Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and one day in February, a news that completely shocked the imperial court reached Tokyo, and the Fangshan thief Kou Wangqing defeated the bandit coalition army and conquered Xijing Henan Mansion a few days ago!

Xijing, one of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, actually fell?!

The emperor was shocked, urgently summoned the ministers to discuss the matter, and with the report of the urgent military situation one after another, the ins and outs of the matter were shown one by one, the original officers and soldiers who participated in the suppression of bandits, most of them were the officers and soldiers in the hinterland of the Great Song Dynasty, and the situation of deducting food and salary and abandoning armaments was better than that of Hebei, Jingxi, southeast and other places, the morale of the officers and soldiers was low, the soldiers were not trained, and the combat effectiveness was extremely low. How can you resist the thieves who are struggling with their lives? The officers and soldiers are all willing to flee in the wind! The generals of all walks of life are afraid of being punished for this, and they dare not mention the front-line war, and only report good news and not bad news to the imperial court, this is not over, many officials and soldiers in order to give an account to the imperial court, they even kill the common people as thieves and robbers, and on weekdays, they are also abducted and harassed by the localities, forcing the people to turn to the thieves one after another.

When the thieves were about to arrive in Xijing, Wang Qing had a minister surnamed Li Mingzhu, who offered Wang Qing a plan to send people to spread the news of the victory of the official army to suppress the bandits along the way before the court noticed it, so that the government would relax its vigilance, and then send many people to infiltrate Xijing as an internal response, Wang Qing adopted Li Zhu's strategy.

Sure enough, when Wang Qing led the team to arrive outside Xijing, Li Zhu led the thieves who had mixed in with the lead period suddenly attacked, and the inside and outside should be combined, and Xijing was broken!

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When the emperor heard this, he was naturally furious again, scolding his ministers from Liangshan to Qishan, from Qishan to Fangshan, although the three places were more than a thousand miles apart, why did they defeat the imperial army that went to exterminate them in the same way?! Did the thieves defeat our army, or did our army defeat itself?! What use do I want you to have?!

However, the emperor also understood that Xijing had been broken, and the Fangshan bandits were only five or six days away from Tokyo, and the top priority was to hurry up and find a way to continue to suppress the bandits! And he could only rely on these people in the audience, the emperor sighed, and continued to ask how the ministers should deal with this matter,

At this time, someone proposed to ask Zhu Wu, the master of the horse, to send an army to conquer the Fangshan bandits! And this person is none other than the crown prince Zhao Huan!

Prince Zhao Huan thinks that the last time Zhu Wu came to Tokyo in person, it has proved that he has the heart to return to the Great Song Dynasty, and the key to testing whether he is sincere depends on whether Zhu Wu can sincerely serve the Great Song Dynasty. At the same time, this move can also test whether the plan envisaged by the imperial court to use the Qishan army to exterminate the Jingdong Tiandao army in the future is feasible, if Zhu Wu can't even defeat a small Fangshan bandit who is much weaker than the Tiandao army, then the imperial court can also have enough time to readjust its strategy from now on, so as to achieve a foolproof battle against Jingdong in the future! As for the idea that some people are worried that this move of the imperial court will make Zhu Wu despise the imperial court, it is simply nonsense, because the last time Zhu Wu sincerely expressed to him his desire to be loyal to the imperial court before leaving Beijing, but Zhu Wu also said that he was a little worried, because after all, he had rebelled, and he didn't know what would be it if he gave up the army to greet him, so he begged the prince to help him say a few good words to the imperial court, and promised that the imperial court would have a place to use him in the future.

After that, the crown prince Zhao Heng then bowed to the emperor and said, "The last time the southeast was defeated, the sons were extremely guilty of living up to their father's expectations, and they always wanted to make up for their mistakes. With the lesson of the last time, Erchen will never make the same mistake again! And since Zhu Wu had begged Erchen to find an opportunity for him to serve the imperial court, Erchen could also ask Zhu Wu to send a large army in the name of sincerity, without worrying that Zhu Wu would despise the imperial court because of this! Please allow your father's permission! ”

I have to say that the prince's suggestion is very full and reasonable, especially his last words caused an amazement in the court, because if that is the case, Zhu Wu and the Qishan army will no longer be a threat to the imperial court, but will officially become a trump card in the hands of the imperial court!

The emperor was also shocked, he had become more and more afraid to trust the army of the Great Song Dynasty, and Zhu Wu's current loyal behavior was not the most ideal result he had envisioned when he agreed to recruit Zhu Wu? As long as Zhu Wuzhen can completely surrender, he will not dislike him, because he is his son-in-law after all!

The prince couldn't help but be secretly happy when he saw the emperor's heartbeat, but at this time, two people stood up at the same time to express their opposition, and the emperor fixed his eyes and saw that it was Zhao Kai and Tong Guan, the king of Jia!

At the same time, the two gave a resolute opposition to the prince's proposal, the reason is very simple, sending troops from the southeast to Xijing to suppress bandits, it is inevitable to pass through the Beijing division, if Zhu Wu is not sincere and obedient, if what he said and promised to the prince is false, the purpose is to deceive the imperial court through the prince, and deceive the trust of the imperial court? Once this happens, it is very likely that Zhu Wu will suddenly attack Tokyo when passing near Jingshi, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Jiawang Zhao Kai then gave another example, he said, during the Warring States period, Jin Xiangong wanted to borrow a road from Yu to attack the Yu State, in order to get Yu Guo to agree, and at the same time sent a BMW and expensive gifts to Yu Guo, Yu Guojun agreed, as a result, Jin Guo suddenly became difficult when passing through Yu State, and Yu Guo was destroyed very smoothly, which is the famous story of "False Dao Cutting Yu" in history. That country of Yu is like a thief in Fangshan, Zhu Wu is like a country of Jin, we are in the country of Yu in between, in case Zhu Wu has bad intentions, let's let his army into our hinterland, especially passing through Tokyo, it is simply to lure wolves into the house, we have to guard against it!

The emperor couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, what King Jia and Tong Guan said was indeed not impossible!

The prince's face changed drastically and he was about to argue, but was interrupted by the emperor, who then asked the ministers, "Ladies and gentlemen, since Zhu Wu can't be used, what else is there to do?" ”

Jiawang Zhao Kai and Tong Guan glanced at each other, and the two of them bowed together, "Erchen, old minister, I am willing to go to Xijing to lead the army to suppress bandits, and share worries for the saint!" ”

The emperor was stunned for a moment, and then Long Yan was happy, "Okay, okay, I'm ready!" "The emperor loves Zhao Kai very much, and he is of course happy to see Zhao Kai so filial, and with the help of Tong Guan, the old handsome, there should be no more problems in the Xijing Rebellion, at least it is safer than risking to listen to the prince and let Zhu Wu pass through Tokyo.

Tong Guan continued, "But the minister has another request, the minister wants to ask the soldiers and horses of the West to help the minister quell the rebellion. ”

The emperor thought for a while and nodded, "The Western Army is brave and good at fighting, Aiqing has been in charge of the Western Army for many years, and she is skilled in controlling the Western Army. ”

At this point, the prince's face darkened, and Mu Ran lowered his head to .......