In Bianliang City, in the imperial study of the imperial city, there are still those three people.

Today, the three of them were in a dilemma, that is, whether to create public opinion to publicly denounce or condemn Ganch, the privy councillor who did not obey the holy decree, and then publicly punish Ganchi for such behavior.

Why is it difficult?

Because the things in front of the head were all done by Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi, and they issued a holy decree to let Gan Qi's class return to the court, and not many people knew about it. is that the three of them all know that doing this kind of thing openly will inevitably cause a storm, and Gan Xianggong will not be defeated in a hundred battles outside, and his morale is high, so he suddenly calls him a peace teacher, which is not in line with the standing committee reason, and it is not a wise choice.

Today's Great Song Dynasty, although it is a literati court, is also a relatively sensible court, even if conservatives like Sima Guang know about this matter, they will immediately oppose it. is good, when Li Liangzuo hugged his head and ran away, he didn't consolidate the fruits of victory, why did he take the initiative to sue for peace and strike the army?

The major affairs of the family and the country are complicated, there are people competing for them, there is a grasp of the overall situation, there are basic rights and wrongs, there are differences, and there are the common interests of all people. Although people like Sima Guang are a little pedantic, it is precisely this kind of pedantry that makes them extremely firm in the face of the righteousness and interests of their family and country.

Zhao Shu, Fu Bi, and Wen Yanbo obviously knew this, so they were embarrassed, Gan Qi's disobedience to the holy decree had happened for so long, but it couldn't be put on the table.

Gan Qi went to the plateau, this news still arrived in Tokyo after all, and the matter of Xihe Lanhuang opening the border was not Gan Qi's temporary idea, this matter has been discussed since the founding of the party for decades, and the main reason is that the Tubo people continue to encroach on Tokyo.

It's just that in the past, they had to win over these Tubo people to fight against the Western Xia, so the imperial court had a blind attitude, and they didn't have the ability to fight on several fronts, and the benefits of the fishermen could only watch those Tubo people take over.

Now that Ganqi is attacking the party in the north and going east to the plateau, it is the time to attack from all sides, and it is also the time to attack from all sides. If Qingtang wins again this time, the northwest will be completely peaceful, and all the initiative will be in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

But when Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo heard the news, where could they still sit still? Come to the palace immediately.

Meritorious service is not a word, nor is it a simple psychology.

It was an embarrassing situation for the emperor, just like this, Gan Qi had already done something to disobey his orders, but he was helpless to take Gan Qi. Even Gan Qi's disobedience is not on the table, this kind of embarrassment is the true meaning of "high merit and shocking the master".

The three of them discussed for a long time, but they were all at a loss.

The scheming Fu Bi finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you ...... If you don't meet tomorrow, you will impeach Gan Qi for the crime of falsely reporting military merits, and let Gan Qi Dai go to Beijing to report on his work for this crime! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Shu asked, "Have the people sent to the northwest to investigate this matter come back?" ”

Fu Bi shook his head: "I haven't come back yet, and the letter from me says that it is being verified and investigated in various places." ”

"That's a bit out of place." Zhao Shu thought the same thing in his heart, a crime must be confirmed before it can be said.

Wen Yanbo immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, without further ado, the old minister has been in the imperial court for decades, and the matter of fighting, from His Majesty Renzong to now, I don't know how much he has experienced, there are countless veterans in the Privy Council, which one has not gone through the battle array?" Lao Chen asked countless generals, including those veterans who had been in battle for a long time, and they all said that killing three or five thousand in a battle was already a great victory, a rare thing. It is unimaginable to cut tens of thousands of formations at every turn, and it is absolutely impossible to say that thirty or forty thousand are killed in formations. Gan Daojian's battle report can be more than once beheaded tens of thousands, after the battle of Yanzhou, the battle of Tiemenguan was another battle of 20,000 or 30,000, which is even more impossible. Even if the party members are fools, they will not be killed by Gan Qi so many people at one time, but the party members also have two legs, and there are even nomadic fast horses, are these people standing motionless on the spot and letting Gan Daojian send someone to kill? ”

Zhao Shu's brows slowly erected, Wen Yanbo spared no effort to persuade the emperor.

Fu Bi naturally returned the assist: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is true that Gan Daojian won the battle, but he deliberately exaggerated his military exploits, and his heart is ......"

"What he thinks is just to increase his official ranks, to sell his reputation, and to support the people......" Wen Yanbo's words are always more straightforward than Fubi.

The people supported it, as soon as this kind of words came out, Zhao Shu immediately coughed again and again, and Li Xian hurriedly stepped forward to get busy.

After a long time, Zhao Shu stopped coughing and nodded: "Go ahead and do it." ”

To do it, it is natural to have to do it with the imperial historians, and the head of the imperial historians is Sima Guang.

