Chapter 2, The Tragedy of Chinese Civilization
Late at night on leap 9th, the first year of Jingkang of the Great Song Dynasty (1126), the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, "Tokyo" Bianliang (ie Kaifeng).
Amidst the swirling wind and snow, this great city with a population of one million is in the midst of a miserable war.
In the city of Bianjing shrouded in darkness, every house turned off their lights and closed their doors. The Zhouqiao Night Market, where the lights were once as bright as the Milky Way, and the Fan Tower, where singing and dancing continued all night, were all hidden in darkness. Only the firelight on the city wall reflected the dancing shadows of the trees all around, casting them on the lifeless houses.
Except for the occasional night watchman, this once brightly lit Eastern metropolis was now as silent as a dead city.
——No one would have thought that just two years after the demise of the old enemy Liao in the north and the recovery of Yanyun's hometown, this splendid and prosperous Song Dynasty, which was rich in resources, would actually follow in the footsteps of the old enemy Liao. In the blink of an eye, We have fallen into a situation where the territory is shattered and the country is in danger!
And all of this happened more than ten years ago, from an unknown small tribe in the wilderness among the white mountains and black waters.
In the spring of 1114 AD, the Jurchen chief Wanyan Aguda could not bear the oppression of the Khitan court, so he launched an army against the Liao Dynasty and repeatedly defeated the Khitan army.
In 1115 AD, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom devoted all his troops to personally conquer the Jurchen rebels. Unexpectedly, in the battle of Hubu Dagang, the entire Khitan army collapsed, with corpses lying hundreds of miles away. Emperor Tian Zuo fled in a hurry and fled. Tribes in various places rebelled, and the eastern territory of the Liao Kingdom was eroded beyond control.
Seeing such a new force rising in Haidong and smashing the old enemy Liao to pieces, the Song Dynasty court couldn't help but celebrate, thinking that they could take the opportunity to contact the Jurchens and attack the Khitans from the north and south, thereby realizing their long-cherished wish to regain the Sixteen Provinces of Yanyun. .
Soon after, Song and Jin signed the "Sea Alliance", agreeing that the Jin army would march westward and the Song army would march northward, so as to carve up the Liao Kingdom together.
However, although the Jin army's offensive was extremely sharp, they successively captured Shangjing, Zhongjing and other places in the Liao Kingdom. The Northern Expedition of the Song Army was extremely ineffective. The commander-in-chief Tong Guan had poor planning and absurd command. The generals were also full of contradictions. They were easily defeated twice by the defeated Liao soldiers. The few elite soldiers and generals that the Song Dynasty finally assembled were wiped out. In the end, it was the Jin army that took the lead and invaded Yanjing, making the Northern Expedition of the Song Dynasty a complete joke.
In order to cover up the tragic military defeat, the Song Dynasty had to send envoys to negotiate, and spent a large amount of money and cloth to redeem Yanjing City from the Jin army. Only then did the Song Dynasty finally regain the land of Yanyun in name. Drawing water without a bamboo basket is all in vain.
However, when Huizong of the Song Dynasty, who was pretending to be a fat man, held a ceremony to worship heaven in the southern suburbs of Bianliang, and boasted to his ancestors about his "illustrious martial arts" that directly restored the hometown of Yanyun, he did not know that he was about to become a Jurchen cavalry. The next prey.
In the spring of 1125 AD, Emperor Tianzuo, the last monarch of the Liao Kingdom, was captured by Jin soldiers in Yingzhou, and the Liao Kingdom was officially destroyed. However, before the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty had time to celebrate the defeat of their old enemy, they were horrified to discover that after the Jurchens destroyed the Liao Dynasty, they immediately turned their invasion target to the Song Dynasty without stopping!
In October 1125 AD, the Jin Kingdom sent troops from the east and west to invade the south. The West Route Army, led by Wanyan Zonghan (Nianhan), entered Taiyuan. The East Route Army, led by Wanyan Zongwang (桡利不), advanced towards Yanjing. The two groups of Jin soldiers planned to meet in Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, Tokyo, to destroy the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop!
