"Xu participates in politics, to be honest, I can't transfer many soldiers in my hands now. As you know about the events of the other day, a lot of my men and horses were broken, and I even transferred troops from Jiangxi. To raise troops to serve the king, we have to levy the Huaixi Army. ", Orihiko said.

Xu Liang nodded and didn't say anything. Seeing that he didn't understand, Zhi Yan made it clear that "Xu has forgotten that the Huaixi Pacification Division is controlled by the Xuanfu Division of the two Zhejiang, and without Zhao Dian's order, I am afraid that I will not be able to command the Liu family brothers." Moreover, to tell you the truth, even if it is Zhao Dian, it may not make the two brothers Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangyuan bow down to their orders. ”

Xu Liang waved his hand: "This is easy to do, as long as you send troops to Xuanfu, I will hold the edict written by the Son of Heaven to transfer Liu Guangguo and Liu Guangyuan." Take 10,000 steps back and say, if his two brothers also shirk, there will also be Li Xianzhong! "Can Li Xianzhong listen to moderation? Orihiko asked.

"Xuanfu Xianggong forgot how he came to the south?" , Xu Liang asked rhetorically.

Only then did Zhi Yanzhi suddenly realize: "Oh, let's go, your old nine are kind to him." When it came to Xu Jiu, he remembered something. If he is newly defeated, if he sends troops to King Qinwang in Hangzhou, it will inevitably cause the weakness of the Huaixi defense line.

Thinking of this, he suggested: "Xu participates in politics, I have an idea. ”

"Xuanfu Xianggong, but that's it." , Xu Liudao.

"As soon as I leave, I'm afraid that the Jin army will take advantage of it. Now there must be confusion in the court, and there is no way to ask for instructions. I plan to act in the name of the Jiangxi Xuanfu Division to serve as the Wenchuan Shaanxi Xuanfu Disposal Division, and ask the Western Army to cooperate with the Central Plains Defense. It would be more effective to ask Xu to participate in politics in his personal name and send a letter to Sichuan. Zhi Zhonggu suggested.

Although Xu Liu was very anxious, he didn't agree, thought for a moment, and asked, "Then how to help defense?" "Didn't the Western Army recover Henan Mansion and hold the Tiger Prison Pass? As soon as it comes out, it is Zhengzhou, in fact, there is no need for Xu Wei to make a big move, as long as the strength of Henan Prefecture is strengthened, it is enough to contain the Jin army in the Tokyo area. Xu Jiu's 200,000 horse infantry army in his hand must be no problem. Orihiko asked.

Xu Liu listened, thought for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll write this letter!" "In this way, I have no worries! Zhi Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief, "In this way, the situation is urgent, tonight I will summon the lieutenant general Zuo, and you will announce the news, we will strive to leave within three days, and then we have to recruit the Huaixi Army, we can't delay!" ", Orihiko is sè said.

Xu Liu nodded slowly: "It's the best!" ”

Just when Zhe Yanzhi agreed to raise the king of soldiers, a drama of the bī palace was being staged in the Hangzhou Imperial Palace. The ministers of the DPRK and the central government, except for a small number of lords and factions who supported the emperor, "everyone else" begged to go to the court, as if they were one. ”，。 Although, some of Zhao Chen's practices disgusted the ministers, especially bypassing the imperial court to "directly command the front-line generals, which violated the ancestral system of Zhao Song "ruling the world with scholars", coupled with his long-term tense relationship with Emperor Zhao Huan, "so it caused a fierce backlash from the ministers.

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, once someone wants to oust Zhao Chen from power and sit on the throne himself, the ministers will not do it, even if this person is the emperor. Although Zhao Chen is at fault, there is no problem with his personal character, he is diligent, thrifty, and determined to be ashamed, and he wants to pick his máo disease, at most, he is young and vigorous, and he is eager for quick success.

Could that be a reason to oust him from power? Then let me ask, what did you do when you were in power? The appointment of Geng Nanzhong's handful of birds "provoked the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and he was bent on seeking peace with the umbrella, even at the expense of the national body."

Moreover, although you are not old, you have a wind disease! It's been getting better lately, but can you walk freely? What if it gets serious again one day?

For these reasons, most officials in the court opposed the restoration of Emperor Taishang. But the problem is that Zhao Huan has already done this, and he controls Yanlu, controls Hangzhou, and puts the official family under house arrest, and the rest of the courtiers have no way to drive him down, so they can only protest by picking and not doing it.

Zhao Huan was also annoyed, and approved the ministers' resignations one by one, but they were not allowed! But even so, no one came to the yamen to sit in the hall. In view of this, Zhao Huan did not dare to announce the news to the world, and the courtiers were still like this, what if the news came out, and the local officials would do the same? Even the local officials said that if the few Xuanfu envoys with heavy troops in their hands objected, the matter would be big.

