After all negotiations were completed, Li Qi began to work on matters related to entering Sheng Long City.
Entering the city is not just about letting the army rush into the city. It is not like this. The first thing is the negotiation between the military on both sides. When Li Qi officially enters the city, the Song army must have obtained absolute control of Shenglong Mansion to avoid this.
Accident.
From the 15th day of the first lunar month, the generals of both sides began the handover of military and political affairs. In order to save time and avoid misfire, Li Qi chose to ask Li Quansheng to first dispatch the troops in the city to the outside of the West City and set up camp next to the Dali Army. This was equivalent to letting Li Quansheng
Wu Jie looked at them.
At this point, Li Quansheng was helpless. He was also worried that if a conflict broke out, the people in the city would suffer, so he obediently led the only 30,000 soldiers and horses of Shenglong Mansion to the edge of the Fuliang River outside the West City.
stationed.
At this time, Zheng Yan had already arrived at the city. He originally wanted to meet Li Qi first, but Li Qi stopped him. Now he has to be busy with stationing in Shenglong Mansion, and the rest will wait until Shenglong Mansion.
Let’s talk at Long Mansion.
There were reasons for Li Qi's arrangement. First of all, he didn't want Duan Zhengyan to lead the Dali army into Shenglong City. Now that Duan Zhengyan had not completely surrendered to the Song Dynasty, if the two armies entered the city at the same time, what would happen if the two armies entered the city at the same time?
The account was in chaos. There was only one protagonist in this scene, and that was Da Song, so they could only find an excuse to keep them stationed outside the city.
Secondly, he must involve Duan Zhengyan, and you, Duan Zhengyan, cannot go back and can only wait outside.
Finally, if Li Qi directly led the army into the city on the day of the handover, the people of Jiaozhi would see the force of the Song Dynasty and feel fearful and uneasy. This was not what Li Qi wanted. Li Qi hoped to enter the city in a very gentle manner.
On the eve of the 18th day of the first lunar month, Yang Zaixing and Wang Gui led 50,000 Song troops to quietly enter the city under the cover of night and guard the main roads.
This night was destined to be a torment for the princes and ministers of Jiaozhi. They were uneasy the whole night because they were afraid that the Song army would start a killing spree as soon as they entered the city. They stayed up all night, but the results told them that they were overthinking.
, the Song army had no intention of going on a killing spree.
After the Song soldiers entered the city, they were very orderly, and they tried their best to avoid disturbing the people. For this reason, they preferred to walk around the city wall. First, Yang Zaixing led 20,000 soldiers to guard the four walls, while Wang Gui led the army directly into the palace. Alternately.
There are two thousand "Sixth Army" left there. These soldiers were originally the Forbidden Army and were very familiar with everything in the palace. Wang Gui didn't understand much, but it didn't matter. Yue Fei and the others had already arranged everything according to the map of the Jiaozhi Palace.
Well, Wang Gui just needs to do as he is told.
Unknowingly, it was already the fourth watch, and the Song army finally took complete control of Shenglong City. In the process, no one died, and no one was disturbed. This made the princes and ministers of Jiaozhi finally heave a sigh of relief.
And those details also gave the people of Shenglong Mansion a very good impression of the Song Army.
The next day.
The weather is good, and the red sun rises slowly from the east of Thang Long City. This is a brand new day, and for Jiaozhi, today is a new chapter.
At three o'clock in the morning, Li Qi, Yue Fei and other generals led 10,000 guards to the gate of Shenglong City. The soldiers were lined up neatly. Even the height, short, fat and thin of each soldier were about the same, and they looked very special.
Spectacular and highly visual impact.
Judging from this formation, this army is by no means a walkover.
In the Song army's camp, except Li Qi, every other soldier was very excited, especially Zhao Jingyan, because this was really a historic moment for the Song Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi had always belonged to the Central Plains.
It was not until the Song Dynasty that the big country was divided. This made the rulers of the Song Dynasty lose face, and it could even be said to be a humiliation. As a descendant of the Zhao family, when she mentioned Jiaozhi, she naturally had a shameless face, but today she finally finally
She can be proud and proud, and her Zhao family will not be criticized by future generations for this. Her beautiful eyes are blooming with brilliance.
As for Li Qi, as he said, every detail of this expedition has been filtered through his mind thousands of times. The excitement has long passed. Besides, for him, this is just the beginning, what he has to do
There are still many things to do, and post-war reconstruction is the most difficult.
This is the moment.
The city gate slowly opened, and a group of people walked out. The people walking in front were men and women, old and young, and behind them were the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty in Jiaozhi.
The leader is a richly dressed old woman with kind eyes, white temples, and hair tied up high, with mixed black and white hair. She was one of Li Qiande's concubines during his lifetime, and she was called Concubine Chen, because Li Qiande's three queens were all
is already dead, and this concubine Chen is the prince's adoptive mother. Li Qiande did not make his own son the prince, but made his younger brother Li Yanghuan, the son of Chongxianhou, the prince. After Li Qiande's death, the prince's adoptive mother
Naturally, she became the Queen Mother.
The Emperor of Jiaozhi was not as dashing as the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He had a harem of three thousand beauties and even went out incognito to find young ladies. Li Qiande only had more than ten concubines, and the entire royal family had about a hundred people.
"salute."
A high-pitched voice sounded.
Swish, swish, swish!
When the princes and nobles of Cochin came forward, the ten thousand soldiers simultaneously waved their right hands and saluted them with a military salute.
This frightened the princes and ministers in Jiaozhi, and it took them a long time to realize that this was a military salute from the Song army.
