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Now.

The Jurchen important personnel who invaded the south were all gathered in the big tent of Wanyan Zonghan.

Except for the Jurchens, even Yelu Yujian, Liu Yanzong, and Xiao Qing were not summoned by Wanyan Zonghan to attend this meeting.

After everyone arrived, Wanyan Zonghan said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Hearing this, a group of Jurchens sat down around the brazier.

After everyone sat down, Wanyan Zonghan was silent for a while before he said, "Do you know why I only asked you not to invite outsiders to attend this meeting?" ”

Without waiting for others to answer, Wanyan Zonghan said to himself: "Because now it has come to the time of life and death for our Jurchens." ”

As soon as they heard Yan Zonghan's words, the expressions of the Jurchens suddenly became serious - the unfavorable situation was there, even if they didn't see far away from Yan Zonghan, they knew that what Yan Zonghan said was by no means alarmist.

Wanyan Zonghan said again: "Last time we sent someone to negotiate peace with China, the lord gave us eight insincere conditions, at that time we all thought that the lord did not want to negotiate peace, now it seems that that should be the bottom line of the lord, at that time if we do what the lord said, then the lord should leave us a small way to live, let a small part of the Jurchens return to the country." ”

Wanyan Zongjun jumped up and said: "He doesn't think, my Jurchens are all warriors, and I would rather die in battle than beg to surrender!" ”

Wan Yan Zonghan motioned for Wan Yan Zongjun to sit down first, and then said: "Now even if we want to accept the harsh conditions of the Middle Lord, it is no longer possible, because the current situation is no longer the original situation, I dare to use my head to vouch for it, what the Middle Lord wants now must be to completely annihilate our forty or fifty thousand horses." ”

After listening to Yan Zonghan's judgment, the faces of all the Jurchens became very unsightly.

Wanyan Zonghan seemed to feel that his words were not heavy enough, and continued: "From an outsider's point of view, there are currently 150,000 or 60,000 Chinese troops chasing behind us, counting Yue Fei's division guarding the Yellow River, the Chinese army is more than 200,000, and the Chinese army still has at least 570,000 horses in Tokyo, which can support the Chinese army chasing us at any time, so the number of Chinese troops is at least five or six times that of us. ”

After a pause, Wanyan Zonghan said again: "Five or six times the enemy, compared to our Jurchen warriors, is actually nothing, at the beginning, the soldiers and horses of the Liao State were dozens of times that of our Jurchen warriors, and they were also defeated by our Jurchen warriors......"

Some Jurchens, hearing this, regained a little bit of self-confidence, because they had really been brilliant, and they had really defeated enemies dozens of times their size.

But Yan Zonghan's next words shattered the self-confidence that these Jurchens had gathered with great difficulty.

Wanyan Zonghan continued: "But the Chinese army is not the Liao army. The Liao army is corrupt, the government decree is not passed, the meritorious service is not rewarded, the past is not rewarded, as soon as my Dajin warriors arrived, the Liao army was terrified from top to bottom. The Chinese army is different, the officers and men of the Chinese army, from top to bottom, are not afraid of battle, even if there is only one person, they dare to take the initiative to charge our Jurchen warriors. If the Chinese soldiers just dare to fight, there is actually nothing to be afraid of, because we can outwit them. But the key is that Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, and Zhang Xian are all famous generals in the world, proficient in the art of war, and have keen battlefield intuition...... If I say that the Chinese army is the great enemy of our Jurchens, you should not be dissatisfied, right? ”

The strength of the Chinese army, the vast majority of them have already tried - since the retreat from Tokyo, they have fought with the Chinese army a total of seven times, these seven battles, they have not won a single battle, the casualties are very large, even the rout is counted, it has been more than half, it can be said that the losses are extremely heavy, even their god of war Wanyan Zongwang is folded in the hands of the Chinese army, Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Hulu are also rare outstanding generals among the Jurchens, and they are also folded in the hands of the Chinese army.

Let's ask, in this case, how can they deny the strength of the Chinese army - if they deny it, they will also slap themselves in the face.

