The struggle of the reborn prince

The Jin army suffered two major defeats in a row, so they did not dare to act rashly anymore. They retreated into Baishuikou and closed the door without fighting. The mountains on both sides of Baishuikou were steep and the canyon was deep. In order to prevent sneak attacks, in addition to deploying a large number of troops in the dangerous pass, they also set fire to the mountains and turned several surrounding barren mountains into flaming mountains. They all became immortals and lived in smog all day long.

Zhao Yong, who was at a loss, had to mobilize artillery to block the door of the house and bombard it every day. Now the Jurchens couldn't come out, so they repaired the door if they had nothing to do. In the end, they simply blocked the door with stones, as if they had given up on going south.But Zhao Tong let out a long sigh when he learned about it. He knew that Jin Jun had already learned that the Yinshu Kebu had opened up the road to Taiyuan, so he slipped away quietly.

After Zhao Yong heard this, he immediately sent someone to check it out. Sure enough, there was no one in the canyon, and Jin Jun really had to sneak away!Zhao Tong knew that it was time for him to leave. He knew that the coming New Year would be different, and history would turn a new page.He pondered hard, what would he do at this moment of great historical change, would he be willing to be at the mercy of fate, or would he fight back and completely change this period of history?

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Besides, after Han Li did not occupy Yanshan Mansion, all the prefectures and counties of Yanshan Mansion saw that the situation was over, and they all surrendered.On December 24, the Jin army occupied all 11 counties of the six prefectures belonging to Yanshan Prefecture without bloodshed, and the [-] Song troops stationed in Yanshan ceased to exist.The rapid progress of the Jin army is largely due to Guo Yaoshi's conquest of gold. In addition, Guo was well aware of the military and political details of the Song Dynasty. Jin Taizong made a special decree to appoint Guo Yaoshi to stay behind at Jinyan Mountain and gave him the surname Wanyan. .Follow Han Li not to go south to attack Song Dynasty.

Rest for a few days, and then leave Yanshan Mansion on December [-]th.Continue to invade south.Hanli didn't trust Guo Yaoshi who had just surrendered, and put the Changsheng Army in Yanjing City.In case of an accident, it would be troublesome if the left-bearers were unable to press hard, so Guo Yaoshi was asked to lead the army with a thousand cavalry as the forward coach.

Seeing that his subordinates were disintegrated and divided, Guo Yaoshi also moved his mind. Without these younger brothers, he would have no capital to settle down. Of course, he was dissatisfied with this arrangement, saying that there were too few soldiers.Unable to play the role of forward.Han Li did not force him to add another thousand cavalry, but ordered him not to attack and plunder the prefectures and counties in front of him without authorization.

After leaving Zhuozhou, the vast North China Plain was unobstructed. On the [-]th, the Jin army crossed Baigou, the border line agreed between Song and Jin.Located in Zhongshan, Zhending, and Hejian, three important military towns in the central part of Hebei, they were the first to be hit by the golden army's iron hooves.Since there is no Yanyun Sixteen States, the Hebei Plain has no dangerous terrain to defend, and the three towns of Hebei are the last defense lifeline of the Northern Song Dynasty in the North China Plain!

So the three towns in Hebei became the Great Wall of the Song Dynasty. Once lost, then go south to the north bank of the Yellow River, and there is no danger to defend.The iron cavalry of the nomads was unimpeded.Therefore, the imperial courts of all dynasties attached great importance to the defense of the military fortress of the three towns, which relied on each other. They deployed a large number of forbidden troops in the three towns, dug many ponds and lakes, and then took advantage of the characteristics of the depression.Connecting rivers and lakes and ponds forms a "Water Great Wall", where boats cannot sail in deep water.Where the water is shallow, it is not possible to wade on foot, and large-scale afforestation will be planted along the edge.

But people are not as good as God.Hundred years of peace.The people don't know how to fight, and the military equipment is slack.As a result, the fields were silted up, and the water depth was no longer as deep as it used to be able to defend against the cavalry. In winter, the river froze, and Jin Guo took advantage of the cold winter to attack, making this line of defense useless.

The goal of the Jin army going south this time was Bianjing, so they did not adopt the tactics of strong attack and hard attack.The Jin soldiers were unable to attack Baozhou; they also attacked Zhongshan Mansion. When the Song general Zhan Du defended, he could not go down. Hanli did not command the army, bypassed Zhongshan, and turned to the southwest to attack Zhending.It will really fall in a day.

In the next few days, Jin Bing captured Qingyuan, Xinde, Handan and other strategic places one after another, and most of the cities in the vast North China Great Plains had fallen into the hands of Jin Bing.To make matters worse, all the military rations in these fallen places fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers, enough for them to eat for several years. This not only solved the logistical problems of the Jin army, but also achieved the goal of supporting the war with war...

With such an unfavorable situation at the front line, Zhao Tun was doing his best to worry about the country and the people, worrying about the future of the Song Dynasty, and looking for a way out for himself. So what are the officials in the court doing?

Before the large-scale invasion of the Jin army, Cai Jing, the magistrate of Yanshan, wrote a total of more than 170 memorials, secretly reporting the border situation, and earnestly telling the emperor and ministers of the Song Dynasty that the Jurchens might invade the south.But I don't know whether Cai Jing's personnel are bad, or he was promoted too fast and was envied by others. Some people in the court thought that he made a fuss out of a molehill just to secure his seat in the Yanjing Mansion, and exaggerated the rumors that the Jin army was suppressing the border. Creates tension, so ignore it at all.