And what annoyed him the most was that Xu Liang had no news, and he didn't know where this guy was hiding. If you don't catch him for a day, you will be hanging a big knife over your head!

To solve these problems, the key lies in his son Zhao Chen. As long as he nodded and admitted the matter, anything would be fine. As soon as he came forward, what else did those ministers who stayed at home have to say?

Zhao Huan successively sent ministers and chamberlains to persuade him, but it didn't work, and in the end, he was helpless, he couldn't go out in person, so he sent a person and a woman to go.

After Zhao Chen of Yong'an Palace was brought back from Geling, he was placed under house arrest here, and the palace maids were all arranged by Zhao Huan, and no one could see Zhao Chen without his will.

"Lang Jun, the queen has come to visit." A servant in his thirties said to Zhao Chen who was buried in the case with a sharp voice.

Hearing this, Zhao Chen put down his pen and got up to greet him. After a while, I saw a woman stepping into the room, less than forty years old, not very tall, and her body looked a little thin, but she was still well maintained, and she was quite a little embarrassed. Although the clothes are gorgeous, they can't hide the worry between her eyebrows.

Zhao Chen stepped forward, bowed his head and saluted: "Queen Mother." ”

Previously, the chamberlain said that the "queen" was coming, but now he calls it the "queen mother", which means that he does not recognize it. It was his biological mother, Zhao Huan's wife, Zhu. Zhao Huan was forced to abdicate that year, and Zhao Chen respected his biological mother Zhu as the queen mother, and now Zhao Huan has been restored, and the queen mother has become the queen again.

The Zhu family is not very well-known in history, but there was a great figure in their family, and that person was called Zhu Xi.

Hearing his son call him like this, Zhu's face became more worried, and he looked at his son and asked, "Your eyes are red, and your anger is not right, did you not sleep well?" "I'm all right, thank you Mother. Zhao Chen said.

Zhu sighed, stretched out his hand to grab his son, brought him to the chair, the mother and son sat down, and then withdrew the waiter, and then said: "Da Lang, it is really embarrassing that things have come to this point. "Isn't it embarrassing? Lao Tzu snatched his son's throne, from Yan Huang to Yanhuang, all dynasties, is there such a thing?

Zhao Chen didn't speak.

"Come today" is also your father's mother's request. He wants Wei Niang to persuade you to come forward to appease the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and not to continue the stalemate. Zhu didn't hide it, and told the truth.

Zhao Chen heard some meaning, and asked casually: "Why is the minister of the DPRK and China deadlocked?" Zhu Shi was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Many ministers of the DPRK and China have resigned from the table, and they have begged to go, like a mouthful. ”

The corners of Zhao Chen's mouth raised slightly, "But he immediately returned to normal, and said: "The Emperor insists on this, why do I want to appease the minister?" If it is true, as some people say, that the restoration of the Emperor Taishang is in accordance with the will of heaven and the will of the people, how can such a thing happen? Zhu must have said that his son couldn't do it, so he didn't dwell on these things, but only said earnestly: "Da Lang, this matter is still sooner" Otherwise, everyone in the world will see jokes! ”

In the end, he is a son, Zhao Chen saw his mother's embarrassed appearance, and he felt uncomfortable, and sighed: "Mother, everything is easy to discuss, but this is the only one, and the son can't give in" This is not a family matter of our Zhao family, but a matter of the Great Song Dynasty!" The ancestors had a difficult business, and now Lianghe, Shandong, Henan, and Huaidong are still in the hands of Beiyi. If the Emperor really sat firmly, what could he do? Summing up with Kim? Continue to the land of uncles and nephews? Continue to send New Year's coins? Mother, the Minister of the DPRK and China is against it, and this already speaks for itself. ”

Zhu Shi was speechless, "After a long time, he said: "Even if your father is restored", you are still the prince, and you will ...... in the future, "Mother" said ............ "He originally wanted to say, do you believe this yourself?" But Ji thought about his mother's feelings and didn't say anything. Once the emperor sits in the position, the first major thing is to change the crown prince, which can be thought of by a fool.

Seeing his son's resolute attitude, Zhu probably couldn't make sense, sighed for a while, and said: "Da Lang, there is something that your father wants to ask, but for my mother to know." "Mother, please come in." Zhao Chen said.

"I heard that there were a total of fourteen ministers who went up the mountain with you at that time, but when they came back, they were missing Xu Liang, the governor of the government, is there such a thing?" Zhu asked.

