The camp in the north of the Great Jin Dynasty.

The Tianxiong Army Festival made Du Chongwei's big tent.

The tooth general Wang Qing hurriedly came to the big tent with a messenger.

"Report to your Excellency, the Privy Councillor Messenger Li asks for a meeting."

"Exactly! Bring it in! Du Chongwei said.

After Wang Qing brought the people into the big tent, he withdrew.

Du Chongwei asked, "I don't know if Master Li has anything to say to Du?" ”

The messenger replied, "Lord Qiyu, Lord Wang is sending me down, and there is a letter to be handed over to Lord Du. After speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom.

"Oh! Your Lord's letter? Look at the old man. ”

Du Chongwei took the letter and opened it. I saw that it was written, "The Tianxiong Army Festival made General Du Chongwei the emperor to learn that the Khitan Zhao Yanshou had the heart to return, and the special secret ordered the general to immediately send someone to contact Zhao Yanshou, find out the truth, and act cheaply." ”

After reading the letter, Du Chongwei said to the messenger, "Okay, you go back and tell Master Li that I have received his letter, and everything will be done according to the emperor's secret order!" ”

After the messenger left, Du Chongwei laughed and said, "God help me, luck is coming, I really can't stop it, if I can bring the forces of Zhao Yanshou's department under my command, then I will be the first person with the strongest military strength in the Great Jin Dynasty, even Liu Zhiyuan of Hedong is not a problem at all." ”

Du Chongwei immediately announced that Wang Qing had entered the big tent.

After Wang Qing entered the big tent, Du Chongwei immediately arranged for Wang Qing to send someone to contact Zhao Yanshou's department.

A few days later, the people sent by Wang Qing came back and brought a handwritten letter from Zhao Yanshou.

explained that he was ready to surrender to Du Chongwei, hoping that Du Chongwei would send a large army to respond.

Du Chongwei was convinced of this and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Wang Qing said, "My lord, that Zhao Yanshou and his dead father-in-law Zhao Dejun are all the way, they are villains who go back on their word, forget their righteousness when they see profit, and see different thoughts, now is the extraordinary period when my Great Jin and Khitan are incompatible, he will not come sooner or later, but he is ready to come at this time, I am afraid that there is fraud in this, and I hope that the adults will think twice, and do not fall for the tricks of Zhao Yanshou and Yelu Deguang." ”

Du Chongwei said disapprerovingly, "General Wang is too worried, now my Jin army is like a bamboo, many times defeated the Khitan, in August this year, my northern camp army under the command of General Li Shouzhen deployed in the north of the Great Wall to defeat the Khitan cavalry, our army is mighty, that Khitan Yelu Deguang has been frightened. Zhao Yanshou saw that the Khitan trend had gone, and the good birds chose trees to perch, and it was reasonable for him to find another way out in this situation. General Wang, don't be suspicious. ”

"But!" Wang Qing was about to say something, but was suddenly interrupted by Du Chongwei and said, "Don't do it, this handsome man has made up his mind, you go down!" ”

Wang Qing had no choice but to withdraw from the big tent.

At this time, Wang Luan, the overseer of Leshou, begged to see Du Chongwei and brought a handwritten letter written to him by Liu Yanzuo, the assassin of Khitan Yingzhou.

The letter said that Liu Yanzuo hoped to lead his troops to surrender to Houjin, and said that the Khitan lord Yelu Deguang had returned to Shangjing, and there were less than 1,000 Khitan soldiers in Yingzhou City. It is hoped that Houjin will send a light cavalry to raid Yingzhou, and Liu Yanzuo will be the internal response.

Du Chongwei believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to seize Yingmo Erzhou and pacify Guannan. He and Wang Luan wrote many times and became emperor, hoping that the court would send a large army to the north to welcome Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo back to Jin.

In October, the weather in the north is cold, the autumn rain is continuous, and everything is muddy.

Emperor Shi Chonggui of the Great Jin Dynasty ordered Du Chongwei to recruit envoys for the northern camp, and Li Shouzhen was the supervisor of the soldiers and horses, and sent troops to the north.

Wang Qing was appointed as the commander of the Fengguo capital because of his many military exploits, and went out with Du Chongwei to conquer the Khitan.

According to the agreement between Du Chongwei and Zhao Yanshou, after the Jin army marched north, Zhao Yanshou would send troops to respond, and the two armies should join forces to take Yingzhou and Mozhou in one fell swoop.

However, after Du Chongwei's army drove to Dingzhou, there was no sign of Zhao Yanshou's response.

