Shao Song

The light snow at the beginning of November in the ninth year of Jianyan was really insignificant to the natural changes of nature, and it did not directly change the current war situation in full swing.

However, no matter what, no matter what, no matter what Song Jin, almost all people of insight have realized that this snow is enough to become an omen.

The crisis is brewing.

However, before ushering in the crisis, under the gloomy winter weather, on the afternoon after the snow day, the Daming Palace was the first to usher in hundreds of Song army elite riders from the east. The first rider held up a flag with the word “Tian” and another with a flag behind him. He came to the front of the city to answer a question. The people of the famous city did not dare to neglect after checking their identity a little bit, so they opened the gate of the city, immediately. Put these hundred rides into it.

The two heads of the people who came were not the other ones. It was the deputy head of the Yuying Youjun, who had served in the former army of the Yuying Army before, but they were pushed back to the Yuying Youjun by Yue Fei. Now they are the leader. Back Wei Jun’s Zhang Zi Gai.

When the two entered the famous city, Wang Gui, the deputy commander of the former imperial army who had heard the news, led Tang Huai, the commander of the Chinese army, to greet him.

"Tian Dutong." Tang Huai was not good at words, but Wang Gui greeted him. "Is the road smooth?"

"Originally, it will be the deputy general, and the general is my family's Jiedu." Tian Shizhong immediately corrected it coldly. "The road is also fine, but when I approached here, I ran into a little trouble... How can so many logging teams almost fill the road?"

"The military order directly issued by the marshal started on the second day after breaking the city. It never stopped. We didn't ask. Anyway, the more things such as fortifications and plates, the better." Wang Guiqing knows that the other party is a person who likes to pretend to be indifferent. Care about the other's tone, just explain casually.

"That's also true." Tian Shizhong really just asked casually, and then pointed at some distantly visible two sides of the city to face each other. "Zhang Dutong has arrived?"

"Here, I am with my marshal in the vicinity of the water gate in the west of the city, saying that when the deputy Tian arrives, he will directly invite him." It was a greeting, and Wang Gui stopped talking, and directly guided and led the way.

When he heard this, Tian Shizhong frowned, but after all he didn't ask much. He just asked Zhang Zigai to take the accompanying subordinates and Tang Huai to use some hot soup, but he hurried with Wang Gui and two of them. See the two of Yue Zhang.

When I crossed the two sides and came near the water gate in the west of the city, I didn't see many flags or high-ranking officers. There was only one hot air balloon with a tiger face already inflated, and one place was originally raised. The rammed earth platform shook slightly after two or three feet, as if it were ready. Both Yue and Zhang were dressed like home and stood by the hot air balloon. At this time, seeing Tian Shizhong and Wang Gui approaching, they even called for a move, and immediately turned over and jumped into the big basket.

These days, there are idlers who dare to ride hot air balloons everywhere. This kind of tethered hot air balloon does not need to be said. Tian Shizhong knows, and there is nothing to avoid, just to prevent overheating, he hurriedly removed the outer armor. , They followed Wang Gui and jumped into the basket.

Immediately, the soldiers below, under the command of the famous Pei Yanbei, carefully helped to remove the counterweight and release the ropes with hinges, but they only dared to make the hot air balloon rise another four or five feet high, and the ropes on all sides were in line with each other. The turrets and trees on all sides of the platform were properly tied up... as if they were still worried about an accident, then the basket fell over the four generals in Hebei, and the Northern Expedition was also vented.

However, this height is sufficient.

After all, this kind of safe and generously elevated observatory is not comparable to the narrow and cramped wooden stand observatory. The four took out the crystal telescopes given by the gods from the basket and watched each of them. The surrounding barracks, roads, rivers, and markets The trees are clearly visible, especially the layout of Yuancheng on the opposite side of the Daming City. At this time, the shelter of the city wall as high as four feet is lost, and the layout of the interior is almost unobstructed.

