The Hedong Road was completely defeated. Dong Cai assisted Jin Wushu to cut off the return route of Yanjing's army. Liu Yu in Shandong rebelled, and the useless general Liu Yanqing took out his salary.
The situation that Zhao Huan finally managed to fight was now messed up.
But now that the matter was over, he couldn't say anything else.
"Call Liu Qi, no matter what method he uses, he must enter Luoyang before the Jin people, and he must keep Luoyang!"
There are two capitals in Guanzhong, Luoyang in the east and Chang'an in the west.
One monitors Yongliang, and the other sits firmly in the Central Plains. Chang'an has been in chaos because of the Qianghu and Xixia, and the Western Army can only barely maintain the situation.
Luoyang did not become the capital of the Song Dynasty due to various reasons, but this time Zhao Huan did want to return the capital to Guanzhong again.
Only by protecting Guanzhong can we protect the Central Plains and find ways to restore the northern land.
But now that Nianhan broke out, Zhao Huan could not guarantee that Liu Qi, who had just trained soldiers, could stop the opponent.
The sorrow kept growing in his heart. This feeling of trying his best to make the situation more and more corrupt made him, a reincarnated human being, feel a deep sense of depression.
Orders kept coming, and battle reports came one after another, but there seemed to be no good news.
At this time, Zhao Ding found Zhao Huan again.
"Your Majesty, if nothing can be done, move the capital to the south of the Yangtze River...for the sake of funeral arrangements!"
This means completely abandoning the Central Plains, the North and even the Northwest.
This is a good idea, but if Zhao Huan would really consider it before, because he still has an advantage, but now he has personally sent Yue Fei, who has not yet evolved into a complete body, to a desperate situation.
At this time, let him move the capital to Lin'an and seize half of the country.
Then Zhao Huan really felt sorry for his ancestors.
"Wait a minute!" Zhao Huan didn't know how many times he had rejected Zhao Ding's proposal, "I don't believe that Zongze Yuefei and others... were trapped in the enemy's formation like this.
The Song Dynasty had not yet reached that desperate state. "
Zhao Ding looked at Zhao Huan who was still insisting and didn't know what to say, but he still wanted to give advice.
"Your Majesty can live and die with the Song Dynasty, and we can live and die for the Song Dynasty. We can all be like those who sacrificed their lives in national disasters and regarded death as returning home.
But what about the Song Dynasty?
Who allowed this Song Dynasty to continue!
You are the Majesty of the Song Dynasty and the emperor of the Song Dynasty!
What you have to do is not to perish together with the Song Dynasty to clear your name. What Your Majesty has to do is to make the Song Dynasty prosper!
Your Majesty must not forget his identity! "
Zhao Ding admires Zhao Huan's integrity, but he wants to tell Zhao Huan the reality.
People still have to choose to compromise after all.
Zhao Huan was silent, he refused to leave, but he knew that this was indeed the reality.
"Prince Zhao Chen is still young now and can be...can be taught. Qing and Hu Yin, escorted by Yao Pingzhong, went to Jiangnan to escape temporarily.
If the situation in the north improves in the future, the Qing family will return to me again.
But if in the future... I still can't resist in the future, I will really try my best to leave troops and horses for you, relying on the troops and horses in Bashu and Shandong.
The Qing family just needs to protect the prince and ascend the throne, and renew the life of the Song Dynasty again! "
This is the biggest compromise that Zhao Huan can make. He is not afraid of death, let alone great.
He just felt that there were many times when living was more courageous than dying, but Zhao Huan was not a courageous person.
Zhao Ding knew that there was no point in continuing to persuade him, so in the end he could only sigh, bow and then slowly retreat.
After that, Zhao Ding really took Hu Yin and the Taixue disciples led by Chen Dong to pack their bags and go south to Suzhou and Hangzhou.
At the same time, Yao Pingzhong was ordered to gather his troops and prepare for escort.
This kind of thing was difficult for Yao Pingzhong, who wanted to avenge his uncle, but he could only bow his head and accept his fate under the forced orders of Zhao Ding and even Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan never thought of abandoning him, nor did he want him to go to Hedong to die.
Just when Yao Pingzhong was escorting Zhao Huan's wife and children, as well as Zhao Ding, Hu Yin and other important ministers to leave Bianjing, a place where this was wrong, Zhao Huan also boarded the Bianjing ship accompanied by Yu Wenxuzhong and Tong Guan. At the top of the city, watch them leave.
"You think, am I too stubborn?" Looking at his wife and children going away, although Zhao Huan has not been in this world for a long time, he still has feelings.
That bowl of soup every night, I would sneak over to look at my little head from time to time.
It all means that someone cares about him.
While everyone is caring about their own careers, there are a few people who have been caring about their bodies, even if they are useless to the country, but to Zhao Huan.
They are irreplaceable.
"Emperor Taizu was not so stubborn back then, Emperor Taizong even chose to show off his skills in the Gaoliang River... and retreat, and Emperor Zhenzong didn't have any stubbornness either.
Emperor Renzong compromised, Emperor Shenzong compromised, and Emperor Zhezong compromised.
The reforms of the Song Dynasty were the greatest among all dynasties in the past thousand years, but in the end, none of them could be sustained.
The old minister has been wondering why it is like this.
