Zhao Gou abandoned his chariot and rode horses, and Qu Ping was in the middle of the army dispatch, Jiang Boyan led 5,000 soldiers and horses as the forward, and Li Cailian commanded the rear army to carry heavy grain and grass.

Along the way, the people heard that the emperor had won the battle in person, and they welcomed them one after another.

Zhao Gou said with relief: "The people's sense of security and happiness will improve, and the sense of belonging to the country will naturally be stronger." Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. ”

Qu Ping understood that all this was inseparable from a wise leader, and said: "Your Majesty, you will be a good emperor!" ”

In the camp of the Jinxia coalition army, the marshal of the Jin army, Wanyan Zongbi (Jin Wushu) and the Western Xia marshal Li Changyou had a heated discussion with the generals about the current situation.

Li Changyou said: "Fourth prince, now that the 150,000 allied troops marching eastward have been wiped out, the Song army is about to take advantage of the victory. The 350,000 allied troops of Jinxia fought many tug-of-wars with the 200,000 Song troops here, each with its own victory or defeat. Our army fought on a long front, and the consumption was quite large, and the prince had already made a decision, whether to fight or retreat? ”

Jin Wushu said: "The marshal doesn't have to worry, the Song army has less than 100,000 living forces, no matter how hard and tired we are, we will persist and consume 100,000 Song troops, and the marshal will capture Zhao Gou who came to the door alive!" ”

Li Changyou said: "Our army has less than 300,000 troops, and the grain and grass in the rear have not been delivered for ten days, so I am worried that something will happen!" At that time, the grain and grass will be unsustainable, and the army will be in chaos! ”

"Hedong Road has been swept away by us, and there will be no army. The Central Plains is mountainous, and the grain and grass troops are afraid that they will be delayed in Taihang Mountain. Quartermaster, how long will our food and grass last? ”

The quartermaster replied: "It will last for thirty days at most." ”

"Thirty days is enough." Jin Wushu said, he pointed to the map and analyzed, "Emperor Zhao Gou has gained advantage in Puyang, and he will definitely attack from the north bank of the Yellow River. The Song army is tantamount to marching north from this narrow passage, and as long as we hold Qimen Town, it is equivalent to cutting his throat! ”

"If you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what if, what should you do then, have you thought of a way out?" Lee Chang-woo said.

Jin Wushu said categorically: "The arrow has left the string, and there is no way out!" Since the destruction of Liao, my Dajin, there has only been advance, not retreat! ”

Li Changyou said angrily: "Straight and easy to break, my 100,000 soldiers in Daxia will not die with you!" ”

"It's too early to say dead. Don't forget your identity, your Western Xia is just a vassal of my Dajin. ”

Li Changyou snorted and turned his back to show his stubbornness.

Jin Wushu comforted again: "Marshal Li, this prince will personally guard Qimen Town, you just need to help me guard the Song army in the west." I will not forget the agreement between the two countries, take the Great Song Dynasty, and all the west of Hedong Road will be returned to you Xixia, and I will send Yanyun Liuzhou with Dajin. ”

Li Changyou turned around, his brows gradually stretched, and said, "I hope so." ”

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Wang Xian. It's nearly October, and the cold wind is blowing the flag. Only against the wind is the louder shout.

Zong Ze led everyone to greet the holy car outside the gate, Zhao Gou turned over and dismounted, and the two days of bumps made the inner legs of the crotch hot and painful. Zhao Gou looked around at Zong Ze's subordinates, with a neat and firm expression, and said to Zong Ze: "Zong Aiqing, you have worked hard. ”

Zong Ze's hair seemed to be getting whiter and whiter, and he said, "This is a matter within the minister's share. Your Majesty, please speak in the account, the wind is strong outside. ”

Zhao Gou took General Qu Ping into the camp with Zong Ze, sat on the main seat and asked, "General Zong, how is the current battle situation?" ”

Zong Ze replied: "There have been more than ten battles between the two armies on the north bank, and the number of combatants of our army on the north bank is about 100,000, and the Jinxia coalition army is expected to be less than 300,000. The Jin army was in Qimen, and the Western Xia army was in the west of it, and set up a ten-mile company camp in order to block General Yue's westward route. The minister has prepared more than 1,000 large and small ships on the south bank, if it were not for the emperor's triumphant arrival, the minister would have had to use the ship to transport our army back. ”

"Can the Jin army on the other side know the movements of your troops?"

"I don't know, now the river is smoky, and the north wind is blowing, and the dense fog gathers more, and it is impossible for them to see the boats on the south bank."

"Have you got in touch with Wu Jue?"

"There are carrier pigeons on both sides of the strait to transmit news, and they have learned that the emperor is coming, and their morale is high. General Han led his troops to harass the enemy army many times, but did not confront them head-on, making them miserable. Zong Ze said.

