Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Ximenqing knew that when the Jin army crossed the river, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji would flee from Bianliang City in Tokyo.Moreover, Zhao Ji and others did not know where the Jin army had marched.

It was this time difference that Ximenqing was fighting, pretending to be the Jin army on the way to frighten off Zhao Ji's guards, and rescued Li Shishi's mother and son.

It was too easy for Ximen Qing to impersonate Jin Jun.

Not to mention that Ximenqing led the Jin army to fight many times and was very familiar with the situation of the Jin army. He was the son-in-law of the Jin country and had his own territory in the Jin country, which was enough for him to confuse the real with the fake.

Because, Ximenqing really has many Jurchens on the territory of Posu Road.Over the years, Ximen Qing has also subdued and recruited a group of Jurchen warriors.

Ximenqing had long planned to pretend to be the Jin army to attack the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. When he returned to Yanggu County from Posu Road, he quietly brought hundreds of Jurchen subordinates and many Jin army costumes.

After the Jin army started the war against the Song army, Ximenqing led a team to lurk in Hongzhen's manor in Yingtianfu, Nanjing, and then entered Bianliang City in Tokyo by himself, waiting for Song Huizong to abdicate the throne and escape from the capital.

After seeing the edict of the Supreme Emperor leaving Bianliang City, Tokyo, and going to Bozhou to burn incense, Ximen Qing led his team to leave Nanjing Yingtian Mansion, and attacked the imperial fleet of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji from the north by detour.

Ximen Qing's troops are only more than 2000 people, but because they are all dressed up as golden soldiers, and there are real Jurchen knights in front of the team, how can Tong Guan and others distinguish clearly in the night?

The Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and his party have long been wary of the Jin army. Although there are [-] troops escorting them, when they see Ximen Qing's [-] fake Jin army, they are frightened and run away, not daring to fight Ximen Qing and others.If they really dared to compete with the Jin army, they wouldn't be so frightened that they would flee the capital in a hurry.

The performance of Tong Guan and others was completely within Ximen Qing's calculations.The only difficulty in this sneak attack plan is to accurately grasp the whereabouts of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and his party.

With "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning as the internal support, none of this is a problem.

Xu Ning saw frontline battle reports in Tokyo, Guo Yaoshi surrendered gold, Tong Taiwei ran back from Taiyuan to Bianliang, Tokyo, etc., all of which were confirmed by Ximen Qing.Back then, Ximen Qing also accurately predicted Liu Fahui's defeat and saved Xu Ning once.Xu Ning was extremely shocked by Ximen Qing's ability to predict the prophet, and was completely convinced by Ximen Qing so far.

It is impossible to be loyal to the court.Brother Ximenqing is so powerful, of course he must be loyal to brother Ximenqing, so that in the future, disasters will be turned into good fortunes, and disasters will be auspicious!

Besides, Xu Ning has already sent his wife and children to Yanggu County, which is to entrust the whole family's wealth and life to Ximen Qing without hesitation.

As a general of the imperial guards, Xu Ning not only provided information for Ximen Qing all the way, but also perfectly cooperated with Ximen Qing to perform a play when Ximen Qing led the night attack.

When the general Xu Ning, who is famous for his martial arts skills in Tokyo, couldn't beat his opponent and shouted "The Golden Army is coming", is there another general of the Imperial Army who dares to step forward to compete with Ximen Qing and others?

With Xu Ning fueling the flames, the emperor's imperial guards were defeated even faster.

The most important thing is that Xu Ning has been quietly guarding Li Shishi's mother and son along the way, so that Ximen Qing can quickly and accurately find Li Shishi during the night attack.

With a key internal response like Xu Ning, Ximen Qing is naturally sure.

As for the "Golden Gunner" Xu Ning, he did not take advantage of the chaos to leave the Imperial Guard this time, but continued to lurk in the Imperial Guard according to Ximen Qing's distribution.In the future, Xu Ning should be of great use.

Ximen Qing asked him to take advantage of the chaos to rescue other princes and concubines, and to run with the Supreme Emperor to deceive others.

After Ximenqing and his party walked tens of miles north, they quickly changed their clothes and turned into an anti-gold rebel army.

Immediately afterwards, Ximenqing divided more than 2000 soldiers into several groups, pretended to be defeated, and returned eastward to Dongping Mansion.

At this time, there was chaos, and the whereabouts of Ximen Qing and others were well covered.

After Ximen Qing brought Li Shishi and Zhao Hang back to Dongping Mansion, he did not bring them back to Ximen Fort in Yanggu County, but secretly sent them to Shuibo Liangshan.

After all, Li Shishi and Zhao Hang have special identities. Before Zhao Ji and his son completely fall, Li Shishi, mother and son have to hide here, so as not to expose their whereabouts.

Ximenqing's naval divisions are patrolling around Liangshan, and Luan Tingyu is training musketeers on the island. Outsiders can't get close to it. It can be said that it is an extremely hidden and safe place.