It's not so simple to ask Sima Guang to do this, Fu Bi and Wen Yanbo have to fool Sima Guang.

It is not difficult to fool people like Sima Guang. The conservative imperial history, there is no room for sand in his eyes, Gan Qi falsely reported his military exploits, so naturally he will be sprayed, this has nothing to do with who Gan Qi is, whoever does this kind of thing will have to be sprayed.

Wen Yanbo took a group of veteran generals to find Sima Guang, these veteran generals don't need to do anything, they just need to use their experience to carefully analyze the matter of killing the enemy in the battle array, people are never machines, they have to run if they are defeated, the Khitans will run if they are defeated, and the party people will run if they are defeated.

And the horses of the party members are running very fast. Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that the iron gate pass, backed by the grassland, as soon as the pass is broken, the party members run, how can the soldiers under Gan Qi be able to catch up? The defenders of the Iron Gate Pass have a total of 20,000 or 30,000 people, how can they be completely wiped out by Ganqi?

Sima Guang was fooled by such a coming-and-forth, and was ready to do it. Speaking of which, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and the others did not intend to fool Sima Guang, because Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and the others were convinced of what they thought in their hearts, they were not here to deceive Sima Guang, they just wanted this fighter in the troll to work.

Sima Guang began to work, and the next day at the court meeting, the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Imperial Academy, twenty or thirty imperial historians began to work, and bitterly criticized Gan Qi for falsely reporting military exploits.

However, Sima Guang meant to let Gan Qi correct it, report realistically, and not be so pompous. That's all, after all, there is still a war ahead, and morale is like a rainbow, so you can't make too much of a fuss because of this little thing.

But things were beyond Sima Guang's expectations, and after the words of the imperial historians were finished, Wen Yanbo was filled with indignation and opened his mouth to report: "Your Majesty, the courtiers deceive the monarch has been a major crime since ancient times, and Gan Daojian has committed such a major crime of bullying the monarch now, and he should be severely punished." ”

When Sima Guang heard this, he immediately looked at Wen Yanbo and became a little puzzled.

Fortunately, Fu Bi came out and said: "Eh, Wen Xiang doesn't have to be so indignant, Gan Xianggong has made outstanding achievements, some small things to bully the king, and the flaws are not hidden, you can't severely punish Gan Xianggong because of this little thing, so it's really a bit of a fuss." According to the old husband, let Gan Xianggong go back to Beijing to report on his work, and make it clear to His Majesty in person at this time. ”

Sima Guang looked at Fu Bi again, what he said...... Something doesn't sound right? Although he is exculpating Gan Qi, but now that the northwest is over, let the coach return to Beijing?

Unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao Shu said lightly: "Well, what Fu Xiang said is reasonable, some small things, flaws are not hidden, but you can't condone such an exaggerated style, make an order, let Gan Xiang return to Beijing to make it clear, just make it clear." Just correct your mistakes and don't make them in the future. ”

"Yes." Fu Bi replied.

And it came to pass.

Only Sima Guang looked at it with a puzzled face, and he said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter can be tolerated for a while, and it will be ...... by Prime Minister Gan."

Before Sima Guang could finish speaking, Fu Bi had already interrupted: "Sima Zhongcheng, let's discuss this matter here." ”

The emperor on the high platform also spoke: "Well, this matter is discussed here, what happened to the Jianghan flood?" Why hasn't there been any news these days? ”

Fu Bi hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the flood peak in Jianghan has passed, causing more than 18,000 families to be displaced......

Sima Guang came back to his senses, for the first time there was an awareness of being used as a gunman, Sima Guang looked up at the emperor, and understood even more, all this is what the emperor meant.

If he was used as a gun by others, Sima Guang should have been angry, but he was used as a gun by the emperor, Sima Guang felt uncomfortable, his brows were tightly locked, and he hesitated to come and go, not knowing whether to step forward and fight again.

But what should we fight for? To say that Ganch is not at fault? Or is it not necessary to let Gan Qi return to Beijing immediately?

In the end, Sima Guang hesitated, but still did not speak. The conservative Sima Guang is not Bao Zheng after all, and he is one head behind Bao Zheng above his integrity.

However, Sima Guang didn't do nothing, he went home and picked up the pen, a letter, analyzing the situation in the northwest, analyzing the importance of the coach Gan Qi in the northwest at this time, hoping to make the emperor take back his fate.

Sima Guang went on a twist and turn with great hopes, but he sank into the sea. Maybe Zhao Shu didn't even look at it, because the holy decree had already been issued.

If Ganqi does not obey the holy decree again this time, it is a matter on the table, and there is no need to hide it anymore, and Ganqi will be punished for a serious crime.

