In 1677, the first year of Song Jingkang, on the third day of the first month, Zong Bi and Guo Yaoshi led light troops to take Tangyin and pull out Junzhou. This Tangyin belongs to Xiangzhou, only half a day's journey from the Yellow River. At that time, the Great Song Dynasty had a heavy army stationed in Hebei, and the commander was Liang Fangping, the eunuch Jiedu envoy favored by Emperor Zhao Ji. Although Liang Fangping has heavy troops, where does he dare to fight? As soon as he saw the Jin soldiers, he fled in panic and came all the way to the Yellow River. The study of civil engineering in the Great Song Dynasty is one of the peaks in the history of Chinese architecture, and there are also bridges built over the Yellow River at this time. Henan was supposed to be garrisoned by troops and horses, and when they saw the banner of the golden soldiers on the other side, they were so frightened that they burned the bridge and fled, and the Song army, which had not had time to cross the river, was scattered like birds and beasts, and the soldiers and horses who were crossing the bridge all fell into the Yellow River.

As soon as the bridge burned, Zong Bi and Guo Yaoshi could only look at the river and sigh when they were in Hebei. However, the generals of the Great Song Dynasty did not even have the courage to defend by the river, so the hundreds of miles of embankments in Henan were completely undefended. Guo Yaoshi led his troops to search along the left and right of the Yellow River, but found only some small boats, and hurriedly had people cut wood and tie them into rafts, so they used such rudimentary boats to cross the Yellow River.

At that time, the Yellow River was different from today, the water was still very abundant, and although the water surface was not as wide as the Yangtze River, the river was more turbulent. At this time, if one or two Song generals are stationed in Henan, there is no need to fight, as long as the Jin soldiers try to dock when they hold a bamboo pole and poke a few times, they can also stop the Jin soldiers for a while. But the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty had already fled completely, and they let the Jin people cross south in vain. It took the Jin army five days for the cavalry to be exhausted, and the infantry had not yet been assembled. After Zong Wang crossed the river, he shouted luck in his heart, and said to the left and right: "The Southern Dynasty can be said to be unmanned, if there are one or two thousand people Ning River, how can my generation cross it!" ”

After the Jin soldiers went ashore, they immediately went south, and at first they were quite undisciplined, and Guo Yaoshi led the troops first, and went straight to Mu Huogang in the northwest of Bianliang. This Mu camel Ganggang is hidden like a sand moraine, according to water on three sides, one side of the pillow fog Zepi, the terrain is dangerous, it is one of the largest grain and grass accumulation places near Bianliang, after Guo Yaoshi descended to the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji had taken him here to play, so Guo Yaoshi recognized the road. At this time, Guo Yaoshi took hundreds of soldiers and generals who were like the end of a strong crossbow, and he was anxious to sneak attack this place, only to find that such a heavy place was unguarded! The Jin soldiers were all overjoyed, and after Zongwang's tired soldiers crossed the river, they rested here, and after relieving their breath, they checked the materials and found that in addition to a large amount of grain and grass, there were 20,000 war horses! Zong Wang was overjoyed and said to Pharmacist Guo: "At the beginning, you said that you could fight the enemy because of food, but I didn't believe it. Today, it seems that the Zhao official family is very generous! ”

Both left and right laughed: "Yes, yes! Even if you send grain and grass, even war horses, you know that we don't even need to bring horses. ”

Zong Wang said with great joy: "Since the Zhao official family is so bold, we can't be too slack. Our army will win this battle. Sons, take care of yourself! After relieving his strength, he asked Zhao Guan's family to go for gold and silver! ”

This group of army-hardened robbers from the north who were not excited when they heard it, they all applauded!

Press Zongwang to cross the river, but said that the news of Junzhou's non-compliance reached Bianliang It was already the second watch of the night, and the emperor Zhao Ji didn't sleep when he heard the news, and escaped from the palace overnight and went out of the "southern tour" of Tongjinmen. The prince and the emperor (princess) accompanied him one after another, and the eunuchs and hundreds of officials fled and hid innumerable. The Jin soldiers have not arrived, and Bianliang has been messed up into a pot of eight-treasure porridge under the wise leadership of Zhao Ji.

Wen Tiaoyu heard that the whole city was in chaos in the Qilin Building, and he was worried, and Cao Guangbi could only hold himself in the Kongbi Publishing House.