Zhao Chen didn't answer directly, but asked, "Mother asked why is this?" ”

"For my mother only to ask you, yes, or no?" , Zhu Shi Zheng sè.

Zhao Chen nodded, which was considered to be an acknowledgement.

"So, you let him go?" , Zhu was a little panicked. Zhao Chen fell silent again.

"Son! You must not do that! You let Xu Liang get out, it must be to recruit the army! Do you know what it's for? Between father and son, how can they meet each other? Whatever your father does, he is your father! What do you summon the army for? King Qin? Then what are you going to do with your father and how to deal with your mother? Zhu said quickly.

Zhao Chen's face was expressionless, and he held back a sentence for a long time: "I can only go first and then home." ”

Zhu's face showed an unbelievable look, her son was born to her in ten months of pregnancy, and she raised it single-handedly, this child is smart and studious, but she never felt that he still had such a side. Country before home? What do you mean? Why don't you wait for you to summon the army and remove your father from the throne?

Slowly getting up, Zhu was sad, with her husband on one side and her son on the other, what could she do? He glanced at his son deeply, and said mournfully, "The weather is cold, you should dress and eat on time, don't damage your body." After finishing his words, he moved out.

Zhao Chen got up to see him off, and when he arrived at the door, he said in a low voice: "When the Queen Mother goes back, she only needs to tell the Emperor that I don't agree, and there is no need to say more." ”

"I know for my mother." , Zhu dropped this sentence and walked away with the palace maid. Zhao Chen looked at his mother's back, and a trace of loneliness flashed on his face.

On October 24, Jiangxi Xuanfu ambassador Zhi Yanzhi sent 17,000 Qin Wang's army to set off from Shouzhou. To Luzhou, Xu Liang personally found Huaixi to appease Liu Guangguo, showing him the emperor's yellow robe imperial edict, Liu Guangguo Liu Guangyuan's brother said that he was edicted, but on the grounds that Huaixi had few soldiers and wanted to guard against Jinren, he refused to send a single soldier.

Xu Liu's persuasion was fruitless, so he had to transfer Li Xianzhong's troops. Li Xianzhong was the deputy envoy of Huaixi to pacify, and without Liu Guangguo's order, he couldn't move if he wanted to. Of course, Liu Guangguo can't let Li Xianzhong go, if this goes and Li Xianzhong is meritorious, their brothers will have to take the blame, if they fail, Li Xianzhong is his subordinate, and he will not be able to escape the involvement.

Xu Liang was deeply worried that the strength of Zheyan was not enough, and when he arrived in Yangzhou, he showed affection to Li Xianzhong and moved him with righteousness, and the latter resolutely led 4,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters. When Liu Guangguo heard the news, he led troops to chase after him, but was repelled by Zheyan.

21,000 men and horses were on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and they were all over the river by boats, needless to say. Speaking of Zhenjiang Fuping on the other side of the Yangtze River, Zhao Dian has been paying attention to the situation in the DPRK and China since Xu Liang left. Within a few days, two edicts were sent from Hangzhou in succession. The first promotion promoted him to be a positive product and a young protector, and he was crowned the Duke of the Kingdom; The second is to order him to keep an eye on the river defense in case of accidents.

What the hell, "unexpected", the edict did not say it clearly, but Zhao Dian knew it. On the last day of October, Zhao Dian received a third edict asking him to pay attention to the movements in Huaixi, which almost made the matter clear.

Xu Liu was almost arrested in Yangzhou City, and although he was escorted to Shouzhou by Li Xianzhong, the news was quickly reported to Hangzhou City. Zhao Huan and others judged from this, firstly, Xu Liang did not say that Zhao Dian moved, so Zhao Dian could come in handy: secondly, Xu Liang was going to find Zhe Yan, so he asked Zhao Dian to pay attention to the direction of Huaixi.

"Report!" , A majestic male voice sounded in the second hall of the two Zhejiang Xuanfu Divisions. Then a military attache broke into Zhao Dian's office hall.

"What?" , Zhao Dian raised his head and asked.

"Xianggong, there are signs of a large number of soldiers and horses in Jiangbei, and they are collecting boats and boats everywhere in an attempt to cross the river!" , the military attache said in a loud voice.

Zhao nodded and frowned, he knew that Xu Liang must have moved to the rescue! Not daring to hesitate at the moment, he quickly got up and walked over, and ordered: "Immediately order the sailor to be on guard!" I'll be right after that! ”

"Order!" The military attache replied, turned and strode away. Zhao Dianli thought about it on the spot, his expression became more and more sinky, and it must be Zheyan quality who comes, how can this be good? If you say that you are fighting, you are not afraid of him, and above the river, it is a place for sailors to compete for power. The sailor army under his command was the one that defeated the Jin army on the river when the king of Zhejun defeated him. Although the Zhejia army is strong, is it a water war............