Even, they could clearly see through the binoculars that the Jin Army in Yuancheng was pointing at the hot air balloon rising here, and they seemed to be used to the same.

That’s right, I must say one more thing here. The Daming City that gave the Daming Mansion its name is not the capital of the Daming Mansion. The Yuan City, separated by a water, is the capital of the Daming Mansion today, which is in the traditional sense of the Song Dynasty. "Beijing City".

The reason for this change is beyond test.

However, judging from the geographical situation where Tianshizhong and others are sitting on the sidelines at this time, this kind of migration of urban subjects seems to be a matter of course-Yuancheng on the opposite bank of the river is located in the narrowest area in the middle of the Yellow River North Road, directly adjacent to the east. The Yellow River fork road is less than ten miles away from the other fork road to the west. In addition, the Yongji Canal that crosses the west river channel at Daming Mansion and turns to the north, the three water channels passing through Daming Mansion almost run through the entire Hebei area.

This made this place a natural traffic cluster in Hebei under the state of the territory before the Great Song Dynasty.

In comparison, the famous city at the foot of the Song army only occupied more than ten years ago, because it only guarded a waterway to the east of Yuancheng, it was more like a functional companion city on the opposite side.

Even more than a dozen miles east of Daming City, next to another fork of the Yellow River, there is an old town. Some people say that this is where the main city of the Daming Mansion was originally located.

Not to mention gossip, Tian Shizhong looked in the basket for a while, then suddenly put away the binoculars, and pointed to the opposite place in amazement: "Those are counterweight gun carts?!"

"Yes!" Yue Fei knew where the other party was referring without even looking. "Twenty are all. It's been eight years since Nanyang's First World War. How can you hide it? Not only are there counterweight gun carts, but also hot air balloons..."

"Why didn't you see it?" Tian Shizhong just came back to his senses and asked in surprise.

"Golden people would have been able to make artillery carts, and the counterweight artillery carts can understand the principle at a glance, but hot air balloons are different." Wang Gui, who added a shovel of coal to the middle furnace of the hot air balloon, smiled. "The golden man’s hot air balloon got stuck and couldn’t bear to burn. We came to Daming City for ten days, and we put it here. The opposite Yuancheng also put it at the beginning. It put it three times before and after, and it burned twice. It seems that there is one left, but If I don’t give up, I will use it during the siege.”

"So that's the case." Tian Shizhong nodded, and then he suddenly woke up and shook his head in response. "That's not what I meant. I originally meant that the two cities are separated by a river, five or six hundred miles away. What if they change to mud bombs or wood bombs coated with gunpowder or oil? Wang Dutong, how did you dare to let the two Jiedu join this basket?"

"No." Wang Gui quickly explained with a smile. "Not to mention whether they have that kind of wooden bullets. Tian can see clearly. The guns on the opposite side are dead, and they are all aimed at the river... Besides, this hot air balloon flies up every day to see the military situation in the opposite city. They have seen it a long time ago, and they don't know that there is a big man in this hot air balloon, so do they have to build a new artillery car for sniping?"

Tian Shizhong was stunned, and then picked up the binoculars to look carefully. As Wang Gui said, the gun cart position in Yuancheng, by the east port, was not moving at all, as if it had been fixed beforehand. Long ago aimed at the river outside the city.

However, after Tian Shizhong saw it clearly, instead of relaxing, he became more serious. Because in his view, Gao Jingshan’s arrangement is the right thing... to lock the river channel to prevent Zhang Rong’s navy from attacking the city from here, and also to prevent Zhang Rong’s old tricks from being used again, relying on occupying the river channel to lead the former army to cross the river. ……This is a strategic arrangement, an absolutely useful arrangement.

Moreover, after fixing the gun positions, manpower can also be liberated, and it can be used with only a little supervision force to supervise the civilians.

On the contrary, the cannon cart is facing this side, hoping to fire two shots at the famous city outside the effective range, hoping to hit a big luck, that is irrelevant.

