Although most of the places were guarded by the Song Dynasty's surrender army, some important places still needed to be garrisoned by the Jin army, and the number of troops that could now be used to attack Lin'an was less than 40,000. What's more, the place guarded by the surrendered army is still unreliable after all, so Wan Yan Changzhi sent someone to Wan Yan Ting, who was still stationed along the Jianghuai River, asking him to immediately send troops south to support him.

Then Wanyan Changzhi immediately sent someone to report the current battle situation to the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Yong, on the one hand, he asked that the reserve army stationed in Nanjing also be put into the battlefield, and on the other hand, he also asked Yang Woyan, who was attacking the Jianghuai West Road, to continue to maintain pressure on Jiankang Mansion, so that the Song army stationed in Jiankang Mansion could not take a step to support Lin'an.

After dealing with these things, Wanyan Changzhi immediately ordered that Monk Wanyan Chen lead the people of his headquarters to Wukang and Pucha to settle down overnight to meet. Then the two sides marched together and launched an attack on Lin'an.

The two marched all the way without any obstacles, and met under Lin'an City very smoothly. At this time, in the city of Lin'an, in fact, Yijing was an unguarded city. As soon as the Song Dynasty officials who stayed in Lin'an saw that the Jin army had arrived, they immediately surrendered the city, opened the city gate, and the Jin army attacked the city of Lin'an without blood.

Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Chen monks entered Lin'an Mansion from the Genshan Gate in the northeast, and after entering the city, they found that there were fires in several places in the city, although it was in the autumn rain, there was also huge black smoke. When I asked the degraded officer, I found out that at this time, the Song Dynasty set fire to all the things that could not be taken away when evacuating. However, it has been raining for the past few days, and it has not burned out for a while.

Wan Yan Changzhi hurriedly ordered people to put out the fire, and then ordered Xuan Heda, Shao Fangjie, Wu Ting Tuochi, Gao Linfu and others to immediately send troops to capture the various gates of Lin'an. He also sent Shi Dingyue to seal the treasury. And he and Monk Wanyan Chen went directly to attack the imperial city. And Zhang Hu led a team of men to take over the three provinces and six departments to protect the precious materials stored there.

Although the autumn rain still stops and goes. But at this time, Wanyan Changzhi and Wanyan Chen were walking side by side on the royal street in Lin'an, and their hearts were still full of the joy of victory. I planned a three-year sea raid plan, and although it went through some twists and turns, I finally had a perfect result. Now that Lin'an has finally been captured, the destruction of the Southern Song Dynasty is just around the corner.

Once the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, the world of the Central Plains was completely unified by ethnic groups other than the Han people at one time, and in the history books of later generations, he was the first Dajin general to invade Lin'an, and he will be recorded in history, and he will undoubtedly surpass his father Wanyan Zongbi and be famous through the ages.

By this time, twenty percent of the people in Lin'an had fled, but the vast majority remained in the city. After the Jin army entered the city, everyone closed their doors and did not dare to come out. However, many people who were about to flee from Lin'an but were driven back by the Jin army who occupied the city gate by Yijing, were so frightened that they turned into the side alleys to hide. However, at this time, the Jin army was busy seizing the palace and ignored them. The wide royal street was empty, only the Jin army was walking around.

After a short time, Yan Changzhi came to the Ninghe Gate of the Lin'an Mansion Palace.

At this time, Shimo Yanshan, who led the army into the palace first, came out and reported to Wanyan Changzhi that the Song royal family had evacuated Lin'an Mansion with scriptures. There was no one in the palace to guard it, and only some eunuchs and palace maids who had not had time to escape were left, and now they were all guarded by the Jin army. However, the bodies of both of them who committed suicide by poisoning were found on the Wende Palace. One wears a dragon robe, while the other wears the costume of a minister. After a pause, Shi Mo Yanshan said: "The eunuch who is under guard said that these two people are Zhao Yan, the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and Yu Yunwen, the prime minister. I don't know if it's true or not, so I didn't move these two bodies for the time being, but just sent someone to watch the Wende Palace. ”

Wanyan Changzhi was slightly stunned, and all the royal families of the Song family fled from Lin'an, which he had already expected. Because of the speed at which they were going, it was delayed for several days, enough for them to escape. But they never thought that Zhao Yan and Yu Yunwen would stay in the palace and commit suicide. So he said, "You take me to have a look, and then find a few more eunuchs." ”

The group came to the Wende Palace, and sure enough, there were two corpses lying on the hall, one was tall, wearing a python robe, wearing a jade belt, and the other was wearing a rolling yellow robe, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon, judging from the costume, it was indeed the costume of the emperor and the prime minister.

Wan Yan Changzhi turned his head and asked the few eunuchs he brought along, "Are they Zhao Yan and Yu Yunwen?" ”

Several eunuchs knelt on the ground, didn't even dare to raise their heads, and said in a trembling voice: "Exactly." ”

Wanyan Changzhi nodded, although he had not seen Yu Yunwen and Zhao Yan, but he had also heard that Yu Yunwen was extremely tall, six feet and four inches long, and now it seemed that it was right, and it seemed that it was mostly good, so he asked again: "Why are there only two of them left in this palace." Where did everyone else go? ”

A eunuch said: "Everyone else has taken the crown prince and the emperor to Tanzhou." The day before yesterday, he was gone. Those high-grade fathers-in-law also followed, and only we, the low-grade ministers, remained in Lin'an. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen couldn't help but ask, "Then why don't they run?" ”

Another eunuch said: "I heard the emperor say that 'the Son of Heaven died Sheji' so he stayed in the palace, and Yu Xianggong said 'The Son of Heaven died Sheji, and the ministers should die' so they also stayed." ”

"Oh!" When the two of them heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, and then looked at the two corpses lying on the ground, and they couldn't help but feel a little respectful in their expressions. Monk Wanyan Chen couldn't help but feel in his heart, and said: "The descendants of Song Taizu are stronger than the descendants of Taizong. ”

Wanyan Changzhi also nodded, Zhao Yan is the adopted son of Zhao Gou, and his actual identity is the seventh descendant of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, which is also known in the Jin Kingdom. couldn't help sighing: "When the city of Tokyo was broken, only Li Ruoshui was the only one who died for the Song Dynasty, and now Zhao Yan, as the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, can die for the country, which is really admirable." He turned his head and said to the accompanying Jin Bing: "Find two high-quality coffins and bury them first." ”

At this time, Shi Dingyue rushed to the palace and told Wanyan Changzhi that almost all the money and grain in Lin'an's treasury were emptied. Most of the others that could not be carried were burned down, and now Jin Bing is busy putting out the fire.

After hearing this, Yan Changzhi couldn't help but be a little surprised, it seems that the Song Dynasty was not fleeing from Lin'an in a hurry, but a prepared evacuation, at least seven or eight days ago. exchanged a look with Monk Wanyan Chen, and also saw the worries in Monk Wanyan Chen's heart. A hasty escape is not the same thing as a prepared evacuation, the former is just a hasty flight that abandons everything and is not to be feared, while the latter is sometimes a means of preserving strength, and when you have enough strength, you may come back. If you think of the nearly 100,000 troops of the Song Dynasty in Guangnan, then the goal of the Southern Song Dynasty is self-evident.

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