The rebellion of the Manichaeans in the southern Muzhou area, first from Qingxi County, and then began to spread outward, the rebellious believers are like a snowball getting bigger and bigger, in just half a month, it is claimed that there are 100,000 people, now these Manichaeans have captured the city of Muzhou, killed thousands of local defenders, and occupied Shouchang, Fenshui, Tonglu, Sui'an and other counties, for a time the momentum was huge, the surrounding state capitals knew that they were invincible, so they asked the court for help.

Zhao Ji received the news of the Manichaean rebellion, and spit blood in a moment of anger, if it was placed in peacetime, the rebellion of 100,000 Manichaeans would not make him so angry, but at this critical moment, there were almost no troops in the country to adjust, and it was not easy to transfer 30,000 troops from the Western Army, but now how should these 30,000 troops be used? If Yang Huaiyu is rescued according to the original plan, then the Manichaean rebellion will definitely become more and more powerful, and maybe even a force will be formed to divide one side.

But if Yang Huaiyu and them are allowed to be besieged, and let the 30,000 western troops go to quell the rebellion, not only will the 70,000 troops in Yang Huaiyu's hands not be able to keep them, but the sixteen states of Yanyun will definitely be gained and lost, and even the Liao State may take the opportunity to go south, which will be a real big trouble for the Great Song Dynasty.

It is precisely because of the above circumstances that Zhao Ji spit blood all of a sudden, and the whole person suddenly became very depressed, which also made the palace a mess, and immediately a royal doctor came to treat Zhao Ji, and it turned out that Zhao Ji was angry and injured his vitality and needed to recuperate, but unfortunately Zhao Ji could not take care of these at this time, and convened the ministers again.

Zhao Ji dragged the heavy sick body to gather Lu Huiqing and the others, originally wanting them to come up with a countermeasure, but unfortunately what disappointed him was that although the ministers in the court were very noisy, they either insisted on sending reinforcements to Yang Huaiyu. Either they think that Manichaeism is menacing and must be exterminated first, both of which are supported by many people and courtiers, and as a result, there is a lot of quarrel in the court, but no one can come up with a better way, which also makes Zhao Ji even more annoyed. In the end, he coughed up a few strands of blood again.

Before the ministers in the court could quarrel with each other, those rebellious Manichaeans had already made a choice for Zhao Xu. Originally, although there were many Manichaeans who rebelled, they had their own leaders and were not at harmony with each other, but with the great increase in the strength of various forces after the rebellion, one of them was called Shi Fozi who defeated other Manichaean leaders and seized power in one fell swoop, and then under the leadership of Shi Fozi, hundreds of thousands of Manichaeans were ready to attack Hangzhou.

Hangzhou is the capital of the Liangzhejiang Road. It is also the location of the Creation Bureau, the geographical location is very important, if it is defeated by Manichaeism, then they want people to have money, weapons and weapons, I am afraid that it will be too difficult for the imperial court to exterminate them again, so in this case, Zhao Ji had to send the 30,000 Western troops who were originally ready to support Yang Huaiyu to Hangzhou to exterminate Manichaeism. The leader of this army is Guo Kui, who broke the toe before, and he is led by an experienced veteran. It was only a matter of time before Manichaeism was exterminated, but in this way, the 70,000 Hebei army that Yang Huaiyu was trapped in had no reinforcements.

At the same time, Zhao Yan, who was far away in Guangzhou, also received the news, he first knew about Yang Huaiyu being trapped in Gubeikou, which made him sigh. Although he had long been optimistic about this operation to recover Yanyun, he did not expect it to fail at the last moment, which made him feel a little regretful.

However, then Zhao Yan received the news of the Manichaean rebellion, which surprised him, especially when he knew that the stone Buddha of the Manichaean sect was actually preparing to attack Hangzhou. It was even more shocking, Hangzhou is the economic and transportation center of the south, if it is defeated there, Manichaeism will definitely increase in strength, so in this case, Zhao Yan immediately sent a vanguard of about 5,000 people to Hangzhou to assist the local officials to defend the city, originally Zhao Yan also sent troops to help exterminate those rebellious Manichaeans, but later heard that Guo Kui led 30,000 Western troops to suppress the rebellion, so he finally relieved his heart.

In the living room of the Yue Wang's Mansion in Guangzhou, Zhao Yan, Wang Shiyue and Xu Yuan were drinking tea, and after a while, Zhao Yan spoke: "Guo Kui came to quell the rebellion, then Manichaeism is not to worry, but Yang Huaiyu's reinforcements are gone, should we write to my eldest brother now and send troops to rescue Yang Huaiyu and them?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan's words, Wang Shiyue and Xu Yuan glanced at each other, and then saw Xu Yuan speak: "Third brother, although Yang Huaiyu's army has been cut off, but the Hebei army in his hands has experienced countless wars, it is already a rare strong army, and they have captured a large amount of grain and grass from Gubeikou, and Yelu Renxian can't do anything about them in a short time, so I don't think there's any need to rush to the rescue!" ”

