Chapter 171 Chang'an
"Your Majesty, this person is Wanyan Huo Nu!" Wang Shu pointed to Wanyan Huo Nu's body and said.
"I know him! When I was married, he was also the messenger of the Jurchens! He was arrogant and domineering at that time. After only more than half a year, he died in front of me!" Zhao Chen sneered.
On that day, Zhao Chen got married, and Wanyan Huo’s daughter also came! Zhao Chen did not talk to Wanyan Huo’s daughter, but he saw the disdain in Wanyan Huo’s eyes! He also knew that this person was Wanyan Loushi’s son. Wanyan Huo’s daughter was dead. Wanyan Loushi was afraid that Wanyan Loushi would definitely come to take revenge! Zhao Chen was naturally not afraid! Not to mention Wanyan Loushi, even Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang, and even Wanyan Wu Qimai were nothing great. Those were the targets he would kill in the future!
The battlefield slowly became silent!
The Jurchens and Khitans have been killed, and the soldiers of the Imperial Camp are cleaning up the battlefield!
Not long after, Yue Fei, Zhao Zhe and others also reported military information, saying that the Jurchens and Khitans in other places were basically wiped out and not many escaped!
In addition to the 10,000 people that Yue Fei let go, the Jurchens and Khitans escaped at the beginning of last night, and the total number of people who escaped would never exceed 15,000! This battle was a great victory!
Wang Shu was frightened before, but now he was overwhelmed with great excitement. He suddenly jumped off his horse, knelt in front of Zhao Chen, and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the emperor personally led the army to achieve unprecedented victory! Neither the two emperors nor the traitor Kang, had defeated the Jurchens before! Your Majesty killed tens of thousands of Jurchens from Fengxiang Prefecture to Fufeng County! After this battle, Your Majesty's reputation of martial arts will definitely be known to everyone in the world!"
Zhao Chen was also extremely excited. He jumped off the horse and pulled Wang Shu up and said, "This is the joint efforts of the soldiers to win this victory!"
At this moment, it was not just the two of them who were cheering and celebrating, but all the soldiers in the imperial camp were cheering and celebrating! Before the war started, no one would have thought that they could defeat the Jurchens so quickly and neatly! Now they eliminated 10,000 Jurchens in Fengxiang Mansion, and this time they eliminated more than 30,000 Jurchens and Khitan coalition forces. The fruits of the war were beyond the expectations before the war! Since the Jurchens invaded, the Han people have achieved such a huge victory for the first time!
"When the battlefield is cleaned up, we must go west immediately and go to Chang'an! Chang'an, we must fight!" Zhao Chen said excitedly.
Chang'an is extraordinary. Since the Qin Dynasty, it was the capital of the Han people! In the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, it was all political hubs! Even in the Song Dynasty, it was still the center of Guan and Shaanxi, and it was the first city in Guan and Shaanxi! Chang'an has extraordinary significance and is a landmark city. After the capture of Chang'an, both Hanzhong, Sichuan and Jiangnan would be shocked!
By noon, the Imperial Army, Jingyuan Army, and Huanqing Army finally finished packing up the battlefield. They got countless weapons and horses, and everyone was excited without saying much!
The troops also began to count the casualties! The casualties made everyone feel a little sad!
The imperial guards suffered more than 5,000 casualties again, and with the casualties of Fengxiang Mansion, the imperial guards lost nearly 10,000 people! As for the Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army, this time they took advantage of it, and even lost more than 10,000 people! The Jurchens were too fierce. When they were surrounded by full force, they were still able to kill many Jingyuan Army and Huanqing Army soldiers! Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi and others were depressed without further ado!
"Ma Yuan of the Han Dynasty said, 'If a man dies in the border, he will be buried in the corpse with horses and bury him, how can he be bedridden in his hands?' They died in order to expel the Tartars and revive the Song Dynasty, and died as a matter of their own death! I have a decision in my heart that I will prepare to build a martyr's temple in Hanzhong after returning to Hanzhong. All soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country can enter the martyr's temple! On important festivals in the future, I will personally lead the ministers to sacrifice to the martyr's temple! What do you think?" Zhao Chen said.
After Zhao Chen finished speaking, everyone was stunned!
There has never been a similar move in ancient China! Soldiers have low status and die if they die. Who would care about the dead soldiers except their families?
"Your Majesty, if you say this, we all wish we could die on the battlefield just now!" Before the generals could speak, the soldiers around them had already knelt down one after another and said extremely excitedly!
"Get up quickly, you should fight for the country and die for the country. Aren't these things done?" Zhao Chen said.
The soldiers around stood up, but were still excited! Someone had quietly retreated and spread the news! Soon, more than 100,000 soldiers around him were boiling! They died for the country, and the country did not forget their contributions and wanted to sacrifice to the dead soldiers. This was something they didn't dare to think about, but Zhao Chen wanted to do so!
"Your Majesty is kind and righteous, I admire you!" Yue Fei was also extremely excited at this moment and said.
Yue Fei loves soldiers like his sons. He originally regrets the soldiers who died! But all he can do is to give more pensions, but he never thought about giving honor to soldiers who died in battle! Now Zhao Chen's approach makes him feel that it is really good!
