Chapter 5 Envoy to the Kingdom of Jin

"The Divine Decree has arrived! Marshal Yelu has received the Decree!" a eunuch walked over to Yelu Zhongyi with a few soldiers.

"It's Gonggong Li! I'm in a special situation, and if there is an enemy here, I won't kneel down to receive the decree, please read it directly to my father-in-law!" Yelu Zhongyi looked at Gonggong Li and bowed.

"Okay! Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. The monarch of the Song State is my imperial uncle, the territory of the Song Kingdom originally belonged to the Jin State, and now the emperor's uncle is willing to sacrifice eighteen cities, so that the people can avoid the suffering of war, and Marshal Yelu can collect troops and return to China to go to Beijing, Qin this!"

"Marshal, this masked posterior has martial arts, could it be the warrior of the Song Kingdom? And your grain and grass camp is next to the marshal camp, why is it still ignited?" said Gonggong Li and entered the commander's camp.

"Father-in-law, wait a minute, General Zhang, transfer 500 soldiers with shields in their left hands and guns in their right hands, surround this wicked man who burned my grain and grass with shields, and then transfer 1,000 to fight him, and the rest of the soldiers will withdraw the siege soldiers and immediately go to put out the fire. After speaking, Yelu Zhongyi walked into the camp.

"Lord Zhao, it's really powerful, forged the holy decree and used the father-in-law of the enemy country to pass the decree, so clever!" Zong Zheng muttered to himself.

At this time, the soldiers of the Jin State who attacked Qicheng heard the clarion call for withdrawal and hurriedly retreated.

"It seems that the Somasa brothers' clever plan has succeeded, and the enemy has begun to withdraw his troops. The forgery of the decree worked. Zhao Congjun watched from the city wall as the dense Jin soldiers began to retreat.

"Lord Zhao, the holy decree has arrived!" With the voice, Zhao Congjun turned around and saw that it was General Wang in the national capital of Tokyo.

"Minister Zhao Congjun commands!" Zhao Congjun hurriedly knelt down.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. Now the army of the Jin State is pressing the border, for the sake of the people of the Song State to live in peace, I voluntarily sent the eighteen cities of the Song State to the nephew of the Jin State, my son Zhao Congjun found that the Jin State attacked the city in time, so that the country was not ruined, and after receiving the decree, he could return to the capital Tokyo and enter the palace, and choose a day to represent the country to envoy the Jin State and negotiate the transfer of the eighteen cities. After General Wang finished speaking, he picked up Zhao Congjun and handed over the holy decree to him.

"The eldest prince, when the emperor handed over the frontier Qicheng to you, it was to let you experience the hardships of the people at the grassroots level, and then inherit the unification. ”

"General Wang, could it be that you were bribed by the enemy country and falsely passed on the holy decree?" Zhao Congjun looked at General Wang in front of him.

"Eldest prince, what are you talking about? Even if there is no Song State in the future, I will still be a minister of the Song Kingdom. General Wang frowned.

"Forgive me, general, this is the case, my strategy to retreat from the enemy is to falsely pass on the holy decree, let the enemy go to the border of the Tang Kingdom, hide from the sky and cross the sea, and divert the tiger from the mountain. Zhao Congjun looked at the holy decree in his hand.

"The eldest prince is really both civil and military, how can ordinary people think of this kind of strategy? Eight hundred against thirty thousand, still fearless, it seems that there is hope for the restoration of the country in the future. General Wang patted Zhao Congjun on the shoulder.

General Wang, formerly known as Wang Zixi, was Zhao Congjun's master of martial arts, taught from childhood to adulthood, and had a different relationship with Zhao Congjun.

The Zongzheng in the camp of Yelu Zhongyi was surrounded by a thousand men and fought with him, and the water outside the thousand was surrounded by five hundred men with shields.

