- Yanzhou

Liu Lin led a team of sergeants to walk on the head of the city and inspect the city defenses.

Since the last time Guan won the battle, there has been no war between Yanzhou and the Pingyin army.

Both sides confronted each other, as if they were both waiting for something.

Guan Sheng has not received the battle report from Caohe Town for several days, and he doesn't need to think about it to know that it is more than lucky, so he can only comfort himself with the best news that no news is the best.

A horse carrying a man slowly walked towards the east gate of Yanzhou.

"Look! Who? The Yanzhou sergeant guarding the city gate noticed the anomaly and shouted loudly.

Liu Lin looked for the sound, and saw that there was only one person and one horse, and felt extremely weird, and said, "Use the hanging basket to go down to two people, see who it is!" ”

The opening and closing of the city gate is extremely troublesome, and it takes dozens of people to push the machine to open, and once it is opened, it is easy to fall because it is too late to close the door.

The two sergeants vigilantly approached the bloody man and the man, and when they were sure that the man was unconscious, they helped him up and looked at his face carefully.

I don't know.

But this dress shows that this person is not an ordinary person, nonsense, Da Song is rich, but he is not rich enough to have a piece of the best jade pendant.

The two sergeants did not dare to delay, and took a man and a horse to the city wall in a hanging basket.

Don't doubt it, this hanging basket is said to be a hanging basket, but it is actually an ancient elevator, which is a necessary access channel for ancient city defense.

The two sergeants didn't know this person, but Liu Lin recognized this person at a glance, isn't this Kong Xiang from the Xianyuan Yan Holy Mansion.

This Kong Xiang also ate flower wine with Liu Lin, although he is a child of the Confucian family, he eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and has all five drugs, and he does not pay attention to the face of the saint's child at all, but it is also an odd number.

"This.... How did it hurt like this? Liu Lin looked at the two arrows stuck in Kong Xiang's back, and didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only shout to the doctor.

"Look, General, this is the letter in his bosom." A sergeant handed over a letter that had been stained with blood and sweat.

Liu Lin opened it carefully, for fear of tearing up the letter with too much force, he gently opened the letter, and many of the handwriting in it was no longer clear, but keywords such as Pingyin and asking for help were still visible.

"Not good! Pingyin Jun has gone to Xianyuan, come with me to see my father. "Liu Lin knows the importance of Xianyuan, if something happens to Xianyuan, the Pingyin army will naturally be punished, and their Liu family will also have the responsibility of failing to protect it.

In the palace, Liu Yu looked at the blood book, tears suddenly rolled out of his eyes, and said to Kong Meng and other family representatives on the side, "This... I, Liu Yu, am incompetent, I actually let the thief disturb the purity of the saint, and I Liu Yu is guilty. ”

Several people from Confucian families have faces like iron pots, and when the Pingyin army arrives in Xianyuan, they know that they will settle accounts with their big families.

Judging from the blood book, the Pingyin army should not have broken through Xianyuan, but Xianyuan was not a big city in the first place, and I am afraid that the city will be broken overnight.

"My lord, please send troops to rescue quickly, not to defeat the thief army, but to rescue Yan Shenggong and others, otherwise Yan Shenggong will be killed, and the world will be shaken!" Kong Jing said anxiously, in his heart, the family is the first, the Kong family continues to this day, there must be no accidents, even if Kaifeng is replaced, his Kong family can't fall!

"But... What if this is to save Zhao from Wei Wei? Hao Siwen said with some hesitation, he knew that he was offending people by saying this, but sending troops to save people was his and Guan Sheng's soldiers, and if Zhongji was killed, he would kill him, and he couldn't care about this.

"Is it because we are afraid of war that we don't go to save the Holy Father?" Yan Jie waved his sleeves and said, "Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, everything is done, there is something not to do, such as sacrificing life and taking righteousness, it is what we want."

Yan Sheng Gong is the first hope of the world's scholars, Xianyuan has more Kong, Meng, Yan, Ran and other big clans, the collection of books in each clan is more than one million, the Pingyin army does not respect Confucianism, if a fire is burned, Confucianism should not be cut off?

