There is a Liujia village in the southeast of Liaokou City, which is a village established by more than 30 families surnamed Liu from Qingzhou. After yesterday's sweep by Zongbi, Liujia Village has been eroded, and only one ancestral hall is still intact. But at this time, a scribe appeared in the ancestral hall, and the dawn was projected through the window, so that Liu Yanzong, who entered the door, could see the man's face clearly: but he saw that his eyebrows were clear, but his temples were stained with frost.

Liu Yanzong said: "Lord Yang Pu? ”

The scribe nodded and saluted, "Lord Liu Yanzong? ”

Liu Yanzong also nodded and returned the salute and asked, "Lord Yang is also my Dajin official, why don't you go to the army to see the second prince and the prime minister according to the courtesy?" But do you want to follow the example of the snake and the rat, and meet in such a place? ”

Yang Pu sneered: "My general also went to Dading Mansion to discuss military and political plans with the minister and the prime minister of the country according to the formal courtesy, and now he is safe?" ”

Liu Yanzong said: "The horse's words offended the emperor and the class, so he was detained. The monarch keeps his courtiers, why not! ”

Yang Pu said: "What about the soldiers and horses outside Liaokou City?" Could it be that attacking a subject country for no reason was also a means for the Dajin Emperor to show his faith? ”

Liu Yanzong said: "The Han Ministry is a great Jin minister, and the monarch ordered an army to attack the Song Dynasty, why didn't the Han Department comply?" If you don't comply, you will close the city and disobey the order, do you still have the slightest loyalty in the Han Department? ”

Yang Pu said: "Loyalty, my Han Department has never been less. But being detained for loyalty, and being guilty of reverence -- it's chilling! ”

Liu Yanzong said: "Within the four seals, it is not the king's land, the hair that eats the soil, and it is not the king's minister!" Since the horse is the minister of Dajin, then my emperor and the monk will keep him, why not! The so-called monarch wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, not to mention just staying in the army and treating each other with courtesy! But your Han tribe disobeyed the order and closed the city, which is a capital crime! ”

Yang Pu sneered: "The king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the minister as a confidant; The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy. The second prince treats my Han Department like this, but does he hope that all the tribes of Dajin's vassal countries will use the Han Department as a lesson from the past? ”

Liu Yanzong frowned and said, "That's it! If you continue to pull it like this, you won't be able to finish it in a hundred years. Let's get down to business, what are you here for today? ”

Yang Pu said: "What else can I do!" Naturally, I want to welcome back my general! ”

Liu Yanzong said: "The minister, the minister of state, and the general still have something to say, so the general can't go back for the time being." It's better for you to go out of the city to meet the teacher quickly, so that the emperor can deal with it lightly. Otherwise, on the day the city is broken, both sides will not look good. ”

Yang Pu said: "In this way, there is nothing to talk about. ”

Liu Yanzong said: "The order is from above." The emperor is above, the Han is below, you should have acted according to orders, what is there to talk about! ”

Yang Pu sneered: "Since that's the case, then forget it!" ”

The first negotiations were about to end, when the sound of murder was heard outside: the siege of the second day had begun again.

On this day, Zong Han and Zong Wang changed positions: Zong Wang attacked the east gate, and Zong Han attacked the north gate. The catapult that had just been transported to the front line drove to the city, and Li Shishi, the head of the city, saw it honestly, and hurriedly transferred a small catapult to launch it at the head of the city. The Han tribe's catapults, which could be placed on the city walls, were much smaller than those of the Jin army, but due to their more ingenious design, the ejection power was comparable. Coupled with condescending, nature has the upper hand. The Jin army's catapult sent stones to smash people and walls, and was stopped by the soldiers at the head of the city erecting a curtain, and at the same time, the Han army's catapult at the head of the city was quickly launched, and the cannons were smashed towards the Jin army's catapult. At this time, Guan Ning Xueshe had a preliminary discussion on ballistics, and some of the results were applied to the army to show great power, and the accuracy of aiming was far better than that of the Jin army, so after two rounds of catapults, the catapults of the Jin army were completely destroyed.

The Han garrison rode the majesty of the catapult and brought the power of long-range weapons into full play, suppressing most of the Jin army out of range. Such a large-scale use of long-range weapons consumed a lot of arrows and stones, but in order to allow the logistics engineers to repair some of the cracks in the city wall with cement, the Han defenders on this day simply fired bows and crossbows and catapults like hail and arrows rained down. Rao is Liaokou weapons and materials are well stored, but at the end of the day, the logistics officer who still manages the inventory in Jinmen felt a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, at this time, five large ships flying the flag of "Ouyang" entered the port.

