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At the same time that Li Cun led his troops north, Yue Fei also received Li Cun's order to lead Long Xiang's army to the south, meet Li Cun, and fully recover the Hedong region.

——Afraid that Yue Fei's troops would be insufficient, Li Cun transferred Zhang Xian to lead the enemy-breaking army and 20,000 Huzhi infantry troops to the south for the time being, under Yue Fei's command.

Yue Fei, who had fully recovered the northeastern part of the river, was overjoyed after receiving Li Cun's order.

Yue Fei rearranged the defenses in the northeastern part of the river and the southern part of Yundi, and left Wang Gui to lead 10,000 horses to continue to lock up Taiyuan City, and then he himself led the rest of the men and horses south.

Yue Fei's first dangerous pass in the south was the North and South Pass.

Originally, Yue Fei thought that he was going to have a big battle with the Song army here in the North and South Passes.

No, there are not many Song troops here in the North and South Passes, so Yue Fei can easily pass this pass.

After passing the north-south pass, Yue Fei sighed: "It is so dangerous, and let me pass it, this world should be my big cadre's family." ”

Leaving 5,000 men and horses to guard the north and south passes, Yue Fei led the army to continue southward and attack Longde Mansion.

The name of the prefect of Lund Mansion is Zhang Qu.

A long time ago, Zhang Qu realized that Yue Fei would definitely lead his army south, so he once gave Zhao Huan a recital and stated:

"Hedong is the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty, and its safety is at stake. If there is no Hedong, not only can the land of the old Qin not be defended, and Bianjing cannot be the capital. Now that Daqian has exhausted the northeastern part of the river, he is bound to move south into the Kou. Lucheng is not built for a hundred years, and the generals are all on the border, and the ministers grew up in Xizhou, and they are quite proficient in military affairs, if they get 100,000 western troops, they are still enough to resist the enemy. Otherwise, there is only one death to repay His Majesty's ears. ”

Yue Fei sent a ranger scout to hear that there were not many people in Longde Mansion, especially Lucheng, the capital city of Longde Mansion, with less than 1,000 men and horses in total, so he sent people to persuade him to surrender.

But Zhang Qu refused to surrender without hesitation, and he also told the others in the city that he was determined to fight the enemy to the death with Lucheng holding on to help.

Some people felt that Zhang Qu was singing a high profile and saying it well, so they offered a plan to Zhang Qu that the prime minister could break out of the siege from Dongcheng, and wanted to test Zhang Qu's mind with this.

When Zhang heard this, he shouted angrily: "The minister who defends the land should repay the country with death, his head can be broken, and his waist cannot be bent!" ”

Zhang did what he said, and sure enough, he took less than 300 Song army soldiers who were willing to fight him to the death in Lucheng to fight the cadres to the death.

Until the city was broken, Zhang did want to kill himself with a horizontal knife.

But he was hugged by the generals on the side.

The general said: "Xianggong is worthy of the Great Song Dynasty, there is no need to be like this." ”

Zhang Qu said angrily: "You are loyal to me!" And wanted to break free and continue to commit suicide.

However, the remnants of the Song army were defeated, but Zhang Qu surrendered, and then Zhang Qu was sacrificed to Yue Fei.

Yue Fei admired Zhang Que's loyalty, sent someone to send Zhang Que to Li Cun, and reported to Li Cun.

After Li Cun received Yue Fei's good news, he immediately appointed Han Fang as the prefect of Longde, and then sent Han Fang to lead a group of capable officials to take over Longde Mansion.

After handing over the Longde Mansion to Han Fang and the others, Yue Fei led the army to continue south.

On 22 February, Yue Feibu arrived at the border of Zezhou.

When the horse scout heard that the Song army was prepared in Zezhou, Yue Fei did not venture into the city, but first sent rangers to reconnoitre.

- Yue Fei knew that he was getting closer and closer to the main force of the Song army, and a decisive battle could break out anytime and anywhere, so he had to march cautiously.

