Chapter 213 Soup Cake
An hour has arrived.
Zheng Fan, who was about to give the order, suddenly thought of a question.
This question is still very critical and fatal.
That is, Marquis Jingnan has arranged everything, but will there be any deviations when arranging himself?
For example,
The reason why he gave himself the task of directly entering the Jin Palace was because he took a fancy to his record of leading troops to raid Mianzhou City twice. But the problem is, those two troops who led troops They are all Liang Cheng.
At this thought,
Zheng Fan's hands suddenly trembled a little,
Anyone who cheats or takes a back door to get to the top will be fine on weekdays, but when things really go wrong , and started to panic.
Take a deep breath,
Don't panic when encountering anything,
If it doesn't work, just keep your head down, raise the knife, and shout "Ula" and that's it.
Because now, there is no choice anyway.
“The Imperial Palace of Jin, charge!”
Zheng Fan mobilized his war horse, followed by three hundred Jingnan Army knights, like a sharp blade, going straight into the heart of Jin's capital, which was now completely in panic.
On the way back, Situ Jiangong took away thousands of the Situ family’s elite cavalry. Firstly, there was no need to keep them any longer. Secondly, the land in Gyeonggi was originally reserved for the Yu family from Dacheng Kingdom. He It is not very convenient to lead troops into the camp.
It is precisely because of this that it directly led to the emptiness of the Gyeonggi land at this time.
The few defeated soldiers who were gathered together at the beginning got drunk and vented their anger after returning to the camp. These defeated soldiers still had the courage to fight on the battlefield. Moreover, Yu Huacheng’s level of training soldiers and horses was not bad. But the problem is that the psychological state and mental outlook of the defeated soldiers cannot be changed overnight. For them who have just experienced a defeat not long ago, once they are free, drinking and visiting brothels is the best way to numb themselves.
For this reason, almost half of the soldiers in the broken soldiers camp on the school ground were dispersed. Although the remaining half were in the camp, they were drinking and gambling.
The pro-army troops were even worse. After returning, except for a thousand cavalry patrolling the perimeter, and Yu Huacheng personally leading a thousand soldiers into the palace, the remaining troops all went back to their homes to find their mothers.
Originally, the number of Jin troops in the capital was the same as when they were outside Wubao during the day. Even if you exclude the soldiers and horses of the Situ family, they were several times as many as the five thousand Yan troops.
However, now, in contrast to the established system, the Yan people actually have an absolute advantage.
In the final analysis, it is not because Yu Huacheng is not good at it. He is able to achieve the position of commander-in-chief of the Gyeonggi Pro-Army, not only because of his friendship with the Jin Emperor, but also because he has a good reputation. ability.
But the real reason is that the capital is too small. It is more like a barbarian royal court than a country within a country.
However, even though the royal court has declined, it still maintains a certain influence on the desert, and still has its own large pastures, while the Jin Kingdom's capital is just a simple "city state".
Maybe, after surrendering to the Dacheng Kingdom, as a frontline against Yan, the Gyeonggi area can become a new "Beifeng County" with the funding of Dacheng in the future, but now, it is not possible.
The Yan Army cavalry was divided into many units, attacking their respective targets, setting fires and killing people. For a time, they created a terrifying momentum that was no less powerful than tens of thousands of cavalry rolling in.
In this case, the Jin army collapsed directly, and it was impossible not to collapse, because after they returned from the expedition, there was no longer any saying that they were organized or not.
The enemy has already arrived at your door, so why don’t you call out the soldiers from door to door to form a formation?
Then call out those drunken soldiers from the school camp to fight the enemy?
Or go to a place like the Red Tent and pull those Qiu Ba off Sister Yao one by one,
Even if they are really pulled off,
you give him a Will he still have the strength to lift the knife?
In this part, Zheng Fan did not do anything else, but just focused on heading towards the Jin Palace. Because he deliberately delayed it for an hour, when Zheng Fan came in, the chaos in the capital was Already present.
This is enough to show that Jingnanhou has already grasped the current situation in this area. Five thousand cavalry are indeed enough to directly level this area.
This is the art of war.
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There is a street on the east side of the Jin Palace. An unknown number of years ago, this place used to be extremely noisy and lively.
The courtiers in the morning court were waiting for the palace gate to open. Those with high official ranks wanted to pay attention to their image, so they sent their servants to buy breakfast and eat it in sedan chairs; those with lower official ranks were also at the end of the court. If you don't have any worries, you can sit in the store and get something to eat.
Lord Sword Master is still wearing a white shirt, sitting in this old soup cake shop.
In front of him, there was a large bowl of soup made from big bones and two pieces of pancakes.
An old man walked slowly on a crutch, holding a large handful of green onions in his hand, and threw them into the soup bowl.
