Chapter 103, the world is unpredictable

September 17, three o'clock.

Zhezong, who had been sick for more than a month and a half, died at the age of twenty-four. The elders of the beggar gang, Xiang Jichen and Xue Muhua, rushed to Bianliang non-stop, but they never saw Zhezong.

September 19, noon.

The ministers Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu summoned the children of the royal family into the palace and announced the posthumous photo of Zhezong: his brother Zhao Xu was appointed as the emperor, and Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu assisted him.

Zhao Xu: Twenty-two years old.

Identity: Prince of the Great Song Dynasty, the heir of Shenzong and the son of Concubine Zhu De.

Temperament: gentle and calm, not arrogant or impatient, with the style of a king.

Hobbies: I like to read the way of Confucius and Mencius in my life, I am good at Buddhist scriptures, and I have a little experience in the art of war strategy.

Appendix 1: Zhao Xu and Zhezong are brothers of the same mother.

Appendix 2: Zhao Xu has a good relationship with the ministers of the court on weekdays, but when he rarely visits the court in person, he has always been at ease and travels all over the world.

Although there is controversy, there is no controversy after the two people in the court Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu control the situation in the court, and there are saints who are here, so although there is controversy among the hundred officials, there is no controversy after several officials who questioned Zhezong's posthumous photos were beheaded.

September 20th.

The princes and princes who were confined in the palace saw Zhezong's coffin, Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu and a group of important ministers of the court announced Zhezong's posthumous photos again, and ordered the prince Zhao Xu to be the son of heaven and succeed to the throne, and Zhao Xu received the order and became the eighth emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

On the same day, the new emperor held a state funeral, and the news of Zhezong's death spread throughout Bianliang and eventually all over the world.

On the same day, a blue carriage left Bianliang, silently and unnoticed.

on the carriage.

The carriage boy lifted the curtain, shook the folding fan, looked at the west, and said softly: "It's finally about to start, who will win or lose this bet?" Wang Yuyan, I'm really looking forward to it!"

The beautiful maid drove the carriage, and the carriage went quickly in the direction of Songshan.

October 20th.

Wu Changfeng and Xi Sanqi rushed from Dasanguan to Wolong Pass to meet Xu Chongxiao for days, all the way non-stop, day and night.

As soon as they met, Xi Sanqi, who had been running for a long time, fainted directly, and Wu Changfeng said: "The Western Xia invaded on a large scale, and wanted to crusade against the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Dispersion Pass. ”

After finishing speaking, due to the fatigue of the boat and car, Wu Changfeng also fell ill at this time.

Bad news came one by one.

October 23rd.

Song Ci, who was stationed at Yanmen Pass and observed the movements of the Liao State, also rushed to Wolong Pass and replied with an important message: Yelu Hongji personally commanded 300,000 troops to approach Yanmen Pass, and Yanmen Pass was in danger.

Horrified.

After a while, Xu Chongxiao came back to his senses, and immediately recruited the beggar disciples to immediately spread the news all over the martial arts and Bianliang City, and at the same time, he also flew pigeons to spread the book to inquire about the situation in Tibet.

Although the relationship between Tubo and the Great Song Dynasty is not antagonistic, the relationship between the two is not friendly, and because the Tubo national teacher Gu Mozhi died tragically in the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, now the Western Xia and Liao countries have invaded the Central Plains on a large scale, can they not move?

Sure enough, before the carrier pigeon reached the border of Tibet, news arrived.

October 29.

A beggar gang disciple sent a message that Tubo was about to move, and wanted to unite Liao and Western Xia to join forces to deal with the Great Song Dynasty first, and then annex Dali and divide the world.

At this moment, Xu Chongxiao couldn't do it anymore, so he sent out all the beggar disciples in Wolongguan to spread the news of the large-scale invasion of Liao, Xixia and Tubo to Songshan, Taishan, Huashan, Hengshan, Hengshan, Shushan and other places, and invited the heroes of the world to gather - to protect the country and kill thieves.

The news was noisy and caused a sensation in the martial arts.

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Above the court.

Frequent bad news arrived.

Zhao Xu, the Son of Heaven, sat on the throne and looked coldly at the battle of hundreds of officials below.

Negotiate for peace and do not hesitate to fight, the two points of view are at odds with each other.

After arguing for half an hour, Zhao Xu signaled to stop the riot, and the hall was silent, staring at Zhao Xu with a pair of eyes.

Zhao Xu's expression was calm, he glanced at the courtiers, and asked: "Can you find out how many troops did Western Xia send to invade Dasan Pass? Can you know how many troops sent by Da Liao to accumulate Desire Yanmen Pass? Can you know how many troops Tubo sent to plot against my Great Song Dynasty?"

Zhang Chun, the minister of Gu Ming, stood up and arched his hand: "There are 200,000 troops in Western Xia, 300,000 in Great Liao, and 100,000 in Tubo! However, according to the old minister's estimate, the strength of Western Xia, Liao, and Tubo does not exceed 500,000. ”

Zeng Bu stood up and replied: "There are 166,000 soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty, including 663,000 forbidden troops. ”

"Please!" shouted a third of the officers as they fell to their knees.

The Son of Heaven waved his hand, but did not respond, swept Fan Chunjin of the Lord and faction on one side, and said: "Lord Fan, you are the doctor who knows the population and military strength of the three kingdoms of Western Xia, Liao, and Tubo best, let me ask you, how many troops are there in Western Xia? How many are in Liao? How many are in Tubo?"

Fan Chunjin was stunned for a moment, and then immediately replied: "As far as the minister knows, the total strength of Western Xia is only more than 200,000, and the elite soldiers are only more than 80,000! ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, and said: "This time, the Western Xia sent 100,000 troops, the Liao claimed to be 200,000, and the Tubo claimed to be 100,000 to invade my Great Song Dynasty.

