Zhao Bing first used a bucket of water and a meal to stabilize the soldiers of the mountain brigade, but looking at the frustrated lady in front of him, he was a little at a loss. He said it was severe, and he cried in front of everyone, embarrassing himself; said it was mild, and it was not painful or itchy, and one day he used the same trick to "coerce" himself, how can he live his life in the future! But Zhao Bing soon discovered that he was a villain, and Li Sanniang was smarter and wiser than he imagined, and it was more appropriate to use the word "virtuous".

In fact, Li Sanniang regretted it as soon as she saw the young emperor appear. At first, she meant to be the main attacker. You should know that although she had a marriage with the royal family in Qiongzhou, it also led to constant criticism and rumors. Especially after forming a mountain brigade, although she trained heavily, she never got the opportunity to show her skills. She was always in a state of "protected" and was treated as a vase like herself. Now that it is the critical moment of restoration, almost all the imperial guards in the journey north have been transferred to the battlefield, but the mountain brigade is still idle and guarding Daning Village alone.

Li Sanniang saw it and was anxious in her heart. It could also be said that she hated her for her hard work in training the troops. However, the thief never looked at her directly, and did not give her a chance, but just treated it as an optional political exchange. So she wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager to lead her troops to fight and do her best to restore the country. She finally followed the reinforcements from Hangzhou as they wished. However, the young emperor did not see her, and was treated as a reserve team like in the past. And several requests for battle were rejected, and in desperation, he acted violently.

However, he still didn't see Zhang Shijie, but instead let the guards surrounded them as if they were facing a great enemy. Li Sanniang immediately realized that her behavior had violated the military rules, and this was like a rebellion. This was something that had never happened since the establishment of the General Administration Army. She was a precedent in the army. But she took this tone and insisted on asking for an explanation.

But when the little emperor appeared, Li Sanniang knew that it was no longer as simple as illegal military discipline. This matter was like breaking the sky. She also realized that she had a problem with the little emperor, which not only involved the royal reputation, but also implicated her three thousand subordinates. She also knew that she was preparing to enter the city and the entire army was strengthening military discipline education. But now she did this. In order to calm the incident, she would probably destroy them and shock the entire army to correct the military law.

Because Li Sanniang knew that the little emperor had always been "crawling and insidious", she was so cautious that she refused to drink the water she brought, and she was worried that the water would be drugged, so that she would clean them up without bloodshed. But the little emperor saw through her thoughts at a glance, and drank it first to show openness, and instead made Yijun become a villain. When the food was delivered, she finally realized that the little emperor had no intention of harming her, but she was determined to help her solve the disaster she had caused, which meant that she was still thinking about friendship and couldn't help but feel warm in her heart.

If you have a love and a conscience, the matter will be easily solved. Li Sanniang took the initiative to admit her mistake, and Zhao Bing used his improper behavior to protect her, but she had to punish her. But at this time, Zhang Shijie and his group of people came back. Seeing that the little Majesty wanted to kill their relatives for the sake of justice, they quickly stepped forward to plead for mercy. Finally, they decided that the two chief officials of the Mountain Brigade would be fined for one year and would be responsible for breaking through the city defense in the siege. If they fail, they would be punished with both crimes. Anyone with discerning eyes could see that Your Majesty had excused him and fulfilled his wish...

The next day, Chen Renweng quietly sent his daughter to the inner palace. Zhao Bing was worried that the crazy girl would cause trouble, so he arranged it in the back garden to avoid encountering the officials who were discussing the matter. At this time, the preparations for siege had been fully launched. The suspicious plan he set up allowed the enemy troops in the city to start mobilizing. The terrain in the north of the city was flat and wide for concentrating troops. Moreover, when the Yuan army occupied Lin'an City, the Genshan Gate to the northeast was destroyed.

Gen means the north in the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams. Gen Mountain is a small hill in the north of the city. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong built "Gen Yue" in Bian Jing, and the Southern Song Dynasty named Gen Mountain, which contained the meaning of the idea of ​​homeland. In addition, after the Yuan army pacified Jiangnan, the city was demolished, so the Gen Mountain Gate was not restored and allowed to be abandoned. At the moment, the Song army besieged the city, and the Yuan army suffered heavy losses and had to use the city wall to resist the enemy, but in a hurry, they could only repair it simply, but everyone knew that this kind of maintenance was to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it was always the most easily damaged weak place.

At present, the Song army's scout cavalry frequently appeared in the north of the city and used artillery to test the city wall. A large number of warships were gathered in the east and west directions. Only the North City was only able to find a small number of troops peeking in the north of the city due to the obstacles of the mountain. It was very difficult for the navy to cross a moat more than ten feet wide to attack the city, and it was very difficult for the navy army to attack from the West Lake or the Qiantang River. In addition, it was not easy to break several sluice gates that blocked the tide when attacking from the Water Gate. Therefore, the Yuan army's auxiliary general, Wanhu, and Li Bolanxi, deputy Wanhu, judged based on this and agreed that the main attack direction of the Song army was the North City, and the other directions were just bluffs.

