After learning that Li Quan was in the village outside the city, Shi Miyuan was also relieved for the time being, although Li Quan did not send troops into the city to help, but after all, he still stationed people outside the city, so that he could attack the imperial city wholeheartedly without having to worry about Li Xianzhong's palace front division. nBE。

At this time, there were still more than 5,000 rebels in the city, and in the past two days, some armor and weapons have also been found, so that some of the rebels have been basically equipped. The work of recruiting manpower was also relatively smooth, recruiting more than 2,000 people in total, but most of them were ruffians and unemployed vagrants in Jiankang City, but there were also a few Song troops who were scattered. Anyway, now Zong Tianxuan and Chen Yichao are all those who come and do not refuse, and they are all absorbed. Now the strength of the rebels is close to 8,000, which is enough to attack the imperial city.

At the same time, Chen Yichao seized the time to do a simple reorganization of the rebel army, and roughly divided the rebel army into three parts, one of which was mainly manpower in the Taihu Lake area, about 3,000 people. This group of people has been trained by themselves and has a certain amount of combat effectiveness, and will be the main force to re-attack the imperial city. One is mainly based on the manpower of Jiankang and Lin'an, and the number is about 3,000, although this group of people has not received much training, but they have been refuge for a long time, their loyalty is more reliable, and they can obey the dispatch. Finally, it is the temporary recruitment of people in Jiankang, this group of people are mainly local ruffians and unemployed vagrants, which does not play a big role, but it can also make up the number of people, put together the head, and create momentum is also good.

After the reorganization was completed, Zong Tianxuan, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren were also very satisfied with this distribution, and immediately decided to hand over the command of the next attack on the imperial city to Chen Yichao.

Just when Zong Tianxuan, Chen Yichao and others were preparing to launch another attack on the imperial city, someone came to inform Shi Miyuan that Yang Yan had returned to Jiankang from the Western Xia front line and would be able to reach outside Jiankang City tomorrow.

After Shi Miyuan received the letter, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly gathered everyone overnight to discuss, and finally decided not to attack the imperial city for the time being, but to gather the strength of 2,000 main rebels, and the three of Zongzong Tianxuan, Xie Qingfeng, and Song Yiren joined forces to lead, preparing to kill Yang Yan in one fell swoop when Yang Yan entered the city, and then attack the imperial city.

The next day was the eighteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Jianxing of the Great Song Dynasty (1177), the fourth day of the Jiankang coup.

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After Yanzhou defeated the Jin army, Yang Yan left Yang Changpeng to clean up the mess in Yanzhou, and immediately returned to the Xiangqing army, recruited Gao Zhen and Li Haoyi, and discussed the battle to start attacking Xingqing Mansion. At this time, the whole army of the Song army knew that Yang Yan led the army to defeat the reinforcements of the Jin State in Yanzhou, so the whole army celebrated and welcomed Yang Yan to the Xiangqing army.

At the same time, Yang Yan also brought the news of the rebellion within the Jin State to the Xiangqing army. The Song army and the Mongol army were all very happy to get this news, so the morale of the whole army was high, and they were just waiting to attack Xingqing Mansion. And before that, Gao Zhen led an army of 120,000 to besiege Xingqing Mansion, although the siege battle had not yet begun, but Yijing had made all the preparations for the siege. As soon as Yang Yan arrived, the Song army could immediately launch an attack.

But that night, Liu Zhengxing, the eunuch who was sent by Shi Miyuan to fake the edict, also came to Xiangqingjun and handed over the forged edict to Yang Yan.

After Yang Yan took the edict, he opened it and took a look, and the original content was to say: There was a rebellion within the Jin Kingdom, and it was a good time for the Great Song Dynasty to hold the Northern Expedition and recover the lost territory. After Yang Yan left, the military affairs plans and generals of the unified army within the Western Xia, as well as the various agreements with the Mongol army, including the appointment of administrative officials in the occupied Western Xia regions, were all appointed and arranged by Yang Yan himself, and he could act cheaply.

It should be said that although this edict is a forgery, the content is also more reasonable, and now the civil strife in the Jin Kingdom is indeed a great opportunity for the Northern Expedition, and if the imperial court wants to hold such a major event as a full-scale Northern Expedition, Zhao Chen will also invite Yang Yan to participate in the formulation of the plan anyway, so it is also reasonable to transfer Yang Yan back to Jiankang temporarily, and it is also very similar to Zhao Chen's style of absolute trust in Yang Yan in the end.

After Yang Yan read the edict, he didn't say much, but first asked Liu Zhengxing's name, and then ordered someone to arrange a banquet to entertain Liu Zhengxing, and he was personally accompanied.

