Zong Ze still failed to retain the prince, and when the situation in Cizhou City stabilized and the people dispersed, Zhao Ta was about to embark on the journey to the Daimyo's Mansion.

"Lord Wang, it's getting late, let's do it tomorrow, right?" Zong Ze saw that night was about to fall, the north wind was howling, the sky was overcast, and a snowstorm seemed to be coming.

"Lord Zong's kindness has been received by this king, and I have ordered them to leave a thousand taels of gold as the capital of the battle!" Zhao Ta said, "Now the country is an eventful autumn, and we need loyal and virtuous ministers like adults, but there are twists and turns, people have no choice, and adults must be open-minded, so that more people with lofty ideals can join the command and serve the country!" Zhao Ta thought about it and said a few more words.

"The prince's teachings, the lower officials have written them down!" Zong Ze was stunned for a moment when he heard this, although the prince did not say it explicitly, but he obviously saw through his intentions, and said with a red face, "Lord Wang, the Jurchen squad detectives have been active frequently in recent days, and they have approached Cizhou several times, and they seem to have gotten information from the prince and are looking around. Isn't it too dangerous for the prince to only have a hundred horsemen to escort him now, or tomorrow the official will send troops to escort you in person! ”

"Hehe, Master Zong don't worry, Lord Wang and Lord Nie are not too far away, even if the Jurchens attack, they can quickly come to support. Besides, this king has gone through a hundred battles in the northwest, and there are thousands of horse troops, will he still be afraid of those Jin army squad scouts? Zhao said with a smile.

"The prince has the courage to skip people, and the officials admire it, but this time... Alas, take care, the lower officials are waiting for good news here! Zong Ze sighed and said, there are too few young and promising people in the court, such as Yan Wangye, who are brave and knowledgeable, and the emperor is too confused. He was sent to Jinying as a hostage, but the Jurchens hated him to death. How to return once gone.

"Ha Luha, does Master Zong also think that this king is going to die?" Zhao Ta looked at the old man with a concerned look on his face and said with a big smile. "Your Excellency, let's listen to the good news in Cizhou, and within ten days, the Jurchens will return in embarrassment!" Zhao Ta said that he would board the car and leave, leaving Zong Ze with a stunned face for a long time...

Zhao Ta and his entourage circled the city and turned to the southeast, and he originally planned to rush to Yezhen to camp, but they didn't travel for long, and it soon got dark, the wind did not stop, and it snowed again. The road also became more and more difficult, and by the time the wind and snow became heavier, the eyes of the people who were hit by the snowflakes could not be opened, and the visibility became lower and lower, making it difficult to see the road clearly.

They barely walked for a while, and there was no trace of Yezhen. The road was unfamiliar and the wind and snow were lost, Zhao Ta realized that he could not go any further, and decided to find a leeward place on the side of the road to camp in the wild. Wait until dawn tomorrow before leaving. At this time, the high pet in front sent someone to deliver the news that they had rushed to Linzhang to camp.

"Second master, we are fifty miles away from the brigade, in case something happens, there is no urgency. Don't something happen, let's not return to Cizhou! Jianxi said, they are now in the village. There is no store in the back, but the Jin Army scouts often haunt them. It's so dangerous.

"Back to Cizhou, will Zong Ze, who has reacted, still let us go? And it's getting late. We are not familiar with the road, in case we go astray, not only delay things but also more dangerous, it is better to camp here, besides, we have a large army in front of us, and there is a strong city in the back, the Jin army does not dare to easily dispatch a large number of people, the small team of the Jin army is not enough for us to stuff our teeth, rest assured! Zhao said with a smile.

Seeing that the prince had made up his mind, it was useless to persuade him, and the guards who were exploring the way found a forest not far ahead, and the convoy stopped there and set up camp. Everyone was no stranger to camping in the wilderness, and soon surrounded a simple camp with horse-drawn carriages, and the carts were connected end to end to form a circle, protecting the prince's chariot, ammunition cart and material cart in the middle.

The guards erected stakes in the horse workshop, tied the horses to their legs, put on the bags after drinking, and put felt blankets on the horse's back to protect them from the cold, and they all knew that when they went out, these horses had to wait like their ancestors, otherwise he would fall on his stomach and lay down in the nest, and he would be miserable. After arranging the horses, they took turns to go into the carriage to change their wet shoes and socks, and put them on the fire to bake, although the cart was a little crowded, it was more comfortable and warmer than sleeping in a tent, at least not to get up in the middle of the night several times to remove the snow from the tent.

Taking advantage of the camping, Zhao Ta got out of the car and walked around, one is to move his legs and feet, and the other is his old habit, every time he goes to an unfamiliar place, he has to look at the terrain and familiarize himself with the environment. To the north of the camp was a dense forest, which blocked the howling north wind and did not allow the cavalry to pass, so that the defensive surface was much reduced. To the east, there was a high-pitched earthen beam, the only commanding height in the field, which blocked the view from afar, and it was difficult to see their camp at night.

To the south of the camp is an official road, and now in this time of chaos, it is difficult to see people walking even during the day, let alone at night, and there is not even a ghost to be seen. To the west was a wilderness, now shrouded in wind and snow, and even in the light of the snow, there was no human figure to be seen thirty paces away.

"Erwa, set up a position on the earthen beam, once the enemy attacks from the east, you can give an early warning to support the camp, and you can also cover our breakthrough!" Zhao Ta pointed to the faintly visible earthen beam and said.

