The court was chaotic for a while and then quieted, the courtiers were either panicked, or shocked, some people whispered, and more people were at a loss to look at the little emperor on the throne who was still worried, not knowing where to go, lamenting that after the Great Song Empire lost half of the country, Gou'an Jiangnan for more than a hundred years, is it really coming to an end. The little emperor also saw that the people in the palace had solemn faces, and he didn't dare to joke anymore, but he didn't know that bad luck was coming.

"Your Majesty, the envoy of the Privy Envoy Wen also sent someone to report that the enemy army is pressing forward step by step, threatening the safety of the imperial court, and he wants to lead the troops back to the court." Just when everyone was still immersed in two bad news, Lu Xiufu came out to announce again.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, and the Privy Envoy Wen must not return to the court." As soon as Lu Xiufu's voice fell, Zhang Shizhuo said.

"Lord Zhang, what's wrong with Privy Envoy Wen returning to protect him in times of crisis?" Behind the curtain came the voice of the Queen Mother's question.

"Queen Mother, if Guangzhou is lost, it will be difficult to protect the roads in Guangnan, and it will threaten the imperial court. Once evacuated, the enemy army will move southward, and the imperial court will be attacked on both sides, and there will be no place to maneuver. Zhang Shijie replied.

"Lord Zhang, Xinghua has been lost, if Guangzhou is lost again, we have no troops in the southwest to stop the enemy, and the envoy Wen Shu is still stationed in Meizhou, there is a risk of being surrounded by the enemy, so it is better to join forces with the imperial court to resist the strong enemy." Sima Su Liu Yi, the commander in front of the palace, did not agree with what Zhang Shijie said, and said.

"Lord Su, now that Guangzhou is still in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be in danger for the imperial court to withdraw his troops now." Zhang Shijie glanced at Su Liuyi disdainfully and said.

"Master Zhang......"

"Lord Su." Su Liuyi still wanted to argue, but at this time, Chen Yizhong interrupted him, "Now that the imperial court has been stationed in Haifeng for more than a month, although there are gentry from all over the country to offer food, it is still difficult to raise the barren people here, and the armies have been reduced and distributed. If Lord Wen leads the army back to the court, it will increase the supply of tens of thousands of people, and the imperial court may not be able to afford it. There are still several prefectures and counties in Jiannan that have not fallen into the hands of the enemy, and they can also be requisitioned to supplement them, once Meizhou is abandoned, the imperial court will have no food available. ”……

Zhao Yu knew that this court meeting was equivalent to a national-level meeting, and in his previous life, he had participated in any group meetings and tea parties of the local municipal government at most. With the attitude of learning even if he couldn't speak, he stopped eyebrowning with the emperor's brother after the main topic began, and began to listen attentively. Several bigwigs spoke one after another, and he understood that this was because he didn't want Wen Tianxiang's governor's army to return to the court, and the reason for refusing seemed to be very reasonable, but he had his own ideas.

Excluding his prejudices and knowledge in his previous life, from a neutral standpoint, Chen Yizhong and Zhang Shijie both have selfish intentions. With the current situation, the imperial court has no intention of sending aid to Guangzhou, and Luzhou County, Guangdong has fallen into the hands of the enemy, Guangzhou is already an isolated city, there is no reinforcement outside, there will be no fighting spirit, and it is only a matter of time before it is lost, and everyone knows it. After Wen Tianxiang opened the mansion in Jiannan, he has always been fighting alone, and his subordinates are all newly recruited volunteers, lacking training and supplies. Although there were small victories, it was already difficult to support the attack of the Yuan army, and the defense line was constantly shrinking, and everyone knew that there was no major change and defeat was just around the corner.

Laymen like Zhao Hao can now understand how Chen Yizhong and Zhang Shijie, as the heads of the DPRK and China, did not know that once the imperial court withdrew, Wen Tianxiang's Governor's army would face the danger of being surrounded by the Yuan army from the east and west. And knowing that this is the case, but refusing to return to the dynasty, it can only show that they hate Wen Tianxiang very much, and it can also be said that they are afraid of him in their hearts, afraid that he will threaten their interests.

Based on the rumors that Zhao Yu knew and heard in his previous life, Chen Yizhong had long gained power and increased his prestige through such sensational performances and rhetoric, but in fact he was an indecisive coward who pretended to be a hero of resistance. The best example is that at the turn of the spring and summer of the first year of Deyou, when the war was at its most intense, the government and the opposition asked him to go to the front line to supervise the battle, but he hesitated and cowered and refused to leave the city. Obviously, it was impossible for Chen Yizhong to risk his life for the Song Dynasty.

In July, Chen Yizhong left Lin'an and fled to the southern coastal area, far from the front line, and asked the imperial court to arrange a position for him in this area, refusing the order sent by the imperial court to invite him back to the court. With his mother's intervention, Chen Yizhong returned to the capital to take up his post. Tai students strongly criticized Chen Yizhong's escape, accusing him of being timid, cowardly, and duplicitous, and a minister who misled the country like Jia Yidao.

When Chen Yizhong was in power, he wavered in his actions, hovering between peace and war, and could not make a decision. At the end of the first year of Deyou, the situation under his auspices was developing in a direction that was increasingly unfavorable to the Song Dynasty, and there was no room for maneuver other than complete surrender. Wen Tianxiang and Zhang Shijie proposed to move the capital to the southeast region in an attempt to fight against the water, but the timid Chen Yizhong vetoed this proposal and insisted on seeking peace, and did not have the courage and talent to fight to the death with the Yuan army.