After discovering that the main forces of the Yuan army were gathered in the North City, Zhang Shijie, who was in charge of the siege, ordered the invasion of the North City and the West City to strengthen the invasion of the North City and the West City, and at the same time moved the commander's tent to the northwest Songmuchang, and made a stance with these two directions as the main attack direction. According to the survey situation these days, soldiers were secretly sent to dig tunnels in the East City, but the progress was not smooth. One was because he was worried that the action was too big and the enemy was discovered; the other was because the city was built on the rocks, with a hard texture and it was very difficult to dig. Fortunately, the terrain was high and there was no groundwater dug out, otherwise he had to give up the plan.

On November 20, the Song army had been besieging the city for more than ten days. One of the two stubborn tunnels had to give up when they encountered hard rocks, while the other one successfully drilled through the foundation of the city and dug out a medicine room that was five feet long, three feet and five feet wide, and more than one feet high. It filled it with nearly five thousand kilograms of gunpowder. Although there is no shortage of food in the city for the time being, more than 300,000 people live in the city, and the meat, vegetables and firewood consumed every day were a huge amount, but these things came from outside the city, and after the besieged, all sources were cut off.

"My dear friends, how are you preparing to attack the city?" The daily small court meeting was held on time. Zhao Bing glanced at the ministers present and asked. Today, the meeting was attended not only by the six ministers headed by Lu Xiufu, but also by the heads of various ministers headed by Zhang Shijie.

"Report to Your Majesty, I am ready to accept Lin'an City. All kinds of supplies are available. As long as you break the city, you can quickly mobilize it to enter the city!" Lu Xiufu first came out and said.

"Okay, after entering the city, we must first eliminate all fake officials, accept the city, appease the people's hearts, especially to stabilize prices and ensure the lives of the people." Zhao Bing nodded and instructed.

"I obey the order!" Lu Xiufu bowed and retreated.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has collected 600,000 stones of autumn tax, 110,000 pieces of silk and 50,000 pieces of cotton. However, since the Zhongtong banknotes are popular in the market, half of the banknotes are used to exchange for salt banknotes, the commercial tax is only charged less than one million guan." Yao Liangchen reported.

"Well, you can't be anxious about this matter. We need to make a long-term plan. First, we should check the effect of using salt banknotes to exchange for Zhongtong Banknotes. The Ministry of Revenue must observe closely, and there should be no chaos to cause public grievances!" Zhao Bing said. The Yuan Dynasty bill law in Jiangnan region has actually been corrupt now. Although it has strongly maintained the original banknote value, in fact, an ingot of Zhongtong Banknotes in the market cannot be exchanged for the whole city, which depreciated more than 20 times. On the contrary, Qiongzhou salt banknotes are quite strong in the market. At present, in order to stabilize the economy, he can only temporarily replace circulating currency with salt banknotes and use tax silver to offset Zhongtong Banknotes. As for the long-term impact, he can only make adjustments based on the observation of the later effect.

"Yes, Your Majesty! I will only try it on a small scale now. After observing the pros and cons, I will report it even if I understand it!" Yao Liangchen replied.

"Report to Your Majesty, all the officials who received Lin'an will be subject to preliminary review and will be approved by Your Majesty!" Chen Zhongwei stepped out again and took out the document from his sleeve.

"Thank you for your hard work in Shangshu Chen, you should pay more attention to your health and not overwork!" Zhao Bing took the list he handed over and reminded him. Chen Zhongwei has been diligent and working day and night since he went to war with him. He was really worried that the old man would not be able to withstand it.

"I thank Your Majesty for your concern, but Lin'an is about to recover, how dare I take a break!" Chen Zhongwei said with politeness.

"Report to Your Majesty, all departments in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and all departments of the navy have been distributed in place. Due to the inconvenience of the route, I have ordered them to temporarily raise funds on the spot." Jiang Yu, Minister of War, reported, "The supplies and ammunition required for the siege of the city have been fully prepared and delivered to each department. However, the military weapon supervision has just resumed production, and the ammunition reserves are still insufficient, especially the gap in the number of muskets."

"In addition, the recruit training camp has been constructed using the old military camp of Shaoxing Prefecture. Now 30,000 recruits have been recruited to the camp for training. The insufficient number is still being recruited. I expect it to be completed by the end of the year!"

"It is not easy for sir to complete the task of raising supplies in such a short time, but you must remember and do not recruit new recruits by force or robbery!" Zhao Bing reminded again.

