Lu Ning bowed slightly, "Yes, I will give an order to appease the Wuning Army and other military towns, and the major battalions will obey the order, and they must also guard against the Han Kingdom and Jiangnan, especially the Wuning Army, don't be taken by Jiangnan!" ”

Wuning military town Xuzhou, if Jiangnan gets the first hand, the Central Plains will immediately open the door, and if Wuning army can be appeased by himself, Jiangnan Li Jingsui wants to have any changes, but also to consider it, after all, he didn't get Xuzhou, if he wants to wave his troops north, he will attack Chenzhou, Haozhou and other states, which are too close to Bianjing, which means that he wants to directly participate in the chaotic war in the Central Plains, and in the east, there is Xuzhou to hinder.

Lu Ping nodded again and again.

Lu Ning pondered and said: "However, the guards and pro-army will not rush to attack Lanzhou first, and they will not move here. ”

Lu Ping was slightly stunned.

Lu Ning said with a smile: "With Li Chongjin's character, he is gentle and suspicious, but now he is forced to ask me for help, he and Zhao Kuangyin are mortal enemies, and surrendering is also a dead end, except for asking me for help, there is no second way, I just want him to ask for help by himself, let's enter the Song Land openly." ”

After a pause, he said: "The edict I issued to appease the military towns is only to help them guard the border, after all, my Qi, Song, and Qin families are all Zhoudi, and they cannot be coveted by outsiders, so I ordered the Shandong battalion to reinforce the Wuning Army and guard against Jiangnan, which is also my intention." ”

Lu Ping smiled bitterly when he heard it, did you reinforce the Wuning army? But how did he not understand what the lord meant, he bowed down and clenched his fists: "Yes, the minister will prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone for His Royal Highness." ”

Lu Ning bowed slightly.

……

And Lu Ning's expectation was good, more than 20 days later, a fast horse letterhead was transferred from the Daimyo's Mansion to Yunzhou.

Li Chongjin fought against Zhao Kuangyin with all his might, and naturally he was not clear about Lu Ning's whereabouts.

During this time, Zhao Kuangyin had already attacked Zhengzhou, and the troops were under Bianjing, and Li Chongjin's reinforcements from all walks of life also gathered in Bianjing, but the two sides fought several times, and Li Chongjin suffered losses and could only be defended.

……

Bianjing, 50 years ago from Bianzhou to Kaifeng Mansion, after Liang built the capital here, after the Jin, Han and Zhou capitals took Bianjing as the capital, 50 years of operation, Bianjing has been extremely prosperous.

But now, the outside of the city has become like a Shura field.

For the rest of the month, bloody battles were fought on all sides of Bianjing City, and the deafening shouts of killing made the people in the city panic all day long, and all kinds of rumors spread around.

For example, if there is not enough food in the city to cook people to make military food, such as the important minister around the King of Song was hung by the King of Qin outside the city to show the public, and so on, and so on.

……

Xuande Hall of Song Palace.

Li Chongjin paced slowly, his face was solemn, but he couldn't see joy or sorrow.

Fan Zhen, Li Yun, Han Lingkun, Han Tong and other important civil and military ministers stood on the side, and the atmosphere was very solid.

Yesterday, the news that the Zhen'an army's reinforcements were defeated by Zhao Kuangyin's army and horses in Cai Town, a hundred miles north of Kaifeng City, made the civil and military ministers feel powerless.

Is this really the end of it?

The Zhen'an Army should be the last reinforcement, in addition to the Wuning Army in Xuzhou, the Jiedu envoy Wang Yan, but only a letter came, saying that there was a change in the south of the Yangtze River, and he did not dare to move lightly.

Although there are still tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, and even tens of thousands of strong men can be gathered in the regiment, their morale is low, and they have completely lost the courage to go out of the city to fight.

Even the news that the reinforcements of the Zhen'an Army were defeated did not dare to let the ordinary officers in the city know about it.

"Your Highness, it's better to make plans to quit Bianjing......" Han Tong said what the ministers wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

Zhao Kuangyin did not besiege the city, probably hoping that the soldiers would be fast, so that the Song army in the city felt that they could escape and collapsed without a fight.

What's more, the canal passes through Bianjing, there is a water gate, letters and news, and there is also freedom of exchange.

Now that the words came out, Han Tong gritted his teeth and said: "Go south to Xiangzhou, avoid Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers, and cut off the German army and Zhenning army to the king of Qi in order to plan for the future, so that the two tigers will fight, and His Royal Highness will convene the old department in Xiangzhou, and there should be a chance to rejuvenate!" ”

Some ministers frowned secretly, and some people sighed helplessly, in fact, fleeing south to Xiangzhou, where is there a chance to make a comeback? Unless the King of Song is really lucky, Zhao Kuangyin and Na Lu Ning are both defeated, and the King of Song is also lucky in Xiangzhou, but the defeat of the soldiers can still be reined in, but this probability is ......

However, it seems that this is really no way, trapped in Bianjing, but he is just waiting for death.

Retreating to the north or east, it is still a sandwich biscuit between the king of Qi and the king of Qin, and the north and the east are prosperous places in the Central Plains......

