Jun Jiuling

Accompanied by the cold wind, snow particles fell, and pedestrians on the streets of the capital became hurried.

The snow fell very early this winter, which made life difficult for beggars in the capital, especially since there have been a lot more of them recently.

About a month ago, a lot of people with a northern accent gradually came to the capital, old and young, and brought their families to the capital. These people were exhausted from the long journey here, and they had no technical skills, so they could only hang out on the streets and bridges. begging for a living.

These are the people who fled because of the war in the Northland.

Their arrival reminded the people in the capital that the war in the Northland was still going on, and it was not even optimistic.

The atmosphere in the hall was also dignified and anxious.

"To lose three cities in a row, isn't that what you call a one-time defeat?" The emperor shouted angrily, "How many defeats are there?"

Ning Yan stood in front of the hall with a firm expression.

"The gold thieves are coming fiercely, and it is correct to avoid their edge and retreat." He said, "What's more, when Cheng Guogong retreated, he escorted the people and burned the castle. The gold thieves occupied only an empty city. Reconstruction with manpower, instead consumes and disperses troops.”

Huang Cheng laughed beside him.

"According to Lord Ning, it's an honor to lose. Do you want to reward him?" He said.

Ning Yan didn't care about his ridicule.

"It's not defeat, it's strategy." He said, "The general will not accept the fate of the emperor outside, because the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and only those who are in it know what to do is the best."

"This is all Cheng Guogong's one-sided words." Another minister stood up and said, "I think he made excuses for himself, and he was so happy that he retreated steadily."

"That's right, in just a short period of time, three cities were lost, one chief officer was lost, and two superintendents were killed, and you still kept saying what strategy, how good is it?" Another minister also reprimanded angrily, "I still have to Reinforcements all over the place obey his orders, what does he want to do?"

Facing the questioning, Ning Yan did not have the slightest fear.

"Why do you only see our casualties? Have you forgotten the amount lost by the gold thief?" he said.

As his words fell, several ministers also stood up and reported the casualties of the Jin army.

Compared with the loss of the officers and soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Jin soldiers were indeed even worse.

"Who knows if it was really seized or something else." A minister snorted.

The other minister immediately stared anxiously.

"What do you mean? You mean Duke Cheng lied about the military?" He shouted angrily.

"Who knows if it's a lie or not, anyway, the whole Northland is now in the hands of Duke Cheng." Someone also said.

"You mean Duke Cheng covers the sky with one hand?"

"I didn't say that. It was you, Mr. Tang, who said that."

There was an immediate quarrel in the court, several ministers blushed and spittled everywhere, they all wanted to fight.

This scene happens every day.

"Shut up." The emperor on the dragon chair shouted, pressing his forehead.

His voice was a little weak, but the eunuchs were still screaming, and the censor and the imperial guards stepped forward to stop the noisy ministers.

"I don't want to know what kind of strategy this is, I just want to know when the golden soldiers will be able to retreat?" the emperor said anxiously.

These words made the hall quiet for a while.

"Your Majesty, the battle is not achieved overnight." Ning Yan said in a deep voice.

"Will it involve thousands of soldiers?" Huang Cheng said quietly.

Ning Yan turned to look at him.

"Involved? What does Master Huang mean by this? Is it wrong for soldiers to die for the country?" He said.

"That depends on whether he died for the country or because he became the Duke of the country and died for his great success." Huang Cheng said indifferently.

"Master Huang..." Ning Yan shouted, and just as he opened his mouth, an urgent report came from outside the door.

Because of the war, urgent reports would come every few days, and the courtiers and emperors were already familiar with it, so they immediately stopped making noise and looked outside the door.

Everyone looked tense.

Good news, it has to be good news.

Ning Yan was thinking in his heart, and Huang Cheng was also thinking in his heart, although they expected different good news.

"Qizou Your Majesty, the Kaide Mansion has fallen, and the prefect Du Miao has died." The eunuch holding the emergency report knelt down and shouted tremblingly.

Kaide Mansion is a prefectural city on the south side of Hebei East Road. More than 20 years ago, Jin people rushed in and surrounded the capital from here.

This is a shame that the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty does not want to recall, and it is also a nightmare that people in the world do not want to remember.

I didn't expect this scene to appear again after so many years.

Back in the day.

The hall was deadly quiet, and the emperor stood up from the dragon chair immediately.

"Come here..." He yelled, his voice was trembling, his face was pale, before he could say a word, he trembled and fell back to the dragon chair.

