The situation has been very clear, there is only one way in front of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs, that is, to resist to the end, there is no doubt that the resistance to the end, Emperor Qinzong has no intention of going further south, the picturesque Jiangnan, if it is stepped into by the iron hooves of the Jin soldiers, it will definitely become a purgatory on earth, and the tragedy of Hebei cannot happen in Jiangnan!

So, what to do?

Emperor Qinzong set his eyes on Wu Yong, the chief staff officer, and everyone also focused their eyes on Wu Yong, Wu Yong sighed, he knew his duty, and he knew what he should say, but to say it like this, it was undoubtedly to send the person who did it to death.

Who wants that?

"The current plan is to delay, only to delay enough time, in order to create an opportunity for us to accumulate the strength of the Northern Expedition, and now, if we use the army that has not been reorganized to deal with the Jin people, then the outcome is self-evident, we will definitely fail miserably, the army that has not been reorganized can not be used, only the 50,000 troops that have been reorganized, someone must take them, go to Kaifeng, establish a line of defense in Kaifeng, and swear not to let the Jin soldiers break through this line of defense and arrive at Yingtianfu!" Sighing slightly, Wu Yong said that this was not a solution.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Emperor Qinzong broke the silence: "Ladies and gentlemen, which of you is willing to go to Kaifeng to buy time for the Great Song Dynasty?" ”

This has been said very clearly, I would rather die than retreat, I would rather die than buy time for the Great Song Dynasty, to go is to die, but there are few people who die, and if you don't go, everyone will die together, all the preparations made before will be put into flowing water, and there will be no trace left, and the Zhongxing of the Great Song Dynasty is far away, and there is even the danger of losing the country.

Who wants that? But who wants to? This time. All of you here have a high status and status, and you also have a lot of power. Got a taste of it, and a bright future ahead of it. Who wants that? Lin Chong asked himself if he was unwilling, although he already wanted to say that he was willing to go, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say it, although Luda looked rude, but he was actually very shrewd, and he was also doing a fierce ideological struggle at the moment.

As for the others, they were silent, and Zhao Huan himself knew it. At this time, not everyone can make a choice like Yue Tuo, but there is only one Yue Flip, far away in the northwest, but by his side, is there such a person?

Yes.

Zong Ze slowly stood up, his old body looked a little rickety, but Zong Ze's experience made his body look tall and tough: "Your Majesty, the old minister is willing to go." ”

Emperor Qinzong was slightly stunned. Then he stood up and asked uncertainly: "Zong Qing, you, are you willing to go?" ”

Everyone looked at Zong Ze. There was a slight relaxation in my heart, but there was indescribable guilt and pain, as well as hatred for my cowardice.

Zong Ze took a deep breath. opened his mouth and said: "At the beginning, the old minister should have died in Kaifeng. It was General Yue who saved the old minister and let the old minister live for a little longer. General Yue exchanged his death for the life of the old minister, then the life of the old minister is no longer his own, when the Great Song Dynasty needs someone to die, then the old minister should be the first to stand up and die, compared with you, the old minister is too old, and I don't know when he will die.

Therefore, compared with the promising people, the old minister should have died a long time ago, now it's just the time, General Yue died in Tokyo City, then the old minister should also die there, in this way, to be able to save General Yue's life-saving grace and his hope for the old minister, Your Majesty, the old minister please fight, this battle, whether won or not, the old minister will not leave Kaifeng again, if the old minister wins, then the old minister is waiting in Kaifeng for His Majesty to lead the Northern Expedition army to come, if the old minister dies in battle, then the old minister hopes that His Majesty can lead the Northern Expedition army back to Kaifeng, Collect the corpse of the old minister. ”

After speaking, Zong Ze gave one last salute to Emperor Qinzong, took three steps back, and turned to leave.

Zong Ze's pale hair and rickety back were frozen in the afternoon of the eighth day of the eighth month of the second year of Jingkang.

He still embarked on the path that originally belonged to him, without hesitation, this old man who did not have himself in his heart but the world, did not hesitate to choose his original fate, without hesitation, or it can be said that his choice has never changed, if China still has a backbone, Zong Ze must be the hardest part of this backbone, rather crushed than bent.

He is a well-deserved backbone.

Watching him leave, Zhao Huan suddenly found that he had once again lost a courtier who could entrust his life, last time it was Yue Zhuan, and this time it was Zong Ze.

How can he be virtuous, every time there is a crisis, there are courtiers who are willing to die for him?

The Great Song Dynasty did not choose Yingtianfu as the capital, and Tokyo Kaifeng Mansion was still the nominal capital, in order to show that the Great Song Dynasty royal family did not forget the belief of the Northern Expedition to recover their homeland, so after that, Zong Ze's position became Tokyo Stay, leading 70,000 troops, and was fully responsible for guarding all military and government affairs in Tokyo City.

