Xianxia version of Water Margin

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The day after the Yuan and Song Dynasties made peace, in order to restore order to the inner city and eliminate burning, killing and looting, Zhao Huan personally boarded the Xuande Gate.

Zhao Huan said in a secret voice using the uploaded message: "The two countries have made peace and the war has ended. The officials, soldiers and civilians in the city will not be held accountable for their crimes. The officials, soldiers and civilians should return to their respective professions and perform their duties."

People in the inner city gathered in front of Xuande Gate when they heard that the Yuan and Song Dynasties had negotiated peace, and that Emperor Zhao Huan personally announced the matter.

I heard Zhao Huan say with his own ears that the Yuan and Song Dynasties had negotiated a peace, that the Yuan army would not wash the city, and that the war was over. The officials, soldiers and people in the inner city cried long live while shouting.

Seeing this warm and sad scene, Zhao Huan burst into tears and waved desperately to the city.

Taking this opportunity, Zhao Huan tested Wu Yong and Xiao Rong on the side: "It is better to harm me than harm my officials, soldiers and people!"

Wu Yong said: "The emperor of our dynasty has issued an imperial edict. If the people in the city, whether soldiers or civilians, surrender immediately, no one will be killed. If they dare to resist, they will not be killed. Therefore, as long as your dynasty does not act recklessly, our dynasty will definitely not commit any crimes."

Zhao Huan was not satisfied with Wu Yong's answer, because Jiang Hongfei only said that the soldiers and civilians surrendered without killing him, and did not mention him, the Emperor of Zhao Song, the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty, or even the officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

It's not that Zhao Huan doesn't understand that these are bargaining chips for the Dayuan Empire, and Wu Yong and Jiang Hongfei behind him will not let go easily.

But after all, Zhao Huan still hopes to get some guarantees.

However, Wu Yong was watertight.

Regarding this, Zhao Huan was both worried and uneasy!

"What should I do to drive away Jiang Yan and the Yuan Army?"

Although Zhao Huan didn't know how much he and the Zhao Song Dynasty had to pay to protect himself and the Zhao Song Dynasty's country, he knew that this would definitely be a painful and long process.

Zhao Huanqiang cheered up and asked Sun Fu to post a notice in the streets and alleys of the inner city, letting more people know: The Yuan and Song Dynasties have begun peace talks, the two countries will no longer fight, the war is over, everyone should stop making trouble, and no longer fight. If you make trouble, the court will not be polite.

Last night, the inner city was full of demons. The soldiers of the Zhao and Song dynasties and the lawless people in the inner city were burning, killing and looting everywhere.

Thousands of houses were turned into blank ground.

A large number of people died tragically in the chaos of these two days and one night.

What made Zhao Huan very angry was that there was no such thing in the outer city under the control of the Yuan Empire.

You know, this is the capital of their Zhao and Song Dynasties. It makes no sense. The Yuan Empire can manage it well, but the Zhao and Song Dynasty cannot manage it well.

Therefore, Zhao Huan made up his mind to calm down the chaos as soon as possible. He would never let Jiang Hongfei compete with him.

With this idea in mind, after the announcement of the list, Zhao Huan immediately sent Kaifeng Prefecture Yin Wang Shiyong to lead people to suppress the thugs in the inner city...

In the evening, Zhao Xu and He Li came back to meet Zhao Huan.

As soon as the two parties met, Zhao Huan quickly asked: "What are the conditions of Emperor Yuan?!"

He Li said with a bitter face: "I am incompetent. The Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty only asked His Majesty to go out of the city to discuss the matter, otherwise there would be no need to discuss it."

When Zhao Huan heard this, his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

After hesitating again and again, He Li said hesitantly: "For the current plan, I'm afraid that the only way to break the situation is by having an honest talk between Your Majesty and the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty."

Zhao Huan didn't know that Jiang Hongfei was also the emperor, and only he and Jiang Hongfei had equal status. Under the current situation, if he wanted to succeed, it was best for him to come forward to persuade Jiang Hongfei to withdraw his troops.

But Zhao Huan heard that Jiang Hongfei was a Liangshan thief, a murderer with a ruthless temper, and would often raid the homes of high-ranking officials, wealthy families, and gentry.

