That night, the towers of Tokyo were brightly lit, and tens of thousands of soldiers in armor stood neatly at the head of the city, and the inside of the Golden Soldiers' Camp ten miles away was also brightly lit, all indicating that tonight would be a sleepless night.

Li Gang looked at the Jin Ying in the distance and sighed lowly, "Sure enough, Li Dutong said it, and Jin Bing gave this credit to the Lord and faction, and from now on, the imperial court is going to enter an eventful autumn." ”

Li Yanqing shook his head and said solemnly: "Li Xiangguo is wrong, this credit is not given by the Jinren, but by thousands of our soldiers who fought bloodily, justice is in the hearts of the people, and it is not something that some people in the court can erase with a word." ”

"You're right, justice is in the hearts of the people!"

Having said that, Li Gang was in a very heavy mood, in this negotiation, the Jin people changed their previous strength, and reached a withdrawal agreement with the court lord and faction in an extremely humble attitude, which made the lord and faction led by Bai Shizhong arrogant, and even took all the credit for the retreat of the Jin soldiers as his own, and disdained thousands of soldiers who fought bloodily.

Li Gang is very worried about whether the official family will fulfill the previous promise and reward the anti-gold soldiers, this worry is not groundless, the lord and faction have snatched at least half of the credit, even if the official family does not repent, the lord and faction led by Bai Shizhong will inevitably use all kinds of excuses to obstruct it, and the previously agreed reward plan is afraid that it will be completely reduced.

But Li Gang didn't dare to say this, so he had to keep it in his heart, which made him depressed.

At this moment, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "Look, the golden camp is on fire!" ”

I saw that the fire of the golden camp in the distance was blazing, quickly burning into a piece, and the black smoke shrouded the sky, which meant that the golden soldiers really retreated north, and a cheer suddenly sounded on the city, and the soldiers were so excited that they hugged each other, and many threw their helmets into the sky, and the cheers on the city resounded in the sky.

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Early the next morning, a group of hundreds of Song cavalry rushed to the Jin Soldier Camp, the fire of the Jin Soldier Camp had been extinguished, the military camp was burned to a white ground, and thousands of camp fences were burned to black charcoal, which was still billowing black smoke.

The cavalry circled around the camp of the golden soldiers, and found nothing unusual, and the leader shouted, and the four hundred cavalry were divided into four teams, one group of cavalry continued to go north, chasing the tracks of the golden soldiers retreating north, and the other two teams ran in the east-west direction, and the last group of cavalry returned to the city of Tokyo.

At the head of the city, Li Yanqing still stood like a statue, and after a whole night, he barely rested, and Li Gang was already exhausted and went to the city to rest.

He is the military commander, shouldering the safety of the entire city, at the critical moment when the Jin soldiers retreated north, he had no chance to rest, and he could only rest after confirming that the Jin soldiers really retreated north and re-established a new alarm system.

At this time, a group of cavalry rushed from a distance and shouted under the city: "Qi Qi Dutong, the camp of the Jin soldiers has been burned to the ground, and tens of thousands of stones of grain have all been burned, and there are no more Jin soldiers around. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, if even the surplus grain was burned, then it would basically be certain that the Jin soldiers had indeed gone north, but they still needed to find the main force of the Jin soldiers before they could be confirmed.

"Let's go around again!"

"Obey!"

The cavalry urged the horse to the east, and at this time, Cao Meng reminded Li Yanqing in a low voice. "Dutong, it seems that the official family is here!"

Li Yanqing turned his head, only to see the guards of the brigade hugging a Huangluo umbrella cover and walking quickly towards this side, Li Yanqing hurriedly greeted him, sure enough, it was Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven, who came to inspect, followed by a large group of officials, all beaming with joy and high spirits.

Li Yanqing stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Huan hurriedly smiled and helped Li Yanqing up, "This time the defense of the capital is successful, Li Dutong has worked hard and made great achievements, and I will definitely be rewarded!" ”

"Thank you for your majesty's love, Weichen only made a small contribution, but the real great merit is thousands of soldiers, it is their bloody struggle that makes the Jin soldiers have to abandon the military camp and retreat north."

As soon as Li Yanqing's words fell, a gloomy voice came from behind Zhao Heng, "The Jin soldiers' abandonment of the camp and the retreat to the north are not the result of the soldiers' battles, but the result of negotiations between the imperial court and the Jin people, Li Dutong can not be modest, but he must not be too self-righteous!" ”

Li Yanqing's cold gaze swept over, and the person who spoke was Bai Shizhong, the right minister.

