Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Wanyan Zonghan was not in a hurry to attack Taiyuan Fucheng. He left General Wanyan Yinshu to lead [-] troops to besiege Taiyuan Fucheng.

Now Taiyuan Mansion is already the land of the Kingdom of Jin. For the more than 2 rebels in the city, the [-] Jurchen elite soldiers with Wanyan Silver Skills are enough to put down the rebellion.

The Jin and Song Dynasties had just concluded a new peace treaty, did the Song Dynasty dare to send troops to rescue these rebels?

When the defenders of Taiyuan Fucheng refused to hand over the city to Wanyan Zonghan's army, it was not smooth for Wanyan Zongwang's army to take over Zhongshan and Hejian.

When Wanyan Zongwangjun returned to Yanjing, he passed through the two prefectures of Zhongshan and Hejian.

Wanyan Zongwang ordered people to take Su Wang Zhao Shu, Song Dynasty cedement envoy and Taizai Zhang Bangchang to Zhongshan and Hejian to announce the decree that the defenders should surrender the city.

However, the general manager of the Mabu Army, the Zhongshan appeasement envoy, Zhan Du, who knew Zhongshan, and Chen Yun, who knew Hejian, refused to hand over the city to the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongwang angrily led the army to attack the two cities of Zhongshan and Hejian.

It was freezing cold, and Zhan Du ordered the soldiers to pour water on the city wall, which was quickly frozen into ice, making it impossible for people to climb.

The Jin army failed to attack for a long time, so they had to temporarily retreat to Yanjing City for repairs.The two towns of Zhongshan and Hejian could not hold on.

After returning to Yanjing City, Wanyan Zongwang immediately sent Wanyan Zongbi back to the capital to beg for good news to Emperor Wanyan Wu and report the results of the Southern Expedition.

At the same time, Wanyan Zongwang also sent people to Datong Mansion to report the battle situation to Marshal Wanyan Zonghan.

After the Jin army retreated to the north, Emperor Zhao Huan felt that the safety of the capital was guaranteed, and he began to favor the ministers of the main battle faction. He listened to their opinions and decided to prepare his troops for war and decide the outcome with the Kingdom of Jin again.

The first action of the ministers headed by Li Gang, the main combat faction, was to tear up the newly signed peace agreement between the two countries and refuse to hand over the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian.

At first, the imperial court sent secret envoys to the three towns to ask the city guards to guard the city and not hand it over to the Jin army.

Immediately afterwards, Emperor Zhao Huan issued an edict on March [-] to destroy and abandon the edict of ceding the land, promoted the three towns to officials, and rewarded them for their meritorious service in defending the city.

Now that the peace treaty with the Kingdom of Jin has been torn up, of course we must be prepared to prevent the Jin army from going south again.

Emperor Zhao Huan also granted the title of Taiwei of Zhongshi Dao and Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hebei, and asked him to lead an army to garrison Huazhou.In addition, Hao Huai, the commander, led [-] troops to guard the natural danger of Heyang to prevent the Jin army from crossing the Yellow River.

Chapter 9 Ten Ten Mad Dog Geng Nanzhong

After Zhong Shidao took office, he told Emperor Zhao Huan that the Song Army would be at a disadvantage in fighting the Jin Army's cavalry in the Hebei Plain.

In order to defend the safety of the capital, it is requested to concentrate Guan and He troops to build defense lines along the Yellow River in Cangzhou, Weizhou, Mengzhou, Huazhou and other places to prevent the Jin soldiers from coming again.

However, the ministers of the main combat faction headed by Li Gang first advocated sending a large army to pursue the retreating Jin soldiers on the east road, and then advocated counterattacking the Jin soldiers who besieged Taiyuan on the west road.

The ministers all believed that the enemy had just retreated, and it was not appropriate to mobilize troops to build defensive facilities to show weakness.

Zhong Shidao is a famous general of the Western Army. Of course, he understands the difference in combat effectiveness between the Song Army and the Jin Army. The experience of being defeated by the Liao Army also made him very cautious about fighting on the plains.

Zhong Shidao knew that the Hebei Plain was dominated by the cavalry of the Jin Army, so he must not easily confront the Jin Army on the Hebei Plain.The safest policy, of course, is to guard the Yellow River.

However, the ministers of the main combat faction headed by Li Gang are all literati, so they don't know how to march and fight.They only know the principle of "every inch of land must be fought", and they have already set the Song Army's battlefields in Hebei and Hedong.

As for how many soldiers of the Song Army would die in those places, it was not for Li Gang and others to consider.

We and other famous ministers who fight against the gold only need to win the integrity and reputation of insisting on fighting against the gold. How to fight and bleed is the business of those vulgar soldiers!

The ministers of the war faction disagreed with the way of teachers, and the peace faction didn't care about military affairs.This way of being a teacher has no support in the court, and it feels like there is no one to support.