The result was that after the Jin army had attacked and the battle reports from the frontline flew to the court like snowflakes, they all insisted on their own opinion, thinking that it was just a small conflict between Song and Jin on the border, and the situation was not very serious.At this time, the emperor held a suburban sacrificial ceremony. In order not to disturb the emperor's elegant mood, the battle report was suppressed. Not only Zhao Ji didn't know about it, but even the two prime ministers Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong didn't know about it.

Until the fifth day of December, the Kingdom of Jin sent envoys to Tokyo to ask to see the emperor. In fact, they came to issue an ultimatum, telling the Song Dynasty that if they wanted to cease the war, they would have to cede land and pay compensation.Only now did Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong, the two prime ministers, know the real situation on the front line, but these two people, like those people, continued to conceal the situation on the front line, and sent the golden envoy away as soon as possible, so as not to let the emperor Hear the wind.

On December [-]th, Lianghe Xuanfu envoy Tong Guan ran back from Taiyuan to Bianjing to avoid the war, and finally the cover could no longer be covered, but these people were still trying to shirk their responsibility, how could they get rid of their own responsibility? Take it out.Not to mention that they really figured out a way when they met, they just told the emperor that Guo Yaoshi and the Changsheng Army were besieged by the Jin army after a fierce battle, unable to break through and finally forced to surrender.

Just changed a few words, and the nature of the matter changed. It was obvious that they were negligent and caused Guo Yaoshi to treason and defect to the enemy without taking preventive measures. It was pushed to Cai Jing who refused to surrender and was killed after being captured. There was no confrontation and everyone escaped punishment.

The lid was lifted, and there was an uproar between the government and the public, but one by one started to make a fuss, but no one was able to turn the tide and come up with a solution, and there was no way to deal with the serious situation.Zhao Ji was so frightened that his paws went numb, and he asked the ministers, let alone a capable person, Minister Li Ye wrote a letter willing to go to the Kingdom of Jin to discuss peace.

At this time, someone came forward, how could Zhao Ji not agree, and he agreed immediately.But Li Ye put forward another condition and asked to bring 3 taels of gold as the fee for the peace negotiation.But at this time, the treasury couldn't produce so much gold for a while, and finally Zhao Ji took out two gold urns of 500 taels each from the internal funds, and ordered the Shuyi Bureau to melt them down and recast them into gold plaques, and hand them over to Li Ye to handle the matter first. .

However, the Jin army had already hit the Yanjing Mansion, so of course they would not take this scattered silver in their eyes. Li Yebai ran around grinding the soles of his shoes, but there was no result.But after spending so much gold, he had to give an explanation to the emperor, so Li Ye told Zhao Ji, "Golden soldiers are like tigers, horses are like dragons, going up mountains like apes, going down into waters into settlements, their momentum is like Mount Tai, and China is like eggs!" '

These words are vivid and vivid, and the analogy is appropriate. It will greatly increase the enemy's momentum, destroy his own prestige, and make the people in the government and the opposition very angry. However, Li Ye has also won himself the honorary title of "Liu Ru Gishi" and left it in the annals of history, but It also frightened Zhao Ji, and made him even more flustered.

When the matter developed to this point, Zhao Ji felt that the matter was serious, but everything seemed a bit late.Not long after, the Jinren sent over a letter denouncing him, which was full of insulting words.Tong Guan discussed with the ministers, fearing that Zhao Ji would be sad and afraid to play. Li Bangyan suggested that if the call to action was submitted at this time, the emperor would make up his mind to issue an edict of seeking advice.

So all the ministers presented the call-to-action in the Hall of Xuanhe. After reading the call-to-action, Zhao Ji burst into tears, and only said three words: "Hugh, Hugh, Hugh!" Then... fainted.

In embarrassment, Zhao Ji called Yuwen Xuzhong, a scholar of Zizheng Palace, to discuss how to deal with it.This honest man actually told the truth, and he really fell into the trap designed by Li Bangyan and others. Yu Wenxu persuaded the emperor to convict his own edict first, and change the disadvantages, so as to return to God's will and please people's hearts. Entrust the general to serve.Everyone knew what happened to Tong Guan who had written the "Edict of Guilt" during the Fangla uprising a few years ago, and what happened to it. He was almost sent home.

Zhao Ji, who had nothing to do, immediately adopted it, and ordered Yu Wenxu to draft an imperial edict, stating all the wrong things he had done since he came to the throne, ordered the abolition of Huashi Gang, Yingfeng Bureau and other bad policies, and asked the bureaucrats and common people all over the world to speak out about current affairs. Teacher Qin Wang.

Judging from this edict, Zhao Ji has long been aware of the country's long-standing abuses, lack of policies, and his own misconduct, but without a strong blow from outside forces, he will never think that he is at fault, and fear is the best Clean up the wake-up agent!The things are true, but this edict of guilt was still opposed by most ministers, who criticized Yuwen Xuzhong for being too extreme.

But at this time, the Jin soldiers were getting closer, and the alarm was reported to the Song court like snowflakes.The military situation is critical, and the Privy Council reports that Jin Bing is approaching the North Bank of the Yellow River!Zhao Ji had no time to think about this matter, so he issued an edict to the whole country the next day. He began to think about his own way out, how to get out of this chaotic situation. Of course, the best way is to find a scapegoat... (to be continued...)