Qiu Yun still insisted on fighting, and after a round, there were fewer and fewer officials around him, and after fighting for so long, he knew very well in his heart. It was no longer possible to break through to the county seat, so we could only bring the brothers out as much as possible.

However, he was not reconciled, and when he looked back at the direction of the county, a pair of tiger eyes were full of tears.

After many days, the fierce offensive of the Jin army in Jingdong has still not been effectively contained, and it should be said that the Jingxi Road in Jingdong is no longer able to stop the Jin army from moving south.

Wushu did not put his limited energy on attacking the city, he led the main force to continue south, and the follow-up troops of the Jin army also went south one after another, making every effort to ensure the safety of the rear.

Wang De, Liu, Wu Ge and others have been powerless, the Jin army's 20,000 partial divisions are rampant, as the follow-up troops continue to cross the river, the Jingdong Song army forbidden army is at a disadvantage, and the Song army must gather troops to be able to curb the development of the Jin army.

In fact, the east and west roads of Beijing have been abandoned, and the two governments have set their sights on Xuzhou and Jianghuai, and the temple front Sigong Shengjun has commanded Gaoping to be stationed in Shouzhou, with 20,000 horse infantry troops under his command.

Yue Fei was also ordered to lead the Xiao cavalry army eastward, not to Jingdong, but to cross Chenzhou and directly enter Huaishang, not generally fast.

However, the momentum of the Jin army's southward movement was extremely rapid, and it was difficult for the Song army to form a polite resistance.

In the face of the increasingly severe shape shì, the two governments met in the Privy Council, and his new deputy minister was also among them.

When he entered the gate of the festival hall under the guidance of the officials of the guard department, he saw at first sight that in the middle of the hall, there was a huge topographic sand table made of sandalwood, on which was a topographic map of the Great Song Dynasty along the river and Jianghuaizhou County.

He didn't have any surprise, the military sand table had already been used, otherwise he would have to take his eyes off the sand table and quickly swept his eyes, only to see Tang Ge, Li Gang, Qin Hui, Tan Shiji, Zhu Shengfei, Liu Guangshi, the deputy privy envoy to join the army, and Fan Zongyin and Xin Bing in the imperial history.

Everyone was naturally polite for a while, Li Gang waited for them to sit down, cleared his throat, and said: "Everyone, today, I will take the holy words of the official family, please discuss the national policy, and I hope that Lord Wang will give advice." As he spoke, he looked at Wang Xiu unnaturally.

Tang Ge and Qin Hui didn't take the lead in speaking, they understood that today was the stage for Wang Xiu and Li Gang, and they were just going through the motions.

Wang Xiu took Li Gang's words and said wittily: "Master Li's words are serious, you and I should jointly assist the Son of Heaven, you should come forward, how can you give advice" The euphemism was like a joke, but it was really sarcastic Li Gang, and said: "Please tell me about the latest battle situation." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, please move." Liu Guangshi was in front of the main ministers of the two governments, and he naturally showed off his spirit, and he walked to the sand table with a thin bamboo knot.

When everyone came to the side, they pointed on the sand table and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the shape of the marching division according to the latest Tang newspaper. The latest Tang newspaper shows that the captives left the army of Wushu, with an elite 60,000 people, under the guidance of the rebels, went south, and the troops reached the north of Xuzhou. ”

"Our army's prince Huabu was hit hard and held on to the north of Yunzhou and Jeju, and Liu Xinshu, Guan Wancheng and others led the army to defend Ziqing and hold back some of the captives. Judging from the subsequent soldiers and horses of the captives, they have gathered about 100,000 horse infantry troops in Jingdong, and their strength is still increasing. ”

"Jingxi and Gyeonggi are facing the pressure of captives, and it seems to be a crisis, but the captives are actually responding to the feint attack of the Wushu, after all, the battle of Luoyang is impressive, and they have no perfect strategy, and they will never dare to go deep into Jingxi."

"You mean, how can you judge that the marching division will spare no effort to attack, how can you judge that their intentions are not in Jingxi" Wang Xiu said coldly, and the broken things that he knew with his eyes still need to be analyzed.

"There are more than 40,000 people in the Wushu Institute, which is close to half of the entire clan's troops, and they are all Han soldiers and Xi people in the Hedong generation, and they will definitely not be able to achieve a breakthrough." Liu Guangshi swore authentically.

Wang Xiu nodded, he believed that it was unlikely that the Jin army would use troops in Jingxi, but he still had to take it into consideration, after all, soldiers are impermanent, and no one can accurately predict the development of the battlefield. Once Wushu makes an important breakthrough in Jianghuai, it will inevitably cause the troops in western Beijing to move south, and at that time you dare to say that the Jin army will not go south to western Beijing

"The captives are menacing, and the real threat to the imperial court is Wushu, which must be contained in Huaibei." Li Gang was all worried, and from all aspects of the intelligence summary, the Jin army was responsible for containing, feintting, and taking the initiative of the soldiers and horses has approached 300,000.

Even during the Xuanhe and Jingkang periods, the Jurchens did not use such a large number of troops, and it was obvious that they were laughing at the human resources of Yanshan, Hedong, and Hebei, which was not a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty.

"If Xuzhou is lost, Huaibei will have no soldiers to defend," Xin Bing said very simply.

Of course, Wang Xiu does not allow anything to happen in Xuzhou, especially Li Guojian, and he absolutely does not allow mistakes. For this reason, Feng Yuan led more than 10,000 soldiers who had not been integrated to be responsible for guarding, and he also believed that Feng Yuan had the ability to defend the important customs of Xuzhou, with a focus on Liguojian.

Where did Liu Guangshi know Wang Xiu's thoughts, and said in a deep voice: "Once Xuzhou is lost, the captives can drive directly to Huaishang, and the soldiers and horses stationed in Huaishang are the Sigong Holy Army in front of the palace, as well as the newly reinforced Xiao cavalry army, and it is difficult for the two armies to defend along the Huaishui." However, there are tens of thousands of horse infantry troops in Xuzhou, and the captives are likely to bypass and go south, and the real battlefield is precisely in Huaishang. ”

"What about the water army, why didn't the water army transfer from the river to Huaishui" Li Gang had a stern expression and stared at Liu Guangshi fiercely.

Liu Guangshi peeked at Wang Xiu, who was looking at the sand table carefully, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "What the prime minister said is that the last general was derelict in his duty and failed to state his power to the imperial court. ”

Having said that, everyone present understood that Li Gang did not mean to blame Liu Guangshi, his spearhead was directed at Wang Xiu, and Liu Guangshi was also an old slippery head, and he definitely did not offend Wang Xiu's guts.

In recent years, the guard navy has gradually developed into a large army dominated by sea ships and boat divisions, and has become more and more detached from the responsibility of local river defense.

Some naval generals even claimed to guard the river but not the Huai, and the naval warships guarding the navy were used to guard the Great Song Dynasty to expand its territory, rather than simply defending against threats from the north. Some radical generals and colonels even said that the deployment of the guard navy must have the Prime Minister's Great Seal on the affairs of various countries in the South China Sea, and the Privy Council simply dispatched the sea vessels that could not guard the navy.

Qin Hui saw Wang Xiu's brows tightened, as if he was pondering, he didn't know what he was thinking, and said tentatively: "The Wushu has penetrated deep into the hinterland, and it is unknown whether it can retreat with all his body, not to mention that the Gong Saint Army and the Xiao Cavalry Army are waiting for the battle, and Lord Li is relieved." ”