Chapter 32: Cause and Effect

Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles;

Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses;

I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I don't know what to say, I will die in every battle.

When the Jin State did not react, the Song State quickly entered the north of the Huai River and caught the opposite side off guard, which was invincible.

By the time Liu Bang had built many fortifications in Yingzhou, the Song State had already reached the second step of the Jin State, and he didn't know the other and knew himself, so there was the stagnation of the generals, and the emperor's leisure and work, and he was also played into a plan by Wanyan Wushu.

To be honest, what Liu Bang has never figured out is that even if Zhao Shicheng has so much courage, even if he really colludes with Jin Ren, what is the basis for Wanyan Wushu, and what is Zhao Shicheng?

Lin'an is almost an empty city without military horses, which is obviously a trap with a fatal temptation...... Those with slightly normal brains, such as Xiang Guangshi, can see it, but these people really can't see it?

On the first day of the 12th Lunar New Year in Shaoxing, all questions were answered.

Eighty thousand people came out of the city of Yingzhou, from all four directions, except for the south, the rest of the three places were the same as before...... The Jin people didn't think about fighting at all, the Song army went further, they took a step back, and when the Song army entered a hundred miles, they retreated a hundred miles.

Except for the south side.

The news of the scouts before was that the main force of the Jin people should be in the south, and the emperor was happy for a while when he first heard the news, what does this mean? The opposite side came from the north, but put the main force in the south, indicating that they did not intend to leave a retreat for Yingzhou, indicating that they had come to besiege the city.

But now, this is clearly not the case.

They don't have 500,000 people, not even 200,000, and they don't even know if 100,000 is enough, except for some Jin people with the banner of the Fu Shilie family who have a little combat effectiveness, which adds some obstacles to everyone, the rest, whether it is the Jin Han army or the Jin Liao army, or even the people from the grassland departments, under the authority of the Great Song Dynasty, they almost collapsed in a disintegrating posture.

When Su Shi Lie Zhining found out that the other side was not a vain person, the Su Shi Lie family had already lost hundreds of corpses in Yingzhou City, so he gave the most correct order in the fastest time:

Withdraw first.

Don't have a hard time with the other side, this is also what the fourth prince told him before, since they want to go out, then let them go out.

When the Song army had gone away, the scouts sent by Zhining to follow said that it was when these people crossed the river directly......

The always calm general of the Jin Kingdom also had to be a little excited.

Song people...... Is this another abandonment of Yingzhou?

That's it, that's it!

Otherwise, there was no reason why they should not pursue themselves, and there was no reason why they would just cross the Huai River.

Although he didn't know the intention of the fourth prince to let him put on a pose, he knew that the fourth prince was the first general in the world, and he had rarely lost in battles for many years.

For example, for whom to buy some time.

Something happened to the Southern Dynasty.

It is not difficult to speculate on the cause and effect here, although I don't know what happened exactly, but Zhining has a wolf-like sense of smell on the battlefield...... For example, the ones they caught, those people with very hard mouths, who came from the south and wanted to enter Yingzhou.

He knew his chance had come.

Yingzhou, Yingzhou, which must be fought between Song and Jin, is in front of him.

How many people are in Zhang Jun, how many people are in Liu Ji, and how many people are in the entire Southern Dynasty, although Zhining doesn't know the exact number, he probably still knows.

The soldiers and horses of the Song army out of the city this time have not 100,000 but 80,000, so this Yingzhou ......

How many people are left?

A simple counting problem, the son-in-law who finished Yan Wushu quickly made his own decision:

Heaven does not take it, but suffers from it;

If you don't do it, you will suffer it!

He, like Wanyan Wushu, has been winning since he was born.

This time, too, to win.

Zhining looked at Yingzhou City in the distance and asked people to collect the scattered deserters, while he took people and surrounded them again.

As soon as Yingzhou was relieved, it fell into the siege again.

"It's fenced, although there are fewer people, but it's really fenced."

Although Taiwei Zhang knew that the official family was in a bad mood, this good news really made it difficult for him to suppress his mood.

The official family has spent so much manpower, material and financial resources in Yingzhou, if it is not even used, it is really redundant.

Now the other side has seen so many armies come out with their own eyes...... Cats guard the fish, how can anyone not want to steal fish?

Zhang Taiwei could already think of the picture of those golden dogs being dragged to death in Yingzhou by Uncle Liu Xin with 40,000 people when they were attacking the city.

