The Jin army was divided into two routes, the east and west routes, and the commander of the western route army was Wanyan Zonghan, the eldest son of Wanyan Sagai, the prime minister of the country, and the second prince of the Jin State, Wanyan Zongwang, led the eastern route army.

The Jin Guodong Route Army sent troops first, first occupying Danzhou, and a few days later occupying Jizhou, and Yanshan Mansion did not know that the Jin army had invaded on a large scale.

Yanshan Mansion was stationed in the Liao general Guo Yaoshi and his Changsheng army, and when he learned that the Jin soldiers were coming, Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng army to meet the Jin army at Baihe.

Guo Yaoshi won a fierce battle, chasing the enemy for more than 30 miles, and the Jin soldiers were defeated, but the other generals of Yanjing City fled at this time, resulting in a complete rout of the Changsheng army, and Yanjing could not hold it.

Guo Yaoshi and Cai Jing of Song Zhiyanshan Mansion discussed surrender, but Cai Jing was unwilling, so Guo Yaoshi detained Cai Jing and the transfer envoy Lu Yihao and others, surrendered to Zongwang, and the hard-earned Yanjing and Yanyun states of the Song State were also lost.

The Western Route Army sent troops slightly later than the Eastern Route Army. Wanyan Zonghan led the Western Route Army from Yunzhong Mansion and soon entered the realm of Xinzhou and Daizhou.

The Song Dynasty was the border guard of the state and urgently warned the Taiyuan Xuanfu Division to be urgent.

After receiving the report, Tong Guan, the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Hedong and Shaanxi, immediately held a meeting with staff officers Yu Wenxuzhong, Fan Ne, Jiyi Wang Yun, Zhu Yantong and others, and finally decided to "go to Que to discuss", that is to say, he planned to rush back to Tokyo City to report the matter to Huizong Zhao Ji.

Tong Guan, who was in charge of the defense of Hedong in Hebei, ran away when the Jin soldiers were pressing, and Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, had no choice but to urgently send several messengers to Tokyo City for help, and at the same time held Taiyuan with the soldiers and civilians of the city.

Soon after Tong Guan arrived in Tokyo City, the messengers from Taiyuan asking for help and the envoys from the Jin Kingdom arrived one after another.

The Jin envoy Salumu made a disrespectful speech in court, accusing the Song Dynasty of violating the covenant, and he angrily said: "The gold lord has ordered the prince to hang the people and fight the crime, and the army will enter in both directions!" ”

Huizong Zhao Ji, Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Cai You and other ministers heard that "they were all discolored, and they didn't dare to answer".

The troops and horses of the two armies of the Jin State moved south, but because the commanders were different, the strategies of the two armies were also different.

Wanyan Zonghan's Western Route Army will conquer every city, but it will be blocked in Taiyuan City, and Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, will go around the city when he can't attack the city, so it is very urgent.

In the face of the army of the Jin State, Zhao Ji, the emperor of the Song State, after some careful consideration, decided to give the throne to the crown prince Zhao Heng.

Huizong's move was because he was afraid of the prestige of the Jin State, and secondly, because the maritime alliance was all destroyed because of him, so he resigned with the intention of taking the blame, hoping to calm the anger of the Jin State.

Although the emperors of the Chinese dynasties had different personalities, since ancient times, most of them had a tough attitude towards foreign races.

Emperor Qin took the initiative to go on a northern expedition, and the Huns did not dare to commit it again; Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, even if Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty went bankrupt, he would also bow down to the Xiongnu; Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty opened up his territory to the outside world, conquered the Eastern Turks and Xue Yantuo, conquered Gaochang, Qiuci and Tuyuhun, severely damaged Goguryeo, and established four towns in Anxi......

In the Song Dynasty, these descendants of Zhao Kuangyin were a lot weaker, and they seemed to be influenced by Confucianism, they always wanted to reason with foreigners, and they didn't seem to know that in national affairs, only a strong country had the right to speak.

Hosaku, who was lurking in the Jin and Song dynasties, used flying pigeons to transmit the latest information back to the Information and Intelligence Department of the Chinese Empire.

After Varys reported the matter to Emperor Li Nan, in the temporary council hall of Changsha City, the ministers began to discuss the matter.

The Song State was attacked by the Jin State, which was a golden opportunity for the Chinese Empire, so most of the people present were enthusiastic and proposed to take this opportunity to go north and carve up the southern territory of the Song State.

If it is calculated according to the interests of the state, then the proposal of these courtiers is very correct.

