Great Song Pirate

Chapter 597 Farce
A Jinbing scout rushed into the Jinbing camp with horses and whips. When they reached the front of the Chinese army's tent, they jumped off their horses and rushed into the camp to report: "Commander! We appeared [-] miles west of us." After a small identification, it should be the Qinfeng Road and Jingxi Road Song Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and the commander of the army should be the general of the Song Army!"

Wanyan Zong's face sank like water, he saw that Bianliang City was close at hand, but he couldn't capture Bianliang, he was so angry that he almost trembled all over his body, not only did he not gain advantage by attacking the city for several days, on the contrary, he lost troops and lost generals under Bianliang City. Guo Yaoshi's strategy was to drive the Song people to attack the city as a forward. He thought he could capture Bianliang City in one fell swoop, and then plundered it, and then considered the matter of returning to the north, but now it seems that his desire to enter Bianliang City To be completely shattered!

"Commander! We can't stay here for long! Now the kings of the Song Dynasty are coming here in a big way. Once they gather, we will be attacked here, threatening us! Now we have captured the emperor of the Song Dynasty and there are many more The royal family, the commander-in-chief's achievements are enough to shine in the world, we should retreat for the time being, and after the West Route Army breaks through Taiyuan, we will regroup and make a comeback!" Guo Yaoshi said immediately from the side.

Wanyan Zongwang walked out of the big tent, looked in the direction of Bianliang City, looked up to the sky and sighed, and said: "If we can't capture Bianliang today, I'm afraid it won't be so easy for us to come here in the future! There is a son of Zhao Xu in the Song Dynasty." Now, it will definitely become a serious problem for my confidant! What a pity! What a pity!"

Wanyan Zongwang said a few regrets to Bianliang City, and then dejectedly ordered to return to the Kingdom of Jin. The Jin soldiers incinerated the bodies of the soldiers who died in battle, collected their remains, set up camp, and engulfed Huizong, Zhao Heng and others. Members of the royal family, as well as many Song officials, Huizong's concubines and concubines, and the wives and concubines of ministers, retreated slowly towards the Yellow River floating bridge.

After hearing the news, the soldiers and civilians of Bianliang City were full of joy. After several days of fierce fighting, they finally won the victory against the gold under the leadership of King Ji, successfully resisted the attack of the Jin soldiers, and saved Bianliang. In Bianliang City, the people in the city rushed to tell each other such good news, and laughter filled every corner of Bianliang City.

However, in Prince Ji's Mansion, it was a different scene. Li Bo was tied up and knelt in the hall with his head held high, while the Fubo soldiers he brought all had expressions of anger on their faces, and were massacred. The Song army was forced to stay outside the mansion and was not allowed to enter the mansion. The two sides were in a state of tension, and conflicts may occur at any time. Although Li Bo didn't bring many people, there were only about two hundred people, but these people were all fierce. People who are afraid of death don't have the idea of ​​imperial power in their minds. After long-term indoctrination by Li Bo and others, only Xu Yi, the master, exists in their minds. Li Bo is their leader, but now he is being ruled by King Ji Zhao Xu. It was tied up, and it was about to be pushed out and beheaded to show the public, so they were completely angry!

Under the leadership of Li Qingyuan and Liu Da, these brothers of the Fubo army glared at Zhang Hu's personal guards and the Song army transferred outside the palace, but these soldiers of King Ji and the Song army were somewhat different. Dare to look them in the eyes, everyone felt that Li Bo did the right thing, if he hadn't taken the lead in shooting arrows, Bianliang City would have already been ruled by the golden men by now!These people probably have already become the souls of the dead under the sword of the golden soldiers. Although what Li Bo did was a bit outrageous, he saved the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the entire Bianliang City. This point has been unanimously agreed by everyone. But now Zhao Xu turned his anger on Li Bo, tied him up, and wanted to question his guilt, not to mention that these brothers under Li Bo didn't agree, even these people felt that they were complaining about Li Bo in their hearts!

