Ye Qing won Xuzhou City, not only made Wan Yanyong's old fist hammer heavily on the three characters of Xuzhou City on the map, but also made Wang Huai, who was in Lin'an, stare at Xuzhou City angrily, unable to let go for a long time.

He didn't want to have a large-scale war with the Jin people, and at this moment when he began to dictate the affairs of the court, he just wanted to stabilize his position through the Northern Expedition, so as to suppress and suppress Han Cheng and others.

A large-scale war with Jin is completely disadvantageous to him Wang Huai, once it really angers the Jin people, once the Jin people begin to fight back aggressively, once the Jin people recapture the lost city, what the Song court will face is not just a simple matter of compensation and land negotiation.

It is very likely that it will make Wang Huai's efforts to stabilize his court power in vain, and even become a turning point for him Wang Huai to lose power and Han Cheng's Jedi counterattack in the end.

If the Jin people go south in a big way, once Ye Qing is defeated and cannot form an army, Han Cheng will inevitably use this defeat to impeach himself, and the Jin people will also not let go of themselves who planned the Northern Expedition with one hand, and it is very likely that he will bury the court's good future because of Ye Qing's "misdeeds" on the two roads in Shandong now, giving Han Cheng an opportunity to take advantage of!

"Where is Ye Qing now?" Wang Huai took a deep breath and calmed the anger in his heart and asked.

Now Ye Qing's every move in Shandong is completely arrogant and unruly, full of wildness, and has never been tamed by Zhao Gou, which makes Wang Huai regret the slightest fluke in his heart at the beginning, why would he convince himself and believe that Ye Qing would surrender to him with the mentality of just in case and luck?

This wolf, but even Zhao Gou has never really tamed it, and he ...... How could he be so confused, believing that he would become the knife in his own hands, which could be used to balance Han Cheng's father and son, and at the same time to obtain resources for himself!

"Now that he has gone north to take Tengzhou, Tengzhou's guard Liu Heren is nowhere to be found, and Ye Qing's army broke Tengzhou without much effort." Shi Miyuan frowned and said.

"Tengzhou ......." Wang Huai's gaze slowly moved up from Xuzhou City, looking at Tengzhou, Pizhou, Jeju, Tai'an and other places, and the battle situation was finally clearly placed in front of him: "Is he going to go straight to Jinan Mansion, do you want to fight the Yellow River, or do you want to use the Yellow River as a barrier to defend it?" ”

Wang Huai looked back and forth at the map, and the thick fog in his heart gradually dispersed, and the feeling that Ye Qing was getting out of control gradually became more and more uneasy in his heart.

Just like a dog, he thought that loosening the chain in his hand would give him a moment of freedom, and that he could call him back to him at any time.

But when the dog was far enough away from him, Wang Huai found that no matter how loud he shouted, the dog had begun to ignore himself, but began to continue to move forward and forward, like a kite, the line in his hand was finally broken, and the kite began to fly freely in the vast northland.

Shi Miyuan didn't know why Wang Huai stared at the map and suddenly became more angry, and even began to tremble his hands, pointing to the east and west sides of Shandong Road again and again, and muttered there: "If it is not as I expected, Ye Qing's Huainan East Road army is the main army of this Northern Expedition, and it is also the army that attracts the attention of the Jin people, and Yu Yunwen, who directly takes Jingzhaofu Road in the east, I am afraid that he will also soon take Jingzhaofu Road and approach Nanjing Road, but it is ......." ”

Although Wang Huai is also a civil official, compared to a pure civil servant like Shi Miyuan, there are still some military talents, watching Ye Qing abandon most of the Shandong East Road, so as to start advancing northward with the Shandong East Road and the East Road as the mainstay, completely ignoring the Jin people who might kill them from both sides to flank them.