Although the weapons of these soldiers are not as good as those of the previous generals, they were torn by Zongzheng like tearing paper, and they were cut into a few knots by the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword, but the hands were invincible to four fists, and the soldiers fell down, and they rushed into a group, only knowing that they had killed thirty or forty people, and slowly lost their motivation, so they only chose one direction, swung left and right, and the soldiers followed the direction of Zongzheng's sword, and blood splashed.

Perhaps the sky is endless, and he slowly found himself rushing in front of the soldier holding the shield, slashing at the shield from the bottom up, the shield was split in half in front of the Red Flame Heaven Sword, the soldier was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, still being slashed by Zongzheng, and the blood vessels in his neck spurted blood, and fell backwards.

"Run away!" Zong Zheng was killed in front of a road, it turned out to be the soldiers who came with Zong Zheng before, and when they finished lighting the fire, they took advantage of the chaos to mix into the enemy ranks, watching Zong Zheng kill to the shield side, and slashed and killed together behind the shield soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, because they didn't know that Zong Zheng still had soldiers, they relaxed their vigilance, but they were hacked to death by the soldiers behind in a daze.

Zongzheng took the opportunity to run out of the encirclement surrounded by shields, and only a dozen soldiers followed Zongzheng, and the rest of the soldiers broke behind.

Zong Zheng suddenly felt that his whole body was full of strength, and the helplessness and despair just now were like a big stone being put down in his heart.

At this time, he became more and more courageous, slashing with his right hand while running, and the enemy's armor was like paper paste, and he was cut without the power to fight back.

At this time, there was a soldier in the camp who shouted outside the tent door, "General Yelu Zhongyi takes the order!"

Yelu Zhongyi and Gonggong Li walked out of the camp and looked at their soldiers' clothes.

"How could the emperor send a soldier to come to Xuan Paper?" Gonggong Li looked at Yelu Zhongyi.

"I doubt your identity, you read the decree first, and I'm deciding whether to accept it!" Yelu Zhongyi looked at the soldier in front of him.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said. In order to avoid panic among his subjects, he specially let my guards turn into soldiers, and ordered Yelu Zhongyi to lead 30,000 of his subordinates to the border of Tang to prevent accidents.

"Marshal Yelu, the holy decree seems to be true, but the locust plague in the Tang Kingdom and the plague in the Liao Kingdom, how could they jointly attack us at this time?"

"Gonggong Li's matter is a major matter of the country, I would rather believe it than believe it, I can lead the troops to the border of the Tang State, and I won't have much time for you, please go back to the palace immediately and ask Your Majesty what the situation is." After saying that, Yelu Zhongyi asked the army to assemble.

"Okay! This Wanyan Thunderbolt has an army of 150,000 troops, and it is the Emperor of Liao who was born to a woman when he was playing in the Jin State Micro Service, although the Emperor of Liao State does not know about this, but Wanyan Thunderbolt himself knows, and knows that he has risen to his current position, and our emperor only knows, if the Liao State really attacks, this is indeed a big hidden danger, I can go back to the palace, Marshal Yelu, and I will talk about it another day! After Gonggong Li finished speaking, he left with dozens of soldiers and the soldiers who had just read the holy decree.

"What about the man who was holding the sharpened steel like clay just now?" General Zhang!" shouted Yelu Zhongyi.

"Marshal Qiqi, I went to put out the fire just now, the grain and grass campfire has been extinguished, but a small part of it has been burned, and that person doesn't know when to break through the encirclement, escaped, and is missing. General Zhang hurriedly ran over when he heard Yelu Zhongyi's voice and replied.

"A group of rubbish, fifteen hundred people, stop one person, forget it, notify the whole army, and you can set off and go to the border of the Tang Kingdom, there may be a war over there. After speaking, Yelu Zhongyi walked into the camp.

Zong Zheng was covered in blood, his helmet didn't know when it was lost, and there was blood on his hair and face.

Zong Zheng walked into the City Lord's Mansion with four soldiers, Zhao Congjun watched Zong Zheng walk in, and immediately asked his subordinates to fetch a few basins of water.

