That night, the Tokyo city tower was brightly lit, and tens of thousands of soldiers stood neatly at the top of the city, waiting for battle. The Jin soldiers camp ten miles away were also brightly lit, and all the situations showed that tonight would be a sleepless night.

Li Gang looked at the Jin camp in the distance and sighed softly, "It was indeed said by General Li. The Jin soldiers handed over this credit to the peace sect. From then on, the court will enter a troublesome situation."

Li Yanqing shook his head and said solemnly: "Li Xiangguo was wrong. This credit was not given to the Jin people, but was obtained by the bloody battles of thousands of soldiers. Justice is in the hearts of the people, and it cannot be erased by some people in the court in just one word."

"You are right, justice is in the hearts of the people!"

Having said that, Li Gang was in a heavy mood. In this negotiation, the Jin people changed their previous strength and reached an withdrawal agreement with the court lords and factions in an extremely humble manner, which greatly increased their ambition of the lords and factions, and even took all the credit for the Jin soldiers' retreat for themselves. They looked down on the millions of soldiers who fought bloodyly. Although outsiders could not feel this arrogant arrogance for the time being, the ambiguous attitude of the official made Li Gang feel chilled.

Li Gang was very worried that the officials would fulfill their previous promises and reward the soldiers of the anti-Jin. This concern was not groundless. The peace sect took away at least half of the credit. Even if the officials did not regret it, the peace sect led by Bai Shizhong would inevitably use various excuses to obstruct them. The reward plan agreed upon before may be reduced in a complete manner.

But Li Gang did not dare to say this, so he had to keep it in his heart, making him depressed.

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "Look, the Jin camp has caught fire!"

I saw the golden camp fires in the distance burning rapidly, and black smoke enveloped the sky. This meant that the Jin soldiers had really retreated northward, and cheers suddenly sounded from the top of the city. The soldiers hugged each other with excitement. Many threw their helmets into the sky, and the cheers on the top of the city resounded throughout the sky.

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The next morning, a group of hundreds of Song cavalry rushed to the Jin army camp. The fire in the Jin army camp had been extinguished, the military camp was burned to white ground, and thousands of camp fences were burned into black charcoal, and black smoke was still emitting.

The cavalry circled around the Jin soldiers' camp, but found no abnormalities. The leader shouted, and the four hundred cavalry were divided into four teams. One team continued to go north and followed the tracks of the Jin soldiers' retreat northwards to chase the whereabouts. The other two teams ran east and west, and the last team of cavalry returned to Tokyo City.

On the top of the city, Li Yanqing still stood like a statue. After a whole night, he almost didn't rest, and Li Gang was already exhausted from going to rest in the dungeon.

He is the military commander and is responsible for the safety of the entire city. At the critical moment when the Jin soldiers retreated north, he had no chance to rest. He could only rest after confirming that the Jin soldiers had indeed retreated north and re-established a new alarm system.

At this time, a team of cavalry rushed from a distance and shouted under the city: "Report to the commander, the Jin army camp has been burned into white land, and tens of thousands of stones of food have been burned down. There are no Jin soldiers around. General Wang led his brothers north to track them."

Li Yanqing nodded. If even the remaining grain was burned, it would be basically certain that the Jin soldiers had indeed gone north, but they still needed to find the main force of the Jin soldiers before confirming it.

"Go to visit the surroundings again!"

"Abide by the order!"

The cavalry urged the horses to go east. At this time, Cao Meng whispered to remind Li Yanqing. "The chief minister, it seems that the official family is coming!"

Li Yanqing turned his head and saw a brigade of guards surrounded by a yellow umbrella and walking quickly towards this side. Li Yanqing hurriedly greeted him. It was indeed the emperor Zhao Huan who came to inspect, and there were also a large group of officials behind him, each of whom was full of joy and spirits.

Li Yanqing stepped forward and knelt on one knee, "I'm going to see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Huan quickly smiled and helped Li Yanqing up, "This time the defense of the capital was successful, and Li Dutong worked hard and made great contributions. I will definitely reward him a lot!"

"Thank you for your kindness, I am just a little bit of contribution, but the ones who have made great contributions are the millions of soldiers. It is their bloody battle that forced the Jin soldiers to give up their military camps and retreat north."

As soon as Li Yanqing finished speaking, a sinister voice came from behind Zhao Heng, "The Jin soldiers abandoned the camp and retreated northward is not the result of the soldiers' battle, but the result of negotiations between the imperial court and the Jin people. Li Dutong can be not humble, but must not be too self-righteous!"

Li Yanqing glanced coldly and sternly, and the person who spoke was right-wing prince Bai Shizhong.

