Chapter 157 The Real Purpose
This result was unexpected by anyone. Hearing the reward, Song Qing even thought he had heard it wrong.
It's not difficult to defeat the 50,000 miscellaneous soldiers of Tianhu, but even 30,000 gold soldiers have been repulsed? Are Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, the two gods of war in the Southern Song Dynasty now possessed?
Immediately ordered him not to kill the prisoners, and at the same time, he shouted to the Tian Hu army, who was still resisting, not to kill the surrender. This is also ready-made labor. It's a pity to kill it.
When Han Shizhong and others returned to the camp, Song Qing personally greeted him with three points of encouragement and some respect for the God of War.
The army rested in place. After Qin Ming's army arrived, the 80,000 army pulled out of the camp and rushed to Bianliang City.
At this time, Song Qing was not afraid of the golden soldiers in his heart. 30,000 horses still beat you, not to mention that the total strength has reached 80,000 now?
And after this battle, the remaining people and horses are less than 100,000, and the strength is similar. What else is there to be afraid of?
However, in order to avoid being attacked by Jin soldiers on the way to march, 80,000 people marched slowly and camped step by step, giving Wanyan Zongwang no chance to raid.
At this time, Wanyan Zongwang has also entered a dilemma. The teacher of King Qin of the Song Dynasty has arrived, and it is impossible to take down Bianliang in Tokyo. The original encirclement assistance plan was completely ended here in Song Qing.
Song Qing's Liang Shan people are not comparable to any Song army he met. It is a real elite division. If the Song officers and soldiers are united with Song Qing, their own army is likely to explain here. It seems that it is time to withdraw.
Wanyan Zongwang was not Wanyan Zonggan. While making up his mind to retreat, he flew to the emperor Wu Qimai and still pretended to attack the city.
Wanyan Zongwang's move can be said to have completely touched the pulse of the emperor and minister of the Song Dynasty. Before his attack on the city was sent out, the messenger of the Song court for peace came again.
This time, Lord Wanyan Zongwang will not kill him again, but he is also full of power. He told the messengers of the Song Dynasty that he could retreat. In addition to compensate for losses, he also ceded the land of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian to the State of Jin, otherwise he would continue to attack the city.
Both of them have been scared. Despite the obstruction of Li Gang and others, they immediately agreed to all the requirements of Wanyan Zongwang, and only asked them to retreat quickly.
In fact, Li Gang has received the news that Liang Shan's men are coming and has been defeated by Jin Bing, so he wants the court to make peace with Liang Shan inside and outside, and destroy the invading Jin soldiers in one fell swoop, but Zhao Huan dares to fight with Jin Bing? At the same time, he is extremely repulsive of Song Qing in his heart and unwilling to unite with Song Qing at all.
After receiving a satisfactory reply from the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang swaggered and withdrew his troops under the nose of Liangshan.
Song Qing did not know why Jin Bing suddenly withdrew his troops, but he still strictly refused the request of the generals to pursue Jin Bing. The golden soldier has not hurt his muscles and bones so far. The people he brought are mainly infantry to chase the golden soldiers? Are you kidding?
The golden soldiers retreated, and the 80,000 Liangshan army was stationed outside the city, and the situation suddenly became awkward.
Of course, this is not Song Qinglai's purpose, and his strategy is not only related to this.
Soon, Liangshan people and horses broke through the golden soldiers, forcing the golden soldiers to withdraw, but the court used the land of the three states to pray for the golden people to retreat, which generally spread in Bianliang, Tokyo.
For a while, there was an uproar in the city. It was often heard that Liangshan was a traitor, but they brought troops to save them at the most critical moment in the capital. After that, they didn't get any reward, and even put the hat of rebellion on their heads. Isn't it too hard to say?
At this time, in a side hall of Bianliang Palace, Zhao Huan was talking secretly with Li Gang.
"Does the old man mean to deceive Song Qing into the city and then put him under house arrest? But what if the Liangshan thieves attack the city?
Li Gang really wants to kick Zhao Huan in the head. If he can really hold Song Qing, Liangshan thieves throw a rat to avoid weapons, how dare he attack the city?
After patiently explaining to Zhao Huan, he said, "Your Majesty can withdraw money from Song Qing's hard work. He must be rewarded and ask him to go to the upper hall of the city to receive the reward. If he does not dare to come, his hypocritical face of loyalty will be recognized by the world. If he is willing to come, it will be better. The old minister is willing to lead people to arrest this thief chief who harms the country and the people."
This is a great idea! As long as Song Qing is taken, won't the land of Shandong return to the imperial court? There is also the invincible fleet and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers. From then on, maybe he can lead these tough men to recover all the lost land and open up land for me in the Song Dynasty.
Seeing that Zhao Huan didn't say anything, his eyes were full of little stars. Li Gang couldn't help coughing dryly and said, "What do you think of the old minister's proposal?"
"Good.. It's really great. This matter is at the disposal of Aiqing, and we must capture Song Qing's thief in one fell swoop."
Zhao Huan seemed to see Song Qing kneeling in front of him and begging bitterly, and couldn't help laughing.
Of course, Li Gang didn't know what Zhao Huan was thinking. He just thought that the emperor was stunned by the Jin people and hurriedly retreated to arrange how to deceive Song Qing into the city.
The more Zhao Huan thought about it, the happier he became. Of course, he had to let his father know such a happy thing, so he ran to his father and told Li Gang's plan.
The emperor, who was praying for the blessing of the emperor, heard the news. As expected, Longyan was very happy, especially now that the golden soldiers had retreated. If he took Song Qing again, he would really have no regrets.
