Faced with such a situation, Bi Chongzhi frowned. He summoned his generals and said, "I will order three thousand troops to break up the rear here. You must escape the predicament safely and return to the Song Dynasty."
As soon as Bi Chongzhi said these words, the generals were shocked. Bi Nian said anxiously: "Father, let the child be weaned!"
Chen Kexi also said: "General, I am willing to cut off the rear here."
"The last general is willing to cut off his successor."
"The last general is willing to cut off his successor."
Although they were in a desperate situation, the soldiers of the Song Army were still willing to die, and they all asked to stay and break up the future.
Bi Chongzhi shook his head and sighed, saying: "You don't have to fight anymore, I have made up my mind."
"Father!" Bi Nian looked at Bi Chongzhi with tears in his eyes and was speechless.
Bi Chongzhi glanced at his son affectionately, and finally said to everyone: "A man is born as a man, and he will die when he is born. This expedition was defeated by Qi State, with heavy casualties. This general has no face to live in this world. He died today."
, in exchange for the safe evacuation of you and all the soldiers, it is a worthy death. You must remember that if the officials send troops again in the future, you must avenge today's shame."
"Father!"
"General!"
Bi Nian, Chen Kexi, Chen Fang, Duan Zhi, Chen Batian, Zhang Biqing, Jia Zhu and others cried bitterly when they heard this.
Just when Bi Chongzhi was ordered to conquer the State of Qi, Chuzhou established an envoy office on the Lianghuai East Road, and Zhao Fan also received a reply from Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun agreed with him to attack the Kingdom of Jin and explore the way for the Northern Expedition.
When Zhao Fan received the reply, he was in high spirits. He immediately issued an order to mobilize 20,000 elite troops and strong generals. As for the generals selected for the expedition, he himself would take charge.
In the evening of this day, Zhao Fan was reading at night, checking the terrain of Xuzhou, Pizhou, Haizhou and other places, and finally tested the attack plan.
At this time, his younger brother Zhao Kui came and advised: "Brother, you should not take command in this war. Huaidong still needs you to be in charge, and you need to maintain the logistics."
Zhao Fan smiled slightly and said: "You don't need to worry too much. The Jin Kingdom has been a powerful country for hundreds of years. Even though it is in trouble now, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. My brother is not arrogant enough to count on 20,000 people and want to destroy it."
Fall into the Kingdom of Jin."
"Then brother, why do you still send troops to do such a thankless task? If the army fails, someone in the court will inevitably attack you."
Zhao Fan put down the book in his hand and walked slowly to the map of the Song Dynasty hanging on the wall. Looking at the large area north of the Huaihe River, Zhao Fan said: "The Northern Expedition was my father's long-cherished wish in his life. However, during the Song Dynasty, when we traveled south for hundreds of years, many people were content with enjoying themselves.
I have forgotten that there is still a piece of homeland in the north. I am doing this for my brother to remind the people of the world that recovering our homeland is our unshirkable responsibility."
Zhao Kui sighed with emotion, remembering his father's voice and appearance, tears flashed in his eyes.
Finally, Zhao Fan said: "Today's Jin Kingdom is like a big tree that is short of water and withered. It has reached the point of decay and desolation, but with a century-old foundation, it can still survive. But as long as we blow an ax today, we will have a blow tomorrow.
Keep up the axe, and when it breaks and collapses, my brother sends out troops this time to chop down this axe!"
Only then did Zhao Kui understand Zhao Fan's intentions.
"Okay, it's very late, you should go back first,"
"yes."
Zhao Kui agreed and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, a clerk came to report. The clerk said: "Report to the envoy, there is someone outside asking to see him, saying he is from the Imperial City Department."
Zhao Fan and Zhao Kui looked at each other, both a little surprised.
As the emperor's minions, the main task of the Imperial City Division is to protect the imperial city and spy on intelligence. The purpose of spying on intelligence is to monitor hundreds of officials, and it is a knife used by the emperor to deal with hundreds of officials.
Now that the Imperial City Secretary has come to see him on his own initiative, Zhao Fan, as a feudal official, is naturally worried about being unreasonably criticized.
Zhao Fan didn't dare to ask for help, so he hurried out to greet him in person, with a sincere and friendly attitude.
The visitor was over forty years old, pretending to be a merchant. After showing his token and verifying his identity, he raised his hand and said, "Deng Chang, the head of the Pizhou branch of the Imperial City Division, has met Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Fan was surprised. He did not expect that the hand of the Imperial City Division had already reached Pizhou in the Kingdom of Jin. From this point of view, the Imperial City Division must also be present in Kaifeng, Shangqiu, Xuzhou and other places.
Zhao Fan quickly raised his hand to return the salute and said: "I didn't know that Ambassador Deng came here, but I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me."
Then, Zhao Fan invited Deng Chang into the hall. After a few polite words, the two went straight to the topic. Zhao Fan said: "I don't know what business my envoy is here for? If there is anything I can do for you, please don't be polite."
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Deng Changdao: "I received an order from the imperial envoy, Eunuch Zhang, saying that you are planning a military operation against the Kingdom of Jin. Eunuch Zhang asked me to provide information for convenience.
After receiving the order, I immediately contacted and finally found a righteous man named Li Zhi, who was the general magistrate of Pizhou. He was a loyal and brave man who never forgot his homeland. He agreed to raise troops to respond. This matter is important and I dare not delay.
Then I came to meet the envoy in person and inform him of the situation."
Zhao Fan was shocked when he heard this. "Is this true?"
"How dare you speak nonsense about such a big matter? You can rest assured."
"Okay, okay, okay."
Zhao Fan said three good words in a row, and he said excitedly: "With the help of envoys and righteous men, this time I will be even more powerful, and I will succeed immediately, hahaha,,,"
After sending Deng Chang away, Zhao Fan was still overjoyed and walked back and forth in excitement.
Zhao Fan said excitedly: "I didn't expect the officials to be so far-sighted. We have just agreed to our actions here, and the way has been paved for us over there. As a minister, if you have to meet such an official, why worry about the failure of a big thing?"
Zhao Kui was also excited and said, "If my father sees today, he will definitely be pleased."
The two brothers were so excited because they had a past that they couldn't bear to look back on.
Their father Zhao Fang once keenly grasped the opportunity of war, so he wrote many times to discuss the major events of the Song and Jin Dynasties in detail, clarify the necessity of the Northern Expedition, and requested the then emperor Song Ningzong Zhao Kuan to send troops for the Northern Expedition.
However, at that time, Ningzong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuan, had no great ambitions, and the government was controlled by Shi Miyuan. They ignored Zhao Fang's request at all.
Zhao Fang waited for a long time but did not receive a response. He knew that the emperor had no ambition and the court had no intention of the Northern Expedition. He was extremely disappointed and finally died in depression.
It was precisely because of this past event that the two brothers had eager expectations for this petition to Zhao Yun. However, they did not expect that Zhao Yun would not only live up to their expectations, but also do better than their expectations.
They lamented that if the official had succeeded to the throne a few years earlier and their father had submitted a letter to the official for approval, his father would not have died in depression, which also became a pain in their hearts.
The two brothers were extremely excited, worked together, and actively mobilized. Soon, soldiers and horses one after another gathered towards Chuzhou, and the 20,000-strong army was quickly assembled.