It's a pity that His Majesty gave Liu Jian such an obvious great merit......

I thought that the last battle of Tuogao was indeed indebted to Uncle Liu Xin, so even if I felt that it was a pity, Taiwei Zhang finally recognized it.

Damn it.

The emperor was still silent, and although everyone didn't know what the relationship between the old man and the official family was, judging from the cry of the official family last night...... When Zong Ze died, the news of the death of Emperor Huizong and the death of Empress Xing came, and everyone had never seen His Majesty like this.

This man must be very important to him.

Not to mention outsiders like Han Chang, even Zhang Jun Yueyun didn't dare to figure out the emperor's mind many times.

But Guo Yaoshi is different, he is a person who can die or live anyway, Emperor Zhao didn't kill him, but he didn't treat him so well.

Over time, this old man also understood this person's intentions a little.

Since ancient times, heroes have been so lonely, this Han master of Zhongxing has done so many big things, if he is not known by outsiders, then how uncomfortable he should be in his heart.

And his own existence is to witness the martial arts of His Majesty the Emperor, to be the person he shows off, and to point out the identity of the emperor in the exclamation of everyone when the emperor is walking at night.

Otherwise, there is no reason why he would hide nothing from himself and do everything under his nose.

With this idea, the former first general of the Great Song Dynasty didn't know whether to be happy or sad, after all, he seemed to be more confidant than the emperor's henchman, but he was far from having the status of an ordinary henchman.

When the horse was behind the emperor, Guo Yaoshi glanced at Taiwei Zhang, signaling him to get out of the way and make room for himself.

But Zhang Jun had long hated this old man of unknown origin for competing with him for favor, although he saw him, he just 'hummed' and didn't make any other moves.

Pharmacist Guo doesn't care, he is a person who should have died a long time ago, so he is naturally not afraid of what he sees and hears, but you, Taiwei Zhang, have to fold your identity to deal with yourself......

"You shouldn't be upset, are you?"

His voice was neither loud nor small, but it would definitely make the emperor in front of him understand.

"When the soldiers and horses of the Sanya have never poured out, even if the battle line of the two Huai is long, the men and horses of Taiwei Zhang and Marshal Han are enough, don't you do this, don't you want to vacate Lin'an? Isn't it just to make a place for people who have doubts about Lin's peace of mind? ”

"You're bold!"

The emperor still didn't look back, but Taiwei Zhang suddenly panicked.

This person is afraid that he is not crazy, and he dares to say that...... He doesn't even know what he's talking about!

The official family specially asked people to rebel...... This is not to say that His Majesty is a villain, but to say that the Zhao Guan's family is doing unscrupulous things!

Ten thousand steps back, even if it's true...... Really, that's what you should say!

Zhang Jun didn't know whether he was panicked or angry, and scolded Guo Yaoshi angrily many times, if it wasn't for the emperor's lack of reaction, he would have killed this old man here now.

Guo Yaoshi still ignored him: "Zheng Boke Duan Yuyan, Zheng Zhuang Gong indulged his brother and his mother arrogantly, and finally made them have the heart to rebel...... So at that time, Zheng Zhuanggong made another move, and everything was much more reasonable. ”

Zhang Jun didn't dare to listen anymore, and arched his hand towards the emperor:

"Go to the back and see if they are keeping up."

As he spoke, he turned the horse's head around and left here without looking back, making way for Pharmacist Guo to make a lot of open space.

Waiting for the position half a body behind the emperor, Guo Yaoshi looked towards this Zhao official's family, but saw that he was expressionless, as if he hadn't heard his own words.

Pharmacist Guo didn't say much, and the two of them were silent, moving in the direction of Lin'an.

"It's not that you haven't read a book, how can you even know the story of Zheng Zhuanggong."

The first sentence Liu Bang opened his mouth was a question, and Pharmacist Guo smiled:

"It's still what Lu Yihao said to Xiao Lao'er back then, but at that time, he regarded Xiao Lao'er and Chang Shengjun as a common uncle, and the court didn't treat us favorably at that time, Lu Yihao This is a warning, and Xiao Lao'er naturally remembers it clearly."

