403, Save the World, Save the Time Hero (Please Order the Whole Thing)

What filial piety?

It's nothing but wolfish ambition.

In the past, Song Huizong Zhao Ji and Song Qinzong Zhao Huan were captured by the Jin Kingdom. Now Song Huizong is dead, and his body was boiled for lamp oil by the Jin people. Only Song Qinzong Zhao Huan is left in the Five Emperors City.

Zhao Gou has been emperor for so many years, and his brother Song Qinzong Zhao Huan is just a chicken rib to the Jin people.

It's tasteless to eat, but it's a pity to throw it away.

Now Bai Gui wants it, and it's self-evident what he wants.

...

Soon, three days later, the fast horse came to report that the Jin Kingdom was willing to return Tianshui County Duke Zhao Huan to the Song territory.

Tianshui County Duke was the title given to Zhao Huan by Zhao Gou.

The idea of ​​the Jin people was very simple.

Bai Gui wanted Zhao Gou, a fake Qin King, and now he wanted Zhao Huan, obviously to split the country. . Abandoning a useless Zhao Huan and letting the Song Kingdom have civil strife, they still hope to see this kind of thing.

Before Bai Gui could welcome Zhao Huan, the Bai clan and the Tang clan had been secretly sent to Qin.

Outside Chang'an City, the Bai clan and the Tang clan were all exhausted. When they saw Bai Gui for the first time, the old, weak, women and children burst into tears.

Most of them cried not because they had a deep affection for Bai Gui.

But they were worried all the way.

After all... a slight mistake would cost their lives.

"It's your fault that you have made so many relatives run around."

"But your majesty wants to win the favor of the Jin people with my head. If I surrender..., if you can be safe, you are willing to go."

"But you have seen the end of Marshal Yue. If I die, what will happen to the clan?"

Bai Gui sighed and said.

As soon as these words came out, the resentment of most people in the Bai clan and the Tang clan disappeared.

Yue Fei was unjustly killed, and some of his relatives were exiled to Lingnan, and some were exiled to northern Fujian. Don't think exile is a good thing. If there are any twists and turns, they will die in a foreign land.

Now Bai Gui's arrangement for them is not bad. Anyway, now they have fled to Qin, and it is useless to complain.

Seeing this, Bai Gui nodded and asked his soldiers to take the two families to rest.

At this time, only his parents, Tang Wan's parents, and Tang Wan's relatives were left.

Bai Gui greeted them one by one.

After the arrangements were made, he took Tang Wan into the camp.

"Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog."

"I am Bai Lang's wife..."

Entering the camp, Tang Wan hugged Bai Gui's waist and shed tears.

The two of them were more reunited after a short separation.

They loved each other for many times.

The next day, Bai Gui appointed Tang Wan as the Princess of Qin to manage the harem.

In addition, Tang Wan's father Tang Hong was appointed as the internal minister of Qin, in charge of internal affairs and other affairs.

Although it was a taboo for the court to let relatives interfere in government affairs, in the early days of the business, relatives and wives were the most loyal, because they were the first to be executed in the rebellion.

And Tang Hong, who was once a fifth-rank judge, had the ability to handle government affairs.

Since then, although Qin was small, Bai Gui had barely built an administrative team, and it was no longer a makeshift team.

Two days later.

Zhao Huan, the Duke of Tianshui, was sent to Chang'an by the Jin people.

From that day on, Bai Gui respected Zhao Huan as the emperor, and called Zhao Gou as King Kang, no longer as the Emperor of Song.

The Jin and Song sides were confronting each other.

Bai Gui's actions gave the Jin people confidence and temporarily relieved them of their worries. They began to concentrate on dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty. At the same time, the Jin Kingdom also recruited soldiers and prepared to attack Qin again.

However, something unexpected happened to the Jin and Song sides.

In this short period of time, Bai Gui led a total of more than 70,000 cavalry and infantry troops to approach Xiping Prefecture of Western Xia, intending to destroy Xia in one fell swoop and eliminate the worries of Qin.

At this time, Li Cunxiao, the Emperor Renzong of Xia, was in power in Western Xia.

