Chapter 270: Northern Expedition to Taiyuan
In the days when Sun Hui and Ye Chuchu Hu Liying were trying to collect useful animals to increase their strength, a lot of things happened, and the situation of the Great Song Dynasty quickly changed beyond everyone's expectations.
In order not to give people with ulterior motives the opportunity to take the opportunity to "the country is going to die, there will be demons" The topic of making trouble, Prime Minister He Li announced for the first time that the "wolf demon" had been killed by the "unicorn immortals" with immortal methods, and ordered the head and body of the wolf demon to be carried to the street to parade to show the public, in order to calm the hearts of the people, and learned that it was Sun Hui who destroyed the demon again to protect the people, and the citizens of Kaifeng respected him more, and came to his house every day to send offerings, money and goods to pray for the people in an endless streamSomeone even erected a statue of him at home, which once again reached the peak of his popularity.
Because Fan Qiong was bitten to death by the wolf demon due to the inspection of the four walls of the capital, Kaifeng Mansion did not respond effectively to the "wolf demon incident", and it was Yin Xu Bingzhe of Kaifeng Mansion who was dismissed from his post and demoted to Huizhou. Under Sun Fu's recommendation, Hu Qizheng, the commander of the forbidden army, that is, Hu Liying's father, was appointed as the new inspector of the four walls of the capital.
The next major event was the abdication of Emperor Zhao Huan due to illness and the reinstatement of Emperor Zhao Ji.
After the "wolf demon incident", Emperor Zhao Huan fell ill, it is said that he was frightened and became insane. In this case, Prime Minister He Li, Vice Minister Sun Fu, Cao Fu and the ministers discussed, wanting Zhao Huan to abdicate and Zhao Huan's son Zhao Chen ascended the throne, but Li Gang objected, thinking that Zhao Chen was young and difficult to do state affairs, and suggested that the Emperor Zhao Ji be reinstated, many ministers supported Li Gang's opinion, and Vice Minister Sun Fu also turned to support Li Gang, after many discussions, Li Gang's opinion finally prevailed, so He Li led the ministers to the Longde Palace where the Emperor Zhao Ji lived, and asked Zhao Ji to reinstate, Zhao Ji resigned, and then asked the ministers to follow the ministers' request, To the Wende Palace, that is, the new emperor's throne, and changed the name of "Jingkang" to "Linrui". It is said that this era name was proposed by Sun Fu to commemorate Sun Hui, a "Qilin Immortal", who went down to earth to defeat the Jin soldiers, kill the wolf demon, and save the Song Empire.
After Zhao Ji was reinstated, the first thing he did was to issue an edict of "guilt", this time he wrote the edict, his attitude was unprecedentedly sincere and serious, and he said some truthful words: "...... The long-term plan of the state, the general plan of the chaos, the virtue of the Suiren, and the loss of the handle of the ministers...... When you deeply cultivate yourself, repent and bow, get close to the virtuous, reprimand the traitors from afar, and go against the ears of advice, you will accept it. It can be regarded as admitting to the world the mistakes he has made in the past, and sincerely expressing that he will correct them. When it comes to this, it can be said that it couldn't be more profound.
Lip service wasn't enough, he really did it.
After the reinstatement, Zhao Ji not only once again affirmed the exploits of his son Zhao Huan during his reign in addition to the "six thieves", but also investigated the responsibility of the hated Li Bangyan, Wang Shiyong, Mei Zhili, Bai Shizhong, Zhao Ye, Wang Xiaodi, Cai Mao, Li Di and others, dismissed them all from their posts and relegated them to remote areas in Lingnan, and at the same time used Li Gang, Li Ruoshui, Wu Min, Zhang Shuye, Zong Ze, Wang Yan and others, and issued an edict to prepare for war, preparing to recover the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian and Zhongshan in the north and completely defeat the Jin people.
In order to make up for the war losses of the citizens of Tokyo (mainly the gold, silver and materials given to the Jin people during the First Battle of Tokyo), Zhao Ji also ordered the opening of the pile warehouse and the distribution of goods to the people, so that the people could resume production and life as soon as possible. With the lifting of the strictness in Beijing, the weather gradually warmed, and the grain and supplies from the south were transported to Tokyo, and this dream city came back to life.
Three months after Zhao Ji was reinstated, Zhao Huan was seriously ill and died, and in the same month, King Kang Zhao Gou led 100,000 troops into Beijing, His Majesty saw his father, and resigned from the post of generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and handed over all the troops to the imperial court for rectification, thinking that it was used to recover Taiyuan.
After learning that Zhao Gou had resigned and surrendered to the army, Sun Hui couldn't help but secretly admire this person's cleverness.
If the last time during the Soviet-German war, he, the "historical triggerer," only deviated from the historical track a little, but this time the "Jingkang shame" did not happen, and the Song Dynasty situation underwent new favorable changes, it was a complete rewriting of history.
Without the Southern Song Dynasty, which is in a corner of the country, it will be replaced by a Song Empire that is much stronger than in history.
Although the part that the werewolf may escape may cause trouble at some point in the future, it can't make much waves, and the Time and Space Paradise Company seems to have a big problem, except for this werewolf, there is no more action, which makes Sun Hui more determined to change history.
He believes that the more he changes history, the worse the company's situation will be, and if he doesn't make it happen, it may disappear in the future!
In that case, he and the girls would no longer have to be afraid.
On July 12 of the first year of Linrui, after careful preparations, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong appointed Zhang Shuye as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hedong, and led 50,000 cavalry to the north to attack Taiyuan.
Last time, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan sent 220,000 troops to rescue Taiyuan, but the whole army was wiped out, this time Song Huizong Zhao Ji only sent 50,000 people to attack Taiyuan, which has been occupied by the Jin people for more than half a year, which seems somewhat incredible. But many people are full of confidence in this dispatch, because this time the army is accompanied by the "Qilin Immortal" and his two "Xianji".
Sun Hui flew over Taiyuan City for the first time.
Taiyuan City is an important town in the north, and the emperors of the Tang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han and Northern Han Dynasty all started from Taiyuan. After Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, conquered the Northern Han Dynasty, in order to eliminate the "royal qi" here, he destroyed the huge Taiyuan City by burning fire and flooding. However, due to military needs, three years later, the general Pan Mei had to build a new Taiyuan City in Tangming Town, 45 miles north of the former site of Taiyuan City, on the east bank of the Fen River, and later the capital of Hedong Road was located here. The new city of Taiyuan City is narrow, the area is only one-twentieth of the old city, but the terrain is dangerous, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the west is bordered by the Fen River, the city wall is tall and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. In order to eliminate the "royal spirit" of Taiyuan City, there is no cross street in the new city, and only a T-shaped street is opened up to "nail" the dragon vein. Although the new Taiyuan City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the terrain is dangerous, but there is a mountain flood when it rains, and there is also a flood disaster in the city when the Fen River rises. Moreover, the plains around the city are narrow, and the water source is insufficient, so there is no room for development.
The reason why the Jin army was able to capture Taiyuan was because of the starvation tactics of the long-term siege, and after occupying Taiyuan, the Jin people learned the lesson of the defeat of the Song army and stored a large amount of grain and grass here.