The Jin army was divided into two routes to attack the Song Dynasty, and the Western Route Army set out from Yunzhong Mansion in early December a little later than the Eastern Route Army, and soon entered the territory of Xinzhou and Daizhou.

On the same day, the Daizhou border pass urgently reported to the Taiyuan Xuanfu Division: "The Jin army has passed through Mayi (Shuozhou)!" ”

After receiving this report, Tong Guan immediately held a meeting with staff officers Yu Wenxuzhong, Fan Ne, Jiyi Wang Yun, Zhu Yantong and others, and finally decided to go to Que, that is, to return to Tokyo to see Zhao Ji.

Tong Guan said to Zhang Xiaochun and Zhang Xiaochun's son Jiyi Zhang Hun : "Now the situation is very critical, this king must go to Que to discuss, tomorrow, Hedong will be handed over to the virtuous father and son." ”

Zhang Xiaochun was stunned and said: "The Jin people have entered the Chongqing Alliance, and the king should gather all the military horses here and defend the country, how can he leave?" If the king goes, the people's hearts will be scattered, and he will abandon Hedong to the thief, and if Hedong is lost, how can Hebei be able to protect it? And the beggar king is stationed here, and he does his best to lead the people to serve the country...... The king, the Taiyuan Mansion road is dangerous and the city is strong, and the people are also good at fighting, as long as they are united, the gold thief may not be able to break it. ”

Tong Guan was furious and said: "This king is only undertaking Xuanfu, not guarding the land, if the Xuanfu Division is stationed here to operate, but what do you want the handsome ministers to do?" ”

Feeling that the prevarication in his own words was too obvious, Tong Guan's tone eased slightly, and said: "This king went to the official house in Beijing, and sent all the troops and horses to respond on the same day, this is a good strategy to relieve the siege of Hedong, this king stays here, and it is useless to defend the land." ”

When Zhang Xiaochun heard this, he was angry and said with contempt: "I usually see King Tong looking like a hero, but I didn't expect it to come to an end, but I am so cowardly, the country is in trouble, and I only think about it, what kind of discipline is it?" He then looked back at his son Zhang Hun and said, "Hugh! Stop! His own father and son are with him! ”

Tong Guan was annoyed and ashamed, and then flicked his sleeves and left!

Ma Kuo believed that Tong Guan's intention to leave Taiyuan was bewitched by a group of staff members of the Xuanfu Division, so he drafted a slash (i.e., an official document) for Tong Guan, in which he analyzed:

"Sticky Han (Zong Han) despised my Great Song Dynasty because of the defeat of Liu Yanqing's army, and then there was a gap between Zhang Jue and Tianzuo, so he listened to Yu Jian and Xiao Qing's words, and took advantage of the air defense on my side, but dared to Chongqing Alliance, and went straight to the two roads. However, there were not many thieves and horses invaded by the Jin army, only tens of thousands, and they were not invincible. The king should take the opportunity to respond to the situation, and the strength is to draw the imperial defense, and there are four thieves who are jealous, and fortunately there are three.

The thief is jealous of Guo Yaoshi's often victorious army, and he has the courage to fight; Erji, the east of the river, Hebei two roads can be defended, the pawn can not attack; The militia of the three taboos defends the city and does not fight easily; The front of the four taboos is too long, the beginning and the end are difficult to take care of, and the supply of grain and grass is insufficient. These four taboos also.

The thief was lucky, the king retreated, the commanders had no unity, the army and the people were demoralized, and they could not reinforce each other; Second, fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty could not quickly mobilize heavy troops from Hebei and Hedong to defend the dangerous points; Third, fortunately, the Great Song Dynasty is not used by the court officials, and the upper and lower are suspicious and afraid, and they become chaotic. These three are also fortunate.

