Chapter 508: Entering the City
On the fifteenth day of October in the first year of Maude, it was about half past three in the afternoon.
Du Baojun, who was wearing a big Song Zheng Liupin, a kind of iconic green official robe, sat on the second floor of a wine shop, next to a table facing the window.
The boxy table is filled with good wine and good dishes at the moment, exuding an enticing aroma. With the current price of Kaifeng City, just this good table is not worth more than ten yuan to win.
It's just that in the face of the good dishes on this table, Du Baojun, who has been eating cooking cakes and horse meat every day recently, is about to vomit, but he doesn't even need to take a second look.
The reason is very simple, because today is the victory of the Great Song New Army returning from Zhuxian Town. An important day to take the captives and present to Her Majesty the Empress.
Based on the distance between the two places, as well as the footsteps of the soldiers of the new army escorting a large number of prisoners, after some calculations, it should be at such a time to arrive in Kaifeng City.
After learning such news yesterday, the people of the city went out early in the morning to help the old and the young, trying to occupy the best position on both sides of the street.
At this time, the people on both sides of the street are crowded with people. In order to maintain order, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion are now almost dumb in their voices.
And he, Du Baojun, since the head of the family decided that they were the Du family in Huzhou a few months ago, they completely took refuge in Her Majesty the Empress, as well as the envoy of the Hu Shu.
It doesn't matter if you are passively hostage, or if you want to get ahead. Under the command of the noble concubine of the Department of Commerce, she became a court official of the sixth grade.
Although it is said that in a huge Kaifeng city, he is such a petty official of six grades, and the number is quite numerous; But Du Baojun, who has some self-contained identity, can't be crowded with the people in today's scene, right?
So, I chose to order a table of dishes at this sake shop, which can be regarded as occupying a good position.
Even this morning, Du Baojun was not hungry at all now because he ate three sets of deluxe pancakes in a row.
It's just that there is no way, if there are fewer dishes, people are not happy to let him occupy this good position.
In this way, Du Baojun, who had no intention of eating and drinking, kept poking out a brain case and looked in the direction of the city gate, hoping to see the victorious army appearing in front of him.
In fact, originally with Hu Shumi's envoy and others, he led only 60,000 soldiers of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty, plus some people, and defeated the shocking merit of the Jin army several times.
It is said that Her Majesty Empress Maude planned to lead it personally, and a hundred civil and military officials who should stay in the city went out of the city ten miles to greet her.
And in this process, a group of civil and military officials also adopted ancient rites and personally danced for the army as a welcome.
However, when the envoy of Hu Shu, after hearing about the poor health of Her Majesty Empress Maude in recent days, he asked the messenger to send a note overnight.
In the recital, it is said that everything is based on His Majesty's body. The Jin Kingdom is still alive and well, and so many members of the royal family and important ministers of the court are still in the hands of the Jin people, and I don't know how much suffering and torture they have suffered.
Therefore, although the army returned with a great victory this time, it is good to celebrate everything from simplicity. After the success of the Northern Expedition of his Japanese army, the Yellow Dragon was smashed, the royal family members and important ministers of the court were returned, and it was considered a real victory, and then it might as well be celebrated.
In the midst of such a sincere recital by the envoy of the privy envoy Hu, Empress Maode had to agree with kindness.
It can be regarded as an agreement between the monarch and the minister, and the grand celebration will be held after the success of the Northern Expedition in the past, such a beautiful story of the monarch and the minister...... was waiting anxiously, and the large number of people gathered downstairs kept falling into Du Baojun's ears with various sounds coming out of their mouths.
Among them, there are complaints of 'you have stepped on my feet', and there are scoldings of 'stay away from me'. There were also the cries and laughter of the children, as well as the reprimands of their parents, etc., which fell on Du Baojun's ears for a while, and there was no impatience.
On the contrary, there is a kind of sigh that such a life full of fireworks is really good.
