Yan Qing and his subordinates are different from the general scout battalion, they are intelligence battalions, directly under the intelligence department, so that they have a higher independent decision-making power, Yan Qing of course knows that what the capital needs most now is time, the golden soldiers of this daimyo's mansion are sneak attacked, if they really kill the capital, even if they can't capture the capital, it will seriously disrupt the capital's defense plan.

Yan Qing immediately made a decision to go north to block this Jin soldier who was preparing to attack south.

Of course, Yan Qing would not be hot-headed for a moment and overwhelmed, he knew it in his heart! There are about 8,000 Jin soldiers who went south to attack the Daimyo's mansion, and they are all cavalry, and there are only more than 100 people under him, and the opponent will be wiped out with a single impact, so he can only create momentum and delay the process of the other party a little, and he has to rely on the commander to really deal with this army.

Yan Qing immediately wrote another text message, ordering his subordinates to send 100,000 to the capital in a hurry.

When the day is about to dawn, several hills and hills on the south bank of the Yellow River are lit up at the same time, several mountains are full of smoke, gradually connected into one, more than ten miles long black smoke is full of flames, black smoke covers the sky and the sun, the momentum is extremely magnificent.

At this time, a force of 5,000 Jin cavalry had just arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River in Baimadu, which was the closest way to Bianliang, and then the ice surface of the Yellow River was more than ten miles wide.

"Something is wrong!"

The chief general of the Jin soldiers is a commander of ten thousand people, named Wan Yan Du, who is the distant nephew of the marshal Wan Yan Xianye, making a mace, and his martial arts are very strong, this time he was ordered by Yan Xian Ye to lead 10,000 cavalry to bypass the defense of the Song army, and he successfully attacked the Daimyo's mansion for thousands of miles.

Perhaps it was too easy to sneak attack the Daimyo's Mansion, and he was inspired to have greater ambitions and decided to sneak attack Bianliang, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

He set off yesterday afternoon, ran all night before rushing to the north bank of the Yellow River, unexpectedly looked up and saw the raging fire on the south bank of the Yellow River, Wan Yan looked at it for a while, turned around and asked: "Chen Zhixian, what's going on?" ”

Behind him is a man in his forties, named Chen Lan, originally the magistrate of Baishui County, Hejian Prefecture, after the Jin soldiers killed, he immediately surrendered the city, because he was extremely familiar with the situation in Hejian County, this time he took 10,000 Jin soldiers as a guide as a pioneer to the south, Chen Lan led the Jin soldiers all the way around the Song army's defensive line, and successfully attacked the Daimyo's mansion, so that Wan Yan Du attached great importance to him.

Wan Yandu couldn't speak Chinese, someone translated the past, Chen Lan was also looking at the fire in the distance, scratched his head for a while and said: "If you want to ambush us, there shouldn't be any need to make such a noise, maybe it's a wildfire, or send someone over to take a look." ”

Wan Yandu nodded, turned around and ordered: "The army rests in place!" ”

He immediately sent a cavalry of fifty men to the other side of the Yellow River, but not long after the patrol team left, an earth-shattering explosion was heard on the river, and the entire ice surface of the Yellow River seemed to tremble, and a puff of black smoke rose into the air.

"Earthquake Thunder!"

Wan Yandu was shocked into a cold sweat, and he suddenly understood that the black smoke on the other side was not a wildfire, but an enemy situation.

This time, Wanyan Du wanted to sneak attack Bianjing because he made his own initiative, and he didn't get the approval from above at all, he originally wanted to capture the Song capital and make immortal achievements, but now a fire and a sky-shaking thunder suddenly made him a little sober, since the Song army already knew that he was coming, what else did he sneak attack?

But if he was so gray and retreated, Wan Yandu was unwilling, he had to order the army to be stationed on the spot, waiting for the news of the patrol spies, at noon, the spies had not returned, at this time, a group of Jin cavalry rushed from the north, led by the cavalry holding an arrow, shouting: "Marshal military order!" ”

Wan Yandu hurriedly stepped forward to listen to the order, and the soldiers led handed him the arrow, and said: "Marshal Du ordered the general to withdraw to the Daimyo's Mansion immediately, and he is not allowed to go south without authorization!" ”

Wan Yandu was taken aback, "Marshal Du has already arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion?" ”

"It's already here, I heard that the general led the army south without authorization, Marshal Du is very angry, I'm afraid there will be punishment, please be mentally prepared."

Wan Yan was stunned for a while, couldn't help sighing, and ordered listlessly: "Pass my order, and the whole army will return to the Daimyo's Mansion!" ”

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Jin Bing's return was really unexpected by Yan Qing, he just wanted to slow down the Jin Bing's attack and try to buy time for the defenders of the capital, but he didn't expect the Jin soldiers to retreat.