Hedong is dangerous, there are many passes, everyone knows how to fight, and thieves must not drive long. Only Hebei Road, although Xiong, Bazhou to Shun'an military boundary has Tangluo, but Guangxin Army, Baozhou, Zhongshan, Zhending Mansion are all smooth road, in case the Changsheng army changes, Yanshan is lost, thieves and horses take it, Dingchang drives south. The king should quickly move the Xuanfu Division into the Zhending Mansion. Zhending and Taiyuan are adjacent to the road, enough to support each other, and the city is strong and grainy, and the king according to it, left and right many Western people, accustomed to guarding the palace, although the gold thief entered, never dared to cross to the south. The art of war: the attacker often works by himself, and the defender often works by himself. It is necessary to frustrate his troops under the fortified city. ”

Ma Kuo handed this sword to Tong Guan.

After Tong Guan saw it, he was silent.

Seeing this, Ma Kuo knew that Tong Guan should still want to go back to Beijing to go to Que, so he said: "The king has the control of the country's soldiers, and when this time is urgently reported to the country, for the king, he must do his best!" What's more, befriending the Jurchens and restoring Yanshan is the king's hands, and now there is this hole, and it must be made up by the king, not only that others don't know the hypocrisy of the gold people, they can't make up for it, and they can't make up for it from others, this is not a special national interest, but also a king's interests, begging the king to think deeply, don't be confused by everyone's reluctance, and trap the country and the king in a passive place! ”

Tong Guan listened, his face was gloomy and uncertain, and he didn't know what to choose?

Soon, Tong Guan let Ma Kuo retreat.

Soon, Xuanfu Si received a report from Daizhou Customs that the Jin people had broken Mayi County and that the rangers had arrived at the city of Daizhou.

After Ma Kuo learned the news, he came to see Tong Guan again and persuaded: "The king should be determined as soon as possible, lest something happen!" ”

When Tong Guan heard this, he was furious, and then scolded Ma Kuo and said: "Because your family is in Baozhou, you want me to go to Zhending, but I want to go to Baoer's family!" ”

Ma Kuo heard the words and knew that Tong Guan was already afraid, so he made up his mind to escape from Taiyuan, so he said: "Ma Kuo is willing to enter Beijing with the king, and I also ask the king to re-kill Ma Kuo with words, Ma Kuo just doesn't want the king to lose this, lose his reputation, and scold and kill everyone for everyone!" ”

Tong Guan was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "How do you not know that there are no soldiers beside me, how can I resist this great enemy?" ”

Ma Kuo said: "If the king is really determined, why should there be no soldiers? Today, riding into the Kou, who cares about the countryside and protects the flesh and bones? This is the time when everyone defends their home and defends the country, and everyone is a soldier who fights to the death! If the king goes to Zhending to set up a banner and recruit bravery, it will not take three months to get an army of 100,000! ”

Tong Guan smiled secretly - he laughed at Ma Kuan too naïve, how could the army get it so easily?

However, Tong Guan has always liked Ma Kuo, and he couldn't bear to hit Ma Kuo's enthusiasm, so he said: "That is the case, how about this king send you to Zhongshan and Zhending Mansion to recruit loyal and brave war horses, and you will be under unified command?" ”

Ma Kuo did not shirk it, and really put forward six requirements with Tong Guan:

"1. Please give orders to Zhongshan and Zhending Prefecture, let them collect the worn armor and organize manpower to carry out emergency repairs.

2. Ask the king to give orders to Zhongshan and Zhending Prefecture, and let them collect war horses in the territory for the use of the horse army.

3. Ask the king to give an order to the governors of Hebei Province, so that they can recruit loyal and brave people, choose officers and commanders, and support each other.

Fourth, ask the king to transfer the original route elite troops to Hebei and Hedong to assist in the defense.

Fifth, ask the king to transfer 1,000 Shengjie troops to Zhending, and give Ma Kuo as a soldier, and Ma Kuo thought that it was the basis for recruiting military horses.

Sixth, once there is an accident, then please follow the story of the Tang Dynasty quickly, enter Shu with a great driver, and appoint a minister to stay in Beijing to recover from the map. ”

For Ma Kuoti's six conditions, Tong Guan agreed to them all.

Ma Kuo then went to Zhending Mansion, preparing to conjure up a large army out of nothing.

As soon as Ma Kuo left on the front foot, Tong Guan on the back foot evacuated Taiyuan with the officials of the Xuanfu Division and returned to Beijing for Que.

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