The move of Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo was really too clever. Unlike Emperor Zhao Mao of Song, Li Liangzuo was enthroned by the people who were truly in power in the Song Empire. The three of them together controlled more than 70% of the troops of the Song Dynasty. If the three of them rebelled at the same time, the entire Song Empire would collapse completely. In fact, Li Liangzuo's purpose was not to make the three of them rebel, but to let the Song Dynasty break up from the inside.

Zhong Shidao, Wang Kai and Zhang Miao were three very qualified commanders of the Song Dynasty. The troops under their command were basically trained by themselves, especially the Jianghan army under Wang Kai, which was built by Wang Kai. Moreover, the Jianghan army has become the most elite and rich army of the Song Dynasty. With the danger of Xiangyang and the Jianghan Plain, Wang Kai and his back were backed by the Jianghan Plain, Wang Kai had no worries about soldiers and wages. Wang Kai was already fully capable of dominating the side. He implemented Wang Kai for so many years to defend the Jianghan area and made great military achievements for the Song Dynasty. However, the Song Dynasty's reward for Wang Kai was always limited, and in recent years, there have even shown signs of suppressing Wang Kai's development.

The imperial edict of Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo was soon passed to the hands of the three. In Jiangling Mansion, a lurker from the Yipintang came to Wang Kai's general's mansion in the center of Jiangling City as the special envoy of the Great Xia Empire. When the guard heard that it was the Special Envoy of Emperor Xia, he naturally did not dare to be negligent. He immediately entered the mansion to report to Wang Kai: "Report, report, report... Report to the Grand Marshal. There is a person outside the door who claims to be the Special Envoy of the Great Xia Empire, and comes to see the Grand Marshal."

"The special envoy of the Great Xia Empire, what are he doing at this time?" Wang Kai frowned and said, "Who sent the special envoy, is it the special envoy of Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo or the crown prince Li Bingchang?"

"Report to the Grand Marshal, it was sent by Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo." The visitor reported to Wang Kai.

Wang Kai frowned again and said, "The person who came asked Xia Envoy to come in. I want to see what imperial edict Xia Emperor issued to us."

Soon Wang Kai looked at the guard general and the Xia army's special envoy called him. It was reasonable to say that the envoys who were sent to other countries should hold talismans to show their identity as the special envoy. However, due to the haste, the envoys of the Daxia Empire did not prepare talismans, only edicts, python robes, seals and tiger talismans.

After seeing the Xia army's special envoy, Wang Kai asked very politely: "I wonder what the so-called Xia Envoy is coming today?"

The envoy immediately said: "According to the military order of His Majesty the Emperor, he came to issue an order; Emperor Daxia Shengyu, commander of the Jianghan Army, Wang Kai, supported him and was deeply loved by the people of Jinghu. He hereby granted Wang Kai the title of King of Jinghu, and specially granted one of the king's robe, the king's seal, and the tiger talisman... I admire this..."

The imperial edict of the envoy of the Daxia Special Envoy was read out, and Wang Kai was stunned! Wang Kai never expected that the envoy of the Daxia Special Envoy would use such a trick. Logically speaking, Wang Kai should not accept this edict. After all, Emperor Xia Li Liangzuo is not Wang Kai's master, but Wang Kai had a very close heart. This was an edict of the king! And he had a fief and could dominate one side. With such an edict, Wang Kai and his descendants could justify the whole Jinghu two routes.

Wang Kai was stunned for a long time while he was in the same place. The envoy of Daxia reminded Wang Kai, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to accept the order."

Wang Kai then reacted and said, "Your Special Envoy is not in a hurry. You are staying here now. We are discussing this matter slowly."

Although Wang Kai said this, he took over all the imperial edicts, king robes, and Wang Yin, like tiger talismans. Those who can serve as special envoys of Daxia are definitely not fools. When he saw Wang Kai's performance, he knew that Wang Kai was moved. After all, this was not a trivial matter. Therefore, after the incident, Wang Kai immediately summoned the generals to discuss the matter. If Wang Kai wanted to be king, he first had to obtain the support of these generals. Although these people were promoted by Wang Kai, he could not guarantee that there were no ones sent by Emperor Zhao Mao of Song.

Wang Kai sat on the handsome chair and said to everyone: "Brothers, you have been with me Wang Kai for more than 20 years. Brothers should know how I, Wang Kai, treated my brothers over the years. Now I have encountered some difficulties, I hope you can help me!"

"Master General, just give me some instructions if you have anything to do. Brothers must go through fire and water, and they will never refuse." A Song army rushed to stand up and expressed their loyalty.

Wang Kai smiled and said, "In fact, it's not a big deal. Now the Japanese general has received an imperial edict, an imperial edict sent from the Great Xia imperial capital."

Wang Kai said this, and the following generals began to discuss:

"Why is this an imperial edict sent from the Great Xia imperial capital..."

"That's it! This Xia Kingdom is our mortal enemy..."

"Are we asking us to surrender or come to make peace with us..."

"Is it necessary to read the imperial edict if we surrender or negotiate peace?"

...

"Brothers, don't want to do it anymore." Wang Kai said to everyone: "Xia Emperor has sent me a letter of imperial edict to the emperor, and together with the tiger talisman, seal, and python robe. This is obviously the counter-espionage plan of the Xia army, which is to let us kill each other! I want to ask everyone how to deal with this special envoy of Xia and this letter of imperial edict to the emperor..."

"Yes! This is a difficult problem!" A general whispered: "If the general receives the imperial edict, it means surrendering to the Great Xia Empire. However, if the imperial edict is not accepted, it will completely offend Emperor Xia. In this way, the Xia army will attack Xiangyang with all its might. Now our defense line in Xiangyang is not so stable!"

"Yes! It's reasonable!"

"Master, the last general has an idea." A Song general stood up and said, "Report to the general, the general thought that the special envoy to treat Emperor Xia should be able to be delayed. Now the Xia army is just outside Xiangyang and is just not trying to make any moves. The purpose is to wait for us to disturb us! The last general means that it is better for the general to report to His Majesty the Emperor and ask His Majesty to enthrone the general as the "fake King of Jinghu". The purpose is to block the excuse of the Xia army's attack..."

Jiangning Prefecture, in the imperial study of the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty.

The entire imperial study room was very chaotic. After Li Gang came in, he saluted to Emperor Zhao Mao of Song and said, "My minister Li Gang pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor..."

Zhao Mao said unhappily: "Get up! I should have heard of what happened recently!"

"Report to Your Majesty, I have heard of it." Li Gang said to Emperor Zhao Mao of Song: "Your Majesty, this is the responsibility of me, and I am willing to accept the punishment."

"I'll be exempted this time." Emperor Zhao Mao of Song said to Li Gang: "I just received a copy from Wang Kai. Wang Kai asked me to appoint him as the 'fake King of Jinghu' to better manage the affairs of Jinghu and the two routes. In addition, it is also to block the excuse of the Xia army's attack on Xiangyang. How do you think I should respond to Li Aiqing's matter?"

"Your Majesty, it is obvious that Wang Kai has already had the intention of becoming the king. Even if Your Majesty does not enfeoff Wang Kai, Wang Kai will sooner or later become the king. Instead of this, Your Majesty, it is better to generously enthrone Wang Kai as the real King of Jinghu to stabilize Wang Kai and let him continue to resist the attack of the Xia army. After Your Majesty moves to Xindu, he will deal with him..."
Chapter completed!