One Piece of Song Dynasty

Deputy Marshal Wang Boyan did not think so. He believed that the peace negotiation was probably genuine and the edict should be implemented.

Zongze said: "The Jin people are full of cunning. How can we easily believe in the so-called peace talks? They are just a delaying tactic to deceive King Qin's army. Your father hopes for rescue more than hunger and thirst. He should quickly gather his troops and go straight to Kaide Mansion, in order. Build a fortress to break the siege of the capital. If the enemy has other plans, our troops are already under the city and it will be easier to deal with them."

Wang Boyan objected to Zongze's suggestion and said: "Hundreds of thousands of Jin people have gathered under the capital, and the surrounding walls have all targeted their key points. Forty miles south of Kaide Mansion is Weinan County, from here to the capital Next, the Jin people set up camp in Lianzhu Village, and often sent people to spy everywhere, which was really impenetrable. In addition to the five armies across the river to protect the king, our army only collected people, of which the militiamen recruited accounted for half of them. , how can such a force break the siege of the capital?

Do things according to your ability. For now, let alone rescuing the siege, the most urgent task is to move the king to a safe place. Then, he sent a message to the counties in the north of Hebei, and to the counties in the east of Jingdong, so that their troops and horses could come together and march toward the capital from the northeast. At the same time, he also sent a message to the Xuanfu Division of the Two Rivers and the divisions of King Qin of Shaanxi and Jianghuai, ordering them to follow March northwest toward the capital. Moreover, the two armies must advance at the same time and support each other. Only by deploying in this way can the siege of the capital be relieved.

Nowadays, Jin people are constantly coming and going on both sides of the Yellow River. Kaide Mansion is not safe and is definitely not a place where the king can settle. Daming Mansion is only a short distance from the Yellow River and cannot be stayed for a long time. Now we should send troops to station in Xingren, Kaidefu, Puzhou and other places to cover the king's journey to Dongpingfu. If the king is safe, the country will be in trouble. "

Regarding Wang Boyan's suggestion, Geng Nanzhong, Geng Yanxi, Gao Shize, etc. all had the same opinion. Zhao Gou then convened a meeting with the generals to discuss. The generals all thought that Wang Boyan's arrangement was reasonable and practical, so Zhao Gou decided to go to Dongping Mansion.

Zongze firmly opposed Wang Boyan's deployment and believed that it was a big mistake. He insisted on leading his troops to Kaide Mansion, and Zhao Gou had to agree.

On December , Zongze led soldiers and civilians from Cizhou and soldiers from Junzhou as the central army and set out first. Before leaving, Zhao Gou said to Zongze: "You can threaten to say that King Kang is in the army along the way."

Subsequently, Zhao Gou appointed Chen Que, commander of the Grand Marshal's Mansion, as commander of Deputy Marshal Zongze's department. Liu Hao, commander of the vanguard of the former army, was changed to commander of the former army of Deputy Marshal Zongze. Shang Gongxu, commander of the right army, was changed to deputy marshal Zongze. The commander of Ze's left army ordered each of them to take command of their own troops and set off.

The next day, Zhao Gou appointed Chang Jing as the commander of deputy marshal Zongze's right army and set off with troops; he appointed Wang Xiaozhong as the commander of deputy marshal Zongze's rear army, and set off with troops. Zhao Gou asked them to speed up their march, catch up with the army, and stationed together at Kaide Mansion.

On this day, Zhao Gou also received reports from Sun Zhen from Zhibo Prefecture and Yao Peng from Zhishen Prefecture. Sun Zhen said that he had arrived at Kou Shi County with two thousand troops. Yao Peng said that he had arrived at Guantao County with two thousand troops. They are leading their troops to advance rapidly and rush to report to the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Zhao Gou immediately sent someone to order Sun Zhen and Yao Peng not to come to Daming Mansion, but to lead their troops directly to Puzhou to garrison.

After arranging the front, rear, left and right armies for Deputy Marshal Zongze, Zhao Gou, Wang Boyan and others were ready to leave Daming Mansion immediately and move to Dongping Mansion.

