If you don't talk about the matter of making a marquis, one general will make thousands of bones wither.
After the war, Wang Lin built a Jingguan on the south bank of the Yellow River, directly opposite Liyang City.
Jingguan buried the corpses and heads of more than 20,000 Jin soldiers with thick layers of earth.
About five feet high.
Standing majestically on the edge of the Yellow River.
Above the capital, Wang Lin ordered someone to erect a tall stone tablet, on which was engraved the song "Jihai Sui" by Cao Song of the Tang Dynasty.
Wang Lin's original intention was not only to intimidate the Jin people on the other side and show off his martial arts, but also to avoid the plague and to warn future generations.
On the other side of the river, in Liyang, Wang Lin had built a Jingguan before, but the scale was much smaller than the one in Huazhou.
Since Wang Lin led his army back east to fight against the Jin Dynasty, he has gone through two battles, including the great victory at Liyang and the decisive battle at Huazhou, annihilating more than 30,000 Jin soldiers!
If we add the previous two battles in Liao territory, the number of Jin soldiers who have died at the hands of the Qingzhou army so far has exceeded 40,000!
The myth of the golden man being invincible has been broken!
Wanyan Zonghan, who is besieging Taiyuan, has not made any progress so far, and the West Route Army is tightly held back by the Song Army.
As for Wanyan Zongwang of the East Route Army, it only took a few months from being unstoppable at first to being driven back to the north of the Yellow River by Wang Lin.
Hebei was devastated, and parts of Shandong and Henan were trampled under the iron hoofs of the Jin soldiers.
Wanyan Zongwang's 100,000 cavalry marched south, completely stirring up the undercurrent of the Song Dynasty hidden under the ice. The scars that had not been exposed were uncovered one by one and exposed to the sun.
Dozens of prefectures and counties surrendered upon hearing the news, and neither civil officials nor military generals showed any intention of resisting.
It is common to see hundreds of golden soldiers sweeping across a city.
Thinking about it, it is really a sad thing.
Wang Lin couldn't help but think of the story his grandmother told him in his previous life, about a Fuso Japs who could occupy county towns with one gun.
No one dared to resist.
In the eyes of the Jin people, the people of the Song Dynasty basically became a group of two-legged sheep who were ready to be slaughtered.
Timid, cowardly, afraid of war and afraid of death. These have become synonymous with the Han people.
If Zhang Shuye had not stood up to resist in Huazhou and held off the Jin soldiers for half a month, Wanyan Zongwang would have been watching the scenery at the gate of Tokyo at this moment.
The arrogance of the Jin people also became more arrogant when Wanyan Zongbi crossed the river to attack Huazhou.
It’s actually understandable.
In two or three years, they destroyed the Liao Dynasty and swept across the entire territory of Khitan. They were invincible in every battle.
The rise of such a Jurchen nomadic tribe developed and expanded in the shortest possible time. In the eyes of the Jurchens, they were a country destined to destiny.
However, unexpectedly, Wang Lin came out of nowhere and became the terminator on their road to glory.
Wanyan Zongwang was entrenched in Yue Fei's hometown of Xiangzhou. When he received the news that Wanyan Zongbi had been captured and most of his 50,000 troops were lost, he was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot.
For the proud Jin people, the fact that the fourth prince was captured alive and three million households were annihilated was enough to shock the entire Jin Kingdom!
The reason why Wanyan Zongwang stopped his troops in Xiangzhou was of course to wait for Wanyan Zonghan's other troops to enter the Song Dynasty.
After all, Wanyan Zongbi's army was basically wiped out. With Wanyan Zongwang's more than 40,000 people, the risk factor was too high to go deep into the Song Dynasty alone.
Wanyan Zongwang was arrogant, but he was not reckless.
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And time goes back to the day before Uncle Zhang's destruction of Ye City.
Zhang Shuye knew that the city would be destroyed today, so he ordered someone to go to Tokyo to send a warning.
Zhang Shuye also wrote a farewell memorial to the official Zhao Ji, saying that he had sacrificed his life for the country, and also wrote a final note to his two sons.
It's like a suicide note.
Zhang Shuye's suicide note was full of tears, expressing his determination to die, but at the same time he was worried about national affairs and the cause of resisting the Jin Dynasty.
