Du Chong returned to the study, and asked the old housekeeper to invite Chen Ran over, and asked, "Are you sent by Wanyan Xian to persuade me?" ”

Chen Ran smiled slightly: "Actually, Marshal Du wants to talk to Du Shangshu about mutual cooperation. ”

"How to cooperate?" Du Chong was already faintly moved.

"Marshal Du can order the Jin soldiers to withdraw from Kaifeng Mansion, as long as Du Shangshu is in Kaifeng Mansion for one day, the Jin soldiers will not attack Kaifeng Mansion, to ensure that Du Shangshu successfully completes this term, and at the same time, Marshal Du will send another credit to Du Shangshu, so that Du Shangshu can ascend to the position of Xiangguo."

Du Chong nodded, "The conditions offered are very attractive, so what do you need me to do?" ”

"As long as Du Shangshu does two things, first, transfer Zong Ze away from Bianliang, such as transferring to recover Shandong, etc., as long as he leaves Bianliang, the second condition, please provide us with the details of the rebel armies in Hebei, just these two conditions."

Du Chong took a few steps with his hands in his hands and asked, "What did you mean when you just said that there was a credit for me?" ”

Chen Ran took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Du Chong, and said lightly: "This is a joint letter from the fourteen governors of Hebei to the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, we are wronged and seek perfection, endure humiliation, just to protect the people from the Jin people, but we have the Great Song Dynasty in our hearts, as long as Wang Shi waives his army in Hebei, we will definitely rise up, respond to the imperial court, and restore the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Du Chong took the booklet and was stunned for a moment, of course he knew that these people were duplicitous, and it was a booklet that was deliberately concocted, but Wan Yan Xian also made such a big blood in order to support himself as a minister, did he really think that he would become the internal response of the Jin Kingdom? ”

Du Chong shook his head, "Although I really want to be the prime minister, it is impossible for me to surrender to the Jin Kingdom, and I am afraid that Wanyan Xian has made the wrong decision." ”

"Nope! There is no need for Du Shangshu to surrender, Jin just wants to have one more way back, if one day Jin does not want to fight with the Song Dynasty, and wants to rule with the Song Dynasty, Marshal Du hopes that there is such a minister in the court of the Song Dynasty to support peace talks, this is Marshal Du's original words, I will not deceive my brother. ”

Du Chong was silent for a long time, and then said: "How do I know if Wan Yan Xian is also lying to me, he really doesn't want to open the Feng Mansion?" ”

Chen Ran laughed, "Marshal Du didn't say not to Kaifeng Mansion, it's just two years late, as long as Du Shangshu is in Kaifeng Mansion for one day, the Jin soldiers will not attack, relatively speaking, Marshal Du wants Du Shangshu to be the prime minister, which is more important, Marshal Du knows in his heart, however, if Du Shangshu himself gives up Kaifeng Mansion and retreats south, Marshal Du will take Kaifeng Mansion at any time." ”

Chen Ran took out another letter and handed it to Du Chong, "This is Marshal Du's handwritten commitment, as well as his big seal, I hope Du Shangshu can seize this opportunity." ”

Du Chong pondered for a long time, and finally nodded: "I can give it a try!" ”

He said to Chen Ran again: "It is estimated that there are people watching outside, don't go out for the time being, wait for me to transfer Zong Ze, and you will be safe!" ”

Du Chong immediately wrote a memo and reported it to the imperial court, "He is willing to lead the army to defend Tokyo Bianliang, and is willing to guarantee his life to defend Tokyo Bianliang, and he recommended Zong Ze to urgently take over Li Gang's Jingdong Lianglu Xuanfu envoy and lead the army to recover Shandong." ”

Du Chong sent his henchmen to Lin'an overnight to send his recital to the imperial court.

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The Jin soldiers attacked the Central Plains, Shandong and Shaanxi on a large scale, which really shook the Lin'an government and the opposition, and the hundred officials in the DPRK and China were soon divided into two factions, one faction was represented by Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen, who resolutely demanded the recruitment of warriors from all over the world to resist the Jin soldiers and recover the Central Plains and Shandong, and the other faction, represented by Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan, advocated peace with the Jin soldiers to prevent the Jin soldiers from continuing to attack the Huai River, and there were also a large number of centrists, represented by Lu Yihao, Zheng Wangzhi and Fan Zongyin, who opposed the negotiation of peace, but also opposed direct confrontation with the Jin soldiers, but advocated that the army return to the Huai River line.