If the general is afraid of war, don't let the general go out, we will go by ourselves, even if we are killed by the thief army, a hundred years later, there will be a public opinion in the history books of Danqing! ”

Hao Siwen said this, the whole person was blinded, what's wrong with me, how do I feel like I'm going to become a thief for all ages.

Guan Sheng was bent on emulating Guan Yu and loved to read the Spring and Autumn Period, so he had more respect for Confucianism, but his instinct as a general also told him that it was a trap.

Liu Yu glanced at Liu Lin, Liu Lin suddenly understood, he arched his hand and said, "Father, since General Guan and General Hao dare not fight, please let the young general fight, as long as the young general has 3,000 elite soldiers, he will desperately rescue Yan Shenggong!" ”

As he spoke, Liu Lin glanced at Guan Sheng and said, "It's better to die in battle than to die in a nest!" ”

Liu Yu suddenly said with tears in his eyes, "Wu'er, if you have a case, how about you to be your father." ”

Liu Lin knelt on the ground and bowed, "Father, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and now only the child in the city dares to fight, and if the child doesn't go, who else can go." ”

Saying that, everyone looked at Guan Sheng, and Guan Sheng's face was already red.

Guan Sheng knew he had no choice.

He came to the middle of the hall and said, "Lord Xianggong, the last general is willing to lead the army to save Xianyuan, but if the last general goes, the Pingyin army will definitely take the opportunity to attack Yanzhou, and please guard it carefully." ”

"General Guan... Would you like to go? ”

Guan Sheng smiled, stroked his beard and said, "This general was born in cloth, it is valued by the public, and he has stolen this position, now when employing people, how dare not fight, this general will not bring many people, only eight hundred knives and axes from the headquarters." ”

"Eight hundred?" Hao Siwen hurriedly said: "General, no! Please also ask the general to bring more troops and horses. ”

Guan Sheng shook his hand and said, "There are not many soldiers, my 800 swordsmen and axes are created by me in imitation of the ancestors of the past 500 school swordsmen, but the enemy usually has 5,000 soldiers and horses, so it is not as good as the courage of the little general." ”

Guan Shengming praised and depreciated secretly, and then took a deep look at Liu Yu and the others, and was about to leave.

"General Guan can't! You can only win this battle. If you can't be defeated, how can you bring only 800 men and horses? Kong Jing shouted, "Please bring more soldiers and horses, this is not the time to fight for morale, and please ask General Guan to focus on the overall situation!" ”

Meng Bin said at this time, "Before, General Hao said that this might be a plan of the thief army, and I thought so, but the enemy has attacked the place I will save, and I have to send troops."

Since General Guan said that these 800 school swordsmen are the elite of the world, then please ask General Guan to take these 800 people to the current, and ask General Hao to bring another 3,000 people to the tail, if General Guan is in danger, General Hao can send troops to rescue, and this time the troops should be sent out at night to prevent being detected by the thief army. ”

Hao Siwen was worried about Guan Sheng's safety, and when he heard this plan, he didn't wait for Guan Sheng and Liu Yu to express his position, so he handed over and said, "The last general will take the order!" ”

Guan Sheng looked at Hao Siwen, saw the perseverance on Hao Siwen's face, and knew that he was willing to risk death with him, so he reached out to hold Hao Siwen's hand and said, "Okay!" I'm going to let you and my brother go and have a good fight! ”

The two looked at each other and laughed, and left together, and the others couldn't help but be impressed when they saw the arrogance of the two.

Now that they have decided to send troops, Kong Jing and others no longer persecute Liu Yu, but they are still worried.

Liu Yu took Liu Lin to the study in the backyard, and after the two sat down, Liu Yu sighed, "Lin'er, it seems that this Yanzhou can't hold it." ”

Liu Lin asked puzzledly, "Why did my father say this, I still have 10,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, and the grain and grass are enough to eat for several months." ”

Liu Yu shook his head slightly and said, "The battle is in the heart but not in the army, although my son is familiar with martial arts, but he is not familiar with human feelings."

If my guess is correct, Xianyuan has already fallen into the hands of the Marquis of Pingyin, and the Holy Duke of Yan should also have fled. ”

"What? That just father? ”

"It's just a guess for my father, there is a case in everything, not to mention that sending troops to save Xianyuan is not to save it, but to save it.

