Wanyan Zongfu led the defeated army to sleep in the open, three shocks in one night, and fled back to Yanjing City in embarrassment, he was ashamed to see people and closed his door. Wanyan Xiyin gathered the remnants of the army and called for a long time to be able to meet him.

After listening to Yan Xiyin's report, Zongfu couldn't help crying, the nine 10,000 troops sent out in this battle were nearly 100,000 people, Zhuozhou lost nearly 50,000 people in the first battle, and also lost two 10,000 commanders, hundreds of officers and officers of all sizes under him, plus those who escaped, only 30,000 people returned to Yanjing, and it can be said that the main force of Yanjing was completely disabled.

"Deputy Marshal, don't be sad, the current military situation is urgent, and we still have to focus on national affairs!" Wanyan Xiyin was also full of sadness, and sighed and persuaded.

"The Song army is fierce, now we are suffering from the enemy on both sides, and we have been defeated again, how can Yanjing defend this, I am worthy of the emperor's trust!" After a while, Wanyan Zongfu suppressed his sad voice and said.

"Deputy marshal, now we still have Yanjing City, the city is high and deep, how can the Song army easily capture it, and there are still 100,000 male soldiers in the hands of the marshal, which is only two hundred miles away from us, and the DPRK will definitely send reinforcements if they know it!" Wanyan Xiyin saw that Zongfu was pessimistic and hurriedly enlightened him.

"Hmph, Dashuai..."Don't mention the Wushu, now I don't fight when I hear it, "We let him return to the army when Pingzhou was lost, but he didn't send a single soldier to put Youyan in danger, but he led the troops to fight Datong for meritorious service, and now the Song soldiers have come to the city, how to count on it!" ”

"Deputy marshal, the army is floating on the expedition, maybe the marshal has not received the news yet, Youyan is his foundation how to give up easily, now is not the time to be rash!" Wanyan Xi Yin knew that Dao Zongfu was full of resentment against Wushu, and he was also very dissatisfied with what Wushu had done. But now is not the time to rebel in the nest, and it is better to persuade each other. "Now our top priority is, first, to ask for help from the marshal and the imperial court again; The second is to strengthen urban defense. Recruit soldiers and hoard grain and grass to prevent the Song army from besieging the city! ”

"Where has the Song army on the East Road been now?" Zongfu nodded and asked, knowing that what Yan Xiyin said was good.

"Deputy marshal, according to the reconnaissance cavalry, after the Song Army's East Route Army seized Pingzhou, it galloped non-stop day and night, and now the troops have arrived at the Sun Hou Pavilion, fifty miles away from here. There was civil strife in Luanzhou, and the rebels killed the guards and sacrificed the city; The Jingzhou defender was killed in battle; The defenders of Yuyang City had only 1,000 people, which were broken by the Song army, Zhizhou committed suicide, the defenders were nowhere to be found, and Jizhou was lost; When the Shunzhou garrison heard of the arrival of the Song army, he knew that he was invincible and fled into Yanjing City. Wherever the Song army passed, we wantonly hunted and killed the officials and wealthy families of our dynasty, confiscated their family property, and caused the officials and people to flee one after another! Wan Yan Xi Yin said.

"Where did the Song army on the South Road go?" Rao is Wanyan Zongfu has experienced a hundred battles. Hearing that Song Jun had fallen into four states so quickly, he couldn't help but be surprised, and asked in a trembling voice.

"After they conquered Zhuozhou, they did not stop their troops but pursued them all the way. It wasn't until Liangxiang that I stopped to rest, thinking that there was a shortage of food and grass, waiting for replenishment! Wanyan Xiyin's face twitched and he whispered.

"It's only sixty miles from Liangxiang to Yanjing. It can be reached in one day. Now that the Song armies from both sides are coming, it won't take too long to attack the city! Wanyan Zongfu said with a sigh. Both himself and Wushu were too light enemies, and they fell for Zhao Er's tricks. If it had been known that the Song army was assembling at the border, he would have increased his troops to deal with it. Instead of letting the soldiers disarm and return home to be busy, they will not temporarily transfer the army of the Gezhou capital when the Song army launches an attack, so that the rear troops will not be taken advantage of by Zhao Er, take Pingzhou lightly, and hit Yanjing City in ten days.

Wanyan Zongfu had already realized the crisis that Yanjing was in at this time, if he had not confidently sent troops to repel the enemy from the south road, but had stubbornly waited for help, he would not have ended up now. But there is no regret medicine in the world, and now I can only cheer up and find a way to defend Yanjing City. So Zongfu ordered to requisition the young and strong army again, strengthen the city defense, send the army to scavenge grain and grass, and at the same time send several messengers to send letters to Wushu and Shangjing respectively, please quickly send reinforcements to relieve the siege of Yanjing!