The three factions did not give in to each other, and there was a fierce debate between the DPRK and China, but there was one thing that the three factions reached a surprisingly unanimous opinion, and that was to hold the Luoyang guard Yao Gu and Jingdong Xuanfu envoy Li Gang accountable.

Yao Gu was deposed from the post of commander of the capital, deposed to the general judge of Guangzhou, and Liu Guangshi took over the post of commander of the capital, led the remnants of Luoyang to defend Dengzhou and Tangzhou, and prepared to go north to Luoyang at any time.

Although Li Gang had the responsibility of being the chief official, after all, he had not been in office for a long time, and the responsibility for the defeat could not be imposed on him.

In the afternoon of that day, Zhao Gou, the Son of Heaven, summoned Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen in the imperial study.

"I received an urgent flying eagle message from Li Taibao today, although the Shaanxi Road is currently also invaded by the Jin soldiers, but Li Taibao is confident that he will hold the Shaanxi Road and defeat the invading Jin soldiers, Li Taibao means that he will use the Shaanxi Road to contain the southern invasion of the eastern Jin soldiers, and I hope that the imperial court will not retreat lightly, and cannot retreat to the Huai River line until it is forced to do so."

Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen glanced at each other, both of them were deeply excited, at present, the center of the imperial court has the upper hand, advocating to avoid the Jin soldiers, abandon the Central Plains and Shandong, and retreat to the Huai River line, although the advocates of peace faction have been criticized by the ministers, but their main battle faction is also quite criticized, the most important point is to criticize them for being unrealistic, will exhaust the last bit of troops, and finally even the Huai River line can not be saved.

Unexpectedly, Li Yanqing, who had the highest prestige in the military, was actually the main battle faction, Fan Zhixu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the timing of the Jin soldiers' southward journey this time is not good, firstly, they have just entered the winter, and they have consumed huge amounts of grain and grass materials, and secondly, the Jin soldiers are not fully prepared to go south, mainly due to the influence of the Western Xia forced to sue for peace, so they temporarily decided to launch a southward offensive, their strength has been exerted to the limit, and it is impossible to go south, and there is also the Western Army to contain the Jin soldiers on the Shaanxi Road, so that the Jin soldiers do not dare to invade the south, at this time, If we take the initiative to abandon the Central Plains and Shandong, so that the Jin soldiers can get a chance to breathe, I am afraid that the next step for the Jin soldiers is to take the Central Plains and Shandong as the foundation and attack the Huai River on a large scale. If we can't prevent it, will we have to retreat to the Yangtze River again? ”

Gao Shen also said: "Your Majesty, even if the line of defense in our hearts is in the Huai River, but we must not easily show the bottom line, if we want to keep the bottom line of the Huai River, we must work the upper layer, otherwise our bottom line will be in danger of being further broken." ”

Zhao Gou nodded, "I can understand the hard work of the two Aiqing, in fact, I don't want to retreat directly to the Huai River, and I can't easily retreat until the last step, Wang Boyan and Huang Qianshan's weakness makes me deeply disappointed, and the essence of the centrist is actually weak, I am also very disappointed, but thanks to Li Taibao's urgent letter, I see a glimmer of hope, and I want to discuss with the two of you about the anti-gold deployment in Shandong." ”

"Does Your Majesty have any ideas?" Fan Zhixu asked.

Zhao Gou picked up a book from the table and said: "This is a book sent by Du Shangshu from Tokyo Bianliang from the Ministry of War, he also advocated never making peace, and suggested to me that General Zong Lao move to Shandong to fight against the Jin soldiers in Shandong, his reason is that General Zong Lao has known Jeju affairs for a long time and is very familiar with the situation in Shandong. ”

Fan Zhixu and Gao Shen glanced at each other, and they both felt that this plan was inappropriate, and at present, Tokyo can be kept without loss, because Zong Ze is in charge, once Zong Ze is transferred, can Bianliang still be saved?