Zhao Huan did his best to help this loyal minister who was willing to die for Zhao Song Jiangshan, such as giving him the power of the Jiedu envoy and giving him enough troops - in order to help Zong Ze as much as possible, Zhao Huan allocated half of his personal guards, the most elite soldiers composed of Yue Fan's remaining troops, to Zong Ze, and instructed them to use extraordinary means as a last resort to protect Zong Ze from Kaifeng Mansion alive and return to Yingtian Mansion.

Ruan Xiaowu has just formed a naval army that has not been trained much has also been ordered by Zhao Huan, once the battle breaks out, as long as Zong Ze needs, Ruan Xiaowu's water division needs to immediately go north to the Yellow River channel to assist Zong Ze in guarding the Yellow River defense line, the Jin army has no water division, not good at water, this is our biggest advantage, in addition, in order to ensure the supply of Zong Ze's department, Zhao Huan ordered that any materials need to be supplied to Zong Ze's Tokyo Garrison Mansion first, not Ying Tianfu.

Zong Ze was treated and trusted 10,000 times better than the original time and space, and Emperor Zhao Huan was not the original Zhao Gou who was bent on avoiding war, and his government was not a government that was bent on taking refuge in the south, but a government full of will for revenge.

It can be said that in addition to not killing the enemy himself, Zhao Huan gave Zong Ze everything he could give to Zong Ze, let him guard the Yellow River, guard Tokyo, and buy precious time for the Great Song Dynasty, and Zong Ze will also repay this trust and kindness with practical actions and blood.

On August 13 of the second year of Jingkang, Zong Ze, who stayed in Tokyo, led 70,000 troops to leave Yingtianfu, left Yingtianfu in the emperor's reluctant gaze, went north to Kaifeng Mansion in Tokyo, rebuilt the Yellow River defense line in Tokyo, and returned to the place where Yue Tuo and 30,000 warriors had fought to the death, and recast the unyielding backbone of the Great Song Dynasty.

Before leaving, Zong Ying, the son of Zong Ze, asked his seventy-year-old father: "My father is old, why should he be like this?" ”

Zong Ze looked at his son, took a deep breath, and said, "The martyr is in his twilight years, and his heart is strong!" ”

Zong Yinggui advised: "My father is already in his prime, if he goes north this time, it will definitely be a vicious battle, if my father has an accident, how can I deal with my son?" ”

Zong Ze said to his son word by word: "People will eventually die, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao, my father never thought that I could leave Tokyo alive, if I died in battle, it was the best, a seventy-year-old person, I can still die on the battlefield, die for the country, that is the supreme glory of the father, the father does not require you to die for the country with the father, but you must know that sometimes, death is very glorious, and future generations can remember." ”

Zong Ying was silent for a long time.

The clouds of war once again shrouded the Central Plains, and Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Lou, who learned through various channels that the Song had begun to prepare for the war, were extremely angry, which not only meant that they would lose the opportunity, but also represented that they had Song spies in their country, and kept conveying the most important information to Song, otherwise the Song Emperor would not have sent the old man named Zong Ze to lead 70,000 troops to defend Tokyo, and Yue Fei would not have set up heavy troops on the front line of Chang'an Tongguan, collecting grain, grass and soldiers and horses everywhere to prepare for the decisive battle.

"Damn! Such important information was actually leaked, and Yue Fei was prepared, who the hell is! Who is it! Who leaked the information!! Wanyan Wu begged to buy a look of choosing people and loving them.

Wan Yan Lou was also extremely angry, he just heard that his son was arrested, and thought that he must be dead, but he didn't expect Yue Fei to make preparations, so there was only one reason, his son leaked information...... That damn traitor didn't know anything, he just thought that Daikin was here to make trouble, and that his son was the only one who knew the news that Dajin was about to attack south.

If it's not a domestic spy, then it's his own son who has lost his temper......

I have been heroic all my life, but I didn't expect to have such a useless son...... Wanyan Lou Room looked up to the sky and sighed, sad and indignant, he probably wouldn't have thought that if he was allowed to see and see the punishment of the snake cave, it was estimated that he would also feel very cool and refreshed.

But the matter has come to this, he has no choice but to bite the bullet, after Yan Wu Begging Mai's anger was vented, he and Wan Yan Wu Begging Mai discussed the tactical strategy for a long time, as well as the next countermeasures, and when the sun set, when he left Wan Yan Wu Begging's residence, he suddenly had an ominous premonition.

This is the feeling he once had, when his eldest son and living daughter died in battle, he felt this way.

Could it be that this time is really more auspicious? Will Daikin be defeated again? Can the weak Song really regain his strength in such a short time? Can you defeat the Daikin army head-on?

Wanyan Lou didn't know, and wouldn't know, that the two strongest main battle factions of the Great Song Dynasty were waiting for his arrival. (To be continued.) )