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In mid-February, Bianjing.

The Jin army went south to invade, and the news of attacking Yanyun reached Bianjing. Bianjing was panicked and the king and his ministers were at a loss.

The emperor issued an order to summon Zhong Shidao. Yao Gu led the northwest army to quickly garrison the capital, ordered Jingdong, Huaixi and other places to quickly recruit troops to serve as imperial guards, and at the same time urgently summoned Shandong to suppress the rebels back to the capital.

But just a few days later, Hebei urgently reported that Guo Yaoshi surrendered, Yanjing was lost, and all the seven states in front of the mountain fell. At the same time, Hedong urgently reported that the Jin army attacked Daibei, Fengshengzhou was lost, and Datong was surrounded and in danger.

The emperor was shocked and hurriedly ordered the commander of the four routes of Hebei to temporarily give up the suppression of the rebellion and try his best to guard Hebei. At the same time, he ordered the eunuch Liang Fangping to lead his army to Liyang to guard. Liyang is an important channel connecting Hebei. If the Jin army crosses the Yellow River Ferry from here, it will be only more than 200 miles away from Bianjing, and there is no danger to defend. In other words, if Liyang is lost, Kyoto will be out of danger every once in a while.

Two days later, Hebei reported again that the Jin army went south, and Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng Army as the selection leader, crossed Baigou, and directly killed Baozhou (now Baoding, Hebei).

The emperor was shocked and immediately decided to leave the capital and temporarily avoid the northern enemy's edge.

The ministers had different opinions.

Wu Min, Yuwen Xuzhong, Li Gang and others strongly asked the emperor to take charge of the capital and lead the soldiers and civilians to fight the enemy bravely. Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang and others suggested that the emperor hide in Chang'an, Guanzhong. Chang'an has a Northwest Army, and it is far from the Central Plains, which is very safe. If Guanzhong is not safe, you can retreat to Sichuan and Shu. Liang Shicheng, Li Bangyan and others advised the emperor to go to Jiangnan, and stay away from the capital in Jiangnan, and there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, and there is no accident.

The emperor was about to run away. When the powerful and powerful people in Bianjing heard the news, they immediately took their families and fled first. Among them, Cai Jing was very fast. More than 1,000 men, women, young and old, and their subordinates and servants were packed with several ships of gold, silver, jewelry, silk and antiques, and went south along the canal. When Cai Jing ran, he could imagine how much shock it was to Bianjing. So in just a few days, at least 30% of the officials in the capital ran away.

After all, the emperor is the king of a country. It is very difficult for him to run away. First of all, you can run away. You have to keep your power. The court cannot be without a person acting in state affairs. Secondly, you are the emperor. You want to run away. You have to go south. You always need a reason. Otherwise, the ministers will disagree. They block the door of the palace. Everyone advises you with death. How can you run? Why can't you step on the body? Especially in such a situation where the national crisis is in the forefront. The king of a country ignores the national fortune and the safety of the people. He takes the lead in running away. Most officials with conscience still firmly oppose it. The emperor himself is guilty.

On the 20th day, the emperor sent an envoy to ask for peace from the Jin Kingdom.

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Bad news comes one by one.

After the Jin army entered Hebei, they first attacked Baozhou and Ansu army (now Xushui, Hebei). They failed. Then they did not attack. Then they did not attack. They continued to go south and surrounded Zhongshan. They still did not conquer. So they took a detour into Zhending Prefecture and conquered Zhending City. Then they went south and conquered Qingyuan Prefecture (now Zhao County, Hebei). They defeated Xinde Prefecture (now Xingtai, Hebei). They killed them directly.

Handan is only more than 400 miles away from Liyang. The Jin army's subway hooves are about to approach the Yellow River.

At the same time, Hedong sent a message, and the Jin army attacked Datong from Zhenchuan Fort, Qing Road and Huairen. Datong was surrounded. The Tiger Lieutenant Army and Hedong Army bravely blocked it. However, the main force of the Tiger Lieutenant Army was still in Helan Mountain and could not return to support in the short term. For this reason, the king urgently reported to Bianjing and asked Bianjing to agree to withdraw to Hedong when Datong fell.

The emperor was extremely afraid and became increasingly determined to run away.

