Zhao Ding was the order of Luoyang, but he was not the highest-ranking official in Luoyang.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoyang was Xijing, and now the person in charge of Luoyang affairs was the Xijing left behind, and Zhao Ding was just an official under the Xijing left behind.
When he got the news, Zhao Ding was shocked and hurriedly found Sun Zhaoyuan, who was left behind by the Western Army.
Sun Zhaoyuan was handling affairs in the yamen. When he saw Zhao Ding, he smiled slightly and said, "Master Zhao, why are you sweating profusely? What happened?"
Zhao Ding said anxiously: "Sir, something bad is going on! I just got the news that thieves passed by Luoyang!"
Sun Zhaoyuan was stunned and said: "Thieves? What kind of thieves?"
Zhao Ding said: "It seems that the direction of the enemy should be the bandits from the east of Hedong!"
Sun Zhaoyuan was even more surprised and said: "The bandits from Hedong? How could they appear in our territory of Luoyang? Didn't it mean that Marshal Zhong from the northwest is leading 200,000 troops to attack Hedong? At this time, the bandits from Hedong should use all their strength to defend against the enemy.
That’s right.”
Zhao Ding said: "Sir, it is very likely that the war situation in Hedong has taken a turn, or Lord Zhong has retreated, or these bandits have escaped from other places! In any case, they have passed through our territory in Luoyang. What should we do now?"
Sun Zhaoyuan thought for a while and said: "Go and call those soldiers, I want to ask them carefully."
Less than a quarter of an hour later, the hundreds of soldiers were called over. They knelt on the ground and told what had happened before.
"You said there are tens of thousands of bandits in Liangshan?" Sun Zhaoyuan asked in surprise.
"I'm afraid there are more than tens of thousands of people, there may be tens of thousands, or even 100,000 people. All of them are cavalry. If we hadn't run fast, we would have died in the hands of the Liangshan bandits." Some of the leaders were partial.
General Dao.
These local generals had never participated in the war at all. In addition, they fled in a hurry. They only saw thousands of troops passing by and could not tell how many people there were, so now they started talking nonsense.
Sun Zhaoyuan and Zhao Ding took a breath of air at this moment. They did not expect that so many Liangshan bandits were passing by Luoyang!
"Could it be that Lord Zhong was defeated by the Liangshan bandits?" Sun Zhaoyuan said in disbelief.
"It's very possible!" Zhao Ding also murmured.
"Looking at the direction they are marching from, it seems that they are heading towards Bianliang City! Could it be that these grassroots bandits actually want to capture Bianliang?" Sun Zhaoyuan said with some horror.
"This...if this is really the case, how can it be allowed? Mr. Sun, we must inform Bianliang about this!" Zhao Ding said extremely anxiously.
"That's right! We should tell Bianliang immediately!" Sun Zhaoyuan said.
At that moment, Sun Zhaoyuan immediately arranged for soldiers to rush to Bianliang and tell the Song Dynasty court in Bianliang about the matter. After the soldiers who delivered the letter left, Sun Zhaoyuan was still a little worried. He thought about it carefully and decided to go to Bianliang himself.
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He handed over all matters in Luoyang to Zhao Ding to handle, and then took Luoyang's 3,000 garrison to Bianliang to prepare for the "King of Qin".
Yue Fei's soldiers and horses had to rest along the way, but the envoys sent by Sun Zhaoyuan did not rest at all. They rode fast horses. After arriving at the next post station, they immediately changed horses and continued moving forward. Apart from occasionally drinking water along the way,
Never wasting time. Two days later, Sun Zhaoyuan's messenger arrived in Bianliang City.
The messenger rushed toward the gates of Bianliang City on horseback and was immediately intercepted. The messenger said anxiously: "I have urgent military information! This is the information sent by Mr. Sun Zhaoyuan of Luoyang to the Privy Council and His Majesty!"
Seeing such a situation, the soldiers guarding the gate in Bianliang City did not dare to intercept him and hurriedly let the man in.
"What do you think happened? How come there is an emergency military situation when we stay in Luoyang?" a soldier asked strangely.
"I don't know. I haven't heard of any bandits or bandits in Luoyang, either?" the veteran next to him said casually while holding a pipe in his hand and blowing smoke rings.
"Luoyang is very close to Hedong. The imperial court is currently fighting against the Liangshan bandits in Hedong. Could it be that there is information coming from the Liangshan bandits?" said the soldier who spoke earlier.
"This is also possible! Could it be that Master Zhong has defeated the bandits from Hedong, so the Luoyang order hurriedly reported it to the court?" The veteran thought carefully for a while and said.
"This... it looks like this. If nothing else, Bianliang City will have a grand celebration soon! Unfortunately, for those of us who watch the city, the court will not reward us." The soldier next to him said.
"Okay, let's just keep a good guard here and earn some extra money every day." The veteran knocked his cigarette butt on the city wall, and then said a little boredly while changing the tobacco.
Sun Zhaoyuan's messenger rode straight through the streets of Bianliang City. Tourists and people on the street shouted and cursed, but the messenger kept shouting: "Urgent military situation! Urgent military situation!"
Hearing this voice, the people nearby stepped aside one after another, and then they all started talking. Most people guessed that the war on the east side of the river might have come to an end. It was probably that Zhongshi Dao had wiped out the bandits in the east of the river. But the common people did not.
What fun, such military and national events have little to do with them. They are still ordinary people in the Song Dynasty, still living their own monotonous life, and still being oppressed by the government.
