Song Valve Text] Chapter 772 Restoring the Central Plains——

On the fourth day of the first month of winter, Zhenjiang kitchen.

Since the Son of Heaven arrived here, Zhenjiang has been really lively for a while. In addition, during this period of time, good news often came back from the front line, and the officials in charge lost no time in making the news public, and Zhenjiang Mansion was even more jubilant. Some time ago, it was said that the three-way army had formed a three-sided encirclement of the Jin army in Kaifeng Mansion, and there were rumors in the market that before the New Year, the official army would definitely be able to recover the Central Plains and return the old capital!

Everyone rejoiced, but one person still had a heart hanging from it. That is the prime minister of the dynasty, Xu Liang. The Northern Expedition was led by him, and he has been preparing for it for many years, which can be said to be a must-win. But Xu Haohao also walked out of the family and knew that the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and as long as the matter was not a foregone conclusion, there was the possibility of change. As long as I don't receive the report of Orihiko's return to Tokyo, the matter is not over.

Moreover, because Sichuan and Shaanxi are far away from the south of the Yangtze River, he does not know how his cousin arranged it for the time being, and it is still unknown how the western army will deal with the southern armies after all. Therefore, do not dare to be too careless. In addition, Emperor Zhao Jin, who was imprisoned every once in a while, kept thinking about going back to Hangzhou, which made him very troubled.

On the fourth day of the new year, as soon as he had finished breakfast, an inner shh came from the palace, saying that the Son of Heaven was going to summon him. You don't have to know what Zhao Guanjia is going to say. Ten ** or that set of rhetoric, when who doesn't know? The custodian was that Empress Liu sent someone from Hangzhou to urge the official family to go back.

Sometimes Xu Liangzhen is a little angry, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in political affairs, which is a rule set by the ancestors. Normally, Queen Liu asks for some benefits and benefits for those people in her Liu family, and she is not too serious. But what is the reason why you are swaying the king all day long?

It's really a thousand choices, choose the oil leak lamp" When I decided to support the emperor, I and some important ministers liked to be today's son, but who would have thought that it would be like this......

I was depressed for a while, but after all, I still didn't dare to disobey the emperor's will, so I packed up and "dug out my ears and prepared to go to the palace to face the saint." In fact, Xu Liang's residence is on the edge of the emperor's palace, and it is a short walk away. He was led by Neish-, and as soon as he got out of M-N, he heard a noise on the street. Many people ran and cried out, not knowing what they were saying.

I really didn't pay attention to it, but I could walk forward for a while, "The pedestrians on the street are like crazy, which makes Xu Liu's heart tighten, how can it look like saolu-n?" Then he stopped the sedan chair, summoned an attendant and said, "Go and ask, what's the matter?" "Yes, Xianggong." The attendant responded, and then 1iao picked up his robe and ran to the side, only to see him stop a man and ask a few words, "Hurry up and come back again."

"Xianggong, everyone on the street is saying that the front line is a great victory!" The entourage also reported with a smile on his face.

Great victory? How did I not know? Xu Liuyi was suspicious for a while, and when the entourage saw this, he said: "Xianggong, I heard that person say that the messenger who came back from the front line earlier has already flinned through the city." "Didn't you see a messenger?" Xu Liangdao.

"Did you miss it?" The attendant guessed. "Why don't you ask the villain again?" Xu Liu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "That's it" The official family summoned you, it's not good to be late, go to face the saint first. After speaking, he lowered the curtain. Just as he was about to leave, the attendant shouted outside, "Xianggong, Xianggong!" The Messenger is coming! "When Xu Liuyi heard this, he couldn't sit still," Suo X-ng got out of the sedan car and asked, "Where?" ”

"Please see" front, front! The attendant shouted. Xu Liu looked up, "Sure enough, a gust of wind galloped by, and the knight on the horse ran with the box on his back and shouted, "Great victory!" Zhuxian Town's victory! Xu Liumu sent the knight away, his face changed, and he said in a deep voice: "Zhu Xianzhen? "For the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, he worked hard, which county and town in Kaifeng Prefecture he didn't know? This Zhuxian Town is only a few dozen miles away from Tokyo City! Now the messenger is shouting "Zhuxian Town's great victory", doesn't that mean......

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Liu's heartbeat suddenly increased, and his body felt a little weak, could it be said that it was done? When I encountered this incident, I didn't care about going to see the emperor, so I hurriedly drilled into the sedan chair, and said while drilling: "Quick, go to Zhongshu!" ”

The Chinese book he said is actually in the palace. Originally, when the line was located in Zhenjiang Mansion, a palace was built. This time, he accompanied the emperor to drive the expedition in person, and the Son of Heaven naturally lived in the palace, and they were the important ministers who accompanied him, as a matter of course, in the former Zhongshu Political Affairs Hall.

