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On the second day of the peace between the two countries, heavy snow was flying all over the sky, the cold wind was howling, and the city of Bianliang in Tokyo was covered in silver, and the sky was still gloomy.

In order to appease the soldiers and civilians in the inner city and make them no longer commit rebellion, Zhao Huan boarded the Xuande Gate early in the cold storm and snow.

Zhao Huan first announced that there was a peace agreement between the two countries and the end of the war, and then issued an edict to amnesty all the officials, soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City, Tokyo, for the crime of losing their defenses, and then appeased and persuaded the officials, soldiers and civilians to return to their respective industries.

After tens of thousands of officials, soldiers and civilians in the inner city heard about this, they flocked to the square in front of Xuande Gate from all directions.

Hearing Zhao Huan announce that the war was over, the people below were in tears and shouting long live.

The scene is sad and passionate.

After Zhao Huan saw it, he cried and waved at the people below.

At this time, Song Jiang, Wu Yong, Xiao Rong and Zhao Liangsi also came to the Xuande Tower, proving that Zhao Huan's statement that the two countries were negotiating peace and that the war was over was not without purpose.

Seeing Song Jiang and the others coming, Zhao Huan said tentatively: "I'd rather harm me than harm my soldiers and civilians!" ”

Song Jiang said with a smile: "My emperor has made it clear that the officials and soldiers in the city are not guilty and will not be punished, so there will be no crime in the city." ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, his heart tightened.

- Li Cun only said that the officials, soldiers and civilians in Bianliang City in Tokyo were not guilty and would not be punished, but he did not say that the royal family and clan of the Zhao and Song Dynasty were innocent and would not be punished.

Zhao Huan thought to himself: "This matter still has a long way to go. ”

After a long sigh in his heart, Zhao Huan asked Sun Fu on the side to post a list in the streets and alleys of the inner city, and announced to all the officials, soldiers and civilians in the inner city: The two countries of the Qian-Song Dynasty have made peace, the war has ended, and when Prime Minister He Li brings back the conditions of the Great Qian, the two countries will jointly issue an oath.

As of now, the inner city is still in chaos.

Empress Mingda, that is, Zhao Fujin and their mother Concubine Liu's old mansion Yunqi Bridge, Shenwei Ying, Wuyue Temple, Meng Changling's house, Lan Congxi's house and other places, were all maliciously set on fire.

The fire burned thousands of houses in the inner city to the ground, causing a large number of casualties among the people in the inner city.

In the midst of the fire and smoke, helpless people fled in all directions. Some of them fled from the west to the east of the city, some from the east to the west of the city, and some did not know where to flee.

In the chaos, many couples were separated, many fathers and sons were lost, and there were even people who could not bear the suffering and cut themselves off.

These fires were not set by the cadres, under the restraint of Li Cun, except for the soldiers patrolling the outer city, the rest of the cadres and soldiers did not leave the city wall within ten zhang, and these fires were all set by the routs of the Zhao and Song dynasties or the outlaws in the inner city.

The chaos magnified the evil thoughts in the hearts of these people, allowing them to take advantage of the opportunity to loot, and even disguised themselves as city cadres to attack mansions, burn, kill and loot.

A large number of wealthy merchants, gentry and nobles, princes and ministers, and descendants of nobles in the inner city have been violated to varying degrees, and there are many wealthy merchants, gentry and nobles, princes and ministers, and men from the families of descendant nobles, in order to hide their identities, they have to dress in rags and pretend to be beggars; In order to hide her true face, women had to rub dirt on their faces and wear coarse cloth clothes that could not identify their gender.

Of course, there are also many smart people who ran from the east and west corners of the inner city to the outer city, and then escaped.

However, many more people in the inner city still experienced two days of hellish life, and as a result, in addition to the killed, looted, and strong, many old and weak women and children were trampled to death or crushed to death.

This kind of tragedy everywhere makes the wailing sound heard everywhere in the inner city, which is unbearable to hear.

In contrast, it is the outer city, where there is almost no burning and looting.

-- Most of the routs and lawbreakers who wanted to make trouble were beheaded by the officers and soldiers on patrol last night, and now there are thousands of heads hanging on the city.

Zhao Huan heard that the chaos in the inner city had not stopped, so he asked Kaifeng Mansion to hurry up and suppress it.

