After Song Zhiwen took over as the general of Jinzhou, he did not live in this mansion, but rented a mansion with two acres of vacant land in the northwest corner as a mansion, away from the street where officials of all sizes in the city lived in groups.

This was regarded by many scholars in the city as a clear stream, and the situation of the collusion of officials in the Jinju officialdom was finally improved slightly, which made these scholars who were indignant at the inaction of the Jinju officials a little relieved, and were angered by Song Zhi's behavior of ordering the state army to retreat into the city to avoid the war.

With so much money and food in the imperial court every year, can it not be possible to support these soldiers in vain?

Therefore, the scholars who were familiar with the principles of the sages and sages in the city crowded on the street that was only slightly popular because of the residence of the general of Jinju a few days ago, and the originally deserted street was made lively by these scholars, waiting for the Song general to come in and out and rush up to ask for an explanation.

Even the merchants in the city who carry burdens and sell needles, threads, brains and broken mouths to eat food push small carts to carry burdens to do these people's business, Song Zhiwen still never shows up, and all the people who ask to see him can't even pass the gatehouse, and the people who come and go are all sergeants who come and go in a hurry, but every five days someone sends vegetables and charcoal firewood to the stove room in the mansion.

The Jinju scholars who have been waiting for more than ten days are still only a dozen people left, and even the pickers who do the food business are afraid that there are few customers, so they have changed places, and now these people are hanging outside the house in the winter, and most of these people are still looking forward to changing the outdated habits of Jinju officialdom Song Zhi asked General Song, and now not to mention how to slander and resent, but in addition to the loss, the original goodwill will no longer be.

Most of the scholars in Jinzhou can also be put to paper, and most of the ordinary scholars are eloquent and eloquent, and they are indistinguishable from each other, and they laugh at it, showing the strength of the scholars, but Jinzhou Shilin Qingtan has to prepare more than a dozen burly men who are proficient in wrestling early, and if no one on both sides of the debate can refute who rolls up his sleeves and has to do it, these scholars can be restrained, and the people of Jinju can be seen in the leopard.

Song Zhiwen huddled in his mansion and closed doors, when the shrunken turtle and the cold weather could not make these soldiers flinch, if it weren't for the sergeants with guns and spears guarding the gate of the mansion, these people would have rushed into it to ask Song Zhiwen for an explanation.

"It's not a way to wait like this, General Song has never seen us, and probably has his own difficulties. One of the scholars wavered and comforted his companion next to him, saying, "It's better to go back and submit those few essays again..."

"After waiting for so many days, is there still a reason to retreat?" the man sneered, "If you want to go, you go first, I must stay and ask that Song Zhiwen to understand, it is clear that there are 20,000 Jinzhou state troops, and there is still room for defense of Yuancheng City, why don't you divide your troops to rescue those two county seats?"

After all, the news of the destruction of the two county towns in the north was still not able to contain the fire, and the Yamen of Heyuancheng, who wanted to hide the news from the people at first, saw that the matter could not be concealed, so they had to pick out as simple words as possible to bring the tragic situation of the two county towns after the break, and promised that as the capital of Jinju Prefecture, the Heyuancheng would still be as safe as a mountain under the control of Lord Assassin Shi and Lord General.

However, the people who escaped from the two county towns told the people of Yuancheng completely different news, and told the people of Yuancheng about the bloodshed in the two county towns.

However, as for whether the city can be defended, the people of the city are still convinced, not to mention that even the best thieves in the city can't climb over the towering city walls, there are so many people in the city, the barbarians add up to less than half of us, two fight one, how can they kill people, how can they not hold it?

These scholars naturally don't think like ordinary people, the city of the two county towns has been blamed by them on Song Zhiwen's self-respect, 20,000 state troops, not to mention how many people are added to one of the two county seats, even if two thousand people are sent to help, why not be captured by the barbarians after a month of war.

"The barbarians have so far only shot arrows under the city, if there are really siege equipment and soldiers, they would have come to attack in a big way, why not pick those two small county towns that have been chicken-ribbed to open the knife? In the final analysis, barbarians are barbarians, and the emperor's personal expedition this spring has only allowed the barbarians to seize the momentum for a while, just like a tiger that was slightly injured after being attacked by a hungry wolf, the power is still there, and the barbarians do not dare to act rashly. ”

"Or our Jinju general does not have the courage to fight with the enemy, even if the Jinju army is temporarily inferior, the imperial court will also send troops to come to the aid when it sees the bloody battle of Jinzhou, and when the time comes, the army will be combined and the barbarians will be killed without leaving a piece of armor...."

