"Second master, our next move has been arranged, will it be launched?" Zhao Lian asked cautiously, it is a bit early to call His Majesty now, and it seems disrespectful to call the prince, so he simply used the old name of Beifu.

"Han Li's not doing anything?" Zhao Ta didn't care, now he is also messy, he can call it whatever he wants, anyway, he agreed.

"After we sent Lou Mur's body back, the whole battalion mourned, but the troops in Shanxi are moving, and it seems that they want to join forces!" Zhao Lian said.

"What do you think?" Zhao Ta nodded and asked.

"The steep mountains on the west side of the mountain are not conducive to cavalry assault and difficult to use troops, so the Jin army stationed here is intended to intercept our army when it breaks through. Now that the Lou Chamber Department has been annihilated, Han Li will not mobilize his troops, but should gather troops to prevent them from being broken by us; Another reason is to withdraw troops! Zhao Lian analyzed.

"Which do you think is the main reason?" Zhao Ta raised his eyes to look at Zhao Lian and asked again.

"It should be both, although most of the soldiers in Shanxi are the Han army and the troops of various ethnic groups in the northwest, but the Lou Room Department was annihilated, and its strength was greatly damaged, for Han Li, although the mosquito is small, it is also meat, at this time he is reluctant, and he may also realize that it is difficult to successfully break through our encirclement with them, so he wants to concentrate his forces to break through with all his strength!" Zhao Lian thought for a while and said.

"Well, there is some truth, what are you going to do if I want to keep Han Li?" Zhao Ta said with a smile.

"Second master, do you want to keep Han Li? Isn't it time to close the net! Zhao Lian was stunned for a moment, and asked with some surprise, at this moment, the Zhongxing Army and the Hebei Army are already in place, why don't you take the opportunity to swallow Han Li, his mind is a little bit up with the prince's thoughts.

"Look. Han's inseparable Western Route Army has been surrounded by us in this narrow area between Huaishui and Jishui, and we have not only concentrated the strength of more than a dozen brigades of the Zhongxing Army. A large number of rebel and state armies were also mobilized, do you think there is a need for such fanfare? Zhao Ta pointed to the map spread on the case and said.

"It's impossible to keep Han. Lay down heavy troops..."Zhao Lian looked at the map and pondered, pondering the intention of the prince, his eyes suddenly fell on the Jinjun West Road Zong Han's department that was still wandering around the river, "The second master wants to use Han Li as bait to catch Zong Han for the bait?" He asked.

"Well, our first step to rescue the Emperor and the Queen Mother has been completed, and the next step is to rescue the King of Liao and severely damage the east and west roads of the Jin army, so that they will not be able to go south in the short term!" Zhao Tan nodded. Stated his second step campaign goal.

"Second master, there's something wrong with this, right?" Zhao Lian suddenly, when the prince learned that the Jin army broke through Bianjing and held the second emperor back to the north, he put the main force on the way to deal with Han Li, and only sent Zhao Yong to follow and harass the Zonghan department, he also thought that the prince intended to annihilate the enemy all the way, now think about the mobilization of so many troops to deal with Han Li is not really a chicken with a knife, even if he chooses to fight a decisive battle in the plain area, he is enough to be competent with the department that went south!

"Oh, what's wrong?" Zhao asked.

"Second master. If we rescue the King of Liao, the country will have the 'Four Emperors'..."Zhao Lian hesitated for a moment but still said his thoughts, now there are quasi-emperors in the country, Emperor Taishang and Wang Ye, plus King Kang, who also accepted the edict of enthronement. If you get Zhao Huan, the former emperor, back, it's not just four emperors.

It is said that 'there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the country'. So many emperors have not turned the Great Song Dynasty upside down, and if they take a step back, even if they are dominated by the prince. With the character of the prince, he will not do ruthless things, so the face of the other three will also have to be taken care of. How will the power of the Quartet be balanced, and it will not make the prince sad and tired to death!

"Hehe, this is a great spectacle in history!" Faced with Zhao Lian's kind reminder, Zhao Ta only smiled bitterly, how could he not understand the dilemma he would face in the future.

As for his father's restlessness, if he is not locked up, he will definitely not be idle for a long time, and he will help himself on the horse and send him off again, what can he say? As for the imperial brother, he has been an official fan since he was a child, and he finally became the emperor, but he was taken prisoner as soon as he covered the throne, and when he came back, he saw that he had no land, how could he be willing.

And then Zhao Ta will also take over the government and carry out some changes, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some interest groups, and they will naturally think of this former emperor. In later generations, the story of the dispute between Yingzong and Jingzong in the Ming Dynasty Zhao Ta still knows a little bit.

"Second master, this matter needs to be cautious!" Zhao Lian continued to advise.

"Don't say much, it's my family business!" Zhao Ta waved his hand and said, don't want him to say more.

"Second master, you are now the lord of a country, and your every move is not only a family matter, but also a state matter!" Zhao Lian said, "Second master, now the Great Song Dynasty has accumulated a lot of disadvantages over the years, and Emperor Jingkang has not had time to rectify it, so he suffered another military disaster, but he is helpless in the face of the crisis, so that the Central Plains is full of wars, the capital is lost, the clan is captured, and the people suffer. In terms of private opinion, everyone in the house has followed the second master for many years, and they are all looking forward to the second master inheriting the unification, and we can also seal the wife and shadow of the son, and glorify the ancestors; In terms of public opinion, the second master is eloquent and strategic, and it is difficult to save the country, and the Zhongxing of the Great Song Dynasty is all on the second master, so this matter needs to be thought twice by the second master, and what his subordinates say is out of sincerity! He said with a deep bow.

