At this time, Yao Gu, Zong Shizhong and the prefecture generals Zhe Yanzhi and others led troops to support. A total of more than 100,000 people gathered at the city of Bianliang. Li Gang asked Zhao Huan to issue an edict to Yao Gu and others to lead their troops to pursue the Jin soldiers and take the opportunity to cover them up. Zhang Bangchang thought it was impossible, so Zhao Huan ordered the troops to return to the garrison.

Soon, a Jin envoy came from the clouds and said that he had been ordered by the military order of Nianwuyan to ask for gold coins. The assistant minister said that he was too rude, so he restrained the envoy. Nianwuyan learned that he immediately divided his troops to attack the North and South Pass. The rebel soldiers from Pingyang Prefecture actually led the Jin soldiers into Guanzhong. Nianwuyan saw that the city was strong and very powerful, and he couldn't help but sigh: "The pass was so steep, but our army was able to pass through it safely. The Southern Dynasties were really no one."

Li Zhi, the army of Zhiwei, heard that the Jin soldiers had passed the pass and rushed to surrender. The Jin soldiers captured Longde Mansion, and the prefect Zhang Que committed suicide. The Jin soldiers then heard that the defense in Zezhou area was quite strong, so they retreated back to Yunzhong and turned to besiege Taiyuan. Because the Jin soldiers had not yet returned, Zhao Huan summoned the ministers to discuss whether the three towns should be ceded.

Xu Churen, Minister of the Secretariat, said: "The Jin Kingdom has destroyed the alliance, why do we still want to cut off the three towns?" Wu Min also said: "The three towns must not be given up." He also recommended Xu Churen as prime minister. So Zhao Huan changed his mind again. Because Zhang Bangchang and Li Qi have always advocated peace talks, they were removed from office and promoted Xu Churen to the Grand Priest, Tang Ke as Minister of the Secretariat, Xu Han and the Chief Minister of the Privy Council. At the same time, Zhao Huan issued an edict saying: The alliance between the Jin people cannot be guaranteed. Now that the Jin people have not gone deep, they have been trapped in the south, and they have defeated the alliance first. I have been reprimanded for the blame for the rebellion for the peace talks. The three towns in Taiyuan, Zhongshan, Hejian, and the Baosai Mausoleum are located, and they are vowed to defend.

The chief censor Xu Han sent Zhao Huan to visit Zhao Huan, thinking that it was not appropriate to remove the military power of Zhong Shidao. Zhao Huan said, "Zhong Shidao is old and it is difficult to use it again. I will let you meet him." Zhao Huan then asked Xu Han and Zhong Shidao to meet outside the hall gate. Zhong Shidao was silent. Xu Han said, "The country is in urgent need, and the emperor issued an edict to allow me to consult you. Don't refuse to talk because I am a scholar." Zhong Shidao then said, "We have many enemies, as long as we divide our troops and build camps, control and guard the important land, so that the enemy's food route is blocked, and we can sit for a long time, and the enemy can be broken." Xu Han sighed and reported that Zhong Shidao's wisdom and thoughts have not faded, and can still be used.

Zhao Huan then appointed him as the junior division of the road and prosecutor of Zhongshi, and was appointed as the Taiwei Army. He was appointed as the Xuanfu Envoy of Hebei and Hedong, and stationed his troops in Huazhou. Yao Gu was the commander of Hebei and led his troops to support Taiyuan. Zong Shizhong was the deputy envoy, and led his troops to support Zhongshan and Hejian. Zong Shizhong crossed the river and chased Gan and could not leave Beibi. Zhao Huan then ordered him to return. Yao Gu also recovered Longde Prefecture and Weisheng Army, and guarded the North and South Passes.

Zhao Huan received the good news and felt comforted, so he wanted to welcome the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji. At that time, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji had arrived in Nanjing and had long been in communication with the capital. Therefore, rumors spread everywhere, either that the Emperor was restored or that Tong Guan conspired to rebel. Zhao Huan also felt confused, so he appointed Nie Chang as the southeastern shipping envoy to fight against the rebels. Li Gang advised and stopped him, and asked to welcome him.

Zhao Huan then ordered Li Gang to welcome Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji had changed his old policies for a long time and questioned Li Gang. After Li Gang explained one by one, Zhao Ji had no objection and immediately returned to the capital. Zhao Huan welcomed Ruyi and made the prince Zhao Chen the crown prince. Zhao Chen was born to the Empress Zhu, and he had always been loved by Zhao Ji and was given the title of the legitimate grandson. Therefore, Zhao Ji returned to the court, and Zhao Huan specially made him the crown prince in order to serve Zhao Ji.

