Everyone silently weighed it in their hearts, and the suggestion of the Seed Master Dao was even better, which made everyone admire. The Seed Master Dao is worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, and even Zhao Gou admires it a little.

If you follow what Wu Yong said, this is also a method. However, it must take a long time, that is, a protracted war. Now, the most important thing Zhao Gou can't afford is time.

If the focus is on Jizhou, then it doesn't matter how much time you have. Because the sixteen states of Yanyun are already in the bag of the Song army, there is no need to storm them, as long as the supply of food and grass for the Liao army is cut off, they can be disarmed and surrendered.

The suggestion of the seed master is to see Zhao Gou's intentions, he knows that the time is urgent, and he can't continue to drag it down, so he can only make a quick decision, which is to throw it into Li and repay it with a peach.

"What do you think of the old advice?"

"Yes!" Everyone agreed one after another, and finally answered in unison.

Therefore, Zhao Gou accepted the suggestion of the Seed Master, and adopted the virtual is real, and the real is virtual. Next, Zhao Gou asked Wu to arrange the distribution of generals. If everything was presided over by Zhao Gou himself before, Wu Yong's military advisor would just be a name.

Now Zhao Gou let Wu Yong arrange it by himself, and he no longer asks too much, that is, he gives them the power to deal with it by themselves. After Wu Yong's arrangement, the 80,000 army was led by four people, namely Chongshi Dao, Zong Ze, Song Jiang, and Han Shizhong, and each army attacked more than 20,000 people, that is, the number of archers and cavalry was equal, accounting for more than 5,000 people, and the rest were infantry and light cavalry.

Seed Master Dao led the Seed Family Army, Song Jiang led the Liangshan Army, Han Shizhong led a group of their young generals, Zong Ze led his former subordinates, and Zhao Gou sat in the rear and no longer charged forward, leaving everything to them to arrange.

Zhao Gou's delegation of power is tantamount to entrusting the finishing work of this war to everyone, and it can also be said to be the time to make contributions.

After Wu Yong arranged everything, everyone went back to prepare, but the Seed Master Dao met Zhao Gou alone, which made Zhao Gou a little flattered. Because when the seed master saw Zhao Gou, he immediately knelt down on one knee, as if he had made a mistake, which made Zhao Gou stunned, and even Zhao Yougong was surprised.

"What is this doing?"

The seed master said ashamedly: "Dashuai, his subordinates are really confused!" ”

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, he had already guessed what the Seed Master Dao was talking about, and said with a slight smile: "The old don't have to be like this, the matter will pass when it passes." Now what we have to do is to face the next battle, as long as the old man does his best, I believe that with the help of your old man, it is bound to capture Jizhou faster! ”

"Thank you for ignoring the past suspicions!"

The Seed Master Dao knew that the obstruction given to Zhao Gou a few days ago had delayed the progress of recovering the lost territory. If it weren't for the stumbling blocks of these people in the middle, it would have been much earlier. Then, the seed master Dao pleaded guilty to Zhao Yougong again, and Zhao Yougong also laughed it off, and did not really take what he had done before to heart.

Zhao Gou also considered the status of the Seed Master Dao in the army, so he did not kill him. After returning to Beijing, he heard the news of Zhao Gou's victory one after another, and he knew that his knowledge was far inferior to Zhao Gou's, and even his military ability was inferior.

The seed master also knew that Zhao Gou was thinking that he had made great achievements, otherwise he would inevitably be beheaded. He didn't have much contact with Zhao Gou's temperament, but he knew that Zhao Gou dared to kill the generals before the battle, and even the emperor turned a blind eye, which means that Zhao Gou's determination was very firm.

This time, he took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in the battle, and the master Dao put down his dignity and his previous thoughts, and wholeheartedly assisted Zhao Gou to recover the lost ground. Even if he is a hundred years old, he can live for a hundred years, at least he has participated in the war to regain lost land,

"Lao Jiu, the old man has appeared, it should be in your plan!" The seed master left, Zhao Yougong turned his head and said with a smile.

Zhao Gou replied: "It can be said that it can be said that it is not!" ”

"Can this be explained?"

"The old man is not a stubborn person, he has been fighting on the battlefield for a longer time than my age, he has been loyal and patriotic all his life, he has shed his blood and has never had any complaints." Zhao Gou explained, "Before the Song and Jin alliances, the old man was puzzled, because in his opinion, the threat of the Jurchens was no less than that of the Khitan. ”

"It's just that our army has won one victory after another, and he knows that our army has a great chance to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. In that case, he no longer objected to it, and would certainly approve of it. Because he is a general who charges into battle, not a civil minister, the mission of the general is to defend the country and expand the territory. ”

Zhao Yougong nodded and said, "Now that you entrust all the things to them, you should also consider it!" ”

Zhao Gou smiled: "It's worthy of being the second brother, you really understand my mind!" ”

Zhao Yougong guessed correctly, Zhao Gou was preparing for the big war in the future. Now there are dozens of generals participating in the war, but there are only a few people who are in charge. Therefore, Zhao Gou let them go out alone, in order to hone their skills, that is, to become real independent generals in the future.

The next day, the Song army set out to approach the three states of Danzhou and Shunzhou, and the Liao army learned of the movements of the Song army, and the generals of these three states decided to gather the army in one place for a total of several days, and did not give the Song army a chance to break through one by one. Because if their forces are scattered, they will definitely be broken by the Song army one by one, so that the chance of defeat will increase, and the only way to do this is to gather in one place.

Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong sat in Youzhou and did not set off with the army.

When Wu Yong learned that the troops of Danzhou and Shunzhou were gathered in one place, he immediately ordered the army to be divided into two groups, one group had only more than 20,000 people, and the more than 20,000 people did not attack, but defended. The other group is more than 30,000 people, and this army is approaching Jizhou from the side.

Jizhou is a martial army, with only more than 10,000 troops, and the Jizhou guards are even more worried. He thought that the Song army was not attacking Jizhou, so the defense was a little lax, not to mention, and he had no will to fight. Because the Great Liao Dynasty was already in danger, this made him a little distraught.

Now that he learned that the Song army was not attacking Jizhou, this made his frown slightly relaxed. It's just that he relaxed a little, and he received a report from the soldiers, saying that the Song army was attacking the city. It made him a little incredulous, but he had to believe it.

Because the Song army, under the leadership of Song Jiang, Han Shizhong and others, took advantage of its unpreparedness and directly killed in the city of Jizhou. Before the Jizhou defenders could fight, the city gate had been lost, and in the end he could only watch the Song army enter the city, while he himself led the remnants to flee in a hurry.

The news of the loss of Jizhou soon spread to Danzhou and other places, and they were all stunned. Because Song Jun was obviously less than thirty miles away from himself and others, how could he appear in Jizhou and other places, which really shocked them. It was only then that they understood that they had been fooled.

However, the Jizhou guards were actually defenseless, which made them all unbelievable. Even if the Song army did not plan to attack Jizhou, it was impossible to relax, but there was such a big mistake, and the Jizhou defenders could not escape the blame.

Jizhou was breached, this is the result that Zhao Gou expects to see, he was unprepared by surprise, and with a harvest, this is enough.

(End of chapter)