Of course, Yan Qing would not think that he had frightened the enemy army back, a fire and a heaven-shattering thunder might not intimidate the Jin soldiers, there must be something hidden in this.

Yan Qing immediately made a decision and sent one person to the capital to deliver the letter, while he himself led more than 100 people across the Yellow River and followed the Jin soldiers to the Daimyo's mansion.

.........

Li Yanqing received an alert from Yan Qing at dawn that a Jin cavalry of about 5,000 people was preparing to attack the capital, which made Li Yanqing a little nervous, his 30,000 elite soldiers had arrived, replacing the 30,000 Xiang army to become the main defense force in the capital.

In the past two days, Li Yanqing has been urgently deploying various defenses, and they have accumulated a lot of preparation before, so the deployment of defenses has become extremely rapid and smooth.

When Yan Qing's express letter arrived, Li Yanqing was supervising the army on the city wall to cut down the big trees outside the city, this kind of thing was of course done by the Xiang army, in just two days, hundreds of thousands of big trees outside the city were cut down, and finally there were thousands of big trees outside the east city.

Li Yanqing read Yan Qing's information with a gloomy face, pondered for a moment and said, "Quickly go and invite the seed capital and Yao capital to come, saying that I have something important to discuss!" ”

The defense of the capital is not just a military defense, it involves a myriad of things, just the internal relocation of hundreds of thousands of people living outside the city is an extremely cumbersome matter, the government has to register land rights and real estate, to arrange accommodation, to stabilize prices, to maintain order, to eliminate rumors, and so on, it is simply unrealistic to rely on Li Yanqing alone.

All kinds of defense and preparation affairs are still in charge of the Military Council, but the Military Council Hall has been renamed the Military and Political Defense Hall, and Li Yanqing is also one of the main members, in charge of the military, but he is not the only one in charge of the military.

In fact, Zhao Huan did not completely hand over the military power to Li Yanqing, no emperor can hand over the military power to one person to control, Li Yanqing is nominally the marshal of the three armies, but at the same time he served as the commander of the Jingzhao Army, his real power is still in the Jingzhao Army, in addition, Yao Pingzhong, the Tongzhi of Kaifeng Prefecture, controlled the 30,000 Xiang Army, Zhao Huan named him the deputy commander, and the division was reactivated, mastering the 30,000 New Northern Army, and also serving as the deputy commander.

There is also the recruitment of civil husbands that is in charge of Zong Ze, who was also appointed as the deputy commander.

The military defense system of the capital is in charge of the three deputies and four generalises, each in charge of an army, and is responsible to the Son of Heaven, that is to say, Zhao Huan is the generalissimo of Tokyo in the real sense.

After a while, Yao Pingzhong and the planter hurriedly came, and the planter said with a smile: "Yanqing, what new ideas do you have?" ”

Although he was an elder in the seed division, he was deeply pleased that his brother's disciples had grown up rapidly and become the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to let the seed division control the 30,000 New Taipei Army as soon as possible, Li Yanqing did not hesitate to hand over the hundred personal guards in the New Taipei Army to the seed division, and with the allegiance of the hundred officers at the bottom, the seed division quickly controlled the power of the New Taipei Army, even if Dong Ping was slightly dissatisfied in his heart, he was helpless.

It was precisely this special relationship that enabled Li Yanqing to quickly form an alliance with the seed division, so that Li Yanqing's various defense plans were quickly implemented, and of course, the Xiang army was gradually marginalized.

Although the marginalization of the Xiang Army made Yao Pingzhong quite dissatisfied with Li Yanqing, it was Li Yanqing's suggestion to let him actually control the 30,000 Xiang Army, and it was with the support of Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven, that Yao Pingzhong subdued Wang Ziwu and Yang Keshi, squeezed Fei Hong, and finally dismantled the threat of the 30,000 Xiang Army, so that Yao Pingzhong was grateful to Zhao Huan, the Son of Heaven, and at the same time he was at least passable to Li Yanqing, and the two did not tear their faces.

When Li Yanqing saw the two of them coming, he handed them Yan Qing's letter, "Look at this letter, there may be trouble!" ”

The two of them read the letter and were taken aback, five thousand gold cavalry actually wanted to sneak attack the capital, this is a big trouble, the seed master frowned, "I'm not worried about the city problem, the cavalry killed, did not carry siege weapons, and faced the high walls of the capital in vain, but the key is that many people outside the city have not yet entered the city, once the Jin people are killed, there will inevitably be countless people will be slaughtered, I suggest pulling the army out, after all, the other party only has five thousand cavalry." ”

Li Yanqing looked at Yao Pingzhong again, "What about Yao Dutong's opinion?" ”