Liu Bang shook his head: "If you have to think about everything in this world, you will be too tired to live." ”

"You said that I shouldn't be sad, just because someone rebelled, and this rebellion happened to fulfill my intentions, so I shouldn't be sad...... Pharmacist Guo, you are always like this, you don't understand anything, and you always have so many words. ”

"I will naturally be sad, Lao Tzu is not the Buddha in your temple, that thing is made of mud, Lao Tzu is not, Lao Tzu is a personal ......"

"Since it's human, it's going to be sad."

"You are sad ......" Pharmacist Guo looked at him, only to feel that there was something indescribable about the emperor's side face.

"You're sad because you weren't ready, so you hurt the old man?"

Liu Bang kept wondering what went wrong.

Even if Zhao Shicheng has intersections with Dali and Jin Guo, he is alone, and it is impossible for him to open his mouth and shout and rebel.

He had already informed Liu Ziyu in advance, judging from that person's actions, he was a reasonable and well-organized person, as long as he was prepared, there would never be any mistakes.

The army has marched to Anfengjun, according to the previous plan, Yue Yunbiao is going to be separated from everyone here, he came forward to say something to the emperor, most of them are 'take care of your body' or something, Liu Bang told him:

"When I saw your father, I told him not to worry about other things, and when I returned to Lin'an, there would be no twists and turns."

"Fight a good war, kill more gold people, say as soon as you have no money or food, and don't think about anything else, leave it to me."

Yue Yun kowtowed to the emperor, led the 10,000 military horses he had brought with him, and headed west.

When you come, you are in a hurry, but when you go, you don't come back empty-handed...... The grain, grass and ordnance prepared by Yingzhou, the emperor gave him one of the three, Yue Fei didn't know how long he would have to stalemate in Ruzhou, and if he had more of these things, he would have more confidence to continue the battle.

When they were far away, Liu Bang rejected Huang Yanjie's suggestion to camp in the Anfeng Army to rest, and he still had to hurry, he held his breath in his heart, and the later he sent it out, the more uncomfortable he felt in his heart.

"What do you mean I'm not ready?"

Guo Yaoshi looked at this majesty again, but saw that he seemed to be a different person, and all the previous yin owl feelings were dispelled.

"You kid mean this, it's as if Lao Tzu killed someone else."

Pharmacist Guo was speechless...... Isn't it?

Seeing the expression on the old man's face, Liu Bang became angry in his heart:

"You deserve to be reduced to such a fate!"

"Lao Tzu asked you, when you were the commander of the Changsheng Army, but then you voted for the Jin people, did you hate the Song people or the Jin people the most?"

The old man just revealed the emperor's bottom, and now he has revealed the bottom again...... Since people are so frank, they naturally have no reason to hide it.

"I hate the Jin people, but I hate the Song people even more, if it weren't for those incompetent people who killed Zhang Jue, if it weren't for Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Tong Guan, Qin Hui and others...... A lot of things can be avoided. ”

The Emperor seemed to know his answer:

"Look, you don't hate the Jin people who buried your Changsheng Army with your own hands, but the ones you hate the most are the Song people."

"The Jin people are the fruit of the defeat of the ever-victorious army, the Song people...... It's the cause! ”

Guo Yaoshi was already very restrained, and when he said the Song people, he was actually talking about the Song court.

"So you think that I am the cause of killing the old king, and the person who killed him is the effect, then I will have to take more responsibility, and I will blame myself and feel guilty, right?"

Guo Yaoshi did not answer, and had already acquiesced to the emperor's statement.

"Then someone has a lot of money and was robbed of it, it's the bitter master to blame, right, who told him to have a lot of money?"

"This ...... This is sophistry! ”

"There is no cause and effect."

Liu Bang finally looked back at the old man, he was the emperor, he couldn't be wrong.

Moreover, he is not wrong at all.

"Bullshit cause and effect, I only know who forced him over, it's Zhao Shicheng! That's enough, ...... else."

Dozens of fast horses were finally ushered in ahead...... If it weren't for the fact that they were all dressed familiarly, it would not have been normal for a group of cavalry to appear here.

And these people are one after another, people sent by Zhao Ding from Lin'an.

They couldn't enter Yingzhou, and some wanted to enter, but they were stopped by the Jin people, so they all stayed here in An Fengjun.

Now that they saw the emperor's banner, these people rushed to be the first to do so, and they didn't even want horses, so they ran over directly.

When one person pronounced the name of the Holy Emperor of Xiaoci Yuan and the Empress Dowager......

