Chapter 1026: Siege
The eighth year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty - this is a name that does not exist in history, because Xuanhe is only seven years. Last year, because the war in the north was unfavorable to the Jin invasion of the Song army, Zhao Ji, who was the son of heaven, passed the throne and responsibilities to the crown prince Zhao Huan, and he shrank directly to the harem and became his emperor like an ostrich. So the Great Song Dynasty has a brand new era name, Jingkang, Jingkang, Jingkang, the shame of Jingkang!
However, because of Sun Tu's intervention, the situation in the north of the Great Song Dynasty is completely different now, and there is no danger of losing the country, so Zhao Ji naturally cannot pass the throne to Zhao Huan, who has been deposed as the crown prince, so this year even the year name has not been changed, and it is still Xuanhe. However, the Great Song Dynasty still faced a great threat, because Sun Tu, who broke the Liao and destroyed the Jin Dynasty and made great contributions to the Great Song Dynasty, suddenly led the army south under the banner of the Qing Dynasty, and the troops pointed directly at Bianliang in Tokyo.
On the 28th of December last year, the thief army crossed the frozen Yellow River, and almost frightened more than 100,000 defenders on the south bank without bloodshed, and the commander Zhang Shu died at night.
When this news spread with the north wind to the south, the cities in the land of Gyeonggi no longer dared to stop the soldiers and horses of the thief army, and the army was invincible wherever the army went, and dozens of large and small cities did not fire a single arrow, and the cities were opened one after another without sending a single soldier. Thus, in just seven or eight days, the thief army had passed through the land of Gyeonggi and reached the city of Tokyo.
On the fifth day of the first month, the vanguard of the thief army had taken the lead in coming to the city of Tokyo, but the defenders in the city did not dare to act rashly, even if only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers came. In the next few days, the follow-up main forces also came one after another, until the eighth day of the first month, the 200,000 army has been besieging the city on all sides, and the more than ten city gates of Tokyo City were completely blocked, and then on the morning of the tenth day of the first month, Sun Tucai Shi Shiran came to the north in front of the Chen Bridge Gate, and let people spread the word to the city wall at a height of ten zhang.
"Listen to the generals defending the city, my marquis is here for the Qing monarch and to protect the society. Don't wait until you are bewitched by those traitors in the DPRK and China, and then make useless resistance. It is a great achievement to quickly open the city gate and let my army into the city. If not, once our army attacks the city, you will be crushed to pieces, and there will be no place to bury you! ”
With this loud shout reaching the city, the huge banner in the rear also slowly rose under the instruction of Sun Tu, waving in the wind, which was the banner he played early in the morning - to eliminate thieves for the country, and the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty should be self-reliant! Reveal your intentions for this time.
On the city wall, the forbidden troops guarding the gate all showed a look of panic. Although they were the highest-ranking military in the Great Song Kingdom, they were far from being able to compare with the real elites outside the city who could confront Liaojin and other strong enemies outside the city. Even with the walls to rely on, many people felt that it was impossible for them to resist a round of onslaught from these rebels when they saw the momentum of the robber army.
What's more, the army under the city is still instilling in them that they are not here to rebel, but to Qingjun's side, in order to revive the prestige of the Great Song Dynasty soldiers and let the big guy raise his head again, which makes people hesitate even more.
Just when all the soldiers didn't know what to do, a veteran with a pale beard but a straight waist suddenly strode to the head of the city. The last general, Zong Ze, has something to say! The voice was loud, rolling down, straight into the military formation under the city, and naturally reached Sun Tu's ears.
When Sun Tu heard that the old general reported to his home, he looked stunned, and he didn't dare to ignore it too lightly, so he stepped forward a little before he replied loudly: "It turns out that General Zong is here, but it is disrespectful." Ben Hou's previous words are naturally also to you, I think General Zong understands the righteousness, and naturally knows that what I said is true, now that the court is a traitor, and the loyal and good are victimized, it is really a time of critical survival, and it cannot but change. Although my grandson Tu is not talented, he is willing to bear the notoriety, clear the king's side, and seek justice for the people of the world! ”
His attitude towards Zong Ze is naturally much more solemn than that of ordinary soldiers, not only because the other party's official position is not low, and he has had some friendships with him in the past two years, but also because Zong Ze himself is a great hero worthy of the admiration of all Han men.
Although Sun Tu has limited knowledge of history, he also knows that in the original history, when the Northern Song Dynasty faced the disaster of annihilation, only a few generals such as Zong Ze were still making the final struggle to fight to the end with the Jin soldiers who were far stronger than themselves. In the end, he fought to the death to serve the country, even when he was dying, he still shouted "cross the river!" "I want to kill the enemy to serve the country and regain the land of the Han family.
