Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 217 Finally waited until the city was broken
In the past two days, Zhao Gou has been recruiting soldiers and horses in Xiangzhou, and he dare not relax his vigilance all the time.

He knew that after these days of hard work, he had only recruited 8000 people for the imperial court, which was not enough for the Jin Army to drink from.

Therefore, he and Wang Boyan, the governor of Xiangzhou, used all their strength to devote all their attention to matters related to recruiting soldiers and horses.

In fact, it cannot be said that all the efforts made by Zhao Gou were in vain. A total of 580 people were recruited in these two days.

Added together with the more than 1 people before, the number of people who worked tirelessly finally reached 5000.

That night while eating, Zhao Gou also talked about this matter with Han Shizhong and Yue Fei.

He said that if given time, we would be able to reach 2 people.

2 people may still be a bit stretched, but when the soldiers and horses recruit 5000 people, I believe they can go to Bianliang City with these soldiers and horses recruited from Xiangzhou to King Qin.

At that time, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were in high spirits.

He raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Zhao Gou: "King Kang, with the blessing of the spirits of the ancestors of the Zhao royal family in heaven, this matter will definitely come true!"

After that, he drank the wine in the cup.

Zhao Goucai had just returned to his room and slept for less than two hours when suddenly soldiers ran in to report to him about the Jin army's night attack on Bianliang City.

Zhao Gou was so shocked that his mind went blank. He pondered for a long time and then immediately sat up from the bed.

He dressed up in a hurry, hung a sword on his waist, and ordered all the officials in Xiangzhou to gather in Zhongtangtang.

All the local officials in Xiangzhou learned about the Jin army's night attack on Bianliang City, and after receiving orders from King Kang Zhaogou, they rushed to Zhongtiantang as quickly as possible.

Zhao Gou held the sword tightly in his hand and stood in the hall, looking at the officials who came to the hall one after another.

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong rubbed their sleepy eyes and followed the others in from the outside.

Zhao Gou's eyes were as bright as fire and he said: "An entire hour ago, the Jin people had surrounded Bianliang City."

"Right now, Bianliang City is in danger. What do the adults think about this? Do we want to go to Bianliang City collectively to help King Qin?"

Wang Boyan, the governor of Xiangzhou, was originally a treacherous minister. It was best to be able to do anything and ignore it.

At present, Bianliang City has been surrounded by the Jin army, and his first thought is to try his best to avoid this disaster.

Hearing what Zhao Gou said, he quickly said: "The Holy Emperor just issued an edict two days ago, asking King Kang to stay put in Xiangzhou and wait for the arrival of the next imperial edict."

"I'll wait for my opinion. Don't act rashly. You can't go against the will of the Holy One."

Zhao Gou frowned and was about to speak. Suddenly, he heard Cizhou Zhizhou Zongze standing in the corner said angrily: "Wang Boyan, what are your intentions?"

Zongze roared and rushed to Wang Boyan quickly. Looking at his arrogance, it seemed that he was going to push Wang Boyan to the ground and beat him violently every minute.

"The imperial edict is clearly false! The imperial edict is clearly false! Now that Bianliang City is under siege and the affairs of the court are at stake, we should quickly mobilize troops to serve the king, but you are still here talking nonsense, how hateful!"

Everyone present could see that the fire in Zongze's heart was not accumulated in a day or two.

But how could he have expected that Wang Boyan gave a ghostly laugh and said to Zong Ze: "What evidence does Zong Zhizhou have to prove that the imperial edict is false?"

Zongze pointed at Wang Boyan's nose and gritted his teeth.

Immediately, he suddenly turned his head, knelt on the ground to Zhao Gou, and said: "King Kang, the war is critical now, and life and death cannot be delayed any longer. We must rush to Bianliang City with these soldiers and horses recruited overnight. Lift the siege of Bianliang!"

In fact, Zhao Gou still hesitated a little at this moment. What kind of tiger and wolf warrior is the Jin Army?
How could the siege of Bianliang be solved with just 5000 people?

Besides, although Zhao Gou had already wanted to lead troops to serve the king two days ago, he thought at that time that rushing to Bianliang's aid with the tens of thousands of men in his hands would be a useless effort.In the end, it was nothing more than taking the lives of these soldiers, and taking them in vain.

Now, two days have passed. Although the number of people has increased somewhat, fundamentally, the situation is the same as before.

Let me ask again, how much difference can there be between 5000 people and [-] people?

However, what Zongze said makes sense.

So, Zhao Gou finally fell into a dilemma.

In other words, since Zhao Gou came to Xiangzhou from Cizhou, he has been favored by Wang Boyan everywhere.

After two days of Wang Boyan's words and deeds teaching him, he now takes Wang Boyan as his benchmark in everything.

He hurriedly looked at Wang Boyan, only to see Wang Boyan shaking his head at him secretly to show his determination not to listen to Zong Ze's words.

Zhao Gou glanced at Yue Fei and Han Shizhong again, seeing that Yue Fei and Han Shizhong didn't have any opinions on this.

So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and say: "What other opinions do other adults have? Please bring them to me as soon as possible."

"If not, my thoughts are actually similar to Master Wang's now, why not just wait!"

Zhao Gou said this with a questioning look in his eyes.

He really wanted to hear other people's opinions on this matter. As the saying goes, the more people in the world add more fuel, the brighter the flames will be.

Now, his heart was in a mess.

There is his mother, his wife, and everything about him in Bianliang City.

To be honest, no one present could compare with him in the importance he attached to Bianliang City.

However, the rest of the people are all just following the wind.

Everyone saw that the governor Wang Boyan had already said that, so they all supported Wang Boyan's view one-sidedly.

Zong Ze was the only one in the field who insisted on sending troops to Bianliang as soon as possible to relieve the siege of Bianliang.

As the saying goes, two fists cannot defeat a heavy hand, so Zhao Gou had no choice but to obey everyone's wishes.

"Since this is what the princes have planned, I will obey the princes' wishes."

"Fifteen thousand soldiers and horses are on standby in Xiangzhou for the time being, waiting for the king to raise troops at any time!"

Probably no one thought that after such a wait, they would directly wait until the outer city of Bianliang fell.

It was already Maopai time on the second day, and a monstrous battle between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty went through in the outer city of Bianliang for a whole day and night.

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty almost held on until their last breath. Finally, they were unable to hold on to the outer city of Bianliang, causing the outer city of Bianliang to completely fall.

There was chaos everywhere in the court and among the people.

Everyone is afraid of the Jin people, and the common people are all frightened.

The people of Bianliang who lived in the outer city of Bianliang were hiding in their homes one by one. They were so scared that they all huddled together with their heads in their hands.

Why is there such a group of people so frightened?
(End of this chapter)