Li Cunxiao attached great importance to Confucianism and despised military preparations. His policy emphasized culture over military preparations, so the military preparations of the border troops were slack.

However, after Bai Gui became the King of Qin, he changed his previous fighting style.

He no longer sought to be the first to ascend the throne, but turned to making plans.

In the war of Jin's conquest of Liao, Xixia and Liao were related by marriage, so they rescued Liao several times. In these battles, Xixia's military strength declined seriously.

It was not that Jin did not want to destroy Xixia, but that Jin's strategy was to conquer Song first and Xia later, so Xixia was allowed to survive.

So Bai Gui took advantage of Jin.

Xixia still had a certain family background, and it defended Xiliang Prefecture, Xiping Prefecture and other places.

In ancient times, if there were no artillery, it was common to take a city in a few months if the city was defended. Some cities were even more difficult to capture after several years.

Bai Gui of Xiping Prefecture used his cavalry to expose a flaw, and the defenders pursued and annihilated them.

He then attacked at night with his soldiers.

In the following states, Bai Gui used his cavalry to bypass and went directly to Xingqing Prefecture, the capital of Xixia, to besiege the capital of Xixia.

Li Cunxiao was more powerful than Song Huizong and Song Qinzong. He knew that he could not give in at this time. He personally went to the city wall to encourage the soldiers. At the same time, he also ordered the soldiers of various states to immediately form a royal army to protect the emperor.

But this was also what Bai Gui wanted.

Besiege and attack the reinforcements!

How could the Xixia army, with its poor military equipment, be the opponent of his cavalry?

As for the Iron Harriers, there were only 3,000 of them.

This group of turtle shells would not work even if light cavalry came. Seeing this, Bai Gui could only wear heavy armor and charge into the battle with the heavy cavalry of Shengyi Army.

After several battles, Xixia was short of manpower.

Then Bai Gui attacked the city with his infantry, and after several battles, Xixia lost half of its territory.

Xingqing Prefecture was in danger.

Xixia Emperor Li Cunxiao surrendered by holding a jade in his mouth, with his hands tied behind his back and his arms bare.

Bai Gui asked Zhao Huan for orders, and Zhao Huan appointed Li Cunxiao as a disobedient official, and all the royal family members were taken to Chang'an to await their fate.

In the 19th year of Shaoxing, the Western Xia Kingdom was destroyed.

Oh, no, Zhao Huan, Emperor Qinzong of Song, created a new era name, and in the first year of Jianxi, the Western Xia Kingdom was destroyed.

After the Western Xia Kingdom was destroyed, Bai Gui took Zhao Huan to Jianmen Pass in Shu without stopping, and asked the guard of Jianmen Pass to open the gate to welcome the emperor.

The guard of Jianmen Pass refused.

So Zhao Huan put on armor, led the army in person, and personally closed the gate.

None of the guards of Jianmen Pass dared to shoot arrows.

If the Jin people forced Zhao Huan to close the gate, it would be fine, and they would shoot arrows.

It can achieve a good reputation.

But now Bai Gui and Zhao Huan are Song people, one is the Emperor of Song, and the other is the King of Qin, and they dare not shoot arrows.

If Zhao Huan died, no matter who died in his hands, Zhao Gou, his younger brother, would not let him go easily, no matter how happy he was, and he still had to express his attitude.

Besides, there is no psychological burden to surrender to the "Old Song".

Jianmen Pass was taken.

The territory near Jianzhou also belonged to the Old Song.

But after Bai Gui reached here and knocked on the door of Bashu, he did not attack further. He stopped and began to repair the internal affairs with all his strength and digest the gains.

The reason why he attacked Jianzhou was to control the throat of entering Shu.

With this throat, he could gallop in Shu in the future.

Moreover, if he conquered Bashu, his direct troops would be spread out too much, and they would inevitably be defeated one by one. So the fat meat of Bashu cannot be swallowed now.

In addition..., he would not take Bashu, but the money and food of Bashu could also be used by him.

The next day, Bai Gui reported again, and the memorial was sent to Lin'an in an urgent manner.

