The council chamber was a large, makeshift room with nothing to do but a table and dozens of chairs.

At this time, Wan Linggen sat on the main seat, his arms on the table, his head in his hands, his fingers in his hair and his head bowed in contemplation, as if he had encountered something extremely difficult to solve. Zhao Ling'er and Liang Hongyu stood behind him, and the two exchanged heads, and their expressions were extremely solemn. Dozens of civil and military generals sitting on chairs below all looked at the three people, not knowing what was going on.

After a long time, Wan Linggen raised his head, his eyes were red, and he glanced around at everyone seated, his gaze resting on the Zhang brothers.

"Bofen, Zhongxiong two brothers, General Zhang can live in Xicheng?"

Zhang Bofen got up and said: "Back to Dashuai, my father was unwell yesterday and didn't go back to Xicheng." ”

Wan Linggen let out a sigh and said, "That's good." And everyone, do you have any relatives who stay in Xicheng? ”

Everyone shook their heads. I think when I came to take refuge in him, I wanted to be peaceful, how could I leave my family there?

"Xianggong, I'm ......" Zhao Ling'er's low voice came from behind him.

Wan Linggen's body trembled, and he turned to look at her, "How did I forget, my Ling'er is a princess." ”

Zhao Ling'er couldn't hold back her tears, and said in a low voice: "Xianggong, it's okay for others, but ...... But my mother's ...... They ......"

Wan Linggen stood up and took Zhao Ling'er into his arms, "Ling'er, don't worry, your mother is my mother!" ”

Although the crowd did not know what was happening, they intuitively felt that something big was coming, and they stood up one after another.

Wan Linggen calmed Zhao Ling'er for a while, raised his hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, and said with a solemn face: "Everyone, what we are going to face next is the first tough battle since the opening of the Marshal's Mansion, I hope you can have a thorough psychological preparation." ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on him, and although their expressions were different, everyone looked full of confidence.

He continued: "I don't want to say anything superfluous, but later each of you will have a task to be assigned, and I will communicate with you one by one in detail to make sure that our actions are foolproof. After speaking, he waved his hand, "Let's disperse!" ”

"Scattered?" Everyone was in an uproar, this handsome man is too much, right, just these few words? But they couldn't be allowed to believe it, Generalissimo Wan took the lead and went out with Liang Hongyu and Zhao Ling'er with a sad face.

Soon, the ordinary people of the Great Marshal's Mansion and even the entire Dongcheng knew that there was going to be a war, and the atmosphere immediately became extremely depressing, although everyone didn't know when it started and how big the scale was, but the past of almost all the defeats in the Song and Jin battles still made everyone look extremely dull and depressed.

As soon as Generalissimo Wan issued a war proclamation, he began his work, summoning all those in charge, even those who were driving to feed the horses. So Generalissimo Wan, who did not close his eyes for three days and two nights, finally ended the summoning work on the morning of the fourth day, and fell into the bed and fell asleep, and this sleep passed for three days, during which he occasionally got up to drink saliva, and then continued to sleep, not to mention those who were summoned by him, even Liang Hongyu and other people who followed him were at a loss, and they didn't know what he was doing at all.

When he came out of the bed full of energy, the first person who greeted him was Uncle Zhang.

"Lao Zhang, have you been waiting for me for a long time?" Generalissimo Wan stretched his waist, and did not look at Zhang Shuye, who looked unhappy, sat on the chair and pulled his hair by himself.

Uncle Zhang's face became more and more ugly, and when he saw that he looked like a hanger, he finally slapped the table and stood up, "Dashuai, now everyone is waiting for your order, but you have slept for three days, you should have an idea, right?" ”

Wan Linggen glanced at him and motioned for him to sit down, Uncle Zhang sat down in a puff of night, but his eyes stared at him for a moment.

Wan Linggen smiled slightly, sat up straight and said, "Lao Zhang, don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly." ”

Liang Hongyu and Zhao Ling'er looked inside, and ordered someone to bring a cup of tea and a cup of boiled water. Wan Linggen pushed the cup of tea to Uncle Zhang and said: "Although I don't know how to arrange troops, and I haven't read the war book, I know one thing, that is, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, invincible in a hundred battles, and one thing is to be prepared." He took a sip of water and continued, "To do both, you need an extremely important thing, and that is intelligence. ”

Uncle Zhang's unhappy expression gradually softened, he took a sip of tea, frowned, and said, "What information do you need?" ”

Wan Linggen said: "Both sides want it." Now I've basically figured out the information on our own side, and the rest is on the enemy's side. I preliminarily concluded that the next target of the Jin people was likely to be the people in the imperial city, but the east and west cities had long been clearly divided, and there were few contacts with each other, so it was even more difficult to exchange information. ”

Uncle Zhang pondered for a while, then raised his head and asked, "Do you need information from the Imperial City?" ”

Wan Linggen nodded.

