Cao Guangbi stared at the candle flame and sighed: "I want to come to Song, in fact, I have already decided long before my eldest brother went to Dading Mansion. ”

Li Gang was surprised in his heart, but he didn't interrupt.

Cao Guangbi said: "In fact, when the Jurchens revealed the news that they wanted us to invade the Song Dynasty from Jin, the Han Department was divided into two factions: one of them was afraid that the Han Department would be attacked by the Jurchens if they did not obey, so they agreed to this matter; There is another faction that does not want to be coerced by the Jurchens to do this unrighteous thing, so they oppose it! ”

Li Gang said: "Mr. Cao is the latter faction? ”

"Not bad." Cao Guangbi said: "At that time, the dispute between the two factions was not clear, I fell behind, and seeing that things were difficult, I said to my eldest brother: If it is difficult to change from Jin to Song, I am willing to resign and return to Song to help." My eldest brother has always valued affection and righteousness, and he is also unwilling to invade the Song Dynasty from Jin, so he does not restrain me, and has hinted that as the seventh brother in power, he will let me return from my wishes. ”

Li Gangqi said: "General Zhe is the head of the Han Ministry, and Mr. Cao is the deputy of the Han Ministry, neither of you approve of the invasion of the Song Dynasty from Jin, how can you still fall behind?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "The system of my Han Department follows the system of the ancient Chinese people's political discussion. What the people agree on, my eldest brother will not change. At that time, the people of the General Assembly Department discussed, but as a result, people were happy and safe and fearful, and they chose to follow the money, so we fell behind. ”

Li Gang shook his head and said: "Such a big thing, how can you plan for a small group!" ”

Cao Guangbi sighed: "My eldest brother also knew that it was impossible to invade the Song Dynasty from Jin, so he went to Dading Mansion to persuade the generalissimo of the Jin State. Who knew that Jin Ren had no faith at all, and he actually put my eldest brother under house arrest! That's what happened. Fortunately, there is still my seventh brother in the Han Department, he is a wise and unparalleled figure, and he tried many ways to keep southern Liaoning! ”

Li Gang said: "I heard that the Han Department once fought with the Jin people? ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Yes." ”

Li Gang asked how the outcome was.

Cao Guangbi said: "The eldest brother is in their hands, we don't dare to attack, we just defend." At that time, there were more than 10,000 elite soldiers in the city, 60,000 Jin troops, and after ten years of fierce battles, the city could not go down, and the Jin soldiers were seriously killed and wounded, so they withdrew and made peace. ”

Li Gang thought about the situation in Liaokou and the situation in Bianliang for a moment, and asked, "Is the general who defended the city at that time Mr. Cao?" ”

"Not me." Cao Guangbi said: "It's my third brother Yang Kaiyuan." ”

Li Gang sighed and said, "It turns out that there are other generals among Mr. Cao's brothers!" ”

Cao Guangbi said proudly: "Not bad! The third brother fought this battle beautifully! If he hadn't fought this battle, the situation in the Han Department would have been unimaginable. Then he sighed: "Despite this, we couldn't welcome back the eldest brother in the end." They took the eldest brother as a hostage and extorted a large amount of money and grain from our Han Department, and the tributes such as tea and silk in the past were also doubled! We don't dare to disobey. It's just that they ordered us to invade the Song Dynasty with them, and we refused to do it again--the Jin man is so untrustworthy and unrighteous, how can we believe in him again! But they have my eldest brother in their hands, and they are not afraid that we will copy their back. Therefore, after making peace with our Han Ministry, he immediately raised troops to the south, entered Yanjing, and invaded Hebei, which became today's situation! I heard in Jinmen that the Great Song Dynasty was in danger and restless, so I quit my seventh brother and came alone, although I knew that my strength was weak, but I couldn't take care of it. ”

Li Gang said: "General Zhe and Mr. Cao are admirable. Now that the Han Department and the Jurchen have grievances, and I have relatives in the Great Song Dynasty, the current situation is critical, according to Mr. Cao, can the two join forces to fight against the Jin soldiers? ”

Cao Guangbi shook his head and said, "If the Han Department can openly join forces with the Great Song Dynasty, I will not come to the Great Song Dynasty - just raise troops in southern Liaoning." Now that the Han Department is my sister-in-law, and the seventh brother is in charge, they want to save my eldest brother's life, and they dare not send troops no matter what. It is not easy for my seventh brother to promise me not to send a single soldier to help Jin invade the Song Dynasty, and to acquiesce in the urgency to secretly help the Great Song Dynasty with money, food and material resources. ”

When Li Gang heard this, he frowned and said nothing, and Cao Guangbi said: "In fact, the difficulty of the Great Song Dynasty is not that there is no foreign aid, but that there are internal troubles. Others don't know this, but doesn't Master Li know it? ”

