Ye Qing's 30,000-strong army was like a headless fly, dangling around Jeju City, always maintaining a distance of thirty or forty miles from Jeju, and then finally from the Balwei Mountain on the west side of Nanyang Lake, like an animal migration, with Nanyang Lake as the center, slowly eastward, it took half a month to station the camp of the 30,000-strong army in the Taohuashan area on the east side of Nanyang Lake.

Originally, it was facing Nanyang Lake in the west and east, but now after going around in a big circle, it has become a face to the east and west to Nanyang Lake, in short, in half a month, Ye Qing's army of 30,000 has never left Nanyang Lake, which has sufficient water behind it.

It's just that in this way, after their army moved eastward, not only did they get rid of the sneak attack that might come from the Tengzhou defenders, but also made their own army closer to the north-south canal.

Nanyang Lake and Dushan Lake, which are backed by the vast smoke and many small islands, make Ye Qing's army not worry at all, the Jin people can attack their camp from the lake behind them on a large scale.

On the front side is an endless open field, like a funnel shape, so that as long as they stand on the top of the high and flat peach blossom mountain, they can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery.

Although there has been no news of where the main army of the Jin people is now, in the entire camp of the Huainan East Road army, everyone except Ye Qing has now entered a state of intense preparation.

And the reason why Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun were also in armor at this time was not to prevent the elusive Jin Man from suddenly coming, so they rode on war horses to fight.

The reason why they put on armor and prepared war horses outside the camp tent was that they were always ready, and once Ye Qing was defeated, they would immediately flee for their lives.

The Chinese army tent was stationed at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain, because of the obstruction of Peach Blossom Mountain and Phoenix Mountain further east, so that the cold wind in the wilderness could be slightly blocked.

In half a month, Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun's mouths will soon arrive in the grain and grass and other materials, there is still no trace, originally because of the solemn and fierce atmosphere in the camp, coupled with the thin clothes and cold armor on the soldiers, the cold in the entire camp seems to have deepened a little.

Li Zhongfang climbed to the top of the mountain panting, and the cold wind made the body that had just been warmed by climbing the mountain instantly become extremely cold again.

Ye Qing has been climbing Peach Blossom Mountain in person in the past few days, and his eyes are always looking east at the Phoenix Mountain not far away, as if he is looking for something.

"My lord, I've met the scout of the golden people." Li Zhongfang shook off the cold air on his armor and said as he stood behind a large rock in the leeward.

"Have you ever fought each other?" Ye Qing was wearing a fur coat that he had been wearing for many years, and his gaze moved back from the Phoenix Mountain in the east and asked.

"Nope. The scouts were equal, and it seemed that the other party was also more afraid of our scouts, so as soon as they met, they immediately turned around and went back, and our scouts did not follow closely, but followed for more than ten miles, and after seeing the smoke and dust, they withdrew. Li Zhongfang began to descend the mountain with Ye Qing.

"Continue to explore, find out the distance of their daily march, and continue to strengthen the fortifications, so that everyone will work harder these days, as long as we win this battle, we will immediately attack Jinan Mansion." Ye Qing said in a low voice as he walked down.

"Your Excellency......." Li Zhongfang was stunned for a moment, in his and Tian Lin's opinion, if this battle with the Jin people could be won, Ye Qing should lead his troops to directly attack Kaifeng Mansion, which is in the middle of the three major cities along the Yellow River, instead of attacking Jinan Mansion in the east.

"Kaifeng Mansion is no longer planned." Halfway up the mountainside, Ye Qing looked at the east again, and glanced at the Phoenix Mountain, took a deep breath and said: "Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of my Great Song Dynasty, Tokyo, whether it is in the eyes of my Great Song Dynasty court or in the eyes of the Jin people, its meaning is not just the meaning of a city. If the Jin people are defeated in this battle, they will inevitably think that our army will snow the shame of Jingkang and take Kaifeng directly, and the Jin people will inevitably be heavily guarded, waiting for us to attack the city. Secondly....... ”

Ye Qing suddenly glanced at the south behind him, sighed and kicked the pebbles under his feet and continued: "Secondly, seeing that the cold winter wax moon is coming, even if we can capture Kaifeng, but this year we still have a chance to follow the time and continue to march east to take Jinan?" Apparently there is no time. And our food and grass supplies, winter cotton clothes have not arrived for a long time, if we continue to fight in the cold winter, we are at a disadvantage compared to the Jin people. More importantly, once we take Kaifeng, so as to stick to Kaifeng and wait for the spring of next year, what will the imperial court think? This is Tokyo, the capital of our Great Song Dynasty, and now Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun are still there, once we are impeached for supporting the army and standing on our own, and have the heart of rebellion and rebellion, then our situation will be much more dangerous than the current lack of food and clothing. ”

Li Zhongfang was dumbfounded for a while, but he had to admit that Ye Qing was too thoughtful, and even the feelings of the imperial court were taken into account, so as to reduce the pressure that the entire Huainan East Road army would face to the greatest extent.