After Zhong Shidao received the order, he asked the imperial court for permission to call the army and horses from all over the world to gather on the bank of the Yellow River, so as to avoid repeating the mistake of the Jin army Wanyan Zongwang Donglu army approaching the city.

At first, Emperor Zhao Huan also thought it was a good idea, so he approved the application for cultivating the teacher's way.

Unexpectedly, only half a day later, another chancellor told Qinzong that it would be too expensive for us to transfer all the soldiers and horses from all over the world. If Yan Zonghan's army did not cross the river to attack, wouldn't we be wasting money?

Emperor Zhao Huan felt that it was very reasonable, so he made another decree to cancel the original decision.

Zhong Shidao was tossed back and forth by Qinzong for a few times, and nothing came to fruition, so he was suddenly discouraged, so he went to the table saying that he was old, and now he was seriously ill, and asked to be resigned.

Emperor Zhao Huan actually agreed to this.So Chong Shidao retired as an envoy after two days as a Xuanfu envoy, and no longer intervened in the anti-golden military.

As a result, the military command of the war against Jin completely fell into the hands of Li Gang and other civil servants of the main combat faction.

Li Gang and others were ambitious and began to plan a summer strategy to counterattack the Jin army.

Facing the military threat from the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Great Song court should have united everyone in the same direction to avoid internal strife.

However, as soon as the Jin army retreated, Emperor Zhao Huan and his cronies couldn't wait to set off a fierce internal political struggle.

Emperor Zhao Huan's succession to the throne was originally the behavior of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji when he faced the Jin army's southern invasion, and asked Zhao Huan to stay in the capital to bear the anger of the Jin army on his behalf.

In fact, Zhao Ji was only in his 40s at this time, and he was in the prime of life, far from the time when he should abdicate and give up power.

Moreover, many ministers in the court were the confidantes of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. They supported Zhao Ji and fled to Zhenjiang, where they formed a small court, wanting to control the southeast half of the wall in their own hands.

There is no second day, and the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty are faced with a choice. When the crisis of the Jin army's southern invasion is resolved, will the little emperor Zhao Huan or the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji have the final say in the Great Song Dynasty?

Although Emperor Zhao Huan was forced to succeed to the throne, he had already tasted the taste of the Ninth Five-Year King at this time, and of course he was unwilling to let the Supreme Emperor ride on his head and emptied his power.

What's more, Geng Nanzhong and other princelings are already in power, and they are unwilling to hand over the power they have.

A life-and-death political struggle seems inevitable.

After the Jin people temporarily retreated, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji believed that the crisis had not been resolved, so he still stayed in Zhenjiang with his political team and issued orders to the outside world.

Emperor Zhao Huan tried his best to persuade the Supreme Emperor to return to Beijing, and did not want another political center to appear in the south.

The dispute between the new emperor and the Supreme Emperor has even changed from an undercurrent to a bright one.When the prime ministers were playing in the Hall of Yanhe, Geng Nanzhong suggested to go to the side of the Supreme Emperor.

Li Gang was a neutral minister, but at this time he stood up and accused Geng Nanzhong of not assisting the Holy Master with the way of Yao and Shun, which was secretly and suspicious.

Facing Li Gang who kept saying the way of a sage, Emperor Zhao Huan just laughed without saying a word, but Geng Nanzhong, the leader of the princeling party, was enraged.

After retiring from the court that day, Emperor Zhao Huan summoned Geng Nanzhong, Li Gang and other ministers in Ruisi Hall.

After the tea was served, Geng Nanzhong suddenly got up and said: "I just saw Zuo Sijian Chen Gongfu in the ranks of officials. He is the person who wrote the letter to Fu Que with Li Gang and the people. How can he be an admonisher? I ask the Yushi Prison to confront him."

Geng Nanzhong is bringing up an old story again, and he directly pinned the shit basin on Li Gang's head for the troubles caused by the students of the Beijing Normal University and the public, and wanted Li Gang to be convicted and step down.

Faced with Geng Nanzhong's sudden personal attack, Emperor Zhao Huan was stunned.

What Li Gang was most afraid of was that the Tai students would make trouble and coerce the emperor to reinstate him. Geng Nanzhong's attack could be said to be a snake bite, penetrating to the bone, it was really extremely vicious.

Li Gang had no choice but to say angrily: "The minister and Nanzhong are talking about state affairs, but Nanzhong said this! I would like to be interrogated by the officials because of Chen Gongfu's affairs."

At this time, Li Gang was useful to Emperor Zhao Huan. Of course Zhao Huan did not approve of Geng Nanzhong's performance, but Geng Nanzhong still insisted on thoroughly investigating Li Gang.

Li Gang resigned because of this, but Emperor Zhao Huan refused, so the matter was temporarily dropped.

Although Li Gang was not overthrown by Geng Nanzhong, this incident sent a clear signal to the ministers of the DPRK and China: