Chapter 702： Difficult choice!

Song Wensong's situation is now very dangerous. He has few soldiers and the capital's defense pressure is extremely high. On the other hand, Binzhou must be guarded because the safety of Binzhou is related to the safety of the capital.

The last time he came to Bingzhou in person to retreat Song Wenjie, but he knew very well in his heart that it was only a brief retreat. Longyou still had many masters. If Longyou has been in business for decades, only Song Wensong’s 30,000 horses would be used. It is really unrealistic to be able to block the state.

Sooner or later, the dangerous situation in Binzhou will come again, and the heart of the people in the capital is dissipated, and even the prince Long Zhaohuan wants to return south. At this moment, what should Song Wensong do?

Song Wensong was discussing matters in the General's Mansion, and many counselors made a blushing face every word, but to Song Wensong, these arguments were really meaningless.

Some people wanted Song Wensong to abandon the capital and then capture Yuzhou, while others wanted Song Wensong to capture Cao Weiming at all costs, and then rely on the Land of Two Rivers to develop slowly. No matter how disputed they were, Song Wensong would consider these choices. However, if one of these works, why did Song Wensong fall to where he is today?

From Longyou to Guannei, Song Wensong was a huge leap, and at the same time an unprecedented challenge. For Song Wensong, he is an outsider after all, and it is not easy for an outsider to get popular, one of them.

Second, Song Wensong did not have any accumulation. The capital was just a city. Except for a slightly larger population, there was nothing else. There was no food. The source of money was also controlled by people. Song Wensong only felt that his future was extremely confused, and he really couldn't find a good one. Countermeasures.

"Okay, okay, let's end the discussion today, gentlemen, go down and rest!" Song Wensong waved his hand and blasted everyone out. Only Qi Yuanzhi stayed at the end and did not go out for a long time.

Song Wensong couldn't help but move in his heart, and said, "Yuanzhi, can you teach me anything?"

Qi Yuanzhi said: "The three generals, Yuanzhi has a saying that I don’t know if it should be said improperly. Yuanzhi asked the three generals whether the general really wants to be a courtier of Dakang, or should he borrow the name of a courtier of Dakang, like that of Cao Weiming and his like. If you have a chance, you want to be the king and hegemony?"

Song Wensong was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do Yuanzhi ask? Wensong is Dakang's courtier. Can this be false? Wensong is wholeheartedly trying to advance and retreat with Dakang, and completely draw a line from Longyou!"

Qi Yuanzhi laughed and said: "I am afraid that the three generals are insincere. I think that the three generals will not let His Royal Highness sit in the hall and listen to the court. This alone may be difficult to convince everyone. In this era, clowns are rampant, and those with a little strength in their hands, All vainly tried to reach the sky in one step. Everyone is self-reliant and lonely. It can be described as a gang of demons. If the three generals want to fight with these people and win them, they will not have the same mind..."

Qi Yuanzhi was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly stood up and said: "Polygala, you are my Kong Ming, how should I do this, Polygala will teach me soon!"

Qi Yuanzhi said word by word: "If the general wants to live, he needs to dare to retreat! Take one step back today, and you can only take ten steps in the future! This is like hitting someone with a fist. If you don't retract your fist, how can you fight? To people?

Therefore, if the general wants to listen to my plan, there are three things, and the first one will return to the prince! The second article is to blame Jiangnan, and the third article is to take power in Jinling..."

Song Wensong frowned slightly, and said, "Polygala...this...you want me to abandon my brothers and go to Jiangnan alone to avoid disaster?"

Qi Yuanzhi sneered and said: "Since the three generals always claim that they are the loyal ministers of Dakang, they should know how the loyal ministers should behave! The war in the North is unfavorable. Your Majesty lets you take Yuzhou and you lose, and your Majesty lets you attack Bianzhou. You are defeated, and you are defeated again and again, shouldn't you be guilty?

As for the return of power to the prince, there is nothing to say. His Majesty’s will is for the prince to supervise the country in Beijing. But now the prince is in the East Palace every day, and he can't even see the minister in person. What is the difference between you and Cao Weiming? The so-called Sima Zhao's heart is well known to everyone. If you still do the three generals, the world will treat you as someone who wants to dominate and dominate. Once that happens, the three generals and Cao Weiming will be the same! "

Qi Yuanzhi talked freely, Song Wensong's face was uncertain, obviously he was shocked by Qi Yuanzhi's amazing remarks. Song Wen loosened his hand so many soldiers and horses, and now he says to give up and give up. This is for anyone. I'm afraid I can't do it.

