Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

However, the capital of Hebei Road, the left-behind Du Chong of Daming Mansion in Beijing, rejected the invitations of Zong Ze, Wang Boyan and others, and did not join the political group Zhao Bushi.

Zong Ze, Wang Boyan and others led troops to gather in Xiangzhou, ready to cross the south of the river and force Zhang Bangchang, the puppet emperor of Chu, to abdicate and return to power.

As the vanguard, Wang Yuan, the commander of Xuanfu Division, the general manager of the North Road, led more than [-] cavalry to cross the river first, and came to the outside of Bianliang City, Tokyo.

On the same day, general Wang Yi and others dispatched by Jianghuai shipping judge Xiang Zikai led [-] troops to the outside of Bianliang City in Tokyo.

So, where did these two Huainan soldiers and horses come from?

It turned out that after the Jin army returned to the north, another clan of the Song family, the sixth grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Zisong, who was the prefect of Huaining in Chenzhou at this time, also had the ambition to aspire to the Central Plains.

As a descendant of Emperor Taizu, Zhao Zisong was very dissatisfied with the position of Emperor Taizong in Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zisong believes that the lands and mountains brought down by Taizu have been sat by Taizong's descendants for more than 100 years, which is long enough.

What's more, the world is in chaos now, and the princes and grandchildren of Taizong's lineage have been taken away by the Jin army. The country of the Song Dynasty should return to the hands of the descendants of Emperor Taizu.

Therefore, Zhao Zisong formed an alliance with his disciples Fu Liang and others, and spread it to the world, saying: "The ancestors of art made the country for thousands of years, and Fu Jingyun. The emperor blessed the Song Dynasty, and the six leaves were born to bow."

The art ancestor in the proclamation is Song Taizu, and the bow is the emperor's empress' self-effacing words. Zhao Zisong blatantly claims to be the heir, which shows that his ambition to covet the throne is clearly revealed!

As Zhao Zisong's disciple and confidant, Fu Liang, the commander of Jianghuai Transportation Department, led the army to the north and became the vanguard of Zhao Zisong's faction fighting for the throne.

Jianghuai shipping judge Xiang Zichen is also a general of Zhao Zisong's faction.

The only thing that makes Zhao Zisong feel a little regretful is that Hu Yanzhuo and Han Tao, the fierce generals of Chenzhou in his charge, died in battle on the bank of the Yellow River, otherwise he would have to add two more powerful generals to his tent.

Although Hu Yanzhuo and Han Tao took away Chen Zhou's elite soldiers, Zhao Zisong quickly gathered another [-] soldiers and followed Fu Liang's army to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Armies under the banner of restoration came to the city of Bianliang in Tokyo one after another, and one copy of the call for Chu was introduced into the city.

Ximenqing was unmoved by this, and ordered Jiang Zhong to close the gates of the outer city tightly and ignore the troops outside the city.

The weakness of Ximen Qing's army not only made all the troops outside the city arrogant, but also made some ministers in the court think that Ximen Qing's army was strong outside and could not match the Song army gathered outside the city.

Judging by this situation, some people in the DPRK and China have stood up to make a political statement.

Hu Shunzhi, the imperial censor, wrote a letter to Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of Chu, proposing to invite Queen Song Yuanyou to listen to the government behind the curtain, so as to return the power to the Zhao family.

He said: "Now that the teachers of King Qin of Sifang are gathering together, he came for the Zhao family. How can he follow my orders? It's a joke to refuse him behind closed doors.

Fu Wang is about to command and rectify his name and position, please Empress Yuanyou to listen to the government behind the curtain, Your Majesty will rule the affairs outside, and send ministers to welcome the kings, so that this matter will be known to the generals, who will not be pleased..."

In short, it was to persuade Zhang Bangchang to surrender to the Zhao clan who made themselves kings and return power to the Zhao clan.

Ma Shen, the supervisory censor, also wrote to Zhang Bangchang, asking him to return power to the Zhao family.

Lv Haowen, the provincial governor of Shemen, also persuaded Zhang Bangchang to return to the Zhao family.

If Ximenqing hadn't led the troops into Bianliang City, Tokyo, and had a long talk with Zhang Bangchang in Yujin Garden, which strengthened Zhang Bangchang's confidence, I am afraid that Zhang Bangchang would have been persuaded by the ministers of the Returning Faction to give up the throne.

At this time, with Ximen Qing behind him, Zhang Bangchang was noncommittal to the persuasion of Hu Shunzhi, Ma Shen, Lu Haowen and others.

Faced with the siege of various armies outside the city, the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo did not panic, but still chose to support the Ximen Qing Army.

After all, when the Jin army besieged Bianliang City in Tokyo and the people in the city were in distress, none of the troops outside the city came to Qin Wang's rescue.Only Ximen Qing's army faced up to the difficulties and rescued thousands of weak women from the Jin army.

Now that the Jin army has withdrawn, these troops who don't know where they are hiding in the corner have all come out to fight for power.Such a shameless act aroused the contempt and resentment of the people in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

The descendants of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong are all on stage, how can the struggle for power be missing Zhao Shuxiang, the descendant of Wei Wang Zhao Tingmei?

Knowing that the troops of Zhao Bushi and Zhao Zisong's factions had all been killed outside Bianliang City in Tokyo, Zhao Shuxiang was afraid that the imperial power would be taken away by them, so he rushed to Bianliang City in Tokyo with [-] troops together with Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi. .

