In the night, groups of heavily armed soldiers ran in the streets, Panlou Street, Daxiangguo Temple, Zhou Bridge, East Street, West Street, Three Sweet Water Alleys, etc., all the inner city streets were searched by soldiers from house to house, although it aroused great anger among the people in the city, because the search took place at night, there was no large-scale street protest.

The search gradually spread from the inner city to the outer city, starting from the third watch, the inner city was searched, the inner city gate was closed, and 10,000 troops began to search the outer city, but the outer city was sparsely populated, most of them were empty houses, the army was more rapid, and in just one hour, the outer city was searched, but still nothing was found.

Zhizhengtang's eyes finally fixed on the New Taipei Army, from the very beginning, Bai Shizhong suspected that Li Yanqing was hiding in the New Taipei Army, after all, more than 100 of his own soldiers had served in the New Taipei Army, and the New Taipei Army was extremely well-connected, and Dong Ping, the commander of the New Taipei Army, was defeated by the Jin soldiers and abandoned his official position, and the New Taipei Army was actually controlled by Xu Ning and Zhang Qing, even Xiangguo He Li may not be able to fully command this army.

At the fifth watch, Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan rode to Xinfengqiu Gate surrounded by hundreds of soldiers, and He Li stood on the head of the city and looked coldly at Bai Shizhong and his party who came from a distance.

He Li was originally a centrist, but in today's deteriorating situation, he has no choice, either unswervingly resist Jin, or be like Bai Shizhong and others, in order to compromise and seek peace, he does not hesitate to sell the interests of the Great Song Dynasty to the maximum.

He Li chose the former without hesitation, Shi Ke can not be humiliated, he would rather die under the sword of the Jin Soldier than succumb to the Jin Soldier, not to mention that they still have 50,000 troops, as well as a strong city and powerful defensive weapons, why can't they fight with the Jin Soldier to the end?

Of course, He Li also knew what Bai Shizhong was doing? The army rummaged in the capital all night, and it was estimated that they could not find any trace of Li Yanqing, so they came to themselves with the idea.

"He Xianggong, there is something to please!"

Bai Shizhong did not come forward, he and Li Yanqing had a personal grudge, unlike He Li who grabbed this handle, so he arranged for Li Bangyan to come forward to negotiate.

Li Bangyan turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "At the behest of the official's family, come to the New Taipei Army to find someone." ”

He Li sneered and said, "Is it really the will of the official family?" How do I think it's Lee Sang-gong who is falsely preaching the holy decree! ”

Li Bangyan's face changed, "He Xianggong, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing!" ”

"The jade seal of the official family has been mastered by the Zhizheng Hall, is it possible that the Zhizheng Hall can claim that it is a holy decree by adding a seal?"

Li Bangyan was speechless for a while, this kind of false transmission of the holy decree can deceive others, but He Li can't deceive, he knows everything inside, and it would be a bit of self-deception to talk about the holy decree again.

Bai Shizhong scolded secretly, so he had to rush forward and said: "He Xianggong, you also know very well about the 200,000 Song army being wiped out by the Jin soldiers, we are not the opponents of the Jin soldiers at all, and now the 200,000 Jin soldiers are coming, but we only have 50,000 defenders left, how can we hold the capital, this is an obvious thing.......

Without waiting for Bai Shizhong to finish speaking, He Li coldly interrupted him, "How did you hold it before that?" ”

"This ......"

Bai Shizhong was embarrassed for a moment, and continued: "No one wants the Great Song Dynasty to destroy the country, we just hope to preserve the Great Song Dynasty in another way, as long as we express enough sincerity, it is not impossible to negotiate the withdrawal of the army, please understand our painstaking efforts to protect the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"In this case, you take your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, the road is different, don't conspire with it, Bai Xiangguo, please!"

Bai Shizhong didn't sleep all night, his heart was already very anxious, but He Li talked to him mercilessly, the anger in his heart rose, but he had to restrain the eruption that was about to erupt, and said to He Li: "To negotiate with Jin Bing, you need to hand over one person first, we have been looking for it all night, and finally there is only the outer city wall left, can He Xianggong let us go to the city to check?" ”

"The person you are looking for is Li Yanqing! I'm sorry, but he's not on the outer wall, so you don't have to look any further. ”

"You-"

Bai Shizhong's anger finally broke out, and he shouted angrily, "He Li, don't toast or eat and drink!" ”

As soon as He Li waved his hand, more than a thousand soldiers in the city raised their bows and arrows, and He Li said coldly: "If you dare to speak disrespectfully, don't blame me for not remembering the friendship of my colleagues!" ”

At this time, Li Bangyan hurriedly said: "He Xianggong, what is the trouble, your wife and children are also in the city, once the Jin soldiers break the city, you and I will be loyal to the country, but we can't ignore the safety of our families, we are just trying our best to save the Great Song Dynasty, if the 200,000 army is not destroyed, why should we lower our voices and take our own humiliation?" ”

"You want to negotiate with Jin Guo, I don't object, but I said that Li Yanqing is not in the New Taipei Army, so don't bother to find him."

"But the city gate has been searched, and there is no trace of Li Yanqing, only the New Northern Army has not been searched."

