Zhao Huan is now sitting in the most honorable seat, he is still afraid, but there are only two people who are afraid, one is naturally Zhao Ji, and his father decides his fate. The second one is the Shadow Idol. Zhao Gonglian has always been an incomparable mountain in Zhao Huan's heart, and his ability is so strong that he can't fight against it.

Those who believe in Geng Nanzhong would like to think that there will not really be a confrontation, but now they are resisting, and it is under the most unfavorable and passive conditions...... Zhao Huan sat there on the surface and didn't say much, but his heart was as loud as a drum, he only felt that he was not breathing enough, cold sweat broke out on the tip of his nose, and the infinite shadow that had hung in his heart since he was a child was unstoppably pressed down again like Mount Tai, and his tight heartstrings would be broken at any time........ He waited anxiously for Geng Nanzhong to arrive quickly.

Geng Nanzhong also knew that something was wrong, how dare he be lazy, he immediately ran to see Zhao Huan, entered the hall and saw the emperor's expression, his heart sighed, he knew Zhao Huan's complicated feelings for Zhao Gonglian best, and knew too well that Zhao Huan had an inexplicable fear of Zhao Gonglian, but he immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't be surprised." Zhao Gonglian will never oppose. ”

He firmly believes that at this time, when the situation has changed greatly, he has to stubbornly insist on such a fool, which is also to cheer himself up.

Otherwise, he has misled the emperor and messed up.

Although the emperor trusts him the most and is closest to him, it is largely equivalent to seeing him as the backbone and confidence to support the throne, but if he is blindly conceited and stubborn to play the terrible crisis of accelerating the collapse of the country, then, Zhao Huan's already swaying emperor's throne will definitely not be able to sit down, the old emperor is forced by the death of the country, and he has no move, and he will only decisively take Zhao Huan's throne when he is anxious, let Zhao Huan become a scapegoat, and do everything possible to alleviate Zhao Gonglian's anger and hatred against the imperial court. Then a courtier like him who relies on Zhao Huan to climb to a high position can be imagined. As the culprit of the detonation disaster, if the old emperor doesn't clean him up, Zhao Huan will definitely not spare him........

At this time, if Zheng Juzhong, the governor of Cangzhou, could hear Geng Nanzhong's assurance, he would definitely not agree, and he would definitely jump up and scold Geng Nanzhong for being a traitor and misleading the country........

Because, the Qianning Army, which was stationed in the north of Cangzhou for hundreds of miles, suddenly went south without authorization and was stationed only five miles outside Cangzhou City, staring at his Zheng Juzhong's head......

Before, Zhao Gonglian telegraphed that his younger brother planned to enter Beijing to take risks at this sensitive time when he was in a sharp confrontation with the imperial court in Cangbei, and he couldn't help but be surprised, and in a blink of an eye, he understood his brother's thoughts, although he also knew that this might be an effective way that could not be more effective, but he would never allow his younger brother to take such a risk, and resolutely opposed it.

He took the initiative to launch this provocation against the new emperor and the new prime minister, which was premeditated.

It is to clear the forces planted by the imperial court in Cangbei as soon as possible, reduce the internal dangers and troubles of the established evacuation plan for next year, facilitate further control of Cangbei and further unify thoughts and actions, and at the same time, it is also to show his muscles to the imperial court, prove his true control over Cangbei, and let the imperial court understand that Cangbei is first of all his Zhao Gonglian's Cangbei, and then the imperial court's. Shao Temo constantly sent people to fool around with the conspiracy of the Cangbei Army and strive for more autonomy in Cangbei, so that he should have the same de facto comfortable position as the Fifth Group of the Western Army today.

If he provokes an incident, he naturally has a way to maintain the certainty of fighting with the court without breaking it.

Because the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty is urgent, the initiative is in his hands, not in the imperial court.

But Zhao Yue obviously also had insight into the eldest brother's mind, insisted on going his own way, and the adventure in Beijing was to quickly cut through the chaos, so as to achieve the favorable strategic situation of the family and the court fighting without breaking it at the fastest speed and most effectively, and strive to let the eldest brother have more initiative and more time and energy to devote to the perfect evacuation plan.

Zhao Gonglian knew that his younger brother had always respected himself very much, and he was open and honest in everything.

In fact, in recent years, as he has really matured, his younger brother doesn't care about things at all, and the big things are that the two brothers communicate with each other first, and finally he makes a decision with his idea, even if the decision is not so wise, the younger brother never squeaks back, the purpose is nothing more than to further cultivate and strengthen him, the leader of the empire as the eldest brother.

However, on the other hand, Zhao Gonglian understands in his heart: his younger brother has a very strong personality and opinions, and it is not something that he, as an elder brother, can manage when he is young. Once the younger brother decides what he wants to do, the mother is the only mother in the family who can make the younger brother be honest. But it turns out that the younger brother can always convince his mother, and persuade everything to be persuaded, including father and grandmother.

