Wanyan Zonghan led 30,000 cavalry to go deep into the depths, killed Zhongmu County, and accurately intercepted the 100,000 new troops returning from Yingchang Mansion to the north, at the same time, Dong Ping also led 80,000 new troops from Caizhou to the north, and rushed to Zhongmu County, and a major war of annihilation in the Central Plains was quickly kicking off.

In the meeting hall of the Zhizheng Cabinet, Bai Shizhong, Wu Min, Sun Fu, Li Bangyan, He Li and Tang Ke, who had just replaced Zhang Bangchang as Xiangguo.

The negotiations broke down, all the envoys of the Song Dynasty were taken hostage, and only Geng Nanzhong was released back to send an ultimatum, demanding that the Song Dynasty pay another five million taels of silver as war exemption silver, otherwise the Jin State would completely destroy the Song Dynasty.

Six prime ministers are voting on a proposal for the battle, which was initiated by Tokyo's defense envoy, Sun Fu.

The Jin soldiers did not go south as expected, but only a cavalry of 30,000 people, which inspired Sun Fu's ambition, he wanted to annihilate this lone army of 30,000 Jin soldiers in Kaifeng Mansion and stimulate the morale of the Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians to resist Jin.

"The Jin soldiers are arrogant and arrogant, the lone army is deep, and they have committed a taboo, the latest news I have gotten, there is no main force of the Jin soldiers on the side of the Yellow River, so far, there is only this 30,000 Jin soldiers in Kaifeng Prefecture, and our troops in addition to the 180,000 newly recruited army, there are 70,000 defenders, this is the 250,000 army, I propose to participate in this battle with 200,000 troops, and all 30,000 Jin soldiers will be annihilated in Zhongmu County, which will be a big battle to turn the situation around, and it is also a battle in which my Great Song Dynasty is completely proud."

Sun Fu was impassioned and enthusiastic, and soon infected all the participants, in addition to the five ministers, there were also more than ten people from various ministries, senior officials of the Privy Council, etc.

"May I ask Sun Xianggong, who will be the master of this battle?" Li Di, the squire of the military department, asked.

"I will personally serve as the main general, and General Dong Ping and General Yao Pingzhong will be the left and right adjutants."

"Sun Xianggong is out of the city, what about the defenders?" This is the question asked by Zheng Wangzhi, a fellow acquaintance of the Privy Council.

"The garrison of the city is temporarily under the command of He Xiangguo, the deputy envoy of defense, and there are 50,000 troops defending the city, which can keep the city safe."

When Sun Fu saw Bai, he had something to ask, so he said, "What questions does Bai Xianggong have?" ”

Bai Shizhong said slowly: "I just want to know, what is the attitude of the official family?" ”

"This decision was made by the Zhizheng Hall, and after the proposal was passed, I and the He Xiang Guild reported to the official family and asked the official family for approval."

This time, Sun Fu learned the lessons of the previous times, and no longer let Zhao Huan participate in the early stage of decision-making, but was jointly agreed by the Zhizheng Hall, the Six Ministries and the Privy Council, and then reported to Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven, for approval.

Bai Shizhong nodded, "I completely agree with this plan, only consider that defending the city is not the way of the soldiers, the soldiers should be both offensive and defensive, the attack is the initiative, and the attack is not victorious. ”

Bai Shizhong couldn't help but ridicule Li Yanqing fiercely, Li Yanqing strongly advocated defending the city, and resolutely opposed the duel with the Jin soldiers on the plains, which made many officials dissatisfied.

Therefore, Sun Fu's plan for the annihilation of the battle was unanimously approved by the participants, and the five ministers of the Zhizheng Hall unanimously approved Sun Fu's proposal.

Sun Fu and He Li immediately rushed to the imperial study and submitted the resolution of the Zhizheng Hall to Zhao Heng.

Zhao Heng finished reading the resolution, pondered for a moment and said, "Have you consulted Li Shaobao's opinion?" ”

At the mention of Li Yanqing, Sun Fu and He Li's faces became gloomy at the same time, of course Sun Fu asked Li Yanqing, and Li Yanqing only replied to him with four words: 'talking on paper', which made Sun Fu very annoyed.

Sun Fu and He Li glanced at each other, He Li shook his head and said, "Li Shaobao has reservations about this plan. ”

"Why?" Zhao Huan frowned, he was also in favor of this plan, but why didn't Li Yanqing approve?

Sun Fu said coldly: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, Li Shaobao is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, of course, it is not good to point fingers at the military decision of the Zhizheng Hall, if he is appointed as a defense envoy, Weichen believes that he will be the first to advocate going out of the city to reject the army." ”

He Li said again: "This is not only the decision of the Zhizheng Hall, we have consulted the opinions of the six ministries and the Privy Council, and everyone has unanimously agreed to fight with Jin Bing. ”

Zhao Huan read the proposal again, his enthusiasm was also ignited by the resolution of the battle, he slammed his fist on the table, and said sharply: "The enemy is weak and I am strong, this battle is feasible, if you don't give Jin Bing a little color, they really think that my Great Song Dynasty is a fat sheep to be slaughtered?" ”

Zhao Huan mentioned that Zhu Bi approved a big 'quasi' word in the resolution.

"I look forward to the good news of Sun Xianggong!"

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Li Yanqing was in Zong Ze's house at this time, and Zong Ze was also demoted to an idle post by Li Gang's case, and he was idle at home, but due to the dishonesty of the Jin State, the negotiations broke down, and Zhao Huan gradually turned into the main battle faction, and he was enabled by Zhao Huan again, and was named the envoy of the two roads of Jingdong, replacing the Xiang army in charge of the two roads of Jingdong in the seed division.

