In the inner city of Tokyo, on the edge of the city wall, a mansion that had been uninhabited for a long time has been renovated, and there are two new gilded characters on the door.

The mansion is located in the outer city, but it is under the walls of the inner city, and it is the new home of the master Dao.

In the study room of the inner courtyard, the two of them sat opposite each other, both with a sad look.

"How could Zheng Zhi do such a stupid thing, how could the general not obey the holy decree. Ay... The planter was worried and sighed.

"Big brother, it's only strange that no one in this Tokyo city knows the way of the battle formation. Look at that letter, how ridiculous it is, if you are leading the troops in Hebei at this time, how should you deal with it? Is it war or waiting? "In the words of the planter, there are already complaints.

"If I were in Hebei, I would not dare to resist the decree like Zheng Zhi. Zheng Zhi Zheng Zhi, why is it so unwise this time. The planter replied. The seed master is not wrong, in this battle in history, he should have been in Hebei, and he faced the same share, even if the seed master dao saw that the soldiers under his command were shot countless by the Liao people and could not fight back, he did not do anything to resist the order.

When the planter heard this, he only said: "Big brother, it's stupid." Since there is going to be a war, we can only act according to the law of war, how can we delay the fighters so much and hope that the Liao people will come to surrender? Isn't it a fool's dream? Zheng Zhi is not at fault, let alone guilty, if you really want to talk about the crime, the first crime is the princes of the Manchu Dynasty. ”

"Hey... You are right, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, the corpse is vegetarian. Seed Master Dao was deeply touched by this sentence in his heart, and he ended up in today's field, in the final analysis, it is also the reason for these people in the court.

But between the two brothers, they never attributed the slightest reason to Emperor Zhao Ji.

"Big brother, I'm afraid Zheng Zhi will end up with you and me this time." The planter shook his head as he spoke.

"If this is the case, I will accept his son Zheng Kai as an apprentice, teach him to read well, and in the future, he will take a Jinshi and rank first, and he will no longer need to participate in those military affairs." There is only a sense of powerlessness in the heart of the seed master, and this is the only thing he can do, which is to let Zheng Zhi's son go to the test to gain a fame and no longer be embarrassed by Zheng Zhi.

The seed master suddenly stood up and shouted: "Lang Lang Qiankun, but he is a villain, how can there be such a reason in the world!" The official family is afraid that they are blind and appoint these dog thieves. When Wang Xianggong and Sima Xianggong were in the court, although there was a dispute between the old and the new, they were so wise and open-minded. However, in the past few decades, the court has been controlled by villains, how sad, how lamentable! ”

When the seed master heard this, he quickly stood up and pulled the seed master, and only said: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, don't talk nonsense." ”

Between the pulls and blocks, the two brothers sat down again, looking at each other, still worried.

The Holy Decree of the capital was galloping north with a team of knights and rotating fast horses, and it only took two days to pass four hundred miles to the Daimyo Mansion. This holy decree went north, and it was investigated and dealt with with by Zheng Zhi's dismissal, and he returned to Beijing for his crimes.

The official road is wide and flat, and it is late February, and the snow near the Daimyo's Mansion has melted.

At the same time, the army led by Luda also entered Jizhou, and on the official road of running horses, the two sides met together.

When the army came, it naturally filled this official road, and pedestrians went to both sides to hide.

Ruda walked in front of him with fifteen hundred knights, and the speed of the horse was not fast, because there were six thousand foot soldiers behind him.

The group from Tokyo was not ostentatious, and they hid with the pedestrians on the side of the road. I also wondered why so many ironclad soldiers were heading south.

Luda shook his head on the horse, and saw a team of horses suddenly appear on the side of the road, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and then looked at the people on the horse, more than twenty horses, only seven or eight people, this extravagant configuration, couldn't help but make Luda take a few more looks.

While looking at it, Ruda had already beaten his horse and walked by.

After walking hundreds of steps away, I didn't want Ruda to suddenly have a flash of inspiration in his mind, and said, "Come on, go and call the horse team on the side of the road." ”

Between words, Rudalma stopped. I went back and looked at it a few more times. The soldiers around him had already turned their horses back, and they went to call the Qincha who was still waiting by the roadside.

After staying for a long time, he didn't even see anyone coming from behind, Ruda seemed to be a little impatient, and shouted: "Come on, go and tie those people up to the Sprinkle family." ”

The reason why he didn't come for a long time was obviously because those Qincha didn't want to come to see Ruda, or they didn't take the soldier seriously.

With this order, dozens of soldiers rushed out left and right, dismounted and turned back, and in a moment, they really tied everyone to their heads.

"How can this be reasonable, where are you military generals who dare to kidnap Qincha, have you ever thought about the consequences?" A man in a small hat shouted angrily, his face extremely angry.

Ruda glanced at the person in front of him and said, "What kind of cha are you?" ”

"This official is the secretary of the Chinese book to save the Qincha, with His Majesty's gold medal and holy decree, how dare you make a mistake, don't let the official go quickly, you missed the emperor's errand, you can afford it!"

When Luda heard this, he couldn't help but think a little more in his heart, this is Jizhou, the hinterland of Hebei, this team of people is still going north, who is this gold medal and holy decree for? This question does not seem to require much thought.

