The court meeting because Li Gang did not have a perfect plan to defend the city, and finally evolved into a quarrel, but this time the quarrel is not just as simple as talking about defending the city, the core is peace talks and asking Qin Guogong to save the car, this time it has become the mainstream, as for defending the city, the voice of the main battle has been drowned out.

Song Qinzong and Zhao Huan didn't want to bet all the treasures on Qin Guogong, after all, the one-word king was a bit too much. You must know that Tong Guan's recovery of Youzhou is just a crown of the county king. You must know that the king of one word is the king of Qin, and there is no precedent in this dynasty.

In the end, Song Qinzong Zhao Huan said: "Bai Xianggong, Bi is responsible for contacting the Jin army to see if there is any possibility of a peaceful solution." Regardless of the final outcome of the peace talks, the work of defending the city must be carried out, and the armor and weapons will be handled by the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council will be responsible for coordination. As for the military salary, then ask Pan Qing's family, the prince of Runan County, to go to the gold bank, find a way to advance 1 million yuan, and immediately hand it over to Li Qing's family to solve the problem of military salary. As for these new recruits, they must be registered in the Privy Council. ”

The official family still doesn't want to crown Liu Zhenglong as the king of one word in their bones, so they still have illusions, hoping that they can solve the problem through peace talks, and hope that they can hold the capital by relying on Li Gang.

The bubble of illusion burst on November 28, the seventh year of Xuanhe, the 30,000 western army led by the general Liu Yanqing was annihilated by the Jin army, and the 100,000 forbidden army completed the siege of the capital, and the 30,000 reinforcements sent by Li Gang went out to rescue, but were defeated by a thousand Jin cavalry, which can be said to be unable to form an army, which shocked the government and the opposition.

The 30,000 newly recruited troops were defeated by a thousand Jin State cavalry, this consequence broke all the illusions of the official family, and also broke Li Gang's confidence, at this time, Li Gang no longer insisted on his own point of view, he took the initiative to affirm that the official family recalled Qin Guogong to preside over the overall situation, and swore to defend the capital to the death.

100,000 Jin troops surrounded the huge Bianliang City, it was difficult to do a drop of water, there were still loopholes, but as time went by, the encirclement would get closer and closer, and it would be more and more difficult to get out of the city.

After hesitating for a day and a night, the official family finally made up their minds to send the spear Gao Zhong to Xijing to convey the holy decree, and asked the empress Zhu Lian to personally go to Weisheng Mansion to find Qin Guogong to read the holy decree. The reason why Gao Zhong was allowed to go, instead of the eunuch to read the holy decree, was that the Jin army had besieged the capital and had to be killed, and the most suitable person in the capital was only Gao Chong.

Killed, indeed killed, the five hundred cavalry led by Gao Chong encountered a small patrol Jin army in Xiaowangzhuang, ten miles outside the city, and the two sides fought fiercely.

The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom is first-class in cavalry and archery, and these guys are all riding bows, which are much shorter than ordinary foot bows, but the speed of archery is very fast. After the Jin cavalry saw the Song army, they directly met it, charging and shooting arrows at the same time. Countless Song troops fell from their horses.

Falling from a horse, at this time, Gao Chong understood that he was not leading five hundred cavalry, but five hundred infantry on horseback, more precisely, it should be a live target on horseback, in the face of the Jin army's shooting, although this group of soldiers was brave and did not scatter and flee, but they had no ability to fight back at all, and could only passively die.

In desperation, Gao Zhong shouted: "You withdraw first and find a way to save your life." ”

Gao Zhong waved the silver dragon drilling spear in his hand to block the flying arrows, and he constantly urged the war horse to rush forward, trying to break through the encirclement of the Jin cavalry.

The first spear of the Great Song Empire showed his might, and he pierced the chest of the centurion of the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom with one shot.

Kill, kill, kill. The silver dragon drilling spear in the hands of the white horse silver spear flies up and down, almost every shot will pierce a golden army, the action is clean and neat, never dragging mud and water, it can be said that the gun is deadly, no matter how the golden army dodges, can not avoid this silver gun.

The Silver Dragon Drill Heart Spear seemed to have eyes, and it could easily pierce the Jin Army with a single shot.

Ten, twenty, thirty.