This made Wang Huai suddenly knock heavily on the word Zizhou when his finger followed Haizhou along the coastline, and said hatefully: "Ye Qing has a naval army, and there are definitely people who help Ye Qing in Zi, Di, Bin, Hai, Ju and other prefectures on Shandong East Road, holding back the Jin soldiers in these states, so that he can't go to the middle to attack Ye Qing." In the west, Yu Yunwen contained the Jin people on Jingzhaofu Road, and in the east, there were other people who restrained most of the Jin army on Shandong East Road, so he Ye Qing would be so unscrupulous and blatant in the middle of the road to take Tai'an, or even Jinan Mansion! ”

Shi Miyuan looked at Wang Huai incredulously, and after pointing to the map and saying it angrily, and then as if all the strength of his whole body had been drained, he suddenly sat down on the chair, and continued to look at the map in a daze, his eyes were a little dazed and helpless, so that people couldn't guess what he was feeling in his heart at this moment.

"What do you mean, Lord Wang?" Shi Miyuan asked with some excitement flashing in his eyes.

"If it's you, how do you think you can make Ye Qing stop continuing to go north?" Wang Huai asked a little weakly and frustratedly, at this moment, he really regretted why he believed in Ye Qing so much in the first place, believing that he could firmly control Ye Qing.

Now watching Ye Qing riding horses and whips on the two roads in Shandong, fighting with the Jin people without scruples, there is a great determination of the Yue Jiajun to ignore the will of the imperial court to ignore the eleven gold medals of the imperial court and vow to regain the lost territory, which makes his heart, like a tide again and again, surging up with powerlessness and frustration.

"Isn't this a good thing, my lord?" Shi Miyuan cautiously tentatively continued: "It has always been your original intention to regain the lost territory, and now that Ye Qing is in the northern terrain, the Jin people who killed him have to retreat step by step, and the lower officials think that you should be happy, not to control Ye Qing." ”

"That being said, but...... Once Ye Qing is defeated, the imperial court can't afford such consequences. Wang Huai let out a long sigh and said helplessly: "You are the head of the household, and now you should know better than the old man, can the household still be able to supply the army of Huainan East Road led by Ye Qing?" ”

"What do you mean ......?" Shi Miyuan continued to pretend to be stupid.

The biggest lord and faction is Shi Miyuan, in his heart, everything should be for money, as for the Northern Expedition, he has always thought that it is a useless move to waste money and people.

Now that the Emperor of the Dajin Kingdom has just arrived in Lin'an, he not only wants to start making the saint commensurate with his uncle and nephew, but even continues to exempt him from paying tribute for several years, which is definitely a great blow and weakness for Wang Huai.

Compared to recovering the lost territory, he naturally couldn't tolerate it, when he was in charge of the court alone, the Great Song Dynasty was humiliated by the Jin people again, and he was naturally unwilling to continue to discuss the relationship between uncle and nephew with Jin Guo, and continued to call his nephew Nagong as in previous years.

The Battle of the Northern Expedition is dispensable, it is just a means for him to obtain resources and stabilize the power of the court, but if he is infamous again because of the Northern Expedition, and puts the face of the Great Song Dynasty and the face of the royal saint into it, for Wang Huai, this is definitely a matter of stealing chickens and losing a handful of rice.

And now Shi Miyuan, after Shi Hao lost power, fell under Wang Huai, it was just a helpless move, after all, between him and Han Cheng's father and son, they were already on the same page, so if they wanted to keep their power above the court, they had to surrender to Wang Huai.

Now the Jin people once again put pressure on the Song court with their uncles and nephews, Sui Gong, etc., which is a great opportunity for Shi Miyuan to get rid of Wang Huai and then rely on the Jin people, just like Qin Hui back then, to rise in the court.

Naturally, he would never take the initiative to come forward and recommend himself in front of Wang Huai to negotiate with the Jin people, nor would he take the initiative to say that he, the actual controller of the city, had the ability to let Ye Qing advance into the army in the north, and there was a shortage of food and grass in a short period of time, so he had to withdraw from the army.

History is such a coincidence and accident, when everything is developing in the direction that Ye Qing wants, the trajectory of history will also favor those who originally played an important role in this historical trajectory.

Shi Miyuan originally lost ground with the decline of the Shi family, but Ye Qing's Northern Expedition closed a door for Shi Miyuan, and at the same time, he involuntarily recommended a window to Shi Miyuan.

This also gave Shi Miyuan a chance to deal with the Jin people and make friends, which would also make Shi Miyuan, with the support of the Jin people in the future, really have a place in the court.

