Qiming 1158

Chapter 556 He also sincerely despised the Southern Song Dynasty
Tudan Hexi didn't know that Xixia's betrayal was not the most desperate for him.

The most desperate is the news brought by his deputy Zhang Zhongyan a few days later.

"Your Majesty, there is news in the Xia Kingdom that Liaodong has been pacified by the Liberation Army, and Wanyan Yong was left behind in the former Tokyo where Liaodong was the emperor and died in battle..."

Zhang Zhongyan ran to report the news to Tudan Hexi with a look of panic, which undoubtedly gave Tudan Hexi a heavy blow.

If Liaodong is finished, then the Great Jin Kingdom will really only have [-] troops left in his mere corner.

This is the last proof of the existence of the Great Golden Kingdom.

He will lose all possibility of foreign aid, he is completely isolated and will only lose everything in the constant battle.

It’s over.

So Tu Dan Hexi raised his head and smiled bitterly and said, "Caifu, we are completely alone."

Zhang Zhongyan swallowed and whispered, "Is there really no possibility of recovery?"

"What else is possible? Liaodong is over, and even the ancestral land is gone. How can we save it?"

Tudan Hexi let out a long sigh: "Although we still have one hundred thousand troops, that's all we have. Other than that, we have nothing else. The Xia Kingdom has at least 20 soldiers capable of fighting, and the Restoration Army can also take it." Send out 20 battle-ready soldiers, and add them up to 40.

Caifu, it is true that Guanzhong has a vast land and rich resources, and it is true that there are many 40 troops, but can it resist the invasion of 40 enemy troops?Can you?or can i?Anyway, I can't do it. If [-] troops really want to invade, I can resist for a month at most.

Even if all men are issued to join the army, how long can it last?The Restoration Army is a master of a hundred battles. No matter how many we are, we are still a rabble, and we cannot be hostile to them at all. "

Zhang Zhongyan sat down on the chair and was stunned for a while.

"It's over?"

"Almost so."

"Is there any foreign aid?"

"Who can be a foreign aid? Xia Guo is despicable and shameless, and has already taken refuge in the Restoration Army, Song Guo... I wish we would die immediately! What else can we do?"

Zhang Zhongyan was silent for a long time and had nothing to say.

Although he was born in the Song Dynasty, it was equivalent to betraying the Song Kingdom twice and surrendering to the Jin Kingdom. After leaving Guanzhong, he would not be able to live anywhere, and would not accept him anywhere. Like Tudan Hexi, the people surrounding him is amazingly isolated.

But Tudan Hexi didn't seem to plan to give up, he still had to fight.

"Although we have nowhere to go, I'm not going to steal my life. I'm a general, and a general was born to die in battle, but now I'm just doing what I need to do.

If the Guangfu Army comes, I will fight against the Guangfu Army. If the Xia Army comes, I will fight against the Xia Army. If the Song Army comes, I will fight against the Song Army. Until the last soldier is killed, I will not retreat. not regret! "

Tudan Hexi knew that he actually had no way out and would fail sooner or later, but at this moment when Dajinguo had no hope, he hoped that he could do his best to preserve a piece of territory for Dajinguo.

So his will has been unshakable.

But Zhang Zhongyan has no similar will.

Rather than dying in battle, he prefers to find a way out for himself.

Zhang Zhongyan was born in the Western Army, who is strong and good at fighting but good at working for his own welfare.

The Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty can be said to be the only army in the Song army with strong combat effectiveness after the abolition of the forbidden army, but this army is not a simple dead man, but has many plans of its own.

In the course of long-term competition and cooperation with the imperial civil service system, the soldiers of the Western Army were feared and suffered terribly, so they passively mastered a lot of survival skills, and were not absolutely loyal to the imperial court.

They were skillfully deducted from the army's salaries by the court bureaucrats and Shangguan, skillfully betrayed their promises, refused to give the promised reward, and the promised reward was gone.

They have been on the brink of life and death for a long time, and they are also people who lick blood, and they are not people who are slaughtered by others. They gradually learned how to seek benefits for themselves.

They learned to grasp the opportunity to ask for favors from superiors, such as asking for money for three arrows when they were in battle, otherwise they would not send the fourth arrow.

The central civil servants and senior officers were helpless. Although they were very unhappy with this kind of behavior, they dared not take revenge.