After King Yin Shiyong of Kaifeng Prefecture received the order, he immediately made an announcement: "The two countries have made peace, and anyone who burns and kills looters will be beheaded without forgiveness, and I hope that the residents will be safe, and do not be a traitor." ”

Soon after, after Wang Shiyong asked Zhao Huan for instructions, he asked people to walk the streets and alleys to announce: "The two countries have made peace, there is no need to fight in the streets, and the armor issued before is recovered, and the holder is limited to return to Kaifeng Mansion within three days, and those who do not pay it after the expiration date will have 30 rods." ”

At ten o'clock at noon, Zhao Xu and He Li returned from Qingcheng.

As soon as he saw Zhao Xu and He Li, Zhao Huan couldn't wait to ask: "What's the big deal?!" What does Emperor Daqian want?! ”

He Li glanced at Zhao Xu and saw that Zhao Xu did not mean to answer Zhao Huan's words, so he replied: "Emperor Daqian wants to invite His Majesty out of the city to negotiate peace with him. ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, his face immediately turned pale with fright.

Seeing this, He Li persuaded: "Emperor Daqian is also the Son of Heaven, only when His Majesty goes out of the city can he have an open and honest conversation with Emperor Daqian." ”

He Li's words are not unreasonable, in terms of identity, it is true that only Zhao Huan and Li Cun are equal, and they can sit down and have a good talk.

But as soon as Zhao Huan thought of meeting Li Cun, his legs and stomach turned tendons, and his limbs became weak.

However, Li Cun has already made conditions, if Zhao Huan should not be invited out of the city to see Li Cun, and then anger Li Cun, then the opportunity he won by sending his six sisters to negotiate peace may be ruined, in that case, whether it is the Zhao Song Dynasty or Zhao Huan himself, it will definitely be over.

But after thinking about it for a long time, Zhao Huan still couldn't make up his mind to meet Li Cun.

In the end, Zhao Huan asked He Li to go to Qingcheng again tomorrow to see what Li Cun's attitude was, and it was best to find out why Li Cun wanted to see him.

Zhao Huan also hinted that He Li could find a way to let Zhao Yuanzhu and the six sisters go to explore Li Cun's bottom.

He Li took the order and went down.

At this time, Zhao Huan's personal attendant Zhang Jun rushed into the Xiangxi Hall in a panic, and reported in a hurry: "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, the guards split the left door with a sharp axe and rushed into the palace, they claimed to have asked to see Your Majesty, and they are looking for Your Majesty everywhere!" ”

When Zhao Huan heard this, he was shocked, and ran out in a panic, trying to find a place to hide.

But as soon as Zhao Huan ran to the gate of the Xiangxi Palace, hundreds of guards rushed into the palace under the leadership of Jiang Xuan, the commander of the Yellow Gate, Li Fu, and Lu Wan, the commander of the Yellow Gate.

Seeing Zhao Huan, a group of guards shouted one after another: "Please come out quickly!" "It's already unsafe in the palace, it's not an official residence! "We are loyal ministers, and we want to save the lives of officials! ”……

Although Jiang Xuan, Li Fu, Lu Wan and other guards were full of loyal and courageous words, they were menacing and very eager.

In Zhao Huan's view, Jiang Xuan, the guards, wanted to kidnap him, and even wanted to harm him.

Zhao Huan asked, "Where do you want me to go?" ”

Jiang Xuan replied: "If we want to give up our lives, we will also win a life for the official family, and escort the official family out of the city!" ”

Soon, Jiang Xuan brought a very divine white high-headed horse and wanted to help Zhao Huan get on the horse.

In Zhao Huan's opinion, if he rushed out like this, he must be dead and dead.

Moreover, Song Jiang had already told the Xie Ke family that the 500-mile radius outside was full of cadres and soldiers, and the cadre army had 100,000 cavalry, how could this run?

The key is that Li Cundu has already promised to negotiate peace with them Zhao Song Dynasty, and he Zhao Huan really has no need to run.

Therefore, Zhao Huan struggled hard and was unwilling to get on the horse.

Seeing this, Zhang Jun rushed up and angrily reprimanded Jiang Xuan and other guards: "This is the Son of Heaven, and you are rude!" ”

Jiang Xuan was furious, and slashed Zhang Jun on the spot with a sword, and blood gushed everywhere.

Zhao Huan, who grew up in a greenhouse, where did he experience such a bloody scene, and he was immediately scared stupid.

