After a night of precipitation, lingering between the whole heaven and earth, the dense fog between flowers and trees, transformed into dew drops on the flowers and trees, the crystal is clear, and it is exceptionally clear and holy in the quiet morning.

On the official road from Tengzhou to Xuzhou, the rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance not only shook the dew drops between the flowers and trees, but also made Mo Xiaobao and others, who had been soaked in dense fog all night in the woods on both sides of the official road, instantly a spirit, and the drowsiness and sleepiness that could not be driven away no matter how much they rushed just now finally disappeared in an instant.

However, after the sheepskin jackets of the five horsemen marched to the place where Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm were camping, they plunged into the woods on both sides of the road.

"How's it going?" Zhong Silkworm patted the damp sheepskin jacket on his body, it was more like a pleasure for them to spend the night in this place at this time than in the bad weather on the grassland.

"In less than half an hour, it will inevitably pass through here and go directly to Xuzhou. It seems that there are probably seven, eight or nine thousand...... Or 10,000 people. As soon as the scout finished speaking with innocent eyes, he was kicked by Mo Xiaobao behind him.

Zhong Silkworm ignored the scout who had gnawed a mouthful of dirt, and rolled his eyes at Mo Xiaobao helplessly, and then said, "Let's discuss, is it to intercept and annihilate, or to kill them from behind by surprise?" ”

"Pull apart, head, body, and tail, so that they can't take care of the head and tail and then wipe them out. With our 5,000-strong troops, plus a sneak attack on them, it won't put some more pressure on Xuzhou City, right? Mo Xiaobao Ye Qing looked like he stroked his chin and said.

Zhong Silkworm stared at the enemies and enemies that Mo Xiaobao drew on the wet soil, and thought for a moment: "I'd rather have remnants run to Xuzhou than let them escape back to Tengzhou?" ”

"Just what I want." Mo Xiaobao looked at Zhong Silkworm and laughed gloomily, the order that Ye Qing gave them was to let them block the Jin reinforcements that might come from Tengzhou, but after the reinforcements were annihilated, where should their five thousand kinds of Huajia army go, there was no mention in the extremely simple and hurried secret letter.

So looking at Zhong Silkworm's treacherous smile at this time, how could Mo Xiaobao not know that Zhong Silkworm had the same idea as him at this time, that is, after blocking the Jin reinforcements in Tengzhou, he put on the armor of the Jin people, and led the Jin people's war horses to Tengzhou.

In short, no matter whether they can win it or not, they don't want to continue to wander away like wandering ghosts, and they really want to return to Ye Qing's side immediately, so that Ye Qing can see the great changes in the flower planting army in the past two years.

As Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm finished assigning, the two of them were ambushed on one side of the official road, and after they began to enter a tense battle state, the scouts sent out again also rolled down to them almost at the same time.

"Will be here soon." The scout spoke in a hurried tone with excitement.

When the tranquility on the official road was broken by the ruthless bows and arrows, Xuzhou City, whether inside or outside the city, seemed extremely calm as usual, as if the earth-shattering war that happened here yesterday had become farther and farther away from them after a night of baptism, like a dream.

The defenders on the city wall were replaced by the Jin people to the Song army, and the Jin people in the government office were replaced by the Song people's military flags that were wet by a night of fog.

Since Xuzhou City was breached yesterday, there has been no accident that Yan Zheng wanted, I don't know if it is because it is too close to the territory of the Song Dynasty, so the people here still have the loyalty of the Song relics.

Therefore, after being easily taken by Ye Qing, Xuzhou City, from last night to early this morning, there was not a single riot launched by the people.

Jia Shi ran in happily with breakfast, and after distributing it to Ye Qing and other generals to Song Ting, he reluctantly gave the rest to Wanyan Zheng, who had not eaten the water and rice since yesterday to this morning, at Ye Qing's suggestion.

"Where did it come from? Isn't it delicious, authentic Northland flavor? Ye Qing quietly tasted it and said.

"There are vendors selling not far from the government office, and I wanted to drive them away, but it looked quite delicious, so the last general bought some back." Jia Shi said immediately as if he was invited.

The two seemed to be ordinary and novel chatting about the customs and customs of Xuzhou City in the morning, but they were so blocked in Yan Zheng's ears, and they originally expected that the people of Xuzhou City would be able to give Song Jun a certain blow in terms of emotional belonging, but now it seems that with Song Jun's tense appeasement overnight, by this morning, the life of the people of Xuzhou seems to have recovered as before.

"What are your plans next?" When Ye Qing finished taking the last bite, Jia She, who had always been clever and sensible, had already handed the freshly brewed tea to Ye Qing's hand.

"Qingxi shallow water boating, light rain bamboo window night talk, summer to the river wet, after the rain to climb the tower to see the mountain. But I don't know if Lord Ye is willing to let me wait for Xuzhou City Tower again? Ruya wiped his mouth indifferently, and after calmly eating the meal that Jia Shi threw him, Wanyan Zheng said with a smile.

