Qin Hao just smiled faintly at Wanyan Wulu's trickery, Wanyan Lou's army followed behind them, and the distance between them was only three or five days, if they couldn't even hold out for a few days, then there would be no need to fight this battle, and they would be able to jump into the sea collectively. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The speed of the journey was slower than originally planned, and when they arrived in Zhongjing, it was already the afternoon of the sixth day, and as the iron hooves of the Jin soldiers gradually approached, the atmosphere in Zhongjing City was particularly depressing, and the inventory in and out of the city was also quite strict.

Surprised and unprepared, Qin Hao didn't want to startle the snake so quickly, and after a little discussion with everyone, he decided not to enter the city first, but to find an abandoned farmhouse to live in the southern suburbs of the city.

War has not yet come, but the suffering of war has become evident everywhere.

Ordinary people have no ability to change the war, and the only thing they can do is to escape the war, abandon the place where they depended for survival, and drag their families to strange places with their meager assets to seek survival.

In the face of war, all they can ask for is survival.

Looking at the farmhouse courtyard with ten rooms and nine empty walls in front of him, Qin Hao's nose felt sour, and he had an urge to cry, and a sentence inexplicably came to mind in his mind:

"The reason why my eyes often have tears is because I deeply love the land under my feet and the people who live on this land."

Qin Hao once thought that this sentence was very hypocritical, but when he was really faced with everything in front of him, he suddenly understood the deep meaning of this sentence, and suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was very heavy, weighing more than a thousand pounds.

Wanyan Wulu saw that Qin Hao's spirit was not very good, but it was caused by his fatigue from rushing for days, and he did not realize the subtle changes in Qin Hao's heart, after all, Qin Hao was different from them, Qin Hao was a literati, and they were military generals.

tidied up the bedroom next to him, pulled Qin Hao in and said, "Xiao Nanban, this is where you live, I have already helped you clean up, if you really feel tired, just sleep for a while, and then call you when it's time for dinner." ”

Qin Hao shook his head, came to the earthen hill in front of the courtyard, and looked at Zhongjing City in the distance, at the city gate, there were people carrying large bags and small bags one after another, driving ox carts and carriages, dragging their families to flee westward.

There were fires everywhere in the city, and thick smoke was everywhere, covering the sky and the sun, adding a gloomy atmosphere to the originally depressed Zhongjing City, and also pressing a boulder on Qin Hao's heart, because he suddenly thought of Huayuankou and Zhan Changsha.

According to the pre-agreed signal, the monkey quickly found Qin Hao's foothold, and before he had time to drink a sip of hot tea, he reported to Qin Hao about the situation in Zhongjing City: "There are fires everywhere, there are fleeing everywhere, and there are wailing everywhere. ”

Speaking of the cluelessness and chaos in Zhongjing, the monkey had tears in his eyes, "Those dignitaries and nobles don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all, they only care about running for their lives, and they don't forget to set fire to them when they leave." ”

Qin Hao sighed heavily and said, "We have seen these situations outside the city, let's talk about the key points, how many soldiers and horses are there in Zhongjing City now, and who are their generals?" ”

The monkey picked up the teapot on the tea table, and after drinking three cups in a row, he said: "Liao Emperor Yelu Aguo has gone to Xijing half a month ago, and now the affairs of Zhongjing City are all presided over by Yelu Baisi, who stayed in Zhongjing, but ......"

"But what? Tell me what you see and hear, and don't ramble here. Ma Kuo looked a little impatient, and urged there.

The monkey picked up the teacup again, took a sip of tea, and then continued the topic of the previous topic: "When I visited the mansion of Jerubus at night, I saw that they were secretly packing their things, and it seemed that they wanted to flee without a fight. ”

"Flee without a fight?" Ma Kuo and Yang Zaixing both felt a little strange, and asked there in unison.

The monkey nodded, and continued: "I can't find out the specific situation, although the current city gate is very strict, but in the city it seems to be extremely lax, and those who are officials are still looting people's wealth everywhere, not like a battle." ”

This information is beyond the scope of Yang Zaixing and Ma Kuo's cognition, this Zhongjing City is also one of the capitals of the Liao State, and Yelubaisi who stayed in Zhongjing is also a general, even if he can't be shrouded in horse leather, but he won't run away from the wind, right?

Qin Hao still knows the truth that the army is defeated like a mountain and the wall is pushed by everyone, not to mention that in the memory of his previous life, there is no record of Jin Liao's battle in Zhongjing, and fleeing is the most reasonable explanation.

Silence, after a short silence, Qin Hao suddenly raised his head and asked, "You just talked about Yelubais's mansion, who are the people in his mansion?" ”

"There are men and women, young and old, such a big family." When the monkey said this, there was both disdain and envy in his eyes, disdain for them to flee without a fight, regardless of the lives of the people, and envy their big family.

Qin Hao breathed a long sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Monkey, your information is very important, this time we can successfully win Zhongjing, you have a great contribution, Zhang Yi, go and give the monkey a credit." ”

After Zhang Yi said yes, he wrote down the merits of the monkey on the credit book, although the monkey did not know how to read, but the black and white words were written there, and he was so happy that he danced with his hands.

Ma Kuo groaned: "The elite cavalry of Wanyan Lou's room will arrive in seven days according to the latest estimate, if Yelubes really intends to flee without a fight, his escape time will not exceed three days at the latest, and there will definitely not be many soldiers and horses left in Zhongjing by then." ”

Yang Zaixing continued: "The main general defending the city has fled, leaving some old, weak, sick and disabled people is not to be afraid, coupled with the lack of morale of the army, we can be said to be able to capture the capital city." ”

Zhang Yi was more old-fashioned and put forward his own different opinions, "All this is just a monkey's speculation, what if Yelubes only plans to send away his family and stay for himself?" What shall we do? ”

Qin Hao smiled slightly, and continued: "It's impossible to fight to the death here, but it's still possible to stay here and fight symbolically, after all, as a left-behind guard in Zhongjing, if you don't fight a symbolic battle, you can't explain to their emperor if you flee back like this." ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly blinked his little black eyes, looked at Ma Yang and the two of them, and suddenly showed a strange smile on their faces, "If I were Yelu Baisi, I would definitely send my family away first, and then stay here to bluff and fight, and then make myself some color, and then make the soldiers' clothes more torn, and run to Yelu Ago's place to cry again, how do you think Yelu Ago will treat him?" ”

"That's heroic." Ma Kuo answered Qin Hao's guess without thinking about it, and then smiled dumbly, "It's just that Yelubes is so smart?" ”

Qin Hao still blinked his little black eyes and said with a smile: "His name is Yelu Baisi and not Yelu Idiot, this situation is not impossible, but very likely." ”

Zhang Yi deeply agreed with Qin Hao's inference, and said with a little anxiety: "If we really wait for the army of Yan Lou's room to arrive, and then fight symbolically, then the credit will have to go to Yan Lou's room, not to us." ”.

Yang Zaixing saw them discussing and discussing, suddenly waved the silver spear, and said arrogantly: "Why do we have a mother-in-law here, isn't he Yelubaisi only 3,000 resentful troops?" Let's rush into the city and kill him. ”