Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

"That's why I compromised and backed down. Once King Yan gets the news, I'm afraid he will jump the wall in a hurry."

"What we have to do now is to prepare in advance, and when His Majesty's army returns, we will capture King Yan in one fell swoop."

He also had no choice, seeing King Yan's increasingly tough attitude, if he did not back down, King Yan might directly force the palace to ascend the throne.

And his guess was not bad. If he hadn't received the news that the emperor had returned to Beijing suddenly, King Yan might have already taken tough measures.

However, it was also because he was not decisive enough before. After rumors spread that the emperor was defeated and injured, Li Zhaoming came to ask for instructions and planned to put the whole city under martial law.

It's just that he was afraid that the impact would be too great, so he didn't respond quickly, so that he missed the opportunity.

Before the emperor left, he was asked to temporarily serve as a privy envoy. Without his consent, even Li Zhaoming, who was in command in front of the palace, would not dare to deploy troops at will.

"Wang Xiang, how do you plan to prepare?"

After seeing the emperor's letter, Bao Zheng also relaxed.

Wang Yanling pondered for a while and said:

"Xiren came at the right time. Take my warrant and go to see Li Zhaoming. Let him secretly rectify the front office and prepare to meet His Majesty."

Bao Zheng nodded and said:

"Bao Zheng understands, I'll go right away."

After leaving the prime minister's mansion, Jiang Ping and others immediately escorted him to Zhongwuhou's mansion.

Li Zhaoming is the son of Li Jilong, the uncle of the old country, and his aunt is the queen of Taizong.

Although he himself is not very famous, his father is a famous general in all battles.

During the Taizong period, Li Jilong was almost invincible on the battlefield, and he was called the No.1 general of the Song Dynasty.

What Xixia Li Jiqian and Li Deming were beaten like grandsons by him.

Even Brother Yeluxiu had been defeated by him, but it was a pity that he died early.

Li Zhaoming is 45 years old and has been serving as the commander of the Dianqian Sidu.

This time he was ambushed by Liao soldiers, so he had to stay sick.

Seeing that he was tightly packed, Bao Zheng couldn't help but frowned and said:

"Marquis Zhongwu, is your injury serious?"

Seeing Bao Zheng's visit, Li Zhaoming knew there was something urgent, so he quickly got up and moved a few times and said:

"Lord Bao, don't worry, I can still move. Does Prime Minister Wang have something to order?"

Bao Zheng said vaguely:

"King Yan has gone too far these days. I wonder if Marquis Zhongwu can control the Imperial Guards stationed in Beijing?"

Although Li Zhaoming had always been loyal, he did not tell the emperor all the news, but only asked vaguely.

Li Zhaoming did not hesitate, and directly explained the situation of the Forbidden Army:

"The commanders of the Shenwei and Longwei armies are very close to King Yan, but Li still has more than 5000 people in his hands..."

The Second Shenlong Army, Pengri Army, and Tianwu Army are all the Fourth Army of the Forbidden Army, among which the Pengri Army and Tianwu Army were brought by the emperor.

The Second Army of Longwei Shenwei was stationed in the capital.

Bao Zheng nodded and said:

"It's time to prepare..."

After Bao Zheng left, Li Zhaoming immediately summoned his confidants.

Di Qing, Yang Zhi, and Lin Chong were among them.

Yang Zhi and Lin Chong were originally sent to the southwest front to listen to orders under Di Qing's tent after helping Cao Bin to rectify Xiangyang's military affairs.

They didn't return to Beijing with Di Qing to report on their duties until a month ago, when the Southwest Bandit Rebellion was completely over.

On the way, it happened that Li Zhaoming was defeated and was hunted down by the Liao people.

The three rescued each other desperately, and Li Zhaoming saved his life, and Lin Chong was shot by an arrow.

Li Zhaoming and his confidants finished discussing the matter of seizing power, and then sent them away, but left Lin Chong alone:

"General Lin, with your martial arts skills, you are a bit inferior to the locals. Why don't you just follow this general from now on?"

Lin Chong hesitated when he heard the words, not knowing how to answer.

Li Zhaoming smiled and said:

"I know that your wife's room is taken over by that kid Cao Bin, so how about I tell you about an official lady?"

Lin Chong hurriedly said:

"Thank you, Commander Li, for your concern, but a poor wife will not go to court, and Lin has already married a wife. This...is not very good."

Li Zhaoming laughed loudly and said:

"Okay, General Lin is really nostalgic, don't worry, you will be by my side in the future."

Hearing Lin Chong's answer, he was even more relieved. Since he cared so much about his wife, his resentment towards Cao Bin would not be easily eliminated.

In this way, he can use it with peace of mind.

Although he is now on the same front as Cao Bin, he must always be careful when recruiting others.

This time the commander of the second guard of the dragon is a lesson.

After thanking Lin Chong, he walked out of Zhongwuhou's mansion with a troubled face.

