"Wan Sheng!"

The cheers resounded throughout the Central Plains, after more than ten years, the banner of the Great Song Dynasty once again fluttered in the sky above Bianliang City, unlike the last time, they experienced thousands of miles of war, along the way to capture more than a dozen states in the four prefectures, half of Henan into the bag, it seems, the military is prosperous, the momentum is like a rainbow, it seems that nothing can stop the footsteps of this army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, Li Tingzhi's heart is very clear, this may be the end, as the Yuanren Nanjing Road Lu Zhi, the defenders of Bianliang City are not many, caught off guard, by Zhang Shijie personally led the front army to succeed, when the city is broken, almost all the officials in the city fled, and the people do not seem to have recovered from the shock of the city changing hands, they look at these 'foreigners' who have fallen into the carnival with a very strange eye, no one believes that these Song people will stay for a long time.

Li Tingzhi himself didn't believe it, after the excitement of restoring the old capital passed, he didn't know how to clean up the situation, more than ten years ago, when Zhao Kui led the army here, there were only thousands of people alive in the city, after more than ten years of recovery, it seems that there are a lot more people, but they are all moved from other places, it is obvious that the people in this city are no longer the "Bianliang'er" of one hundred and fifty years ago.

Bianliang, this close target, is like a ripe fruit in autumn, exuding an attractive luster, even people like Li Tingzhi can't resist it, and after eating it, I suddenly found that the seemingly sweet flesh may contain some unknown toxin.

Yin Jian of Duanping was not far away, and now it was him who was facing the choice, and he realized that those words were written in blood, not others, or the blood of these excited and cheering young people in front of him.

"The great merit of recovering is enough to boost the morale of the army, and the merit of the public is in the community, and the subordinate officials are fortunate to hear about it, and they are honored." Accompanying him was a purple-clad civil official, and although he said words of congratulations in his mouth, his face did not have much joy.

Li Tingzhi looked at the Xiongcheng not far away, the political center of China has been in Guanzhong for thousands of years, until it was annihilated by countless wars, and then it turned to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it turned out to be a relic in just over 300 years, so the capital is in front of him, he is a little discouraged, and he can't bear to see its withered appearance now.

"Presumably, the paperwork has been drafted, but I wonder who you want to appoint to stay in Tokyo?"

"I have heard that you Wang Bohou is a kind person, and I didn't expect to make such sarcastic remarks." The words of the civil official entered the ears, and Tokyo stayed? Li Tingzhi's thinking was a little uncertain.

Wang Yinglin, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, shook his head: "Great merit is great merit, the lower official set off from Beijing, did not dare to rest day and night, crossed the river into Yangzhou, Xianggong was not there, followed the canal to Chuzhou, Xianggong was not there, crossed the Huaishui into Jiangbei, Xianggong was not there, and the Yellow River went north to Pizhou, they told you that you had gone west, and had no choice but to catch up under Suiyang City, but you brought the lower official here, 'Chaowen Dao, death can be carried away', you have to see the old capital, enough to comfort Pingsheng, there is only gratitude, how to ridicule. ”

"Without this merit, the political hall also has a place for you Li Xiangfu, now, Bianliang has been down, half of the hinterland of the Central Plains has been recovered, this kind of great achievement, is to seal the king, the court can not say half a 'no' word, the lower officials still think that you will be complacent, I don't know that the Beijing master is already in danger, you need to know that 'words can kill, profit makes wisdom faint'."

"Li Lingzhi is ...... faint" Li Tingzhi chewed on these words, and a wry smile appeared on his lips.

"During the Duanping period, someone said, 'Although it is easy to take Henan, it is difficult to keep it, and the cost of the army is huge!'" The people are poor and unbearable, and they are changing radically, how can today's affairs be discussed lightly! At that time, the imperial court was not so embarrassed, not enough to enterprising, now the northern army is raging, the south of the Yangtze River is not guaranteed, Jiankang has been under siege for more than a month, Xu Su can go down, the people of the two Zhejiang provinces are panicked, the court looks forward to Li Xiang's army, such as the baby's hope for parents, if the drought is looking at the clouds, but you are ......"