The political significance of Kaifeng Mansion is greater than the military significance, which has never been considered by Li Zhongfang.

In his opinion, as long as Kaifeng Mansion is taken, it is equivalent to recovering half of the country discarded by the imperial court.

But he didn't think that the cold winter was coming, if he only attacked Kaifeng and ignored Jinan Mansion, once the Jin people sent heavy troops to Jinan again, even if they didn't fight them in the cold winter, but waited until the spring of the next year to fight again. But at that time, will the army of Huainan East Road still be able to have the identity of the righteous army given by the imperial court, as stated in the edict of Vajin? Will the army of Huainan East Road be criticized by the imperial court and the people of the world because of the occupation of Kaifeng Mansion?

Now Ye Qing is already holding two edicts that were recalled by the imperial court, if Kaifeng is taken, who knows that there will be several edicts that will be smashed towards Ye Qing like snowflakes.

"My lord, then we ......." Li Zhongfang muttered.

"Capture Jinan, even if the Jin people occupy Kaifeng, although the Yellow River will freeze in winter, but as long as it is used well, the Jin people on the north bank want to sneak attack, or unite with the defenders of Kaifeng to attack us, it is not so easy, don't forget, when we attack Yizhou and Xuzhou, what allows us to break the city at the lowest cost." Ye Qing said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"Western Regions Cannon?" Li Zhongfang said in surprise.

I have already begun to imagine in my mind that once Jinan Mansion is occupied, if the Jin people want to cross the river and attack the city after the Yellow River freezes, when their army is about to come from the ice of the Yellow River, the Western Regions cannons will roar from the air and smash into the river, then ...... What will this look like, a thrilling scene that boosts their morale and shouts on Huainan East Road?

As the ice surface was shattered by the Western Regions, the Jin people would naturally begin to fall into the icy and biting Yellow River water, at that time, I am afraid that without their hands, the Jin people will be frozen to death by the cold and biting Yellow River water, right?

"Don't be beautiful, hurry up and patrol the camp, take care of Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun, no one is allowed to let the two of them leave the camp without my order." Ye Qing, who returned to the military tent, found tea on the desk, and then beckoned Jia She, asking him to take his own soldiers out with him.

"My lord, where are you going?" Tian Lin, who had just walked into the military tent, looked at Ye Qing, who looked like he was going out, and asked blankly.

"Something?" Ye Qing asked without answering.

"Your Excellency, the scouts intercepted the messenger sent to Jeju by the Jin people." Tian Lin's expression tightened, and he hurriedly replied.

"What did you say?" Ye Qing asked.

"Wanyan Shoudao ordered Jeju Guard General Jang Zhongyan to lead his troops out of the city at that time and contain us from the side." Tian Lin handed the intercepted Jin Ren letter to Ye Qing and said.

Ye Qing smiled silently: "It's impossible to completely stop the communication between them, don't pay attention to their messengers anymore, just pay attention to their movements." ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Qing took the lead in walking out of the military tent, and Jia Shi and two hundred fully armored soldiers outside were already ready to go.

took a tall war horse with black hair handed over by Jia She, jumped on the back of the horse easily, and said to Li Zhongfang and Tian Lin, who were looking up: "If Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun look for me, they will say that I will personally investigate the enemy's situation." ”

"Then you're ......." Li Zhongfang also wanted to ask, but after all, Ye Qing was in charge of the imperial capital, and he didn't seem to be qualified to ask.

"I haven't asked you to go to the back mountain of Phoenix Mountain to inspect, so today I will personally go to inspect it to see if there are any signs of Jinren's activities." Ye Qing said with a smile, although he didn't say the real purpose, he still told the two of them where he went.

With the two of them saying that they should be careful, Ye Qing began to lead the pro-army, riding his horse in the scattered camp and galloping away in the direction of the outside of the camp.

If you stand on the top of the Peach Blossom Mountain behind you and look down, you will find that the entire camp of the Song army is scattered between heaven and earth, just like the dense islands in the beautiful Nanyang Lake behind you.

The white tents, the yellowish islands, and the beautiful scenery from the top of the Peach Blossom Mountain, because of the 30,000 Song army camps, seem to have made Nanyang Lake expand a lot.

After the cavalry of more than 200 people galloped out of the camp, it began to accelerate, leaving behind a thick and flying dust.

But after only a while, after approaching the fortifications built by the Song army to defend against the sneak attack, Ye Qing still slowed down, rode on horseback and looked at the soldiers who were still reinforcing the fortifications, or stopped from time to time, greeted the generals and generals who ran over, and asked about the progress.

Ye Qing's prestige in the army now is rising with the victory at the airport, but even so, there are not many soldiers who can really see Ye Qing's true face.

Today, being able to meet them in the place where the fortifications are being built is under the control of the imperial capital of the Huainan East Road army, naturally, it is already a huge surprise for the Song army who built the fortifications.