Zong Han's West Route Army had a bad start. Although it reached Taiyuan City all the way, the Taiyuan City held by Zhang Xiaochun and Wang Zhen became a stumbling block in the eyes of the Jin people, and it was difficult to capture it for several months. But Zong Wang's Eastern Route Army was overwhelming - as soon as Zong Wang arrived in Yanjing, the Song Dynasty defenders immediately switched sides and surrendered. The Jin soldiers took the opportunity to drive southward and sweep across Hebei. Under the attack of tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Song troops either surrendered or collapsed at the first touch. In the midst of successive victories, the Jin army advanced towards Bianliang, Tokyo at an alarming speed. The cowardly Emperor Huizong panicked after hearing the news and even wanted to abandon his country and flee south. However, most of the courtiers strongly opposed escape and advocated the appointment of prestigious officials and insisted on sticking to it.
In the chaos of war, Huizong passed the throne to the prince, and he took a back seat. In December, Prince Zhao Huan (Qinzong) ascended the throne and changed the title of the next year to Jingkang. Huizong abdicated the throne and took the title "Emperor Taojun" and "Tai Shang Huang", and fled to the south of the Yangtze River.
At this time, due to the defense chaos caused by the transfer of power, the Jin army crossed the Yellow River with almost no resistance. In desperation, Song Qinzong, who had just ascended the throne, ordered Li Gang, the war minister, to arrange the defense of Tokyo City. Li Gang, who was ordered to do so at the critical moment, used the "hundred-step method" to divide his troops on the four walls of the capital to prepare for the defense. Each wall used 12,000 regular soldiers, and 40,000 horse infantry troops in the front, left and right, with 8,000 troops in each army. They were divided into generals and commanders. The front army guards the granary outside the East Gate, and the rear army guards Fanjiagang outside the East Gate. They were also equipped with various defensive weapons and tools, and the preparations for war were initially completed within four days.
At this time, Wanyan Zongwang's Eastern Route Army had arrived at the foot of Tokyo City. While plundering the villages and towns on the outskirts of Beijing, they sent a group of Jin soldiers with dozens of fireboats down the river to attack Xuanzemen. Li Gang deployed 2,000 men who dared to die, lined up under the city, used long hooks to set up enemy ships, and threw rocks to attack. They also arranged branches in the middle of the stream, moved rocks from Cai Jing's house, and blocked the doorway. In this battle, the Song army killed more than a hundred Jin soldiers in the water, and finally temporarily defeated the Jin soldiers' arrogance.
Next, soldiers and horses from Qinwang from all over the Song Dynasty came to Tokyo one after another. There are more than 200,000 in total, including top generals such as Zhong Shidao, the commander of the Western Army. However, the total number of Jin soldiers around Bianliang is only 60,000. They have been on the march for a long time and have been isolated in the enemy's territory. The troops are exhausted.
Zongwang saw that the Song army was in large numbers and Bianjing was difficult to attack, so he had to withdraw the military camp to the north and did not dare to move lightly. However, Emperor Qinzong, who was also very weak, did not take the opportunity to defeat the enemy and establish his authority. Instead, he proposed to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Hejian, and Zhongshan for peace. The Jin army took advantage of the situation and agreed to peace, and then crossed the river and retreated from the vicinity of Bianliang.
——No matter how ugly this battle was, the Northern Song Dynasty finally survived the first battle to defend Tokyo and won some breathing time.
