"King, Grandpa Zong is here to pay a visit." Zeng Ze soon came to report again.

"Please!" Zhao Gou said hurriedly.

Regardless of whether Zong Ze's image was imperfect in his heart, Grandpa Zong was one of the most reliable people in the Song Dynasty in the next period of time. From ethics to ability to resist the Jin Dynasty, he will be one of the people he must rely on.

Seeing that Zhao Gou had woken up and looked good, Zong Ze was also happy. After performing the ceremony of paying homage, he said directly: "King Su will never return, and now the Jin people are using strange words to attract the king. The Jin soldiers are approaching the capital. What's the point of going? I dare to ask the king not to do it!"

"Xiao Wang also thinks so, but it's a pity that the king's husband has a lot of intentions. In addition, there is no new order in the capital, so how dare Xiao Wang stop?"

Zhao Gou did not hide his attitude. This made Zong Ze very happy. With the intention of Zhao Gou, and with his own cooperation, how could Wang Yun make trouble?

"Then the king shouldn't be careful to rest in Cizhou for a few more days. You are sick and you need to take care of it for a while."

With this time, you can easily make a round trip when you go to the capital.

"I'm afraid that this memorial will be difficult to send into the city." If the Jin army rushed to the city of Tokyo and released the whistle and cavalry, it would be inconvenient to communicate information inside and outside. Zhao Gou said.

"Tokyo's city is vast, even if the Jin soldiers and horses meet in the east and west, it will be difficult to surround the city."

Zong Ze almost patted his chest and promised him that he would definitely send it in.

Zhao Gou was also happy to finalize the matter. Unfortunately, he could only make a wooden sculpture and clay sculpture now, without any real power. The rectification and training of the troops in Cizhou was all the responsibility of Zong Ze. The entire military, political affairs of Hedong and Hebei were under the control of Fan Ne.

The only thing he did was to pretend to be sick.

But how could Zhao Gou be lying on the hospital bed to pretend to be sick? He said openly that he was recuperating, and Wang Yun could not say anything.

...

"Go and find some raya."

Ignoring the matter outside, Zhao Gou just called Lan Gui, Kang Lu and others to find some medicine powder, sulfur and saltpeter for himself.

Powder in this era is already very common.

The formula has been improved several times over the course of more than a hundred years. The content ratio of sulfur and nitrate has been approaching 1 to 2 at the beginning, and now it is close to 1 to 3. It is quite similar to the formula in later medicine powders, which accounts for three-quarters of the formula.

But in the end, it is just similar, not the same.

Zhao Gou not only holds an absolutely authoritative formula for medicine powder, but also knows how to make granule medicine powder. He knows more clearly how to purify saltpeter sulfur.

The saltpeter and sulfur that Lan Gui and the others brought were obviously not very purity, and he could tell at a glance that.

That's why he asked people to find some radish, that is, radish.

Zong Ze didn't ask about this matter.

When Zhao Gou, King Kang, was involved in military and political affairs, he had no sense of existence in his eyes. Zhao Gou was willing to play medicine powder and let him do it. Is this something rare?

Since the third year of Xianping (1000), the Divine Guard officer Tang Fu presented the rockets, fireballs, fire caltrops and other firearms he made to Song Ting. Two years later, Shi Pu, the Jizhou regiment trainee, also made rockets, fireballs and other firearms, and conducted drills in the palace one after another. This firearm became one of the many ordnances of the Song army.

Zhao Song later established a medicine powder workshop in Bianliang. During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, a military weapon supervisor was set up to manage the nationwide military weapon manufacturing. The military weapon supervisor hired more than 40,000 workers and was divided into ten workshops. The production of gunpowder and gunpowder weapons was one workshop, and they occupied a very important position.

According to legend, the production scale of the two workshops: "On the same day, seven thousand crossbow gunpowder arrows, ten thousand bow gunpowder arrows, three thousand terrestrial cannons (gunpowder bags containing terrestrial cannons) and twenty thousand leather cannons.

The "Martial Jing Zongyao" brought by Zeng Gongliang records three medicine powder formulas and a variety of gunpowder weapons, and is equipped with illustrations.

As an official in Cizhou, a middle- and high-level official in the Song Dynasty, Zong Ze really didn't think there was anything mysterious about firearms, nor did he realize that there was any fuss.

He is now preparing for his troops and horses, and then going to sue Wang Yun.