Pharmacist Guo was a little stunned...... It was His Majesty the Emperor he had been.

And Liu Bang finally understood.

understood what Zhao Shicheng was doing.

I also understood what the golden people were trying to surround themselves and let themselves bite their bait.

After a long time, the Emperor spoke:

"I see."

Jin Guoren has been delaying for so long, and he is not buying time for Zhao Shicheng at all.

They dragged the two who had come back from the north.

"Your Majesty......"

There was a hint of sorrow in Pharmacist Guo's shout, but Liu Bang didn't care.

"So it's here."

He said to Huang Yanjie:

"There is a traitor in the DPRK, go and inform everyone, let's go back this time, it is a hoe and a traitor...... Therefore, the itinerary must not be slow, and when you arrive in Lin'an, everyone has a reward. ”

Huang Yanjie paused, but still sent the order back, but it was Lu Zai beside him...... The living quarters were a little worried:

"Official, let's ...... What kind of rape is hoeing? ”

"What is a traitor, we will hoe anything."

……

Every year on the first day of the first lunar month, the emperor has to give a banquet to his ministers.

But before the feast, there is another thing that must be done, and that is the sacrifice.

Worshipping the heavens and ancestors and sacrificing the temple is the duty that every king cannot get rid of.

But this year is different, this year the emperor led the army to the outside, so it could have been postponed, or the official family set up an altar in Yingzhou, which was the same.

But on the contrary, there is still an emperor in Lin'an.

Although Zhao Huan has only been an emperor for one year, he is also an emperor, as the queen mother said, it is also the crown prince set up by the first emperor himself, and all officials in the world have bowed down.

Whether it is Zhao Ding or Liu Ziyu, whether it is Xin Ciying or Su Fu, this is their majesty, this cannot be faked.

So when the Queen Mother said that she would let the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan come to worship the heavens...... Except for Xin Ciying, although many people wanted to oppose it, Zhao Ding agreed.

not only agreed, but also used it on Zhao Huan's body according to the number of etiquette prepared for the official family.

It would be absolutely impossible to say that the ministers had no other ideas in such an attitude.

As far as Na Xin Ciying is concerned, he has known Zhao Ding for many years, and he has reached the point of pointing at his nose and scolding:

"You suffered from Qin Hui and lived alone in Kyushu, and the official family called you back to Lin'an to worship you...... This great grace, how different is it from Emperor Zhaolie's invitation to Marquis Wu? ”

"And you, that's how you repay Your Majesty?!"

The old man's heart had already melted into the emperor's body, and it had melted several times in succession.

Now he is the loudest and the most disagreeable.

It's also thanks to the fact that Lin'an Mansion Yin is not as powerful as Kaifeng Mansion Yin, otherwise, I really don't know what he would have to do.

Zhao Huan was wearing a big tiara, which was something that only emperors could wear, and now in the Taimiao in front of Ruishi Spring, he had already recited the words of sacrifice to the sky.

I don't know why, on the first day of the twelfth year of Shaoxing, when it was still the New Year, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military couldn't laugh.

When Zhao Huan led the ministers to begin to kneel and worship, Xin Ciying, who stood there like a flock, looked extremely eye-catching.

Wang Xie has nominally had the responsibility of commanding the forbidden army of the Sanya Imperial City Division, although the number is not large, but it is also really for this person who has been semi-retired to feel the taste of power again.

And seeing that this stubborn old man was making trouble again, this General Wang was angry...... Regardless of the system, he walked straight up and gave Xin Ciying several slaps.

From the time he followed Zhao Shicheng to the Lin'an Mansion, to this day, Wang Xie can't remember how many times he has beaten him.

According to his temper, this man should have been killed a long time ago!

Xin Ciying didn't fight back, just looked at this person coldly, Zhao Huan shouted in a low voice on it, 'Don't do it,' but he never refused to come down from the steps, this dissuasion in the air was like a play.

"You old horseman, you dare to despise your lord!"

While speaking, Wang Xie's slap did not stop, and Xin Ciying's head swayed from side to side.

But as soon as he stopped, Xin Ciying immediately returned to standing up straight, still with that contemptuous look.

Yes, Wang Xie didn't blame him, he was indeed despising him.

Wang Xie was tired from the beating, and the corners of Xin Ciying's mouth were bleeding, and the old man finally spoke:

"One hundred and seven."

