Correction: Yesterday I wrote the number of troops sent to Daliao incorrectly, and I hereby correct it.

As mentioned earlier, the total strength of Daliao is 600,000, how can it be possible for Zezhou to leave 300,000 to defend the Great Song Dynasty and 600,000 to the west?

So, that number should be 300,000.

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In the Mediterranean, almost all the world's military forces pointed the finger at the city at the eastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula - Constantinople.

However, as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and the foundation of Orthodoxy, Constantinople did not live up to the name of "the great fortress of the Balkans" and "the fortress of the entrance to the Black Sea".

Not to mention the Golden Horn to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south, the coastal areas were fortified, and the two-tiered city wall for land defense to the west and a 100-foot-deep trench outside the city were enough for the Eastern Roman Emperor to remain calm in the face of several sieges.

Half a month later.

Tang Yi, who was far away in the east, had just arrived in Quanzhou.

While waiting for the Yazhou army to move south, he locked himself in the cabin, staring at the mountains and rivers in front of him, and staring at Constantinople, which was sandwiched into a triangle by the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara.

Squeak, the hatch was slowly pushed open, and Brother Xiao Qiao, Jun Xinzhuo, Fukang, followed by Cao Tong and Pan Fengyu.

Sister Jun put down the tray in her hand, "I haven't eaten rice for a day, come and eat some!" ”

Tang Yi raised his head and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I didn't ask you to come, but I had to come and suffer with my husband." “

Fukang put the food on the table and said in a low voice: "The children are not here, and it is cold to go back to the mountain, so it is better to come out to breathe." ”

Tang Yi heard it, grabbed a steamed bun from his cuffs and stuffed it into his mouth, while answering: "Then send it here, hurry back." ”

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Cao Tong and Pan Feng on the side are really tired of looking at it, this husband and three wives are really envious of others! After so many years of love, how can it still be as warm as ever?

Pan Feng paced in the cabin, saw the map of mountains and rivers, and couldn't help but say: "It's useless for you to worry, we are already a step too late, so we have to resign ourselves to fate." ”

"That's not right." Tang Yi stuffed the meat steamed bun in his mouth, and was dragged to the picture by Pan Feng.

Walking over, he pointed to the location of Constantinople, "At least we can catch up here." ”

"Oh? How? ”

Tang Yi said: "According to the defense of Constantinople, even if the Crusaders, Western Sasacks, and Seljuks join forces to attack together, if they want to take this fortress, it will take at least half a year." ”

"What's more, Seljuk and we are not of the same mind at all?"

"Therefore, Constantinople will not be breached until the Vulcan cannon of the Yazhou Army lands in the Balkans."

When Cao Yan heard this, he couldn't help frowning, "Zihao really wants to transfer the Yazhou army to Europe?" ”

"Yes!" Tang Yi's eyes leaked determination. "All the expeditions to the west, leaving not a single soldier behind."

Although Sinology replaced religion was inevitable, and the destruction of Eastern Rome was the only hope for a peaceful Europe, he didn't mind the Seljuks defecting to help, but the cultural value of Constantinople was enough for Tang Yi to make this decision to grab a grab with the Seljuks.

In fact, when Azis proposed an alliance between the three families to divide the Eastern Rome, Tang Yi had this idea, and the Arabs must not be allowed to destroy that city.

So, Constantinople, he was bound to win.

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Cao Yi was speechless for a while, he knew that Tang Yi had made up his mind, and no one could stop him, so he started a big gamble.

However, including Tang Yi, who designed the gambling game, no one could have imagined that the success or failure of this gamble was not Constantinople in the corner of the Mediterranean, but in a seemingly inconsequential small city in the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty - Jiexiu.

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Jiexiu is located in the south of Taiyuan, less than 300 miles away from Taiyuan, an important town in the northwest.

It is so well-known to the world, because this small northwest ancient town has outstanding people, and there have been two powerful sages - the Spring and Autumn Virtuous Minister Jie Zitui and the Eastern Han Dynasty master Guo Tai.

In addition, Wen Yanbo, the prime minister of the dynasty, was also born in Jiexiu, which made this thousand-year-old city even more glorious.

And it is rumored that the hostess of the plum house at the foot of Jieshan Mountain, ten miles south of the city, is the confidant of Tang Zihao, the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, which adds a bit of legend to Jiexiu.

And at this time, it is the mid-autumn Jiexiu, who would have thought that it would determine the fate of the Great Song Dynasty and even the whole world?

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On the pipeline from Taiyuan, more than two dozen knights complimented two carriages and stepped on the dust.

After entering Jiexiu City, these people did not stop, but they passed through the city and went straight to Jieshan in the south of the city.

In front of the car, a middle-aged man and a young man sat side by side, silent.

Outsiders may think that this is a father and son, but in fact, it is the opposite, not only are the two not related by blood. Moreover, it was the young man who was steady and calm, with his eyes closed and quiet.

At noon, the man's face was buoyant, as if he had hemorrhoids, moving around, and seeing nothing was pleasing to the eye.

Lifting the curtain, I saw the mountains in front of me rising and falling, and it was obvious that Mount Jieshan was in front of me.

The middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, finally bumpy to the end.

But when he looked back at the car behind him, he immediately became unhappy again.

"Humph!" He threw down the curtain and complained to the boy.

"What is Jiayan's intention this time? Why did Wei Guogong's old puppet go with us!? ”

The word "Jiayan" sounds kind, but it is straightforward and rude.

Han Jiayan frowned slightly, and said in his heart, you are welcome, and I don't need to be polite to you.

"Zongqiu escaped from the capital and came to the northwest to relax, how could he bypass the protection of the old prince?"

comforted: "It's all old things, and it's time to let go." ”

Which Cheng thought, but Zhao Zongqiu on the other side cared about this sentence.

His eyes widened, "Who said that so-and-so escaped from the Jingshi!?" "Moved your ass." A certain family is just annoyed to stay in Beijing, and comes out to breathe. ”

"....." Han Jiayan didn't answer, but he was secretly laughing in his heart.

The Qin family offended Tang Zihao, if it weren't for the fear of retaliation, you would have run to the northwest?

Too lazy to bother with him, "It's okay to go out of Beijing!" My father entered Beijing alone, but he left Jiayan in the northwest, because Beijing is a land of tigers and wolves, and it is not good to stay for a long time. ”

"Hmm." Zhao Zongqiu nodded. "There's nothing to stay about."

"But..." Come out and play, why don't you run to such a projectile place? ”

He still doesn't understand that it is said that there are many scenic spots near Taiyuan, why he just ran hundreds of miles to this mountain to have fun.

I opened the curtain and took another look, and from a distance, the scenery was quite chic, but it was too much to run on purpose.

Han Jiayan didn't solve his doubts, and said that he didn't understand this foolish thing, but added to the chaos.

just waited for the place to get out of the car, took him around the mountain randomly, and added two bad poems to deal with the matter.

However, Na Cheng thought that as soon as he got off the car at the foot of the mountain, he encountered the situation.

Seeing that a person also got down from another carriage next to the road, the four eyes were facing each other, and both sides were stunned, no one expected that they would meet each other here.

The person in the car on the opposite side leaned over with an unkind expression, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhao Zongqiu couldn't bear this, and he exploded when he stared.

"Lao Tzu still wants to ask you, why are you here?"

"Nonsense!" The person on the other side did not show weakness either. "This is where my home is, and Lao Tzu should be here!!"

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Who the hell is it?

Wen Tuo in Wen Yanbo's family, like Zhao Zongqiu, also hid in the capital for refuge.

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