministers were trampled in the streets!
Ding Yan had never seen such a situation before. At this moment, he was completely panicked.
Fortunately, Hou Zhongxin was still sober. He said: "Bachelor, they have really accomplished something. Please calm down and watch again!"
"What are you looking at?"
Ding Zhan hesitated for a while before he poked his head out from behind the low wall again.
He heard infantrymen of the Ding Navy advancing slowly on both sides of Tongxuanmen Street. Every time they reached an alleyway, they would detach their hands to explore inside. Behind him, he saw crossbowmen climbing up the roof of the house. Sitting on the ridge of the house, he paid careful attention to his surroundings. He saw that on the blue-black city wall in the distance, flags of various shapes were dropped and replaced with the unique red military flag of the Ding Navy.
He found that the intensive shouts of killing nearby were quickly stopping, and the whole city seemed to have recovered from the madness; he heard the creaking sound of doors or windows being pushed back, and the few surviving people in the city began to explore the outside atmosphere. Variety.
He saw that more and more people noticed the change in the atmosphere. Deep in a fork in the road opposite Tongxuanmen Street, some rebels came out under the scolding of Dinghai soldiers, gathered in groups, and then walked on the roadside. Settle down in the designated open space.
Most of the rebels were sitting cross-legged, and some officers looked like they were kneeling on the ground. Their horses were taken away, and their armor and weapons were ordered to be handed over. So that on both sides of the road, there were all kinds of spears, short guns, straight knives, and iron swords. Hammers, shields, helmets and armors were piled up haphazardly, like a sudden growth of weeds.
In addition to the random soldiers, there were scattered Mongolians who were also treated in this way, but the soldiers of the Dinghai Navy were particularly rude to them. Several Mongolians clenched their fists with their hands and shouted at the soldiers, probably trying to explain their different identities. The people around them
Dinghai soldiers immediately rushed up and killed all these people, then cut off their heads and hung them on the barrels of their guns for public display.
Probably some navy generals expressed dissatisfaction with this, and soon someone came running over, gathering the surrendered Mongols together, and also summoned a group of prisoners, and piled the weapons thrown randomly on the ground into a remote open space, like
It's like a hill made of iron.
In the blink of an eye, only one place in the huge city was still fighting.
Shuhu Gaoqi's troops were fleeing every moment, but he still persisted.
After all, he has accumulated prestige over thirty years of military service, and he has not been serving as Marshal for two years in vain. There are still hundreds of dead soldiers around him. But their battlefield is getting farther and farther north, and has shrunk.
In the palace city, they retreated through Danfeng Gate and Yingtian Gate, and ran past Da'an Gate a moment ago. Now they are fighting and retreating with their backs to Da'an Palace.
The central capital of the Jin Dynasty was built on the basis of the Jinfu in Nanjing of the Liao Dynasty and the layout of Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Its palaces were even more magnificent and majestic.
Da'an Hall, as the place where major ceremonies such as sacrifices and court meetings were held in the Kingdom of Jin, is even more ingenious and luxurious. The main hall is located on a three-story platform, with a width of eleven rooms. It is magnificent and magnificent, with cornices and brackets as if they are about to fly.
There are Duodian and cloisters on both sides. The Guangyou Tower and Hongfu Tower at the end of the corridor were captured by Ding Haijun after a short fight. So Shuhu Gaoqi quickly ordered a group of crossbowmen to stand on the top edge of the platform and fight with the two towers.
The enemy troops on the ground exchanged fire.
The crossbowmen could support themselves for a while with the railings as support. The frontal confrontation was getting more and more difficult. Shuhu Gaoqi kept raising rewards and incentives, but the braver his subordinates were, the faster they died, and the entire front line retreated further.
Coming faster and faster, the array becomes looser and looser.
The generals such as Shi Tianni, Yelu Kechou Baer, and Li Shouzheng who had been following Guo Ning all dismounted and led their followers to the high platform one after another.
The strength of the heroes in these places may vary, but the guards gathered around them are all good players. They fought hand-to-hand with the dead soldiers under Shuhu Gaoqi's command. The sharp edges of the long and short weapons shone with cold light, just like the tide washing away the piles of gravel.
The rudimentary defenses of Shuhu Gaoqi were completely useless.
Shuhu Gaoqi's right-hand man, Wanyan Phosphorus, was forced into a corner by several sword and shield men of Ding Haijun. He roared and slashed with his sword, killing one person, but the others held their shields with their shoulders, such as
The three walls were pushed forward in this way, suppressing Wanyan Phosphorus until he could not move, and then he repeatedly stabbed Wanyan Phosphorus through the gaps between the shields with a straight knife.