"How?" Yue Fei said again, seemingly just after Wang Gui's words were normal.

"Difficult!" Tian Shizhong was right, but for some reason, he directly changed to an inexplicable topic. "Marshal... the next official first talk about one thing. After the snow the day before, in a place called Sun Sheng Town in the northeast of Xiajin County, our three thousand people swept northward, and met the Golden Army Brigade, which resulted in a big defeat. , The loss is more than half...According to the narrative of the defeated army, it should be the headquarters of Wang Bolong of Jin Guo Wanhu. Counting the previous defeat of Wang Gang in Liaocheng, Li Baoshui rashly landed after the battle, winning first and then losing. Although we have made progress here, we have already lost three times. It's out."

Yue Fei frowned slightly when he heard the words, without any extra expressions, just nodded in response.

However, Zhang Rong finally stopped observing the surroundings of the river. While carefully putting away the binoculars, he couldn't help but ask on the spot: "I've heard of Wang Bolong's name a long time ago. I only know that it is a member of the Eastern Route Army... …Should it be a Han Chinese? What is the origin?"

"Although Wang Bolong is a Han Chinese, he has always grown up outside the Great Wall." Yue Fei saw Zhang Rong open his mouth, and then he gave a little explanation, but he was so familiar with each other. "In the second year of the founding of the Kingdom of Jin, tens of thousands of people were sent down to Aguda. It was hereditary Meng'an immediately... However, at that time, most of the thieves in Liaodi who descended to gold were Han, Khitan, Xi, and Bohai people. Yes, it’s not a big deal...Only afterwards, in the twenty years of the First World War of the Kingdom of Jin, A Gu died, and these sub-bandits had long been confused. Only Wang Bolong participated in the entire process of destroying the Liao, and he was awarded thousands of households. Jiedu Shi, Jing Kangzhong has been the pioneer of the East Route Army. Since Baihe has fought all the way to Tokyo, his treatment, daring, and bravery are no different from Jurchen, and his people have also emerged as the backbone of the Golden Army... These years He has been stationed in the Hejian Mansion area, and because he often wears the first ascent himself, he is known as the number one military general of the Eastern Route Army, and his name is still higher than that of Lubu."

Zhang Rong suddenly sighed: "If it is such a character and a soldier, it is normal to lose in the field... and the Hejian is not just north of Xiajin... At the moment, the Tiandu government subordinates ran into the north of Xiajin. ."

"Two Jiedu, you are not trying to be a petitioner." Tian Shizhong's complexion still doesn't look good. "It's common to win and lose. The key is that Wang Bolong didn't go south before, and now he is going south, isn't he aligning with the military situation reported to the Marshal? Jin Jun made a big decision and made a big move. Ready to surround us from all sides."

"Yes." Yue Fei held the thick rope of the hot air balloon to face each other earnestly. "A few days ago there was a messenger from the imperial cavalry in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It was said that the Golden Army of the Lunde Mansion suddenly sent out thousands of cavalry to lock the Taihangxing, pressing Huaizhou, as if they were worried about the aid from the direction of the east of the river; the sentry also discovered recently. On the other side of the river, there is a large-scale enlistment of troops...It is said that it will be enlisted 300,000 people...Looking at it, plus you hit Wang Bolong in the northeast of Xiajin the day before, you basically know that the Jin army will attack in a big way, and it can’t be said. There will be 13 or 4 million households!"

Rao Shizhong had already expected it, and he couldn't help but change his face at this time.

"What is there to talk about?" Zhang Rong was a little impatient. "In the past few years, didn't the officials and the imperial court make a lot of plans? According to those calculations, this is the result eight out of ten times... and it is indeed like this... Pengju, you ask me to come, It’s a strategy to deal with, not to frighten people."

