One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zong Han ordered Zhizhou and Huiyou Pavilion to be controlled by Huo Anguo, Feng Yilang and Tongpan Lin Yuan, martial arts master, Jeju defense envoy, soldiers and horses were in charge of Zhang Pengnian, Wu Jinglang and Du Supervisor Zhao Shi'e, Dunwulang and Du Zhang Chen was imprisoned, Xiu Wulang and Yu Qian were both imprisoned, Baoyilang and Ling, the commander of Dingfeng troops and horses, were in charge of Shendun. Bingyilang and Zhang Xingzhong, the commander of Dingfeng troops and horses, were executed. Five generals among the troops on Dingfeng Road were killed at the same time. Huo Anguo's entire family was killed, and no one was left.

Hedong Road Changping Chao Feng Lang Hao Yu, Si Lu Feng Yi Lang Liu Ruxian, Chengzhi Lang Si Hu Cao Shi Xiangyong, Xiu Wu Lang Si Bing Cao Shi Wang said, Xiu Zhi Lang Si Bing Cao Shi Wang, and Engaged Lang Si Xing Cao Shi Wang She, Chengyilang Professor Wang Yuquan, Digonglang Xiuwu County Chief Secretary Hou Cong, Congzhenglang Hanoi County Chief Secretary Ma Ya, Chengjielang City Yiwu Song Zhixiang, Digonglang Liucao Yu Zhang Enyi and others all requested surrender.

Zhao Shifu of Hanoi County was the official of the royal family, Zhao Gongyu, the official of Chengzhi Lang, the wine supervisor of Zhongxun Zhao, Zhao Gongyi, the wine supervisor of Baoyi Lang, Tianchao of Baoyi, Zhao Zihan, the supervisor of Yiwu, Zhongxun Lang, and Zhao Zihan, the supervisor of Zhongxun Lang. Bu Zang and others were all ordered to advance with the army.

The Jin people asked Fan Zhongxiong to surrender, but Fan Zhongxiong refused, so they arranged him in a separate residence and cut off the food supply. It was snowing heavily that day, and he was not provided with any bedding. There was a foot or two of snow outside, so Fan Zhong's bears ate the snow when they were hungry, or they pushed aside the snow and dug out cabbage roots from the soil to eat. They lived like this for seven days. On this day, I met a Han from Yanjing by chance. He took pity on Fan Zhongxiong and said, "This is a loyal and filial man. You can secretly find something for him to eat." So sometimes he secretly brought him a few cooked pieces in his sleeves. Beef or sesame cakes, etc., he survived.

One day, Xiyin sent someone to take Fan Zhongxiong to his camp. Xiyin asked: "I heard that you read a lot, so I want to ask you two things. One is to ask about Han Xin's military talents, and the other is to ask Liu Jingsheng why Sun Ce could not succeed. "

Fan Zhongxiong replied: "Han Xin's talent is not high, so he must design. If he is high in talent, he will not be deceitful, and he will not be an enemy. But his talent is not high, so he must design, and then he can win, such as a backwater formation." Although Liu Jingsheng and Sun Ce were talented and brave, they were lighthearted and had no body for a king, so they failed."

Xiyin was overjoyed when he heard this. He poured wine for Fan Zhongxiong himself and awarded Fan Zhongxiong a letter of appointment as a bachelor of Xuanzheng Palace and a letter of appointment for Xumili Bojilie. Fan Zhongxiong tried his best to resign, saying that he did not dare to accept it.

Later, Fan Zhongxiong was sent to Zhengzhou. In April of the following year, when Zong Han escorted Song Qinzong to withdraw his troops and passed through Zhengzhou, he asked Fan Zhongxiong to meet Song Qinzong. Fan Zhongxiong was still unwilling to go north with the Jin people, so Zong Han wrote a letter for him to the puppet emperor Zhang Bangchang and sent someone to send him back to Tokyo.

Faced with the Jin army's aggressive offensive in Hebei and Hedong, on November th, Lu Haowen, the Minister of War, submitted a memorial requesting Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty to issue an edict to assemble soldiers and horses from all walks of life and station them at Weishi, Xianping, and Chen around the capital. Liuhe and Dongming four counties. He said: "If the enemy crosses the Yellow River, the troops from these four counties will be stationed around the capital, either fifty miles apart or thirty miles apart, to form a chain of camps to block the enemy and protect the capital."

