Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 316 The Defense of Tokyo 4
Li Gang also knew that Wang Xiu didn't want to knock on the gate. At this time, unless he was stupid to bother Zhao Guan's family, and it wasn't captives coming to the city, it was normal for Wang Xiu to hesitate, and he couldn't force others to make things difficult, so he had to say slowly: "That's fine. "

In the early morning of the next day, Li Gang left Shangshu Province to go to the court, and happened to meet Wang Xiu coming out.

"Wenshi, is there a military incident?" Li Gang asked lightly.

"Early in the morning, a minister rumored that the guards of the Sanya were ready to go." Wang Xiu curled her lips with a look of indifference.

"What, where is it?" Li Gang's face changed sharply.

"Xiangxi Hall."

Li Gang immediately walked towards Xiangxi Palace, Wang Xiu pondered for a while, and followed quickly.

As soon as they arrived at the Xiangxi Palace, Li Gang saw that the guards in front of the palace had already dressed up, and the royal car was parked in front of the palace, and the concubines of the sixth palace were already waiting beside the car. Said: "My lord, stop the officials from leaving the city."

Li Gang frowned, looked at Wang Xiu with complicated eyes, and stared at Wu Ge, the deputy commander of the four chambers of the Longwei Shenwei who was rushing towards him, his face was livid, and his body trembled slightly.

Wu Ge strode up to Li Gang and saluted him, "Master, the officials have decided to go hunting. In the end, I beg you to go to the officials' house. The families of the six armies are all in Kaifeng. They are willing to defend the city to the death, and they are absolutely unwilling to abandon their families and go south."

Li Gang looked at Wu Ge with approving eyes, slowly nodded and said: "Wu Taiwei is really a person who knows the general situation, but those gentlemen don't have the slightest knowledge of Taiwei."

Under Wang Xiu's attention, he walked quickly to the soldiers of the Forbidden Army, and shouted sharply, "Are you willing to defend your homeland to the death, or are you willing to protect and patrol?"

Those who can enter the palace are all Ban Zhi who have served in the army for generations. They have settled in Kaifeng for generations. Whoever is willing to abandon their families can almost say in unison: "Master, my family and I are all in the city, and we are willing to stick to Kaifeng!"

Li Gang smiled in satisfaction, Wang Zonglian walked over with a face of panic, and said, "What is Li Xianggong's intention? How can he incite the guards to disobey the holy will!"

"Taiwei, can't you see that all the soldiers are willing to stick to Kaifeng with their deaths?" Li Gang glanced at Wang Zonglian, and said seriously: "Your Majesty has not yet made the trip, Taiwei will come to see Your Majesty with me." He couldn't help but Wang Zonglian said, pulling Follow the convenience and go to the hall.

Wang Xiu shook her head and smiled wryly, Li Gang is really not the usual impatient, no wonder he can't get things done.

Entering the main hall, Wang Xiu saw that almost all the important officials of the two governments were there, and Zhao Huan was in a hurry, walking back and forth. When he saw Li Gang pulling Wang Zongbing in, his face changed slightly, his lips trembled, but he didn't speak.

Li Gang also disregarded any etiquette, and said loudly: "Your Majesty promised to stay yesterday, why did you go back on it today? The parents and wives of the guards of the three yamen are all in Kaifeng, how can they abandon their family? In case they return home halfway, who will His Majesty use as guards? Jurchen knew that His Majesty was going out of the city, and pursued him overnight with a strong horse, what should His Majesty do?"

This sentence was quite stressful, Zhao Huan shivered, stomped his feet and said anxiously: "If Qing hadn't come, I would have been in a desperate situation." He pointed at Li Gang tremblingly, and said: "Everything is up to you. Be sure to defend the city."

Li Gang was not polite, and said sharply: "I dare not, since His Majesty has decided to stay, anyone who dares to object, beheaded!"

Zhao Huan nodded with a pale face, and did not speak. Wang Xiu looked at him with disdain, but some ministers turned pale and stared at Li Gang with hatred. It seemed that the hatred had been forged.

