When crossbowmen on both sides arrived, there were 30,000 crossbowmen on the south. The powerful rain of arrows caused extremely heavy losses to the attacking army. More than 8,000 people were killed or injured in just a few shocks. In addition, the opponent used powerful thunder, and the attacking army was frightened and their morale gradually lost. Miao Fu ordered an attack several times, but it was useless. The soldiers actually showed signs of resistance.

Miao Fu suddenly realized that the soldiers' orders were not good. The soldiers' resistance was a sign of mutiny or complete collapse of the morale of the army. He immediately ordered the entire army to stop attacking and retreat slowly, and tried his best to stabilize the soldiers' emotions.

At this moment, several letter soldiers from the south rushed over on horseback and shouted, "General, something is not good!"

Fu Miao glared at the two soldiers who reported the letter and said angrily: "What's the matter? Fuss!"

"Report to General, our camp was attacked by the enemy, and suffered heavy casualties. General Zhang begged the general to lead the army back to aid immediately!"

"ah!"

Miao Fu was stunned for a moment. He came to attack Li Yanqing's camp, but his own camp was attacked. Miao Fu suddenly realized that Li Yanqing had known that he was coming tonight, so he made preparations.

At this time, he no longer hesitated and made a quick decision to order: "The army quickly retreated to the capital!"

At this time, it is no longer meaningful to go back to rescue the camp. Miao Fu only felt that there were crises on all sides, and the only way to retreat was to withdraw to the capital, the faster the better.

His army had already lost its morale. When he heard that the military camp had been attacked, the soldiers were even more frightened and did not form any formation. They turned around and ran towards the capital. Many soldiers even threw away their armor and weapons, reducing the burden on their bodies.

Miao Fu couldn't stop the army, so he had to whip quickly and lead thousands of confidant troops to run wildly towards the capital.

But after only rushing for more than ten miles, a muffled thunder suddenly came from the west, and the earth began to tremble. Cao Meng led 20,000 cavalry to fight.

The defeated soldiers saw the endless cavalry coming, and were so scared that they cried and called their parents, and ran away desperately, but a cavalry of five thousand people cut off their retreat. Thousands of cavalry shouted in unison: "Surrender and not kill! Surrender and not kill!"

Large areas of soldiers immediately knelt down and surrendered. At this time, the morale of the army had completely collapsed. A very spectacular scene appeared on the land more than ten miles on the west bank of the canal. Nearly 30,000 soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for surrender, surrounded them with countless cavalry.

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At dawn, the cavalry from the enemy camp also escorted more than 15,000 prisoners of war to the north and joined 30,000 prisoners of war to the north.

This battle between the stolen camp and the anti-stolen camp was very classic. In addition to about 10,000 new imperial guards escaped, more than 13,000 casualties and 45,000 were captured. Only more than 3,000 escaped soldiers followed Miao Fu and fled back to the capital, and the rest of the soldiers fled back to their hometowns.

The 70,000 army was destroyed in the northern part of Lin'an Prefecture. The news reached Lin'an. The people in Lin'an City cheered, as if they had won the battle themselves.

Shortly after the news of the destruction of Miao Fu's entire army reached the palace, Zhao Ji came to Taiyi Palace. In the inner hall of Taiyi Palace, Zhao Huan, wearing a Taoist robe, sat on the cushion expressionlessly, but Zhao Ji was eager to persuade him to come out and ascend the throne.

"You are my eldest son. Your ninth brother has unfortunately passed away. The country cannot be without a king for a day. I have been thinking for a long time. It is more appropriate for you to inherit the throne. How about it? As long as you nod, I will arrange the throne ceremony tomorrow morning."

Zhao Huan said coldly for a while: "Didn't your father always want to restore the throne? Now that you have such a good opportunity, why don't you?"

Zhao Ji sighed, "I am old and don't have so much energy to deal with the court affairs. I just want to spend my old age quietly and stop asking about state affairs. In the past, I was sorry for you in some places, but we are father and son after all, and our bloodline is thicker than water. I have considered it again and again and again, it is most suitable for you to ascend the throne."

Zhao Huan smiled faintly, "My son can understand my father's mood, but I have become a monk and have long been able to break through the world. I don't want to get involved in worldly disputes anymore. My father will go find another prince!"

After saying that, he ignored Zhao Ji, got up and left. Looking at his back as he walked away, Zhao Ji was angry and gritted his teeth and said, "Do you think you can escape?"

