Song Dynasty Lin'an is still a prosperous scene, even now, the storytellers in the wine shop and teahouse, like the reporters of later generations, have a very keen sense of current affairs, and they are mixed in the lower floors of Lin'an City all the year round, and they deliberately contact the traders who come and go from all over the world, so they naturally know much faster about the outside world than others.

In addition, Zhu Xi, who is now in Qufu, has also been intentionally or unintentionally using the influence of literati to help Ye Qing gain a good reputation in Lin'an, hoping to help reduce the pressure of the vassal king who was named Ye Qing by court officials.

So now, up and down Lin'an, whether it is above the court or between the teahouse and the restaurant, almost everyone is discussing the dilemma that Ye Qing is facing in the north today.

Compared with the enthusiasm of the people and the hatred of the enemy, the court officials were extremely nervous, and they had even begun to think about how they would deal with the next Jin people's revenge on the court if Ye Qing was defeated.

The sky above Lin'an City has become cloudy because of the common hatred of the people, as well as the fear and tension of the officials, there are many officials who want to negotiate peace with Jin, and there are also a lot of people who want Ye Qing to defeat the Jin people again, but no matter how loud the people want to resist Jin, the officials in the temple have to ignore the voices of the people because of their interests, and they have begun to plan for the worst.

Xia Zhen, who was inserted into the palace by Shi Miyuan, secretly walked out of the main gate of Li, and met Shi Miyuan at the Jiahui Gate not far ahead.

Today's Shi Miyuan has to consider whether the Jin people's unstoppable southward movement after Ye Qing's defeat will be directed at Zhenjiang and whether Huainan Road will be lost because of this.

Of course, one of the important reasons is that Zhao Yanbian, the servant of the Ministry of Officials who he sent to Huainan Road a few days ago to seize power, has not only set off even a trace of turmoil in the officialdom of Yangzhou and even the entire Huainan Road officialdom, but has also been involved in a case of bribing officials because of the correction of Dali Temple and the Criminal Department.

As a result, Shi Miyuan, who was contaminated with the setback of Huainan Road, had to temporarily put aside the matter of Zhao Yanbian being questioned by Dali Temple and the Criminal Department when the Jin people began to wave troops to recruit Ye Qing, and began to focus on the overall situation of the court.

"Do you think Ye Qing has any chance of winning? How sure are you? Shi Miyuan stood on the tower of Jiahui Gate, looking at the Yuanyou Armillary Sphere Elephant created by Ye Qing back then, and there had been no mistakes so far, which made him feel a little unbelievable.

"Lord Hui, according to the news obtained by the last general in private, now the Jin people are divided into three routes to go south, and most of the main force is Chen Bingyu in the Hetao Third Road, which they lost not long ago, and there is also a large army on Bianjing Road, but its intention seems to be not to attack, but to contain it. As for the Jinan Mansion on Shandong East Road, which the adults are most concerned about, now because of Xin Qiji's defense, although the Jin people have also sent a lot of troops, but there are no famous generals who are familiar with the last general, and the victory or defeat is not easy to judge now. Xia Zhen stood from a military point of view and answered Shi Miyuan's question rigorously.

"Does Ye Qing really have the strength to fight? Don't forget, he's also at war with the Xia people right now. Shi Miyuan frowned a little, of course he hoped that Ye Qing would be defeated, so that he could negotiate peace with Jin Ren for the sake of interests, so as to achieve the goal of killing two birds with one stone.

"Your Excellency......." Xia Zhen hesitated a little when he didn't know what to say, but Shi Miyuan glanced at him and said lightly: "But it's okay to say it." ”

"My lord, last year, the household department allocated a large amount of grain and grass materials to the north, as far as the last general knows, those grain and grass materials, including bows and crossbows, arrows, spears and waist knives given by the ordnance supervisor, are enough for Ye Qing to fight a protracted war. Although there is a shortage of food in the north, but the water control in the past few years has made the flood contained, and it is said that this year's autumn grain in the north, although it cannot give Ye Qing support, but it will not ask Ye Qing for food again. So my lord, for the sake of today's plan, maybe adults can start from the household. Xia Zhen lowered his eyes and said quietly.

"What do you mean...... Broken the grain and grass behind Ye Qing? Shi Miyuan asked with some embarrassment.

In this way, if Ye Qing's grain and grass are unsustainable, it will inevitably cause instability in the army's morale, so that it will not be able to fight with Jin and Xia for a long time. Although there is grain in Huainan Road, it is definitely far from enough. Xia Zhen said.

"Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household, is a student of Zhu Xi, and now Zhu Xi is in Qufu in the north, could it be that the grain that Zhu Xi wants will be taken first by Ye Qing?" Shi Miyuan was already dissatisfied with Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household department, some time ago, but because he still hoped to use Zhu Xi's reputation to suppress Han Yanxuan, he would tolerate Zheng Qingzhi's continued supply of grain to the north, so that Zhu Xi could win the hearts of the people in the north.

"Xia Guan thinks that today's Zhu Xi ...... I'm afraid that I have already turned enemies into friends with Ye Qing. And then there'...... Don't forget, my lord, Xin Qiji admired Zhu Xi very much back then, although he later complained about Zhu Xi for some reason, but now in Shandong East Road, which is Xin Qiji's territory, how can he tolerate Zhu Xi who has been winning people's hearts under his nose? If Xin Qiji was unable to gain insight into the motives of Zhu Xi and other literati at the beginning, then now that more than half a year has passed, Xin Qiji will not be so stupid that he has not reacted, right? Xia Zhen explained step by step.

