No! It should have been the night when the King of the Song Dynasty successfully recaptured Daming City.
Led by Hu Yitong, the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council Envoy, and Duke Hu Yitong of the State of Qin, a group of senior officials from the Northern Expedition arrived in a hurry and entered the city at around eight o'clock in the evening.
To sum it up, since the first invasion of the Song Dynasty by the Jin Kingdom, Damingfu City and all the people of the Song Dynasty in the city fell into the hands of the Jin people.
Unconsciously, more than two years have passed.
Therefore, Xianggong Hu was the first to enter the city, but was blocked by a group of people; however, the leader was a local gray-haired elder, not a remnant of the golden man.
The old man knelt in front of Xiang Hu's stallion, weeping uncontrollably before saying anything.
After a long time, the old man said with a cry:
"Since the fall of the first year of Jingkang, the people of Daming City have not seen the king for a long time. Now that we see Mr. Hu coming with his army, we are like a young son meeting his parents, and we are overjoyed.
Now I have prepared a glass of thin wine and a table of shabby banquet. I would also like to invite Xianggong Hu and all of you to show your respect and let the people of Daming City express their admiration."
Good guy! Even in the recent period, Mr. Hu, who has been shaking his head, has been flattered a lot.
But for such a young man, he still couldn't stand it when he heard an old man with gray hair and beard shouting about "a young son meeting his parents" and "feelings of admiration".
But he also knew in his heart that the most important thing for them at the moment was the Northern Expedition.
Everything else is not important and can be put aside temporarily.
Regardless of what these guys who look like local vigilantes in front of them have in mind, if they can be calmed down, then they should be calmed down first and let the rear areas stabilize first.
With such an idea and a spring-like look on his face, Xianggong Hu helped the old man up after dismounting and readily agreed to the banquet request.
That night, Mr. Hu and others, together with representatives of the elders of Daming City, were having a great time at a banquet.
In the midst of joking and talking, some agreements had been reached.
On the one hand, the local snakes in Daming City received a promise from Hu Biao to use local virtuous people as much as possible to establish yamen at all levels in Daming Prefecture.
We even got a product from the Commerce Department from the imperial concubine, and were given priority to get the guarantee of exclusive rights.
It can be said that they have been satisfied in both aspects of power and wealth.
On the other hand, the benefits of Hu Biao and others are naturally not so easy to obtain, so they must give something.
Therefore, these local snakes promised Xianggong Hu that they would work hard to cooperate with the imperial court to appease the local area, transfer grain and grass, watch over the prisoners for processing, maintain public order and other tasks.
Overall, both parties have achieved their goals.
So much so that Hu Biao and others, thinking about continuing their march early tomorrow morning, wanted to say goodbye and leave at early eleven o'clock in the evening.
The imperial concubine had drunk a lot of wine just now because of the occasion.
After thinking about all the good things like today's victory in the first battle and the easy capture of Daming City, this rookie immediately came over to Hu Biao with excitement and said:
"Lao Hu, the process of this system task is a bit strange.
The difficulty is completely reversed. The first stage is the hardest on Cubing Mountain. If the people in the city gave us less support, everyone would be afraid that the group would have been wiped out long ago.
The decisive battle in Zhuxian Town in the second stage is also quite dangerous, but it is much better than the first stage.
Now in the third stage, it’s completely flat. It’s not that difficult, isn’t it? You veterans must have never fought such a rich battle after completing so many missions, right?”
After hearing this, Hu Biao instinctively wanted to roll up a trumpet cigarette.
As a result, after reaching his hand into his pocket, he finally realized: Oh no! After this mission lasted for more than a year, all the tobacco that I brought with me was exhausted.
Then, with a wry smile on his face, he solemnly said to the imperial concubine:
"This time the difficulty of the mission is reversed, and it is the first time to fight such a rich battle. These are all correct; but never underestimate your opponent, and the unscrupulousness of the grandson of the system.