At this time, Zhao Shuxiang not only had the support of Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi's army, but also Wang Xiang, the general manager of the South Road who occupied Xiangyang and Dengzhou, also joined his camp.

Uncle Zhao is ambitious, and is still contacting the generals of the Western Army on the Fifth Shaanxi Route through Zhang Shen and Liu Guangshi.

As long as he has the support of the Western Army, Zhao Shuxiang is confident to defeat the two factions of Hebei Zhao Bushi and Huainan Zhao Zisong, and win the throne of emperor.

As for Zhang Bangchang, the false emperor of Chu in Bianliang City in Tokyo, in Zhao Shuxiang's eyes, he was just a dead bone in a tomb, not worth mentioning.

I, Uncle Zhao, have the support of the soldiers of the Western Army. With just a cough, I can frighten the false emperor Zhang Bangchang out of his wits!

Chapter 966 Let the hat fly for a while

Zhao Bushi, Zhao Zisong, and Zhao Shuxiang's three factions gathered outside Bianliang City in Tokyo to force the puppet Chu Emperor Zhang Bangchang to return to the Zhao family in order to covet the throne.

In just a few days, more than [-] soldiers and horses gathered outside Bianliang City in Tokyo, people called Masi, and it was very lively.

Of course, before defeating Zhang Bangchang, the three factions of Zhao Bushi, Zhao Zisong, and Zhao Shuxiang still restrained each other, and they were not so stupid as to kill each other outside the city.

However, these three forces did not join forces to elect a leader, but each occupied a side outside the city, threatening Bianliang City in Tokyo while lobbying around to win over the neutral states and counties.

Du Chong of Daming Mansion on Hebei Road, Cheng Wanli of Yingtian Mansion on Jingdong Road, Fan Zhixu from Jingzhao Mansion on Yongxing Jun Road in Shaanxi, Huang Wenbing from Jiangning Jiankang Mansion on Jiangnan East Road, and other local officials chose to deal with the upcoming conflict in Bianliang City, Tokyo. In order to stand on the sidelines, he did not immediately express his support for the Chu Emperor Zhang Bangchang or the three factions of the restoration of the Zhao family.

In Gongzhou on Kuizhou Road in Sichuan Province, Li Gang, a former scholar of Zizhengdian University in Song Dynasty and an important official who led Kaifeng Mu, also held high the banner of restoration.

Li Gang served as the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei and Hedong, and after leading the army to rescue Taiyuan failed, he was transferred back to Beijing as a scholar of Guanwendian and went out to know Yangzhou.

Not long after he left Beijing, under the crowding and attack of Geng Nanzhong and others, Li Gang was removed from his post on the charge of "specializing in war discussions, losing teachers and spending money". , Settle the Sichuan Jianchang Army.

Soon, Li Gang was relegated to the barren land of Ningjiang, Yunnan, and stayed with Dali.The meaning of Geng Nanzhong and others is to let Li Gang die as far away as possible, and never come back.

In the autumn of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty for the second time, and Bianliang City in Tokyo was besieged.

Emperor Zhao Huan felt that the peace negotiation was a failure and lost his trust in Geng Nanzhong and others. He appointed Li Gang as a scholar of Zizheng Palace and led Kaifeng Mu, hoping to rely on him to break the siege of Bianjing again.

However, let's not say that Li Gang's eyes are superior and his abilities are inferior, and he doesn't have the ability to turn the tide. Even if he has this ability, he still can't quench his thirst.

After Li Gang led the decree, he hurried back to Sichuan from Yunnan, intending to take the waterway down the river to Jiangling Mansion, and then north to the capital.

When Li Gang walked to Gongzhou Mansion on Kuizhou Road, he got the sad news that Bianjing had fallen, and the Jin people had established Zhang Bangchang as the false emperor of Chu, and had carried the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji, Emperor Zhao Huan and his father to the north.

Therefore, Li Gang stayed in Gongzhou Mansion and spread the call to action, calling on all roads in the southwest to raise troops to help the king.

It's just that the stubborn Li Gang didn't support any of the clan's children who slipped through the net, but instead called on the Song army to go to the Kingdom of Jin to welcome back the Second Sage.

Li Gangkong, who lacks political cards in his hands, is full of enthusiasm, and the goals he proposed are impossible to achieve. There are very few people in the Southwest responding.

Although there is a shortage of major generals, Li Gang, the former scholar of Zizhengdian University in the Song Dynasty, can't help him.He stayed in Gongzhou Mansion, and every day he wrote proclamations and scolded the false Chu Emperor Zhang Bangchang.

Zhang Bangchang, the emperor of Chu, was also a Taizai at any rate, and he was often criticized by the imperial censor in the past.When he made up his mind not to return to the Zhao family, Li Gang's scolding sounds were like scratching an itch, which couldn't hurt him at all.

What Zhang Bangchang was worried about was the more than [-] Song troops outside Bianliang City in Tokyo.

Although Ximen Qing also brought tens of thousands of troops, which looked neat and capable of fighting, Zhang Bangchang had never seen Ximen Qing's army march and fight, and he didn't know whether Ximen Qing's army could repel the restored Song army outside the city.

There were armies besieging the city from all walks of life outside, and he wanted to persuade the ministers of the Song Dynasty inside. Zhang Bangchang finally couldn't hold back, and ordered Fan Qiong, the commander of the four chambers, to visit Ximen Qing and ask him how to deal with it.