With each thrust, a scream came from the inside of the shield wall. A large amount of sticky blood flowed, covering the steps as white as jade, all the way to Guo Ning's feet, and then slowly seeping down along the gaps in the stone slabs.
Guo Ning held the golden sword in his hand and kept walking, stepping over the steps step by step, approaching the front line.
In countless battles in the past, this extremely brave young man has always been at the forefront, active at the forefront of the battlefield, personally crushing all resistance. But now, although he keeps moving forward, he never has a chance to fight the enemy.
The officers and soldiers of the Ding Navy, as well as the soldiers of the newly attached local soldiers, all burst into high fighting spirit. They shouted loudly, and passed Guo Ning in waves, continuing to advance the front line.
As Shi Tianni broke through the defense line at the top of the steps, the military formation that Shu Hu Gao Qi tried his best to maintain was like grease thrown into boiling water. It continued to melt, from large pieces to small pieces, and from small pieces to sporadic dots.
In the blink of an eye, corpses were piled up under the plaque of Da'an Hall. The soldiers looked around and found that there were no enemies who dared to resist. There was a sudden silence near the high platform.
Li Shouzheng proudly brought two of his soldiers over to pay homage to Guo Ning: "Envoy, Shuhu Gaoqi is dead, and it was two of my men who killed him!"
Yelu Kechou Baer was a senior military general of the imperial court. He had known Shuhu Gaoqi in his early years and couldn't help but ask: "Did this guy regret before he died?"
The two soldiers said: "I just heard him shouting at first that he was doing this for the sake of big money; then he shouted that this trip was not a loss, after all, he slept with the queen."
"This guy is really seeking death!" All the generals shook their heads.
Pingzhang Zhengshi, Marshal of the Great Jin Kingdom, and King Yan of the Great Mongolia died just like that. The body was not far away, but this person was just an insignificant clown, and Guo Ning was too lazy to pay attention to it.
The high platform where the Da'an Hall is located is the commanding height of the palace city. In addition to a few palaces and Buddhist pagodas, it is also the place with the highest terrain and the widest view in the entire Daxing Prefecture in Zhongdu.
Standing in front of the palace gate, Guo Ning could see the chessboard-like inner squares to the south, the stretching city walls, the gradually extinguishing smoke pillars and the military flags marching along the road.
He heard the roaring of horse hooves and footsteps from the north of the palace city again, so he stopped and pointed to a servant: "Master Huifeng's people are outflanking from behind. He sent a few people to high places to raise flags and blow trumpets.
Welcome them."
Soon, like a gray tide, large groups of soldiers and horses poured into the square below the high platform from Xuanming Gate in the north and the corner gates on the east and west sides.
Every soldier entering the square raised his head and could see Guo Ning standing on the high platform at the end of the stone steps, with the huge palace and rows of red-painted pillars as the background.
The blazing gazes of so many people were suddenly focused. Shi Tianni and others beside Guo Ning suddenly felt that they could not bear it and hurriedly knelt down. Their actions were immediately imitated by a large number of newly surrendered soldiers, and thousands of people knelt down with a dull sound.
The sound made the whole square seem to be lowered.
The officers of the Ding Navy Headquarters did not intend to imitate their new comrades. They believed that they had a closer and stronger relationship with Guo Ning. They looked at Guo Ning and just kept cheering.
This is Zhongdu!
Our Ambassador Guo and our Ding Navy defeated so many enemies and captured Zhongdu!
The cavalrymen waved their weapons and galloped around the square. They turned sideways and faced the direction of Da'an Palace, and gave out endless cheers to Guo Ning. The infantrymen jumped, laughed and shouted, and the crossbowmen fired one after another.
Mingdi, many Tiefutu soldiers wearing heavy armor also wanted to jump, but their armor was too heavy and they really couldn't jump, so they could only wave their hands desperately.
Someone had an idea and took off his helmet and banged it with the hilt of a knife. This action was quickly learned by everyone. The iron helmet was knocked clanging, and the sound it made was suddenly sharp and rough. This didn't sound good, but it could vent everyone's excitement.
Emotions and enthusiasm.
The sound spread outside the palace city, and more people joined in the cheers. The horns, gongs and drums in the army were also beaten fiercely. As the cheers became louder and louder, the voices of people, gongs, drums, and horns were also sounded.
The voices cooperated with each other, gradually forming a bright and unified rhythm: "Mighty! Mighty! Guo Xuanzhi is Mighty! Ding Haijun Mighty!"
