The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Zhao Tong was sitting in the Comfort Department of Chang'an City, looking at Fan Zhixu, who had just been recovered and was trembling.

Fan Zhixu was a Jinshi during the reign of Emperor Zhe Zong Yuanyou. He is now over sixty years old and his beard is somewhat gray.

He was not afraid that Zhao Tao would kill him, but he was afraid that Zhao Tao would drag him on board the ship and join the gang, supporting him in the yellow robe.

This is the tradition of their old Zhao family. There is no telling whether this Zhao Er will do the same thing. There is no chance that this matter will come true.

Although it is said that Zhao Tong is very likely to achieve great things, and those who support him will have the merit of following the dragon, Fan Zhixu does not attach too much importance to power, otherwise he would not have lived in seclusion for a long time after returning to Ding You from the position of deputy prime minister. , did not return to the DPRK immediately.

What's more, he is over sixty years old, and he often doesn't want to wade into troubled waters when he is unable to do things well. If Zhao Tong succeeds, he doesn't care about the reward. If he fails, won't his family's reputation be ruined?
So he came up with a compromise method, not to stop the other party, not to see the other party, not to say anything, just hang up and leave, leaving Jingzhao Mansion for the other party to deal with. It has nothing to do with him whether to change flags or kill people to establish prestige.

This neither offended the other party nor betrayed the court, leaving room for both sides.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Tan sent people to capture him. The most hateful thing was Zhang Shen. He had already disguised himself as an old charcoal seller and ran away for a long time, but Zhang Shen recognized him at a glance and laughed at him. What season is it and where does the charcoal seller come from!

How could he not know what Zhang Shen was thinking? This traitor wanted to drag him into trouble and share the pressure on him. He was such a bad thing.

The more Fan Zhixu thought about it, the angrier he became, and his body was shaking. On the one hand, he was really frightened, but on the other hand, he was infuriated by this deep picture.

"Why is Fan Xianggong dressed like this?" Zhao Tong looked at Fan Zhixu with a smile.

His face was dusty and smoky, and his temples were grey and black with ten fingers.

He was dressed in coarse linen clothes and looked miserable and helpless.

Don't tell me, I'm pretending to be the same.

Fan Zhixu wondered if you were asking questions without knowing anything. He turned his head and didn't want to talk to Zhao Tong.

"Sit down, Mr. Fan," Zhao Tong said.

Fan Zhixu refused to sit down, but Li Kui came up to him and pushed him down on the chair like a chicken. He immediately glared at him, and Li Kui also glared at him, which was more than twice as big as his.

"You old man, if the Second King tells you to sit down, just sit down. If you dare to disobey, I will chop you up."

Fan Zhixu didn't believe it and immediately asked: "The King of Qin wants to kill the scholar-bureaucrats?"

Zhao Tong touched his chin, wanting to kill, but it was not that time yet. When the time came, the sword would not be sealed, and he would definitely have a good killing.

"Why did Fan Xianggong say this?"

Fan Zhixu said: "If this were not the case, the old man would have already left the city with a seal. Why did King Qin capture the old man again?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Tong immediately looked at Song Jiang and Zhang Shen with a tigerish face: "I told you to invite Fan Xianggong back and treat him with courtesy, but why did you resort to arresting him?"

Song Jiang and Zhang Shen could naturally hear the meaning behind Zhao Tong's words. They were just showing off to the old man, so they kept silent.

But Li Kui couldn't hear it, and immediately defended: "Second King, this old boy is disobedient. He won't come back to see you without telling you. He is still crying and looking for death. He shed a lot of tears. What are you talking about?" He also said that the Second King was unkind, so I put him on my shoulders and carried him back."

Fan Zhixu's face immediately heated up when he heard this, but fortunately, he pretended to be a charcoal seller and applied some dust on it, so even if it turned red, it wouldn't be visible.

Zhao Tong heard this and wondered: "Fan Xianggong, how can this king be so unkind?"

"This, this..." Fan Zhixu was suddenly speechless.