Unconsciously, Wang Yinglin's tone was no longer so polite, as if he had forgotten the difference in grade between the two: "Since you know that you can't defend it, why attack it?" What is the benefit of attacking and abandoning it? What's in it for the people? What is the benefit of Yu Jun? ”

Li Tingzhi was speechless, the other party's words and sentences were directed to the point, even if he returned to the division now, what kind of blow would it be to this team that had finally mustered up morale, he himself didn't know why this happened, maybe only the other party's sentence 'Li Ling Zhi was faint' can be explained.

Seeing that he was silent, and he was not annoyed and angry, Wang Yinglin only reached the goal, and he was no longer aggressive, he took an edict from his arms, and handed it over without looking at it: "This is the fourth letter, all the words are from a certain hand, and the bottom is just two words 'return to the teacher', and the next official is all here, and he also wants to think twice." ”

Li Tingzhi didn't read it, as the other party said, he has received four such edicts in a row, the first three were received near Xuzhou, and there were only a few days apart, which shows that the imperial court is indeed in a hurry, this fourth person to pass the edict is actually a high-ranking official in purple clothes from the third grade, what if he still insists on not returning? Will you send a minister?

"Where's the brand? Take it all along. Li Tingzhi handed the edict to his soldiers and stretched out his hand to him.

Wang Yinglin reluctantly reached into his arms again, and took out a lacquered gold wooden card, Li Tingzhi took it and held it in his hand: "I didn't expect that my true appearance is also today." ”

"If there is an urgency, how can you talk about it on the same day, and don't make mistakes about yourself."

"That's right, compared to Xianggong Yue, it's still far away, I'm here, let's go into the city and have a look." Li Tingzhi took the sign in his hand and played with it, and before he knew it, Bianliang City was already in sight, and on the tower of the tall Nanxun Gate City, Zhang Shijie and others were waving to them excitedly.

Although the words are not good, at the moment of entering the city, Wang Yinglin's heart is the same as those sergeants, and the dream of returning to the old capital, no matter what, has become a reality under his feet, and this glory that is enough to pass on to his descendants makes his heart full of excitement, and even his figure is a little taller.

This is a huge city that accommodated millions of people at its peak, and the city walls that were six zhang wide and four zhang high were not necessarily easily toppled by modern artillery bombardment, but it did not stop the Jurchen iron cavalry nor could it stop the Mongol conquest, no matter how large the population and how tall the city walls were, they could not resist the determination to fight to the death.

Today in Bianliang City may be the tomorrow of Lin'an City? A deep sense of fear rose in Wang Yinglin's heart, and the excitement slowly receded from his face, replaced by an indescribable eagerness.

Li Tingzhi also did not dare to delay in the slightest, as soon as he entered the city, he summoned Zhang Shijie and others to discuss, and laid out the actual situation, everyone was like pouring a scoop of cold water on their heads, and they found out how much territory they occupied, from Haizhou to Bianliang, the larger the territory, the more defenders they needed, but the people's hearts were not attached, and they couldn't get many people to stay, a very realistic question is, who will guard Bianliang?

Seeing that everyone lowered their heads, Zhang Shijie was just about to stand up, when a personal soldier hurriedly walked in and said something in Li Tingzhi's ear, and the latter's face changed suddenly.

"Bring people here." The crowd didn't know what was going on and stopped the discussion.

The pro-soldier turned around and went out, and soon brought a person up, who was dressed as a Han people in the north, like an old peasant, and spoke the local dialect of Xuzhou as soon as he spoke.

"Little Xing Zhong, I've seen Xianggong and the generals." He took out something from his arms and handed it to the soldier who brought him in, and the soldier took a look at it and handed it to Li Tingzhi.

It was a very old brand, and the words "Jingdong Road, the Ministry of War" and other words could still be vaguely seen on it, Li Tingzhi nodded quietly and returned the sign to him.

"You said there was an important military report, what happened?"

