The Jin Soldier Battalion is 40 miles southeast of Taiyuan City, combining the former East Battalion and the North Battalion into one, and the battalion stretches for more than 20 miles, and more than 100,000 troops are stationed.

But since the siege fiasco twenty days ago, the Jin soldiers have died down, and Wan Yan Xian also knows that it is impossible to capture Taiyuan, so he has no intention of continuing to attack the city, but maintains a state of confrontation, waiting for news from Yan Lou's room.

Of course, Wan Yan Xian also knew that Wan Yan Lou Room was trapped in Luoshui Road, but the Yellow River had thawed, and it was too late for him to rush to the rescue, and he had been trapped for two months, and Wan Yan Lou Room had extremely little hope of survival, and whether there was still a glimmer of life depended on the melting of ice and snow in the past few days.

In the big tent, Wan Yan Xian also paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, his mood seemed quite irritable, and Wan Yan Chang next to him whispered: "Du Shuai, if we don't go to the rescue, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the wolf lord to explain!" ”

This is also where Wan Yan Xian is also troubled, it stands to reason that he should go to help Wan Yan Lou's room, even if he is pretending, he should go, but Wan Yan Xian also got the exact news ten days ago, when the Yellow River was already on the verge of thawing, Wan Yan Xian was also worried that the rescue army would not be able to come back when it went to Shaanxi Road, for the generals, not only to consider the march, but also to consider the retreat, if a battle can only advance but not retreat, then the battle will be lost.

Wan Yan Xian was also silent for a moment and said: "It can only be said that we got the news too late, if we could have known it a month earlier, I believe I would definitely send troops to kill on Shaanxi Road." ”

Wan Yan Chang shook his head secretly, anyone would say beautiful things, even if he didn't know that Wan Yan Lou was trapped in Luoshui Road at that time, but at least he knew that they were trapped in Shaanxi Road, why didn't he send troops at that time? After all, Wan Yan Xian didn't want to send troops to save Yan Lou's room, so what's the point of saying these useless words now?

Although Wan Yanchang was dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't say anything, and at this moment, there was a soldier outside the tent to report, "Qi Qi Du Shuai, Li Yanqing sent someone to send a letter to Du Shuai!" ”

Wan Yan was also stunned, and immediately asked, "Where is the letter?" ”

"It has been sent, in the hands of the lowly office."

"Don't bring it in yet!"

As soon as the curtain was lifted, a guard of Wan Yan Xian Ye walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and presented a letter, Wan Yan Xian also took the letter and opened it impatiently, he looked at it carefully, and his face gradually became heavy.

Wan Yan Chang stood aside and secretly observed Wan Yan Xianye, he was first surprised when he saw Yan Xian, and then he was very annoyed, his eyes gradually became solemn, he knew that the content of this letter was not trivial.

"Du Shuai, what's wrong?" Wan Yanchang couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Wan Yan Xian also let out a long sigh and said, "After Li Yanqing finished speaking, Yan Lou was still alive, and he surrendered to the Song army with more than two hundred surviving people. ”

Wan Yan Chang suddenly gasped, there were only two hundred people left, and Wan Yan Lou led an army of 40,000 to the west! Have they all been destroyed?

"Then what did Li Yanqing say?" Wan Yanchang hurriedly asked, "Did he put forward any conditions for releasing people?" ”

"After he finished speaking, Yan Lou and Wan Yan Zongya were sent to Lin'an, if you want to claim them back, you can let Jin Guo send a special envoy to Lin'an to negotiate."

"What does he mean by that?"

Wan Yan Xian was also silent and said, "I guess he is hinting to us that Song and Jin can negotiate." ”

Wan Yanchang suddenly said angrily: "Negotiation! Is it possible? ”

Wan Yan Xian was also very calm, he pondered for a moment and said: "Whether to negotiate or not, it is not for you and me to decide, nor for him Li Yanqing to decide, now our question is, what should we do next?" Li Yanqing gave us a suggestion. ”

"What did he say?"

"He advised our army to retreat to Hebei."

"What!"

Wan Yanchang was completely angry, "Does he think he has already sat in Taiyuan?" What kind of thing is he, he actually asked us to withdraw the army, please give 30,000 troops to the lowly position, and see how the lowly position can seize Taiyuan. ”

Wan Yan Xian also glanced at him coldly, "Then tell me first, what method do you use to deal with Song Jun's giant earth-shattering thunder?" ”

Wan Yanchang said hatefully for a while: "Now Taiyuan does not have an ice and snow shell, and it may not dare to project a heaven-shaking thunder at fifty steps. ”

"Humph!" Wan Yan Xian also snorted heavily, "You just go to a city for experiments, and you can directly explode the earth-shaking thunder under the city, do you see if you can blow up the city?" ”

Wan Yan Xian has also done similar tests many times, the ordinary sky-shaking thunder has an effect on the city gate, but on the city wall, only placed in the city wall has an effect, the ordinary earth-shaking thunder air wave impact is weak, mainly relying on the iron piece and iron nails after the explosion to hurt people, although the super-large sky-shaking thunder is indeed huge, but fifty steps away, I believe that there is still no impact on the city wall, Wanyan Xian has also been fighting with Li Yanqing for a long time, and has a full understanding of the performance of the earth-shaking thunder.