Zhao Huan was instinctively afraid at the thought of meeting Jiang Hongfei like this and asking Jiang Hongfei to withdraw his troops. He was afraid of meeting Jiang Hongfei from the bottom of his heart.

But since Jiang Hongfei insists on having face-to-face talks with Zhao Huan, if Zhao Huan does not go to see Jiang Hongfei, then the peace negotiation opportunity he just asked for by sending ten sisters to Jiang Hongfei may be ruined.

If things really develop in that direction, there is no guarantee that Jiang Hongfei will be so angry that he will attack Bianliang City.

After much hesitation, Zhao Huan still didn't want to see Jiang Hongfei. He asked He Li to go to Qingcheng tomorrow to find out what Jiang Hongfei wanted and what he wanted to do. If He Li couldn't find out, he asked Zhao Yupan and the others to find a way. .

He Li accepted the order and went down to make preparations.

As soon as He Li left, Jiang Xuan, the commander of the Huangmen Gate, Li Fu, the commander of the Huangmen Gate, and Ban Zhi Lu Wan led hundreds of guards to open the Zuoye Gate with sharp axes and rushed into the palace to escort Zhao. Huan fought his way out of Bianliang City.

Although Jiang Xuan and others talked about being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, what they wanted to do was to save Zhao Huan and the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

But Zhao Huan didn't think so. He felt that Jiang Xuan and the others wanted to kidnap him and murder him.

Wu Yong has already said that there are more than 300,000 Dayuan cavalry within 500 miles of Bianliang City. If they rush out of the city, they will die, and they will also kill Zhao Huan. .

The key point is that Jiang Hongfei has shown his intention to negotiate peace, so there is no need to run away.

Therefore, Zhao Huan struggled hard and was not willing to go with Jiang Xuan and others, let alone be arranged by a group of Qiu Ba.

Seeing that Zhao Huan did not understand their loyalty at all and was trembling with fear, Jiang Xuan was disappointed and forcibly changed Zhao Huan into clothes suitable for riding horses. Then he dragged Zhao Huan out and said, "I don't care about you." My family, life and death, just want to serve the country with all my loyalty. If the officials don't follow me and fight out of the city, they will be killed by Yuan thieves!"

Later, He Li, Sun Fu, Mei Zhili and Lu Haowen entered the palace to rescue the emperor.

After Lu Haowen came forward to negotiate with Jiang Xuan and others, in order to stabilize Jiang Xuan and others, Zhao Huan appointed Jiang Xuan as the commander of the front office of the palace, and then sent people to summon Zuo Yan, the commander of the four wings, to lead troops into the palace to suppress the "rebellion" of Jiang Xuan and others. That night, Jiang Xuan, Li Fu and Lu Wan were executed by Zhao Huan.

In fact, at this time, Zhao Huan still had more than 10,000 of the most elite cavalry of the Zhao Song Dynasty. They were Zhao Huan's personal guards and the last guarantee for Zhao Huan as the supreme ruler of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Among these more than 10,000 most elite cavalry, there were also 2,000 elite among the elite. They were all extremely powerful Qigong practitioners - they were specially built for Zhao Huan by Zhong Shidao when he was alive, just to escort Zhao Huan to Shaanxi in case of changes in the situation.

The key is that most of these more than 10,000 most elite cavalrymen, like Jiang Xuan and others, do not want to sit back and wait for death. They hope to fight their way out of Bianliang City and escape to Shaanxi or Jiangnan.

If Zhao Huan acted decisively, there might be a chance of survival.

However, Zhao Huan is Zhao Huan. How could he have such courage? Such courage?

If Zhao Huan had the courage and courage, Zhang Shuye would have rescued Zhao Huan long ago.

In the end, Zhao Huan was not an outstanding figure who could turn the tide and rewrite history.

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Just when Zhao Huan was delaying time and did not want to meet Jiang Hongfei, Geng Nanzhong came to Weicheng with Zhao Huan's secret order and met Zhao Gou.

What people did not expect was that Geng Nanzhong dared to forge an imperial edict and add the word "天下" in front of the military marshal that Zhao Huan conferred on Zhao Gou, and said to Zhao Gou: "I hope that the king will accept the order as the military marshal of the world and call on all directions."

