In the next few days, Wanyan Zongwang, the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army of the Jin Dynasty, sent people to the Song Dynasty court one after another to ask for the gold and silver that the Song Dynasty court had promised. Qinzong then arranged for Wang Shiyong to pay gold and silver to Jinying at the standard of one-tenth each time while stepping up his search for gold and silver. Wanyan Zongwang was slightly satisfied with receiving part of the gold and silver paid by the Song Dynasty, so he did not attack the city except besieging Bianjing. In this way, he threatened the Song Dynasty to pay all the gold, silver, cattle, horses, and satin that he had agreed to.
In the Jin Kingdom barracks, in order to show off that the Jin Kingdom royal family members have been martial arts since childhood, with strong martial arts skills, good riding and shooting skills, and strong combat power, Wanyan Zongwang invited Kang Wang Zhao Gou to watch the archery competition of the Jin Kingdom royal family children.
On the high platform, sat Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan, Liu Yanzong and other Jin generals and Kang Wang Zhao Gou. Under the high platform, the children of the Jin Kingdom's royal family competed with each other, galloping horses and competing in archery skills. The children of the Jin Kingdom's royal family galloped past, looking at the arrow stack more than a hundred meters away and shooting arrows. I saw the royal family members of the Jin Kingdom galloping on their horses. The arrows shot from the horses whizzed past and accurately hit the red heart of the arrow stack.
Wanyan Zongwang felt very proud, tilted his head, looked at Kang Wang Zhao Gou and smiled. Wanyan Zongwang's smile contained an element of brilliance. King Kang Zhao Gou also laughed when he saw this, but he naturally disagreed in his heart.
Wanyan Zongwang saw this and said to King Kang Zhao Gou: "King Kang is a prince of a great country. He must practice martial arts often. Can you shoot a few arrows to open my eyes?"
Wanyan Zongwang said this, but what he was actually thinking was that the royal family of the Song Dynasty was so pampered that they had no martial arts skills. It would be better to let Zhao Gou shoot a few arrows and wait for them to fly away, so as to humiliate him.
After hearing Wanyan Zongwang's words, Zhao Gou understood Wanyan Zongwang's actual intention, then looked at Wanyan Zongwang, smiled and said: "I am not good at archery. Since the commander wants to see me shoot, I will shoot." Show a few arrows to the commander, just for fun."
Wanyan Zongwang was overjoyed and said, "It's just a joke, just for a laugh." After saying that, Wanyan Zongwang ordered his generals to lead a war horse and bring him a bow and arrows.
Zhao Gou stood up, bowed to Wanyan Zongwang, and said loudly: "You are showing off your ugliness!" and then went down to the stage.
What the Jin general brought over was a Mongolian horse. This kind of horse does not look very big, but it has an extremely wild temperament. It has a big head and short neck, a strong body, a broad chest, a long mane, thick skin and thick hair, thin legs and big hooves. It is galloping and powerful. It is said that it can kick a jackal to pieces with its hoof. The brain's dexterity and temperament can be seen in general.
Zhao Gou went down to the stage, took the bow handed over by the Jin general, slung the bow from his shoulder to his back, took three arrows in one hand, and led the Mongolian horse with the other.
Zhao Gou is the prince of the Song Dynasty. He has a noble temperament and a fragrance all over his body. He is completely different from the generals of the Jin Kingdom who fight in daily battles. He looks rough and smells of sweat all over his body. The Mongolian horse also sensed something strange and was a bit bullying, so it tilted its head and stared at Zhao Gou with its two big eyes open, looking very dissatisfied.
When Zhao Gou saw this, he was even more dissatisfied. He pulled the horse's reins hard and gave the horse a dismounting power. how? ! This king is riding on you, why do you still care? ! It is an honor for you to let me ride.
On the high platform, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan, Liu Yanzong and others laughed when they saw that the Mongolian horse was not obeying Zhao Gou. Zhao Gou also looked at the high platform and smiled faintly. Zhao Gou thought to himself, why are you laughing? ! Do you want to see my joke? Sorry, you don't like it. I will let you see it later and see how I subdue it! I also want to show you my archery skills. Don’t underestimate me! Isn't it just shooting an arrow into a red heart? What's the matter?