Li Yanqing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he looked at Bai Shizhong coldly and said: "This is a battlefield where soldiers are desperately killing the enemy, and Bai Xiangguo doesn't feel condemned by conscience when he says this sentence on the blood of the soldiers?" ”

Bai Shizhong didn't feel any condemnation, but Li Yanqing's murderous gaze made him feel an inexplicable palpitation, and he snorted coldly, not daring to speak again.

A trace of imperceptible displeasure flashed in Zhao Huan's eyes, and he said with a smile: "Military merit is the foundation, this cannot be denied, just like building a house, Li Dutong has built the first floor, and the imperial court can build the second floor on the basis of the first floor, without the foundation laid by Li Dutong, there will be no successful negotiation of the imperial court." ”

Zhao Huan seemed to be fair, but in fact, he secretly had a bias, he was tantamount to announcing in front of Li Yanqing that the retreat of the Jin soldiers to the north was the result of the negotiations with the imperial court, but he was not as disgusting as Bai Shizhong, but admitted that half of the credit belonged to the army.

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "The siege battle has been fought for a month and a half, but the first batch of soldiers who died in battle have not received any compensation until now, I don't know when the imperial court plans to cash it out?" ”

Zhao Huan frowned, turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" Why hasn't it been approved yet? ”

Bai Shizhong hurriedly said: "This matter is Xiao Li Xianggong in charge, and Weichen is not very clear." ”

Xiao Li Xianggong is Li Gang, this is to distinguish him from Li Bangyan, Li Yanqing was very dissatisfied: "I asked Li Xianggong, he submitted the plan to the Zhizheng Hall last month, but it is still under pressure in the Zhizheng Hall, whose responsibility is this?" ”

Bai Shizhong was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said for a while: "Maybe it's because I'm busy with affairs and can't take care of this matter, I'll go back and check it." ”

Zhao Huan's face was a little unbearable, and he turned his head and glared at Bai Shizhong, "This matter is not allowed to be delayed any longer, go back and do it immediately!" ”

Bai Shizhong wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Wechen will handle this matter when he goes back, and give an explanation as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Huan waved his hand, "Let's not talk about this matter, Li Dutong, I want to know if the Jin soldiers have withdrawn?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Jin Bing military camp has been burned down, and it is true that they have retreated north, but whether they really cross the Yellow River still needs to be further confirmed."

"Is it possible to declare a state of war lifted?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Even if the Jin soldiers cross the Yellow River, with the speed of the Jin soldiers' iron cavalry going south, they can kill from the north bank of the Yellow River to the capital in one day, and Hebei and Hedong are still in the hands of the Jin soldiers, and now the end of the state of war is declared, Weichen thinks it is too early." ”

Bai Shizhong sneered and said: "The imperial court has signed an armistice agreement with the commander of the Jin soldiers, agreeing that the two sides will try their best to resolve the dispute between the two countries in a peaceful way and not go to war again, and Wan Yan Xian has also clearly promised not to attack Tokyo again within a year. ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "The promise of the Jin people is somewhat reliable, presumably Bai Xiangguo knows better than me." ”

"You-"

Bai Shizhong glared at Li Yanqing fiercely, and then said to Zhao Huan: "Weichen is incompetent, he failed to convince Li Dutong, according to Li Dutong's intentions, we have to continue to be patient." ”

At this time, the anger in Zhao Huan's heart also rose irrepressibly, and he asked Li Yanqing very dissatisfied, "Then just close the city gate forever, and have no connection with Tianxia Prefecture County, so that I can be a Bianliang County Commander with peace of mind?" ”

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen said that there is no contradiction between the state of war and foreign contacts, the state of war is also divided into a state of war and a state of war, as well as a state of war readiness, since the Jin soldiers still occupy Hebei and may go south at any time, it is not a state of war readiness, it should belong to the state of war, it should be a little more tolerant than the previous wartime state, the city gate can be opened at a fixed time, the inventory in and out of the city will be slightly stricter, the city is no longer under martial law, but the night curfew is still necessary, the order in the city still belongs to the military management, and the patrol of soldiers is also indispensable, Two days after the Ming Dynasty, Wei Chen will write a detailed recital, expounding the various requirements of the state of war. ”

After a pause, Li Yanqing said again: "In addition, Weichen must remind the imperial court that once the city gate is opened, there will inevitably be a large-scale migration of people to the south, and I hope that the imperial court can seriously deal with this matter and not be caught off guard." ”

Zhao Huan turned around and asked, "Is Xiao Li Xianggong here?" ”

Li Gang hurriedly stepped forward, "Weichen is here!" ”

Zhao Huan said coldly: "I don't want a large-scale southward migration, I will leave the matter of dissuading the people in the city to move south, if it is not handled properly, I am the only one who asks!" ”

Li Gang sighed secretly, so he had to bow down and say, "The minister obeys the order!" ”