In less than half an hour, Gao Zhong assassinated nearly fifty Jin troops, and finally broke out of the encirclement of the Jin army. At this time, Gao Pet was no longer a white horse silver spear, but a bloodstained body, and the blood on the silver dragon drill heart gun was dripping down.

On the third day of December in the seventh year of Xuanhe, Gao Pet arrived in Luoyang, Xijing, and on the tenth day of the first month, Gao Pet escorted Queen Zhu Lian to Weisheng Mansion.

Liu Zhenglong didn't expect Zhu Lian to come, but he still put on his official robe and burned incense to welcome the holy decree very regularly.

After reading the holy decree, Zhu Lian smiled, feeling that the official family was too attentive, and crowned Liu Zhenglong as the king of Han, the privy envoy, and the envoy of Hedong Road, Hebei Road, and Jingdong Road.

Liu Zhenglong himself is the Duke of Qin, and his career is in Jingzhao Mansion, so it is logical to add the title of King of Qin, but the official family deliberately did not let Liu Zhenglong get his wish, and changed the King of Qin to the King of Han, what is the point of this modification.

At night, only Liu Zhenglong, the king of the Han Dynasty, and Zhu Lian, the queen of the Han Dynasty, were in the room.

Liu Zhenglong asked puzzledly: "Lian'er, how could the official family send you to read the holy decree?" ”

"It's not that I'm afraid, I'm afraid that you won't go to King Qin's rescue, and I'm afraid that I will lose the Great Song Dynasty." Zhu Lian's little bird snuggled in Liu Zhenglong's arms like a human, and she said delicately: "Ah Long, now that you have got your wish, can you save King Qin." ”

Liu Zhenglong shook his head and said: "It's going to be half a month, the more tense the situation in the capital, the more the King of Han is the savior." During this time, I will hurry up and sweep away the Tian forces. The key is that the fierce battle between the Jin army and the Western Liao army is about to end, after the Jin army defeats the Liao army, whether to invade Western Xia or Hedong Road, I must figure this out, otherwise if there is a fire in the backyard, it will be very troublesome, and if I don't do it, I will capsize in the gutter. ”

"The Jin army invaded Western Xia, what should you do, and what are you going to do if you invade Hedong Road?" Zhu Lian was really a little anxious, she had a night of joy at the beginning, but she didn't think about a next time. But for the sake of the Great Song Jiangshan, to be precise, for the sake of her son's future throne, she still came to Weisheng Mansion, of course, that wonderful feeling has been so long, and it is still an endless aftertaste in countless nights.

Liu Zhenglong said helplessly: "It doesn't matter if the Jin army invades Hedong Road, at most the casualties will increase, as long as Wang Yu holds Taiyuan Mansion, I can defend the capital with all my might, and even defeat the Jin army." But once the Jin army invades Western Xia, then I must go back to Western Xia, and if Western Xia is lost, I will be completely finished. ”

"Then what you mean is that the Jin army invaded Western Xia, and you don't care about the Great Song Dynasty, that is my son's country, and you can't ignore it no matter what. If you don't save the capital, then don't think about touching me in the future. ”

Zhu Lian was really angry, she struggled from Liu Zhenglong's arms to prevent this guy's claws from touching him.

Liu Zhenglong was not surprised by Zhu Lian's anger, he said: "I will go back to Western Xia, but I will let Heberon, Wang Yin, and Li Zhu lead the army back to the capital, and I will definitely not let the capital fall." ”

"What you said is true?"

"I lied to a woman who was no longer old and no longer my own."

"you, who's your woman."

After a long absence, he was newlywed, and he didn't say anything all night.

The next day, Liu Zhenglong asked his subordinates to send carrier pigeons to Hebron and asked him to lead the cavalry to gallop to the aid of the Beijing Division. At the same time, Liu Zhenglong asked Hua Rong and Zhang Xian to hurry up and clean up Tian Hu's forces in other places.

On December 15 of the seventh year of Xuanhe, the marshal of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Xian, also defeated the army of Yelu Yilie, and the defeated Yelu Yilie withdrew to Yunzhou with the remnants of the defeated army.

The city of Yunzhou is tall and the moat is also very deep, and it can be said that the defense is second only to the Xingqing Mansion in Western Xia and Tokyo Bianliang in the Great Song Dynasty. Marshal Wan Yan Xian of the Jin Kingdom also abandoned his original plan after three days of siege, and he ordered the whole army to enter the Hedong Road.

