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The central army fought when they said war, and caught the unprepared minor imperial court of the Southern Song Dynasty off guard!

Zhao Gou quickly ordered Wang Yuan on the front line to lead the army to resist, while ordering Du Chong, Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi and others to let them separate the key areas, while writing letters to Li Yan beg for mercy.

The letter Zhao Gou wrote to Li Yan did not dare to use the "Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty" as the letter, but used the "Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to write a letter to the Great Song Dynasty Emperor and Uncle" as the letter.

This letter may have been written by Qin Hui, and it is written so sincerely.

The letter says: "In ancient times, those who were forced to die in danger were just guarding and running. Now, there is no one to guard the situation, and there is no land to fight, and all the seas are the land of my uncle."

Zhao Gou means: "You uncle, you attack me, I have only two choices, one is to defend and the other is to escape. Now I have to defend and no one can defend, I want to escape but I have no place to escape. Even the world is yours."

Then he said: "The reason is that I am sorry for my uncle."

It means: "My only hope is to you, uncle, you are merciful, uncle, you are sympathetic, please stop attacking me."

Then he said: "The former even served the letter and wanted to remove the old title. It was a country between heaven and earth. It was a great country. And it was no different. Why did you have to work hard to get far away and go before you could get happy?"

It means: "I wrote to you several times before, saying that I was willing to remove my old title and not become the emperor of the Song Dynasty. Your uncle will enthrone me and become a vassal state in Song Dynasty. In this way, it would be great that you are the only one country in the world."

Later he said: "Relying on my uncle, I hope for my magnificent and distant map, I remember the lonely and dangerous country, and I returned to the army and gave it to me for more than a year."

It means: "Uncle, please show your compassion and pity for me, so that I can survive. You can return to the north."

Finally, Zhao Gou also said that he was not sincerely owing the annual monies, but that the Southern Song Dynasty was too poor now. However, even so, as long as the central army was willing to return to the court, he was willing to immediately pay ten times the annual monies to recharge the fine for the late annual monies this year.

After reading this sincerely pleading letter, Li Yan gave the letter to Concubine Wei Xian, Xing Bingyi and others, and said to Concubine Wei Xian: "You have given birth to a good son, you are really capable of stretching and bent, and you are a hero of the time."

After reading the letter of pleading written by Zhao Gou by himself, Concubine Wei remained silent after listening to Li Yan's praise for Zhao Gou!

The same is true for Xing Bingyi and others on the side.

Although Concubine Wei Xian, Xing Bingyi and others are all women in the deep palace and are not very familiar with the world, they also understand that Li Yan's attack on Song this time was a serious move. It was not that Zhao Gou wrote a letter of pleading and saying soft words or that they were pleading for Zhao Gou or the Southern Song Dynasty, and Li Yan would withdraw his troops.

Furthermore, today is different from the past. Not to mention Concubine Wei Xian, Tian Chunluo, Jiang Zuimei, and even Xing Bingyi have given birth to a son for Li Yan. Moreover, there are people in their families who serve as officials in Dazhong Dynasty. For example, there are nearly ten people in Xing Bingyi's family who serve as officials in Dazhong Dynasty. Several women in the Xing family are Li Yan's concubines. In other words, they have been firmly tied to Li Yan to become Li Yan's veritable concubines. In this case, they can't even make suggestions for their ex-husbands or the small court of their ex-husbands. It can even be said that they are too late to avoid suspicion.

In the end, only Concubine Wei Xian knelt in front of Li Yan with a "thump", and then kowtowed to Li Yan three times and said, "I hope the official family will keep the life of the house in the future!"

Tang Chong then said: "The mountains and valleys are conducive to our army's formation and defense. Although the enemy is brave and has heavy armored iron cavalry, it cannot charge in the mountains. We rely on the danger of the rugged and guard the land of the pass. Even if the enemy's heavy troops attack, it is absolutely impossible to compete for this land!"

The "Guanfu" mentioned by Tang Chong is the Guanzhong Plain, which is what people often call "Eight Hundred Miles of Qinchuan". It lies on the rolling Yellow River in the east, the towering Qinling in the south, and the northern mountain system consisting of Liangshan, Huanglong Mountain, Yaoshan, Saga Mountain, Jiuji Mountain, Qishan, Qianshan, Longshan, etc.

The "Saga" mentioned by Tang Chong does not refer specifically to Mount Saga, but to the northern mountain system.

The Song army's cavalry was not as good as the central army. It was indeed difficult to compete with the central army's cavalry when fighting in the narrow and long Guanzhong Plain.

However, as long as the Beishan Mountain is guarded, the Song army can completely control the Guanzhong Plain from a high place.

The central army did not dare to stay for a long time after several captures Chang'an because they were worried that the Song army would cut off the central army's rear route or encircle the central army anytime and anywhere.

Therefore, Tang Chong's opinion on "relying on the dangers of the rugged and guarding the land of the gates and auxiliary areas" was very insightful.

However, most civil servants and staff of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda and Pacification Department believed that Qu Duan's opinions were too slow, while Tang Chong's opinions were too cowardly.

Tang Chong argued with reason and firmly opposed the near-term battle with the Jin army.

Zhang Jun couldn't help but be anxious, shouted Tang Chong's words sternly, and said, "Don't I know these things? I had to hold a battle when I saw that the situation in the southeast is now critical!"

Finally, the military conference ended unhappily.

After the meeting, Zhang Jun called Tang Chong and reiterated his intention to hold a battle, saying: "The central army is now invading Jiangnan. If an unexpected incident occurs, we will become the sinners of the Song Dynasty. In this situation, we should send an edict to raise troops to restrain the central army in the Central Plains so that they dare not go south."

Tang Chong did not dare to force Zhang Jun to retaliate, but he knew that when Zhang Jun left Lin'an, Zhao Gou had instructed Zhang Jun: "There are malpractice in the western region, and it is not necessary to make a large move in five years."

So, Tang Chong carried Zhao Gou out to dissuade Zhang Jun and said, "Don't you remember what the emperor said before leaving? The Western Army must be trained for five years."

But Zhang Jun was still stubborn and retorted: "Don't stick to everything. If the army attacked Lin'an and the transformation was unexpected, what should our Song Dynasty do? At that time, only the unified west was the place of revival of the Song Dynasty!"

Tang Chong listened to the words and was speechless.

Because Qu Duan always insisted on his own opinions and firmly opposed the holding of the battle, Zhang Jun forced Qu Duan to hand over military power and left Qu Duan in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda and Pacification Department as a staff officer.

After some days, someone slandered Zhang Jun and said bad things about Qu Duan, which aroused Zhang Jun's suspicion.

Therefore, Zhang Jun settled the Qing Dynasty for Qu Duan not to send troops to respond to the crimes of the front army during the Battle of Pengyuandian, demoted Qu Duan and settled a free residence in Jiezhou.

Soon, Zhang Jun demoted Quduan again to the deputy envoy of the Haizhou Tuanlian and placed Wanzhou idle residence.

At the same time, Zhang Jun purged the senior officers of the Jingyuan Army and captured the Jingyuan Army in his own hands.

The event for holding a major battle in Shaanxi was finally decided by Zhang Jun.

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PS: The letter Zhao Gou wrote to the protagonist above is adapted from some of Yuan Tengfei's content in "The Storm of the Two Songs".

Let me explain that originally, I only wanted to write classical Chinese or just translated it, but after reading it, I think Yuan Tengfei's method of handling it is that classical Chinese plus a slightly humorous translation is more interesting, so I borrowed from his writing method and some content.
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