As long as we send troops, the Confucian family will not say anything about us.

I don't think in a few days, the news will come, you know, most of the people in Yanzhou are these Confucian disciples, the immortal source was broken, do you think they will fight to the death or will surrender? ”

Liu Lin thought for a while and said, "That Pingyin Marquis has always been at odds with Confucianism, so naturally it is a battle to the death. ”

Liu Yu sighed: "Wrong! They will definitely not fight to the death! ”

Liu Lin suddenly didn't understand.

Liu Yu smiled and said, "You, you just don't study, in the past, there were five nonsense, did those Hu people respect Confucius and Mencius?" What kind of battle did the Kong family have to fight to the death?

What's more, there are also Confucian people around the Marquis of Pingyin, and Tianxiang Academy also teaches Confucian classics.

What's more, the world is in turmoil, the Marquis of Pingyin is the one who chases the deer, how dare Confucianism offend him? ”

"The world is in chaos? Father, didn't this golden man retire? Liu Lin asked puzzled.

"Yes, the Jin people have retreated, but Yanyun has been lost, the siege of Taiyuan has not been resolved, the barrier of my Great Song Dynasty has been lost, and Li and Chong have been driven out of the court.

I heard that in Kaifeng today, the party struggle is rising again, even better than in the past.

These are all signs of troubled times.

Confess to your father and you, your father originally wanted to borrow a place to support the army to protect himself, which is why my father asked you to meddle in Yanzhou's military affairs, Yanzhou has Xianyuan Confucianism, I thought I could use this as a foundation, but I didn't expect it to be today.

But it's okay, the original goal of the father is not this Yanzhou, this time the father will fight to the end of the peace Yin army, so that you can gain the trust of the court and the reputation of the world, and then you and I father and son will use money to dredge the relationship, let's go to Bashu! ”

"Bashu?"

"That's right! Bashu is the country of abundance, and there are dangers of mountains and rivers, such as the chaos of the world, the heroes compete for the deer, Bashu will be a country..."

- Late that night

Yanzhou is not far from Xianyuan, and it is also an avenue of Pingchuan, Guan Sheng with eight hundred school swordsmen If you walk fast, you can reach Xianyuan before dawn.

Guan Sheng didn't dare to shoot a torch, fortunately the stars and the moon were in the sky at this time, and the eight hundred school swordsmen ate well on weekdays, basically no one had night blindness, and although the night march was a little bumpy, it was generally smooth.

After walking all the way, Guan Sheng's heart gradually rose, this road was too quiet, since Kong Xiang, who came to report the news, had an arrow feather on his back, then the Pingyin army must know that he got the news, according to common sense, there should be a soldier and horse to intercept him at this time.

Gradually, there were still seven or eight miles to reach Xianyuan, Guan Sheng asked the sergeant to speed up, hoping to rush to Xianyuan City to rest again.

"General, there seems to be a fight behind you." A scout rushed over and said to Guan Sheng.

Guan Sheng was clever and shouted, "Stop advancing!" Alert! ”

The eight hundred school swordsmen quickly discharged a defensive formation, each of them holding a knife in one hand, a round shield in the other, and five javelins on their backs, which could be attacked and defended.

Guan Sheng lay on the ground and listened carefully, and there were mixed footsteps and horses' hooves in the distance.

"It's General Hao's troops, they must have been intercepted." Guan Sheng was in a hurry, and shouted, "The whole army listens to the order, the front team changes to the rear team, and go back to rescue General Hao!" ”

"Whew!" "Whoa!!"

At this time, a few arrows sounded, and then, a torch tree rose, Guan Sheng looked at the torches all over the mountains and fields, and smiled bitterly in his heart, even if his school knife hand can really be one as ten, the thief army here has exceeded this ratio.

The torches slowly but firmly surrounded, and Guan Sheng also followed the torches to see the incoming army clearly, the shield was in front, the spear was behind, the cavalry was in formation, and the bow and crossbow were the core.

"Guan Sheng, your good brother Xuanzan has been captured by me, and General Hao has also been surrounded by my Commander Lu, thinking that the whole army has been wiped out at this time, if you don't surrender at this time, when will you stay?" Jiang De walked out with a steel gun in his hand, Lin Chong on the left and Dong Ping on the right, with a cavalry.

