One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Shifu shook his head and said: "If we don't go to Tokyo, Jin Wushu's army is stationed in Tokyo. We, the ten thousand cavalrymen, are going to deliver food to people. Let's cross the river first and go to the border of Hebei." On August , Qu Duan's army recaptured Pingyang Mansion. On the same day, Sa Lihe arrived in Taiyuan and began to prepare to defend the city while waiting for a reply from the court and Tokyo. On August , Jin Wushu led his troops to abandon Tokyo and cross the Yellow River north. Li Shifu and Yue Yun also led the cavalry to cross the Yellow River from the Caozhou area. At this time, Li Xin's army was still two miles away from Tokyo. Yue Yun, who stood on the border north of the Yellow River, said: "How many years have passed, and we are finally back to the north of the Yellow River. Uncle, where should we go next?" Li Shifu looked at the map and said, "The whole army is moving towards Huazhou. Let's follow Huazhou first." Weizhou is captured, and then sent out scouts to investigate the whereabouts of Jin Wushu's troops." Yue Yun said doubtfully: "Isn't uncle Zuo Shi not interested in Jin Wushu to investigate the whereabouts of Jin Wushu's troops?" Li Shifu glanced at Yue Yun and said: " That was when he led his troops to garrison the city. If he withdrew from Tokyo, it would be a different matter. If we had a strong city to defend us, it would be like striking an egg against a stone, but it would be different if they left the city." Yue Yun clasped his fists. He said: "Okay, uncle, I will go and wait for you." Two days later, Li Shifu's Yue Yun tribe recovered Huazhou and Weizhou, and Li Xin Zheyanzhi also arrived after joining Li Dao's people. Under the city of Tokyo. Looking at the dilapidated city of Tokyo, Li Xin was full of emotions: "The last time I came to Tokyo was more than years ago. It has been more than years ago. Tokyo was very prosperous at that time. I didn't expect it to be so prosperous now." But it is so dilapidated." Zhao Ding on the side also echoed: "Yes, I think that during the Jingkang disaster, I and Zhang Zhongcheng both escaped from Tokyo. At that time, I was still thinking that I might never live the rest of my life again. I can't come back. I didn't expect to come back after these fourteen years. But Tokyo is no longer the Tokyo of that time. Things and people have changed." Zhang Jun also sighed: "Tokyo of that time was years old. With a population of more than , the economy was developed, merchants gathered, and the wealthy were wealthy. What I loved to visit in my spare time at that time was the lively street market in the city. There were various shops in the market, and it was very lively with people coming and going. There were also Bian Both sides of the river were also very lively, but now they are all gone." Wang Shu advised: "Don't lament, please. Let's enter the city, Your Majesty. The four gates of Tokyo City are wide open. It seems that Jin Wushu has given up on Tokyo and retreated north. ." Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, wait until Zheyanzhi finishes the investigation." Soon, Zheyanzhi came to report: "Your Majesty, there is nothing in Tokyo except some hungry people." Li Xin nodded. Said: "Order the entire army to be stationed outside the city, and send a small number of troops to the city to maintain order. In addition, set up a porridge shop outside the city to provide porridge to the people first. Then, Mr. Zhao sent a message to Lin'an to speed up the transportation of food. , and send officials as soon as possible to take over Tokyo and other places, and announce the areas we have recovered, and all the people who are willing to move back will be allocated thirty acres of fertile land to each household. The northern part of the Central Plains has been seriously damaged by wars in recent years, and there is no owner's land. They are everywhere, which can be used by the king to redistribute the land." Zhao Ding bowed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty." After arranging everything, Li Xin also temporarily lived in the military camp outside the city. At this time, Han Shizhong was located in the east. The troops recovered Xuzhou, Pizhou and other places and have reached the boundary of Guide Prefecture. On August , Li Xin called the ministers and generals accompanying the army to discuss the next move. After everyone gathered together, Li Xin pointed at the map and said: "Currently, our army has recovered the entire area south of the Yellow River. According to what we just did, According to the news, Han Shizhong's troops on the east route have arrived at Guide Prefecture, Quduan on the west route have also recovered Pingyang Prefecture and are preparing to continue north to Taiyuan, and Ma Kuan's troops are also expanding the recovered area in Shandong. This is the current area of ​​our army. situation, what we are going to discuss today is the next move for the tens of thousands of people in our middle road." Zhao Ding frowned and said, "I want to know what the prince thinks about the next move." Li Xin said, "Since Mr. Zhao asked, Let me go first. First of all, our army in Tokyo basically surrendered without a fight. The Jin Wushu Department originally stationed in Tokyo has already withdrawn from Tokyo and headed north. The first thing we need to know now is where Jin Wushu has withdrawn." Zheyan questioned: "Jin Wushu's retreat to the north can only be done in two directions, either to Hedong or Hebei. I have already sent scouts to investigate. I think there will be news soon." Li Xin nodded and said: " Well, regardless of the results of the inquiry, I want to divide the troops. At present, in addition to our people in the middle, we also have Han Shizhong's troops in Guide Mansion to the east. The two troops add up to , which is quite a bit of strength. More, General Zhe, I want you to lead troops north to Hedong to support Quduan. To be honest, I am not confident about Quduan. Hedong will be the focus of the next battle between our army and the Jin army. From the map It can be seen that the north of Hebei is Yanjing and the south is the Central Plains. Currently, these two places have been occupied by our army. It is uncomfortable for Hebei to be caught in the middle. Therefore, Hebei is basically in the pocket of our army, and the recovery of Hebei is just around the corner. . But Hedong is different. At present, our army cannot cut off the connection between Hedong and the Jin Kingdom. The Jin people can easily send troops to support Hedong. If Hebei is regarded as our territory, then from the map, Hedong is now quite In the protruding part of Jinrao, Hedong is condescending to Hebei. If Hedong cannot be regained, Hebei will not have peace in the future. Therefore, General Zhe, the burden on you is not light." Zhe Yanzhi clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely do it when I get to Hedong. Together with General Qu, I will use all my strength to repel the Jin people and regain Hedong." Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, I will lead the remaining people to go north to Daming Mansion to join Han Shizhong's troops, and then go north to recover all of Hebei. Zhang Jun interjected: "Wait a minute, shouldn't the prince stay in Tokyo? It can be left to Han Shizhong to go north to recover Hebei." Li Xin sighed and said, "The second topic today is about Tokyo. Tokyo is no longer suitable as the capital, and I will never use Tokyo as the capital again." Li Xin's words were like a bomb thrown out, and as soon as he finished speaking, the people below exploded and buzzed. Changing the capital is a big event. It means the beginning of a new dynasty. The Song Dynasty will soon become history. Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun, Wang Shu, and Zhe Yanzhi here are all veteran officials. They all started from Li Xin. I heard the hidden meaning in his words.