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Chapter 370 Zhao Guan Family

The emperor Zhao Huan was forcibly given to the throne, which is ridiculous to say. His father pushed him to the stage as a scapegoat, and he was also sad and refused to ascend to the throne to the emperor, so he fainted during the struggle.

But after taking office, Zhao Huan successfully survived the crisis.

When he locked his father in Longde Palace, Zhao Huan woke up from his sleep more than once. His ungrateful father was really smart but was mistaken for intelligence. Now he is the emperor of the Song Dynasty. How can he tolerate the old man shouting?

Unfortunately, Zhao Huan escaped from the first day of the lunar month and could not escape from the fifteenth day of the year, so what should be come is still coming.

Only a few months apart, the Jin soldiers drank again on the Yellow River and headed south to Bianjing City.

This time there were more Jin soldiers, but there were even fewer defenders in the city.

"All this may have been destined after the defeat in the Taiyuan Battle..."

On the long night of winter, Zhao Huan did not fall asleep, but stood in the bedroom, staring at the heavy snow flying in the sky in the outer courtyard. Because he thought of Mr. Zhong, the attack and killing at Dongshuimen today was very urgent, and Zhong Yanchong, who had not yet taken off his filial piety, was the grandson of Mr. Zhong.

After hearing the news, Zhao Huan felt very uncomfortable. Thinking about the misery now, he didn't beat his chest and cried, and he was already shameless.

If we could use the words of the teacher’s teachings at the beginning, more than this is the state affairs?

In less than a year, when the Jin soldiers headed south for the first time, Zhong Shidao, who lost his official position due to the defeat of Xuanhe's Northern Expedition, was ordered to enter the capital to serve the king. He did not go directly to the capital, but immediately set off eastward, rushed to Yao Pingzhong's place with fast horses and whipped the latter's seven thousand infantry and cavalry to head north together.

He also ordered people to post notices along the way: Zhong Shaobao led a million soldiers to come.

In addition, when they arrived, they were heading straight to the enemy camp without fear. The Jin army, who had already arrived at Kaifeng, really thought that a million troops had arrived. They were so scared that they drove away and moved north for a distance to avoid the "million" Song army's edge.

Zhao Huan, who was already in a state of trouble, was very happy when he heard that Lao Zong had come. He appointed him as the junior tutor, the Tongzhi Privy Council, the Xuanfu Envoy of the Two Rivers of the Capital, and all the troops were led by him.

But before Zhong Shidao arrived, Zhao Huan had already made peace with the Jin people and promised to pay the Jin people a huge compensation. Zhong Shidao suggested that he delay paying the compensation. He said that after a long time, the Jin army would definitely be slacking off and they all wanted to return to their hometown in the north. At that time, they would block their way back and eliminate them in the Yellow River area.

But this correct suggestion was rejected by the Prime Minister Li Bangyan. In fact, it was also rejected by Zhao Huan.

At that time, Zhao Huan was determined to send the Jin people away immediately.

But when Yao Gu led Xihe troops to aid Bianjing and the strength of the Song army increased, Zhao Huan felt sorry for the conditions he agreed to, and instead wanted to fight, urging Zhong Shidao to fight every day.

However, Zhong Shidao believed that the time was not ripe now, and it would not be too late to fight after the army of Zhong Shidao arrived.

Zhao Huan turned around and bypassed Zhong Shidao and discussed with Yao Pingzhong to rob the camp in the middle of the night to sneak attack the Jin army, so he was defeated (Yao Pingzhong failed to rob the camp, and he left and disappeared), and even gave the Jin people a quarrel. Next, the lion's mouth was about to bite the three towns of Taiyuan.

Zhao Huan, who was scared, took all the conditions of the Jin people. When the Jin soldiers retreated, Zhong Shidao proposed to attack while the Jin people crossed the river, but Zhao Huan no longer had any courage and was so scared that he quickly refused to accept it.

Just look at the first battle in Tokyo. He was so capricious that he had committed so much evil that others dared not say, but Zhao Huan himself knew very well.

Now, seeing Zhong Yanchong who was wearing white Xiao on his head but was still fighting with his armor, he thought of Lao Zong. He regretted it, but it was too late, right?

Under the fire in the outer courtyard, heavy snow fell.

Zhao Huan felt very pitiful because even God was helping the Jin people and was going against the Song Dynasty.

These barbaric Jin people came from the bitter and cold places in the northeast. They had never been afraid of wind and snow or cold. But the Han people were not like this.

In my memory, the gentle and rich city of Tokyo has never experienced such severe cold and so many blizzards.

He couldn't help asking himself, since he succeeded to the throne, he had not been conscientiously planning major affairs in the court? He had never been lazy and had a leisurely and leisurely day with his father? He had devoted himself to the country and country left for his ancestors and devoted himself to his efforts! But why didn't God have eyes? Why was it so cold and so much snow?

He went out to the city several times these days. After seeing too much, he knew that the soldiers guarding the city were trembling all over and red with fingers and noses. Even Empress Zhu in the harem personally paid coins and silk to the inner palace, bought cotton thread, and mobilized the palace concubine's maid to weave cotton scarves and distributed them to the soldiers guarding the city. But what did the soldiers of the defenders say: Even if they get this, how can they keep the cold with a single clothes?

The figures of soldiers guarding the city suddenly flashed in front of Zhao Huan's eyes. They were trembling all over, their fingers were frozen, and they could hardly hold the weapons. Some of them were frozen to death and frostbite.

Only the heavy storms this winter have invisibly promoted the Golden Man's three-point combat power.