At this time, Li Qi also jumped down from his horse and bowed his hands. The Queen Mother of Jiaozhi also showed great respect to Li Qike, bending slightly and offering the letter of surrender with both hands.
After Li Qi took the letter of surrender with both hands, Zhao Jingyan stepped forward with the imperial edict and read it out.
The princes and ministers of Jiaozhi knelt down one after another.
Since Zhao Kai is sending troops with the purpose of eliminating the Li regime, no matter whether it succeeds or not, this imperial edict is definitely necessary. If it fails, this imperial edict will naturally not appear again. Fortunately, this edict will not appear again.
The imperial edict was not wasted.
The content of the imperial edict is nothing more than some propaganda about Zhao Kai and the Song Dynasty, as well as tolerance and rewards for the Jiaozhi royal family.
After the imperial edict was read out, the entire handover ceremony should be coming to an end. In the past, we would have gone directly to the city, but now, there are two more links. The first one is naturally to raise the national flag and sing the national anthem.
Li Qi put a lot of effort into this aspect, because he felt that the existence of the national flag was just for this moment, and it must be publicized. Otherwise, what would be the use of the national flag?
Self-admiration?
Li Qi ordered the engineering corps to work overtime to build six flagpoles. They were placed on the east, west, north, and south sides of Thang Long Palace, in front of the city gate, and in the square in front of the palace.
I saw a line of soldiers from the Song army, a total of twenty-one people, wearing new military uniforms, khaki leather boots, and white gloves. Now in the Song Dynasty, anyone who sees this set of equipment will be very excited involuntarily. These two
The eleven people walked in neat steps. Every time they stepped together, they would make sonorous and powerful footsteps, which seemed to announce to the world that this place is already our territory of the Song Dynasty.
The person in the middle is holding a long sword. This person is Fu Xuan, and the person behind him is carrying the Sun Never Sets Flag of the Song Dynasty.
Except for a few diplomats who had been on mission to Bianliang, all the princes and ministers in Jiaozhi saw the national flag being raised for the first time. The sound of footsteps made their hearts beat inexplicably, and they seemed to be moved by the atmosphere.
Infected. There was a trace of curiosity and excitement in his eyes.
Everyone in the Song Army formation had a very solemn expression, without moving their heads, but their eyes were always following the movement of the flag that never sets.
At the same time, the sound of neat and powerful footsteps also sounded in the other five places in the city. As long as the place where the national flag is raised is surrounded by people, the people of Thang Long Province seem to be very curious about every detail of the national flag raising.
, couldn’t help but open their eyes wide.
It's three o'clock in the morning.
At six locations where the national flag was raised, drums sounded at the same time.
The six flag bearers in different places took advantage of the situation and threw out one end of the flag. Their movements were extremely graceful and clean.
In front of the flagpole, about fifty children sang the national anthem of the Song Dynasty with their immature voices. These children originally lived in Thang Long Mansion and were temporarily found by Li Qi.
After they finished singing, the soldiers of the Song Army sang the national anthem at the same time.
Wolf smoke rises, and the mountains and rivers look north.
The dragon curls up, the horse neighs, and the sword energy is like frost.
My heart is like the vast water of the Yellow River.
In twenty years, no one can resist.
...
This song "Serve the Country with Loyalty" hovered over Jiaozhi for the first time.
Don't underestimate this small synchronization, but it took Li Qi a lot of effort. What Li Qi needed was to have the national anthem resound throughout Thang Long House and outside Thang Long House at the same time, so the time was very strictly arranged and must be accurate.
Exact seconds, the difference between the two places cannot exceed three seconds.
The purpose of everything Li Qi did was to send a friendly signal to the people of Shenglong Prefecture.
The sun never sets flag fluttering in the wind.
A stirring melody.
High pitched singing.
Birds circling in the sky.
Branches swaying in the wind.
Everything is almost perfect, and it infects the people of Cochin, forcing them to slowly open their arms to welcome their new masters, new identities, open a new chapter for them, and look forward to the future.
While singing, many people in the Song Army formation burst into tears. This was really not easy.
Zhao Jingyan also secretly wiped the corners of her eyes.
But this did not escape Li Qi's eyes, and he suddenly thought in his heart, I don't know if she will shed tears for me.
But this thought only passed by in a flash. He looked up at the flag where the sun never sets, with a strange look in his eyes.
After the flag-raising ceremony, there is another very important ceremony, which is the erection of a monument.
Although Li Qi does not know how to fight, no one can deny that in terms of propaganda and momentum, no one in the world can match him.
This monument erecting ceremony was also planned by him. Its content was to carve the names of the soldiers who died in this battle on a natural boulder, whether they were Jiaozhi or soldiers of the Song Dynasty.
Of course, this is only symbolic. After all, there are tens of thousands of people. No matter how many people Li Qi has, it is impossible to engrave all the names of tens of thousands of people in a few days.
There is a small hillside in front of the city gate to the east of Thang Long Palace. There is a natural boulder in front of the hillside. Thousands of names are engraved on the stone. On the left side of the boulder are engraved three big characters - Tomb of the Martyrs.
In the future, other fallen soldiers will be engraved on stone tablets one after another and placed on this hillside.
Li Qi's purpose of creating this cemetery is to convey the idea that we are all a family now. These martyrs fought to the death during their lives, but after they died, they joined the same cemetery. All dead people can do this, so
We living people should do this even more, love each other regardless of each other.
Representatives from both sides stepped forward and bowed in honor of the most beautiful flowers in Thang Long Palace. (To be continued...)