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The next morning, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji officially announced that Emperor Zhao Gou died of illness and made King Ji Zhao Xu the new emperor. He immediately announced that he would resign as the regent and move back to Yinlong Villa, and no longer care about state affairs.

In the Zhizheng Hall, more than a dozen important officials loyal to Zhao Ji were nervously discussing countermeasures. Du Chong knocked on the table with dissatisfaction, "What's this? He stepped down by himself, he slapped his butt and left us on the shore without saying anything. Is this the end of loyalty to him?"

"Don't complain!"

Huang Qianshan glared at him fiercely, "What's the point of saying these useless words? Now we have to come up with feasible solutions to protect our lives!"

At this time, Qin Hui asked, "What does the new emperor mean?"

Wang Boyan next to him snorted, "Who knows where the new emperor is? He ascended the throne like a puppet, without saying a word from beginning to end. Can you still expect him to come up with a solution?"

"If he doesn't express his opinion, let's force him!" Qin Hui also said a little fiercely.

"What can I do with force him?" Huang Qianshan asked in confusion.

"Forcing him to negotiate with Li Yanqing. Now only negotiations can resolve our crisis. If you agree to Li Yanqing's conditions, if you really don't work, support him as the right prime minister, or suggest that he can separatist the northwest. We will pass a plan for military and political autonomy in the name of Zhizhengtang."

At this time, Lu Yihao, who had not spoken, said coldly: "You think Li Yanqing too simply. If he wants to separatist the northwest, he will leave during the coup. Where will he even put forward the slogan of supporting the Song Dynasty? Negotiations are still necessary. See what his conditions are?"

Just then, a riot came from outside, and some officials shouted: "Go out quickly, the prime ministers are discussing matters, what do you want to do?"

Finally, the voice became terrified, and everyone looked at each other, wondering what was wrong?

At this time, the door was knocked open with a 'bang', and more than a dozen soldiers rushed in from outside instantly, and then walked into a general. He looked at the meeting hall and nodded and said, "Very good, they are all here!"

Huang Qianshan recognized the general as Zhou Tao, the leader of the Supreme Emperor's personal bodyguard, and he immediately said angrily: "General Zhou, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Tao said coldly: "You treacherous ministers bewitched the Supreme Emperor and killed the official family. They deserve to be punished by the Supreme Emperor. We will come to clear the emperor's side according to the order of the Supreme Emperor!"

He turned around and ordered, "No one left, take down all!"

In an instant, a large group of soldiers rushed in and pressed more than a dozen ministers to the ground and tied them up with ropes. Huang Qianshan's face changed color and shouted: "Bastard, he killed his son himself. Now he wants to frame us again, so he will die a good death!"

Zhou Tao stepped forward and slapped Huang Qianshan's teeth twice, and Huang Qianshan's voice suddenly became hoarse.

Qin Hui asked anxiously: "General Zhou, how should the Supreme Emperor deal with us?"

Zhou Tao narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'll tell you the truth! The Supreme Emperor wants to negotiate with Li Yanqing, but he has to show some sincerity. Since the flag Li Yanqing set up is to clear the lord's side, I have to feel wronged everyone. Go and explain to Li Yanqing!"

Everyone's faces suddenly turned dead gray, and Lu Yihao sighed long, "The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys are cooked, that's right!"

Zhou Tao waved his hand and said, "Take it away!"

The soldiers used black cloth bags to cover the minister's head and took them into several carriages, which drove out of the palace.

At the same time, Zhao Ji appeared in front of the Cao Mansion gate. He came to pay his respects to Cao Ping. At this time, he had to put down his posture and apologize to the Cao family.

Cao Yan and several brothers both made excuses of being unwell and did not want to come out to see Zhao Ji, so they only asked one of the Cao children to accompany Zhao Ji to burn incense to Cao Ping's spiritual position.

Zhao Ji originally wanted Cao Yan to negotiate with Li Yanqing as his special envoy, but the Cao family did not give him face, so he had no choice but to visit Gaoshen again.

In the guest hall, Gao Shen listened to Zhao Ji's tears in silence, and Zhao Ji bluntly pushed all the responsibilities to Huang Qianshan and others, as if he was also a victim.

Finally, Gao Shen said calmly: "Your Majesty, I can go to negotiate with Li Yanqing, but I must know what your majesty's bottom line is?"
Chapter completed!