Zhang Jun was unable to refute, and could only hold the other's hand and whispered to comfort him: "Prime Minister Lu, your Majesty is young after all, and it is normal for you to be upset when you encounter a great change... Even you and I, after the Jingkang Incident and escaping from Tokyo, haven't we changed our previous temperaments?"
"It's different." Lu Haowen let out a long sigh again. "I am old and decadent, incapable of doing things, and I am an official who was promoted by imperial favor, so I have no great ambitions. After this great change, I can only use my qualifications and popularity to help the emperor to get by. But you are only thirty years old. In the past, it was a blessing to be a seventh-rank official in the capital. In the future, everything is possible... So Deyuan must listen to me. You can recognize people, use people, accumulate experience, and have subordinates. These can be done slowly, but you must have your own ideas, opinions, and decisions. Otherwise, even if you become a minister in the East and West Palaces in the future, you will end up like me!"
Zhang Jun was extremely grateful, but he forgot that he had originally wanted to persuade this East Palace minister to take the lead, but now he was infected by the other party.
When Prime Minister Lu said this, he became even more out of control. He continued to hold the other party's hands and said, "Deyuan, things have come to this point. It's useless for you and me to say more. But now the war is dangerous and the emperor is determined to do it. It seems that we can't persuade him to retreat. But if the Jin army really crosses the river and causes chaos, I am old and weak, and I am afraid it will be difficult to escape from this Bagong Mountain. By then, nothing else matters, except that I have some manuscripts with me. They are the result of my many years of careful work. From tonight, I will give them to you for safekeeping. I don't ask for their promotion, but I just hope that you can organize them for me in the future..."
When Zhang Jun heard this, he almost burst into tears.
The two important officials, who were a hundred times smarter than Zhao Jiu, held hands in tears on the mountaintop. They were so frank that they talked about the broken mountains and rivers, the fate of the country, and their personal futures. They entrusted their futures to each other, as if they were going to develop from a temporary political alliance to a friendship that was beyond their years. However, before they could say much, they established this admirable feudal scholar-official friendship. Suddenly, there was a commotion on the mountainside, as if something had happened. The two were so frightened that they quickly let go and sent a squad to ask, but they found out that the Jin people had taken the opportunity to cross the river! !
Even though the two of them considered themselves to be the pillars of the Song Dynasty, they couldn't help but panic at this moment... It was not their fault. In fact, even Zhao Jiu, who had been "full of heroic spirit" on the mountainside recently, was panicked, otherwise he wouldn't have caused such a commotion.
However, when the two of them set off in a hurry and rushed to the mountainside, they found that Emperor Zhao had actually led Prime Minister Wang, General Wang, and a group of generals and elite soldiers to the foot of the mountain. The two of them, horrified but not surprised, hurriedly caught up again, but only halfway through they heard a thunderous cheer from the field east of the ferry at the foot of the mountain.
The two important officials went to inquire further and only then did they find out the details.
It turned out that the Jin army had no organized ferry and could not have made adequate preparations to cross the river. It was only when the commander of the Jin army, the fourth prince Jin Wushu, came in person and noticed the unusual movement in Henan, that he personally stood on the north bank of the river bank and issued an order to cross the river for reconnaissance. The Jin army scouts relied on their arrogance over the past few years and wanted to show off their power in front of the commander, so they crossed the river in two small boats that they had obtained from nowhere to watch!
There are only twenty or thirty people!
As for Zhao Jiu, he naturally regained his composure after knowing the specific information. Then he went down the mountain himself, and at the same time, he took the opportunity to call Wang De, pointed at the boat, and promised him the position of the commander of the imperial camp in person. It all depends on the ability of this Wang Yasha!
And who was Wang De? He dared to attack the camp and arrest people when there were 100,000 Jin soldiers that day, so why would he be afraid of just 20 or 30 people today? He immediately mounted his horse, without using a large army or bows and crossbows, and led dozens of his own soldiers out of the camp under the watchful eyes of the crowd. He beat to death a dozen Jin soldiers who dared to go ashore on the frozen river bank with hand-to-hand combat, and frightened the boat behind him and turned back from the river!
The Song army also gathered together rarely and cheered wildly.
Lu Haowen and Zhang Jun were so frightened that they were soaked all over, and they looked at each other in silence... On the other side, on the other side of the river, a person who saw this scene from afar and waited for a report was also stunned.
"The people on the boat that escaped said that Wang Yacha was on the other side. I have nothing to say about the death of a whole boatload of people, but they said that they saw the emperor's guards on the other side of the river. The new emperor of Zhao Song did not run away at all. Wang Yacha was ordered to fight..." Jin Wushu sat on his horse and stood by the river to watch for a while, but couldn't help turning back to ask a Song surrendered person beside him. "Is it true or false?"
"He certainly didn't run away." The surrendered man beside him was a former judge of Jingdong East Road, who was in great need at the moment. He had already served as a military officer because he had worked hard along the way and had made contributions in pointing out roads, cities, and warehouses. Hearing this, he hurried to explain. "First, our Great Jin army was advancing at a lightning speed, and it was difficult for the Song army to provide a complete cover in such a hurry. Second, please look over there, Fourth Prince... Is there a flag standing tall on the northern ridge of Bagong Mountain across the way?"
"What about the flag?" Wuzhu was puzzled for a moment.
"Let the Fourth Prince know. Anyone with a little common sense should recognize it. It is the Jinwu Banner, which is used exclusively by the emperor. The presence of the Dragon Banner here means that the Emperor of Zhao Song must be here too!" The man hurriedly explained. "The two are in contact, which proves that the Emperor of Zhao Song is here... Let me congratulate the Fourth Prince first!"
Wushu was stunned for a moment, but suddenly waved his hand behind him and said, "Cut this guy's throat!"
The man was stunned for a moment, but before he could react, a Jin soldier stepped forward, grabbed him on horseback, and easily cut his throat with a knife. The man struggled for a moment and fell off his horse.
Wuzhu did not even look at the body still moving around under his horse, but shook his head repeatedly: "These Song people only know how to brag... They say that anyone with a little common sense should recognize it, but I don't recognize it, so what? It's ridiculous that they still want to show off when they fall into a place where their country has been destroyed and people have surrendered!"
After saying this, the man turned around and returned to the camp, leaving behind the body of a surrendered soldier who had died for no apparent reason, frozen to death by the river.
PS: Happy New Year everyone! I got up at 16:45, how about you?
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