"According to Xiaguan, there is nothing to discuss about the response strategy." Tian Shizhong kept shaking his head. "Previously, the martial arts and the Privy Council discussed various plans, and the subordinates are fully aware of it. Now the Golden Army dispatches the east and the west to join forces. It is almost twice as strong as me, and also the cavalry regroup. We are almost powerless in the field. A line of defense, keeping the time limit for the winter's dry water to freeze, and then plan for the future..."

"Not bad." Yue Fei answered calmly. "We can't win the field battle at all, and the wave battle will only ruin the overall situation... But how to defend it? Where to defend it? This is why I called Tiandu to come over today."

Tian Shizhong was only slightly relieved, but then he seemed to hesitate: "Marshal, I will say bluntly that if you want to maintain the situation right now, it is nothing more than to occupy the city, and want to do something after the winter. Obtained by the river..."

"Not bad."

"And here in Hebei, the Yellow River is divided into two branches and five branches, counting from south to north. The Daming Mansion is located in the middle of the third and fourth branches... We are equivalent to taking all the two branches of the eastern road, which are located in the second and third branches. Between the forks..."

"Why are you talking nonsense?" Zhang Rong became increasingly unable to listen. "Just talk about how to guard after freezing."

"Zhang Dutong, Xiaguan means that we are now in the middle of the East Road and North Road of the Yellow River, and the bifurcation is only ten miles wide around this famous city. The wider the opening becomes, especially after Xiajin. It's abruptly wide, and when it comes to the beach, it is simply the entire Cangzhou, nearly three hundred miles from the north to the south... These days, the two are making progress at the river fork, and my imperial right army is responsible for ending downstream, and spreading troops in several states. The place is really weak...This time the defeat of Sun Sheng in the army is a clear proof...The area between the second and third forks is too wide. If there is no reinforcements, I am afraid that Xia Jin will not be able to defend him face to face."

"You mean, we have to retreat?" Zhang Rong couldn't help frowning. "Where to withdraw?"

Tian Shizhong held the long rope next to the basket to see Yue Fei, but Yue Fei just let go of his arms and stood up, thoughtfully, without speaking.

In desperation, Tian Shizhong didn’t bother to make these false handles anymore, and said the truth directly: “The two Jiedu have the final say where to withdraw, but the imperial right army spread too much. After the winter freezes, there is no If the river is obstructed, let's not say that we continue to make progress, even this posture cannot be maintained at the moment... Otherwise, it can't be said that it will be divided and mopped up by the Golden Army! According to the lower officials, if you withdraw to the front ten days ago, rely on the second The defenses along the branch roads can be more or less accountable to the DPRK and the Chinese...The half of the newly acquired famous mansion shouldn't ask for it at all!"

Zhang Rong shook his head repeatedly: "Da Ming Mansion must not be abandoned here!"

Tian Shizhong was extremely speechless, but the other party's official position was much higher than his own, and it was also common for a water general to not understand land matters, but he was too lazy to care about the other party, just staring at Yue Fei.

Yue Fei leaned on the chest-high basket, held his arms in silence for a moment, and finally spoke calmly, but first said to Zhang Rong, "What time shall I say... First of all, the Yuying Youjun has few soldiers, and now he is guarding Binzhou and Dizhou. , Dezhou, Bozhou, plus a half-named mansion in Xinde, a dozen or so cities, it’s the stakes of the scattered forces. Once it freezes and loses the obstruction of the river, the golden army gathers, one can’t hold it at all, two Then, even if the Golden Army ignores it, the Right Army can only shrink in the city, and it will not have any retarding effect... It is indeed necessary to abandon some places, and to abandon it early, in order to free up hands and use strength in key places. This handsome man knows the difficulty of the Yuying Youjun, and thinks it very much."

"That's what I meant." Tian Shizhong hurriedly looked at each other earnestly, but only Wang Guichao smiled at him in the big basket.

Zhang Rong just shook his head.