Fan Zhixu pondered and asked, "If Elder Zong will be transferred to Shandong, then who will guard Bianliang in Tokyo?" ”

"Du Shangshu took the initiative to ask Ying to guard Bianliang!"

Gao Shen was taken aback, "How can he hold it?" ”

Zhao Gou smiled slightly: "I also felt unrealistic at first, but Du Shangshu's reason is indeed a little reasonable, the main reason why Tokyo Bianliang can't be captured by the Jin soldiers is that Li Taibao established a set of effective city defense plans in Bianliang at the beginning, and General Zong Lao also implemented this set of plans to hold Tokyo, Du Shangshu said that he will also strictly abide by the city defense plan formulated by Li Taibao, and is willing to guarantee his life to hold Tokyo Bianliang, I feel that instead of sending people to Bianliang, it is better to use Du Shangshu who is familiar with Bianliang, Let General Zong Lao move to Shandong. ”

Fan Zhixu was silent for a moment and asked, "Has Your Majesty decided?" ”

Zhao Gou nodded, "I have made up my mind!" ”

"In that case, the two Weichen can only support His Majesty's decision!"

In the afternoon of the same day, a decree came out from the palace, Feng Zongze was the envoy of the Privy Council and the Jingdong Two-Way Economic Strategy, and led the 20,000 troops in Tokyo and the 10,000 remnants of the Shandong army to fight in Shandong, and appointed Du Chong as the Tokyo Guard, presiding over the Tokyo Bianliang anti-Jin affairs, and at the same time appointing Yue Fei as the defense envoy of the four walls of Tokyo to assist Du Chong in guarding Tokyo.

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Taiyuan city was captured by the Jin soldiers for nearly two years, there are nearly 200,000 people in the city at present, the Jin soldiers have been stationed in Taiyuan for a long time 80,000 people, and there are 30,000 Han troops stationed in the states of Hedong Road, the Jin soldiers launched an offensive to attack the Song Dynasty and used garrisons from all over the country, and the troops stationed in Taiyuan were all mobilized, together with some of the Jin soldiers who went south from Datong Mansion to divide the troops into two routes, one route was led by Wanyan Chang to attack Luoyang Mansion, and the other way was led by Wanyan Lou Room to attack Yan'an Mansion.

The city of Taiyuan was emptied, and only 5,000 standing troops were left to defend the city and maintain order.

There is a restaurant near the north city of Taiyuan, called Zuiyue Restaurant, which was closed for a few months after the initial capture of Taiyuan by the Jin soldiers, and opened for business again in March this year, the business is not good or bad, but its wine is quite strong, and there are often Jin soldiers who come to drink bitterly.

The shopkeeper is no longer the old shopkeeper in the past, but a young new shopkeeper, the new shopkeeper surnamed Guan, very shrewd and capable, and can also speak well, under his management, even if the Jin Bing who came to drink was embarrassed to pay the bill, the restaurant was still able to barely maintain a small profit.

In the evening, the drunken moon restaurant was full of people, this is the best time of the day for business, at this time, a man walked into the restaurant quickly, he glanced at the situation in the lobby, gave a look to the shopkeeper standing behind the counter, he went out through the back door, and after a while, the shopkeeper slowly left the counter and walked to the backyard.

Guan pushed open the door of a small house, and saw that the man was standing at the table, writing something on a thin silk with a sharpened quill pen.

"Any definite news?" Shopkeeper Guan asked.

Guan Lin's full name is Guan Lin, and he is the leader of the Jingzhao Army's intelligence point in Taiyuan, and this man is an intelligence scout, who is responsible for investigating the intelligence of the Taiyuan Jin soldiers.

The man handed him the written thin silk, "Send it to Yan'an Mansion immediately, this is the latest information of the Taiyuan Jin soldiers, there are only 1,000 Jurchen soldiers and 4,000 Han soldiers in the city, and there is no garrison near Taiyuan." ”

Guan Lin read the information, then took out a small red letterbox, rolled it up and stuffed it in, sealed it with wax, and then found a bartender, handed the letterbox to him: "Go outside the city quickly, send the eagle letter to Yan'an Mansion, remember, it is sent to Yan'an Mansion!" ”

"I see!"

The bartender put away the letter, rode a donkey and left the restaurant, heading out of the north city.