“………… The wind and clouds change from Bianliang, the battle is difficult to return, the night comes to mourn and shocks the four fields, and the same sorrow is lifted, alas, ambition is difficult to pay! Sadly, the countryman has fallen. Woohoo............"

At this moment in Xiangyang, there is a mourning, the wind and clouds are sad, and every family is wearing a white cloth, as if they have died of their parents.

At this time, a memorial meeting was being held for the Gyeonggi Road town guard, the head of the household department, and the general of the left guard, Zhang Suo.

Zhang is dead.

As another high-ranking general who died in battle, and a scholar from a doctor, he quickly got the unanimous consent of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and without the slightest hesitation, he convened this huge memorial meeting.

When a person dies, he has withdrawn from the competition and will not take credit by force, so the world is always tolerant of the dead. At this moment, Zhang's political enemies are all crying bitterly and full of sadness, as if they are afraid that the world will not know. At this time, Zhang Jun, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, took the stage and read the eulogy.

At this moment, no one will accuse Zhang Suo of defeat, no one will accuse Zhang of using improper soldiers, only that Zhang Suo is loyal to the country. After a person dies, all kinds of mistakes disappear and no longer exist, and some are just remembrance and memorial to the deceased.

The eulogy sounded full of emotion, and even Zhao Pu was in tears when he listened to it.

And Zhang Xian, the son of Zhang Suo, knelt in front of the spiritual throne and couldn't make a sound.

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When he returned to the palace, Zhao Pu was still in a trance, and his mood was quite heavy. Bianliang is lost, is Xiangyang still far away? From a rough look on the map, after the loss of Bianliang, the Jin army can take advantage of the situation and approach Nanyang, Dengzhou and other places, as if entering a no-man's land. At this moment, only Nanyang can be used as a gate to block the Jin Army for a while.

It's just that this gate is very unstable, with less than 30,000 defenders. How long can they hold on?

It is likely that the Jin army left a part of its forces to besiege Nanyang, and the other states and counties abandoned it and directly forced Xiangyang to fight a siege battle with Xiangyang as the goal.

Will Xiangyang be able to hold on to it at that time?

Zhao Pu shook his head, Xiangyang at this time was already one of the accompanying capitals. And because he is here, his status is far higher than that of Yangzhou, Jiankang and other places. The Jin army will not care about the loss of the attack, can Xiangyang be able to hold it at that time?

Zhao Pu didn't have a trace of confidence. And looking at the ministers under him, he is also lacking in confidence.

Originally, it was thought that Bianliang would block the Jin army and make it difficult for the Jin army to go south easily, but the speed at which Bianliang was lost was so fast that even many ministers could not believe it.

The war has come to this point. To say that you are not afraid is that it is a lie.

If the situation is not good, the morale of the military will be shaken. The minister's mind will also be shaken. Once Xiangyang is in danger. At that time, it is very likely that the image of surrendering to the enemy will appear, and at that time, the fortress will collapse step by step from the inside, Xiangyang will be completely lost, and he will completely become the last emperor. Xia Wei, Shang Xuan, and Zhou Youwang were the last emperors of the three dynasties; The third son of Qin, the late emperor of Qin; Liu Ying of the Han Dynasty. It was the late emperor of the Western Han Dynasty; Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was the late emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty; Liu Chan is also the last emperor, and now, there is more Zhao Pu. It is also the last emperor.

Although the Bazi Army has been trained and its combat effectiveness has improved, can it really resist the attack of more than 100,000 Jin troops?

Thinking about it, Zhao Pu had a little headache and was a little bored.

"Your Majesty, are you still sad for General Zhang?" Wang Wuyue said.

"Bianliang has been lost, is Xiangyang still far away? Guarding Xiangyang, I don't have any confidence at all, but at this moment, even if an iron nail is placed in front of me, I have to swallow it. There is no way to go, there is no way back, taking a step back is a dead end, you can only hold on, you may be crushed into pieces by the Jin army, but you must stick to Xiangyang! ”

Zhao Pu said firmly.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from General Wang Yan with a carrier pigeon!" Wang Wuyue said.

"Wang Yan, I don't know if he's okay?" Zhao Pudao vaguely remembered the high-spirited general. Wang Yan, as the first general to follow Zhao Pu, is the old man of the Bazi Army and one of his descendant generals. And Wang Yan went to Hedong at this moment, fought guerrillas, and pinned down the rear of the Jin army.

This is not an easy task, and one careless can die.

It's just that Zhao Pu's subordinates are short of people, and the land east of the river can't be abandoned, so he can only be sent away.