After three rounds of drinking, Yang Yan said: "This father-in-law, the emperor has an edict, and he naturally does not dare to disobey him, but now the war on the Western Xia side is tight, and all matters after leaving are settled, including Mongolian ventilation, it takes time to arrange, so I ask my father-in-law to wait a few more days." ”

Liu Zhengxing had already received Shi Miyuan's entrustment before coming, so he immediately replied: "How busy the front-line affairs are, our family also knows, and the emperor has also instructed our family, please don't worry, you must handle the front-line affairs first, and then act." Even if it was delayed for a few more days, it would be fine. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you father-in-law for your understanding." However, in the past, the decree was passed on by Grandpa Cao in person, and it was the first time for me to contact Grandpa Liu, I don't know what position Grandpa Liu held in the palace, why didn't Grandpa Cao come this time? ”

Shi Miyuan also expected that Yang Yan would ask this question, and he had already thought of a rhetoric for Liu Zhengxing. Therefore, listening to Yang Yan's question, Liu Zhengxing said: "If it is elsewhere, it will naturally be visited by Gonggong Cao, but this Xixia and Jiankang are thousands of miles apart, the mountains are high and the road is far away, Gonggong Cao is old, I am afraid that he can't stand the hard work of this way, and the emperor is also sympathetic to the old minister, so he didn't let him come." Our family was originally a small attendant by Grandpa Cao's side, but he had no other ability, that is, he was young and had sharp feet and legs, so he was promoted by Father-in-law Cao this time, so that our family came to do this errand. In fact, our family said that we had seen a few horses, but the horses didn't pay attention. It's rare to have the opportunity to meet the horse this time, and I want to ask the horse to take care of it later. ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "How dare you, how dare you, I think Father-in-law Liu is shrewd and capable, Father-in-law Cao's age is indeed not small, and Father-in-law Liu is only afraid that it will be unlimited in the future!" ”

Liu Zhengxing hurriedly laughed and said: "There, there, the horse talks too much." ”

Yang Yan said again: "I don't know if Grandpa Cao's asthma has improved, before I left Beijing last time, I once asked about a home remedy for asthma, and I don't know if he took the medicine according to the prescription, and whether it had any effect after taking it." ”

Liu Zhengxing hurriedly said: "It's much better, it's much better, I forgot if I didn't mention it, and Gonggong Cao also mentioned it to me several times, it's really thanks to the horse." ”

Yang Yan laughed, and persuaded Liu Zhengxing to drink, it seemed that he had no suspicion of Liu Zhengxing. However, Liu Zhengxing was also afraid of losing his words after drinking, so he didn't dare to drink more. The two chatted a few more words, and Liu Zhengxing replied one by one, because he had been prepared, so the answer was basically watertight.

The next day, Yang Yan immediately began to arrange the handover. Yang Yan immediately summoned the generals, showed them the edict, and then handed over the command of the whole army to Gao Zhen, and Yang Changpeng and Li Haoyi supplemented each other, and everything needed to be decided by the three of them together. Fortunately, the Jin army had just been defeated at this time, and the Western Xia army was hiding in Xingqing Mansion, so there was no need to worry, so even if Yang Yan left at this time, the impact on the entire battle situation was not very great, and it was for the major event of the Northern Expedition to return to Jiankang, and the soldiers of the Song army did not think much about it.

Then Yang Yan informed Temujin again and explained the reason why he had to leave Western Xia. Temujin didn't care much about this, but now the overall situation of Western Xia can be basically determined, and he needs to agree with Yang Yan on how to distribute the results after the war.

According to the original agreement of the Song-Mongolian Alliance, after the destruction of the Western Xia, the northwest of the Yellow River and the north of Xingqing Province were all owned by Mongolia, and the southeast of the Yellow River and the Hetao area were owned by the Great Song Dynasty. But now many cities in the northwest of the Yellow River have not been captured by the Mongol army, and at the same time, the Mongol army only wants to plunder the wealth and people, and does not want to occupy the land of Western Xia. At the same time, there is still a Xingqing Mansion that has not been captured, so the two sides need to reach a new agreement on the distribution of the results.

So Yang Yan and Temujin discussed for another day, and finally reached an agreement: the Mongol army would assist the Song army in capturing Xingqing Province, and then the Song army would occupy the rest of the land on its own. After the end of the war in Western Xia, the Mongol army withdrew from Western Xia and handed over the entire territory of Western Xia to the Great Song Dynasty, and the two sides were bounded by the Yan Military Division of Heishui Town and the Weifu Military Division of Montenegro. However, after the capture of Xingqing Province, half of the wealth of the Western Xia treasury was to be distributed to the Mongol army, and the Mongol army also took half of the people and 50,000 head of cattle, sheep and livestock from Xingqing Mansion as compensation.

This agreement was beneficial to both sides, because the Great Song Dynasty would completely occupy the entire territory of Western Xia and get the Hetao region, and the country would inevitably rise sharply, and the Mongol army would also gain a large number of people, livestock and wealth, and the strength of the tribes would also be greatly enhanced. So both sides are very satisfied.

After these things were done, it took four days, and Yang Yan and Liu Zhengxing set off on the road and returned to Jiankang, and they only brought 500 Song soldiers to protect them, and none of the other generals were brought.

When Yang Yan and his entourage arrived at Jiankang Mansion, it was already the eighteenth morning of the first lunar month, and Liu Zhengxing had already sent someone to Jiankang with a fast horse to report his itinerary to Shi Miyuan.

The two took the team and walked side by side, and came to the Zhengyang Gate with the scriptures, only to see that the city gate was closed, and the suspension bridge was high, Yang Yan looked at the city gate and said, "Gonggong Liu, why is this Zhengyang Gate closed." ”

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