The eunuchs were startled.

The courtiers also ignored the dispute and shock, and rushed to the dragon chair one after another.

"His Majesty."

"Hurry up and declare the imperial physician."

The hall was in chaos.

Ning Yunzhao was still standing at the end of the line. He was not qualified to squeeze in, and he didn't squeeze in. He stood there like other officials who hadn't stepped forward, with an anxious expression on his face.

But if you look closely, his anxiety is much more flat than others, but now no one pays attention to him, everyone stands on tiptoe and looks forward, discussing in a low voice from time to time.

"This is too coincidental." Ning Yunzhao didn't discuss with others, but whispered to himself, frowning slightly.

………………..

"This is too coincidental."

Zhu Zan spat out the pasture in his mouth and said with a snort, and tapped the ground with his hand.

A simple map was outlined on the ground, stones were placed to represent the city, and strands of pastures laid out the route of the Jinren.

"Only a group of elite soldiers, under the cover of many golden soldiers, forced their way here. This is not so much a capture, but an adventure of going deep alone." Zhang Baotang said, "We all know that golden soldiers are good at riding and shooting. Move fast, and it's not impossible to do that."

"Maybe it's not just the cover of the golden soldiers." Sifeng said suddenly.

Zhang Baotang froze for a moment, while Zhu Zan's expression remained calm.

"Did you find out?" he asked.

Zhang Baotang looked at Sifeng in puzzlement. Sifeng went out and disappeared for a while before, saying that he was on business. Was it Zhu Zan's order for this business?

"I can't find out the details, but it is true that some generals fled without fighting." Sifeng said.

This kind of thing is not uncommon on the battlefield, and it can't explain anything.

"It can't explain anything, but their actions have caused many consequences that shouldn't have happened. It's a coincidence." Sifeng said.

Zhu Zan kicked up the stones and pastures on the ground.

"I understand, these golden soldiers are not for fighting, but for intimidation." He said, stepping on the place marked as Kaide Mansion just now, "Everything is marching according to the route that once destroyed the capital of our country, just to let the emperor The courtiers and the common people were afraid when they remembered what happened back then."

Zhang Baotang understood what he heard, and burst out laughing.

"The gold thief will play this trick again this time," he said.

"This trick works very well," Zhu Zan said.

Sifeng didn't smile either, and his expression was even more silent for a moment.

"Just now, the emperor ordered Cheng Guogong to send troops to rescue Kaide Mansion and to garrison Kaifeng at the same time," he said.

Zhang Baotang stared.

"Uncle, how can he move? One movement will pull the whole body." He said, "Unless Uncle comes back, this gold thief will not last long in Kaide Mansion."

Sifeng smiled wryly.

"Because, Your Majesty is afraid." He whispered.

Zhu Zan patted his clothes and looked northwest.

"I'm leaving." He said suddenly.

Sifeng and Zhang Baotang were stunned for a moment, as if they didn't understand what he said.

"You guys came today and told me the news of the fall of Kaide Mansion. It is only reasonable for me to go to kill the enemy for the country now, and I will not blame you." Zhu Zan continued.

This is indeed reasonable, but the crux of the problem now is not this.

"How are you going?" Sifeng asked.

Zhu Zan had already walked away a few steps, and turned around and smiled when he heard the words.

"Just, let's go." He said, put his hand in his mouth and whistled a few times.

Along with the whistling, Sifeng and Zhang Baotang heard the neighing of the horse and the ground shaking at the same time, what happened? They turned around, suddenly stunned.

I saw a group of horses rushing out of the stables and running in all directions, and the entire horse supervision factory was like a rolling thunder.

"The horse is startled!" Zhu Zan yelled loudly, and he ran towards the horse. His speed was extremely fast, and he quickly mixed into the chaotic horse herd. .

But not only was the boat not overturned by the waves, but it was faintly leading the tide.

The whole horse farm was alarmed, everyone ran out, but there was no way to stop the flood of horses, they could only watch the horses jump out of the fence and go in all directions.

The horse was startled, and the horse ran away.

The shouts kept ringing, and people were running around.

my day.

Sifeng and Zhang Baotang stood there blankly, only this word could express their feelings, they opened their mouths wide and couldn't close their eyes for a long time as they looked at the figure that had gone away.

*************************************

Thank you book friends book friend 160815115426234, Maomao Xiaochongchong raised the issue of the military strength of both sides. I re-checked the information of Song and Ming Dynasties and modified the number of troops. new content.

Thank you for your corrections.