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The situation of the battle became clearer and clearer, and the troops of the Song army and Hu Yanqing also found the best way to cooperate. www.biquge.info Zhu Yuhu saw that the combat effectiveness of these uninvited guests who had just joined the battle was much stronger than his troops in the melee, so he didn't go up to mix, but just formed a large encirclement of the Song army's warships, and slowly surrounded them, restricting the movement space of the Dongying ships, killing those enemies who wanted to escape, so that Hu Yanqing could fight more easily.

As it turned out, the samurai were brave, but when their self-confidence was completely shattered, and when they felt that there was no hope for their future, and that it would be impossible to defend their emperor even if they were to die, more and more Toei warships raised the white flag.

The Song army did not rush to kill them all, because the battle was not over yet, and killing prisoners at this time would only arouse the determination of the remaining enemies to fight to the death.

By the time it was just dark, the battle between the two sides, which had invested more than 600 large ships and nearly 4,000 small ships, finally ended after Fujiwara Yoritsu lowered the sails.

The Song army lost a total of 634 warships, of which 158 were large warships and were sunk by the Dongying people.

This loss is quite large, if it weren't for Hu Yanqing and their sudden arrival, then the loss would have been even greater. But it doesn't matter, the ship has nothing to rebuild, and the Song Dynasty sailors who have been tempered by this battle will be improved to a certain extent in terms of tactics and experience.

The most important thing is that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty Navy Division should have realized that far away from the Great Song Dynasty, there are still many stages that can allow them to show their skills, and there are many opponents worthy of their attention. Compared to the ships that sink into the sea, these are invaluable treasures.

So when Zhu Yuhu reported to Chen Yuan how many ships he had lost, Chen Yuan immediately interrupted: "Don't tell me this, we just want to build a bigger one when the ship is gone, you tell me, how about the casualties of the brothers?" ”

Zhu Yuhu was very moved by what he asked: "Master Ma, the casualties of the brothers are not large, judging from the number of people reported on each ship so far, we have lost more than 740 soldiers in this battle. ”

The battle lasted for a whole day, and when Chen Yuan heard that the number of dead was not yet thousands, he immediately had some suspicions, and looked at Zhu Yuhu with that distrustful look: "General Zhu, it is absolutely impossible to deceive the number of dead people. ”

Zhu Yuhu hurriedly said: "The last general does not dare to deceive the horse master, this naval battle is not better than the land battle, you can jump ship at a critical time, we search and rescue in a timely manner, in addition to the fixed lifeboats around the battlefield, there are also some warships on the battlefield specifically responsible for saving people, and in the end we won the war, so the casualties are really not big." ”

Chen Yuan looked at Hu Yanqing, Hu Yanqing nodded, and signaled that the naval battle was like this.

Only then did Chen Yuan believe: "Okay, the soldiers have worked hard, take a day off, and I will take you to Dongying tomorrow." Also, immediately send a ship back to tell the emperor that we have won the battle against the Dongying people, do you know how to write a war report? ”

Zhu Yuhu was a little embarrassed, the sailor hadn't fought for many years, and he hadn't written a war report for many years, but he remembered the format, but he was really a little rusty. However, the battle report of Zai Shengshu also had to be written by himself, because in Renzong's holy decree, it was he Zhu Yuhu who led the troops to the battle, not Chen Shimei.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Don't worry, I will definitely play the battle truthfully, and I will not miss the merits of the soldiers and the merits of the commander of the horse." ”

Chen Yuan stepped forward and patted him: "Let me tell you, you can write that we went to sea on guard under the emperor's order, and within a few days, when we encountered the navy of Dongying, they took the initiative to provoke us, and the officers and men of our naval division were forced to fight back. The Dongying people knew that they could not compete with our Great Song Dynasty, so they sent envoys to our peace talks, willing to listen to the mediation of our Great Song Dynasty on the issue of Goryeo, and as for whether they agreed, please ask the emperor to make it clear. ”

Chen Yuan said this completely to block the mouths of those speech officials, if he let the speech officials know that Renzong ordered the mobilization of troops to fight such a big war without authorization, he would definitely not give up. Although Renzong is ready to meet the stormy death of the officials, he is his father-in-law after all, and he has to think more about him.