Thinking this, Zhao Gou suddenly pulled the reins of his horse and jumped on the horse's back.
Zhao Gou's movements were crisp and neat, showing that he was well-trained at first glance.
A shadow floated in the eyes of the Mongolian horse, and the stranger rode on its back. The Mongolian horse was very dissatisfied and became furious. First it raised its front hooves, trying to knock Zhao Gou to the ground.
mock up! With your tricks, I have seen a lot, and I have subdued many fierce horses, let alone a bad horse like you! Be honest and take less beatings, otherwise, see how I beat you later!
Zhao Gou pulled the horse's reins tightly, leaned his chest against the horse's neck, and pulled the reins hard again. The Mongolian horse's forward move was subdued by Zhao Gou, so he used his back move, raising his buttocks hard, trying to lift Zhao Gou from his head to the ground. Zhao Gou immediately leaned back, pressed his back against the horse's butt, pulled the reins hard, and subdued the Mongolian horse's back move.
Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Tarla, Liu Yanzong and others on the stage were surprised. They did not expect that Zhao Gou had such a superb horsemanship. Surprised, Wanyan Zongwang thought to himself, the prince of the royal family is idle all day long. Mom, it is inevitable that there are some fun horses. It is not surprising that he can ride a horse. I will watch him shoot arrows later. Thinking of this, Wanyan Zongwang was no longer surprised and watched Zhao Gou ride the Mongolian horse.
Zhao Gou rode steadily on the Mongolian horse. He pulled the horse's reins hard with one hand and made the Mongolian horse spin around in place several times. Are you convinced? If you don't accept it, I'll ask you to spin a few more times! The Mongolian horse felt that Zhao Gou was not a good stubble, so it was not as wild as it was at the beginning.
Zhao Gouyu immediately shouted to Wanyan Zongwang who was on the high platform: "Your Majesty, this beast is very disobedient. Let me teach him a lesson!" As he said that, Zhao Gou used the three sticks he held in his other hand. With arrows, he slapped the Mongolian horse's butt hard and shouted: "Jump! Jump for me!" Zhao Gou shouted while tightening the horse's reins with one hand and raising his other hand high to keep it. balance.
The Mongolian horse had Zhao Gou holding the reins tightly with one hand and could only jump up and down in place. Zhao Gou followed the beating of the Mongolian horse, leaning forward and backward, maintaining a balance in the same rhythm as the Mongolian horse.
The Mongolian horse jumped around for a while, and was finally treated docilely by Zhao Gou, and his temper was gone. Isn’t this right! Is it okay to have a temper with this king? ! Seeing that Zhao Gou had subdued the Mongolian horse, he dismounted the horse's reins. The Mongolian horse suddenly jumped up and galloped with Zhao Gou on its back. Zhao Gou let go of the horse's reins, took the bow from his back, put an arrow on the string, pulled the bow all over the ground, looked at the red heart in the arrow stack, and shot an arrow with a whoosh.
The arrow shot by Zhao Gou was like a shooting star, crossing an arc and hitting the red heart of the arrow stack. On the high platform, Wanyan Zongwang and others were shocked again. What surprised Wanyan Zongwang and others even more was that Zhao Goula turned his horse's head, galloped back, put two arrows on the string, drew the bow full, swung to the ground, and shot out again. The two arrows flew close together and were both inserted into the red heart of the arrow stack. The entire Jin army cheered.
Wanyan Zongwang was shocked and thought to himself, if Zhao Gou's two arrows had not shot at the red heart of the arrow stack, but had shot at me and the emperor's uncle, my and the emperor's uncle would have lost their lives! In fear, Wanyan Zongwang looked at Wanyan Talan and said: "Uncle, with this person's skills, he is probably not a descendant of the royal family of the Song Dynasty, but a descendant of a general. Could it be that the Song Dynasty court played a trick and sent a general?" A disciple came to the camp to be a hostage?" Wanyan Talan also said: "It is indeed unusual, so beware of him!" Liu Yanzong said: "It's hard to say, as the emperor's uncle said, beware of him!"
