Fenghou

Zhao Gou nodded, "Announce them to see you!"

Not long after, Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei quickly walked into the imperial study from the outside, and they greeted Zhao Gou. Qin Hui hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill. How is the situation?"

Zhao Gou shook his head, "It shouldn't be a big problem. She is worried and afraid and becomes sick from worry, not a physical disease."

"That's good. I don't know what the Empress Dowager is worried about. Can we, the courtiers, solve the Empress Dowager's worries?"

In fact, Qin Hui knew very well that the Empress Dowager was really worried. She was worried that Wanyan Zongxian would be trapped in the Jinan Mansion.

Zhao Gou sighed, "Chen Qing is too strong this time. Once he seizes Shandong Road and unifies the south bank of the Yellow River, I am afraid he will attack Jianghuai and Jiangnan West Road. I wanted to send troops to Shandong Road to stop him, but suffered a disastrous defeat. It's all gone."

Qin Hui winked at Zhu Shengfei, and Zhu Shengfei hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's actually easy. Surrounding Wei and saving Zhao is the best way. I know that the Central Plains is empty. For example, Shouzhou, Yingzhou, Caizhou, and Tangzhou don't have a single soldier. Only Bianliang and Luoyang have garrisons in the Central Plains, and the total is only 20 troops, and they are still inexperienced new troops. If our [-] troops in Huaibei go north to the Central Plains, will Chen Qing withdraw his troops from Shandong Road in a hurry? At this time, Jinbing Taking advantage of the opportunity to counterattack, Chen Qing was attacked from the east and the south at the same time, and even the Hebei Jinbing would attack from the south.

Under tremendous pressure, he will definitely negotiate with His Majesty. Even if we don't want the Central Plains, we can take this opportunity to take back Jingnan South Road, or Jingbei North Road, Xiangyang, which His Majesty misses so much. "

Zhao Gou said for a while: "If I form an alliance with Jin Bing to deal with Chen Qing, what will the people of the world think of me?"

Qin Hui quickly said: "Your Majesty did not form an alliance with the Jin Bing, but only sent troops to the Central Plains to prevent the Hebei Jin Bing from taking advantage of the emptiness of the Central Plains to go south. If you explain this to the world, who can say that your Majesty is doing something wrong?"

"Your Majesty, as long as Chen Qing is a Song official for one day, the Central Plains will be the land of the Great Song Dynasty. Of course, the imperial army has the right to enter the Central Plains. It makes perfect sense legally, and there is no problem at all."

"Your Majesty, Zhu Xianggong is right. Shouzhou, Yingzhou, Caizhou, and Tangzhou did not have a single soldier. Our army will directly enter and will not have any conflicts with the Western Army. After negotiating with Chen Qing, the army will withdraw Come, Your Majesty, don't miss this opportunity, time will never come again!"

Zhao Gou is a soft-hearted person who lacks his own opinions, especially he regards his throne as more important than anything else. The mother's cry, the ancestors' reproaches, the fear of losing the throne, and Qin Hui and his father After Zhu Shengfei's hard persuasion, Zhao Gou's position finally softened.

Zhao Gou walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "There is no need to make an order publicly, and there is no need to go through the Zhizheng Hall. I will directly send the order to Zhang Jun, ordering him to send troops to the four states of Shou, Ying, Cai, and Tang. If it is beneficial, the court will benefit. Then Zhang Jun is responsible, he sent troops without the permission of the court, so be it!"

The first thousand 210 eight chapters accident

When everything was thought to be implemented as a matter of course, an accident happened. This accident came from Zhang Jun, who refused to send troops to the Central Plains.

Zhang Jun is not a fool. For such an important decision to send troops to the Central Plains, the emperor neither issued an edict nor passed a resolution through the Zhengshitang. In short, the court and officials did not know about it at all.

However, the officials secretly ordered him to send troops through a hand order. Obviously, they were preparing to make him take responsibility. When Chen Qing retaliated, the officials would blame him for the fact that he, Zhang Jun, sent troops without authorization.