Soon, the rangers sent out by Yue Fei heard that the Yao Gu Department of the Song Army was under full martial law in Jincheng and Jiangzhou on the other side of the Kongzhai River, and seemed to be waiting for him to fight a decisive battle.

The decisive battle between the cadres and the Song army seemed to be imminent.

But at this moment, Song made Lu Yundi and others walk to the border of Zezhou and happened to meet Yue Fei.

Lu Yundi took the initiative to tell Yue Fei that the two countries had negotiated peace, and the Zhao and Song dynasties agreed to cede Hebei and Hedong to the Daqian Dynasty, and he came to help the Daqian Dynasty surrender Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan City is a thorn in Yue Fei's heart - it is inserted in the traffic artery of Hedong, and if he is not careful, Wang Yu in the city will cut off Yue Fei's grain route.

Therefore, Yue Fei has always wanted to knock down Taiyuan City.

But the problem is that Li Cun never let Yue Fei fight Taiyuan City.

Now, the Zhao Song Dynasty wants to help the Daqian Dynasty recruit Taiyuan City, and Yue Fei feels that this is a great opportunity to pull out the nail of Taiyuan City.

As a result, Yue Fei suspended the decisive battle with the Song army and led the army back to Taiyuan......

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Wu Min was very sympathetic to Li Bangyan, who was removed from the post of prime minister.

Wu Min felt that he should stand up and say a fair word for Li Bangyan.

Therefore, on February 16, Wu Min gave Zhao Huan a recital.

In this recital, Wu Min pointed out that many of the soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City, Tokyo at that time were not loyal to the heart of the Zhao and Song dynasties, and they even looked forward to the Qianjun breaking through Bianliang City in Tokyo, and there was also a riot caused by the students and the people, at that time, no one wanted to take that opportunity to sacrifice the city, the key Song army was defeated in two battles, which had proved that it was not the opponent of the Qianjun. In the end, the Daqian Dynasty withdrew its troops and lifted the siege of Bianliang City in Tokyo, which was clearly a loyal minister who benefited the country and the people, rather than a traitorous minister as rumored by the outside world.

Wu Min asked Zhao Huan to issue an edict to clear Li Bangyan's guilt, so that Li Bangyan's true personality would be revealed to the world, and then restore Li Bangyan to the position of prime minister.

Wu Min's recital struck a thousand waves with one stone, and many people scolded Wu Min, saying that Wu Min and Li Bangyan were the same party, saying that they were all traitors, and Wu Min should also step down with Li Bangyan.

Tai students Shen Changqing and Taixue Zheng Wu Ruo successively fired at Wu Min and Li Bangyan, they said that all the Tai students who participated in the book and the people who rushed to study together were all loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties, how could it be said that there were no people loyal to the Zhao and Song dynasties? Then they not only bombarded Wu Min and Li Bangyan for forming a party for personal gain, but also branded Wu Min into a party of Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son, saying that Wu Min was ostensibly saving Li Bangyan, but actually wanted to save Cai Jing and Cai You's father and son.

Wu Min was bombarded by these people so much that he hid in the capital hall and didn't dare to show his head, and those who used to make peace with Li Bangyan and Wu Min saw that the public opinion was raging, and they didn't dare to come out like Wu Min anymore.

Actually-

This was mainly because, as the Song army gathered more and more, many people in the Zhao and Song dynasties began to believe that the Zhao and Song dynasties could not cede Hebei and Hedong to the Daqian dynasty.

Let's talk about Hebei first.

Hebei has the ancestral tomb of the Zhao family.

What is the ancestral tomb, that is the root of the Zhao family, the ancestral tomb is gone, it is equivalent to the loss of the root of the Zhao family, so how can the Zhao family gain a foothold and command the world?

In addition, Hebei is the northern barrier of the Gyeonggi region, and without Hebei, Tokyo would not be the capital of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

And Hedong is the barrier of Shaanxi.

If Hedong is lost, Shaanxi will not be easy to defend.

