The Yellow River, the boat is like a carp, and the 200,000 forbidden troops are going to the Zhending battlefield day and night.

Yanshan, war horses are like locusts, 300,000 Jin Guotie ride pillows and wait for Dan, and the commander of the East Route Army, Wan Yan Zongwang, is determined to win.

The war between the Song and Jin countries finally broke out in full force. The reason is that Chu Tianya has eliminated the bridgehead of the Jin Kingdom and will defeat Zhending.

Now, the Great Song Dynasty ordered King Kang Zhao to be the marshal of the Hebei Army and preside over this epic battle. However, the commanders of the reinforcements sent by the imperial court were the well-known leaders of the surrender faction, Wu Min and Tang Ke. The 200,000 northern aid forbidden troops are beating drums in their hearts - can there be results by going out to fight with these two people?

After learning the name of the leader of the reinforcements, King Kang's heart was also half cold-these two people were clearly here to add to the chaos!

The battle of Zhending has not yet begun, but the situation here in Xiaocangshan, Hedong, is tense.

Wanyan Zonghan's army was gathering one after another, and the 370,000 Jin State capable battle divisions rushed towards Xiaocang Mountain, the land of projectiles, with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai.

At first, Chu Tianya and the others deliberately concealed the enemy situation of the Jin State, not wanting to make their soldiers panic. However, the huge momentum in the enemy camp cannot be hidden even if you want to. People and horses like mountains and seas, standing on Xiaocang Mountain, climbing high and looking at the boundless end; The hundred miles of camps are like a city dotted around, not to mention killing all the soldiers and horses, or tearing down those camps is not an overnight effort.

The 100,000 Hedong rebels invariably felt their insignificance. This is clearly not a contest at the same level. In the past, although the Jin soldiers were strong, they rarely used crowd tactics, and usually attacked more with less. This time it was different, the strength of the Jin soldiers was several times like mine -- if in the past, the southern army was like a sheep like a tiger in the face of the Jin army, now, it is a sheep standing in front of a group of tigers!

Chu Tianya sent Qingwei to lead scouts to Hebei to inquire about the military situation. Within three days, the flying pigeons kept spreading the news, saying that the soldiers and horses of the two countries totaled nearly 700,000 and were marching towards Zhending one after another. The war is about to break out, the Jin soldiers are coming like a flood, the Song army is afraid before the battle, King Kang is drunk every day and does not want to live, and his generals are only seeking personal gain, the situation is extremely bad - please make plans early!

Although it has not yet officially started, the shape is extremely critical.

Chu Tianya didn't want to wait, he couldn't let 100,000 brothers make fearless sacrifices. He secretly sent Qingwei to invite Zhang Xiaochun and Yao Gu in the rear to avoid Bai Xu secretly discussing the evacuation plan.

"The Admiral wants to retreat?" Hearing about Chu Tianya's plan, Zhang Xiaochun and Yao Gudu were taken aback.

"Defeat is assured, and staying here is just a fearless casualty." Chu Tianya said, "Although there are more than 300,000 troops under the command of King Kang of Hebei, but a plate of scattered sand will definitely not be able to withstand the attack of Wanyan Zongwang. If it is true that if Hebei is defeated and falls, Hedong will inevitably be isolated and face a flanking attack. Hedong and Hebei are the two national gates of the Great Song Dynasty, but now the mountains are collapsing and the torrent is coming, and these two broken doors alone can't stop it! ”

"You can't withdraw!" Zhang Xiaochun was like a hurry, "General, last year, you had no soldiers and no generals, but you dared to fight to the death with Jin Guo; Now that you have 100,000 heroes under your command, why did you retreat without a fight? ”

"It's not the same time it used to be. It is precisely because I have 100,000 brothers under my command that I cannot let them die in vain. I want to preserve my strength and leave the fire in order to make a comeback one day. Chu Tianya said, "I know what it will mean if I retreat, but I would rather bear such an infamy than let 100,000 brothers go to the funeral for my own name!" ”

Yao Gu's eyebrows tightened, "General, you'd better think twice!" If you retreat, the door to the east of the river will be wide open, and the golden soldiers will drive straight into the Central Plains. When the time comes, the whole territory of Hedong will be devastated, and if Tokyo is lost, you will be unable to shirk the sin of losing the country! -- The people of the Great Song Dynasty will treat you as a traitor! ”

"I know. If I lead 100,000 brothers to die in Hedong, I may leave a beautiful mark in history. Chu Tianya sneered and said, "But what Chu wants is not this kind of worthless thing. I will take my brothers to find a way to live, and only by surviving can I do something practical. Those integrity and false names, let the readers toss it! ――Yao Jingluo, I hope you can come with me! ”

Yao Gu was stunned, "Why?" - Yao is a feudal official appointed by the imperial court, the city is in the people, the city is dead, the city is dead, I can't go! ”