"These people who sacrificed their lives for the country should not only remember them, but the people of the Song Dynasty should remember them! In the future, as long as we Han people are in power, we cannot forget them! You send people to collect their bodies and transport them to your hometown! In addition, write down their names and hometowns, and these will be recorded in the Martyrs' Temple in the future! Let's set off immediately and go to Chang'an!" Zhao Chen said.
"Yes!" The soldiers around agreed!
In the afternoon of that day, the army started again and headed towards Chang'an! All the soldiers were full of confidence and confident to take Chang'an! After two major wars, they finally had the confidence to fight with the Jurchens!
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There were still more than 10,000 people who escaped from the Jurchens and Khitans, especially the leader of the Khitans, Yelu Yukyu, who actually escaped!
Looking back on his experience that night, he was still shocked!
Until now, he didn't know how the Han people set up so many ambushes! They were completely involuntarily defeated!
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, he finally arrived at the city of Chang'an! Tens of thousands of Jurchens and Khitan soldiers also followed him to the city of Chang'an!
Here, the Jurchens and Khitans were dismounted one after another, and they were all very grateful for their survival!
Soon, the city gate opened and Yelu Yujiu walked into the mansion of the lord of Chang'an City!
"Where is General Wanyan Haili? Take me to see him!" Yelu Yuji said anxiously.
Wanyan Haili is Wanyan Loushi's nephew and the eldest brother of Wanyan Huo's daughter! However, Wanyan Haili is far inferior to Wanyan Loushi in history. Wanyan Huo's daughter is not very famous and has not much talent!
Wanyan Haili was hugging two beautiful kids in the city lord's mansion to have fun. A report came from outside. He said impatiently: "Don't disturb me!"
Soon, he felt something was wrong, so he suddenly pushed away the two stunning pussy babies in his arms and said, "What are you saying? Yelu Yubing wants to see me? Didn't he go out to fight with the living girl? Why are you back now?"
The Jurchen soldiers outside said, "General, General Yelu seems to have been defeated and just fled back!"
Wanyan Haili frowned, and he hurriedly put on his clothes and strode towards the outside!
Soon Wanyan Haili saw Yelu Yujiu. At this moment, Yelu Yujiu had already kneeled down and started crying!
"What happened? Where is my cousin? Why is he not here?" Wanyan Haili felt more and more wrong in her heart, and said.
"General, the big thing is wrong. Our 50,000 troops were defeated by the Han people. I was fighting to the death to break through the siege. As for the female general Wanyanhuo, he may be in danger!" Yelu Yu saw it.
"What? How is it possible?" Wanyan Haili was incredible!
"It's true! The general can ask the soldiers outside, and they will escape back with me!" Yelu Yu said.
Soon, the defeated soldiers also entered the city lord's mansion one after another. Wanyan Haili asked carefully! After the questioning, Wanyan Haili stayed there!
"What should I do now?" Wanyan Haili said.
He has poor abilities and does not have much experience in leading troops to fight! Faced with the current situation, he has no idea how to do it!
"General, we must immediately send someone to inform Lord Loushi and let Lord Loushi lead the army back! It would be better for the second prince to lead the army back! As long as more than 100,000 troops come back, the Han people will undoubtedly die! Before this, we must also defend Chang'an City! Chang'an is the number one city in the northwest, extremely strong, and we still have more than 10,000 people. We can order the Han people in the city to help us defend the city together! As long as we persist until Lord Loushi or His Highness the Second Prince comes back!" Yelu Yu said.
"Okay! Listen to you!" Wanyan Haili said!
He was very anxious. On the one hand, he asked him to go to Henan immediately to inform Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Zongwang and others, and on the other hand, he discussed with Yelu Yuji about protecting Chang'an!
On the tenth day of the first lunar month, the Song army finally arrived at the city of Chang'an!
The Song army began to set up camps!
Looking at the densely packed more than 100,000 Song troops below, Yelu Yujiu was frightened! They only had more than 10,000 soldiers. Although many strong Han men have been arrested to defend the city, there are too many Song troops, and they really have no confidence!
On the 11th day of the first lunar month, the Song army did not launch an attack!
On the twelfth and thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the Song army still did not launch an attack!
On the 14th day of the first lunar month, the drums of war roared under Chang'an City, and Yelu Yu was shocked when he saw it. They hurriedly asked someone to defend themselves, but the Song army still did not launch an attack!
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Song army actually began to celebrate the Lantern Festival below! They even saw the dragon flag of the Song emperor!
"Why didn't the Song people launch an attack now?" Wanyan Haili said in confusion.
"The Song people must have some concerns when they see this Chang'an City so grand, and they are worried that they will not be able to fight and the losses will be too great! But this is the best! They'd better delay for a while. At that time, Lord Wanyan Loushi, His Highness the Second Crown Prince, will come all the way from Tongguan and completely defeat them!" Yelu Yu said.
"You're right! Thank you General Yelu! Without you on the side, I really don't know what to do!" Wanyan Haili arrived.
Yelu Yu was overjoyed and said, "I just did what I should do!"
What they didn't know was that on that night, the imperial guards and imperial camp had already arrived below Tongguan. In the middle of the night, they braved the heavy snow to attack Tongguan!
Chapter completed!