When Zhao Huan was worried about sending a prince to the Jin camp as a hostage, Zhao Ji's ninth son Zhao Gou came to pay his respects and asked to send him. Zhao Gou said to Song Qinzong Zhao Huan: "The enemy must ask the prince to be a hostage. I am the grand plan of the clan society. Can you refuse to give in?" Zhao Huan was very happy when he heard this, so he sent him and Zhang Bangchang to the Jin camp.

Zhang Bangchang was a Jinshi and his ancestral home was Xi'e County, Nanyang County. He served as the position of the Right Prime Minister, the Left Prime Minister, the Secretariat, the Secretariat, the Shaozai, the Dazai and the Secretariat. Since the reign of Zhezong, party struggles have been constantly. Zhang Bangchang and Tong Guan were both party members of the powerful minister Wang Fu, and Wang Fu was promoted to the prime minister by Cai Jing. In terms of policy toward Jin, the royal party was mostly the peace faction, and was sharply opposed to the pro-war faction led by Li Gang.

Wang Fu stood opposite to Qin Zong Zhao Huan in the past. The first thing Zhao Huan did to the stage was to ambush Wang Fu. Although Zhang Bangchang had no major evil in normal times, he was already the target of Zhao Huan's attempt to be eliminated. So Zhao Huan asked Zhang Bangchang to go to Jinying for peace talks.

During this peace talk, Zhao Huan agreed to use the land cemetery as a bargaining chip, but secretly sent the warlords to raid the Jin camp, which basically forced Zhang Bangchang to death. How could Zhang Bangchang not know? He asked Zhao Huan for the imperial edict to cede land, but Zhao Huan refused to give it. He asked for the seal and ribbon of Hebei, but he would not give it.

Li Qi said to Zhao Gou: "The Jin army was worried that the Southern Dynasties would be breach of trust, so they asked the prince to send them across the Yellow River before they could come back." Zhao Gou replied: "The country is in crisis, and it is worth dying for the country!" After Zhao Gou set off, reinforcements from all over the country arrived one after another.

The commander Ma Zhong led his troops to Beijing from the west of the capital. When he saw the Jin soldiers surround outside Shuntian Gate, he led his troops to attack and defeat the Jin soldiers. The western route was therefore opened and reinforcements were able to come. Zhong Shidao was ordered to serve as the commander of the Two Rivers at this time. He heard that the capital was besieged and hurriedly led his troops to help. Because Zhong Shidao was old, he called him the old clan. He heard that he led his troops to come, and privately celebrated: "Okay, okay! The old clan is here!"

Zhong Shidao once served as the commander-in-chief with Tong Guan and was appointed as the governor of Baojing Army. Tong Guan joined Jin to attack Liao, and asked Zhong Shidao to cover up the generals. Zhong Shidao advised him: "Today's actions are like robbers entering the neighboring house. We cannot save them, but instead robbed them and shared the spoils with the robbers. How can we do it?" Tong Guan refused to listen. After the Song army arrived in Baigou, the Liao people clamored forward, and the Song army suffered casualties. Fortunately, Zhong Shidao ordered each person to defend himself with a huge stick, and the Liao army could not withstand the blunt weapon attack, so the Song army would not be defeated.

The envoy of the Liao Kingdom came to beg: "The Southern Dynasties also hated the behavior of the Jurchens betrayed this dynasty. Now, in order to gain temporary benefits, your country will not hesitate to abandon a hundred years of good fortune, make a neighbor of jackals and wolves, and cause disasters in the future. Is this wise? Relief and servicing neighbors is a common meaning in ancient and modern times. I hope that the great country will think about it!" Tong Guan said speechlessly.

Zhong Shidao also advised that he should agree to the Liao envoy to withdraw his troops. Tong Guan refused to listen and secretly impeached Zhong Shidao to help the thief. Wang Fu was angry and ordered Zhong Shidao to retire as the general of the Right Guard and replace him with Liu Yanqing. After Liu Yanqing was defeated in Lugou, Zhao Ji remembered Zhong Shidao again and appointed him as the governor of Xianzhou and the governor of Huanzhou. Soon after, he was appointed as the governor of Baojing Army and was retired.

When the Jin army went south, Zhao Ji urgently summoned Zong Shidao to Beijing, and appointed him as the junior guard of the procuratorate, Jingnan Army Jieduo, and the Hebei Governor of the capital, and had the right to recruit troops and grain on his own. Zong Shidao was in seclusion in the Nanshan Baolin Valley. After receiving the order, he immediately went east to Yao Pingzhong's place, and took Yao Pingzhong's infantry and cavalry to travel north together. Zong Shidao arrived in Luoyang and learned that Wo Li had already stationed troops under the capital.