"Because I want to lead the army into the customs, according to Heluo, the United Western Army, and protect Tokyo!" Chu Tianya said bluntly, "Hedong will definitely not be able to hold it, and must give up." The 100,000 brothers must have a place to stay, and I think about it, but the only way to enter the gate is to enter the gate. Only by standing firm and preserving your strength can you have the strength to defend Tokyo! ”

Zhang Xiaochun and Yao Gu were suddenly taken aback, "It turns out that the general has a picture of the future?" ”

"Of course!" Chu Tianya said, "If Chu was greedy for life and afraid of death, he would have fled as early as last year." The eldest husband can bend and stretch, and I will not make fearless sacrifices for the sake of some false fame. My 100,000 brothers, who are rare people who dare to fight and can fight in today's troubled times, how can they be buried in vain? ――I want to leave this spark and let it be rekindled in Guanzhong, and keep the last hope of the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"The last hope?" Zhang Xiaochun's brows tightened, and his expression was very serious, "Did the general directly treat King Kang, who led the 300,000 army in Hebei, as nothing?" ”

"Sooner or later, he will be defeated." Chu Tianya said categorically, "The imperial court sent 200,000 forbidden troops to the north, but the people who led the army were Wu Min and Tang Ke who surrendered. Will they do their best to help King Kang defeat his enemies? Even if they could, would they have what it would be? King Kang Zhao Gou's side, even if I can come up with a handsome who can fight and dare to fight, I will have three points of hope for him. The problem is, he doesn't. There was only a group of frightened rotten people who didn't even have eunuchs. They fought only to get promoted and make a fortune, and Jin Bing ran away by peeing his pants as soon as he came. Governor Zhang, Hebei is hopeless! It's hopeless!! -- If Hebei is lost, Hedong will fall into the flanking attack of the eastern and western armies of the Jin State. 700,000 Jin soldiers, Zong Wang and Zong Han, the two most ruthless commanders of the Jin Kingdom, plus Taiyuan suffered from no reinforcements outside the enemy and no food and grass inside, you sue me, how many days can you support it? ”

Zhang Xiaochun's face was tense, gray, and his neck was so stiff that he couldn't shake it.

"Yao Jingluo, what about you?" Chu Tianya said, "I handed over the 100,000 righteous army to you to command, plus the Taiyuan forbidden army for a total of about 150,000 - how many days can you support it?" ”

"Up to ...... Half a month. Yao Gu kept inhaling cool air.

"Half a month later, the 100,000 men and horses were annihilated, and Hedong was lost and Taiyuan fell." Chu Tianya said, "Because we resist to the death, the Jin soldiers will inevitably slaughter the city wherever they go." Just for the sake of the word 'integrity', is it worth it to spend hundreds of thousands of lives and lose the last hope? ”

"Yao doesn't know......," Yao Gu inhaled deeply, "Yao only knows that the imperial court ordered me to be stationed in Taiyuan, so I must stay here." The city is in the people, and the city is dead! ”

"It's easy to die, but it's hard to live." Chu Tianya said, "You have to be a hero, I have no objection. But now there is a more important thing worth doing, and that is to help me contact the Western Army. The main generals of the Western Army are all from the two families of Chong Yao. If the Hedong Righteous Army can be integrated with the Western Army, and the Tiger Prison will rush out to aid Tokyo according to Heluo, it will make a great difference. It's better than now that we are dying to defend Xiaocang Mountain and sacrificing in vain! ――Governor Zhang, Yao Jingluo, do you dare to live a little more in your brains?! ”

Chu Tianya was a little annoyed, and his words were very unpleasant. The faces of Zhang and Yao changed.

In their ideological realm, abandoning the city and fleeing is a big crime that is comparable to bullying the king, and it will be dug up by the ancestors! - In short, they would rather die in battle!

Bai Xu, why don't you think so in your heart?

They were all born and raised in the Great Song Dynasty, and their thoughts and behaviors have long been bound by the feudal dogma of this era. It was even more difficult for Chu Tianya to convince them.

"Anyway...... This is a great rebellion! Yao Gu's tone became a little stern, "General, can't you recall your Lingshi Wang Lao Linggong?" Why didn't he abandon the city in the first place? - On the other hand, Tong Guan, who wanted to abandon the city and leave, died at the hands of the general! ”

"This time, that time!" Chu Tianya said bitterly, "At that time, the preparation of the Jin Kingdom was not sufficient, and it was not easy for our army to have a chance of winning. And at that time, we did not suffer from the enemy, and we still had the uninjured Great Song Dynasty behind us. Now it's different, now the general trend has gone and the defeat has been decided, and the court is rotten from the inside, what can we do to turn the tide? - Okay, even if Chu and you can be called magically holding Taiyuan, holding it for a year or two, Hebei will fall and the Jin soldiers will either come to surround our army, or drive straight into Tokyo, will Tokyo be able to hold on? ―― Tokyo can't hold it, the Great Song Dynasty has destroyed the country, what does it mean that we still hold a Taiyuan? Then it is better to abandon a city and a pond, and retreat to the pass, don't make a later picture. When Tokyo was under attack, if a brigade of strong divisions went east to fight against the lone Jin army in the hinterland of the Central Plains, it would be far more interesting than defending the isolated city of Taiyuan!! ”

Zhang Xiaochun and Yao Gu were silent. They knew in their hearts that Chu Tianya's words were reasonable. Compared with Tokyo and the survival of the Great Song Dynasty, the importance of the gains and losses of Taiyuan is certainly not worth mentioning. However, they have been nurtured and educated for decades, and the ideas and persistence in their hearts can be transformed by Chu Tianya's words?

