Chapter 706: Curtain
Ye Qing was very satisfied with the results of Dong Chao's activities in the area of Jinan Mansion over the years, although he was unable to convince Yelu Yuanyi's father and son, but with the battle with Yan Shoudao, coupled with his Dong Chao's fanning in the ears of Yelu Yuanyi's father and son, it was already an unexpected surprise that he was able to enter Tai'an City without a single soldier today.
Today's troops are naturally precious to Ye Qing, and with the loss of more than 10,000 people in the battle with Wanyan Shoudao, Ye Qing also had to let Chen Cishan, who is now in Tengzhou, and Xin Qiji, who is guarding Xuzhou, recruit troops again.
In the case of the sharp increase in the pressure of Ye Qing's soldiers, the direct impact is obviously not only Tengzhou, Xuzhou or the entire Shandong Road, but also the entire Huainan East Road that has been most affected by his lack of troops, after all, it is Ye Qing's real "nest" now.
But no matter what, for Ye Qing, as long as he has an army of more than 3,000 people and nearly 4,000 flower planters, he has the confidence in his heart to continue to fight and compete with the Jin people.
With a smile on his face, he walked into the hall where Yelu Yuanyi was, saluted Yelu Yuanyi, who got up to greet him, and then sat down in a priority.
Yelu Yuanyi obviously agreed with some of his son's plans, so between the two talking, Yelu Yuanyi was still quiet, and told Ye Qing that Wan Yanjing had arrived in Texas and would go south to Jinan Mansion in the near future.
"Two or three days ago, Wan Yanjing was still in Cangzhou, and now he is in Texas, it is not surprising, I thought that he should have arrived in Jinan Mansion at this time, it seems that this hundred and ten miles of distance, if you want to catch up, it is not so easy." Ye Qing said calmly.
Yelu Yuanyi was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ye Qing to know Wan Yan Jing's whereabouts well, which made him more aware that he seemed to invite Ye Qing to enter Tai'an Prefecture, just like a mistake.
"In this way, Lord Ye is not going to go head-to-head with Yan Jing, and is not ready to seize Jinan Mansion to defend the territory of the Song Dynasty north of the Yellow River?" Yelu Yuanyi asked quietly.
Even while speaking, the territory north of the Yellow River that had just been occupied by Ye Qing was all regarded as the territory of the Song Dynasty at this moment.
With his ambiguous words and worried attitude towards Ye Qing, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that he is Yelu Yuanyi, and he is already sincere to Ye Qing at this time, so he will say that the north of the Yellow River is the territory of the Song Dynasty, and it is his own people who will say this.
"Of course, Jinan Mansion must be taken, but ......." Ye Qing looked at Yelu Yuanyi's gaze expecting him to leave quickly, smiled and said, "But now that I was injured in a battle with Wanyan Shoudao, the knife wound on my shoulder needs to be seen by the doctor quickly...... Of course, these are secondary. ”
As soon as Ye Qing looked at himself and said about his injury, Yelu Yuanyi immediately asked his son Yelu Wangxiang to find the best doctor in Tai'an City, and then turned his head to look at him and said, "Lord Ye might as well say it if he has difficulties, but if you have Yuanyi, you will definitely not shirk if you have it." ”
Yelu Yuanyi paused when he heard Ye Qing just now, and immediately thought that this was the time for Ye Qing to put forward the conditions next, so he simply took the lead in proposing it, so that Ye Qing was even more convinced that he was now on the same position as him.
"You have to leave a way back for everything, don't you?" Ye Qing's cheeks were still slightly pale, with an easy-going smile, and the big mouth cut by the knife on the black fur on his body was clearly visible: "Now that I am alone in the hinterland, Jinan Mansion is heavily guarded, Wanyan Yongji, the king of Weishao, is the imperial uncle of Wanyan Jing, and Wanyan Kuang, a powerful general with great gold, helps him stick to Jinan Mansion, and my Song army is now only 30,000 people, and if you want to take Jinan City before Wanyan Jing arrives, in addition to relying on strength, you also need a trace of luck." But if the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, where should my 30,000 army go? ”
Yelu Yuanyi listened to Ye Qing's words seriously, nodded involuntarily, and then sighed: "Yes, it is a bit ...... for an army of 30,000 to attack Jinan Mansion Hehe, I hope Lord Ye don't be surprised, Yuan Yi's words are not to underestimate your army, but this Jinan City is indeed too big. However, it is not impossible, now Lord Ye can capture Yan Shoudao alive, this matter can be described as a head-on blow for Jin Guo, presumably now the Jinan defenders are already demoralized and sluggish at this time, and Lord Ye's army has just captured Yan Shoudao, so ah, this is now morale is high, from Yuan Yi's point of view, if Lord Ye personally leads this siege battle, at least seventy percent of them are sure that they can conquer Jinan City in one battle. ”
"But the army outside the city has now set off for Jinan Mansion, as the so-called soldiers are fast, Ye is afraid of dragging them down, so he has to borrow Lord Yelu's treasure to recuperate for a period of time, and after the injury is better, Ye has his own next plans. So in the next few days, Ye Mou was disturbed a lot, and I hope that Lord Yelu will not be surprised. Ye Qingpi didn't smile, and suddenly said nonsense.