Renzong will understand the meaning of Chen Yuan's battle report, and then? Then he asked the courtiers if the Song Dynasty could mediate the war between Dongying and Goryeo. Those gentlemen will not refuse this, and then instruct and ask for instructions, and after a few back and forth, the matter of Dongying will be almost the same.

It is impossible to leak the news in the short term, because Di Qing's troops will go to Hejian Mansion after the battle here is over, and they will really fight against the Liao State. And the sailor wants to go back to Quanzhou, and when the truth of the matter is transmitted to Bianjing, it will take at least a year, if he can make a result that satisfies everyone, no one will come to find out what is wrong with this process.

Zhu Yuhu didn't know what he was thinking, but he knew that he would definitely not be wrong to do what Chen Yuan said: "The last general knows, thank you for reminding you." ”

Chen Yuan asked again at this time: "By the way, where is that Dongying general?" ”

Fujiwara Yoritsu was a prisoner of war who surrendered. The surname of these little people is to bully the weak and succumb to the strong. No matter what means you use, as long as you defeat them, you are their father.

Of course, when they bully the weak, they don't care about the means.

After the surrender, Fujiwara Yoritsu maintained the consciousness of a prisoner, not only did he not make trouble, but helped the Song army maintain the order of those Dongying prisoners of war, and when he came to Chen Yuan, he was also respectful, which made Chen Yuan embarrassed to tie him up and drag him back to Dongying as he thought before.

"Fujiwara Yoritsu, the general of the defeated army, knocks on Prince Chen of the Great Song Dynasty."

Fujiwara Laitong stood still in front of Chen Yuan, and then made a big salute of three kneels and nine bows, which made Chen Yuan can't help but feel that his waist is straighter, the Great Song Dynasty horse is not crowned king, but the rule of the Dongying people is to call all the emperor's relatives as princes.

Fujiwara Yoritsu was not unaware of the system of the Song Dynasty, but he didn't know what to call Chen Yuan, so he adopted this compromise method.

Chen Yuan sat on the chair and didn't move, shaking the upturned Erlang legs, slowly sipping a sip of fine tea, enjoying the sense of accomplishment that this Dongying shogunate shogun brought to him when he knelt in front of him.

He didn't move, and the Fujiwara Yoritsu didn't speak, he didn't raise his head, he knelt there.

After a long time, Chen Yuan felt that he could no longer blindly satisfy his feelings, so he waved his hand: "General, get up." Our Great Song Dynasty is not happy to call the prince, and it will be very troublesome for us to know such a title to let the court know. You can just call me Lord Chen. ”

Fujiwara Raitsu stood up at this time: "Yes, Lord Chen." ”

Chen Yuan smiled: "Do you know why we sent troops this time?" ”

Without waiting for Fujiwara Yoritsu to answer, Chen Yuan continued: "Originally, we didn't want to worry about the affairs between you and Goryeo, to be honest, from my personal point of view, I also hate those Goryeo people. But after all, they are our friends and have signed a mutual assistance treaty. Over the years, not only have you not sent people to the Great Song Dynasty to pay tribute, but you have also not sent envoys to Bianjing, so when you provoked our friends, our emperor was very angry. ”

Fujiwara Yoritsu didn't explain at all, if it was a stick, he would definitely come to defend it, but Xiao Yuben is different, Xiao Yuben surrenders to strength, as long as you have strength, as long as you subdue them, your fart is a holy decree for them.