Guan Sheng held the big knife upside down, stroked his long beard and said, "The person who came is the Marquis of Pingyin?" ”

Jiang De smiled and said, "It's Ben Hou, General Guan is a hero in the world, and he shouldn't die here, so I came here to persuade him to surrender." ”

Guan Sheng smiled and said, "Thank you for the wrong love, but I still have a chance to win, why do you want to fall?" ”

Jiang De frowned, and while thinking about the battle situation in his heart, he asked, "Where did you get the chance to win?" ”

Guan Sheng said while urging the horse to step forward slowly, "Shoot the man first, shoot the horse first, capture the thief and capture the king first!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Guan Sheng's war horse leaped up, and the big knife in his hand borrowed his strength to go down, this blow was one, and this knife was like Mount Tai.

"Bell!" Lin Chong and Dong Ping's spears blocked in front of Jiang De at the same time, but they were knocked away by a knife, and the momentum of the knife was only a little slower, and they continued to slash down at Jiang De.

Jiang De looked at the knife, but the spear in his hand couldn't be lifted, the knife was too fast and too fierce.

"Bell !!" Between the flints, an arrow barely knocked open Guan Sheng's big knife, Guan Sheng's big knife slashed down Jiang De's face, and Jiang De only felt that half of his hair had been shaved off by this big knife.

"How daring!"

Lin Chong and Dong Ping's eyes were red, and the three spears stabbed at Guan Sheng together, Guan Sheng's knife just now was not hit, and his momentum was dissipated, he closed his eyes, just waiting for the spear to come to him.

"Bell!"

Guan Sheng opened his eyes, but what he saw was Jiang De's gun blocking Lin Chong and Dong Ping.

"General Guan, the knife you just now really scared me, and now you are angry, are you willing to surrender?"

Jiang De's heart was still pounding at this time, Guan Sheng's blow just now really scared him, but after all, he didn't hit it.

Jiang De's indifferent look made Guan Sheng also admire, and he got along with each other, Guan Sheng knew that he would never be able to do Jiang De like this.

I'm hungry, but that's it.

Guan Sheng closed his eyes, sighed and said, "I am a general of the imperial court, how can I surrender?" It's just that my 800 school swordsmen shouldn't die here, please let them go to Hebei, I have already written a letter, let them take my letter to the old minister. ”

Jiang De stepped forward and grabbed Guan Sheng's knife and said, "It's a pity that such a sharp weapon is not used for the country, General Guan, now the Jin people are eyeing Yanyun, and the people are in danger of being upside down. ”

As he spoke, Jiang De looked in the direction of Yanzhou and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, does General Guan know that there is another person in our army who is also known as the beautiful bearded man?" ”

Guan Sheng nodded and said, "I've heard of it." ”

Jiang De smiled, "You say, if this person pretends to be you, can anyone recognize you when this black light is blinding?" ”

Guan Sheng's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at Jiang De in horror.

- Yanzhou

Zhu Tong looked at the city gate that was slowly opened, and smiled slightly, at this time, he was in a green robe and a red horse, even if he was familiar with Guan Sheng, it was difficult to tell the difference between the two.

He'd been waiting outside the city all night.

Zhu Tong waited for Hao Siwen's remnants to return to the city, Hao Siwen's was intercepted and killed by Lu Junyi, and thousands of soldiers and horses were killed.

Liu Lin looked at the remnants of the defeated soldiers under the city, and snorted, "Hao Siwen actually died in battle, and this Guan Sheng also has the face to come back." ”

Liu Yu said in a low voice, "Don't talk nonsense, but that's fine, next, you have to choose the soldiers and horses who are willing to leave with us, and prepare to break through." ”

Liu Lin looked at the city at this time, his brows slowly locked, and said, "Aren't all the school swordsmen in this Guan Sheng?" Why are there archers around? ”

The city gate was completely opened at this time, and a Marquis Yu came out to greet Zhu Tong and said, "General Guan, please mourn." ”

Zhu Tong watched the soldiers and horses enter with their heads down, and said, "Speaking of which, you are the one who wants to mourn." ”

"General Guan, what do you mean by this?"

