Yao Pingzhong sighed and said: "Five thousand cavalry is not much, but it can't be underestimated, if the Xiang army goes, I'm afraid it will be defeated by the enemy, but it will break morale, if the Jingzhao army goes, even if it can defeat the other party, but it will lose a lot, and in the end the gains outweigh the losses, if the New Taipei Army and the Jingzhao army pull out together, the other party may not necessarily engage in the battle, and the cavalry will drag us and attract the main force of the enemy, then there is no point in defending the city." （）”

Yao Pingzhong still has a bit of a big picture, of course his 30,000 troops are not willing to be pulled out to die, but he is also opposed to the other two armies being pulled to the outer line, losing their own defensive advantages, and fighting the enemy in the field, which is not a wise move in any case.

In fact, Li Yanqing's thoughts are the same as Yao Pingzhong's, they don't have many troops, they should try to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, reduce casualties, and concentrate on dealing with the enemy's main force attacking the city, as for the casualties caused by the enemy's forward, they can only try their best to help, thinking of this, Li Yanqing said slowly: "Yao Dutong is right, the enemy's main force should be about to reach the Yellow River, if we rush out and are dragged by the other party, once the enemy's main force is killed, the consequences are unimaginable, just take the enemy forward as an alarm!" ”

Li Yanqing nodded slightly to Yao Pingzhong and said, "If you cut down trees outside the city, please ask Yao Dutong to speed up." ”

Yao Pingzhong smiled, "Yes, you two, I'll go first." ”

He bowed his hand, walked quickly to the city, looked at Yao Pingzhong's back as he walked away, and said with a wry smile: "Yanqing, there are still more than 100,000 people outside the city who have not entered, once our city is closed, let more than 100,000 people be slaughtered by the Jin, although you are wise militarily, but your reputation is also completely ruined, even if the official family is tolerant, I am afraid it will not be able to tolerate you." ”

Although he is not as good as his brother in terms of military attainments, he surpasses the Taoist in politics, and the Taoist has several ups and downs, but the Taoist has always been majestic, which is his uniqueness, and his decades of official career have made him look at officialdom more deeply and thoroughly.

Li Yanqing was speechless for a long time, sometimes military and political dilemmas are indeed a dilemma, military wisdom is a political failure, the situation in front of him is this choice, war, militarily disadvantageous, no war, politically lose points.

Only one compromise option can be selected.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "I'll send a cavalry to deal with it!" ”

There are not many cavalry in the city, only the 3,000 cavalry brought by the Jingzhao Army, originally Tiansi Prison raised 20,000 war horses in the northwest of the city, but Gao Yu in order to chase the Son of Heaven Zhao Ji who fled south, swept away the war horses of Mu Huogang, leaving only mountains of black beans and forage to the capital.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered someone to find Wang Gui and Niu Gao, and entrusted 3,000 cavalry to the two of them, and Wang Gui and Niu Gao immediately took the order and left.

.........

A cavalry galloped towards the north like a lightning speed, and Li Yanqing once again quickened the pace of preparations, no matter whether the enemy vanguard arrived tonight or not, there was not much time left for them.

Outside the west city, Li Yanqing and Li Gang came to Hongqiao, this area is the difficulty of migration, mainly because the Hongqiao area is prosperous in business, the housing prices are very high, most of the people's net worth is on the house, once people move away, the army will be strong and clear, all the houses must be demolished, no one can afford such a result.

"These people are afraid of Jin Bing, but they don't want their property to be damaged, so they can drag it out, and they all hope that the government can give some compensation.

Li Gang sighed slightly, "It's really hard to do!" ”

"At most, the house will be demolished! How much is the mud wall worth if the tiles are broken, the land is still there! ”

Li Yanqing thought about the problem simply, and Li Gang smiled bitterly, "If it's just a little compensation for the broken house, it's nothing, the land and the house are all dead, and they ask for compensation for the living things." ”

"What does it mean to be alive?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"Business opportunity!"

Li Gang pointed to the large number of houses in front of him and said: "Most of them are shops, move people into the city, and then demolish the houses, war, rebuild, and finally return to normal, it will take at least a year. ”

Li Gang said very tactfully, saying that it was an appropriate subsidy, but in fact it was a sky-high asking price, Li Yanqing understood in his heart, he couldn't help but snort coldly and said: "Whether life is important or money is important, Li Xianggong might as well tell them that the enemy vanguard will be killed tonight, whether it is life or wealth, let them decide for themselves!" ”

"Will it really be killed?" Li Gang asked nervously.