"Xin Qiji and Zhu Xi have reached a tacit understanding, and Zheng Qingzhi is hindered by the friendship between teachers and students, so he has always supported Zhu Xi, but now the final benefits are actually in the hands of Ye Qing. This possibility is not impossible, but the Northland is too far away from us, and Ye Qing is extremely tightly controlled, so we can't get a glimpse of the real situation in the Northland. Even if I get some news from the merchants who come and go from the south to the north, most of it is not true. Shi Miyuan groaned, and was a little hesitant for a moment.

Taking advantage of Han Yanxuan's trip to Lizhou Road at this time, replacing Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household department, with a more confidant person, is naturally an excellent opportunity now, and he will not be exploited by Han Yanxuan at all, but in this way, he is bound to offend Zhu Xi, and after several trade-offs, he has not been able to make up his mind whether to risk offending Zhu Xi, who is good at holding grudges, and losing the party forces that suppressed Han Yanxuan, to do a salary to Ye Qing.

At the Jiahui Gate, Shi Miyuan was hesitating, and at the He Ning Gate of the Lin'an Palace, Zhong Qing got out of the carriage and followed the eunuch to the Renming Hall where Li Fengniang was.

Jin and Xia used troops against Ye Qing together at this time, which obviously made Li Fengniang fall into endless worries.

Of course, Li Fengniang's most fundamental worry is not Ye Qing, but her fear that once Ye Qing is defeated, will she immediately lead her troops to retreat to Lin'an, so that Ye Qing, who returns to Lin'an, is always a heart problem for her.

In the palace, she must make plans in advance no matter who wins or loses in the future, so she summoned Zhong Qing into the palace to want to know if Ye Qing is now in the north, whether he has the strength to carry Jin and Xia at the same time.

The first time Zhong Qing, who had a big belly, stepped into the Renming Palace, Li Fengniang immediately ordered someone to sit down, and exchanged a few words about Zhong Qing's pregnancy, and then Li Fengniang looked at Zhong Qing's slightly fat cheeks, but still couldn't hide her gorgeous face, and asked: "How sure is Ye Qing in the north that he will not be able to resist the enemy and go south?" Where is he now? Xia Guo, or Jingzhao Mansion, or Jinan Mansion? ”

"Back to the queen's words, the concubine's husband is now in Hetao Road, and the news a few days ago made the concubine just know that she is now facing the Jin people across the Yellow River, and the war is about to break out." Zhong Qing stroked her stomach with one hand and replied to Li Fengniang with a smile.

"Why not in Jinan Mansion? Doesn't he know the consequences of Jinan Mansion once it is attacked by the Jin? At that time, it will be Huainan Road that will suffer? Why didn't you withdraw troops from Xia and return to the Hetao Third Road? Li Fengniang asked with a frown of displeasure.

At this time, Li Fengniang was a little unclear about the displeasure in her heart, whether she was jealous of Zhong Qing, who was pregnant, or dissatisfied with Ye Qing's more in Hetao Sanlu.

But in short, seeing Zhong Qing's pregnant little woman with a satisfied and happy face, she felt uncomfortable, so in these days, she almost never summoned this, and now she seems to be weak and helpless in Lin'an City, but in fact, she firmly controls the entire Imperial City Division.

The reason is that I don't want to see Zhong Qing, who is pregnant with Ye Qing's heir, and after being born, she still has Zhong Qing as her surname.

This made her feel extremely uncomfortable, and she couldn't wait to be able to scold Ye Qing immediately, so as to ease the inexplicable anger in her heart.

"The strength of Jinan Mansion plus the naval army is as many as 40,000 people, what Ye Qing means is enough to deal with the invading Jin army." Zhong Qing lowered her head slightly, avoiding Li Fengniang's knife-like eyes, and then, according to Ye Qing's meaning, she said that the nearly 80,000 troops originally in Jinan Mansion were 40,000.

"Forty thousand? Can 40,000 people stop the menacing Jinren? Li Fengniang's white hands involuntarily clenched into fists, the cyan veins were faintly exposed on the back of her hands, and her tone became a little fierce and angry.

"Didn't the queen think of asking the military department to send other armies to the north to help?" Zhong Qing glanced at Li Fengniang, whose face was covered with frost, and lowered her head again and said lightly.

Now Ye Qing's troops in the north can be said to be stretched, and from the beginning, when he left Lao Liu Tou and Zhao Qi'er to defend Jinan, Ye Qing once gave a recital to the Lin'an court, hoping that the court could send a large army from other roads to help Jinan Mansion.

But at that time, Han Yanxuan was still in Lin'an, and after the concert almost arrived at Han Yanxuan, he was stayed, and now the military department Shangshu Qian Xiangzu is good, Dali Temple Qing Meng Heng has also been mentioned several times in the court, but Han Yanxuan shook his head and refused.

Therefore, the matter of sending a large army to the north from other roads of the imperial court was put on hold, because the Jin people had no sign of attacking Jinan Mansion.

Now that the Jin army has come to the city of Jinan, in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, the people have also begun to talk about who will win and who will lose in the battle between Jin and Song.

"40,000 people may be able to last for more than a month, but this time the Jin people are pouring all their elites out, and Ye Qing is also unable to rush to the aid of Jinan Mansion on the third road of Hetao, so the queen ...... This is Ye Qing's letter to his concubine today, the letter said: He has tried his best to mobilize troops to help Jinan Mansion, but the distance from Jingzhao Mansion to Jinan Mansion is too far, and it is far from being easy to send troops from all walks of life in the imperial court. The letter in Zhong Qing's hand was taken by the eunuch and handed to Li Fengniang.