Li Yanqing's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he looked at Bai coldly and said, "This is the battlefield where soldiers fight to kill the enemy. Did Bai Xiangguo feel condemnation from his conscience when he stood on the blood of the soldiers and said this?"

Bai Shi didn't feel any condemnation in the center, but Li Yanqing's murderous gaze made him feel inexplicably palpitations. He snorted coldly and did not dare to touch him anymore.

A hint of undetectable displeasure flashed in Zhao Huan's eyes, and he laughed: "Military merit is the foundation, and this cannot be denied. Just like building a house, Li Dutong built the first floor, so the court could build the second floor on the first floor. Without the foundation laid by Li Dutong, the court would not have had the court's negotiations successful."

Zhao Huan's statement seemed fair, but in fact he had a hidden side. He announced in front of Li Yanqing that the retreat of the Jin army was the result of the court negotiations. However, he was not as disgusting as Bai Shizhong, but admitted that half of the credit belonged to the army.

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "The siege has been fought for a month and a half, but the first batch of soldiers who died have not received any pensions yet. I wonder when the court will fulfill it?"

Zhao Huan frowned and turned around and asked, "What's going on? Why haven't you approved it yet?"

Bai Shizhong hurriedly said, "My grandson Li is in charge of this matter, and I don't know much about it."

Little Li’s husband is Li Gang. This is to distinguish him from Li Bangyan. Li Yanqing said very dissatisfied: “I asked Mr. Li that he submitted the plan to Zhizhengtang last month, but he is still under Zhizhengtang. Whose responsibility is this?”

Bai Shizhong was suddenly a little embarrassed and said for a while: "Maybe because of the busy business and I don't have enough time to care about this matter. I'll go back and check it."

Zhao Huan was a little embarrassed and turned around and glared at Bai Shizhong, "This matter is not allowed to be delayed any longer. Go back and get it done immediately!"

Bai Shizhong wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Weichen will handle this matter when he goes back and give an explanation as soon as possible."

Zhao Huan waved his hand, "I won't talk about this matter. Li Dutong, I want to know if the Jin soldiers have withdrawn?"

"Report to Your Majesty, the Jin army camp has been burned down and it has indeed retreated to the north, but whether it really crosses the Yellow River needs further confirmation."

"Is it possible to declare the state of war lifted?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Even if the Jin soldiers crossed the Yellow River, at the speed of the Jin soldiers' cavalry going south, they can fight from the north bank of the Yellow River to the capital in one day. Moreover, Hebei and Hedong are still in the hands of the Jin soldiers. Now that the war is over, we believe it is too early."

Bai Shizhong sneered and said, "The court has signed a ceasefire agreement with the Jin soldiers, agreeing that both sides should try to resolve the dispute between the two countries in a peaceful manner and no longer go into war. Wanyan Xie also made it clear that he would not attack Tokyo within one year. At this time, the agreement between the two sides should not be determined to exist just because Li Dutong did not participate!"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "The promise of the Jin people is somewhat reliable, I believe Bai Xiangguo knows it better than me."

"you--"

Bai Shizhong glared at Li Yanqing fiercely, and then said to Zhao Huan: "I am incompetent and failed to convince Li Dutong. According to Li Dutong's wishes, we have to continue to endure it."

At this time, the anger in Zhao Huan's heart rose uncontrollably. He questioned Li Yanqing with great dissatisfaction, "Then will you close the city gate forever and have no connection with the prefectures and counties in the world? Let me be at ease to be the magistrate of Bianliang County?"

"Your Majesty, I said that there is no contradiction between the state of war and external contacts. The state of war is also divided into state of wartime and state of war, and state of war. Since the Jin soldiers still occupy Hebei and may go south at any time, it is not a state of wartime. It should be a state of wartime. It should be a state of wartime. It should be a little tolerant than the previous state of wartime. The city gate can be opened regularly and at a fixed point. The inspection will be slightly strict in the city. There will be no martial law in the city. However, a curfew at night is still necessary. The order in the city is still under military control, and the patrol of soldiers is also indispensable. I will write a detailed memorial in the next two days to explain the various requirements of the state of wartime."

After pausing, Li Yanqing said again: "In addition, the empress must remind the court that once the city gate is opened, there will inevitably be a large-scale wave of people moving south. I hope the court can deal with this matter seriously and not be caught off guard."

Zhao Huan turned around and asked, "Is Mr. Li coming?"

Li Gang hurriedly walked forward, "I'm here!"

Zhao Huan said coldly: "I don't want a large-scale migration to the south. I will leave it to you to deal with the matter of dissuading the people in the city to move south. If the handling is not done properly, I will only ask!"
Chapter completed!