However, this does not mean that the Western Army is a group of unscrupulous people, but that the Song court is too pitiful. money.

This is to blame for the embarrassing and cumbersome rules of the Song Dynasty court, and he could not fulfill his promise, so he lost the trust of the soldiers.

To do this kind of thing, you can't blame the soldiers for their lives and then their country.

In this context, many generals in the Songxi Army system believed that the Song Kingdom was about to fail before and after the Battle of Fuping, and chose to surrender to the Jin Army for the sake of themselves and their families.

That's when Zhang Zhongyan and his older brother Zhang Zhongfu surrendered to the Jin Kingdom - although their father died in support of Taiyuan, which was besieged by the Jin Army.

It can be said that Zhang Zhongyan has never been a foolish person. Whether it was then or now, he will never die for an unworthy goal.

Song Guo had no hope, so he chose Jin Guo, Jin Guo had no hope, and he also tried every means to choose other forces to maintain the existence of the family and his high position.

Now is the time to choose.

Who to choose?
Southern Song Dynasty?

No, he also looked down upon the Southern Song Dynasty in his heart.

When the Jin Kingdom returned to Shaanxi and Henan, he returned to the Song Dynasty and was summoned by Zhao Gou to visit Lin'an. During that time, Wanyan Zongbi went south again to capture Shaanxi and Henan, and asked the Zhang brothers to return by name.

So Zhao Gou really sent them back to the north according to Wanyan Zongbi's wishes.

Although the Zhang brothers do not reject going back, can such an emperor be trusted by such a court?

That's courting death!

Then choose Xixia?

No, it's a backcountry, a small country, and it has less political credibility than the Southern Song Dynasty. Before, it was hooking up with the Jin Kingdom, and now it's hooking up with the Restoration Army at the speed of light - faster than me, can you choose?

What a joke!
So Xixia was also excluded.

So what options are there next?

Go west, go to the Western Regions to defect to a certain tribe or simply defect to Xiliao?
Stop it, it's too far, I don't know if my old bones can hold up, don't die halfway and become a laughing stock!
Then, there is no choice but one object to choose from.

Zhang Zhongyan looked at the white-haired disciple, Dan Hexi, and a trace of unbearable flashed in his eyes.

Tudan Hexi still cares and trusts him.

But these promises were soon replaced by a firm desire to survive.

Nothing is more important than survival.

So, sir, I'm sorry!

Zhang Zhongyan made up his mind to contact the Restoration Army in private, intending to make it easier for the Restoration Army at that time in exchange for his own life and the future of his family.

The Guangfu Army and the Xixia Army Chen Bing are on the border, and they are eyeing Guanzhong.

Not to be outdone, the Jin Army in Guanzhong confronted Chen Bing at the border, showing that he could fight again.

The situation in Guanzhong is imminent.

At the same time, in Lin'an, Zhang Jun was saying goodbye to the three or five friends who came to see him off.

A month ago, Zhang Jun submitted his resignation to Zhao Gou and asked for the bones to return to his hometown. Zhao Gou refused three times, Zhang Jun insisted three times, and the fourth time, Zhao Gou agreed.

Zhao Gou thought that although Zhang Jun made mistakes, he had always been conscientious for the sake of the country, so he increased Zhang Jun's title of Taishi, and granted Liquan Guan's errands. He could receive a very generous pension every month until his death.

Zhang Jun took the order and entered the palace to thank Zhao Gou in person. The monarch and ministers hugged their heads and cried for a while, and Zhang Jun officially bid farewell to Zhao Gou.

After saying goodbye to Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun bid farewell to many of his friends, and kindly invited them to visit his hometown in Sichuan if they had the chance in the future. In groups of three or five, they traveled in the mountains and waters and spent their whole life on this.

He said goodbye with a smile, but his friends couldn't smile, and some even came to see Zhang Jun very sad and indignant.

Such as Chen Junqing.

"I really don't think that the gentleman needs to take the initiative to resign. If the gentleman stays in the court for one day, the court officials will not be able to open their eyes. If you say a word more, the court officials will be shocked for a day. No one else! Is this also possible?!"

Chen Junqing held Zhang Jun's hand angrily and stared at him.

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PS: The archives are gone, and they are gone. These are all driven out by me overnight. . . .Really, I have never found cloud disk so meaningful, let alone go to the members.

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