"Come on, shut up all these people's mouths and search them." Ruda said with a frown.

The soldiers on the left and right stepped forward to make a fuss, and several people were gagged. In a moment, the decree and the gold medal were found.

Ruda unfolded the holy decree and glanced at it, but he was not in a hurry, rolled up the holy decree again, and said, "Take these people with you!" ”

The army began to set off again, heading for Enzhou.

When they set up camp at night, in a camp tent next to the big tent, more than a dozen men dug a big pit in the camp tent with hoes, and seven or eight corpses were buried in it.

That night, more than 1,000 cavalry broke away from the brigade and galloped out of the village, and hurried to the daimyo's mansion overnight.

On the afternoon of the second day, the busy Daimyo's Mansion was suddenly put under martial law, and several busy city gates were all closed.

Ruda had already arrived in the city, and Hebei and Gyeonggi began to be cut from this moment on. Tokyo's order will never enter Hebei again.

Two days later, to Xicizhou, Handan, and Xiangzhou, the city gates were all closed. Iron armor appeared in the city.

Jingxi Road, in Shandong, Jeju City also began to close the city gates, and above the city head, there were also hundreds of iron armor from Cangzhou.

The avenues from Tokyo to Shandong Hebei are no longer passable. The trend of secession has begun.

Guo Yaoshi also crossed the Zhuoshui with Zheng Zhi and began to go north. The Changsheng army, which was at the forefront of the queue, had more than 8,000 people with relatively complete armor, but there were few iron armors. The queue is not very neat, but these soldiers also have a murderous aura, which is much stronger than the forbidden army of the state capital.

Pharmacist Guo was by Zheng Zhi's side, introducing the situation and situation to Zheng Zhi along the way, as well as the situation in Yanjing.

"How far is Yanjing City to Juyong Pass? What is the road like? Zheng Zhi asked.

"Back to Xianggong, go north out of Yanjing City, one hundred and thirty or forty miles to Juyong Pass, and the avenue is easier to walk."

"How far is it from Yanjing to Songtingguan (Xifengkou) in the north? How far is it to Degubeikou (Miyun North)? Zheng Zhi asked slowly, at this time, Zheng Zhi was already thinking about the Great Wall, several important fortresses north of Yanjing

"Songting Pass is about 400 miles, and Gubeikou is about 300 miles. If the prime minister wants to ask about the golden people, the last general will also know a lot. At this time, the Jurchen has arrived in Bei'an Prefecture (southwest of Chengde), and the forward has been at the Songting Pass, if the Songting Pass is broken, the Jin people cross the Gubei Pass, and can break Danzhou (Miyun), Shunzhou (Shunyi), and the soldiers are in Yanjing. If the Jin people break the Juyong Pass in the northwest direction, they can go straight to Yanjing. Pharmacist Guo probably understood what Zheng Zhi was asking in his heart, and analyzed a few more words.

In fact, the Great Wall in this area is not very complete, and it is not as neatly repaired as the Ming Dynasty, but in the north of Yanjing, there are many mountains and mountains, and many passes are extremely neat, and the barrier has also been formed.

In fact, among the extremely complete Great Wall after the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall on the steep mountaintops, the role of the real enemy is not very obvious, and the main role is to transmit military information and rescue each other.

The beacon tower is used to transmit military information, and the steep Great Wall on the lofty mountains can also play the role of the shortest road. The army can move quickly above the hill to rescue the attacked. Rather than winding on mountain trails, this saves a lot of time. Of course, it is also an enemy that can resist the infiltration of small groups. It is unrealistic for a large army to cross mountains and mountains.

Therefore, the Great Wall where the real war takes place is still those passes, and the passes are the main road.

Zheng Zhi only said when he heard this: "In this way, if you want to block the Jin people, you still need to take the Gubei Pass as the key." The second is to go out of Juyongguan to naturalize (Xuanhua), so that the first-line defense, it will be difficult for the Jin people to go south. ”

Guo Yaoshi paused when he heard this, and continued: "What Xianggong said is extremely true, if you want to rule with the Jin people in the north and south, you must keep the important pass, and the Liao people will definitely not be able to hold it. The Jin people should not be able to fight openly with each other. ”

Zheng Zhi nodded, didn't say much about this question, and asked again: "Who is in charge of Yanjing City?" Can the leader or Yelu Dashi? How many soldiers and horses are there in the city? ”

After thinking for a moment, Guo Yaoshi replied: "Xianggong, except for Yeluchun in Yanjing, Xiao Gan is in charge, and the person who leads the troops should also be Xiao Gan. Xiao Gan is now a privy envoy, commanding the armies. It's Concubine Xiao's brother again. This man is exceedingly good at war, and is no bigger than Jeruh. ”

Guo Yaoshi looked down on Yelu Dashi who had just returned from a big defeat, and it was normal for Yelu Dashi to be looked down upon by others after such a defeat at this time. Pharmacist Guo's meaning was obviously to remind Zheng Zhi not to be careless, and not to underestimate the Liao people in Yanjing City.

When Zheng Zhi heard this, he smiled and said, "Those who can compare to Yelu are rare in the world. ”

Guo Yaoshi didn't know why, he just thought that Zheng Zhi was praising Xiao Gan in disguise.