Arrows rained down on the city, countless boulders, rolling logs, fire oil, and gold juice were spilled, and the city was already filled with countless soldiers of the Great Qian's Empire.

Wave after wave of the Great Qianguo army took turns to attack the city, but even so, day and night, the Liao defenders also changed their defenses in batches, and the huge garrison gave them great confidence, and the strength of the defense was not weakened by the passage of time.

"Special mother, this Tokyo City, it's really hard to fight!"

Li Kui's military formation, which had been attacking for an hour and a half, retreated, pulled out the bow and arrow on his thigh, and snorted.

"It's hard to fight, whether it's the height of the city wall, or the military quality of the Song army, it's much stronger than the Liao army, it's really unimaginable, the Song Dynasty with this kind of military strength has been suppressed by the Liao State for a hundred years!" Wu Song, who retreated after the first wave of sieges, was also full of doubts.

"It's normal, the Song army throughout history, it can be said that it is the culmination of the battle to defend the city, if it weren't for the Song Dynasty emperor and Wenchen's extreme suppression of the generals, the sixteen states of Yanyun would have been taken back by them a long time ago!" Guan Sheng looked at the army in the distance that was attacked again and again, but was beaten back again and again, and sighed with emotion.

After all, he had served as an officer in the army of the Song Dynasty before, and he had some understanding of the combat power of the army.

"This time, the Great Song Dynasty court also understands the urgency of the situation, and completely loosens the control of military generals, to be honest, in the Song Dynasty army, there are still a number of military generals with excellent command ability, with them commanding the defensive battle of Tokyo City, it is really not easy for us to take this Great Song Dynasty capital!"

"What a fucking bad luck!" Lu Zhishen wiped the blood on his body, and his face was unhappy, "Our sons and daughters, if you fight head-on, not to mention one to fight ten, but you can easily beat four or five at the same time, but now you can't even go up the city wall, how can you fight?"

At the end of this day and night, the army of the Great Qianguo has lost 70,000 or 80,000 people, although more than half of them are servant troops, but even so, this is the largest battle loss rate that Lu Junyi has experienced since he led the army.

Looking at the soldiers of the Great Qianguo who kept dying in battle, Lu Junyi's heart was constantly dripping blood.

Himself, he really isn't a qualified commander, if Yue Fei is here, there should be other ways to break the city, right?

"Order, withdraw the troops temporarily, and retreat twenty miles to rest!"

Lu Junyi's face was very ugly, "Transmit the battle situation here back to the imperial capital, calculate the time, General Yue Fei should have ended the war against the Jin Kingdom, and may be on his way to Tokyo City!"

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In the Taiji Hall of the Forbidden City, in the Great Qian Empire, Beijing, Lin Nuo was dressed in a black and red imperial robe, sitting on a dragon chair, listening to the news from Zhu Wu and others about the decisive battle in Tokyo City.

"Your Majesty, General Lu Junyi's siege of the city has been blocked many times, and the soldiers have lost more than 100,000 people, and the battle situation is not optimistic!"

"Hmm!" Lin Nuo nodded without anger, and did not react in particular, as if everything was expected by him.

"Where have the two legions of Yue Fei and Lin Chong arrived now?"

"After receiving His Majesty's order, General Yue Fei ended the pursuit of Wanyan Aguta, leaving 100,000 foot soldiers to guard Liaodong, and then the two major armies combined forces, and the 300,000 army has gone south to the Tokyo boundary, and it is expected that it will arrive in these two days!"

Lin Nuo nodded, his fingers lightly tapped on the dragon chair, and after pondering for a moment, he slowly spoke: "I, I want to drive the expedition in person!"

As soon as he said this, whether it was Zhu Wu, or Wu Yong and others, who were good at sneaking around and shooting horses, they all strongly opposed it.

The reason why the Great Qianguo is strong is that there is an emperor who is not even like a mortal, and the operation of the whole country, although this emperor seems to rarely interfere, but all the ministers know that the core of the entire Daqian Empire is all on this emperor alone.

There is no need for His Majesty the Emperor to be diligent in his administration and love for the people, as long as he sits in that position, it will be an unparalleled deterrent, and the entire Great Qianguo, no matter how dissatisfied the magnates in various places are with the new policy, will not dare to appear at will, and the country will not be in chaos.

But what if His Majesty the Emperor drove the expedition in person and went on a business trip?

Without His Majesty the Emperor in charge, this huge country, which had only been in existence for less than four years, would even be in danger of disintegration, and in any case, the ministers did not want Lin Nuo to take such a risk.

Even if they knew that His Majesty the Emperor's force was extraordinary, the ministers resolutely disagreed.

This is not a small fight in the past, this is a super decisive battle in which both sides have invested more than one million troops, and in this kind of super-large battlefield that stretches for dozens of miles, no matter how strong the individual is, in their opinion, it is insignificant.

In the past, the strength of the Great Qianguo was insufficient, and the emperor wanted to drive the expedition in person, and the ministers frowned and admitted it, but now that the four major army corps are working together, the strength of the Great Qianguo is as high as 780,000, and if this is the case, the emperor still needs to drive the expedition in person, so doesn't it seem that the four commanders are too incompetent? It seems that these courtiers are too incompetent?

"Ladies and gentlemen, my soldiers are bleeding and dying, and if I am on the scene, I am fully capable of breaking through the gates for them and taking the city of Tokyo in one go!

It's good that Lin Nuo didn't open his mouth, but Zhu Wu and others strongly opposed this opening.

Originally, in their opinion, His Majesty the Emperor's personal expedition was mainly to boost morale, but listening to His Majesty's meaning, he had to go to the battlefield in person, and even broke the city gate alone, at this moment, even Song Jiang, who was still a little hesitant, shook his head and objected.

"Your Majesty, a qualified king is not a man of courage, but of taking the overall situation into account, strategizing, and being able to control the overall situation at all times. Since you have appointed the commanders of the four major army corps, you should believe them, now our Great Qianguo has completely surpassed the Song Dynasty in terms of strength and army combat effectiveness, and I believe that a few generals will not disappoint you!"

Lin Nuo frowned, the resolute opposition of the ministers was somewhat unexpected by him.

He also knew that there was no emperor in history who was not constrained by his courtiers, otherwise what would he do in the court? No matter how powerful the emperor was, he would have to seek the opinions of his courtiers.

But in this matter, he is determined to do it, in this world, he has been in this world for ten years, and he doesn't know that he will suddenly be shattered into the void that day, so before he leaves, he must completely solve all internal and external troubles for the prince!

"I have made up my mind, you don't need to say more!"

Lin Nuo was ready to exercise the supreme authority of the emperor and forcibly passed the matter.

"Your Majesty, since you have already made a decision, the minister will no longer persuade you, but as far as the minister knows, there is a big killing weapon like artillery in the city of Tokyo, if a hundred artillery pieces bombard Your Majesty, you may retreat?"

This time, it was Liu Anshi, the imperial historian, who spoke, since good words and persuasion could not be done, then he could only explain the danger clearly, in the crisis of life and death, presumably His Majesty the Emperor would change his mind!

No matter how strong His Majesty the Emperor is, can he still be stronger than the bombardment of a hundred artillery pieces?