With the capricious official Zhao Heng reusing the courtiers who were mainly based on the lord and faction, the civil and military generals who were originally ordered to recruit rebels to resist the Jin Dynasty and had accumulated meritorious achievements were either removed from military power or demoted and neglected, and the proposal of the imperial court and the Jin Dynasty to accept the intention of recalling the army was almost a foregone conclusion.

However, the only dispute that arose between the two sides was that the Song dynasty demanded the return of the two territories in Hebei that had been captured by the Jin dynasty (even if only a few of the military states were returned, so that at least the imperial court could still gain some face), and strongly demanded the abolition of the puppet Qi regime that the Jin dynasty had supported the traitor Liu Yu.

However, the Jin state used far-fetched reasons that although it was sincerely willing to strike a military halt with the Southern Dynasties, the situation had not yet stabilized, and that there was still a sufficient buffer zone between the two sides to avoid a conflict between the two sides. Although there was no domineering power in the past when negotiating, the leather of the envoys of the Jin State seemed to be cooked cowhide soaked in water and oil, and they refused to make the slightest concession no matter what.

It's just that now the Song court lord and his courtiers who have finally been reused seem to be eager to promote a truce agreement with the Jin army, and after several rounds of negotiations, they almost unconditionally accepted the Jin state's proposal to strike the war and truce.

Just when the Song and Jin countries reached a temporary truce agreement, Zong Ze, who was sick with grief and poisonous sores on his back, never forgot the Northern Expedition, and finally died after crossing the river three times. Whether it is Tokyo, Bianliang or even Song Jin, most of the soldiers and civilians in various places are sad and sigh after hearing the news. And Zong Ze's remains were also prepared by his son Zong Ying to set off on the road and help the coffin to Zhenjiang, where Zong Ze and his wife Chen, who died early, were buried on Jingxian Mountain in Zhenjiang.

Xiao Tang also sighed after hearing the news, the old man Zong was ordered to hold high the banner of anti-Jin righteousness when he was old, but he did not follow the ordinary Song court officials, he tended to rely on the vast number of soldiers and civilians, and united and mobilized all the volunteers in the Song Dynasty regardless of their background to fight against Jin. In fact, if the Song court had a few more characters like Zong Ze, and could delegate power to teach those truly capable ministers and good generals to exert their strengths... Xiao Tang knew that he would not be able to teach me, but during this national crisis, although many soldiers and soldiers were injured due to the anti-gold resistance, he was actually constantly taking the opportunity to increase his momentum.......

It is worth mentioning that when he heard the news of the death of Xianggong Zong Ze and that the rebels seemed to be blatantly violating the will of the imperial court, Yue Fei came to visit Xiao Tang and asked for orders to lead the volunteers recruited by Xiangzhou to escort Zong Ze's coffin, so as to sympathize with this respected loyal martyr to be buried safely.

Xiao Tang also probably expected that Yue Fei had another intention in his heart in addition to respecting Zong Ze, and after hesitating for a moment, he still nodded in agreement. However, when Yue Fei was about to leave, he heard Xiao Tang say in a deep voice: "I don't know when we will meet again, but now I just want to make it clear to the virtuous brother, no matter what kind of identity we will meet again in the future, whether it is morality or loyalty, you and I have our own insistence in our hearts, and we will still regard you as a good brother who intersects with each other and is like a brother." ”

Yue Fei heard Xiao Tang's words, but he didn't turn around, after a moment of silence, Yue Fei turned his back to Xiao Tang, and also sighed and said, "Foolish brother... Just like Brother Xiao, he thinks the same way. ”

Subsequently, Yue Fei led Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Xu Qing, Yao Zheng and Wang Gui, Ji Qing, Shi Quan and other old acquaintances to talk with each other, and then led the Youyi army and other volunteers to pick up Zong Ying, the son of Zong Ze, who was escorting his father's coffin. In fact, this tribe under Yue Fei's command has already escaped the control of Xiao Tang Shuai's government office......

The Song court accepted the Jin Dynasty's proposal for a truce, Li Gang was dismissed, Zhang was removed from his post and demoted, and even after Zong Ze died with hatred, it also meant that all the people from all walks of life who were attached to the official army to fight were brave and brave, and the anti-Jin front dominated by soldiers and horses in the green forest completely collapsed. Yang Jin, Wang Shan, Ding Jin and other green forest thieves and giants each led their troops to disperse, and re-became the strong thieves of the Xiaoju side, but instead intended to fight against the imperial court and take advantage of the world to profit from it.

However, the Song court still did not expect that this peace with the Jin Dynasty would bring more serious consequences, and at this time, near Dongting Lake in Xiangchu, many green forest soldiers and horses who originally intended to raise the banner of righteousness and rebel against the imperial court had been gathered. Originally, because the Jin army entered the Central Plains, the anti-army leaders who were supposed to cause trouble immediately decided to unveil the plan for the time being.