The key is that the current Zhao Song Dynasty does not have much territory, and if the Central Plains and Shaanxi are lost again, the Zhao Song Dynasty will only be left with the land of Shu, in that case, the Zhao Song Dynasty may be about the same size as the Western Xia.

Therefore, for the Zhao and Song dynasties, Hebei and Hedong must not be lost.

With the withdrawal of the cadres, most of them, from the officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty to the lowest civilians in Bianliang City in Tokyo, believed that the cadres would never come again, and that the crisis faced by the Zhao Song Dynasty had completely passed.

It was under these circumstances that many people began to call for not ceding Hebei and Hedong to the Daqian Dynasty.

In the imperial history, Cheng Xu Han is a representative of this.

In addition to calling for the cession of Hebei and Hedong to the Daqian Dynasty, he also put forward the view that "there are five benefits to a decisive battle with the Daqian Dynasty."

Yili: If you fight a decisive battle with the Daqian Dynasty, it is best to win, even if you don't win, you can also cross the Jingcheng in the north, cut off Taihang in the west, guard the Yellow River inside, and the country will be solid, in other words, Xu Han believes that the decisive battle with the Daqian Dynasty is the best to win, and there is no greater loss if you don't win;

Erli: The cadres have been winning all the time, and they have captured countless numbers, they must be arrogant, and they can rely on the Song army's side to attack the laziness of the cadres.

Sanli: The Song army has more soldiers and horses than the cadre army, and the Song army is mostly a soldier of the Western Army, in terms of strength, the Song army should be stronger than the cadre army.

Sili: The seed master has experienced a hundred battles, has extremely rich combat experience, and is assisted by Yao Gu, a famous general of the Western Army, and a seed master, so he will definitely be able to return with a big victory.

Wuli: Zhao Huan is benevolent, sincerely moves all surnames, and the three armies of righteousness, everyone thinks of dying for the country, in order to cleanse the shame of the Central Plains, and send the anger of the seven temples.

Xu Han is a three-year jinshi of Yuanyou, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, although he is upright, but he actually doesn't know how to fight at all, he just hopes that Zhao Huan can learn from Liu Bang and Liu Bei, although he has been defeated repeatedly, but he can become more and more courageous, not because of small setbacks and dare not fight again.

Xu Han also pointed out that all of Zhao Huan's worries were due to Yao Pingzhong's failure to rob the camp.

Xu Han quoted the words of the seed master and said to Zhao Huan: "I am outnumbered, and I should divide the troops to form a fortress to defend the important land, so that the grain road is blocked, and the frustration lasts, but it can be broken and ......."

Xu Han said to Zhao Huan, first of all, Yao Pingzhong's defeat was not a big defeat, but a small defeat; Moreover, the court uses strong generals instead of veterans, which will inevitably cause problems; The key is that there were too few people sent to rob the village last time, and they were very poorly prepared; In addition, Yao Pingzhong's method of robbing the village is also wrong......

In short, what Xu Han meant in and out of his words was that Song Jun was not really vulnerable.

Xu Han said to Zhao Huan again: "The famous general, although he is old and sick, he is wise and brave. In the past, the first emperor used Li Xin as Wang Jian and humiliated Chu; Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty commanded the army with the veteran Zhao Chongguo, and he was able to become a Jincheng. Since Lu Wang, it has been difficult to count those who have received merit as veterans. The teacher's intelligence has not declined, although he is old. ”

Xu Han said bitterly to Zhao Huan that it is the best policy to let the seed master Dao re-serve as the Xuanfu envoy to command all the soldiers and horses of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, and it is the second policy to let the seed master Dao serve as the privy envoy to select generals and generals.

Prior to this, the ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty and the ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty of the main battle had been arguing, and Zhao Huan felt that the main war faction was right for a while, and felt that the main battle faction was reasonable, swaying around, and never made up his mind, therefore, the decrees of the Zhao Song Dynasty were also constantly changing, and after the results were transmitted to the front line, it became a court order that changed overnight, so that the soldiers on the front line did not know whether to fight or not, which greatly affected the morale of the Song army.

