Huang Cong bowed and said, "This is called 'Long Live Heavenly Saint Palace'!" His Majesty is the most holy and wise holy monarch, and soon he will recover the Central Plains, recover Bianliang, and make great achievements in the world, how can he not have a palace that only belongs to himself! With His Majesty's merits, the merits of his predecessors far surpassed Yao Shun's, and only this 'Long Live Heavenly Saint Palace' can be worthy of Your Majesty! The ministers echoed together: "Your Majesty is the most holy lord since Pangu opened the world, and it is reasonable to build a 'Long Live Heavenly Holy Palace' to show the demeanor of Your Majesty's holy monarch and benevolence, and also let all the countries in the world see the majesty of the heavenly kingdom!" ”

Zhao Henglong was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Your Excellency is really a prize!" He glanced down at the drawings and asked, "Just to build such a palace, I'm afraid it's very expensive, right?" Huang Cong said: "Your Majesty is a holy monarch far beyond Shun, and there must be a palace that echoes his identity!" Even if the treasury is insufficient, the people are willing to give! Lao Chen has already thought about it, you can set up a 'Holy Monarch Tax', and all the people of the Great Song Dynasty need to pay half a tael of silver 'Holy Monarch Tax', so that the cost of building the 'Long Live Heavenly Sacred Palace' will be more than enough! And half a tael of silver is not a burden for the people. ”

Zhao Heng nodded and said, "The Taishi has thought it through, and the Taishi will be responsible for this matter." ”

Huang Cong bowed and thanked him. A pro-army officer rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Privy Councillor Lord Zheng asks to see you, and all important matters are reported to Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Heng's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "It must be that there is good news coming from the front line, announce it quickly!" The officer said yes and ran down, and after a while, a middle-aged and thin official rushed in in a hurry, and I don't know if he was too excited, he stumbled under his feet, fell to the ground with a thud, and fell to the ground, very embarrassed, and the princes and ministers in the hall couldn't help laughing.

Lord Zheng hurriedly picked up the top and put it on, ran to the bottom of the jade steps, hugged his fists and said urgently: "The front line, the front line ......" Huang Cong smiled: "Lord Zheng, don't be so excited, I have already guessed that the front line will definitely be a great victory!" Zhao Heng and the ministers all smiled. Master Zheng hurriedly shook his head, swallowed his saliva vigorously, and said urgently: "It's not a big victory!" Just now, there was an urgent report, Marshal Lu's whole army, the whole army was wiped out! ”

The monarchs and ministers were stunned for a moment, thinking that they had heard it wrong, and Huang Cong asked, "Lord Zheng, what did you say?" Are you saying that the Yan Yun Army has been wiped out? When everyone heard Huang Cong's words, they thought that they had really heard it wrong, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and smile. Who knew that Master Zheng Shi Jin shook his head and said loudly: "No! It was the total annihilation of the army of Marshal Lu! Yan Yunjun was in Niushou Town and annihilated our army in one fell swoop! Immediately, the army went south, and it was like a bamboo, and not long ago it broke through Gangneung in one fell swoop! At the same time, the Yanyun West Route Army captured Zigui and Yiling, and General Cao Hu had retreated to Changyang and Yidu, and now Jiangbei has all been lost! ”

The monarchs and ministers were stunned when they heard this, only to feel the thunder exploding overhead one by one, and they were dizzy, as if they were in a nightmare. After Master Zheng finished speaking, the scene was silent. Then there was a commotion in the court, and the ministers were talking, some could not believe it, some were panicked, some were muttering to themselves in distraction, and some were roaring and shouting hysterically; And Zhao Heng, who was sitting at the top, was pale, frightened, trembling involuntarily, his crotch was suddenly cold, it turned out that he was so frightened that he peed his pants!

Zhao Heng was stimulated by urine, and when he came back to his senses, thinking of the current grim situation, he hurriedly asked Huang Cong: "Taishi, now, what should I do now?" Where can Huang Cong do anything, he is also at a loss at the moment, and he is wondering if he is dreaming. Hearing the emperor's question, he came back to his senses. The court fell silent, and the ministers all looked at him with blank eyes.