"Let me think about it......" Li Chongjin sighed and waved his hand.

The ministers all bowed down and retreated.

Sitting weakly on the soft couch, Li Chongjin sighed softly.

At this moment, he remembered a lot of things, remembered the confrontation between himself and Zhao Kuangyin in the temple when Sejong had just been killed by an arrow, and remembered that his cousin, Yongning, who is now the princess of Qi, had murdered her, but now, he was so looking forward to seeing her letters.

Closing his eyes and sighing, he could hear the sound of footsteps, and he knew who was coming.

When I opened my eyes, there was a young beauty in front of me, it was the princess Li who had just been renewed, named Lingruo, who was the princess of Taining in Jiangnan, the daughter of Li Jing, the ancestor of Jiangnan, and his wife died in a few days after the king of the Jin and Song dynasties, and there were many rumors outside, saying that he was not lucky enough, and his wife died of illness, and it happened that great changes also occurred in Jiangnan, Li Jing passed away, and soon after Li Jingsui ascended the throne, he sent Princess Taining to marry.

I like her youth, gentleness and courtesy, so I named her the princess of Song, and in private, I often call her "little concubine".

But think about it, it's really ironic, this Li Jingsui's vision is really not good, or is he too incompetent? Occupy a great advantage in the eyes of outsiders, but end up losing like this?

"Your Highness, don't worry......" Concubine Li softly comforted.

Listening to her light voice, Li Chongjin was in good spirits, and said with a smile: "Don't bother, don't bother......" Just as he was about to say something, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the confessor said: "Your Highness, Fan Xiang asks to see!" Said to have great news. ”

Li Chongjin was stunned for a moment and said, "Biography." ”

Concubine Li wanted to retreat into the side hall, but Li Chongjin made a gesture, "No need." ”

Fan Zhen had already hurried in, his face full of joy, "Your Highness, the Privy Council has received a letter from King Qi himself, which says that he has mobilized military horses and made every effort to aid Bianjing and help His Highness rebel!" As he spoke, he held a letter wrapped in yellow silk in both hands.

Li Chongjin was stunned, hurriedly took the letterhead, shook it open and looked, sure enough, what Fan Zhen said was true, the king of Qi in the letter, and even did not shy away from saying that he was personally leading the palace guards and pro-army in Yunzhou, and the day the letter was sent, he would set off, and in addition, the 10,000 sailors in the Hexi camp would also go south along the canal.

Looking at it, Li Chongjin's brows furrowed, "Wensu, how many people are in Lu Ning's pro-army?" ”

"According to rumors, about three or five thousand?" Fan quality rules and regulations answered.

"Three or five thousand pro-army, plus 10,000 sailors, are you going to solve the siege of Bianjing?" Li Chongjin gritted his teeth, "I know, this kid chosen by Yongning, like Yongning, doesn't have half a good intention, is this here to trick me?" ”

Concubine Li's ears pricked up when she heard King Qi, and she wanted to speak at this time, but then, as if she hesitated, she swallowed the words back into her stomach.

Fan Zhen was silent, and after a while, seeing that Li Chongjin seemed to be a little less angry, he pondered and said: "Your Highness, King Qi seems to have never done something that you are not sure of......

Li Chongjin was silent for a while, "Call them again!" ”

"Yes!" Fan Zhen bowed down, retreated, and went to recall the ministers of Fang Cai to discuss the matter of King Qi's help.

"What did you just want to say?" Li Chongjin looked at Concubine Li and stared at her youthful face.

"No, it's nothing......" Concubine Li instinctively felt a little uneasy.

Li Chongjin smiled, "King Qi was also a Jiangnan noble, I think you have heard rumors about him, right?" ”

Concubine Li nodded lightly, "Yes, I heard my father say it a few times, and it is similar to what Fan Xiang said." ”

Li Chongjin stared at her dark eyes for a while, and nodded, "I hope he is really the same as you say!" 10,000 water troops, 35,000 pro-army? ......" he said, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Concubine Li breathed a sigh of relief, probably because King Song was old and worried about everything, so he was a little powerless, and he was extremely sensitive, of course, he understood that he liked himself too much and pampered himself, so he was particularly concerned about his own thoughts.

In fact, the king of Qi? Where did I just hear my father say it a few times? Even whether to marry himself to the King of Song or the King of Qi, his uncle hesitated for a long time, but after all, because the King of Song occupied the center, held Bianjing, and there were many prosperous military towns, coupled with the death of the Song Wang's concubine, this made the uncle make up his mind to marry the King of Song.

But now, it seems that King Qi has become the only savior of King Song, and it is really impermanent.

I think of some things that my brother and sister-in-law once said about King Qi, as well as the eccentric young daughter of Zhou Situ, the righteous daughter of King Qi, I can worship her as a stepfather.

From the mouth of sister-in-law Princess Zheng, the current Princess Wu, that King Qi is simply the first fool in the world, and some things can make him laugh and hurt his stomach, and in the mouth of Princess Wu's little sister, King Qi is the number one hero in the world, which is very admirable.

I'm really curious, I want to see what kind of character he is.