The time gradually came to August, and the civil and military officials of the Jin State in Yanjing Mansion began to get nervous, and the wolf lord of the Jin State, Wan Yan Sheng, arrived in Yanjing and began to officially inspect the Yanjing Mansion, and inspect the attack on the Song Dynasty, including the Jin soldiers on the eastern and western fronts, Wan Yan Zonghan, Wan Yan Zongwang and Wan Yan Yanmu, all rushed back to Yanjing Mansion to participate in the audience with the wolf lord.

On the official road north of Zhending Mansion, a team of 500 cavalry is rushing north on the official road, the yellow dust is rolling on the official road, but there is no trace of anyone along the way, large areas of wheat fields are barren, and villages are as silent as death.

This army is to go north to Yanjing to report the situation of the battle in Hedong Yan Zonghan and his party, at this time Yan Zonghan was in a very heavy mood, more than a month ago, nine consecutive days of strong attack on Taiyuan City ended in a fiasco, the following more than a month both sides stopped fighting, 100,000 gold soldiers entered the siege of the city, when the food in the city ran out, the Song army had to open the city to surrender.

But Wanyan Zonghan didn't have a bottom in his heart, he didn't know how much food was still in the city, and he didn't know if the morale of the Jin soldiers would gradually wear out if the siege continued like this, and what made him even more distressed was that he didn't know how to explain to the wolf lord?

Wanyan Zonghan bit his lip, whipped the war horse fiercely, and accelerated the horse's speed to run towards the north room.

The next afternoon. Wanyan Zonghan arrived at Yanjing City, at this time Yanjing City is like a great enemy, and the guards brought by the gold lord Wanyan Sheng can be seen everywhere inside and outside the city, this time Wanyan Sheng brought 100,000 of the most elite Jurchen cavalry to the south, showing his determination to attack the Song Dynasty.

Not long after Wanyan Zonghan arrived in Yanjing City, Wanyan Sheng ordered the first meeting of the Song Dynasty to discuss the attack on the Song Dynasty, including the main Bo Jilie who followed him south, and more than 20 people, including senior military generals who participated in the attack on the Song Dynasty, gathered in the Qianyang Hall of the former Liao Palace.

Among the more than 20 mighty Wanyan nobles, there are three Han people who also participated in this military discussion, one is Guo Yaoshi, he was received by Wan Yan Sheng, and was named Yanjing of the Jin State to stay behind, and gave the wolf lord a gold medal, and at the same time gave the surname Wan Yan, which made Guo Yaoshi extremely excited, and swore allegiance to the sky in front of Wan Yan Sheng.

The second Han is Liang Fangping, the former Hebei two-way transport envoy, who was reused by Wanyan Zongwang and became the chief strategist of Wanyan Zongwang, and this time Wanyan Zongwang specially brought him to participate in the military affairs.

The third Han is Dong Cai, the prefect of Zhending, who surrendered to the Jin State soon after he put forward the strategy of using the Han to control the Han, and proposed to govern the Central Plains with the system of the Song Dynasty.

Wan Yan Sheng is the fourth brother of Wan Yan Aguta, also known as Wan Yan Wu Qimai, is a very eloquent and strategic monarch, he personally formulated the first phase of the strategic goal of attacking the Song Dynasty, requiring the capture of Zhending, Hejian and Taiyuan before the end of September, laying a solid foundation for the winter attack on Tokyo Bianjing.

With twenty days to go before the deadline, he was satisfied with some of his goals, but others were disappointing.

After Yan Sheng listened to Yan Zongwang's report, he nodded, and asked Yan Zonghan coldly, "The Eastern Route Army has captured the entire Hebei Road, I want to know how the West Route Army is progressing?" ”

Wanyan Zonghan's face was flushed, and he knelt down on one knee and said, "Taiyuan Mansion has been sent south in the north. ”

"What about Taiyuan City?" Wan Yan Sheng stared at Wan Yan Zonghan fiercely.

Wanyan Zonghan lowered his head and whispered, "It hasn't been captured yet!" ”

"Hah! Haven't taken it yet? Wan Yan Sheng's voice suddenly became louder, and he asked sharply: "More than a month has passed, Zong Wang and Yan Mu have begun to consider withdrawing their troops to the north, but you told me that Taiyuan City has not yet been captured, you let everyone listen, do you still have the face to report to me?" Tell me again, how many casualties were there in the attack on Taiyuan City? ”

Wanyan Zonghan didn't dare to hide it, so he had to whisper: "There are 48,000 casualties, of which 42,000 are killed. ”

"What!"

Wan Yan Sheng slapped the table heavily, furious, and the entire hall was in an uproar, no one dared to believe their ears, and more than 40,000 people were killed.

In the main hall, only Yan Sheng's angry rebuke was heard, "The Eastern Route Army captured Yanjing Mansion and Hebei Road, and only suffered more than 2,000 casualties in total, and you actually killed more than 40,000 people, you.... How do you explain that? ”

"Wechen is willing to take all the responsibility!"

