"The Western Xia sent troops to help the Song Dynasty suppress the thieves." Wang Jun smiled.

"It's nonsense," Uncle Zhang scolded angrily, "Since you are helping the Song Dynasty to suppress the thieves, why don't you contact in advance, but take advantage of the situation to enter and occupy the border of the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Shuye was really angry, Xi'an Prefecture, which was captured by the Western Xia, was set up by him with his own hands back then, and it was the most proud political achievement in his life.

Wang Jun explained: "It may be a misunderstanding, the second prince wrote a letter to the past, and Xixia will definitely not be rude anymore." ”

Geng Nanzhong asked, "Can Western Xia return the prefectures and counties to the forts?" ”

"I will definitely return it." Wang Jun said.

Geng Nanzhong said: "The Great Song Dynasty has sent an envoy to order the Taiyuan guards to hand over the city, and the second prince of the Jin State should also let the Western Xia return the Great Song border lands." Both sides treat each other with sincerity, so that they can do their best to suppress the thief! ”

Wang Jun said: "The second prince has already written a letter, but it will take some time. ”

This envoy made various promises to ease the anger of the Great Song monarch and was taken back to the Sifang Pavilion to wait for news.

After Wang Jun left, Nie Shan couldn't help but speak: "Your Majesty, Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty are feuds, and they have long coveted the border of the Great Song Dynasty for a hundred years, how can the meat they eat spit out?" ”

Qin Hui also said: "Western Xia is not credible. ”

Zhao Huan began to complain to Geng Nanzhong: "Geng Shi advocates joining Jin to suppress the thief, why hasn't the Zhu thief been suppressed yet, Taiyuan and Zhongshan have to be ceded to the Jin State first?" Now even the northwest frontier has been occupied by Western Xia? ”

Geng Nanzhong received a secret letter from Wanyan Zongwang, explaining: "The two armies of the Jin State are heading south, and the Western Route Army has not yet known about the alliance between Song and Jin, and it has only contacted the Western Xia Koubian after attacking Taiyuan for a long time. Since Taiyuan will be ceded to the Jin people, the Western Route Army will definitely order the Western Xia to withdraw when they get Taiyuan. ”

Zhang Shuye asked: "If the Jin people say to withdraw, Western Xia will withdraw?" ”

Geng Nanzhong said: "Western Xia has declared itself a vassal to the Jin people, and he will obey the order to withdraw his troops. ”

"If Western Xia doesn't withdraw his troops, how will Dazai respond?" Uncle Zhang's eyes widened, and he stared at Geng Nanzhong with anger.

"This ...... The Western Xia would withdraw their troops. ”

Geng Nanzhong didn't know how to answer, and he didn't dare to make any promises, so he could only avoid the important and vague.

At this moment, a eunuch brought an urgent official document.

After Zhao Huan read it, he said to the ministers: "The seed master said that the troops in Tokyo are enough, and he wants to lead troops to guard Xijing (Luoyang), and he refuses to be edicted to enter the king of Jingqin." ”

Zhang Shuye said: "Luoyang's army is empty, so it should be garrisoned in the seed division. ”

Bai Shizhong said: "Zhu Thief is besieging the city with heavy troops, and he will definitely attack Tokyo with all his might, where is Tokyo's army enough?" The official family must let the seed master immediately serve the king, and leave some township soldiers in Luoyang to garrison. ”

Geng Nanzhong also said: "What Bai Xiang said is extremely true. ”

Zhao Ye even directly buttoned his hat: "The seed family lives in Luoyang, and the daughter of the seed family is married to Zhu Thief." Now he doesn't come to King Qin, but garrisons in Luoyang, I'm afraid he wants to dedicate Luoyang to Zhu Thief! ”

Uncle Zhang said angrily: "If the breeder wants to join the thief, the thief will already occupy Chang'an and kill him from Tongguan!" If it weren't for the cultivation of the master's way to defend Chang'an and Xianyang, how could you still talk nonsense here? ”

"Don't talk about thieves anymore!" The emperor made the final decision.

Zhao Huan also felt that the breeder was loyal to the imperial court, and he had to think like this, otherwise Guanzhong would be gone.