The main thing is that he has not forgotten that in the previous half a month, because of the worry and concern in his heart, the people living in such a city seemed to be full of restraint and caution even in the movement of breathing.
During this period of time, Du Baojun's heart was also filled with an indescribable sense of depression. What's more, I can't even buy a pancake fruit, which is really a bit greedy.
Fortunately, all of the above, with the news of the new army's victory was transmitted, immediately brought the entire Kaifeng City to life.
It was also after losing it for a period of time that he felt such a fresh market atmosphere again, Du Baojun only had joy in his heart now, where would he feel noisy.
Therefore, in the current situation, the thing that Du Baojun is most interested in is the way in which Hu Shumi's envoy and others entered the city.
Will it be like the last time, when I entered the city from the Cooking Cake Mountain, carrying a number of gods who died in battle to the front, leading the city to enjoy the worship of all the people.
If this is the case, Du Baojun has decided, and he must give these heroic spirits three glasses of wine to express some respect in his heart.
However, soon after, Du Baojun knew that the situation was different from what he thought. It was not long after, when the cheers of 'Hu Xianggong has entered the city' rang out and then fell, and soon it became a gasp sound.
It was as if in an instant, everyone had a collective toothache. After Du Baojun saw the true face of the army, his reaction was the same.
Because the first thing that fell into his eyes was not a huge tablet, but a number of large cars that drove in front of them one by one.
In the open compartment of the first cart, there was only a fire gun fixed and erected, with a sharp bayonet, and a head on the sharp bayonet.
Although the man's head had been soaked in lime, the expression of fear, grief, and even grievance that was frozen on his face before he died was so distinct.
As a literati, after seeing such a scene, Du Baojun did not feel the slightest fear. If the emotions in the heart must have something to say, it can only be indescribably happy.
That's because on the side of the firebolt, there is also a sign with a line of big characters written with a brush: "The second prince of the pseudo-Jin Kingdom, the commander of the Song army, Wanyan Zongwang, was beheaded by Li Sanxiang in Zhuxian Town with explosives, and only one grade was intact~" By the way, there were also some tattered flags, which were thrown on the cart like garbage and rolled up.
You don't need to look at it to know that this is Wanyan Zongwang's handsome banner. Once upon a time, Wanyan Zongwang was famous for the enemy chieftain, and for the soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty, it was a fierce person who could stop children from crying.
Now that he has ended up like this, it can be said that Du Baojun suddenly felt a surge of excitement in his heart, and he couldn't help but shout loudly.
But it didn't take long for him to know where it had been. On the second cart that followed, a wooden shelf was fastened, and on the shelf a one-armed golden-armored Jurchen was tied to it, and he had been dead for a long time.
There is a sign on the same side as above, which reads: The Marshal of the Song Army of the Pseudo-Jin State is the right supervisor of the army Wanyan Xiyin.
Du Baojun heard the rumors in the court, and naturally knew that Wanyan Xiyin was in Dajin, but he was an important person who founded the 'Jurchen big character', that is, the Jurchen humanities, and was able to write and martial arts.
Seeing the current scene, the cheerful mood in my heart is a little heavier. In the next few hours, one cart after another drove by, and there was a corpse on it.
They were either tied to wooden shelves, or stabbed directly into their bodies with several bayonets, supported by enough bayonets.
According to the wooden signs around them, these people are all some important figures in the Jin Kingdom, or directly those famous battlefield generals among the Jurchens.
In addition, although there were as many as 150,000 prisoners this time, it was naturally impossible to bring all of them with the army when they entered the city to offer their victory.
But Hu Biao and the others also selected 5,000 Jurchen captives after some busy work, and escorted them to follow those carts all the way.
After seeing these living Jurchens, although the people in the city were not wealthy, they did not have any surplus rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves to throw at them.