The vice minister of the Jin State has a very good relationship with Wan Yan Zonghan, and he is Wan Yan Sheng's cousin, and his prestige in the Jin State is very high, he can't stand it, so he came out and said slowly: "Zong Han is recognized as a famous Jurchen general, and he is the first hero to conquer the Liao State in Shangjing, defeat the Western Xia, and capture the Datong Mansion, and everyone will not question his combat ability, since he fought hard for more than a month, and he was unable to capture Taiyuan with heavy casualties, there must be his reasons, and the wolf lord might as well listen to him." ”

"Explain! I'll give you a chance. ”

Wanyan Zonghan sighed for a while and said: "There is only one reason, the other party's main general is too powerful, and I am not his opponent." ”

"Who is the lord of Taiyuan City?"

Wanyan Zonghan hesitated and said, "Li Yanqing! ”

The hall was silent all of a sudden, the name 'Li Yanqing' was a taboo for the high-level of the Jin State, and everyone was reluctant to mention it, to some extent, the old wolf owner died indirectly in his hands, and everyone tried to avoid this name, so as not to cause remembrance of the old wolf master.

However, Wan Yan Zonghan's opponent was Li Yanqing again, so that they could not avoid it, this reason made Wan Yan Sheng's anger disappear, and he was silent for a long time and said: "Then how do you deal with the disadvantage of attacking Taiyuan now?" ”

"Weichen can't think of a suitable way, so he can only use the siege to deal with it, hoping that the food in the city will be cut off and surrendered without a fight!"

After a pause, Yan Zonghan said again: "Weichen got information before, Taiyuan City's official grain stock has 500,000 stones, so I'm afraid that the goal will not be achieved in the short term." ”

The hall fell silent again, and Wanyan Zonghan's statement made everyone feel helpless, at this time, Wanyan Zongwang said: "Please allow Weichen to say a word." ”

Wanyan Zonghan's face suddenly looked a little ugly, at this time, the last thing he wanted to see was that his brother Wanyan Zongwang stood up.

Wan Yansheng waved his hand, "That's it!" ”

"On our way to Yanjing, Mr. Liang thought of a way to conquer Taiyuan City, and Weichen thought it was feasible!"

The goal of everyone in the hall was suddenly focused on Liang Fangping's body, and Wan Yansheng said happily: "Mr. Liang, please tell us about the strategy to break the enemy?" ”

Liang Fangping walked out and bowed, "Qi Wolf Lord, in fact, Weichen's method is very simple, since Taiyuan City can't be attacked because of Li Yanqing, then we can find a way to let the Song Dynasty transfer Li Yanqing out of Taiyuan." ”

The hall was full of whispers, and he asked loudly: "Would the Song Dynasty do such a stupid thing?" Break your strongest hand. ”

Liang Fangping nodded, "Although it sounds a bit unbelievable, Weichen knows that the Song Dynasty will do this." ”

Wan Yansheng looked at Dong Cai again, "Does Mr. Dong think it's possible?" ”

Dong Cai smiled slightly, "In the past, Qin Guo Bai Qi fought against Zhao Guo Lian Po, Bai Qi repeatedly challenged, but Lian Po always stood still, so that Bai Qi had nothing to do, Bai Qi sent people to Handan to preach that Lian Po was old and timid, Zhao Guo replaced Lian Po with Zhao Kuo who talked about the army on paper, and as a result, Changping battle, Zhao Bing was killed 400,000 times, which was more than a thousand years ago, and just two years ago, Zhao Ji, the Great Song Dynasty, was jealous of the prestige of the famous general Seed Master Dao in the army, and demoted him to the end, I believe that as long as there is a Li family army in Taiyuan, the faint monarch of the Song Dynasty will definitely transfer Li Yanqing out of Taiyuan, and the military power will be deprived cleanly, and Li Yanqing will be the second teacher. ”

At this time, Guo Yaoshi also said: "Mr. Liang and Dong said very incisively, Wei Chen suggested sending envoys to Bianjing for peace talks, and then the two sides reached a reconciliation agreement and fully withdrew the army, the West Route Army withdrew from Yanmen Pass, and the East Route Army only retained Zhending Mansion, with the heart of the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty, and then used Mr. Dong's strategy two months later to buy his ministers with a lot of money, and transfer Li Yanqing out of Taiyuan Mansion, we can be done." ”

Wan Yansheng looked at everyone again, "Do you have anything to add!" ”

Chen Ban Bo also sneered and said: "The Han people have always been unhappy in doing things, and very simple things have been made so complicated by them, and there is no need to make any bullshit tricks, just tell the Song Dynasty that we are going south to avenge the old wolf master, and hand over Li Yanqing to the Jin State for disposal, and we will withdraw from Hebei!" ”