The noon sun shone on the ancient road of Kaifeng City, and the dust jumped in the light and shadow.

Gu Pei's figure gradually appeared on the horizon in the distance, and he rode a tired horse alone, slowly walking towards the city gate.

His armor reflected dappled light and shadow in the sunlight, and the broken places revealed a kind of vicissitudes and tragedy.

When Zhao Yingluo saw that Gu Pei was alone and her armor was broken, her heart beat faster, as if she was about to jump out of her chest.

He knelt down on one knee, bowed his head and said, "Princess, Wang Shan colluded with the prison army Lan Gui and killed more than a dozen of my men. He spared my life so that I could come back and deliver the message. ”

When Zhao Yingluo heard the news, her heart sank.

She looked at Gu Pei's torn armor and tired expression, and knew that he was not lying. She took a deep breath and asked, "What message did the court ask you to send?" ”

Gu Pei looked up at Zhao Yingluo and said, "He asked me to tell the princess to go out of the city and surrender as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Yingluo sneered when she heard the words and said, "Surrender? Did he think I would give in easily? Go down and rest, I'll have my own plan to deal with it. ”

……

Yanjing has already had two heavy snowfalls at this time, and the city is covered in silver, and the original dirt road is covered by ice and snow, which looks a lot cleaner.

Qin Hui took Zhao Gou's edict, and after a lot of hardships, he finally stepped into Hebei from Shandong, and then came to Yanjing City.

The monarchs and ministers of Yanjing looked at this famous surrender faction, and their hearts were full of disdain.

However, since he had come to ask Dajin to send troops, he naturally had to take the opportunity to beat more to make up for the losses caused by the last two defeats.

As the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, Wan Yan Sheng naturally found it inconvenient to blackmail Qin Hui, so he glanced at Wan Yan Zonghan.

After Yan Zonghan comprehended, he coughed dryly, and then slowly said the conditions of the Dajin Kingdom, "If you want my Dajin Kingdom to send troops, it is not difficult, one million taels of gold silk and one hundred cannons." After defeating Zhao Yingluo, the Song and Jin countries should be bounded by the Yellow River, and the north of the Yellow River should belong to the Dajin State, and Taiyuan, Pingyang Mansion and other places should also be owned by the Jin State. ”

When Qin Hui heard this condition, he was full of joy, the Great Song Dynasty had already lost control of the land in the Central Plains, and it was not too much to cede it to the Dajin Kingdom. However, these 100 cannons can't be easily agreed, and if Dajin really wants to have this strange weapon, Bao Buqi will have ambitions and continue to invade the south.

"Your Majesty, if my Great Song Dynasty really has these 100 cannons, the imperial court will recover the Central Plains by itself."

Wanyan Zonghan sneered, of course he knew that Qin Hui was prevaricating, "Do you really don't know or fake don't know?" Do I know that the materials originally supplied to Luoyang were robbed by Guo Yanbu, and there were not a hundred cannons in those supplies? ”

Qin Hui saw that he couldn't hide it, so he had to awkwardly admit that there were indeed a hundred cannons.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at Qin Hui's embarrassed expression, and there was a burst of happiness in his heart, "If there are no these hundred cannons, the Dajin Kingdom will not send troops." ”

Qin Hui looked helplessly at Yan Zonghan's cold eyes and sighed deeply.

He knew that he had no way out, and he could only bite the bullet and agree to these harsh conditions.

The air above the court seemed to be frozen, and everyone quietly waited for Qin Hui's answer.

In the end, Qin Hui nodded and agreed to Jin Guo's conditions.

……

【Xingqing】

After the Jingkang Change, the influence of the Great Song Dynasty on the Western Xia plummeted.

Li Qianshun, the lord of the Western Xia, coldly ordered the suspension of the almanac given by the Song Dynasty, and after Zhao Gou, who was far away in Lin'an, learned of this, although he was furious, he had no choice but to watch the relationship between the Western Xia and the Song Dynasty become increasingly tense.

It was already 20 days after Wang Boyan arrived in Xingqing City via Xijing, Luoyang, and Shaanxi. However, he did not receive the grand treatment of the envoys of the kingdom, and he was cold everywhere, as if he was placed in an ice cellar, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

Finally, at dusk on the third day, he was able to meet Li Qianshun, the lord of Western Xia.

After Wang Boyan stepped into the main hall, he took a deep breath and informed Li Qianshun of the Song Dynasty's request, "Your Majesty, my Great Song Dynasty is now facing the danger of the rebellion of Princess Zhao Yingluo, and I implore Great Xia to send troops to help pacify it. In return, the Great Song Dynasty will give 300,000 yuan each of the Great Xia National Gold and Silk. ”

Li Qianshun frowned slightly when he heard this, and seemed to be not satisfied with this condition, "It is necessary to let the Great Xia Kingdom send troops, but the Great Song Dynasty needs to cede Shaanxi, Hehuang and other places to Great Xia, and at the same time, the golden silk will be increased to 500,000 taels." ”

Wang Boyan was shocked, but he knew that he had no room for bargaining at the moment, so he accepted it, anyway, the land and money sent out were not his own, as long as he could persuade the Great Xia Kingdom to send troops, his mission would be completed, and he could smoothly hand over to Zhao Gou.

Seeing that he agreed so happily, Li Qianshun couldn't help but have a trace of remorse in his heart, maybe he should put forward higher requirements.

However, as a king, it is taboo to go back on his word, so he can only suppress the remorse in his heart, nod his head and agree to send troops to help.

【Lin'an】

In the main hall, Zhao Gou frowned.

Qin Hui and Wang Boyan, although the time of the envoy was not the same, they returned almost at the same time. They recounted to Zhao Gou in detail the process of envoying the Jin Kingdom and Western Xia, and every sentence was like a sharp blade, piercing Zhao Gou's heart.

"One million taels of gold silk for Jin Guo, and five hundred thousand taels for Western Xia..."Zhao Gou muttered to himself, he felt a pain in his flesh.

This wealth almost emptied the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, but he knew that if he could unite these two countries to eliminate Zhao Yingluo, then the price would be worth it.

After all, Zhao Yingluo's existence has become the biggest threat to his throne.

However, when mentioning the artillery requested by the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Gou's face showed a reluctant look.

The imperial court did not have a single artillery, and finally captured these hundred guns, if these weapons of mass destruction were really sent to the Jin State, it would be tantamount to the enemy.

He pondered for a moment and then told Qin Hui: "The artillery can send fifty gates to the Jin Kingdom first, and after Zhao Yingluo is destroyed, the other fifty gates can be sent over." ”

Qin Hui took the order and sent a messenger to send the news to Yanjing urgently.

With the Messenger's departure, time passes imperceptibly. In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of the year, and the cold wind revealed a trace of murder.

Jin Guo agreed to temporarily collect fifty cannons, which made the court breathe a sigh of relief, and Zhao Gou immediately issued an edict ordering Guo Yan to escort fifty cannons from Xijing to Taiyuan along the Fen River Valley.

On the other hand, they stepped up their contact with Jin and Western Xia, and agreed that in the spring and March of the fourth year of Jianyan, they would hunt in Kaifeng, and at the same time urged Guo Yan and Zhu Zhenhai to reorganize their armaments and fight in Tiger Prison.

At the same time, the edict of preparing for war was also sent to Han Shizhong, who was stationed in the Daimyo's Mansion.

Looking at the edict in his hand, Han Shizhong tore it to shreds! and quickly informed Zhao Yingluo of the movements of the imperial court.

At the same time, in Kaifeng City, Zhao Yingluo did not panic because Xijing Luoyang was occupied by Zhu Zhenhai.