"Yes, second master, I will arrange two machine guns there, a gang of troops!" Erwa immediately responded.

"Pay attention to the cold, don't get frostbitten, change the guard once every half an hour, you can drink less wine to keep out the cold!" Zhao Ta estimated that it was about minus fifteen degrees, and it was very dangerous for people to be exposed to the wild for too long and not exercise, so he told him uneasily.

"Second master, don't worry, I will arrange it!" Erwa nodded.

The two watched as they walked, and Zhao Ta impatiently warned the second baby what she should pay attention to, what kind of situation should be dealt with, and even the retreat route was chosen. Erwa listened carefully, he knew that although the prince was fearless, it did not mean that he would relax his vigilance, but would be more careful, making people think that his mother-in-law was mother-in-law, but it was precisely because of this that he avoided danger again and again and won victory after victory.

When the two came back, everything had been arranged, the horse lantern picked up by the car illuminated the entire camp, the courtyard wafted with a strong aroma, the three dogs commanded several firefighters of the internal guard team were working hard to prepare dinner for everyone, whenever they went out, the inside and outside were together, and he, the 'imperial chef', had to be on the same stove to prepare food for a hundred and ten people.

"Three dogs, put more meat, don't be stingy, people can resist the cold when they are full!" Zhao Ta walked over and stirred it with a spoon and said.

"Second master, don't make a mess, what to eat, how much to eat, I know in my heart, every day the meat tube is full, the stored things can be eaten for a few days, the big things are up to you, don't worry about these little things, I designate everyone to eat well!" Although it was cold, Sangou was sweating, and he looked back and said impatiently.

"Okay, good, your kid's temper is getting bigger and bigger, I can't afford to mess with it!" Zhao Ta put down the spoon and said with a smile, causing a big laugh from the people around him.

"What are you laughing at, the second master works hard every day, and he does big things, and he needs to be distracted by this kind of small thing, isn't it the real job of our people, hurry up!" As he spoke, Sangou himself laughed, this is the prince, if another person dares to 'reprimand' the master like this, he would have already peeled his skin.

Zhao Ta returned to his car amid everyone's good-natured laughter, and immediately came up to sweep the snow off his body, changed into dry boots, and handed over a cup of hot tea. Zhao Ta spread out the map of Hebei East Road on the table, found the Daimyo's Mansion they were going to, and marked the respective locations of the enemy and our armies.

The Daimyo's Mansion was an important military town in the north of the Yellow River at that time, and it had the tendency of "controlling the river and locking the key to the north gate". That is to say, it controls a large territory north of the Yellow River and guards the northern gate of the Song capital. Holding on to the daimyo blocked the enemy's passage to the south of the Yellow River.

In the second year of Qingli after the alliance of Tanyuan, Song Renzong adopted Lü Yijian's proposal, built the Daimyo's Mansion as the capital, added and repaired the Daimyo's city corridor, and named it "Beijing". The inner city and the outer city were added, and the inner city was repaired to the palace city, and the Luo city was reduced to a circumference of 48 li and 206 steps, and the circumference of the imperial city was 3 li and 198 steps. Although the circumference of the outer city is not as long as 80 li in the Tang Dynasty, it is as much as 48 li. The circumference of the outer city is only 27 steps shorter than the circumference of the Kaifeng City of Jingshi. There are 3 miles around Miyagi, and the layout is modeled after the main capital Tokyo Bianliang, and the construction is quite majestic and magnificent.

It is called this city "the city is high and dangerous, and the trench is wide and deep"; "The drum tower is majestic", "the characters are prosperous"; "Thousands of dance pavilions, tens of thousands of Lin palace Fanyu"; "Thousands of fierce generals dominate the city, and millions of Li people live in the country", it should be said that it is not an exaggeration at all. The Daimyo's Mansion served as the capital for more than 70 years, and it also played a huge role in consolidating its rule and resisting the southern invasion of the Khitan. When the Khitan heard that the Song Dynasty had established a capital in the Daimyo, they dispelled the idea of invading the south again...

After the second southern invasion of the Jurchens, Zhao Huan set up the Northern Provincial Governor's Mansion in the Daimyo Mansion, with the Daimyo staying behind Zhao Ye as the governor, but this majestic city did not play its due role. Because the daimyo was an important transit place for the northern province and hoarded a large amount of grain and grass, the Jin army, which was short of grain, took it as the target of raiding, and they adopted the strategy of only besieging and not attacking the daimyo, and conquered Quzhou and Wei counties one after another, collecting grain and grass to prepare to seize the Yellow River crossing and go south to Henan.

Because Han Li didn't play a trick of 'peace and discussion to promote the attack', although he was not very clever, he frightened Zhao Huan and the rulers of the court. "Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong are the masters of peace discussions, and they urgently stop all the armies from moving forward", "All the generals will discuss peace, and they will not come out." Han Li's diplomatic strategy greatly reduced the pressure of his own siege, and at the same time, through these false information, it also completely disrupted the defense of the Song Dynasty, so that the Daimyo's Mansion had tens of thousands of soldiers but did not dare to go out of the city to fight, and watched the surrounding states and counties being attacked one by one.

And Zhao Ta needs a good excuse at this time, that is, to get himself out of the crisis as a hostage, and to find a reason to do it with the Jurchens... (To be continued......)