Zhao Xu looked at Li Bo who was kneeling in the hall with his head held high. At this time, the anger in his chest had dissipated a lot. In fact, he also knew that if Li Bo hadn't brazenly taken the lead in attacking the Jin people in the city, Bianliang City might have been taken by the Jin people at this moment. People were captured, and the situation at that time required someone to take the lead in the counterattack, but it happened that this person was Li Bo, not anyone else. When he calmed down from his fury, he felt a little grateful to Li Bo in his heart.

But now he grabbed and caught, but he couldn't help himself if he wanted to let go, because the palace was full of courtiers who stayed behind in the city, and they were already arguing again.

"His Royal Highness! This person must be killed. If it wasn't for him, how could so many princes and ministers and the royal family be killed by mistake? This is a crime of treason and immorality, and not killing them will not be enough to comfort the spirits of the dead!" Wu Min led With an angry look on his face, he came out and cupped his hands and said to Zhao Xu.

As soon as his words fell, another group of people came forward and demanded that King Ji Zhao Xu severely punish Li Bo. This kind of behavior is indeed a bit outrageous, and once he is executed, he must be executed immediately!Li Bo didn't refute them, but a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. He looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart. If he hadn't made a decisive decision and took the lead in shooting arrows, everyone would know what Bianliang City looks like now and what will happen to these people!He even felt that he lost interest in arguing with these people, watching them come out and shout as if watching a show.

But when they quarreled, Li Gang immediately stood up. Originally, Li Gang and Wu Min had a good relationship, but since Wu Min proposed to surrender in Kaesong today, Li Gang and Wu Min had a deadly confrontation, and Li Gang also came out with an angry expression on his face. Said: "Qi lord, I think that this person can not only be killed, but also rewarded heavily. If it weren't for this person, I am afraid that Bianliang City has already fallen into the hands of Jin people at this time. How can you still stand here when you are free?" How about accusing this person of committing crimes? And the city is probably already devastated! Could it be that such a fierce general saved us, but we should pursue his life-saving grace? Aren’t you ungrateful?”

So a group of ministers who supported Li Gang immediately stood up and supported Li Gang, urging Chen not to kill Li Bo, and asking Zhao Xu to reward Li Bo again.

While everyone was still arguing, Li Bo couldn't help but speak: "I'm talking about you! Can you listen to the next sentence?"

When everyone saw that the culprit was the first to speak, they thought he was going to defend themselves. Wu Min pointed at him and said, "How can you speak here? You are just a small captain, yet you are so bold that you don't care about the prince at all. The life and death of the minister should be killed to the extreme!"

Zhao Xu saw that Li Bo wanted to speak, but Wu Min refused to let him, so his face darkened and he said, "It's a matter of Wu, his words are different. After all, this person also has meritorious service, how can he not even have the right to speak? Li Bo! If you have anything to defend yourself, just say it!" Zhao Xu really wanted to give Li Bo a chance to defend himself and hear his reasons.

Li Bo gave Wu Min a white look, and said to the officials in the palace with his chest out: "Whether to kill me or not is not the most important thing now. Now that the golden soldiers are retreating, they are still bringing our sage and a large number of princes and ministers with them! You still want to kill me?" Discuss first, how to rescue them and then how to deal with me is not too late! Should I send troops to chase after Jin Bing, or should I just sit back and watch? I think this Lord Wu is so loyal to the emperor, I implore the prince to give this Lord Wu An elite army, let them go out of the city to pursue the Jinren, and immediately take back the second emperor in the hands of the Jinbing, and then deal with it!"