And at this time, Tokyo City was also in horror.

Wu Libu led his army to the outside of Tokyo, but Zhao Huan was not aware of it. He had thought that with Zhe Yanzhi and Li Hui's army of more than 100,000 could be blocked from the Yellow River. However, he did not expect that more than 100,000 troops would fall apart overnight. When the news came to Tokyo, he hurriedly sent someone to hold a court meeting.

Some ministers believed that the enemy took the opportunity to cross the river, beat the drum and headed south, which obviously meant to despise our army. Now, we might as well station 20,000 troops within ten miles of the capital, hold the key points, and defeat the enemy's conspiracy. Then we dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry from other places to help them, and eliminate the enemy's food and grass. We should strengthen the walls and clear the fields, wait for the enemy's food and grass to be exhausted, and try our best to prevent them from plundering everywhere. Arrange spies to detect the inside story and find the weak links of the enemy. We will send troops from time to time to explore the reality and reality. Then we will order counties and towns in Hebei to set up camps to defend themselves, and quickly send envoys to the north to become the marshal of King Kang. We will concentrate the forces in Hebei and threaten to lead troops directly to Yanshan to shake the enemy's morale. Then, King Kang secretly led his troops across the Yellow River, gathered troops from all directions to join the enemy's troops, and attacked the enemy's troops. If so, it would be difficult for the enemy to perish.

Some ministers also believed that the enemy's troops are arrogant now, but our army has been devastated for a long time. When they hear that the enemy is in deeper, their aura is getting worse. If they fight again, they may still be unable to defeat the enemy, which will hurt the country's system. It is better to protect the emperor from leaving the city to avoid the enemy's edge, and then slowly discuss strategies to defend the enemy. If the lonely city defends itself, how long can it last?

In this way, some people advocated defending the city to wait for help, some advocated leaving the city to avoid the enemy, and the ministers argued endlessly. How should they choose? Zhao Huan was also hesitant. The court discussions continued until late at night, but no decision was made.

Then before dawn, a scout came back to report that the Jin cavalry had crossed the river.

The monarch and ministers in the palace did not believe it all. Zhao Huan also sent Liu Si, the deputy guard of the cavalry officer, to lead 300 cavalry out of the city from Fengqiu Gate and to detect in the distance.

Then Liu Si came back and reported: "As soon as our army arrived in Chenqiao, we were covered by Jin people, and hundreds of injured people."

Zhao Huan and the court ministers woke up as if they were dreaming: it turned out that the enemy had arrived at Chenqiao in the northern suburbs of the capital. Everyone was confused, at a loss, and in a hurry, and had no idea what to do.

How could they still have the leisure to deal with the lawsuit between Zong Ze and Wang Yun at this time?

Zongze and Wang Yun's memorial did not ask Zhao Huan and the ministers of the court to care about it. On the contrary, their memorial even asked Zhao Huan to pay attention to Zhao Gou.

The Jin soldiers and cavalry had arrived at Chenqiao, so it was difficult for Zhao Huan to escape. At this time, it seemed that he could only follow the suggestions of He Li and other main war factions, worship Zhao Gou as the Grand Marshal of the Army, and ordered King Kang to concentrate the troops north of the Yellow River, threatening to lead troops directly to Yanshan to shake the enemy's morale. In fact, he secretly led his troops across the Yellow River, gathered troops from all directions to fight the king, and surrounded the enemy's backs, and attacked the enemy.

But how could Zhao Gou, who was far away in Cizhou, know that he was just focused on getting his own medicine powder. Zong Ze also supplied all the supplies, and the horizontal and vertical ratio of the reserves in Cizhou City was not worth mentioning.

But just when Zong Ze and Wang Yun were having a quarrel in Cizhou City, an urgent report from the governor of Xiangzhou Wang Boyan completely caused Cizhou to explode.

Wang Boyan was a Jinshi in the second year of Chongning (1103), and was fifty-seven years old. Before he passed the imperial examination, he was very talented and was attracted by Wang Ben, the magistrate of Qimen. Wang Ben specially built a Talent Hall and invited him to be a tutor. He also brought his nephew Qin Hui from Yingtian Mansion to Qimen and studied with him. It is said that when Qin Hui was studying at the Talent Hall, someone predicted that there were two prime ministers in a small town in Qishan, academy.

