One Piece of Song Dynasty

After Li Bangyan was dismissed from office, the decision-making center of the imperial court was reorganized and a new leadership team was formed: Zhang Bangchang was the Grand Prime Minister and the Assistant Minister. Tang Ke was the Minister of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. He was the Minister of the Privy Council, Geng Nanzhong was the Minister of the Secretariat Zuocheng, and Li Chu was the Minister of the Secretariat of the Right.

The various units of the Song army that were ordered to go north to chase the Jin people acted separately, so their marching pace was not coordinated. Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong moved faster and soon crossed the Yellow River and continued to sneak northward. However, Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, and Zhe Yanzhi were all stationed in other places. They received the order late and marched slowly.

Another reason why Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, and Zhe Yanzhi marched slowly was that they felt "uncomfortable" with the orders from the imperial court. The Privy Council ordered them to follow the Jin army and pursue the broken thieves. The orders from the three provinces ordered them to escort the Jin people out of the country. The inconsistent decrees of the imperial court made them, the generals who led the troops abroad, deeply worried and worried.

Prime ministers such as Wu Min and Geng Nanzhong, who advocated peace with the Jin people, received inside information that the army heading north might start a war with the Jin people. Wu Min and Geng Nanzhong believe that once a war breaks out, there will be endless troubles. They immediately reported to Song Qinzong, and then sent people to Hedong and Hebei to convey the order, strictly prohibiting sending troops to attack the Jin people. They also sent people to deliver military flags to each army, which were erected in front of the Chinese army's tent. On the flags were written several distinctive characters: "Those who send troops without authorization must abide by military law."

On February , the imperial court suddenly received a report from Zezhou on Hedong Road, saying that Zonghan, the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, had led troops to invade the North and South Passes, conquered Longde Mansion, and occupied Gaoping County. It is said that after Zong Han crossed the North and South Passes, he looked up and sighed: "The passes are so dangerous, but if I were to cross them, there would be no one in the Southern Dynasties."

When the court heard the news, they were greatly frightened. The ministers were worried that the Jin army on the West Route would cross the Yellow River again and go south.

Song Qinzong hurriedly summoned the prime ministers for a meeting to discuss countermeasures. The governors all complained about Li Gang, accusing him of not sending all the soldiers in the city to chase the Jin people. As a result, the capital was now defenseless and the court fell into a passive situation.

Li Gang explained calmly: "Since the troops of Hulibu have retreated, they should send out large troops to escort them. At the beginning, there was no surprise that Zonghan would come. Even though Zonghan's troops came and heard that there was peace, they should retreat on their own. There is no reason to cross the river again. Since Taixing Langche is in danger, the commander Hao Huai has sent troops to garrison Heyang to control the dangerous road. We have no other worries."

Seeing that Li Gang was so confident, Wu Min and Geng Nanzhong did not argue head-on with him. After the meeting ended, they used small tricks to secretly report to Song Qinzong, and secretly sent people with gold-lettered plaques to quickly go north to chase back the soldiers of Ma Zhong, Fan Qiong and other generals.

At that time, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong had already pursued them to the area of ​​Xingtai and Zhao County, which was only twenty miles away from the Jin army. When the Jin people heard that the Song army was chasing after them, they were "unpredictable in number, very frightened, and they were moving very fast."

Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong were catching up when they suddenly received an order to withdraw their troops. They were "all disappointed". Although they were a little confused and reluctant, the military orders were overwhelming and must be carried out. They had to stop chasing and retreat along the original route.

Li Gang was surprised when he heard about this. He immediately went to the palace to meet Song Qinzong and argued with him. What is incredible is that Song Qinzong was persuaded by Li Gang again, so he "got the order and was sent back."

At this time, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong had followed the withdrawal order and walked half way back south. After receiving the order to repatriate, they turned around and headed north again, continuing to chase, and finally caught up with the Jin people on the banks of the Hutuo River.

