The car drove out of Bianjing all the way north, Zhao Gou and his entourage were said to be envoys of the Great Song Dynasty to the Jin State, and it was a serious diplomatic activity, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was just a little face that Zhao Ji gave himself, and when he arrived at Jinying, he said that he was negotiating, but in fact, he had to stay there as a hostage.

Zhao Gou's interest was not too high, he almost didn't get off the car along the way, the speed of the convoy was not fast, but he didn't stop much, just stopped for a day when passing by the Daimyo's Mansion, the local officials met King Kang with a pilgrimage, Xu Zizhen noticed that many officials had a better attitude towards Wushu than Zhao Gou, and now the Jin soldiers are pressing the realm on a large scale, and they will press south one day to destroy the Daimyo's Mansion, these officials live under pressure all day long, no wonder they have such an attitude.

Wushu is still that calm and humble appearance, never deliberately wooing anyone, nor deliberately colding anyone, Zhao Gou looked at him smiling and groaning more and more resentful, and urged to go on the road without waiting for a few more days.

The convoy continued to go north, and these prefectures after passing the Daimyo's Mansion were actually only nominally owned by the Great Song Dynasty, and the real dominance still fell into the hands of the Jin people, Xu Zizhen drove the car all the way, never talking much, even if someone came to talk to him, he never spoke perfunctory, but his eyes never stopped along the way, and he was always thinking about the safest and fastest way for Zhao Gou to escape in the future.

After many days, the convoy finally arrived at Zhending Mansion.

Zhending Mansion is the capital of Hebei West Road, is an important military town in the Great Song Dynasty, the government has nine counties under its jurisdiction, with a population of nearly 200,000, which is a big city at the northern end of the Great Song Dynasty.

Thinking of the situation he saw when he came all the way, Xu Zizhen's heart felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a big fly, and now it was the time when the spring flowers were blooming, it was originally a busy season for farmers to cultivate, but most of the vast fields he saw in his eyes were barren, and he could even see the Song people who had been dead for a long time on the ridge road.

The convoy did not enter the city, but eased down outside the south of the city, and the accompanying Jin soldiers intentionally or unintentionally changed the formation of the formation, and all the convex fronts fell to the back of the team, so that it became a situation where thousands of Jin soldiers escorted Zhao Gou and his party, Xu Zizhen was very unhappy in his heart, and scolded in a low voice: "Damn, wait for Lao Tzu!" ”

Zhao Gou also saw it from the gap in the car curtain, and snorted dissatisfiedly, Yan Zhao didn't speak, but his face was ugly, and when he heard Xu Zizhen's scolding, he glanced at him in surprise, and actually nodded to Xu Zizhen rarely.

The south of Zhending City is an open area, after Yan Zongwang captured Zhending, he put the big camp here, from Xu Zizhen's point of view, he saw an endless camp tent from a distance, occasionally there were a few neighing sounds of war horses, but no longer heard other noises, it can be seen that the military discipline of the Jin soldiers is rigorous, recalling the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who they have seen, except for the Lanzhou soldiers and the Deshun army of the small race, most of the others are scattered soldiers, and it is no wonder that they fight more or lose less.

Xu Zizhen sighed as he walked, and at the same time silently wrote down the route in and out of the barracks, to escape from Zhending, the barracks is a hurdle that cannot be passed, but now he looks at this golden barracks, and can't help but have a headache, it seems that it will definitely take a lot of trouble when he really wants to run away.

Wanyan Zongwang had already received the message, and arranged the scene to welcome the Song envoy early, from the entrance of the camp all the way inward, both sides of the camp road were full of neat golden soldiers, spears like forests, long knives like rainbows, shining dazzling cold light in the sun, Xu Zizhen understood at a glance that the Jin people planned to give Zhao Gou a dismount to rein in his courage.

Not far away, there is a group of Jin people waiting in the middle of the camp road, and the first Jin general is full of armor and majestic, and he can't see clearly from a distance, but from the position where he stands, it should be Wanyan Zongwang, the right marshal of the Jin State who captured Zhending Mansion.

The convoy stopped, Zhao Gou stepped out of the car first, Xu Zizhen bowed down to help him get out of the car, and said in a low voice: "Seventh Master pay attention, there is still something to scare you behind." ”

Zhao Gou nodded quietly, followed by Zhang Bangchang's car, he and Zhao Gou were the two main personnel in charge of this peace talks, he just got out of the car, Wanyan Zongwang in the distance suddenly waved his hand, and a deputy general next to him raised a flag in his hand and waved it a few times, and suddenly heard a war drum like a rolling wave around him.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Suddenly there was a roar in all directions, resounding in the sky, and then the ground seemed to tremble slightly, and the next moment a group of cavalry suddenly appeared on every main road in the barracks, and immediately the knight wore light armor and held a long knife, his legs were between the belly of the horse, and his upper body was slightly low, and the long knife of Xue Liang was circling and flying in his hand, galloping in the direction of Zhao Gou and other envoys of the Great Song Dynasty.

The main road in the camp extends in all directions, and countless cavalry have appeared in just a moment, Xu Zizhen has seen this kind of battle, and he can see at a glance that this is a cavalry team of 10,000 people, Wanyan Zongwang obviously intends to scare Zhao Gou and them to death, he is not polite at all, but he knows that these cavalry will not really rush over, and he can't help but tremble a little in his heart, and now the Jin soldiers are in the limelight, and they really can't be taken lightly.

Zhao Gou got Xu Zizhen's reminder in advance, and finally didn't show a little timidity, but Zhang Bangchang is a civil servant, how have he ever seen such a battle, his feet just stepped off the wheel and didn't stand firmly, so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, Xu Zizhen was next to him, and he quickly helped him up, and said in a low voice: "Spring mud is slippery, Xiangye be careful." ”

Zhang Bangchang finally didn't make a fool of himself in front of Jin Ren, he took a deep breath to stabilize his mind, nodded to Xu Zizhen, and walked to Zhao Gou's side to stand still.

The cavalry stopped as they rushed to both sides of the main road, and stood behind the infantry on the left and right, their long knives unsheathed, but the murderous aura could not be concealed in any way.

The group of golden generals who were waiting in the distance finally came over, and the leader of the generals laughed from afar: "His Royal Highness King Kang is coming, Zongwang has missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins!" ”

Sure enough, it was Wanyan Zongwang, Xu Zizhen looked up slightly, and saw that he was only in his early thirties, with a non-angry and self-righteous momentum between his eyebrows, and his appearance was vaguely similar to that of Wushu, but it was a little more stable and rough.

Zhao Gou snorted coldly: "Isn't General Wanyan already coming to greet Gu with a quick sword and angry horse, what is the crime?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang only didn't hear the anger in Zhao Gou's words, and laughed: "My Jurchen Erlang has always admired the humanities of Middle-earth, and today His Royal Highness King Kang came to my camp in person, so he just let go of his wanderings, if he shocked His Highness, it was not Zongwang's original intention." ”

Zhao Gou said lightly: "It's just 10,000 cavalry, and I can't be shocked yet, General Wanyan doesn't need to mind." ”

Wanyan Zongwang glanced at Zhao Gou, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, obviously Zhao Gou's calmness and calmness exceeded his expectations.