"Lord Wanyan is so Yaxing, Ye Mou has this intention. Although there was no rain last night, the dense fog was enough to withstand the light rain, so one of the sixteen joys of this life, Ye was naturally very happy. Ye Qing was still talking to the elegant Wanyan Zheng as if he was playing a dumb riddle.

Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun, who were on the side, glanced at each other at this time, and then Li Zhixiao spoke: "Lord Ye, the lower officials think that now it should be to appease Xuzhou, can the so-called pleasure be postponed?" Or is it that Lord Ye is responsible for appreciating things and pacifying the army? ”

"So what do you mean, how should Xuzhou Zhizhou be settled?" Ye Qing got up and said.

But Wanyan Zheng had no intention of continuing to go out, he was happy to blatantly see whether the relationship between these Song generals was harmonious or intriguing.

Ye Qing glanced at it disapprerovingly, and fully indicated that he wanted to watch a good show, Wan Yan Zheng, smiled, and continued: "The strategy of the march is that General Xin is in charge, if the two of you are really chatting and have nothing to do, you can see how my grain and grass army entered the city early this morning." General Zhou worked hard all night, and the two of them appeased in the past, how about it? ”

Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun, when they heard that Ye Qing actually took the initiative to push the two of them towards Zhou Duanchao, the two of them who had been unable to find a good excuse to approach Zhou Duanchao because they were thieves, how could they refuse at this time?

His mind was full of the joy that Ye Qing's words were right in, so he no longer cared about how the army would march next, and where the sword was pointing, but wanted to immediately get close to Zhou Duanchao, who had already entered the city.

The bystanders are clear, the authorities are fascinated, Wanyan Zheng looked at Ye Qing without a trace in front of him, an outsider, temporarily resolving the contradictions and embarrassments of their internal discord, and couldn't help but cast an expression of admiration at Ye Qing.

As Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun left, Wan Yan Zheng, who was walking side by side with Ye Qing, walked out of the government office, looking at a calm street, feeling a little lost in his heart.

The city of Xuzhou, which Dajin had ruled for decades, could not withstand the appeasement of the Song people in just one night, and the people of Xuzhou had completely accepted the fact that they were ruled by the Song people again.

On the streets in the early morning, it is somewhat deserted, even if Beicheng experienced a huge war yesterday, but when the night gently shrouded Xuzhou after a night, the entire Xuzhou City, as if it came back to life, the streets are not much different from the past.

The two of them did not take a carriage, nor did they ask for a sedan chair man, naturally and tacitly, they all wanted to see if the people of Xuzhou who ruled the city in the Song Dynasty were as calm and unhurried as the people on the street of the government office, as usual.

The bolder people of Xuzhou will work at sunrise and sunset as usual, so when the first rays of sunshine rise in the morning, they are busy with their own time, and they will peek a few times from time to time, walk at the front of the team, and glance at the two generals who are talking in a low voice with a smile.

For the Song army behind them, the people of Xuzhou did not have a special sense of belonging and closeness, but they believed for no reason that the Song army would not rob and occupy them like the golden people in their fathers' mouths.

"I don't know if it's me showing off, or if Lord Wanyan doesn't give up, what does Lord Wanyan think along the way?" Ye Qing took the lead in stepping on the steps of ascending the city tower, glanced at Wanyan Zheng who was following him closely and asked.

"No matter what the people want, no matter how strong the force is, no matter what, I am convinced of the defeat of this battle. Compared with other generals of the Song Army, I quite admire Lord Ye's open-mindedness. After climbing the tower, the two of them couldn't help but look at the east together when a red sun gradually emerged.

"So does Lord Wanyan think there's still a chance?" Ye Qing glanced at Wan Yan Zheng's side face, and then turned his gaze to the official road from Xuzhou to Tengzhou in the north.

At this moment, he was in the same mood as Wanyan Zheng, he was also full of unknown apprehension, Mo Xiaobao's news was given by Yu Yunwen, and he also informed Yu Yunwen of Mo Xiaobao's next plan of action after he decided to go south to Xuzhou for the first time.

But Mo Xiaobao wanted to come all the way from Dasanguan, and then be able to avoid the eyes of the Jin people, and find a suitable place to ambush on this official road, Ye Qing took a deep breath, even if it was him, he didn't dare to guarantee that he could come over at the right time, just to ambush the Tengzhou reinforcements who might go out of the city to help Xuzhou.

Therefore, he still doesn't know that Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm actually arrived on the official road of Dateng Prefecture in Xuzhou only one day later than them, so naturally he didn't know that Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm had been wandering on the official road for two days like a lonely ghost before waiting for Tengzhou reinforcements to help.

After Ye Qing and Wanyan Zheng stood on the city tower, it seemed that they were still a little shy just now and refused to show all their true glory, but at this moment, it seemed that they suddenly became cheerful.

When Ye Qing and Yan Zheng's gaze turned to the east again from the vast fog in the north direction, the entire sun had already risen from the ground, with a familiar warmth, and began to shine on the new Xuzhou city.

