Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

When Emperor Zhao Huan discussed this matter with the ministers, he also got the approval of Li Gang, the main combat faction.

Li Gang believed that since it was a sneak attack to rob the camp, the purpose was to surprise them and catch them off guard.

Now the Song Dynasty is negotiating peace with the Jin people, sending a lot of labor supplies every day.Presumably the Jin people already think that I, Song Dynasty, dare not fight with them, and will definitely relax their vigilance.

At this time, our army's sudden attack on the Jinren is in line with the art of war's strategy of never being tired of deceit and changing from reality to reality.

In order to support Yao Pingzhong, Li Gang ordered the army under the city to listen to Yao Pingzhong's festival.

The reason why Li Gang actively supported and participated in Yao Pingzhong's military adventure plan was probably because he tried to use Yao Pingzhong's victory to weaken the prestige of Zhong Shidao after the failure to fight for the military power of King Qin's army, and once again controlled the dominance of the capital's army.

Zhong Shidao disagreed with Yao Pingzhong's plan to attack the Jin Army's camp.

Zhong Shidao believes that this approach is too risky. Now that the two armies are confronting each other, a slight difference will directly affect the success or failure of the two countries.

Zhong Shidao said that even if he wanted to fight the Jin army, he had to wait until his younger brother, Qin Feng Jinglue, sent the Northwest elite soldiers in the Zhongshi to arrive before fighting.

Emperor Zhao Huan asked Zhongshi when the Chinese army would arrive, and Zhongshi replied that it was hopeful that the vernal equinox would arrive.

After hearing this, Li Gang and Yao Pingzhong thought that we were outnumbered at this time, and the defeat of the Jin army was imminent.

Zhongshi Dao is deliberately delaying the time to attack the Jin army, so that his brother Zhongshi can lead the troops to rush to grab credit.

Both Li Gang and Yao Pingzhong were unwilling to let the Zhong family's army gain more military exploits, and strongly advocated sending troops as soon as possible.

It will take more than ten days to wait until the spring equinox. Emperor Zhao Huan, who was already eager for a victory, thought it was too slow and said that he could not wait that long.

Therefore, Emperor Zhao Huan issued a secret decree to Yao Pingzhong and Yang Kesheng, two generals in King Qin's army, ordering them to attack Moutuogang Jinjun Dazhai on February [-].

Yang Kesheng is the brother of Yang Keshi, a fierce general of the Western Army. He escaped from Yanjing City with Yang Keshi when he attacked Yanjing City last time.

Compared with his elder brother, Yang Kesheng thought more carefully. When Yang Keshi wanted to die for his country in Yanjing, it was Yang Kesheng who advised him not to die in vain, but to flee back to explain the right and wrong.

After receiving the emperor's secret decree to send troops, Yang Kesheng fell into deep thought.

Chapter 9 Chapter [-] Failed to Attack the Camp

After careful consideration, Yang Kesheng went to the palace to see Emperor Zhao Huan.

After seeing the emperor, Yang Kesheng said that everyone would be happy if they won this attack, but if they lost, if the commander of the Jin army got angry, he might kill Kang Wang Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhang Bangyan who were hostages on the side of the Jin army.

Therefore, Yang Kesheng asked the emperor to let him bring a drafted memorial, on which it was written, "This attack is my own without authorization. I set off without telling the court and the emperor. Please forgive me."

In this way, in case the Song army was defeated in the night attack, the Jin army would not be able to blame the Song court for reneging on its promises and breaking promises after seeing this memorial.

In fact, when Zhao Huan issued a secret decree to attack the Jin army, he had already forgotten the safety of Kang Wang Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang.

Needless to say, Zhang Bangchang, as a member of the former Prime Minister Wang Fu's party, Emperor Zhao Huan had a grudge against him. When he was sent to the Jin army camp as a hostage, he no longer cared about his life or death.

As for Kang Wang Zhao Gou, in fact, Emperor Zhao Huan didn't have much affection for his ninth younger brother.

Song Huizong had more than 20 sons, some were born to queens, some were born to noble concubines, and some were born to concubines of low status.

Because of the disparity in the status of the mothers, the status of the princes in the palace is also very different.

For example, the prince Zhao Huan and the third prince Zhao Kai were born to the empress and the noble concubine respectively, so they were naturally respected and qualified to inherit the throne of Song Huizong.

Others such as the fifth prince Su Wang Zhao Shu were also born to noble concubines, and their status in the palace was quite high.