The world is so fair and just, and it is so unfair and unfair, Ye Qing is expanding his power in the north, Han Yanxuan is also establishing his influence in Ziqi, Luodian, and even including Dali, Shi Miyuan, who is in Lin'an, also seized the rare opportunity to become the envoy appointed by Wang Huai to negotiate with the Jin people, thus once again embarking on the regularity of history.

No one can monopolize all the resources of the court, monopolize power, and dictate the government, after all, like Qin Hui, Tang Siwei, including today's Wang Huai, there are very few such powerful ministers, and this is also after countless life and death tests along the way, so that they have the right today.

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But whether it is Qin Hui, Tang Siwei, or Wang Huai, the time when he can dictate power is extremely short, and it passes in a flash like a meteor.

The right to cover the sky with one hand is increasing with the years, and it stands out from the sea of corpses and blood above the court, and then adds seniority and age, so as to become a powerful minister who dictates the court.

On the way to the dictatorial court, how many corpses and mountains of blood and sea of blood have to be experienced, and how many spring and autumn successions can be experienced in the danger of being able to become the first minister of the court after his beard is gray.

Ye Qing and Xin Qi walked on the streets of Tengzhou, compared to Xuzhou, Tengzhou was basically like an empty city, allowing Ye Qing and them to break into the city without much effort.

But up to now, Xin Qiji still hasn't understood, where did Tengzhou guard Liu He and others go? Could it be that he left the people and retreated to Pizhou?

"Now we either don't wait for the grain and grass camp of the Zhou Duan Dynasty, and continue to go north to Piju and Jeju, so as to point to Taean before the winter, or wait for the arrival of the grain and grass camp. But....... Xin Qiji's eyebrows were less excited about breaking Tengzhou City, and he sighed: "The lack of food and grass is a fact now. ”

"I knew that this would be the case, which is why the envoys of the Jin State went to Lin'an, and we couldn't stop it. Although there is a handwritten letter from Wan Yan Jing, if we block it, it will only allow the Jin people to send more troops south, so letting the Jin envoys go to Lin'an is also to let Wan Yan Jing know that we have no intention of continuing to go north, and would rather wait and see the negotiations between them. Ye Qing walked into a small teahouse in Tengzhou, sat down as if no one was around, and said.

The appearance of the two of them instantly caused an uneasy commotion in the small teahouse, and the shopkeeper looked at Ye Qing and Xin Qiji, stiffened the smile on his face, and moved to the table with trembling and weak legs: "The two officials ......." ”

"What's the best tea you've got here?" Ye Qing asked with an easy-going smile.

The shopkeeper swallowed saliva, carried the teapot, and hurriedly introduced it to Ye Qing in a trembling voice.

When the shopkeeper of the tea shop left, Xin Qiji, who had been twisting his eyebrows, couldn't help asking, "Could it be that you don't plan to continue north?" ”

"Now that we've reached the point where we can't go back." Ye Qing sighed melancholy, and as he advanced into Tengzhou, although he only took a distance of more than 100 miles forward, the pressure increased sharply, and the entire army was like pushing a mountain forward, which was particularly difficult and staggering.

The shortage of grain and grass was something that Ye Qing had already expected, and what made him even more helpless was that even if he put aside the grain and grass of Zhou Duanchao, the merchant road that had been consolidated over the years was used to transport grain and grass to them, which was extremely time-consuming and laborious.

Different from Yu Yunwen's side, Lizhou Road has been preparing for nearly three years, whether it is grain and grass or others, they have been extremely well prepared, not to mention that their battle line is only limited to Jingzhaofu Road, and whether it is Jin Ting or Song Ting, now the attention is on themselves, so that Ye Qing now, every time he takes a step forward, he will feel extremely difficult, and there is no way to retreat, because there is an abyss behind him.

"Since Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun set off from Xuzhou, their performance has always been quite mysterious, and it will not be good for us to continue like this." Xin Qiji continued to worry, and reluctantly continued to put pressure on Ye Qing.