By the time he panicked and rushed into the Zhongshu Political Affairs Hall, the officials had already gathered together and were discussing something fiercely. As soon as they saw him arrive, they all flocked to him.

He didn't hear what he was talking about with emotion, and he only cared about the good news.

"Where's the good news? Have you arrived? Xu Liang asked quickly.

The officials only cared about rejoicing, but forgot about this section, there was still a quick response, and he sneaked into his office hall, took out the good news, and said happily: "Xu Xiang, just arrived in the good news!" It is said that Zhu Xianzhen is a great victory, and the officials are waiting for the minister to announce it! ”

Xu Liang became the prime minister of a country, and big scenes are not uncommon, right? But at this time, his hand was a little disobedient, and he took the box tremblingly, and he couldn't open the seal, but with the help of his subordinates next to him, he opened the seal and took out the good news.

Unfolded a look, and first saw "the king of Fenyang County, the governor of Zhulu soldiers and horses, and the minister Yanzhi" knew that it was the handwriting of the king of Zhejun. Looking down further, this middle-aged Fu, the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who was a little out of shape, was a little unstable on his feet, and the subordinates next to him saw that it was wrong, so they hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him, and said anxiously: "Xianggong? It's ......"

Xu Liang didn't even seem to be able to breathe smoothly, and muttered: "The sky has eyes, and the ancestors bless you!" ”

"Xianggong, what the hell is going on, what do you say?" The side urged.

Xu Liu's face suddenly flashed with a strange brilliance, even his two eyes lit up, and his emotions suddenly rose, and he said in a trembling voice: "Master Wang is in Zhuxian Town, and he has achieved a great victory!" Decide the victory of X-NG! Defeat the main force of the Jin Army in one fell swoop! ”

It turned out that the good news of Zhe Yanzhi was going to the imperial court to report the results of the battle of Zhu Xianzhen. The Shenwu Front Army and the Shenwu Rear Army fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Jin Army led by Jin Shuai Wuyan Puluhun in Zhuxian Town, which was dozens of miles away from Tokyo City. Yue Yun led a part of the Shenwu rear army and took the lead in attacking, and then, Han Shizhong also led a part of the Shenwu rear army to flank the Jin army. In the beginning, the battle was very fierce, and on the battlefield within a radius of more than ten miles, "there was blood everywhere." Throughout the morning, the Song and Jin armies fought bloodily, and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat.

The Zhejia army led by Zhe Yanzhi did not move, and after noon, the king of Zhejun saw that the Jin army was still stubbornly resisting, so he sent Zhi Yanshi and Zhi Yanye two fierce generals to join the battle. It was a vicious battle, and the two sides mobilized more than 200,000 Ma Bu troops, fighting to the death in such a small place as Zhuxian Town. Relying on the superiority of its horse army, the Jin army once beat Han Shizhong's formation. But this Jinghu Xuanfu envoy was also hard, and he gritted his teeth to survive the impact of the steel torrent, and the formation did not collapse!

Yue Fei, as a senior general, "actually went to the front line." led the horse army to repeatedly enter and exit the enemy formation, killing people in blood, and horses in blood. One thing must be admitted, even though the Jin army is not as brave as it was back then, and it is fighting in a desperate situation, and no one has a solid will, but its courage to die is still not lacking. The Song army had superior forces, and from morning to noon, "there was no difference between victory and defeat!"

By the afternoon, the battle was still deadlocked. But Song Jun's momentum is like a rainbow! Up to the king of Fenyang County, down to an ordinary soldier, they are all here for the purpose of victory, don't you defeat you? Under the desperate attack of the Song army, "the Jin army gradually 1-tired." Just as the two armies were at a stalemate, a group of soldiers and horses on the right flank of the Jin army showed signs of collapse under the onslaught of the Zhejia army. At the beginning, "there were not many Jin troops that broke up, but as soon as they ran, as soon as this head opened, in less than a cup of tea, the entire right wing of the Jin army completely collapsed!"

As soon as Zhi Yan saw it, he immediately ordered the whole army of the Zhi family army to assault and open the situation from the right flank! The right flank is violent 1-, Wuyan Puluhun, who is in the middle position, is already struggling to deal with Yue Fei, how can he resist the onslaught of the Zhejia army? Seeing that the army was about to be defeated, "under the urgency of 100,000 people, Pu Luhun took off his helmet" to avoid showing it to the army, and shouted loudly.