At this time, he was more convinced that Master Guo said that there was no danger this time, so he believed in Master Guo more devoutly.
So the next day, when Zhao Huan was still discussing what kind of reward to give to Song Qing, a secret letter about Li Gang's conspiracy to harm Song Qing had been handed over to Song Qing.
Looking at this secret letter, Song Qing couldn't help laughing. Zhao Huan really wanted to deal with himself. In fact, one of his two purposes in this battle has been completed, and the next is to further expose the face of the court and make the people more alienated from the court.
Now Zhao Huan is doing this, which can be said to be giving Song Qing a chance.
Another day later, the scout reported that Jin Bing had retreated to Hebei, indicating that the crisis had come to an end. So the court's reward for Song Qing also came down.
Jin appointed Song Qing as the Duke of Liang, Kaifu Yi and the same three divisions, and the secret envoy of the same knowledge.
At the same time, Song Qingjin Hall was ordered to be sealed.
Song Qing used to know Shandong affairs, opened the three divisions, and added the title of minister of the Ministry of War. Now he has become the Duke. For the Song Dynasty, this official position can also be regarded as a scorpion Baba - the only one. It can be seen that Zhao Huan made a lot of money in order to attract Song Qing.
Song Qing was in front of the envoy, without saying a word, received a decree of gratitude, and then made arrangements to go to Beijing with the envoy.
Everything went smoothly. After receiving the information, Li Gang even doubted whether Song Qing had any tricks? But even if he has a trick, can he do this? As soon as you close the gate by yourself, you will have 100,000 troops and no way to break in.
The most contradictory person at this time is Yue Fei. Who is Song Qing? That's the thief chieftain that the court can't get rid of quickly. Now he has sealed such a high-ranking official and has to go to the Golden Hall to be sealed. I'm afraid even fools can figure out what's going on.
It can be seen that Song Qing is a hairy boy who seems to know nothing. Is his ambition limited to this? Do you want to remind him yourself?
You should know that Song Qing has been respectful to himself since they met. Do you have the heart to watch him die?
After meditating for a long time, Yue Fei finally couldn't stand the suffering of his conscience. After finding Han Shizhong and telling him his thoughts to him, he left sadly, but did not return to Li Gang in the capital, but went directly to Xiangzhou.
Han Shizhong quickly found Song Qing and told Yue Fei's words. Now Han Shizhong's thoughts are indeed still there, but they have unconsciously turned to Song Qing. Of course, whoever wants to ask him will definitely not admit it.
After listening to Han Shizhong's words, Song Qing couldn't help sighing, the brainless big brother Yue! When will your mind change?
Some things are urgent and useless now, especially people like Yue Fei, who have to take their time.
Leaving Yue Fei, Song Qing immediately ordered Lin Chong to order a thousand guards and enter the city accompanied by a hammer. Lin Chong led a large army ready to respond at any time.
Song Qing was not stupid enough to stretch his neck into Zhao Huan's trap. He wanted to make Zhao Song court completely lose the hearts of the people.
Now the gate opens early, and many people have visited the Liangshan barracks. Therefore, when he saw the thousand horses of Song Qing entering the city of Xie En, they gave way to both sides of the road, and some shouted. It's a bit of a welcome posture.
Song Qing's thousand guards were carefully selected. They were tall and strong, especially the hammer behind Song Qing, which was more like an iron tower, which was daunting.
Yu Baosi held the flag for Tianxingdao on the other side of Song Qing, and behind him was another strong soldier carrying the unparalleled flag of loyalty.
The momentum of a thousand people is already like this. No wonder the golden soldiers are going to break the halberd under them. Unfortunately, he is a traitor.
Li Gang, who stood at the head of the city and watched the people of Song Qing, couldn't help nodding secretly. He has ordered people to be prepared. Once Song Qing's people enter the city, they will immediately fall off the suspension bridge.
Li Gang doesn't know Song Qing, so he inevitably lies in the city stack and looks at it carefully.
At this time, Song Qing's team has also arrived at the city, and Song Qing happened to look up. This is the second time he has come to the capital, but now he is no longer the Song Erlang who is slaughtered by others.
Song Qing and Li Gang's eyes met in the air. Although they had never met, they seemed to know who each other was.
Li Gang even felt that Song Qing still smiled at him.
Of course, Li Gang would not laugh. He was about to shrink back. The light flashed in his eyes, as if a black line flashed, and then he heard Song Qing shout and turned over and fell off the horse.
Li Gang saw it clearly and inserted a carved arrow on Song Qing's shoulder.
Who the hell is this! How can you shoot an arrow without obeying orders? Isn't this a bad thing?
Before Li Gang got angry, the Liangshan soldiers under the city had raised their shields to protect Song Qing, and a black-faced man jumped out and pointed to the city and scolded.
"You dog officials, the head of my family is dedicated to serve the country, and the dust servants came from Shandong to save you, but now they are really plotted by you? Are you still human? If there is anything wrong with the manager of my family, he will definitely pay for your life."
While the black-faced man spoke, the guards had protected the injured Song Qing and left quickly. However, Song Qing's bloody appearance has fallen into the eyes of passers-by.
The change came too fast. The people on the roadside were still celebrating Song Qing's entry to Beijing, but they didn't expect that the court was simply going to kill people. For a moment, the city opened like a pot, and some people simply scolded the injustice of the court.
Looking at Song Qing's people who were gradually disappearing, Li Gang instantly understood that this was the real purpose of Song Qing.