Huang Cong pondered for a moment and said, "For today's plan, I can only move the capital." As soon as these words came out, the monarchs and ministers seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, their eyes lit up, and they said: "Yes, yes, the capital should be moved!" Zhao Heng asked: "I don't know where to move the capital?" ”

Huang Cong first thought of Jiangxi, but after thinking about it, he felt that this Jinghu South Road would not be protected sooner or later, and Jiangxi might not be able to keep it at that time, so it was better to move to Guangzhou on Guangnan East Road, where the mountains and rivers were far away, and I believed that Yanyun's army would not be able to reach it. As soon as he thought of this, he thought that he had a plan, so he calmed down and hugged his fist at Zhao Heng and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the capital should be moved to Guangzhou!" Zhao Heng showed a thoughtful look, and the ministers discussed a lot, some showed excitement, and some frowned and felt that Guangzhou was too far away.

Huang Cong said: "The mountains and rivers in Guangzhou are far away, no matter how powerful Yan Yunjun is, he can't reach it!" Moving the capital to Guangzhou can be guaranteed! Many ministers chimed in. Zhao Heng nodded and said, "Taishi's plan is very high!" I just don't know what to do with Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road? ”

Huang Cong said: "This is easy to do, Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road will be handed over to Cao Yong and them, so that they can use Jinghu South Road and Jiangnan West Road to fight with the Yanyun army, maybe they can defeat the Yanyun rebels like the previous defeat of the Khitan army!" ”

Zhao Heng nodded, and then frowned: "But Cao Yong is being imprisoned in the prison, won't he be investigated?" Huang Cong hurriedly said: "After many investigations, the old minister found out that Cao Dashuai did not collaborate with the enemy!" Judging from the annihilation of Lu Dashuai's entire army, Cao Dashuai's defeat is also excusable! Now that the court is employing people, Cao Dashuai should be used immediately to preside over the overall situation! The ministers chimed in.

Zhao Heng said to Huang Cong with a look of relief: "The Taishi is discerning, it is really a blessing for the community!" Now that the Taishi had already investigated clearly, Cao Yong was immediately reinstated and ordered to rush to Yuezhou (now Yueyang) immediately, and take full charge of the military affairs to resist the Yanyun rebels! I will then give him the right to act cheaply, and in case of urgent matters, he can make decisions on the spot, without asking for instructions! Huang Cong hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty is wise! Then he said: "Your Majesty, the current situation is critical, Your Majesty is responsible for the safety of the community and the well-being of the people, you should immediately set off and drive to Guangzhou!" Zhao Heng didn't dare to stay any longer, hearing this, it was right in the middle, he nodded hurriedly, and passed down the order.

The whole Jinling was in a panic, the royal family and high-ranking officials were packing up in a panic and preparing to flee south, the Shi family was also preparing to flee, and some people who followed the trend were also panicked like something, dragging their families to flee in a panic. There were anxious cries everywhere, and the cries of children were mixed in, and it seemed so miserable.

Cao Yong returned to the house safe and sound, and his family was pleasantly surprised. Mrs. Cao cried: "The concubine thought that the master would never come out again!" ......" Cao Yong was moved in his heart and said with a smile: "It's worried about Mrs. Mrs. Cao burst into tears and smiled, and said, "It's good to come back!" It's good to be back! ”

Cao Yong said: "Madame pack up for me, I'm going to Yuezhou." Mrs. Cao was stunned for a moment, and said anxiously: "The Yanyun army has captured Jiangling, and the army will soon cross the river!" How can the master go to Yuezhou at this time? Cao Yong said: "The food king's Lu bears the king's worries, and besides, Your Majesty has reinstated me to an official position and made me responsible for resisting Yan Yun's affairs, I should be loyal!" ”

Mrs. Cao said angrily: "The emperor clearly wants the master to fight for him!" Cao Yong sighed and said, "Since I am Song Chen, I have no choice!" Mrs. Cao said: "The concubine has a sentence, I don't know if to say it or not?" Cao Yong said with a smile: "You and I are husband and wife, if there is anything that should not be said, just say it." ”

Mrs. Cao said: "Recently, Mingjiao activities have been rampant, and it is proclaimed everywhere that King Yan is the Great Bodhisattva of Light and is here to save the people of the world...... Cao Yong frowned and said: "This must be Yan Yun sending people to spread rumors to shake the morale of my Great Song army and people!" Mrs. Cao nodded, "What the master said is naturally right. However, some of the things they said, the concubine felt quite reasonable. For example, they say that the world is the world of the people of the world, not the world of one family and one surname, from ancient times to the present, the king is just the people of the world to satisfy the selfish desires of the family, if he confronts Yanyun's righteous division for this reason, not only is he not a loyal minister, but a great sinner of the entire Huaxia clan! People who do this are just domestic slaves of the Zhao family, and they are despised by thousands of generations! ”