He Li smiled, "With such a large capital and a population of seven or eight hundred thousand, you can search it all in one night?" Besides, can you guarantee that every soldier is loyal to you, and can you guarantee that they will not be bribed by Li Yanqing with a lot of money? And Zong Ze and Li Yanqing were together yesterday, did Li Yanqing leave with Zong Ze? And the palace, you've searched it too? You turn a blind eye to so many loopholes in front of you, but you only stare at the New Northern Army, I think you have bad intentions! ”

Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan were speechless, they did search too roughly, and it was normal to not find Li Yanqing, but Bai Shizhong suspected that Li Yan was in the New Taipei Army, but now they had nothing to do.

"What should I do?"

The center of the day was very anxious, and the other party gave the dawn as the time limit, and now the fifth watch has passed, and it is too late.

"Bai Xianggong, if it really doesn't work, just use a backup plan." Li Bangyan cautiously suggested.

The so-called backup plan is that they found a man who looks quite like Li Yanqing, his appearance is seven or eight points similar, but his body is not matched, but they can claim that Li Yanqing committed suicide, and then hand over the head to Jin Bing, maybe they can also fool him.

Bai Shizhong sighed, he also knew in his heart that if Li Yanqing really had the intention to hide, such a big capital would be really difficult to find, as long as Li Yanqing casually put on makeup, they would have no way to find it.

"Let's go back first!"

Bai Shizhong secretly gritted his teeth, and the two turned their horses' heads and urged their horses to gallop towards the inner city........

Bai Shizhong actually guessed correctly, Li Yanqing was in the New Taipei Army at this time, although he had politely rejected Zhao Huan's suggestion to make him the deputy envoy of defense, but it did not mean that he was really indifferent to military power, the reason why Li Yanqing agreed to the temporary stationing of the Jingzhao Army in Luoyang was because he still had a back hand, and this back hand was Xu Ning's army.

After Li Yanqing and others first arrived in the capital, Xu Ning was entrusted by Zhou Dong to continue to guide their martial arts, and Li Yanqing and Yue Fei and others had a half-division relationship, and more importantly, Xu Ning's appointment as the commander of the New Taipei Army was actually Li Yanqing's nomination, and Li Yanqing's placement of his own soldiers in the New Taipei Army was also the most thorough implementation in Xu Ning's army.

The relationship between Xu Ning and Dong Ping was not harmonious, and after Dong Ping was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the New Taipei Army, he wanted to replace Xu Ning several times, but Li Yanqing failed to protect him.

Although Dong Ping later vigorously cleaned up Li Yanqing's henchmen in the New Taipei Army, he only cleaned up his and Zhang Qing's subordinates, and among Xu Ning's subordinates, he still retained thirty of Li Yanqing's personal henchmen and served as the heads of each battalion.

Li Yanqing stood at the head of the Nanxun Gate, he had changed into a suit of armor, wearing a phoenix winged hood, wearing Shunshui Mountain pattern armor, and carrying a long sword at his waist, he stood at the South City Gate, staring at the dark outside of the city.

At this time, Xu Ning walked up to him and said in a deep voice: "Dutong seems to be worried? ”

Li Yanqing nodded lightly, "The Heaven-Shaking Thunder is only deployed in the three cities of Tokyo, Jingzhao and Taiyuan, and there are also a small number of deployments on the south bank of the Yellow River, and now that Taiyuan and the south bank of the Yellow River are lost, I suspect that the Jin soldiers have at least more than a thousand Heaven-Shaking Thunders in their hands." ”

"The soldiers will block, the water will cover the earth, even if the golden soldiers have earth-shaking thunder, what's the matter?"

Li Yanqing laughed, "You're right, the fact that the Jin Soldiers have earth-shattering thunder only increases the difficulty of our defense of the city, don't be afraid of it!" ”

Xu was silent for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "I just got the news, Bai Shizhong went to Xinfengqiumen just now, and wanted to search for you in the New Taipei Army, but he Xianggong rejected him. ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "He's not stupid, he knows that I will be in the New Taipei Army." ”

"I heard that the city has been turned upside down by them, I really don't understand, even if they hand you over, the Jin soldiers will not attack the city? I thought that I could buy Jin Bing to retire, but it was really wishful thinking. ”

Li Yanqing showed an indifferent smile on his face, "When the country is in danger, there are brave warriors who are generous to righteousness, and there are traitors who are greedy for life and afraid of death, but there are more unrealistic and fanciful compromise and peacemakers, in Bai Shizhong, they are a little better than Guo Yaoshi, Dong Cai, Liang Fangping and other traitors, but their harm is not less than Guo Yaoshi and others, if it weren't for their passive preparation for war and their single-minded peace, the Song army would not have been defeated so badly." ”

Xu Ning sighed, and said to Li Yanqing again: "I estimate that the official family has now woken up, why don't I go to the official family now and ask the official family to hand over all the military power to you, I think there is still hope to hold the city." ”

"Do you think the official family has really woken up?" Li Yanqing glanced at him.

"Anyway, I have to give it a try to find out, although I respect He Xianggong very much, but to be honest, I am really not optimistic about his command ability to defend the city."

Li Yanqing nodded, "Since you think there is hope, let's give it a try!" ”