"Gongzai, has an edict arrived?"
At noon on July 15, the eighth year of Xuanhe's reign in the Song Dynasty, Fan Zhixu, the pacification envoy of the Yongxing Military Road, rushed into the Shaanxi Sixth Route General Envoy Office in the Jingzhaofu sub-city, sweating profusely. Before even entering Qian Gai's capital hall, Fan Zhixu started shouting, his tone full of anxiety.
Fan Zhixu came from the camp in Baqiao Town outside the city this time, riding his horse under the scorching sun at noon. He didn't come alone, he also brought three commanders, Qu Duan, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan, as well as soldiers from the brigade. Now Qu Duan accompanied him into the Yamen, while Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were guarding outside with three thousand soldiers...
When Fan Zhixu came with great force, Qian Gaizheng, Zongze and Wang Shu were studying an edict issued from Xuzhou... This edict was issued in early June. Originally, We should have arrived at Jingzhao Mansion a long time ago. However, because Li Xiaozhong's army occupied Shaanzhou, the messengers who delivered the imperial edict had to change their route to Yingchang, Ruzhou, and Dengzhou, and then entered Wuguan before delivering the edict.
The content of this edict that was delivered repeatedly made Qian Gai, Zongze, and Wang Shu a little bit dumbfounded. It turns out that Zhao Huan wanted Shaanxi Sixth Route Army to send troops to support Xijing Luoyang to prevent Luoyang from being captured by the rebellious Zhao Kai!
The three of them don't know whether Zhao Kai sent troops to attack Luoyang, but in the past twenty days or so, Zhao Kai has swept away Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, Qinfeng Road, Jingyuan Road... Moreover, the army passed by almost without any loss of life. After Zhang Shen and Li Yongqi of Yan'an Prefecture took the lead in surrendering and led the soldiers on the Yan'an Road to advance for the king, all the soldiers and generals along the border of Shaanxi were dismayed and rushed to join Zhao Kai's command.
As for Qian Gai and Fan Zhixu, because Shaanzhou, Huazhou, and Tongzhou, the three states located to the east of Jingzhao Prefecture, were all occupied by Zhao Kai's army (the troops of Huang Wuji, Xiang Ke, and Li Xiaozhong), they had no choice but to He dared to divide his troops to support the various roads along the border, but had to watch helplessly as the prefectures and counties along the border fell into the hands of Zhao Kai one after another.
Of course, watching is perfectly fine!
Because Qian Gai and Fan Zhixu couldn't defeat Zhao Kai at all. If they want to lead troops to fight, the Jingzhao Mansion has long been returned to Zhao Kai.
As for their generals Qu Duan, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan, they were no match for Han Shizhong and Yue Fei. Moreover, when these three generals actually arrived at the front line, it was hard to say whether they would directly join Zhao Kai and come to attack Jingzhao Mansion as a vanguard for the king, or whether they would surrender after being beaten by Han Shizhong and Yue Fei... But surrendering to Zhao Kai is certain!
This is obvious... Zhao Kai is also named Zhao! He is the heir to the throne of the Song Dynasty after Zhao Huan... No matter how difficult the country is, it depends on the emperor. Zhao Huan's son Zhao Chen is a little kid and there is no way he can ascend the throne.
Now Zhao Huan has disappeared somewhere, but Zhao Kai has led his troops to Shaanxi, pretending to lead Shaanxi warriors to do great things. Therefore, most of the Wu Family and Yingtian archers in the Western Army Camp will fall to Zhao Kai, and will not be loyal to Zhao Huan, who does not know whether he is alive or dead...
After Zhang Shen took refuge, the warriors in Huanqing Road, Qinfeng Road, Jingyuan Road and other places tended to believe Zhao Kai's propaganda - Zhao Huan was dead, and the one who pretended to be an official in Yingtian Mansion was the emperor Zhao Gou!
If this was not true, why would a good man like Zhang Shen (he was a Jinshi) join Zhao Kai?
