Kaifeng, Dazaifu.

Xiao Gan rebelled, and the eastern thieves attacked Taiyuan Prefecture in large numbers, conquered Chitang Pass and Baijing Village. After the bad news that the troops were at the Taiyuan Prefecture City came, Ji Yi's decline in "Ji Zhongtang" was obviously no longer able to hide it.

In the past, this treacherous figure always had a straight body, a loud voice, and a broad demeanor while talking and laughing. The impression it gave people is that everything is at the control of it!

Even when the war between Zhou and Song dynasties started and the wars on Hebei and Jingdong East Road were rising, Ji Tsengxiang still barely maintained his prime minister's demeanor. Until eight days ago, Xiao Gan rebelled against Song and surrendered to Zhou, and the news that Zhou army entered the empty Hedong was coming, Ji Tsengxiang, who had been trying his best to maintain, suddenly became much weaker and looked much older.

Anyone who has a little understanding of the defense of the Song Dynasty in the north knows that the Eastern Thieves can be regarded as a stab at the weakness of the Song Dynasty's defense.

Hedong was originally not bordered by the Zhou State, and the territory of the Jin State was also separated from the Jin State. Moreover, the terrain was not conducive to attack. Sending troops from the Yizhou State of Zhou State, you had to pass through the Feihu Trail, Pingxing Pass, Xinkou Village, Shiling Pass, Chitang Pass, and Baijing Village along the way, and traveled more than 700 miles before you could reach the foot of Taiyuan City.

Although these six passes are not bastions, the defensive bonus that the dangerous terrain brings is only above the bastion.

Besides, even if it takes more than 700 miles to march normally, it will take more than ten days. In addition, the time to hold on to the six passes, can it withstand one or two months?

With such a long time, the Song Dynasty court could draw elite troops into the city of Taiyuan and use the defense of Taiyuan City to continue blocking the Zhou army. If it was properly deployed, the troops would be relatively sufficient, and it would be possible to withstand for several months.

By then, not only would the Zhou army be tired of the veterans, but the logistics would most likely not be sustained, so they had to withdraw their troops in shame.

However, Ji Dajin Prime Minister and Zhang Shuye, the clerk of the Privy Council, missed that Xiao Gan would rebel and surrender to the enemy!

Oh, it was not actually a missed calculation. But after the war between Hebei and Jingdong East Road started, the new army of Song State was a little short of strength. There were only more than 300,000 in total, and Hebei, Hedong, and the southeast coast were all necessary to deploy defenses everywhere. Where was enough?

If there is not enough troops, there is even less money!

The 100 million yuan loan from merchants from the eight southeastern states has not yet been obtained. In order to raise 180,000 new troops as soon as possible, Ji Dajie had to demolish the east wall and repair the west wall, and used all the money that could be moved to recruit soldiers. The copper coins, silver and silk stocks in the stock of the non-frontier transport routes were also misappropriated for the recruitment of new troops. Even the salaries of the imperial officials were delayed for several months!

While embezzling local reserves and official salaries, all the expenses that were not the most urgently needed were also cut off by Ji Tengxiang. These include the expenses reported by the Hebei Xuanfu Envoy to set up a group training on Hedong Road, and recruit troops to defend the Chitang Pass, Baijing Village, Sanjiaokou (at the foot of Dongshan, the northern gateway of Taiyuan Prefecture).

Who would have thought that it would rain suddenly, Taiyuan Prefecture City was placed at the gun of the Eastern thieves' army in a blink of an eye.

If Taiyuan is not protected, what will the next target of the Eastern thief? Go out of Jingxing to attack Zhaoyi's army, or take the Weisheng army, Longde Prefecture, Zezhou, Huaizhou... and then the Yellow River!

It's terrible to think about it!

Thinking of this, Ji Yi was a little dizzy. When he was dizzy, he heard his son Ji Jun's voice: "Sir... News came from the Piyong Academy Palace that the retro party members were planning a public bus to write a letter. It seems that they would use the emergency of Hedong to impeach you... Someone also listed you and Tong Daofu, Wang Jiangming, Liang Shoudao, Su Zhongnan, and Pan Xiao'an as the six thieves!"

As soon as Ji Yi looked up, she saw that her son had dark circles and was so haggard that he was holding a stack of official documents that seemed to be able to fall down at any time.

He also sighed in his heart. This son was really tired by him! With Ji Jun's intelligence, it was not a problem to take the Jinshi exam. But Ji Yi asked him to study a new school, and added two masters of Shanghai liberal arts and science! But no one has a Jinshi fame...

Moreover, in order to gain a good reputation in the clear stream, Ji Yi did not ask Zhao Ji to open a back door to Ji Jun to give him a Jinshi. So Ji Jun has always been a member of the family Yin and has been promoted to the court official. He has also been appointed as the Chief of Taifu Temple. In fact, it is not bad, but it is always a flaw without a Jinshi. He can only rely on his father's protection for his life to be an official.

If I was really destroyed by the retro party, this son would probably have finished playing...

When Ji Yi thought of the retro party members, he was a little confused. Their views cannot be said to be wrong. Suppressing annexation, equalizing the land, and conducting government soldiers are indeed a good way to save the country.

But the Song Dynasty has its own national conditions!

The state dynasty has been for more than 160 years but has not suppressed annexation, hired people to join the army, only those who study well, and those who use articles to win scholars... These are all in a series, and some of them cannot be taken out for reform without touching on others.

The matter of conducting military soldiers was mentioned as early as Fan Zhongyan's new policy in Qingli, but without equalizing the fields, how can the military soldiers be engaged? The landlords with fields go to study and advance, and let the poor pay for the military soldiers out of their own pockets? How could Fan Zhongyan think about it? Fortunately, if they really do it, the Song Dynasty will be gone long ago!