"Yes, it's all our fault, please Emperor Song give us another chance! From now on, we must regard the Song Dynasty as the state of our parents! Just like in the Tang Dynasty, our emperor would call the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty his father. ”

His appearance was very respectful, and Chen Yuan smiled: "You, have you become the lord of your emperor?" ”

Fujiwara Yoritsu nodded: "Please rest assured, Lord Chen." If you say what conditions you have, you will definitely convince the emperor. ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "The general thinks too highly of me, I am only responsible for running errands, and how to solve the matter in the end depends on the will of our emperor." ”

Fujiwara Yoritsu was a little frightened, he knew that what the other party said was an obvious shirk, now if the Song army continues to fight, Kyoto will never be able to hold, once Kyoto is lost, the emperor will fall into the hands of the Song army, and everything in Dongying will be over.

Not to mention anything else, the Song army only needs to pull out the Emperor Suzaku who was hiding in the altar to see the light, and let all the samurai know that what they are working for is just a mortal, and there will be no more emperors in Dongying in the future.

So his tone was a little anxious: "Lord Chen, there is no need to fight the war anymore, we have clearly realized the mistake we have made, please suspend the attack of the Song Dynasty army!" ”

Chen Yuan looked at him and nodded: "This is a good idea, I am not a person who likes to fight, and I always can't accept the blood on the battlefield." In this case, let's go back to Dongying together, and you send someone back to Kyoto to tell your emperor, let's stop attacking, and you don't make any small moves, and when our emperor's will comes, let's see what to do. ”

Fujiwara Yoritong breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, Lord Chen, we must do what the Great Song Dynasty wants, stop resisting after returning to Kyoto, and wait for the will of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty." ”

Chen Yuan snorted: "Okay, then that's it, who are you going to send?" You can't go by yourself, because your status is too high, if I let you go, I can't afford to suffer any accidents. ”

Fujiwara Yoritsu thought for a moment and wanted to ask something, but he hesitated, but finally he still spoke: "Dare to ask your lordship, are those samurai on our ship still alive?" ”

Chen Yuan slapped his thigh at this time: "You said Miyamoto Rokuro, right?" Oops, I forgot about him, I don't know if I've been suffocated for so long? ”

Three days later, Chen Yuan arrived in Kyoto.

In fact, there was no need for Fujiwara Yoritsu to inform the defenders of Kyoto to stop resisting, because Kyoto could not stop decent resistance, and those recruited soldiers did not have the slightest combat ability at all, and the four city gates had been broken by the Song army.

The reason why the Song army had not yet entered the city was because they had not received orders.

Fujiwara Yoritsu's notice had only one effect, which was to stabilize the panic among the residents of Kyoto City. Surrendered, there is no need to fight the war.

The city gate was opened, the weapons were put down, and the Dongying people who were guarding the city felt relieved at the same time, looking at the lively scene of the Song army's naval and land armies meeting outside the city, there was also a different feeling in their hearts.

Standing at the head of the castle, Fujiwara Kunzaburo couldn't calm down for a long time. His ideal is to be the next head of the Fujiwara family, another giant of the East who grew up with Dongying, who can compete with the Liao State and the Great Song Dynasty.

But now, their ideals have been shattered, Dongying can no longer have a chance to grow, and the people of the Song Dynasty will always watch them. Even whether the Fujiwara family can exist or not, and whether the emperor can continue to exist, depends on the faces of the people of the Song Dynasty.

Prince Zunhito stood beside him, his face full of grief and indignation: "Fujiwara-kun, did we lose?" ”

Fujiwara Kunzaburo sighed: "Yes, from the moment the Song Dynasty sent troops, we were doomed to lose, but this result came too quickly, so we didn't make any preparations." ”

Prince Zunren asked, "If you lose, what do you need to prepare?" ”

"Being prepared to keep some capital allows us to continue to survive and wait for the right opportunity."

Prince Zunhito didn't speak for a long time, although he was wary of the people of the Fujiwara family, but at this time, that little bit of vigilance had long been lost by the people of the Song Dynasty. He knew that now the people of the Fujiwara family could not decide whether they could be the emperor or not, and the current decision was in the hands of the people of the Song Dynasty.

(To be continued)