Cao Yong frowned. Mrs. Cao said: "Master, these words are also reasonable! When the Zhao family ruled the world, the people could not live and work in peace and contentment, and the Zhao family was extremely incompetent in the face of external humiliation, and even lost the land of their ancestors! What are we loyal to them for? Is it really like what Mingjiao said, just to help the Zhao family slaves enslave the people? ”

"Shut up!" Cao Yong shouted angrily. Mrs. Cao's heart sank, and she quickly knelt down and said, "The concubine has lost her words, please punish the master!" ”

Cao Yong's attitude eased, helped his wife up, sighed, and said, "The Zhao family has a great kindness to me, I can't help but repay it!" Mrs. Cao said urgently: "The lord fought with the Khitans in Shaanxi before, and not long ago he helped the emperor return to the throne, no matter what kindness the Zhao family has to the lord, the lord has already reported it!" Cao Yong shook his head and said, "I have made up my mind, don't say it again, madam!" Mrs. Cao knew her husband's temper, and when she heard him say this, she knew that it was useless for her to say anything more, and she couldn't help but sigh.

Cao Yong said: "You just stay in Jinling, don't worry about me." Mrs. Cao was extremely worried, but she nodded with a smile. After Yang Peng occupied Jiangling, he temporarily stopped the attack, not that Yang Peng did not want to cross the Yangtze River in one go, but that there was a naval division defense of the Song army on the Yangtze River moat, and he could not cross the Yangtze River in one go.

In the past few days, the reserve officials prepared by Yan Yun's eyes have successively entered the places occupied by Yan Yun's army to stabilize the place and implement the Yanyun policy. Originally, the people still had some worries about Yan Yun, but when Yan Yun's various policies were implemented, the people not only lost their worries, but also rejoiced, and only felt why Yan Yun didn't come to liberate himself earlier! Of course, not everyone likes Yan Yun, and those scholars who have lost countless rights and interests in this upheaval hate Yan Yun to the core! Day and night, they hope that this 'royal teacher' will come to regain the lost land and restore the way of the saints! However, before that, the scholar class could only bury this hatred in their hearts, and did not dare to reveal it in the slightest!

Yang Peng came back from inspecting the river, and a Feifeng female guard rushed to report in a panic: "Qiqi master, Niangniang, Niangniang just vomited everything she ate!" Yang Peng was startled, and hurriedly ran to Ye Yu Guanyin's room, only to see Ye Yu Guanyin was sitting at the head of the bed, with her eyes closed, her face was pale, and she was depressed, a female medical officer was taking her pulse, and Na Ren was standing aside with a nervous face, and there was a puddle of soaked marks on the ground not far away.

Yang Peng hurried over, and when Naren saw Yang Peng, he hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted. Yang Peng walked quickly to the bed, looked at Ye Yu Guanyin, and then looked at the female medical officer, although he was anxious, he didn't dare to say anything to disturb.

After a few moments, the female medic removed her finger. Ye Yu Guanyin slowly opened his eyes, saw Yang Peng with an anxious face, and was happy in his heart, and couldn't help but smile, and said, "Big brother, don't worry!" This is how women are pregnant! ”

Yang Peng smiled softly. The female medical officer stood up and stepped aside, and Yang Peng sat down in the place where the female medical officer was sitting just now. Holding Ye Yu Guanyin's slender hand, looking at Ye Yu Guanyin's haggard face, he couldn't help but say: "You gave birth to children for our Chen family, I really don't know how to thank you!" ”

Ya Yu Guanyin smiled and said, "I also hope to have a child that belongs to us!" As for thanks," Ye Yu Guanyin's beautiful eyes flowed, looking very cunning, and his slender hand turned over and held Yang Peng's palm, and said: "I want you to love me forever, no matter how many concubines you have in the future, you are not allowed to change!" ”

Yang Peng's heart fluttered, and he only felt infinite tenderness surging in his chest, and he couldn't help but bow his head and kiss the red lips of Ye Yu Guanyin, and said softly: "Big brother promises you!" Ya Yin Guanyin smiled. Naren and the female medical officer were very envious when they saw that King Yan and the princess were so affectionate.