………

In fact, when Zongfu sent a messenger to the imperial court, Huining had already learned the news of the Song army's landing in Yingzhou. Yuguan is the main road to communicate inside and outside the pass, and it is also a trade route, and the Song army immediately cut off the traffic after the occupation, so those merchants who wanted to enter the pass immediately spread the news that Yuguan was occupied by the Song army to the capital. At this time, Zong Han, who was in charge of the government, was shocked and immediately sent someone to investigate, but where could he get in, and the news over there could not be transmitted, but it was certain that the news that Yuguan was occupied by the Song army was true.

Youyan's situation is unknown, and Zong Han can't rush to send reinforcements, so he can only explore again while discussing how to deal with it. At this time, there was an urgent report that Jinzhou, Yaozhou, Ningzhou, Fuzhou and other coastal prefectures and counties had discovered the naval forces of the Southern Dynasties, and they bombarded the coastal towns and sent troops to occupy Jian'an City, as if they wanted to go up the Liao River and capture Liaoyang Mansion. Zong Han was already convinced that Yingzhou must have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and the Song army was captured from the sea.

Zong Han is a headache, now the country seems to be calm, but in fact, it is also an undercurrent, Emperor Wu Qimai's illness is getting worse and worse, and he has long ceased to be in the court, and he just doesn't swallow that breath. The state affairs fell on the left minister Zonggan, the right minister Zonghan and the internal and external military sect itself, but now it is three people and three hearts. Zong Gan is bent on the crown prince Wanyan Kang, ready to help the prince ascend the throne after Wu Qimai's death, he happens to be the emperor's young regent; Zongben has always been dissatisfied with the fall of the throne, and he is bent on regaining the throne, taking the opportunity to get close to the emperor to falsely pass on the holy decree, greatly expanding his strength, and interfering in the government and politics.

Zong Han's position in the court became more and more awkward, and his right to speak without soldiers was greatly affected, and he faintly regretted that he had given up military power at the beginning, and could only condone the development of vultures to restrain Zongben's power. However, with the increase of power, Wushu also disobeyed his words, but fortunately, Emperor Wu Qimai still trusted him very much and let him preside over the government, but Zongben was very strict with him and did not let him meddle in the army.

But Zonghan is not a peaceful person, how can he sit back and watch his power be deprived little by little, so in the name of the emperor's reform of the ritual system, he wantonly promoted the Khitans who reduced the gold and used Hanchen. He also used the declining Jurchen population and the difficulty of replenishing soldiers as an excuse to form a Han army, appoint Han generals, and cultivate his own cronies, so as to counter the other two forces in the court, so that he could remain undefeated in the court after the emperor returned to heaven...

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Southern Dynasty suddenly sent troops to occupy Yingzhou and blockaded Yuguan. and sent troops to harass the coastal prefectures and counties of eastern Liaodong, but there was no news from Yanjing. The emperor asked everyone to come up with a charter to make a decision! "It's urgent. Zong Han did not dare to slack off to convene several important ministers in the court, in addition to Zong Gan and Zong Ben, there were also two Han ministers, one was Han Qixian, a minister from Liao, and the other was Yuwen Xuzhong of the Song Dynasty.

"Sticky Han, is the news of the landing of the Southern Dynasty in its own state reliable?" Zong Gan glanced at Zong Han suspiciously and asked.

"According to the book, the Song army's occupation of Yuguan is true, and some business travelers found out and informed the government that the local garrison had sent troops to attack. All of them were defeated, so they asked for help from the DPRK! Zong Han said with a smile, but he was not very comfortable in his heart, in the past, everyone called each other 'nicknames' to show affection, but now everyone is a person with status, and they are still called like this, if they don't lose their identity, he will return it.

"Yingzhou and Nanjing are close at hand, and we all know about it. Wouldn't the vultures be unaware? Isn't it a joke that the DPRK has to send troops to support! Zongben said in amazement, but the mocking tone in his words could be heard by anyone.

"A few days ago, there was news in Nanjing. The Southern Dynasty sent troops to Koubian to harass Ruzhou, attacked Juyong Pass, and crossed the Jiehe River into Yizhou. Is it that the Southern Dynasty sent troops on a large scale, and Wushu led troops from Nanjing to reinforce them. Thus being exploited by the Southern Dynasty! Zongben listened and took a sip of tea and said.

