The ministers who returned to Shun after Zhao Jiong's death, such as Prime Minister Cai Fang, Tian Chongjin deployed soldiers and horses stationed in Dingzhou, and Pan Mei were deployed at the three intersections of Hedong, etc., the new emperor was not to blame, and still lived in his original position. Zhao Jiong was not in the right position and was buried under the system of a concubine. His descendants, such as Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, Zhao Dechang, the king of Han, etc., were reduced to the titles of county kings, and the others were no longer called princes and princesses.

In the Chongzheng Palace, the new emperor Zhao Dezhao stood on the dragon throne, and Wang Yu stood respectfully by his side, not at all as a minister who assisted and supported him. The morning sun came in through the window, making the usually somewhat deep hall rarely brighten, and the adult children of Zhao Jiong, who was lying on the ground to listen to the order, looked cloudy, Zhao Yuanzuo's eyes were angry, Zhao Dechang's face was pale, and most of the other children were trembling, lest his cousin Zhao Dezhao be ruthless and cut down the grass and eradicate the roots.

"There is still family affection in the heavenly family," Zhao Dezhao said coldly, "Although the father of you and others is guilty of rebellion, I only sin one of them." It is a great thing for you to wait for a good student to live in peace at home, to study and reason. After nearly ten years of fear, he felt that he had been merciful enough to say, "If there is nothing you do not understand, then go back." ”

As if they had been pardoned, they were about to give thanks and leave, but a woman knelt down and said, "Although my father has committed the crime of rebellion and is buried as a concubine, please allow your majesty to allow the children of the guilty ministers to go to the grave to worship at the time of year." Her words were very sad, and Zhao Dezhao looked down, but she was Zhao Guangyi's youngest daughter. Zhao Dezhao frowned, turned his head to look at Wang Yu, and saw that he nodded slightly, so he said in a deep voice: "This dynasty rules the world with filial piety, so I will allow you to invite." ”

After Zhao Guangyi's children retreated, Zhao Dezhao exhaled a sigh of relief, and his heart was open, until this time, he still couldn't believe that this Ninety-Five Supreme Position was actually owned by himself as in a dream.

Wang Yu, who was standing beside him, also breathed a sigh of relief, the battle for the throne of the Great Song Dynasty ended in October, and the main force of the forbidden army finally freed up his hands from the civil strife.

Volume 9, Jackie Chan, ascending to the strong, Chapter 26, the struggle

Zhao Dezhao's Anmin notice in Guanzhong was sent by Xia Jun in time to enter the besieged state capital and county, and the surrender of Xia State, which was close at hand, or waiting for the favor of the new official family of Bianliang, became a choice that was not difficult for many local officials appointed by Zhao Jiong to judge.

"Zhao Dezhao plotted to usurp the throne, I am a Jinshi personally selected by the official family, how can I be a thief. Anyway, return to the summer lord, the so-called good birds choose trees to perch, and good ministers choose the lord to serve, so as not to destroy the lives of the fathers and elders in Guanzhong. "Taiping rejuvenated the country for five years, and Lu Xiancheng, the governor of Qinzhou, opened the city and surrendered to the Xia army on the second day. Although Zhao Jiong suppressed the military ministers, but during his reign, the number of scientific examinations and the number of Jinshi admitted was unprecedented, and there were countless new civil officials promoted within ten years, almost all over the prefectures and counties in Guanzhong, and in more than ten days, Jingzhao Mansion, Fengxiang Mansion, Huan, Qing, Long, Wei, and Feng Prefectures were successively surrendered.

In the city of Chang'an, Wu Yingying was quite busy receiving representatives of groups of Guanzhong officials who came to express their loyalty, and entrusted the governance of Guanzhong to the officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion who followed up. Hearing that the Song general Cao Han had led 70,000 forbidden troops to attack Hangu Pass, Wu Yingying personally led the three armies of Longya, Jinfan, and Zhige to help.

Between Guanzhong, the Central Plains and Hebei, the Yellow River, Luliang Mountain, Funiu Mountain, Zhongtiao Mountain, Kunshan Mountain, and Qinling Mountains crisscross and cut off the east and west, the Hangu Valley Road is the most important east-west passage, and it can only accommodate one carriage in its narrow place. Hangu Pass is named because it is locked in the valley and is as dangerous as a letter. It is precisely because Hangu Pass is the throat road between Chang'an and Luoyang, far since the Warring States Period, here is the place where soldiers must fight, after countless battles, the soldiers who arrived in advance dug the soil and dug Hao, and dug out a lot of white bones and broken blades under almost every inch of land in front of the pass.

On this narrow ancient road from east to west, there are three steep passes built in the past dynasties, namely Tongguan, Qinhangu Pass and Hangu Xinguan. Before the Xia army captured the pass, the Song people were heavily defended by Tongguan, which was close to Chang'an. The marching division and the military intelligence department took into account that because Tongguan was too close to Chang'an, once it was broken through by the enemy, the hinterland of Guanzhong would have no time to respond, and second, Tongguan was located on the west side of Hangu Valley Road, and the Song people could completely build another Guancheng on the east side of Hangu Valley Road, and share this natural risk with the Xia Kingdom. So Zhang Zhongyao led the flower hat and the horizontal array of the two armies to break through the Tong Pass, simply continued to advance, occupied the Qin Hangu Pass in the Hangu Valley Road, and re-repaired and strengthened it, it is the real key of the Hangu Valley Road, just stuck in the most narrow and steep place of the Hangu Valley Road, the hills and hills on both sides are undulating, the east is bordered by the Absolute Stream, the south is connected to the Qinling Mountains, and the Yellow River is in the north.

