Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 125 Like a Horrific Nightmare

Emperor Huizong looked at the memorial presented by Cai Jing and carefully looked at every word and sentence written by Cai Jing in the memorial. In fact, he understood from the bottom of his heart what was going on.

In fact, this memorial is complete nonsense.

The various evil deeds pointed out about Li Gang are almost as if they were groundless.

But there was no way that Emperor Huizong would not imprison Li Gang in a deep prison. To be honest, since he ascended the throne as emperor, his impression of Li Gang was extremely bad.

Especially after he began to favor the Six Thieves, Li Gang was so impatient many times that he made many actions that could be called the following crimes.

The relationship between him and Li Gang had already dropped to a freezing point.

So Emperor Huizong planned to take advantage of the situation and ordered someone to forcibly remove Li Gang's official uniform on the spot.

Li Gang was so confused that he had no idea what crime he had committed.

Emperor Huizong held the memorial between his fingers, looked at Li Gang coldly, and said sternly: "Bold Li Gang! He engaged in corruption for personal gain. The following committed the crime and attempted rebellion. He deserves to be punished!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the guards on the left and right rushed towards Li Gang and pushed Li Gang to the ground.

An important minister of the court who should have left his name in the history of the Qing Dynasty was thrown into a deep prison by Cai Jing and others with just a few words, and was about to become a prisoner.

Li Gang felt bitter and wronged in his heart, but he couldn't help but defend himself. Emperor Huizong didn't listen at all.

Earl Ying could clearly see the triumphant smiles on the faces of Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others.

Earl Ying knew very well that Cai Jing could trip up Li Gang so easily.

As a popular figure in front of Emperor Huizong, it can be said that he has made major and outstanding contributions.

Without him, Cai Jing would have been unable to persuade Emperor Huizong on his own, and he would have thrown Li Gang into deep prison so easily.

Earl Ying looked at Li Gang who was kneeling on the ground and saw Li Gang's old face full of tears.

At that moment, Li Gang beat his chest and said: "My ancestors of the Song Dynasty, open your eyes and take a good look!"

"Nowadays, evil spirits are prevalent in the court! What has become of our Great Song Dynasty Court?"

"The treacherous person who won the attention of the Holy One by playing football and novels is actually doing evil in my Great Song Dynasty like this!"

As Li Gang spoke, he looked at Gao Qiu and Earl Ying.

Gao Qiu aside, the reason why Li Gang put Count Ying on the table to appeal was actually mainly because he could see that he was first harmed by the Six Thieves.

Furthermore, there must be Earl Ying standing in the way.

Li Gang knew better than anyone what kind of temperament Emperor Huizong had.

Emperor Huizong captured him without saying a word. It is simply impossible to say that Count Ying, the popular figure in front of Emperor Huizong, did not help the evildoers.

When Cai Jing heard what Li Gang said about Gao Qiu and Earl Ying, he immediately felt displeased. His eyes turned cold, and he pointed at Li Gang and said, "Li Gang is bold! How dare you arrange the important ministers of my Song Dynasty like this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two eunuchs Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng were about to help, when the civil and military officials in the court suddenly heard a wave of footsteps coming from outside the court.

Emperor Huizong also sensed something was wrong and looked outside the court with a frown.

Immediately, a row of elite soldiers with unkempt hair and bloodstains all ran in from the outside, crying bitterly.

Emperor Huizong and all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked, only to see that the leader was Liu Wanchen, the commander of the Xijiang Army who was favored by Emperor Huizong in every possible way.

Tong Guan recognized Liu Wanchen for a long time.

Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng looked at each other with shock on their faces. "Your Majesty, it is indeed a tribute to my ancestors that I am still alive to see you!"

Without further ado, Liu Wanchen knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Emperor Huizong.

Liu Wanchen's face was filled with tears, and his clothes were so tattered that it was shocking to see them.

Emperor Huizong quickly stood up from the dragon chair, looked at Liu Wanchen who was kneeling on the ground, and asked anxiously: "General Liu! What happened? Why are you here?"

With trembling hands, Liu Wanchen took out a bloody letter from his arms and exclaimed in shock: "Your Majesty! This morning, the Jin army marched south in large numbers. In less than an hour, Yunzhong Mansion declared that the city was broken, and tens of thousands of soldiers died in the battle. battlefield!"

At the end of his sentence, Liu Wanchen let out a painful cry and passed out.

Emperor Huizong ordered his personal eunuch to quickly present this blood letter, and all the civil and military officials in the court were dumbfounded.

They all looked at the subordinates behind Liu Wanchen.

Emperor Huizong looked at the blood-red seal of the Yunzhong Prefecture magistrate on the blood letter, and his heart suddenly went cold.

How could Sheng have thought that he had just sent a secret edict to Yelu Yanxi, the last emperor of Liao Kingdom, Tianzuo Emperor, the day before.

Yelu Yanxi was about to lead his troops to set off last night, heading south to the Song Dynasty.

However, before they had gone fifty miles, they were kidnapped by the Jin army who was ambushing in the dark.

After a bloody battle, Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi's entire army was wiped out, and Yelu Yanxi himself was captured and taken away by the Jin army.

The Jin army found this secret edict from Yelu Yanxi, and without even taking a breath, they immediately turned around and attacked Yunzhong Mansion of the Song Dynasty overnight on the grounds that the Song Dynasty had violated the treaty.

The Song Army was far inferior to the Jin Army, and the Jin Army's cavalry arrived too suddenly. The Song Army stationed in Yunzhong Mansion was not mentally prepared at all.

In less than two hours, the Song army in Yunzhong Mansion was beaten by the Jin army, leaving corpses everywhere and rivers of blood flowing.

Yunzhong Mansion immediately declared that the city was broken.

Emperor Huizong's hands were trembling, his heart was in his throat, and his face was full of astonishment.

The first word that came to his mind was: fast.

The Jin army's movements were so fast, like a bolt of lightning, invincible, and attacking the Song Dynasty was like entering an uninhabited land.

In Emperor Huizong's established impression, such a military operation should be extended for one or two days no matter how fast it is.

But the Jin army seemed to have captured a city in a snap, and looked at what the prefect of Yunzhong Prefecture wrote in the blood letter.

Maybe today at Youpai time, the Jin army will launch a fierce attack on Kangliang City below Yunzhong Mansion.

All the civil and military officials in the court felt as if they had witnessed a horrific nightmare with their own eyes. They were all silent, not even daring to take a breath.

Earl Ying was completely despairing. Although the speed of the Jin army's attack was extremely fast, the person responsible for delivering the secret edict to Emperor Tianzuo Yelu Yanxi also moved very quickly.

After all the calculations, at most seven hours, this secret edict was sent to Yelu Yanxi.

If one of the two moves a little slower, the Song Dynasty will not leave any excuse for the Jin Army.

So much so that the Jin army, which had just finished finishing the Liao Kingdom, immediately found an excuse to attack and marched south to attack the Song Dynasty.

Earl Ying stared intently at Emperor Huizong, who was standing beside the dragon chair. He saw Emperor Huizong panicking and being stunned.

Even his legs and feet began to tremble.

(End of this chapter)