Chi Zhanhui on the left flank did not change his fierce general, and blocked Han Shizhong's attacks again and again. During the jī battle, Chi Zhanhui was hit by an arrow in the face, and sh-out of his face was given a d-ng, but this guy directly grabbed the soil and stuffed it, and continued to fight. However, the bravery of the two of them was only exchanged for the return of the Jin army in a moment.

Before dusk in the afternoon, Li Xianzhong, the vanguard of the Huaixi Army, rushed to Zhuxian Town and immediately joined the battle. He became the last straw that crushed the Jin army, and not long after the arrival of Li Xianzhong's troops, the Jin army was defeated on all fronts! The soldiers of the Jin army fled in the wilderness, while the Song army was in hot pursuit!

In this battle, once one side begins to rout, it is not a battle, but a pursuit.

From Zhuxian Town to Tokyo City, these forty miles of road have become the ...... of countless Jin Army soldiers.

The good news of the king of Zhejun was written just after the end of the war, so the detailed and accurate statistics of the results have not yet come out. But he used a sentence in the recital, saying that it was the victory of this battle, "not for many years" It is not difficult to see from his confident words that I am afraid that only the great victory of Dingxi that year can be compared with this battle.

At present, the remnants of the Jin Army have fled into the city of Tokyo to fight the trapped beasts. However, the king of Zhejun also mentioned that in Hebei, a friendly army attacked the north bank and cut off the retreat of the Jin army, so he optimistically said that the restoration of the old capital was only between day and night, and asked the Son of Heaven to wait for good news.

Xu Liang said the cause and effect, and the political hall was boiling. These officials who are full of poems and books, who are well-behaved and elegant, are "carried away", some grab their hats, some are at a loss, they are shaking vigorously with their colleagues, and some are so out of shape that they cry bitterly!

It's not that the Song army hasn't won a battle, it's not that it hasn't won a big battle, it's just that this time the significance is too great! What is the Central Plains? What is Tokyo? The official army recovered this place, which can be described as a shame for 20 years! It's really the whole world, crying together, crying to death, and being happy!

And Xu Liang, who led the Northern Expedition, was also full of emotion at this time! He first thought of his dead father, if his father lived for so many more years, he would have been relieved to see this scene;

Secondly, he thought of the first emperor Zhao Chen, the former king who took restoration as his own responsibility, spent his whole life trying to wash away the shame of the country and recover the Central Plains, but unfortunately the great cause was not accomplished and collapsed halfway, if he saw this scene above the nine heavens, he should also smile; Again, he thought of the soldiers who fought loyally and bravely on the front line, it was not easy, it was really not easy, this time, the imperial court must come up with a big deal, otherwise, how can it be worthy of the loyal and brave people?

But when he thought about it, he didn't expect that the king of Zhejun had mentioned in the recital, saying that there were friendly troops in Hebei who cut off the retreat of the parachute army.

"Xu Xiang, what do you mean by the king of the county, it is a matter of time before Tokyo?" Someone was still not at ease, and after the jī momentum had passed a little, he hurriedly asked.

Xu Liang took a deep breath and nodded: "The victory of Zhu Xianzhen is the victory that determines X-NG, and the Jin Army can't turn over!" Tokyo's recovery is not far away, when it will not be this month! ”

"So what are you waiting for? Let's hurry into the palace and congratulate the saint! Someone reminded.

Xu Liang only remembered at this time that the emperor was still waiting to summon him, and he did not delay it at the moment, that is, he led all the officials to go directly to the palace. Out of the big m-n of the Zhongshu Political Affairs Hall, I have heard the cheers outside the palace, thinking that the news has spread in Zhenjiang City, and the people are celebrating.

This group of courtiers, all of them eyebrows flying S-dance, everyone walked lightly, even the sixty or seventy-year-old ministers felt a lot younger, and floated lightly towards the main hall.

However, in the main hall, the Zhao official family, who had been waiting for a while, was a little impatient. In addition to being impatient, he was also a little embarrassed, it is said that this royal driving expedition, how can he cross the Yangtze River? But he didn't go, so he stayed in Zhenjiang Mansion all the time. If you don't go, you can do it, at least you have to wait here for the results of the battle, right? But the queen Liu, who was born in Hangzhou, sent people every now and then either to inquire about his father's uncle's situation, or to urge the official family to go back.

Zhao Jin also wanted to go back, and looked for Xu Liang several times, but the prime minister persuaded him again and again, how long has it been since he went back at this time, and he would not shake the heart of the army? Looking for Xu Liang again today, Zhao Jinshi felt a little unable to erase his face.