After Zong Zheng and the four soldiers washed their faces, Lang Zhong bandaged the soldier with the broken arm.

"Eldest prince, who is this?" Wang Zixi said to Zhao Congjun.

"This is my military advisor, who is very intelligent, and this time the strategy to defend against the enemy is his strategy. Zhao Congjun walked in front of the chair where Zong Zheng was sitting.

"City Lord, didn't you see it, our military division cut off Yelu Zhongyi's weapon, and scraped out a long hole in his armor, even Yelu Zhongyi's subordinate generals attacked the army division in groups, did not have the upper hand, and killed several generals, 1,500 people besieged the army division, and the army division was unharmed and broke out of the encirclement. The soldier with the broken arm who had just bandaged recounted happily to Zhao Congjun.

"Is this true? Your military advisor is so powerful? It's not an exaggeration, right? Break the armor of Yelu's loyalty, kill several generals, and break through the encirclement of thousands of people?" Wang Zixi's mouth grew in surprise, he has been galloping on the battlefield for decades, and he may not be able to break through successfully against dozens of soldiers.

"You and I will bow down, this is what I promised you at the beginning, Brother Zongzheng. Zhao Congjun helped Zongzheng up.

"Big brother, forget about this cumbersome worship ceremony, the depth of the relationship has nothing to do with the length of time, just get along sincerely in the future, my good brother, I'm hungry, let's eat." Zong Zheng looked at Zhao Congjun.

In the blink of an eye, the meal was on the table, and at the dinner table, Zhao Congjun introduced his identity as the prince of Song Guo and Wang Zixi.

"Brother, I am a few years older than you, you are my brother, you have contributed to the danger of Qicheng this time, I still have something to ask for, please brother must agree to be a brother." Zhao Congjun looked at Zong Zheng with his hands clenched into fists.

"Brother, but it doesn't hurt to say that it's okay, I will definitely promise my brother. Zong Zheng didn't look up, this battle was the hardest work since he was born, he was already hungry, and he was crazy about eating food, the food in this city lord's mansion was much better than at home.

"It is to let my brother accompany me to the Jin Kingdom, my father and the emperor received the news that my Jin Kingdom attacked the city, so he sent someone to the capital of the Jin Kingdom to go to Beijing, and as the emperor's uncle, he dedicated all the eighteen cities of the Song Kingdom, and this time sent me as a messenger to talk about related matters. Zhao Congjun took a sip of wine.

"What? The whole country surrendered, and the whole city was sacrificed? Then our efforts were not in vain?" Zong Zheng put down the dishes and chopsticks and wiped his mouth.

"It's a helpless move, will my brother go with me? Zhao Congjun looked at Zong Zheng with a wine glass.

"No problem, but I have to bring my brother Lu Hua, he is a manufacturable material, but the worldview and pattern are too small, and he still needs to hone for a few years. Zong Zheng took a sip of wine.

"No problem, let's leave in a while?" Wang Zixi filled Zongzheng's wine glass with wine, he heard about Zongzheng's affairs in Yelu Zhongyi's camp, and admired him very much, with Zong Zheng, who was both civil and military, accompanied by Zhao Congjun, he was very relieved.

"Thank you, General Wang, after drinking this glass of wine, I will change my clothes and go home to report my safety, and take Lu Hua and we will go together. After Zongzheng finished speaking, he drank wine and went home.

"Brother, I'm back!" Zong Zheng shouted as he walked into his yard.

"You're scared us to death!" Lu Yue rushed out of the house and crashed into Zongzheng's arms.

Zong Zheng hugged Lu Yue and looked at Lu Yuqi and Lu Hua who walked out of the door.

"Uncle, aunt has made you worried, Sister Lu Yue, don't be afraid. Zong Zheng patted Lu Yue in his arms.

"It's good to come back!" Lu Yuqi looked at Zong Zheng with a smile.