"This ...... Can...... How should it be ...... It's not too late to let Yuan Yi treat himself and set off again. Yelu Yuanyi was a little at a loss for a while, and when he heard Ye Qing's words for the first time in his heart, he wanted to shoot the case, but when he thought about it, could this be designed by Ye Qing to deliberately turn his face with him?
If he wants to drive Ye Qing out of the city by force, then ...... Will he just fall for Ye Qing's calculations, so that he will be troubled internally and externally, and be attacked by Ye Qing inside and outside, and take this Tai'an Prefecture in one fell swoop!
"No need, what's more, when Ye was still outside the city, didn't Lord Yelu already send grain, grass and other things? Ye Mou is here to thank Lord Yelu, if my army can capture Jinan next, Lord Yelu will be my Ye's great benefactor. Ye Qing's right hand secretly pinched the edge of the chair tightly to remind and calm his increasingly trance-like consciousness.
In the past few days, the wound is still inflamed and infected, and the high fever has made him feel a little unbearable at the moment.
Yelu Yuanyi wanted to stay with Ye Qing for a while, but Ye Qing still got up calmly, and smiled casually, on the grounds that there were still military affairs in the army, and he was afraid that these soldiers who had just come down from the battlefield would disturb the people, and slowly left with Mo Xiaobao, who had been standing at the door.
Looking at Ye Qing's tall, but somewhat lonely back for some reason, the coldness at the corner of Yelu Yuanyi's mouth gradually began to expand, and he muttered: "I really want to stay in my Tai'an Prefecture and not leave, but...... Do you think that with you here, I will not fall into the well when your army can't capture Jinan City for a long time? ”
Ye Qing obviously didn't hear Yelu Yuanyi's words behind him, and after walking out of the gate of the government office, the whole person instantly pressed all the weight on Mo Xiaobao's body, his consciousness was even more blurred than just now, and his whole head was about to explode, and he hurriedly said: "Go to the post house immediately and find a doctor." ”
"Your Excellency......." Mo Xiaobao was caught off guard, and was almost pressed to the ground by Ye Qing, hurriedly stabilized his figure, and helped Ye Qing to get into the carriage with Zhong Silkworm, who ran over quickly, and then quickly went to the post house prepared by Yelu Yuanyi.
Tai'an, Pingling, Jinan three cities of the horn of the city, if Tai'an is like Jinan southwest to the gateway, then Pingling is Jinan to the southeast gateway.
The two cities were naturally extremely important to Jinan, but when Tai'an Prefecture was occupied by the Song people, Pingling was also broken by the Song people overnight, so that after less than ten days of troops from Wanyan Shoudao, Jinan City fell into a precarious situation.
Wan Yanjing was in Dezhou, and now he had to leave behind an army of nearly 30,000 horses, and then only took no more than 5,000 personal guards, and began to march quickly towards Jinan Mansion.
It's not that only the Song people know his current location, but he also knows Ye Qing's current location, although the defeat of Wanyan Shoudao's soldiers has not yet reached his ears, but with Ye Qing's entry into Tai'an, Wanyan Yongji, the king of Weishao who guarded Jinan Mansion, has already realized it...... Wanyan Shoudao was defeated and lost to Ye Qing, a Song man who fought even a success.
After Pingling was captured, King Wei Shao had to immediately send people across the Yellow River to meet Wan Yan Jing's army, for the Jin army now trapped in Jinan Mansion, with the defeat of Wan Yan Shoudao, the defenders of the entire Jinan Mansion have begun to show a demoralized scene.
Even if he is now constantly walking on the various city walls every day, the city defense army that he can see is demoralized and numb, and he will even hear some people secretly discussing, if the Song people once attack the city, should they rush to the front and hold on, or hide behind, and be ready to abandon the city and flee at any time?