He advised Zhao Ji that the Western Army relied on Zhong Shidao and Liu Yanqing, the Eastern Army (Qingzhou Army) relied on Wang Lin, and the Central Committee relied on Li Gang and Wu Min Zongze. He should order the world to be loyal to the king, and the entire people to resist the Jin Dynasty and defend the country of the Song Dynasty.
However, when Zhao Ji saw Zhang Shuye's bloody suicide note, he was not moved at all, nor did he gain any courage or ambition to resist the Jin soldiers. Instead, he was so scared that he trembled all over and lost the dignity of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Huazhou is defeated, and the Jin soldiers can reach the capital within five days!
The troops came to the city.
The capital was once again shaken by Zhang Shuye's suicide note, and there were gradually more voices in the court clamoring for the emperor to move south.
But in the end, the main war faction headed by Li Gang and others occupied the mainstream.
At this time, Li Gang, Wu Min and Zongze truly realized why Wang Lin wanted to kill some courtiers who were deeply afraid of the Jin people.
Zongze was in charge of defense and military power. Although the city was in chaos, there was no turmoil.
It's just that more and more clans, dignitaries and businessmen are demanding to leave Tokyo.
Zhao Ji even threatened Li Gang and Wu Min in every possible way to force Li Gang and Wu Min to let him go.
The more powerful the family, the more they don't want to wait for death.
Even the Han family sent people several times to secretly negotiate with Guan Sheng, the chief of the imperial army in the capital, hoping that Guan Sheng would be accommodating and allow the direct lineage of the Han family to flee the capital with their belongings.
How could Guan Sheng agree?
Yanfu Palace, Yongdeok Palace.
Uncharacteristically, Zhao Ji convened a court meeting, where he eagerly discussed the move of the court to the south, and received approval from a group of senior officials and civil servants headed by Tang Ke, the Minister of Household Affairs.
This man was a famous official in the world, a leader of the Qing Dynasty among civil servants, a Jinshi in the first year of Emperor Zhe Zong's Shaosheng reign, and he was initially appointed as a member of the Tuntian Yuanwailang, and later he was promoted to the title of Minister of Household Affairs.
There is also Geng Nanzhong, Zuocheng, Minister of Finance.
Zhao Ji was really anxious: "Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Wu, Ru Lin, and the Jin people are about to attack the city. If we don't leave now, our Song Dynasty will be destroyed."
Li Gang sighed: "The officials and the capital city have high walls and deep walls. Our army is waiting for work. It can defend the Jin people for several months. Now our Song ancestral temple and the country's grain are all in the capital. If they are abandoned and fall into the hands of the Jin people, our army will be destroyed."
Where do the artifacts of the Song Dynasty exist?”
Wu Min said coldly: "The officials and I believe that the capital must never be abandoned! When the country is facing a crisis, we call upon the world to be diligent. But if the imperial court flees from the capital, it will lose the hearts of the people in the world!"
Zongze even sneered and said back in person: "Excuse me, officials, move south? Where to move south? Nanjing Yingtian Mansion?"
"Tokyo is hundreds of miles away from Yingtian Mansion, and the Jinren can be reached at their fingertips."
"Continue to go south? The wealth in the southeast is related to the foundation of our Song Dynasty. If we let the Jin soldiers go south, half of our southeast wall will be unprotected, and without the financial support from the southeast, the Song Dynasty will exist in name only!"
Zongze has become increasingly dissatisfied with this official family recently, and the ridicule in his words is palpable.
Tang Ke finally stood up. He looked around Li Gang and the three of them and said calmly: "Prime Minister Li, Prime Minister Wu, and Ru Lin, please tell me, if the imperial court is overthrown and the official family falls into the hands of the Jin people, where will the country survive?"
Tang Ke raised a very sensitive question.
That is, if the emperor and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were captured by the Jin people, would the Song Dynasty still exist?
I have to say, this is quite skillful.
Compared with Zhao Ji's eagerness to escape, Tang Ke's words are more "just" and "reasonable".
In short, he was not doing it for his own selfish reasons, but to preserve the Song Dynasty court and the Song Dynasty.