The right counselor Yang Shi reported to impeach Tong Guan and Liang Shicheng and others for crimes. The Censor Sun Qi and others tried their best to argue about the crimes of Cai Jing and his son. Zhao Huan then demoted Liang Shi to the deputy envoy of the Changhua Army, Cai Jing as secretary-general, Tong Guan as the general of the left guard, and Cai You as the chief physician. The Tai student Chen Dong and the commoner Zhang Bing, and Chen Liang Shicheng and others for crimes. Zhao Huan then sent Kaifeng officials to chase and kill Liang Shicheng and lost his property. He then demoted Cai Jing as the deputy envoy of the Chongxin Army, and Tong Guan as the deputy envoy of the Zhaohua Army.

Cai Jing was fierce and cruel, and he held great power for four times, spreading poison to all directions, and shared hatred in the world. Tong Guan held military command for 20 years, colluded with Cai, and made friends with concubines in the harem, and bribed them endlessly. The women and eunuchs on both sides of Zhao Ji were praised, so they were favored by Zhao Ji and had a strong power. Most of the officials inside and outside were from Tong Guan. These people were extremely treacherous and could not be written. There had been a song in the capital: "Breaking the tube and placing dishes will make you a good world on earth."

Then there was an edict to demote again, and the censors launched an impeachment. Even Cai Jing and Tong Guan's confidant were afraid that the disaster would affect him, so they reported to each other to attack the two of them. Zhao Huan then demoted Cai Jing and went to Danzhou, giving Cai Jing's sons Cai You and Cai Chong to commit suicide. Cai Chong was still a little righteous, but after receiving the order, he said with a sigh: "What's the regret of dying if you miss the country like this!" So he died of poison. Cai You hesitated and handed him the rope left and right, and then he hanged himself.

After Cai Jing was demoted and exiled, he also wrote a poem: "After 81 years, I was homeless three thousand miles away, and I was alone in my heart and flesh, and I was crying when I looked at the world. I once worshiped the prime minister in the Golden Palace, and the Yutang Ten Times Xuanma, remembering the prosperity of the past, and it turned into a dream." He recalled the glory and wealth of his life, full of sentimental feelings. When Cai Jing went to the demotion site in Danzhou, he carried a lot of money, but his many evil deeds aroused the disgust of the people, and he could not buy anything with money on the road. He couldn't help but sigh: "Why did Beijing lose its heart? "In the end, Cai Jing starved to death at Chongjiao Temple in Tanzhou.

Cai Jing's boy Cai Chong also fled to Baizhou. Only Cai Jing married Zhao Ji's daughter, Emperor Maode, Zhao Fujin, and became the son-in-law. He officially announced the reign of the palace and was not exiled. Later, he was captured to the Jin Dynasty, and Emperor Maode remarried to Wanyan Zongwang. The rest of Cai Jing's descendants were all moved away and were pardoned.

Tong Guan was also fled to Jiyang Army. When Tong Guan arrived at Nanxiong Prefecture, suddenly an official from the capital came to pay homage to him and said, "I have an order to give you tea and medicine to the king. Xuan will summon you to the palace. At the same time, you are ordered to be the Xuanfu of Hebei. The minor officials will congratulate you first, and the Central Envoy will arrive tomorrow." Tong Guan smiled and said, "But I am not allowed." He ordered the officials of the capital to stay and wait.

The next morning, the censor Zhang Cheng came. Tong Guan hurriedly came out to greet him. Zhang Cheng ordered him to kneel down and listen to the edict, and criticized his ten major crimes. It was about to be finished reading, and the official of the capital rushed in from outside, drew out a quick knife, and cut off Tong Guan's head. Looking at this official of the capital, he was Zhang Cheng's accompanying official. Zhang Cheng was afraid that Tong Guan was full of tricks and had long held military power, so he might not accept the punishment.

Therefore, he first sent his followers to deceive Tong Guan, so as not to change. Tong Guan was tall and had dozens of beards, and his skin was as strong as iron, unlike eunuchs. After Tong Guan was executed, Zhang Cheng immediately sent Tong Guan's head back to the capital. Liang Fangping, Zhao Liangsi and others were also killed one after another, and Zhu Xie was also executed. Only Gao Qiu died well, but he was chased and his rank was removed from the rank of Taiwei.

But even though the old thief left, the new thief came again.

