The hand stopped just as it reached into the cuff, and after a moment, it withdrew without a trace. said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there is no absolute victory in the world. Although the Jurchens were fierce and brave, they came to destroy the power of Liao. Our army was caught off guard, rushed to the battle, and it was reasonable to lose for a while. However, the Jurchens are not invincible in the world......"

When Fang said this, one of them interrupted: "Tai Lieutenant's words are wrong! Your Majesty, the ministers heard that the Jurchens invaded our realm in two ways, one led by Sticky Han, and they are now besieging Taiyuan. One route was led by the second prince of the Jin State, after breaking through the Yanshan Mansion, he successively defeated the two reinforcements in Zhending Zhongshan, and not long ago, the army of thieves led by He Ji, the eldest son of the Taiwei, encountered the Jin army and also collapsed. Now in the land of the two rivers, there are almost no soldiers available, how can this battle be fought? ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, he bowed his head and was silent, only sighing. How can I clean up this mess left by Lao Tzu as a son? If you don't kill the Song envoy and surrender Guo Yaoshi, even if you want to negotiate peace, there is no way. There is really no way to go to heaven and no way to go to earth.

He Guan looked at the man, but it was Huang Qianshan, who had just been promoted to the head of the household department.

"Huang Shilang, you should know that the imperial court has paid homage to the master of the Dao as the envoy of the Gyeonggi Hebei Empire, and he must have led the army to help now. After hearing the news, his younger brother will also lead the western army south to King Qin. Besides, now outside Tokyo, there are hundreds of thousands of Qinwang troops from all walks of life, how can they not fight? Although the Jurchens are brave, they are just strong on the outside. A few days ago, a Jurchen elite pursued and routed the scattered official army, and was blocked by a township soldier of our Great Song Dynasty in Xiangzhou, and the soldiers fought desperately and almost wiped out the enemy! If a village soldier is like this, why should you be arrogant? He Guan retorted.

Huang Qianshan listened, township soldiers? There are still such village soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty? Isn't it Xu Jiu's department?

Zhao Huan also felt unbelievable when he heard this, who didn't know that the township soldiers were just brave recruits from the people, but they were responsible for trivial matters such as preventing thieves and thieves, how could they fight against the Jurchens? Then he asked, "Is this really the case?" ”

He Guan bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, there is no joke in front of the king, this matter is true." At present, this township soldier has moved westward, looking for a division of the Taoist Department to block the Jin army. Please Your Majesty, issue an edict, and drive the expedition in person! And immediately select elite troops from all the royal divisions outside the city, cross the river to reinforce and plant Shaobao. If you see Your Majesty's personal conquest, and there is a large army rushing to help, and there are famous generals such as Shidao in command, they will know the difficulties and retreat, so the danger of Gyeonggi can be solved. ”

Zhao Huan has not officially ascended the throne, and he is a little unfamiliar with military affairs after all. Hearing what He Guan said, his confidence rose slightly, since it was possible to repel the Jin army, then why bother to seek peace? It's just that this royal expedition is not a joke, the Jin people are already on the north bank of the Yellow River, and if Tokyo loses, it will shake the country's foundation.

When he was hesitating, Huang Qianshan played again: "Your Majesty! Never! The emperor is in danger of the world, how can he personally conquer it? Hundreds of thousands of Qin Wang's troops outside the city should not be moved lightly, with these hundreds of thousands of kings here, the Jin army will not dare to cross the river. If reinforcements were sent, in case of failure, the Jurchens would inevitably take this opportunity to rush straight to Tokyo. This is the way to get rid of trouble, and don't listen to it! The imperial court should not move, strengthen the Qing Dynasty, and think that the Jurchens would be in trouble in Hebei for a while, so they would naturally withdraw their troops and return to the north. ”

He Guan was furious! Standing still? Solid wall clearing? The whole north was in a mess by the Jin army, and the displaced and fleeing people were looking forward to the king's division, but you suggested that Your Majesty should not be saved when he saw death, and let the Jin army burn and loot? Are you talking about human beings?