Of course Zhang Jun would not do it, but he would not reject the emperor Zhao Gou openly. He used a trick to let a thousand of his own soldiers pretend to be infected with the epidemic, and were carried out by the military doctor in public, and told the whole army that there was an outbreak in the army. All soldiers are required to drink medicine to prevent epidemic diseases.

For a while, the whole army panicked, and soldiers kept fleeing the camp.

Soon, Zhao Gou received the news that an epidemic broke out in Zhang Jun's army and he was unable to go to the Central Plains. At the same time, he also received a reply from Zhang Jun, "There was an epidemic in the army, and one out of ten fell ill. A large number of soldiers fled. If you use troops at this time , It will lead to the collapse of the army's morale, and even provoke a mutiny. Therefore, it is not suitable for the Huaixi Army to send troops at this time. Your Majesty can send other troops to the north to complete the great cause. '

Zhao Gou was furious, dropped two cups in a row, and cursed, "What! I spent so much money and grain to raise him, and raised soldiers for a thousand days, and used them for a while. The dog knows how to watch the door! What's the use of keeping him a waste?"

This time Zhang Jun also harmed Qin Hui's fundamental interests. Although Zhang Jun gave Qin Hui a lot of bribes every year, no amount of money was as important as Qin Hui's life. Forcing Chen Qing to withdraw from Shandong Road was related to Qin Hui's personal life. An Wei, Zhang Jun actually resisted and refused to obey the order, and even if he found 1 reasons, he could not dispel the hatred in Qin Hui's heart. He used to speak for Zhang Jun, but at this moment he just wanted to kill this bastard.

"Your Majesty, things are not that simple."

Qin Hui said gloomyly: "I'm afraid the matter is more serious than what we saw."

Zhao Gou calmed down slowly. He glanced at Qin Hui and said, "Qin Xiangguo, tell me more about it."

Qin Hui said calmly: "The excuse Zhang Jun made is very clumsy, and he can see through it at a glance. If there is an epidemic, with his nature, he would have asked the court for money and medicine. He won't let him perform tasks to call it an outbreak. , obviously pretending, His Majesty has also seen through this point."

"Yes! I can't hide his tricks from me."

Qin Hui said again: "On the surface, he is afraid of the Western Army, afraid of fighting Chen Qing, and afraid of making him responsible in the end. He is timid and incompetent, which fits his image very well. It seems that there is no problem, but I know that, It’s just a facade, and it’s easy to hide the truth.”

"What is the truth?"

"Your Majesty, when Liu Guangshi saw Chen Qing's separatism of Sichuan and Shanxi, he also followed Chen Qing's example and separatist Jing South Road, including Yue Fei. He also secretly colluded with Chen Qing and ignored His Majesty's will. In fact, they all had one reason, ambition.

With ambition, everyone wants to become Chen Qing's second. Doesn't Zhang Jun, who occupies Jianghuai, have no ambition?Your Majesty, Zhang Jun also secretly colluded with Chen Qing! "

Zhao Gou sat down slowly and looked at Qin Hui in shock, "Qin Xiangguo said that Zhang Jun and Chen Qing colluded secretly, is there evidence?"

"Your Majesty, has Zhang Jun explained where the fuel for his army comes from?"

Zhao Gou felt like waking up from a dream, yes!If Zhang Jun and Chen Qing had no secret contact, where did the fire oil in his army come from?Such an obvious thing, I actually ignored it.

Zhao Gou was dissatisfied, and blamed him a little: "Why didn't Mr. Qin tell me about this earlier?"

Qin Hui knows a lot!In the past, Zhang Jun gave him money, thousands of bribes every year, all kinds of unfavorable news and reports, and Qin Hui suppressed them for Zhang Jun.

But now, Zhang Jun dared to harm his own vital interests, Qin Hui wanted to show Zhang Jun a little color.

"Your Majesty, I once asked Zhang Jun, where did the fire oil in his army come from? He said he bought it from the black market. Officials in Yan'an Mansion secretly sold fire oil. He could buy the fire oil when it flowed into the black market. Weichen believed it, so he didn't pursue it, but two things happened not long ago, which made the humble official start to suspect that Zhang Jun and Chen Qing had colluded."

