After Zhao Gou got the news, he compared it with the letters of Xie Kejia and others, and believed ninety percent, such a thing contained too deep a mystery, King Kang couldn't understand Yang Zhi's next plan, and he didn't dare to inform Jin Ren, so he could only immediately send someone to inform Zhang Jun; Zhang Jun did not go directly to Kaifeng, but first detoured to Yingchang Mansion to prepare to persuade Zhao Ding, they were friends of life and death, Zhang Jun thought that Zhao Ding was very likely to be persuaded by himself, so before Zhang Jun set off, Zhao Gou accompanied Zhang Jun to meet Song Huizong and explain the situation.

But looking at it now, the lag consequences of Zhang Jun's actions are very serious, which gives Yang Zhi the reason to do things in Bianliang. Zhao Gou's people are rushing to Yingchang Mansion with a whip, and Wang Yuan's 800-mile fast horse in Xuzhou has also been dispatched, Wang Yuan learned an unbelievable news, lest his own people be delayed on the road, in addition to the normal channels of the post station, two other henchmen were sent to Runzhou, one person and three horses, day and night.

In order to facilitate the talks between Xiao Qing, a waiter of the Jin State Rite Department, and Wang Yuan, Liu Yu's general Mao Shuo led 10,000 troops to sign an army less than 50 miles away from Wang Yuan's camp; in the face of the resistance of the Han people, although the Jin State had the assistance of Liu Yu and others, the effect was not particularly good. The combat effectiveness of the signing army is not high, but it is better than nothing, especially for things like peace talks, and it is not a war with the Song army.

Yang Yizhong and Xu Wen led 10,000 cavalry to sneak across the border into Xuzhou, and Yang Yizhong ordered to take off the luan bell of the war horse, wrap the horse's hooves, and leave 2,000 people for Wang Gang to pay attention to the movements of Wang Yuan's army, and bring 8,000 people to quietly approach Mao Shuo's camp. Kill the sentry, Yang Yizhong gave an order, the fire broke out, and the Dingbei army entered the camp of the Jin State Signing Army in three ways.

The signing army was defenseless, almost in their sleep, they were attacked in their sleep, and they were killed by the cavalry of the Dingbei Army, and they wailed; Xu Wen killed the Chinese army tent and met Mao Shuo, who barely jumped on his horse, and beheaded Mao Shuo in one round. Xiao Qing wanted to break through, and dozens of Jurchen cavalry around him were surrounded by the Dingbei Army, and were stabbed off his horse by Han Jing's spear in the melee; 4,000 of the 10,000 soldiers died, and the rest surrendered.

Wang Yuan originally planned to rescue, but when he heard from the scouts that the cavalry of the Dingbei Army was arrayed on the avenue, he had to give up this plan and watched Mao Shuo's army annihilated. The heads of Mao Shuo and Xiao Qing were directly sent to Runzhou by Yang Yizhong, and the cavalry of the Dingbei Army took prisoners and withdrew directly west from Xuzhou; after Wang Yuan arrived at the scene to ascertain the situation, he immediately sent people to report to Runzhou that the negotiators of the Jin State had been killed, and only God knows whether they could negotiate peace later.

Zhang Jun didn't feel a big deal when he received Zhao Gou's letter in Yingzhou, because things were going well in Yingchang Mansion, even if Yang Zhi admired Zhao Ding very much and gave Zhao Ding a stage for development, Zhao Ding finally promised that if the Dingbei Army returned to the northwest, Zhao Ding would not follow the Dingbei Army to leave. Maybe Zhao Ding was limited by his concept, or maybe Zhao Ding felt that even with the help of a demon like Yang Zhi, the possibility of King Yun was still very small; in short, Zhang Jun didn't care about the reason, only the result.

Zhang Jun didn't know what was happening in Xuzhou, and with two hundred cavalry selected from the imperial camp, he marched all the way to Kaifeng, but when he arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, he was surrounded by the army led by Xue Guang on the way, Xue Guang took five hundred horsemen, and a thousand infantry troops, and the number was obviously superior; Zhang Jun couldn't help but say angrily: "Xue Guang, I am Qincha." ”

Xue Guang smiled and said, "I know, Zhang Jun, if you do Qincha, we can't drink together anymore?"

The relationship between the two is really good, Zhang Jun looked up at the sun, knowing that Xue Guang was delaying time, thinking about it or agreeing; Xue Guang pulled Zhang Jun to the side of the road to drink, didn't say anything, only said when he was about to leave after drinking: "I joined the Dingbei Army, but I am still a lot worse than Yang Zhi, Chong Bin and others, they are all for an ideal, and I am just for being an official." But at least I know that what you're doing is going to ruin you. ”

Zhang Jun asked Xue Guang: "If Yang Zhi leaves, what are you going to do?"

Xue Guang said very simply: "Since I joined the Dingbei Army, I naturally want to be an officer of the Dingbei Army." ”

Xue Guang has been following Yang Zhi for almost a year, and basically understands that Yang Zhi's plan is to exchange space for time, so far, Yang Zhi's strategy has been successful, Gyeonggi Road has not only been developed militarily and economically, but also the autumn harvest has begun, and the situation is getting better day by day. Xue Guang didn't think that Jin Ren would abide by the agreement, and he didn't believe that anyone could do better than Yang Zhi, knowing that staying in Gyeonggi Road would be a character who would be sacrificed at any time in the future, so it was better to leave with Yang Zhi, even if his career was not good, there was no need to worry about other aspects.

Zhang Jun's psychology is full of bitterness, on the surface, this time he sees King Kang and himself waiting for a turnaround, but from Xue Guang's attitude, it can be seen that the Dingbei Army definitely does not want to see defeat, from the news he has collected, the Dingbei Army will be able to ease up after the autumn harvest, and the period behind him must be a difficult time. Compared with the disadvantage in Bianliang, what worries Zhang Jun more is the situation in the court, he has been defeated repeatedly and has become the target of many people in the court.

As for Xue Guang, Zhang Jun was dismissive in his heart, but any normal person knew that the real purpose of negotiating peace was actually in the struggle for imperial unity, and the fate of King Kang and the others was not in his own hands, but instead pinned his hopes on the opponent to make mistakes; Xue Guang looked at the problem from a purely strategic point of view, and his flaws were very obvious. Zhang Jun should still persuade: "General Xue, since the invasion of the Jin people, a large area of the country has been lost, and hundreds of people are wailing under the iron hooves of the Jin people, in fact, there are large areas of land in Jiangnan and Lianghuai, and the people who are not willing to stay in the Jin people can move south." ”

"Move south. Xue Guanghuo stood up, faced Zhang Jun, and said with a blazing gaze: "The victory of Kaide Mansion in the first battle ushered in a turning point for my Great Song Dynasty, and then we should gradually advance northward, let the Jin people know our determination to resist to the end, and let Liu Yu's people panic all day long, but you ...... The Tao is not the same, Lord Zhang, even if we are in Bianliang later, there is no need to contact each other. ”

Zhang Jun was helplessly separated from Xue Guang, expressionless along the way, the situation has developed to the present, everything is irreparable, and there must be more encounters waiting for him on Bianliang's side.