In response to Tianfu's request for help, Yang Zhi did not immediately send troops at the first time, but continued to mobilize people from all over the country to come to Bianliang, making people unable to guess what Yang Zhi was going to do, Xie Kejia rushed into the left-behind division in anger and asked Yang Zhi: "Why don't you send troops to reinforce"

Yang Zhi said disdainfully: "Hundreds of thousands of people, fighting more and fighting less, King Kang has already fled, Zhang Wei still wants the army to let them command in the name of King Kang, if I send less, I can't solve the problem, send more, can Ying Tianfu's ability to command? Is he unwilling to give up command? Who knows if he will arrange for his subordinates to secretly betray and cooperate with the Jin army?"

Yang Zhi's three questions made Xie Ke's family feel cold, just like Bianliang behaved up and down, they showed absolute distrust of King Kang's side, far lower than Yang Zhi's trust in Zhao Ye, Fan Zhixu, and Li Gang. Zhang Wei's approach was to ensure the reputation of King Kang, Ying Tianfu's command won the credit of Ying Tianfu, and the army sent by Yang Zhi was weak when he lost. Sheikh said angrily, "Are you slandering?"

Yang Zhi sneered and said: "How many battles have King Kang's army fought in battles? His army disregarded the arrangements of the imperial court in peacetime, robbed the supplies of Bianliang, Luoyang, and Guanzhong, and when it was peaceful, they all harmed others and benefited themselves, and when they were fighting, they were greedy for life and afraid of death, so why should I trust them? I am a left-behind guard in Bianliang, and I can't put the soldiers and civilians of Gyeonggi Road at risk for such a person." ”

Xie Ke's family was blocked and couldn't say a word, Xu Jingheng pulled Xie Ke's family out of the hall and said: "King Kang fought too badly, if you don't engage in those small doorways in terms of materials, Yang Zhi will definitely send troops, now, how can Yang Zhi take risks." The loss of Ying Tianfu has nothing to do with him, but if Bianliang is lost, how can Yang Zhi explain to the Holy Lord and King Yun. Lord Xie, since you have chosen to support King Likang and plan to fight to the end, you have to accept these, you must know that King Yun has refused to accept the title until now for a promise, you still let Zhang Wei bow his head. ”

After sending a letter to Xie Ke's house, Zhang Wei learned that the Jin army was less than 100 miles away from Ying Tianfu and could be reached in half a day, so he finally agreed to hand over the command of all the troops in Ying Tianfu to Yang Zhi, and Yang Zhi decided to send troops to Ying Tianfu with Yang Yizhong, Liu Qi, Yang Jin, Xu Wen, Zhang Yong and other troops, a total of 45,000 horse infantry troops.

Both Zhang Wei and Yang Zhi were actually ready to break the city of Yingtianfu, and when Zhang Wei's letter arrived at Yingtianfu, the Jin army should have already arrived at the city; Three days later, Yang Zhi's reinforcements arrived, Wanyan Zongwang withdrew, and Wanyan Zongwang asked the Song envoys Du Shiliang and Song Ruwei who had returned in vain to bring Yang Zhi a letter, saying that peace was imminent, and he would learn from the ancients to retreat, and this time he would temporarily withdraw his troops.

Yang Zhi asked the scouts clearly, the Jin army had been looting supplies and populations everywhere, and he understood that Wanyan Zongwang did not plan to take down Yingtianfu from the beginning, but to attack instead of defending, to buy time for stabilizing Shandong, Xuzhou and other places. Yang Zhi smiled and asked Xu Jingheng, who was accompanying him, to immediately write to Runzhou, and send it over with Yan Zongwang's letter.

Song Ruwei naturally read the new content, and saw that Yang Zhi was just smiling, and he didn't rush to pursue the Jin army, so he couldn't help but rush up angrily: "Lord Yang, you have a strong soldier in your hand, and the Jin army is fleeing in the wind, why don't you go all the way north, but stay in Bianliang?

Yang Zhi saw that Song Ruwei was just an angry young man, and said lightly: "This is King Kang's defense area, where are those generals of King Kang? Go north, and then wait for you to surrender to the Jin State one by one, betray all the soldiers in the main battle, and increase your bargaining chips for your future demands for peace talks? Li Gang was cheated by people like you in the first place, otherwise Li Gang stayed in Bianliang, at least Bianliang City would not be so easy to break. Wanyan Zongwang is all cavalry, and once our army opens up the distance during the pursuit, it is easy to be broken by the Jin army. ”

Song Ruwei was the real main battle faction, and his face turned red with anger when he heard this, but he couldn't refute Yang Zhi militarily; seeing that the generals under Yang Zhi were nodding all around, Song Ruwei held back for a long time and said: "Lord Du and I are under the orders of King Kang and Wang Yun, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. ”

Yang Zhi nodded and said: "Do you still know that it is the order of King Kang, you are an official of the imperial court, is King Kang qualified to negotiate peace? You can only be regarded as a private transaction, so you are at both ends of the rat, and you just want to leave a way back." Let me tell you the news, Wang Yun was beaten to death by the common people and died in Zhenzhou, and Si Nongqing Huang Yi died in Yangzhou, defending Huang Qianshan from a catastrophe. ”

Du Shiliang was taken aback, the common people are so crazy, should he continue to go south, otherwise it should be much safer to stay in Yingtianfu or Bianliang; Du Shiliang reluctantly smiled: "Lord Song and I are just running errands, the above matters are not very clear, Lord Yang does not approve of peace talks?"

"No, I'm in favor of peace talks. Yang Zhi swept the puzzled eyes of Zhang Wei and others, and said with certainty: "Peace talks can end the war as soon as possible and let the people of Song and Jin live a good life, but the premise of peace talks cannot be changed, that is, the Great Song Dynasty wants to recover Zhongshan, Hejian and other places, and the Jin army retreats to the north of Xiongzhou and Cangzhou." ”

"How is it possible?" Du Shiliang originally thought that Yang Zhi had some brilliant idea, and said with a wry smile when he heard this: "Lord Yang, the lower officials understand, but the life and death of the people in the Central Plains is always more important than a person's face, and now the Great Song Dynasty has no ability to recapture these places." ”

Yang Zhi shook his head and said: "Lord Du, you are not suitable to negotiate with the Jin people, you don't see the wisdom of the Jin people, with Liu Yu and others lowering the gold, the Jin people can use the Han people to manage Shandong and Hebei as they did at the beginning of the Liao State, and directly let the people settle down. You are a person who has read history books a lot, Zhang Yuan, Li Hao's story should always be remembered, so you and the Jin people play tricks to gain time, why don't the Jin people do the same, but the news of both sides spreads, and the bad impact on us is greater than the impact on the Jin people. ”

Du Shiliang was stunned and said with a wry smile: "Lord Yang is really smart. ”

Song Ruwei's eyes also changed from anger to reverence when he looked at Yang Zhi, and before the envoy, Ying Tianfu also debated, but no one saw as far-reaching as Yang Zhi; Yang Zhi smiled and said: "You two have also worked hard, wait for the envoy to hand over, if you have ideas, come to Bianliang to find me." ”