Yang Peng turned his head and asked the female doctor, "Guanyin's body is fine, right?" Seeing King Yan asking, the female medical officer hurriedly hugged her fists and said: "If you go back to King Yan, there is no problem with Niangniang's body, only because she is pregnant with Liujia will these symptoms appear, and those are the inevitable symptoms of a woman's pregnancy, there is no problem." King Yan doesn't have to worry. ”

Yang Peng put his mind at ease and nodded: "That's good." The female medical officer said: "Just now, my subordinates checked the pulse of Niangniang, and found that there were two small heartbeats in the pulse, so my subordinates judged that nine out of ten of Niangniang's arms should be twins." ”

Yang Peng and Ya Yin Guanyin were very surprised, and Yang Peng asked, "Can you be sure?" The female medical officer said, "It should be certain." Yang Peng looked at Guanyin with a smile and said, "Guanyin, did you hear, you are pregnant with twins!" Ya Yu Guanyin was full of smiles, and his face was originally very pale, but now it was flushed.

The two talked for a while, and Yang Peng saw that Ye Yu Guanyin showed a tired look, and was afraid that he would be tired of her, so he let her rest well, and he got up and left. Yang Peng came to the study, sat down, and looked through the report sent from Tianjing New City not long ago. Yang Peng's camp was located in the Jiangling Mansion, and this study was originally the study of the prefect Yao Fengcheng. Originally, the study was full of Confucian classics, and there were portraits of Confucius and Mencius on the walls, but these things were all taken out and burned by Yang Peng.

Just as Yang Peng was looking through the official documents, Shi Liancheng rushed in, hugged his fists and said, "Big brother!" Yang Peng raised his head, saw Shi Liancheng, and said with a smile: "It's Liancheng!" Can I help you? Shi Liancheng said: "I just received news that the Song court fled Jinling in a hurry and went to Guangzhou!" Yang Peng said with a smile: "The official family of Zhao Song has moved the capital again!" And this is not surprising! Looking at Shi Liancheng, "Is there anything else?" ”

Shi Liancheng said: "Before the Zhao Song court fled from Tanzhou, Cao Yong was appointed as the generalissimo, with full responsibility for the military affairs of Jinghu South Road and Jiangxi, and now Cao Yong has arrived in Yuezhou!" Yang Peng nodded thoughtfully and said, "Cao Yong was not killed by those useless readers, it's finally good news!" Shi Liancheng said: "Big brother, there is a Song State naval army on the Yangtze River, we should transfer the naval army to deal with them!"

Yang Peng shook his head and said, "No." Now the main force of the navy is attacking the prince of the Japanese people, and he will not be able to come for a while. Besides, on the big river, it is not as narrow as the sea, and the waterways are narrow, and most of our warships are big ships and huge ships, which is not suitable for fighting in such a place! Shi Liancheng frowned and said, "Then how to deal with the Song Army?" Yang Peng smiled: "I have my own way, don't worry!" Then he asked, "Have the doctors and herbs arrived?" "Before Yan Yun set out on the expedition, he ordered the local government to mobilize civilian doctors to prepare medicines for the prevention and treatment of dysentery and other diseases that are easy to be contaminated in the southern water network area, and these doctors and medicinal herbs set off on the day of the army's expedition, but the actions of the doctors and medicinal herbs were not as good as the army after all, so they arrived one after another until this time.

Shi Liancheng said: "Most of them have already arrived, and a small number of them believe that they will be able to arrive in two days." Yang Peng said: "Very good." It seems that it is possible to launch a war crossing the river before the rainy season arrives. Wang Kai rushed in from outside, hugged his fists and said, "Master, there is an urgent report from Yanjing." He then took out a letter and presented it to Yang Peng.

Yang Peng took the letter, opened it, took out the letterhead, unfolded it, and looked at it. smiled: "Then Wang Jun is very good at seizing the opportunity!" Unexpectedly, at this time, a large army invaded Goryeo! Shi Liancheng said: "The Japanese are now fighting among themselves, and it is only a matter of time before the Khitans recover Goryeo!" ”

Yang Peng nodded, thought for a while, and muttered: "At this time, there is no need for me to attack the Japanese people, just let the Japanese people go to fight with the Khitans!" As soon as he thought of this, he immediately wrote an order and handed it to Wang Kai, ordering him to immediately send a herald to Yang Jiumei, the governor of Yanjing, and order him to transfer it to Wang Hai, the governor of the navy. Wang Kai promised and ran down.