While several people were talking, Zhao Gou had already rode his horse to the high platform, jumped off his horse, and threw the horse's reins to the golden general beside him. General Jin took the horse's reins and led the Mongolian horse away. Zhao Gou climbed up to the high platform, looked at Wanyan Zongwang and others and bowed, "It made your commander-in-chief and the generals laugh." Wanyan Zongwang also looked at Zhao Gou and bowed, "Supernatural skills! Divine skills!"
Zhao Gou's performance in the martial arts competition caused Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Talan and others from the Jin Kingdom to suspect that Zhao Gou was not a prince who grew up in the royal palace, but a child of a certain general's family. Wanyan Zongwang had the idea of exchanging the prince.
At this time, the Western Army of Zhong Shidao, Yao Zhongping, Zhong Shizhong and others came.
Prior to this, when the Jin Kingdom invaded the south, Huizong Zhao Ji urgently summoned Zhongshi Dao to Beijing, and restored Zhongshi Dao's original and concurrent duties that had been relieved of during the Battle of Baigou. In addition, Zhongshi Dao was appointed as the Inspector of Shaobao and the Jingnan Army Jiedu. Envoys and envoys were established in the capital and Hebei provinces and had the right to recruit troops and grain on their own. At that time, Zhongshi Dao was framed by Tong Guan and Cai You, and the responsibility for the failure of the imperial court's northern expedition to Khitan and the recovery of Yanjing was placed on Zhongshi Dao. Huizong had no choice but to abolish Zhongshi Dao and all other positions, and only retained Yanqing Gu. The position of Ping Zhizhou. Later, Wang Fu and others slandered Huizong, saying that this Northern Expedition could have recaptured Yanjing, but it was all due to the teacher's own way of doing things, which led to the failure of the Northern Expedition. Huizong did not want to offend Tong Guan, Cai You, Wang Fu and other treacherous ministers, so he ordered Zhong Shidao to retire.
Zhongshi Daozheng lived in seclusion in the Baolin Valley of Nanshan. When the Jin army invaded the south and Huizong ordered him to speed up the Western Army to aid the capital, he was frightened and anxious. He took his confidant General Wang Jin and rushed to Yao Pingzhong. Together with Yao Pingzhong, he took Yao Pingzhong, with more than 10,000 men on foot, rushed to King Qin of Bianjing first. Zhongshi Dao ordered his younger brother Zhongshizhong to contact Weizhou and Yanqing Guping Prefectures with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and then rushed to Bianjing, protected by King Qin.
When Zhong Shidao rushed to Luoyang, he received a report that the Eastern Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang, the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, had arrived at Bianjing City. Master Zhong's heart was burning with fire and he urged his troops to advance rapidly. One of his generals advised Master Zhong: "The thieves are in full force. Please station your troops in Sishui and stop for a while to observe the situation. This is a safe strategy." When Master Zhong saw this, he split his eyes with anger and scolded him angrily: "You As a high-ranking general of the imperial court, he earns his salary from the imperial court. How could he say such stupid words at this critical moment of life and death?! Come on! Pull him out and behead him!"
The general shouted: "Commander, listen to me! I think back then, when Tong Guan and Cai You were defeated, all the responsibility was placed on you, Commander. You were dismissed from all your posts, and the generals and others were also punished. I say this for the sake of the commander-in-chief."
This general is an old subordinate of Zhongshi Dao. After hearing what the general said, Zhongshi Dao's anger subsided and he said to him: "Our army is small. If you hesitate to advance and expose the truth, the Jin soldiers will attack with all their strength. When the time comes, we will humiliate ourselves. Now that our army is advancing with great fanfare, how can the Jin people test my true and false status? When the soldiers and civilians in the capital know that I am leading the army, they will naturally be inspired. There is no need to be afraid of the golden thieves! Helping people in the snow! How can we be slow? ? Because you are a handsome old man, I will spare your life. Get out!"
That will come out of shame.