On December , two brothers, Lu Gangzhong and Lu Shizhong, suddenly came to Damingfu City and reported to the Generalissimo's Mansion that they had recruited martyrs in Junzhou and were heading towards Damingfu. They had already reached Guantao. county. According to the regulations of the imperial court, if a righteous man is recruited, the prefecture and county should pay money and rice. Each righteous man will be given two liters of rice and yuan of salt and vegetable money per day. Each provincial level will be given three liters of rice and yuan of money. The envoys gave five liters of rice and seven hundred coins, and asked the Grand Marshal's Mansion to issue an order to the Daming Mansion to pay the money and rice according to the number of people.

Kang Wang Zhao Gou knew these two brothers. Before the capital fell, they were ordered by the censor Zhang Suo to go out of the city to recruit troops in Hebei. When passing by Xiangzhou, they met King Kang and asked him to allocate some military expenses to them.

King Kang looked at the documents they carried, and then said: "Although the imperial court has entrusted you two brothers to recruit troops, it is not under the control of the Marshal's Mansion, and it did not say that the Marshal's Mansion will pay for the money and food."

Lu Gangzhong and Lu Shizhong were from Junzhou. Lu Gangzhong went to the city to take the military examination. He happened to encounter the capital being surrounded by the Jin army, so he offered advice that he could go back to his hometown to recruit martyrs to fight against the Jin. Lu Shizhong had an official position and served as the chief minister of Baoyi Lang.

Lu Shizhong saw that King Kang refused to pay military expenses, so he came alone to Xiangzhou to inquire about cargo affairs, which was the official office in Xiangzhou that managed trade and taxation. He told them that he came to Hebei to recruit troops under the supervision of the censor Zhang Suo and the right servant of Du Da. She Heli sent the order, and the emperor also issued an edict in front of the emperor. In the end, he received yuan in salt and vegetable money from Guohuo.

King Kang didn't say anything when he learned about it and "sent him away with a smile."

Now, these two brothers came to Daming Mansion to recruit righteous men from Junzhou. Zhao Gou was a little suspicious. Zhao Gou ordered Lu Gangzhong to bring all the martyrs he had recruited to camp at Damingfu City that day. Then, Zhao Goumi sent people to observe, and found that there were actually only people. The other quotas are all imaginary numbers, taken from the names of various mountain strongholds, water strongholds, and Baoju militiamen.

Zhao Gou was furious and immediately arrested Lu Gangzhong and Lu Shizhong on the grounds of "falsely approving the request, but there was no real person". Zhao Gou asked them to hand over the yuan defrauded from Xiangzhou, and they replied that they didn't have much left. Zhao Gou then sent them to Daming Mansion Prison and put Zhang Cuo in charge of interrogation to thoroughly trace the whereabouts of the official coins.

It just so happened that intelligence came out that day that the Jin army was launching an attack on Kaidefu, Caozhou, Puzhou and other places. Zhao Gou then changed his mind and sent people to send Lu Gangzhong and Lu Shizhong to Zhao Gou for "untruthful recruitment of troops for invasion and bullying". Zong Ze's army asked them to save themselves through meritorious service.

On December , Zhao Gou and others set off from Daming Mansion in Beijing to Dongping Mansion. Yang Qing replaced Liu Hao as the vanguard commander. That night, they stayed at Dawangzhai.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and prices for food and supplies had risen sharply. In the afternoon, all hotels and shops are closed for the festival. The streets were deserted. Occasionally, you could see some civilians who died of cold and starvation. The corpses were crisscrossed in a crisscross pattern, and the scene was too horrific to look at.

On the morning of the first day of the first lunar month of the second year of Jingkang, Song Qinzong first went to Yanfu Palace to pay New Year's greetings to the Supreme Emperor. Then, His Royal Highness Xiangxi ordered all officials and monks to leave the city from Nanxun Gate and go to the Jin Army to congratulate the second commander. Soon, Zong Han's order came, ordering all officials and monks in the Song Dynasty to stop going out of the city to pay New Year's greetings.