The reputation of King Qin is mostly good, and it is really difficult to find anything unkind. Even if there was an incident in the past when he went to the Fan Tower and a group of dandies to rob the oiran, it didn't seem to have much to do with benevolence.

What's more, later the King of Qin actually married the oiran into the palace. Because his surname was Zhao and they would not marry with the same surname, he changed his surname to Qin.

This should be sentimental and righteous, right?

Zhao Tong looked at Fan Zhixu and sighed leisurely: "I have read holy books since I was a child, learned the Zhou rites, made great oaths, and made great wishes. I hope that the country will be peaceful and the people are safe, the country will be rich and the people are strong, and the world will be peaceful. When I was still young, I left the palace and walked in the market. Among the people, he left poems and articles to urge people to study and do good. He also fought against injustice, punished evil and promoted good. When he grew up, he entered the court. He never greedy for money and power, never neglected military affairs, conquered Wang Qing, destroyed Fang La, and took the lead in the south. During the Northern War, there were many near-death encounters and many crises, but he never took credit for himself, never formed a clique for personal gain, never crossed the line, and never did anything against his will, until he was forced to leave Beijing and go far away to Longyou. Expanding territory to the west, Mr. Fan, where can I be unkind again?"

Fan Zhixu didn't know how to answer when he heard the words, he couldn't help but lowered his head and remained silent.

Zhao Tong smiled slightly: "Now the female straights are heading south, approaching Tokyo. The court is decaying and unable to resist. Kyoto is about to be lost, the country is broken, the people are in dire straits, and the artifacts are taken away. I am marching eastward this time to ward off foreign invaders and stabilize peace." Go to the side and appease the world."

"But why did the King of Qin change the flag? Change the Song flag to your Qin title?" Fan Zhixu couldn't help it. You are too hypocritical. You said it so high-sounding, but in the end you removed the Song flag and changed it to the Qin title. It was clearly Sima Zhaozhi. The heart is known to everyone on the road.

Zhao Tong said calmly: "Where does this king's banner come from?"

"Isn't it just a matter of raising the Qin flag?" Fan Zhixu thought, why would he have to point it out himself?

Zhao Tong shook his head: "What Mr. Fan said is wrong!"

Fan Zhixu said: "What's wrong with me?"

Zhao Tong said: "I am just restoring the name of my ancestor of the Zhao family. The Qin family of the Zhao family originated from the land of Qin. The current name of the Song Dynasty is just because this dynasty started in Songzhou. I intend to restore the name and change it to Qin. The great name resisted the foreign invaders and expanded the territory, just to change the banner!"

Fan Zhixu was stunned when he heard this. Qin and Zhao were indeed one family, which sounded correct. It seemed that there was nothing wrong with Fu Qin, but he always felt that something was not right.

Moreover, although such a big thing as changing the name of the country has happened several times in historical dynasties, the etiquette and law are not fixed. I am afraid that it is not necessary to summarize a complete set of etiquette. Offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors is not as simple as it seems. Just change it. For the flag, just change the name of the territory's people and horses to Qin's name Qin Bing.

But he couldn't refute it. If that was the case, it was an internal matter of the old Zhao family. There was no need for him, an outsider, to get involved, but for some reason, he just felt that something was wrong.

Zhao Tong waved his hand: "Take Xianggong Fan down to bathe and change his clothes first. How can a dignified deputy prime minister look like this? It is simply an insult to elegance."

When Fan Zhixu heard this, he was immediately ashamed. Song Jiang and Zhang Shen came over and carried him out. Zhang Shen said: "Ms. Fan, hurry up and clean up. If this appearance spreads, won't he become a laughing stock? How can Mr. Fan be like this?" Your identity is not something to be ridiculed by."

Fan Zhixu secretly hates Zhang Shen in his heart. You are the most insignificant person. Without your recognition, how could I have been caught?

At this time, he had already left the hall, and Fan Zhixu wanted to scold Zhang Shen, but suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he remembered what was wrong with Zhao Tong's retro account.

