Poor Family

  Chapter 751 will compete for merit

That night, the Tokyo city tower was brightly lit, tens of thousands of soldiers in armor stood neatly at the top of the city, and the Jinbing camp ten miles away was also brightly lit. All the circumstances indicated that tonight would be a sleepless night .

  Looking at the golden camp in the distance, Li Gang sighed softly, "Sure enough, Li Dutong was right, and the Jin soldiers handed over the credit to the Zhuhe faction. From then on, the court will enter into troubled times."

Li Yanqing shook his head, and said solemnly: "Li Xiangguo is wrong. This credit is not a gift from the golden man, but the **** battle of our thousands of soldiers. It is fair and comfortable, and it is not something that some people in the court say. It can be erased."

   "You are right, justice is at your fingertips!"

Having said that, Li Gang's heart is very heavy. In this negotiation, the Jin people changed their previous strength and reached an agreement with the court peace faction with an extremely humble attitude, which made the peace party headed by Bai Shizhong The arrogance of the faction soared, and even took all the credit for the retreat of the golden soldiers as its own, and dismissed the thousands of soldiers who fought **** battles. Although this kind of arrogance can't be felt by outsiders for the time being, the official's ambiguous attitude It made Li Gang feel chills for a while.

Li Gang is very worried about whether the officials will fulfill their previous promises and reward the anti-gold soldiers. This kind of worry is not groundless. The Zhuhe faction took at least half of the credit. Pai will definitely use all kinds of excuses to obstruct it with all his strength, and the previously agreed reward plan may be completely shrunk.

  But Li Gang didn't dare to say it, so he kept it in his heart, which made him depressed.

   At this moment, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Look, the Golden Camp is on fire!"

I saw the flames of the golden camp in the distance, quickly burning into one piece, and the black smoke enveloped the sky, which meant that the golden soldiers had really retreated north. There was a burst of cheers from the top of the city, and the soldiers hugged each other excitedly. The helmet was thrown into the sky, and the cheers from the top of the city resounded through the sky.

Early the next morning, a group of hundreds of cavalry from the Song Army rushed to the Jinbing Camp. The fire in the Jinbing Camp had been extinguished, and the camp was burned to a white ground. Thousands of battalion fences were burned into black charcoal , still curling up with black smoke.

The cavalry circled around the Jinbing camp and found nothing unusual. The leader shouted, and the four hundred cavalry were divided into four teams. Go, the other two teams ran east and west, and the last team of cavalry returned to Tokyo City.

  On the top of the city, Li Yanqing still stood like a statue. The whole night passed, and he barely rested, and Li Gang was already exhausted and went to the underground city to rest.

He is the military commander and shoulders the safety of the entire city. At the critical moment when the Jin soldiers retreated northward, he had no chance to rest. He could only rest after confirming that the Jin soldiers really retreated northward and re-established a new alarm system. .

At this time, a group of cavalry came rushing up from a distance and shouted at the foot of the city: "Report to Dutong, the camp of the golden soldiers has been burned to the ground, tens of thousands of stones of grain have been burned, and there are no more golden soldiers around. The general led his brothers to follow up north."

  Li Yanqing nodded. If even the remaining food was burned, then it can be basically confirmed that the Jin soldiers have indeed gone north, but it can only be confirmed after finding the main force of the Jin soldiers.

   "Go and patrol around!"

   "Follow the order!"

  The cavalry urged their horses to go east. At this time, Cao Meng reminded Li Yanqing in a low voice. "Dutong, it seems that the official family is here!"

Li Yanqing turned his head, and saw a large group of guards walking towards this side surrounded by a yellow umbrella cover, Li Yanqing hurriedly went up to meet it, and indeed it was the emperor Zhao Huan who came to inspect, followed by a large group of officials, all beaming, Lift your spirits.

  Li Yanqing stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "My humble minister sees Your Majesty!"

  Zhao Huan quickly smiled and helped Li Yanqing up, "This time the defense of the capital was successful, Li Dutong has made great contributions, and I will definitely reward you heavily!"

   "Thank you for your majesty's great love. The humble ministers only made a little contribution, but it was the thousands of soldiers who really made great contributions. It was their **** battles that forced the Jin soldiers to give up their barracks and retreat northward."

As soon as Li Yanqing finished speaking, a sinister voice came from behind Zhao Heng, "The abandonment of the golden soldiers and their retreat to the north is not the result of the soldiers fighting, but the result of negotiations between the imperial court and the Jin people. Li Dutong may not be modest, but he will never Don't be so self-righteous!"

  Li Yanqing glanced coldly, and the person who spoke was right minister Bai Shizhong.

