In the big tent of the marshal of the Jin camp, Wan Yan Xian also listened to Wan Yan Zongwang's report expressionlessly, although he did not go to watch today's tentative attack in person, it did not mean that he did not care about today's fierce battle, but he didn't want to interfere too much in military affairs and set up his nephew Wan Yan Zongwang.

"You're saying that even if we capture Bianjing, we will pay a very heavy price, is that what you mean?" Wan Yan Xian also asked after a long silence.

Wanyan Zongwang nodded, "They are very well prepared, the city wall is wrapped in thick ice, it is very difficult to attack, and the earth-shaking thunder is very lethal, we have suffered heavy casualties today." ”

"Shocking thunder is not omnipotent, in the late stage of the Taiyuan siege, Zong Han found a trick to deal with the earthshaking thunder, and the casualties dropped greatly, didn't you ask Zong Han for advice?"

Wanyan Zongwang didn't say anything for a long time, although he and Wanyan Zonghan were cousins, they were also competitors, whether they were public or private, the relationship between the two was not very good, and he also knew that Wanyan Zonghan had some experience in dealing with Song Jun, but how could he ask for advice in a low voice.

Of course, Wan Yan Xian also understood Wan Yan Zongwang's thoughts, and he said coldly: "Whether it is the great cause of the Jin Kingdom or the importance of personal grievances, I don't quite understand, can you tell me about it?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang hurriedly knelt down, "My nephew knows his mistake!" ”

"Knowing a mistake is knowing a mistake, but not having the heart to correct it, I'm right!"

Wanyan Zongwang lowered his head and sighed for a long time: "It's not that my nephew doesn't want to correct it, but ..... But this is a matter of two people, so what's the use of my uncle blaming me alone? ”

"Alright! We'll talk about that later. ”

Wan Yan Xian didn't want to be too reluctant to force his nephew, it was not necessarily a bad thing for young juniors to have competition, he took out a volume of documents from a box and handed it to Wan Yan Zongwang, "This is a detailed battle report of the Taiyuan Campaign, how to deal with the record of the earth-shaking thunder, you take a good look at it yourself, although the firearms of the Song people are powerful, they are not omnipotent, they are very well prepared, and we are equally well prepared, I hope that the next battle will not let me see your depressed appearance again." ”

Wanyan Zongwang took the battle report, bowed down and said: "I will definitely do my best, but I ......"

"Just what?" Wan Yan Xian was also a little dissatisfied and stared at Wan Yan Zongwang, he didn't like his subordinates to push and hinder, and his nephew was no exception.

Wanyan Zongwang glanced at the battle report in his hand and said in a low voice: "Since there is a way to deal with the earth-shaking thunder, I want to train the army so as not to suffer a big loss." ”

This idea is not bad, Wan Yan Xian's eyes softened a little, thought about it and asked, "How much training time do you need?" ”

"Ten days or half a month."

"Ten days, then!"

Wan Yan Xian didn't give Wan Yan Zongwang a chance to explain, and waved his hand and said, "I also need to use these ten days to arrange some other things." ”

"The marshal means the people in the city?"

Wan Yan also nodded, "They have endured it for more than half a year, and it's time to move." ”

.........

When a tentative fierce battle ended, the Jin Bing camp was temporarily silent, Li Yanqing knew that the other party was conducting targeted training, at most about seven or eight days, and would reorganize the attack, taking this opportunity, Li Yanqing was also strengthening combat preparedness, and repaired the weaknesses exposed in the first fierce battle one by one.

One of the main weaknesses is the lack of crossbow arrows, the range of the crossbow is too long, and it must be close to the battlements to shoot downward, but it is easy to be suppressed by the enemy's bow and arrow, if you leave the battlements and shoot in the back, then you are not afraid of the suppression of the bow and arrow under the city, but this will be because of the long range of the crossbow and cannot shoot the enemy under the city.

The best way to do this is to leave the battlements and shoot at a 45-degree angle, but then you can't use the crossbow of the god arm, but use the big bow to defend the city, and use the heavy projectile arrows to kill and wound the enemy.

The remedy plan that Li Yanqing thought of was very simple, each crossbowman could be equipped with a pair of big bows to defend the city, using a divine arm crossbow at a long distance, and a big bow to defend the city at close range.

This may be difficult for other armies to do, but it is easy for the defenders of the capital, which is home to the best craftsmen in the world.

Although the military council was not in charge of the army in the first few months, it made great achievements in preparing all kinds of war materials, and produced a large number of weapons to defend the city, plus the previous stocks, which could fully meet the needs of the army.

While making up for the loopholes, Li Yanqing sent hundreds of soldiers to go down to the city at night with the help of rope ladders to clean up the battlefield, and gather the corpses of enemy soldiers close to the city to dig pits and burn them, although it is now a cold winter, but it is still necessary to prevent the outbreak of epidemics.