But he is a military minister in the end, and the national policy of promoting literature and suppressing military force in the Great Song Dynasty for hundreds of years has made the people who lead the troops a little less bloody and a little more obedient. Huang Qianshan was full of nonsense, but he could only endure his anger, and said through gritted teeth: "The court raises me and other people with guns and knives, not just for eating!" ”

Huang Qianshan saw that there was anger on his face, and bowed his head and said: "Taiwei is angry, the lower officials are thinking about His Majesty and the Great Song Dynasty, and now in extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used." In the heart of Gyeonggi, there must be no negligence. ”

Li Gang listened beside him, and when he saw that He Guan did not answer, he said: "Your Majesty, the ministers who hear the guards are unremitting inside, and the loyal people forget about themselves, and the world can be peaceful." The only way to do this is that if Your Majesty does not issue an edict to conquer in person, it will not be enough to boost the morale of the army and the people, and if you do not send troops across the river, it will not be enough to deter the Jurchen barbarians. What Taiwei He said is really a foolproof strategy, minister, seconded it! ”

Seeing that Zhao Huan was still hesitating, He Guan asked: "Your Majesty, although the minister is not talented, he is willing to raise tens of thousands of elite soldiers to cross the river to resist the enemy!" ”

Huang Qianshan wanted to stop him again, but Zhao Huan above had already heard it, and waved his hand: "This matter should not be rushed, the Taiwei is responsible for the palace garrison, and he must not leave without permission, let's discuss it again, discuss it again." ”

Discuss again? Although the Seed Master Dao was given great power, he did not give a single soldier, and even if he could recruit an army, the strength of the army must be quite limited. Xu Wei's men are only a few thousand men, how can they compete with the Jin army, which is known as 100,000 people? If the imperial court doesn't send reinforcements, even if Sun Wu is alive, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, so you let him hit the Jin army with his head? Moreover, Pharmacist Guo has already lowered his gold, and this person knows the reality of the Great Song Dynasty. Once he meets the Seed Master Dao, he will instigate the Jin Army to confront it head-on, and if the Seed Master Dao is defeated, its impact will be extremely bad! At that time, even the hundreds of thousands of horses outside the city may be ......

Seeing that Zhao Huan had already gotten up and was about to leave the Wende Palace, He Guan was anxious! Time is pressing, the situation on the battlefield is often changing rapidly, whoever can seize the opportunity to win will have the certainty of victory!

"Captain Ho." Just as he wanted to persuade Zhao Huan to stay, Li Gang screamed and shook his head helplessly.

On the last day of the seventh year of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the crown prince Zhao Huan officially ascended the throne in the palace of senior administration under the condition of internal and external difficulties, accepted the throne of his father Zhao Ji, and became the ninth king of the Great Song Dynasty. When the new king ascended the throne, he announced a general amnesty for the world and promoted the ministers to the courtiers. Respect his father as the emperor and move to Longde Palace.

But where can Zhao Ji take care of these? At the same time as the new emperor ascended the throne, he led a group of old ministers to flee, which was called the "Southern Tour". Zhao Huan ordered Tong Guan to stay in Tokyo, but Tong Guan refused to obey the edict and led tens of thousands of elite Changjie troops to follow Zhao Ji. He also ordered Liang Shicheng, one of the "six thieves", not to leave Beijing, and he also resisted and disobeyed the order.

The Emperor's car drove to the outside of Tokyo's Donghua Gate, and the soldiers outside the city heard the news and rushed to stop it. The soldiers knelt on the ground and bowed, crying and crying earth-shattering, asking the emperor to stay in the capital and advance and retreat together with his subjects. Zhao Ji had long been frightened and turned a deaf ear. Tong Guan relied on his status as a veteran of the army to reprimand, but the soldiers of King Qin had already heard the rumors that he abandoned the front-line army and fled back to Tokyo, and they didn't pay attention to him at all. In a fit of rage, the old eunuch actually ordered his Chang Jie army to fire a salvo of crossbows!

Pity the officers and soldiers who rushed to King Qin from various prefectures and counties, and instead of dying on the battlefield with the Jurchens, they fell under the butcher's knife of their own people. All of a sudden, rumors spread in the capital. King Qin's army was completely chilled by Emperor Taishang and Tong Guan's actions, and on the day Zhao Ji fled, the number of kings outside the city was sharply reduced by more than 80,000!