When Zhao Kai was about to leave Bianliang, Tokyo, the imperial city of the Great Song Dynasty, under the command of the newly established Son of Heaven's personal expedition camp, began to prepare for war with all its might.

Because Zhao Ji, an official, did not abdicate and run away, Tong Guan, who has been in charge of the army for 20 years, and most of the generals of the Shengjie Army under Tong Guan are still in Tokyo and have not run away. Moreover, Tong Guan was also sent by Zhao Ji to a deputy envoy of the camp, and Li Gang, who was publicly recommended by the ministers of the two prefectures, and the former Keju star who was seriously ill, and the current captain of the Sanya Management Army, Gao Yu, presided over the Tokyo defense together.

Although Tong Guan's performance in the Xuanhe Northern Expedition was a mess, after all, he had led the army for more than 20 years, and his military level still surpassed that of Li Gang, a civilian official. Therefore, under his suggestion, the current defense of Tokyo is much more reasonable than when Li Gang led the defense of Tokyo in the previous life.

First of all, Tong Guan did not forget the military horses and horse materials of Mu Huogang. After being dragged away by Zhao Kai's people, there were still 15,000 military horses in the Mu Camel Gang Horse Farm, as well as mountains of forage and bean cakes. These horses and forage must not fall into the hands of gold thieves!

Therefore, from the 23rd day of the lunar month, more than 10,000 people of the Shengjie army and the horse army guarding the horse army were busy transporting the horses and forage of Mu Huogang into the city of Kaifeng. All the hay that cannot be transported must also be burned to avoid financing the enemy.

The second is to set up several strongholds outside the city of Bianliang in Tokyo, to cover the east, south, west and north sides of the outer city of Bianliang - since ancient times, the lonely city is difficult to defend, so the defender side will set up a branch fort outside the city as much as possible to cover the main city, increase the difficulty of the enemy to dig trenches and besiege the city, and increase the depth of the city defense.

At this time, outside the city of Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, there were already various palaces, temples, posts and villages, among which many solid buildings could be used to transform into fortresses.

Among these buildings, the Qionglin Garden in the west of Kaifeng City, the Qingcheng Palace in the south of Kaifeng City, the Hanfang Garden in the north of Kaifeng City, and the Yichun Garden in the east of Kaifeng City are the most solid!

Among them, the Baojin building by the Jinming Pond in Qionglin Garden is about seven or eight zhang high, and it also has a pedestal of three or four zhang high rammed earth and bricks, which looks like a large watchtower!

In addition, a small island was also filled out in the Jinming Pond on the side of the Baojin Building, and the five halls of the water center were built on the island, as long as it was slightly renovated, it was also a fortress. Once the water of Jinming Pond thaws, the fortress will be surrounded by water on all sides, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.

On the morning of the 24th, Qionglin Garden, which belonged to the palace garden and was inaccessible to idlers, suddenly became noisy. A large number of soldiers and civilians carried shovels, shovels, axes, saws and other tools early in the morning, and under the leadership of a group of civil and military officials, they drove into Qionglin Garden from the Xinzheng Gate in the outer city of Kaifeng, and then began to make a lot of noise. Some dig the soil, some cut down trees, some demolish houses, and some break all the rockery stones collected by the official Zhao Ji to pile up in Qionglin Yuan with a huge amount of money, and then carry them to the high Baojin Building......

And several civil officials above the sixth rank wearing crimson robes climbed to the top floor of the Baojin Building together. Condescending, looking at the railing, and pointing and talking in a low voice from time to time.

However, what they discussed had nothing to do with the transformation and defense of Qionglin Garden.

"The three kings yesterday took three million and three hundred thousand goods from the inner treasury. Today, the Shengjie army drove a lot of Mu Huogang's military horses into the Yunwang Mansion. Since three days ago, the people of the Yunwang Mansion have been searching for carts and mules and horses...... Looks like we're going out of town in two days! ”

The civil official who said this was Wu Min, who was the first bird in the Chongzheng Hall a few days ago to persuade Zhao Ji to run away. He, a rising bird, deserved to be a loss, and he lost his servants, and now he has become the senatorial military of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition camp.

"Good go! If he doesn't leave, the official family may change the country's capital! ”

The person who talked to Wu Min was the envoy of the Son of Heaven's personal expedition camp, and he was also Li Gang of Shangshu Youcheng - although he was also a bird, Zhao Ji still had to use him to keep an eye on a group of arrogant generals who were gathering towards Kaifeng Mansion one after another, so instead of removing him, he was also given a deputy minister and ordered him to preside over the defense of Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo.