He added: "To defend the Yellow River, veteran generals must be employed. Foreign relatives, close relatives of the prime ministers, and provincial officials cannot be used."

He also suggested: "Considering that the soldiers defending the Yellow River have been sleeping outdoors for a long time, they should be very sleepy at this time, and it may be difficult to deal with the enemy. We can order the construction of fortresses along the Yellow River as a barrier."

Lu Haowen is the grandson of Lu Gongzhu and the son of Lu Xizhe. He is sixty-one years old. Among the large group of officials of Song Qinzong, he was considered a relatively clear-headed one. He was originally the censor Zhongcheng. In the spring of this year, after Zong Wang led his army to retreat, many ministers felt that their concerns had been eliminated, so their military equipment became even more relaxed. He was keenly aware that the Jin Army might come again. So he advised Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty: "The success of the Jin people will help to weaken China, and the country will surely come back in autumn and winter. We need to pay attention to the preparations to defend against the enemy as soon as possible. However, according to the affairs of the country, there are no facilities in ten months, and the ministers have asked for help. If you don't implement it, this minister will be deeply afraid." Unfortunately, his suggestion did not attract enough attention from Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty.

Later, the border warning became urgent, and the Jin army began to move south in two directions. When the ministers heard the news, they were all panic-stricken and did not know how to defend themselves. They only sent envoys to make peace. The Jin man pretended to agree on the surface, but in fact he was still able to attack as planned. Lu Haowen saw through the Jin people's treacherous plot, and said to Song Qinzong: "The Jin people agreed to negotiate peace in name, but they were actually deceiving others. They never stopped attacking. The imperial court does not plan to send troops to send generals, why should they quickly gather troops to defend Cang, Hua, Xing, and Xing are in line to curb the rush of the Jin army. Then, arrange King Qin's troops around the capital to defend the capital." However, his suggestion was not adopted.

When the Jin army in Hebei captured Zhending and then attacked Zhongshan, and when the Jin army in Hedong captured Taiyuan and quickly moved south, the imperial court was shocked. However, at this critical moment, the ministers were still suspicious of each other and still insisted on focusing on peace negotiations. Lu Haowen then stepped forward and led Taiwan's subordinates to report together, impeaching the ministers for being cowardly and harming the country, and demanding that they be held accountable. The governors were very angry and decided to remove Lu Haowen from his position as censor Zhongcheng, transfer him from the capital, and serve as magistrate of Yuanzhou. Song Qinzong felt that although Lu Haowen was a little impulsive, he was loyal, and he pitied him for his old age, so he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

At present, the offensive of the two Jin armies not only continues unabated, but becomes more and more fierce, and is about to reach the north bank of the Yellow River. Song Qinzong suddenly remembered that Lu Haowen had reminded him in the past, and now he had fulfilled them one by one. He felt that he knew military skills, so he promoted him to Minister of War.

However, the ministers firmly opposed Lu Haowen's above suggestions. The reasons are nothing more than two points: first, there is insufficient money and food, and it will cost a lot of money to assemble the army and build fortresses, which is simply not feasible; second, since we have decided to cede territory to the Jin people for peace, why bother to assemble the army again? And let the Jin people seize the opportunity to accuse me of not being sincere in negotiating peace.

Song Qinzong thought about it and felt that what the ministers said made sense.

Song Qinzong and his governors felt that the imperial court had already made clear arrangements and made great efforts to strengthen the defense of the capital: . It had already ordered the establishment of four general administrations around the capital, namely the north, west and south. The four defense zones in the east and west are respectively authorized to Zhao Ye, the prefect of Daming Prefecture, Wang Xiang, the prefect of Henan Prefecture, Zhang Shuye, the prefect of Dengzhou Prefecture, and Hu Zhiru, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture. They are fully responsible for all affairs in their respective defense zones.

. The Xuanfu Division has already been deployed to guard the Yellow River. The deputy envoy of Xuanfu, Zhe Yanzhi, was ordered to lead troops to guard the Heyang area to block the Jin army on the west route; the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, Fan Na, was ordered to lead troops to guard the area of ​​Huazhou and Junzhou to block the Jin army on the east route.

. Li Hui, a member of the Privy Council with Tongzhi, was sent as an envoy to patrol the river, leading cavalry to inspect the banks of the Yellow River. And in the face of very difficult financial circumstances, he took out a large amount of gold, silver and silk and asked Li Hui to take it back to reward the soldiers guarding the river.