Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Soon after Zhao Gou moved the Grand Marshal's Office to Nanjing Yingtianfu (Shangqiu, Henan) of the Zhao Song Dynasty, Song officials from Bianliang City began to come to the Grand Marshal's Office. They told Zhao Gou and others exactly what had happened in Bianliang City in the past few months.

It was not until then that Zhao Gou and the people in the Grand Marshal's Office knew that Jiang Hongfei had abolished Zhao Huan and the Zhao Song Dynasty, imprisoned all the royal and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and took all the royal and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty into his harem, and that Empress Dowager Zheng and Empress Zhu Lian and a large number of royal and clan daughters of the Zhao Song Dynasty had been humiliated.

Upon learning these things, Zhao Gou shed tears and said nothing.

Soon, Zhao Gou remembered that Jiang Hongfei had sent someone to warn him that if he did not disband the Grand Marshal's Mansion and return to Bianliang City to surrender, he would attack his mother Wei Xianfei, his princess Xing Bingyi, and his two concubines Tian Chunluo and Jiang Zuimei.

Zhao Gou could not care about his own wife and daughter, but as a son, Zhao Gou could not help but ask about her mother.

You know, Wei Xianfei's status in the harem was not high at the beginning.

Therefore, Zhao Gou has never been well received by Zhao Ji, and the mother and son can only depend on each other.

In order to make Zhao Gou live a better life and have a good future, Wei Xianfei has been trying to make friends with Queen Mother Zheng, Concubine Qiao and other dignitaries in the palace to help Zhao Gou get good growth resources.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Gou was really raised by Wei Xianfei with great difficulty.

So, although Zhao Gou felt that Wei Xianfei might be in danger, he still asked Wei Xianfei how she was.

What surprised Zhao Gou was that Jiang Hongfei had not yet made a move on Concubine Wei, and had not even made a move on Xing Bingyi, Tian Chunluo and Jiang Zuimei.

Zhao Gou thought about it for a while and understood that Jiang Hongfei still had illusions about him returning to Bianliang City to surrender.

In response, Zhao Gou smiled coldly: "Jiang Yan, you can just give up this idea. I will never go back and surrender myself!"

In order to confirm whether the news was true, Huang Qianshan recruited a minor official named "Li Zong" in Nanhua County, promising to recommend him to a high official after the matter was completed, and asked him to go to Bianliang City to inquire about the news and bring back evidence.

It is worth mentioning that not long ago, in order to seize power, Zhao Gou appointed his absolute confidant Wang Boyan as marshal and appointed his absolute supporter Huang Qianshan as deputy marshal.

After Zhao Gou's adjustment, Zong Ze's power and status in the Grand Marshal's Office were weakened a lot at once.

It is precisely because of this that the power of the anti-war faction has become weaker, while the power of the escape faction has been strengthened a lot.

This also reflects Zhao Gou's political inclination from the side.

At this time, Bianliang City was completely open to the public.

Therefore, Li Zong easily entered Bianliang City and obtained Jiang Hongfei's pardon and various notices issued by Kaifeng Prefecture at the place where documents and books were printed and sold in Bianliang City.

This is the ironclad evidence of how the Yuan Empire destroyed the Zhao Song Dynasty and how the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty were dealt with.

Li Zong quickly returned to Nanjing with these ironclad evidences and handed them to Huang Qianshan, who handed them to Zhao Gou.

In fact, these ironclad evidences were no longer needed at this time.

As more and more former Song officials came to surrender to the Grand Marshal's Mansion and as people in Bianliang City scattered, what happened in Bianliang City had become an open secret and everyone knew it.

After hearing about these things, Zong Ze believed that this was a great shame for the Zhao Song Dynasty and advocated an immediate decisive battle with the Yuan Empire to recapture Bianliang City and rescue Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and the royal family and clan of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

At the same time, Zhao Zisong, a direct scholar of Huiyou Pavilion and the governor of Huaining Prefecture, also wrote a heartfelt letter to Zhao Gou, asking Zhao Gou to send troops to rescue Bianliang City.