You should know that Tang Suzong summoned troops from all directions to defend the king in Lingwu under the title of "military marshal of the world", and finally ascended the throne and became emperor, rebuilding the Tang Dynasty.

So, there is a big difference between having the word "天下" and not having the word "天下".

Let's put it this way, Geng Nanzhong now has the idea of ​​​​"if there is a change in Zhao Huan, support Zhao Gou to ascend the throne and become emperor". He added the word "天下" in front of the military marshal that Zhao Huan conferred on Zhao Gou, which is to enhance the legitimacy and appeal of Zhao Gou's status and lay a solid foundation for Zhao Gou to ascend the throne.

When Zhao Gou took the imperial edict from Zhao Huan, he noticed that Zhao Huan only conferred him the title of "Grand Marshal of the Army", not "Grand Marshal of the Army of the World".

Zhao Gou reacted quickly and immediately understood that this was Geng Nanzhong's doing.

After a while, Zhao Gou guessed what Geng Nanzhong was up to.

Although Zhao Gou didn't know at this time that the Yuan army had broken through the city of Bianliang, Geng Nanzhong had actually hinted to Zhao Gou that Bianliang City would definitely not be able to be defended.

Seeing Geng Nanzhong's confidence, Zhao Gou was very worried about his mother, Concubine Wei, who had raised him with great difficulty, and also worried about Concubine Xing Bingyi, the wife of Prince Kang, who loved him very much.

Today, Zhao Gou actually has the heart to go back to serve the king and save him.

It's a pity that Zhao Gou now has no such strength at all.

In theory, under such circumstances, Zhao Gou should accept Geng Nanzhong's kindness and acquiesce that Zhao Huan would confer him the title of "Grand Marshal of the Army and Horses of the World", so that he could integrate the Song army, defeat Jiang Hongfei, rescue his mother, his wife and daughter, and save the collapsing building and turn the tide.

But Zhao Gou was worried that if Zhao Huan escaped this disaster, he might be charged with the crime of plotting to usurp the throne.

So, after hesitating again and again, Zhao Gou did not hide Zhao Huan's imperial edict, but after reading it, he passed it to Wang Boyan.

What Zhao Gou did not expect was that after reading it, Wang Boyan actually took the imperial edict away and did not pass it on.

Obviously, Wang Boyan also wanted Zhao Gou to be the "Grand Marshal of the Army and Horses of the World", no, to be precise, Wang Boyan also felt that Zhao Huan could not survive this test, so he bet on Zhao Gou...

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Seeing that Zhao Huan was playing a delaying tactic with him, Jiang Hongfei simply played along.

With Jiang Hongfei's generous reward, tens of thousands of engineering troops and more than 200,000 civilians worked day and night, and in just three days, they built all the defensive fortifications on the walls of Bianliang City to deal with the city.

After that, Jiang Hongfei discussed with Liu Huiniang and others, and finally decided that 50,000 troops would be stationed on the walls at all times, and the number of mobile troops outside the city that could reach the walls at any time must not be less than 100,000.

In short, it was to ensure that the people in Bianliang City could not escape.

After doing all this, Jiang Hongfei began to deal with Zhao Huan and his ministers.

At this time, there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the inner city, as well as a large number of weapons and horses.

These were all threats.

In addition, Zhao Gou and the Zhao Song Dynasty's loyal army around the capital area also had to be dealt with in a way.

However, all of these could not be rushed, and had to be dealt with bit by bit.

Let's put it this way, what Jiang Hongfei wanted to do was to take down Bianliang City as bloodlessly as possible, annihilate the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and not leave trouble for his future rule.

Besides, the best strategy is to attack the enemy's strategy. If you can solve the problem with strategy, try not to use force.

You know, the military also serves politics.

Moreover, Jiang Hongfei believes that Zhao Huan is far inferior to him in terms of strategic determination.

What's more, he currently has an absolute advantage.

Sure enough!

Seeing that Jiang Hongfei neither accepted the peace talks between the prince and the prime minister nor urged him to leave the city, Zhao Huan panicked, especially when Zhao Huan found out about the deployment of the Yuan army!