However, in the next year, Song Qinzong and his cronies fully demonstrated the poor qualities of experts in civil war and outsiders in foreign wars, and further played the already bleak hand into a completely unmanageable hand. The situation - Internally, he disregarded the relationship between father and son, imprisoned the Supreme Emperor, provoked large-scale party strife and civil and military discord, and caused the people of the imperial court to be divided. ; Externally, he was undecided between war and peace. One moment he tore up the peace treaty and drove the Song army to counterattack; the other moment he sent envoys to beg for mercy and peace from the Jin people, ceding territory and offering bribes... The result was that it not only angered the Jurchens, but also chilled the Song Dynasty. The spirit of the soldiers also seriously consumed the effective strength of the Song army in a series of unintended battles, greatly weakening the capital's defense strength.
In August of the first year of Jingkang, Jin Taizong launched another large army to attack the Song Dynasty after ten months. The Jin army in the second southern expedition still had Wanyan Zongwang as the deputy marshal on the left and Wanyan Zonghan as the deputy marshal on the right. They advanced in two directions: east and west. In early September, Taiyuan, which had been besieged by the Jin soldiers for 250 days, was finally captured by the Jin army when foreign aid failed and there was no food and grass inside. The city's defenders either died in battle or committed suicide, and not a single resident remained.
After the fall of Taiyuan, Zong Han no longer had any worries, so he divided his troops to occupy Fenzhou, Jinzhou, and Shouyang. Zong Wang also defeated the troops commanded by Zhongshi Min and Zhong Yansong at Jingxing, and then returned to capture Zhendingfu (now Anyang, Henan) in early October, basically destroying the resistance of the Song army in Hebei.
Seeing the complete collapse of the Hebei and Hedong fronts, the opening of Bianjing City, and the return of the Jurchens, the Song Dynasty monarchs panicked and quickly assembled an army of 120,000 troops and handed it over to the famous general Zhe Yanzhi to guard the Yellow River ferry in an attempt to use the natural dangers of the Yellow River to resist the enemy. .
In order to compete with Zong Wang for credit, Wanyan Zonghan led a small number of vanguard troops to the north bank of the Yellow River. Seeing that the Song army on the other side was not only well prepared, but also seemed to be very powerful, he was worried that rashly crossing the river would destroy the vigor of the troops, so he decided to camp first and join the Song army. River confrontation. In view of the small number of troops on his side, in order to prevent a sneak attack by the Song army, Wanyan Zonghan designed a bluff and moved all the drums in the military camp to the river bank, and asked the sergeants to take turns beating them all night long...
Unexpectedly, just the sound of the drum frightened the 120,000 Song troops to death. The "famous general" Zhe Yanzhi took the lead in abandoning the army and fled for his life. More than 100,000 Song troops dispersed in the night, trampling each other to death. There are countless gold soldiers who are chasing after them with food, grass and baggage cheap.
A sound of drums shocked an army of 120,000... The officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty once again left a page of "brilliant" record in the history books that will be insurmountable by future generations.
In late November, a large number of Jin troops broke through the Yellow River defense line without a fight and reached Bianliang, Tokyo again. The country was in an extremely critical situation. At that time, the troops of King Qin from all directions did not arrive, and everyone in the capital was shocked. Those who fled to the south of the Yangtze River and Bashu met on the road.
——Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong, who were in power in the imperial court, were bent on seeking peace and colluded with Nie Changhang, who was in charge of the Privy Council. They actually issued military documents to stop the various soldiers who served the king: According to the views of these scholar-bureaucrats, one is: If the reinforcements from all over the country arrive and the people are eaten by horses, Bianjing City will not be able to provide protection; secondly, since it has decided to sue for peace, it should show its due sincerity and keep the army outside the city. It would be useless to make peace in this way. sincerity. If you give someone a handle, how can peace be achieved? The Song Dynasty allowed such pedantic scholar-bureaucrats to take charge of state affairs at a critical moment. It was simply unjust to not subjugate the country!
As a result, local government officials learned that the military situation in the capital was urgent and raised troops and horses one after another to come to Bianliang. Unexpectedly, only halfway down the road, another order came from the court - the scattered troops were divided into various places, and each returned to the defensive position to stand by! As a result, these loyal ministers were greatly disappointed and returned home dejected.
