The second condition is that, Your Majesty, you must live in this Shaoxing Palace forever and never leave the palace.
"Would you like that?"
Xu Xian made a second condition.
"Are you going to lock me up in this Shaoxing Palace forever?"
"good……!"
"I...can agree!"
Zhao Gou knew that he had no room for bargaining now.
The third article is that His Highness the Crown Prince puts respect and filial piety first and has always cared about your foolish father. In order for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to concentrate on commanding the war against the Jin Dynasty on the front line, you now need to write a family letter, and I will hand it over for you.
Your Highness, as for the content of the letter, you should think carefully about it yourself.
Xu Xian mentioned this third article just to draw a clear line between himself and the Crown Prince in front of Zhao Gou, so as to avoid any trouble in the future that would implicate the Crown Prince.
"good!"
"I agree to everything!"
"promise!"
Zhao Gou nodded.
"good!"
"Since the Holy One has agreed!"
"Come here, get some paper and ink, and let the Holy One sign it!"
Of course Xu Xian didn't believe Zhao Gou's verbal promise and had to ask him to sign and leave a certificate.
Later, Xu Xian ordered people to find several palace maids for Zhao Gou and eunuchs to serve them. He even entrusted Yue Zhen to lead the imperial army to strictly guard Zhao Gou.
After handling the affairs of Emperor Zhao Gou, Xu Xian took part of the imperial army and the recently recruited army, a total of 40,000 troops, and began to rush to the front line to participate in the anti-gold war.
Jiankang Mansion.
"Your Majesty the Crown Prince!"
"Now the Tatars have captured most of our army's Xingyuan Prefecture on the western front. Xihe Prefecture, Xingzhou, Lizhou, and Bazhou have fallen one after another. Liu Bingcheng, the magistrate of Dazhou, has abandoned the city and fled without a trace. Tongchuan Prefecture
It’s already in danger!”
"If Tongchuan Prefecture is lost, the Tatars will probably continue to move south, and the entire Chengdu Prefecture will become an isolated island, and sooner or later it will be lost to the Tatars!"
"So Shen Tianhua, the governor of Southwest China, has sent envoys three times to ask for reinforcements from your highness!"
Yu Yunwen, a member of Zhongshushe, reported to Zhao Shen.
"The Song Dynasty has troops stationed in Chengdu and other places in the southwest. There are nearly 200,000 troops. However, the invading Tatars only have 100,000 troops. How can they be beaten into such a mess?"
"It's so infuriating...so infuriating!"
Zhao Shen looked unhappy after hearing the report on the war on the Western Front.
"Now there is news from the central line that although the 70,000 Tatar army has captured Junzhou, our army, under the command of Xiangyang Magistrate Zhou Dingyingming, gave the Tatars a blow in the head and killed a Tatar general Wujie, which made the Tatars
Retreat and don’t dare to attack our Xiangyang Prefecture again for the time being!”
"So now, in order to defeat the Tatars as soon as possible, the governor of Xiangyang, Zhou Ding, is requesting your highness to increase the number of troops in Xiangyang and use Xiangyang as a breakthrough point to block the Tatars' desire to invade the south again!"
Yu Yunwen continued to report.
"Zhou Ding really lived up to my expectations!"
"You must give a good reward!"
"It seems that the Tatars are not invincible!"
When Zhao Shen heard the news, his unhappiness just now disappeared.
"The Eastern Front is also the direction where the Tatars are currently attacking our army. The Tatar Emperor Wanyan Liang has already been stationed in Shouchun, and his troops on the Eastern Front may be close to more than half a million!"
"And our army in Huaixi, the ruler of the capital, heard that the Tatar army was approaching and disappeared. Now Luzhou and Hezhou have been occupied by the Tatar army one after another!"
"The Tatar army is almost approaching the Yangtze River. Since our army has no commander and low morale, we have been forced to retreat to the north of the Yangtze River for final defense!"
