Northern Song Dynasty: Counterattack and became emperor after the Jingkang Revolution

Wang Zaixing lost his composure and said, "Otherwise, the villain will kidnap him while he is in court."

"Nonsense, with such a big movement, the court will not be suspicious?"

After scolding Wang Zaixing, Zhao Yingluo then asked, "Are there any other officials in Lin'an City who have close contacts with Zhu Shengfei?"

Wang Zaixing shook his head, "Zhu Shengfei is a low-key official. We haven't found anyone he has close contacts with yet."

"Okay, you continue to pay close attention to their movements, be sure to grasp the latest situation as soon as possible and inform me in time."

"Yes!" Wang Zaixing handed over his hands and then withdrew.

After Wang Zaixing withdrew, Zhao Yingluo came to the window, opened it, and took a deep breath of the air outside. There was smoke from cooking and there was a lot of people here, which formed a sharp contrast with the battlefield in the north.

It's a pity that this is not his territory. In a few days, it is expected that the Queen Mother Xuanhe will take some action against him. He must get in touch with Zhu Shengfei and others as soon as possible and get access to the information in the court.

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A few days later, Zhao Gou's condition improved a little, and he went to court accompanied by the Queen Mother Xuanhe.

But his body had not fully recovered, so he did not deal with any urgent matters.

When the ministers in the court saw that Zhao Gou was now able to attend court, they all came to congratulate him and also greeted the Queen Mother Xuanhe.

Although Miao Pu and Liu Zhengyan were executed, there was one thing that he had not decided yet, and that was how to deal with the remnants of Miao Pu and Liu Zhengyan.

"Your Majesty, those two people betrayed the imperial court by protecting Zhao Yingluo, Zong Ze and others, so they must be killed! No one can guarantee whether their remaining members will secretly do something to harm the Song Dynasty like them!"

Zhao Gou said nothing after hearing this. He had promised to only hold Miao and Liu accountable for their crimes, and the others did not intend to go into details. If the rest of the party is affected just because of the Queen Mother's words, then where is the credibility of the emperor?
Empress Dowager Xuanhe continued, "Your Majesty, now that you have recovered from your illness, it is better not to work too hard! I have already sent people to encircle and suppress Zhao Yingluo. I believe there will be results soon!"

Encircle and suppress Zhao Yingluo?Zhao Gou was dissatisfied when he saw that Queen Mother Xuanhe interfered in the government and military affairs while he was seriously ill!
"Who did mother send?"

"Commander Liu Guangshi in front of the palace! I ordered him to raise an army of 20 people, set off from land and water, and advance to Kaifeng. I also mobilized [-] troops from the west and east roads to cooperate with Liu Guangshi to eradicate the rebels."

"Mother is confused! Zhao Yingluo has 40 and 40 troops in Kaifeng and is very powerful. Liu Guangshi went to encircle and suppress her this time. He was afraid that he would lose his troops and end up in a disastrous defeat. Instead, he used a trick to get Zhao Yingluo to come to Lin'an and waited for an opportunity to put her under house arrest. This way Come, the [-] troops in Kaifeng have no backbone and will disperse naturally."

Empress Dowager Xuanhe sneered, "Your Majesty, you don't know something! Then how can Zhao Yingluo be willing to come to Anhui if she has long wanted to rebel? You ordered her to come before, but did she obey the order? Now she holds the hand Hundreds of thousands of troops have already established a foothold around Kaifeng! If we don't eradicate him as soon as possible, it will become a big problem in the future!"

Zhao Gou was a little confused. He believed that Liu Guangshi was very powerful, but he also knew that Zhao Yingluo's army was not easy to mess with. She could even defeat the powerful Jin people, let alone the army led by Liu Guangshi.

He said in a heavy tone, "What the Queen said makes sense! It's just that I haven't recovered yet, and I'm very busy with government affairs, so how can I ever take care of the war!"

Empress Dowager Xuanhe said unhurriedly, "Since I can decide to send troops and have the ability to mobilize large armies, you can temporarily leave the military and political affairs to me. When you fully recover, I will return the political affairs to you. Only in this way can the society be stable." .”

Although Zhao Gou was extremely dissatisfied, he thought that his mother was indeed sharing his worries, so he acquiesced to this matter.

...[Kaifeng City]

After Zongze learned that the Empress Dowager Xuanhe was in charge and sent Liu Guangshi to conquer them, he ordered part of the army to go out to Chenliu and other places to prepare defenses in advance.

"General, are we going to fight the troops sent by the Queen Mother Xuanhe?" Yue Fei asked with his hands raised.

"The Queen Mother Xuanhe is just an internal worry. What we should pay more attention to now is the Jin people who are going south!" Zongze tapped his finger on the map. "After the Jin people learn that the Queen Mother Xuanhe has taken action, they will definitely lead their troops." Going south, Xingzhou, Cizhou and other places will be the Jin's targets, so we should send our main force to Xingzhou and Cizhou to be on guard against the Jin."

The generals nodded after hearing this. They were all loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, and naturally they did not want to see the Jin people wreaking havoc in the Central Plains.

"General, how should we respond?" another general asked.

Zongze pondered for a moment and then said, "Your Highness's 20 troops are stationed in Xingzhou and Cizhou. We only need to transfer the [-] troops stationed around Kaifeng to a hundred miles south of Kaifeng to meet the enemy and defend Kaifeng City and its surroundings. Can."

"We can set up an ambush circle at Chen Liu's place to lure Queen Mother Xuanhe's army to attack, and then concentrate our forces to storm the enemy's center."

Zongze pointed to a location on the map, "The terrain here is favorable to us and can bring out our combat effectiveness."

The generals all agreed after hearing this, and they also believed that this was a feasible tactic.

After sending everyone away, the three old men immediately started research and judgment to deal with Lin'an's encirclement and suppression without Zhao Yingluo's command.

In order to avoid the mutiny of subordinates that occurred during Kang Lu's army's northern expedition last time, Liu Guangshi conducted a large-scale screening of the [-] troops before setting off, and eliminated all generals who might be sympathetic to Zhao Yingluo.

His army was also divided into two groups, one going north along the canal and the other along the official road.

But he never expected that the naval forces taking the canal would encounter an ambush!

When the troop transport ship he belonged to was about to arrive at Chenliu, seven or eight ships several times larger than their troop transport ship rammed directly towards them.

The huge impact caused more than a dozen troop transport ships to either roll over or disintegrate. There were wailings on the canal!What's even more tragic is that the soldiers who fell into the water were attacked by archers on the shore, suffering heavy casualties.

Upon seeing this, Liu Guangshi urgently ordered land troops to come to rescue, but the situation was over.

In this battle, the army led by Zongze won a complete victory, killing thousands of enemy soldiers and capturing a large amount of baggage and food.

After the news came back to Lin'an, Zhao Gou was shocked.

"This Zongze... actually... actually resisted Master Wang!" Zhao Gou murmured to himself, "He has always been loyal, how could he be like this?"

When Queen Mother Xuanhe heard about Liu Guangshi's defeat, her expression turned extremely ugly!
Zhao Yingluo, who was in Lin'an, also learned the news that Zongze had defeated Xuanhe's army.

Zhao Yingluo smiled slightly, "I really didn't expect that General Zong would actually take action against the imperial army."