Chapter 325: The Court of Regret
As for the Taiping Qing Lingdao, it was left by the legendary immortal Yu Ji who was "killed" by Sun Ce, and its special effect was to increase the movement speed of the ship, which naturally gave it to Yang Mi by offering flowers to the Buddha.
This undoubtedly surprised and delighted the two of them, and their loyalty to Ye Ling increased again.
After dealing with the affairs of Yang Zaixing and Yang Mi, Jingzhou can basically be regarded as Liangshan's bag, but it is only a matter of time.
Next, Ye Ling issued two more orders, asking Yue Fei to lead Yang Zhi, Shi Jin, Zhu Tong, Luan Tingyu, Sun Li, Mu Hong, Qin Ming, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Huang Xin, Li Zhong, Zhou Tong, Chen Da, Yang Chun, Liu Tang, Lei Heng, Shi Xiu, Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, and 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops to attack Xuzhou.
Then let Lin Chong lead Guan Sheng, Hu Yanzhuo, Xu Ning, Dong Ping, Zhang Qing, Qiong Ying, Suo Chao, Du Bao, Xuanzan, Hao Siwen, Wei Dingguo, Shan Tinggui, Han Tao, Peng Xi, Gong Wang, Ding Desun, Ou Peng, Yang Xiong, Ma Ling, Sun An, Bian Xiang, also 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops, sent troops to attack Yuzhou.
Ye Ling's goal is very obvious, he wants to take Qingzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuzhou in one fell swoop, forming a huge pressure on Yanzhou, where the imperial court is located, and it is very likely that they will surrender without a fight when the time comes.
The news soon spread to the capital, and now the imperial court couldn't sit still, Huizong didn't even have the interest to go to Li Shishi's side, and hurriedly convened hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the matter, and now Liangshan's attack intention has been very obvious, once it succeeds in taking Xuzhou and Yuzhou, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will really change the dynasty.
Huizong is really anxious this time, he has never been so diligent since he ascended the throne, he has been in the court for several days in a row, and it is good to be able to come twice in ten days and half a month in the past.
But the civil and military officials are now depressed, they used to complain about why Emperor Huizong didn't go to court, and many things were wasted, but now Huizong is going to court every day, and they are sad.
Because they really have nothing to do with Liang Shan, they have been defeated by Liang Shan too many times, and they are all scared.
In particular, the two strongest cities in Jizhou, the Daimyo Mansion and Gaotang Prefecture, were also taken by the other party in one fell swoop, and then the entire Jizhou fell, and then they went to lobby Yang Mi and Yang Zaixing, wanting to borrow a knife to kill people, but they didn't expect that the knife would directly return to Liangshan, which caused Jingzhou to be also tense, and it is very likely that it will no longer belong to the imperial court.
Seeing that the three major states were about to fall into the hands of Liangshan, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all kinds of anxiety, and as a result, worse news came, Liangshan sent two more armies to attack Xuzhou and Yuzhou respectively!
At this moment, the monarchs and ministers of Huizong were even more frightened, if they lose two more states, the nine states in the world, five will be in the hands of Liangshan, then who is the king and who is the thief!
Not to mention the remaining Yangzhou, most of which have fallen into the hands of King Wu Fangla, and there are only three left in the hands of the imperial court.
Such a situation made Cai Jingtong Guan, who advocated the use of troops against Liangshan at the beginning, also dumbfounded, and Huizong was also anxious, and he was merciless to these two favorite courtiers, and scolded him fiercely in public.
Then they remembered that Su Yuanjing and Zong Ze, who had always opposed the use of force against Liangshan, had made both of them angry at that time, and they had never been to the court until now.
Now from Huizong to Cai Jing, and then to the civil and military officials below, only then did they think of the foresight of Su Yuanjing and Zong Ze, Huizong personally ordered the two to be invited, and the officials were busy apologizing and admitting their mistakes, and at the same time asking the two to come up with ideas and find a way.
Old Man Zong Ze sneered and said, "Method? What can be done, the old man has long said that Liangshan can't be provoked, he can only form an alliance, and he must not suppress it, Keer and a bunch of idiots just don't listen, they are all playing their own little abacus, hmph, you make a mess to clean up by yourself, the old man can't help it. ”
The privy envoy Tong Guan hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "The old general is angry, angry, but I waited for the eyes of the rat to underestimate the strength of Liangshan before, but now the situation is critical, if Liangshan takes Xu and Henan Erzhou again, to put it mildly, our Great Song Dynasty is in danger, you are an old minister of the Three Dynasties, do you really watch the Great Song Dynasty die?" ”
Huizong also hurriedly persuaded: "Old general, the widow blamed you before, even if you don't look at my face, you should always look at my brother and father's face." ”
Hearing that Huizong had admitted his mistake, coupled with the names of the two emperors, Zong Ze's heart softened again, and he sighed and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, and the old minister is afraid of it, but the current situation is really too bad, it turns out that we are not Liangshan's opponents, and now our strength is even more powerful, plus the previous actions have completely angered Liangshan, difficult, it is really difficult." ”
Everyone turned their attention to Su Yuanjing again, in terms of familiarity with Liang Shan, especially Ye Ling, there was no one deeper than him.
Su Yuanjing didn't want to speak, he was really angry before, but he was helpless when he saw this situation, after all, he was still a loyal courtier, and he couldn't really watch the end of the Great Song Dynasty.
He coughed and said, "There is only one way to do it for now." ”
Everyone was in high spirits when they heard this, and even Huizong couldn't help but ask: "It's worthy of Su Aiqing, it's really reliable, what's the trick, play it quickly." ”
Su Yuanjing replied: "Your Majesty, this Ye Lingna is a far-sighted person, he has developed Liangshan in all directions in the past few years, it is too difficult to contain them with the power of the imperial court alone, we must find allies." ”
Ally? Huizong and the officials all looked at each other, Tong Guan couldn't help but say: "Lord Su probably still doesn't know, when you were sick before, we also sent people to contact Yang Qi and Yang Zaixing in Jingzhou, and wanted them to compete with Liangshan for a river mussel, so that we can take advantage of it, but I don't know how Ye Ling did it, and he actually persuaded those two people, who else can help us now?" ”
Su Yuanjing just slowly spit out two words - Fang La.
Then he explained unhurriedly: "This Fang La is also a powerful person, he has a large number of generals, a lot of talents, plus the wealth of Yangzhou, their strength is also quite strong, and he is very smart, he has been in Taoguang to raise obscurity, partial to the south of the Yangtze River, waiting for us, Liangshan, Wang Qing and Tian Hu and other Central Plains forces to fight to the death first, and finally come to pick up cheap."
It's just that the current situation has exceeded their expectations, Liangshan can be described as a dominant family, to put it mildly, if our court is also defeated by Liangshan, then their position will be very embarrassing, and the next one will be their turn to be unlucky, so they can't get it better than we are in a hurry, and it is foolproof to find them to join forces. ”