When the country and the family hate the season, compared to the tyranny of the imperial court, it is necessary to see the anti-religious foreign captives and the Tartars scourge our Central Plains Han family, it is to see the green forest soldiers and horses who are about to rebel along the way, and they have planned to go north to King Qin, but now, they must also share the same hatred with the Song Dynasty forbidden army and the righteous army of Xiao Tang, the leading figure in the rivers and lakes of Fang Jin, and it is important to eliminate the scourge of Jin Kou first.

However, after the news of the peace between the Song court and the Jin State also reached Xiangchu......

"The Great Light Honored the world to help the people, and blessed the common people, I didn't want to be as eager as Fang La, and I killed many sect brothers, but it shook the foundation of the country, and the anti-sect Tartars benefited! But now it seems that the Bird Court is so shameless! Relying on that Xiao Tang to lead the army to snatch back his Zhao family's royal family can still be blessed in the Bianjing harem, that is, we have the heart to resist external humiliation first, and the court will only look at us like thieves who gather all sentient beings.

Rather than this, it is better for us to take advantage of the situation to pull up soldiers and horses to defend the homeland, and even the dogs and Tartars of the Imperial Court dare to come and annoy us, and also teach the guys to have no return! At the beginning, Fang La boasted that he was a very holy father, and he asked most of the sect brothers in Jiangnan to start from him, but in the end he was completely wiped out by the official army. But now that the imperial court has become weak to the point of being in a state of shame, we and other Xiangchu Manichaean sects will definitely not repeat the mistakes of the Jiangnan sect brothers! ”

The altar masters and Dharma protectors who had also gathered in the name of Manichaeism, they could hear the dignified and majestic elder man in front of them say with emotion, and they also burst out in fierce chorus, and some of them shouted loudly at the top of their voices: "Sect Master Zhong, our sect brothers and others have entrusted their lives to Kai, what will happen next, just as you are told!" ”

The leader who was called the leader of the Zhong Sect thought for a moment, and suddenly said in a loud voice: "Yang Qi! Where is Yang Mi!? ”

Among the many leaders present, there was immediately a strong man who was also born with a dragon spirit and a tiger, a long body and a broad waist, although he looked at his young teeth and still had a young man, and his eyebrows had already revealed a majestic spirit that looked down on the world, and he arched his hand to the Zhong Sect Master and said: "What is the Sect Master's send, but please command!" ”

The head of the sect saw the man who was called Yang Mi, and said in a deep voice: "You met me when you were working as a helper on a merchant ship, and you are willing to surrender sincerely, although you are still young and have shallow qualifications (Yang Mi rebelled from Zhong Xiang, because he was the youngest among the leaders of the rebel army, and the local language said that he was young, so he was called so), but he was shrewd and capable, and he was better than most of the sect brothers. Now that I, the Manichaean cult of Hunan and Chu, have decided to start an incident, take advantage of the water potential of Chu to cut down trees for ships, build a village of soil, and recruit volunteers and brave soldiers to base themselves on the official army, although in the future, it will be necessary for you to do your best, but now I need you to allocate some fine and capable henchmen under your command to pay close attention to the current situation in the north.

Although the Bianjing Dujun Dog Official negotiated peace with the Tartars of the Jin Kingdom, there was still Xiao Tang, who was awarded the title of Generalissimo of the Soldiers and Horses of the World by the Bird Imperial Court... Hey, although I didn't have the opportunity to get acquainted with him, I listened to many of his deeds in the past, and I really respected that Xiao Tang was a character! Song Jin negotiated peace, thinking that Xiao Tang would definitely not be indifferent, but what kind of voice in the north must be reported immediately, and when the matter is raised, Xiao Tang and the green forests under his command are strong...... It's also very useful for us! ”

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Note: At the beginning of the second year of Jingkang, the leader of the Dongting Lake Righteous Army, Zhong Zhengzhen, organized volunteers and ordered his eldest son, Zhong Ziang, to go north to King Qin. However, in order to fight with the Jin army, he was sent back by the edict of Zhao Gou, the newly enthroned Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhong Xiang rebelled on the grounds that this team had not fundamentally planned to rebel. Later, the Jin soldiers crossed the Jiangnan and committed crimes, burning and looting everywhere, and the Southern Song Dynasty regime was also tyrannical and extortive, and the political troubles were heavy, and the people of Jiangnan were once again in dire straits.

In February of the fourth year of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Jin army and Kong Yanzhou attached to the army and horses invaded Hunan, Zhong Xiang took advantage of the situation to revolt, founded the country of Chu, broke Zhou County, burned the official mansion, killed corrupt officials, and called on the nobles and lows, rich and poor, and the people of 19 counties in Ding, Li, Tan, Yue, Chen and other prefectures responded.

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