"Secondly." Yue Feifu turned his head and pointed at Tian Shizhong. "Zhang Dutong means this commander also knows that he is not embarrassing your right army. What he wants is to find some city preservation fleets with water ports during the freezing of the river... At the moment, the best place is actually this. The nearby old towns, Hanzhang Town in the upper reaches, and Shang Huxun... To protect these places, it is not the same thing whether there is a famous city or not."

"It's not just my baby's own fleet." Zhang Rong also seriously interrupted and explained. "The key is that the Golden Army is scrupulous if there is a fleet in hand. They dare not cross the river so much that they are blocked by our navy... So, roughly speaking, from Shaoxing (White Horse) to Puzhou, and then to the foot The forked area of ​​Daming City should be taken before it can be frozen, so that it can occupy one place as much as possible."

Tian Shizhong also sighed.

In fact, he fully awakened halfway through what Yue Fei said... He just complained about Zhang Rong, a vulgar man who ignored the difficulties of the Yuying Youjun, but forgot that the Yuying Navy also had its own difficulties.

If this is because of the freezing, the Golden Army burns and destroys the ship, not to mention how the Song Army found a way to enter the famous palace in the spring, then Tokyo would be really dangerous.

It must be known that the Jin Army not only locked the river on the east side of the Daming Mansion, but also on the west side of the river, that is, dozens of miles behind Xiao Wu Yu that day, there has always been a fleet of ships that had been beaten by Zhang Rong before daring to show up. over there.

Without the ship, can the navy have to change offensive and defensively, no matter how capable it is? At that time, don't say that Tokyo is dangerous. People like me will be cut off from logistics and locked up in Hebei to become lone soldiers...how to fight, how to collapse.

From this point of view, the Yuying Youjun can really sacrifice and lose, but the navy is not allowed to lose...At this point, Tian Shizhong's expression is hard to look back. Because he was placed in the position of Yue Fei, or in the position of a couple of comrades in Tokyo behind him, he would definitely agree with Zhang Rong's opinion first.

However, he still worked hard to find a reason: "If it is said to defend Tokyo... What if the Golden Army bypasses this side while it is frozen, and goes directly from the east of the emptiness to Jinan to attack Tokyo? It can be seen that the downstream must also be attacked. Keep it."

This is embarrassing for him to say...How many days can the freezing period be? As long as the navy is kept, will the golden army withdraw or not?

"Not bad." Unexpectedly, Yue Fei did not pursue the reluctance in these words, but instead nodded. "This has to be considered."

However, this statement made Tian Shizhong more vigilant, because he knew that Yue Fei was not such a confused person.

Zhang Rong stamped his feet even more: "He is also right, I am right, everyone is right, but is it possible for all of you to work together like a war? Especially this war is of great importance. According to the Di Bao, the first 100 For many years, the national fortunes of the next two hundred years have been gambled, how can you make the mud! You Yue Pengju asked me to come over today, there must be a statement and assignment!"

"I do have to say something."

On the contrary, Yue Fei stood with his arms in the basket when he heard the words, it was rare to laugh. "Brother Zhang and Brother Tian, ​​in fact, not only do you two have difficulties and ideas, I also have Yue Fei here..."

Seeing that Yue Fei was so strange, the two couldn't help but look at each other together, and then each stood up in awe...Tian Shizhong pinched the thick rope on the side, Zhang Rong untied the exquisite cotton jacket bestowed by the imperial court, put it on his body, and stood akimbo. .

"I think I’m only three days old this year, so I was appointed the marshal of Hebei. Everyone in the world said that I met Feng Mingzhu, but no one secretly said that I was lucky enough to be a fortunate minister. It’s just that the official will simply, Let me do something meritorious to make this achievement? Why don’t you have someone who knows how to shoot horses. I always say that I have a deep personality, so I am naturally handsome?" Yue Fei ignored the small movements of the two, but continued to smile. With emotion. "But no matter what outsiders think, anyway, for me, since the official appointed a marshal on the spot and gave me a post, although I didn't show up on my face, I made up my mind to get rid of Jing Kang's shame. To repay the favor of the officials; I also made up my mind long ago to fight this battle well and make a splash of credit, so that the people of the world should not underestimate me... Of course, I must also want to make Hebei a good one. Take it back and take the brothers home...the hatred of the country and the family, the long-cherished wish of fame, are all fighting here."