The streets were clean, and even some bricks and stones were hard to find. However, based on the hatred of these Jurchens, for a while, crazy cursing, saliva, and even shoes greeted these golden people like raindrops.
If it wasn't for being stopped by Xiao Er, there was really no way to do it. Du Baojun wanted to pick up the stool under his buttocks, throw it down from the window and smash it at these Jurchens.
And these Jurchens who used to be awesome and coaxing, at this moment, one by one, except for bowing their heads and silently enduring it, they don't even have the courage to look up.
Like a wild dog that has been disrupted by the ridge beam, he doesn't even dare to bark loudly at people. Even behind them, they followed a water dragon team organized by Kaifeng Prefecture, constantly spraying clean water to wash the streets that these Jurchens had just walked.
In such a way, it can be shown that the Jurchens are even dirty in their feet. can be regarded as an insult to them to the extreme, but these Jurchens still have no reaction; Just like a walking corpse, he walked silently with his head bowed.
Sure enough, after this battle, the Dajin Kingdom was considered to have broken bones, and there should be no threat to the Great Song Dynasty.
The above cheerful emotions finally became heavy after the Great Song Xinjun finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
This time, Hu Biao and the others were in a hurry, and they did not carry all the dead into Kaifeng City in public.
But the people in the city were in the ranks of their brothers, sons, and husbands. After failing to see those familiar figures, when they gradually understood something, a loud howl began to sound.
In contrast, the assassin was wearing a new military uniform, but Hou San, who was already empty in the sleeve of his left arm, was still lucky.
Originally, he was prepared enough, and after coming back from this trip, he would have to reconcile with his own lady no matter what.
After all, the other party has a heavenly family, and he can't follow him to suffer as a waste person, and he delays others alive.
But when he looked at each other with the familiar figure in the crowd, he saw in the other's eyes full of pity.
There are also some great blessings: as long as he Hou San lives, it is better than anything else. On the contrary, there is no dislike in the slightest.
An instant later, when his left arm was cut off by Jin Ren on the battlefield, the tough guy who didn't shed any tears at all had his eyes red at this moment.
Oh, yes! As long as you live, anything is fine...... Eventually, the army that had entered the city to offer victory stopped in front of the palace.
It was also here that the people in the city saw Zhao Fujin, dressed in plain clothes, and Her Majesty the Empress Maude appeared in front of them.
According to the news circulating in the palace, this is Her Majesty the Empress, and more than 20,000 Great Song warriors who died in the battle are personally wearing filial piety.
After hearing this statement, the soldiers and civilians became more and more respectful of Her Majesty the virtuous Empress.
They were not blind, and naturally they could see the heartfelt pain of Her Majesty the Empress, and the hatred of looking at those Jurchen captives; All of the above can't be faked at all.
Only Hu Biao and these people know that Empress Maode is dressed as a little widow. This outfit is completely prepared for the AT brother.
Even with their means, from the mouths of the imperial physician and the close attendants beside Empress Maude, they figured out in yesterday's time that this majesty had nothing to do with the AT at all.
It's really like what AT said at the beginning, the two of them are very pure, and they just chatted about poetry and songs, and they may have some appreciation for each other.
But everything is out of love and stop at courtesy. But this also shows that Her Majesty the Empress really has true love for this little brother.
With an 'ah' sound, Hu Biao sat up from a soft couch after stretching a big lazy waist.
An old housekeeper who had not been recruiting for a few days beside him, with some expectation in his eyes, picked up a large number of greetings at hand and looked at them one by one.
When Hu Biao looked at these famous posts, it was said that he was an old housekeeper of some level, and he also introduced them on the side: "Ah Lang, this is the Jiang family's worship post; Although the Jiang family is in today's imperial court, the highest official position is not just a Hanlin. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the Jiang family has the saying of 'Nine Candidates and Five Muslims', and it is definitely the first family in the Jiangnan region. This time, when I sent the post, I inquired about it sideways. It is said that there is a woman in their family, who has been dignified and generous since childhood, and is a good companion of adults, so I want to marry adults~"
"This is the greeting post of the Han family in Xiangzhou, the most famous figure in the Han family, naturally the former Han Qi Xianggong......" In the old housekeeper's chatter, Hu Biao touched his face, and after the system disguised the position of the golden seal, the expression for a while was quite exciting.