Zhou Xiaochang came to see Lin Yi and said: "Now the people are raging, and Bianliang is in danger!" Should we also be ready to retreat? ”

In the past few days, the official business that Chong Yansong handed over to Lin Yi - asking the imperial court to quickly determine the strategy of battle and defense - has made no progress, but the dark forces of the Han Ministry ambushed in Bianliang have been integrated quite smoothly. At this time, hearing Zhou Xiaochang say this, Lin Yi shook his head and said: "The second general has not retreated, how can we retreat!" ”

Zhou Xiaochang said again: "Even if you don't retreat, you should reserve a way back!" ”

Lin Yi said: "There is no old or weak in Bianliang, and if something is urgent, you can get on the horse with a sword!" Bianliang is a big city, and Zongwang only has tens of thousands of horses! It may be broken, but it cannot be encircled. If something is urgent, we will support the second general to retreat while the chaos is - everything depends on how the second general plans! ”

Zhou Xiaochang paused and said: "What we are most anxious about now is that we don't know what the second general's plan is!" ”

"The second general hasn't said anything yet, because the big thing hasn't been decided yet! It is premature to retreat. Lin Yi said: "Let the subordinate departments prepare the 'Chinese' character door post, and when we retreat, we will post the door post at the door of the industry that is too late to sell." ”

Zhou Xiaochang was stunned and said: "'Han' character door post? What does this do? ”

Lin Yi said: "Have you forgotten? When our Han Department followed the Jin army to attack the Liao State, we had a circular to the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Kingdom: Anyone who has the word 'Han' on the door will be regarded as the wings of my general, and the army shall not trespass everywhere! ”

"Of course I know this! But ......" Zhou Xiaochang said: "But now we have fallen out with the Jin people!" I'm afraid it's useless to post this post. ”

Lin Yi nodded and said: "It's a fallout, it's a fallout, but the general's prestige among the Jin people has risen instead of falling!" And there is a precedent, maybe it can deter the Jin people from not daring to enter! You prepare these letters, not only for the Kongbi Books and the Qilin Restaurant, but also for those who are usually good friends with us, you can also send them some in case of emergency. ”

Here, Cao Guangbi came to help Song defend the war for thousands of miles, while the Allah of Bianliang, Zhao Huan, who had just ascended the throne, was thinking about escaping. Emperor Taishang had already gone to Huaiyang under the support of his favorite ministers Tong Guan, Zhu Mian and others, and Dazai Bai Shizhong, who was left to assist the new emperor, scolded Tong Guan in his stomach and scolded Tong Guan for not being a man, and he didn't take his share if he ran away! On the second day, before the prime ministers entered the palace to face the saint, they offered a clever plan: please Zhao Huan hurry up to patrol Xiangyang and Dengzhou to avoid the golden soldiers!

Zhao Huan was overjoyed when he heard this, but he was worried that he would run away with his father soon after he ascended the throne, and some ministers who didn't know what to do, such as Li Gang and others, were afraid that they would obstruct it, so he was a little worried. At this time, Wu Min had been promoted to the Privy Council, and he was in charge of the war, and when he saw that everyone had the intention of retreating, he leaked the news. The main battle faction outside was shocked when they heard this, and Li Gang rushed into the palace to ask for a meeting.

The head of the house said: "The chief deacon has not retreated, but the official seeks the right, and there is no precedent for this." ”

Li Gang said angrily: "When is this time, there is a precedent!" ”

The head of the house had no choice but to promise to bring Li Gang to the audience. Li Gang entered the palace, finished the salute, stood at the end of the crowd, and said: "The minister heard that the slaughter wanted to go out hunting with His Majesty to avoid the gold people." Don't know if there is? ”

Zhao Huan didn't answer, and Li Gang said again: "If there is such a thing, the sect will be in danger." Emperor Daojun Taishang passed on the throne to His Majesty, it is for the sake of guarding the sect society, once he gives it up now, how will His Majesty report the monarch and serve the people? ”

Zhao Huan couldn't answer silently. Bai Shizhong said: "The capital is so critical, where can it be defended!" The Holy Driver's Southern Tour is also a last resort. ”

Li Gangsu said loudly: "In the cities of the world, how can there be anyone who is better than the Beijing Master?" If the Jingshi can't keep it? What city can be defended? Jingshi is the temple of the sect, the community, the hundred officials, and the people, once abandoned, the world will have the worry of erosion! And if the capital division is enough to serve the people, if it can inspire the soldiers, comfort the people, and stick to the division of the Quartet Qinwang, how can it not be kept. ”

As soon as Li Gang's voice fell, the chief eunuch Chen Liangbi stepped forward and wept and said: "Your Majesty, the building in the capital has not been created and repaired in a hundred. In the area of Fanjiagang in the east of the city, the Hao River is shallow and narrow, and it is difficult to hold on. May Your Majesty think twice. "These eunuchs are all serving the emperor, and they can't go if the emperor doesn't leave, so they are the natural main escapees.