What made Wei Shao Wang Wanyan Yongji feel even more helpless was that I don't know when the image description of the Song army began to circulate in Jinan City, and Ye Qing was described as a fairy figure with a bloody mouth, three heads and six arms, and able to lead thunder and rain.
In the colorful gossip, when people joined Xuzhou and other cities were captured, the Western Regions cannon fell like thunder momentum and power, thus making the Song army an invincible and invincible general.
In addition to the panic of the people, with Tai'an Prefecture occupied by Ye Qing, the news of the Zhao Song clan in the city spread, and the people in Jinan City began to be greatly shaken in their hearts at this moment.
The Jin country, which has been cultivated by the Jin people for many years, is facing the danger of collapse at this moment, and even some people have begun to leave Jinan City for a period of time when they begin to drag their families and mouths.
Similarly, since there are the first people who want to defect to the Song people, then there will be the second, third, hundredth, thousandth, and ten thousand people who want to return to the realm of the Song people, so wine shops, teahouses, inns and other places, you can see everywhere carrying packages and leading children, or want to escape the imminent war, or hope to become the first Jinan people to return to the Song realm.
After Yan Yongji and Yan Kuang, Zheng Zan, the prefect of Jinan, faced the increasingly panicked people in Jinan, and for a while did not come up with a feasible way to appease and suppress the people who were about to move.
Although he wanted to make an example by forceful means, he was afraid that this would arouse the anger of more people, thus giving the Song people outside the city a greater opportunity to take advantage of.
The three of them discussed and discussed, but in the end, they could only let the rumors and rumors about the Song army being as strong as a god and the Jin people as weak as ants continue to walk the streets and alleys, and then hoped that their Royal Highness the crown prince Wan Yan Jing would be able to rush to Jinan Mansion before the Song people attacked the city, so as to appease the panicked people and military hearts in the turmoil.
People are like this, the sense of crisis is often insufficient, and they often have a great luck mentality, and only when the war is really coming to the city, will they feel that sense of urgency and suffocation.
Before this, people would always have a fluke mentality, either unconditionally trusting Wanyan Shoudao and hoping that he would be able to repel Ye Qing in one fell swoop, or hoping that the imperial court would be able to negotiate with the Song court to let the Song people take the initiative to withdraw from the army and negotiate peace.
After all, for many years, it has been the norm for the two countries to stop fighting, and then start to talk about peace, and because of the habitual cognition of Jin Qiang and Song Weak, not many people really believe that the Song Dynasty has the strength to attack the city of Jinan.
It's like an honest man in two people, the honest man has been bullied by the other person, and the honest man will occasionally resist, but every time he resists, he will be beaten and blackmailed by the other person, so he can get great benefits every time.
After going back and forth like this a few times, it seems that the normal state of habit has been formed, so the other person, for the resistance of the honest man, will appear more contemptuous and disdainful, and will not believe this honest man at all, one day suddenly become strong enough to beat him, and even break into the house strongly, to take away all the benefits he was extorted at the beginning.
Jin Qiang and Song Weak are just like those two people, with the toughness and strength of the Song people, the Jin people, who have always taken advantage of the advantages and advantages, obviously did not expect that this time the cowardly Song people were determined to turn over in a fight.
In Pingling City, things such as pacifying the people naturally fell on Yang Huaizhi's shoulders as Chen Cishan pacified them all the way on the East Shanxi Road, and the appeasement of the East Shandong Road naturally fell on Yang Huaizhi's shoulders.
But fortunately, because Ye Qing attracted most of the main forces of the Jin people, the "water division" led by Lao Liu Tou and Po Li San was able to capture Pingling City without spending much troops.
Similarly, the pacification of Shandong East Road is much easier to deal with than the boiling, panicked and nervous Shandong East Road, so that Yang Huaizhi can be like an army all the way, closely following behind the buttocks of Lao Liu Tou and Li San, and he is full of pacifying politics.
"Ye Qing was injured and couldn't go to Jinan City in person, so he stayed in Tai'an Prefecture." Po Li San is now a real beard and hair, and he has a complete fight with Wanyan Shoudao, who was captured by Mo Xiaobao.
Lao Liu Tou still has a dark face, because his hair or beard is not much gray compared to Po Li Sanlai, so when the two stand together, it will always make people feel that Lao Liu Tou is at least a few years younger than Po Li San.
