Lin Jinghui hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, it's the minister's fault, the minister shouldn't treat Pang Fa differently!" In addition to this, please put together the slip of paper with the news of the collaboration with the enemy and the blank piece of paper at the top! ”

Pang Faqi's heart jumped, his face changed slightly, he didn't expect this to be discovered by Lin Jinghui.

Zhao Junsheng did as he was told, spliced the note with a short piece of paper, and looked at it again, the length was the same as the stack of papers underneath.

"Your Majesty, this stack of blank paper was found on the copy in Pang Faqi's tent, when his two ladies were there, and the texture of the paper note is the same as the pile of blank paper below!"

Zhao Junsheng compared the texture of the note with other blank paper, nodded and said, "This note is indeed from this short blank paper······ But these papers are the paper used by our officials, and the officials use this kind of paper, not only Pang Gong is the only one, Pang Gong is indeed suspicious, but these are not enough to prove that the carrier pigeon was released by Pang Gong! ”

Pang Faqi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, judging from Zhao Junsheng's reaction, Zhao Junsheng still behaved in a relatively well-behaved manner, and would not rely on likes and dislikes to mess around, if he was replaced by Liu Jun, the emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasty, just by virtue of this just now, I am afraid that he will have been convicted.

Lin Jinghui said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, please look at the stack of manuscripts and a few letters, these are all found from Pang Faqi's camp tent, although the manuscripts and letters do not show that he is suspected of collaborating with the enemy, but please compare the handwriting on the notes with the handwriting of these manuscripts!" ”

Pang Faqi's face changed greatly at this time, he really didn't think about protecting himself by changing the handwriting of the font, but this also fully showed that he was not a qualified meticulous work that penetrated into the enemy's interior.

Zhao Junsheng first read a few letters, the letters were written by a friend to Pang Fa, the time has been very long, there is indeed no suspicion, and then look at those manuscripts, this is the poetry and song written by Pang Faqi on weekdays, this person is a literati.

Zhao Junsheng read these manuscripts and felt that Pang Faqi also had some literary talent, which had not yet reached the point of stunning him.

After comparing the handwriting on the note with that of the manuscript, Zhao Junsheng found that the handwriting was indeed somewhat similar, except that the handwriting on the manuscript was very sloppy, while the handwriting on the note was much neater.

Zhao Junsheng now believes that the carrier pigeon was released by Pang Faqi, in fact, he has always doubted whether Pang Faqi's sudden change of attitude and surrender is an ulterior motive, but since people have come to surrender, he can't turn it away, and he can't casually suspect the other party without evidence.

Although Zhao Junsheng can be sure that Pang Faqi is "in the camp and his heart is in the Song Dynasty", handwriting identification is not what he is good at after all, and he has to find a few people who are proficient in this way, and he swept his eyes over the accompanying civil officials.

"Li Qing, I heard that you are a master of font handwriting research, you can see if the handwriting on the note and the handwriting on the manuscript are from the same person!"

Li Song stood up and arched his hand: "The minister doesn't dare to be everyone in terms of font handwriting, since His Majesty has a will, the minister will do his best!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to the eunuch Kang Yide, and Kang Yide stepped forward and walked to Li Song's side with the tray.

Li Song picked up the note with his left hand and looked at it, carefully studying the trend of his handwriting strokes, the layout of the whole text, the straightness of the lines, the weight of the pen, the font structure, the font size, the neatness of the writing, and so on; Then he picked up a manuscript with his right hand and looked at it, using the same method to analyze it.

Soon, Li Song put the note and the manuscript in the tray, and arched his hand to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, the minister has analyzed it, and the minister thinks that the words on this note and the words on the manuscript are from the same person!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "I have also seen it, the font on the manuscript is obviously sloppy, and the font on the paper is neat, there is no place to connect the pen, how can you conclude that this is from the same person's hand?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has spent a lot of time pondering and studying this aspect, whether the same person writes whether it is scribbled or neat, whether it is written in several different fonts, the charm on the handwriting cannot be changed, or it is a very clever imitation master, and can only write similarly, but cannot achieve the same charm!"

Zhao Junsheng agreed with Li Song's statement, and he looked at Pang Faqi: "Pang Gong, do you have anything else to explain?" ”

Pang Faqi's face was defeated, he looked at Zhao Junsheng and said: "The matter has come to this point, it is useless for Pang to argue strongly, the old man was indeed appointed by Xiao Dashuai to surrender to His Majesty, on the one hand, he can save his mother and his family, and on the other hand, he can understand the Qianguo and wait for the opportunity to pass the news to the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

"In Your Majesty, the old man's sin is unforgivable, and it is not something that the old man can do to bend his knees and beg for mercy, but only the old man knows about this matter, and the old mother and wife are not involved, nor do they know! Your Majesty is benevolent and broad-minded, and I ask Your Majesty to spare the old mother and the family after the death of the old man! ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, and several armor soldiers escorted Pang Faqi out.

Before the army marched out, Lin Jinghui came to report to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, after Pang Faqi's wife and concubine learned the news that he was beheaded in the case, they both hanged themselves to death!" How to deal with Pang Faqi's old mother and children, please show your majesty! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Do you still have to ask me about such a trivial matter?" If I had been worrying about such things all day, how many years would I have lived? ”

"No, the minister understands!"