"Back to the father-in-law, the small home is outside Xuzhou City, the mother-in-law is Suining, because her mother's family has something, so the small set a car a few days ago to send her back, but on the way back, found a large group of Yuan people, their scouts covered the four fields, the small can not go to Xuzhou to report, had to detour to Hongxian, when passing through Lingbi, found that there are more Yuan people, more than 100,000."

"What!" Zhang Shijie exclaimed, Lingbi was very close to Suzhou City, and the Yuan people appeared there, and the intention was obvious.

Xuzhou is in danger, this is the unanimous idea of everyone in the hall, Li Tingzhi asked in a deep voice: "Can you see the banner of the Yuan people clearly?" ”

"If the small one is not mistaken, it should be the Chinese army from Zhongcheng Tower in this province, and there are a few Han people stationed in the area of Guide Mansion, so it should not be bad." Xing Zhong reported while recalling, telling what he had seen.

Li Tingzhi's heart was shocked, and his face seemed very calm, he had heard a little about how many people the Ministry of War would send in a year, but after so many years, how many people were loyal to the homeland, it was unknown, and the most important thing now was to find out how credible what this person said?

To tell the truth, his doubts are not groundless, the reason why he dares to go deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains alone is because there are a lot of spies acting as eyes and ears on this line, so he is not afraid of the enemy's ambush, nor is he afraid of falling into the trap, an enemy brigade of more than 100,000 people, without the need for a clairvoyant mirror, even the naked eye can see clearly, all arrived in Suzhou, why no one came to report? That's the biggest doubt.

Think about it a little deeper, if this news is true, the tower out of the department withdrew the siege of Luzhou, covered it with light horses, put Bianliang and didn't save it, and went straight to Xuzhou, what kind of idea is it to fight, and there is still a need to say it, Li Tingzhi thought of this, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and glanced at Zhang Shijie, obviously the latter also thought of it, and the eyes of the two were full of worry.

"What the little one said is true, when they saw the Yuan people, it was already three days ago, and now, they are only afraid of hitting the city of Xuzhou." Xing Zhong saw their doubts, sighed and continued: "A few months ago, the Yuan people conscripted, and the small one could not be called for some reason, so he could only be replaced by Xiao'er, he invaded Huaidong with the Yuan people, and surrendered to us under the city of Chuzhou, and now he is in this Bianliang City. ”

After checking, sure enough, his son's name was found on the roster, almost at the same time, the news of the direction of Xuzhou was also transmitted here by the spies, the Yuan people surrounded Xuzhou City yesterday, they chose a direction that no one thought of, evaded the intelligence network of the Song people, crossed the Bianshui from Hongxian County, detoured to Qishi Mountain, and attacked Xuzhou from the bottom up, wanting to take down the back road of the Song army, cutting off their way back.

Reflecting the two phases, Li Tingzhi had to sigh that the world was impermanent, if it weren't for this loyal little deacon who risked his life to report it, when they knew, they wouldn't have understood what had happened.

It seems that returning to the division to save Xuzhou is the only way, after all, there are only more than 5,000 people there, it is impossible to withstand the full force of the tower, it is a pity to give up the victory in hand, but no one wants to fight an uncertain battle in the ruling area of the Yuan people, but for them, the trouble is not only that.

"Xing Zhong, since he is the only son of your family, the prime minister promised him to take off his armor and return to his hometown, so take people away today." Before making a decision, Li Tingzhi did not forget about this little deacon.

Unexpectedly, the other party shook his head: "If you can return to Song, you can do what you want, and the little one will remove him from the family tree, just if he has never given birth." ”

"Do you still want to stay in Xuzhou?" Li Tingzhi immediately understood his plan and couldn't help but be a little moved.

"I've been here for so many years, and I don't want to leave." Xing Zhong saluted him: "Take care of the minister, the little one will leave." ”

People came and walked quickly, and they didn't even take the reward or anything like that, so they turned their heads and walked to the direction of the city gate, looking at the back of this little man alone, Li Tingzhi silently raised his hands and bent down solemnly.

The news has been confirmed, but things are not so simple, whether it is Li Tingzhi or Zhang Shijie, they all understand that this road is not the same as when they came, there may be dangers everywhere, it is the territory of the Yuan people, they naturally know where to fight, and they will have the best chance of winning.