Today's time is already the morning of the fifth day that they returned to Kaifeng City with the new army. That day, in front of Empress Maode, after a sacrificial ceremony, Hu Biao participated in the imperial banquet again; After eating and drinking a little in a hurry, he just said goodbye and left.
And in the next few days, he never went to court, let alone worked. It's not this legendary living Cao Cao, after setting up the general of the Song Dynasty this time, he became more and more arrogant.
It was really the big battle in Zhu Xianzhen, and the mental and physical consumption of their commanders was too great in all aspects.
Coupled with the painstaking efforts in preparing for this big battle in the previous time. It is not an exaggeration to say that the consumption and damage of their bodies are not much worse than a serious illness.
So much so that in the next few days, they had to let go of everything and get ready to rest for a week.
After all, it's a machine, and it has to be shut down for maintenance from time to time, add some oil or something. However, even after eating and sleeping at home continuously, eating again after sleeping, and lying flat for three or four days in a row, Hu Biao still felt a little unrelieved.
But in the period of time when they were resting at home, after the results of such a battle were passed on by the Clippers and Clippers.
In the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty, there was a turmoil. To know! When they heard that the 800,000 troops of the Jin State were coming, even Hu Biao and their own hearts were bottomless.
The feudal ministers from all over the Great Song Dynasty, the local tycoons, and the families almost unanimously agreed that the new imperial court, Empress Maode, was afraid that it would be difficult to escape the end of destruction.
Suddenly, in their hearts, they had some of their own calculations and preparations. Either they are ready to elect Zhao Laojiu as the emperor and form a new imperial court to rule according to the Yangtze River, and be partial to the south of the Yangtze River.
Either it is more excessive, and they all go directly to Dajinguo. What I never expected was that the new army of the Great Song Dynasty actually beheaded a large number of Jin commanders such as Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Xiyin, and defeated the Jinren.
Of the 800,000 troops, only 12 out of 10 could escape. At this point, with the eyesight of these people, they can't see that Da Song is a salted fish turned over.
In the future, this world will belong to the Great Song Dynasty; Or rather, it was Hu Biao, Hu Yitong, and his henchmen.
Since ancient times, there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, and there are many people who add flowers to the cake. So when Hu Biao and others were still sleeping at home, they were sleeping in the dark.
First of all, the public opinion environment of the entire Great Song Dynasty has undergone a huge change, and the saying that 'Hu Yitong is a living Cao Cao' disappeared overnight.
Instead, Hu Yitong and Hu Gong are worthy of being the pillars of the country. This time, it has the merit of recreating the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the reward of ranking the third prince and adding nine tins, which is not an exaggeration at all.
At the same time, because Hu Gong is worried about national affairs, the fact that he is not yet married has also fallen into the eyes of many people; So there was such a person, although he didn't have time to come, but the scene of the post was sent quickly.
In essence, it is a wealthy family that has put down their sons to take refuge and marry. In addition to Hu Biao, a big fat man, even the rest of the team also encountered such a situation.
These so-called wealthy families don't care about the fact that not long ago, they were still privately scolding these thieves for matching the army and stealing a high position in the imperial court.
For such a situation, Hu Biao and the others suddenly cried and laughed. But then again, according to some of their follow-up action plans, although they really don't plan to, something is going to happen with these young ladies.
But these single dogs who used to be in the modern plane and didn't even have a girlfriend are still very happy in their hearts.
But a group of netizens, including Hu Biao, were a little surprised that the next stage of the task was triggered so quickly and caught people off guard......