Chapter Ninety-Seven: Entering Beijing

"What Shao Bao said is extremely true." After a long time, Xu Wei replied calmly. He couldn't help but feel a little strange, he saw a lot of young military attachés in the junior army. The young man is more or less bloody and arrogant. For example, that Yao Pingzhong dared to say in front of Tong Guan, "I don't want to be rewarded, I want to see Shang'er as soon as I see it", reward me or not, I want to see the emperor. But the next life in front of him has made such a great achievement, but he is not necessarily carried away, which is not easy.

After a long talk, it was not until the evening that the two closed the chatterbox, and the planter really praised and encouraged Xu Wei, and told him to be in trouble with the country, and to be loyal to the country and not to slack off, before letting him leave. Ke Fang walked to the curtain, and he suddenly caught a glimpse of the armor Xu Wei was wearing quite old and full of scratches, so he shouted, "Slow." ”

"What else does Shao Bao command?" Xu Wei stopped and turned around and asked.

Going forward, the veteran general of the army said with concern: "As a general, you have to take the lead and charge in the forest of arrows and guns, how can you do it if the armor on your body is so old?" ”

Xu Wei smiled when he heard this: "This armor was given by my father, and no matter how old it is, it is my father's love for licking calves." To this day, he still vividly remembers the time when the old man put on his armor with his own hands.

"A gift from your father? Could it be ...... "Back then, my uncle was a fierce general, and he often rushed into battle in the chaos of the army and personally gave him the armor he was wearing. Since he gave it to his son as a family heirloom, this armor must have been owned by his uncle back then.

Xu Wei smiled and said nothing, the seed master bowed slightly, just when the other party was about to say goodbye and leave, his heart moved, although this son is young, but he acts calmly, has courage, and commanding the township soldiers is useless. As soon as he thought of this, he asked: "After settling down for the defense of this place, I will enter the capital to face the saint, are you willing to go along?" "You must know that when Yao Pingzhong swept away the bandits in Muzhou alone, when he met Tong Guan, he asked to see the emperor, Tong Guan was disgusted with his arrogant behavior, Wang Yuan, Liu Guangshi and other generals who did not have the merit were summoned by the emperor, except for Yao Pingzhong. At this time, he offered to take Xu Wei into Beijing to face the saint, which shows that he really has a high opinion of this junior of the Western Army. Xu Wei was overjoyed, he naturally knew what it meant to go to see the emperor at this time, and to be the new emperor. The surface was silent, bowed to the planter, and then left. The latter lifted the curtain and looked at it for a long time, winning but not arrogant, not being humble, and it was even more rare to be so young, which was commendable.

In the first month of the first year of Jingkang of the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin Army's East Route Army was blocked from attacking the Yellow River pontoon bridge, and when the Song Army arrived with strong reinforcements from both routes, it withdrew its troops and returned to the north. After Gyeonggi and Lianghe set up the envoy Dao to arrange the defense of Henan and Hebei, he sent his younger brother to sit in Huazhou among the deputy envoys, and he went to Tokyo to meet Xinjun, and among the entourage, Xu Wei was impressively listed.

On the twenty-first day of the first lunar month, the group entered the boundaries of Tokyo. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty more than 100 years ago, the Tokyo area may have never been so "lively", full of displaced people, scattered all over the mountains, difficult to count. As soon as the war began, all prefectures and counties led their armies to Qinwang, and the people of Hebei also dragged their families and gathered in Tokyo. But the soldiers still have a military camp to shelter in, but the fleeing people can only cover the ground when the weather is cold. Along the way, I saw that the people were starving, and the tragic situation was shocking, but there was no relief from the imperial court. Even so, they didn't want to go elsewhere, just because there were not only hundreds of thousands of kings in Tokyo, but also the Zhao official family, which made the people feel very sure.

Xu Wei couldn't help but think of the lawless and violent Ruan Xiaowu in "Water Margin", who sang "Kill all the cool officials and dirty officials, and faithfully repay the Zhao official family" when he robbed the birthday gang. In the eyes of ordinary people, the corruption of the dynasty and the poor livelihood of the people are all the fault of traitors, and they have nothing to do with the emperor, at most they are deceived by traitorous ministers. How did they know that the suffering they suffered today was inseparable from the Zhao official family.

