my wonderful zoo

Chapter 147
"Military information in the north, on the 28th, Xucheng County was occupied by a Qinwang army." Wanyan Zonghan said.

In the Wende Hall of the Song Dynasty Imperial City, the head coach of the Jin Army and more than a dozen senior generals gathered together.

There is a table in front of everyone, with delicious food, wine and fruits on it. In the center of the hall, there is a singer dancing and musicians playing soft music.

Since entering the inner city of Kaifeng, this kind of banquet has not stopped, almost every day, and is organized on a large scale every three to five days.

Zhao Ji, the Supreme Emperor of the Song Dynasty, was sitting behind a small table at the bottom. There were only some simple food and wine on the table.There was a golden general sitting next to him with his arm on Zhao Ji's shoulders. He didn't know what he was teasing him about. Zhao Ji didn't dare to get angry, but just smiled awkwardly.

"It doesn't matter, I'll send someone to take it back." Wanyan Zongwang was a little drunk and didn't pay attention to the information Wanyan Zonghan told.

"It's not that simple. Previously, Song Ting's King Qin's army didn't dare to come forward. With Zhao Ji in our hands, no one dared to give orders for King Qin's army to come forward." Wanyan Zonghan added again: "This King Qin's army is able to It is certainly not easy to enter Kaifeng Mansion without orders from Song Ting and capture Xucheng in one day."

"That said, it's really unusual." Wanyan Zongwang concentrated his energy.

The two talked quietly, but did not attract the attention of other golden generals in the hall.

However, the pleasant state of the scene was quickly interrupted by a messenger.

I saw this messenger running in hastily, walked directly to the Wanyan Zonghan case and knelt down.

"The front line reported that since the 26th, Dongming County, Changyuan County, Xinxiang County, Ji County and Fucheng County along the northern Yellow River have all been occupied by a Qinwang Army. A large Qinwang Army located in Yingtian Prefecture has begun to attack Kaifeng Prefecture. Turn into."

"What??!" Wanyan Zongwang was suddenly awakened from his drinking.

Losing a city and losing the entire northern defense line are completely different concepts.

The former may be a Qinwang army that is short-sighted, eager to achieve success, and acts without permission.The latter may be an alliance of multiple King Qin armies acting together.

The Song army is indeed weak, but there are many Song people!
Following Wanyan Zongwang's surprise, the music in the hall immediately stopped, and the singers also stopped dancing and gathered in the middle of the hall, not daring to make a sound.

All the golden generals who were eating and drinking looked over.

"Tell me carefully." Wanyan Zonghan said.

The messengers should have gathered intelligence from all parties and quickly explained the battle situation on the front line clearly.

On February 26, Dongming County was lost, Ji County and Changyuan County were lost on February 27, and Xucheng County and Xinxiang County were lost on February 28.

Three days and five cities.

According to the description of the Jin soldiers who escaped, the King Qin's troops who attacked the city all wore the same military uniforms. In other words, it was a team of King Qin's soldiers who captured the five cities.

"How many are there?" Wanyan Zonghan asked.

"About ten thousand people," the ordering soldier replied.

Although this number was an exaggeration of the defeated troops, it was still unbelievable to the ears of the golden generals in the palace.

"How is it possible? How could such a small number of people capture five cities quickly." General You Jin yelled out what Wanyan Zongwang wanted to say, Zongwang choked, and turned to look at Wanyan Zonghan.

"It should be true. According to those who escaped from Xuncheng, King Qin's army that attacked Xuncheng was only a thousand-horse army." Wanyan Zonghan replied.

"Horse army? Attack the city? 1000 people?" After Wanyan Zonghan confirmed everything, Wanyan Zongwang no longer doubted, but was still a little surprised: "There are 3000 people in Xucheng County. Is this King Qin's army so powerful?" Located directly north of Kaifeng Mansion, it is the main passage for the Jin soldiers to return north, and it can also be regarded as the food route for the Jin soldiers to go south, so the largest number of Jin soldiers are stationed there.

"The fugitive general said he was caught off guard, but I believe that even if he is caught off guard, this King Qin army cannot be underestimated." Wanyan Zonghan said.

After the two of them finished speaking, they looked at Zhao Ji at the outermost edge of the hall.

Wanyan Zonghan hooked his hand at him. Zhao Ji was startled at first, and then raised his finger to point at himself. Wanyan Zonghan nodded. Zhao Ji stood up immediately, and in a hurry, he knocked over the wine glass on the table.

By the time Zhao Jiji humbly walked to Wanyan Zonghan's case, all the musicians and singers in the palace had been driven out.

"Do you have an army in the Song Dynasty with military uniforms of blue-gray daggers?"

After Song Taizu's death, he ordered that all military uniforms be changed to brown, including cotton-padded jackets.

In the year of Renzong, among the imperial guards, Pengri, Tianwu, Huyi and others wore crimson backs (red), while Bohai, Ningshuo and other armies used purple backs.

At this stage, soldiers were treated very well. Basically, at least two sets of military uniforms were issued every year, six summer uniforms and seven winter uniforms. The colors of the military uniforms also became richer, including yellow, green, white and other colors.

After the Zhenghe Year of Zhao Ji, purple military uniforms were gradually cancelled, and other colors were also abandoned.Up to now, the entire army of the Song Dynasty is basically wearing red military uniforms.

Regarding this point, everyone in the palace knew that since the founding of the Song Dynasty, among all the colors of military uniforms, there was no greenish gray.

"Among the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army, no army's uniform color is blue-gray." Zhao Ji himself made the color reform of military uniforms. He is very clear about this: "However, some civilian militia groups may because red cloth is more expensive. If other colors of cloth are chosen for military uniforms, it is not ruled out that they will use blue-grey."

He had heard what the messenger said just now and knew the reason why Wanyan Zonghan asked this question.

The King Qin's army that captured the five counties in the north of Kaifeng wore blue-gray military uniforms.

"Recruit the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty, the Privy Council Envoys, the Counselors for Political Affairs and the Deputy Privy Council Envoys." Wanyan Zonghan ordered.

The golden soldiers outside the palace immediately went out to deliver the order.

Soon, the seven left and right prime ministers of the Song Dynasty, the privy envoys, the counselors and political affairs officers, and the deputy privy envoys all came to the Wende Hall.

General Youjin once again reported the military situation in the north of Kaifeng to the seven people. When several people heard that King Youqin's army had captured the Jin army's retreat across the river, they did not show expressions of surprise, but looked solemn.

If there were any outsiders here, they would think that these seven people were not the ministers of the Song State, but the ministers of the Jin State.

"Blue-grey military uniform?" Zhang Bangchang muttered softly.

"Does Mr. Zhang know?" Wanyan Zonghan asked. Among the Song ministers, he was the most satisfied with Zhang Bangchang.

When discussing with Wanyan Zongwang before, both of them agreed that after the Jin people returned to the north, they would establish Zhang Bangchang and use the Han Dynasty to control the Han Dynasty.

"I thought about it carefully, and there really is no one who is more suitable." Zhang Bangchang bowed and replied with a humble expression.

"Which of you knows?" Wanyan Zongwang asked the others.

Everyone who was asked looked at a loss, but one of the privy deputies looked a little strange, and his eyes were a little wandering.

(End of this chapter)