That night, a comet suddenly appeared, and it was heading straight for Bianliang City, with its tail across the sky.

Comets are regarded as ominous by people in this world, and the appearance of comets is often considered an ominous sign. People always habitually associate it with catastrophic things such as war, plague, natural disasters, and turmoil.

At this time, the appearance of a comet over the sky of Bianliang City will undoubtedly terrify the people in the city.

Unexpectedly, a blood-red sun suddenly burst out from the east the next morning.

Some people say that this bloody sun is a symbol of killing.

There were two consecutive days of great ominous signs.

People in Bianliang City inevitably became panicked, fearing that the Yuan army would massacre the city and cause a major bloodshed.

During this period, the Jinmen Yuke who originally surrounded Zhao Ji, either actively or passively, gradually gathered around Jiang Hongfei.

Including Zhang Xubai, Xu Zhichang, Dong Nanyun, Li Derou, Wang Chongdao, Shao Ruoyu, and Wang Wenqing.

Jiang Hongfei handed all these people over to Gongsun Sheng for management, and told Gongsun Sheng to treat them well. Occasionally, Jiang Hongfei would personally discuss Taoism with them.

In other words, Jiang Hongfei received Zhao Ji's accumulation of Taoism over the years.

Now, when signs appeared, Jiang Hongfei directly threw them to Gongsun Sheng, the national teacher, and Taoist priests such as Zhang Xubai, who were very famous in the Zhao Song Dynasty, to deal with.

At the same time, Jiang Hongfei issued a clear imperial edict, stating that he was also a Han Chinese and would not carry out a massacre in the Han city. He also took the initiative to say that after the Yuan and Song countries reached an agreement, he would have people open all the city gates and allow the people to enter and exit Bianliang City freely.

After Jiang Hongfei and his ministers properly handled the rumors, they were broken, and the outer city soon stabilized.

Zhao Huan also encountered the same problem.

Moreover, because it was at the center of the storm, rumors were everywhere in the inner city.

In order to appease the soldiers and civilians in the inner city, Zhao Huan followed the advice of the Cai family's doormen controlled by Le He and opened the Suzaku Gate to allow the people in the inner city to enter and exit freely.

What Zhao Huan never expected was that as soon as the Suzaku Gate was opened, the soldiers and civilians in the inner city rushed to the outer city. They rushed to the outer city, fearing that they would be one step behind others.

What Zhao Huan didn't know was that after the propaganda and dissemination of the Yuan spies in the inner city, and after so much observation, the people in the inner city had already seen that the outer city was obviously safer, and the Yuan Empire must be the final winner.

And the inner city is still burning, killing and looting. Some disorderly soldiers and lawless people even made their own Yuan army uniforms and pretended to be soldiers of the Yuan army to burn, kill and loot everywhere.

These people were even so rampant that more than 70 women in the house of Empress Xuanren Gao were robbed by them, and even the wife of Zuo Yan, the commander of the four wings, was abducted by these defeated soldiers and lawless people, and more than 10,000 Ling money was used to buy it back.

Under such circumstances, only a fool would be willing to continue living in the inner city.

Jiang Hongfei, who had received the report long ago, arranged for the army and a large number of officials to properly receive these people, and screened out the lawless criminals among them, announced their crimes, and beheaded them all without mercy.

By the time Zhao Huan learned about this, almost half of the people in the inner city had already run away.

At this time, Zhao Huan realized that something bad had happened. If he let the people in the inner city run away, he might become a lonely man.

Zhao Huan quickly asked people to close the Suzaku Gate.

This was met with fierce protests from the soldiers and civilians who did not run away, and even a fight.

It took a lot of effort for Zhao Huan and his ministers to suppress this riot.

However, that night, a large number of people hammered down the city and fled from the inner city to the outer city.

At this time, Zhao Huan finally realized that if this continued, he would definitely become a lonely man.

The key is that if things develop in that way, he will become worthless.

The key point is that Jiang Hongfei might kill him because of his procrastinating attitude.

After thinking about it, Zhao Huan finally mustered up the courage and decided to go out of the city to meet Jiang Hongfei and negotiate peace with him face to face...

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