But can this battle be fought? After thinking about it, I couldn't make up my mind and hurried out of the hall.

After leaving Zhenjiang City, he arrived at the Jiangbian Military Port for a while, and the sailors had already boarded the ship and were waiting for him. The military attache from before stepped forward and said, "Xianggong, the warship is ready, do you want to go?" ”

Zhao Dian shook his head: "Wait, you send two fast boats to follow me." After finishing speaking, with the support of the guards, he got on a warship and ordered to sail towards the opposite shore. Two clippers, each carrying a hundred and ten sergeants, protected him on the left and right.

After walking for a while, the boat reached the center of the river, and Zhao Dian looked at the opposite shore in the distance, and sure enough, he saw a large shadow of a boat. If you get closer, you can see the figures coming and going on the other side. One step closer, even the battle flag can be seen.

It didn't take long for a warship to be spotted approaching on the other side of the bank. More than a dozen large and small ships left the shore and rushed towards each other.

"Xianggong, do you meet the enemy?" , On the warship next to him, the naval general asked loudly.

Zhao Dian only waved his hand, signaling his subordinates not to act rashly. Soon, more than a dozen large and small ships surrounded them, probably because they saw that Zhao Dian was protected by two clippers, and they didn't dare to act rashly.

"Who's coming? Dare to offend the naval warship? A naval general asked.

The other party didn't know, and after a moment of confrontation, they all turned around and went north. When the general saw it, he persuaded: "Xuanfu Xianggong, go back." ”

"Don't worry, wait." Zhao Dian stood at the bow of the boat.

As expected, I didn't wait for a moment, but I saw a large ship on the opposite bank that could carry dozens of people slowly approaching. When the distance was closer, a man could be seen standing on the bow of the ship.

Later, Zhao Dian could see clearly that it was Xu Liang who came!

"Zhao Xuanfu, what is your intention in leading the warship to the river?" , Xu Liang also saw the other party and asked loudly on the bow of the boat.

Zhao Dian didn't answer, but ordered: "Bring the boat closer." When Xu Liang saw it, he also said, "Get close to him." The two ships were not far apart, and both sides could see each other's faces clearly, Zhao Dian saw Xu Liang dressed in military uniform, and couldn't help but be surprised, and asked: "Where did Xu come from to participate in politics?" "Why do you knowingly ask? I hold the edict of the Son of Heaven, and I have to conquer the army of Jiangxi Xuanfu, and now I am going to go to the king of Qin. Zhao Xuanfu, what are you going to do? Xu Liang asked directly.

Zhao Dianshen remained unchanged: "Zhao received many edicts from the imperial court, asking me to guard the Jiangfang, guard against Huaixi, and participate in politics to talk about it, what should I do?" Xu Liang had no patience anymore, and said straight to the point: "Zhao Xuanfu, let's talk less nonsense." Now I and Zhen Xuanfu led the Jiangxi Xuanfu Division, and the Huaixi Anpacification Division Zhulu troops Qin Wang. If you are edicted, you must stop it, and when the army lands, you will also lead your headquarters to Hangzhou; If you disobey the edict, then there is nothing to say. ”

"Huaixi Army? Huaixi pacification division, under my control, without my orders, you can't be mobilized! Zhao Dian knew that Xu Liu was bluffing him.

Xu Liang didn't answer, turned around and said a few words to the boat, and after a while, he saw a general board the bow of the boat, hugged his fists and said: "Humble Li Xianji, I have seen Xuanfu Xianggong!" Zhao nodded and looked at it, and couldn't help but change his face! It's really Li Xianzhong! So, even the Huaixi Army was involved? The brothers of the Liu family relied on their Lao Tzu to be the privy envoy in the court, and they have always been disobedient to themselves, but they didn't expect that Xu Liu actually said that they were moved?

At this moment, he had no bottom in his heart. He was not worried about whether he could prevent the other party from crossing the Yangtze River, with an elite sailor in hand, the other party would be helpless even if he came with an army of 100,000. The problem is that the Zhejia Army and the Huaixi Army have been dispatched, so will the troops of the Xuanfu Division of the two Zhejiang provinces have to fight with their comrades? Blood-soaked Yangtze River?

When he hesitated, Xu Liulang said: "Zhao Xuanfu, the rebels coerce Taishang, people and gods are angry, and the world is condemned!" Today, Xuanfu led an army of 50,000 to serve the king, and I only hope that Xuanfu will distinguish right from wrong, and don't stop it! ”！ ~！