"The tea is not bad." Ye Qing praised the shopkeeper, looked at the departure of the smiling and restrained shopkeeper, sighed, and suddenly smiled: "It seems that you also found that they have been eyebrow with Zhou Duanchao for the past few days?" ”

"I am afraid that they will deliberately cause us to run out of food and grass, so that we will not be able to continue north, and we will be in a dilemma. Whether it is Xuzhou, Tengzhou, or ...... Li Bao and Liu Fu conquered several cities on the East Shandong Road, to put it bluntly, are four battles without danger to defend, once the Jin people attack, it is difficult for us to rely on the city to hold on, so that most of our efforts for half a year will soon disappear under the iron horse of the Jin people. Xin Qiji's brows furrowed even deeper, now that they seem to have achieved battle exploits, they are actually completely vulnerable, once the Jin people really come to their senses, then it is very likely that they will only have one way to go.

"Therefore, if you know the place of war, you can fight for thousands of miles on the day of war. Therefore, we need a battle with the Jin people, so as to completely reverse the desperate situation that although we seem to be active, we are actually extremely passive, and there is an abyss behind us. Ye Qing put the teacup in his hand on the table and said.

"Battle?" Xin Qiji was startled, and even his right eyelid involuntarily jumped rapidly.

What is a battle? A battle is a war in which each of the two armies assembles their most powerful main forces, and then decels, turning the whole battle around.

Such a war can often make the victorious side decide the outcome in one battle, so that the next battle will play a decisive role because of this general battle.

Just as a mule is drawn by a horse, once a battle is over, it means that the side that wins the battle will eventually be the absolute victor in the end, unless there are very special circumstances.

Yue Fei also looked for the main force of the Jin people everywhere back then, and wanted to reverse the passive situation of the Song army on the battlefield through a battle, but in the end he was still unable to meet with the main army of the Jin people, and he could only cruise on the battlefield, while attacking the city, while looking for the main force, until he was recalled by the Song court.

Ye Qing obviously didn't want to really follow in Yue Fei's footsteps, not to mention that after setting off from Yangzhou, Ye Qing had no intention of returning to Lin'an under the will of the imperial court, unless he felt that he already had enough strength, and the army of Shandong and Shandong could ensure that the imperial court would not dare to move him at will, he would be recalled by the imperial court to Lin'an to listen to the order.

After following Ye Qing for many days, Xin Qiji, who already knew Ye Qing's temperament very well, still had his right eyelid beating uncontrollably and violently, and at this time, even his heart was trying to jump out of his mouth.

Looking at the firmness in Ye Qing's eyes and the sneer on the corner of his mouth, Xin Qiji felt dizzy and unbelievable shock for a while.

He knew that Ye Qing must have made the next plan, and suddenly appeared on the streets of Tengzhou with only himself today...... This is...... This is what he has to do next, this is when he wants to leave Tengzhou and take the main force to fight a cruel and ruthless battle with the Jinren.

"Is there no other way? Does it have to be so risky? Xin Qiji pressed Ye Qing's hand, as if he was afraid that Ye Qing would leave Tengzhou in the next moment.

"In a few days, even when we are sitting here talking, we have already begun to cross the Yellow River to Jinan Mansion, once the Jin army is assembled in Jinan Mansion, can we still attack the city and break the enemy like now?" Ye Qing laughed self-deprecatingly, and continued: "At that time, even if we do our best, it will be difficult to take a small city, not to mention that the golden people are good at riding, they will never retreat in the city and just defend the city, they must use their Tiefutu and kidnapping horses to fight against us, we can't afford to lose once, and if we lose once, we will lose everything." ”

"We defended the city, and now we occupy the ......." Xin Qiji frowned and said.

"The shortage of food and grass is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. Wang Huai wanted the Northern Expedition, not the reconquest. Shi Miyuan has been in charge of the city for many years, even before the death of the Emperor Taishang, he still wants to let Shi Hao, the Duke of Wei, enjoy the temple after his death, so the emperor's grace, how can Wang Huai not know, how can he not use it? How to prevent us from continuing to advance into the Northern Expedition is naturally the easiest way to start with grain and grass. Zhou Duanchao did not have time to replace us, and Li Zhixiao and Hong Zun were the ministers of the Shi family, ....... Ye Qing's hands clenched his fists back and forth on the table involuntarily, and the indignation in his tone was even stronger: "In the past, the Jin people gathered an army, and then the court cut off my grain and grass, and when the enemy was on my back, the only way to take the initiative to fight with the Jin people and fight a bloody road is the right way." ”