"Which two things?"

"One thing is that someone at the checkpoint on the canal revealed that the merchant ships holding the pass of the Western Army existed before, but they used to be under the banner of Zhang Jun Trading Company.

The second thing is that an official reported that all the ships of the Western Army Wanshi from Quanzhou stopped at Dangtu County for supplies. You must know that Dangtu County is a wharf developed by Zhang Jun, and the large ships of the Western Army specifically docked at Dangtu County. suspicious. "

Zhao Gou glared at Qin Hui, "Why do I never know about these things?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down. The reason why I didn't tell His Majesty is because I just guessed and there is no evidence, because not only the Western Army faked the Zhang family's merchant ships, but also many merchant ships.

The large ship of the Western Army stopped at Dangtu County, perhaps because the supplies in Dangtu County are the cheapest, and these are all possible, so telling His Majesty something without evidence is to provoke the relationship between His Majesty and the ministers. won't do. "

Qin Hui spoke with a serious face, and Zhao Gou believed it. After a moment of silence, Zhao Gou said coldly again: "I will never tolerate someone who eats my food and wants to smash my bowl. You can send someone to deal with Tu County. If people go to investigate, they must find out the real reason why the cargo ships of the Western Army stop in Tu County."

"The minister must send someone to strictly investigate!"

After a pause, Qin Hui said again: "But Zhang Jun refuses to send troops to the Central Plains, what should we do?"

Zhao Gou thought about it and said: "If he is willing to send troops to the north, I will be happy, but if he really refuses to go north, I have no choice but if we can use this as an opportunity to find out the truth behind Zhang Jun's collusion with Chen Qing and prevent the Zhang Jun's betrayal at a critical moment, I think it is a bigger gain."

Of course, Zhao Gou's worries were justified. If Zhang Jun led an army of 20 to support Chen Qing at a critical moment, that would be the most terrifying thing, and it would be more worthy of his attention than seizing the Central Plains Road.

Qin Hui was really helpless, Zhang Jun refused to send troops, even the emperor could not do anything about it, Qin Hui was even more clever than a poor woman.

……

The confrontation in Jinan Mansion had lasted more than ten days. Both sides were very cautious and refused to engage in a decisive battle easily. If the other party had only tens of thousands of troops, then Chen Qing would directly use large iron fire mines to blow down the city wall, enter the city, and fight the Jin soldiers for a decisive battle.

But at present, the Golden Army has more than [-] troops. Even if they finally rely on their strength to defeat the opponent, it will be a miserable victory. The Western Army will pay the price of tens of thousands of deaths. Not only the army, but also the people in the city will suffer disaster.

This morning, Wanyan Wushu sent a soldier to fight. Chen Qing opened the gauntlet. Wanyan Wushu actually proposed a one-on-one challenge. He would win two out of three battles. He bet on the weapons of the two generals. The Xia Guojian he wears comes to place a bet.

Chen Qing immediately signed the agreement, and said to the soldiers in the afternoon: "Go back and tell your lord, I have a pair of bronze bows and iron arrows, which are one of my weapons. If he wins, give him the bows and arrows. "

The soldier saluted and left.

Zhang Xiao said with a smile: "It seems that there is something wrong with the morale of the Jin soldiers."

Chen Qing nodded, "I feel the same way. A big fire destroyed the morale of Jin Bing. Wanyan Wushu wanted to boost morale through a duel, but the question is, did he lose?"

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said, "Hasn't Your Highness seen his scheming? He is leading an army to challenge our camp tomorrow morning. If he wins, he will publicize it to boost morale, but if he loses, he will definitely If you conceal the news, you will lose at most one sword."

Chen Qing laughed and said, "If it's really Xia Guojian, I'm looking forward to it!"

The best swords cast by Xixia are all called Xia Guojian, but the most famous Xia Guojian is the famous sword given to the Song Dynasty by Xixia Jin.

Generally speaking, Xia Guojian refers to this precious sword. After Jingkang, this Xia Guojian became the portable sword of Wanyan Wushu, and he actually took it out as a bet.