Zhao Zisong said in the letter:

"The two emperors, the two queens, the two uncles, and the kings and ministers have all been imprisoned by the Yuan thieves. The Song Dynasty is in danger. I hope that the king will strengthen the army, send troops to attack the capital, welcome the two palaces, and restore the clan society. Don't hesitate to punish the treason. If you hesitate, something unexpected will happen. The survival of the country depends on this move..."

Zhao Zisong is the sixth-generation grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and a genuine royal family of the Zhao Song Dynasty. If he was in Bianliang City, he would definitely be imprisoned by Jiang Hongfei, and all the women in his family would enter Jiang Hongfei's harem.

Therefore, Zhao Zisong really cares about the country of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and he is also really determined to fight Jiang Hongfei to the death.

To be honest, Zong Ze and Zhao Zisong are not blindly advocating war, but the Zhao Song Dynasty now has the strength to fight the Yuan Empire.

The more than 200,000 Western troops led by Fan Zhixu have arrived in Luoyang and are heading east.

The hundreds of thousands of troops under the command of Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and others are also deployed around the capital area.

In addition, Zhao Zisong, Huidian Pavilion Scholar He Zhitong, the pacification envoy of the Northwest Road of the Capital, and Huiyou Pavilion Direct Scholar Weng Yanguo, etc., built an altar to form an alliance to defend the king, and they also have nearly 200,000 troops.

Add to that the 150,000 troops of the Grand Marshal's Office.

Around the capital area, the Zhao Song Dynasty has a total of nearly 700,000 troops.

It is worth mentioning that there are 400,000 to 500,000 Song troops led by Tong Guan in Jiangnan.

In other words, the Zhao Song Dynasty still has more than one million troops.

And the Yuan Empire has at most 500,000 troops in the capital area.

The key is that after Fan Zhixu figured out the situation of the Zhao Song Dynasty, he expressed his willingness to follow the leadership of the Grand Marshal's Office.

Furthermore, Fan Zhixu wrote letters to Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and other people who had troops and were defending themselves, blaming them for not defending against the enemy, so that the Yuan army successfully went south to capture Bianliang City, and the two emperors and the royal and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty were all captured alive. He also blamed them for not going to the king to rescue him, saying that they were presumptuous ministers. If they did not correct themselves in time and make meritorious deeds to atone for their sins, he would punish them on behalf of the court.

Although Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and others were not much less than Fan Zhixu in terms of the number of troops, Fan Zhixu's men were the trump card army of the Zhao Song Dynasty, the Western Song Army, while they had a group of frightened birds and a mob. More importantly, these main generals all ran away at the sight of the wind, and their men must have followed suit.

As one grew stronger, the other weakened. How dare Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and others provoke Fan Zhixu?

Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and others discussed it and felt that it was not a good idea for them to continue like this. Jiang Hongfei did not say that he would send people to recruit them. Why not show their strength and wait for the price?

So Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, Wang Xiang and others wrote to Zhao Gou, expressing their willingness to obey the dispatch of the Grand Marshal's Office.

Before that, Zhao Zisong and Weng Yanguo each formed a tens of thousands of soldiers in the name of serving the king. Later, the two of them respectively gathered a lot of Zhao Song Dynasty's defeated soldiers and incorporated a lot of landlords' armed forces. Now they each have 70,000 to 80,000 troops.

Not long ago, Weng Yanguo led his men to Chenzhou, which was controlled by Zhao Zisong.

Zhao Zisong proposed that the two of them build an altar, kill animals, and swear blood alliance.

Weng Yanguo agreed, but insisted on being the leader.

Zhao Zisong believed that in the clan alliance of Zhou Dynasty, the people with different surnames were the last, that is, in the clan alliance of Zhou Dynasty, in addition to the same surname, there were also people with different surnames, but the people with different surnames were listed after the same surname, so he opposed Weng Yanguo to be the leader of the alliance.