"Hehe, there are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Youyan area. There is also a danger of heaven's curse, even if the Southern Dynasty suddenly uses troops, it will not even be able to send a message, who knows if Lu Dao is a vulture and what the hell is happening! Zong Ben said with a dry smile.

"This..."Zong Gan was speechless for a while, glaring angrily, in fact, according to ordinary people's thoughts, this thing is indeed abnormal, but what Zong Ben said is true, in the past two years, every time the Wushu pays taxes, he intercepts the tax on the grounds that there is something at the border, and everyone knows that no one has broken it on weekdays, but today Zong Ben has broken it, so that the Zong Gan who maintains the Wushu is embarrassed.

"I thought it wasn't that Wushu didn't report it, but that the Song army had already calculated, and suddenly sent troops to seize Yingzhou and cut off the news from the two places, and Wushu led the troops outside, I'm afraid that not only Yingzhou, but also Nanjing!" At this time, Han Qixian suddenly interjected, and his words were amazing, and everyone's eyes looked at him.

Han Qixian, a Han native of Yanjing, Liao, was born in a family of eunuchs, and his ninth ancestor Han Zhigu Shiliao was the Zhongshu Order, living in Liucheng in vain, and was a dignitary for many generations. He was in the middle of the Liao Qiantong period, Jin Tianfu descended from Zhongjing in the sixth year, and was appointed by Taizu Aguta as the privy deputy capital of the Marshal Mansion of the West Road, and then served as the transfer envoy and the Xijing Guard. Later, Liu Yanzong died in the three invasions of the Song Dynasty, and he acted as the political affairs of Pingzhang under the Tongzhong Shumen and the affairs of the Privy Council. In the following year, he was recruited to Shangjing Huining to enter the court, and moved to Shangshu as a servant and servant.

Because Korean enterprises first learned the history of the past and knew the stories of the previous generations, "either because of or reform, salty and compromised". Every official chooses people, and takes it as his responsibility to cultivate and reward backwards, so that in the Jin regime, "there are many gentlemen in Taiwan Province for a while", and often ask Emperor Wu to buy advice, pick up and fill in the gaps, so as to win the respect and praise of the Jurchen nobles, the world calls him "virtuous minister", and was named the Duke of Chu, his words are very weighty.

"What Lord Han said is reasonable, Zhao Er has always been cunning, in the name of negotiation, he secretly transferred troops, feintted to attack Juyong Pass and Yizhou to transfer the Nanjing army, and secretly sent the navy to land in Yingzhou when Nanjing's troops were empty, and attacked Yuguan to cut off the news, so that the military information could not be transmitted to the capital!" Zong Gan nodded yes.

"According to Lord Han, what is the intention of the Southern Dynasty to send troops to the barracks?" Zong Ben asked a little unconvinced, Yingzhou and the Song Realm are thousands of miles apart, and it is impossible for a lone army to go deep just to travel!

"Now the situation in Nanjing is unknown, and I can't judge, but there are only two things!" Han Qixian pondered for a moment and said, "The Southern Dynasty has coveted Yanjing for a long time, and the occupation of Yingzhou is to cut off foreign reinforcements, and then send heavy troops from Hebei to capture Youyan; Moreover, it is intended to invade Shangjing with a large number of naval troops, if Shangjing has been lost, Yanjing will become a lonely place, and it will be self-defeating, and both places will be gained! ”

"As Lord Han said, the Song army has the intention of taking Shangjing directly after attacking Liaodong, so why did the Song army only send a small group of men and horses to land and harass, but not land!" Zong Han asked, if the Song army suddenly killed Shangjing and let people serve the nest, the joke would be big.

"This is the mystery of the art of war, the Song army has not landed in Liaodong for a long time, but after we learn that Yingzhou has been lost, they will send troops to reinforce, so that they can take advantage of the situation again and seize Shangjing!" Zong Ben said with a sneer, but he thought in his heart that this guy Wushu was becoming more and more disobedient, and it would be good to let the Southern Dynasty teach him a lesson, but he didn't believe that the Southern Dynasty dared to launch an attack in Liaodong.

"In my opinion, it is false to capture Liaodong, and it is true to seize Yanjing, now the weather is getting colder, the coast is frozen, how to dock the navy, and how to be replenished, it should be a feint attack on Liaodong so that we dare not easily send troops to help!" Zong Gan said loudly, sneering in his heart that you buddies have never been on the battlefield, but you dropped your book bag with yourself and talked about the mystery of the art of war.

"Hmph, Zuo Xiang, don't forget, the traitor Ah Shu has colluded with the Southern Dynasties, and now he is entrenched in Liaoxi, as long as the Song army lands in Liaodong, he will respond!" Zongben also blushed and said... (To be continued......)