Of course, Chen Qing's bet is not low, the bronze bow and iron arrow, Zhou Tong gave him the world's most precious treasure, Chen Qing has been carrying it around in battle, but he has never used it.

However, what Chen Qing cares about now is not the bet, but a rare opportunity he has seen.

The first thousand 210 nine chapters singled out

On the top of the city, Wanyan Wushu was in a very anxious mood. The two sides had confronted each other for more than ten days, and the morale of his own army was getting lower and lower every day. Especially after the [-] reinforcements were completely burned by a fire, the news spread to Licheng County. All three armies were extremely shocked.

Fear permeated the army, and the morale of the generals was low. Among Li Cheng's Han soldiers, deserters appeared. Of the 300 soldiers sent to cut trees outside the city, only [-] returned, and [-] soldiers became deserters.

All these are ominous omens, Wanyan Wushu was worried, he tried his best to boost morale, but it was ineffective.

Of course, the best effect is to plunder the city with troops, which has an immediate effect on boosting morale, but if he dares to send troops to plunder other counties, he will be wiped out by Chen Qing's army immediately.

However, it would be even more unrealistic to rob Licheng County. Many soldiers' family members are in Licheng County, and if there is chaos, it will trigger a mutiny.

Wanyan Wushu sighed, and asked: "Does the military advisor think sending generals to single-handedly fight will be effective?"

Fan Gong nodded: "In a general battle, you don't need two armies to fight. You can send a small number of troops to the opponent's camp. If you win, you can send an order to the entire army to boost everyone's morale. If you lose, you will keep silent. The three armies will not know. One point, regardless of the outcome, you can claim victory, hang a sword in front of the camp gate, and say it is the sword of King Yong Chen Qing..."

Before Fan Gong could finish speaking, Wanyan Wushu shook his head and said, "It's not good to cheat like this. If you win, you will win, and if you lose, you will lose. If you lose the principle of leading troops, even if I return to Jin Kingdom, I will not be reused again."

Fan Gong suddenly understood that Wanyan Wushu actually didn't attach too much importance to the gains and losses of Shandong Road, and he was already considering retreating to the court in defeat.

But it’s not surprising when you think about it, Wanyan Wushu has been defeated countless times by Wu Jie and Chen Qing, lost Shaanxi Road, Henan Road, and Hedong Road, and killed hundreds of thousands of Jurchen soldiers. The deaths of Jurchen soldiers were all related to Wanyan Wushu, but when did he take responsibility?

That being the case, Fan Gong didn't have to rack his brains to find a way to save his morale, the most urgent thing was to prepare for a retreat.

At this time, a cavalry came rushing forward, Wanyan Wushu recognized that it was the subordinate who was sent to fight.

Not long after, his subordinates were brought to the top of the city, and they knelt down on one knee to report, "To the lord, Chen Qing has agreed to single-handedly fight!"

With that said, he presented the gauntlet.

Wanyan Wushu took a look at the letter of challenge, and it said, "The generals of both sides can fight one-on-one, but each party can send three people to win two out of three battles. I am willing to bet on bronze bows and iron arrows."

"What are copper bows and iron arrows?" Wanyan Wushu frowned and asked.

"King Yong said it was his personal weapon, but he never used it."

Fan Gong next to him said with a smile: "My lord, copper bows and iron arrows are very rare things. My lord announced that they belonged to Chen Qing, no one would doubt it."

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "We will have a good fight with him tomorrow!"

……

In the morning of the next day, Wanyan Wushu personally led [-] cavalry to appear three miles away from the Western Army's camp. He was very disciplined, and the army did not enter the three-mile stop line, otherwise war would break out.

Of course, Wanyan Wushu didn't dare to bring the army too close to the Western Army's camp, once the Western Army's army came, it would be too late for him to retreat.

Wanyan Wushu launched three powerful generals, the first one is Pucha Ahudie, a general of copper hammer, who made a single-handled copper hammer weighing [-] jin, with infinite strength.

The second one is Wanyan Shenshi Huan, the elder brother of Wanyan Digunai, whose mother is Han Chinese, with half Han blood, and was taught martial arts by a master of martial arts in the Central Plains.

