Zhao Fan's fleet finally docked safely and landed safely. At the same time, Deng Chang also got in touch with Pizhou Tongpan Li Zhi and met.
Deng Chang said: "Your Majesty, General Zhao Fan and Zhao are overjoyed to know that your Majesty is alive anyway. He is looking forward to you very much. Now that we count the time, General Zhao should have successfully landed. Please make preparations in advance."
"Mr. Deng, please rest assured. My Li family ancestor was favored by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty in his previous life, and future generations will not dare to forget it. This time, I will not hesitate to destroy the family to rescue the troubled people, just to comfort the heroic spirits of my ancestors. Please report back to General Zhao, and Li will definitely keep his promise."
Just do it.”
Deng Chang was satisfied and said, "This is very good. Your loyalty to the country has made Eunuch Zhang deeply moved by the imperial city. Eunuch Zhang is a close official of the official family. He will definitely mention your achievements in front of the official family.
When the time comes, the officials will definitely reward you heavily."
Li Zhi waved his hand gently and said: "If it was just for glory and wealth, how could I, Li Zhi, take such a risk? Leaving aside these rights, I would also like to ask the chief to get in touch with General Zhao as soon as possible, so that we can do important things early."
"This is nature, this is nature."
After the discussion, Deng Chang left.
After Deng Chang left, Li Zhi called his confidants Liu Zong and Li Yi to him and said to them: "Master Wang is coming soon, please prepare."
Liu Zong and Li Yi looked at each other, and Liu Zong said: "My Lord, there is no turning back when you shoot your bow. Once you take this step, there is no possibility of turning back. Please make your decision carefully, Lord."
Li Zhi closed his eyes and muttered: "Confucius said Cheng Ren and Mencius Qi Yi. My Li family has been passed down for generations and has been favored by Emperor Zhao and Song for hundreds of years. When my father was still alive, he repeatedly told us not to forget our homeland.
Zhao Fan is the son of Zhao Fang. He is brave and resourceful, and he is highly valued by the officials. With him in charge of this war, the situation of the war will definitely not be bad. This is a rare opportunity for my Li family to serve the country. How can I miss it? If I miss it, he will
How can I go to see my ancestors on earth? I have made up my mind, let’s go and do it.”
"Yes, my lord."
Liu Zong and Li Yi took the order and went down to take care of it.
But when Liu Zong returned home, he said to his wife Wang: "Hurry up and take your children to the mountains to hide for a few days. When it is safe, my husband will pick you up."
Wang was frightened and hurriedly asked why. Liu Zong hesitated and did not say anything.
But Wang was quite astute and had a premonition that something big was going on, so she asked again and again. Liu Zong couldn't stand his wife's questioning and told the story.
Wang was shocked and said: "This is rebellion, and you want to kill the nine tribes!"
Liu Zongdao: "My lord has given me life-saving grace. Now that my lord has this intention, I can only risk my life to follow him."
Wang said: "It depends on what you are following. If he asks you to kill people and set fires, just do it. At most, you can give him a life for a life, so that you can repay his kindness without hurting the family. But now it is
Conspiracy, if the court finds out about it, no one in our family will be able to survive."
Liu Zong said nothing, but thinking about the safety of his family, there was already a look of hesitation on his face.
Wang added: "Husband, this matter is extremely difficult. The only disadvantage is that you will die without a burial place, and the nine tribes will also die. Why don't we report it to the court? This way we can not only survive, but also gain glory and wealth."
While talking, Mrs. Wang carried the two young children into Liu Zong's arms and asked Liu Zong to hold one in each hand, arousing his father's love for his son and binding him with family affection.
Mrs. Wang added: "Husband, even if you don't think about the slave family, you still have to think about these two children, and even more so your father-in-law and mother-in-law. Can you bear to see them beheaded and executed by Lingchi?"
These words finally defeated Liu Zong's defense.
Liu Zong was finally encouraged by his wife Wang to report the news to Pizhou guard Wanyan Sabu.
At this time, Wanyan Sabu was inspecting the military camp. When he learned that someone came to see him, saying that he had important military information, Wanyan Sabu suddenly looked serious and did not dare to neglect. He personally met with Liu Zong.
When Liu Zong saw Wanyan Sabu, he immediately said: "General, Na Tongjuan Li Zhi has colluded with the generals of the Song Dynasty, both internally and externally, and intends to raise troops to rebel. Please make preparations in advance."
Wanyan Sabu looked at Liu Zong with sharp eyes and asked: "Who are you? What is your relationship with Li Zhi? Why did you come to report the news?"
Liu Zongdao: "Returning to the general, Xiao is the head catcher of Pizhou Prefecture. He has worked with Li Zhi for many years. He is ambitious, often buys people's hearts, and gives many small favors. In the prefecture, he can be said to respond to every call.
This time he found Xiao Xiao, promised Xiao Xiao a high official and a good salary, and asked Xiao Xiao to respond to him and raise an army. Xiao Xiao did not dare to disappoint the court, so he came to report to the general and asked the general to give his advice."
After Wanyan Sabu heard this, he understood it in his heart and believed it to some extent. He also felt very unhappy and disgusted with Li Zhi in his heart.
How could Wanyan Sabu not see Li Zhi’s villainous face?
But thinking this in his heart, Wanyan Sabu looked very moved. He stood up, walked to Liu Zong, held his hand cordially, and said: "Yishi, do you know who else besides Li Zhi?"
Participate in rebellion?”
Liu Zong hesitated for a moment and said: "There is also Li Yi. He is the shopkeeper of the foot shop in the east of the city. The owner behind this foot shop is actually Li Zhi. Li Yi was single-handedly supported by Li Zhi."
Most of the business done by footmen is to pull goods for others, escort, etc. They often have a large number of people, and they are all young and strong men, with a fierce temper and not afraid of trouble. As long as these people are given a knife, they are no different from soldiers.
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Wanyan Sabu was frightened for a while and said: "Thanks to the righteous people for passing on the news in time today, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous. Please wait here for a while, and I will go quickly to arrest these little people to put things in perspective."
Wanyan Sabu ordered people to take Liu Zong down for a short rest, which was actually a house arrest. Then he immediately ordered his subordinates: "Come here, quickly judge Li Zhi of Pizhou, and Li Yi and others at the east end of the city are waiting to be arrested.
If there is resistance, we will not hesitate to kill them. I will again pass on this general’s order to impose martial law in Pizhou, Haizhou, and Xuzhou, close the city gates, and no one is allowed in or out.”
"Yes, General."
The order had just been given here when someone came to report that a Song Army fleet suddenly appeared on the coast of Pizhou. The fleet numbered hundreds of ships and its intentions were unknown. General Yang Qinian had already gone to stop him.
Request Wanyan Sabu to send troops to support.
This news and Liu Zong's news corroborated each other, which further led Wanyan Sabu to conclude that the Song army launched an attack.
Wanyan Sabu was furious and cursed: "The people of Song Dynasty are capricious and treacherous. They actually started a war without permission. I will report to the Ming court and ask the court to send envoys to rebuke the Emperor of Song Dynasty."
After that, Wanyan Sabu ordered his people to report the situation to the court and asked the court to dispatch troops and horses for reinforcements. At the same time, he also began to mobilize troops and generals to make emergency preparations to deal with the Song army's attack.