The emperor praised: "This is wonderful! ”

Qu Ping said: "General Zong, do you have anyone who can sing Western Xia songs?" ”

"We don't have it, but there should be Western Xia prisoners on the north shore." Zong Ze said, "What is General Qu's clever plan? ”

Qu Ping said: "Western Xia was subordinate to the Jin State and sent troops, which was slightly forced. Now that the troops have been dispatched for three months, the soldiers are inevitably homesick, so General Wu may wish to ask General Wu to select a few people from the captives and scatter them around the Jinxia military camp to lament and sing songs every night to express their homesickness. And release weak-willed captives to return them to the enemy army, spreading feelings of frustration and homesickness. In addition, General Zong sent several small boats to row to the shore close to the enemy camp at night, dressed as ghosts, and wept like a complaint, disturbing their souls. ”

Zhao Gou clapped his hands and applauded: "This plan is called embattled!" ”

Zong Ze nodded and agreed: "The ministers will immediately fly pigeons to report to General Wu and let them act according to the plan." ”

At the time of the third watch, because the weather turned cold at night, the soldiers did not have enough warm clothes, so they hugged or sat around the bonfire, or sat together, or squatted on the south side of the camp tent, so as to preserve their body temperature.

One soldier's stomach growled, and everyone next to him looked at him, and then more people rumbled, and hunger seemed to be contagious.

A soldier who "escaped" from the Song army today whispered: "Haven't you all eaten enough? ”

Someone replied, "It seems that the amount of food per meal has decreased slightly recently." ”

"The key is that it's still very cold at night, and if you don't have enough food and clothing, how can you fight!"

The soldiers who fled back quietly told them: "The Song army is very well fed!" Captives like us can feed every meal, otherwise how would I have the strength to escape? ”

"Whoever let us fight on their turf, their supplies must be more timely than ours."

Everyone chatted, and suddenly heard a familiar song from the mountains in the distance, which was from hometown. The singing is not loud, but it just reaches people's hearts. The soldiers listened, and some of them unconsciously shed tears.

Halfway through the song, it faded away.

"Did you hear that?"

"I haven't heard enough!"

One of the generals heard the singing and shouted, "What a sneaky man! Assemble the troops, follow me and search! "I searched for half an hour, but found nothing. Only report to the marshal first.

At the fourth watch, there were cows, ghosts, snakes and gods looming on the river, some sobbing alone, some shouting grievances, and some holding grievances...... The enemy frantically shot arrows from the shore, and the arrows passed through the body of the bull ghost and snake god, but they still stood tall, and the soldiers were even more afraid.

In fact, it was a shadow puppet show that Zong Ze asked a craftsman to do, and the enemy army was far away and through the fog, of course, he couldn't see it clearly.

Such days have happened for two nights in a row, making the Western Xia army panic.

Li Changyou found Jin Wushu and said: "Fourth prince, now the troops are not well fed and clothed, and there is no follow-up support, plus the Song army is secretly making small moves, our army is now panicked, and the morale has dropped greatly!" ”

Jin Wushu said arrogantly: "Since you know that it was Song Jun who caused the ghost, what else is there to be afraid of?" ”

Li Changyou said helplessly: "I have one mouth, how can I move the hearts of tens of thousands of people!" ”

"Is this what the dignified Marshal of Western Xia is capable of?"

"Wushu, Ben Shuai didn't come to listen to you say cool words, if you don't have any good countermeasures, then you will be out of company!" Li Changyou thought, it's a big deal to pat his ass and lead his troops to withdraw.

Jin Wushu was also afraid of forcing Li Changyou to disperse, he said: "The Song army from the East Road has been camped thirty miles outside Qimen Town, tomorrow you hold the position, I personally lead the troops, while his foothold is not stable, attack the enemy camp at night, and capture the little emperor Zhao Gou to give you a breath." ”

"Then I wish the prince a victory!"

Jin Wushu laughed and said: "Ben Shuai is not the kind of fool that Zong Xian, Zhao Gou thinks that after tasting a little sweetness, he can be lawless!" Joke! ”

The next day, the daytime temperature warmed and the north wind changed to a south wind.

"God help me!" Qu Ping said, "Today's south wind, at night we can take advantage of the wind to concentrate superior forces to cross the river, unite with Wu Yu and other troops to destroy the Western Xia army in one fell swoop, and then converge to the east Yue Fei to flank the Jin army left and right." You can send Wu Jue and Yue Fei to lure the snake out of the hole on both sides, and when his camp is empty, we will bite and swallow it from the Western Xia army! ”

Zhao Gou said: "What if they refuse to go out of the camp? ”

"Then do the fake drama and do it in three ways. At least we are in the shadows along the way, and the enemy will definitely be unprepared. ”

Zong Ze also said: "The minister thinks you can give it a try." ”

Zhao Gou said: "Okay, the soldiers have been gearing up for a long time, and we will give him a surprise attack tonight and give him a blow to the head!" ”

The soldiers had dinner and had a good time. Halfway through, the night was dark, and a waning moon hung obliquely in the air, like a scimitar tearing through the darkness. 300 large ships and 700 small boats rushed across the Yellow River, carrying 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry, quietly and grandly marched towards the enemy camp on the north bank.

To the east, Yue Fei used the previous two nights to secretly dig a lot of traps in his military camp, and the pits were full of sharpened bamboo. On both sides of the camp, there were subordinates ambushing soldiers, waiting for the Jin army sheep to enter the tiger's mouth.

In the west, Zhang Jun led 20,000 soldiers to the front of the Western Xia army to call for battle, and greeted Li Changyou's ancestors for 18 generations. Li Changyou knew that Jin Wushu was going to enter the palace tonight, and the Song Army's East Route Army was stationed steadily, even if he Zhang Jun had 20,000 soldiers. Li Changyou sent a powerful general to lead 30,000 troops and horses out of the camp, and the camp was limited to no more than five miles.