The third one is veteran Ali, a Khitan native, the number one general under Wanyan Wushu. He wields a machete with a golden back. Nearly sixty years old, but the sword is still not old.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The first one to fight was General Pucha Ahudie of Tonghammer. He led a dozen cavalrymen to the Western Army's camp to shout and curse.

Chen Qing glanced at the opponent's copper hammer, and said with a smile: "This guy is a powerful warrior, who wants to take the lead in the battle?"

More than a dozen generals stepped forward to challenge, Chen Qing glanced at Yue Yun and said with a smile: "The first battle will be under Yue's control!"

"Humble job will definitely win!"

Yue Yun got on his horse, took off a pair of bright silver hammers weighing eighty kilograms, and rushed out on the horse, with twenty personal soldiers closely following behind.

"I am Meng'an Qianhu Pucha Ahudie, come and name me!"

Yue Yun sneered, "Your grandfather, Yue Yun, is also an idiot with blind eyes, take his life!"

He galloped on the horse, and the silver hammer smashed head-on with a sound of 'woo--'.

Wanyan Wushu recognized Yue Yun at a glance from a distance, and was taken aback, "Isn't that Yue Fei's son? How could he be in Chen Qing's army?"

Veteran Ali said: "It is said that most of Yue Fei's army was recruited by Chen Qing. Yue Yun was not dispatched with his father. It is normal to appear in Chen Qing's army."

Wanyan Wushu became worried, Yue Yun was recognized as the number one general of the Yue family army, he played this time, Ahudie was in danger.

Veteran Ali said slowly: "Ahudie will lose this battle, the power of the gods has weakened a little, it is better to let the low-ranking officials fight in the second and third battles."

Wanyan Wushu nodded, with Ali playing, he could feel a little relieved.

On the battlefield, although Pucha Ahudie was extremely powerful, but his martial arts were ordinary, he was no match for Yue Yun at all. The two only fought for five or six rounds. Pucha Ahudie was in a hurry and was hit by Yue Fei's backhand hammer Middle back of the head, 'Bang! With a crisp sound, the skull shattered, red and white brains overflowed, and he fell off the horse, dying tragically on the spot.

His men rushed forward and snatched away his body and weapons, but the war horse became Yue Yun's trophy. Yue Yun wanted to return after victory, but he heard a sneer, "Son Yue Yunxiu, the old man will meet you!"

As soon as Yue Yun turned his head, he saw a veteran rushing out from the enemy line. He had white beard and hair, an iron helmet and an iron armor, and his body was extremely strong. He was carrying a heavy machete in his hand.

Yue Yun sneered and scolded: "Old man, who are you?"

"Old man Yelu Ali!"

Chen Qing was a little worried. Wanyan Wushu must be sure to let such a veteran play. Next to him, Yang Zaixing said in a low voice: "This person was the number one Khitan general back then. He was subdued by Wanyan Wushu and became the number one under Wanyan Wushu. A fierce general, known as the Demon Sword by the Jin soldiers."

Chen Qing nodded, "Since it's called the Demon Sword, there must be something strange about it. Take my bronze bow and iron arrow!"

The guards handed over thirty heavy bronze bows and iron arrows to Chen Qing, normally Chen Qing didn't use it, but today he took it for a bet, so he specially brought it with him.

Chen Qing drew out an iron arrow and put it on the string, watching the fierce battle on the battlefield.

Yue Yun and Yelu Ali have fought fiercely for more than twenty rounds. Both sides are highly skilled in martial arts, but Yue Yun's strength is slightly superior, while Yelu Ali has rich experience, and he keeps defusing Yue Yun's violent attacks with clever moves. His intention is very clear. When Yue Yun was exhausted, his chance came.

At this time, Yue Yun's speed of the double hammers slowed down after thirty strokes. Yelu Ali seized an opportunity and threw an object in his hand, but Yue Yun thought that the opponent was deliberately disturbing him, so he didn't bother. That swinging thing.

Little did they know that Yelu Ali was called the Demon Sword by the Jurchen army because of his swaying thing.