Zhao Ye said: "No matter what, the seed master should be summoned to Beijing. First, to prevent the seed division from dedicating Luoyang to the Zhu thief, and secondly, it can also increase the strength of Tokyo. ”

Zhao Huan is now scared to death, although Jin Guo is willing to help suppress the thieves, but before he got Taiyuan and Zhongshan, Wanyan Zongwang always refused to cross the river and has been stationed on the north bank of the Yellow River.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan always felt that there were too few defenders in Tokyo: "Draft the decree to order the seed master to enter the king of Jingqin!" ”

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"Xizuo sent a message," Zhu Ming said to the generals, "Geng Nanzhong is isolated from the inside and outside, not only our envoys cannot see the emperor, but even many ministers of the Song State cannot see Zhao Huan. ”

Wang Yu said with emotion: "When the Emperor of the Song Kingdom was still the crown prince, Geng Nanzhong was extremely modest and courteous, and carefully taught the prince the way to be a king. Everyone thought that Geng Nanzhong was a virtuous minister, but they didn't expect it to become like this now. ”

Zhu Ming said: "The strong attack on Tokyo City Takaikeshen will inevitably suffer heavy losses. Since the Western Xia invaded, then we will be more righteous. Mr. Shi and Li Bangyan will cooperate in the city of Tokyo, and we will preach in various parts of Gyeonggi, saying that in order to eradicate the internal troubles, the monarchs and ministers of the Song State will sell the country and seek glory with the tigers, and they will cede Hebei and Hedong to the Jin State, and then cede Shaanxi to the Western Xia. ”

"Public opinion in the world is bound to boil, and there are no ordinary people who surrender the city." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

These days, the siege and confrontation, Zhu Ming and Wanyan Zongwang are not idle.

Zhu Ming led the main force to besiege Kaifeng, sent a partial division to attack the city, and took Zhongmu and Zhengzhou, and Mixian and Xinzheng were even more decided.

Wanyan Zongwang took the opportunity to plunder the north, and in the name of helping the imperial court suppress thieves, he ordered officials in Liyang, Gongcheng, Xiuwu and other places to send money and grain. Whoever was disobedient and obediently sent food, Wanyan Zongwang sent cavalry to scare him, and those magistrates immediately exploited the people for money.

A few days later, the division led troops into Beijing.

There were more than 70,000 troops in Tokyo, of which Li Gang recruited more than 20,000 Gyeonggi troops, Zhang Shuye brought more than 30,000 Shandong township soldiers, and more than 10,000 family troops from the division.

Now Zhang Shuye is in charge of the defense of Tokyo, and the specific commander is Fan Qiong.

Fan Qiong was born in the Tokyo Forbidden Army, and was promoted by suppressing thieves in Shandong, and this time he entered the King of Jingqin with Uncle Zhang at night, and led 3,000 Shandong Forbidden Army.

Fan Qiong, who was an alternate officer of the forbidden army three years ago, was suddenly appointed as the chief general of Tokyo, and even the seed division had to listen to his arrangement.

When Zhu Ming heard that the seed master had entered King Jingqin, he immediately laughed: "Let Han Shizhong and Chongyan Chong attack Xingze, and after capturing the county seat, they will send patrol soldiers to garrison the city." Han Shizhong and Chong Yanchong followed Luoshui to the west and knocked Luoyang down! ”

Li Bao reminded: "Although Luoyang is empty and quite rich, it is too far away from Tokyo, and sending troops all the way to fight will it disperse the strength of our army?" ”

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "Now that the situation is complicated, the Song army and the Jin soldiers will not take the initiative to fight, and our army can just capture Luoyang." Taking it there will have little military impact, but it can cause a sensation politically! ”

Nanjing (Shangqiu) has been taken by Li Bao, if Xijing (Luoyang) is captured by Han Shizhong, and Beijing (Daimyo) is still blackmailed by the Jin, what kind of emperor is Zhao Huan guarding a Tokyo?

The reason why Han Shizhong was sent to fight Luoyang was because his deputy general was Chong Yanchong.

The seed clan is in Luoyang!

Chen Youyi, who is also from Luoyang, also set off with the army this time, and he was temporarily appointed as the prefect of Henan.

Under Zhu Ming's deliberately distorted propaganda, the monarchs and ministers of the Song State wantonly ceded the land to the Jin State and the Western Xia State in order to survive. The news, centered in Tokyo, quickly spread to Simian Prefecture.

Chen Youyi didn't know the truth very well, and was affected by public opinion and propaganda, and was completely disappointed in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Both of them are from Luoyang, is that place easy to fight?" Han Shizhong asked.

Chen Youyi said: "Luoyang is too rich and noble, famous families are everywhere, it has long been Wen Tian and martial arts, once the soldiers come to the city, Luoyang will definitely surrender." ”

Chong Yanchong also said: "The seed family is still a little influential, if I report my name, some defenders should be willing to put down their weapons." ”

Where Han Shizhong led his army, Xingze, Bishui, Gongxian, and Yanshi were easily taken, and the officials either surrendered or fled, and these cities were all thrown to the patrol soldiers who arrived later.