Wang Gui sighed quietly, without saying a word.

"The marshal's heart of serving the country with loyalty is well known in the world." Tian Shizhong pinched the rope and laughed dryly.

"Of course, I saw you for the first time eight or nine years ago, and I saw that you are a hot temper on the outside." Zhang Rong said something extra. "I like to drink, I like to lose my temper when I drink too much, and I know crying when I am wronged, and I can't finish talking to someone... The last time I went to see your old lady at your house, she and I said it."

"That's not what I meant." Yue Fei was embarrassed for a while. "I want to say that I certainly want to repay Jun's grace, succeed in the industry, and fulfil my long-cherished wishes, but from the day I was ordered, I really didn't feel at ease in a day..."

"Like Wang Gang's defeat, although I know that it is an ordinary arrogance, underestimating the enemy's merits, and it does not show it on the face, I still can't help but worry about my own combat power..."

"Li Bao won a game at sea. I just rewarded him for his merits, but he couldn't fall asleep in the evening. Then he went ashore and lost another game, and I couldn't fall asleep again..."

"Later on, there is Gao Jingshan here. It is a veteran. The iron bucket arranged by Yuancheng on the opposite side is like an iron bucket. There is no error or omission. My face is not visible, but my heart is increasingly restless, like walking on thin ice all day..."

"I came to this famous city in just ten days, and I went on a hot air balloon nine times...every time after listening to the battlefield news, I knew that the situation was getting more and more oppressive. I didn't know how to open up the situation or how to deal with it. Those people in the upper army couldn't hold back for a while, so they couldn't help but hide and drove the others down. Only one person was here to observe the terrain, think about the situation, plan plans, and even make secret decisions."

"Actually, I am the same." Zhang Rong said in relief. "Fortunately, I don't want to pretend, if I get bored, I will put on a cotton jacket and walk around on the embankment..."

Tian Shizhong swallowed. He wanted to say that he was the same... He had always thought he was a responsible person before, but this time he led the imperial army to come out alone, he likes to pinch things inexplicably, a lot of things. Squeezed, squeezed... But after all, I was embarrassed to speak up.

"All in all!" Yue Fei sighed. "In your position, you have your own difficulties and your own thoughts, I understand all of them, but as the marshal of Hebei, I also have my own difficulties and thoughts... Point, one is to preserve, and the other is to make progress... preservation is to preserve the three armies, to ensure that under the siege of the Jin army, not because we have made omissions here, and the overall situation is broken; enterprising is, if we can win the famous mansion, make the situation in front of us Completely open up, and force the Jin Jun to be helpless, and you still have to try to win it!"

"marshal!"

Tian Shizhong squeezed that thick rope tightly, finally feeling a little helpless, even pleading. "From the very beginning, I was worried that you would think about it, because according to your usual military strategy, if you can have a plan, no matter how unthinkable, you will always do it! But just now Zhang has all said that... …It’s about the fortunes of the country for two hundred years...There is a way, and we should make a conservative decision! Let’s keep it, OK?!"

Yue Fei shook his head in response: "I am not taking risks at will, but looking at the terrain, thinking about many possibilities, and starting to prepare from the beginning when I have an idea, the materials and plans are roughly available, so I am looking for you! And! I think the timing is good too... The main force of the Golden Army is not coming, it is just slack, the small river is frozen, the river is unsealed, they can't run side by side... This is a fighter!"