Weng Yanguo said: "I was ordered by the king to enter the defense, and you are the governor of Chenzhou, so I should be the leader of the alliance."

-After Zhao Huan ascended the throne, he appointed Weng Yanguo as the transportation envoy of Jianghuai, Jingzhe and the transfer envoy, and asked him to organize the troops of Lianghuai and Jiangnan to come to the king to rescue him.

The two had a dispute over this.

Just as they were arguing about the leader of the alliance, it happened that He Zhitong, a scholar of Yankang Palace, led 20,000 to 30,000 troops from Yingchang Prefecture to Chenzhou.

He Zhitong said to them: "King Kang, the general commander of the world's troops, is in Nanjing. Why don't you lead the troops to his command? Why do you have to argue about the leader of the alliance?"

So He Zhitong, Weng Yanguo and Zhao Zisong jointly wrote to the general commander's office, expressing their willingness to obey Zhao Gou's dispatch.

But under Zhao Zisong's repeated insistence, the three of them finally held the blood-swearing ceremony on the altar and jointly drafted the alliance to defend the king.

After Zhao Gou heard about this, he appointed Zhao Zisong as the scholar of Baowen Pavilion and the counselor of the Grand Marshal's Office, and the general manager of the Southeast Road. He Zhitong and Weng Yanguo and their more than 100,000 troops were also under Zhao Zisong's management.

Even Tong Guan wrote a letter to Zhao Gou, expressing his willingness to obey Zhao Gou's dispatch.

In this way, Zhao Gou had the command of the millions of troops of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In the eyes of the war advocates such as Zong Ze and Zhao Zisong, if they could make good use of these millions of Song troops, they would definitely be able to drive away Jiang Hongfei, recapture Bianliang City, rescue Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and the royal and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and restore the Zhao Song Dynasty.

On the other hand, Geng Nanzhong, Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others urged Zhao Gou to ascend the throne and become emperor.

These people believed that a country cannot be without a monarch for a day. Now Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, Zhao Chen and all the royal and clan members of the Zhao Song Dynasty were arrested by Jiang Hongfei. Only Zhao Gou, a member of the Zhao Song Dynasty, was outside. He should succeed to the throne and lead the army and civilians of the Zhao Song Dynasty to mediate with the Yuan Empire.

Whether it was to go to war with the Yuan Empire or to ascend the throne and become emperor, Zhao Gou was somewhat hesitant!

First of all, to be honest, Zhao Gou really wanted to go to war with the Yuan Empire, but he was afraid that he was not Jiang Hongfei's opponent. After all, Jiang Hongfei was known as the "undefeated god of war" and the "most capable emperor in history". He really didn't think that he, who had never led an army, could defeat Jiang Hongfei, turn the tide, and support the collapsing building.

As for being an emperor?

Zhao Gou certainly wanted to. You know, he had been eager to stand out since he was a child, so that Zhao Ji would treat him differently and let Concubine Wei become more famous because of her son.

But what if Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan, and Zhao Chen come back? How will he explain the plot to usurp the throne?

By then, there is a high possibility of a tragedy of family strife.

Moreover, Zhao Gou has no confidence in being a good emperor, which is definitely not easy to be, and even less confidence in restoring the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In addition, Zhao Gou knows very well that if he dares to be an enemy of Jiang Hongfei or ascend the throne, Concubine Wei, Xing Bingyi, Tian Chunluo, Jiang Zuimei, and his five daughters will definitely be retaliated by Jiang Hongfei.

So, Zhao Gou hesitated and didn't know what to do?

Just when Zhao Gou was confused and at a loss, Jiang Hongfei sent another envoy to see Zhao Gou.

This time, the envoys were Lü Haowen, a former Song minister, and Xiao Rong, a former Liao minister.

As soon as they saw Zhao Gou, Lü Haowen and Xiao Rong took out five letters for Zhao Gou.