In the troubled times, soldiers and horses are life. Song Wensong can't believe that he doesn't have such strength. How can he survive? Does he really count on Jinling to be a rich man for a lifetime?

However, Song Wensong still has no way to refute these words of Qi Yuanzhi. Indeed, as Qi Yuanzhi said, Song Wensong is now in a deadlock, and he can no longer break this situation with his own strength.

Unless he and Cao Weiming form an alliance, how else can he hold the capital? However, he and Cao Weiming had already torn apart their faces. Isn't it self-deception to form an alliance now?

The pressure in Bingzhou was great, and the pressure in Beijing was also great. Song Wensong grabbed two hot potatos in one hand, and lost one of them. This situation is so clear that Song Wensong may have to retreat...

Seeing Song Wensong’s doubts, Qi Yuanzhi said: “As for the third point of power in Jinling, the three generals don’t have to worry. Now the Lu Family in Jiangnan is the dominant one, covering the sky with one hand. Your Majesty has been suffering from the Lu Family for a long time.

But your Majesty couldn’t find an opponent who could compete with the Lu family. Under this circumstance, the situation of the court was already out of balance. The three generals went to Jinling at this time. You have nearly 100,000 troops in your hand. With this confidence, your Majesty must reuse it. you. Your Majesty will even devote a lot of resources to you, because he needs to train you to deal with the Lu Family!

Therefore, the three generals' use of retreat to advance is actually turning passivity into initiative, allowing oneself to come out of the dead, and further expand his maneuvering space. This is a good strategy! "

Song Wensong pursed his lips and stood up, pacing back and forth with his hands on his back. He muttered: "The reason is this. The reason is really extraordinary, but...what about the capital? What about the state?"

Qi Yuanzhi laughed, carrying his hands on his back and said: "The three generals are only a defeated general. You are very worried about the major events of Jiangshan Sheji. I have a majesty in the Great Kang Dynasty, a prince, and so many prime ministers who are capable of literary and good military affairs. Jiangnan is even more talented. Is it possible to lose the same state and capital?

If you can’t protect the capital and Binzhou with great power, you will not be able to keep Binzhou by yourself, the three generals. Can the three generals understand this? "

Song Wensong was stunned and speechless. He felt that from the bottom of his bones, he still didn't regard himself as a minister of Dakang. Once he had the heart to despise Dakang, he would naturally be arrogant and rude, thus derailing his behavior!

Everyone in this world has ambitions, how many ambitious people in the world? However, ambition must be supported by strength. Without sufficient strength, how can we support the vigorous ambition? Just like Song Wensong, he lifted himself up and entered into a deadlock. If he didn't wake up, he might be finished soon.

When discussing the matter just now, there were even counselors who urged him to claim the king right away, and then ordered Gyeonggi and Binju counties as the king to establish an army of kings to fight in the Quartet, so that the two rivers can be quickly settled and occupied by the two rivers. , Owning the wealthy land in Guan, Song Wensong occupied the most advantageous position of the emperor!

Song Wensong really had such a heartbeat at the time, but thinking about this suggestion now, he only felt cold sweat from his back, and he was afraid after a while!

Song Wensong listened to Qi Yuanzhi's remarks, and then reflected on the various remarks before, it was almost like heaven and earth. Qi Yuanzhi's remarks made Song Wensong retain the opportunity and still have incomparable vision and imagination in the future. However, other people's discussions are to further push Song Wensong to move forward, and have been toward the situation where it is impossible to recover!

After a long time, Song Wensong said: "Yuanzhi really saved me. Your strategy really made me realize that I was wrong for such a long time. It is amazingly wrong! At this time I should go to the East Palace to apologize to His Royal Highness. !"

After Song Wensong finished speaking, he immediately let someone change his clothes. He put on the military attache's uniform, with only one entourage, and went straight to the East Palace. It is said that since the prince Long Zhaohuan secretly saw Su Xinghai, his heart has been up and down, waiting for the news, it is really like a year.

After all, Long Zhaohuan has been operating in the capital for so many years. Although he has been emptied now, he still has something to hold down the bottom of the box. At least he still has a few lines in terms of message transmission.

Early in the morning, news came from outside that Su Xinghai had packed up his bags and boarded the boat going south in private. When Long Zhaohuan heard this report, he immediately felt like he was finished.

He only moved with this thought, and immediately received the second news, but it was an open news outside, saying that the prime minister Su Xinghai, in the name of the prince, immediately went down to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the disease of his majesty. After arriving in Jinling, he returned three days later. !

