The first rays of sunlight in the early morning shine on the city wall of Kaifeng Fucheng, gilding the blue-gray wall with a layer of golden luster, and illuminating the two big characters of "Bianliang" on the city gate hole. (Q hand-hitting)

At the end of the Mao time and the beginning of the Chen time, the suspension bridge in front of the Nanxun Gate in the south of the outer city was put down, and the city gate was opened, and then along the royal street, the Suzaku Gate of the inner city, the Daqing Gate and the Xuanyou Gate of the Great Inner City were also opened in turn.

Today is the third day that the Song army has completely recovered Bianliang City, and Zhao Chen will also officially enter the city. This is also the first Great Song Emperor in more than 50 years since the change of Jingkang and the second emperor of Huiqin was captured by the Jin people, and re-entered the former capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Jin army retreated without a fight and took the initiative to abandon Bianliang City, which was somewhat unexpected by the Song army. However, Yang Yan had already thought of this possibility. The situation has developed to this point, and the Jin army will definitely not be able to hold Bianliang. Therefore, the Jin army took the initiative to withdraw its troops, preserve its strength, and retreat to the Hebei line, which is also a wise choice at present. However, in order to ensure the fighting spirit of the Song army, Yang Yan did not say, but after considering the countermeasures to show this situation.

Therefore, after learning that the Jin army had retreated to Bianliang, Yang Yan immediately ordered the Song army to fully enter the city, occupy various city gates and government strongholds, and completely control the entire city. Then he ordered someone to send a message to Emperor Zhao Chen, who was waiting for news in the camp.

After Zhao Chen and others learned the news, they were naturally very excited, although the Song army had achieved a series of victories in the previous Song Dynasty, so the Great Song Dynasty had a great chance of recovering Kaifeng Mansion, but there was no shortage of examples in history of defending the lonely city and finally winning the victory. Therefore, before the direct capture of Bianliang, it cannot be regarded as a success, and there are still quite a lot of variables.

But now that Yijing finally captured Bianliang, the Song army completely occupied Kaifeng Mansion and recovered such a city that was different from ordinary cities in terms of strategic value and political significance for the Great Song Dynasty. It also drew a perfect end to the previous stage of the war, and also symbolized the perfect victory of the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty.

Under this great joy, Zhao Chen was about to make an order at that time that he would enter the city immediately. But he was immediately dissuaded by Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan. Because now that the Song army has just occupied Bianliang, everything has not yet been arranged, it is obviously inappropriate to enter the city at this time. Therefore, Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan suggested that they might as well wait for another two or three days, and after the order and law in the city were completely restored, it would not be too late to enter the city.

After Zhao Chen heard this, he also felt that he was a little anxious, anyway, Bianliang was captured by the Song army, and he was not in a hurry at this time, so he waited for the time being according to what Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan said. At the same time, Junchen and others also discussed, led by Wang Yan to enter the city, assisted Yang Yan in restoring order in the city, and prepared to welcome Zhao Chen into the city.

Yang Yan naturally entered Bianliang City at the first time, at this time the city basically thought that there was no Jin army, and when the Jin army retreated, all the materials that could not be brought were set on fire, because they were in a hurry, the fire was burning vigorously at this time, and it also affected many surrounding houses, if not put out in time, it may spread to the entire city, and there are many ruffians who take advantage of the chaos to rob and loot shops.

Yang Yan immediately ordered that the Song army first go to occupy the various gates of Bianliang, and then immediately extinguish the fire in the city and rescue the supplies, as much as they could. He also informed the people of the city that martial law was in place in the city, and that no one must respect order and not rob or injure anyone, otherwise he would never be spared. Moreover, the Great Song spies lurking in the city did not have to hide, and they showed up one after another to assist the Song army in managing and stabilizing the situation in the city.

With their help, the Song army quickly occupied the nine gates of Bianliang, and then controlled the fires in the city and extinguished them one by one. And under their guidance, a considerable number of ruffians who took advantage of the chaos to loot were caught, and law and order were also brought under control.

The Han people in Bianliang City had no resistance to the Song army, on the contrary, due to some Zhao Yueru's brief experience of attacking Bianliang, they were very welcome to the Song army to enter Bianliang City again. At the same time, the military discipline of the Song army was also very strict, and there was basically no offense against the people, so it won the favor of many people. Many people came out one after another, mainly to help the Song army put out fires, rush to transport supplies, and maintain order. Although the inhabitants of the Jurchen tribe were still hostile to the Song army, they could not do anything at this time.

After three days of rectification, order was finally restored in Bianliang City. At this time, Yang Yan and Wang Yan held a grand welcome ceremony to welcome Zhao Chen into the city.

I saw that under a gilded yellow umbrella with a nine-curved handle, Zhao Chen, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, wore a golden crown of double dragons playing with pearls, a golden armor, a bright yellow embroidered dragon robe, and rode a high-headed horse, surrounded by Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Li Xianzhong, Chen Min, Qi Fang and other civil and military ministers, and came to Nanxun Gate.

Yang Yan and Zhao Yue were waiting for Zhao Chen's car in front of Nanxun Gate. After the two sides converged, they entered Bianliang City through the Nanxun Gate. After entering the city, it is the royal street, all the way forward, you can reach the Suzaku Gate of the inner city, and after entering the Suzaku Gate, cross the Bianhe River from the state bridge, it is the famous Daxiangguo Temple, on the left side of the Daxiangguo Temple, it is the Duting Station, and then go forward to Jingling West Palace, Jingling East Palace and Shangshu Province, and then you can reach the Daqing Gate of the Inner Palace.

