She Song

Chapter 312 The Tokyo Incident
When the [-] Jin Army cavalry returned to Nanda Camp to prepare for revenge, they were greeted by a series of artillery shells, which Han Shizhong personally fired.

Although they were not loaded with explosive ammunition, the Jin army's queue was too dense and caught off guard. The Jurchens suffered heavy casualties and their morale dropped to a freezing point.

Just when the Jurchen generals on both sides were in confusion because their commander was killed in battle, twenty primitive-level Hanwang artillery pieces from the Jin Army's artillery unit, which was ordered to come for reinforcements, were accidentally intercepted by the pursuing Zhenguo army.

With these powerful weapons in hand, Han Shizhong immediately proposed to strike while the iron was hot to completely defeat the Jin army and entangle Wanyan Wushu by the way.

Both Chen Liang and Yaoshi Guo realized that the opportunity was too good to miss and readily agreed.

So when Han Shizhong's artillery fired, Guo Yaoshi from Liujiaji came out of the town again and stabbed the main force of the Jin army in panic.

And Chen Liang led nearly [-] troops to attack the Jin army in the darkness and beat up the drowned dog!
The main force of the Jin Army suffered successive attacks and the command system collapsed. The soldiers were naturally afraid of artillery and inevitably collapsed in all directions.

Before dawn, in the fields southeast of Liujiaji, soldiers from both sides became a mess.

The Jin army had no intention of fighting and just wanted to escape to no man's land. The Zhenguo army pursued them bravely. Anyway, they rushed wherever there were more people. At the end of the battle, even Chen Liang and Pharmacist Guo only led a hundred or so men to charge.

When the sky gradually became brighter, corpses were strewn on the battlefield. The soldiers of the Zhenguo Army were breathing heavily and dripping with blood, but they still held their swords and guns tightly.

The Jin army on the left and right wings could only watch from a distance as the main force was defeated. With the Hanwang artillery, the opponent's numbers were obviously superior. At this time, there was no way to gain any advantage by joining forces, and in the end they could only retreat to Daming Mansion in defeat.

Wanyan Wushu was surprised. The opponent's 5000 men actually defeated an army of [-] men and [-] artillery pieces. Didn't it mean that the Zhenguo Army was surrounded and ready to be captured?

What kind of bird fight is this?
Seeing the defeated troops of less than [-], Wanyan Wushu wanted to personally lead the troops to take revenge, but he gritted his teeth and issued the order for the entire army to cross the river.

He can completely wipe out the small amount of Liujiaji's Suppressing Army, but it will take two days to go back and forth. During this period, the Suppressing Army will definitely make bigger moves.

Wanyan Wushu was worried that Han Xiaoyao would seize the opportunity if there was a slight delay, not to mention that the troops going south had already occupied the pontoon bridge and opened the road to Tokyo, so he decisively went south.

A small leak will sink a great ship!
After cleaning the battlefield, Han Shizhong looked around the Liujiaji after the fierce battle with both joy and worry. Judging from the results, they had wiped out at least 3000 Jurchens, but at the same time, he was heartbroken by the [-] casualties on his side, not to mention the [-] war horses. Not even half of it.

At noon, the scouts came to report that the main force of the Jin army had withdrawn from Damingfu and headed towards the floating bridge on the Yellow River.

Chen Liang once again complained: "Is this guy a rabbit? He runs so fast! But he wants to hit Tokyo?"

Pharmacist Guo nodded: "It seems that the fourth prince wants to get a vote from the imperial court before running away, but let's settle down in Daming Mansion first and then see if we can cross the river to pursue him."

To be honest, their supplies were not enough. After entering Daming Mansion, they could at least replenish some supplies and treat the wounded. Finally, Pharmacist Guo led the cavalry into Daming Mansion. After all, this was one of the four capitals, and it was definitely occupied.

While sending a battle report to Yanjing, Chen Liang gathered his troops and headed south, at least to occupy the northern end of the pontoon bridge and control the Jin army's return northward path to a certain extent.

Han Shizhong was responsible for the aftermath. In addition to treating and transporting the wounded and sick, he also had to maintain contact with subsequent troops.

The news that the Jurchens easily broke through the Yellow River and appeared outside Tokyo instantly caused an explosion in the Song Dynasty court.

They had no idea that Zhao Kai was defeated and the Zhenguo Army counterattacked across the board. Wanyan Wushu was forced to go south, but the 10,000+ Jin army came with murderous intent, leaving no human or livestock behind and no grass growing in their path. Aiming at the city of Tokyo.