"The enemy situation in Suzhou is unknown, and there are no of our people there."

The results of further reconnaissance have refuted this conjecture, the enemy situation is unknown, which means that it is covered by the reconnaissance cavalry of the Yuan people, and there is no defender left in Suzhou at all, if it falls there, this road back to the division will become more thorny.

"Yongcheng, Xiayi, and Zhecheng must send people in the direction, if the prime minister estimates well, Ta Chu did not go all out to attack Xuzhou, it is very likely that he is coming at us."

If the enemy situation is not clear, you can't move lightly, especially if you are in the enemy's territory, this truth is not only understood by the generals who led the troops, but even Wang Yinglin, who has not led the troops, is also clear, from beginning to end he has not sent a word, let alone urged anything.

Without waiting for the report of these scouts, a news from the distant Guangxi that had traveled countless ways made Li Tingzhi fall into the choice difficulty syndrome again, this time the information was different from the past, and more than a dozen pages were written on the thick paper, all about the analysis of the current battle situation, and the conclusions they came to were beyond everyone's expectations.

"What, don't save!"

When the news reached the ears of the generals, no one was shocked by this result, and the result of not saving it was that Xuzhou was lost and the road was cut off, so where did they go?

"The news is very clear, more than 100,000 people from the tower are waiting on the road ahead, waiting for us to step into the trap, this road is impassable, Huaixi can't go, the idea of the Yuan people is to force me to cross the Huaishui, and then gather on both sides of the strait." Zhang Shijie has always had confidence in Liu Yu's analysis, and there is reason and evidence in it, so no one can be dissatisfied.

"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, is it possible to wait here for death?"

"Abandon the city and don't leave, pass through Nanyang Mansion, go straight to Xiangyang, and go to fight the lair of the Tartar chieftain."

Zhang Shijie's people are here, he doesn't have any baggage to speak of, Liu Yu's plan just hit his itch, but Li Tingzhi is the person in charge here, he hasn't said a word since he read the news, and he can't see anything abnormal from the expression on his face.

Everyone in the hall argued fiercely, and the number of people who supported and did not save was almost equal, and in the end, he could only let him, the minister, make a decision, Li Tingzhi waited until their voices stopped for a while, and raised his hand: "My will has been decided, and I will ...... tomorrow."

He paused intentionally to attract everyone's eyes, and then waved heavily: "Three watches, four watches, five watches, and the troops will enter Nanyang Mansion!" ”

Li Tingzhi's gaze stopped at Zhang Shijie: "Zhang Jieshuai, this time you are still the front, I don't know if you have any objections?" ”

"I am willing to listen to the dispatch of the prime minister, Zhang has nothing to do."

Zhang Shijie clenched his fists excitedly and nodded.

After everyone left the lobby, Wang Yinglin finally couldn't help but speak: "Xiangfu Xianggong, in this way, isn't it even farther?" ”

"The road ahead is not clear, it has to be like this, you can go with Zhang Jieshuai's people tomorrow, and the official will not send it."

Li Tingzhi didn't mean to be indifferent to him, waved his hand and made a gesture of sending off guests, and after he left, he called a personal soldier: "Go find the man's son, just say that it is the prime minister, send him to Zhang Shuai's army, serve as a messenger for the two armies, and set off with them early tomorrow morning, as soon as Zhang Shuai has anything, he can send him back." ”

People who can be with him for a long time, of course, will not be stupid, although the prince did not say who the person was, the soldiers still understood, but did not doubt it, just that the person had good luck, who did not know that this was an easy and safe errand.

In the empty lobby, Li Tingzhi didn't pay attention to which yamen's office used to be here, he held a sign tightly in his hand, the gold paint shone with dazzling brilliance under the light of the candle, and his eyes stared at the sky outside the hall without blinking, it looked like it was no different from Song Di, it was all gray.

I don't know how long later, when it was dark outside, a few of the soldiers brought the food, and their husband was still sitting there like a statue, but when they put things away in the big case, they heard a very soft voice, as if talking to themselves, sighed.

"Today, I know the difficulty of Wu Mu."