And on both sides of the street, there are standing armor-clad Song soldiers stationed, behind the Song soldiers, is the Han people living in Bianliang City, as soon as they see the emperor's royal drive into the city, the people have knelt on both sides of the royal street to worship on the ground, burn incense and pray. But the Song soldiers shouted in unison, "Long live, long live". Zhao Chen also immediately waved to the people on both sides.

Waiting for the horses to come to the Suzaku Gate, only more people gathered here, and in the middle of the avenue, there were more than 30 people kneeling, seeing Zhao Chen's royal car approaching, everyone shouted in unison, "Long live, long live, long live." ”

Yang Yan told Zhao Chen that the people kneeling at the moment were all the leading figures among the Han people in Bianliang City, and the dozen or so old men who sent Zhao Yueru to leave Bianliang were also among them. Today is also here to welcome Zhao Chen into the city.

When Zhao Chen heard this, he immediately remembered the previous situation, turned over and dismounted, accompanied by Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru, and came to the front of everyone, and said, "All the villagers and elders, please get up." As he spoke, he helped the nearest old man up.

This old man was Pan Xiangnian, the old man who sent Zhao Yueru out of Bianliang City, and at this time he couldn't help grabbing Zhao Chen's sleeve and crying: "Your Majesty! When the second sage of Huiqin was captured by the Jin people, the old man was just a teenager, and he couldn't imagine that at the age of half of his body into the ground, he was lucky enough to be able to see the face of the Great Song Emperor, and the old man would die immediately, and he would be able to close his eyes. ”

Zhao Chen was also very moved when he heard this, and said: "Old man, I can't imagine that if you are old, you can not forget the old Song Dynasty, you are really loyal, let's get up and speak first." ”

After Pan Xiangnian got up, he asked again: "Your Majesty, will the army of the imperial court leave Bianliang this time?" ”

Zhao Chen said with a smile: "Old man, you can rest assured, this time the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty, after recovering the lost land, will never leave again, from now on, you will be the people of the Great Song Dynasty again, and you will not be ruled by the Jin people." Moreover, the army of the imperial court not only wanted to recover the two capitals in the east and west, but also to kill the Yellow River and recover the lost land in Hebei, and still caused the sixteen states of Yanyun that were lost to the Khitan in the past, all of which had to be recovered one by one. ”

After Pan Xiangnian and dozens of other people listened, they knelt down again, shouted long live, and said in unison: "I don't want to wait for me to return to Song Min today, although I will die overnight, I have no regrets." ”

Zhao Chen helped everyone up one by one, comforted them with kind words, and then gave them some rewards. Then he passed the Suzaku Gate, got on his horse and continued his journey. In the cheers of the residents along the road, they came to the front of the imperial city. Looking at the imperial city where the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty lived in the past, Zhao Chen's mood could not calm down for a long time. led everyone through the Daqing Gate and came to the Daqing Palace.

Daqing Hall is the outer hall of the imperial city, in the era of the Great Song Dynasty with Bianliang as the capital, this is the place where the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty ascended to the dynasty and dealt with national affairs with the ministers. And from the Daqing Hall to the inside, it is the Great Interior, where the emperor, the prince, and the concubines live.

After the Jingkang Change, Bianliang went back and forth between the Song and Jin countries many times, until Shaoxing ten years (1140 years) later, it was completely attacked by the Jin State, although after a lot of wars, and the palace and imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty were also damaged in many places, but the general building foundation was basically preserved.

Later, after Jin Xizong succeeded to the throne, this place was designated as the Nanjing of Dajin, and the palace imperial city became the emperor's palace, and also sent people to repair the damaged place, and when Wanyan Liang was in power, he once wanted to move the capital to Kaifeng Mansion, and also built a lot of construction, and did a new repair to the palace of Bianliang, which was basically restored to its original appearance. During the reign of Jin Shizong, although the resolution to move the capital to Kaifeng Mansion was cancelled, the Kaifeng Mansion was not changed to Nanjing, and the palace and imperial city were still OK. Later, Dajin made several expeditions to the south, and the emperor lived here. Therefore, the palace and the imperial city are not only very well preserved, but also the palace maids and maids in the palace are also readily available.

After the Song army captured Bianliang, although the Song army searched the imperial city in detail, it also strictly abided by military discipline, although it caught a few chamberlains who harbored deserters, there was nothing out of the ordinary, and after the search, the Song army immediately withdrew from the imperial city and only stationed in the imperial city. At the same time, Yang Yanzhi did not embarrass the palace maids in the imperial city, and ordered them to still live in the imperial city, not to run around, and to clean the palaces every day, but not to run around. However, after Zhao Chen decided to enter the city, the Daqing Hall was taken over by the palace maids brought by Zhao Chen, and at the same time, a part of the Song army entered the city to guard, and all the people left behind by the Jin State were moved into the Xuanyou Gate and waited for Zhao Chen's disposal.

But now Zhao Chen doesn't have time to deal with these things, so he ordered that the Xuanyou Gate be closed first, and the people inside are not allowed to go out for no reason. I live in Daqing Hall for the time being. At the same time, he issued an order to hold a banquet on the Daqing Hall to celebrate the capture of Bianliang by the Song army.