In order to welcome the arrival of Li Shishi and others, Ximen Qing built a house with a garden on the mountain long ago, so that she can live comfortably.

Of course, the most important thing for Li Shishi to get used to and feel at ease is Ximen Qing's company.

After returning to Dongping Mansion this time, Ximenqing chose to live in Liangshanbo. Firstly, he was to accompany Li Shishi’s mother and son to deepen the relationship with his son. Second, he also wanted to personally supervise and improve the training of Musketeers, so as to build an army ahead of the times.

In the battle between the Jin and Song Dynasties, you only need to send Lu Xiaoyi and Qiao Yun to keep an eye on the movements of Bianliang in Tokyo, Hebei, Hedong and other places, and report back at any time.

Ximen Qing said in his heart, with a wife and children on the kang, it's better to stay at home, so that he doesn't have to witness Song Qinzong's emperor and ministers for the time being.

Since then, Li Shishi, the favorite concubine of Emperor Daojun, has been the wife of the official Ximen Qing on Shuibo Liangshan.

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In Bianliang City, Tokyo, after the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji and the officials in the city escaped from the capital, Prime Minister Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan also panicked and discussed in the court hall that they wanted to go to Xiangyang and Dengzhou with Emperor Zhao Huan's luanyu.

Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan wanted to take Emperor Zhao Huan and flee to Xiangyang first, and if the momentum was not right, they would flee to Chengdu in central Sichuan.

After Li Gang learned of this, he went up to the hall and said: "I heard that the ministers and ministers wanted to serve your majesty to go hunting to avoid the enemy. If this happened, the clan society would be in danger. Besides, the Emperor Daojun passed on the history of the clan society to his majesty. Today Let it go, okay?"

Emperor Zhao Huan was afraid of the Jin army in his heart, and deliberately fled for refuge.However, Zhao Huan didn't know what to say in the face of Li Gang who was brandishing a moral stick with righteous words, so he had to remain silent.

Bai Shizhong saw Li Gangyao coming to do something bad, and asked him: "Now that there is a shortage of major generals, can the capital still be defended?"

Li Gang replied: "Where in the world is there a city like the capital? And the capital is where the ancestral temple, the country, the officials, and the people are located. If you abandon Tokyo, where else can your majesty go? If you can lead the soldiers and comfort the people, why not?" Follow the rules!"

Li Gang had never had the military experience of leading troops in battle. At this time, he wanted to defeat the heavily armed Jin army with the arrogance in his chest.

You have a big knife and spear, and I have a chest that is not afraid of being stabbed; you have a hammer and mace, and I have a sky cap that is not afraid of being knocked.As long as I am not afraid of death, I can defeat you!

Li Gang's spiritual victory method is so powerful!

At this time, the servant Chen Liangbi couldn't listen anymore.

Chen Liangbi led the capital office and was responsible for the construction of guard towers, sculls and ordnance, knowing that Bianliang City in Tokyo was not ready for war.

Chen Liangbi came out from the inner hall and said: "Your Majesty, the construction of the towers and sculls in the capital is less than one hundred or two. Also, the Hao River in the east of the city is shallow and narrow, and it is absolutely difficult to preserve it. I would like to discuss it in detail."

What Chen Liangbi meant was that the defense of Bianliang City in Tokyo was extremely poor and it was difficult to defend.

Chapter 893

After the servant Chen Liangbi put forward the argument that Tokyo City could not be defended, Emperor Zhao Huan asked Li Gang, Cai Mao, and Chen Liangbi to inspect the city wall to confirm the status quo of the city defense.

After Li Gang ran to the east city wall to check the Chenghao outside the city, he returned to Yanhe Hall non-stop to report to Emperor Zhao Huan.

Li Gang said that although the situation is the same as what Chen Liangbi said, the city wall is strong and can be defended without towers.

As for the narrow moat around Fanjiagang in the east of the city, in Li Gang's view, it is not a big problem to arrange elite troops to defend with strong crossbows.

Li Gang believes that the biggest problem now is not that the facilities are not good, but that the court needs to quickly show its attitude of steadfast defense, motivate the morale of the defenders, and wait for the world to serve the king.

Emperor Zhao Huan asked how to boost the morale of the defenders.

Li Gang said that as long as the two prime ministers Li Bangyan and Bai Shizhong were allowed to lead the troops in front of the army, the morale of the generals would be greatly boosted when they saw such high-ranking ministers coming to the front line.

Bai Shizhong was furious after hearing this, and told Li Gang that you arranged for the two of us to die, why didn't you go yourself?

Li Gang said that as long as the sage does not dislike the dullness of his subordinates, he is willing to serve in the army, but he is worried that his low position and power will not be able to effectively stimulate morale.

After hearing what Li Gang said, Emperor Zhao Huan asked if there was still a vacancy for the post of prime minister.

The servant Zhao Ye said that Yuwen Xuzhong was traveling with the Supreme Emperor to the south, and his post of Shangshu Youcheng is now vacant.