Zhu Tong slowly urged forward.

"After all... Today next year will be your death day! Do it!! ”

Zhu Tong shouted, and the big knife in his hand directly beheaded this Yu Hou.

Although Zhu Tong has been injured, it is still not something that this Yu Hou can parry.

"Not good! They are fake! Close the gates! ”

At this time, Liu Lin also reacted, but it was too late, the sergeant next to Zhu Tong shot arrows, and countless soldiers and horses poured out of the darkness, and the loss of Yanzhou was already a foregone conclusion.

Liu Yu pulled Liu Lin and hurriedly walked down the city, and said while making the sergeant resist, "Quick, let's go, take Kong Jing and the others with you!" ”

Yanzhou City is broken!

- The next day

Jiang De and Lu Junyi successfully met in Yanzhou, looking at Yanzhou City, which had regained its calm, Guan Sheng and Hao Siwen, who was injured, glanced at each other, and couldn't help but feel a little happy in their hearts.

In any case, the three brothers were not damaged in this battle, which is already a great luck.

Lei Heng was also rescued, and was being treated at this time, while Zhu Tong was lying beside him, and Zhu Tong, who was already injured, had his wound ruptured again after the fierce battle, but in any case, he washed away the shame of his good brother Lei Heng's defeat with victory.

"It's a pity that Liu Yu is gone." Lu Junyi and Jiang De said as they walked.

"Liu Yu is like a duck in my heart." Jiang De pointed around and said, "In the past, Cao Cao borrowed Yanzhou to prosper in Qingyan, the reason is the grain and grass of this Yanzhou Plain, I have been thinking about it for a long time, but there is no reason to send troops, speaking of which, I also want to thank Liu Yu." ”

"Although Kong Jing and the others escaped, there are still hundreds of descendants of the big clans such as Kong Meng and Xianyuan here, and these people must be handled carefully." Lu Junyi himself was also a big family in the Daimyo Mansion in the past, so he naturally knew how powerful these big families were.

Jiang De nodded, and the group stopped talking and came to the lobby of the Yanzhou prefect.

Guan Sheng was brought in first, Jiang De stepped forward and asked him to sit down, then poured him a cup of tea and said, "General Guan has been thinking all night, would you like to help me?" ”

Jiang De didn't say surrender, this was taking care of Guan Sheng's psychology.

Guan Sheng sighed, stood up and arched his hand, "The general of the defeated army, dare not speak bravely, the Hou Ye has the benevolence of the whole army, and the last general is willing to repay him with death!" ”

Jiang De hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile: "I told Commander Lu before, I lost Liu Yu, like a duck, now I have a general, such as a phoenix, the general has the style of an ancient general, and after the general comes out of the training class, he will be named the general as the master of the army." ”

Guan Sheng asked suspiciously, "I don't know what a training class is?" ”

Jiang De said with a smile, "Our army's military system and tactics are different from those of the imperial court, so we naturally need to re-understand and learn, and the general will know it in the future." ”

Since Guan Sheng is willing to surrender, Hao Siwen and Xuanzan naturally don't need to say that after the news of the destruction of Yanzhou City spread, the defenders of Leifu and other places have lost their will to fight, Li Cheng saw that he could not do anything, and led the army to break through to the west.

Shi Jin, Han Tao attacked Mizhou a few days after breaking the city, and then conquered Juxian and other places all the way, and broke Linyi, Yishui and other places along Yishui, but because of the excessive land occupation and insufficient troops, he learned that the war in Yanzhou was over, so he stopped stationing.

Kong Yanzhou and Zhu Biao, who were stationed in Surabaya, originally wanted to save Xianyuan, but they had not sent troops to rescue the news that Xianyuan City was broken, so the two of them simply went to Xuzhou.

Since then, the battle of Yanzhou ended, Jiang De led the Pingyin army after the battle officially occupied Deng, Lai, Mi, Yi, Wei, Qing, Zi, Qi, Yan, Yun, Ji, Pu 12 state capitals, across the east and west more than 1,000 li, north and south 500 li, nearly 10 million people, or captured or demoted officials and soldiers will be tens of thousands, before and after less than a month, after the news came out, the world shook.