Zhao Huan also realized that it would not work like this.

Therefore, Zhao Huan was moved by Xu Han again, and he was given the title of Captain Dao, restored his position as privy envoy and Xuanfu envoy of Hedong, Hebei, and garrisoned Huazhou.

But—

At this time, although the seed master Dao was nominally a lieutenant, a privy envoy, and a Xuanfu envoy, in fact, there were not many soldiers and horses in the hands of the seed master Dao, and the soldiers and horses of the Zhao and Song dynasties were all in the hands of the generals on the front line.

Under the promotion and propaganda of Xu Han and other officials who were the main wars of the Zhao and Song dynasties, many people were arguing that Hebei and Hedong could not be ceded, and if they were cut, the Zhao and Song dynasties would die.

The ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty (mainly Geng Nanzhong and Tang Ke) of the Lord and the Song Dynasty saw that the voice of the main battle was too loud, and it was possible that Qiang He might follow in the footsteps of Li Bangyan, so he suggested that Zhao Huan send someone to discuss with Li Cun, saying that the soldiers and civilians of the Zhao Song Dynasty refused to cede Hebei and Hedong, and see if they could give the Daqian Dynasty some more coins to replace the land cession contract, if Li Cun agreed, Hebei and Hedong would be kept, and if Li Cun did not agree, then continue to implement the land cession contract.

Zhao Huan felt that Geng Nanzhong, Tang Ke and other people had good ideas, so he sent Wang Yun and the guards to command Cao Yan to chase Li Cun, and at the same time issued an edict to the seed master Dao, so that the seed master Dao was not allowed to act rashly.

In other words, although Zhao Huan knew that it was wrong to sway from side to side, he just couldn't help but swing around, similar to a wall grass, which end of the wind was strong, it would fall to whichever end, so that the decrees of the Zhao and Song dynasties could never reach a consensus, wasting the manpower, financial resources, morale and precious time of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

As a result, the Seed Master Dao, who was about to show his strength, was once again pressed the pause button by Zhao Huan.

However, on the whole, the main battle faction still had the upper hand during this period.

Therefore, these ministers of the main war faction began to liquidate those who had not worked hard in the previous battle.

The first to bear the brunt was Liang Fangping, who abandoned the Yellow River and fled.

- He Guan also fled from the wind, but He Guan did not retreat in the subsequent defense of Tokyo, and even turned the tide and won people's respect. But Liang Fangping was different, not only was he unfavorable in battle, but he was also arrested by the people as a spy, and then locked up in Kaifeng Mansion for detention.

In fact, Liang Fangping is Zhao Huan's cronies, and Zhao Huan once had high hopes for Liang Fangping.

But Zhao Huan also hated Liang Fangping's defeat and abandonment of the river, which made him suffer so much humiliation, so he ordered Liang Fangping to be beheaded under the Maozuo Bridge.

Li Bangyan was dismissed by Zhao Huan, and Zhang Bangchang was taken away by Li Cun and never returned, which made the position of Dazai of the Zhao Song Dynasty always vacant.

At this stage, Zhao Huan is actually more inclined to the main battle faction.

Therefore, after hesitating again and again, Zhao Huan chose Xu Churen as Dazai.

After Xu Churen became the prime minister, he said to Zhao Huan: "Your Majesty is under the world of your ancestors, how can you be with people!" The mausoleum of the two ancestors, Zhongshan is the beginning of His Majesty. Li thief is deceitful and unpredictable, the Central Plains is unified from the north and south, he does not take the country and seize it, there must be fear, this is the opportunity of my Great Song Dynasty, when the decisive attack is made, you must know that the opportunity can not be lost and will not come again. ”

Zhao Huan thought so: "Qing's words are yes, and I mean it." ”

Wu Min may have seen that the Lord and Hehe were really unflattering, and he also turned his head to support the dispatch of troops, and he said to Zhao Huan: "There is no reason to abandon the people of Hebei and Hedong to save the sect and society." ”

Dazai and Shaozai unified their thinking, so that Zhao Huan temporarily stopped vacillating and decided to start a war with the Daqian Dynasty to recapture Hebei and Hedong.