Last year, there were nearly 2 million permanent residents and floating population in the capital, but after a year of migration, only half of them are left, making the capital much empty, the streets are relatively deserted, most of the shops are closed, and the former prosperity is no longer there, and Tokyo has a little decay in just a few months.

In fact, this is also very normal, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty used to be mainly concentrated in Bianliang, Tokyo, but after a year of gradual transfer, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty has been transferred to the south, especially concentrated in Suzhou and Hangzhou, so that Hangzhou and Suzhou prospered rapidly.

Without the support of capital, Tokyo Bianliang is like a person without spirit and flesh, and weakness is inevitable.

However, it is not that everything is not going well, at least the price of grain has dropped, in order to prepare for the war, the city of Tokyo has transported nearly 10 million stone grain from all over the country, but it is stored as war preparation army food, but the civilian food is insufficient, the news of the Jin soldiers going south has caused the price of grain to skyrocket, but Chang Ping quickly threw out 200,000 stone of grain to stabilize the price of grain, so that the price of grain fell from the highest time of 500 Wen to 80 Wen of Doumi.

Moreover, the imperial court implements a rationing system, and civilians over the age of eight can buy a bucket of low-cost rice from the government every month, and the price is halved for those under eight years old.

There is an alley called Wuwen Lane between Daxiangsi and Dongdajie, there is a dilapidated lantern of the First World War hanging at the mouth of the alley, and the word inn is written on it, but to find the inn gate, you have to walk thirty or forty steps in the alley, only to see another lantern that also says the inn, next to the lantern is a mottled and dilapidated gate, and the words 'Pingkang Inn' are written above the gate.

This year, business is difficult to do, the competition is fierce, good wine is still afraid of deep alleys, not to mention an inconspicuous inn, business must be light, from the snow at the door, you can know that this old inn has not had business for a long time.

Strictly speaking, this inn is not small, it is medium-sized in the capital, covering an area of about three acres, a few years ago, it had three acres of land near the Great Xiangguo Temple, and it was already a small millionaire, but now, three acres of land may not even be sold for three thousand dollars.

The door of the inn was closed, and a sign saying that it was closed, so no one would pay attention to it, but inside the inn it was not deserted, and two sturdy and tall men were walking towards the backyard with a suitcase.

"He Shilang, the things are here!"

"How many times have I said it, there are no waiters here, call me He Ye, He Shopkeeper!"

The speaker was a middle-aged man, of medium stature, with rough skin and flesh on his face, with an eagle-hooked nose, thin lips, and small eyes, typical of the mean appearance, but a pair of eyes that were extraordinarily flexible and flashed with unusual shrewdness.

The middle-aged man's name is He Nan, and his household registration shows that he is a native of Hejian Mansion on Hebei East Road, but in fact he is a native of Pingzhou, Yanshan Prefecture, he had another identity two years ago, the military department of the Southern Courtyard of Liaoguo, so everyone called him He Shilang, but the Liao State has been destroyed, He Shilang is the same as the cat, three dogs and four, just a title, if you call him like this in Yanshan Mansion, it doesn't matter, but this is Bianliang, Tokyo, and it is now a time of war, so calling him like this will undoubtedly bring him death.

It's not that the identity of the former Liao State Military Department is causing trouble, but his current other identity, Jin Guo's fine work.

After the fall of the Liao State, He Nan, like many Liao ministers, surrendered to the Jin State, and the Jin State treated him well and appointed him as the Langzhong of the Privy Council of the South of the Jin State, but his position was not yet hot, and he immediately received a new appointment as the deputy head of the Tokyo Intelligence Department, and the head of the Intelligence Department was a Jurchen who had been staying in Huanglong Mansion, so He Nan became the de facto intelligence director.

The two subordinates hurriedly changed their words and smiled: "Master He, where are the things?" ”

He Nan pointed to the room next to him, "Carry it into the house!" ”

The two subordinates carried the box into the house, put it on the table, and went out again, He Nan walked into the house and opened the big wooden box, the box was full of silver ingots, here are two thousand two hundred silver, now in the capital, this is a rare thing, most of the gold and silver have been transported away by the major magnates and riches, and now in the capital in addition to the inner library Zuozang there is a little gold and silver, the market has been completely invisible, there is a little black market, but the exchange price has been as high as one to ten, one or two silver need to be exchanged with 10,000 yuan.

This box of 2,000 taels of silver is worth 26,000 yuan, which is only the value, but it can't be exchanged for so much on the black market.

At this time, his subordinates brought a box, which was three hundred taels of gold, which was even more rare wealth, three hundred taels of gold could be directly exchanged for five thousand taels of silver, and more importantly, there was no gold on the black market, and ordinary people only had some gold hairpins, gold bracelets and other jewelry at most, which were all life-saving things pressed at the bottom of the box.

"Master He, there is a carrier pigeon that has landed in the yard." One of his men shouted outside the door.

He Nan was taken aback, at this time, how could he send carrier pigeons over again, didn't this mean their lives?