Zong Ze had already packed his luggage and was ready to leave, and Li Yanqing specially came to see him off.

"Li Shao is really not optimistic about this battle?" Zong Ze asked in a deep voice.

Li Yanqing shook his head, "Sun Fu is a typical scholar who misunderstands the country, he doesn't understand soldiers and thinks he knows soldiers, he regards Jin Bing as a target, thinking that Jin Bing will squat there and wait for him to send troops to surround him, but he doesn't know that this is a Jin man's plan to lure soldiers, deliberately show weakness, and lead the Song army to take the bait." ”

Zong Ze also sighed, "The golden soldiers are 30,000 cavalry!" How could it really be possible to fight with the Song army, they were maneuvering at high speed, and by the time the Song army assembled, they had already jumped out of the encirclement and disappeared. ”

Li Yanqing groaned and said, "I'm afraid that General Zong still underestimates the Jin soldiers." ”

Zong Ze was stunned, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"I think this is a battle of the heart carefully planned by the Jin State, with the most elite 30,000 Jurchen iron cavalry to completely destroy the will of the Great Song Dynasty to resist, I know Yan Xianye very well, this person often uses a sentence, attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top, this battle is the embodiment of his words."

Zong Ze suddenly became a little anxious, "Li Shaobao, why don't we jointly write to the official family and ask the official family to cancel this battle!" ”

Li Yanqing still shook his head, "The reason why Sun Fu pulled the six ministries and the Privy Council to participate in the deliberations of the Zhizheng Hall was to get the broadest support, in fact, he also realized his plan, almost no one opposed his battle plan, and the official family also approved it, not only is it meaningless for us to oppose it, but it will make the Great Song Dynasty lose two people to clean up the mess."

I have figured it out, the phoenix can be reborn after bathing in fire, the Great Song Dynasty has accumulated disadvantages for a hundred years, and all kinds of shackles must be completely broken before they can stand again, this is the inevitable trajectory of history, we don't have to interfere too much, as long as we have a heart to rebuild the mountains and rivers. ”

Zong Ze nodded silently, he suddenly looked up at Li Yanqing and said, "Yanqing, come with me to Jingxi Road!" Stay in the capital, you will become the ultimate scapegoat, if Sun Fu is defeated, the surrender faction will inevitably make a comeback, I am afraid that you will be handed over by them to the Jin people for peace. ”

Li Yanqing said lightly: "I have thought of all this, I have already left my hands behind, and I will never let them succeed in their tricks." ”

"I'm afraid that the official family will also agree with their bastard opinion!"

"My backhand is not an ordinary backhand, even if the official agrees to them, it is useless."

Zong Ze faintly guessed Li Yanqing's backhand, but he didn't say anything, so he smiled and said: "Since you said so, I am relieved!" ”

At this time, a large group of people hurriedly walked in front of the gate pushing grain carts, Zong Ze looked at these people, and couldn't help but sigh long, "The war is fought to the end, and the poor people are the people!" ”

Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "The reason why I decided to stay in the capital is not for myself, but for the sake of the 700,000 people in the capital, as long as I, Li Yanqing, are in the capital for a day, I will never let them become fish and meat slaughtered by the Jin people." ”

Zong Ze patted Li Yanqing on the shoulder, "The country is broken, just like you said, the Great Song Dynasty still needs those of us who are willing to come forward and clean up the mess, take care of yourself!" ”

After speaking, Zong Ze walked out of the gate, turned over his horse, and said to more than a dozen subordinates: "Let's go!" ”

Zong Ze led his entourage to urge the horse to gallop towards the east city gate, Li Yanqing silently watched him go away, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed deeply to his back.

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At the fifth watch of the next day, Sun Fu personally led 20,000 troops out of Xinzhengmen in the west and slaughtered Zhongmu County, while the 80,000 troops led by Dong Ping also arrived in Xianping County, one hundred and twenty miles south of the capital, and was speeding towards Zhongmu County.

According to Sun Fu's plan, this battle will be centered on Baicang Town in the west of Zhongmu County, behind the Jin soldiers is the Bianhe River, not afraid that they will break through to the north, Yao Pingzhong's army is responsible for the west and south, and his own and Dong Ping's army is responsible for the east and part of the south, so that the three-sided attack, in a narrow range, the Jin soldiers can not show the advantage of cavalry at all.

Sun Fu was confident that he would wipe out all 30,000 gold soldiers in one battle.

The 20,000 troops led by Sun Fu were the original Yao Pingzhong's army, which was originally the Xiang army of Chenzhou, Caizhou and Kaifeng Prefecture, and in the first siege of Tokyo, Yao Pingzhong was named the Sibi Patrol Envoy, leading 30,000 troops to be responsible for the security and maintenance of order in the city, and did not participate in the battle to defend the city, which was the responsibility of Li Yanqing's Jingzhao Army and Dong Ping's New Northern Army.

This time, Yao Pingzhong led 10,000 troops to Yingchang Mansion to train new soldiers, and the other 20,000 were led by the general Zhang Qu to stay in the city, and they happened to be brought out by Sun Fu to participate in the Battle of Zhongmu.

The 20,000 army rushed all the way, at noon, thirty miles away from Zhongmu County, the earth suddenly shook, only to see that the sky in the distance had turned yellow and black, like a sandstorm coming, the soldiers slowed down, and looked in horror at a black line in the distance to quickly roll over to this side.

Sun Fu suddenly understood, "Oh my God! He couldn't help but scream, turned around and shouted, "Prepare for battle!" Against! ”

But no soldiers listened to his orders, and the 20,000 troops turned around and galloped, and the general Zhang Qu pulled Sun Fu's war horse and fled in the direction of the Bianhe River to the north.