The west wind is blowing, and it's already December.

It has been half a year since the Song and Jin wars began, and the battle situation is that the Jin army has won successive victories, and the Song army has been defeated repeatedly. However, the victor did not enjoy the fruits of victory, and the loser was not defeated by defeat. The battle situation was stalemate, the Jin army was victorious, occupying a large area of land in the Song Dynasty, but there was no effective control over the occupied area, there were beacons everywhere, and the rebels from all walks of life were like rats, appearing at any time, attacking at any time, and then hiding at any time, and they couldn't catch it if they wanted to.

At this time, the main resistance to the main force of the Jin army was mainly the Xiang army and the rebel army from all over the country. They are far inferior to the Jin Army in terms of weapons and combat quality. The Jin army was almost in a one-sided overwhelm, but the rebel armies of all walks of life, one after another, almost just wiped out one group, and another group appeared.

In battle after battle, these van armies and rebel armies were scattered and annihilated, but they were like tenacious weeds, unyielding, and constantly resisting gold.

In the death after death, in the defeat after defeat, their combat power slowly improved, and gradually grasped the rhythm of the Jin army's battle, and the defeat became less and less, and the killing and damage to the Jin army increased.

At this moment, a northwest wind blew, snowflakes fell from the sky, and Bianliang City was snow-white at this time.

Looking out the window, Bianliang at this time has no prosperity in the past, and the repeated wars have already beaten Bianliang to the point of being desolate and desolate.

"It's another winter!" There was a sad look in Zhang Suo's eyes.

Now the war situation in Henan is very bad, the Jin army swept through Henan, many state capitals in Henan, and even the Xiangfan generation, have also been looted, and one by one the big cities have fallen. On the land of the Central Plains, only Bianliang exists alone, like an isolated island, the Jin army has given up the siege of Bianliang, but mainly to besiege, based on the rapid movement of cavalry, cut off the connection between Bianliang and the outside world, and it is difficult to transport the food and equipment from the outside world to Bianliang.

Before the war, it was estimated that it was difficult, but with more material reserves, it was even more to flatten prices, reduce food prices, rectify the army, and repair the city wall, which allowed Bianliang to withstand the attack of the Jin army and finally be preserved.

It's just that Bianliang, which has lost supplies from the outside world, is like an island, only consumed, but unable to get supplies, how long can it last in the end?

Maybe half a year, maybe a month?

Touching his arms, Zhang Suo took out a letter, which was a letter from the official family to him. The letter described in detail the current anti-Jin situation, advocating a long-term anti-Jin and spending 20 years to completely defeat the Jin army; In the letter, he opposed the theory of surrender and blindly surrendered to the Jin army; also opposed the theory of quick victory, believing that "as soon as the heavenly army arrives, the golden army will be defeated"; Resisting gold is a long thing, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and only by simmering meat over a slow fire can you achieve the final victory.

The letter analyzed the current situation and believed that most of Henan had now fallen, leaving only Bianliang as an isolated island, and there was little point in guarding it. At this time, Bianliang has become a chicken rib, tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to abandon it. At the right moment, you can abandon Bianliang and go west to join the Zongze Division, or you can go south to Xiangfan to retreat, or you can go north to join Wang Yan's Division, but you can't insist on staying in Bianliang and not moving.

In the end, it was written clearly: people are saved when they lose land, and people and land are saved; If the land is lost, the people and the land are lost.

And at the end it is written: Outside the general, the military order is not subject to it, and everything is decided but decided by the general.

"Xian'er, what do you say you should do now?" Zhang Suo was a little irritable, and couldn't help but ask his son Zhang Xian.

"Father, evacuate Bianliang quickly, Bianliang is already a lonely city, and now there is a shortage of grain and grass in the city, at most a month, the grain and grass will be completely exhausted. Once the grain and grass are exhausted, Bianliang will be self-defeating! Zhang Xian said.