With such a veteran, Sun Tu naturally had to be polite. But obviously, his attitude could not make Zong Ze back down, and the old general raised his voice again and shouted: "Marquis Yue's words are wrong, even if there are traitorous ministers in the court, we as courtiers cannot make such a kingless act, which is tantamount to a rebellious act." The old man can see that your General Sun is indeed a rare famous general in my Great Song Dynasty in the past hundred years, if you are willing to change your past mistakes and devote yourself to the country, then why worry about my Great Song Dynasty military is not prosperous! However, how can the way of the monarch and the minister be so nonsense, and I hope that you will quickly order the withdrawal of the troops, put down the weapons, Your Majesty Shengming, will definitely spare you, and then ......"
Listening to the old general's righteous persuasion from above to dispel the idea of attacking Tokyo, put down his weapons and disband the army, and finally tied himself into the city, Sun Tu was stupid below. I don't know if this person really doesn't know what today's events mean, or if he is pretending to be stupid, and he dares to try to persuade himself with loyalty under such circumstances. After a while, Sun Tu even began to laugh, but he was laughed at by the other party's true non-contemplation this day.
In fact, it's not just Sun Tu, those soldiers in the rear are looking at Zong Ze who is still loudly persuading the army to put down their weapons with foolish eyes, everyone has already killed to this point, even if it is an ordinary soldier, it is impossible to give up, even if Sun Tu will really be persuaded by him, I am afraid that he will be coerced by his subordinates to rush into Tokyo City.
After talking about himself dryly, Zong Ze stopped talking, and finally shouted with an expectant face: "Yuehou, the old man's words have come to this, I hope you put the country's society and the people of the world first, don't do anything that will make the world suffer disasters and regret it." As a minister, we can advise the Son of Heaven, but we must not coerce, otherwise it will be rebellion, and I hope you will think twice! ”
As he spoke, he straightened up again, looking down at Sun Tu below with anticipation, waiting for this person to admit his mistake and order the troops to be withdrawn. But as a result, Sun Tu, who was sitting on the horse, just sighed a long time: "It seems that the old general still doesn't understand Benhou's hard work, so I raised troops to save the country and save the people, and with the big drawbacks of today, it is no longer possible to rely on advice alone. Since it is difficult for you and me to reach an agreement, we can only see the truth on the sword soldiers! ”
"You ......" Zong Zequan didn't expect that Sun Tu would be so obsessed after saying so much, and immediately felt disappointed and annoyed, just when he was about to say anything more, a cold snort came from behind him, and a young official like a bamboo pole had already swayed his thin body and strode over, and before he reached the city, he had already shouted loudly: "Zong Ze, why do you have to tell him so much, and let this official explain the benefits to him!" ”
As he spoke, this person had already taken three steps and two steps to Zong Ze's side, poked his head out slightly, and shouted at Sun Tu below: "Sun Tu, do you remember that you still have a family in Tokyo?" In addition, many of your soldiers are also in the city, and have been seized by the imperial court, if you still want them to live, give me a quick retreat, lay down my weapons, and wait for the imperial army to capture them, if not, when you attack the city, it will be the time for them to give their heads! ”
As he said this, a group of men and horses had escorted more than a dozen prisoners to the top of the city, and quickly pushed them to the edge of the city wall, so that the people below could see their appearance. And the official then shouted: "Sun Tu, you can see clearly, these people are all the stewards and servants of your house, and your wife and children are also in the rear, as long as you dare to use troops, first them, then your wife and children, you have to think about it!" ”
Sun Tu's heart shrank suddenly, and the thing he was most worried about really came.
In fact, as early as when the army was raised, both he and his subordinates were worried about Ya'er and others in Tokyo, and even invited Shi Qian to come to Tokyo to secretly pick them up at that time. However, Sun Tu finally dispelled this idea, because he knew very well that if Cai Jing and the others regarded themselves as a thorn in their side, their family members would inevitably be targeted to death by their subordinates, how could it be possible to rescue people so easily? Don't take the time to move in.
It's just that in the end, Toki, who was loyal to him, came to Tokyo alone on his own initiative, and I don't know what the situation is now. However, judging from the reaction of the city officials, his family has not been rescued, and the situation is still dangerous.
But even so, Sun Tu refused to back down, and immediately stared at the ruthless official and said, "I don't know who you are, but I think you should know what Ben Hou said before." Yes, my wife and children are indeed in Tokyo, but no one wants to use them to blackmail me! If anyone dares to hurt a hair of my wife and children because of this, when I break the city, from Cai Jing down, I will raze all the officials and the three clans, and not one will be left! If you are brave enough, just kill them, and the great husband does great things, why should he have no wife and no children? As he spoke, he raised his hand suddenly, and a thunderbolt was suddenly shot into the air, exploding with a thud, and the sound spread far away.
Then, on all sides of Tokyo, the drums of war suddenly thundered, accompanied by bursts of killing. It turned out to be a siege of the thief army on all sides, and it really became a siege!