The hall was silent.

The Son of Heaven stood up, swept the minister with cold eyes, and said: "If the Three Kingdoms raise troops to invade our Great Song Dynasty only for the sake of profit, they can lure each other to benefit, if the Three Kingdoms want to carve up our Great Song Dynasty, how can they lure them to their advantage? Zhang Chun, let me ask you, what do you think about this matter?"

Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu have the highest prestige above the court and have the most right to speak.

Zhang Chun said: "The intention of the Three Kingdoms could not be more obvious, it is obvious that they want to annex my Great Song Dynasty, and the ministers ask for war. ”

The minister asks to go to war!

Rows of ministers knelt on the ground, nearly half of them.

Fan Chunjin and Lu Dafang still did not kneel down and insisted on their own opinions.

The Son of Heaven was not reluctant, and ordered: "If you can negotiate peace, it is acceptable, if you can't, I will not be afraid of a war in the Great Song Dynasty!" Fan Chunjin, you know the Liao State, go to negotiate peace with the Great Liao, Lu Dafang, you go to negotiate peace with the Western Xia, as for Tibet, I don't know who is willing to go?"

"Fan Zuyu is willing to go. An old minister stood up and spoke.

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed and said: "Okay, then the Tibetan side will invite Fan Lao to go to the peace talks." Immediately, the Son of Heaven looked at Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu and said: "Zhang Chun, you go to Dasanguan to confront Western Xia, Zeng Bu you lead your troops to Tubo, and I command 600,000 forbidden troops to Yanmen Pass to support the confrontation with Yelu Hongji. ”

"Your Majesty is a body of ten thousand gold, how can you go to danger in person?"

"Not long after the death of the first emperor, Beijing still needs His Majesty to preside over the overall situation, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

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The ministers changed color, and they all fell to their knees, and they couldn't even breathe.

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and laughed: "He Yelu Hongji dares to drive the expedition in person, how can my Emperor of the Song Dynasty be a timid person like a mouse? Besides, now that the national crisis is at hand, who can be safe? ”

The court is turbulent.

Fan Chunjin, Fan Zuyu, and Lu Dafang were successively sent to Liao, Tubo, and Western Xia, while Zhang Chun and Zeng Bu went to the border of Western Xia and Tubo respectively.

The world shook.

The Great Song Dynasty preached a sentence up and down: When the national disaster is at the head, who can be safe? This defeat of the Great Song Dynasty will be destroyed, and this victory will be the Great Song Dynasty.

Bianliang is still prosperous, but it lacks the softness of the past, adding a touch of blood and gloom, and the people of the whole country are either frightened or angry or look at death as home.

The Son of Heaven drove to Yanmen Pass, the news spread, and hundreds of people went to Yanmen Pass and Dasan Pass to join the army when they put down their homes.

At the same time, the Son of Heaven issued a holy decree that if anyone could capture and kill Yelu Hongji and seal the Marquis of Wanhu.

The world is surging.

As soon as all kinds of things came out, not only did the people of the Great Song Dynasty see the courage and courage of today's son, but the Great Liao and Western Xia were also shocked, they did not expect that the Great Song Emperor, who had always been weak and incompetent, would be so resolute and resolute.

November 23.

The heroes of the world gather at the foot of Shaomuro Mountain.

Xu Chongxiao, the elder of the beggar gang, and Xuan Xiao, the abbot of Shaolin, presided over the overall situation.

Xuan Lone, isn't he the first seat of the Discipline Academy? Everyone was shocked. Xuan Lin didn't explain much, only said that the senior brother Xuan Ci stepped down from the position of Shaolin abbot and meditated in the back mountain.

On weekdays, everyone will ask a few more questions, but at this time, when the national crisis is at hand, the Son of Heaven drove directly to Yanmen Pass to confront Daliao, how can they still have the leisure to ask?

"Resist Liao, resist Western Xia, and resist Tibet!" This is the purpose of the martial arts people gathered here, and in short, the purpose is to protect the country.

At this moment, anyone with discernment can see that the Great Song Dynasty has fallen into an unprecedented crisis, and the Son of Heaven has all conquered in person, so isn't the Great Song Dynasty in danger? This time, everyone is unswerving, and they are even willing to die to protect the country.

Thousands of people gathered at the foot of Shaomu Mountain, Zuo Qiu Ming glanced around, and suddenly asked, "Why didn't Mo Gongzi come?"

Song Yangzi, the head of the Songshan faction, said: "The war in the world has been burned, and Mo Gongzi is raising food and salary in the people and transporting it to Yanmen Pass and Dasan Pass, so it will take a few days in the evening to arrive. ”

Hearing this, everyone looked solemn.

Now Sima Lin, the head of the Qingcheng faction, said loudly: "We are all here to fight against foreign enemies to protect the Great Song Dynasty, but although everyone is strong, if there is no one to command, it is difficult to exert their own ability, today's martial arts on martial arts, benevolence, wisdom, prestige few people can win Mo Gongzi Mo, in my opinion, this is the duty of commanding everyone, no one is not Mo Tingchi Mo Gongzi is incompetent." ”

The current head of the Penglai faction, Hai Fengzi, and the future head of the Seven Star Sect, Fu Xinyuan, opened his mouth and nodded.

In the middle of the day, hundreds of people agreed with this suggestion.

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At this moment, Mo Dump Chi went up to Shaolin Mountain in a green shirt and entered the Shaolin Temple.

In the back mountain, Mo Dump Pond is talking with the old man Xuan Ci.