It was not until the eve of the second Kaifeng defense battle that Song Qinzong was finally horrified to discover that after years of using troops, the imperial troops in Bianjing were either dead, injured, fled, or went to other places. At this time, there were only seven soldiers left in the city. Sergeant Wan is available. The soldiers and horses of King Qin in the field were nowhere to be seen, but more than 100,000 Jin troops from Hedong and Hebei continued to join forces at the foot of Bianjing City... Seeing that the city was destroyed and the country was about to be destroyed, Emperor Qinzong suddenly woke up. He quickly deposed the treacherous ministers of the first gang leader and faction, and replaced He Li, the minister of the main war faction, as prime minister to preside over and lead the second Kaifeng defense battle.
However, although the new prime minister, who was born as a champion, was rich in knowledge and economics, he was not good at military affairs. Moreover, faced with the huge disparity in military strength, it was difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. In urgent need of medical treatment, the Prime Minister and his close subordinates had no choice but to turn to the outside world for help... As a result, several worldly experts suddenly appeared and made a brilliant debut!
——Sun Fu, Minister of the Ministry of War, was reading "Poetry of Feelings" one day, which was a popular prophecy poem at that time that was said to be able to make predictions (a bit like Tuibei Tu and Shaobing Song), and he saw in it "Guo Jing, Yang Shi, Liu Wuji" Inspired by his words, he ordered a search throughout the city and found a citizen named Liu Wuji in Bianliang Square. He also found a deputy chief (military officer) named Guo Jing from the Silongwei camp in front of the palace. I heard some good people said that Guo Jing was good at the art of summoning gods in Liujia, and could spread the beans to make soldiers. Sun Fu was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately reported to the court, asking to be entrusted with important tasks, hoping to use him to capture Zong Han and Zong Wang alive.
Although this matter sounds very absurd, under the panic situation of the Jin soldiers siege, everyone in Bianliang City was looking forward to grasping a life-saving straw, so not only the emperor believed it, but also the Prime Minister, and most of the citizens of Bianliang City also believed it. Believed. Guo Jing also looked like a master in appearance. He said that as long as he sent out troops on a certain day, peace could be achieved with a backhand, and he would drive the Jin people straight to the Yinshan Mountains.
As a result, the imperial court believed Guo Jing's lies and approved tens of thousands of money and silk to allow Guo Jing to recruit troops in the city. And Guo Jing also declared that he would form a "magic army" of 7,777 people to go out of the city to face the Jurchens, and they would definitely be able to defeat the enemy in one battle. As soon as this example started, medicine sellers, pig butchers and other three religions and nine schools in the capital appeared one after another, talking about military matters every day. It seemed that all the common people in the city had "Kong Ming's wisdom and Zhuge Liang".
Up to this point, everything has been no different from the historical trajectory. The failure of Guo Jing's seven thousand so-called "magic soldiers" will soon become the straw that breaks the camel's back, causing the Northern Song Dynasty to collapse in scenes of absurd dramas that exceed the lower limit of ordinary people's thinking.
——The "Shame of Jingkang", which has made countless men of the Han family sad, is about to be staged in this prosperous and beautiful Bianliang City.
...However, some guys who do not belong to these eras, under some inexplicable power, quietly take over the identities of some people.
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In Bianliang City, Tianqing Temple, the residence of "immortal" Guo Jing
Under the dim oil lamp, Guo Jing, wearing a green Taoist robe, was holding a cup of hot tea and sitting cross-legged alone. On the table next to him, there is an imperial edict from the emperor conferring him the title of "Doctor of Military Strategy and Governor of Yanzhou" - this is much more arrogant than the "Wu Dutou" of the tiger-fighting hero Wu Song.
However, Immortal Guo Jing turned a blind eye to this imperial edict that showed supreme glory. He just looked at the black Lord God watch in his hand and kept sighing, "...what the hell, what can happen now?" What should I do to fool the emperor? "
——Seeing this, everyone must have understood that the Great Immortal Guo Jingguo, who was regarded as the savior by the Song Dynasty court, had actually been replaced a long time ago.