It is said that Wen Tianxiang is the opposite of Chen Yizhong, he is upright and honest, and after entering the new dynasty, he first blamed Chen Yizhong for not giving up the three palaces and fleeing alone, and accused him of being cowardly and not standing in discipline, which made him very dissatisfied. But people are always afraid of ghosts calling the door when they do bad things, Chen Yixin is empty, but he still has respect for Wen Tianxiang, perhaps because Wen Tianxiang's talent, courage, and noble ethics make him ashamed and unable to face it.

Although Zhang Shijie is a general of the Song Army and is loyal to the Song royal family in a high position, he is a rebel general who climbed up step by step by relying on military merits. He knows very well that in the troubled times, there are soldiers to have everything, so he has always held on to his troops, and this is indeed the case, the current ****** army in front of the palace forbidden army in several fierce battles basically lost, now most of the rout army and recruited volunteers, combat effectiveness greatly reduced. Zhang Shijie's Yingzhou Army became the mainstay of the Song Army.

And Wen Tianxiang spoke too straight, and after he met Zhang Shijie ****** defector, he asked him how many troops the court had now. Zhang Shijie replied with his own troops, and Wen Tianxiang sighed after hearing this: "The public army is here, where is the imperial army?" This is obviously accusing Zhang Shijie of monopolizing military power and supporting the army for self-respect, which naturally touched his rebellious scales, which made Zhang Shijie very dissatisfied, and of course did not want him to return to the imperial court......

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother, the enemy is big now, our army is powerless to stop it, and it is difficult for Chaozhou to gain a foothold. Just as Zhao Yu was analyzing the current situation, Chen Yizhong played again.

"Chen Xiangzhi's discussion, what do you think?" The little emperor is still ignorant, I'm afraid he doesn't even know where the city is, Empress Dowager Yang behind the curtain sighed and asked.

“……”

There was silence in the hall, none of the ministers answered, and Zhao Hao was also very puzzled, but everyone still remembered what happened a few days ago. Before the fall of Lin'an, Han Zhen, the former commander of the forbidden army, proposed to move the capital, but Chen Yizhong, who was in power, deceived him into his home and killed him privately. As a result, it almost caused a military mutiny in the elite division of the Southern Song Dynasty, the forbidden army in front of the palace, but it was the Empress Dowager Xie who made a quick decision and urgently transferred Jiang Wanzai to take over the forbidden army in front of the palace, so as to calm the crisis between the opposing sides. Now who knows whether Chen Yizhong's proposal to take refuge in the city is true or false, so no one dares to say it lightly.

"Queen Mother, the minister thinks it's not appropriate to go away and occupy the city." After being silent for a while, a gray-haired veteran on the opposite side came out and said.

"Master Jiang, what's wrong?" Empress Dowager Yang asked anxiously.

"I'd like to hear what he has to say." Zhao Yu heard that this person's surname was Jiang, and looked at his clothes and the position of his station, so he thought that this person should be Jiang Wanzai who was in charge of the regent. This person has gone through two dynasties, civil and military all-rounders, and loyal, the whole family has been involved in the war against the Yuan, with heavy casualties, it can be said that he is full of loyalty, and he is actually the spiritual leader of the ****** after fleeing Lin'an, and has the status of a man of his word.

"The city is a barbaric place, the plague is raging, the products are not abundant, and it is far away from our dynasty, and it is difficult to make great achievements in a corner of peace. Some time ago, the imperial court also sent envoys to Champong, but its lord had an ambiguous attitude and was unwilling to accept it. The minister thought that it was a last resort or a postponement. Jiang Wanzai replied.

"Queen Mother, the minister thinks that what Lord Jiang said is true, and it is not a good strategy to go to Zhancheng, especially since the attitude of the lord of the country is unknown, in case of rebellion against the Tartars, there is not even a place to maneuver." At this time, Liu Huang also came out of class.

"The queen mother, the minister knows that the food of the king should be the national death festival, and the minister is willing to go to Zhancheng to discuss with him in person, to find out his true intentions, in case the court can not gain a foothold, you can also go to take refuge." Chen Yizhong was unwilling to give up and asked for his life again.

"Hmph, the shouting on his lips is earth-shattering, and the courage in his heart has been vented. However, going to Champa is not a bad idea. Zhao Yu listened to Chen Yizhong's words and said secretly, and his heart and eyes also moved.

Champa had always been China's territory before the Song Dynasty, and it became independent only after the founding of Taizu, but it still paid tribute to the Great Song Dynasty and accepted the imperial court's feuds, and was one of the many vassal states. After the Meng Yuan went south, the subject states of the Great Song Dynasty were either conquered or surrendered, and now only the city is occupied, which is still nominally under the leadership of the Great Song Dynasty. But Zhao Yu thought about it, Zhancheng is not a place to stay for a long time, as far as he knows, after Meng Yuan pacified Jiangnan, he launched a war to conquer Zhancheng, although he did not destroy the country, but finally surrendered to the court.

"If you use Champa as a springboard, it's not bad to go to other places and be an island owner." Zhao Yu, who had been distressed for many days, seemed to suddenly see a ray of light, he knew that it was not difficult to go to the Ryukyus and the islands of Southeast Asia with his navigation skills at this time, and Meng Yuan's tentacles had never reached there, and he could at least spend this life safely and avoid the catastrophic battle. But just as he was thinking about the good thing, a sobbing sound suddenly came from behind the bead curtain, which couldn't help but make his heart tighten......