"As a Chinese army, the pressure is naturally high, and most of the attention of the Jin people will naturally focus on him, but it's okay, Tai'an Yelu Yuanyi has always been cunning and suspicious, Dong Chao has not been able to rebel for so long, and now Ye Qing is staying in Tai'an, which can be regarded as attacking the city tomorrow for us, and sweeping the battle behind us." Old Liu Tou took a sip of wine and said.
Every time Ye Qing saw the dark-skinned old Liu Tou, he always felt that the old Liu Tou was short of a cigarette pouch and pot in his hand, but fortunately, the wine bowl did not leave his hand, which made up for the shortcomings in this aspect.
"After capturing Jinan City, Yelu Yuanyi's threat can be eliminated, even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard gall, he doesn't dare to do anything to Ye Qing in Tai'an Prefecture." Po Li San obviously didn't take Yelu Yuanyi's threat to heart, looking at the old Liu Tou who was drinking with a wine bowl, his expression began to become a little solemn and said: "I'm worried, if Wan Yan Jing arrives tomorrow, how should we deal with it?" ”
"Rushing to Jinan Mansion, we and the Jin people will not be able to attack for a long time and continue to hold each other, and Ye Qing in Tai'an Prefecture will be even more dangerous." looked at the empty wine bowl, looked a little reluctant to put down the bowl, being able to drink such a bowl every day is already a blessing from Li San, and Lao Liu Tou didn't dare to ask too much, but what was unexpected today was that when he just put the wine bowl on the table, Li San actually ordered the army to pour a bowl again.
"You...... What do you mean? Aren't you afraid of military law? A flash of joy flashed in Old Liu's eyes, but he still pretended to be serious and asked.
"Gotta have it, don't pretend to me, I've dealt with you all my life, and I don't know what your old boy thinks?" Splash Li San said sarcastically: "But this bowl of wine is conditional, if you Liu Fu agrees, I Li Bao will give it to you." ”
Old Liu Tou took the wine bowl, looked at the wine that exuded a strong aroma, and sighed, and then said slowly: "Don't worry, I, Liu Fu, will die tomorrow, and I will also die in Jinan City, the worst...... I also died in front of the gate of Jinan, so that you can step on my corpse and attack Jinan City. ”
Po Li San looked at Liu Fu quietly, and then also signaled the pro-army to pour himself a bowl of wine and said: "Chong you this sentence, I will be the vanguard and you will be the rear army in the siege tomorrow." ”
"Why?" Old Liu Tou's tone and expression were extremely calm.
"I, Li Bao, have nothing to worry about, are you Liu Fuxing? The third aunt, Lan'er, and Li Heng, the son-in-law who has now come to the city of Jinan, you are dead, what should they do? Po Li San took the initiative to touch the wine bowl in the hand of the stunned old Liu Tou, and then drank all the wine in the bowl in one gulp: "I'll go to patrol the camp." ”
Lao Liu Tou held the undrunk wine bowl, looked at the back of Splash Li San, who seemed to be a little older all of a sudden, and moved his lips, but in the end he still didn't make a sound.
The wine bowl that was originally full of wine was slowly placed on the table by him, looking at the black ground under his feet, and after being stunned for a long time, he suddenly laughed: "Come on, take pen and ink." ”
Whether it is Liu Fu or Li Bao, even Zhao Qi'er, who is now in Jinan City, although they are full of pride in their hearts after arriving at Jinan City, but with Ye Qing's injury and the need to deter Yelu Yuanyi in Tai'an Prefecture with his life, the pressure on the shoulders of the three of them increased sharply.
The three of them knew very well in their hearts at this time that if they wanted Ye Qing to survive this battle, then in tomorrow's battle, they must capture Jinan City, so as to completely remove Yelu Yuanyi's threat to Ye Qing.
But they also know better in their hearts that even if Zhao Qi'er has been lurking in Jinan City for several days now, but this is Jinan City after all, and the Jin people attach great importance to it, and it is the birthplace of the Emperor Wan Yan Yong of the Jin Kingdom...... It's like ascending to the sky.
With no other choice, the old Liu Tou, who stayed in the military tent, wrote a letter to Liu Lan'er for the first time in his life, and wrote to the third aunt for the first time in his life, and Po Li San in the training camp was also like saying goodbye to his military career that he had dealt with all his life, and everywhere he looked, it seemed that he was the most familiar thing in his life.
Even Zhao Qi'er, who is now hidden in Jinan City, is secretly determined at this moment to fight tomorrow, even if he dies, he must fight for Lao Liu Tou and Li San outside the city, especially for Ye Qing in Tai'an Prefecture, to fight a bloody way and win a glimmer of life!