Just when he turned the corner, he saw Yang Zhi holding the handle of the knife and staring at him fiercely.

Seeing his murderous eyes, Lin Chong couldn't help being startled and said:

"Brother Yang, why are you doing this?"

Yang Zhi sneered and said:

"What? Did you climb onto Li Zhaoming's tall branch?"

Lin Chong had no doubts that if he could not answer well, Yang Zhizhen would draw his sword and cut him down.

So he quickly waved his hands and smiled bitterly:

"Brother misunderstood, Lord Hou has always taken good care of Lin, how could Lin change so easily?"

Then he was a little embarrassed and said:

"What's more, my wife is already pregnant, and has made an agreement with Aunt Zhang of Lord Hou's family to adopt my son as a foster son..."

In fact, as early as when he was framed by Gao Qiu, he had already written a letter of divorce and severed ties with Zhang Zhenniang.

No matter how "dominant" he is, he can't stop his ex-wife from marrying.

So in his heart, there is no such thing as Cao Bin occupying his wife.

Moreover, since he took refuge in Cao Bin, the other party has never treated him badly, and he has never missed any opportunity to make meritorious service and promotion. How could he be willing to change his family so easily?

Only then did Yang Zhi slow down, sheathed the treasured saber and said:

"Your brother is indeed a blessing, it seems that I should also marry a wife..."

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said:

"You didn't sternly reject Commander Li, did you?"

Lin Chong shook his head and said:

"No, Commander Li values ​​it so much, Lin is too embarrassed to refuse."

This year's New Year's Eve is very different from the past, even uncomfortable.

Bianjing, which has always been bustling and bustling, has become very deserted.

Not only the doors of the dignitaries are closed, but even ordinary people dare not go out at will.

The envoys of various countries are even more cautious, hiding in their respective embassies and not daring to come out.

However, their moods were different. The Goryeo envoys were relaxed and happy. Because of the Song-Liao War, they escaped the catastrophe of being invaded by the Daliao.

Dali and other southwestern envoys were extremely nervous. During this year, Song Dynasty seemed to have eaten gunpowder, and first started the war in the southwest.

Then invaded Xixia, and then fought fiercely with Daliao, so angry that the three "powerful countries" almost fell into a pot of porridge.

Although they have a good relationship with Da Song, who knows if Da Song will suddenly go crazy and turn around and attack them?

It can be said that the mood is very complicated.

Strength and weakness are relative.

Although the Great Song Dynasty used to be afraid of Xixia and the Liao Kingdom, it was undoubtedly a very powerful country for them.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, the personal conscript Shengjia finally arrived at Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Yan Wang Zhao Qi got up early, had already put on the filial piety robe outside, and the emperor's clothes inside, and was ready.

As soon as the emperor died, he would enter the palace and ascend the throne.

Thinking of this, he was very excited.

At this moment, the guard hurriedly delivered a secret report to him, and said in panic:

"My lord, Hebei secret report, the Great Song Dynasty is undefeated!"

"The officials returned to Beijing after repelling the Liao army!"

Zhao Qi was startled, and quickly opened the secret report to read it. After reading it, he was already stunned in place.

He tightly grasped the military newspaper in disbelief:

"Da Song actually won? How is this possible?"

As he spoke, he suddenly looked at the counselor and shouted:

"How could Great Song beat Daliao?"

After so many days passed, no matter how incompetent his spies were, they still got relatively complete and true battle reports.

Seeing his appearance, the counselor quickly took the secret report. After reading it, he was in a cold sweat and questioned:

"Cao Bin is handsome? Does he have the ability to defeat the Liao people?"

Zhao Qi heard the words, as if he had grasped the life-saving straw, he couldn't wait to say:

"Yes, this battle report must be fake. Cao Bin was still an ignorant dude two years ago."

"Even if we make some progress, how can we command weak troops to defeat Liao's iron cavalry?"

At this moment, he was eager to get an affirmative answer.

Because he couldn't fail, from the moment he led his troops into Beijing, failure meant death.

The counselor nodded hesitantly and said:

"This...maybe, maybe it's fake?"

Yan Wang Zhao Qi grabbed the counselor's collar and roared hysterically:

"What to do? What to do now?"

The counselor also panicked for a while, and said in a hurry:

"My lord, we still have a chance. The Cao family, the Yang family, and the Pan family are all in the capital."

"The prince can send someone to arrest all their family members."

"Let them surrender, let them have no fighting spirit, as long as the official is dead, you still have a chance."

When Zhao Qi heard this, hope suddenly rose, and he nodded repeatedly:

"That's right, that's right."

The counselor went on to say:

"In addition to this, we must send people to support the Liao people. We must not allow the officials to return to the capital."

"The battle report said that the Great Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses, and the Liao people were defeated. It was also a clever trick."

"If you fight head-on, Da Song is definitely no match for the Liao people."