- Xianyuan

Xianyuan County, where Confucianism gathered in the past, was heavily guarded at this time.

Groups of armor soldiers walked on the main road, and the passers-by lowered their heads and did not dare to look at these soldiers, and these soldiers were not interested in these cloth-clothed people, they stared at the Confucian scholars in long robes.

The Xianyuan family headed by Kong, Meng, and Yan and other parts of Shandong

- Kaifeng

Kong Duanyou and Kong Chuanfeng came to Kaifeng, and after Zhao Huan learned the news, he immediately summoned the two to inquire about the news in Shandong.

"Traitor! Traitor!! Zhao Huan grabbed Yu Ruyi and kept turning in circles and scolded: "This Jiang De is vainly favored by the country." If you don't get rid of it, the widow will not be able to sleep and eat. ”

Li Bangyan, Zhang Bangchang, Geng Nanzhong and a group of ministers all stood below, and everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Among the people in today's court, there are still a few people who can get off the horse to govern the people, but there is no one who can govern the army on the horse, and those who can fight such as Li Gang, Seed Master Dao and others have been squeezed out by them to Hebei, Shanxi and other places, and no one can say a countermeasure for a while.

"White time! You once served as Yunzhou, can't you say a word? Zhao Huan suddenly became embarrassed when he was in dialogue.

Bai Shizhong's head shrank, and he complained bitterly in his heart, he can be said to have lived a very miserable life these days, speaking of which he is also a Jinshi, but he can rely on the support of Cai Jing and others in a high position, since Zhao Ji was placed under house arrest by Zhao Huan, almost every day in the court, there are close ministers promoted by Zhao Ji in the past who have been demoted and dismissed, today, is it finally his turn.

At this time, Bai Shizhong was no longer the prime minister, he was afraid of the battle in the previous battle of Kaifeng, was impeached by the official, and has been demoted to the bachelor of the Guanwen Palace and the envoy of the Taiyi Palace.

Bai Shizhong came to the middle, threw himself on the ground, and even called Weichen guilty.

The corners of Zhao Huan's mouth rose slightly, but he remembered that in the past, Bai Shizhong had also persuaded Zhao Ji not to make him emperor.

Zhao Huan waved his hand and said, "Since you also know that you are guilty, and if you are guilty, you will be punished, and I have come to this day, because the laws and regulations are not strict, and the people who come to the people and draft the decree will not be able to do their duties in a high position during the day, and they will not dare to fight when facing the enemy, and they will not dare to speak out in the face of thieves, so they will resign from all official positions and never reuse them!" ”

Bai Shizhong raised his head suddenly, he had worked hard for decades, and he couldn't help but feel dizzy and fainted.

Zhao Huan waved his hand to pull him down, and then looked at everyone, and saw that everyone was more restrained, and couldn't help but be secretly happy.

In fact, Zhao Huan is very unconfident in his heart, Zhao Ji is not dead now, facing the Jin people is not so much a retreat as a retreat, Taiyuan is still under siege, and according to the battle report, it may be broken at any time.

Sometimes the less self-confidence a person has, the more he will continue to strengthen his authority, and the Pingyin army not only did not obey the order, but annexed the state capital with great fanfare, which gave Zhao Huan an imminent sense of urgency, but he didn't know how to deal with it.

Appoint a man to lead an army to conquer Shandong? Not to mention the Jin Kingdom that is still eyeing Yanyun, who has this ability?

"What do you think should happen about Shandong?" Zhao Huan asked again.

"Qi Guan's family, Chen Guoting recommended Zong Ze before, why don't you call him to the court to ask him, if he really has the ability, he can make him retreat from Shandong Thief, as for Hebei, Li and Chong are still here, and they should be safe." One person came out of the ranks.

Everyone looks at it, it is the book of the Ministry of War, and the same Privy Council Sun Fu.

Sun Fu was a well-known Qingliu official at this time, and he once asked for the restoration of the ancestral law, and said, "The ancestral law is beneficial to the people, the Xining Yuanfeng law is beneficial to the country, and the Chongning and Daguanjian laws are beneficial to the traitorous ministers." At the time, I thought it was a famous saying.