Wanyan Zonghan concluded: "The number is several times that of us, extremely elite, there are good generals in command, well-equipped, as well as advanced weapons and advanced tactics, on the other hand, on our side, there are few people, not to mention anything, the key is that the morale is low, those foreign clans may defect at any time, or even fight back, so I said that now is the critical moment of our life and death." ”

No one spoke.

Obviously, everyone agreed with Wanyan Zonghan's statement.

Wanyan Zonghan knew that the mood and morale of the Jurchens had fallen to the lowest point, and it was time to cheer them up, otherwise they should collapse, so Wanyan Zonghan's tone changed, and he said in an impassioned tone: "The last time we Jurchens fell into such a field, do you remember when it was?" ”

Without anyone else answering, Wanyan Zonghan asked himself and replied: "It was the eve of our army with Taizu, at that time, if we didn't fight against the water, we would be wiped out, at that time, we only had two or three thousand people, and the Liao State had an army of 100,000 people, and there was a huge empire behind it, no one thought that our Jurchens would win, but in the end, our Jurchens relied on unity, put them to death and survived, and finally defeated Da Liao and established Dajin, so that we have the powerful northern kingdom now!" ”

Wanyan Zonghan looked around, and then continued: "It's the same this time, as long as we Jurchens can unite and fight against the water, we will definitely be able to put it to death and come back to life, and we will definitely be able to make a comeback!" ”

Speaking of this, Wanyan Zonghan stood up and said: "I know, you are blaming me for provoking this battle to the south, and you are discussing the removal of my deputy marshal, right or wrong, right or wrong, I have no opinion on how you evaluate, and I don't ask you to give me another chance, I only say, if you are still willing to let me lead the army, I will personally lead the army to the rear of the palace to win the opportunity for you to go home...... I promise, I will never go back alive! ”

After listening to Yan Zonghan's will to die, everyone was moved, and Wanyan Yinshu immediately said: "There is no need for the prime minister to be like this, this time the Chinese army suddenly fell from the sky, no one expected it, and it is not the crime of the prime minister." ”

Wan Yan Lou said: "As long as we work together, we will definitely be able to get through this difficulty, and there is no need for the state to be involved." ”

Wanyan Xiyin also said: "The snake can't be headless, if the prime minister is the queen of the palace, who can lead me to wait home?" ”

“……”

After everyone talked and persuaded Yan Zonghan not to be the queen in person.

But Wanyan Zonghan was unmoved, and said: "Don't say it anymore, I have made up my mind, and there is no possibility of change, now let's discuss the specific plan." ”

At this moment, someone came to report: "Prime Minister of State, something is wrong, thousands of Khitan, Xi, Bohai soldiers, and Han'er soldiers wrapped themselves in General Yelu Yujian and General Liu Yanzong to kill out of the camp and flee to the Chinese army, they also drove away hundreds of cars, in addition, many Song Chen and Zhao Song Zong fled with them!" ”

As soon as they heard this, a group of Jurchens stood up one after another, wanting to hunt down these defectors and recover the good things they had robbed and blackmailed!

However, he was stopped by Wanyan Zonghan.

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Don't chase it, let them go if you are willing to go, leave these people who have two ambitions at this time, it is even more bad, they may be stabbed in the back, or let them go, in addition, you quickly find a secret place, hide all the things we can't take away, and then find a way to transport them back to Dajin in the future." ”

There is no way to do this, they only have less than 40,000 horses left, and there are not enough to fight the war, where can they spare the manpower to transport these things?

Wanyan Zongxian's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he said, "What about those Zhao Song royal family and Zong clan personnel?" Kill them all? ”

Wanyan Zonghan looked at Wanyan Zongxian and said, "They are still useful, they can't be killed." ”

Wanyan Zongxian was puzzled: "What is the use of them? The lord doesn't want them, and King Song Kang doesn't want them, just a bunch of waste. ”

Wanyan Zonghan said leisurely: "It is precisely because of this that they are useful. ”

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