However, the soldiers already knew that the imperial court had very different opinions on the war against the Jin people. The orders kept changing and they did not know how to implement them. Coupled with riding horses and running back and forth for several days, the entire army was exhausted and unable to fight. As a result, they "no longer had any intention of inviting attack" and had no choice but to watch the golden man leave.

According to the agreement of the alliance under the city, after the Jin army crossed the Yellow River, Su Wang Zhao Shu should be released. On the second day after the Jin people withdrew their troops, Song Qinzong sent Wang Qiu to the south bank of the Yellow River to meet King Su. However, Zongwang did not fulfill his agreement after crossing the river. King Su, together with other hostages, continued to march north with the Jin army.

When the Jin people began to retreat, their discipline was still very strict. After crossing the Yellow River, Zong Wang ordered a list to be posted, warning the entire army not to plunder Xinde Prefecture. In the minds of the Jin people, the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian and the land to the north were promised to be ceded to the Jin Kingdom by the Song Dynasty, and Xinde Prefecture was not included in the ceded land.

On the way, the Jin army encountered several Song Dynasty officials who were delivering official documents and intercepted a document from them. When he opened it, he saw that it was an official document sent to Cizhou by Zhang Cui, the transport envoy of the Hebei capital, instructing Cizhou officials to seal up the taels of silver stored there and not to use it. These taels of silver were the military expenses that Pharmacist Guo asked from the imperial court when he was the governor of Yanshan Mansion. At that time, as soon as the money arrived in Cizhou, Yanshan fell and Yaoshi Guo rebelled. Therefore, the money was sent to the Cizhou military treasury.

Zong Wang was overjoyed when he read the official document. When his troops arrived in Cizhou, he ordered Pharmacist Guo to enter the city and ask for the money from the Cizhou governor. The magistrate of Cizhou was named Zhao Jiangzhi. After entering the city and seeing him, Pharmacist Guo claimed: "This money is money sent by the imperial court to Yanshan, and it should be delivered to me."

Zhao Jiangzhi pretended to be confused and replied: "I have never seen this money." Guo Yaoshi was prepared and immediately showed the ultimatum.

General Zhao couldn't hide it, and when he was hesitating, Medicine Master Guo's expression changed and he threatened: "If you can't get the silver, then attack the city to get the silver."

Zhao Jiangzhi was afraid that the Jin people would massacre the city, so he gave the silver coins to Yaoshi Guo.

The Jin people bypassed Cizhou and continued northward. Zong Wang originally wanted to deliver Zhongshan Mansion and Hejian Mansion along the way as agreed. At that time, both Zhongshan and Hejian were under the control of the Song Dynasty. The prefect of Zhongshan Prefecture is named Chen Tao, and the prefect of Hejian Prefecture is Zhan Du. They both firmly oppose the ceding of territory and are determined to coexist with the city.

When Zongwang saw that Zhongshan and Hejian refused to deliver, he tried to take them by force, but the attacks failed. This made the Jin people very angry, so they "plundered money everywhere", and Shen, Qi, En, Ji and other places suffered greatly.

The Jin Army on the East Route swept through the Zhongshan and Hejian areas of Hebei; the Jin Army on the West Route went south to Hedong, occupying Taihang and overlooking Hejin.

Faced with the new situation, Song Qinzong hurriedly summoned the governors to discuss countermeasures. After research, the imperial court made new arrangements on February : Zhong Shidao was increased to the rank of Taiwei, and continued to serve as the Xuanfu envoy to Hedong and Hebei, stationed in Huazhou; Yaogu was increased to the rank of Major Inspector, and continued to serve as the Hedong Road system Zhong Shizhong continued to serve as the deputy envoy of the Hebei Road System and led the troops to assist the counties in Zhongshan and Hejian.

While Zong Wang led the East Route Army to withdraw northward, Zong Han led the West Route Army all the way south, and on February th, they arrived at Longde Mansion.

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