Our Great Song Dynasty obviously has integrity that everyone in the world admires, and it obviously has scholars that are unrivaled in the past, and it has famous generals such as Di Qing, Li Gang, Zongze, and even now Yue Fei.
There are iron-blooded generals like the Yang family, the Zhong family, and the Hu Yan family.
It has an accumulation of wealth and a steady stream of logistical supplies that would shock the sages of all ages.
But it’s like this, why did our Song Dynasty become like this?
It wasn't until I met His Majesty that the old minister finally understood the reason. "
"Are you talking about my stubbornness?"
"No, it's His Majesty's stupidity." Yu Wenxu said one sentence, which scared Tong Guan to the point of almost using a knife.
"Yu Wenxuzhong...you can see that I don't plan to leave, and are you ready to get angry in the end?"
Zhao Huan was also stunned, his face turned dark, and he saw Yu Wenxuzhong perfectly showing what it means to have a bad look.
"Didn't Your Majesty just laugh at yourself?"
"I can laugh at myself, but that doesn't mean you can be unscrupulous!" Zhao Huan pressed Yu Wenxuzhong's neck as he spoke, "Just now, did I have the majesty of an emperor?"
Yu Wenxuzhong couldn't help laughing, and the relationship between them seemed to be closer this time.
"Your Majesty just pretended to be nothing like you, without any imperial majesty."
"That's not because you didn't teach me at the beginning. If you had taught me the emperor's mental skills earlier, this wouldn't be the case."
"Actually, I am suddenly very happy. Fortunately, no one thought highly of Your Majesty at the beginning, and no one taught Your Majesty the art of imperial thinking and the method of balancing.
This left His Majesty with this heart of perseverance.
There is no right or wrong in this world, you can only stick to it.
Even if one day we all have our coffins buried in the ground, is it possible that we can really determine whether what we did was right or wrong?
His Majesty's persistence is the best medicine for the Song Dynasty. "
"I'm embarrassed by what you said." Zhao Huan couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, "In a month at most, the Jin people will completely attack Taiyuan, the last city on Hedong Road.
When that time comes, the one I am waiting to face is the famous Jin general, Nianhan.
I hope that when that time comes, you won’t blame me for bringing you to your end. "
"Your Majesty, don't worry." This time Yu Wenxuzhong and Tong Guan both bowed and saluted at the same time, "When the time comes, I will surrender myself."
"Hmm...hahahaha..."
After the two people interrupted like this, Zhao Huan couldn't help but hold his forehead and laugh, and at the same time, the fear in his heart was reduced a lot.
Zhao Huan did not leave Bianjing, and told the world that he would persist until the last moment until he died in battle under the city of Bianjing.
Perhaps because of Zhao Huan's persistence, Zongze of Hebei Road still led an army to counterattack the Jin people even though his health was extremely poor.
Not only did they save many of the remaining soldiers and horses on Hebei Road, but they also forced Jin Wushu to return to Hebei Road to continue fighting with him. Although Liu Yanqing and Dong Cai caused a lot of trouble to the Song Dynasty.
But on the battlefield, these two combined are not enough for Zongze to fight alone.
On the other side, Wang Zhen and Zhang Xiaochun of Taiyuan knew that they had no chance of survival, but in the face of the Jin's surrender and many promises, they still did not choose to open the city gate of Taiyuan.
"Your Majesty has never given up on us. How can we give up on Taiyuan? Today I, the King, swear an oath here. The day the city is destroyed, the day I die!"
Wang Zhen cut his palm open, smeared his cheek with blood, and swore his oath to everyone.
Zhang Xiaochun, who was already missing an arm, didn't say any nonsense. He used his remaining arm to fight at the front with the sword he picked up.
Wang Xun, the eldest son of Wang Zhen, refused to retreat. When the Jin people attacked the city, he was hacked to death with knives. After his head was taken away, he was hanged in the Jin people's camp.
Wang Zhen's second son, Wang Kan, was dragged off the city wall and shattered to pieces. The queen also prepared scissors at home. As long as the city of Taiyuan was destroyed, she would commit suicide at home.
The fighting between the Jin people became stronger day by day, and the number of corpses in Taiyuan City increased day by day. Zhang Xiaochun died, Wang Zhen's sons died, and the generals in the army died.
Even the soldiers in the army were killed and injured.
But Taiyuan City still did not fall.
Because when the general falls, there are captains, and when the captains fall, there are soldiers, and when the soldiers fall... there are also the common people.
Young and strong, old and weak, disabled, no one wants to live in Taiyuan City at this moment.
"If everyone in the Song Dynasty is like this, how can we break through Hebei and destroy the Song Dynasty." Nianhan sighed helplessly after seeing this scene with his own eyes.
Then he immediately ordered the entire army to attack and massacre Taiyuan to frighten the courage of the Song people!
He wanted to turn Wang Zhen's body into a pile of rotten flesh and tell other Song people what the price of resisting the Jin Kingdom was.
"Attack the Song Dynasty and exaggerate the prestige of our country!"
The gate of Taiyuan City was breached by the Jin people. Wang Zhen died in battle and his body was trampled into mud by horses. After Wang committed suicide, his body was hung in the city for public display.
But just when Nianhan gave the order for the army to go straight to the land of Guanzhong, they encountered obstruction again.
"Li Gang is here, Golden Dog, get out of my land of Song Dynasty!"