Opening the letter, Zhao Pu read the contents, his face changed, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "He is not dead!" ”

Wang Yan wrote in the letter that Zhang did not die, but went to Hedong and joined him.

"I'll go out!" Zhao Pudao.

When Zhao Pu returned to the spiritual seat again, Zhang Xian was still kneeling in front of the spiritual seat, his expression was blank, and his eyes flashed with sadness. After hearing the footsteps, he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Let's get flat!" Zhao Pu said, "This is for you!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the letter to Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian was a little at a loss, and when he took the letter, after reading the letter, he said, "My father is not dead!" ”

There was excitement and joy in his tone, and there was a hint of trepidation and confusion.

If Zhang Suo dies and dies in Bianliang, he will be rewarded by the imperial court at that time, and he will be better posthumously sealed; It's just that now that Zhang has come back from the dead, the imperial historian will be impeached everywhere, and exile is inevitable. One death and one life, life and death are two heavens, and the living are not as fragrant as the dead, since ancient times.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what to say?" Zhang Xiandao.

Zhao Pu said calmly: "I can't stand the toss, let's hide the news for the time being!" Xiangyang can no longer afford to bear the twists and turns. I'm showing you the letter, just to tell you peace! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhang Xian said gratefully.

At this moment, concealing the news is the most beneficial for Zhang. At this moment, Zhang's location in Hedong can be regarded as a meritorious service, and he has saved a lot of trouble.

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A few days later, a piece of bad news came again, Zong Ze in the town guarding the pass died of illness.

"Smack!"

Zhao Pu only felt that his heart and liver were about to be broken, and bad things, why did they all come together like this.

Zong Ze is over 70 years old and should have been at home to retire. It's just that the Jin army is here, and if there are any available people in the Song Dynasty, they can only let this old man go up. There are constant cannons in the Great Song Dynasty, and Zong Ze is a rare doer. From the Jingkang period to the army to resist Jin, to the later King Qin, and the town guarding the pass, all showed his conscientiousness.

Zong Ze is a literati, not a professional general, and he doesn't know the art of war. It's just that with the Jin army moving south, they continued to make up for their military knowledge, personally trained the troops, and personally promoted young generals, which restored the combat strength of the Song army in a short period of time and resisted the stormy blows of the Jin army.

When guarding the pass, Zong Ze even encountered the famous general of the Jin Army, Wanyan Lou, and was repeatedly defeated at the beginning, which is very normal. After all, Zong Ze was born as a literati, a halfway monk, and did not know the army; However, Wanyan Lou Room has been fighting fiercely for more than ten years, and he is fighting every day, so how can his combat effectiveness not be strong.

After a series of defeats, Zong Ze matured rapidly, constantly adjusted his combat deployment, and finally resisted the attack of the Jin army and kept Guanzhong, so that Wanyan Lou could not attack unscrupulously, forming a stalemate situation. The situation in Guanzhong has finally improved. It's just that misfortune struck at this time, Zong Ze was older after all, no better than young people, and after continuous hard work, he had already exhausted his last energy, and a cold snap hit him, and he fell ill.

Since that snowfall, I have been sick and have not been well.

Now I couldn't hold on anymore, and finally died.

"Blessings are incomparable, and disasters are not one-way, how can this make me good?" Zhao Pu said sadly.

First there was a problem in Bianliang, and now there is a problem in Guanzhong.

As soon as Zong Ze died, it would inevitably affect the morale of the front line. At this moment, it will take a while to run in before he can command the dexterity, but will the Jin army give him time? And the attack on Guanzhong is the famous Wanyan Lou room, which can be called the first general of the Jin country. A second- or third-rate general really can't beat him.

If Yue Fei, who becomes famous in the future, may have a draw with Wanyan Lou Room, but at this moment, it is much worse.

Now counting carefully, there is really no Song general who can fight with Wanyan Lou's room.

Nowadays, the most important thing is to send ministers to the northwest to take over the position of Zong Ze. It's just that this person is not easy to find, the battle is too conservative, and it is easy to be broken by each one; The battle is too brave, and it is easy to win. Like Zong Ze, Lao Cheng is serious, steady and steady, and there is hardly one who maintains a confrontation with the Jin army.

The northwest is a pit, and whoever falls into it is unlucky.

At this moment, it is best for the local generals in the northwest to take over Zong Ze's position, so that the local faction will systematically lead the local army, reduce the running-in, better adapt to the battle, and reduce losses. It's just that the Western Army is clearly divided into factions and infighting, and there is no suitable general to command the Western Army for the time being.

The imperial court must send ministers to command the western army and guard Guanzhong, so as to better coordinate the interests of all factions of the western army and work together to resist Jin. (To be continued......)