Chapter 552: Tokyo

Tokyo, the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, since Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of the Song Dynasty, took over the country from the Later Zhou Chai family, Zhao Song operated in Tokyo for more than 100 years, making the city the most prosperous metropolis in the world at that time. Some Western scholars once jokingly said that the monarchs of European countries at that time may not have fared as well as the soldiers who watched the city gates in Tokyo in the Song Dynasty. This statement is not necessarily true, but it also proves from the side that the Song Dynasty was developed and the city of Tokyo was prosperous.

However, from the time when the Jin army approached Tokyo on both sides during the Jingkang period, the glory of the city that the Zhao and Song dynasties were most proud of was not there. After several successive Tokyo garrisons and finally being conquered by the Jinren, the number of households in Tokyo City was reduced by nearly half, and almost all industries fell into a state of stagnation and paralysis. After the puppet Han obtained the Central Plains, the Kaifeng Prefecture Yin sent by him tried to restore it, and after the Jin people abolished Han and took care of themselves, they also hoped to revive Tokyo through various measures, but with little success.

Wushu entered Tokyo from Yanshan Prefecture, where they gathered a large army and attacked Xianghan, making Tokyo a logistics base for the Jin army. Han Ming Wanyan Zongbi's Wushu believes that with his hundreds of thousands of troops in the Tokyo area, and there are Sali drinks stationed in Zhengzhou, what's the matter, at least Tokyo will not be threatened by anything. However, things are impermanent......

Sa Li's defeat in Zhengzhou only led thousands of Jurchen troops to flee back to Tokyo, and before he could catch his breath, Xu Wei sent him a gift.

The Privy Council Yamen, once the seat of the highest military institution of the Great Song Dynasty, is now the shogunate of the Tokyo garrison of the Jin Army. Sa Li is discussing countermeasures with the envoy of Jin Kaifeng Mansion Yin and the Imperial Envoy Wanyan Saili.

"You asked me to send troops to save Zhengzhou?" Wanyan Saili, also the Jin State Clan, the southerners called the "King of the Sky", has always been the main general of the Jindong Road Army, and it is very important to use the vultures, so it is entrusted to Tokyo. Now, facing the defeat and returning, he was also from the Jin State Clan, and asked in a somewhat sarcastic tone.

"How?" Sa Liyu felt the other party's humor.

"Don't say that I have limited troops, even if I have soldiers, I'm afraid Zhengzhou doesn't need to be saved, right? Didn't you also say that the main force was stationed outside the city and was swept away by the Western Army, and the Hu'er Army was a good hand at attacking and defending the city, do you think Zhengzhou can wait until I send troops to save it? Seri laughed.

As he was about to speak, a general stepped into the hall and reported: "There are two women, who claim to be the concubines of the Duke of Yingguo, who are asking to see them outside. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two people in the hall were all misty, and they didn't understand it, my concubine? How did you get to Tokyo again?

Saili knew that Sali drank a good fish, and said deliberately: "Ying Guogong, this is my Shuai Mansion, a majestic place, how did your concubine find here?" ”

Sa Li's face was cloudy, and after a long time, he quickly said, "Let them in." ”

And in a short time two women entered, and when they saw it, their faces changed. These two concubines were brought out by him from the country of Jin, and they should have been in Zhengzhou City, but now they appear in Tokyo, which means that Zhengzhou has changed hands

Besides, these two concubines, as soon as they saw Sali drinking, they were so wronged and helpless that they all came to their hearts, and they were already crying before they could speak. Saili is very displeased, you are a defeated general, let two women cry in my handsome mansion, what do you look like? Therefore, he said coldly: "If you want to do this, you should go home, I ...... here"

Sa Li interrupted with a sip: "They are from Zhengzhou." ”

Saili was also taken aback, from Zhengzhou? So, Xu Huer has captured Zhengzhou? While he was wondering, he heard Salik drink and ask the woman, "How did you come here?" ”

One of them, the younger one, cried: "The Song army has attacked the city and carried the palace empty. The gold, silver, horses, and swords of the prince were all robbed. Then the general of the Song army sent someone to send us to Tokyo......"

"Okay" Sali drank his rage, even if the army was defeated, it did not embarrass him, gold and silver were things outside the body, not expensive, and they would be lost. But the war horse treasure knife is not only a symbol of the warrior, but also a gift from the emperor, and it fell into the hands of Xu Hu'er, wouldn't it be a joke for others? What's even more odious is that Xu Wei is now sending someone to send the concubine back to me, which is clearly an insult

Sali drank a face that was twisted with anger, and when Seri saw this, it was not easy to ridicule him again.