Neither of the two was in a hurry to go down the city tower, and Ye Qing was also dealing with all the important tasks in the army in front of Wan Yan Zheng, including asking Wan Yan Zheng a few words from time to time, such as: Who are the so-called good people in the Jin army?

"Those who fell into the grass back then, were inspired by the holy rest and recuperation, as long as they went down the mountain to join the army, they could be regarded as good citizens, of course, if there were women who were willing to marry the people, they could also be classified as good citizens." Wan Yan Zheng replied without hesitation.

"What about Liu He, Zhang Zhongyan, and Shi Yisheng?" Ye Qing drank a cup of tea that Jia Shi placed on the coffee table in the center of the city tower, and then raised his head from the military affairs and asked.

"What else does Lord Ye know?" Although Wan Yan Zheng's face was silent, he was already shocked and almost speechless in his heart, as if he had returned to yesterday, as if the city tower under his feet was shaken by the rumbling sound of yesterday.

"Liu He guards Tengzhou, he can be regarded as a meritorious person who has obtained the test, and he can be regarded as a Jin courtier, Shi Yisheng knows Pizhou, just like Liu He, but he is not good at using soldiers, so Pizhou and Tengzhou are not what I want. Tai'an is guarded by Yelu's father and son, but the Liao people have always been repeated, and Lord Wanyan doesn't know if he has ever contacted them? Ye Qing smiled and continued to ask: "However, the defenders of 30,000 people, less than 5,000 people were killed and wounded in the first battle yesterday, and there are 25,000 people left, which is not a small number, what do you think I should do next?" ”

"If I were Lord Ye, I would naturally be all under my command and strengthen my army on the Huainan East Road." Wan Yan Zheng said with a smile.

"How about using them to siege the city? Because yesterday, our army suffered a lot of casualties, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 of itself, as the commander of an army, how can it not be painful. Ye Qing sighed, gave Jia She, and then beckoned to Jia She, after Jia Shi lowered his head, Wanyan Zheng thought that Ye Qing would speak in a low voice, but he didn't want Ye Qing to say in a voice the size just now: "Tell Xin Qiji, follow Lord Yan's advice, and take them all in, and then you personally send scouts out of the city to roam around the square to see if there will be acquaintances." ”

"Acquaintances?" Wanyan Zheng frowned and asked Jia She's doubts.

"Oh, the spies I laid out in the early years of Shandong Lianglu. When I first sent Dajin to Dajin, I set up a few spies, and I didn't know if they could still be contacted now, so I wanted to try. Ye Qing said very frankly.

At this time, Wanyan Zheng's heart was really uneasy, as the sun rose higher and higher, and the north where the fog dissipated, there was still no movement at all, coupled with Ye Qing's words just now, Wanyan Zheng had to really start planning for the worst, and then ...... What should I do?

"Lord Ye has long had the ambition to go north?" The elegant Wanyan Zheng asked in a deep voice with a loss of grace for the first time.

"Not only you, but even my Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid I don't know that I wanted the Northern Expedition in my early years. That's why Lord Wanyan is only now clear, and it's not unusual. By the way, back then...... Do you still remember the Zhao and Song clans that you sent to my Great Song Dynasty and were plundered by you to the Five Kingdoms City? Ye Qing asked lightly.

"What do you mean by this?" Wanyan Zheng's heart continued to sink with Ye Qing's words, even if many years had passed since this incident, as long as it was mentioned, Jin Ting was still convinced that someone in the Song Court had done it.

And the most suspicious person was Ye Qing, who suddenly appeared as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Department of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time.

"I want to tell you that except for the few clans in Jiaxing Mansion when Qishi Lie Zhining sent me to the Great Song Dynasty, they lost their lives because they couldn't be saved, and they are still alive now. At first, I stayed in Haizhou for several years, but then I was afraid that something would happen, so I secretly moved to Tai'an. Ye Qing looked at Wan Yan Zheng, who looked more and more solemn, and continued to say half-truthfully: "As for why it is placed in Tai'an Prefecture, it is naturally because of Yelu Yuanyi's father and son, presumably Wan Yan Jing should be very clear, and the relationship between me and the people of the Liao Kingdom is also quite close, especially the princess of the Liao Kingdom, Yelu Yue, when I went to the Xia Kingdom from the Jin Kingdom, I have been together for several months. Although it is unlikely that Yelu Yuanyi's father and son will return to the Great Liao Kingdom, if it is ....... ”

"You want me to submit to you?" After Yan Zheng rubbed it, he stood up angrily and asked.

"Do you have any other choice?" Ye Qing raised his head and asked.

The north of the city tower is still quiet, and the dense fog that has long been driven away makes people's vision clearer and clearer, but Wanyan Zheng's heart is constantly sinking.

(PS: Let me explain, there is a time difference between the time when Yan Jing and Yan Yong were finished in the previous chapter and this chapter, so don't pay too much attention to it.) ）