"Controller Zhang Zhen is now requesting His Highness the Crown Prince to allow the troops in the north of the Yangtze River to cross the river and withdraw to the south bank, and use the Yangtze River as a natural moat to organize the defense against the Jin people!"
Yu Yunwen continued to report.
"What?"
"The royal power of the capital actually ran away from the battle?"
"This beast, this bastard!"
After Zhao Shen heard the news about the Eastern Front, he gritted his teeth again.
"And the Navy!"
"Originally, our army had an absolute advantage over the Tatar army in terms of navy!"
"However, due to the depletion of our army's armaments in recent years, especially the neglect of naval training, the quality of soldiers is generally low, and their combat power is no longer 30% of what it was before the Song and Jin Dynasties were negotiated!"
"On the contrary, in the past twenty years, the Tatars have taken advantage of the convenient shipping in Haizhou, Huaisi and other places to recruit our old navy who defected from the Song Dynasty and vigorously develop their navy!"
"Nowadays, the strength of the Tatar navy is no less than that of our army. Therefore, the Tatar navy now moves south from Chuzhou without any resistance. Even Yangzhou, our only important town in the north of the Yangtze River, has begun to be in danger!"
After Yu Yunwen finished speaking, his expression was also very solemn.
"What?"
"Even our navy is not as good as that of the Tatars?"
"Then...then how can our army rely on the Yangtze River chasm to defend against the Tatar invasion?"
Zhao Shen was shocked when he heard that his navy, which the Song Dynasty had always been proud of, had been defeated by the Jin people.
"What should I do?"
"The western front needs reinforcements, the central front also needs reinforcements, and the eastern front lacks troops to guard it!"
"How does this leave me to make a decision?"
"If Xu Qing is here, he will definitely have an idea!"
"Where is Xu Qing?"
"When will Xu Qing come to the front line to help me fight against the Jin Dynasty?"
Zhao Shen couldn't help but look a little at a loss.
"Your Highness!"
"Your Highness, I am willing to recommend myself to Jiangbei to receive the royal army to fight against the Jin Dynasty!"
Yu Yunwen suddenly recommended himself.
"Yu Qing, how can you, a Zhongshusheren who has no knowledge of military affairs, be able to command the war against the Jin Dynasty?"
"You should just stay by my side, report news and make suggestions for me!"
"I have already thought of a replacement for the royal general!"
Naturally, Zhao Shen did not dare to trust Yu Yunwen, who had never fought in a war.
"Then who is the general in your mind to replace the royal power, Your Highness?"
Yu Yunwen asked immediately.
"Li Xianzhong!"
"What do you think?"
Zhao Shen responded.
"This Li Xianzhong is indeed courageous and outstanding in martial arts, but after all, he is a "family slave with three surnames". He has taken refuge with the Tatars, then Xixia, and now he has taken refuge with us, the Song Dynasty!"
"Although he has defeated Tatar invasions many times, if he allows it to take over the royal army, your highness, are you not afraid that Li Xianzhong will accept the benefits of the Tatars, lead the army to defect to the Tatars, and rebel against our Song Dynasty?"
"If this army with royal power in the north of the Yangtze River defectes to the Tatars again, the Tatars will march straight in, and our entire country of the Song Dynasty will probably fall completely into the hands of the Tatars!"
"So, Your Highness, if you want to reuse Li Xianzhong, you must be cautious!"
Yu Yunwen naturally heard about Li Xianzhong.
"Ever since Yue Fei died unjustly, his family was destroyed, Han Shizhong gave up martial arts and turned to literature and retired to seclusion, and Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun passed away one after another, none of the heirs of these two generals were able to take on important positions. The Song Dynasty has been faced with the situation of having no generals available! "
"If Li Xianzhong is not reused, how will our Song Dynasty be able to use it?"
At this time, Zhao Shen's resentment about having no available generals was already on his face. This chapter has been completed!