This speed is actually a bit slow, but it is enough... After Emperor Zhao returned to the capital and consulted Chen Gui, he calculated clearly that if he chose to connect the two rivers in the most prosperous Niuxing Street area regardless of the cost, it would actually be equivalent to building a ditch that is more than three miles long, fifty or six feet wide, and thirty or four feet deep.
The construction of this ditch actually only required six or seven cubic meters of soil per person, out of the 40,000 to 50,000 able-bodied men registered in Tokyo.
Obviously, due to the hasty construction, there must be a lot of waste of labor and duplication of work.
But it really doesn't matter.
After another two or three days of hard work, on the morning of the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the ditch was successfully filled with water, and the Wuzhang River and the Bian River were really temporarily connected!
That evening, Emperor Zhao hurriedly got up from Concubine Pan's couch, and then went to Chongwenyuan to learn an accurate news - three days ago, Zhang Rong had already led thirty ships and more than one hundred flat-bottomed ferries to set off from Liangshan Lake.
Facts have proved that Zhang Rong did not live up to Zhao Jiu's long-standing tolerance and trust. After Yang Yi Zhong and Yu Yunwen came to Zhang Rong through Xiao En with the secret decree and the marriage document, the Liangshanpo leader only heard the secret decree conveyed by Yang Yi Zhong and had not yet heard about the marriage. He did not hesitate and directly promised to fight.
However, due to the short time and the need to keep the secret, it was not convenient to reveal the whole story to everyone. So after returning to Liangshan Water Stronghold, Zhang Rong simply selected his most core subordinates and the most reliable leaders, and hurried out of Guangji River with about three quarters of the ships in Liangshan Lake and only half of the flat-bottomed ferries.
At this point, Zhao Jiu and the prime minister on duty, Xu Jingheng, were no longer in the mood to sleep... Of course, Emperor Zhao still pretended to go back to sleep, but he was not actually asleep.
On the next morning, as it was winter, the sky got bright very late. When it was clear, Zhao Jiu, who had been suffering on the couch for a long time, did not hesitate any longer and immediately returned to Chongwenyuan. In front of the four ministers who had gathered together, he ordered the demolition of the northeast Shanli Water Gate (the one leading directly to Liangshan Lake), the Zhengxi Water Gate (the exit of the Bian River from the outer city), the southeast Jiaozi Gate of the inner city (the gate where the Bian River enters the inner city), the west Jiaozi Gate of the inner city (the gate where the Bian River exits the inner city), and all the bridges on the Bian River inside and outside the Tokyo city in the dual name of the imperial edict and the order of the capital hall, as well as the demolition of all the bridges on the Bian River inside and outside the Tokyo city!
Shangtu Bridge, Xiatu Bridge, Zuoyoubian Bridge, Jinliang Bridge, including the grand and magnificent Yujiezhou Bridge, these well-known bridges that have accompanied the city of Tokyo for decades or even hundreds of years... were all demolished!
That's right.
In order to prepare for this sneak attack, Emperor Zhao completely destroyed the magnificent scene in the Qingming Festival Along the River... Of course, he was not the only one who destroyed it. During the Jingkang Incident, the two saints who chose to surrender had already destroyed 80% of the living people in the picture, while Zhao Jiu only destroyed the bridge in the picture.
Moreover, Emperor Zhao's move to demolish the city gate was not unprecedented. Long before this, the Emperor Taishang Daojun, one of the two saints, had actually demolished the northeast Shanli Water Gate once in order to allow a huge rockery stone to enter the city from the Guangji River and be placed in Genyue.
So today, Zhao Jiu just dismantled it again.
I would like to add here that Zhao Jiu had seen that huge rockery stone more than once in Genyue... When Yuansheng (Song Qinzong) tried to smash all the scenic rocks of Genyue during the siege, he obviously encountered difficulties in front of this big stone, so he only smashed half of it and then pushed down the main part.
But I really have to thank Emperor Taishang Daojun. If such a majestic rockery had not collapsed there, Zhao Jiu, as a time traveler, would never have been able to realize the feasibility of Yu Yunwen's plan in the first place... If such a rockery can be transported into Tokyo City, there is no reason why the big ships of Liangshanpo cannot come in!
All I can say is that in terms of frivolity and the courage to put his fantastic ideas into practice, Emperor Taishang Daojun is worthy of being Emperor Taishang Daojun, and he is always at the forefront of the times.
Back to the present, when this order is issued, Emperor Zhao and the four ministers in the capital know that the whole city will be shaken. The previous words, notices, and false projects that were used to deceive people can no longer be covered up. It seems that there is no turning back.
But how to say it?
Zhao Jiu didn't care anymore...he even felt a sense of relief and anticipation.
But it must be emphasized that although they were all sitting in Chongwenyuan, the relief and expectation of Emperor Zhao was destined to be different from the relief and expectation of several ministers.
The relief and expectation of the ministers were that they were hoping that the Liangshanpo navy would make a great move and appear on the Yellow River, then destroy the Jin army's inland ships and completely move the defense line to the natural barrier of the Yellow River, thus making the rear completely stable; while Zhao Jiu's relief and expectation was that he was hoping that this one stab would give him a little advantage in the great battle that would come sooner or later.
Emperor Zhao still firmly believed that the war was approaching and unstoppable.
Just like that, a few days later, on the morning of the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, the city of Tokyo, which had closed its gates for two days and caused panic among the people, finally received the fleet it had been looking forward to...but only a dozen ships arrived in the early stage.
There was no way out. Something went wrong on the way and the two ships got stuck in the river. Yang Yi Zhong, holding the gold medal, arrested the county magistrate who did not follow the order from the provincial government to clear the river on the spot. Then, after a lot of effort, he towed the two ships to the branch port ahead and continued sailing.
This was an accident, but an expected one... a whole day was wasted.
However, by evening, the remaining ships finally entered the city one after another. The flat-bottomed ferries and fishing boats did not care and waited directly outside the city. However, the following dozen or so ships, under the bright lights and continuous illumination of the fire basins on both sides, followed the previous dozen ships and carefully passed through the newly dug ditches and entered the wide Bianhe River.
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