Fu Bi Wen Yanbo is really a master in this regard. People are as old as fine, and they are true.

Outside the city of Brother Xi, Dong Yu came by beating a horse, like a lost dog, three hundred miles away, along the way, Dong Yu sent people to organize several counterattacks, counterattacks several times, looking back, the Song army is still not far behind, and the vanguard of the Song army is in sight.

Both sides were sleepy and tired, and along the way, even Dong Yu just ate some jerky cakes on the horse, and the water in the water bladder was drunk, and Dong Yu didn't dare to waste time looking for a place to load. Dong Yu is still like this, and it can be seen that the stunned people who are constantly chasing have also fallen into this kind of situation of people and horses.

There are 30,000 people, and there are less than 4,000 people who can really follow Dong Yu.

The moment he saw Brother Xicheng, Dong Yu was so excited that he shouted: "Quick, enter the city." ”

Unexpectedly, someone next to him advised: "Patriarch, you can't enter the city, the enemy is following, if you rush in with the clansmen behind, it will be terrible." ”

Dong Yu shouted again as if he hadn't heard it: "Enter the city, enter the city." ”

Xige City is not big, and after returning to the Great Song Dynasty, it will be called Jishi City, because Jishi Mountain is not far away. More than 3,000 people swarmed into the city.

After these 3,000 people, there were many people, a group of 100 people, a team of 2 or 300 people, and a column of more than a dozen, all of whom were hurrying towards Xige City, and everyone saw the life-saving straw of Xige City. Everyone knew that as long as they entered Xige City, they would be safe.

Naturally, he also saw Brother Xi's city, and shouted: "Quick, accelerate, speed up again, don't care about the horse, just pump, catch up." ”

Countless people rushed to save their lives, and they were stunned, even if they followed these people and rushed in directly.

Dong Yu stood on top of the city, looked at the situation outside the city, and shouted: "Close the gate, close the city gate." ”

"Patriarch, there are still many clansmen outside, but you can't close the city gates."

"Yes, once this gate is closed, tens of thousands of clansmen have only one way to die."

Dong Yu didn't care: "Shut up the city gates, hurry up." ”

"Patriarch!"

"No, patriarch, there are tens of thousands of brothers outside the city."

Dong Yu was furious: "If you don't close the city gate, the enemy will rush in, and you will have to die." Close the city gates, whoever dares to say more, kill. ”

The gate of Xige City was slammed shut.

A group of two or three hundred people who had already run to the front of the city gate looked at the closed city gate, their faces were shocked, and they also showed incomprehensible puzzled looks.

"Patriarch, it's me, I'm Qimadan...... Open the door and let us in. ”

A cold word came from above the city: "Turn back, go to battle, go and kill the Song people." ”

The Song people came, followed behind, and even ran faster than many of the people behind them, and many horses were physically exhausted, and they fell to the ground with a bang as they ran, but the stunned still came very fast.

Unfortunately, the gates were closed, and the stunned wish was disappointed.

But under the city walls, there were four or five thousand people crowded, and none of them could enter the city. The city did not dare to open the gates again and let them in, because once the gates were opened, it would be impossible to close them again until the thousands of people had entered. At that time, the Song people must have come in.

Stunned to look at this scene, he laughed a little angrily: "Damn, the Khitan horse, the party horse, the Hui horse, our Great Song Dynasty's Baoshun Army Festival Envoy, are afraid of dying like this?" Isn't the front of the head majestic? Bah! ”

The seed master asked the seed master: "Uncle, what about these people outside the city?" ”

The situation was tragic, and countless people crowded under the city gates, constantly shouting and begging, begging the city gates to be opened for them to enter. Apparently these people also had expectations for such a thing, thinking that their patriarch would relent, and let them all in.

He replied, "Bring the interpreter to the front and surrender." ”

"Uncle, are we going to attack the city?" The planter asked again.

"Wait for Gan Xianggong to come, let Gan Xianggong decide." He replied in amazement, the exhaustion on his face was fully revealed, and the horses under his seat were no longer able to stand steadily.

The interpreter shouted the words of surrender, and the stunned iron armor approached step by step, and the sound of drawing the bow was clearly audible.

Countless babbles turned their heads and began to beg on their knees.

Dong Yu at the head of the city scolded: "Don't surrender, don't surrender, don't surrender, go and kill the Song people, fight with the Song people, one life for another." None of them are allowed to surrender......"

Dong Yu at the head of the city in front was scolding, and the Song people in the back were shouting words of surrender. The chatters who were under the city, with empty eyes, looked at the Song people who were getting closer and closer, and looked at the guys who were slowly tied up one after another.

The slowly and leisurely Gan Xianggong is finally here......