The servants came out of the palace to pass the decree, and the guards of the class heard three cheers of long live. During Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan and others booed each other, but they had been silent for a long time, and no one dared to say more.

Without losing the opportunity, Wang Xiu said: "Your Majesty, the captives are crossing the river and will soon go south. As the envoy of Jibei, please go out of the city and gather Jibei soldiers and horses to resist."

Zhao Huan was taken aback, he didn't expect that Wang Xiu would take the initiative to ask for a fight, how could this civil servant take the initiative to ask for a fight!Which one didn't ask three questions, so he quickly packed up his clothes and ran away. It can be seen that Wang Xiu's actions were all out of public interest, and he couldn't help sighing heavily.

People's thinking in adversity seems to be different from usual. Wang Xiu's initiative to ask for a fight gave him a feeling of sadness. Even the resourceful Zhang Qiyuan had no choice, but Wang Xiu resolutely went up.

In other words, when Wang Xiu saw Zhao Ji's hesitation, he became anxious. It was not his wish to be trapped in the city, so he immediately said: "The captives are approaching the city, and all the troops outside are defeated. King Qin's army can't arrive for the time being, and the ministers are collecting Luo's soldiers outside. It will make them have some scruples and dare not attack the city with all their strength."

"It's a good idea." Li Gang nodded.

Zhao Huan was still hesitant, Zhang Qiyuan glanced at Wang Xiu, and his mind changed.

Li Bangyan curled his lips and said: "Your Majesty, there are no routs outside the city. Wang Zhige, as the capital, can easily leave the city?"

"Your Majesty, what Lord Wang said is very true. The 78th will be stationed in Jibei. This department was established by Lord Wang. The officials are fierce. If used properly, it can relieve the pressure on the walls of the capital." Zhang Qiyuan spoke out to help, and he didn't care about Li Bangyan.

Wang Xiu glanced at Zhang Qiyuan indifferently, and secretly sighed that this guy is so smart!That is to remind Zhao Huan of his relationship with the 78th general, to prick a thorn in advance, and invite him out of the city. Unconsciously take him down.

A person who has reached the level of Zhang Qiyuan is really a grown-up, and he can't accept it!

Zhao Huan's trust in Zhang Qiyuan obviously surpassed that of Li Gang, he no longer hesitated, and said: "That's fine, Zhang Qing's family is in charge of the affairs of the Privy Council, and Wang Qing's family goes out of the city to gather soldiers and restrain the captives."

Perhaps, Li Bangyan understood Zhang Qiyuan's plan and wanted to speak up for Wang Xiu, but he seemed a little apprehensive, and finally closed his mouth with a long sigh.

Wang Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how Zhang Qiyuan calculated, he had achieved his goal, he could accept a favor, and the sea and the sky would be brighter when he left the city.

Li Gang struck while the iron was hot again, persuading Zhao Huan to go up to the imperial tower to see all officials and soldiers and boost morale.Seeing that it was impossible to leave, Zhao Huan had no other choice but to come to Xuandemen.

The ministers, officials and soldiers were all outside the Xuande gate. Zhao Huanlao asked the soldiers, Li Gang and Wu Min wrote dozens of statements, all of which said that the Jurchen invaded and wanted to endanger the clan.Both of them are advanced scholars, and the articles they wrote cut into the disadvantages of the times, and their sentences deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Zhao Huan saw that the morale of the generals was high, and he became more ambitious for no reason.Immediately, an imperial edict was issued to designate Li Gang as the envoy of the personal conquest camp, and the commander of the Ma Jun Cao Cao was the deputy envoy of the personal conquest camp.Bai Shizhong, who advocated hunting, was dismissed. Li Bangyan was appointed as the grand master, Zhang Bangchang was the junior governor, Wu Min knew the affairs of the Privy Council, and Zhao Ye was the servant.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty began to really pay attention to the defense of Kaifeng City. In Li Gang's words, it is not too late to make up for it.

(End of this chapter)