When Xijing stayed behind and Cao Han led the army to the front of the pass, he could hardly believe his eyes, in less than two months, the original dilapidated old Hangu Pass had completely changed its appearance.

The Xia army not only heightened and strengthened the city, but also dug five deep trenches in front of the pass, the inner side of the trench is sharpened antlers and low walls, the low walls are covered with bed crossbows, according to the habits of the Xia army, the real barracks were built behind the low walls, and the stone throwers were placed in the barracks, whether it was a bed crossbow or a stone thrower, the range had been calibrated. Both sides of the Hangu Valley Road were impassable, and if the Song army wanted to move forward, they had to pave the road with flesh and blood.

In the distance, the Song army had already followed the Hangu Valley Road to the first trench, and Jian Zitong, the captain of the horizontal formation, looked at the general Shi Yuanguang with excitement, and heard the name of Hangu Pass for a long time, but he didn't expect it to be so easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now the narrow valley road was crowded with Song troops pushing siege engines and holding various blades, and crossbowmen followed closely behind the heavily armored foot soldiers, intending to shoot closely. However, this section of the valley road that the Song army traveled through had already been tested countless times by bed crossbows and stone-throwing carts behind the three trenches.

Shi Yuanguang didn't need a clairvoyant mirror to see clearly, he lowered his head and smiled at Jian Zitong: "Don't worry, the Song people will learn to be obedient after suffering their first loss, and we can't take such a big advantage." At this time, the Song army in front had begun to spread the wide wooden planks on the trench, and the heavy infantry holding large shields and swords jumped out first in the dense rain of arrows, and the Xia army maintained an appropriate resistance intensity, so that the Song army commanders in the front felt that as long as they added strength, they could break through the first trench, and more and more Song troops were urged to pour into the valley road, so dense that even the soldiers waved their blades to be careful of accidentally injuring their comrades.

"It's time!" Shi Yuanguang said in a deep voice. "Fat!" Jian Zitong ordered in a loud voice, countless stone bullets, pottery bombs, rockets, bed crossbows, almost no missed every inch of land in front of the first trench, almost in the blink of an eye, the front of this narrow battlefield, the forbidden army that had just attacked forward like a rainbow, had already lost seven or eight, and many of them were seriously injured and wailed loudly, and those who were still able to move retreated more quickly. Behind the low wall, the Xia army cheered loudly, and the sword and shield men took the opportunity to rush out and push the wooden plank bridge that the Song army had worked so hard to build down the trench.

On the Hangu Pass City, Wu Yingying looked into the distance with a clairvoyant mirror.

Zhang Zhongyao said: "Cao Han is really reckless, our army treats each other with deep barriers, and he actually attacked with all his strength as soon as he came up." ”

Wu Yingying said with a smile: "Zhao Dezhao won the throne, naturally he wants a big victory to consolidate his prestige, Guanzhong is the residence of the emperor, he recaptured Guanzhong, so he can continue to call himself Zhengshuo." He looked at the forbidden army that poured up along the valley road like a tide, and said secretly: "The pass has been decided, Chase is hurrying to sort out the state and county, and it won't be long before a million people can be transported." In front of this Hangu Heavenly Danger, I don't know how much blood Song Guo is willing to shed before he is willing to give up. ”

Although the Song army suffered heavy casualties, the generals still did not give up, selected a small number of elites, and continued to attack westward wave after wave with strong crossbow blades.

Xijing left behind Cao Han personally supervised the battle, he frowned at this tragic scene, he returned from Guanzhong to support the division, although the official family did not blame, but then appointed Xijing to stay, and let himself personally lead the army to recapture Hangu Pass, obviously there is a layer of merit in it.

Cheng Chang'an, the commander of the First Army of Hujie's Left Wing, was covered in blood and mud, retreated quite embarrassed, knelt down in front of Cao Han and said: "General, Hangu Pass is too steep, and the Xia people's equipment is powerful, so it is better to hold off for a while, and wait for the trebuchet and bed crossbow to be transported up before attacking." Cao Han's face was grim, and he shouted: "In just over a month, the people of the Xia Kingdom will be able to run Hangu as solid as gold, and we have time to wait for the bed crossbow and stone throwing machine, can they just sit and watch?

Under Cao Han's strict order, the Song army launched an attack again and again, the rear team of crossbowmen lined up into a crossbow array with stone bullets, and did not hesitate to use arrows to pour the arrow feathers into the Xia army's position, the Xia army guarded the low wall, the Song people's crossbow arrows were as dense as obscene hair, and both sides suffered heavy losses regardless of the casualties, behind the first trench, the stacked corpses gradually leveled with the low wall built by the Xia army, and Zhu Bochao, the commander of the third army on the right side of the crane, even went into battle in person, rushed into the Xia army camp with a shield, brandished a steel knife and shouted to kill.

Seeing that the fortifications were almost completely destroyed, Shi Yuanguang, the commander of the horizontal camp in charge of the front, ordered the sergeants to retreat to the second line of defense.