Li Fu saw that Zhao Huan was stunned, and hurriedly stepped forward to kowtow, and at the same time explained to Zhao Huan: "It's not that Jiang Xuan dares to be rude, it's really that we want to save the official family from disaster." The thieves are treacherous, and they want to trick the officials out of the city, and the peace negotiations cannot be trusted. The prime minister and the inner servant are all thieves, and the capital of my Great Song Dynasty is broken, which must be caused by the cooperation between their generation and the thieves, may Your Majesty decide quickly! ”

How could Zhao Huan listen to the arrangement of a group of Qiu Ba?

So Zhao Huan was silent and didn't answer Li Fu's words at all.

Seeing that Zhao Huan hesitated and trembled with fright, Jiang Xuan directly stepped forward to help Zhao Huan enter the Xiangxi Palace, forcibly helped Zhao Huan change into clothes suitable for horseback riding, and then pulled Zhao Huan out.

Zhao Huan, who didn't want to go with Jiang Xuan at all, was angry and anxious, and he struggled and said, "You wait for An to dare to deal with me?!" ”

Jiang Xuan dragged Zhao Huan out and said: "The ministers don't care about life and death, don't care about their families, they just want to be loyal to the official family and save me from the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Huan saw that it was too hard to do it, so he could only use a delaying strategy: "Even if I want to go out of the city, I must make preparations, and besides, you can wait for only a few hundred men and horses, and An can escort me from the thousands of troops and horses?" ”

At this time, only He Li, Sun Fu, Mei Zhili and Lu Haowen followed Zhao Huan and Jiang Xuan into the Xiangxi Palace, and the rest of the ministers were all scared away by the murderous Jiang Xuan.

Zhao Huan hurriedly gave He Li and the others a look, and asked them to come forward to dissuade Jiang Xuan.

Sun Fu then stepped forward and scolded Jiang Xuan, telling Jiang Xuan to wait outside first, so as not to startle the holy driver.

Jiang Xuan retreated and said loudly: "At this point in state affairs, all of them believe that Ren is a traitor, and there is no need to say it directly. ”

Lu Haowen followed Jiang Xuan out and persuaded: "If you forget your home and give up your life, and want to escort you out of the capital, your loyalty can be seen from the sun and the moon, but if you drive out of the city, how can you act rashly, you should have a careful plan." ”

Lu Hao asked this, and Jiang Xuan and the other guards were quite convinced.

Just when Lu Hao asked to stabilize Jiang Xuan and the others, Zhao Huan urgently ordered Tan Shixian, who was also a waiter in the matter, to transfer the commander of the four compartments, so that Zuo Yan immediately led troops into the palace to suppress Jiang Xuan and other guards.

In order to stabilize Jiang Xuan and other guards, Zhao Huan sent Zhao Qi to Jiang Xuan and said: "Your Majesty has issued a holy decree to let you be the head of the palace as the regimental training envoy." ”

Jiang Xuan was overjoyed, immediately thanked him, and then commanded a group of guards to sit under the palace with his sword, waiting for Zhao Huan's whereabouts.

Soon after, Zuo Yan led his troops into the palace and arrested all the guards who had not dispersed, and that night, Jiang Xuan, Li Fu and Lu Wan were executed.

Actually-

At this time, Zhao Huan still had more than 10,000 guards.

These guards, the armor on their bodies are the most elite of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and they also have nearly 10,000 good horses, it can be said that this army is the elite of the elite of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and it is also the last guarantee of Zhao Huan's rule.

Especially the two thousand elite cavalry at its core, which are the escorts created for Zhao Huan by the master Dao, each of which can be used as ten.

The key is that these guards of Zhao Huan now all want to kill Tokyo Bianliang City, and they are unwilling to sit still.

If Zhao Huan can effectively organize these guards, it is really possible to kill Tokyo Bianliang City.

It's a pity that Zhao Huan doesn't have such courage at all, and the proposals of people with such courage such as Zhang Shuye and Liu Yanqing were not adopted by Zhao Huan.

Speaking of which, Zhao Huan is not an outstanding figure at all, so whether it is in history or now, he cannot turn things around and rewrite history.

On the night when Jiang Xuan and the others were killed by Zhao Huan, Huixing reappeared, and it was straight towards Bianliang City in Tokyo, with its tail across the sky.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Huan was very worried about the future of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

However, some people comforted Zhao Huan, saying that this was a sign of the prosperity and decline of the Daqian Dynasty.

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Also on the night of the comet's appearance, Zhao Gou, who was in Xiangzhou, received a report from Tanma that a Qinshe person from Bianliang City, Tokyo, asked to see him.