Isn't it the emperor's responsibility to make the decision in this matter? Whether it is to restore the name of the country or to change the name of the country, it should be the final decision of His Majesty the Tian Family. It is the emperor who can decide. Your King Qin has a noble status and great achievements, but you are not the emperor after all. How can you act on the emperor's behalf?
If you act on behalf of the emperor, you are arrogant or even treasonous. How can you take the initiative and change the flag? "King Qin, King Qin, what you said is wrong, what you said is wrong..." Fan Zhixu immediately opened his neck and shouted.

But Zhang Shen next to him could not allow him to speak. He hurriedly reached out and covered Fan Zhixu's mouth: "Ms. Fan, please leave quickly. Stop talking nonsense..."

"Uh huh..." Fan Zhixu was already old and frail, and there were several people across from him. He couldn't get past him, so he was dragged away without hesitation.

Early the next morning, Fan Zhixu was forcibly changed into his official uniform and taken to appease the envoy. However, Zhao Tong was nowhere to be seen, and only Zhang Shen was sitting behind the case.

Zhang Shen was holding a piece of paper that he had just written on, blowing dry the ink stains, then reaching for the Yongxing Military Road Fushuai seal next to him, and stamped it upwards.

Fan Zhixu was shocked when he saw this: "Zhang Hongyuan, you, what are you doing?"

Zhang Shen smiled and said: "Of course Fan Xianggong supports His Highness's change of flag."

"Where can I support it?" Fan Zhixu took two steps forward and saw that the paper was written in the form of the Lufu announcement. He couldn't help but reach out to grab it: "If you want to support King Qin, then support it. Why do you pretend to be my name?" This announcement?”

Zhang Shen was young and agile. He ducked and said with a smile: "Of course Fan Xianggong has a high reputation. With Fan Xianggong here, I am not alone."

Seeing that he couldn't get the announcement, Fan Zhixu couldn't help but stamp his feet and said: "You, you killed me!"

Zhang Shen said: "What are you talking about, Mr. Fan? Now that I am old and difficult to govern, treacherous ministers are in power, sycophants are rampant, and foreign enemies are invading. They are cruel and ferocious. The Western Army and the Imperial Guards are invincible. Only the King of Qin is wise, powerful, and has a beautiful chest. If you manage the army well, you will be able to resist foreign invaders, bring peace to the country, and bring peace to the world. This is the right time for you to ascend to the Zen throne and the King of Qin to make the decision."

Fan Zhixu said: "What's the point of telling you about smallpox? Don't forget that the prince is still here. How can your majesty give the throne to the King of Qin?"

Zhang Shen shook his head and said, "This is nothing you and I need to worry about. Your Highness will make arrangements for you."

Fan Zhixu couldn't help but sigh, and stared at the road government notice. Zhang Shen saw this and said: "Come here, write down a thousand copies of this notice, and then paste it on the main entrance of the government department. The rest will be distributed to all prefectures and counties. Be sure to It’s everywhere.”

Seeing Dao Bi and the soldiers take the notice and go out, Fan Zhixu immediately stared blankly. It was over. Now he was completely dragged onto the pirate ship.

Zhang Shen smiled and said: "Mr. Fan, you can go to the army and announce the flag change..."

In the city of Tokyo, the war continues for days.

Considering how strong Tokyo is, as long as there is no shortage of supplies and manpower, it will be extremely difficult to successfully siege the city.

But one thing is unexpected, that is, there are many crossbows and flying cannons in the Jin Army.

Part of it was harvested from the capture of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. After the Song Army captured the Sixteen Prefectures, they deployed a large number of defensive ordnance. As a result, the Jin Army went down to the city and the Song soldiers escaped without taking anything with them. They all became the Jin Army. of trophies.

There were also several counterattacks by the Song army, and some of the ballistae shipped from Tokyo also fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers.

Then there are some things inherited from the Liao Kingdom, including siege equipment developed by the Liao Kingdom itself, and a crossbow arrow modeled after the bed crossbow.

All these items were brought by Wanyan Zongbi, and they were all attacking a location in Tokyo.