After walking for more than ten miles in a row, the military camps everywhere became denser and denser, and countless soldiers were like locust plagues. According to later generations, the army is a disciplined force, and orders and prohibitions are carried out, and there is no ambiguity. But hundreds of thousands of troops gathered here and became a mess, allowing Xu Wei to see the difference in military discipline of the Song army. Along the way, I saw at least dozens of non-commissioned officers arguing and fighting, but no officers came out to suppress them.

Seeing that the city of Tokyo was in sight, the group urged the war horses and galloped forward. Suddenly seeing a hill in front of him, a group of people panicked and fled in a hurry, if he didn't know that the Jin army had withdrawn, Xu Wei really thought that the Jurchen soldiers were coming to the city. When I looked at it, it was not the Jin army that was chasing after the people, but the Song army.

The breeder Dowler stopped fighting horses and watched coldly, but he saw that the forbidden soldiers were chasing after him, and the people screamed and fled for their lives. Xu Wei looked at all this expressionlessly, the strong enemy invaded, and the bloody men were proud of fighting on the battlefield and killing the enemy, but the king of our Great Song Dynasty was here to take pleasure in harming the people. Such an elite division is speechless. It can be seen that the group of generals of the Western Army is actually accustomed to it.

After a long time, the seed master Dao looked back and said to Yao Pingzhong, who was traveling with him: "How can the Son of Heaven be so reckless? Yao Pingzhong beat his horse and marched forward, drinking to stop the rebellion. When I arrived at the foot of the city of Tokyo, I saw that the company camped for dozens of miles, and the army of King Qin who arrived from all over the country surrounded the Beijing division like an iron bucket. Look at the city of Tokyo, the gates are closed, and the city is heavily guarded. The soldiers with guns and armor and crossbows are ready for battle, as if they are facing a great enemy.

The seed master showed his identity, and the soldiers at the head of the city cheered. It is only because of the Jin Army's southern invasion that it has been invincible, and Tokyo has long become a frightened bird. Regardless of the people and soldiers, they are all panicked all day long, looking forward to the brave and good fighting of the Western Army.

After half an hour, the Tokyo Gate was opened, and several horses galloped out. The first one was about fifty years old, with gray hair, wrinkled face, and especially bloodshot eyes, and a very haggard expression. He stopped in front of the seed master, turned over and dismounted, and arched his hand: "The official family was very happy when he heard that the seed was coming, and he sent the official to greet him, and he gave him a meeting in the martial arts hall." Between the words, I couldn't hide the excitement.

The planter also dismounted and returned the salute and asked, "I don't know who the adults are?" ”

"The squire of the lower officer and soldier department, the right man of Shangshu Li Gang." The other party replied.

Xu Wei was surprised again, when he came to the Northern Song Dynasty, he also met several famous figures in history, but they were all very different from what he imagined. This Li Gang was called a national hero by later generations, and he originally thought that he should be a majestic and hopeful image, but now he sees that if he is not wearing an official robe, how is it different from the farmer's father-in-law? However, after thinking about it, Pharmacist Guo can be regarded as having an outstanding image, but it does not prevent him from betraying the country for glory and being capricious.

"It turned out to be Li Boji, who has been admired for a long time." The Taoist official of the seed master worships the envoy of the festival, but he is very polite to this civil official with a lower grade than himself, which shows the difference between civil and military officials.

Li Gangqian said a few words, his eyes swept over the group of generals behind him, and when he saw that all of them were extraordinary, he said happily: "This kind of public comes to help, and Tokyo is worry-free." "Since he forced the palace with Wu Min and forced Zhao Ji to take the throne, the new monarch ascended the throne, and he was reused and became the representative of the main battle faction in the DPRK and China. For a time, the voice of the government and the opposition was booming. But he is a civil official in the end, he heard the news of the defeat one after another, and learned that the Jin army was approaching the Yellow River, and the army would come to the city overnight, how could he not be in a hurry? Panxing Panyue finally looked forward to the planter, how can he not like it? immediately led a group of people straight into the city.

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