"I know what the Marshal is thinking about, the gunpowder blasts the city!" Tian Shizhong was almost frustrated. "The people below don’t know, don’t we know? We watched the gunpowder blasting demonstration with the officials in Wushan that day. Who is not excited? The officials saved so much gunpowder and are not willing to use it elsewhere. What do you mean? It’s also very clear! But that plan is just a plan. How could it be possible to bet the 90,000 imperial elites and the two-hundred-year national fortune on a bombing of the city? What if it is snowy, wet gunpowder, and not exploded? Jingshan is ruthless. What should I do if I gritted my teeth and blocked my mouth? Now, with such a tight arrangement, I have rushed to attack the city. Once I can’t take it quickly, I have to worry about being blocked by the golden cavalry waiting to the north. The whole army is choking! How will you and I meet the officials by then? It's nothing more than wiping your neck down the city!"

"What you said is correct."

Yue Fei nodded in agreement. "Gunpowder is an amazing method, but we must never put the lives of our three armed forces on a gunpowder bombing city... That is just an amazing introduction. There must be a perfect countermeasure to carry forward... I really have a complete siege. The plan! Even if the gunpowder fails, you can safely attack the city and resist the enemy properly at the same time!"

Tian Shizhong was completely helpless.

Zhang Rong also hesitated to speak but stopped.

"I think so." Yue Fei ignored the reaction of the two, but returned to the usual, calm words. "If Yuancheng can be broken, the rules of these two cities will be enough to store ships safely... Zhang Jedu, isn't it? You don't have to worry about where to store the ships in winter, or whether to sail the ships back to Henan."

Zhang Rong glanced at the river channel sandwiched by the two cities, as well as the artillery cart on the other side of the river, nodding helplessly.

"And if you want to break the city before freezing, you must have enough troops, while ensuring that you can attack the city with all your strength, and at the same time, you must work together to reject reinforcements from the north... Is that right, Tian Dutong?" Yue Feifu looked at Tian Shizhong again.

Master Tian took a breath, suppressed his dissatisfaction, and tried his best to respond: "Yes."

"Then can you bring 15,000 people here personally to serve as the reinforcements of the Golden Army to the north for me?" Yue Fei continued to inquire seriously. "Only in this way can I have enough energy to attack the city..."

Obviously by the stove, Tian Shizhong only felt his scalp numb and his whole body was cold. "My army is short of soldiers... How can I bring more than 10,000 people to this? Isn't it necessary for the three states and ten cities?"

"No more." Yue Fei was calm. "My sure-fire countermeasure is very simple on your side. Don’t you have so many places with few soldiers? I call the shots. Abandoning the three states and ten cities is... only the two cities of Xiajin and Gaotang, which are the narrowest rivers. Even Jinan and Qingzhou, as a line of defense...can't you defend it?"

Tian Shizhong was stunned and couldn't believe his ears. He immediately asked: "Abandoned the three states, how does the marshal explain to the officials and Tokyo? Do you know that the three states are abandoned, and the lords, scholars, and common people in the rear I don't know the soldiers, I'm afraid it will cause trouble directly!"

"But at the very least, this can guarantee that in case of defeat, it can also preserve the line of defense." Yue Fei was right. "As for the rear... First, according to the official's pre-departure will, the ministers of Tokyo can at best only ask questions, but cannot interfere with us; secondly, this war is related to the fortune of the country. How can the face and the rear commotion be a waste of troops? The end? If the overall situation is lost, it will be a hundred years of misfortune; three years, this matter really has the beginning and the end, I am responsible for it! You just said that if you guard in this way, can you make up 15,000 Yuying Youjun soldiers for me Come?"

Tian Shizhong stared at the person in front of him with an extremely complicated gaze, but he actually shook his head while affirming:

"Yes! But how can the fifteen thousand people block the three million households in the north, Ali, Jiaohe, and Wang Bolong who have now appeared in the north? Especially the two million households of Ali and Jiaohe are in the north of Yuancheng. The noodles are located in Guantaotun, a mere twenty to thirty miles.