As soon as Zhao Gou heard that someone was coming from Bianliang City, Tokyo, he hurriedly took Wang Boyan, Geng Nanzhong and others to meet this Qin Sheren.

This Qin Sheren was Qin Zai, a martial arts student who was sent by Zhao Huan to send a letter to Zhao Gou before the siege of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

After Qin Zai saw Zhao Gou, he hurriedly handed over the wax pill secret letter hidden in his hair to Zhao Gou.

After the wax pill was opened, a four-inch square silk decree appeared.

This holy decree is written by Zhao Huan himself:

Zhiqing rebelled against King Qin, but he could remove the generalissimo of the Qing soldiers and horses, Wang Boyan, and the deputy marshal Zongze. should be dismissed and acted from cheaply. The family is happy and worry-free, and the day before yesterday gave 5,000 yuan, don't worry.

After reading Zhao Huan's imperial pen decree, Zhao Gou burst into tears.

At this moment, Zhao Gou is actually really worried about the Jiangshan Sheji of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and he is also really worried about his hard-working mother, Concubine Wei Xian, and Princess Kang, who is in love with him.

However, what if you are worried, Zhao Gou does not have too many soldiers and horses in his hands at present, he just has the heart to go back to Bianliang City, Tokyo to go to King Qin, and he does not have the strength.

There was no way, Zhao Gou could only look in the direction of Bianliang City, Tokyo, without saying a word.

Within two days after that, seven more people came to Xiangzhou with Zhao Huan's imperial pen decree, and the contents of the wax pill secret letter they brought were all the same, appointing Zhao Gou as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, Wang Boyan and Zong Ze as the deputy marshals, and quickly gathered the world's soldiers and horses to come to the rescue of King Qin.

It turns out -

Zhao Huan was afraid that this crucial imperial pen decree would not be delivered to Zhao Gou's hands, so he sent eight people in a row to Xiangzhou to deliver the letter.

At this point, Zhao Gou had the righteousness of gathering and controlling all the soldiers and horses of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

In order to demonstrate the great power of Zhao Gou, and also to vote for Zhao Gou, Geng Nanzhong said to Zhao Gou: "King Wang, with the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, undertakes the system and calls on the Quartet. ”

Don't underestimate the word "world", with the word "world", Zhao Gou can learn from the story of Tang Suzong's Lingwu and call on the Quartet Qinwang troops in the name of "the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses".

And once Zhao Gou has this disguise, it will enhance the legitimacy and appeal of Zhao Gou's status, and lay a solid foundation for ascending the throne and becoming the king.

In other words, Geng Nanzhong now has the idea of "if there is a change in Zhao Huan, he will support Zhao Gou to ascend the throne and become the emperor".

Zhao Gou understood what Geng Nanzhong meant, but now the Zhao Song Dynasty had not yet perished—Zhao Gou and the others did not even know that the Bianliang City in Tokyo had been broken by Li Cun.

Therefore, Zhao Gou considered that if he moved the idea of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor at this time, then if the Zhao Song Dynasty escaped this catastrophe, he would definitely be convicted by Zhao Huan of a major crime of plotting to usurp the throne.

Therefore, Zhao Gou did not immediately adopt Geng Nanzhong's suggestion......

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Let's talk about the Daqian Dynasty here.

After more than 100,000 engineers and civilians rushed to work day and night, taking advantage of the period when the Zhao and Song dynasties were bent on negotiating peace with the Great Qian Dynasty, under Li Cun's instructions, the cadres built artillery mounts, fences, runways in the city, and other fortifications on the city wall of Bianliang City, Tokyo, and stationed 50,000 troops on the city wall for a long time to achieve complete military control of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

From now on, the people of the Zhao and Song dynasties can be said to be difficult to fly.

However, in Li Cun's opinion, there are still some precautions that need to be completely solved before he can completely occupy Tokyo Bianliang City.

These precautions are that there are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the inner city, and the key is that they still have a large number of weapons in their hands, and even one or two thousand war horses.

If these horses are well organized, they will also be a large combat force.

What's more, Zhao Gou and the others are still gathering King Qin's soldiers and horses, in case they should join forces with the outside, maybe they will let the duck that has reached their mouths fly.

Therefore, Li Cun had to find a way to completely eliminate the resistance of the Zhao Song Dynasty, as well as the army of King Qin who defeated the Zhao Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Zhao and Song dynasties will be left to Li Cunzai......

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