Now, anyone with a little common sense will understand that there must be a big problem in the joint operation against Yanjing!
While there are different opinions, people are becoming more and more frightened.

From last night to noon, the important ministers headed by Cai Jing had been comforting Zhao Ji.

"Officials, please be at ease. There is no reason for the Jin army to cross the river south. The old minister has sent an envoy to inquire about it. There will be news soon."

Zhao Ji sighed: "But King Yun angered the Jin army in Yandi? What should we do if they attack the city?" There was no news, and Cai Jing did not dare to give a definite answer.

Of course, he also knew that through the efforts of the craftsman's workshop, Tokyo's city defense had been replaced with cannons. There were a total of sixty Korean king cannons, twenty medium Korean king cannons, and four heavy Korean king cannons, plus the [-] city defense troops and [-] palace guards left behind. They are also equipped with repeating crossbows, which should be able to withstand ten days and a half.

"Even if there is a reason for the incident, the Jin army was only seeking money and goods when they went south. This matter will definitely turn around!"

Sure enough, Lu Tong, who left the city early in the morning to serve as an envoy in the Jin army's formation, came back.

Since Lu Tong relied on Han Ji Cai to attack Han Ji Silver and followed King Yun, he was quickly promoted to the Ministry of Rites. And because he cooperated with Cai You's sea trade business, he had just been awarded the position of right minister of the Ministry of Rites.

At the critical moment when the Jin army besieged the city, Cai Jing sent him out of the city to contact the Jurchens without thinking.

Although the trembling Lu Tong scolded him a lot, Cai Jing was the head of the officials and Cai You's father, so he could only grit his teeth and enter the Jurchen camp.

At this time, a Jurchen nobleman deliberately dug up old accounts and claimed that he wanted to seek justice from the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in person. If no one was seen at noon tomorrow, the army would immediately attack the city. By then, no chickens or dogs would be left in Tokyo.

When Lu Tong heard this, he became anxious and asked the officials to go out of the city to meet and negotiate. This was impossible!
So he spent 300 million yuan in labor and military expenses authorized by Cai Jing, and also sent a large amount of food, grass, and goods, just to ask the Jin army to retreat.

Before the noble could speak, Wanyan Wushu came out and said domineeringly: "First send me 100 million taels of gold, 500 million taels of silver, and a thousand beauties!"

Lu Tong still wanted to grind out the price, but the nobleman immediately pulled out a scimitar and put it on Lu Tong's neck. Lu Tong was immediately furious and agreed repeatedly.

After listening to Lu Tong's embellished narrative, Zhao Ji felt relieved. Jin Jun only asked for money and beautiful women, not his own life. He immediately regained his composure and told Cai Jing to satisfy Wanyan Wushu's request.

The emperor had no idea, but Cai Jing had a headache.

It was not difficult to raise a thousand women among one million residents, but the gold and silver in the treasury was not enough, so they proposed to borrow the property of wealthy merchants in the city to make up for it.

The whole world belongs to the official family, and it is natural for the people to gather thousands of women and money. Therefore, this absurd proposal was unanimously agreed by the monarch and his ministers.

Due to time constraints, the Imperial City Department, Kaifeng Government Office, and the garrison began to raid the entire city in the afternoon. Those who dared to disobey were arrested.

Countless officials took the opportunity to line their own pockets and robbed civilian girls. Countless residents and businesses in the city suddenly suffered unreasonable disasters, and their families were destroyed.

Even Shi Shikun was forced to "borrow" 100 million taels of silver.

At night, the city was still in chaos. Shocked by the weakness of the imperial court, many censors could not stand it and wrote letters to impeach Cai Jing.

Finally, under Chen Dong's initiative, thousands of imperial students took the lead and gathered at Nanxun Gate to kowtow at the gate, requesting orders from the imperial court to reject the Jin army's unreasonable demands.

This move immediately received a response from the victims. Tens of thousands of people surrounded the Ministry of Rites, demanding that their wives and daughters be released and their money returned.

Seeing that the situation in the city was in danger of getting out of control, in order to ensure that people and property were handed over to the Jin army, Cai Jing received Zhao Ji's oral instructions and sent a large number of troops to suppress it.

On the night of December 24, thousands of soldiers, civilians and Taipei students were killed or injured in Tokyo. Subsequently, angry people set fire to the Privy Council, Government Hall and Kaifeng Mansion, which was known as the "Tokyo Incident" in history.

Although the imperial court finally suppressed the rioting people, this night has become a watershed in the confrontation between the government and the people.

(End of this chapter)