With the death of the rebellious generalissimo Li Gang, this imperial coalition army also completely lost its backbone, and under the oppression of nearly 200,000 Liang troops around it, in the end, there were only two ways to choose between surrender and death.

In today's Song court, there are not many loyal ministers like Marshal Li Gang who can be loyal to the country, and now without the leadership of the main general, these Song troops naturally chose the road of surrender, at least so they can save a life.

After absorbing these surrendered Song troops, Shi Wengong got on his horse and shouted, "My soldiers of Daliang listen to the order, now the last defense of the Song court has been defeated by us, now is the best time for us to go and capture Tokyo City and take over the Central Plains, and all the generals will quickly attack with this king!" ”

"I am willing to swear to follow His Royal Highness King Liang to the death!"

After Shi Wengong finished drinking, even if there were countless soldiers who responded with the voice, after that, Shi Wengong personally led the army, leading nearly 200,000 Liang troops here, all the way to Tokyo City.

Now the military forces in the entire Great Song Dynasty have been mobilized by the rebel generalissimo Li Gang and sent to the front to confront the Liang army. With the death of Li Gang and other generals, the last line of defense of the Song court also collapsed, and at this point, except for the Western Army, I am afraid that no army can stop the footsteps of the Liang Army.

Soon, under the personal leadership of Shi Wengong, the army of Liang State marched all the way to conquer the city, but in a few days, it was to capture five military prefectures from the Daimyo Mansion to Tokyo City, and countless county seats, and all the way to the city of Tokyo.

At the same time, in order to ensure that Shi Wengong can completely control the Central Plains, he also ordered Lin Chong to lead the main force of the Fenwei Army to move in the direction of Tianhu on Hedong Road, and pay close attention to the latter's movements.

At this time, Na Qinzong had also received the news of the defeat of the imperial coalition led by Li Gang on the front line. However, because Shi Wengong's march was so fast that it was almost unimpeded, when Emperor Qinzong heard about this, Shi Wengong had even come to the city of Tokyo and surrounded the city.

When they learned that the Liang army had appeared outside the city of Tokyo, Emperor Qinzong and his ministers and generals were greatly panicked.

However, panic is panicking, you must know that in this Tokyo city, there are still forbidden troops who specialize in guarding the imperial capital.

Originally, the Tokyo Forbidden Army had a total of 800,000, and Wang Jin and Lin Chong were both the leaders of the 800,000 Forbidden Army before. But these 800,000 forbidden troops are just a false name, Wang Jin, Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi and others who have been officials in Tokyo know very well that the forbidden army in Tokyo is only three or four hundred thousand.

The 800,000 people are the number of forbidden troops in the entire Great Song Dynasty, and they have a certain number in both the Western Army and the Northern Army.

And now the forbidden army in Tokyo City was also brought out by Cai You and Qin Hui and wiped out 80,000 troops, so the available soldiers in Tokyo City at this time are only 200,000.

200,000 forbidden troops, this number, compared to the Liang army led by Shi Wengong, is relatively flat. In addition, the Zhao and Song sides still occupy the advantage of the city wall, so this battle situation is not advantageous for Shi Wengong's side.

However, this is just what ordinary people see, and Shi Wengong has his own way of dealing with the walls of Tokyo City. That was the Ling Zhen artillery battalion that had never appeared in the Central Plains Assault.

No matter how strong and deep the city wall is, it is vulnerable in front of the Ling Zhen artillery battalion, which has the advantage of black powder.

However, the power of black powder is huge, and if it is used, the people in Tokyo will be affected, so even Shi Wengong cannot easily make the decision to use artillery to attack the city.

Therefore, in order to ensure the survival of the people in the city, Shi Wengong ordered someone to issue a war letter with Emperor Naqinzong, agreeing to hold a decisive battle under the city a day later, hoping to have a duel with the forbidden army in the city.

After receiving the war letter sent by Shi Wengong, Emperor Qinzong was furious, and then he said, "How can this be reasonable, how can I think that I am a great Song Empire, how could I step into such a situation, and even want that rebel Shi Wengong to think about the people in my city, does he think that he will not be able to eat us!" ”

After all, I saw that Emperor Qinzong personally ordered someone to reply to Shi Wengong and allow him to face off outside the city one day later. It is also to ensure his majesty as the ruler of a nation.

After receiving Emperor Qinzong's affirmative reply, Shi Wengong was very satisfied, and then he ordered people to shoot arrows in the city, and tied a note to the shaft of those arrows, and passed the news to the soldiers and people in the city.

After receiving the news from Shi Wengong, the people in Tokyo felt a faint sense of joy, because they had already known from the mouths of their fellow villagers and businessmen that the Liang King Shi Wengong and Liang Jun's good style of 'not taking a stitch from the people', and they were all extremely looking forward to the arrival of this Liang Army in their hearts.

It's just that they didn't expect that this day would come so quickly.

With the flying of those arrows, Shi Wengong also returned Lin Chong, Xu Ning, Yang Zhi and other generals who had lived in Tokyo City, mobilized their own connections, and sent Dai Zongshiqian's intelligence battalion to infiltrate the city to contact these people as internal responses, and only to help at a critical moment.

Unconsciously, the soldiers of the forbidden army of the Song court, the soldiers of the Liang army under Shi Wengong, and the hundreds of thousands of people in Tokyo all spent this unforgettable night in fear and expectation, enjoying the tranquility before the decisive battle.

At the end of the night, in an instant, it was the time agreed between Shi Wengong and Emperor Qinzong.

At this time, I saw that Emperor Qinzong, who wanted to be weak, actually changed his normal state, personally stepped on the city wall, and accompanied by a group of important ministers of the imperial court, supervised the soldiers of the forbidden army to fight.

Feeling the change in the attitude of Emperor Qinzong, the 200,000 soldiers of the forbidden army were greatly boosted and their morale was high, and they even forgot about the defeat of the imperial coalition led by Li Gang at the hands of the Liang army outside the city some time ago, and only thought about holding the city and repelling the enemy army.

However, when it comes to morale, those soldiers of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty are naturally no match for the soldiers of the Liang army, who have won a hundred battles and are unstoppable. As the saying goes, the reason why Shi Wengong and Qinzong agreed to fight is to take advantage of the spirit of their own soldiers to uphold the spirit of that drum, and then fight the city of Tokyo.

(End of chapter)