As soon as Long Zhaohuan heard the news, if he was struck by lightning, he was immediately stunned. He couldn't help but gritted his teeth and shouted: "Su Xinghai is really an old thief, so he dared to betray me! Is it possible that all of Dakang's loyal ministers are dead now? Didn’t I have a courtier in the Dakang Dynasty who could share the worries for my palace?"

Long Zhaohuan scolded Su Xinghai for breaking his faith, but he was panicked. He realized that Song Wensong must be very annoyed at this time. So when he heard a report from the outside saying that General Song Wensong was coming to see him, he was so frightened that he fell to the ground. The only difference is that it's shitty.

Long Zhaohuan is no longer as majestic as he used to be, and his fighting spirit is high. He has experienced all kinds of ups and downs in the capital alone, especially after experiencing all kinds of humiliation and abuse by Cao Weiming, he has a huge shadow in his heart. , Now facing Song Wensong, he is really scared.

Song Wensong quickly stepped to the East Palace. Long Zhaohuan wanted to hide when he saw him. Song Wensong caught up with him from behind. His legs were so frightened that he was about to kneel down. Song Wensong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said:

"His Royal Highness, Wen Song was wrong. Wen Song came to plead for the crime today! Wen Song always thought that his Highness had never recovered since he went to Yuzhou to experience those things. Therefore, Wen Song actually took charge of the affairs of the capital on behalf of His Highness. Yesterday, Su Xiang reminded that Wen Song realized that he had acted as a treacherous minister. At this time, I couldn't feel at ease after thinking about it, so I came here early today to plead guilty!"

Song Wensong was very sincere. He crawled on the ground and touched the soldier's amulet with both hands. "Your Royal Highness, this is our military amulet. It will be handed to your Royal Highness today. From now on, Wen Song will listen to your Royal Highness when he uses his soldiers. The head of the horse is looking forward!"

Song Wensong paused, and then said: "As for the political affairs of the capital, they should all belong to your Royal Highness, and I should abide by His Royal Highness's will!"

During Song Wensong's performance, Long Zhaohuan's eyes widened and he couldn't believe his ears. His first reaction was that Song Wensong was hypocritical, it was fake! Immediately he said: "Grand General, don't be like this! Your Majesty can guard one side for your Majesty and manage the capital for your Majesty. Your Majesty is very happy! This palace is also very good for the general's abilities and talents from the heart. I admire it, and I have a high degree of approval for your actions, so please don't do so.

In the future, the capital must be handled in accordance with the requirements of the general. This palace will cooperate with the general to manage both the capital and the states! "

Song Wensong knelt down and said: "His Royal Highness, don't do that anymore! You are the prince who supervises the country for the emperor, and you must take the power in your own hands! Your highness can rest assured that he will go to Jiangnan immediately and come in person Your Majesty, please beg your majesty to rule the crime of corruption. Once I leave, your majesty will no longer be fettered by the affairs of the capital. The gang of generals under me should also only follow the military talisman, and the minister can guarantee that as long as your majesty wants to adjust Soldiers, they absolutely obey the orders and dare not violate anything!"

Song Wensong said with great grief: "It's a pity that the ministers are incompetent and failed to win the war in the north. Now Longyou is going south, and Cao Weiming is watching by the side. The Shandong army may move westward at any time. Although the distance between the two points in Binzhou is not far, our defense is very weak. At this moment of crisis, the ministers are really poor. The ministers must report the matter to his majesty when they come to Jinling this time. The ministers believe that I am great. There are so many talents and talents in Kangneng, who are like clouds. I can definitely solve the crisis with my great power!"

Song Wensong's performance reached a climax. At this stage of the play, the prince Long Zhaohuan was also stunned for a while. Only then did he believe that Song Wensong's words seemed to be sincere!

After handing in the soldier talisman, he was still willing to go to Jinling to make a plea. Song Wensong really wanted to be a loyal minister! Thinking of this, Long Zhaohuan's thoughts were immediately divided.

He thinks that although the strength of the capital is not strong, the soldiers and horses are all strong soldiers in the northwest, which is not a small force. As the prince of Dakang, if Long Zhaohuan can control this power in his hands, and then find a way to deal with the Song family, Cao Weiming, and several other forces, it may not be without a big chance!

Is Song Wensong going south to become an official? If he wanted to be an official, what if Long Zhaohuan could edit the book for Emperor Xin De and let Song Wensong a prime minister? For Dakang, especially for Long Zhaohuan, such an opportunity was too rare, and such a temptation was too great for him to resist.

Long Zhaohuan helped Song Wensong up, and immediately couldn't help crying: "Wen Song, this palace has always blamed you! This palace... this palace... also has a fault..."