The two of them at the bottom of the stairs argued, but Zhao Huan on the dragon chair was as anxious as ants in a hot pot, and suddenly became wise in a hurry, so he said to Li Gang: "Qing Ke and Chen Liangbi and Cai Mao went to inspect the city tower, and when they came back, they will discuss it again, and I will wait for Qing here." As he spoke, he gave two looks, one to Prime Minister Bai Shizhong and the other to the eunuch Chen Liangbi - the dialogue was to suggest that he was ready to escape, and to Chen Liangbi he was asking him to drag Li Gang on the side of the city tower. The two realized the emperor's meaning, but they were happy and worried: they were happy in Bai Shizhong, and secretly praised the emperor's great plan in their hearts; It was Chen Liangbi who was worried, knowing that his master was planning to let himself drag Li Gang.

Li Gang and Cai and Chen inspected the east wall of the new city, looking at the city, although Li Gang was loyal but had a heart, Chen Liangbi wanted to slip away several times and was intercepted by him, and finally Chen Liangbi couldn't, he was not so great as to sacrifice himself to let his master Zhao Huan escape alone, so he had to urge Li Gang to hurry back to the palace to play the right.

Zhao Huan didn't expect Chen Liangbi to be so ineffective, and Li Gang came back without moving his car, so he had to reluctantly ask: "How are you in the Qing family, how is the city tower?" ”

Chen Liangbi and Cai Nan said that they could not be kept, but Li Gang said: "The city is strong and high, and the building is not prepared, but you don't need to keep it." Haohe only Fanjiagang area is forbidden to dig in the forbidden land, honesty is shallow and narrow, but with elite soldiers and strong crossbows to occupy, can be safe. ”

Zhao Huan looked back at Zai's plan, Zai Zhi was all at a loss, and asked Li Gang again, Li Gang said: "Today's plan, if you reorganize the army and horses, raise your voice to fight, consolidate the hearts of the people, stick to each other, and wait for the division of the king of Qin." ”

Zhao Huan asked who could be the general, and Li Gang said: "The imperial court usually raises ministers with high lords and Houlu, and covers it for the day when there is something to do." Today, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, etc., scholars may not know the soldiers, but by virtue of their titles, it is their duty to control the soldiers and resist the enemy. ”

Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were so frightened when they heard this, in their hearts that leading the troops to resist Jin is no different from sending them to death, so if they want to let them lead the troops, it is better to break their legs directly! Li Bangyan was so trembling that he couldn't speak, Bai Shizhong took a step forward and said angrily: "Li Gang! Why don't you go yourself! ”

Li Gang said: "If Your Majesty does not regard the ministers as cowards, but orders the ministers to govern the army, the ministers are willing to repay with death." Only the ministers are humble and lowly, and I am afraid that it is not enough to subdue the soldiers. ”

Li Gang's words are asking for a name, when this crisis changes, Zhao Ji didn't even do the emperor in order to escape for his life, and the officials of the Song Dynasty can be described as cheap as dung! Zhao Huan was no longer stingy, and asked Bai Shizhong what was still lacking in the government. Zai Zhi said to "Shangshu Right Cheng is missing" - it turns out that Shang Shu Right Cheng Yu Wen Cui has escaped with Zhao Huan and his father, so it is vacant. So Zhao Huan opened Chrysostom, except for Li Gang as the right man of Shangshu, he was given robes, belts, and wat in front of him, and ordered Li Gang to stay in Beijing, with Li Di of the Privy Council as his deputy. And over there, Bai Shi and the middle people were still persuading Zhao Huan to flee quickly. Li Gang tried his best to talk about it, saying that Bianliang would definitely be able to defend it, and Zhao Ji was dizzy, so he reluctantly agreed to stay.

Li Gang breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave the palace to take care of the garrison, but another eunuch came out and said: "The emperor has done it, so the matter is urgent, how can Your Majesty stay here and suffer the poison alone?" ”

Zhao Huan's face changed greatly, he couldn't even sit on the dragon chair, he cried silently, hid his face and cried, his tears and nose couldn't stop it, and he choked up: "Qing and the others don't have to stay here, I have made up my mind, I will go to Shaanxi in person, raise troops to restore the capital, and I must not stay here." ”

Li Gang hurriedly knelt down, wept and spoke, admonishing each other with death. Zhao Huan couldn't twist Li Gang, so he had no choice but to say: "Since the Qing is still in me, the responsibility of governing the army and the imperial court will be entrusted to the secretary, so as not to let the slightest negligence." ”

Li Gang calmed down a little at this time, and then bowed to the order.

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