"Four generals! It's the Four Generals! ”

"The fleet of the four generals is here!"

Hearing this news, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Liaokou were all in high spirits. The role of the "Ouyang" banner in improving the morale of the military and civilians in Liaokou is self-evident! As long as the ships of the Han Navy can enter and leave the harbor freely, then Liaokou is not an isolated city, but a frontier fortress with the entire East China Sea as the hinterland!

However, although Ouyang Shi's ship arrived, he himself was not on board. After receiving the news, he divided the fleet into two parts, one led by the vice general to Liaokou, and the other escorted himself into Jinmen. After the ship docked at the dock, Ouyang Shi did not go to see Cao Guangbi who was living in seclusion on the ship, but came directly to Yang Yingqi.

Yang Yingqi's desk is full of urgent documents from all sides. In the past few days, the Jurchens have paid unprecedented casualties in the siege of the city, but the Han Department has also suffered unprecedented economic losses! In order to cope with the war, most of the rural areas in the northern part of the peninsula began to be abandoned, and the central part of the peninsula was completely in a state of war readiness! Even Jinmen has become an unprecedented depression! The people who had withdrawn from Anpo poured into the territory of the Hosu Pavilion Department, and these people temporarily lost their jobs and had to rely on the relief of the Han Department every day. And the amount of materials to maintain the defense of Liaokou is so huge that Zhang Hao almost wants to jump into the river!

The current scale of the war can still be supported by the Han Ministry's finances, but if the scale of the war expands indefinitely, the existing economic structure of the Han Ministry will always collapse one day. It's just that things have developed to this point, and it's impossible to turn back. At this time, Yang Yingqi already had an enlightenment: even if the economy, society, and people's livelihood of the Han Department are in a comprehensive recession, even if the accumulation of ten years in southern Liaoning is in vain, this battle must be fought to the end!

"The seventh, the sixth, is it true?" As if completely ignoring Yang Yingqi's difficulties, Ouyang Shi threw out the most sensitive topic as soon as he came, in his opinion, Xiao Tienu's rebellion was the most important issue - this could cause unpredictable disasters at any time!

"It should be true." Yang Yingqi said: "But I still can't figure out why the sixth brother did this!" ”

"If you can't figure it out, then it might be a rumor!"

"Rumors......" Yang Yingqi smiled bitterly: "If it is a rumor, then how can the eldest brother explain what happened?" If the eldest brother had soldiers and horses, why did he fall into the hands of the Jurchens silently? What kind of weapon is Xiao Ziqi, fourth brother, you should know! Even among the 100,000 troops, they may be able to grab a way out! At that time, although Zong Han, Zong Wang, and Tart Lazy had more soldiers and horses than Xiao Ziqi, if it was a guerrilla, a change of battle, and an escape, it was not impossible to escape from Dading Mansion - Zong Han and they had to eat Xiao Ziqi, which was not touching their hands and covered in thorns, and I am afraid that the price they paid was not under the capture of Liaokou City! Besides, at that time, the patriarchs of all tribes were there, and there were pro-Han tribesmen among the patriarchs, if the sixth brother rose up to resist at that time, Zongwang would not dare to come brute considering that the situation might get out of control! "When two sides are playing, even if one of them has the upper hand, as long as the other side is still holding the sword, the one who has the upper hand must consider it before making a move; But if the other side suddenly disarms, then even the stronger side will be tempted to do it if it doesn't want to do it at first.

Ouyang Shi snorted and said, "That's it!" I'll put this matter aside for now, and let me ask you, what are you going to do next? ”

"What's next?" Yang Yingqi said: "It's still the same sentence: Defend the Han Department and welcome back the eldest brother!" ”

When Ouyang Shi heard him say that he wanted to "defend the Han Department" instead of "defend southern Liaoning", he knew that he had already considered the worst-case scenario, and sighed: "Okay, no matter what, I'll support you!" ”

"Thank you, Fourth Brother." The stone in Yang Yingqi's heart was put down again, Wan Yanhu, Di Yu, Yang Kaiyuan, Aluman and Ouyang Shi had all expressed their support for him, and by this time, the internal unification of the Han Ministry had basically been completed.