Zhao Huan then remembered that he had indeed summoned Zong Ze to the dynasty before, and these days he also learned about Zong Ze's life, knowing that this was a pure minister, and more importantly, Zong Ze was already old, even if he gave him an army, he would not have any different intentions, and said urgently, "That is the case, quickly summon Zong Ze to the palace." ”

In Kaifeng City, Zong Ze and the two of them were checking the city defense on the city wall.

"Father, since this Kaifeng is the capital of our country, why are there so many flaws, especially that garden, which has almost destroyed the layout of the city defense."

A middle-aged man pointed to the landscape courtyard in the distance and said.

"That's Gen Yue, that is, Long Live Mountain, now you understand why the old man was so opposed to this matter back then." Zong Ze sighed, the existence of Gen Yue tore a hole in Kaifeng's defense that had been operating for a hundred years, fortunately Kaifeng has two inner and outer city walls, and Guo Yaoshi, who led the way last time, is not familiar with Kaifeng, otherwise the victory or defeat of the last battle of Kaifeng will be difficult to say.

"This time we went to Hebei, the first thing is to collect our hearts, I heard that there are thieves in Hedong and other places in Hebei, and Jiang De in Shandong has raised troops to annex the state capital. Zong Ze said, his eyes looked at the north, Hebei, that was his stage.

"Sect Elder! Is Elder Zong here? ”

An internal officer with a few guards hurriedly ran over and shouted.

Zong Ying, the son of Zong Ze, stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "But looking for my father Zong Yiwu? ”

The internal official listened to this official dialect with a Jiangnan accent, and immediately said happily, "I have found the boss, the official family is urgent, come with me to the court." ”

Zong Ze listened and strode forward and said, "Hurry up, talk as you go." ”

In the court, at this time the matter of the siege of Taiyuan was discussed, the siege of Taiyuan was killed in the division and there were no reinforcements who dared to come forward to approach Taiyuan, and many ministers in the court passed the buck to each other, saying that the money and food were not enough, while saying that the Western army was afraid of war, and on the other hand, they said that they could not stimulate the Jin people, anyway, they couldn't come up with a way.

Can't come up with a way to save Taiyuan, but come up with a way to deal with their own people, not enough money and food is the responsibility of the household department, the Western Army is afraid of war, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War will naturally be punished, anyway, if you say I have a problem, I will definitely say that you also have a problem, I heard that Zhao Huan is a big head, and in the end he dealt with several middle-level officials, but there was no progress at all in saving Taiyuan.

"Official, Zong Ze has arrived!!"

"Hurry up!"

Zhao Huan finally waited for someone who could give him ideas, and hurriedly Xuan Zongze entered the hall.

Zong Ze lowered his head and entered the hall, and gave a proper salute, Zhao Huan nodded, and asked, "Zong Aiqing, Chen Aiqing recommends you with the life of the whole family, you must have the ability, now Shandong Jiangde is in chaos, Hebei thieves are everywhere, and Hedong Taiyuan is besieged, it can be said that there is no chaos in our dynasty in a hundred years, I don't know how Zong Aiqing should resist gold and eliminate thieves at the moment?" ”

Zong Ze had already thought clearly along the way, and he arched his hand and said, "Qi Guanjia, Weichen thinks that the current chaos is not difficult to solve, as long as the east is soothed and the west is pulled, the south is loosened and the north is tightened, and the people's power is collected for the country." ”

"Oh? What is the east and the west, the south is loose and the north is tight? Zhao Huan asked.

Zong Ze arched his hand and said, "The east is Shandong, I heard that Shandong Jiangde swallowed the prefecture and county, and it is still the banner of my Great Song Dynasty, which shows that although it has different intentions, it also knows that I have been raising soldiers for a hundred years, and there is no major mistake in today's dynasty, so I dare not rebel openly."

Jiang Deqi I also know, his command can be good at fighting a lot of generals, such as my court soldiers and horses concentrated on attack, naturally can win, but will inevitably lose both, when the Jin people go south, no one can stop, I am in danger.

Therefore, Weichen thought that as long as he set up an army in Puzhou, then issued an order to pacify, and then contacted the righteous soldiers in Shandong, it was too late for Jiang De to appease Shandong, how could he disturb the saint?