Geng Nanzhong immediately agreed: "The officials and ministers seconded the proposal. Today the Jin people are unstoppable and the capital is in danger. Our Song Dynasty court should immediately move south to Yingtian Mansion and order the world to be diligent. This is the best strategy."
Zhao Ji was overjoyed, nodded repeatedly and said, "What the two beloved ministers said is true."
Li Gang said slowly: "The official plan to move south is actually a policy that will harm the country and the people. I think that the capital can be defended. At present, the capital is well-defended and has sufficient food and grass. However, the Jin people are not good at siege warfare. As long as the imperial court can hold on for several months,
, will surely attract the troops of King Qin from all over the world, and the golden army will be defeated!"
Wu Min also said resolutely: "It is absolutely impossible for the official family to move south. The imperial court moved south in panic, and the Jin people took advantage of the situation. Don't say that Tokyo will fall into the hands of the enemy. Even Yingtian Mansion cannot be saved! You must not move south!"
Li Gang, Wu Min and Zong Ze were very firm in their stance of resisting southward migration and advocating the War of Resistance.
Zongze took a step forward, glared at Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong and sneered: "Those who are afraid of war will be slaves to the subjugation of their country!"
Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong exchanged sarcastic remarks, which immediately aroused the agreement of a group of civil servants.
The two sides were noisy and the Longde Palace was filled with excitement.
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Not to mention the dispute over the southward migration in the capital court.
The decisive battle between Wang Lin's army and the Jin soldiers in Huazhou attracted almost all the Jin soldiers operating in Hebei, Henan and Shandong. This was of course also related to Wanyan Zongwang's urgent military order.
Wanyan Zongwang's Wanhu Yinliduo led ten thousand cavalry to attack Jinan and did not stop for ten days.
At this time, the leader of the Jinan Fucheng garrison was Hua Rong, while Huang Xin led 20,000 Fuhu troops to guard Zizhou, firmly guarding the pass for the Jin soldiers to go north, and striving to ensure the safety of Qinglai.
The Qingzhou Army's wealth and life are all in Qingzhou, how can the Fuhu Army not fight to the death?
Hua Rong directly led 30,000 troops to Jinan Fucheng and seized the military power of Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan who had just arrived.
After being unable to attack Yuliduo for a long time, he began to think about retreating.
He plundered all the counties around Jinan Prefecture and retreated to Hebei with great force, taking cattle, sheep, livestock and captured Song women, preparing to join Wanyan Zongwang.
Huazhou.
Wang Lin stood on the tower of Huazhou City Gate and looked toward the northeast, worried and silent for a long time.
At this moment, although he was worried about Qinglai's safety, he could not lead his army eastward to aid Qinglai. After all, once he left, the capital would be destroyed.
Liang Hongyu, who was waiting by his side, knew what he was worried about, but she didn't know how to express relief.
If Jinan Prefecture is destroyed, Qinglai will not be protected.
His family, wealth and life are all in Qingrai.
"With the ruby and the beacon smoke, I don't know when the world will have peace." Wang Lin sighed.
Liang Hongyu raised her eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty, our Song Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years and has a deep foundation. We will never let the Jin soldiers march in. Don't worry, Your Majesty..."
After hearing what Liang Hongyu said, Wang Lin smiled bitterly in his heart, but was speechless.
Don't worry? What should you worry about?
The Song Dynasty was grand, but now Hebei is in a mess, wars are everywhere in Henan, Shandong is in turmoil, people from all over the country have abandoned cities and fled, people who surrendered out of the city, and bureaucrats and generals are everywhere. Where is the foundation of the Song Dynasty?
During the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats jointly ruled the world and raised scholars for hundreds of years. Where was the integrity of the scholar-bureaucrats and civil servants?
What a mess.
Fortunately, Zhong Shidao and the Western Army did not disappoint and temporarily withstood Wanyan Zonghan's fierce attack. Otherwise, if the two armies of Jin and Soldiers attacked together, Wang Lin would be unable to do anything to save the world, even if he wanted to.
Wang Lin turned his head and looked at the roaring Yellow River in the distance.
This is the mother river of the Chinese people.
His heart was full of emotions and his heart was as solid as stone.
Never let the Jin soldiers cross the Yellow River again.