Xijing Luoyang, right in front of you.

The countryside around Luoyang should be the area with the most serious land annexation in the country, and to a certain extent, even more than the Chengdu Plain.

Because there are too many big families, and new large landowners are constantly being born.

There are not only the old noble families since the Tang Dynasty, but also various scholars since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as more and more Zhao and Song clans, as well as the increasing number of retired ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Luoyang is prosperous and rich and far away from the whirlpool of the court, and countless important ministers and clans have come to Luoyang to settle down and enjoy.

Inside and outside the city, there are famous gates everywhere.

The market and the countryside are full of power.

The first family in Luoyang is not a descendant of Lu Mengzheng, but a descendant of Liu Yuxi in the Tang Dynasty.

The second largest family in Luoyang is the Ning family from Qiantang. After the Zhao Song Dynasty captured Wuyue, the Ning family followed the Qian family into the court, and dozens of descendants were all famous scholars in Luoyang.

Shao Yong, Er Cheng, Sima Guang, Lü Mengzheng, Wen Yanbo, Lü Gong...... The descendants of these people are all settled in Luoyang!

The Zhao and Song clans, there are countless people who moved to Luoyang.

Han Shizhong was instructed by Zhu Ming to promote only eight words in the countryside of Luoyang: tax reduction and rent reduction, food and clothing.

Just these eight words made a large number of tenants take the initiative to join the army, and some heroic rangers even took the opportunity to revolt. Han Shizhong only brought 3,000 soldiers over, quickly recruited tens of thousands of troops, and reorganized the troops outside Luoyang City.

Wang Xiang, the prefect of Henan and the governor of the Western Province, was so frightened that he abandoned the city directly.

Zhang Gao, the deputy governor, was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and asked his son to break out of the city to meet Er Zhai, and asked Er Zhai to immediately send troops to rescue Luoyang.

The brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin were both fierce generals of the Western Army, who used to fight with Liu Fa all the year round, and followed Liu Yanqing to attack Liao. After the defeat, Liu Yanqing didn't have anything to do, but Er Zhai was held accountable, and all of them were demoted and thrown to Luoyang.

When Han Shizhong killed, Wang Xiang decided to flee and did not let Er Zhai defend the city, but sent them to guard the imperial mausoleum.

Because Wang Xiang knew very well that if Luoyang was lost, he could still find an excuse to clear his name, and once the imperial tomb was gone, he would die and have no place to be buried.

At this moment, the brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin are guarding the imperial mausoleum, as well as their sons Zhai Cong, Zhai Xiang, and Zhai Liang.

In history, the Zhai family was full of loyalty, and only one Zhai Cong died.

They recovered Luoyang twice, and even relied on street battles to kill the Jin soldiers, fighting from the Jingkang period to the puppet Qi. And there are no decent troops in hand, all rely on the township soldiers and the rebels to support themselves, and in the end, although there is a regular establishment, but the money, food, soldiers and armor have to find their own way.

"Father, uncle," Zhai Xiang said angrily, "Wang Xiang asked us to guard the imperial tomb, and Zhang Gao asked us to guard Luoyang." We have these thousands of weak soldiers in our hands, no matter where they are lost, they will be questioned by the court afterwards. It's just the opposite! ”

Zhai Xing was silent, and his mood was extremely heavy.

Zhai Cong also said: "My father and uncle used to fight with Liu Jingliu (Liu Fa), and Liu Jingluo was loyal to the country, but what happened in the end? Later, he followed Liu Yanqing to invade Liao, obviously Liu Yanqing lost his troops and lost his generals, but it was us who were questioned by the imperial court. Now that Chongyan Chong has become a thief, and he has brought his troops back to attack Luoyang, why do our Zhai family want to serve the imperial court? ”

Zhai Liang followed and said: "The monarchs and ministers of the imperial court have no way, in order to suppress the thieves and betray the country for glory, not to mention ceding the northern land to the Jin State, but also ceding Shaanxi to the Western Xia. In those border areas of Shaanxi, my father and uncle had shed blood everywhere, and now they have all been ceded out by the faint monarch and traitorous ministers! ”

Zhai Jin looked at his brother: "If you guard the imperial mausoleum, you can't guard Luoyang, and if you guard Luoyang, you can't guard the imperial mausoleum, and losing any place is a big crime." No matter how hard my brother and son tried to fight, it didn't end well. If my brother is a loyal minister, I will accompany my brother to die. If my brother takes refuge in the thieves, I will also join him. Please make a quick decision, brother! ”

(End of chapter)