Great time travel

Chapter 29, The Third New Tokyo
Above the head is the sunny clear sky, and under the feet are small floating islands formed by condensed clouds.

Facing the howling wind, the incredible fantasy floating castle "Third New Tokyo" is slowly moving forward in the vast sea of ​​clouds.

——Since the "New Tokyo" and "Second New Tokyo" were built in Bianliang at the request of Zhao Huan, Emperor Qinzong of the Great Song Dynasty, the new cloud castle built by Doraemon was named according to the order A name that made Wang Qiu want to complain: the third new Tokyo!
Compared with the cloud city "New Tokyo" built above Bianliang before, and the royal special prison "Second New Tokyo" built underground, this "Third New Tokyo" built by Doraemon for itself, Much smaller in scale.The entire floating island condensed by clouds only has an area of ​​more than ten acres.But when it comes to the majesty of the momentum, the magnificence of the architecture, and the majesty of the martial arts, it is still above it. Basically, it is how to pull the wind. All kinds of thickly painted walls and bright glazed tiles are simply dazzling. dizzy.

What is especially amazing is that it can also replace the means of transportation and has the ability to move long distances... The only thing that makes Wang Qiu want to complain is: why didn't he build the European castle in the fairy tale on the cloud, but chose I saw a Japanese-style castle with a castle tower and cornices and brackets!

——Standing on the castle tower of "Third New Tokyo", looking at Doraemon who has just put on the exaggerated helmet of the Japanese Warring States generals and waved the baton called "Caipei" from time to time, and wearing Nobita Nobita who was wearing a samurai wig, Wang Qiu couldn't help but slander.

And a few soldiers in thick warm clothes are on the back door platform of the castle, shaking Doraemon's magical props in turn: the [Fengshen Fan] comparable to Princess Iron Fan's plantain fan, thus creating a strong jet stream, Push this floating castle across the Yellow River and slowly move north.

——Well, I have to admit that the power system of "Third New Tokyo" is indeed a bit low-end and rustic, and it doesn't look like science fiction.

In fact, most of Doraemon's magical props seem to be in such a non-embarrassing tone...

At this time, it was freezing cold, and the dripping water turned into ice for nine days. It was already so cold that people were shivering on the ground.Now in the high altitude, although the sun is brighter, the temperature has plummeted all the way. Even the moats made by Doraemon for decoration have been frozen into ice skating rinks.And the howling wind on the castle tower, except for the robot Doraemon, no one can bear it... So, after reluctantly blowing the wind with Doraemon for a while, Wang Qiu came from all sides. The leaky castle tower escaped, and retreated to the lower floors to warm up by the fire.

Speaking of it, although the entire "Third New Tokyo" castle looks magnificent, it is bare inside, without any decoration, furniture and furnishings, just like the concrete castles in some third-rate children's playgrounds.The three hundred soldiers and their mounts could only find a place to sit on the ground, drinking and bragging while keeping warm with the brazier they carried.Qin Hui, Zong Ze, and Guo Jing, the more responsible guys, gathered at the bottom of the castle. Through the huge circular observation window on the floor, they used binoculars to overlook the wilderness scenery below, barely counting as spying on the enemy. .

——The North China Plain in winter is quiet and desolate, with almost no pedestrians and cooking smoke, so Wang Qiu couldn't help frowning.

He knew that the vast sedimentary plain under his feet had been one of the most well-developed and most densely populated lands in China since ancient times.The cottages face each other, and the fields are connected... But at this moment, it is as deserted as a wilderness.Even if you see a few market towns occasionally, if you take a closer look, they have already become purgatory on earth—there are corpses everywhere on the narrow streets, ruined walls can be seen everywhere, and occasionally a few wild dogs can be seen eating the corpses on the roadside.Some houses are still smoking, which adds to the desolation of the dilapidated ruins.

