At that time, the newly established imperial court will no longer have the power to deter, that is, only an empty shelf will remain.

Therefore, in the face of the attack of the Ming army, Zhao Kuangyin could not retreat and could only resist hard.

But hard resistance is just Zhao Kuangyin's idea, do his generals think so?

When Baili Wuji personally led the new army to march to Kaifeng Mansion through Songzhou, all the way unimpeded, the official road built in recent years played an important role, and 200,000 army personnel, equipment and even artillery quickly marched north.

It wasn't until he arrived thirty miles outside the west gate of Kaifeng Mansion that he encountered Zheng Enbu.

Zheng En is not only the sworn brother of Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin, but also the sworn brother of Baili Wuji, and after several months of getting along in Hexi, the relationship between the two has been very harmonious.

Sure enough, as soon as Baili Wuji opened his mouth to meet Zheng En, Zheng En came to the Ming army camp as promised, and under the persuasion of Baili Wuji and Wang Pu, Zheng En decisively stood on the side of Baili Wuji.

As a consequence of this, there was no longer an army blocking the Ming army outside the west gate of Kaifeng Mansion. Although Zhao Kuangyin controlled an army of more than 400,000 in his hands, what he could really command was the 30,000 people he led and some of the henchmen in Kaifeng City who surrendered to control the forbidden army, adding up to only 50,000 or 60,000 people.

The other followers of the festival town just want to fish in the muddy waters, Chai Rong is dead, the new emperor is young and ignorant, at this time, if Zhao Kuangyin can seize the world, they have earned the merit of the dragon for nothing, but if Zhao Kuangyin can't seize the world, the fool will "top the thunder" for Zhao Kuangyin.

When Baili Wuji announced Chai Rong's edict and Chai Zongxun's edict to the world, and ordered the news of the 20th New Army's crusade against Zhao Kuangyin, a rebellious minister, to Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhao Kuangyin had already found out. The few festival towns that originally followed were no longer in command.

The purpose of Baili Wuji's edict and Chai Zongxun's edict to the world before setting off was to divide the old ministers of the Zhou State in Kaifeng City, so that they could not work together and civil strife occurred.

Baili Wuji naturally would not be naïve to think that he could get the world of Zhou with these two edicts alone. The last thing to get the world is still strength, and these two edicts are just two fig leafs, nothing more.

The effect of these two edicts is still not small, and the old ministers of the Zhou State have psychological pressure because of this, after all, the orthodoxy of the Zongmiao has turned to Baili Wuji, not Zhao Kuangyin, who usurped the throne by mutiny.

When the news of Zheng En's arrival reached Kaifeng Mansion, the shock was incomparable.

Zheng Eun fell. The west gate of Kaifeng Mansion was directly under the intimidation of the Ming army, and everyone knew that with the Ming army's firearms combat effectiveness. I'm afraid it won't be easy to hold Kaifeng Mansion.

As a result, the people in Kaifeng Mansion were panicked, and the generals of the towns who followed Zhao Kuangyin began to plan their own back roads, and no one wanted to have a hatred with the Ming State because of Zhao Kuangyin.

When Zhao Kuangyin learned that the Ming army was dispatching. I already know in my heart that it's not good.

And when he learned that Chai Rong actually left an edict. Zhao Kuangyin was almost desperate.

Zhao Kuangyin originally wanted to occupy Kaifeng, let Chai Zong train Zen, and make himself have the name of orthodoxy, and then let the Ming Kingdom lose the moral excuse to march north in the name of orthodoxy. Then use the benefits to let the Ming Kingdom continue to ally with him.

But Zhao Kuangyin miscalculated two points, one was that Chai Zongxun escaped by Shun lì; The second is that Baili Wuji has already prepared the new army, and in just a few days, he can transfer 200,000 troops to the outside of Kaifeng Mansion, which is by no means something that can be achieved by a temporary intention.

This shows that Baili Wuji has been premeditated for a long time. Come to think of it. Zhao Kuangyin felt a chill in his heart.

And then, worse news came. The Xiang Xun Department stationed at the south gate also surrendered to the Ming Kingdom.

In fact, Xiang Xun and Zheng En had already agreed with each other when they followed Zhao Kuangyin from Lingzhou that if Ming Guo intervened, they would change their ways. In the hearts of the two, although Zhao Kuangyin is fierce, compared with Baili Wuji, he is like a child.

After the change of direction to Xun, it played a huge exemplary role for the various armies in Kaifeng Prefecture, and the hearts of all armies began to waver, and everyone began to worry about their future.

After Baili Wuji got Zheng En and Xiang Xun II, he did not order an attack, and Kaifeng City was renovated and built by Chai Rong for several years, and it has been more than doubled than the original, which cost countless national funds.

Baili Wuji didn't want to be ruined by the war, and more importantly, the Northern Expedition was about to be blocked, and Baili Wuji still wanted to resolve the coup peacefully.

Baili Wuji is sure, with Zhao Kuangyin's cleverness, he should know how far the situation has become. Therefore, Baili Wuji firmly believes that Zhao Kuangyin will definitely come to negotiate with him.

Zhao Kuangyin had already guessed the meaning of Baili Wuji, if the Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, he naturally did not dare to take the risk of taking the initiative to attack. Zhao Kuangyin knew that although he had hundreds of thousands of troops, these armies were all patched together, and if he really fought, he was afraid that he would be scattered.

The key is that two of the three armies that can really fight have surrendered without even saying hello.

Zhao Kuangyin was a little resentful of Xiang Xun and Zheng En.

But if resentment works, what else is the army to do?

Zhao Kuangyin had no choice but to ask Fan Zhen to write a letter and ask for peace talks.

This historic moment took place three days later.

January 30th.

Zhao Kuangyin, who had just been the emperor for ten days, was invited to come to the front of the two armies outside the city and meet with Baili Wuji.

"Why?"

Today's Zhao Kuangyin took off the clothes of the Yellow Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who had just been worn, and came to Baili Wuji in a dark robe, and the first sentence he said was why.

Baili Wuji didn't answer, and he didn't even get up when Zhao Kuangyin arrived, but just sat and stretched out his left hand with a smile and motioned for Zhao Kuangyin to sit down.

This is not a big deal, but strength, and I believe that the respective entourage officials behind the two will not feel abrupt.

On selfishness, Baili Wuji is a brother, and Zhao Kuangyin is a brother; On the Gongming Kingdom as a strong country, the Zhou State ...... No, the Song State was a weak country; On justice, Baili Wuji holds Chai Rong's edict and Chai Zongxun Chan, so that the name of the edict is justified and can take over Kaifeng; In terms of emotion, the Ming State has spared no effort to support the Zhou State over the years, and who among the subjects of the Zhou State does not remember this kindness?

But in this world, regardless of public or private, let alone justice and emotion, it is only about strength.

Unfortunately, the most important thing that Baili Wuji lacks is strength.

Therefore, Baili Wuji is "arrogant".

Zhao Kuangyin is a smart person, he naturally figured this out. He sat silently opposite Baili Wuji, but his eyes were still insistent, he really wanted to know, why was this?

Baili Wuji stopped in the middle of his nose with his hands together, and then slowly stroked it to the sides of his cheeks, this action calmed his mind.

Stroking the short beard that was already sharp, Baili Wuji said lightly: "There is no reason for many things, why should the third brother be persistent?" (To be continued......)