Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After Lu Zhishen brought back the ashes of Engong Zhongshi from the Hedong battlefield, he followed the way of Zhongshi and ran around.When Zhong Shidao also died of illness, Lu Zhishen lost the object of allegiance for a while, and fell into a daze.

At this time, Lu Xiaoyi, who was in Bianliang City, Tokyo, visited Lu Zhishen.

After drinking with Lu Xiaoyi for half a day, Lu Zhishen was no longer confused. He resigned from the military, resumed his "Hua Monk" attire, and left Bianliang City, Tokyo with a Buddhist staff on his shoulder, heading straight for Yanggu County, Shandong.

What this bird officer did was boring, and the favors of the two gentlemen of the Chong family have been repaid. From now on, the Sa family will take refuge in Brother Ximenqing, and eat wine and meat with Ximenqing, Shi Jin and other brothers. Wouldn't you be happy?

Although Ximenqing was unsuccessful in rescuing Wang Tin, at least he managed to recruit Lu Zhishen, a powerful general.

In Yanggu County, Shandong Province, armies and horses are gathering. The stage belonging to Ximen Qing has already opened the curtain...

Chapter 932 Internal and External Wars

When the Song army was repeatedly defeated in repeated battles, lost troops and generals, and when the Jin army went south to attack Song for the second time, what were the officials busy in the court of the Song Dynasty?

Because Zhao Huan ascended the throne and became emperor, Prince Zhan Shigeng Nanzhong was promoted to a scholar of the Zizheng Palace, in charge of the Privy Council, and became a political celebrity in the court.

In order to consolidate the imperial power of Emperor Zhao Huan, Geng Nanzhong took the lead in organizing the political purge of the old party of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji's close ministers.

Also in order to gain time for political cleansing, Geng Nanzhong advocated seeking peace with Jin, and after stabilizing the external environment, focus on domestic political struggles.

The seven ministers Xie Kejia, Sun Zhi, Li Zhuo, Li Hui, Wang Jizhi, Wang Shiyong, and Liu Guan formed a party and attached themselves to Geng Nanzhong to maintain peace.

In order to exclude Li Gang, who was the main combat faction, Geng Nanzhong and Wu Min ignored the objections of Yushi Zhongcheng Chen Guoting and Chen Gongfu, and recommended Li Gang to lead the army to rescue Taiyuan, which was besieged by the Jin people. As a result, the Song army was defeated and hundreds of thousands of troops were lost.

Therefore, Li Gang was successfully driven out of Bianliang City in Tokyo by Geng Nanzhong and others.

The Kingdom of Jin marched south again, and many ministers took the lead in the battle, but Geng Nanzhong insisted on cede territory and seek peace.

Geng Nanzhong also accused Chen Gongfu, who dared to speak, of being Li Gang's henchman. Chen Gongfu was forced to resign and was demoted from Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Zuo Zhengyan, Cheng Yu and others defended Chen Gongfu, but they were not adopted by Emperor Zhao Huan.

After Li Gang left, the main combat faction in the court included Xu Han, a member of the Privy Council who knew him, and Xu Churen, the Taizai and servant of the sect.

Xu Han is not only a main combatant, but also an upright person who dared to be an enemy of the "six thieves". Will.

However, at the same time, Xu Han made another big mistake in the war against Jin, killing Zhong Shizhong's younger brother, who was also a veteran of the battlefield, "Xiao Zhong Jing Lue Xiang Gong".

Because of misbelief and wrong military situation, he successively urged the Zhongzhong Division to send troops to rescue Taiyuan, and he did not hesitate to carry out moral kidnapping with the honor most valued by the soldiers, causing the Zhongzhong Division to go to the front line in a hurry without luggage and rewards.

As a result, the Zhongjun of the Zhongshi Division was wiped out at Killing Xiongshan, and the morale of the Song Army was also greatly damaged.

For this reason, Xu Han was impeached and followed in Li Gang's footsteps and was dismissed by the court.

Xu Churen, the Taizai and servant of the main battle, and Wu Min, the Shaozai of the Lord and the Privy Council, were at odds in front of Emperor Zhao Huan.

Geng Nanzhong, Shangshu Youpushe and Zhongshu servant Tang Ke who was attached to his superior position, and Hubu Shangshu and Kaifeng Yin Nieshan wanted to exclude them and replace them, so they ordered Zhongcheng Li Hui to impeach them, so Xu Churen and Wu Min were dismissed .

Wu Min was driven out of Bianliang City in Tokyo and sent to Yangzhou.He hadn't figured it out for a while, and thought to himself, aren't Geng Nanzhong and I both peacemakers?Why did the landlord and faction want to lay a black hand on me?

Halfway along the road, Wu Min finally came to his senses. Although he was also a peacemaker, Geng Nanzhong was a close friend of the new emperor Zhao Huan, but he was once an important minister of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji.

Once the emperor and the courtier, it turns out that although I, Wu Min, have made contributions to the emperor Zhao Huan's supremacy, I am also the target of the princelings' purge!