The five letters were: Jiang Hongfei to Zhao Gou, Zhao Ji to Zhao Gou, Zhao Huan to Zhao Gou, Wei Xianfei to Zhao Gou, and Xing Bingyi, Tian Chunluo and Jiang Zuimei to Zhao Gou.

The handwritten letters from Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan had similar meanings, asking Zhao Gou to quickly disband the Grand Marshal's Office and return to Bianliang City to accept the punishment.

The letters from Wei Xianfei, Xing Bingyi, Tian Chunluo and Jiang Zuimei to Zhao Gou were just ordinary family letters. They said in the letters that they were doing well now and Jiang Hongfei did not embarrass them.

And Jiang Hongfei's letter only had one sentence: "I will only give you this one chance."

Although Jiang Hongfei didn't say anything else, Zhao Gou knew very well that Jiang Hongfei meant that if he continued to be stubborn, Jiang Hongfei would attack Wei Xianfei, Xing Bingyi, Tian Chunluo and Jiang Zuimei, and would send troops to destroy his Grand Marshal's Mansion and capture him and lock him up with Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

In other words, if Zhao Gou didn't take the lead in surrendering, he would not only be cuckolded, but also have a new father. If he surrendered wisely, he would not only be able to reunite with his family immediately, but also get a high position and a generous salary, and live a life without worries.

Zhao Gou's face turned pale!

At this moment, Zhao Gou had the idea of ​​going to war with Jiang Hongfei.

Zhao Gou felt that if he could defeat Jiang Hongfei, even if he only defeated Jiang Hongfei slightly, he could ascend the throne and become emperor with great strength, and even if Zhao Ji, Zhao Huan and Zhao Chen came back one day, they would not be able to shake his throne.

After Lu Haowen finished the things Jiang Hongfei had told him to do, he went back to Bianliang City with Xiao Rong.

But just before leaving, Lu Haowen's body shook!

Geng Nanzhong reacted the fastest, he hurried forward to help Lu Haowen.

Lu Haowen took the opportunity of the two people's contact and stuffed a wax ball into Geng Nanzhong's hand.

After Lu Haowen and Xiao Rong left, Geng Nanzhong handed the wax ball to Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou ordered Wang Boyan to open the wax ball.

There was a secret letter in the wax ball.

Wang Boyan unfolded the secret letter and saw three sentences written in thin gold font:

"You can be true and come to save your parents."

"If there is a plan to clear the Central Plains, carry it out, don't think about me."

"Emperor Yi has a vow hidden in the Taimiao, not to kill ministers and officials who speak out, and those who violate it will be unlucky."

Seeing this, Geng Nanzhong, Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others were overjoyed!

With this imperial pen from Zhao Ji, Zhao Gou had a proper way to ascend the throne.

Geng Nanzhong, Wang Boyan, and Huang Qianshan immediately took the lead in paying great respect to Zhao Gou: "Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"

Then, Geng Yanxi, Mo Chou, Dong Yun, Gao Shize, Yang Yuan, Wang Qizhi, Qin Baixiang, Liang Yangzu, Huang Qianhou, Yang Weizhong, Zhang Jun, and the generals of various armies led the Song army soldiers and shouted: "Long live! Long live!"

The voice of support was very loud, shaking the earth, and Zhao Gou was intoxicated!

Three days later, Zhao Gou ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and remotely appointed Zhao Ji as the emperor and Concubine Wei as the queen mother.

Zhao Gou intended to make the pregnant Pan the queen, but Zhao Gou's move was opposed by some ministers.

These ministers believed that if Zhao Gou did this, he would be criticized and it would be detrimental to his image.

You know, Zhao Gou's parents, concubines, and clansmen were all suffering, but now he had a beautiful woman by his side, and she was pregnant.

This is not easy to say.

Zhao Gou listened to the advice of these ministers, and in order to win sympathy, he remotely appointed Xing Bingyi as the queen, and Pan only got a virtuous concubine.

After ascending the throne, Zhao Gou began to organize his army, wanting to fight a decisive battle with Jiang Hongfei...

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