Uncle Zhang clenched his fingers into a fist, lightly hammered them on the table a few times, and suddenly asked, "How many of those captured Jin soldiers are there?" ”

Wan Linggen was stunned, "There should be more than 30,000 people, why are you asking this?" ”

Uncle Zhang gritted his teeth and said: "The so-called people who become big things are not informal, I have an idea, but I can give it a try." ”

"What an idea, tell me about it."

Uncle Zhang let out a sigh and sighed: "Since ancient times, the people of Li who have suffered the most in the war have been the people, and now the people of Kaifeng City have to suffer again." ”

Wan Linggen vaguely guessed what he wanted to say, and said with a cold face: "Do you want to make Kaifeng City chaotic?" I disagree! ”

Uncle Zhang said categorically: "Little brother, I'll do this thing, don't interfere." As for the transmission of information in the Imperial City, there is a way, but ......"

"I'll go!" Before Uncle Zhang's words fell, Zhao Ling'er pushed the door and walked in.

"No way!" Wan Linggen stood up suddenly, "Ling'er can't go back!" ”

Uncle Zhang bowed late at night and said, "The princess is wise! ”

Wan Linggen pulled Zhao Ling'er over and said angrily, "Wise fart!" In any case, I can't let Ling'er go back to the Imperial City. ”

Uncle Zhang asked with a strange expression, "Then do you have any other way?" ”

Wan Linggen glared, "You care about me!" Anyway, Ling'er can't go back! ”

Uncle Zhang shook his head and was silent.

Zhao Ling'er gently held Wan Linggen's hand, and said with tears in her eyes: "Xianggong, only I am the most suitable to go." Besides, my mother and they are all there, if they have any strengths and weaknesses, how can I survive? ”

Wan Linggen was speechless for a moment, compared to their blood and family, he was an outsider after all.

Zhao Ling'er smiled sadly and said: "Xianggong doesn't have to worry too much, in the name of my princess Roujia, don't say that it is in the imperial city, even under the Great Song Dynasty, I'm afraid no one dares to beat my idea." ”

Wan Linggen was silent for a long time, then sighed and asked, "Ling'er, are you sure that after you return to the Imperial City, someone will think about you?" ”

Zhao Ling'er burst into tears, threw herself into his arms and cried: "It's enough for Ling'er to have a husband to care about, and it doesn't matter who else is." ”

Wan Linggen smiled bitterly: "If you are really in any danger at that time, I am afraid that I will not be able to reach it." ”

Zhao Ling'er whispered in his ear: "Don't worry, Ling'er has a way to protect herself." ”

Wan Linggen looked into her eyes, "Really? ”

Zhao Ling'er nodded firmly.

Wan Linggen hugged her tightly and whispered: "Ling'er, remember one thing, life is priceless, your life not only belongs to you alone, but also to me!" ”

"I know!" Zhao Ling'er snuggled tightly into his arms, tears welling up.

After a long time, the two separated, Zhao Ling'er wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "Xianggong, General Zhang, I want to prepare first, and you can continue to talk." After saying that, he bowed and withdrew.

Uncle Zhang was just about to speak, Wan Linggen raised his hand to stop it, and said coldly: "Old Zhang, I don't care what you want to do, but if you want to let the 30,000 gold people out, you must first promise me one thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Emasculated them!"

"What did you say?" After making sure that he had heard correctly, Uncle Zhang nodded helplessly, "Okay!" They can't be allowed to recuperate for too long, though. ”

A day later, Qiu Fuyang walked out of the prisoner of war camp with hundreds of Lang Zhong, all of them tired and a little unsteady in their walking. Each of them received ten taels of silver from the Great Marshal's Mansion, and went home separately to sleep.

The next day, more than 20,000 Jin soldiers suddenly appeared in Kaifeng City, and as soon as these leaderless stragglers appeared, they immediately caused a huge panic among the people in the city, causing Kaifeng City, which was gradually calm, to fall into disorderly turmoil.

And Princess Zhao Ling'er of Roujia took advantage of the chaos to be escorted back to the imperial city by Wan Linggen.

Looking at Zhao Ling'er, who disappeared into the high-walled compound of the imperial city, Wan Linggen was troubled in his heart. He beckoned Zhang Fengnian and Li Qilin beside him, and commanded in a cold voice: "Pass on my general order, and every day 500 people will be transferred out of the direct guards in turn, and overseas Chinese will be mixed into the people. ”

"Yes!" The two stepped forward to lead the order, and Wan Linggen took a team of more than 100 people to sneak back to the Dashuai's Mansion at night.

The chaotic situation in the city soon calmed down, and those golden people who were mixed in the world were arrogant and domineering at the beginning, and occasionally hurt people. But those troublesome Jin people were soon beheaded in the street by black-clothed masked men who appeared out of nowhere, and after that, no one dared to mess around. So in Kaifeng City, there was a strange scene of Jin and Song people mixing and not invading each other.

Unusual things often indicate that more unusual things will happen, and the more peaceful they are, the more panicked the hearts of the people become, and there are countless folk rumors.

In fact, an even larger crisis is looming.