Geng Nanzhong, Tang Ke and others were in charge of affairs one after another. Yang Shi had only been advised for 90 days and was impeached to retire. Zhong Shidao recommended Yin Yan, a native of Henan, who was also a disciple of Cheng's sect. Yin Yan was summoned to Beijing, but he still begged to go back because he saw that the court had not been decided. Although Wang Anshi's "Zhishuo" had been banned, he still worshipped the Confucian Temple and gave up his only to enjoy Confucius. Zhao Huan's most misconduct was that he did not prepare for combat and did not strengthen his defense. Zhao Huan wanted to defend the three towns and drove away the strong bandits. Zhao Huan urged Yao Gu and Zhong Shizhong to march into Taiyuan every day.

Zhong Shidao requested to concentrate the pass, and the He troops were built in Cangzhou, Weizhou, Mengzhou and Huazhou to prevent the Jin soldiers from coming again. However, the war-oriented faction first advocated chasing the Jin soldiers from the east and retreating the Jin soldiers, and also advocated counterattacking the Jin soldiers besieging Taiyuan on the west and the peace faction did not care about military affairs. The court argued that the great enemy had just retreated and should not mobilize troops and renovate the defense to show weakness.

Besides, the Zhong Shizhong led his troops from Jingxing, Hebei to the Pingding Army in Shanxi, and soon recovered Shouyang and Yuci. However, due to Yao Gu and Zhang Hao's troops, they did not keep up, and in order to avoid the invasion of the lonely army, the Zhong Shizhong led his troops to station in Zhending.

At this time, the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan was escorting the summer heat in the clouds, and he asked the soldiers to grazed nearby. The spies from the Song Dynasty discovered this situation and mistakenly thought that Wanyan Zonghan was preparing to withdraw his troops and reported it to the court. Xu Han, the governor of the Privy Council, mistakenly listened to the intelligence and made the judgment that the Jin army would withdraw its troops on its entire line. He urged Zhong Shizhong many times for advancing, and even blamed him for holding heavy troops, but staying and watching. After receiving the order, Zhong Shizhong was very sad and said, "It is a serious crime for the army to stay in fear of the enemy and not staying in the army. I have been in the army since I was a child and have been fighting for many years. Do I still have to bear this crime when I am old?" So Zhong Shizhong left the baggage and food, and did not even bring rewards, so he led the troops to set off with light clothes. Zhong Shizhong wrote another letter to agree that the two armies of Yao Gu and Zhang Hao would advance in a separate way.

Soon, the vanguard of the central division of the Zhong Division arrived at a bridge twenty miles away from Taiyuan. The central army arrived at Shikeng in Shouyang and the army advanced about ten miles. General Huang You of the army found that the terrain was unfavorable and immediately reported the situation to the Zhong Division and asked to move the army quickly, but the Zhong Division did not adopt this suggestion.

The Song army, which continued to move forward, was attacked by the main force of the Jin army. Zhong Shizhong led the Song army to fight to the death and move forward hard. When he arrived in Yuci, he was only a hundred miles away from Taiyuan. However, Jiao Anjie, the general of Yao Gu, who was afraid of the enemy's fear of fighting, reported the military situation and reported that the head commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan, had arrived, which caused Yao Gu and Zhang Hao to rush forward and failed to meet with Zhong Shizhong as agreed.

When the middle of the Zhongshi Division was forced to retreat to the Shaxiong Ridge, the soldiers were hungry and exhausted. After discovering the situation in the Zhongshi Division, the Jin soldiers launched another fierce attack. The military food shortage and the low morale Song army could no longer withstand. The Right Army and the Front Army dispersed one after another, and Zhongshizhong led the central army to fight to the death. From the time of the Mao to the time of the Si, the soldiers of the Song army used the divine arm bow to repel the Jin soldiers. However, because the rewards were not brought, they could not give rewards to the soldiers. The soldiers who fought desperately did not receive the rewards were very angry and were unwilling to fight again, so they fled in all directions. Zhongshizhong led the remaining more than 100 soldiers around him to continue fighting to fight to the death. In the end, Zhongshizhong was seriously injured everywhere and hated the battlefield.

The Zhong Shizhong who rescued Taiyuan was killed in battle and Yao Gu was defeated. The court was shocked, so Zhao Huan recalled Zhong Shidao and sent Li Gang to go. Li Gang claimed that he did not understand military affairs and asked for retirement and refused to go. However, Zhao Huan must have Li Gang go, otherwise he would be punished for disobedience. Li Gang and the people believed that this was a means of killing people with a knife, because the peace sect strongly recommended Li Gang to go.
Chapter completed!