The Song State lurked in the Chu State to get a pink spy and successfully persuaded the Chu Emperor to send troops, as if sending charcoal in the snow to make the empress breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that the southern army, fighting against the Yan army, has many defeats and few victories, if there are no good generals, although there are Xuanjia soldiers and the support of the righteous army, it may still be difficult to change the passive situation of the Song State.

Hearing this, the guard said frankly: "Your Majesty, the general who leads the troops is Lin Tianzhao, the junior disciple of Han Xiangzi, the Tai Lieutenant of Chu State!"

Lin Tianzhao? The Empress muttered softly.

She doesn't care about Han Xiangzi's junior brother, she only cares about whether the other party has the strength to break the enemy.

After pondering for a moment, in her memory, there was no information about Lin Tianzhao, the empress shifted her gaze to Jian Ye, showed her face eagerly, and asked: "Jian Ye, have you ever heard of Lin Tianzhao, is it useful?"

"Your Majesty, Tian Xu, Liu Zhuoya Zeng Weichen mentioned this person, although he has not established a prominent reputation, but as an important leader of the military family, this Lin Tianzhao must have something extraordinary." Jian Ye immediately decided.

It's just that the Song State and the soldiers are full of contradictions, and they have killed and expelled tens of thousands of soldiers' families.

The empress looked at it, even Jian Ye didn't know much about Lin Tianzhao, and she was charming and glamorous.

Immediately, the empress's face dissipated, and she instructed Jian Ye: "Don't care about Lin Tianzhao's strength, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, immediately summon Song Qi to return to Beijing, the enemy is current, Kaifeng City needs to be good at fighting generals and lords."

"Yes!"

.......

Two days later, Lin Tianzhao led the Xuanjia soldiers and the righteous army from the eastern part of the Song Kingdom to Kaifeng City.

In order to show her sincerity, the empress personally led the courtiers at the east gate of Kaifeng to greet Lin Tianzhao, kill chickens and sheep, and reward the three armies.

After the banquet, Lin Tianzhao led the army, at the request of the empress, to garrison the west gate of Kaifeng City to prevent Hou Mingfeng from leading Yanqi to appear.

On the third day, Song Qi led 60,000 remnants of the army, returned from the south, 100,000 male soldiers, Song Qi saved most of them, but there were many wounded in the army, and it was difficult to become a climate, which still made Song Qi sad.

The army rested for two days, except for the wounded, all the troops were stationed at the north gate to beware of Emperor Yan.

At this time, in Kaifeng City, reinforcements, recruits, and returning garrisons from all over the country, hundreds of thousands, according to the arrangement of the empress, stationed all over Kaifeng City, and built the city like an iron bucket.

At the same time, the front-line spies kept sending back news, all about Emperor Yan leading his troops to conquer the city in the north and west, or Hou Mingfeng leading his troops to approach Kaifeng City.

Every letter sent back always made the atmosphere in Kaifeng a little tense.

With the approach of the Yan army in the northwest, the empress did not know the taste, could not sleep at night, and was very sad.

The stars have moved, and more than ten days have passed.

Spy Pegasus came to report, Hou Ming sealed the account and sent forwards, Zhao Jun led tens of thousands of ironclad cavalry, appeared a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City, and the cavalry stopped, as if waiting for reinforcements from the rear.

For more than ten days, the empress was seriously emaciated, and when she heard the news, her face was discolored, and she sighed softly, it was time to come after all.

Zhao Jun appeared with an iron horse, Hou Mingfeng, Bai Yisheng, and Li Lin led the main cavalry, afraid that it was not far from Kaifeng.

News came back from the north that Emperor Yan led his troops to speed up the attack on the north, and the cavalry was also very close to Kaifeng City.

The empress didn't dare to imagine what kind of threat the two Yan cavalry would pose to Kaifeng City if they converged and hundreds of thousands of cavalry attacked the city.

At a loss, he hurriedly convened, Song Qi, Jian Ye, and Lin Tianzhao to discuss the solution.

The three of them entered the palace, Song Qi and Lin Tianzhao, wearing armor, obviously ready for battle at all times, and Jian Ye also carried a long sword around his waist.