Wang Qing said to Du Chongwei, "My lord, maybe we fell for Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo!" We still retreat to Ding, Heng Erzhou, just in case! ”

Although Du Chongwei vaguely felt that he was deceived, he had an army of 100,000 and did not take Khitan and Zhao Yanshou in his eyes at all, besides, how could a person like him who was stubborn and self-serving easily admit that he was wrong?

Isn't that tantamount to telling the world that they are incompetent? He couldn't listen to Wang Qing's advice at all, and not only did not retreat, but ordered An Xianqi, Fu Yanqing, and Huangfu Yu to lead the forward troops from Guangjin to the north.

Unexpectedly, the autumn rain continued, and An Xianqi, Fu Yanqing, Huangfu Yu and others were hindered in their marching, and their progress was slow.

At the same time, the Khitan sent cavalry to harass the Jin army advancing north, and the Jin army suffered heavy losses.

Wang Qing met Du Chongwei again, and he said, "Lord Du, if we must go north, now the march is blocked, the morale of the army is shaken, and the people's hearts are weakened, and the last general is afraid that it will cause a mutiny after a long time." Now it is clear that Zhao Yanshou and Liu Yanzuo are returning to the south is fake, and I hope that adults will not insist on going their own way and making mistakes again and again. ”

"Presumptuous! The little tooth general also dares to accuse Ben Shuai of not! If it weren't for the fact that you've followed me for years, I'd have killed you right away. Du Chongwei roared angrily.

Wang Qing said, "My lord is angry, it is not a pity to die in the end, as long as I can save my great Jin country, what is the life of a Wang Qing?" I'm just afraid."

"Shut up, don't say it, I have already asked the emperor for additional troops to support, even if Zhao Liu Erchou has any conspiracy, it is not a grasshopper shaking the tree, and he can't do it! You just wait for me to smash the Yellow Dragon and recover the rivers and mountains of the Great Jin! ”

Du Chongwei couldn't listen to Wang Qing's suggestion at all.

Du Chongwei sent his wife, the eldest princess, to ask the emperor to increase his troops, saying that he hoped to recover the Great Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop.

Shi Chonggui was bent on recovering the rivers and mountains in his own hands, and this original intention was originally good, but his mistake was that he believed in Du Chongwei's uncle too much.

The eldest princess also thought that this was the best time to defeat the Khitan. Seeing that his aunt was earnest, Shi Chonggui believed her words and sent all the forbidden troops of the Later Jin Dynasty under the command of Du Chongwei to crusade against the Khitan.

As a result, the defense of the capital city of Tokyo was empty, and only a small number of pro-military subordinates were in the city.

Ignoring Wang Qing's opposition, Du Chongwei insisted on marching in the rain, and finally arrived in Yingzhou in November.

Du Chongwei's army drove to the city of Yingzhou and saw that the city gate was wide open, but Du Chongwei felt strange and was afraid of an ambush, so he did not dare to enter the city rashly.

At this time, Wang Qing said to Du Chongwei, "My lord, since we have arrived in Yingzhou, we should not be afraid, it is better to take Yingzhou in one fell swoop, use it as a base, and then Tumo Prefecture and pacify Guannan." ”

Du Chongwei didn't listen to Wang Qing's words, and said, "The gate of Yingzhou City is open, I am afraid that there will be an ambush, if we rush into the city, won't we fall for the tricks of the Khitans?" ”

"If you suspect that there is an ambush in the city, why don't you send a small group of men into the city to find out first?" Wang Qing said.

Du Chongwei was suspicious and hesitant by nature, and after observing outside the city for a while, he saw that there was indeed no one in the city ambushing, so he agreed to send someone to investigate.

After the spies returned, they reported that "Gao Mohan, the Khitan Yingzhou defender, heard that our army was coming, and knew that he was invincible, so he set up an empty city plan, and quietly absconded out of the city while our army was wandering outside the city, and fled north. ”

Du Chongwei asked Gao Mohan how many people there were.

The spy said, "Less than a thousand." ”

Du Chongwei regretted not listening to Wang Qing's advice. In order to save face, he decided to send Liang Hanzhang to lead 2,000 cavalry to pursue Gao Mohan.

But Wang Qing stepped forward again to stop him.

Wang Qing said, "My lord, we have lost the best opportunity to intercept and kill Gao Mohan, and now we are deep into the territory of Khitan, we should take it step by step, first take Yingzhou, prepare grain and grass, rest the armor, and then Tumozhou." ”

Du Chongwei still didn't listen to Wang Qing's advice, but thought that Wang Qing was against him everywhere and hated him.

He said angrily, "That's enough, do I want your little tooth to teach me when I do things?" ”