When the mink man said that he was hearty, the comrades gathered around him nodded and praised again and again. In the eyes of these scholars, it is not a big deal to use the foot soldiers of the Jinzhou Prefecture Army to fight with the barbarian cavalry, even if there are many dead people, when the imperial army arrives, even the great defeat will be reversed.

"The hundred officials of Jinju do not act in the way of officials, and the same is true for the successor Jinju general, my generation of scholars should be..."

The voice of the voice was sad, as if it was a feeling, and the onlookers were also moved, wiping the corners of their eyes, but they did not notice that the three horses had stopped not far behind them for a short time, and the more than ten scholars gathered around and a pile of broken bricks and tiles piled up next to them blocked the street, and the three horses had nowhere to go around, so they had to listen to him talk eloquently.

"Dare to ask gentlemen, can you get out of the way?"

This is a very respectful title, the soldiers turned their heads to look at the three horsemen on the street, the first one was dressed in light armor with a short sword, as if he was dressed as a staff officer in the army, and the two people in ragged clothes next to him could not see what the road was, and the soldiers who were a little closer were frowning and covering their mouths and noses, and the sachets on their bodies could not suppress the stench of the two horsemen who had not been bathed for many days.

The scholars were a little uneasy, after all, they had just spoken ill of their superiors in front of a person who was most likely the personal staff of the Jinju general, and if he had the slightest intention of solving problems, he only had to write down the words of the talented scholars and submit them to the yamen, and the scholars behind them would naturally suffer from the flesh and skin of the people who were not very good in the city.

However, this staff officer did not mean to investigate, and these themselves hurried to the side of the street to put three horses to pass, only the previous family background seemed to be good in the sable Qiu Shizi obliquely glanced at the oncoming three horses, dissatisfied with the previous when he was talking about the rise was interrupted, seeing the identity of the three horsemen who came, he also did not care, slowly walked to the side of the street, and the scholar next to him smiled and said: "The carriages and horses in the city are restricted, this is the official document issued by the city guard, I never thought that the people of General Song can still do their own thing, feelings..."

"Shut your dog's mouth!"

Before the embarrassed mink Qiu scholar wanted to step forward, Liu Ziyi couldn't bear to stab the scholar who was still boasting with a scabbard and staggered to the ground.

The nearby scholar was indignant and accused Liu Ziyi of hurting people if he didn't agree with him, and the rest of the people hurried to help the scholar get up from the mire.

"It's bright and sunny in broad daylight, and when you hurt people on the street, go calmly, where is the law of Da Yao, where is the axiom?!" The mink Qiu Shizi, who was helped up from the mud, said loudly to the back of the three horsemen.

He originally wanted the three horsemen to stop and argue with him, and with his three-inch tongue, he would be able to refute the three people speechless, even if the reason didn't make sense, his family had some power in the city, and it didn't matter. However, using the forces of the clan to deal with a staff officer in the Dayao army, the person close to General Jinzhou did not dare to move such a thought if he gave him a boldness, as for the person next to him, he seemed to have some skills, but he was just a vulgar martial artist, and it was not impossible to handle it.

And the three people who brushed their sleeves away did not pay the slightest attention, which made this talented scholar angry, but he could only go back and change into clean clothes, without this backbone, the rest of the scholars scattered again, and there were only six or seven people waiting on both sides of the street.

"That guy didn't catch up, otherwise he would have been able to give him another scabbard, can you two still bear it?" Liu Ziyi's mouth was broken, "It's okay to cut him without drawing a knife." ”

Wei Changpan also felt this way, the scholar's words were really to take the march and fight as something that he didn't know, and he didn't need to command the Jinzhou state army a few times to break the grassland cavalry, and then when the imperial court army and horses arrived, they could drive the barbarians back to the grassland, and maybe they could also make a meritorious contribution to expanding the territory.

"If it is really as he said, if the imperial army and horses can reach Jinzhou, General Song will not choose such a stupid method as sticking to the city even if the army is overstretched now, even if the state army has no chance of winning in the war, it is better than staying in the city and retreating, neither being able to rescue the besieged city nor moving. Zhang Ziwen sighed, "But the general and I no longer have hope for the army of the imperial court, what should have come should have come a long time ago, and no matter how much we hope to come, we won't come." ”

This spring's war has depleted all the silver taels of the household department and even most of the royal family's cellar silver taels, and even hurt the vitality of the entire Dayao, the soldiers and horses who returned to Beijing are the foundation of the garrison of the capital, whether it is the military department or the vast majority of courtiers above the temple, they will not allow this army to be missed.

The Jinju state army defended Jinju.