"Do you say that the day will be, dissatisfied?" Unable to wait for a long time, Zhao Jin asked while looking out.

Next to him, an inner sh-, in his thirties, medium build, his face is s-white and his facial features are quite standard, and when his chin is a little too sharp and long, his eyes are always staring at the ground to listen to the emperor's questions, and he replied: "The official family is too worried, Xu Xiang is a minister after all, how can he be dissatisfied with His Majesty?" Xu yes, what's the delay? ”

When Zhao Jin heard this, he questioned: "I summoned you, how can there be a delay?" Maybe he knew that I was going to bring things back to Xing, so he couldn't postpone it? ”

That inner sh is not an outsider, it is sh - Shen Xue, who has served the first emperor and is very trusted. First, he has a good impression of today, and secondly, he has a fellow countryman, Jiāo, who has always had a good relationship, and he was on an errand by Queen Liu's side, took this path, and now he is out again. This time, it was Empress Liu's idea to let him accompany the emperor to Zhenjiang Mansion. And Zhao Jin is also willing to take him, because he can do many things for him, saving a lot of trouble.

Hearing the emperor's words, he deliberately did not answer, but diverted the topic and said: "The official family, the mother has sent people to urge her several times, but it is the official family, this is the normal situation of people, Xu Xiang is worried about state affairs, so he doesn't understand it very well." ”

Zhao Jin smacked his lips and sighed when he heard it: "Isn't this state affair also my family affair?" Why is the prime minister worried? Don't I care? ”

Before Shen Ze could reply, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a large group of officials rushing towards the hall, and hurriedly said, "It's here." ”

Zhao Jin looked at it, and with a "rattle" in his heart, he nervously moved his butt on the throne, and his heart was broken. If I had known, I wouldn't have opened this mouth! Now it's okay, provoke the prime minister, this is with the minister's direct advice! It's over, how can you pass this level? Ah!

Shen Xue also saw that something was wrong, and reminded in a low voice: "Official, don't mention the matter of returning to Xing for the time being."

"Well, I replied again and again." When he asked, I only found a reason to prevaricate and "......"

Besides, Xu Liang led a group of ministers to the palace, and everyone bowed to pay homage, and Xu Liang's loud voice overwhelmed everyone: "Long live my banquet, long live, long live!" ”

Zhao Jin listened to it and didn't understand what it meant, unless it was a court meeting, a decree, or a major ceremony, it had to be so grand...... So he asked, "Xu Qing, why is this?" ”

"Wait, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Xu Liang raised his head with a happy face.

Zhao Jin was even more suspicious: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Xu Liang paused for a moment, and then said loudly: "Joy comes from the north!" ”

Zhao Jin still didn't seem to understand, shook his head, Xu Liang saw this, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" Congratulations, Your Majesty! Caused by His Majesty's divine might, the soldiers used their lives, and a few days ago, they defeated the gold thief in Zhuxian Town! It's only a few dozen miles from Tokyo! Now the general trend has been decided, the recovery of the Central Plains, the recovery of the old capital, only in the evening! ”

After Zhao Jin listened to it, his reaction was very peculiar. He was stunned at first, as if he didn't have a cold, and then, his face was 1-startled-, and his eyes widened! In the end, a smile gradually appeared on his face, he glanced inward, turned his head, and looked like he couldn't laugh or cry: "This, really? ”

"How dare the minister make fun of such a big thing? The good news of the king of Zhejun is here, please take a look at it! Xu Liang took out the good news and presented it with both hands. Shen Ze hurriedly trotted down the hall, took the good news, and ran all the way up. Zhao Jin took it and unfolded it.

Although this emperor is not as good as his deceased brother, he is the emperor after all, and the world is his, once he learns that the front line is victorious, and the Central Plains is about to recover, it is necessary to be overjoyed.

Closing the good news, Zhao Jin said happily: "I didn't expect it, I really thought of it, this is really, really, unexpectedly!" ”

Hearing this, the following group of ministers looked at each other, what do you mean? Didn't expect that? Accidentally? Co-author..."Why, how should the front-line soldiers not win the battle?" Speaking of which, you never expected to recover the Central Plains?

However, the latter emperor's words came back: "This is really a god's reckation, and the ancestors are virtuous!" The front-line soldiers fought bravely and created this great victory, and the imperial court should be clearly commended! I also want to send a personal handwriting to the king of Zhejun, otherwise, it is not enough to appease the loyal ministers! ”a。