Therefore, after receiving the simple three words "has left" from Liangshan, Zhao Gonglian looked like this, smiled bitterly and sighed, he didn't dare to tell his grandmother in his hometown about it, let alone his parents who were far overseas, lest the elders be worried and worried, and he himself would be bloody, which was not good.

He immediately activated the cooperation plan that he had already thought of.

It's the kind of near-perfect tacit understanding between a pair of brothers who are very smart.

This kind of thing, since Zhao Yue was a child, the brothers have started to do this, and they have done it many times over the years, and there is no need to bother to talk about it in advance.

Han Zong, the commander-in-chief of the Qianning Army, had made preparations in advance, and as soon as he received Zhao Gonglian's telegram order, he immediately personally led his army south to make a southern offensive posture.

He led all the 4,000 troops stationed in the interior of the Halberd Ning Army to the south, and approached Cangzhou City, although he did not directly attack the army, but he was stationed in an abandoned Cangzhou town only five miles away, with obvious intentions, and frightened Zheng Juzhong, who was already a frightened bird at that time.

Zhao Gonglian was angry because of the increasingly fierce slanderous rumors in the capital, suddenly ignored the imperial court, and cleanly eliminated so many large and small figures such as civil and military officials and spies placed by the imperial court in Cangbei, and instantly unified the power of the four armies in Cangbei and got rid of the control of the imperial court......

He never expected that Zhao Gonglian would lose the support of Zhao Zhuang's strong power, and become the laughing stock of the weak chicken in the officialdom who fell into an extremely embarrassing and powerless position, but he actually had such a strong control over Cangbei.

It turns out that Cangbei has always been Zhao Gonglian's Cangbei, and it will not change because he resigned and went home to farm, let alone because Zhao Gonglian did nothing after his reinstatement.

Undoubtedly, if Zhao Gonglian really rebelled, he would definitely use him Zheng Juzhong as the first high-ranking Song official to sacrifice the flag.

He knew very well how the Cangzhao family and his subordinates gritted their teeth and hated him. However, Cangzhou City is blocking the first pass of the Cangbei Army's rebellion to the south......

He was afraid of being beheaded as the first flag-bearer, but he didn't dare to abandon the city and flee without permission.

If he escapes like that, it will be the court that will not spare him first.

Not anymore.

The old emperor no longer appreciates and favors him so much, and will no longer focus on favoring him, taking care of him, so that he can get away with his guilt. Previously, the imperial court just refused to transfer him, so that he could stay in Cangzhou and couldn't move his nest, undoubtedly saying: If you Zheng Juzhong can get rid of Cangzhou's prosperity, you must also have the ability to restore Cangzhou's tax-paying land. You have the ability to bring down Zhao Zhuang and restrain Zhao Gonglian, so you must also have the ability to continue to restrain yourself. This is your fundamental duty and unshirkable responsibility as a governor in Cangzhou. You can't just set the fire wantonly and toss out an uncontrollable mess, but ask someone else to wipe your ass and clean up the aftermath. The court is like this, and there is no doubt that Zhao Ji's mentality is in it.

To a certain extent, he Zheng Juzhong has already hated Emperor Zhao Ji.

And the current reigning emperor is the new emperor, and he has no friendship with him, and I am afraid that he is an official who has the ability to quickly destroy the prosperity of Cangzhou, which can only do bad things and cannot achieve things. Geng Nanzhong, the proud and conceited right minister of the spring breeze, will also despise him very much, and he will not be able to tolerate him, the favored minister of the old emperor, having the opportunity to return to Beijing as an official.

Without the protection of the palace, maybe the new emperor and Geng Nanzhong were hoping that he would make a mistake so that he could cut off his head and establish his authority, and Zheng Juzhong's courage would not be so great.

Both the Cangzhou Army and the Qianning Army were border armies with an establishment of 8,000 men.

The purpose of stationed in Cangzhou City is actually to monitor Zhao Zhuang to deter Zhao Gonglian and be ready to eradicate Zhao Zhuang at any time, with 5,000 soldiers and another 3,000 responsible for guarding the border fortress.

Although there were more than 1,000 soldiers in the city than the Qianning army that was forced in front of them, and there was a strong city to defend, it could be said that the geographical advantage and the advantage were there, but there was no comfort and confidence in the center of Zheng Ju.

He is a "report-style" literati parallel trade minister, who listens to the report on the following situation, disdains and refuses to endure hardships to go down to understand the truth in person, and the report on the above is also a boast of the achievements of the paper article, and the whole thing is false, similar to the official whose achievements are made by the data of later generations.

He was originally a retreat officer of the central government, and he could not do practical governance of the local government and guard the border, but he had stayed in Cangzhou for a few days, and he had some understanding of the specific local affairs and situations, and under the repeated torture and persecution of waves of fatal and dangerous things, he had to pay attention to and understand the army that he was accustomed to despising.