Wang Anshi didn't dare to suppress the merger, so he just started a business of robbing usury loans and tossed the merchants.

Touching the most fundamental interests of the intellectuals of the landlord class, haha, can’t Wang Anshi be torn apart?

As for the current resumption of annexation, isn’t it forcing the scholars and officials from all over the world to surrender to the Great Zhou Kingdom?

The Great Zhou was not a barbarian with bare hair and left-sided hair, and it was also a country of China. The reason why the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty opposed the Zhou State was because the Great Zhou suppressed the annexation; the other was because the Great Zhou did not open the imperial examinations.

The imperial examination system, the annexation and recruitment system are actually connected... The imperial examination system ensured that the landlord class intellectuals monopolized the officialdom, while the recruitment system decoupled the country's military source and land, making it no longer a necessary policy for the country.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of not suppressing annexation is to protect the interests of the intellectuals of the landlord class! The recruitment system is also to defend the regime owned by the intellectuals of the landlord class.

The three are simply combined!

How could such a thing be successful if the retro party wanted to deprive the literati and officials on the premise of preserving the literati's regime?

Seeing his father's grief and his hair turned gray, Ji Jun's eyes were filled with rain and he held back his tears, "Sir, why don't you go back and go forward, please go to Jiangnan..."

Ji Yi raised his hand: "Do you think it's okay to hire a county?" He took a breath, "Now it's half a step, and I can't retreat. If I can withstand it, my family will be in the country... If I can't withstand it, my father will have to survive the day when Kaifeng Prefecture is destroyed!

Otherwise, it would be not only He Li who came to power, but also the prince!"

Ji Jun took a deep breath, "Sir, what did you say?"

Ji Yi waved his hand, "Don't ask, don't ask... You can't leave for your father! But you can arrange for you to leave! You can transfer to the military to lead the troops, and arrange for you to go to Xuzhou for your father!"

"Go to Xuzhou?"

"Yes!" Ji Yi nodded, "Xuzhou is an important place. Once Kaifeng changes, you can save our family with two thousand soldiers in Xuzhou."

"But, but is it still time?" Ji Jun asked, "The candidates in Beijing will be writing a letter in a few days!"

"It's time, it's time... I've made arrangements for my father!" Ji Yi gritted her teeth, "The news of the Eastern thief entering Hedong came, and I've arranged a second move for my father!"

While he was talking, he saw a nephew of Ji Yi hurriedly walking in with joy on his face. When he saw Ji Yi, he raised the document in his hand and said loudly: "Tazai! Taizai! Taiyuan Zhang Xuanshuo Army Newspaper, Taiyuan Victory! Taiyuan Victory!"

Ji Yi sighed after hearing this, turned her head and said to her son: "Zhang Yongxiguo will not let me down. Once he receives victory, I will be able to make a living for a while. I will arrange for you to go out of the capital to lead troops immediately!

Remember, no matter what happens, you cannot hand over the military power! If Kaifeng Prefecture is surrounded, you will welcome the King of Donghai to Xuzhou!"

"What?" Ji Jun shivered when he heard this, his calves and almost sat on the ground. "Sir, what do you want to do?"

Ji Yi glared at her son, "What are you doing? Of course, I am saving my life and family!"

The good news from Taiyuan Prefecture is also an art of writing! That is, Zhang Xiaochun can write it out with a talented person who is both a Jinshi and proficient in military strategies.

In the good news, Zhang Daxuan described the victory of the Sanjiaokou Defense Battle in a brilliant way! That was really grotesque. Xuanshou Zhang Xiaochun and Liu Guangshi, the commander of the Xuanfu Department, all came to the front line to supervise the battle. Under their wise leadership, the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians fought hard for five hours, killed countless enemies, and finally returned to the city triumphantly.

On the day after the Sanjiaokou Battle, the Taiyuan defenders fought with the Eastern thieves at the four major fortresses in Dongshan. These four fortresses were not bastions, but were built on the mountain, which was very dangerous!

On that day, tens of thousands of soldiers from the eastern thieves took turns to attack the fortress. The Taiyuan defenders were on the verge of high ground and killed a large number of bandit soldiers with bows and crossbows and cannons. They fought for one day and killed countless bandit soldiers, and reported to Kai to return to the city again.

After these two battles, the Eastern thieves suffered heavy losses and were no longer able to attack the city of Taiyuan!

"The first battle between Sanjiaokou and the four major forts in Dongshan will be fought again. Now I will say that I will defend Taiyuan City... This is also considered two wins in two battles? The Eastern thieves can attack Taiyuan City, which means that they have already won Sanjiaokou and Dongshan City! It's only two days! There are only two dangerous places and they will be lost in two days. How many days can Taiyuan City be defended?"

Zhang Jun, who had just been transferred from the Hedong front line and served as the head of the military computer room of the Privy Council, looked at the good news sent by the Hedong Xuanfu Department, and shook his head repeatedly when he looked at the good news sent by the Hedong Xuanfu Department.

He Li listened to Zhang Jun's analysis and sneered: "Zhang Yongxi is Ji Jin's treacherous minister. He must have been lying to report the victory by Ji Yi's order. Look, Ji Yi will definitely transfer him to Shuofang or Shaanxi!"

"Does Ji Thief ignore Taiyuan?" Zhang Jun frowned, "If there is any mistake in Taiyuan, wouldn't the Eastern thief want to advance and fight all the way to Kaifeng Prefecture?"
Chapter completed!