The first day of the seventh month of the tenth year of Xianchun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Mongol army conquered the south and had gathered at the foot of Gaoting Mountain in the northeast of Lin'an City, and the Great Song Dynasty was in danger of hanging by a thread.

Ashu, the commander of the Mongolian army's expedition to the south, paced back and forth in the Chinese military tent, his face was gloomy, and he could not see the slightest joy from his demeanor.

But Ah Shu couldn't be happy, let alone complacent, because the news from Shandong made it difficult for him to sleep.

The 50,000 troops led by Ali Hague, the deputy commander of the southern army, were wiped out, and the Haizhou, Xuzhou, Pizhou and Yizhou places under the jurisdiction of Shandong were all occupied by the Song army under the command of Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei of the Great Song Dynasty.

This means that it will be difficult for the army led by Ah Shu to make direct contact with the emperor and the imperial court.

According to the understanding of ordinary people, after learning such important news, Ah Shu will definitely lead the army to conquer the south quickly and turn back to attack Shandong, unite with Prince Hedan, and completely defeat the Song army that invaded Shandong, but after careful thinking, Ah Shu resolutely made a decision that the army continued to attack in the direction of Lin'an Mansion City, and it was necessary to take Lin'an Mansion City, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and completely destroy the Great Song Dynasty.

Ashu will never give up halfway, will not let the great opportunity to lose, the emperor appointed him as the commander of the southern army, its purpose is to destroy the Great Song Dynasty, this is the most critical combat task of Ashu, the rest of the changes can be temporarily postponed, so far, Ashu also believes that the Great Song Dynasty Wei King Wu Shaogang led the troops to attack Shandong, occupy Haizhou and other places, is to think of galloping to the aid of the Great Song Dynasty, so that he, the commander of the southern army, was forced to turn back and no longer attack Lin'an City.

As for whether Wu Shaogang and the Song army under his command, after occupying Haizhou and other places in Shandong, would attack to the south and threaten the army led by Ah Shu, Ah Shu did not consider this, he did not think that Wu Shaogang had such great courage.

Ah Shu asked the army to continue its march towards the city of Lin'an, and at the same time sent scouts to find a way to send the song to the capital, which detailed his intention to make such a choice, and he believed that the emperor would support this decision.

The army was stationed at the foot of Gaoting Mountain in the northeast of Lin'an Mansion City for only two days, Ah Shu began to deploy, he did not have much time to delay, after taking Lin'an Mansion City and destroying the Great Song Dynasty, the southern army had to turn back and march into Shandong, and the Song army under the command of Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei of the Great Song Dynasty, fought desperately to the death.

The city of Lin'an is no longer peaceful, there is restlessness everywhere, and the news that the Mongolian army is gathering outside the city spreads quickly, and ordinary people would never have thought that the dignified capital would actually encounter the attack of the Mongolian army, and I don't know what so many troops in the imperial court are doing.

In fact, the imperial court has been blocking the news, at the beginning of the year when Jia Yidao was in control of the government, even the emperor did not know the situation of the Mongolian army, not to mention the ordinary people, now the news can not be hidden, after all, the Mongolian army has approached the capital, which makes the ordinary people in the capital extremely surprised and frightened.

Empress Dowager Xie, who listened to the government, was even more desolate in her heart.

The funeral of the first emperor has just ended, the Mongolian army is approaching the capital, in less than two months, most of the civil and military ministers in the court have left, and there are not many ministers who come to participate in the early dynasty, and the most painful thing for the Empress Dowager Xie is that Chen Yizhong, the prime minister of the left, has disappeared.

Forced to be helpless, Empress Dowager Xie once wrote a letter to Chen Yizhong's father, hoping that Chen Yizhong could go to the court council, but there was no effect, Chen Yizhong still did not show up, so two days ago in the early court, Empress Dowager Xie appointed Wen Tianxiang, the deputy privy envoy, as the right prime minister, privy envoy, to manage all matters in the court.

The total number of troops stationed in the capital is only more than 30,000 people, thinking that relying on these more than 30,000 people to resist the Mongol army is a joke, I am afraid that the Mongol army will be able to capture Lin'an Fucheng in a round of charge.

Everyone knows that Lin'an Mansion City is not a suitable capital, especially in terms of the solidity of the city, and the previous Kaifeng Mansion City, and even Jiankang Mansion City, are incomparable, to put it bluntly, Lin'an Mansion City is easy to attack and difficult to defend, it is a place for entertainment and play, and it is also an expedient measure to choose this place as the capital.

The envoy sent by the Empress Dowager Xie to Kaifeng Mansion City also returned to the capital yesterday, and the news brought by the Empress Dowager Xie disillusioned all hopes, and Wu Shaogang really did not agree to send troops to Lin'an Mansion City.

Empress Dowager Xie originally thought that Wu Shaogang led the troops to attack Shandong, thinking of forcing the Mongol army to retreat, but now it seems that Wu Shaogang will only march into Shandong for his own purpose, which has nothing to do with the imperial court, that is to say, there is no way to resolve the danger faced by the Great Song Dynasty.