"Uncle, aunt, I won't go in, I'm coming back to report safety, and I'm going to go to Tokyo City, the capital of the country, with Brother Lu Hua, and accompany the city lord back to the palace to see his father. Zong Zheng gently pushed Lu Yue away from his arms.

"Are you going to leave again?" Lu Yue raised his head and looked into Zong Zheng's eyes.

"That's right, this time Brother Lu Hua and I, we have to go for a long time, and my uncle and aunt will hand it over to Sister Lu Yue, and the treasures that were put in the vegetable basket last time can be exchanged for silver taels to improve our family's living standards." After Zong Zheng finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard with Lu Hua.

"Brother, come back early, I'll surprise you then!" Lu Yue shouted at Zongzheng's back.

On the way, Zong Zheng told Lu Hua about his presence in the Yelu Zhongyi military camp.

Lu Hua was surprised and said, "Oh my God, brother, you are really dead this time." However, if you don't die, you will have a blessing. ”

Zong Zheng hesitated for a moment and replied, "Brother, do you have a dream?"

"Yes, the dream is to join the army, then become famous like our general Wang Zixi, and then let my parents live a good life. Lu Hua said as he spoke, feeling that his dream was right in front of him.

"My dream is different from yours, after an incident, I feel that it is better to serve anyone than for my own people, I risked life and death to fight with the army of Yelu Zhongyi, but the monarch of the Song State dedicated all the eighteen cities to the Jin State, so my dream is to establish my own empire, and it is a strong country, not threatened by any country. "Zongzheng and the others immediately walked to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Did you get hit in the head by the soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, do you dare to think about this?" Lu Hua was so frightened by Zong Zheng's words that he stopped.

"I have married Zhao Congjun, he has the ability to govern the country, an empire needs civil ministers and military generals, I plan to make him the head of civil ministers after the founding of the country. Let's go, it's almost there. Zong Zheng looked at Lu Hua, who was so frightened that he stood still.

"That's what I can say, how can someone be the prince of the Song Kingdom, not this Jin Kingdom, but the future monarch of the Song Kingdom, willing to become your courtier? And that's the founding of the country, not the leader of the robbery, remember, dispel this idea, no one should mention your dream to anyone. Lu Hua and Zong Zheng walked into the City Lord's Mansion.

Lu Hua and Zong Zheng sat on Zhao Congjun and Wang Zixi, and immediately set foot on the road to Tokyo, the capital of the Song Kingdom.

When he arrived in Tokyo, he entered the palace, saw the monarch of the Song Kingdom, and after bowing down, the emperor asked Wang Zixi to retreat.

Lu Hua's eyes widened, looked at Wang Zixi who retreated, and whispered to Zong Zheng, "Brother, he is really Wang Zixi, I thought he was joking on the way." ”

"Son, I heard that I am a brother with a man who is both civil and military, and I sent someone to send a thousand taels of silver to your brother's house yesterday. I heard that you are going to take that brother to envoy to the Jin Kingdom, I am dizzy, I can't see clearly which is your sworn brother next to you, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom is also the eldest son of your cousin, and he is also your younger brother. You have full powers to negotiate on my behalf, and go now. Song Guojun left the room after speaking.

Zhao Congjun took Zong Zheng and Lu Hua, as well as more than a hundred soldiers, and set foot on the road to the capital of Jin again.

After running around for a few days, when he arrived at the capital of Jin Guoguo and went to Beijing, he arrived at the gate of the palace, and only let Zhao Congjun, Zong Zheng, and Lu Hua enter the palace.

Because there was no way to bring weapons into the palace, Zong Zheng untied the Red Flame Heaven Killing Sword that was wrapped in cloth on his body and handed it over to the soldiers at the palace gate for safekeeping.

Walking to the Jinluan Palace is splendid, but it is more than ten times larger than the Jinluan Palace of the Song monarch, and there are only a small number of eunuchs and palace maids in the Jinluan Palace at this time.

"You are the emperor's brother Zhao Congjun. "From the dragon chair stood up, a man in a dragon robe.