Another concubine took out something from her side, stepped forward cautiously and said, "This is the letter from the general of the Song army." ”

Sa Li was full of anger, and finally found a venting point, grabbed it, didn't look at it, smashed it, and then turned around suddenly, and said to Saili: "Borrow me 5,000 elite soldiers, and I will fight Xu Hu'er to the death to shame."

Saili coughed dryly, shook his head and said: "It can't be done, Xu Hu'er takes advantage of the power of victory, and the king of Zhenglong is fighting Xianghan, and Tokyo must not be lost." Zhengzhou is only more than 100 miles away from here, and I must immediately arrange to deal with the enemy, how can I have soldiers for you? ”

Sali drinking is just talking about anger and making his face look better. After hearing the other party's response, he couldn't stay any longer, so he pulled his legs and walked out, ignoring his concubine, so panicked that the two frightened women hurriedly followed. Saili looked at his back and shook his head, thinking that when the army was attacking Liao, you were also a fierce general, and you often galloped forward. What's going on now? The king entrusted the important task of Zhengzhou to you, you are good, you are a beautiful woman with wine and beauty all day long, and you will lead the dog with an eagle, this is a mistake, you will not talk about the defeat and humiliation, and you will have to affect me Tokyo is also threatened

The news of the defeat in Zhengzhou was quickly reported to the Xianghan front. Saili knew that Xu Hu'er would come to Tokyo, so he didn't dare to be careless at all, and ordered the city gate to be closed for martial law. Tokyo was where the money and grain of the Jin army were stored, but the number of troops was less than 10,000, and the front line was too hard, so King Shen transferred almost all the troops. With my troops of less than 10,000, how can I compete with the Tiger Army?

However, before any response from the Wushu, the Western Army had already appeared in Tokyo

This is a small hill several feet high, and at this time, Xu Wei is stationed on the horse mound, looking at everything in front of him with a complicated expression. From the hill where he was standing, there was a flat meadow with a large number of horses strolling leisurely in the wilderness. And looking to the north, between the two mountains, is a place that the soldiers of the Hu'er Army are all too familiar with.

"Mu Huogang ......," Xu Wei muttered. At that time, he was training in Tokyo, where his military camp was located. Now, ten years later, Mu Huogang is still the same, but Tokyo has changed hands.

A gallop came, wrapped in iron armor, bald hair, carrying an iron spear, but with a delicate scimitar pinned to his waist. stopped behind Xu Wei, couldn't hide his excitement and said: "Dashuai, this is the place where the Jin army breeds war horses, it seems that they didn't have time to transfer these horses to cheapen our army in vain haha"

It's no wonder that he was so excited, the lack of horses has always restricted the development of the cavalry of the Western Army. Now, so many good horses are in front of you, some grazing, some walking, and some running with joy, what a gratifying scene

"This used to be the heavenly eunuch of the imperial court, and it was originally a place to raise horses. In the past, Ben Shuai's military camp was in the northwest. Xu Wei sighed.

Zhang Xian, Wu Lan, Yang Zaixing, and Du Feihu came over one after another, they were all Xu Wei's old subordinates, and they all stayed in the Mutuogang military camp back then.

"It's been ten years, and we're back." Zhang Zongben couldn't help but let out a long sigh. Ten years, not long, not short, in the past ten years, too many things have happened, in retrospect, it is like a dream.

Wu Xuan pointed to the southeast and said in a deep voice: "Dashuai, Tokyo." ”

The six of them looked south together, except for Li Chengwei, the other five people had mixed tastes in their hearts, especially Xu Wei. For him, Tokyo City is not only a place of origin, but also his home. Xishuimen, Xufu, where he and his father, brother and relatives spent a relatively peaceful time. I still clearly remember that I trained in Mutuogang, went back once or twice a month, and the family gathered together to share the family. It was also in that city that he met Zhang Jiujiu and married her as his wife, and now, these only exist in memory......

The nostalgic sentimentality was like a flash in the pan, Xu Wei took a deep breath, and his eyes, which were originally a little sad, suddenly resolute

"The Vultures will soon be mobilizing an army, and we need to hurry. Tang Qing, you immediately organize people to send these war horses back to Shaanxi. Li Chengwei, you send out a white ranger to pay close attention to the movements of the Jin army; Zongben, you are in charge of setting up camp, you are in Mu Huogang, you know how to set up, right? ”

Zhang Xian clenched his fists: "I know what I do." ”

Mutuogang is less than twenty miles from Tokyo, which is a very, very dangerous distance. Xu Wei could even use boats to set off from here and let the army go down the Bianhe River and directly attack Tokyo's West Water Gate. In the city of Tokyo, the fear of the Jin army can be imagined.