This fierce attack does not count losses, and it will not stop until the equipment is destroyed.

Since the development of bed crossbows and stone cannons, there has never been such a dense attack on the same place.

Almost the entire inventory of the Tokyo Ordnance Supervision was used to attack Tokyo.

No matter how strong Tokyo is, the blue bricks of the city wall are firmly adhered to each other by glutinous rice soup, and there are stones as cores in the wide mezzanine, but it is still unbearable for so many crossbows and flying cannons to hit one place at the same time. It's too much.

A piece of battlement had been knocked down before, and the Jin army attacked here closely, not even giving the Song soldiers a chance to repair it. Even if it could be repaired, they would have to wait for the bricks and stones to dry up before a solid city wall could be formed, but this dry one There is no chance, because it will take at least two or three days, and the golden soldiers will not attack for that long.

Seeing the gap getting bigger little by little, the generals who defended the city were worried. The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed in an ant nest. If this continues endlessly, as long as the opponent's ordnance is not scrapped and used up, then sooner or later the city wall will be able to make people enter and exit. If there is a gap, then everything will stop.

No one expected that the Jin soldiers would attack the city like this. They originally guessed that they might focus on attacking the waterways, because there were many water gates in Tokyo, which were the only loophole in the entire city defense. But what they didn't expect was that the Jin soldiers actually used ordnance to attack hard.

No one thought beforehand that the Jin Army had so many crossbow flying cannons. Now that they saw it, it was already too late to think about how to deal with it. Moreover, it was difficult to come up with any effective response strategy with this style of play.

Unless all the opponent's ballistae and carriages are eliminated, especially the bed crossbows, they are too powerful. There have never been so many ballistae and continuous attacks for such a long time, because this was originally impossible, but at this moment, But it was realized under Jin Bing.

At the top of the city, Li Gang's eyes were red. He had already put on a suit of chainmail armor. As a civil servant, he had never skipped a single step. He had never worn armor before, but at this moment, he not only wore the armor, but also carried a handful of iron. mace.

Beside him is Yao Youzhong.

Yao Youzhong is the biological son of Yao Gu, the pacification envoy of Xihe Road, a famous general in the Western Army, and the elder brother of Yao Pingzhong.

Before the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Yao Youzhong was transferred to the capital by Emperor Daojun. In fact, just like Liu Qi, Liu Guangshi, Zhe Zhiwu and others before him, it was Emperor Daojun's method to bribe young generals of the Western Army. He was appointed as a capital official. If you hold a civilian position, you will be qualified to lead an army alone in the future.

The two of them had not slept a wink all day and night. Although the Gyeonggi Forbidden Army still had many soldiers, they had no generals to use. Both of them were worried about others defending the city. They could exchange rest before, but now the Jin Army's offensive is becoming more and more fierce. They didn't dare to leave.

At this moment, the city of Tokyo was already in chaos. It was not that the people were afraid of the city being breached, but that they were crowding in front of the government office, shouting that they wanted to apply for weapons to defend the city with the Imperial Guards.

In front of the Taixue Gate, a large group of people were marching out and heading straight to Xuande Gate in the palace city.

In the Zichen Hall, Emperor Daojun sat on a chair with a haggard expression, watching the military information sent from the city from time to time. At this moment, the officer outside came in and reported urgently: "Your Majesty, the petition from the imperial students has arrived in front of Xuande Tower."

"Petition?" Emperor Daojun frowned upon hearing this: "Who is taking the lead? What are they going to do?"

The official in charge said: "The leaders are Gao Deng, Chen Dong, Zhang Yuanqian, and Xu Kui. They said... The national crisis is at the forefront, and the traitors and the Qing Dynasty should be killed. I respectfully request the court to kill the six thieves."

"What six thieves?" Emperor Daojun asked in surprise.

"These imperial students are said to be six adults: Liang Shicheng, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Li Yan, Cai You, and Li Bangyan."

As soon as he said this, the whole hall was shocked.

(End of this chapter)