After the army set off, Zhao Junsheng adopted a plan of day and night, trying to hide people's eyes and ears.

Jiangxia City was fully prepared to defend the city when the Song army broke through the defense line on the river bank and besieged the city on all sides, the east gate was not suitable for attacking the city because of its proximity to the river, and the south gate was suitable for attacking the city because of its proximity to the Han River.

In response to this situation, Sima Chuzhi only deployed a small number of troops on the south gate and the east gate city wall, and most of the troops were concentrated at the west gate and the north gate, in addition to the necessary patrols and sentry posts in the city, he also left a reserve force ready to reinforce at any time.

With the help of the Song army's naval divisions, a large number of siege equipment was transported from Xiakou, and all of them were delivered in place after only one day, ready to launch a siege battle the next day.

On this morning, the Song army, under the orders of Xiao Bin, launched a fierce attack on Jiangxia City, and the defenders in the city resisted resolutely under the leadership and command of Sima Chuzhi.

The siege battle was fought for two consecutive days, and the losses on both sides were relatively large, with the Song army losing more than 3,000 people and the cadre army losing more than 800 people.

Xiao Bin was very angry, and the deadline he gave was to break through Jiangxia City within two days, but two days later, Jiangxia City was still as stable as Mount Tai, and the casualties of the defenders were not too large, but the Song army lost troops during the siege.

On the morning of the third day, Xiao Bin issued an order that Jiangxia City must be captured within today, regardless of the cost.

So the Song army began to set up a military formation outside the city, and a large number of siege equipment was pushed up again.

At this moment, a sentry horse galloped forward, and the war horse was foaming at the mouth, and when the knight ran to the commander Daxu, the war horse fell to the ground and died.

The knight panted and stepped forward and bowed, "Marshal Qiqi, I found that a cavalry army of 5,000 people was coming rapidly from the north, and it was only an hour away from here at most!" ”

"What?" Xiao Bin was shocked, and the surrounding Song soldiers and generals were also flustered.

Xiao Bin immediately said loudly: "Give the order to the sailors, let them quickly prepare to respond!" Tan Jin, you take 5,000 people to stay behind to block the cavalry of the Qianjun, and the other troops quickly retreat to the riverside ferry with Ben Shuai, and immediately board the boat and retreat to Xiakou! ”

Tan Jin immediately shouted to stop: "Don't be handsome!" ”

Xiao Bin's face changed, and he glared angrily: "Tan Jin, do you dare to disobey?" ”

Tan Jin hurriedly said: "The handsome man is angry, the last general doesn't want to disobey orders, and he is not afraid of death!" It's just that now most of our army is besieging the Qianjun Water Village on the bank of the Han River, and it will take at least an hour for the Navy Division to be transferred, plus the time for the order, and when the Qianjun cavalry kills over, the Navy fleet will not be able to catch up! ”

Xiao Bin is not very old, he still has some blood, and immediately shouted: "Since you can't wait for the sailor to arrive, pass the order, and the whole army will line up and prepare to fight to the death with the cavalry of the cadre army!" ”

"No!" This time it was Zong Yue who was opposed.

I saw Zong Yue said: "Marshal, our army has its back to the enemy city, but we have to face the enemy cavalry head-on, once the enemy army rushes over, the cadres on the back will kill from the city, under the attack from both sides, the soldiers must be flustered and frightened, and the army formation will definitely collapse······

Xiao Bin's face turned pale, and he said loudly: "Then what do you say?" ”

Zong Yue thought for a while, hugged his fists and said: "It's too late to wait for the water master to respond, and it takes a lot of time to cross the river, so it's definitely too late; The south is the Han River, and it is not practical to cross the Han River in a short time, and now at this time, our army can only retreat to the west, but we must leave a force behind the broken horse, otherwise our army will soon be caught up by the cavalry of the dry army! ”

Xiao Bin frowned and said: "But now whether it is to the west or to the north, it is an area controlled by the cadre army, isn't it too dangerous for our army to go deep into the enemy's territory?" ”

At this time, a staff member said: "Marshal, the cadres have not occupied the area south of Xiangyang for a long time, the foundation of rule is not solid, there must be many people and gentry who are not subject to the rule of the Qianguo, at this time our army temporarily retreats to the west will definitely be able to get the support of the local people, officials and people, grain and grass should not be a big problem, and our army is familiar with the terrain and roads, and can avoid the encirclement and interception of the cadres in time, and when our army gets a chance to breathe, wait for the opportunity to return south to cross the river!" ”

Xiao Bin didn't have time to think too much about it, he only thought about it for a while and agreed, and immediately ordered Tan Jin to lead 5,000 men and horses to stay and block the cadre army.

"In any case, you have to give Ben Shuai a day to block the cadres, and only after a day will you be allowed to retreat, otherwise military law will be engaged!"

After Xiao Bin gave the order to Tan Jin, he left west with 25,000 people, and the more than 25,000 people left in a hurry, only bringing a few days of rations, and all the other baggage was thrown under Jiangxia City.