Wan Yanchang was unwilling to retreat like this, he hugged his fists and said: "We have a giant trebuchet, this is our advantage, we can throw fire oil at the city head, or hit the boulder at the city gate, all handsome, we completely use this advantage to combat Li Yanqing's arrogance, now we say that it is too early to withdraw the army, and we can't explain to the wolf lord." ”

At this time, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside, and another soldier reported outside the tent, "Qiyu Dushuai, Jiexiu County urgently reports that the warehouse camp has been attacked by enemy fire and has suffered heavy losses." ”

"What!"

Even Wan Yan Xian's face changed dramatically, and he hurriedly ordered: "Come in and report!" ”

Two people came in from outside the tent, one was a guard outside the tent, and the other was a soldier who came from Jiexiu County to deliver a letter, and the soldier knelt down on one knee and said: "The spies of the Song army mixed into the Han army, and took advantage of the opportunity to set fire to the warehouse, and the losses were extremely heavy. ”

"How tragic is it?" Wan Yanchang grabbed the placket of the messenger's shirt and couldn't help yelling.

The messenger said tremblingly: "The main thing is that the grain and grass have basically been burned, only 20,000 stone of grain have been rescued, and another 30,000 barrels of fire oil and 20,000 pairs of armor have been burned, and other losses are basically gone." ”

Even the food is gone, isn't that serious?

Wan Yan Xian also had a murderous moment in his heart, and immediately said to his own soldiers: "Take my sword to Jiexiu County, and cut off the heads of Liu Daliu and Yelumu to see me!" ”

One of these two people is the leader of the Han army on Hedong Road, and the other is the commander of the Han army in Yanshan Mansion.

"Obey!"

The soldiers took the sword and left, and at this time, Wan Yan Xian also turned back to Wan Yan Chang and said, "You understand now!" Why did Li Yanqing dare to suggest that we withdraw our troops and burn all our grain and grass, and how long can we stay here? ”

Wan Yanchang was silent for a moment and said: "If the army is withdrawn to Hebei, what will happen to the south of Hedong Road?" Will you give it to Li Yanqing? ”

This problem is very acute, although Taiyuan City has been lost, it does not mean that the southern part of Hedong Road is gone, and the southern part of Hedong Road is very rich and is an important grain producing area, so it is indeed a pity to give it up.

Wan Yan Xian also took two steps with his hands in his hand, and suddenly turned back to Wan Yan Chang and said: "I will give you 20,000 elite cavalry, plus 20,000 Han troops in Jiexiu County, you lead 40,000 people to garrison the south of Hedong Road, once the situation is not good, you must immediately withdraw the army to Luoyang, or withdraw the army to Hebei, you may be able to do it?" ”

Wan Yanchang knew Marshal Du's final decision at this time, he nodded and said: "I will definitely hold the southern part of Hedong Road, and I will never let Marshal Du down!" ”

Wan Yan Xian also looked at him for a while, and repeatedly instructed: "I didn't let you stick to Hedong Road, if you can hold it, you can defend it, and if you can't hold it, you will retreat, this is not a shame, being surrounded and annihilated by the Song army, that is what I am worried about." ”

Wan Yanchang sneered, "This kind of thing will never happen!" ”

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Early the next morning, Wan Yan Xian also handed over 20,000 elite cavalry to Wan Yan Chang, the two Jin soldiers immediately divided into two routes, Wan Yan Xian also led 100,000 troops to return to the Daimyo's Mansion through Jingcheng, and Wan Yan Chang led 20,000 cavalry south to Jiexiu County, after rectifying the 20,000 defenders of Jiexiu County, the army immediately went south to Jinzhou, stationed in Linfen County, due to the serious shortage of military food and forage, Wan Yan Chang was forced to collect 200,000 stone of grain and 200,000 quintals of forage from the states in the south of Hedong Road.

At this time, it was the time when the green and yellow were not accepted, the people were very difficult, the grain requisition order of the Jin soldiers, the people's resentment boiled suddenly, and the angry people rose up one after another, Wang Daqing of Jiangzhou, Liu Da of Longde Mansion, Li Zhong of Puzhou, Liao Xiaoli of Zezhou and other righteous armies quickly formed a force, among which Liu Da of Longde Mansion had the largest force, with nearly 10,000 troops, expelled the prefect and county officials, and called on the people to fight to the end.

Wan Yanchang was furious and ordered Zhao Wenhui, the commander of the Han army, to lead 10,000 Han troops to suppress Liu Da who was entrenched in Shangdang County.