On December 18, there was a rebellion in Weisheng Mansion, and Wu Li, the uncle of the country, finally opened the city gate with the cooperation of Qiu Qiongying, Hua Rong led the army to rush into the city, and Tian Hu, the king of Jin, committed suicide, Tian Ding, the three kings, Tian Biao, and Fan Quan, the national abbot, were arrested. The rebels on the Hedong Road were completely wiped out, and it was at this time that Hebron led a large army across the Yellow River and headed straight for the capital.

Without the containment of Hebron's 60,000 cavalry, Wanyan Zonghan finally besieged Taiyuan Mansion on December 19, and the defense of Taiyuan officially began.

Liu Zhenglong led 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry to return to the capital, and at this time, the army led by Wang Yin and Li Zhu had also arrived in Xuchang, two hundred miles away from the Beijing division.

At this time, the Jin army has been attacking the capital for more than ten days, although it has not conquered the capital, but the city has suffered huge casualties among the forbidden army, and the periphery of the capital has been swept away by the forbidden army, to put it bluntly, the capital is an empty city.

On December 25, Wu Xiaomin, the envoy of the Jin State, entered the capital.

Song Qinzong was frightened, it turned out that the king of Han had already sent troops to the king of Qin, but the Jin army could conquer the capital at any time, it can be said that far water could not quench the thirst of the near, he was still inclined to peace talks in his bones, so he asked Bai Shizhong to negotiate with the envoy of the Jin State on his behalf.

Bai Shizhong may be the only one among the important ministers of the court who did not send his family away, not that he didn't want to send him away, the key is that he did it too late, and he was reluctant to give up his family wealth, and the most important thing was that he couldn't find a boat. It stands to reason that the ministers of the dignified government and the government can find the ship, but the ships in the capital have long been controlled by Li Jun, and this guy has already given a death order, like Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang, and the family members of these people will not be transported.

Bai Shizhong said to Wu Xiaomin: "Your two countries were originally friendly allies, and it may have been because of some misunderstandings that led to the military meeting, and now our country is willing to send military rations to escort your army to the north, and I hope that your envoy will convey the meaning of His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Wu Xiaomin said coldly: "The emperor has already taken the throne, so there is no need to worry about the past. Please ask the young emperor to re-align with Dajin and reconcile, and send the prince and the prime minister to our army to ask for peace. ”

"It's rare, we can't sign an alliance between us, don't you want the prince and the prime minister to go to your country's military camp?"

"Of course." Wu Xiaomin's eyes were a little cold, and he said coldly: "Only when the prince goes to our army camp can he show the sincerity of your country." ”

Bai Shizhong knows that the current situation is stronger than people, and it is definitely not a matter of words to solve the problem, and if you want to resolve the crisis in the capital, you have to listen to the other party's intentions. In the end, he said: "The matter is very high, and I will only decide after discussing it with His Majesty." ”

Wu Xiaomin didn't embarrass the other party, after all, this matter is indeed not something that Bai Shizhong, the prime minister, can call the shots.

Go to the Jin Army camp to negotiate, who is the right person to go? This question gave Song Qinzong and Zhao Huan a headache, no one wanted to go in a word, and to put it bluntly, no one dared to go.

At the critical moment, King Kang Zhao Gou stepped forward, he said: "Brother Huang, don't worry about this matter, the younger brother is willing to go, and he will not disgrace his mission." ”

Song Qinzong Zhao Huan looked down on this ninth brother in his bones, which was related to Zhao Gou's background, but it was also like this, he never took Zhao Gou seriously, nor did he think that Zhao Gou could threaten him. At this critical moment, Zhao Gou stepped forward, which made Zhao Huan very pleased.

"Fight tiger brothers, go into battle with father and son, and at the critical moment, the ninth brother is looking for Jiangshan Sheji to share his worries." Now Song Qinzong is in a good mood, and now the problem of the prince's envoy is solved, but what to do with the ministers of the political hall, obviously no one is willing to go, and these old foxes can't be forced to go.

Sure enough, when there was a meeting on who went to the Jin Army camp, the old foxes in the political hall played Tai Chi, and the yin and yang hands of these old foxes were very skillful, so that Song Qinzong and Zhao Huan had no temper at all.

