Chapter 368 Lu Xiufu Asks for an Audience

The court meeting was over.

Lu Xiufu, who was preparing to go to Mongolia to seek peace, was worried. He had to find his friend Deng Guangjian, who was then the Minister of Rites, to express his sadness.

"Now all the officials in the court have no intention of fighting and are all seeking peace. What do you think I should do?!"

As one of the few pro-war factions in the court, Lu Xiufu mentioned this matter with dissatisfaction.

He knew very well that Mongolia was a vicious wolf.

Now that the vicious wolf broke through the fence and entered the gate, it would naturally eat people.

On the other hand, the Southern Song court, as the owner of the house, still thought that it could cut meat to feed the wolf and survive.

In Lu Xiufu's view, if the Mongolian army could not be defeated, the peace would certainly not succeed.

So he did not have much hope for this trip to Mongolia.

Deng Guangjian heard his friend's complaints and sighed.

How could he not know these things?

Now the civil and military officials in the court are more concerned about how to surrender and save their lives when the Mongolian army arrives in Lin'an.

How could he still have the courage to fight?

Let’s just say Deng Guangjian, did he want to die for his country?

Deng Guangjian thought of his family and was silent in his heart.

Of course.

Regent Xie Daoqing didn’t just want to bet on peace.

Jia Sidao finally returned to Lin’an from Yangzhou under his several imperial edicts.

This cricket prime minister thought that there was no one in the court at the moment, and he still had a chance to make a comeback.

But he didn’t expect to be held accountable by his former political enemies for the defeat in the battle of Dingjiazhou.

In addition, the new left prime minister Chen Yizhong asked Song Gongzong to kill Jia Sidao to thank the world.

There were countless similar memorials impeaching Jia Sidao.

In the end, it was the empress dowager Xie Daoqing who came forward and said that Jia Sidao’s diligence in serving three emperors, how could he be punished for a crime in one dynasty?

Then, on the grounds that killing civil officials was not in line with the etiquette of this dynasty, Jia Sidao was demoted to Gaozhou Tuanlianshi and was to take office on a chosen day.

It went around in circles.

Jia Sidao, who had stepped on the accelerator for the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, was able to survive in the end.

However.

On the way to take office as the Gaozhou Tuanlianshi, Jia Sidao was killed by the escorting county lieutenant Zheng Huchen, which was a deserved punishment.

When the news of Jia Sidao's death came back, countless people who had suffered from him applauded.

However.

What the Southern Song Dynasty court had done in the past few days did not improve the situation at all.

As for Lu Xiufu and his group, who were highly expected by the Southern Song Dynasty to beg for peace, they heard some different news.

"You mean, a general named Lin Chen led his army to raid the army of the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan, killed him and cut off the Mongolian army's food supply, and now besieged 300,000 Mongolian main forces on the east bank of Dingjiazhou?"

Lu Xiufu listened to the news told by the soldiers in front of him, his eyes widened, and he couldn't believe it at all.

Instead, this team of Southern Song defeated soldiers was submissive in front of this court official, and only dared to nod and say yes.

According to what this team of defeated soldiers said.

That General Lin was gathering the defeated soldiers led by Jia Sidao, intending to eat up the main force of the Mongolian army in the encirclement.

They were going to join General Lin.

Hearing this, Lu Xiufu was overjoyed!

If this is true, then the court can still be saved!

This Lin Chen, General Lin, is really the pillar of the country that is about to collapse!

"Take me to see that General Lin!" Lu Xiufu was very anxious.

As for the original plan to beg for peace, it was thrown behind his mind.

And then there is Lin Chen.

He has not been idle during this period.

Lin Chen, who made two preparations, on the one hand, recruited Lu Wenhuan's old subordinates, and on the other hand, gathered the defeated troops of the Southern Song Dynasty.

You know, the Southern Song army that Jia Sidao brought to Dingjiazhou at the beginning was as many as 200,000.

In addition to the 60,000 navy that had already fled, there were still a large number of defeated soldiers scattered.

So, when he raised his arm and called, he gathered more than 40,000 people in just a few days.

Lin Chen handed all these people over to Wei Qing.

Although the fighting power of the Southern Song soldiers was impressive, they were strong enough to gather together.

Therefore, the strength of Lin Chen's troops expanded rapidly, and it was about to break through the 100,000 mark.

"It's time."

Lin Chen looked at the news sent by Shen Lian and other Jinyiwei who were lurking in the Mongolian army.

Yes, during this period, the Mongolian army, which was short of food, had begun to slaughter horses to satisfy their hunger.

Of course.

It's not that there were no Mongolian generals who wanted to break out and run away.

But under the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, each led a navy fleet to block the river and patrol along the river, there was nowhere to escape!

Or, continue to march into the heartland of the Southern Song Dynasty and replenish food and grass by looting the local area.

But no one in the Mongolian army dared to make this decision.

In particular, some Mongolian generals learned that Kublai Khan was dead, and their thoughts were different.

There were also many Mongolian nobles who abandoned the army and tried to return to the north.

Most of these Mongolian nobles were Kublai Khan's confidants.

They knew that their status and power were due to Kublai Khan's backer, so they needed to prepare early.

If the new Khan takes office, he will definitely attack them.

You know, the internal struggles of the grassland tribes are even more bloody.

The departure of some Mongolian nobles made the already chaotic Mongolian army completely lose its mind.

Seeing this scene, those old subordinates of Lv Wenhuan who were watching suddenly became remorseful.

They knew that if they continued to resist, they would be finished with the Mongolian army!

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"Big Brother, Master said he didn't want to see you this month~" Xiao Miejue said to Lin Chen seriously while eating cakes.

Hearing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but hold his forehead.

He had expected this.

After all, Lv Wenhuan and Guo Xiang Guo Fu had a blood feud.

Although Lin Chen explained that Lv Wenhuan was still useful at the moment and it would be okay to kill him later, it was not easy to deal with a girl's thoughts.

Indeed.

Lin Chen glanced at Guo Fu, who was wearing men's clothes and acting as a personal guard in the tent, and his headache became more and more serious.

Guo Fu did not notice Lin Chen's complicated eyes.

But when she looked at Lin Chen, her eyes were still full of disbelief.

When she heard Lin Chen talk about his plan, it was like a fairy tale.

But now that Kublai Khan had escaped and the main force of the Mongolian army was stuck in a quagmire, Guo Fu finally reacted.

Lin Chen was not joking with her!

In other words...!

When Guo Fu thought of Lin Chen's next step, which was to replace the Southern Song Dynasty, she suddenly felt uneasy.

To say, in this feudal dynasty of heaven, earth, emperor, parents and teachers.

The people who had the least respect for the Zhao emperor were Guo Fu and other martial arts heroes who had been repeatedly cheated by the Southern Song court.

As for Lv Wenhuan.

Guo Fu should be more open-minded.

If this man is useful to Lin Chen, it doesn't matter if he is spared.

As long as this brother can really march north as he said, drive out the Tartars, and rebuild China!

Lin Chen looked at Guo Fu's absent-minded look, guessing what she was thinking, while rubbing Xiao Miejue's face.

The little girl was very unhappy and held her mouth.

But for the sake of the cake, Xiao Miejue endured it!

At this time.

A personal guard came to report that an official from the Southern Song Dynasty wanted to see Lin Chen.

"Oh?"

When Lin Chen heard the personal guard's report and learned that the Southern Song official called himself Lu Xiufu, his eyes flashed.

For this person who left a proud and clear name in history, he really wanted to meet him.