"What?"

"One hundred and seven slaps, this house remembers it clearly."

Wang Xie looked at this serious old man, and finally couldn't help laughing.

It's no wonder that General Wang laughed like this, the main reason is that he has been in the state and county for many years, and he doesn't know much about the major events in Lin'an City.

If he knew that this was the Zhao Guan's beloved minister, maybe he would have taken it, but then again, where would the Zhao Guanjia put his beloved minister only in the position of Lin'an Mansion Yin.

Zhao Ding sighed softly, was the first to stand up, and made a gesture towards the emperor, and then walked in front of Xin Ciying:

"Why bother?"

"This is the truth of a loyal minister, the truth of a manly man, even if I tell you, you won't understand."

He scolded him so badly that he was not a man, Zhao Ding just moved his eyelids, but he still stubbornly pulled him up:

"Even if you don't kneel to the one above, the sacrifice should also kneel."

"Get on your knees!"

Xin Ciying suddenly scolded:

"This one sold half of the country out, and the other one is still fighting for his life outside!"

"This person who put himself and his father and mother in danger together, and the person in the south took pity on him, but I don't know who created such a situation back then, but it was the one who was scolded!"

"Now, instead of writing the book of sin, it is enough to come back and take up the business of the other person, what is the reason? Where can this be justified?! ”

Seeing that he was talking more and more excessively, and so loudly, the ministers around him thought they all heard it.

But what did they hear it, Zhao Huan still looked concerned on it, no one knew that under the cuffs of his crown robe, he had already clenched his fists.

Zhao Ding finally beckoned to several chamberlains:

"Xin Fu Yin is sick, let's send him back to the house first."

Xin Ciying didn't want to stay here, so he flicked his sleeves, didn't even look at the emperor above, and walked out of the Taimiao directly.

With a body of anger, and already swollen cheeks.

As soon as he stepped out, he only felt sadness, and even shouted directly on the street:

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

This voice was full of grief, and everyone in the temple frowned.

They all looked at Zhao Xiangye, hoping that he could make a gesture.

And on the other hand, opposite the temple is the Big Buddha Temple, here is the temple built in Lin'an against the Great Xiangguo Temple, the incense is in full bloom, it is needless to say, this year is the first day, many people are rushing to burn the incense.

The dwarf and his guards also came to join in the fun, and when they heard the guards who came back from outside say what happened in the Taimiao, he didn't even react.

It was not until he knelt in front of the Buddha for a while and said all the words in his heart to the Buddha that he stood up:

"Don't worry about anything else, if someone brings it over, it has nothing to do with us."

A deposed emperor who has no power, whether it is himself, Wanyan Wushu, or even the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, has never thought about how much trouble he can have.

But as long as he is in the Song Kingdom, then everything will be fine.

A country can have only one emperor, and another, even if only nominal, if he says the right thing at the right time...... You don't even have to say anything, just make a statement, and that's enough.

The current Emperor Song has no queen, and this emperor has arrived in Lin'an again, no matter how many people will have ideas, but Emperor Song himself will definitely spend a lot of effort to save his life.

Because, he has already been remembered.

After a while, another guard came to report:

"There's something going on at the palace too...... Their queen mother called a little monk from Lingyin Temple. ”

"What's wrong?"

"The little monk...... It seems that he is deeply liked by the Song Emperor, and their queen mother may want to enter the inner palace through him. ”

"None of this has anything to do with us...... Put your energy to the north! ”

After the dwarf finished speaking, he continued: "As long as there is news of Emperor Song's return, we will leave as soon as possible, this is a matter related to your and my lives." ”

The man answered, and just as he wanted to leave, he seemed to remember something:

"Zhang Jun has arrived."

"Hmm."

The dwarf nodded, and said nothing else.

The queen mother can't enter the inner palace, and the dwarf already knows about it, and in his opinion, this is another backhand left by Emperor Song.

For him, though, it's not a big deal.

But for the Queen Mother, it was too different.

The queen mother doesn't care about the inner palace, and now she can't even enter...... This is the most uncomfortable and angry place for Empress Dowager Wei these days.

So when someone said that there was a little monk who often went in and out of the inner palace, she wanted to see it.

Let's see if it's true, if this little monk can enter, but he can't get in.

Then she will naturally have a lot of things to say to her son.

(End of chapter)