Li Yanqing was a little undecided, he received information in the morning that the Jin soldiers had arrived on the north bank of the Yellow River, and in terms of time, the Jin soldiers should have been killed in Renqiu County now, and there were flying pigeons in Renqiu County and the capital, and they should have received the news a long time ago, but now there is no news, Li Yanqing suspects that Yan Qing and they used the suspicious array to scare the Jin soldiers and retreat.

"I'm not sure, but the main force of the enemy army has almost reached the Daimyo's Mansion, and it is only three days away from the capital, if they don't withdraw into the city, it will really be a dead end."

"Alright! I'll go and persuade them again. ”

Li Gang hurriedly went to arrange manpower, and soon, the news that the Jin soldiers were about to be killed spread all over the Hongqiao area, and finally some merchants gave up their shops and houses and moved to the capital with their families, as long as someone took the lead in this kind of thing, everyone else would follow, except for a few nail shops, most of the rest of the people began to evacuate to the city gate, and the soldiers also began to demolish the houses.

Li Yanqing then came to Baoyanzhai, his father had already retreated south to Jiangxia a month ago, and there were still a few clerks in Baoyanzhai who refused to retreat south to be guarded, and Li Yanqing also needed to persuade them to enter the city.

The door of Baoyanzhai was hidden, Li Yanqing pushed the door and walked into the house, the things in the business house had been emptied, and there was not even a chair left, which looked deserted.

"Is Uncle Lian here?" Li Yanqing shouted.

The old man's father was too old to be old and could no longer be bumpy, so he also stayed to take care of the old father, and did not follow other people from Baoyan Zhai to the south.

Li Yanqing shouted a few times, but he didn't hear Uncle Lian's response, and it was estimated that he had already entered the city to guard the store.

Li Yanqing turned around and was just about to leave, when a young woman's voice came from the door, "Emperor Ji, this is it!." ”

The door was open, and a sound of footsteps came, and it was too late for Li Yanqing to flash, and at this time, a young woman with a gorgeous dress appeared in front of Li Yanqing.

The young woman obviously didn't expect that there was someone inside, she exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly took a few steps back, "Xiao'e, didn't you say that there was no one in the store?" The woman turned back and complained to the maid beside her.

"I ..... I just came with no one! ”

At this time, Li Yanqing recognized the young woman opposite, it was actually Zhao Fujin, the emperor of Yanqing, Li Yanqing said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just came in and disturbed the emperor!" ”

"It's you!"

Zhao Fujin recognized Li Yanqing at once, she was frightened just now, and she didn't look at the other party's face at all, at this time, she recognized Li Yanqing, her pretty face turned even redder, and a trace of panic flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"We ..... We're here to buy Bao Yan Zhai rouge! Zhao Fujin finally found a reason that he thought was good.

Li Yanqing's face showed a knowing smile, confirming that there were no people in the store to buy things, is this really going to 'buy'?

Li Yanqing didn't say anything, but smiled slightly: "This is the main store of Hongqiao Baoyan Zhai, don't buy rouge perfume, if the emperor wants to buy it, he has to go to Panlou Street, and now only that one is still open." ”

"Thank you, General Li, I thought I could buy it here!"

Zhao Fujin turned around to leave, but Li Yanqing stopped her, "Emperor Ji, please wait a minute!" ”

"What else is the matter with the general?" Zhao Fujin lowered his head, his face flushed, and he didn't dare to look at Li Yanqing.

"Won't Emperor Ji go to the south?" Li Yanqing asked.

Zhao Fujin shook his head, "Originally, we were going to Hangzhou, but my father took the first step, and the imperial brother was worried that it would not be safe on the road, so he didn't let us go south." ”

"That's it!"

Li Yanqing thought about it, then took out a small dagger and handed it to her, "This is a token of mine, if there is anything urgent and I need help, I will definitely do my best!" ”

"Thank you, General!"

Zhao Fujin took the dagger and gave a deep blessing, but he still didn't dare to look at Li Yanqing, turned around and hurried away.

Li Yanqing looked at her shadow and walked away, this poor woman, no matter what, she couldn't let that tragedy in history happen again.