Saluting and bowing, the three of them sat down, Song Qi turned his head to look at the empress, and said, "Your Majesty, temporarily summon the last general, I don't know what the so-called matter?"

Song Qi knew that the empress's summons must be related to the military situation, but he wanted to understand it thoroughly.

Jian Ye and Lin Tianzhao also turned their heads one after another, looking at the empress with curiosity on their faces.

The empress got up, walked to the front of the high platform, and said in a coquettish voice: "Pegasus comes to report, Hou Mingfeng is the vanguard of the army, and Zhao Jun leads the troops to appear a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City. Emperor Yan is in the north, and he also speeds up his speed to go south, and the battle to defend Kaifeng City is afraid that it will be carried out in advance, do you have a good strategy?"

"Zhao Jun, Your Majesty said that the forward general of Hou Mingfeng's army is Zhao Jun?" When Song Qi heard the word Zhao Jun, his face was hideous, and his eyes were blood-red, as if he was a man-eating demon.

In the battle of Southern Regions City, before revenge, Zhao Jun actually led the iron cavalry and appeared a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City.

Since Zhao Jun dared to lead the iron cavalry to go deeper, he should take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Yan cavalry had not yet arrived, and he could destroy the other party with lightning speed.

When the empress heard this, she saw Song Qi's hideous face, and said: "That's right, the messenger came to report that the forward general of Hou Mingfeng's army is indeed Zhao Jun, Song Qi, do you have any good ideas?"

Sensing Song Qi's expression, the empress guessed that there must have been a festival between Song Qi and Zhao Jun Zhao Jun, not to mention, the news said that this Zhao Jun and Zhao Hongru had fought in the south, and it was inevitable to fight fiercely on the battlefield with Song Qi.

Song Qi got up, walked to the center of the main hall, and said: "Your Majesty, this Zhao Jun is a fierce general in the Yan army, proficient in the art of war and strategy, fierce in battle, and cooperated with the ironclad infantry under Zhao Hongru's account to lay down half of the country for the Yan country, and is a powerful character.

Now, the other party is moving forward alone, and the last general thinks that he should try to hit him hard, kill Zhao Jun, and severely damage the iron cavalry under his command, which will inevitably deal a blow to the arrogance of the Yan cavalry and also inspire the Song army."

After Song Qi finished speaking, he immediately took the initiative to ask for help, and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to personally lead the troops and go out of the city to severely damage Zhao Jun."

"Lord Wang, don't be impatient, Zhao Jun and Hou Mingfeng are both cavalry, and they set off from Yuecheng at the same time, and now, Zhao Jun appeared a hundred miles away from Kaifeng City, without reducing the traces of Hou Mingfeng's army, doesn't the prince think it's strange?"

Lin Tianzhao, who participated in the Song Dynasty's politics for the first time, saw that Song Qi was eager to fight, and did not block him strongly, but only explained the current situation and what might happen to him, and said: "Since the prince knows that Zhao Jun is strategic, fierce in battle, and Hou Mingfeng and other generals are extremely difficult to deal with, he should be cautious. This time, it is extremely difficult to predict whether the prince will lead the troops to the expedition and will fall into the trap of the Yan army."

Lin Tianzhao's words were not serious, although they made Song Qi lose face, but it also made Song Qi dispel the idea of taking the risk of leading the troops to fight.

He suffered losses at the hands of General Yan many times, resulting in serious losses for the Song army, Zhao Jun suddenly appeared, but Hou Mingfeng led the main army but was nowhere to be found, as Lin Tianzhao said, it is very likely that he is leaving a trap and waiting for him to get in.

When the empress heard Lin Tianzhao's words, she also felt that the other party's words were reasonable, so she couldn't help but speak calmly, and asked Lin Tianzhao, "General Lin, what do you think of the current situation?"

The Song army was in a weak position, and the Kaifeng city was tightly defended, according to Jian Ye's original suggestion, it should be stationed in the city for a long time, refuse to defend the city, and wear down the patience of the Yan army.