When Sai Li heard that Xu Weibing had arrived at Mu Huogang, he had no time to grieve for the more than 6,000 war horses that had been raised there, and in fact he should be glad. In the past, the puppet Han set up a horse supervisor in Mu Huogang, stocking more than 20,000 war horses. This time, Wushu led a large army to attack Xianghan and took away more than 13,000 horses for military use, otherwise, all of them fell into the hands of Xu Wei, which was really painful like cutting meat

On the one hand, Saili imposed martial law and sent soldiers to the city to prepare for war, and on the other hand, he urgently reported to the vultures, asking him to send troops back as soon as possible, otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable, after experiencing two defeats in Tiger Prison Pass and Zhengzhou, the Jin army seemed to be willing to believe the rumors that the Purple Gold Tiger drove the army of 110,000.

At this time, however, the vultures were basking in joy. After he thwarted the Song army's counterattack on Xiangyang, he was launching a large army to besiege Tangzhou, and Yue Fei led his troops to hold on. But since the last defeat of the main force of the Song army, there has been no sign of a comeback for so many days. Wushu believed that the Song army's sharp energy had been exhausted, and it was unlikely that the other side would launch a large-scale counterattack. In other words, the Jin army officially occupied Xiangyang

Xiangyang, the rest of the surrounding area is much easier. In less than half a year, the Xianghan prefectures will fall into the hands of the Jin, and there will be a huge gap in the defense line of the Southern Dynasties, and this gap is the beginning of the collapse of the Zhao and Song causeways

On the fourth day of October, it has been a full year since the Battle of Xiangyang was launched. Today, in order to boost the morale of the army and to reward the generals, Wushu held a banquet in Xiangyang City and his marshal's mansion to entertain his subordinates.

In this attack on Xiangyang, most of the troops used were Han generals, so most of the banquet were Han generals. King Shen of Dajin Kingdom, Wu Shu, the deputy marshal of the left, held a bowl of wine in both hands, and said in a voice like Hong Zhongdao: "All the generals, a bloody battle in a year, tens of thousands of strong men have been lost, and the money and food are not calculated, after all, the bowl of Xiangyang will be won, and this king respects you and the warriors who sacrificed their lives for Dajin."

In the hall, dozens of generals got up one by one, each holding a bowl, thanking King Shen for appreciating the wine, and then they all poured it down with their necks tilted. At that time, there were constantly Han generals who stepped forward to toast the vultures, and the sycophants were slapped loudly. The Wushu people are in good spirits when they are happy, and those who come do not refuse, and in an instant, they have drunk three or four bowls.

The atmosphere in the hall was warm, because of the tenacity of the Song army, the morale of the Jin army was on the verge of collapse for a while. If it weren't for Wushu's determination to take Xiangyang, I'm afraid the Jin army would have retreated long ago. The victory was not easy to come by, and it is understandable that the generals indulged in revelry.

After a few bowls of wine, in the face of the courteous generals, Wushu was a little unbearable, and waved his hand again and again: "Stop for a while, stop for a while, you take turns to fight, and this king has only one stomach." ”

"The king broke through Shandong before, trampled on the Central Plains, and the troops reached the Yangtze River, and now he has taken the town of Xiangyang, which can be described as a hero of the contemporary era, how can he not eat a few bowls of wine?" There is a Han will flatter the way.

Wushu wears a purple robe, and I don't know if it is to follow the Southern Dynasty's "three grades or more to wear purple", which is very different from the usual image of the iron armor fur, hearing this, he sighed and said: "I think that since my Jurchens raised troops to resist Liao, no matter whether they are high or low, they have all been strong and persistent, charging into battle for ten years, defeating the Khitan Liao in the same year, sending troops to take the Song Dynasty, it has been fifteen years. Taking Xiangyang today, it is really a move to lay the cornerstone of the society, the king and the generals, fortunate to bow to its prosperity, enough to comfort his life, set the world, the wealth and glory of the princes, will be endless"

It can be seen that the Wushu is very happy. The capture of Xiangyang made him see the dawn of the Song Dynasty, and as soon as the Song Dynasty died, the world was decided, and it was natural that he should be rich and glorious.