Generally speaking, the emperor left the capital and the prince supervised the country, which was a common practice, so the emperor issued an order to appoint the prince Zhao Heng as the Muslim of Kaifeng and assumed the responsibility of supervising the country.

The emperor then issued an order to abolish the Huashigang in Zhejiang, Yanfu Palace, Xicheng rented classes and internal and external manufacturing bureaus, dismissed the construction of Fanyanbei houses, dismissed the Dashengfu, dismissed the Dashengfu, and dismissed the money under the Xicheng and the bureaus to pay all the money under the treasury.

The next day, he issued an edict to punish himself and ordered both Chinese and foreign countries to speak out loudly and to lead his troops to serve the king.

On the same day, the emperor was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Baohe Palace, Yuwen Xuzhong, the Right Chief of the Shangshu, as Hebei. He promulgated the imperial envoy and brought the imperial edict to Datong immediately, trying to persuade Li Hu, and led the Huli Army to launch a counterattack from Daibei, forcing the Jin army to retreat.

The emperor knew that if this imperial edict was made public, the ministers would definitely oppose it, because in the view of Bianjing, Li Hu had ulterior motives, and Prince Yun was in Datong again. The combination of the two could cause trouble to the Song Dynasty, so he could not ask for help from Li Hu at any time. However, Yuwen Xuzhong analyzed the situation in detail to him and told the emperor that with the existing troops of the Song Dynasty, he could not resist the Jin army, because there were no other troops available to fight in the Song Dynasty, so he had to ask for help from Hulie's Mansion. As for the king, if he had the ability to turn the tide at this moment, defeat the Jin army, and guard the country's destiny, then with this achievement, it was entirely possible to inherit the Grand Prix.

I don’t know what Yuwen Xuzhong said convinced the emperor. After thinking for a while, the emperor actually wrote an imperial edict himself, and a secret edict for Prince Yun, and then asked Yuwen Xuzhong to rush to Datong.

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In the late December, Wanyan Zongbi (Wu Shu) captured Tangyin, and the Jin army was only two hundred miles away from the Yellow River.

The emperor could not bear it anymore. The threat of death was too terrifying for him. He wanted to take the queen and concubines out of the capital.

Wu Min, Li Gang and other ministers tried their best to persuade them, but the emperor's intention to leave was decided.

The ministers' bodies escaped from Bianjing.

The monarch and ministers were in a stalemate, while the Jin army was getting closer and closer to the Yellow River.

Finally, Li Bangyan and Wu Min gave the emperor an idea, pass the throne to the crown prince, and become the Supreme Emperor. Does the Supreme Emperor have no power? No, as long as the power of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor are distributed well before abdicating, the Supreme Emperor can still have supreme power, and the Emperor is just a puppet.

The emperor was anxious and wished that Le Sheng could escape from Bianjing with both wings. He immediately adopted Li Bangyan's suggestion and immediately summoned Prime Minister Bai Shizhong, Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang, Zhao Ye, Cai You, Liang Shicheng and others to draft abdication edict.

Prime Minister Bai Shizhong had objections to this, but he saw that the emperor had decided, so he couldn't say anything. After the edict was drafted, the emperor knew that he could finally escape from Bianjing and was in a much better mood. Bai Shizhong found an opportunity and quietly told the emperor that if the distribution of power between the Supreme Emperor and the emperor in the land was realized, the Supreme Emperor must have absolute strength. Now His Majesty has entrusted all the state affairs to the crown prince and ran to Jiangnan to be the Supreme Emperor. How to control the emperor of Bianjing and Bianjing? You are gone, there are no tigers and monkeys on the mountain to dominate the king. The little emperor took the opportunity to replace the center and kill all the old emperor's confidants. Where do you have the strength?

The emperor smiled but said nothing. He had discussed with Cai Jing earlier to build a court in Jiangnan, and he told his confidants about this matter. Some of the confidants, such as Liang Shicheng and Cai You stayed in Bianjing to monitor the young emperor, while some of the confidants such as Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others followed him to Jiangnan. In his opinion, the little emperor could not make a fuss and could not escape his palms no matter how hard he tried. If he really wanted to go against him, he would be deposed and called Prince Yun Zhao Kai back to be the emperor.

On December 23, the emperor ordered the Crown Prince Zhao Heng to succeed the throne, proclaiming himself the Taoist emperor and the Supreme Emperor.