Don't look at Cangzhou City, there are 5,000 troops, and they are still guarding the fortified city, if the Qianning army really wants to conquer and take him to sacrifice the flag, not to mention that there are 4,000 troops, I am afraid that only 1,000 or even less troops can take the city lightly....... As soon as the war was really started, there were casualties, and seeing the fierce attack of the Qianning army, these soldiers in Cangzhou were afraid that they would ignore the command and flee, or even surrender altogether....... Anyway, when it is dangerous, these rotten armies will definitely not fight bloodily, and when they see that the limelight is not right, they immediately choose how to escape the war and save their lives. This is a traditional habit developed when he was a border army in Cangbei, and it has not been rectified and changed in Cangzhou, and now it can't be changed at all.

Don't expect this kind of soldier to perform any touching miracles when it is critical.

Clearly smelled the taste of death, these days lazy and lazy Zheng Juzhong, who was purely a mess, suddenly sobered up, no longer chanted poems to vent his frustrations, and was energetic and diligent, so that Shi Fulian, the commander of the state, strictly guarded the city, which was a superfluous move, Shi Fulian was more afraid of death than him, and his life-saving reaction was faster than him, and he had already closed the city and guarded it strictly, and because he was too worried about the army on duty and defense, he worked tirelessly to personally inspect the city guard day and night...... On the one hand, he sent people to urgently report to the capital and the Taiwei of Hejian Prefecture, saying that Zhao Gonglian had rebelled and asked for urgent support, and on the other hand, he sent people out of the city to condemn and ask why Han Zong's Qianning army dared to go south without a will...... There is no doubt that there is a bit of a fluke. Because the Qianning army did not come up and start fighting, it seemed that they were hesitating or waiting for something.

The one who went to inquire was a general, and one of the trusted officers in Beijing who was also the founding leader behind Shi Fulian, Shi Jia, who managed to help Shi Fulian control Cangzhou.

This person naturally has some ability, otherwise he would not be favored by the Shi family.

But this trip is undoubtedly a lone and light adventure, if the Qianning army turns his face, then nine out of ten will lose his head, this person is extremely reluctant to go, just helpless.

The military order is like a mountain.

Zheng Juzhong had no choice but to kill the Qianning army, but it was easy to cut off his head, and he had to go if he didn't go. Dying under the saber of Qianning can only be regarded as unlucky.

It's just that he also has a fluke heart.

The Qianning Army may not have moved south to be the vanguard of the rebellion of the Cangbei Army, otherwise why not start the fight quickly?

The weather is already very cold, the snowflakes are fluttering, and the more you wait, the more unfavorable it is for the war, and it is not conducive to the Cangzhao family to quickly seize Cangzhou, control the entire northeast corner of Hebei, protect and reorganize the Zhaozhuang forces, and occupy more rebel initiatives.

Of course, it was a matter of life and death, no matter what, it was also fearful, and a group of more than a dozen horsemen came to the town where the Qianning Army was temporarily stationed, but they were stopped early by the rangers patrolling outside the town.

The cavalry led by him was very horizontal, and led the team to scatter horses and rushed over, pointed his sword at the general, and shouted loudly: "Who is it?" What for? “

was actually reprimanded in public by a small pawn like the third grandson, even though the Cangzhou general was frightened and frightened in his heart, he was used to being high and couldn't adapt, and he was suddenly enraged, forgetting his nervousness for a while, and pointing at the soldier even more fiercely and asking: "This official is about to ask you." What are you here for? “

After relieving his breath a little, he shouted more fiercely and shouted: "Your Qianning army is not honestly stationed in this area for the winter, and you go south without a purpose, this is already a big crime of killing." crossed the defense zone and invaded my Cangzhou jurisdiction, and you still dare to ask me what the Cangzhou army wants to do? How can this be justified, what a dog's audacity......."

The scolding was on fire, and he also wanted to stimulate this group of soldiers to tell the truth in anger, he could test the truth, but before he finished scolding, the cavalry of the Qianning Army on the opposite side had already shot over with bows in unison.

The general didn't expect that the head of the patrol guard would dare to attack him without reporting to the top for instructions, although he was on guard and saw a bow, but seven or eight arrows shot him together in an instant, and the bow was strong, they were all good marksmen, and the distance was too close, he had the ability to dodge all of them at all, at least three arrows hit the vital point, and he was immediately dismissed...... The ferocity of the Qianning army frightened the other Cangzhou soldiers into fleeing after falling off their horses.

The Qianning army rangers did not chase, only the head of the soldier shouted: "Rao Er will not die this time, go back and tell Zheng Juzhong that dog thing, grandpa I will go to break the city and kill him at any time, and avenge our Hou Ye." ”

Other cavalrymen shouted: "It's too cheap to cut with a knife, Zheng Daozhong." Our brothers will burn him alive. Let Zheng Juzhong obediently wash it early and wait. “