"I have a way!" Yue Fei blurted out.

Tian Shizhong almost cursed, but suddenly remembered something, his heart moved slightly, but he didn't ask any more. He just suppressed some speculation and anxiety, and slowly shook his head: "The other side of the river is not a blind man. How can we quickly let the main force cross the river? How about laying out the line of defense?"

Yue Fei turned his head to look at Zhang Rong who hadn't spoken for a long time.

Zhang Rong was taken aback and reacted. Regardless of whether it was in a basket in the air, he still lowered his voice and pointed to the east river channel in response: "Pengju! My old Zhang can certainly trust you... But now in this situation, you let How can my fleet get through? There is a cannon on it! The water is much shallower!"

"This is the key." Yue Fei finally got a little bit difficult in his tone. "Brother Zhang, don’t be too much... In the past a dozen ships, two or three thousand people, just grab one position... If you can make it, I'll let it go. If you can’t make it, then let’s be honest. Arrange the defense line after retreat...how?"

Zhang Rong fixedly looked at each other and said nothing for a long while.

While Master Tian held the thick hemp rope on the side, his fingers were almost bent to a dangerous level, but he did not dare to make any sound.

Wang Gui, who had been silent for most of the day, wanted to speak again, but had to tie his hands and hold on for a while, and simply picked up the shovel, preparing to add coal to the hot air balloon furnace.

However, this movement was stopped by Yue Fei's hand.

"This is a courtesy first, then soldiers, right? If I don't agree, and I will leave the basket later, will you directly issue the military order?" Zhang Rong's tone trembled. "No words allowed?"

"Brother Zhang!" Yue Fei was right in midair. "Let's serve as soldiers and eat food... Are we just serving as soldiers to eat food? Why do soldiers eat food? After three or five years of peace, have you forgotten your thoughts and people back then?"

Zhang Rong also sighed, then gritted his teeth: "Since you talked about that year, that's good, it's as if you believed in me that day, and almost led the Jin army to Shoutou Beach by yourself. I should believe in you today. The character and ability are right...Three thousand people, twenty small ships, I let Xiao En lead the team!"

After saying this~www.wuxiaspot.com~, the imperial naval forces all turned their faces to the east, avoiding the waterways in the west in an evasive manner.

Tian Shizhong was by the side. He wanted to speak, but didn't know how to speak, so he could only pinch the hemp rope harder. However, soon under Wang Gui’s signal, the commander Bei began to drag the hot air balloon down, and the hemp rope was tightened, but he didn’t even have a place to pinch things. He didn’t know what to do, so he simply squatted down in the basket and hugged him. Head right.

Then, it remained silent.

As for Yue Pengju, he took a deep breath at this time, and then tried to think about it again. The plan that he had actually sprouted since the first day arrived. At this time, he was already familiar with the plan, but he couldn't calm down.

After a while, the hot air balloon was slowly dragged down. Marshal Yue led, one Jiedu and two lieutenants all jumped out of the basket vigorously, and then they all looked calmly and walked away in a hurry. It was also Rang Bei. Yan this kind of low-level officer secretly respected.

After a while, the famous city began to beat the drums and gather the generals. When the generals gathered in the city, the Hebei Front Army Marshal Yue Fei sat on the side, Zhang Rong sat leaning on his side in a cotton jacket. They were also sitting in the top left and right positions, each expressionless, awe-inspiring, and full of style.

"This marshal has a perfect plan, and he must break Yuancheng within this month and take all the famous mansions." Yue Fei calmly ordered. "Early wait for the military order, step up preparations!"

Zhang Zigai, Tang Huai, and Zhang Xian were in an uproar for a while. Only the four highest-ranking generals sat still, as if they had been agreed long ago, and they were well-informed. They were not as ridiculous as these ordinary generals.

PS: Sacrifice a new book, "God Catcher: I Have a Book of Mountains and Seas"