Perhaps, the army in Kaifeng City will pay a heavy price with the people, but they can win the opportunity to survive.

Hearing this, Lin Tianzhao almost didn't hesitate, and immediately said, "Delay!"

Procrastinate?

For a moment, the empress, Song Qi, and Jian Ye were taken aback, and their eyes unconsciously shifted to Lin Tianzhao.

The empress was puzzled and asked, "General Lin, how exactly should it be implemented, or rather, what is the purpose of delay?"

The Song State has been defeated again and again, and there is no surplus army, if it is delayed for a long time according to Lin Tianzhao's idea, so the strength of the Yan army is consumed, the result will be no different from Jian Ye's thoughts.

Lin Tianzhao did not hesitate, and said with a chuckle on the corner of his mouth: "Empress, Emperor Yan led his troops on a long journey, and he definitely didn't carry much food and ordnance, in addition, the Yan army has been fighting for a long time, and the soldiers are tired, if they can't quickly capture Kaifeng City, they will inevitably have a slack mood, which will greatly affect the morale of the army, and Emperor Yan will definitely withdraw his troops if he cares about the overall situation."

"General Lin, your plan is exactly the same as Jian's proposal." Jian Ye learned of Lin Tianzhao's suggestion and said: "However, General Lin has never fought against the Yan army, maybe it is not clear, the Yan army, including Emperor Yan, often implements the strategy of raising the war by fighting, and the army rations and ordnance are hidden in the fierce battle to seize it, not to mention, how long will it take to delay Emperor Yan to lead the troops to evacuate?"

The method of procrastination was proposed by Jian Ye in desperation, and now Lin Tianzhao led the troops, but still adopted a delaying strategy, which made Jian Ye feel inappropriate.

"Lord Jane, Emperor Yan gave up part of the southern territory of Yan State, and it has been basically divided by the southern army, as long as the southern army defeats the army led by the Duke of Jin, it will definitely flock into Yan State, at that time, Yan Kingdom is under attack by the Southern Alliance, and it is the time for Emperor Yan to withdraw his army." Lin Tianzhao said confidently, and in his words, he seemed to eat the Yan Kingdom.

At this time, the empress not only nodded to Jian Ye, but seemed to agree with Lin Tianzhao's suggestion, and couldn't help but say: "If the situation develops according to General Lin's words, with the assistance of the Chu State and the soldiers, the Song State will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune and escape from death."

"The Yan State is strong, not only the threat of the Song State, but also the threat of the southern vassal states, we must work together to jointly eradicate it." Lin Tianzhao cut through the railway, finished speaking, got up to salute the empress, turned around and left the empress's palace.

Walking out of the palace, Lin Tianzhao smiled on his face, all of them retracted, and said coldly: "If you have revenge, you don't want to revenge, it's not a gentleman, back then, the Song Kingdom killed tens of thousands of soldiers' disciples, and today, it should be the time for soldiers to take revenge."

In the palace, the empress, Song Qi, Jian Ye, and when they were silent, they seemed to be thinking about Lin Tianzhao's plan.

After a long time, Song Qi slammed his fist on the table, and said in an angry tone: "Your Majesty, if you are not of my race, your heart will be different, this Lin Tianzhao's so-called method of delay, I am afraid that he will take advantage of the fire to rob and disintegrate the Song Kingdom."

In the battle of the Yan army, there were losses to each other, but the Song army suffered heavy casualties, and if a large amount of military strength was spent in Kaifeng City, at that time, the Song State would have no combat army.

According to Lin Tianzhao, when the southern princes' armies quell the war in the south, wave their troops north, and enter the Yan State, the urgent need of the Song State will be resolved.

However, the southern princes have always bullied the weak and feared the hard, if they work together against the Yan State, the Yan Emperor will transfer troops back to China, and the southern princes will be afraid, and the troops will inevitably be transferred to the Song State.

In this way, the danger will be unpredictable. The Song kingdom may not have been destroyed by the Yan army, but was disintegrated by the southern princes.