Li Bo's words were a complete reminder to everyone in the hall, now they were only discussing whether to kill this daring Li Bo, the golden soldiers retreated but took their two emperors away!What should we do now?
After listening to Li Bo's words, Wu Min almost lost his anger and turned his back on him. He was a powerless civil servant, but Li Bo actually asked King Ji to give him a troop so that he could go out of the city to chase those wolf-like beasts. Tiger's golden soldier, isn't this the same as letting him die?Although he prides himself on being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, he is not so loyal that he would put his neck under the knife edge of the golden man!As far as the combat power of these imperial troops in the city is concerned, let alone give him a soldier and horse to leave the city, even if you give him everyone, he doesn't believe that he can defeat the golden soldiers and rescue the second emperor!

After Zhao Xu heard Li Bo's words, he was almost annoyed by him. Not only did he not defend himself at this moment, but he even said something to hurt Wu Min. He was so bold that it was unimaginable, as if it was something everyone discussed It has nothing to do with him, it's completely like watching the fun from the sidelines, but what Li Bo said is also true, now that the Jin soldiers are retreating, it is time for them to consider how to rescue the captured second emperor, but everyone is entangled in this matter Don't stop, it's not obvious that no one wants to go out of the city to chase the Jin soldiers to rescue Huizong and the new emperor Zhao Huan?However, Li Bo saw everyone's mentality at once, and even took out this Wu Min's army, it's really outrageous!
"That's right! Now that the golden soldiers have started to retreat, we should consider what to do next, instead of being entangled in this issue, come here, first put Li Bo in prison, and discuss how to deal with it later! "Zhao Xu took the opportunity to find a step, and first suppressed this matter before talking about it. As long as this is over, everything will be easy to handle!
Zhang Hu came over in person immediately, pulled Li Bo up from the ground, and pushed him outside. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he whispered in his ear: "You are a real man! Brother, what I admire about Brother Li now is the five-body projection, Brother Li, don't worry." Now, even if Zhang is risking his head, he will never let Brother Li suffer death, you should be wronged first, and after the prince calms down, I will intercede for Brother Li!"

Li Bo smiled and didn't speak, but nodded slightly. He was fair and at ease, Zhang Hu was at least a good friend.

"Brother Li wants to say something first. The brothers you brought are now confronting my subordinates outside the palace. Now is not the time to make such a fuss. Let them settle down for a while. Zhang promises not to let Brother Li Just being wronged!" Zhang Hu said while pulling Li Bo to the prison.

Only then did Li Bo nod his head and said, "Then please brother Zhang bring my two assistants in, and I'll just ask them!"

Zhang Hu immediately sent someone outside the palace to bring Li Qingyuan and Liu Da, two of Li Bo's subordinates, into the palace. When they saw Li Bo, they knelt down on one knee and said angrily, "Brother Li! It's too much! If it weren't for you, Bianliang City would have been destroyed by now..."

"Okay! Stop talking! I know what you are going to say! If you two don't want me to die quickly, go out now and take the brothers to hide for a while. If you make trouble like this, I'm afraid I will die sooner. Some! The lord is not a fool, he will give me justice! Hurry up and make arrangements for the brothers, don't let them make trouble!" Li Bo gave the two of them a staring order.

Upon hearing this, Li Qingyuan and Liu Da felt that Li Bo's words were reasonable, so they nodded and clasped their fists to Zhang Hu who was on the side and said, "Brother Zhang, we will leave it to you, Brother Zhang, please take care of it for us, please don't let our brother Li Suffering is what it is!"

Zhang Hu hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, both of you, as long as Zhang Hu is still alive, Brother Li will never be wronged in the slightest! If someone wants to kill Brother Li, I will try my best to stop him!"

With Zhang Hu's guarantee, Li Qingyuan and Liu Dacai felt more at ease, and went out immediately, led the brothers of the Fubo Army to some nearby alleys, and the front of the palace soon became much clearer, but they just left , then began to have a lot of people rushing here again, the leaders are some people who look like scholars. After inquiring, I found out that these people are the students of Taixue in Bianliang City, Tokyo. They heard that today the city took the lead in shooting arrows against the enemy. The brave warrior who was led by him kept Bianliang City intact, and now he was tied up by King Ji. He also heard that he was about to be executed, and some people even demanded that he be executed Ling Chi. There was an uproar.