Someone advised him not to go, saying, "The thief is in a strong position. I hope your troops will stay in the Sishui River for a short while to make a plan." Zhong Shidao said, "Our army has few soldiers. If we hesitate and fail to advance, we will bring shame upon ourselves. Now our army is advancing with great fanfare, how can the Jin people measure my reality? When the army and civilians in the capital heard that our army was coming, their morale was naturally excited. Are they still afraid of Jin thieves?" Zhong Shidao posted notices along the way, claiming to lead millions of Western soldiers to come. The Song army arrived at the south bank of the Bian River in the west of the city and headed straight to the enemy camp. The Jin people were afraid and moved to the north to restrict the cycling activities, and focused on building fortresses in Moutuogang to defend themselves.

When Zhong Shidao came to see him, Zhao Huan asked, "What do you think about today's affairs?" Zhong Shidao replied, "The Jurchens do not understand the art of war, how could they be able to retreat smoothly by alone in other people's territory?" Zhao Huan said, "It has been made peace." Zhong Shidao then said, "I serve Your Majesty with military affairs, and I am not sure what else I dare to understand." Zhao Huan said, "The capital is missing a commander. When you are here, what else can you say!" So he ordered him to serve as the Minister of the Privy Council, as the governor of the capital, Hebei and Hedong, and to command the kingly soldiers and front and rear troops in all directions.

At this time, Yao Pingzhong also led the Xihe army to come, and Zhao Huan ordered him to be the commander-in-chief. Zong Shidao was sick at the time, and Zhao Huan told him not to worship him and to enter the court in a sedan chair. Wang Feng, the envoy of Jin Kingdom, was very tough in the Song court. When he saw Zong Shidao coming, he bowed and knelt down slightly in accordance with the etiquette. Zhao Huan smiled and said to Zong Shidao: "It's because of you."

Since the capital was besieged, all the gates were closed, and the people had no firewood or vegetables to buy. Zhong Shidao asked to open the west and south gates so that the people could enter and exit as usual. A Jin soldier was good at the military camp of Ma Zhong, and Ma Zhong beheaded six of them. The Jin people came to complain, Zhong Shidao sent the Jin people's boundary flag, and asked the Jin people to imitate their own products. From then on, the Jin people painted the land as a prison, and no one dared to cross the line. Zhong Shidao also asked to delay paying compensation, and when the Jin people were lazy and wanted to return, they blocked the Jin people's way back and annihilated it in the Yellow River. Prime Minister Li Bangyan naturally disagreed. From the perspective of actual actions, the war faction faction was preparing to paralyze the Jin people and then attacked suddenly.

The Zong family and the Yao family are all large clans in Shanxi. Yao Pingzhong's father Yao Gu also led Xihe troops to aid at this time, and the strength of the Song army was strengthened. Yao Pingzhong was worried that all fame and fortune would be occupied by the Zong family, so he reported that the soldiers were ready to fight, but Zhong Shidao was not allowed to fight.

At this moment, Jin Ganli was still stationed at the city because of insufficient gold coins. He asked for help and slaughtered troops. Li Gang therefore offered his plan: "The Jin people are greedy and become more and more fierce, and they must use troops. Now there are only 60,000 enemy soldiers, and our king-supporting soldiers have reached 200,000. If we keep Hejin, cut off the enemy's food and pay. We divide the troops in the north of the capital, and we will use heavy troops to suppress the enemy without fighting. When his food is exhausted, we will get the affidavit and abolish the peace talks. Even if the Jin soldiers return to the north, we will attack halfway and we will definitely win." Zhong Shidao also agreed with this plan.

Zhao Huan then ordered all troops to make an appointment with the date to start the matter. Yao Pingzhong said, "If you have a harmonious relationship, you don't have to fight again. If you want to fight, you should be quick." Zhao Huan lost his mind and told Li Gang. Li Gang heard that morale was conducive to quick battle, and it was not convenient to persist. He discussed with Zhong Shidao and prepared for a quick battle. Zhong Shidao wanted to wait for his younger brother Zhong Shizhong to arrive and then start a war. Yao Pingzhong said, "The enemy's arrogance is very arrogant and must be unprepared. I will go out of the city tonight and enter the enemy camp. Not only can I get back King Kang, but even the enemy chief Gan Jie can't live, but I can also capture him." Zhong Shidao shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not so easy." Yao Pingzhong said, "If you can't win, I'm willing to be a military order." Li

Gang said, "Let's try it! I'll go and rescue him."