And Kang Wang Zhaogou's mother was just an ordinary concubine, and there were hundreds of her in the harem of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Ninth Prince Zhao Gou's status in the palace is not high, and he is quite different from Prince Zhao Huan, Third Prince Zhao Kai, Fifth Prince Zhao Shu and others.

When the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji hastily passed the throne to Prince Zhao Huan, and when he left Tokyo and fled to the southeast, he took away his favorite son Zhao Kai, but did not take Zhao Gou away.

All the princes and princes followed the Supreme Emperor to the south, but Kang Wang Zhao Gou stayed in Bianliang City, Tokyo. It can be seen that he was not favored by Song Huizong Zhao Ji.

When the Supreme Emperor fled with all the princes, only the new emperor Zhao Huan, Su Wang Zhao Shu and Kang Wang Zhao Gou were left in the Bianliang City of Tokyo, the three princes of Song Huizong.

When Wanyan Zongwang led his troops to the city of Bianliang in Tokyo and demanded that the Song Dynasty court take the prince and prince as hostages, he once asked the third prince Yun Wang Zhao Kai to come to the camp of the Jin Army by name.

It's a pity that the third prince Yun Wang Zhao Kai has already escaped, leaving only the fifth prince Su Wang Zhao Shu and the ninth prince Kang Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou knew that his status was not as respected as that of the fifth elder brother. In the eyes of his elder brother Zhao Huan and the ministers, he must be the hostage of the Golden Army. Instead of being forced to go out of the city as a hostage, he should take the initiative to take responsibility and gain a good reputation.

Therefore, when Emperor Zhao Huan asked the two emperors who was willing to go to the camp of the Jin Army as a hostage, King Kang Zhao Gou rushed out and said something impassioned, so that the emperor brother should not worry about his own life when he has a chance to defeat the Jin Army.

In fact, Kang Wang and Zhao Gou were suffering in his heart, he had already chosen one of the two, how could he escape this catastrophe?

King Kang Zhao Gou showed a gesture of generosity, but in fact, he was reminding the emperor that when the emperor attacked the Jin army, I was in the camp of the Jin army!

However, compared to a great victory and the consolidation of his throne, the life and death of the ninth younger brother Zhao Gou is not that important to Emperor Zhao Huan.

When Zhao Huan decided to let Yao Pingzhong attack the Jin Army's camp, he actually did not take into account the safety of Kang Wang Zhao Gou and Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang.

The idea Yang Kesheng came up with was actually a remedial strategy, and it might be able to shirk the responsibility of the Song court. Emperor Zhao Huan encouraged him and agreed to follow his plan.

As the first attack on the Jin army since ascension to the throne, the new emperor Zhao Huan attached great importance to this attack on the camp, and even made detailed preparations for the end.

In fact, Emperor Zhao Huan grew up in the palace and was pampered and pampered for more than [-] years. How could he know anything about military affairs?

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, before attacking the camp of the Jin army, Emperor Zhao Huan specially recruited a warlock named Chu Tianjue, and asked him to observe the sky, divination, and calculation, and choose the auspicious day to rob the camp.

The sorcerer Chu Tianjue murmured, and calculated that the first day of February is the most suitable day of the year to rob the camp.

Emperor Zhao Huan was overjoyed and ordered people to set up three large banners in front of Kaibao Temple, and wrote the four characters of "reporting victory before the imperial court".

Before the battle was fought, Emperor Zhao Huan was immersed in the fantasy of victory, and began to prepare to celebrate his achievements and be captured.

After such a toss, even the people inside and outside the city knew that there would be a big battle near Bianliang City, Tokyo on the first day of February.

Some soldiers and civilians even went up to the city wall in advance, preparing to watch the battle.

My intentions are revealed to the world, how can I sneak attack?These actions and measures of Emperor Zhao Huan are simply ridiculous.

After Yao Pingzhong learned about the situation in the city, he complained endlessly.It's a pity that the arrow is on the string and has to be sent.

On the night of February 7000st, Yao Pingzhong and Yang Kesheng led [-] people out of the city to directly attack the Jin army's camp as planned.

Yao Pingzhong ordered Wang Tong to be the vanguard, and led the [-] death squads to serve as the vanguard to rob the village.

Wang Tong led his troops straight to the two camps, but they were empty.

When Wang Tong bit his head and led his soldiers to break into the third camp again, there were killing sounds in the dark night, and he was ambushed by the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongwang discovered the anomaly in Bianliang City, Tokyo during the day, and judged that the Song Army would come to rob the camp.

Therefore, after nightfall, Wanyan Zongwang ordered the whole army to dress neatly, and set up an empty city plan for the Song army.