The early dynasty lasted less than a quarter of an hour before it dispersed, and there was nothing left to say, as if everyone knew the final outcome.

When the right prime minister and privy envoy Wen Tianxiang entered the main hall, the Empress Dowager Xie was still in a trance, and the young emperor had already returned to the harem.

The curtain was not opened, and Empress Dowager Xie saw Wen Tianxiang who entered the main hall.

"Prime Minister Wen, is there anything wrong?"

"Empress Dowager Qi, the minister has ordered all the soldiers in the capital to prepare to resist the attack of the Mongol army...

Empress Dowager Xie's face showed a wry smile.

"Prime Minister Wen, do you think these soldiers are enough to resist the attack of the Mongol army, and can they defend the capital?"

Wen Tianxiang was stunned and couldn't answer, because this question didn't need to be answered.

After a while, Empress Dowager Xie sighed slightly.

"Prime Minister Wen, there is one matter in the mourning family, and I want to entrust you to handle it."

"If the Empress Dowager has any will, the minister will do his best to do it."

"The mourning family wants you to represent the imperial court and go out of the city to negotiate with the commander of the Mongolian army, the Great Song Dynasty court is willing to pay tribute, willing to cede land, if necessary, you can even call yourself a son to the Great Yuan court...

Wen Tianxiang's body trembled, he wanted to speak, wanted to stop the Queen Mother from doing this, but things came to this point, Wen Tianxiang couldn't come up with a better suggestion, he was appointed as the prime minister of the dynasty in danger, but he couldn't think of any way to resolve the current crisis, and the sadness in his heart can be imagined.

As the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the negotiation must be Wen Tianxiang, and there is no other suitable candidate.

The capital is already a mess, the people are in great panic, after all, the ferocity of the Mongolian army, many people are aware, the Mongolian army slaughtered the city after the capture of Ezhou, and its atrocities have long been spread to the capital.

From this point of view, it is also necessary to negotiate with the Mongolian army.

Back to the Privy Council, Wen Tianxiang's face was gloomy, he didn't have much time to prepare, he had just discussed with the Queen Mother in the main hall for nearly an hour, and determined the negotiation documents, many of the contents in the documents, almost all of which Wen Tianxiang could not bear, but for the sake of the Song Dynasty and the people of the capital, Wen Tianxiang had to bear all this.

Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, has become a haze in Wen Tianxiang's heart, and what makes him unconvinced is that Wu Shaogang is obviously a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, but he is unwilling to make a move at a critical moment, and Wu Shaogang's behavior of leading a large army to attack Shandong is in Wen Tianxiang's view, and it is not at all to save the Great Song Dynasty.

There are not many officials left in the Privy Council, most of them have fled, and they are nowhere to be found, looking at a few officials with panicked expressions, Wen Tianxiang sighed and walked into his official office.

The drafting of the document also requires Wen Tianxiang to write it himself.

When writing this unbearable document, Wen Tianxiang cried, he really didn't expect that the ambition of the year ended up now, I remember that when I was just the champion, I made an oath that I must recover Kaifeng Fucheng, and now Kaifeng Fucheng is indeed recovered, but it doesn't seem to have much to do with the Song Dynasty.

The lieutenant officials in the palace sent by Empress Dowager Xie came several times, but they did not directly enter Wen Tianxiang's official office.

Finally, Wen Tianxiang finished writing this sad and indignant document.

The clerk was immediately taken to the palace by the waiting lieutenant.

Wen Tianxiang got up and left the official office, came outside, and looked at the few officials who were still waiting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Great Song Dynasty court has entered the autumn of life and death, you can stick to the Privy Council, please accept my worship."

Wen Tianxiang, as the right prime minister and privy envoy, bowed deeply to everyone.

Many officials hurriedly returned the salute.

After a long sigh, Wen Tianxiang spoke again.

"Early tomorrow morning, I will lead some of you to the camp of the Mongolian army to negotiate, resign from the bad luck, if you have a family to take care of, now bring it up, you don't need to follow me to the Mongolian army's barracks, the commander of the Mongolian army, Ashu, once slaughtered the city in Ezhou, his people are cruel, I am afraid there will be no elegant deeds."

Speaking of this, Wen Tianxiang looked at everyone.

No one spoke, and no one flinched.

In the dignified Song Dynasty, there are always a few iron bones.

Unfortunately, in this situation, all this is in vain.

"Very good, you are not afraid of death, I am very pleased, I, Wen Tianxiang, swear here, I am a minister of the Great Song Dynasty in life, and a ghost in the Great Song Dynasty in death, no matter when and where, I will be loyal to the Great Song Dynasty...

Wen Tianxiang finally said his oath, which is also the words after careful consideration, in fact, he knows very well that many powerful people in the court have gone to Kaifeng Mansion and have gone to Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, and it will not take long for Wu Shaogang to be the emperor and will definitely compete with the Great Yuan Court for the world, but Wen Tianxiang will not submit to Wu Shaogang and will not do anything to be sorry for the Great Song Dynasty.

Regardless of whether such a choice is timely or not, Wen Tianxiang has already made it.