However, compared to Liang Shicheng who helped Zhao Huan to keep the crown prince but was still killed, Wu Min's fate was considered good.

Our Holy One is really mean and ungrateful!

Faced with the threat of powerful foreign enemies, the important officials around Emperor Zhao Huan did not unite with sincerity, but fought against each other. Whether it was the main combat faction or the main peace faction, they could not escape the fate of being politically attacked.

In the court at this time, the political wind completely changed according to Emperor Zhao Huan's likes and dislikes.

However, when Zhao Huan first came to the throne, he had no experience in governing, and his behavior was fickle, and his position was always vacillating.

As a result, the DPRK and China advocated peace for a while and fought for a while, leaving officials, people and armies everywhere at a loss.

In the face of the Jin army's large-scale invasion of the south, the peace ministers headed by Geng Nanzhong advocated sending envoys to negotiate with the Jin country, cede land and pay compensation, and seek peace.

Zhongshu Shilang He? opposed the cession of land and asked for the establishment of four general managers, with Hu Zhiru, Wang Xiang, Zhao Ye, and Zhang Shuye leading the army to serve the king.

The troops from all over the country have responded to King Qin's call, but Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong, Nie Chang and others think that the two countries are about to talk about peace, but our dynasty keeps deploying troops. What if the people of the Jin Dynasty find out?Wouldn't it make Jin Guo doubt my sincerity in seeking peace?

Therefore, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and others issued a call to stop the army and prevent them from rushing to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

At this time, the sky is unlucky, and the comet is between Yin and Gen.People thought it was a celestial phenomenon warning, but Geng Nanzhong said that it should be on Jin Guo, a foreign barbarian.

Li Guang, the admonisher, disagreed with this, and was also driven out of Bianliang City, Tokyo by Geng Nanzhong.

In order to strategically paralyze the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, so as to prevent them from fleeing to Jingzhao Mansion, Chengdu Mansion and other places, the envoy of the Jin Dynasty Wang Rui came to Bianliang City, Tokyo with a letter from Wan Yan Zongwang, and deceived Geng Nanzhong and other officials, saying that the Song Dynasty could ask for the cession of land. and.

When veteran Zhong Shidao was alive, he learned that Zhending Mansion and Taiyuan Mansion were both lost, so he judged that the target of the Jin Army was Bianliang City in Tokyo, and summoned two soldiers from the southwest to go to Tokyo City to serve the king.

After receiving the news, Zhang Shuye, the general manager of the South Road, and Qian Gai, the governor of Shaanxi Province, each led their troops to Tokyo to serve the king. However, Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong still firmly advocated peace.

It just so happened that Zhong Shidao died of illness not long after returning to the capital. Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong issued a call to stop the advance of the armies, and the two armies also returned to their respective divisions.

Facing the military threat from the Kingdom of Jin, the Song court responded in such a chaotic manner.The Jin army seized the opportunity and marched southward in two directions.

In November of the fourth year of Tianhui, after Yan Zonghan took the oath as a teacher, he sent troops from Taiyuan to Bianliang City, Tokyo in the Song Dynasty.

The West Route Army of the Jin Army conquered the Weisheng Army, Longde Mansion, and Zezhou in the Song Dynasty one after another.

Later, Wanyan Zonghan's army broke through Tianjing Pass again and pushed into Heyang Mengzhou City.

Zhang Mengfang, the governor of Mengzhou City, showed courage at the critical moment and led the troops to defend Mengzhou City together with Zhang Tuanlian.

It's a pity that the combat effectiveness of the local government army in Mengzhou is too poor. Zhang Dujian's [-] troops only lasted for a day before being attacked by the Jin army on the city wall.

Both Zhang Dujian and Zhang Tuanlian died in the rebellion.

In November of the same year, Wanyan Zongwang led the East Route Army of the Jin Army to the south of Zhizhen Dingfu.

At that time, Han Shizhong led the defeated Song army on the border of Song and Jin to retreat to Zhaozhou, south of Zhending Mansion, and was blocking the advance of the Jin army's east route army.

Han Shizhong led the troops to resist bravely, and even took the risk of attacking the Jin army's camp, which can be said to have resorted to all means.

However, Han Shizhong's soldiers were still too few, and he was soon forced to break through and retreat, failing to hold Zhaozhou City.

In Xingzhou's Xinde Mansion, Zhang Jun, who had escaped from the Central Army of the Zhongshi Division, led his troops to fight Wanyan Zongwang's army. They were also defeated and fled back to Xinde Mansion City.

These two future "ZTE Four Generals" will have few soldiers, and they will face the Golden Army in its heyday, and they still have no power to turn things around.

Wanyan Zongwang's army did not stay at the city of Xindefu in Xingzhou for a long time, but continued to go south.

At this time, there were no generals serving as the Xuanfu envoys of Hedong and Hebei to preside over the battle situation, and the officials and troops of all states in Hebei were fighting on their own.

Some prefectures and counties stayed behind closed doors, some prefectures and counties fled, and some prefectures and counties were eager to try and compete with the Jin army.