"Alas, you have followed me all the way from Xiangyi, we were born and died together, and we have laid down this world through thick and thin, although we are called master and servant, but I am like a brother in my heart, and I naturally understand that what you say is for my sake, and I also know what you say. But there is a lot of helplessness in the world, we don't want to do it but we have to do it! Zhao Tan sighed and said, he also understood why the historical Gaozong Zhao Gou was reluctant to go back to the Central Plains to welcome back the second emperor, and he didn't know where Lu Dao put these two emperors, so he simply ignored them.

"Second master, your subordinates will stand on your side at any time and because of anything, and there will be no two hearts!" Zhao Lian listened and saluted again.

"Well, now our biggest enemy is the Jin Kingdom, everything else is a matter of the future, and things at home are always negotiable!" Zhao Tan patted Zhao Lian on the shoulder and said, he was very relieved in his heart, but he also felt a lot, I hope this friendship will not change because of his status change again, he doesn't want to be a king who kills meritorious heroes, and he also hopes that they will not be a powerful minister who is proud of his merits and controls state affairs...

Just when Han Li didn't hold a funeral for Lou Mu, Zhao Ta's side also completed the second phase of the campaign deployment. Zhao Yong led the dragon general to cross the Hulu River, entered the territory of Zhaozhou, and set up defenses on the right bank of the sleeping water, blocking the last gap. The lion general raided the Jin army, which was moving from the western foot of Wuma Mountain, and besieged them at the foot of Jiaoyu Mountain with lightning speed, separating the two armies of Hanli.

Han Li did not want to finish Yan Zongqi led the army to help him break through, but he was defeated by the tiger general dragoon and could only retreat, which put Han Li in a dilemma. Go, after losing Lou Mur, and then losing more than 20,000 co-affiliated troops, his own strength will be greatly damaged, then it will not only be these generals who will be lost, but his own department's voice in the court will be weakened; If you don't leave, you will not only live up to Lou Mur's hard work, but also may be wiped out.

But Zhao Ta quickly made up his mind to launch a war of annihilation again, and ate this motley army that was surrounded. The Song army sincerely entertained the guests and surrounded them.

Han Li organized several breakouts, but they were all intercepted, and he had no choice but to retreat to Gaoyi, which had not yet been captured by the Song army, and was regarded as a nest. At this time, his illness and anxiety were already in the final stage, and he couldn't take care of the account, so everything could only be handed over to Wanyan Xiyin and Wanyan Zongqi.

Wanyan Xiyin had already realized that he had fallen for Zhao Er's tricks again, he used the Great Song Dynasty Emperor as a medicine primer and himself as bait, attracting them all to the surroundings of Wuma Mountain, and then secretly mobilized troops to come to a counter-encirclement, and then ate them in one bite and consumed his own troops.

Now that the situation has been completely reversed, the offense and defense have been transposed, the Jin army no longer has an advantage in terms of numbers, the Song army has surpassed them, and Wanyan Xiyin, who has dealt with Zhao Er several times, understands that the combat effectiveness of the Xijing army is conservatively said to be a lot higher than his own, and now it is impossible to break through by his own strength. Therefore, he sent a distress message to Wanyan Zonggan and Mu Han in Yanjing respectively, and they relied on Gaoyi City as a base to wait for help.

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"Wushu, the right handsome not only lost the abolished emperor of the Southern Dynasty and the captured people and property, but now he is surrounded in Zhaozhou, and now he wants us to ask for help, according to your opinion, should he save or not?" Zong Han handed Wanyan Xiyin's letter of request for help to Wushu Dao.

Since they left Bianjing all the way, there was a Xijing army to chase and intercept, fortunately he was alert, and the Xijing army that tracked was also insufficient, and coupled with the good fighting, the two armies alternately covered, and finally entered the river, and if you hurry up, you can enter Yanjing Mansion in three days, and you will arrive home, but at this time, you suddenly received the news that Hanli Busuo's troops were lost.

"Marshal, I said that the Xijing army that was tracking us suddenly disappeared, it turns out that they are going to Zhaozhou!" Wushu didn't answer Zong Han's words, but looked at Zong Han's face.

"Now the Xijing army has occupied Zhongshan Mansion, controlled Dingzhou and Zhending, and the reinforcements from all walks of life in Nancheng have also crossed the Yellow River to help, and now most of the Xijing army has entered the Central Plains, but they suddenly gave up pursuing us and attacked the Western Route Army with all their might, is there anything strange about it?" Zong Han asked rhetorically, saying in his heart that he didn't want to return to the army, and the worse Han Li's undefeated was, the greater his interests, but Wushu was Han Li's younger brother, and he couldn't help but find out his thoughts first.

"The marshal means that the Xijing army has the advantage but does not attack, just to attract us to go!" Wushu said, at this moment, his heart is also very conflicted, hovering between feelings and interests, but he is still a newcomer compared to Zong Han, so he has to be careful... (To be continued......)