Moreover, even the city of Chengdu, where Shao Hongyuan is currently located, is already in danger, and no one knows how long it can last.
Fortunately, the city walls of Chengdu Prefecture are strong, and there are temporarily stores of grain and grass inside. It is estimated that Shao Hongyuan can hold on for a while.
If this city falls, it means that the entire Chengdu city has fallen into the hands of Tubo.
During these days, many people came again to persuade Zhao Shen to agree to Tubo's marriage proposal in advance.
Otherwise, if we wait any longer, not only Chengdu Prefecture, but also Bianzhou Road may be attacked.
And the current Bianzhou Road obviously does not have the conditions to resist Tubo.
In addition to the affairs in Chengdu, Zhao Shen also received a report from the southwest. It is said that Dali is also dispatching troops and generals! Their purpose is self-evident. It is obvious that they saw the Song Dynasty in trouble and wanted to pounce on it and take a bite.
If it were in the past, Dali would naturally not dare to challenge the majesty of the Song Dynasty.
However, now the Tubo people are charging forward, and they are waving flags and shouting behind them. The Song Dynasty has no time to pay attention to them.
After all, the main opponent of the Song Dynasty now is the Tubo people.
This is also normal. When you are strong, the clowns around you will naturally be very calm.
But if you are weak, no one will mind coming for a bite of meat. The relationship between countries is the simplest law of the jungle, and there is no reason.
As for the Dali Kingdom, there is really no need to pay attention to it. As long as the battle with Tubo is defeated, no need to say more, I am afraid that the Dali Kingdom itself will come to confess, at least, it will settle down immediately.
But if they lost the battle against Tubo, the Song Dynasty would be even less able to deal with Dali.
"Snapped!"
Zhao Shen threw the Ruyi in his hand to the ground, "I will fight to the death with you, so what?
You want me to be sent out of Guangling, it’s just a wishful thinking!”
"Brother Royal!"
The door of the main hall was pushed open, Wang Quan stood aside with a wry smile, and Princess Guangling slowly walked into the main hall.
Covering up the anger on his face, Zhao Shen said, "Why is Guangling here!"
Princess Guangling took a few steps forward, then opened her arms to protect Zhao Shen, "Brother, thank you!"
Zhao Shen's body trembled slightly. Ever since he entered the palace, his sister had changed his name to him as "Emperor Brother".
I haven’t seen this title of brother for a long time.
"younger sister……"
“Brother, can you let Guang Ling finish speaking?
Guang Ling finally mustered up the courage, but if it happens in the future, Guang Ling may not have the courage anymore."
Princess Guangling said quietly.
"Thank you brother. From childhood to now, my brother has always stood in front of Guang Ling and protected Guang Ling. Even if Guang Ling caused a big disaster, he would still bear it! My sister is very grateful to God for allowing Guang Ling to have such a good brother.
Once upon a time, Guangling wanted to stay with his brother forever, but now he can't."
"Brother, Guangling already knows everything about Chengdu Mansion.
In the past, it was the elder brother who always helped his younger sister. This time, it was the younger sister's turn to help her older brother.
Brother, Guangling has decided to marry Tubo.
In this way, we can at least buy some time for our Song Dynasty.
In this way, my brother can have time to mobilize the army to quell the unrest in Chengdu..."
"Guangling!"
Princess Guangling's words made Zhao Shen's eyes turn red.
He is the emperor of a country, but can't he protect his own sister?
Then what’s the point of being an emperor?
"Brother, let me go! Guangling knows that my brother is a wise king! Therefore, he will not let others down.
We are brother and sister, so naturally the younger sister has to help her older brother.
Although there is a possibility that he will not be able to see his brother again in the future, Guangling is already very satisfied."
"impossible!"
Zhao Shen felt furious, "I am the emperor, I have thousands of troops under my command, I don't need my sister to delay time.
At worst, I will go on a personal expedition to fight Tibet to the death. The soldiers of the Song Dynasty are not afraid of death, and the emperor is not afraid of death either!"
"Brother, you are an emperor, so you cannot be willful! This time, Guangling has made up his mind..."
"Your Majesty, Sir Zhang Jun has something to ask for!"
At this moment, a waiter hurriedly came outside the door.
Before Zhao Shen could speak, Zhao Shen heard Zhang Jun's excited voice, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
Zhang Jun, excited, broke into the main hall directly and said, "Your Majesty, there is a letter from Shen Tang. The Kingdom of Jin has agreed to lend 60,000 troops.
Moreover, Shen Tang had already set out to mobilize his troops twelve days ago, and now they are estimated to have joined the Jin army."
"What!"
Zhao Shen immediately looked shocked, "Zhang Aiqing, this is true!"
"Your Majesty, this is Shen Tang's personal letter, as well as His Majesty's credentials from the Kingdom of Jin."
Zhang Jun quickly took out Shen Tang's letter and Wan Yanyong's imperial edict.
Zhao Shen let go of Princess Guangling and took the Jin Kingdom's credential and opened it. Sure enough, the credential stated that the Jin Kingdom agreed to lend 60,000 troops to the Song Dynasty and other matters!
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of Jin still has conditions."
Zhang Jun continued.
Zhao Shen suppressed the excitement in his heart, nodded and said, "Say!"
"First, the Jin Kingdom's army can only be led by Shen Tang. If it were other generals of the Song Dynasty, they would not recognize it."
"This time the troops are sent to Chengdu, I have decided that all decisions will be made by Shen Tang! Moreover, there is no need to send a supervisory army, all matters will be decided by Shen Tang at the opportunity!"
Zhao Shen also knew very well that the Jin State's ability to borrow troops basically relied on Shen Tang to deal with it, and these large armies could only be handed over to Shen Tang.
As for the so-called supervisory army, it would be fine if they were all soldiers of the Song Dynasty, but how could their own supervisory army supervise the army of the Jin Kingdom?
Therefore, it is better to just delegate power to Shen Tang and let him make his own decision.
Although this is somewhat dangerous, it is still better than having no soldiers at all.
If it were any other time to send troops to a place like Chengdu Mansion, Zhao Shen would definitely be worried.
After all, maybe there will be a King of Shu.
However, now he has no choice but to trust Shen Tang once.
"Zhang Aiqing, then you issued an order to Shen Tang, and I made him the General of the Conquest of the West! This time, it's up to him."
Zhang Jun was naturally happy that Shen Tang could have such an opportunity.
Therefore, I hastily agreed.
"Your Majesty, Shen Tang has already secured that the Jin army will carry a month's worth of food and grass on their own.
However, these grains and grasses needed to be compensated by the Song Dynasty with money or silk brocade.
Moreover, the price requested by the Kingdom of Jin is about 20% higher than usual."
"allow!"
Zhao Shen agreed without hesitation.
Zhao Shen was already very surprised that the Kingdom of Jin did not take advantage of the situation. Not to mention it was only 20%, even if it was twice the price, Zhao Shen could only grit his teeth and agree.
"King Quan, immediately inform Ma Shao of the news and ask him to prepare enough money to transport it to the Kingdom of Jin as quickly as possible.
Now that Shen Tang has won, we cannot let Shen Tang lose face in front of the Golden Emperor."