Especially outside a burning village, Wang Qiu also saw a scene of looting taking place: blazing huts, scattered corpses, gurgling pools of blood, howling women and children running away...thugs with big knives and hideous faces Carrying big and small bags, wantonly killing and robbing in the burning village, kicking open doors one after another, hacking to death the men who dared to resist, pulling out the clothes of the women hiding inside and pushing them down, and hanging the crying children On the tree outside the courtyard... until a minion stumbled upon the "Third New Tokyo" in the sky, these bloodthirsty and brutal thugs had a commotion, and then they quickly dispersed with a whistle, leaving only a few numb The dull survivors stared at their homes submerged in the flames in a daze.

"...Could it be that... a small group of Jurchen cavalry are 'beating the grass valley'?" Wang Qiu asked suspiciously, pointing to the crime scene below.

"...No, they are all dressed in Song Dynasty clothes, and there are few horses. They should be rebels!" Zong Ze, who had just come from Hebei, replied with a sigh.

"... Rebels? How is that possible? Looking at their behavior, this is clearly a bandit, okay?!" Wang Qiu exclaimed.

"...Hey, what can we do? Soldier disasters, military disasters, there will be disasters when there are soldiers. This group of vulgar warriors are doing evil like this! Not to mention these so-called rebels who raise their own food, even if they are regular forbidden soldiers who are paid by the court, once they arrive On the battlefield, it is also the style of such robbers and bandits!"

The supervisor Qin Hui didn't know when he came over, and interjected, "...In the past, Tong Guan led the Kansai Imperial Army to the south of the Yangtze River to pacify Fangla. Those vicious Shaanxi red men killed all the way before they even saw the culprit. He killed anyone he saw, and burned houses when he saw them. Everything he did was blamed on Fang La, who could he deceive? In the end, he reported to the court that he had killed millions of thieves, and I don’t know how many died in vain!
Not to mention that they also robbed civilian girls along the way, raped them recklessly, and when they got tired of it, they hung them directly on roadside trees to kill people, so that the corpses of all kinds of bare-bottomed daughters-in-law were hung on the official road from Hangzhou to Muzhou. It's nearly a hundred miles away... Even the Jin people are probably not as cruel as them! "

Hearing Qin Hui's sigh, Wang Qiu suddenly felt that the Song Dynasty scholar-bureaucrats' methods of oppressing warriors seemed not completely unreasonable.

——Since the Jin soldiers went south twice and tossed the land north of the Yellow River in the Song Dynasty to pieces, the fugitive refugees, defeated soldiers and local wealthy families in Hebei have all recruited soldiers and bought horses under the name of "protecting the family" Under the banner of defending the country, various rebel armies were formed—although there were loyal and steadfast people like Wang Yan's "Eight Character Army", but there were also many villains and scum who had disordered military discipline and harmed the people.

In fact, many so-called "rebels" are not worthy of the name "rebels" at all!After peeling off the golden signboard of "Patriotic Volunteer Army", which seems to be upright and awe-inspiring, they are, to put it bluntly, a group of bullying mobs and rogues!They often don't have the guts to provoke the golden soldiers, but they sweep across the place like locusts. They kill and rob all the rich families, and rape all the women, while the poor people are robbed of their food and burned their houses. The poor people who have ruined everything act together as coolies and cannon fodder.In normal times, the soldiers of the rebel army ordered them to make cattle and horses with whips, and to carry things to cook.When it came time to fight, they were driven like cattle and sheep to block the swords and guns of the officers and soldiers, while the so-called backbone of the rebel army supervised the battle from behind. They threw them down to serve as scapegoats.

Of course, the official army of the Song Dynasty was also a group of bandits in many cases, and the military discipline was very lax, especially when supplies were scarce, such things as murder, robbery, and rape of women were often done... So, in the Jin Army, Song Army, " The "rebel army" fought and ravaged over and over again, and the once prosperous and prosperous land of Hebei became a dilapidated ruin for thousands of miles, which made the people of Li suffer unspeakably.

——The people in the "Third New Tokyo" can only express their helplessness to such a miserable and chaotic situation where the soldiers are indistinguishable and the enemy is indistinguishable.

Then, the first leg of their journey north is coming.