"That's right, Your Majesty, the southern princes are wolf-like!" Jian Ye also said with a serious expression, according to his plan, there is no obstacle to delay for a long time, but Lin Tianzhao led the Xuanjia soldiers and the righteous army to Kaifeng, if the Yan army evacuates in the future, what if the Song Kingdom is in a difficult situation to invite the gods.

The empress also knew that she would invite the Chu army to defend herself against the enemy and shoot herself in the foot, but the Yan army would arrive soon, and the Song State would not be able to change this war at all/

Secretly took a breath, and said with a bitter face: "The Yan army is coming, the situation cannot be reversed, at present, the only way to unite with Lin Tianzhao to resist the enemy together, as a last resort, only with the help of the Yan army, eradicate Lin Tianzhao, and categorically cannot leave a disaster for the Song State."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, if Lin Tianzhao has the slightest ill heart towards the Song State, the last general will personally lead the troops and kill Lin Tianzhao!" Song Qi got up, clenched his fists tightly and said.

Despite the crisis of Kaifeng City, the Song State is still vast, and Kaifeng City really can't stop the Yan army, and it can still be transferred.

If all the rivers and mountains of the Song Kingdom fall into the hands of the southern princes, at that time, I am afraid that there will be no chance to change the current situation.

Lin Shuying bowed his head, glanced at Song Qi and Jian Ye, and after a short silence, he said to Jian Ye: "Lord Jian, arrange secret agents to get in touch with Emperor Yan, before the Yan army attacks Kaifeng, I want to meet with Emperor Yan in private!"

The battle of Kaifeng was too risky for the Song State, and in case of failure, the Yan army entered the city when it paid a heavy price, and the people in the city and the defeated army were afraid of suffering.

In order to ensure the safety of the people of the Song Kingdom and the defeated army, the empress believed that she should take unconventional measures and strive to avoid disasters.

"Your Majesty, this ....."

When Jian Ye heard this, he didn't know what the empress meant, but he was worried that on the eve of the battle between the two armies, the empress would have a private meeting with Emperor Yan, and if she was detained by Emperor Yan, it would inevitably be unfavorable to the Song State. In addition, if the people of the Song State learned that on the eve of the Great War, the empress and the Yan Emperor met, they would suspect that the empress was colluding with the Yan State, and at that time, the situation was unfavorable to the Song State, and it would also be unfavorable to the Empress.

"There is no need for this, that, the immediate arrangement is that only if I meet with Emperor Yan, I may change the fate of the Song State being annexed." The empress gritted her teeth and said sharply, her face was firm, and she could not refuse,

Jian Ye and Song Qi are both smart people, and from the empress's expression, they vaguely guessed her intentions, but the two of them are really hard to tell.

If the Song State rises and falls, pinning it on women will be a shame for the Song State, and the soldiers of the Song State will be a shame.

Song Qi looked at the empress sharply, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the last general does not recommend meeting with Emperor Yan in Your Majesty, whether it is for the sake of Your Majesty's reputation or the reputation of the Song Kingdom, Your Majesty must not meet with Emperor Yan."

"I have my own opinions, will Emperor Yan eat me?" Lin Shuying's tone was serious, interrupting Song Qi's words, with an unquestionable look.

Hearing this, Song Qi took two steps forward, knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, the Song Kingdom has ended up in today's situation, and it is inseparable from the last general, if Your Majesty insists on meeting Emperor Yan, the last general will intercede and go with Your Majesty's colleagues,"

"Song Qi, the general trend of the world, divided for a long time must be combined for a long time, it has nothing to do with you, Emperor Yan can make Yan rise rapidly, have the strength to compete for hegemony, and have its own merits, even if you abide by your duty, Song State should be annexed, and it will still be annexed!" The empress said coquettishly, never blaming Song Qi for the rebellion,

Song Qi was unwilling, knelt down two or three steps, and said, "But..., but..."

He really wanted to find fault with the empress's inscription, but when the words came to his lips, it was really difficult to speak.

At this time, the empress waved her hand and motioned for Song Qi and Jian Ye to retreat, she really didn't want to talk about it, but if she could save the Song State and give the Song State a chance to breathe, what would personal honor and disgrace be.

(End of chapter)