One Piece of Song Dynasty

After making arrangements for Zhao Yun and Liang Xing, Li Xin took Zhao Ding's ministers and guards to follow Yue Fei to Yanjing the next day, while Han Shizhong led his army to Feihu first. On the morning of September th, Li Xin finally arrived at Yanjing City with his troops. Looking at the majestic Yanjing City Wall, Li Xin was filled with emotion. In his previous life, Li Xin was taken to Yanjing by his parents when he was one year old and lived in Yanjing. Even after a few decades, I also bought a house in Yanjing. After more than years in this life, I finally returned to Yanjing, but this Yanjing is far different from the other Yanjing. Since Li Xin was going to enter Yanjing, Yue Fei sent people to put the main streets of Yanjing under martial law in advance. In order to show the power of the army, Li Xin led his troops to enter through the Andong Gate in the east of Yanjing City. Walking on the streets of Yanjing City, Li Xin rode on a horse and asked: "General Yue, how big is the population of Yanjing City now?" Yue Fei replied: "Your Majesty, the current area of ​​Yanjing City is about six miles from the south to the south and about five miles from the east to the west. , the city has a population of about ." According to Yue Fei's method, Li Xin calculated in his mind that the area of ​​Yanjing City was only square kilometers, which was far worse than that of later generations. It was not even a fraction of the area of ​​Yanjing City of later generations. It was even compared with the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It's far worse than ever before. Li Xin thought for a while and said to Zhao Ding: "Xiangong Zhao, after settling in Yanjing, he is going to start expanding the city of Yanjing. If Yanjing is to be made the capital, this area is definitely not enough." Zhao Ding nodded and said: "Yes. Yes, once all the imperial institutions are moved from Lin'an, the population of Yanjing will definitely increase significantly. The current scale of Yanjing is too big." Yue Fei wondered: "The prince plans to make Yanjing the capital." Li Xin replied: " Exactly, General Yue doesn't think that this king is here for inspection. I tell you that I don't plan to leave this time. Yanjing will be the new capital from now on. This matter has not been announced yet. After Hedong is recovered, , the matter will be announced." Yue Fei frowned and said: "The location of Yanjing is indeed suitable for the capital, but it is too close to the front line." Li Xin said: "This king wants to set the capital close to the front line. , so that the imperial army will not slack off. In the next decades or hundreds of years, our main threat will still come from the northern grasslands. Yanjing, the capital, can control the north very well." Zhao Ding asked: "How big does the prince intend to expand the city of Yanjing? Li Xin thought for a while and said: "The circumference is a hundred miles, which is equivalent to the size of one and a half Tokyo cities. However, the imperial city does not need to be expanded, just repair it." Zhao Ding stroked his beard and said: "Such a large-scale expansion project, The cost is huge, and the time will not be short." Li Xin nodded and said: "Yes, it is big. The expansion project will be completed in a few years. Mr. Zhao, as the capital, the population of Yanjing will definitely grow rapidly in the future. This expansion will be completed in the future. It may not be enough, and it will definitely continue to expand in a few years." The completion of this expansion of Yanjing City is only more than square kilometers. The area of ​​Yanjing City in later generations is only to square kilometers. The entire Yanjing City area It covers an area of ​​more than square kilometers. Yue Fei asked: "Your Majesty, during the surprise attack on Yanjing, many high-level retainers of the Jin Kingdom were captured. How to deal with these people?" Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Keep all the family members of the Wanyan family and the family members of the former Liao ministers until later. During the peace talks, these people can be used as bargaining chips to exchange for what we need, and the families of other traitors such as Du Chong who surrendered will all be executed." Yue Fei cupped his fists and said: "I obey the order." At the same time Li Xin stepped into Yanjing. On the same day, Wanyan Xiyin led his army to Yizhou and joined Wanyan Zongxian who was stationed in Yizhou. After meeting Wanyan Zongxian, Wanyan Xiyin asked: "Sai Li, how is the situation in Taiyuan City?" Wanyan Zongxian sighed: "I don't know, Qu Duan has been besieging the city for five or six days. I guess Qu Duan must have received reinforcements, otherwise He definitely doesn't dare to besiege the city, but we still don't know how many troops Qu Duan has. The five thousand troops stationed at Shiling Pass in front are Sa Lihe's troops. I only have ten thousand troops here, and we don't have many troops. Dare to go out to rescue Taiyuan City, Valley God, how many troops did you bring this time?" Wanyan Xiyin frowned and said: "I only brought troops to rescue Taiyuan this time. Originally, I led an army of troops according to the emperor's order. But after hearing the situation in Taiyuan, I left half of the army to garrison Huailai and Feihu, and brought the remaining half of the troops to rescue Taiyuan." Wanyan Zongxian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's great, like this We can cooperate with the army in Taiyuan City to attack the Song army in front and back, and repel them to relieve the siege of Taiyuan." Wanyan Xiyin sighed: "The goal of my visit this time is to pick up the marshal and the others to break out of the siege, not to relieve the siege. From Taiyuan." Wanyan Zongxian was surprised and said: "Gu Shen, you don't want Taiyuan City?" Wanyan Xiyin nodded and said: "Yes, before I led the army to rescue Taiyuan, I wrote a letter to the emperor, admonishing the emperor to recruit twenty more people. Ten thousand troops, but yesterday I received a reply from the emperor. In the letter, the emperor only promised to recruit another troops, troops to be placed in Datong, and troops to be placed in the north of Yanjing. Moreover, the emperor has sent envoys to the Song Dynasty to seek peace. , if we can really recruit another troops, then we can still have the confidence to fight the Song army in Hedong. As a result, there are only troops now. We can only withdraw from Taiyuan. Not only Taiyuan has to withdraw, but also Xinzhou and Daizhou. Withdraw, all withdraw to Datong, and try to preserve our army's combat strength in Hedong. Our army can no longer bear heavy losses." Wanyan Zongxian said bitterly: "Now the country can no longer raise an army of . This It will be difficult for us to withdraw and then fight back." Wanyan Xiyin sighed: "The key is that it is difficult for our army to make big captures in a battle now, and it will suffer heavy losses, or it will lose the battle. If we don't capture anything, what will we get? Come to reward the soldiers. I can understand the emperor's current situation. Recruiting another troops may be the limit of Dajin. Any more may affect the stability of the country. Don't forget that except for the Song Dynasty, we are in the northwest. There are also enemies. Not only that, even in Dajin, we, the Jurchens, do not have the upper hand in population, but the Khitans and Han people are more numerous. The Khitans used to be real and now we, Dajin, have suffered such a major setback. There is no guarantee that they will not We have different intentions." Wanyan Zongxian sighed: "In just a few years, I, Daijin, have faced such a major setback." Wanyan Xiyin shook his head and said: "Actually, compared to Hedong, I am more worried about Huacheng County." Wanyan Zongxian Asked: "What did the God of Grain say?" Wanyan Xiyin replied: "Among the troops sent by the emperor to Huacheng County, there were only elite Jurchens. The rest were either Khitans or Han people, and of them were The newly recruited peasants have never experienced combat, and I am worried that they will not be able to withstand the attack of the Song army over there. Once they are defeated, our Dajin hinterland will be exposed to the Song army."