If he hadn't known that begging God was useless, he would have prayed to God for kindness in barefoot and clothes, stop snowing, and get sunny and warm up quickly.

So, how could Zhao Huan, who was in a mess, get up and sleep?

He felt that he should issue an edict again and give the defenders a reward. Although the national treasury was empty, the defenders had performed very well after more than a month of fighting.

Yao Youzhong, Zhang Shuye, Liu Yanqing, Wang Qiong... These people are really good.

Because the royal army in various places has never been seen, in order to show the courage to fight, the defenders of Tokyo City have often sent elite troops to the city to challenge the Jin people since the siege. Each time they went to battle, there were hundreds of people. Although they suffered heavy casualties, they also obtained many Jin people's heads.

Of course the crisis is also very serious.

Because there are 60,000 to 70,000 defenders in the capital, only half of them can be fought, and the rest can only be regarded as making up the numbers, and the military discipline and rules are very poor.

Whenever the Jin people attacked and killed, they rushed to fire archers and zombies, and each time they fired thousands of them. However, most of them did not shoot the Jin soldiers and were often abandoned. But you can only watch, not say. If someone dared to stand up and stop him, the troops would definitely call him a spy and then flock to kill him. These people always demand rewards after the war.

Of course, the reward officials would not handle it. They stopped verbally and the military was very dissatisfied with the military, and the conflicts between the two sides were also sharp.

Moreover, Zhao Huan knew very well that there were really many bastards among his men.

For example, ten days ago, a heavy snowstorm stopped. Although the cold wind was still biting, Zhao Huan was still very happy. He thought it was a good omen. So he put on his armor again, climbed to the city to inspect and comfort the defenders.

He first came to Dongshuimen, where the war was fierce, to comfort the soldiers and people who were guarding here day and night. He even took the risk of climbing the city tower. He wanted to observe the situation of the Jin army outside the city. Then he found that the moat outside the city had been more than half filled by the Jin army. He was shocked at the time. He asked the guardian Li Zhuo: "What's going on?"

Not to mention how the river was filled in, why did he not know about it at all?

Li Zhuo was formerly appointed as the Minister of Rites, and at that time he served as the Nanbi Promotion Officer, the boss of the southern wall of Bianjing.

But although he ate and lived on the city tower every day, he built the place where he sat and lie down as luxurious as the Yange State Guesthouse. Every day he only drank and cooked tea with Liaozuo, played the piano or laughed, and was drunk when he woke up.

The guards Sun Fu, Wang Zongyi and He Li all knew about the situation of the moat, but none of them were inquired about it, and the soldiers sighed.

He Qingyuan, the commander of the South City, once told Li Zhuo: "The Jin thieves used wooden boards to build bridges across the river, and the bridge will be completed. Please use eight-ox crossbows to shoot the cave houses under the city, so that the enemy's cave houses cannot hide people, and the bridge will not be completed." However, Li Zhuoli ignored He Qingyuan, causing the moat to be gradually filled by the Jin army, and by the time Zhao Huan saw it, it was about to be filled.

Moreover, when Liu Yanqing was guarding the South City, he placed bundles of rosin in an iron basin, lit them and hung them on the city tower, and the fire shone out outside the city. At the same time, he strengthened the garrison. Once the Jin people crossed the river, they would all be shot. Therefore, the Jin army could never reach outside the city. However, after Li Zhuo came to be responsible for defending the South City, the garrison was deflated, and sometimes the fire did not burn at night, and the outside of the city was dark, so the Jin army took the opportunity to fill the river.

Zhao Huan was furious and immediately ordered Li Zhuo to be removed from his post and Tian Hao took over. However, after returning to the palace, he burst into tears. He had a group of such bastards under his command, and he really couldn't even sleep well.

Thinking about Li Zhuo’s actions, it’s not an exaggeration to kill him.

On such a night, Zhao Huan was dazed at the heavy snow outside the palace, and even remembered the arrival of his ancestor Emperor Zhenzong. The Khitans were so sensible, and they became peaceful after getting the benefits. They completely forgot that before the alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, the Song army also showed strong combat power.

At this time, there were suddenly bursts of cheers outside the palace, which did not shock him!

He is like a frightened bird, and what he fears most now is things outside of control.

"Official family, official family. Happy events, great joys..."

Wang Zongyi's helmet ran away, and there was a layer of snowflakes on his hair, beard and armor. At the age of fifty years, he was wearing a bright bronze cereal weighing thirty or forty kilograms, but ran like a young man.

"Cousin, why should I talk about it slowly?"

Zhao Huan felt relieved again. Wang Zongqian was his cousin, although he was older than Zhao Ji.

He is the person Zhao Huan trusts the most.

What he is a great joy, it is definitely not a bad thing.

Moreover, Zhao Huan, who calmed down, could tell that the sound outside the palace was cheering, rather than the shrill shouts of the Jin people entering the city.

"Chen Liu..., Chen Liu..., great victory."

After seeing Zhao Huan, Wang Zongfu said breathlessly.

Zhao Huan's face immediately changed, and his eyes were about to shine.

"Is this true?"

"How dare the villain deceive the officials? Cao Xianggong, who was sent by King Kang to report the victory, was outside. King Kang defeated the Jin thieves in Chenliu a few days ago, beheading more than 30,000 yuan, and the Jin soldiers were killed and fled with their heads in their arms."

Zhao Huan's face was completely covered with crazy joy. He could finally breathe a sigh of relief after so many days of worrying days.

"Hurry, go and summon Cao Cao."

"I have congratulated the officials. If the Jin thieves suffered this great defeat, their morale will be lost. My Song Dynasty will definitely be safe."
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