Li Gang looked solemn and asked, "What does Mr. Cao mean by internal troubles?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "The biggest internal trouble is that the emperor and the prime minister have no courage to face the battle, and every day he wants to steal peace and avoid the enemy going south!" ”

Li Gang's face changed, and he hurriedly shook his hand and said: "Ruling or incompetent, but the will of the Holy Heaven is unpredictable, and Mr. Cao must not speak nonsense." ”

Cao Guangbi said angrily: "Outside the yamen of Kaifeng Mansion, because I was facing a group of civilians, I didn't want to offend the emperor, so I was polite in my words. But Master Li is an understanding person, so I'm not afraid to speak out! I've been here for so many days, and I'm looking forward to the emperor's summons every day, so I can state my strategy for defending the war! But left and right, just waiting for some rewards from the emperor to comfort - I, Cao Guangbi, did not come to the Great Song Dynasty to seek money, what do I want this reward for! ”

Li Gang said: "My Great Song Dynasty has a strict system, and the emperor easily does not see foreign ministers, this is customized, not known to Mr. Cao." ”

Cao Guangbi snorted: "My Han tribe, most of them are Yan Zhao fugitives, and they are located in the old land of the Tang Dynasty Andong Duhufu, the land is the hometown of China, and the people are the old people of the Central Plains. Besides, when is it now, and what customization is there to talk about! The emperor doesn't see me using me, so that's fine, after all, the Great Song Dynasty is like a cloud, and it may not be my turn. But for so long, I haven't seen the imperial court actively preparing for war, and in the palace and mansion, the daily family is just thinking about escaping! Now that the great enemy is approaching, and the emperor is acting like this, it is really chilling! ”

Li Ganghuo got up and said, "If you don't say anything, don't dare to hear it!" ”

Deng Su persuaded on the side: "Brother Guangbi, don't be impatient!" He also persuaded Li Gangdao: "Brother Boji, Brother Guangbi is also trapped in the current situation, and he is eager to save the country, so he has such radical words. ”

Cao Guangbi closed his eyes and said after a long time: "Master Li, Cao is rude." ”

Li Gang also calmed down and said: "Mr. Cao is so angry, presumably as Zhihong said, he is just eager to save the country. In the past few days, whenever I hear that the border generals are incompetent and the deacon is wrong, I often scold him. It's just that those who mislead the country are not in the minister, and this section must be distinguished! ”

Cao Guangbi smiled and said, "Have you heard of today's dock?" ”

Li Gang frowned when he heard this, he suddenly came to visit tonight, and he was also forced by this incident.

Cao Guangbi said: "Since I arrived in Bianliang, I will not avoid suspicion from outsiders. Let's get straight ahead! Today, in addition to the prince as a pastor, and then transport the treasure to the south, the meaning of 'patrolling' has been clear. The Emperor ...... As soon as he leaves, it will be difficult for Jingshi to hold on. People's hearts are scattered, and they are out of control from now on! Master Li should know this better than I do. He was about to say "the emperor fled", but he finally temporarily changed it to a less unpleasant word.

Li Gang groaned: "I will ask my colleagues to go to the table tomorrow, please stay in the holy car." ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Is it too late?" Does it work? ”

Li Gang could neither answer nor be willing to answer these two questions, so he just got up and said, "I will benefit a lot from tonight." In the middle of the night, the wind is cold, so I will say goodbye first, and it will come back to ask for advice in the future. ”

When Cao Guangbi heard Li Gang say this, he knew that the other party was still unwilling to believe in himself after all-this was also reasonable, so Cao Guangbi was not surprised, and also got up and said: "I didn't dare to stay together, but ......" looked back at Deng Su and said: "Let's give Mr. Li a picture and a book." ”

Deng Su nodded and said, "The atlas is handed over to Bo Ji, and it is the right person!" I'll go and get it. With that, he turned around and entered.

Li Gangqi said: "What album? ”

Cao Guangbi said: "You will know when you see it! ”

Soon Deng Su came out, took out a book, with more than 1,000 words and a number of pictures, and said: "This is the image of several Jurchen generals, as well as the situation of the Jin army that Mr. Cao and I have been figuring out for days. ”

Li Gang was overjoyed, and then looked at the picture, but it was a map of city defense, Cao Guangbi said: "This is a map of defending the city when I am at a loss, and I don't know if it is useful or not." The Great Song Dynasty generals guarded the city's art armor in the world, in case Guangbi was an axe, please don't laugh. ”

Li Gang said happily: "Mr. Cao is too modest. These two treasures are better than the gift of ten thousand gold! Li Gang didn't dare to resign, so he thanked the thousands of people of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

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