1235. The city gate is blocked

Changsha City of the Great Song Dynasty.

Good news came out again in the palace.

Concubine Ning Yue, who had just been married to the palace by the emperor for more than a month, also gave birth to a princess for the emperor.

Zhao Yueya, the third princess of the Song Dynasty.

皇宫内的灯笼红纸等才刚刚被撤下去不多时,便又再度浮现张灯结彩的景象.

Since the emperor returned from Lin'an, there have been constant joy in the palace.

First, Xiang Fei Yunjing gave birth to a princess for the emperor, and then the emperor married Xiang Fei at the same time, Ning Fei and Duan came to the palace. Now Ning Fei gave birth to a princess for the emperor.

Those who know that Le Wu is already pregnant should have a child. In about a few months, Concubine Duan should have children.

Fortunately, the emperor did not mean extravagantly, otherwise just taking on these wedding events would be a considerable expense.

Although the Song Dynasty court had sufficient taxes, the expenses were also huge, and there was not much extra money, so it could not withstand the emperor's squandering.

Three more days passed in a blink of an eye.

Tuoba, She Tuo, Sikong and the envoy of the Wu family came outside Chengdu Prefecture.

They all came from the army and were the most trusted confidants of She Tuoli, Tuoba Wu and others. They were also people with good eloquence and broad minds.

She Tuoli and others obviously valued this surrender very much because this path is the best choice for the four companies.

However, at this time the war is approaching, and the gates of Chengdu Prefecture are already strictly prohibited.

When the four envoys arrived outside the north gate of Chengdu Prefecture, they saw that there were already people lined up outside. The speed of entering the city was extremely slow.

In order to prevent enemy troops from entering the city, soldiers from Shuzhong Military Region carefully checked at the city gate.

个个进城的人不仅仅需得有大宋百姓的造册证书,还需得仔仔细细交代家居于何处,为何要到成都府来.

In addition to those in the world, the weapons they carry with them must be kept by the army before entering the city.

Otherwise, I wouldn't think about entering the city.

This requires registration, and is undoubtedly quite complicated.

The messengers of the four major families looked at each other.

They had also heard of the Song Dynasty's census of population and issued "identity cards" to the people of the Song Dynasty. At that time, they only felt that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was so nitpicking.

After all, although this allowed the Song court to know how many people there were in the country, it was extremely depleted of manpower and material resources. For this matter alone, the Song court would have to set up more yamen.

And now, they naturally see other functions of this census.

After such a investigation, it is really harder for the spies in their army to sneak into the city than to reach the sky.

What surprised them even more was that the Song Dynasty was able to carry out a census in Chengdu Prefecture in such a short period of time.

The efficiency of the Song Dynasty government office was quite amazing.

Then, the envoy of the Tuoba family said: "Everyone, there are Song soldiers in Chengdu Prefecture to conduct strict investigations. What should we do?"

They could come here dressed up as people in the world just to cover up their eyes. But they never thought that there would be such martial law in Chengdu.

After all, the Song Dynasty had hardly done such a thing before.

This is because the Song Dynasty did not have such conditions before. After such conditions were met, the battlefield had been transferred to Dali and Xinsong.

The messenger of the Sikong family frowned slightly and said, "Looking at the speed of interrogation, it is probably extremely strict. It is impossible for us to sneak into the city. If we want to enter the city, we are afraid that we must...know our identity."

"But there are so many people here..." The envoy of the Tuoba family said again, with a very serious look of worry on his face.

Even if She Tuoli, Tuoba Wu and others did not give any special explanation, they all knew that there must be no news about the incident of joining Song.

After all, the empress is difficult to deal with. If she learns this, she is very likely to respond to it and prevent the four major families from joining the Song Dynasty.

The messenger of the Sikong family said, "Why don't I go up and try it first?"

The other three messengers chose the default.

Then, the messenger of the Sikong family dismounted and walked towards the city gate.

He passed by the side of the team until the front of the line, and the soldiers of the Song Dynasty approached.