Li Gang really couldn't stand it anymore, he stubbornly said: "I'll come, the minister is willing to send an envoy to the Jin army camp, and he will not disgrace his mission." ”

"Forget it, your duty is to defend the capital, not to negotiate." Song Qinzong Zhao Huan didn't have a temper at all, he was unwilling, and he didn't even dare to let Li Gang go, if this nerd went, it would definitely make the situation worse.

Zheng Juzhong knew that the official family was in difficulty, and finally he said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let Li Di go, he is the head of the Privy Council, and he can be promoted one more level." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it."

The official family is very aggrieved now, and he can only do this.

King Kang Zhao Gou didn't want to go in his bones, but going to the Jin army camp was a strategy set by the emperor, and it was also one of his missions, so he could only stand up in desperation.

Li Di can be said to be on the rise, promoted three levels in a row, and became the third-in-command of the Privy Council, but this is not what he wants, this guy would rather not be promoted than go to the Jin Army camp. But the current situation is no longer a question of whether Li Di wants to go or not, but if he doesn't go, he will lose his head, but if he goes, will he be able to save his head?

King Kang Zhao Gou is in a peaceful state, after all, he has studied with Liu Zhenglong for a period of time, and he is still a little strong, he rode a horse and said to Li Di, whose body was like chaff: "Li Xianggong, we all represent the imperial court, you had better cheer up, don't be embarrassed." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness King Kang, for reminding me." Li Yan can only fight his spirit, after all, he has already come here, and he can't hide if he wants to, so he can only go to the Jin Army camp.

The Jin army's camp stretched for dozens of miles, and it had already surrounded the capital, and the wolf-like Jin army was not friendly to the envoys of the Song State at all, and they did not treat the other party as a national envoy at all.

King Kang Zhao Gou was extremely calm, and he said coldly to Wu Xiaomin: "Since it is a negotiation, should your country show some sincerity?" Don't play the trick of scaring people, this king is the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, if there is no equal important role, this king will not talk to you. ”

"His Royal Highness King Kang, now that our Dajin soldiers are coming to the city, but you are thinking about the false courtesy, do you want our Jin army to negotiate with His Royal Highness Jinluan?" Wu Xiaomin's tone was full of irony, and his meaning was very simple, that is, this time was not a peace talk at all, but a condition offered by the Jin State, and the Song State only needed to accept it.

"Mr. Wu, this is not true, although the Jin army is under the city, claiming to be 200,000 troops, in fact, the real Jurchen soldiers are less than 100,000, and the rest are vassal armies, and the combat effectiveness is just like that. Yes, the Jin army is indeed a soldier in the city, but my Great Song Dynasty God of War King Han has come to the capital on the way, and it is not yet known who will kill the deer, so you are so ashamed, does it make sense? ”

"King Han, wasn't he injured not long ago?"

"King Han is injured, you are laughing at it, the so-called beauty Qiu Qiongying who injured His Royal Highness the King of Han has become the side concubine of King Han, where does the so-called injury start, what is the point of making trouble between the two of them?" King Kang Zhao Gou changed his words and said: "The Jin army's several defeats before and after were all due to His Royal Highness the King of Han, which is probably the reason why your Jin army is willing to negotiate peace." ”

Wu Xiaomin knew that he couldn't talk to King Kang about anything, and intimidation couldn't solve the problem. Moreover, this peace negotiation is indeed related to the arrival of the King of Han, not that Wanyan Zongwang is afraid of Liu Zhenglong, the key is that the Jin army is indeed a little weak in succession, and in this state, it may not be able to take the capital.

Wu Xiaomin said with a smile: "It's not that I deliberately neglect Your Highness, it's just that the second prince of our family is busy with military affairs, and he has gone to Yuwangtai, and he will come back tonight, and he will definitely meet His Royal Highness King Kang in person." ”

Hearing that Wanyan Zongwang went to Yuwangtai, King Kang Zhao Gou's heart tightened, he knew that since Wanyan Zongwang went to Yuwangtai in person, then the forbidden army stationed there could not be saved, but now his task is to negotiate peace, and he can't take care of it so much, and now he can only pray for God's blessing, and His Royal Highness the King of Han will come to the capital as soon as possible to relieve the siege.

Yes, Wanyan Zongwang did personally lead the army to Yuwangtai, but the forbidden army there was not annihilated, because Xu Ning retreated early, he had already received a military order from the King of Han, avoiding the edge of the Jin army, not confronting the Jin army, and now the main thing is to preserve strength, as for the decisive battle, it is a matter of the Han King, not a matter of the following control.