Wang Boyan was originally in the capital court. He was summoned to Zhao Huan for "Ten Border Defenses in Hebei" and appointed as Zhilongtu Pavilion and governor of Xiangzhou. After the fall of Zhending Prefecture, Zhao Huan issued an edict to move Zhending General's Mansion to Xiangzhou, and was led by Wang Boyan. In fact, he was the pacifier of Hebei West Road.

Based on the horse search report, Wang Boyan learned that the Jin people sent cavalry to find the traces of King Kang. He felt that King Kang was in a dangerous situation, so he hurriedly made a wax book and sent two people to ride horses to Cizhou, asking King Kang to return to Xiangzhou as soon as possible. The wax book says:

"Yesterday, the king set out from Xiangzhou to Cizhou. At about 3 o'clock tonight, a torch appeared west of our province, connecting two or three miles, and shining endlessly. Boyan quickly sent people to reconnaissance on horseback. He reported that more than 500 Jin people and iron-clad cavalry came from Dazhai, and visited the king all the way. They captured the villagers as the guide of the township and went to Ligudu, Wei County to intercept the king. If the king goes east from Cizhou to Ligudu, then there will be enemy troops stationed in Wei County and cannot be crossed. If we cross the river from Cizhou to the northeast, the Jin soldiers will attack him lightly, and it will not be feasible. Now, everyone is worried about the safety of the king.

Olibu (Zong Wang) led his troops to the capital. The king rushed to the wind and snow, and ran around with his orders. The road was rampant. If he was attacked, it would be difficult to run away. If he was caught, he would not only have to discuss the opportunity, but he would definitely be the same as before, and he would have detained the king as a hostage in the army. If he did not do anything, what would he do? The king would not be better to return to Xiangzhou, plan to raise an army, and restrain the Jin people, and use the view of the two sages to Weicheng. This is the best strategy. If he crosses the river and goes east, there will be no way out.

He was so crazy and hardworking that he was actually a national economy. He sent two special cavalry to send wax books. He followed the Gan King, but only the king planned it."

After the wax book was sent away, Wang Boyan sent Wuyi doctor Liu Hao to lead 2,000 cavalry to Cizhou to pick up King Kang. Yue Fei was in this team, and that was just a small soldier.

Of course, Zhao Gou didn't know that Yue Pengju, whom he had admired for a long time, was in the horse army outside the city, but he was deeply impressed by Wang Boyan.

"Return to Xiangzhou and plan to raise an army", what does he mean?

Zhao Gouke is a short prince, and he has no intention to come. He "plans to raise an army" not to "restrain the Jin people and use the hope of the two saints to protect the city", but to plan unfair ambitions and have ulterior motives.

He didn't think that Wang Boyan, a famous treacherous figure in history, had such a long-term vision and had bet on Zhao Gou early on.

Tokyo City is still there, and Zhao Huan is still there.

It is November of the first year of Jingkang, and there is another leap November next. The Battle of Tokyo has just begun and it is far from the end of the journey.

At this time, Zhao Gou was encouraged to stand up, probably because he wanted to seek more benefits for himself. Isn’t it that he wanted Zhao Gou to go to Xiangzhou to plan to raise an army?

There are always unruly people who want to harm me!

Zhao Gou sighed in his heart.

"What does Zi Yan think about Wang Boyan's plan?" Zi Yan is a native of Han Gong, a native of Kaifeng, and is a guest in the Kang Prince's Mansion. This is his own person in Zhao Gou's arms.

When Zhao Gou went to the Jin camp, he was not only with Wang Yun and a few eunuchs, but also with Geng Yanxi (Geng Nan Zhongzi), Gao Shize (the descendant of Emperor Yingzong, who was a member of the Gao clan, and was fed by his kindness to the left palace), as well as the guest Wulang Han Gongyi and others.

Geng Yanxi and Gao Shi were obviously not close to Zhao Gou, and both of them were Zhao Huan's people. Only the ones who could discuss matters were Han Gong's descendants.

"If the name is not upright, the words will not go well. The king is only on the 10th day of the year, and he is in his great years. How can he destroy his future?"

At this time, no one would have thought that Zhao Song would end up in such a miserable way, which was better than the battle at the beginning of the year. He felt that it was very likely that another piece of fat was cut off by the Jin soldiers, and he never expected that the entire family of the near clan would be taken away by someone.
Chapter completed!