"I'll ask you the simplest question, and you don't have to think about it, answer me as fast as you can!" Chu Tianya slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Taiyuan or Tokyo, choose one of the two, which one do you want?" ”

"Tokyo!!" The two said in unison.

"That's a fart!!" Chu Tianya was anxious, "Withdraw—"

Zhang Xiaochun and Yao Gu's eyes were straight, and they looked at Chu Tianya in a daze.

Chu Tianya's eyes narrowed and his face showed murderous aura, "If you don't obey me, I will kill you first--then withdraw!" ”

Zhang Xiaochun smiled bitterly, "Brother Tianya, why do you have to speak ill of you?" ”

Yao Gu didn't care, he pondered for a moment and said, "What the general said is extremely reasonable. But...... Who can afford the sin of losing the country? ”

"If more than 100,000 of us die in Taiyuan, then we will really lose the country." Chu Tianya said, "If we withdraw from Guanzhong and get out of the tiger prison according to Heluo, I don't dare to say anything else, at least we still have a hope." Governor Zhang, Yao Jingluo, think about it clearly. What is lacking in the current Great Song Dynasty is a pile of white bones that were buried for false fame, or hundreds of thousands of real heroes who dare to do practical things? ”

"If the general withdraws...... will bear the infamy and criticism of history! Zhang Xiaochun said.

"It's like the commentaries in many tile shops now, insulting Wei Wucao Mengde. I don't care, really! Chu Tianya said seriously with an expressionless face, "Actually, isn't it Cao Mengde who really supported the Han family for decades, ended the war in the Central Plains and unified most of the territory of China?" The foundation of turning chaos into rule is not laid by those old masters who are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but Cao Mengde! -- He is the hero who really did good deeds. I can be like him, and it's worth it if I die! ”

"General, I want to be a hero in troubled times...... Yao Gu sighed heavily, "Then let Yao be the first eagle dog under the general!" ”

"Yao Jingluo, do you agree?" Chu Tianya was overjoyed, "Governor Zhang, what about you?" ”

"Zhang Mou is a scholar, he can't carry his hands without carrying his shoulders, and he wants to deal with the Jinren to protect the territory and the people, although he is full of ambitions......"

Chu Tianya interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "Say it bluntly!" ”

"I'll go with you!"

Chu Tianya slapped the table and stood up, "Please Yao Jingluo lead the army to escort the people and children to take the first step, Taiyuan people and horses step by step, Xishan retreats first, and then Taiyuan and Taihang, I will arrange it!" - Remember to keep it a secret!! ”

"Okay, just listen to the general's arrangement!"

Chu Tianya's meeting with Zhang and Yao was held in top secret. Except for a few henchmen Qingwei, everyone else didn't know, including Xiao Linglong.

That night, the three of them discussed in secret all night and delineated the retreat plan in detail. All in all, the operation was carried out in secret, but it could not fall into the eyes and ears of the Jin State, nor could it let the soldiers of the Hedong Righteous Army be disheartened after learning the news.

After sending the two away, Chu Tianya returned to Xiaocang Mountain, what should he do if he had nothing to do. He sent someone to call Bai Xu and said that he should go to Xishan to replace Meng De.

Bai Xu was taken aback, when he was facing the enemy, why did he transfer him as a military division?

Chu Tianya didn't explain to him, only said that "there is important military information."

"But Xixia is coming?"

"When the military advisor arrives in Xishan, he will naturally know."

Bai Xu was full of doubts in his heart. But the lord's order has been given, and he can't help but obey. That night, he left with several confidants.

Liu Ziyu became the official military division of the military aircraft hall before the war. A qiē military order, issued by him. That also means that Chu Tianya has no constraints.

Ahead, the military camp of the Jin Kingdom is majestic, like a city, and the traffic is full of majesty.

Here, in the middle of the night, the south gate of Taiyuan was opened, and Yao Guxian took two or three thousand cavalry to protect the last group of old and young people in Taiyuan, and quietly left.

Bai Xu arrived in Xishan and just saw Meng De and barely spoke, so he was ordered by Meng De and arrested and placed under house arrest.

Although there is no restraint, Bai Xu knows that the arguments and protests of Yiqiē are useless now. There is no military situation in Xishan, only a trap laid by the lord.

At the same time, he also knew that the Hedong Righteous Army was about to retreat!