Moreover, more than one Zhang Shen has taken refuge in Zhao Kai. Wang Si from Huanqing Road, Zhao Dian from Qinfeng Road, and Xi Gong from Jingyuan Road have all taken refuge with Zhao Kai. I wonder if Wang Yi from Xihe Road has also taken refuge? But if you think about it, you won't resist the heavenly soldiers.
After the news of new owners coming to Yanyan Road, Huanqing Road, Qinfeng Road, Jingyuan Road and other places continued to come, people in Jingzhao Mansion were completely confused, and rumors were flying all over the sky.
Suddenly, Zhao Gou said that in order to become Emperor Wen'er, he had already ceded the entire northern land to the gold thieves!
After a while, they said that the Golden Thieves were going to give the Five Yanbian Roads of Shaanxi to their vassal, the Western Thieves... The Five Yanbian Roads were the hometown of the soldiers of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. The soldiers of the Western Army and the Western Bandits had been fighting for more than a hundred years. Treating the other party as an enemy bandit, if the Western thieves gain control of the five border routes, will the Xiang Party elders of the Western Army still have something to gain?
After the troops sent by the imperial court finally arrived at Jingzhao Mansion, the rumor that the "Edict to hand over the land to the Western thieves" had arrived spread again in the Baqiao Town camp.
This time it was like poking a hornet's nest, and he almost mutinied!
Qu Duan, Miao Fu, Liu Zhengyan and other three commanders were also fools. They followed the soldiers below to cause trouble indiscriminately and almost caused a chaos.
Fan Zhixu, the commander-in-chief who was in charge of the camp in Baqiao Town, was forced to have no choice but to promise his subordinates that if there was such an edict, he would lead everyone to launch a mutiny... He was a civil servant with a Jinshi background. ! Being forced to this extent, is this still the Song Dynasty?
But if the matter of ceding the land to the Western thieves is true, Fan Zhixu's handsome envoy will really not be able to continue... He doesn't want to be infamy for thousands of years!
So he was heartbroken and gritted his teeth, so he led Qu Duan, Miao Fu, and Liu Zhengyan, and ordered 3,000 elite soldiers to march into Jingzhaofu City (Fan Zhixu was the Yongxing Army Commander, Jingzhao Mansion It was his jurisdiction) and brought the troops outside Qian Gai's headquarters!
"Edict?" Qian Gai didn't know about the rumors about ceding land to the Western bandits. When Fan Zhixu asked, he nodded in agreement and pointed to the edict that Wang Shu was holding in his hand, "The edict that just arrived... ..”
Qu Duan, who came with Fan Zhixu, immediately jumped up when he heard this, "It's true! We really want to cede the land to the Western thieves!"
As he spoke, he strode forward and snatched the edict from the concubine Wang without any explanation!
Now Qian Gai, Wang Shu, and Zongze were all shocked - what's going on with Qu Duan? Drank too much? Why are you so rude?
Fan Zhixu didn't care whether he was polite or rude, but hurriedly asked: "What land? Is it an edict to cede land to the Western thieves?"
Qian Gai, Wang Shu, and Zong Ze were all shocked when they heard this and spoke one after another.
"What? Give the land to the Western thieves?"
"Uncle Qian, what did you say?"
"Uncle Qian, this is the official order asking us to support Luoyang..."
At this time, Qu Duan had already read the imperial edict at a glance, and said with a red face: "Commander, the court, no... yes, the small court of King Kang has already gone to Xuzhou, and will arrive in Xuzhou in early June. ! Now we have probably arrived in Jiangnan!
Moreover, he also asked us to send troops to Luoyang, which clearly meant that we abandoned our hometown in Shaanxi! "
"What? The imperial court arrived in Xuzhou in early June... No, Zhengfu, what did you say? Prince Kang's court?"
"Zhengfu, what are you talking about?"
"Qu Zhengfu, you..."