When the generals heard him make such a promise, everyone rejoiced, and everyone was excited. Zhao Guan's family can sit, but the Jurchens can't sit down? It doesn't matter who sits on him, as long as there is our wealth

After the vegetarian wine is eaten, the cutscene is over, and the show begins. Wushu ordered people to summon dozens of "Huanyi Girls", all of whom were young and beautiful, accompanied the wine hall and walked among the martial artists, which immediately made the banquet lively.

It's worth it for us to lead the troops to fight and fight bloodily, isn't it just gold and silver, fine wine, and beautiful women? Now it's all together, long live the Dajin Kingdom

The wine was half-drunk, singing and dancing, and the Wushu watched with great interest, and suddenly felt anxious, so he got up and went out to the toilet. In the thatched house, holding the old 2 is still sighing, it's not easy, I've been playing on and off for a year, and it's finally stable. When he came out of the national capital, he boasted about Haikou, saying that he wanted to take Xiangyang and pinch the seven inches of the Southern Dynasty.

Xiangyang to hand, with half a year, the surrounding counties cleared, you can accumulate grain here, build ships, train sailors, after a few years, along the Han River, directly take the south of the Yangtze River, the overall situation can be determined. It's just that as soon as this Song is destroyed, who will the Jurchens fight? The party is small, the people are fierce, and there is no oil and water, and there is no energy to fight, the Khitan remnants are far away in the Western Regions, Goryeo has surrendered, and the Jurchens are almost invincible, lonely.

After a soak of urine, Wushu came out of the hut and wanted to return to the banquet. As a result, as soon as he reached the corner of the corridor, a person flashed out, startled him, and shouted, "Who is sneaky? ”

"The King." The man saluted.

Wushu looked at it, but it was Wanyan Saili's general, an officer in Tokyo, and asked, "Is there something?" ”

The officer's lips moved, he stopped talking, looked left and right for a while, and after making sure that there was no one, he said in a low voice: "The Western Army has arrived in Tokyo, and it is in the Camel Gang. ”

I don't know if I didn't hear it clearly, or I didn't believe it, Wushu frowned and said, "What did you say?" ”

"Xu Hu'er's soldiers are coming to Tokyo." The officer slowed down, almost word for word.

Wushu stood stunned on the spot, because of the strength of the wine, he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, he shook his head vigorously, and asked in a low voice, "When is it?" ”

"Two days ago, the defenders of Tokyo were already under martial law and preparing for war, please ask the king to return to help quickly, and it will change later," the officer said with a serious face.

In the end, Wushu is a person who has passed through the great wind and waves, and he was suddenly shocked and did not panic, and after a little thought, he said: "You go to this king's tent and wait." ”

After the officer left, Wushu thought about it, his face did not change, but he returned to the hall and had a drink and merry with the generals, neither mentioning the arrival of the Western army in Tokyo, nor anything unusual. After the banquet dispersed, he left behind several henchmen and Jurchen generals, all of whom went to the tent.

The tooth tent originally referred to the tent where the general lived, but the vultures here are talking about his residence.

When he arrived in the room, the officer from Tokyo had been waiting for a long time, and everyone didn't notice anything different, and Du Hanfang's expression changed slightly as soon as he entered the door, and he had a bad premonition in his heart.

Everyone sat down, and Wushu sat behind the handsome case, holding a cup of tea to eat. Han Fang noticed that he was preoccupied, so he asked, "King, but something happened?" ”

Wushu put down the teacup and glanced at the officer who came to Tokyo, who understood and said to several civil and military officers: "Two days ago, the Western Army soldiers came to Tokyo, and now they are stationed in Muhuogang. ”

The words were shocked

Hearing this, the person who was a little drunk immediately fought a cold war Tokyo, which is where the logistics support is, and it is also the back road of the army

But soon, a question came to their minds. How did the Western Army get to Tokyo? Didn't Sali drink with 60,000 Jiajia in Zhengzhou? Did he let the Western Army come over?

Han Fang urgently asked the reason, and the officer replied: "Scattered away from the drinking department, first broke the tiger prison, and then defeated Zhengzhou, with heavy losses of 60,000 foot cavalry, and only a few thousand ...... were left who fled to Tokyo."

When everyone heard this, they still clearly remembered that Sa Liyu wrote letters and reports to the king again and again, and stated again and again, saying that Xu Hu'er was bluffing, so that the king could attack Xianghan with peace of mind. said that with him, the Western Army would not be out of the Tiger Prison for a single step?

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