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Under the city is a mountain of corpses, blood spread horizontally, as long as ten miles, like a huge scar on the bank of the Yellow River, telling its grief in the wind and snow.

The snow fell silently on those who died in battle, slowly covering them.

In the evening, Song Jun let down the rope, and some soldiers went down along the rope, and they began to look for the body of Song Jun who died in battle.

In fact, everyone is an ordinary person. As Zhao Ning said, everyone is afraid of death.

But that doesn't stop them from risking their lives.

Those who died may have been lazy before, or even greedy for a little money, or cursed or fought.

But it doesn't matter, they are heroes at the moment.

There are no perfect heroes, and there are no heroes who are not afraid of death, only heroes who are not afraid of death.

The remains were pulled up by ropes, and the Song army at the head of the city was still waiting in full battle. If the Jin army came to attack at this time, they would continue to fight.

That night, one body after another was sent into the city.

Some of the people on the side of the road lit oil lamps, and some held torches.

They stood quietly on the side of the street, watching those who died in battle, and sent them away before their eyes.

Everyone was silent, some bowed to them, and some quietly shed tears.

There is no fear, only sadness and remembrance.

This is probably one of the most simple emotions of human beings.

Today's Tokyo city seems to be a sleepless night.

Flames lit up the streets.

The wind stopped, but the snow was still falling, covering the footprints that came.

Those who died in battle were cremated and sent to the martyrs' shrine.

Their names will be engraved on the monument for the living to look up to.

After dark, Zhang Shuye entered the palace.

"Officials, the number of war dead has not yet been calculated, but I estimate that there are no less than 1 people and [-] seriously injured."

so much!

You know, this time it is defending the city, just defending the city.

This is really a fight between a novice with no combat experience and an old player.

"The death toll of the Golden Army should not be less than ours."

Zhao Ning sighed, and said: "Statistics first, count every person who died in battle, and pay the pension. The dead have paid the price of their lives, and they cannot owe their living relatives."

"Yes, the statistics will be available tomorrow at the latest."

1 killed in battle?

At least a pension of more than 30 guan is required, and there are seriously injured.

The pension must be at least 50 yuan or more!

This is a very large number for Zhao Ning at present.

But he has found a way to raise money.

It is not accurate to say that money is raised, it should be said that it is making money.

And it is a very fast way, legal, reasonable and compliant.

He called Zhao Ding to discuss the matter with Zhao Ding.

While Zhao Ning was discussing raising money overnight, Wanyan Zonghan and others outside the city were also thinking about the next countermeasure overnight.

Shi Liai proposed the "Lock City Method", which is a very unique tactic.

What is the Lockdown Tactic?

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Zhao Ning pointed to the map and said, "The gold thieves have been attacking Tokyo for a long time, so they must start locking the city."

Zhang Shuye and Zhao Ding also looked at the map.

"So food is more important than anything else now."

The so-called lock city is to capture all the cities near Tokyo City and turn Tokyo City into an isolated city cut off from the outside world.

In this way, Qin Wang's soldiers and horses cannot enter this area.

This is how Yan Zonghan played against Taiyuan this year.

The entire Taiyuan Mansion was blocked so that the reinforcements in the seed division could not arrive.

This is the stalemate at this stage.

Just compare who has enough food!

"In the past month, I asked Gao Lian to send people to investigate from door to door. The rations of ordinary people are only three months, and the rations of better people can be eaten for four months."

Zhao Ding sighed and said, "If the gold thieves besiege the city until March, we will be in great trouble."

The siege lasted until March, plus this month, it was four months, and ordinary people had already run out of food.

Even if you eat compactly for four months, this is the ideal state.

Because no one is sure that the gold thieves will really be besieged until March, and this involves group psychology.

In March, the city can no longer hold on, there is no food, what should we do if there is a large-scale turmoil?

When there is no food, human civilization will regress to the age of beasts.

Will those who have no food to eat grab those who have food?

If the city is in turmoil, why fight?

Zhao Ning said: "Here, Cizhou, and here, Xiangzhou, and here, Daming Mansion, and this area, Taiyuan, Hejian, Zhongshan, and the army of King Qin here are all heading south."

"Zong Ze, whom I sent to Cizhou, must have recruited King Qin's army, as well as Wang Boyan from Xiangzhou."

Both of these people were sent by Zhao Huan a few months ago, and Zong Ze was one of the few moves that Zhao Huan made correctly.

"The Jin army must have built many fortifications near the Yellow River, while intercepting the army of King Qin in the north, while providing food logistics."

"If Zong Ze can break through the Jin army's stronghold here, the time for the Jin thieves to besiege the city will be shortened." Zhao Ning pointed to the Yellow River area to the north.

Of course he knew that in the orthodox history, in the first month of the second year of Jingkang, the Zongze Department launched a fierce attack on the Jin army in this area.