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In the first year of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty (1126 AD), the first month.

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The Jin army was whistling down like a bamboo shoot.

On the second day of the lunar month, Guo Yaoshi, the selected front-superior army, arrived in Junzhou.

Liang Fangping, the governor of the mighty army, led 20,000 imperial guards, had just arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River. He thought the Jin army was still in Handan and drank and had fun in the camp. Unexpectedly, the Jin army suddenly arrived, and the Song army caught off guard and fled in a hurry.

Junzhou fell. On the same day, the Jin army general Digu took over Liyang. The Jin army drank horses in the Yellow River and approached the Baima Crossing.

He Guan, deputy envoy of Hedong Road, heard the news and retreated to Huazhou. At this moment, the White Horse Crossing, the Song army was crossing the river, and there were still thousands of people who had not crossed the bridge. He Guan saw smoke and dust on the other side, thought that the Jin army had arrived, so he immediately ordered the burning of the Yellow River floating bridge and led his army to flee in panic, resulting in no guards on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The Jin army rushed to Baima Ferry, and used sheepskin rafts and collected more than ten river boats to cross the river day and night. After the selection army crossed the river, they followed the Song Dynasty's defeated army and advanced towards Kaifeng without waiting for assembly.

Zong Wang stood by the river and felt it was incredible. If there were one or two thousand people on the other side, the Jin army would not be able to cross the river at all. Where were the troops of the Song Dynasty?

On the third day of the first lunar month, Junzhou was lost, and the news of the Jin army crossing the river reached Kaifeng. The old emperor fled out of the capital overnight and passed through Nanjing (now Shangqiu, Henan), Fuli, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang rushed south quickly.

At this moment, in the city of Bianjing, the monarch and ministers were panicked. Some were determined to fight, some advocated peace talks, and some advocated escape. Bai Shizhong, Cai You and others even suggested that the emperor flee to Jiangnan or to run west to Guanzhong.

The little emperor weighed the pros and cons, and finally made a correct choice and stood firm and waited for help.

The emperor appointed Li Gang as the personal camp envoy, who was fully responsible for Kaifeng's defense, and sent envoys to supervise the royal soldiers to support them as soon as possible.

After Li Gang was appointed, he actively organized the military and civilians to prepare for war and improve the city defense facilities. At the same time, he equipped 12,000 regular troops on each side of Kaifeng City, with assistance from the Xiang army and Baojia militia. At the same time, Li Gang divided the 40,000 garrison troops into the front, back, left, center and right five armies, each with 8,000. The front army protected the granary Yanfeng Cang outside Dongshuimen (Tongjinmen), and the rear army was stationed in the Fanjiagang area, the shallowest moat in Kaifeng outside Chaoyang, and the other three armies were prepared.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Jin army rushed outside Kaifeng City and set up camp in Moutuogang in the northwest suburbs.

That night, the Jin army attacked Xishuimen. Li Gang commanded the resistance in the city, killed more than 100 Jin soldiers, and the Jin army retreated.

On the eighth day of the lunar month, Zong Wang sent an envoy to negotiate, asking for 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 1 million pieces of silk, and 10,000 cattle and horses. He cedes the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan and Hejian, and respects Emperor Jin as his uncle, and uses harsh terms such as prime minister and prince as hostages as conditions for retreat.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, the Jin army attacked the Xuanzao Gate, Fengqiu Gate, Chenqiao Gate, and Weizhou Gate. Li Gang personally supervised the battle. The soldiers of the Song army fought bravely, fighting from the early morning to the evening, killing thousands of enemies, and repelling the Jin army's strong attack again.

While Li Gang was organizing Kaifeng soldiers and civilians to fight against the Jin soldiers, the emperor and a group of ministers were stepping up peace talks, and the envoys on both sides exchanged very frequently.

On this day, the emperor and the central ministers agreed to the conditions of the Jin army and sent King Kang Zhao Gou and Shaozhao Zhang Bangchang to the Jin camp as hostages.

When Li Gang heard the news, he was furious and privately seized the edict of ceding the three towns of Taiyuan, trying to wait until the reinforcements from all over the country arrived before trying to remedy it.

On the 14th day of the first lunar month, Zhong Shidao and Yao Pingzhong led 50,000 Northwest Army out of the Huzhu to kill Kaifeng.
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