When Zhao Jiu said he wanted to go to Tokyo to celebrate the Lantern Festival, he was not trying to test whether Daozu was observing him, but was stating a fact, because at this moment, the road from Changsha to Tokyo was open and he could go directly there.
How did Yue Fei and his men get here from Tokyo? He just had to go back the same way. As long as they traveled light, they could easily reach Tokyo on the Lantern Festival.
Of course, the prerequisite for arriving in Tokyo safely is that Han Shizhong, who leads 60,000 to 70,000 people, cannot be wiped out by Yelu Ma Wu and Talan, or Yue Fei, who leads more than 20,000 people, is directly breached by Wanyan Wushu within two or three days... As for wanting to settle down there, successfully force the Jin army across the Yellow River and end this Jin army's major offensive, it seems to be just a basic premise.
So, if you say this matter is simple, it is extremely simple; but if you say it is difficult, it is also like trying to carry Mount Tai across the North Sea.
But no matter what, after seeing Hu Yin suddenly lose control and burst into tears, Zhao Jiu became more determined about this idea, because he had a reason to go.
After this victory, I dare not say whether the entire chess game in Henan battlefield has been revitalized, but at least the stage of desperate fighting has passed. At this time, Zhao Jiu must make plans for the future, and with Han Shizhong and Yue Fei in charge, he does not need to interfere too much in military affairs, or personally interfere in military affairs, but should do more valuable things from the perspective of an emperor.
This matter is to win people's hearts.
After all, from the specific situation, Zhao Jiu almost abandoned Nanyang and stood up Xiangyang. It is a fact that the people in Nanyang and Xiangyang are unstable and morale is low. Moreover, he also made a drastic move to kill high-ranking civil officials. Therefore, no matter how the war progresses, he must find a political high point as soon as possible, so as to clamp down on and gather the exiled courts in Nanyang and Xiangyang when the war is repeated, or to regain control of them after the war.
The political high point was when the emperor returned to the old capital.
In addition, the Jin army changed its previous policy of plundering and slaughtering, and began to vigorously implement the strategy of "those who obey me will prosper, and those who disobey me will perish", and vigorously supported and used surrendered generals and officials. Large-scale surrender has occurred in the entire Henan and Liangjing areas. After this battle, Zhao Jiu learned from some specific captives the specific plan of the Jin high-level officials to support the puppet state...
Therefore, Zhao Jiu had to make a gesture to appease the people along the Yellow River.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that from a long-term perspective, after more than a year of displacement, Emperor Zhao has clearly realized that as an emperor, his biggest and even only trump card is his identity as an emperor... Then, when the Jin army will never give you a chance to settle down, if you want to make the most of this identity to "cash in", you should win the hearts of the people to the greatest extent, and win the hearts of everyone, and cannot be limited to the field bureaucracy system that he inherited as a matter of course when he first came to this world.
He has to go out.
In short, returning to the present, if we look at Hu Yin, we will understand that the return of the new emperor to the old capital would be a great shock and spiritual comfort to the literati and anyone who still has a trace of idealistic pursuit.
What’s more, what about the people of Henan who have suffered from wars repeatedly?
What’s more, the people of the two rivers who were eagerly waiting for the opportunity.
Not to mention, Zong Ze was terminally ill, Du Chong was dead, and Quan Bangyan was trapped in Huazhou... But for the stability of the Tokyo Liaison Office, he had to go to Tokyo to see and say farewell to Zong Liaison Office in person.
Therefore, after Emperor Zhao finished speaking, he had nothing else to say.
On the next morning, Zhao Jiu summoned all the military commanders and above to gather together and announced his decision. Just as he imagined, these commanders were shocked and divided into two. Those who understood what was going on naturally understood and were speechless, while those who didn't understand were also speechless... However, after yesterday's battle, Emperor Zhao already had enough confidence and prestige in front of these people, and everyone just obeyed his orders silently.
In fact, the military situation and the matter were very urgent, and Emperor Zhao did not delay anything. In addition to the people he brought out from Nanyang, he also named Wang Shan, the commander of the Tokyo Garrison, and the injured Li Kui. The two forces combined had about four to five thousand people, and they set out almost at the same time as Han Shizhong's pursuit troops after breakfast.
Zhao Jiu arrived in Yanling that morning.
After gathering Lan Gui, the chief escort of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and a group of officials from the Tokyo Garrison who were staying here, the imperial carriage took a short rest and then left the city, crossed the Wei River, headed northeast, and arrived in Weishi in the evening.
That night, Han Shizhong sent an envoy to report that Wanyan Talai had retreated northward the night before and directly to Xinzheng in Zhengzhou. Then, upon hearing that the Song army was chasing him, he continued to march northward without stopping. It was unknown where he was in Zhengzhou at this time. However, as Han Shizhong's vanguard troops pursued to Xinzheng, one thing that was certain was that after the battle of Yanling-Changshe, Yelu Mawu, who was supposed to be the first to react, did not dare to neglect the news and abandoned Zhongmu to go west to meet his own marshal.
To be fair, this was not good news, because the two armies had finally merged, which made Han Shizhong's combat mission considerably more difficult; but at the same time, there was no doubt that after eliminating the threat from Zhongmu, Emperor Zhao could now set off with peace of mind.
So, Zhao Jiu sent Li Kui to lead a thousand soldiers to occupy Zhongmou overnight, but early the next morning, he continued to march lightly towards the northwest with Wang Shan's troops.
By the afternoon, we had passed Akakura Town and arrived at Qingcheng, a small town south of Tokyo.
This day was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
By the way, when Du Chong led his troops, Yue Fei originally left behind strong generals, or the three generals he trusted most, to garrison Tokyo City. Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, and another general named Xu Qing who died in the battle at the banks of the Pishui River were all his brothers from Xiangzhou, and they were all left behind to garrison Tokyo.
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