Geng Nanzhong, a white-bearded and white-haired old minister, also climbed the Baojin Tower today, and after listening to Li Gang's words, he just shook his head and said: "But if he really buys and returns the Jin soldiers, the status of the country will also be lost!" ”

"Brother Xidao, you're too worried." Li Gang said with a smile, "As soon as Jin Bing retreats, the heart of the official family will be at ease, he is in such good health, there are at least twenty or thirty years of official family to be the prince, how can he establish a vassal king like King Yun as the prince?" ”

Geng Nanzhong squinted his eyes and said, "It's hard to say...... The official family has always favored King Yun, and in the past, when Yanyun was in the Northern Expedition, he wanted to make him a marshal, so that he could make a great contribution to replace the crown prince. If King Yun buys back the gold thief this time, he may hold money to gain self-respect, and it is expected that he will become the capital of the country! ”

"It's not easy to buy a refunded soldier, right?" Li Gang thought for a moment, "If the gold thief is not frustrated by the city of Tokyo, how can he be willing to retreat and return north?" ”

"Do you think that Tokyo Jiancheng can't stop the gold thief?" Geng Nanzhong asked rhetorically.

"How could it be unstoppable?" Li Gang said, "It's the official family Zen and left, King Yun is trapped in the mansion, and the younger brother is sure to hold Tokyo, not to mention that now the official family has not left, and King Yun has also gone to Hebei to supervise the army?" ”

"Isn't that it?" Geng Nanzhong said hatefully, "The golden thief was frustrated in Jiancheng, and his back was harassed by the Hebei rebels, and when he was in a dilemma, King Yun handed over a ladder for peace talks, can the golden thief go down?" Three million a year, five times more than the annual coins we gave to the Khitans! When the time comes, King Yun will marry a good gold man outside, and he will be supported by Hebei soldiers inside, where will the official family dare not change the country? If the official family does not change the country, King Yun will lead troops to change himself! ”

Li Gang and Wu Min both frowned when they heard this. Geng Nanzhong is right, the official family is a coward, and the day before yesterday, he almost gave up the throne to King Yun at the Chongzheng Palace. If it weren't for King Yun's shallow foundation and the current enemy, I'm afraid he would be a new official by now.

Geng Nanzhong said again: "And King Yun has already done a thing to force the palace, and he keeps saying that he wants to be Li Shimin, if he really has Li Shimin's merits and soldiers, how can he not go further?" And what kind of people are in the official family, don't you know it? ”

That makes sense!

Both Li Gang and Wu Min realized the seriousness of the problem!

Although both of them knew that Zhao Kai's Wen Taowu was much stronger than Zhao Huan, as civil officials who adhered to the Great Song system, they would not support the abolition of Chang Liyu and the abolition of Yan Lishu, and they would not like a brave and ruthless king like Zhao Kai. If a prince like Zhao Kai who led troops was allowed to become an official, it would be doubtful whether the system of the Great Song Dynasty could continue.

This is something that all the corporal doctors in the world don't want to see!

Wu Min had already understood Geng Nanzhong's thoughts, and immediately asked, "Is there any way for Brother Xidao to stop King Yun from going further?" ”

Li Gang also understood, so he asked: "Brother Xidao, if you have any good plans, just say it, don't you know the intentions of me and Wu Yuanzhong?" ”

"Okay, then the old man said!" Geng Nanzhong stroked his beard, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "King Yun wants to cross the river, let's tear down the bridge...... Tear down his bridge of peace and let him cross the river and never return to Kaifeng Mansion! ”

"How to dismantle?" Li Gang asked.

"How can you coax the gold thief back after demolishing the bridge of peace?" Wu Min also asked.

Geng Zhongnan said with a smile: "According to King Yun, after he goes to Hebei, he will take the Daimyo's Mansion as the foundation...... If the soldiers and soldiers of the Daimyo's Mansion all fought and reprimanded peace, causing the crowd to be angry, would King Yun still dare to send an envoy to beg for peace with Yu Jinying?

Since King Yun is unable to preside over the peace, why don't the imperial court send people to negotiate after the army of gold thieves gathers outside Tokyo? Horizontally and vertically, it is to cut Yanshan Mansion, and three million coins will be produced! ”

Wu Min asked: "But how can the scholars and people of the Daimyo Mansion make trouble?" ”

Li Gang on the side laughed: "Why is this difficult? Wouldn't it be okay to send someone to contact Shilin Qingliu from the Daimyo Mansion? He glanced at Geng Nanzhong, "Brother Xidao has been in Tokyo for a long time, do you know who can take on this important responsibility?" ”