The discussion was decided. At midnight, Yao Pingzhong led 10,000 infantry and cavalry out of the city to rob the camp, and specifically rushed to the Jin army camp. Unexpectedly, after they rushed in, they found that it was an empty camp. The Song army hurriedly retreated, and the Jin army had already ambushed the troops. Gan Li Bu personally led all the teams to besiege the Song army. Yao Pingzhong tried his best to seize the road and was able to escape. He was afraid that he would be killed when he returned to the city, so he actually fled.

Li Gang led the generals out to rescue. When he arrived at Mutianpo, he happened to meet Jin soldiers taking advantage of the victory. Li Gang hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot with the divine arm bow, and the Jin soldiers retreated. Li Gang gathered his troops into the city, and Zhong Shidao and others continued. Li Gang sighed and regretted. Zhong Shidao said to Li Gang: "It was a mistake to send troops to rob the camp tonight. It would be better to go again tomorrow night. This is the unexpected plan of the military strategists. If they do not win, they can use thousands of people to attack each night. But they want to disturb the enemy, and there is no need to defeat the enemy. I don't expect that the Jin soldiers will escape if they don't expect that the Jin soldiers will escape if they don't expect that the next day, the Jin soldiers will escape." Li Gang called the Shan Ce. The next day, the two reported, and Zhao Huan was speechless. Li Bangyan and others said that they had failed last night, how could they take another initiative? Zhao Huan then put the words of Zhong Shidao aside.

Besides, after Gan Li Bu returned to the camp, he was glad that he was prepared for a great victory. He summoned Zhao Gou and Zhang Bangchang's golden tent, blamed the Song army for violating the oath, and roaring loudly. Zhang Bangchang was so scared that he cried, but Zhao Gou stood upright and looked calm. Gan Li Bu saw this and ordered the two to withdraw and said to Wang Feng privately: "I think this prince of the Song Dynasty is probably a descendant of the general who pretended to come here, otherwise how could he be so bold? Go to Songdu and ask why they wanted to rob the camp and let them change to another prince as hostage."

Wang Fan immediately ordered to enter the capital and told Li Bangyan. Li Bangyan said: "It was Li Gang who used troops to rob the village. Yao Pingzhong's idea, and it was not from the court." Wang Fan said: "Li Gang and others are so unauthorized and authoritarian, why don't they be punished?" Li Bangyan said: "Yao Pingzhong has fled far away for fear of crime, and only Li Gang is still there. I will report to the emperor and dismiss him today." Wang Fan then left. Li Bangyan then entered the country to impeach Li Gang, and Zhao Huan issued an order to dismiss Li Gang's official position and deposed his personal camp envoy. Zhao Huan also sent Yuwen Xuzhong to the Jin camp to apologize.

As soon as Yuwen Xuzhong came out, he suddenly saw a lot of soldiers and civilians gathering in front of Xuande Gate. The noise suddenly started. The inner court ordered Wu Min to check it out. Wu Min quickly returned, holding the memorial from the Tai student Chen Dong, and presented it to Zhao Huan. Wu Min also said: "There are more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians. They gathered together in Xuande Gate. Please ask Your Majesty to still use Li Gang. I cannot be dismissed, and I am afraid that there will be changes. I hope Your Majesty will investigate in detail." Zhao Huan frowned and ordered Li Bangyan to join the Shang Dynasty.

Li Bangyan was summoned to the court, but when the soldiers saw him, he immediately scolded him in unison, chased him and scolded him again, and threw him with rocks. Li Bangyan's face looked like earth and rushed to escape. When he met Zhao Huan, he was still trembling all over and could not speak. Wang Zongqi, the commander in front of the palace, asked Zhao Huan to use Li Gang. Zhao Huan had no choice but to send an order to summon Li Gang.

The eunuch Zhu Gongzhi was ordered to summon Li Gang, but was beaten up and was beaten to death. He stepped into a meat cake. At the same time, dozens of eunuchs were killed. The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, King Shiyong, led the crowd to come, but everyone still did not retreat. The Minister of Revenue Nie Chang issued an edict to restore Li Gang's official position and serve as the defensive commander in the four walls of the capital. Everyone cheered long live. Then he asked to see Mr. Zong, who was transferred by Nie Chang, and urged Zhong Shidao to enter the city to suppress the bullets. Zhong Shidao came by car. The people lifted the curtains and saw it, saying, "It's indeed my Lord Zong." They all paid tribute and dispersed.
Chapter completed!