Anyway, there is absolutely no way to push this last phase of the mission forward.
Be mentally prepared, there will definitely be some troubles later."
After hearing such a statement from Hu Biao, although the imperial concubine did not say anything, she felt somewhat disapproving of it.
The main reason is that in her opinion, the new army of the Song Dynasty is now at its peak combat power, just like when they were playing Landlord, they had a pair of kings and four twos on their hands.
Once you grab a hand of natural cards, you won't lose no matter how you play.
But soon after, this girl clearly understood what Hu Biao meant by saying 'never underestimate your opponent'.
Even Hu Biao, who said such a sentence, began to have a huge headache due to these new situations.
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The subsequent headaches that caused Hu Biao and others all stemmed from the excellent command of the Jin people's generals.
In other words, it is Wanyan Yanmu, a golden commander, who has a beast-like battlefield instinct.
After suffering a big loss, not only was he not defeated or depressed, but he made timely adjustments to his tactics through continuous learning and summary.
Such an adjustment cannot be said to be outstanding.
But it happened to hit the weak spot of Hu Biao and others, which was quite uncomfortable...
While Hu Biao was chatting with the imperial concubine, they were in a long-abandoned village about thirty miles southwest of Daming City.
It can't be said that he is the only remaining veteran in the Jin Kingdom, but among the group of Wanyan Aguda, there is currently no Wanyan Yanmu who is one of the few remaining veterans.
Currently, he and some of his captains and captains of thousands are sitting around a fire.
No one in the group of dozens of people spoke, and they all looked gloomy and gloomy.
The reason why such a scene occurred is that when Lao She led the First Army to capture Daming Mansion, some golden soldiers took the opportunity to escape.
One of the Jurchens plotted to defeat the centurion and fled here all the way.
Then, just now.
With a frightened expression on his face, he recounted how the Song Dynasty's hundreds of artillery bombarded the city wildly, and then used an astonishing amount of explosives to directly blow up Daming City.
Then after a swarm of people rushed in, it took less than two hours for the huge Daming Mansion to be lost.
During the entire battle, the number of casualties on the side of the Song Dynasty and the New Army was probably less than a hundred people.
After listening, these people seemed to be mute and fell into the current state of silence; indeed! What can these golden captains and captains say?
Originally, they expected that they could hold on to Damingfu City for at least a month and consume 20,000 to 30,000 new Song troops. However, they lost half a day.
Combined with this morning, the 3,000-strong cavalry force could not even defeat the Song people's small chariot formation.
On the contrary, Captain Meng'an was captured and less than 30% of the troops escaped alive, making them almost desperate now.
I really don’t know what to say or what to do next.
In the end, Wanyan Qingqi, who was the deputy of Wanyan's mother, was the captain who evacuated with Wanyan Zonghan's body in front of Xiaoshang Bridge in Zhuxian Town.
After speaking, he weakly suggested:
"Mom, the Song army is so powerful that we can't do anything if we stay here. Why don't we save our strength and return to Yanjing, join forces with His Majesty the Emperor, and start over again?"
After hearing such a sentence, Wanyan's mother shook her head.
He said very firmly: "Absolutely not, then Medicine Master Guo and Chang Shengjun, driven by Zong Bi, are attacking those monsters in Yanshan day and night.
Otherwise, when these Song people arrived in Yanjing, those demons would also come from behind and kill them, and there would be absolutely no chance of winning this battle.
So we can't leave, we must hold back these Song people.
However, the tactics need to be changed, and we cannot fight head-on with the Song people like before. Please wait for me to come over and listen to me explain to you in detail..."
Early in the morning of the second day, a group of Jin men, captains of thousands and thousands, started to act according to Wanyan Mu's arrangements.
Also starting from this day, the Northern Expedition army, which had been advancing smoothly, suddenly became slower.
There will be another chapter later. Today I paid back the chapter I owed.