Soon after, Zhao Huan officially adjusted the top management of the Zhao Song Dynasty:

remove Zhang Bangchang from his position as Dazai; appointed Xu Churen as Dazai; Wu Min is Shaozai; He also served as the Privy Council; Tang Ke served as the Chinese scholar; Geng Nanzhong was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng; He Li, a bachelor of Hanlin, is the right man of Shangshu; In the imperial history, Xu Han was reappointed as a member of the Privy Council; Mei Zhili and Chen Guoting served as the middle of the imperial history.

Soon, the ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty, who had gone to negotiate peace with the Great Qian Dynasty, were liquidated by the ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty who were the main battle faction, and Li Ze, Zheng Wangzhi (who was taken away by Li Cun), and Li Ye were all dismissed from their posts on the grounds that they had failed to negotiate peace.

It has to be said that Zhao Huan actually wants to be a good emperor and also wants to govern the Zhao and Song dynasties well.

To be fair, since becoming the emperor, Zhao Huan has really been dreaming of sleeping at night, diligent in government affairs, conscientious, reviewing the chapter every day until late at night, and immediately starting to deal with government affairs as soon as he opens his eyes, even meeting ministers when he eats.

Let's put it this way, when Zhao Huan ascended the throne, Zhu Lian helped Zhao Huan recruit eight concubines (plus the two palace members of the Empress Dowager Zheng's family that Zhao Ji gave to Zhao Huan, a total of ten concubines) and more than 20 female officials.

However, as of now, Zhao Huan has not touched any of them.

From this point of view, Zhao Huan is really stronger than Li Cun, and Li Cun, who is as lustful as his life, really can't catch up with Zhao Huan.

Now, after making a plan to start a war with the Daqian Dynasty, Zhao Huan went to Jingling East Palace, Jingling West Palace, Yangdeguan, Ningxiangchi, Zhongtaiyi Palace, Youshenguan, Xiangguo Temple and other places for three consecutive days to burn incense, thank the ancestors for the blessing of the spirit of heaven, so that the society turned the danger into safety.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Huan issued another edict to posthumously seal the fallen soldiers and reward those with military exploits.

After the foreshadowing was done, Zhao Huan issued an edict to Zhan Du, Zhang Xiaochun and others, asking them to stick to Hebei and Hedong:

"I inherited the weight entrusted by the emperor, and I have been on the throne for more than ten days, and the division of the great cadres has reached the capital. The minister suggested that donating money and cutting land could alleviate the disaster. The spirit of Lai Zongmiao, the garrison is missing, and he has retired for a long time.

Today, the great cadres have repeatedly allied to trap Yue Fei in the south of Longde, aiming to attack our Great Song Dynasty in the south, and they have broken the prefectures and counties, killing innocents indiscriminately, demolishing houses and looting, and deceiving people too much.

I have been chasing the blame all night, what a pain!

The original lord and Li Bangyan were sent to the temple, and Li Ze, Li Ye, and Zheng Wangzhi were deposed, and the edict was sent to aid Hebei Hedong.

The land of ancestors, the size cannot be compared with people! And where the tomb of Baosai is located, swear to hold on. I can't bear to fall into Hedong, Hebei, in order to steal the peace of the moment. Work with the people to protect the territory forever, broadcast to China and foreign countries, and make you aware of your intentions. ”

Zhao Huan's edict was not only to frame the cadres, saying that Li Cun and Yue Fei, who had extremely strict military discipline, connived at the demolition and looting of the cadres and soldiers, but also tantamount to openly tearing up the peace treaty signed between the Daqian Dynasty and the Zhao Song Dynasty......

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