The courier came all the way to the gate of the Privy Council in Bianliang City, dismounted here, and walked tiredly toward the inside. When they heard that it was an "emergency military situation," the Privy Council officials hurriedly took the courier's letter and read it.
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When they saw the military information inside, the officials who read the letter were shocked and couldn't believe it. They kept asking the messenger, and after confirming that there was no problem, an official said: "What should we do? This matter is of great importance, and it is not us.
It can be handled!”
Another person said: "Hurry and find Mr. Cai You!"
Cai Younai is the son of Cai Jing. He is now a bachelor of Longtuge and a member of the Privy Council. Originally, the highest official of the Privy Council was the Privy Councilor, but now the Privy Councilor is Tong Guan. Tong Guan has been staying in the northwest, and it is impossible to deal with this matter.
Cai You is already the highest official in the Privy Council.
Cai You was hurriedly called to the Privy Council. After seeing the letter, he was first shocked, and then frowned, feeling that this matter was a bit strange. The Western Army was the most powerful army in the Song Dynasty, and it was also a master.
How could such a leading general of the Song Dynasty be defeated by the bandits from Hedong? Besides, why was this military information not submitted by Zhong Shidao but by Sun Zhaoyuan who stayed in Luoyang?
"Master Cai, if the bandits from the east of the river really come, we need to strengthen the city defense of Bianliang." Several officials sat under Cai You in the Privy Council and said.
"Don't worry! I think this military situation is very problematic. I have to tell His Highness the Crown Prince first!" Cai You thought for a while and said.
After that, he slowly walked out of the Privy Council and headed towards the palace. Some time ago, after Zhao Ji fainted, the crown prince Zhao Huan began to handle state affairs. All matters were handled in the East Palace.
Halfway to the East Palace, he met his father Cai Jing.
Cai Jing looked at Cai You coldly and said, "Cai You, I heard that there is an emergency military situation in the Privy Council. What is going on?"
Cai Jing and Cai You may not be considered father and son, but they have long become enemies due to their struggle for power. Cai Jing has been dismissed as prime minister three times, and Cai You wants to succeed each time. But after all, his political experience is not as good as that of his father.
Cai Jing, so Cai Jing is still the Grand Master, and Cai You is just in charge of the Privy Council.
"How did Father know that there was an emergency military situation so quickly? It seems that Father has arranged a lot of manpower in the Privy Council?" Cai You sneered.
"Hmph! The military situation is of great importance. It is said that the bandits from Hedong have arrived in Luoyang and will soon go to Bianliang. This matter must be told to His Highness the Prince." Cai Jing said.
Cai You frowned tightly. He didn't expect that his father not only knew about the emergency military situation, but also the content of the military situation. He hated and respected his father in his heart, and then he snorted and walked towards the palace.
Go, and Cai Jing also strode towards the palace.
After Zhao Huan learned the news, his face turned pale for a moment, and then he immediately called the ministers over to discuss the matter together.
However, the ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government were skeptical about this so-called "emergency military situation", especially Gao Qiu. He was the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Palace and was in charge of 800,000 forbidden troops. Gao Qiu smiled and said: "Your Highness, there are no bandits in Liangshan."
It's impossible to break into the Luoyang area. I think Sun Zhaoyuan's men must have made a mistake, and they are definitely not Liangshan bandits. Maybe they are just a group of bandits, but their numbers were expanded by his subordinates."
After Gao Qiu finished speaking, the other civil and military ministers also spoke one after another, all thinking it was impossible.
Since everyone said this, Zhao Huan breathed a sigh of relief and no longer took this matter seriously.
At this moment, Yue Fei has arrived at Zhongmu County, west of Kaifeng City, which is only dozens of miles away from Kaifeng City. If he hurry up, he can reach Kaifeng City on the same day.
However, it was already dark, so Yue Fei did not attack the city immediately, but ordered his soldiers to rest for the night in Zhongmu County.
It was not until the next morning that Yue Fei's soldiers and horses quickly headed towards Bianliang City.
More than 8,000 horses brought up countless clouds of smoke and dust as they galloped. The people along the way had already seen the scene here, and they ran around in fear, and some even ran towards Bianliang City.
go.
The soldiers who guarded the gates in Bianliang City were still the same soldiers from yesterday. When these soldiers saw a large group of people running towards this side, they hurriedly blocked the road. The veteran from yesterday stood up and shouted: "Are you looking for death?
Don’t you know this is Bianliang City?”
Dozens of people in front had already knelt down anxiously, and then they were talking in a flurry of words. A funv, the jewelry on his head had fallen off, and his face was covered with dust at this moment, crying: "The thieves are coming.
!Let us in quickly!"
Funv looks very charming. If it were normal, these city guards would inevitably tease them. At this moment, the veteran was surprised and said: "What thief? Where are they?"
A young man next to him said: "Look into the distance."
The veteran hurriedly looked into the distance and saw only smoke and dust in the sky. Then he felt the earth shaking, and an unknown number of cavalry were running towards this side.
By the time Yue Fei's soldiers and horses arrived, the city gates had already been closed, and there were countless soldiers standing on the city walls, looking at Yue Fei's soldiers and horses below in horror.
"Brother, do you want to attack the city?" Zhang Xian followed Yue Fei and said.
"Siege the city? Do you think we can capture Bianliang City? If you give me another hundred thousand troops, it's possible. Now, give me Feidao.
The soldiers held bows and arrows and fired at the city wall.
The Bianliang soldiers who were guarding the city ran down the city wall crying. For a moment, the top was completely empty. Yue Fei, Zhang Xian and others were stunned.