But around the New Year, Zong Ze's health had a rare two days of recovery, so he got up and inquired about the situation in person, but he sent the three generals to Yanling Yue Fei for deployment, and replaced them with garrison generals from the Tokyo Liaison Office... In his words, if they lost there, Tokyo would certainly be lost; and if they won there, Yelu Ma Wu would certainly not dare to attack.

We should not talk about the past too much, but no matter what, there are about 10,000 garrisons left in Tokyo to guard against Yelu Ma Wu. There are troops in the main city of Tokyo, Qingcheng in the south of the city, and Yuetai in the west of the city.

Therefore, when Zhao Jiu arrived here, some soldiers had already come to investigate. Although they saw that it was their own flag, they still stopped them from a distance and asked them to stop two hundred steps south of the city and wait for the Qingcheng defenders to come and verify.

Emperor Zhao had nothing to say, so he reined in his horse and stopped under his dragon banner.

Soon after, a team of no more than a hundred people appeared in the field of vision. They didn't even have complete leather armor. Only the leading team leader wore iron armor, but they still came on foot. When they reached the central army position, they were startled to see the dragon flag. Then Guo Zhongxun and Wang Shan rode out together. This man immediately saluted and greeted them, but his eyes were always looking in the direction of the dragon flag.

After a brief conversation, he even leaned over to the ground and led his subordinates to kneel down and salute.

A moment later, Guo Zhongxun and Wang Shan came back together to report that they could continue to march forward, but unexpectedly, at this moment, most of the people under the dragon flag of the central army, at least those from Nanyang, had gloomy expressions and were silent.

"Do you want to comfort him?"

After hesitating for a while, Guo Zhongxun, who was a little nervous, asked tentatively. "This captain is from the Imperial Guards who were transferred to Tokyo before the Jingkang period. He is considered an old member of Tokyo. He may have met the emperor..."

As soon as these words were spoken, Lan Gui, who had been silent before, burst into tears immediately. Hu Yin, Liu Yan, Wan Qi Xie and others also lamented.

It is said that when Emperor Zhao came to Tokyo this time, the dragon flag was always erected. Starting from Yanling, he changed into a red robe, a fu hat and a gold belt according to Lan Gui's suggestion.

However, the route they took might have happened to be the area where the Song and Jin armies had confronted and marched before, so the scenery along the way was bleak, the towns were dilapidated, the fields were barren, and there were still some signs of habitation in many places, but now there was no one living there, obviously everyone had fled... Even the few towns that still had people living in them, their first reaction when they saw the army coming was to defend themselves strictly and not accept them.

In a word, the kind of winning movie and tear-jerking scene that many people fantasized about did not happen at all, because no one showed up.

It is no wonder that Emperor Zhao and several of his close ministers who returned to their hometown were in such heavy moods, and it is no wonder that Guo Zhongxun, the prosecutor of the Tokyo garrison, was uneasy. He made such a gesture to let a team come to demonstrate that the monarch and the people are one family.

Zhao Jiu came back to his senses and realized that he was misunderstood. Why would he care about that?

You have to know that today, under the dragon flag of the Central Army, everyone has the right to feel sad, except him, who is visiting Tokyo for the first time and has absolutely no feelings... The reason why he was silent was because he saw that these soldiers were still orderly, so he knew that he would most likely face Zong Ze after entering the city.

In other words, other people were timid because they were close to their hometown, but Zhao Jiu was afraid because he was close to people.

He didn't know how Zong Ze would treat him, and what attitude and method he should use to face Zong Ze.

"Everyone, how about I comfort the emperor on his behalf?" Seeing that Emperor Zhao remained silent for a long time, Lan Gui, the chief eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who became more and more proactive as they got closer to the old capital, took the initiative to speak.

"I'll go and take a look." Zhao Jiu came back to his senses, smiled again, then turned over and got off the horse and went forward.

The others did not dare to delay and quickly followed.

"Your Majesty, I am the third commander of the Sixth Army of the Left Wing of Changning, and I am Bei Yan of Wuwei Army. I pay my respects to your Majesty." When the man saw Zhao Jiu dismounting and coming here, he announced his official title and name in a loud voice from a distance... Dutou was the official title of the captain of a hundred-man team, Changning was the military name, and Wuwei Army was the place of origin. It was obvious that this captain who came to investigate and verify was a man of great eloquence.

"Get up." Zhao Jiu came up and immediately waived the greeting.

"Your Majesty is back in Tokyo, and we are truly delighted..." The general with the surname Bei got up and followed the routine to flatter him.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Jiu laughed when he heard the voice: "Are you really happy?"

"As expected, he is happy." Bei Yan was stunned at first, and then shocked again. "How can I not be happy when the emperor returns? Besides, the emperor's visit must mean that the king's army in the south has won a great victory."

"Although the royal army has won, the Jin army has not left. If I come here, Tokyo will become the main force of the Jin army in the future. You will most likely die for it. Can you be happy?" Zhao Jiu continued to ask with a smile.

"Your Highness..." Bei Yan was only slightly startled, then quickly kowtowed again in response. "Your Highness is willing to die for the Emperor!"

However, Bei Yan was a smart man, but the soldiers kneeling behind him were not as smart as him. They were all stunned. They just saw the captain kneel down again, and then they knelt down in panic.

It was obvious that these people were only hasty and panicked about the arrival of the government officials, and were even more nervous and fearful about the possibility of the Jin army coming here.

"But there are benefits to my coming here." Zhao Jiu smiled again. "At least I can bring some money from the southeast, Bashu, and Jingxiang. After we drive away the Jin army this time, we can send back the military pay... Thank you for your hard work in staying in Tokyo these past few years!"

Hearing this, the soldiers of this army were somewhat excited, and Bei Yan was also suddenly happy. It was not until he saw the emperor looking at him with a smile that he quickly lowered his head and said, "It's not hard for us..."

But once the words were spoken, this man's cleverness already made him feel a little difficult.

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