The west is the Western Xia, the Western Xia has been constantly harassed by our dynasty for decades, and now it is resurrected because of the Jin people, but the Jin people can destroy the Liao, can attack the Song Dynasty, can't they attack him Xixia? I heard that the Western Xia also sent troops to help Liao, but was defeated by the Jin people, and his heart must be afraid and hateful.

The south is the foundation of our country's wealth, since the grand view, the imperial court asked too much, so there was a rebellion in Fangla, the official family should be light on the south of the Yangtze River, so that the foundation of our dynasty is stable, and there is an invincible position.

The civil unrest in Hebei is because the defeated army and the rogue fled in all directions, although Lord Li and the people have the talent to stabilize the country, but they are too upright, if they can pacify Hebei, they can get hundreds of thousands of troops overnight.

With these four strategies, the Quartet will be able to stabilize in less than a month.

As for collecting the people's power for the country, Weichen heard that the imperial court was empty of money and grain, and heard that the people have two things rising in recent years, one is glass, one is wool, and these two things are rumored to come from Neihuang, I think it is created by the skilled craftsmen under the command of the Marquis of Pingyin, if it can be collected for national use, one can reduce Shandong, two can enrich the treasury, and three wool This thing can balance the grassland and be a sharp weapon for the country. ”

Zong Ze is sprinkled, reasonable, and well-founded, with strategies in the east, west, north and south, and avoids the battle between the old and new laws internally, so that everyone can accept it, such a method makes Zhao Huan refreshing, whether it is Li Gang or the Seed Master, they are all deficient in front of Zong Ze.

Zhao Huan immediately worshiped Zong Ze as the head of Zongzheng Shaoqing and Hebei Volunteers, and ordered him to go to Hebei to appease all kinds of thieves.

At this time, Hebei Li Gang and Seed Master Dao are guarding against the Jin people in Cizhou and other border state capitals, and the hinterland of Hedong in Hebei is full of thieves, among which Hedong Wang Shan collected a lot of defeated troops of Tianhu in the past, and in this way, it is claimed that there are 700,000 soldiers and horses, and Hebei Yang Jin, Wang Zaixing, Li Gui and others each claim to have more than 100,000 soldiers, and the rest of the troops known as 10,000 people are tens of people, many of which are the soldiers and horses of King Qin.

Zong Ze first arrived in Hedong, found Wang Shan alone, held Wang Shan's hand, and said with tears: "Now when the court is in danger, if there are one or two generations in the court, how can there be enemies." Today is the autumn of your meritorious service, and you must not lose it. ”

Wang Shan's Harada Tiger generals Sun An, Shan Shiqi and others were also greatly moved when they heard this, these people were all born in the countryside, and they had never seen a civil official like Zong Ze, and they all felt that they could work for Zong Ze, not to mention that Tian Hu's defeat also made them feel that the Song Dynasty had not yet come to an end, so they persuaded Wang Shan together.

Wang Shan thought about it all night, and finally decided to return to the imperial court, Zong Ze dismissed the old and weak under his command, selected the elite, got 30,000 elites, and let Wang Shan and others divide the way to say that the other chaotic troops in Hedong were surrendered, if they did not surrender, they would send troops to exterminate on the basis of these 30,000 soldiers and horses, and in less than 20 days, in addition to Taiyuan and other places occupied by Jin soldiers, there were no thieves in the mountains for a time, and there were no homeless people in the wilderness.

Zong Ze stabilized Hedong on the one hand, and sent his son Zong Ying to say that the rebel army from all walks of life in Hebei was surrendered, Li Gang and Chongshi Dao also stabilized the Hebei front, and turned their heads inward, Yang Jin, Wang Zaixing, Li Gui and other chaotic troops saw this, and surrendered one after another, Zong Ze appeased with loyalty with his left hand, and restrained him with military law with his right hand, and the chaos in Hebei and other places was actually reversed by Zong Ze little by little.

Not to mention that Zong Ze showed his ambitions in Hedong, Hebei and other places, Jiang De, who was in Shandong, also began to officially implement his policies in the land of Shandong.