When the crossbowmen on the east and west sides arrived, the crossbowmen on the south side had reached 30,000, and the powerful arrow rain caused the attacking army to suffer extremely heavy losses, with more than 8,000 casualties in just a few impacts, and the other party used a powerful earth-shattering thunder, the attacking army was frightened, and the morale gradually disappeared.

Miao Fu suddenly found that the soldiers' resistance was a precursor to a mutiny or a complete collapse of the army's morale, so he immediately ordered the whole army to stop attacking and retreat slowly, trying his best to stabilize the soldiers' emotions.

At this moment, several messenger soldiers from the south came galloping on horseback and shouted: "General, something is not good! ”

Miao Fu glared at the two soldiers who reported the news, and said angrily: "What's the matter, what a fuss!" ”

"General Qiyu, our battalion was attacked by the enemy and suffered heavy casualties, General Zhang begged the general to lead the army back immediately!"

"Ahh

Miao Fu was stunned for a moment, he came to attack Li Yanqing's camp, but his own camp was attacked, Miao Fu suddenly reacted, Li Yanqing knew that he was coming tonight, so he made special preparations.

At this time, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered: "The army should quickly withdraw to the capital!" ”

At this time, it was no longer meaningful to go back to the rescue camp, Miao Fu only felt that there was a crisis on all sides, and the only way to retreat was to withdraw to the capital, the sooner the better.

His army had already lost its morale, and when they heard that the barracks had been attacked, the soldiers were even more frightened, and they did not form any formation, so they turned around and ran in the direction of the capital, and even many soldiers threw away their armor and weapons to lighten the burden on their bodies.

Miao Fu couldn't stop the army, so he had to step up quickly, and took the lead in the direction of the capital with thousands of henchmen.

But after only running for more than ten miles, there was a sudden thunderous sound in the west, and the earth began to tremble, and Cao Meng led 20,000 cavalry to kill.

The defeated soldiers saw the boundless cavalry coming, and they were so frightened that they cried for their fathers and mothers, and ran for their lives, but a cavalry of 5,000 men cut off their retreat, and thousands of cavalry shouted in unison: "Surrender or kill!" Surrender or kill! ”

A large number of soldiers immediately knelt on the ground and surrendered, at this time the military spirit had completely collapsed, and a very spectacular scene appeared on the land of more than ten miles on the west bank of the canal, nearly 30,000 soldiers knelt on the ground and begged to surrender, surrounded by countless cavalry around them......

At daybreak, the cavalry of the enemy's battalion also escorted more than 15,000 prisoners of war northward to join the 30,000 prisoners of war in the north.

In addition to about 10,000 of the 70,000 new forbidden troops who escaped, more than 13,000 casualties and 45,000 were captured, and only more than 3,000 soldiers escaped with Miao Fu and fled back to the capital, and the rest of the soldiers fled back to their hometowns.

The 70,000-strong army was wiped out in the northern part of Lin'an Province, and when the news reached Lin'an, the people of Lin'an City cheered, as if they had won the battle themselves.

Not long after the news of the destruction of Miao Fu's entire army reached the palace, Zhao Ji came to Taiyi Palace, in the inner hall of Taiyi Palace, Zhao Huan, who was dressed in Taoist robes, sat on the futon expressionlessly, but Zhao Ji was bitterly persuading him to come out and take the throne.

"You are my eldest son, your ninth brother has unfortunately died, the country cannot be without a king for a day, I have been thinking about it for a long time, or is it more appropriate for you to inherit the unification, how about it? As long as you nod your head, I will arrange the enthronement ceremony early tomorrow morning. ”

Zhao Huan said coldly for a while: "Didn't my father always want to reset the throne?" Now that there is such a great opportunity, why not? ”

Zhao Ji sighed, "I'm old, I don't have so much energy to deal with court affairs, I just want to spend my old age quietly, no longer care about state affairs, I used to be sorry for you in some places, but after all, we are father and son, blood is thicker than water, I think twice, it is most suitable for you to ascend the throne." ”

Zhao Huan smiled faintly, "My father's mood can be understood by my son, but I am already a monk, and I have already broken through the red dust, and I don't want to get involved in earthly disputes anymore, so my father will go find another prince!" ”

After speaking, he didn't care about Zhao Ji, got up and left, looking at his distant back, Zhao Ji was annoyed for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think you can escape?" ”

.........

Early the next morning, Emperor Zhao Ji officially announced that the Son of Heaven Zhao Gou was seriously ill and died, and Zhao Xu, the king of Liji, was the new emperor, and he immediately announced his resignation as regent, moved back to Yinlong Villa, and no longer cared about state affairs.