"Report to Your Majesty, Pingjiang, Jiangyin, Jiankang and other important towns along the river have been inspected. I have ordered the baggage army and the craftsmen in the capital to recruit Ding Zhuang on the spot to start rushing to build city defense!" Wei Tianzhong, the Minister of Works, reported.

"We must be done quickly in building a city. This is the key to whether our dynasty can gain a foothold when we return to Jiangnan. But remember not to just seek speed but ignore quality. The Ministry of Works must strictly supervise it." Zhao Bing nodded and reminded him after hearing this.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will fulfill my mission!" Wei Tianzhong bowed and stepped down.

"Report to Your Majesty, the rules and ceremonials of the entry ceremony and the ceremonial guards are all prepared, and we are just waiting to enter the city!" Xu Zongren said happily after leaving the line.

"Haha, Xu Shangshu is really impatient. We have not yet captured Lin'an City, so we have prepared a little too early, right?" Zhao Bing said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, regaining the old capital is a major event for our dynasty. How can we enter the city silently? Of course, I must prepare for the future so as not to catch blindly and make the people in the world scold me for being dereliction of duty!" Xu Zongren said seriously after hearing this.

"Okay, Xu Shangshu is very serious and he is fully prepared. Don't worry!" Zhao Bing praised, of course this is also a compliment for his performance since his expedition.

"I will definitely live up to the great grace of the emperor!" Xu Zongren bowed and retreated.

"Sir Shu, everything is ready now, it depends on your dear minister." After the reports from each department, Zhao Bing turned to Zhang Shijie and said.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think it's better to attack the city sooner than later!" Zhang Shijie immediately stepped out when he saw His Majesty's general.

"Well, let's talk!" Zhao Bing nodded.

"Your Majesty, the ladders, chariots and siege vehicles that the ministers have been building in the past few days are placed outside the northern city, and the enemy can no longer calm down. They have sent cavalry to spy on military information many times, but they are all repelled by our rangers. Since then, they have strengthened the city defense, arranged military troops to patrol day and night, built war sheds, and stockpiled wood and stones. In addition, it is reported that residents in the city cannot go out of the city to collect wood, and now they have begun to demolish houses, cut down trees and make fires and cook food, and keep warm. In addition, the riots and gangsters in the city robbed wealthy households and shops, causing chaos. People in the outer city flocked into Luocheng one after another. Zheng You ordered the gate of Luocheng to be closed and the connection with the outer city."

"The signs of Zhongzeng indicate that the morale of the army and the people in the city are already unstable. Moreover, our army has completed the mobilization of combat readiness, the tunnel has been excavated, and all departments have been arranged in place, and targeting training is carried out. Just by the order of Your Majesty, we can launch an attack on the city immediately. I think that if it takes a long time, our intentions will inevitably be exposed. Moreover, the army will be prepared for a long time and will inevitably be lazy. In addition, the late winter is approaching, and our army has been in Qiongzhou for a long time and is not resistant to the cold. If we stay in the wild for a long time, it may lead to epidemics. Therefore, I think it is appropriate to launch it as soon as possible!" Zhang Shijie replied.

"What do you think, Prime Minister Lu and all your dear friends?" Zhao Bing turned to Lu Xiufu and asked after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, I think the words of the sirens are reasonable." Lu Xiufu pondered for a moment, "At this time, our army attacked from all sides and won consecutive victories, but it was also because the thief chief died of illness and caused civil strife, which caused Jiangnan to lose control and was taken advantage of by our army. Once their civil strife subsided, they would dispatch troops to conquer the conquest. Our army had just recovered the lost territory and still had many places that could not be pacified. Therefore, I think the war in Lin'an should be ended as soon as possible and quickly turn to defense to consolidate the results."

"I am advised that the right prime minister has arrived in Ezhou at the moment, but the troops were exhausted after a long battle and the attack was weak, and it was still difficult to recover. Although Jiang Jin was unstable, the rear was unstable and the left wing was empty, so it was easy to circumvent the enemy. It was urgent to consolidate the rear and divide the troops to ensure the safety of the left wing. However, our army has already produced all its elite troops and has no more troops to adjust, and only Jiangsu and Zhejiang still have the strength to do it." Jiang Jin, Minister of War, stepped out.

"That is, now that the military expenditure is vast, and there are still many things to be done in various places. Only by consolidating the land of recovery as soon as possible can financial resources be guaranteed and the national use will be maintained." Yao Liangchen, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is under great pressure now. His money is spending like flowing water. Qiongzhou's years of savings are almost over, but he is almost worried about his worries.

"I'm going to discuss it!" Several other ministers also came out to politely.

"Okay, then we will launch a siege in two days. My dear ministers must work together to fight the enemy, recover Lin'an, wipe out all the defending enemies, and destroy the humiliation of the country!" Zhao Bing saw that no one objected, and slapped the table.
Chapter completed!