Thirteen battles and thirteen victories!

For a time, Zongze's reputation was greatly shaken.

You know, Zong Ze has only been in the army for a year. Before that, he was a civil servant and a 67-year-old scholar!

When everyone was terrified of being beaten by the Jin army, this old scholar stood up and used his shoulders to shoulder the great task of fighting against the Jin army in Hebei.

Zhao Ning pointed to the Daming Mansion again, and said: "I have written a written letter to King Kang, and ordered him to be the Generalissimo of the Hebei Army. Presumably he will call Qin Wang's army in the Daming Mansion. Within three months, the situation will definitely change."

Zhang Shuye said: "The officials are sages, the Jin army has just failed in attacking the city, and people are exhausted. If Zongze can attack the Jin army's strongholds in this area in the first month, it will be the best time. I am worried. King Qin's army fears the enemy like a tiger."

Zhang Shuye's worries are still justified. After all, in the past two years, the Song army has been defeated across the board in the north.

All the three major military cities in the north fell, and the barrier of the Central Plains was broken.

Zhong Shizhong, Zhe Keqiu, Yao Gu, these famous generals of the Western Army were all defeated.

Zhong Shizhong and Yao Gu were almost wiped out, and the Fugu Zhe clan, known as one of the strongest generals in the Song Dynasty, surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.

The impact on Da Song was devastating, especially to people's confidence.

So much so that many generals of King Qin's army in the north are now timid.

Zhao Ning said: "Old General Zongze has seen him before, he has the character of Yan Qingchen."

The Yan Qingchen he was talking about was a celebrity in the Tang Dynasty, the famous calligrapher Yan Zhenqing, who defended the city during the Anshi Rebellion, and finally died tragically for the country.

Zhang Shuye had never met Zong Ze, so he was still a little worried: "If that's the case, great!"

Zhao Ning brought the topic back: "Let's discuss how to solve the food problem in the city."

In fact, Zhao Ning already had a plan in mind.

Just use the Chinese method.

The institutional system that the Great Song Dynasty had in itself could come in handy at this time.

What is the entry method?

The so-called law of entering China means that merchants deliver the supplies they need to the border garrisons.

The imperial court provided merchants with items that were in short supply in the market as compensation.

For example, Shiobiki!

In the Song Dynasty, there were many prohibitions, which had to be state-run and not private, such as salt and iron.

At this time, you can use salt to attract businessmen to make deals.

For example, the imperial court gave the merchant 50 guan of salt, and the merchant gave the court 50 guan of military rations.

The merchants transported these military rations to the place designated by the court to fetch salt.

And the businessman turned around and exchanged 50 guan worth of salt into salt in the market, sold 60 guan, and made 10 guan for himself.

In this way, the imperial court solved the military supplies.

Why can China rise in the 21st century?

Many people think that the level of governance in China in the 21st century is very high, and it is indeed very high.

But they don't know that the level of national governance in ancient China was already world-class.

In ancient times, there were no banknotes, and there was a shortage of currency. The ancients would come up with this method according to the actual situation when governing the country.

Entering China is one of them.

Commodities were developed in the Song Dynasty, and merchants were not suppressed. It was common for the court to cooperate with merchants.

This is also one of the characteristics of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ding said: "Officials, I have a plan."

"Come and listen."

"The imperial court can sell Yanyin to big households in the city, and exchange Yanyin from them for food of equivalent value, add the exchanged food, store it, and distribute it to those who are short of food according to the actual situation."

As expected of Zhao Ding, Zhao Ding thought of entering Chinese law as soon as he turned his mind.

The so-called capable ministers are by no means capable of maneuvering like unicorns.

Those who can govern the country are capable ministers.

Those who can solve problems are capable ministers.

The so-called governance of the country is to put people's livelihood first.

Food prices, commodity prices, transportation, commerce, farming, iron smelting, public security, etc., are what a qualified minister should consider.

Playing tricks is just an auxiliary means.

"Sister Ye, what do you think?"

"I think Yuan Zhen is right. Since the big households have extra grain in their homes, they must be willing to exchange grain for salt. However, the big households don't know when the gold thieves will return to the north. concerns."

Zhao Ding also said: "In special times, high-priced salt can be used for exchange. Moreover, our successful defense of the city also encourages the people. I believe many big households are willing."

"Okay, let's do it like this, leave this matter to Zhao Ding and arrange it for you."

"The minister leads the order."

In fact, this logic is somewhat similar to financial logic.

Salt import is equivalent to national credit. Merchants use grain to buy national credit, and then exchange it for necessities, salt, and then sell it to make a difference.

By the way, why not just appeal to the big households to be good people and take out the excess food?

There may be big players doing this, but certainly not many.

People are selfish, it's human nature.