The common people didn't have a good impression of the princes and ministers outside the city. They felt that they deserved what happened to them and they deserved it. If they didn't follow Huizong to abandon the city and flee, how could they have ended up like this?As for the hero who dared to take the lead in shooting arrows today, they respected it to the extreme. If it wasn't for him, everyone in Bianliang City would be unlucky. Now Li Bo has become a superhero in the eyes of ordinary people. He, the common people finally quit. A large number of common people flocked to Prince Ji's Mansion under the instigation of a group of Taixue students, and surrounded the place. Many, even the imperial guards are no longer afraid!

When Zhao Xu was discussing with the people in the palace how to rescue the second emperor who had been taken captive by the Jin people, a guard ran in to report: "Sign up to the lord! A large number of people in the city and Taixue students surrounded the palace and petitioned outside. Ask the prince to release Li Bo! Now many people have gathered, and more people are coming here continuously, and the students of Taixue have jointly signed a letter to the prince, begging to see the prince! Demanding severe punishment of Cai Jing, Wang Wei, and Tong Guan Waiting for the treacherous ministers, please ask the prince to confiscate their property and appease the anger of the common people!"

After Zhao Xuwen heard this, he was really one of the first two. Today, in a rage, he arrested Li Bo, but he did not expect to cause so much trouble. Not to mention that the ministers in the city were in trouble, and now even the common people are impatient!Now things are getting bigger!
And Wu Min and other people who advocated killing Li Bo just now heard about it, and they were all terrified. As the saying goes, public anger is hard to offend. Knowing that if these people want to kill Li Bo, then they will not even think about going to the streets in the future, and if they are caught by the common people, they will not tear them up and eat them!As a result, the people who were clamoring loudly just now became dull gourds, and no one asked to kill Li Bo anymore. As for the princes and ministers who died outside, they were not their relatives, so why did they provoke public anger?

Zhao Xu looked at all the ministers in the palace, and then asked Wu Min by name: "Wu is a matter, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

Wu Min didn't dare to be stubborn now, so she came out and said: "It seems that this matter is what the people want. Since the common people have asked for it, it is not easy to make things worse at this time. You might as well let this daring person go first, and we can talk about it later." Bar!"

But Li Gang stood up and said: "My lord! I have something to say, I think that now is the best time to win over the hearts of the people. My lord should not only let Li Bo go, but also reward him heavily. Only in this way can I win the hearts of the people. In the future, the Song Dynasty will fight against the Jin Dynasty, and these ordinary people will be inseparable! Please think twice, my lord!"

Now that there is pressure from a large number of people, the public opinion in the hall immediately turned to Li Bo's side, and even some people who asked to kill Li Bo just now turned around and demanded that Li Bo be rewarded!

Seeing that none of these people objected to the release of Li Bo, Zhao Xu naturally wouldn't be in trouble with him anymore, so he nodded and said, "Since this is the case, it can be seen that Li Bo's move is still popular, and right now we are fighting against each other. At this time, it is absolutely necessary not to go against the will of the people, and the order will be issued to immediately acquit Li Bo, and in addition, Li Bo will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver as a token of appreciation! Invite Taixue student representatives to the hall and see what they want!"

So Zhang Hu immediately sent someone to release Li Bo, and then sent him out of the palace, announcing King Ji's order. Now the people were satisfied, and before Li Bo could react, they rushed forward and lifted Li Bo up. He got up, surrounded him and went parading through the streets, and the students of Taixue recommended a student named Chen Dong to enter the palace.

