The people in the city of Shunde put up lanterns to celebrate the recovery, and the surplus people took out food and sent it to the army to offer their meager strength.

Qu Ping and Yue Feizhong will surround the sand table and point out the current situation. The Jin Army's East Road Army has been effectively forced back, and the intelligence officers sent out by Qu Ping have not yet sent back the latest battle situation, so I don't know what the Jin Army's West Road Army and Wu Yu's army will win or lose, and it is expected that with the assistance of Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong, they should be able to resist it.

The soldiers came to report that a eunuch from the court and China had come to deliver the decree.

Qu Ping led the crowd to hurry out to greet him. The eunuch was a person next to the emperor, but he couldn't name him. Everyone nodded and said hello.

The eunuch announced: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: Qu Ping and all the generals who love to protect the country are very relieved, and they are ordered to strengthen their defense step by step, and if necessary, they can act expediently with General Qu. In addition, Yue Fei was loyal to the monarch and gave him the title of 'Jingzhong General'. I hope that the people will be diligent and self-reliant, and live up to their hearts. Chin this. ”

Qu Ping received the order, and the eunuch said, "General Qu, I also said that you are in Cizhou, I didn't expect to go north to capture Shunde, which is really gratifying." ”

Qu Ping said: "It just so happens that you are here, Ben Shuai has written the excerpt, please help me take it back and hand it to the emperor by the way." ”

"Yes, the emperor must be too happy to hear your good news."

"By the way, it has been more than a month since Ben Shuai left the capital, and I have been transporting in all directions, and it is very convenient to send grain from the south to the north, why has the grain and grass not been delivered, and my 80,000 soldiers and horses are going to be hungry."

The eunuch said: "Prime Minister Wang said that the grain requisitioned from Jiangnan and Sichuan and Shu is a long way, and it will take at least a month to send it to the capital, and the grain and grass from Sichuan and Shu have been sent to the Western Front Theater nearby. Because now the west is attacked by the 300,000 Jin soldiers and 200,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Xia to the south, Lianke Taiyuan, Luzhou, and Zezhou, our army's defense is too difficult, Wu Jue and other three generals are invincible, and they have retreated to Xinxiang and Ji County along the Yellow River in Weizhou. The imperial court hurriedly requisitioned nearly 200,000 troops from the south, ready to fight against the water, and swore to defend the north gate of the Beijing Division. ”

Qu Ping said to himself: "In more than a month, I have retreated to the edge of the Yellow River!" The Jin army detoured so far from the west to the north, it turned out that it had already successfully colluded with the Western Xia, and I don't know what benefits the Jin State gave to the Western Xia? Could it be the western part of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun or the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Qu Ping asked the eunuch again, "The western front is so tight, does the emperor have any orders for me?" ”

The eunuch replied: "I also arrived in Kaifeng Mansion to hear the news of our army's defeat and retreat. ”

At this time, another eunuch came hurriedly on a fast horse, and the eunuch shouted: "General Qu, 100,000 urgent!" The emperor has awarded a gold medal and ordered you to return to the army as soon as possible to defend Kyoto! ”

Qu Ping took the gold medal, asked someone to help the eunuch sit down and rest, brought him water to drink, and asked, "How is the battle situation now?" ”

The eunuch hurriedly poured three bowls of water, sighed, and said: "The 500,000 troops of the Jinxia and Xia countries are directly aimed at Kyoto, and Wu Jue, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Jun lead 200,000 to intercept on the north bank of the Yellow River, preparing to fight against the water. ”

"Why do you want to fight with your back to the water, instead of waiting for the Jin army to cross the river on the south bank, and attack it halfway?" Qu Ping asked.

It's not for everyone. The Song Dynasty had developed shipping technology, and the Jin soldiers were not good at water warfare, so it stands to reason that water warfare is the key to victory.

"General Wu told the emperor that if he retreated to the south bank, he was worried that the Jin army would advance eastward on the north bank and approach Yingtian."

Qu Ping looked at the map on the sand table, Kaifeng is south of the Yellow River, and the south of the Yellow River to the east is Yingtian. Wu Jue's caution is also reasonable.

Yue Fei sighed: "It's a pity that the success fell short, if the soldiers, horses, food and grass are enough, General Wu can also resist the Jinxia coalition army, and we can also take advantage of the situation to advance north, and it is unknown to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun." ”

Qu Ping said: "There is no point in sighing, we still try to create the maximum benefit with the smallest resources, which is the key to victory." ”

At this time, another eunuch came on a horse like a desperate horse, it was Shao Chengzhang. He turned over and dismounted, took out a bag from his arms, opened it, and took out eight gold medals in turn, he gasped and said: "General Qu, the emperor has eight gold medals, a total of nine gold medals to urge you to rescue quickly, and there is no time to delay!" ”

Nine, that is, rescue, nine is the extreme, the emperor is the largest, and now the biggest person in the world needs first aid.

Qu Ping was irritable in his heart, if I had a plane, I would definitely drop it over. He said, "I see, you three go and rest." ”

Shao Chengzhang hurriedly said: "General Qu, let's not rest, hurry up and gather our troops and horses to pull out!" ”

Qu Ping said: "Wait for me to arrange the city defense, the city that I have just worked so hard to build can't be handed over to others so easily." ”

"Then I'm sorry for you to hurry up, if the rescue is too late, the emperor may have to follow the advice of some adults in the court and move south! That would be another powerful blow to the morale of the whole country, and no one wanted to see that happen. Shao Chengzhang said.

The mood of the crowd was heavy.