At the same time, after Cao Yong arrived in Yuezhou, he immediately sent an order in the name of the generalissimo to all prefectures and counties, asking them to send grain and grass to Yuezhou, and at the same time ordered all prefectures and counties to urgently mobilize local prime of life, arm them, and send them to Yuezhou for use; While doing so, he also transferred men and horses from Cao Hu and Zhang Jun to strengthen the defense in the direction of Yuezhou, and at the same time gathered all the civilian ships in Dongting Lake and Jiangbei for use.

On this day, Cao Hu and Zhang Jun rushed to Yuezhou. When the three of them met, they didn't care about greetings, so Cao Yong went straight to the topic: "Two, now that the situation is grim, we have to discuss a way to overcome this crisis!" ”

Cao Hu frowned and said: "Now Yanyun can be described as the overwhelming trend of Mount Tai, it is really difficult to resist!" can only rely on the water army and the Yangtze River moat! However, the Yanyun Naval Army is much stronger than us, if the Yanyun Naval Army enters the Yangtze River, this battle will not be fought! ”

Cao Yong said: "Therefore, the key to holding the Yangtze River is to block the Yanyun naval army from entering the Yangtze River," looked at the two of them, and said: "I plan to let the ships full of earth and rocks sail into the river and then sink to block the channel, do you think it is feasible?" ”

The two thought for a while, and Cao Hu frowned and said: "Feasible is feasible, but in this way, the people who are begging for a living on the river will also suffer!" Zhang Jun said categorically: "Now that the situation is urgent, I can't take care of that much!" There is always something to be sacrificed in any big event! Then he said to Cao Yong: "I also have a suggestion, in addition to sinking ships to block the channel, we can also build a water city with bamboo, wood and rafts in a suitable position on the water surface, and set up cannons, so as to prevent the Yanyun army from attacking, and at the same time to resist the Yanyun infantry army crossing the river!" The Cao brothers praised together.

Zhang Jun pondered: "I am in Jiangxi, resisting the rebels of the prince, after fighting these days, I found that the rebels of the prince are weak, and there is nothing to be afraid of." He looked at Cao Yong and said, "I only need to leave 50,000 soldiers and horses to keep Jiangxi, so I have already ordered the rest of the army to come to Yuezhou!" In a few days, the army will arrive! ”

Cao Yong was overjoyed and said, "Great! I'm short of horses and soldiers! As soon as Lord Zhang's army arrived, the entire Jiangshang defense line was complete! Yan Yun wants to force the river to cross, but it is not easy! Zhang Jun said: "If you want to really defeat Yan Yunjun, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it!" The best result is to use the Yangtze River moat to dampen Yan Yun's sharp energy, so that they can temporarily dispel their attempt to go south! The Cao brothers nodded.

Cao Yong looked at Cao Hu and asked, "Second brother, are you sure to hold it over there?" Cao Hu frowned and said: "I can only say that I will do my best to guard, but I can't guarantee it!" Yan Yunjun's combat power is too strong, and although Han Bing is a woman, she is both strong and cunning, and the previous Zigui was broken by her several tricks in turn! However, the terrain of Jingmen Mountain is very favorable, which can be described as a desperate Tianmen, not to mention people, even heavenly soldiers and generals are difficult to fly! Although Yan Yunjun is strong, it is by no means easy to attack the Yangtze River from there, and the younger brother is sure that there will be no situation within two months! ”

Cao Yong nodded, and thought: "It is difficult to fly across Jingmen Mountain, so Yan Yunjun can only force the river from Jiangling Mansion to Yuezhou!" The main battlefield must be above this line! He looked at Cao Hu and advised: "But even so, you must not be careless!" Cao Hu nodded and said, "Don't worry, big brother, little brother will never be careless!" Especially in the face of a cunning opponent like Han Bing! Cao Yong glanced at the two of them and said: "Our three directions, success or failure is related to the survival of the entire Great Song Dynasty, I hope the two of you will do their best to go to the national disaster with me!" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.