As soon as Xu Yuan's words fell, Wang Shiyue continued to speak: "Yes, Your Majesty was bewitched by Lu Huiqing before, so he agreed to attack the Liao State, but now that the army is trapped, Lu Huiqing is still sitting in the court, so I don't think it is necessary to rescue Yang Huaiyu and them too early, it is better to let Your Majesty be anxious first, it is best to blame Lu Huiqing, so that my Great Song can also have one less traitor!" ”

When Wang Shiyue talked about Lu Huiqing, his face also showed indignation, although he was indeed a little dissatisfied with Lu Huiqing's government, but the reason why he was so angry was not just because of the public anger caused by Lu Huiqing, but because just a month ago, his younger brother in the capital opened a big warehouse in the capital, but he didn't expect to be bullied by Lu Huiqing's family, and the warehouse was also taken away by the people of the Lu family. Even if he is a colt, it will be difficult for him to get justice for his brother.

Hearing Xu Yuan and Wang Shiyue's words, Zhao Yan shook his head and said: "No, the news from the capital, the eldest brother vomited blood angrily after learning about the Manichaean rebellion, although it was not serious after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, but I am worried that the eldest brother is worried about Yang Huaiyu because of the matter of being trapped, in case a really small illness becomes a major illness, it will be terrible." ”

"This ......" Hearing that Zhao Yan had Zhao Yan's body, Xu Yuan and Wang Shiyue couldn't help but glance at each other helplessly, thinking that it was no wonder that His Majesty trusted Zhao Yan so much, and the relationship between their brothers was indeed extraordinarily deep.

"Third brother, since you said so, for the sake of Your Majesty's body, you should indeed send troops earlier, but when you write a memo for Your Majesty, do you want to refer to Lu Huiqing, even if you can't pull him down, you can make him suffer a little?" Wang Shiyue was unwilling to say again at this time, his own brother was wronged, but he, as a brother, could not seek justice for him, which made him very self-blamed.

"No problem, the attack on Liao State started because of Lu Huiqing, this time the battle was lost, I guess he will definitely push the blame on Yang Huaiyu and these generals, but I won't watch it like this, so this time he must be guilty!" Zhao Yan immediately said with a firm face, in fact, even if Wang Shiyue didn't say it, Zhao Yan didn't want Lu Huiqing to stay in the court anymore.

In the dormitory, Zhao Ji lay on the bed with a sick face, some time ago he was angry at the Manichaean rebellion and vomited blood, and then was the courtiers only cared about quarrelling, but none of them were able to relieve their worries and get angry again, as a result, the body was injured and injured, and then even Cao Tong was alarmed, and personally ran to treat him, but finally Cao Tong solemnly warned him that he must recuperate quietly during this time, and he must insist on taking the prescription he prescribed, otherwise it will leave a great hidden danger to the body.

For others, it seems that it is not particularly difficult to recuperate, but for Zhao Ji, the king of a country, it is a very luxurious thing, because he has too many things in his heart that he needs to deal with, not to mention other government affairs, just Yang Huaiyu is trapped, and the Manichaean rebellion is enough to keep him awake at night, let alone meditate and recuperate, it is estimated that it is precisely for this reason that he drank the medicine prescribed by Cao Tong for a few days in a row, and his body only improved slightly, but his condition did not improve much.

Now it's almost the second watch, Queen Xiang personally boiled medicine for Zhao Zhi and fed him to take it, speaking of which, when Zhao Ji married Queen Xiang, he didn't have too deep feelings, but he just saw that she had a gentle temperament and could get along with Hua Zhi, so he made her the queen, but after all these years of getting along, Zhao Ji's feelings for the gentle and kind Queen Xiang are getting deeper, but the relationship between him and Hua Zhi is a little weak, but Hua Zhi also gave birth to a daughter and two sons for him, but Queen Xiang has nothing.

After feeding Zhao Ji to the queen and drinking the medicine, he said softly again: "Your Majesty, Old Fairy Cao told you to calm down and recuperate, and those things in the court will be handed over to a few ministers for the time being, and this medicine will sweat when you drink it, so don't kick the quilt away when you sleep, otherwise the effect of the medicine will not work." ”

Hearing Empress Xiang's nagging advice, Zhao Ji also felt warm in his heart, because he could feel that Empress Xiang really cared about her body, rather than deliberately flattering, as an emperor, it was also a very rare thing to have such a person who really cared about herself.

But just as the couple was talking, they suddenly saw Huang Wude trotting in, and just wanted to say something, but when he saw Queen Xiang, he immediately shut up and stepped aside. When Empress Xiang saw Huang Wude coming in, her delicate face also showed a little wry smile, but she also knew that the affairs of the court could not be delayed, so she just wanted to stand up and leave, but at this time, Zhao Ji took her hand and asked her to sit down, and then said to Huang Wude: "What is it that makes you run so late?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's a great joy, His Royal Highness King Yue has written a letter to relieve His Majesty's worries!" Huang Wude was happy at this time. (To be continued......)