This time he did not call Zhao Gou "King Kang", but changed to "Your Majesty", and asked for a lot.

One is to ask for the reward for conquering Xixia, and the other is to ask for the relatives of the expeditionary soldiers, so that Lin'an can send them to Qin through Bashu.

Suddenly, not only Lin'an was shaken, but the whole world was in uproar.

Recovering the old state is amazing enough. But it is definitely not as shocking as destroying a country.

Xixia was weak, but it was also a big country that had been confronting Song, Jin and Liao for so long.

Just like that..., it was destroyed? !

In Lin'an City.

Although the literati and celebrities still called Bai Gui a traitor on the surface, they secretly had a good impression of Bai Gui and thought he was a hero who saved the time.

After all, this world belongs to Zhao Song. Zhao Song lost its morality and led to the fall of the country. Facts have proved that Zhao Song did not deserve the mandate of heaven. Now Bai Gui has saved the world and has the possibility of expelling the Tartars and restoring the Central Plains. It is normal to praise his merits.

At the same time, a fortune teller looked at the ancestral tomb of the Bai family and said that there was the aura of an emperor.

...

Lin'an City, Chuigong Hall.

"This Bai Gui is so cunning!"

"After Jianmen, Bashu will be at his mercy. If we want to defend our city and resist the Qin army, we will inevitably face public resentment..."

"And if the people resent him, he can conquer Bashu without a single blow. Then, Lin'an will be in danger if he goes downstream."

Zhao Gou was not blind. He saw Bai Gui's plan at a glance.

The Jin and Song dynasties have been fighting for many years, and Jiangnan is exhausted. Moreover, the Central Plains and Qin are intertwined with the Jin territory, so it is even more difficult to send rewards to the Qin army. The only way is to ask for it from Bashu.

But if we ask for it from Bashu...

The public resentment is boiling!

The people of Bashu will inevitably abandon the new Song and throw themselves into the arms of the old Song.

But if Lin'an does not give Bai Gui food and money, and pushes Bai Gui to the Jin side, not to mention taking action, as long as they do not help each other, even if they help the Jin, the situation of the Song army will be greatly unfavorable.

Even if we take a step back and say that there were no such external events, and if we just didn't give them rewards, the Song army "deceived" by Bai Gui would really become the Qin army.

On the other hand, it is also difficult to give rewards to the families of the Song army on the expedition.

Bai Gui's troops were very fast and he conquered Qin and Xixia. Now only a small part of his troops are the old Song army. Even if Lin'an detained the relatives of the Song army on the expedition and didn't return them, it would not help the overall situation.

"Your Majesty, Han Shizhong and Liu Qi, the two commanders, both have an old relationship with this boy. If Your Majesty..."

"The state affairs are difficult, I hope Your Majesty will tolerate it a little."

Suddenly, a close minister stepped out and whispered.

Zhao Gou's face changed rapidly, turning green and red. After a long time, he regained his composure. "The King of Qin conquered the old enemy of Xia for the sake of the country and the people. I am delighted to see him in the ancestral temple. I will give him 50,000 taels of gold, 100,000 pieces of silk, countless treasures, and 12 beautiful concubines."

The current situation is different from when Bai Gui conquered Qin.

Conquering Xixia means that the soldiers led by Bai Gui have the possibility of destroying a country. Similarly, Bashu is a tax-intensive area for the Southern Song Dynasty. If Bai Gui really tears his face and leads his horse south, it is still unclear whether the weak soldiers of Bashu can resist.

Besides, who dares to assert whether Han Shizhong and Liu Qi, the two commanders, will abandon him, a eunuch, and turn to the old Song Dynasty? After all, there is the lesson of Yue Fei.

Holding the emperor to command the princes!

The Southern Song Dynasty can resist the Jin people, but it is difficult to resist Bai Gui's Qin army.

With his throat held, he had no choice but to let go.

As for the gift of the beautiful girl later, it was his dirty thoughts. Bai Gui was young, and no matter how brave he was, he might die of a stroke in the woman's belly.