In the prefect's hall, more than a dozen important ministers loyal to Zhao Ji were nervously discussing countermeasures, and Du Chong banged on the table dissatisfiedly, "What is this, he retreated by himself, nothing happened with a slap on his ass, and he hung us on the shore, there is no explanation at all, is this the end of allegiance to him?" ”

"Don't complain!"

Huang Qianshan glared at him fiercely, "What's the point of saying these useless words, now we have to come up with a feasible way to save our lives!" ”

At this time, Qin Hui asked, "What does the new emperor mean?" ”

Wang Boyan next to him snorted, "Who knows where the new emperor is?" Ascended the throne like a puppet and never said a word from beginning to end, how else can you expect him to come up with a solution? ”

"If he doesn't say anything, we'll force him!" Qin Hui was also a little ruthless.

"What can he do?" Huang Qianshan asked puzzled.

"Force him to negotiate with Li Yanqing, now only negotiation can solve our crisis, agree to Li Yanqing's conditions, if it really doesn't work, support him as the right minister, or hint that he can divide the northwest, let's pass a plan for the military and political autonomy of the five provinces in the northwest in the name of the Zhizheng Hall."

At this time, Lu Yihao, who had not been silent, said coldly: "You think Li Yanqing is too simple, if he wants to divide the northwest and leave at the time of the coup, where will he still play the slogan of Kuangfu Da Song, negotiation is still necessary, see what his conditions are?" ”

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and some officials were shouting: "You guys go out quickly, the prime ministers are deliberating, what do you want to do?" ”

Finally the voice became frightened, and everyone looked at each other, wondering what was wrong?

At this time, the gate 'slam!' The sound was knocked away, and more than a dozen soldiers rushed in from the outside in an instant, and then walked into a general, he looked at the council hall, nodded and said, "Very good, all here!" ”

Huang Qianshan recognized this general as Zhou Tao, the head of the Emperor's personal guard, and he immediately said angrily: "General Zhou, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhou Tao said coldly: "You traitorous ministers bewitched the Emperor Taishang and killed the official family, and the crime deserves death, so I came to the side of the Qing Emperor by the order of the Emperor!" ”

He turned around and shouted: "Don't leave any of them, take them all!" ”

In an instant, a large group of soldiers rushed in, pressed more than a dozen ministers to the ground, tied them up with ropes, Huang Qianshan's face changed color, and he yelled: "Bastard, he killed his son by himself, and now he wants to frame us again, so he can't die well!" ”

Zhou Tao stepped forward and slapped him twice, knocking out several of Huang Qianshan's teeth, and Huang Qianshan's voice suddenly became hoarse.

Qin Hui asked anxiously, "General Zhou, what is the Emperor going to do with us?" ”

Zhou Tao squinted and smiled, "I'll tell you the truth!" The Emperor Taishang wants to negotiate with Li Yanqing, but he has to show some sincerity, since Li Yanqing's banner is on the side of the Qing monarch, then he has to wronged everyone, you go and explain to Li Yanqing! ”

Everyone's faces suddenly turned dead gray, and Lu Yihao let out a long sigh, "The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking, which is not bad at all!" ”

Zhou Tao waved his hand, "Take it away!" ”

The soldiers put black cloth bags around the minister's head and loaded them into several carriages, which drove out of the palace.

At the same time, Zhao Ji appeared in front of the gate of Cao's mansion, he came to mourn Cao Ping, and at this time, he had to put down his body to apologize to the Cao family.

Cao Yan and several brothers were reluctant to come out to see Zhao Ji under the pretext of being unwell, and only asked one of Cao's children to accompany Zhao Ji to incense Cao Ping's spiritual seat.

Zhao Ji originally wanted Cao Yan to negotiate with Li Yanqing as his special envoy, but the Cao family didn't give face, and he had no choice but to visit Gao Shen again.

In the guest hall, Gao Shen listened to Zhao Ji's tearful complaints in silence, and Zhao Ji unceremoniously pushed all kinds of responsibilities to Huang Qianshan and others, as if he was also a victim.

In the end, Gao Shen said calmly: "Your Majesty, Weichen can go to negotiate with Li Yanqing, but Weichen must know what Your Majesty's bottom line is?" ”

Zhao Ji sighed and said: "The winner is the king, the loser is the villain, what else do I have to say now, I only need one request, please let him let me go, let me live the second half of my life peacefully, in return, I can agree to all his requests." ”