As soon as the team crossed the Yellow River, Senator Geng Yanxi let out a loud cry of sorrow, sad as if he had died of his father, and Nie Shan's face was not very good, his mood was dull, and he felt that it would be difficult to go home again, but they looked at King Yan as if there was no, he slept when he should sleep, ate when he should eat, and seemed to be very happy to talk and laugh.

That night, the mission stayed in Fengqiu City at night, and met a ghost who was in a hurry to send a letter back to Beijing, Nie Shan stopped him and asked about the situation in front of him, only to know that he came from Cizhou, and after the Jurchen Eastern and Western armies conquered the Pingding Army, they were ready to join forces to go south, and he was ordered by Zongze of Zhizhou to go to Beijing for help. Several people were timid when they heard this, and they didn't want to move forward, but the boss was unwilling in their hearts, so they stayed in Fengqiu!

But the emperor was not happy, reprimanded them for this kind of passive and slacking work, and sent people to force them to move forward, and several people were helpless, and after staying for three days, they went on the road again, but they suddenly found that there were more than 10,000 people who followed them.

"Lord Wang, these volunteers were recruited by you?" Nie Shan hurriedly found the prince to inquire, he was worried that once these people got out of control, they would threaten the safety of the mission.

"No, these people listened to the rumors and thought that we were going north to support Hebei to fight against the Jurchens, and volunteered to join the team and follow us!" Zhao Ta shook his head and denied.

"Lord, should we disperse and send us home, so as not to cause chaos." Nie Shan said worriedly.

"Lord Geng, resisting gold is the will of the people, and the people are also eager to serve the country. This is not the capital, we are weak, if we put on another show on the bus. Prevent us from going to peace talks, or even a civil uprising. I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of it all! Zhao said.

In the memory retained by Zhao Ta, Nie Shan was ordered by the guards to cut off his tongue and crush his body because he held an edict ordering the people of Jiangzhou to hand over the city, and he also appeared in history with a positive image. Although it is the main and factional, it still has a loyal heart, and in some cases, it is still debatable to use the main battle and the main peace as the standard for distinguishing loyalty and traitor.

"What the prince thinks about is, but we are going to Jinying to negotiate peace, will the army accompanying us cause misunderstanding?" Nie Shan thought for a moment and then voiced his worries.

"Lord Nie, do you think that if we go alone on this trip, the Jurchens will strike and make peace?" Zhao Ta asked rhetorically.

"It's... It's hard, even if we're afraid it's hard to get out of it! Geng Nanzhong thought for a moment. Honestly replied.

"Therefore, we should not block this kind of righteous act of the people, and Jin Jun sees that we are very powerful, I am afraid that we will also have to think about it, and we will also take the initiative in the peace discussion, so that they will not dare to act rashly against us. Master Nie, do you say that's the truth! Zhao Ta said with a pleasant face.

"Well, what the prince said is very true, and it is better to show his power than to be killed. so that the Jurchens did not dare to be too arrogant. Nie Shan nodded yes, they had worked together before, although they had opinions on the way the prince did things, but he also knew that the prince was not the kind of brainless muscular man. Otherwise, the east of the river will not be managed in an orderly manner.

"Yes, the strong will always have the final say at the negotiation table, and our blind tolerance will only arouse the greed of the Jurchens. Even though we ceded the north of the Yellow River, they temporarily withdrew. Then the next time the Jurchens come again, will we still cede Bianjing to them! Seeing Nie Shan's moved. Zhao Ta continued.

"So we must try our best to protect the three towns in this peace talks, otherwise not only Hebei will not be protected, but Henan will also not be protected, and the tombs of the first emperors will be under the iron hooves of the Jin people! If we lose the three towns, we will be sinners for the ages who have been stinking for thousands of years, how can we go back to see the villagers and elders, even if we die, it will be difficult to wash away the infamy of cutting the land and betraying the country, and we will have no shame to see the ancestors and ancestors underground! ”

"The prince is really a loyal minister and a righteous man, and the lower officials are willing to take the prince's horse head as a foresight to protect the three towns, and it is not a pity to die!" Nie Shan said.

"Lord Nie's sincerity can show the sun and the moon, we will go to the national disaster together, and we will definitely leave a name in history!" Zhao Tashi said.

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persuaded Nie Shan, others were even more careless about this kind of thing, the mission was back on the road, through Weizhou, Anli Army, Tangyin all the way to the north, the volunteer team also snowballed bigger and bigger, Zhao Ta organized these people into several armies, divided into horse army, infantry army and crossbow army, reorganized while walking, and contacted the local area to raise grain and grass. On November 18, they went to Xiangzhou, where 30,000 people met the Superintendent of the Imperial History.

Zhang Suo deeply felt the crisis in Bianjing, when the people in the DPRK were panicked, he took the initiative to ask to go to Hebei to recruit troops to return to the Beijing division, Zhao Huan agreed, let him go to Hebei with the wax book, he contacted the state capitals in Xiangzhou by letter, and had raised 780,000 people from Ding Zhuang Township, after two negotiations, he was willing to send troops to Xiangzhou as a backup. Two days later, the mission arrived in Cizhou. Zong Ze, the capital of Zhici Prefecture, welcomed them into the city, and it was because of his stubbornness that Zhao Huan dismissed his peace envoy and let him leave Zhicizhou.

Cizhou is north of the Yellow River, and the Jin soldiers are about to come to the city, and the officials who were appointed by the imperial court to go north of the Yellow River know that this is sent to the tiger's mouth, and most of them are delayed for some reason. A small group of guards led by Zong Ze was also greedy for life and afraid of death, so they stayed for a night on the way, and when they got up in the morning, they saw that the guards were almost gone. This sixty-year-old man rode alone to Cizhou to take office.

As soon as Zong Ze arrived in Cizhou, he immediately organized the army and civilians to repair the city, dig and build fortifications, recruit volunteers, prepare equipment, and prepare to hold on, and wrote to Zhao Huan to suggest that the five states of Xing, Huan, Ci, Zhao, and Xiang should jointly defend each state, gather military horses in each state, recruit militia, and respond to and rescue each other in the face of war.

Zhao Ta entered the city to inquire about the movements of the Jin army, and learned that after the Jin army conquered Zhending, they continued to go south, but they did not carry much grain, and learned that Xiangzhou and Cizhou had already been fortified and cleared the wilderness in order to prevent them from plundering, and after moving the grain into the city, they bypassed Cizhou and Xiangzhou without attacking, and drove their troops east to attack the Beijing Daimyo's mansion.

Zong Ze learned that Zhao Ta was going to Jinying for peace talks, and strongly advised him not to send himself into the tiger's mouth when the army was pressing the border and the situation was critical. Zhao Ta hadn't said anything yet, and Wang Yun, the secretary of the Criminal Department on the side, was not happy.

A few days ago, Wang Yun had learned that Zong Ze had impeached his lord and misguided the country, and now he came out to stop King Yan from sending an envoy. He felt that Zong Ze shouted every day that he wanted to fight with the Jin army and go against the court, he could be the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, where could he stop the Jin Iron Cavalry, and not negotiate peace, could you Zong Ze really retreat from the Jin soldiers? And now it is not easy to say that the emperor will send King Yan as an envoy, but King Yan is also the main battle, once he says that King Yan is moved, then the hope of peace talks and dismissal will be disappointed... (To be continued......)