After Chen Dong came to the palace, he forcefully accused Cai Jing, Cai You, Tong Guan, Zhu Yu and other treacherous crimes. Although most of these people were either dismissed from office or taken away by the Jin people, they still asked Ji Wang to transfer their family property in Bianliang, Tokyo. Confiscated to be used as military funds, Zhao Xu was very troubled by this request, not because he didn't want to confiscate the property of these guys, but because his status is very embarrassing now, in name he is only a prince, and his status is a left-behind soldier in Tokyo and a soldier on the Hebei Road Marshal Ma, the emperor still belonged to his father Huizong, and should now belong to his eldest brother Zhao Huan. When the two of them left Beijing, they took Yuxi out of Bianliang City. They had no right to make such a decision by staying in Tokyo, so they had no choice but to Temporarily accepted the letter from Chen Dongcheng's Taixue student, expressing that he would consider it, then sent Chen Dong and others out of the palace, and continued to discuss how to deal with the Jinren and how to rescue the second emperor.

Regarding this matter, everyone was helpless, because no one had the ability to lead troops out to catch up with Wanyan Zongwang's army, defeated the Jin soldiers in one fell swoop, and rescued the captured royal members and ministers. After discussing for a long time, it was still A minister moved a ladder for Zhao Xu to come down from the top of the wall.

"This matter should be discussed in the long run. The Jin people have always been very cunning. Now the retreat must be a trap they set up to lure our army out of the city to pursue them, so that they can defeat our army outside the city in one fell swoop, and then turn around and retake Tokyo Bianliang. Therefore, The humble official believes that the prince should stay behind closed doors, and send scouts to investigate clearly before making a decision! Please, the prince must not take the risk of sending troops to chase the golden soldiers now!" said the minister.

Why!This sentence is still beautiful, Zhao Xu is waiting for someone to say this sentence, and now he is not willing to take the risk of sending troops to chase after Jin Bing, so he has to wait for King Qin's division to come here before saying it!
So Zhao Xu immediately nodded and said: "That makes sense, the Jinren are really cunning and unusual, we have to guard against them, maybe this is a trap set by them, we should be careful! Order the detectives to go out of the city to follow the Jinbing, let's see Let’s talk about their movements! After several days of fierce fighting, everyone must be tired. Today’s discussion is over for the time being, everyone should go down and have a rest! After the news comes back, we will make a decision here!”

Everyone saw that there was no better way, so they all resigned and went to do whatever they should do. After a long time of commotion, Li Bo didn't kill him, and got a large reward. The mere farce, on the contrary, made Li Bo's reputation.

Soon the vanguard army of cultivating the way of teaching arrived in Bianliang, Tokyo. When Zhao Xu learned that the army of cultivating the way of teaching had arrived in Bianliang City, he was completely relieved and understood why the Jin soldiers suddenly retreated So he immediately opened the city to welcome the main generals of Zhulu Qinwang's army, such as Zhong Shidao, into the city of Bianliang.

The chief generals of the various armies heard the news that the Second Emperor had been taken captive by the Jin people, and all of them turned pale with shock. Even if Zhong Shidao asked to lead the army to pursue the Jin soldiers and rescue the captured Second Emperor and others, Zhao Xu certainly would not Saying no, he had no choice but to agree to his request to fight, and ordered him to lead his army to chase after Yan Zongwang's Jin army, and try to save the second emperor back!

The army of cultivating the way of teaching is the most elite soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty guarding the northwest direction of the Song Dynasty. When he arrived at Bianliang King Qin, Zhong Shidao led his direct army, left Bianliang City overnight, and the army following Wanyan Zongwang chased him down.

At this time, Xu Yi finally welcomed the first batch of reinforcement fleets from the south on Tuoji Island. Qian Laoben of Dulong Island sent a large number of ships loaded with a large amount of supplies, and finally after a period of sailing , Arrived in Bohai Bay, and leaned on the pier of Tuoji Island.

(Looking at the monthly pass today, I just remembered that another month has started, it’s a big duck, I’m sweating! If the brothers don’t want to give the monthly pass, then I don’t want it either! Let’s give it a reward! Hehe!)

(End of this chapter)