Fan Zhixu, Qian Gai, and Wang Shu were all shocked by Qu Duan's words. Only Zongze looked normal and was not panicked at all.
Qu Duan knew that he had spilled the beans, so he was heartbroken and gritted his teeth and said: "It doesn't matter if he is King Kang or the prince...we can't have him if we abandon the Central Plains! Now there is a ready-made emperor in Shaanxi, or... The third son of the late emperor, he was both civil and military, wise and powerful, and he once defeated the golden thief. If we don't vote for him, who else can we vote for? Do we still expect a foolish king who fled to the south of the Yangtze River to enjoy his fortune?"
Fan Zhixu, Qian Gai, and Wang Shu were all a little angry after hearing these words. They were not angry because Qu Duan wanted to join Zhao Kai... They were all surnamed Zhao. Huan and Zhao Kai returned Zhao Gou, and they could accept it.
What they couldn't accept was that a martial artist in Quduan actually yelled in front of several civil servants who were Jinshis... And Zhao Kai still wanted to share the world with such a person!
The atmosphere in the capital suddenly became a little depressing. Fan Zhixu, Qian Gai, Wang Shu, and Qu Duan didn't speak. I don't know how long it took before I heard Zong Ze cough: "Well, King Kang, The prince... he must go to the south of the Yangtze River. Once he goes to the south of the Yangtze River, he will naturally not be able to control the Central Plains, nor will he be able to control Shaanxi. And this side of Shaanxi must be King Yun's world!
Fortunately, neither King Kang nor the Crown Prince asked us to guard Shaanxi and fight against King Yun! What does the edict say? Let us send troops to Luoyang. In this case, those who want to protect King Kang or the prince should go to Luoyang. Those who are willing to protect King Yun will welcome the new master in Jingzhao Mansion, and each will be his master from now on. "
"Yes, yes, yes, the method of the Grand Administrator is better!" Qu Duan nodded repeatedly, "I, Qu Duan, am from Shaanxi, and my relatives in my hometown are all in Shaanxi. Naturally, I cannot abandon him and go to Jiangdong."
Zongze nodded and looked at Qian Gai again, "Where does Mr. Qian want to go?"
Qian Gai sighed and said: "My family has lived in Kaifeng Mansion for more than a hundred years since our ancestors entered the imperial court. We have long been northerners..."
He is a descendant of King Qian of Wuyue, and his ancestral home is in Hangzhou. However, since his ancestor Qian Chu entered the court, his ancestors have lived in the north for generations. The family has mansions in Kaifeng Mansion and Luoyang, but they are reluctant to leave.
Zongze nodded slightly, already understanding what Qian Gai meant, and then looked at Fan Zhixu, a native of Fujian.
Fan Zhixu said: "I am the pacification envoy of Yongxing Military Road. I have the responsibility to defend the land. I cannot abandon the land and leave."
So I took my territory and surrendered to Zhao Kai... This is a good reason!
Wang Shu said: "I am from Shaanxi."
He was from Qingyang Prefecture on Huanqing Road. How could he go all the way to Jiangnan to be an official? It's too far from home!
Zongze nodded with a smile and said: "I am an official of King Yun... I have no official position when I go to the southeast. Why don't I go and invite King Yun? No, I am an official." Come to Jingzhao Mansion!"
As soon as he said this, a military general from the Sixth Route General Command and Envoys Department walked in quickly, arrived in the capital hall, saluted Qian Gai, and then reported loudly: "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, what's the answer?" The bandits came from the direction of Fengxiang Mansion and marched along the south bank of the Wei River, and the vanguard has already reached Qingping Town!"
Zongze said with a smile: "It came so fast... It should be the officials leading the soldiers. It seems I have to go and greet them quickly!"
Qian Gai took a breath and said, "Okay, then Lao Rulin is here. I, Fan Shuaishi and Wang Tongpan will stay in the city to arrange the palace and all the royal things!"
Zongze exhaled and said with a smile: "Okay, I will leave the city now!"