Ouyang Shi said: "Sister-in-law is in Liaokou, right?" I'll leave for Liaokou later. I heard that the third child is doing a good job in Liaokou. I don't have to worry about you and the second child in Jinmen. But it's not a matter of fighting like this now! Seeing that the harsh winter has not yet arrived, according to the endurance of the Jurchens, it is no problem to fight for another three or four months, but can we support Liaonan for so long? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "No matter whether you can support it for so long, you have to hold on!" Besides, I'm not going to sit in the city of sorrow like this! ”

Ouyang Shi perked up when he heard this, and asked, "Then what are you going to ......?"

"I'm going to take the initiative." Yang Yingqi said: "Our strange soldiers are already approaching the upper reaches of the Lalin River. ”

Ouyang Shi was shocked: "The upper reaches of the Lalin River? How could it be so fast? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "That's the chess played by the fifth brother, there are not many people, but it's enough to scare Wu begging to buy a jump." ”

Ouyang Shi said: "When are this people going to start?" ”

"There's no hurry." Yang Yingqi said: "Wait until Wu Qimai has increased his troops to the south to respond." ”

Ouyang Shixi said: "Does the fifth child want to cut off their back road?" ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said, "The strength of those tribes is not enough to cut off the Jurchen back road. What I wanted to do was to startle Wu Qimai, as long as he transferred back the troops he had sent out, the entire layout of the Jin army would be flawed, and at the same time, it would also aggravate the dissatisfaction between Wu Qimai and Zong Wang, which would be more beneficial to the negotiations. "The so-called tribes in the north vary in size, and sometimes the smallest is a village, with a population of 100 or 10.

"Negotiations?" Ouyang Shiqi said: "It's all torn, you still have to negotiate?" ”

"What can you do without negotiation, do you really want to keep fighting like this?" Yang Yingqi said: "Don't forget that the eldest brother is still in their hands!" Aren't we fighting so fiercely just to save our big brother? The fight was fierce, so that the Jurchens thought that they could not win, and only then could they negotiate more favorable to us! It is possible to save the eldest brother! ”

Ouyang Shi pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Ying Qi, if the eldest brother hinders the progress of the Han Ministry, you say ......"

Yang Yingqi said: "Fourth brother! What are you talking about! Are you going to encourage me to harm my big brother? ”

Ouyang Shi's eyebrows adjusted and said with a smile: "I'm just joking with you." How could I possibly hurt Big Brother? ”

Yang Yingqi glanced at him twice, and suddenly sneered: "I suddenly understand a little why the sixth brother rebelled!" ”

"Oh?"

Yang Yingqi said loudly: "He must have some selfish thoughts, ignoring brotherhood!" ”

Ouyang Shi said: "Why are you saying it so ugly? ”

Yang Yingqi pointed to Ouyang Shi's nose and said, "You! Didn't you just think like that? ”

Ouyang Shi smiled: "You said it so directly, aren't you afraid that I won't support you?" ”

Yang Yingqi sneered: "Since they are brothers, if you have any dissatisfaction, you should say it!" Even if you turn your face, it's better than holding it in your stomach and calculating with each other! ”

Ouyang Shi smiled and said, "This also makes sense. patted Yang Yingqi on the shoulder and said, "But don't worry, old seven, although I usually quarrel with you, but now is an extraordinary period, I will definitely support you to the end at this level!" ”

Yang Yingqi also lost his anger and said: "The fourth brother is a person who can take care of the overall situation, I have always known. ”

The two were talking, and suddenly Yan Qing came in and reported: "Seventh General, it's not good, the people have surrounded the mansion of the Sixth General!" ”

Yang Yingqi was stunned and said: "Surrounded? What are they going to do? ”

Ouyang Shi sneered: "This doesn't need to be said!" Of course, it's to pull the sixth child's family out to vent his anger! Now the sixth has become a traitor to the Han Department, hasn't he? ”

Yang Yingqi looked at Yan Qing, saw him nodding yes, and said angrily: "Nonsense! Monkey business! Hanbu is not without laws! Even if you want to punish traitors, you can't use this form! Prepare the horses, I'll go and see! ”

Ouyang Shi grabbed him and said, "Remember to bring the soldiers and horses over." ”

"With troops?" Yang Yingqi asked, "What are you doing with the soldiers and horses?" ”

Ouyang Shi sighed: "Old Seven! Do you think those are still honest citizens? That's already a mob overwhelmed by rage! You don't bring people with you, be careful that they even beat you! ”

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