  Li Yanqing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, he looked at Bai Shizhong coldly and said: "This is the battlefield where the soldiers desperately killed the enemy, and Bai Xiangguo stood on the blood of the soldiers and said this, didn't he feel condemned by his conscience?"

  Bai Shi didn't feel any condemnation in the center, but Li Yanqing's murderous eyes made him feel an inexplicable palpitation. He snorted coldly, not daring to speak again.

A trace of imperceptible displeasure flashed in Zhao Huan's eyes, and he laughed and said, "Military merit is the foundation. On the basis of building a second floor, without the foundation laid by Li Dutong, the court's negotiations would not have been successful."

What Zhao Huan said seemed to be fair, but in fact, he was secretly biased. He was tantamount to announcing in front of Li Yanqing that the retreat of the Jin soldiers to the north was the result of court negotiations, but he was not as disgusting as Bai Shizhong, but admitted it. Half the credit goes to the military.

  Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "The siege has been fought for a month and a half, but the first batch of soldiers who died in battle have not received any compensation. I wonder when the court plans to honor it?"

   Zhao Huan frowned, turned around and asked, "What's going on? Why hasn't it been approved yet?"

  Bai Shizhong hurriedly said: "Xiao Li Xianggong is in charge of this matter, and I don't know much about it."

Little Li Xianggong is Li Gang, this is to distinguish him from Li Bangyan, Li Yanqing was very dissatisfied and said: "I asked Li Xianggong, he submitted the plan to Zhizheng Hall last month, but until now it is still suppressed by Zhizheng. Tang, whose responsibility is this?"

  Bai Shizhong was suddenly a little embarrassed, and said after a long while: "Maybe it's because I'm busy with work, and I didn't take care of this matter. I'll go back and check."

  Zhao Huan's face was a little restless, he turned his head and glared at Bai Shizhong, "This matter is not allowed to be delayed, and it will be done immediately when we go back!"

  Bai Shizhong wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Weichen will handle this matter when I get back, and give an explanation as soon as possible."

   Zhao Huan waved his hand, "I won't talk about this matter, Li Dutong, I want to know if the Jin soldiers have withdrawn?"

   "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Jinbing barracks have been burned down, and they have indeed retreated northward, but whether they have really crossed the Yellow River needs to be further confirmed."

   "Is it possible to declare the end of the state of war?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Even if the Jin soldiers cross the Yellow River, with the speed of the Jin soldiers cavalry heading south, they can reach the capital from the north bank of the Yellow River in one day. Moreover, Hebei and Hedong are still in the hands of the Jin soldiers. I think it's too early."

Bai Shizhong sneered and said, "The imperial court has signed an armistice agreement with Jin Bing's commander, agreeing that the two sides should try their best to resolve the disputes between the two countries peacefully and not resort to war again. When attacking Tokyo, the black and white agreement between the two sides cannot be assumed to not exist just because Li Dutong did not participate!"

  Li Yanqing said indifferently: "The Jinren's promise is somewhat reliable. Presumably Bai Xiangguo knows better than me."

"you-"

  Bai Shizhong gave Li Yanqing a hard look, and then said to Zhao Huan: "The humble minister is incompetent and failed to persuade Li Dutong. According to Li Dutong's intention, we have to continue to endure."

At this time, the anger in Zhao Huan's heart rose uncontrollably. He was very dissatisfied and asked Li Yanqing, "Then close the gate of the city forever, and have no connection with the prefectures and counties in the world, so that I can be a Bianliang county with peace of mind." order?"

"Your Majesty, my minister said that there is no contradiction between the state of war and external relations. The state of war is also divided into the state of wartime, the state of preparation for war, and the state of combat readiness. Since the Jinbing is still occupying Hebei and may go south at any time, it is not a state of combat readiness. It should be It belongs to the state of war, which is a little more tolerant than the previous state of war. The city gates can be opened at fixed times and at fixed points. It is also indispensable, Weichen will write a detailed memorial in the next two days, explaining the various requirements of the state of battle."

   After a pause, Li Yanqing continued: "In addition, I must remind the imperial court that once the city gate is opened, there will inevitably be a large-scale migration of people to the south. I hope that the imperial court will deal with this matter seriously and not be caught off guard."

   Zhao Huan turned around and asked, "Has Mr. Li come?"

  Li Gang stepped forward quickly, "My minister is here!"

   Zhao Huan said coldly: "I don't want large-scale southward migration. I will leave it to you to dissuade the people in the city from moving southward. If you don't handle it properly, you are the only one to ask!"

  Li Gang sighed secretly, and could only bow down and say: "I obey the order!"

  (end of this chapter)