Suddenly, I heard a "haha" laugh outside the door, and everyone was surprised inexplicably, and they didn't know who was laughing out of place. I saw a general with a dark face and a fierce appearance wearing battle armor coming in from inside and outside, and he said: "This general has subdued the cities of Shandong, and has converged all the way, and I have heard about General Qu's heroic deeds along the way, and I have long wanted to see the true colors of the hero." ”

The visitor glanced at the people present, and saw that everyone was centered on Qu Ping and Yue Fei, Yue Fei frowned slightly, and there were three other eunuchs standing aside, he didn't care, pointed at Yue Fei and said: "This must be General Qu, sure enough, the hero is a young man!" ”

Qu Ping stepped forward and said with a smile: "It's General Liu Guangshi, I'm Qu Ping." After speaking, he stepped forward and held Liu Guangshi's big hand tightly and shook it vigorously.

Liu Guangshi was a little embarrassed, and he said: "Ah, I'm really clumsy, then this must be Yue Fei, right?" ”

Yue Fei stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "The last general, Yue Fei, has seen General Liu. ”

Liu Guangshi smiled and waved his hand, remembering that there were still three eunuchs here, and asked, "Why are the three chamberlains here?" ”

Qu Ping briefly described the current situation.

Liu Guangshi said: "I didn't expect that I don't have any powerful enemies on the east road, you have more than 100,000 enemies in the middle road, and 500,000 enemies in the west road!" They are deliberately distracting and attracting our military forces, and then attacking our rear with superior troops, hoping that we will not be able to save them! ”

"It's not necessarily a strategy they've set up a long time ago," Qu said, "and if that's the case, they're definitely going to draw us to stretch the front even more, rather than pinpoint the needle." ”

Shao Chengzhang interjected and said: "General Liu, the emperor sent someone to announce that you returned to Beijing to rescue the driver, but I didn't expect the general to be here." Then go back to Beijing with General Qu to save the driver. It's too late! ”

"What's the panic," Liu Guangshi reprimanded, ignoring Shao Chengzhang, he pulled Qu Ping to the sand table, "I have 100,000 elite soldiers, plus General Qu's, there should be 200,000 at least." All of Tokyo East Road, most of Hebei East Road, and most of Hebei West Road have been recovered, only Hedong Road is almost all occupied by the Jin Army, and the Jin Army is in the shape of "concave" deep into my Great Song Dynasty, why not make it dumplings? ”

Qu Ping said: "It's a pity that the Yongxing Military Road in the west has been involved in the offensive of the Jin Army's West Road army, and on the one hand, it is necessary to unite with Qinfeng Road to prevent the Western Xia people from moving south, and the north gate of the Great Song Dynasty is basically equivalent to opening a door on the left." If the right gate is moved to the left, it means that the north gate of the Great Song Dynasty is all open. ”

Yue Fei said: "It's better to divide a part of the army to guard the right gate, feign an attack, and then the main force quietly goes south to King Qin." The Jin army in the north will surely find that most of our army has gone south to Qinwang, and then the wall will be cleared and hold on to the city. ”

Qu Ping said: "Just like this, order Qing Xuanzi, Wang Zhiquan and your Xu Qing to lead 20,000 troops to garrison Shunde City, strengthen defense construction, and must guard the north gate of the motherland!" ”

The third general said: "Obey!" ”

Qu Ping said to Liu Guangshi again, "General Liu, can you give instructions over there?" ”

Liu Guangshi said: "You can rest assured that I will do things!" I have sent 10,000 elite soldiers to defend Dezhou and Jizhou, and the enemy army below 30,000 will attack, and there will be no difference! ”

Qu Ping listened and thought to himself, if you are all defending the city so well, you may not have the shame of Jingkang.

In fact, the last defeat, on the one hand, was a problem of military strength, and the second problem was that the common people believed too much in the existence of the imperial army. After the disgrace of Jingkang, the army and the people knew the shame and then became brave, and a large number of people joined the army to participate in the war, and after the military strength increased, the morale of the army was also correspondingly improved.

Everyone has decided, and when the time comes, Qu Ping, Yue Fei and Liu Guangshi led an army of 160,000 people, with three chamberlains, and the horses and hooves were silenced, and quietly went south.

Two hours later, the army arrived in Handan. When he arrived in Handan, Qu Ping had a plan, crossed Cishan Mountain, crossed Taihang Mountain, crossed Delong, and then went south to attack the Jin army before and after the Song army. Jin Jun definitely didn't expect that Song Jun would pass through the vast Taihang Mountain and return to him.

It's a risky move, and if it succeeds, it's a good move.

"General Liu, the little brother thinks of a dangerous move, would you like to hear it?" Qu Ping said.

"Please."

"We can divide an army, cross the Ci Mountain, cross the Taihang Mountain, cross Delong, and then go south to flank the Jin army before and after, and attack it by surprise. Jin Jun definitely didn't expect that Song Jun would pass through the vast Taihang Mountain and return to him. ”

Liu Guangshi thought for a while and said: "It's a dangerous move, it's also a wonderful move, it's a gamble!" ”

Qu Ping said: "Does General Liu have the courage to fight? If it does, it will be a super achievement! ”

Liu Guangshi said with a smile: "Why don't you dare, Brother Qu doesn't need to provoke me, I like to gamble, haha!" Our army has a lot of experience in coming from Shandong over the mountains and mountains, and it is even more of an unshirkable duty to go over the mountains and mountains in Shanxi. ”

"General Liu's momentum is unsurpassed in the world. Little brother, I wish you success! If this battle is won, it will definitely go down in history! When the time comes, we will meet again in Kyoto, and the younger brother will set up a seat to reward General Liu. ”

"Haha, that's easy to say! Our department listened to the order......"