The Jin State in the north has just swallowed up the huge Liao State, and it is still in the process of digesting, although the two Jin soldiers are attacking fiercely, but they are all lone troops in depth, and there is no reinforcement support in the rear, and there is no way to divide troops to occupy any city in the Song State.

But the Chinese Empire is different, after the founding of the People's Republic of China and the expansion of the army, the current royal army has increased to six group armies, the number of which has soared to 200,000, as long as the armies of all roads go north, in the worst case, they can also capture all the Song territory south of the Yangtze River.

Listening to the words of these courtiers, Li Nan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Li Nan's years of hard work are all for this moment, if he takes advantage of the fire to lead his troops north, it will be difficult to guarantee that Tokyo City will not be breached, and Jingkang's shame will reappear.

If those innocent women and children were really taken away by the Jin soldiers, then Li Nan knew that he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.

Among all the people present, perhaps only the two good brothers Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong could understand Li Nan's thoughts at this time, and Spartacus and Leonidas from other worlds could not understand his feelings.

After a long time, Li Nan said loudly: "I have already made a decision, send someone to contact Song Guo!" ”

From the perspective of the historical process, the democratic system is better than the centralized system, but at this time, the centralization of monarchy has its advantages, as long as Li Nan, the emperor, makes a decision, then the courtiers around him can only obey orders.

An urgent letter came from the powerful Chinese Empire in the south, and the officials of the Song State did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly sent Li Nan's handwritten letter to Huizong Zhao Ji as quickly as possible.

"Lord Taishan Mingjian, son-in-law Li Nan was originally from the Song Dynasty, although he created a foundation in Lingnan, he never forgot his roots. Recently, I heard that the Jin State Iron Horse had stepped into the Central Plains, and the son-in-law was afraid that the Jin people would hurt the innocent people of the homeland, so he was willing to send 60,000 elite troops into the Song Kingdom to block the Jin people, and your country only needs to provide grain and grass supplies......"

Li Nan's soul comes from later generations, and he does not write those articles that are intriguing, so this letter, which has not been edited by a special person, is easy to read.

After Huizong Zhao Ji read this letter, he couldn't sleep all night.

At this time, the Great Song Dynasty faced the enemy, and the Chinese Empire in the south sent this letter at this time, which was tantamount to a long drought, but Li Nan's proposal was too good, so Zhao Ji was deeply suspicious of it.

The next day, Song Huizong summoned the ministers to discuss the matter, and Bai Shizhong, Cai You, Tong Guan, Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan, Wu Min and others arrived.

Song Huizong ordered a group of confidants and ministers to circulate Li Nan's handwritten letter, and after everyone read it, he asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, do you think Nanguo's words are credible?" ”

Zhang Bangchang played: "The Jin country itself is far away from my Song country, and the southern country has invaded more than ten state capitals of our Great Song Dynasty, and it is always eyeing the tiger. If the southern army is released into the Song Dynasty, the ministers are afraid that there will be changes when they come to Tokyo, and it will be difficult to clean up at that time. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Left Prime Minister Dazai Bai Shizhong and Right Prime Minister Shaozai Li Bangyan said.

Several prime ministers agreed to surrender to the Jin State and sue for peace, but Wu Min, who was in the middle of the matter and a part-time attendant of the Zhishu Academy, objected: "Holy Lord, absolutely not!" ”

No one likes to surrender, especially Zhao Ji, the emperor, when he heard Wu Min's objections, he hurriedly asked: "Quickly, why doesn't the Qing family approve of peace?" ”

Wu Minyan said: "According to what you say, my Great Song Dynasty ceded land and negotiated peace with the Jin State, and the best situation is that the Jin State retreats from the army, but even so, in fact, it has no impact on the south, and the southern army can still go north to attack the Song Dynasty at any time." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Ji nodded slightly.

Although Song Huizong and the Manchu Dynasty were reluctant to admit it, they knew in their hearts that at this time, the Song State could no longer compete with the increasingly prosperous Southern Kingdom.

Wu Min continued: "Since the Southern Kingdom is willing to enter our Great Song Dynasty with a lone army, as long as the Holy Lord recalls the Seed Master Dao to guard the army of Western Xia, he can let the Southern Army compete with the Jin soldiers, and no matter which side wins or loses, my Great Song will not have any losses." ”

"Oh!" Hearing this, Huizong Zhao Ji couldn't help but show joy on his face, and praised loudly: "This plan to drive away the wolf and devour the tiger is very wonderful!" ”