Before he could speak, a soldier shouted to him: "Don't go to the line, hurry up and queue up behind!"

The Sikong family envoy was also a person with real power in the army. He was almost angry when he was so yelled, but he had to force his anger down.

He calmly walked towards the highest rank of the general at the city gate.

This can be distinguished from armor and clothing.

"Stop!"

But he had just taken a few steps, but was stopped by the soldiers again, "What are you going to do?"

Even the soldiers around him looked at him with a look of defense, with a somewhat unkind look on his face.

In fact, it is no wonder that these soldiers are not very kind in their attitude, but they are actually soldiers of the garrison army in Chengdu Prefecture. Most of the troops are new soldiers. They are facing a big war at this time and are nervous. They dare not slacke in the investigation. Their attitude will naturally appear much stiffer.

The Sikong family envoy had to stop.

He originally wanted to directly reveal his identity to the general and let him spread the title of the Song army in the city to himself. Now, this is obviously impossible.

He had no choice but to say to the young soldier in front of him: "I am a middle-aged man from Xixia, so I came to see the chief general in the city. Please pass on your behalf!"

As soon as he said the two words Xixia, the soldiers in front of him had already glared, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Sharp!"

The soldier pulled out a little of his waist.

This made the soldiers next to him a little nervous and hurriedly surrounded him.

The envoy of the Sikong family felt bitter in his heart, but he could only say repeatedly: "I am not hostile, but I have secret military information to report it. What are you doing?"

Fortunately, the movement here finally alarmed the commander-general standing directly below the city gate.

The commander-in-chief wearing red tassels walked towards this side, "What happened?"

This finally made these new recruits who had not experienced any big battles not tied up the envoys of the Sikong family.

When the thousand-man commander approached, the young soldier who stopped the envoy said, "General, this man said he was from Xixia, and had a secret military information to report, and asked to enter the city to see the chief general."

The commander and general looked at the envoy of the Sikong family, "There are people from Xixia? What is your identity? What military information do you have?"

The messenger of the Sikong family could not have expressed his intention in front of so many people, and said, "I can only talk about this matter with your master!"

The general of the thousand-man commander showed a look of suspicion and said, "How could you see the Lord?"

He was afraid that he was also worried that the Sikong family's envoy would be a master.

If such a person is brought into the city, it is likely to cause some panic in the city.

The messenger of the Sikong family was already cursing in his heart.

He didn't expect these soldiers to be so difficult, and with his experience, he could certainly see that these soldiers were all newcomers.

Even this thousand-man general was afraid that he would not serve in the army for a long time. Maybe he was promoted to the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty.

He hesitated and said, "I can't pass it on my behalf?"

The commander of the thousand-man general chuckled, "Now you Xixia want to fight with our Song Dynasty, how could we let you meet the commander general!"

The Sikong family envoy had no choice but to ponder for a moment, and could only say, "Will you always pass the letter for me?"

The commander and general who was in charge of the city gate inspection finally refused this time.

The Sikong family envoy borrowed paper and pen from them, wrote his purpose on paper, and handed it over to the commander of thousands of men.

The commander and general asked the soldiers to send them to the city.

From beginning to end, there was no intention of letting the Sikong family envoy enter the city.

The messenger could only wait outside the city.

Time seems so hard.

After about half an hour, I finally saw the soldiers who sent the letter running out of the city again.

The soldiers came to the side of the commander and whispered a few words.

The Sikong family envoy was about to ask, but he heard the leader of the commander: "Our master has read the letter, you go back!"

The messenger of the Sikong family was slightly stunned, "Your lord has no other words to you for yours to convey?"

The commander general said: "No."

At this moment, the Sikong family envoy was furious.

In his opinion, this was undoubtedly despised by the Song generals in the city.

But, what can he do?

After his chest was undulating for a few times, he had to ask again: "Dare you really have spread it?"

The commander general said, "What are you lying to?"

The Sikong family envoy had to bow his hand, turn around and walk back, with a very solemn expression.
Chapter completed!