"Shut up!" Zhang Suo's expression was a little hideous, his face was pale, and he said: "Bianliang is the imperial capital of my dynasty, there is a royal temple here, once our army withdraws, the temple will not be protected, and the society will not be protected, then I will be a sinner of the Great Song Dynasty." The city of Bianliang is deep, there are forty miles, the defense facilities in the city are tight, the people are united, and the treasury is full of armor. As long as you make it through this winter, everything will be fine. At that time, the Jin army retreated to the north, and the grain from the south was transferred, and the grain shortage in Bianliang would inevitably be alleviated, and everything would be fine. ”

Zhang Xiandao: "Father, the Jin army will not retreat, even if it retreats, as long as it leaves 10,000 troops, it is enough to cut off the grain route of Bianliang, and the official family has already said in the letter that the south is also extremely difficult, a large number of displaced people need to be resettled, and new troops must be recruited, and they can't afford to take care of Bianliang ...... at all."

"Shut up, I can die, but Bianliang can't be lost; Bianliang is here, I am here; Bianliang is dead, I am dead! Zhang said resolutely.

Zhang Xian wanted to persuade something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

As a son of man, Zhang Xian knows his father best. My father has some military talents, but they are only average, and they have not reached the level of a famous general at all. Good at rhetoric, but clumsy in acting. The character is the most strong, and he took the lead in proposing Bianliang, which was not only opposed by Zong Ze and Li Gang, but also opposed by the ministers of the DPRK and China, and His Majesty was even more dissatisfied.

So he sent his father to guard Bianliang and be in charge of the military and political affairs of Gyeonggi Road, with power in hand, which is of course trust, but it is not a crisis!

Now, the loss of Bianliang is a foregone conclusion, and the facts once again show how wrong his father's idea of returning to Bianliang was, and if His Majesty listened to his father's proposition and returned to Bianliang, the shame of Jingkang may be staged again.

This made my father extremely embarrassed, and the official family was extremely polite in the letter, but it was precisely because he was so polite that it was difficult for my father to accept it on his face and accept the shame of evacuating Bianliang. When Li Gang guarded Shandong, causing Shandong to fall and retreat to Yangzhou, the officials did not blame it, but the impeachment of the officials in the court continued.

In the end, Li Gang was demoted again and became a regimental training envoy in Fujian, and he hugged him to the end.

If so, if the father evacuated, he would inevitably be degraded and insulted by the sword and pen officials, how could the strong father accept such humiliation.

At this moment, there is nothing to do, my father has already made up his mind to die, and he is determined to die for the country and follow the example of the king of Taiyuan.

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In Shaanxi, in a lonely city, Zong Ze coughed, his expression a little decadent.

"Jin Qing, how is the battle going?" Zong Ze coughed and asked a young general on the bed. This general's name is Wu Jie, and his younger brother Wu Phosphorus are both young generation generals of the Western Army, who are not afraid of death in the battle against the Jin Army, and have made great achievements, and have been appreciated by Zong Ze.

Wu Jiedao: "Marshal, it is snowing heavily, the road is slippery, and the Jin army is inconvenient to march, which greatly slows down the rhythm of the attack. If the timing is right, you can even send troops to recover Huazhou, Chungju and other places! ”

Zong Ze said: "That's good, alas! I am ashamed of the trust of the official family, the official family trusts me, and I have been continuously promoted, and I am responsible for guarding the middle of the Guan. I originally thought that relying on the danger in Guanzhong would be enough to prevent the attack of the Jin army. However, after finishing Yan Lou's room, he used soldiers like a god, and I couldn't do it, so I lost ground again and again, and lost the thirteen states in Guanzhong. There are constant impeachments in the court, and they want to arrest me for questioning. However, the officials said that victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and they trusted me and let me continue to make meritorious contributions, but fortunately the deteriorating situation was stabilized! ”

"Now that I am old and frail, and I am seriously ill, I may not be alive soon, but unfortunately the Northern Expedition has not yet succeeded, and I am about to die!"

Suddenly, Zong Ze thought of Zhuge Liang, six out of Qishan, and returned without attack; And he guarded the pass, lost ground again and again, but fortunately stabilized the deteriorating situation.

"Die before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears. If the Northern Expedition of the Great Army is successful, Jin Qing must remember to burn a few pieces of paper for me, telling me that the Northern Expedition has been won, and the shame of Jingkang will be washed in blood! When he said this, Zong Ze coughed again, terminally ill, and death was not far away at this moment.

"If I die, don't send a funeral, please Your Majesty quickly send a general to guard the pass, don't let the Jin army take advantage of it!"