After a while, Liu Yixuan finally saved Wanyan Xueer and her brother's lives, and then ordered someone to imprison them in the backyard of the government office. Seeing that Liu Yixuan had spent so much trouble and treated them with courtesy, Wanyan Xueer stopped making trouble with him and persuaded her brother to survive well and wait for their father to save them.

When Liu Yixuan saw that his brother and sister were no longer seeking death, he felt relieved. On this day, Liu Yixuan was counting money, grain and supplies in the treasury of the Cizhou Yamen, but saw Xiao Liuzi coming and saying, "Young Master Liu, the envoy of the court has arrived again today. The old general and the coach Yuan and others met in the front hall. Why don't you go and have a look?"

"What's there to see? It must be because we won the battle and the emperor sent someone to praise us. They were all polite words, it was meaningless, so I won't go!" Liu Yixuan said while looking at the account book in his hand, obviously not much interest.

"Is that right? But Xiao looked at the door secretly and saw the old general looking at the court's official documents, he looked frowning. He even quarreled with the messenger who delivered the letter, not as if he had seen a reward order!" Xiao Liuzi said, touching his head.

When Liu Yixuan heard this, he felt interested. "The previous time he took Puyang, the emperor ordered people to send cattle and sheep to reward the three armies. Today, he broke Cizhou, so the emperor should give it a reward. Why would it make the old general Zong unhappy? Did the court have new instructions?"

"Xiao Liu, what have you heard them say? Why did the old general quarrel with the envoy?" Liu Yixuan asked Xiao Liuzi.

Xiao Liu shook his head and said, "This, the little one really doesn't know. The little one just passed by and didn't hear what they were saying."

"Well, it's useless. You're still a sentry responsible for reconnaissance. I haven't found out about this!"

When Xiao Liu saw Liu Yixuan complaining to him, he said with a grievance: "How can I blame me? The generals are talking and don't let the young people get close. Besides, they are not enemies, so why should I go and inquire about them..."

"Okay, stop talking, follow me, let's see what happened!"

Liu Yixuan and Xiao Liu quickly walked to the government hall in the front yard. Sure enough, they saw Zong Ze and many generals of the imperial guards sitting in the hall. Zong Ze was sitting on the chair of the Grand Master leaning against the back wall, while several generals were sitting in the hall, each looking frownful and sighing, which made Liu Yixuan confused.

Liu Yixuan walked to Teacher Yuan and asked quietly, "Teacher Yuan, didn't you say that an envoy came to the capital? Where are the people?"

Teacher Yuan said, "I just asked us to see it go. Look, the tea is still hot."

"What did the messenger say?" Liu Yixuan asked.

Yuan Mengqi sighed: "Oh, brother, stop mentioning it, it makes people feel upset!"

"Don't interfere, brother, let's talk a few words. I want to know what happened!" Liu Yixuan said anxiously.

Just as Teacher Yuan was about to speak, he heard the guards outside the door report: "General Ma, General Liu is here!"

When everyone heard the sound, they looked out the door. Sure enough, they saw Ma Menglong, the governor of Runan and Liu Hao, the governor of Xiangzhou, walking into the hall in a dress of armor. After the capture of Cizhou, Zong Ze asked the two generals to be responsible for the city defense matters and asked them to guard the four gates and the fortress outside the city, but they didn't know what they were asking them to come today.

Because the two generals were local generals and their ranks were higher than those of the Imperial Army Generals such as Hu Yanqing, the Imperial Army Generals stood up to greet the two of them and exchanged greetings to each other.

The two entered the lobby and worshiped Zong Ze. Ma Menglong asked, "I don't know what the marshal called me and I here?"

Zong Ze got up and walked out of the hall, holding a document in his hand and handed it to the two of them, saying, "Look at it, two generals, this is the document I just arrived today. You will know after reading it!"

Ma and Liu took the official document and browsed the text on it. Then they looked at each other, then frowned and asked Zong Ze: "Elder General, what does the Ministry of War mean?"

Zong Ze sighed deeply and shook his head without saying a word. This was so anxious that Liu Yixuan, who was standing beside him, hurriedly approached Ma Menglong and stretched his neck to read the text on the official document. Seeing that he was about to read it, Ma Menglong gave him the official document.

Liu Yixuan took the official document and read it carefully before he could figure out what was going on. The official document read:

"I ordered the Hebei Army General Zong Ze and his subordinates to join the army: This time your troops will take Puyang, destroy Cizhou, and settle Anyang, restore our Hebei territory, and promote the power of our Great Song army. In fact, it is an example of the three armies. However, the Jin Dynasty's tiger and wolf army is in a fierce state, so it is not appropriate to fight back too much. The previous emperor sent the commander of the Western Route Army, Zhong Shidao, to go to Taiyuan, but was defeated by the Jin Dynasty's Wanyan Zongwang team, and suffered heavy losses.

Furthermore, recently, the north reported that the Mongols were vulnerable and had already retreated to the north of Yinshan Mountain. Most of the Jin soldiers were in a state of going south to the Central Plains at any time. In order to strengthen the defense of the Central Plains, they specially ordered Ma Menglong and Liu Hao to lead their troops back to their respective territories. Marshal Zongze could leave the imperial guards to station in Puyang and Cizhou, and always prevent the Jin soldiers from going south to cross the river.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of the first year of Jingkang, the Ministry of War manifesto.”

"What? The Ministry of War wants to ask the two generals to lead their troops back. How can this be done! We have just recovered three cities and have not yet stood firm yet. How can we withdraw our troops?" Liu Yixuan didn't understand the intention of the manifesto and asked Zong Ze with it.

Zong Ze said: "It's not about withdrawing troops, it's about temporarily rescinding the army! The emperor is afraid that we will anger the Jin people in the north by blindly regaining the lost land. If they recover from their senses and move their troops south, they are afraid that the Central Plains will fall into danger again, so they asked the two generals to go back and do a good job in defense of the Central Plains."

Liu Yixuan was even more disappointed when he heard Zong Ze's words. In his own impression, Zong Ze should not be such a person. He should withstand the pressure and fight the Jin people to the end. How could he excuse the court's confused orders? Liu Yixuan smiled bitterly and said:

"Afraid? Can fear prevent danger? Old general, you won't know that we finally crossed the river north and took advantage of the Jin people's precautions, which is a great opportunity to recover lost land. The day before yesterday, the rebels in Anyang had surrendered, and in a few days, more prefectures and counties might abandon the darkness and turn to the light. If half of the troops were removed at this time, what should we use to regain more land? Even if we take it back, what should we use to protect it?"

"How could I not know what Nephew Liu Xian said? Just the order of the Ministry of War, how dare I disobey?" Zong Ze said helplessly.

Liu Yixuan thought that Li Gang was now serving as the Minister of War, and hurriedly cursed: "Everyone said that Li Gang is so wise. It seems that he is a fool. Even if he thinks with his toes, he will not issue such a stupid order!"

Seeing that Liu Yixuan was about to speak without any restraint, Zong Ze hurriedly stopped him, "Oh, Mr. Liu, don't talk nonsense. This matter has nothing to do with Lord Li. According to people from the capital, the emperor has dismissed Lord Li's position, and the current Minister of War will be replaced by Lord Zhang of the Privy Council."

"What, Li Gang was also dismissed?" Liu Yixuan suddenly felt that there were too many accidents today. All of this made him unconscious. He didn't know which day the dynasty he was waiting for could last.

"Haha, it is said that 'God commits evil, but you can forgive me. If you commit evil, you cannot survive.' It seems that this is true..." (To be continued)
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