“In the early years, officials who only had sesame and mung beans liked to go to the soup cake shop to eat this before going to court. You have to add the chopped green onions. Without this, the soup would be useless. The taste is not fragrant
If you are in a good mood, warm up half a pot of wine. It is not as good as the fine wine of Ganguowuchuan, but the taste is good enough. Half a pot of wine, two bowls of soup, and two pieces of pancakes will be enough to eat. Comfortable.
Anyway, I am at the end of the queue when I go to court, so I am not afraid that my breath will offend His Majesty and the big shots, haha. "
The old man said as he sat down in front of Lord Sword Master.
What he said was already sixty years ago. At that time, the three major families The pattern has been established, but the heads of the family are still serving in the capital, and the Jin court, It still looked like a court, unlike now.
Master Sword Master stirred up the green onions with chopsticks, blew on them, but was not in a hurry to drink. Instead, he looked at the old man and said:
“Every time I go out, I think about this for a long time. ”
"That's right."
The old man grinned proudly, showing his big yellow teeth.
This street has been deserted for many years, but the old man has always guarded this shop.
“I don’t know how long I can drink this soup.”
Hearing this, the old man immediately said:
"No matter how things outside change, as long as there is still a palace in the courtyard across the wall and His Majesty still lives there, our soup cake shop will continue to open."
The old man subconsciously wanted to tell it again. A hundred years ago, my ancestors sold it on the street His Majesty was praised for his deeds when he was selling soup cakes and was sent to visit incognito.
But he suddenly remembered that he had told this story to the person in front of him no less than twenty times, so he immediately stopped talking and turned to He showed a reserved smile.
The Sword Master nodded and did not tell the old man that it won’t be long before there will no longer be His Majesty in this palace. This palace will most likely be converted into a palace, although the people who live in it will also have the same surname. Yu, but it’s not the same group as before.
“You guys are back today. It’s been a long time since we, the emperor, have really taken action.”
The old man expressed his own emotion.
Master Sword Master drank the soup but didn’t reply.
The people in Jin's capital are different from the people near the capital in other countries. In other countries, the people in capital are often the ones with the most comfortable living conditions. At the same time, they also have a sense of imperial city. Root of human arrogance.
However, the pattern of the Jin Dynasty being divided into three families has been around for too long, and it has reached the point where the backbone of the people in the capital can no longer stand up straight. Therefore, in many cases, it is not so much that the pro-Jin army is still loyal to the emperor of Jin. , it would be better to say that the people of Gyeonggi instinctively huddled together with the Jin Emperor to keep warm.
The old man has been boiling soup and making pancakes for a lifetime. His whole life has been firmly bound to this soup cake shop. He has seen its prosperity and is savoring it at this time. Looking at its trough, the old man has always thought that this is probably what people will do in this life, but he still hesitates in his heart,
Asked:
"The Yan people in the west won't come again, right?"
Master Sword Master put down the soup bowl, picked up the pancake and took two bites, shook his head and said:
"Who knows."
"Oh." The old man sighed, stood up silently, and said, "Are two more big bones?"
"No, these are enough."
"You are getting older too. Before, you could drink three bowls of broth and five large pancakes and gnaw three or four big bones in one meal. . ”
“That’s true.”
“When are you going to get married?”
“There’s no rush.”
"It's urgent."
"Okay, I'll be anxious first."
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the street outside the soup cake shop.
The old man turned his head and looked out suspiciously, while the sword master stood up, walked to the door panel, removed a door panel, and found a group of Jin army knights heading eastward.
What followed was a sudden burst of fighting and crying throughout the entire Gyeonggi region.
The sword master's eyes narrowed.
“But something happened outside, is it so lively?”
The sword master did not deceive the old man and said:
“Something happened.”
"But the Yan people called?"
"It seems so."
"Oh, we still called after all. Tell me, what are you doing to provoke the Yan people for no reason?"
The sword master turned around and said :
"If you can You can’t say that.”
“It’s not possible to live peacefully, you have to make trouble.” The old man didn’t know the identity of the sword master. Young Master.
In the early years, when the person in front of me was still young, he often brought his younger brother here to eat soup cakes. Later, their clothes got better and better, and their swords looked more and more expensive. Later, his younger brother didn't come often. The person in front of me would come over from time to time.
The Sword Master said:
“After all, we have to change our way of life.”
“Oh, the big shots always want to make trouble, but we small people just want to Just live your own life peacefully.
Guarding the capital, guarding the palace, and guarding your majesty, I can always live this life. ”
"Then how boring is this life?"
Hearing this, the old man
smiled,
seemingly completely indifferent to the chaos outside,
Pointing to the half-drunk bone soup that Master Sword Master just drank,
Tao:
“Most people in the world think about how to eat enough, and only those noble people who have no worries about eating and drinking always think about making their food more delicious all day long.” ( End of chapter)