The current Guo Daxian is no longer the deputy head of the Imperial Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, Guo Jing, but the political commissar Guo Jing of the same name in the 21st century.
But the problem is that Immortal Guo Jing at this time, or political commissar Guo Jing from the 21st century, after waking up, not only found that he had not only traveled through thousands of years, but also changed his identity, he also discovered that More incredible things:
"...Alas, is this the so-called 'time travel'? But what's going on with this watch? And the message that came to mind... "Infinite Horror"... Damn it! Where are those veterans? And what is the mission this time? Which team am I on?”
Political Commissar Guo sighed and muttered with a troubled expression on his face, feeling his brain aching for a while.
He has been awake again in this strange era for most of the day, but he is very confused about his current situation.
——There was a strange watch in his hand, and there were many memories that did not belong to him in his mind. He was suddenly able to understand the language of the Song Dynasty people... This made him think that he was being thrown into some terrifying gladiatorial battle. field, what follows is endless death fighting, conspiracy and conspiracy...
But the problem is that when Political Commissar Guo finally merged with the memory of the magic stick Guo Jing and woke up in this distant time and space, he did not find the senior people who should have existed, nor any traces of other newcomers, and the one in his hand The watch did not give any tasks, and even some information about the "Lord God" he leaked intentionally or unintentionally did not cause any system punishment... but it was also not understood by the people of the Song Dynasty.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh, then raised his hand and looked at his arm. There, the watch representing the main god's space still exists, but there is nothing on the watch's screen, not even the most basic time is displayed.
What the hell is going on? Is that "main god" having convulsions? Or is there something special happening to me?
Could it be that, for some special reason, this has become an "ordinary" time travel? !
But even just an "ordinary" time travel to the second Kaifeng defense battle in the late Northern Song Dynasty is enough to make people feel as big as a head.
——The brutal Liaodong barbarians are about to crush Bianliang's century-old prosperity into mud, and neither Guo Jing's magic stick before changing his shell nor Guo Jing's political commissar after changing his shell have the magical power to prevent this tragedy from happening... …not to mention that he was a Bolshevik who firmly believed in atheism!
Isn’t it as absurd to ask a political commissar to ask God to perform prayers as to ask a Catholic priest to lead prayers in a mosque?
But just before he traveled through time, Guo Jing's "predecessor" had already assured the emperor that he was talking nonsense about gods descending from heaven to help the Song Dynasty. Not only would Bianliang City be safe, but he would also lead his magic soldiers to pursue him. Kill the Jin people as far as Yinshan and capture the two commanders of the Jin army alive.
The imperial court even issued a public order, asking carpenters in the city to rush to make prison cars with wooden cages to prepare these invading enemies.
——The people of the Song Dynasty once again showed the world their foresight in preparing for a rainy day: the effect of tying prisoners of war with ropes and parading them on the street is probably far less effective than putting them in prison cars. This can also shock the barbarians and let them know that they are different from the Song Dynasty. The consequences of being an enemy!
Despite the situation on the battlefield at this time, it was precisely the Song Dynasty court that was besieged by the Jin troops in Bianliang City, which had become a prison!
"... Jin soldiers besieged the city, with no way to escape... Oh, is this time just to kill me?" Political Commissar Guo muttered depressedly.
"...Don't be so depressed, this newcomer comrade! Aren't we here to help you find a solution now? Eh? Professor Guo?!"
Hearing the voice coming from the shadows of the room, Political Commissar Guo turned around in shock, and was even more surprised to see a young man in casual clothes who looked familiar. There is also a primary school student wearing a T-shirt and shorts, and a...a blue and round robot cat? ! !
Then, along with the sound of "pop!", the sound of something breaking sounded from Comrade Guo Jing's mind. In an instant, Political Commissar Guo felt that the world view in his mind had collapsed once again.