Peace talks, this time in the peace talks, Wu Xiaomin suggested that Wanyan Zongwang change the way, that is, Wanyan Zongwang dragged King Kang Zhao Gou, and was really responsible for the peace talks, so that the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu would be responsible.

Wanyan Zongwang himself was unwilling to be responsible for the peace talks, so he handed over the task of this peace talks to Wanyan Wushu.

Wanyan Wushu is a rare big Song Tong among the nobles of the Jin Kingdom, he knows the Song Kingdom very well, and also has an in-depth understanding of seven or eight years, this time to the south, this young Zhuang faction has little room to play, it is not that Wanyan Zong does not want to give this fourth prince a chance, the key is that the Song army is basically fleeing from the wind, and there is no chance to perform at all.

Before the negotiation, Wanyan Wushu decided to give Li Di a dismount, so he asked the soldiers below to prepare a big oil pot, and the oil in it was hot, hot, and the row of knives and axes at the camp gate, and after everything was ready, he ordered the soldiers to invite Li Yan, the envoy of the Song State, over.

Li Yan trembled and came to the door of the Wanyan Wushu camp, and when he saw the knife and axe raised high, he was so frightened that this guy peed his pants, and walked forward tremblingly, if it wasn't for someone to help, he would definitely not be able to enter the camp.

Wanyan Wushu looked at the trembling Li Yan coldly and said, "You are the envoy of the Song Kingdom, can you represent the Song court?" ”

"I, I, I." Li Di, who was so frightened, fell to his knees with weak legs, and he said tremblingly: "This peace negotiation was brought up by the villain and His Royal Highness King Kang, so. ”

Wanyan Wushu was too lazy to listen to so much nonsense, his eyes were fixed on the oil pot and he said to himself: "I heard that the loyal ministers of the Great Song Dynasty can take a bath in the oil pot, I don't know what your envoy can do?" ”

Li Yan, who knelt on the ground, didn't want to get out of the oil pot, he was so frightened that he gritted his teeth and said: "My dynasty has always had princes who have not participated in government affairs, this matter, Xia Guan, oh no, the villain can be the master." ”

"If you can call the shots, get up and speak." Wanyan Wushu said unhurriedly: "This time, give the Jin army 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 cattle and horses, and 1 million horses of silk and silk as military expenses, and call the Jin Emperor as an uncle, cut the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian, and send the prime minister and prince to the Jin camp as hostages, and send the Jin army across the Yellow River, this condition is not too much." If you don't agree, the Zhao family's temple can't be saved. Get out of here, if there is no reply within three days, our army will begin to attack the city. ”

Li Yan didn't know how he left the Jin Army camp, and the whole thing seemed to have lost his soul, but King Kang and Zhao Gou acted as if nothing had happened.

After the conditions for the peace talks came out, the government and the opposition were shocked, you must know that even if the emperor did not take away the money from the treasury, he would not be able to make up so much money.

After Song Qinzong Zhao Huan listened to Li Yan's story, the whole person was dumbfounded, he didn't know what to do.

At this time, the main battle faction and the surrender faction quarreled again, and this time the quarrel was even more fierce, and they wanted to overturn the Jinluan Palace.

"Shut up, stop me." Song Qinzong Zhao Gou couldn't wait to arrest the civil and military officials below and beat him severely, he said angrily: "It's war or peace, it's already come to this point, there should always be an explanation." And, how and. Five million royals, fifty million silver, even if I sell it, I can't make it up. war, so can we defeat the Jin army? ”

Bai Shizhong no longer insisted on peace talks at this time, after all, Jin Guo's appetite was too big, and in his original estimate, that is, a few million could solve the problem, but the lion of Jin Guo opened his mouth, and now it is not whether the official family is willing to accept the contract, but whether Da Song can take out so much money.

Li Gang saw that everyone didn't speak, so he stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, the key to the reason why the Jin Kingdom opened its mouth is that the Jin Kingdom no longer has the confidence to win. Now that the King of Han has arrived in Zhengzhou, which is more than a hundred miles away from the capital, he will be killed in the capital in three days at most, and we don't need to be afraid of the Jin army at all. Ministers war. ”di'er'bai