"Sweep the deep hall, close it for a long time, the gold pavement is dark; the silk threads are piled up, and the thick steps are accumulated over the years; sweep the deep hall, waiting for you to have a banquet..."

The song full of sorrow and loss, accompanied by the melodious and melodious music played by the horse-head fiddle, makes people feel intoxicated, as if they really saw a pretty beautiful woman waiting for her in a distant place.

Outside the window, the moon was full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon was in the sky. Several men wearing Jurchen white robes were sitting in a pavilion in the Deputy Marshal's Mansion in Zhongshan Prefecture. While listening to Wanyan Zongwang's concubine, Princess Yu Liyan of Liao played the piano and sang the Liao lyrics "Remembering the Heart" written by the queen Xiao Guanyin of Liao. While looking at him and leaning on the couch, the person lost a lot of weight. The pale right deputy Marshal Wanyan Zongwang was frowning slightly.

The Jurchen man in a white robe was Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiebao, Xiao Zhonggong, the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi who had just arrived from Jinan Prefecture, and a young man with a long and beautiful beard. It was Wanyan Zongwang's son Wanyan Qi.

Wanyan Zongwang also suffered a big loss this summer, and the one who caused him was Yue Fei's old senior, Taiwei Ji.

This old man was sent by Zhao Kai to a Zhending Road pacifier to his hometown Zhending Prefecture to organize the armed forces to resist the Jin soldiers... This matter is definitely not easy. Who would have been willing to hand over the landlords and wealthy in Zhending Prefecture? Of course, it is impossible to hand over the filial son to join the army.

In short, if you don’t give land, there are no filial sons - where are there so many filial sons? They are all prodigal sons who eat, drink, and have fun!

So when Zhongshan Prefecture fell, Qin Hui was captured, and the Jin thieves invaded in a large-scale news, they were brought to Zhending Mansion by a group of kiln owners who had the Jin thieves robbed them and became paupers, Ji Yi had less than 5,000 people in total, of which less than 1,500 could fight.

If the Jin soldiers had entered Zhending Mansion in one go, Old Man Ji would have died long ago!

But at that time, Wanyan Zonghan didn't want to provoke Ji Yi at all. Wasn't he the only one he met when he was fighting the Pingding Army? As a result, he went around for a thousand miles to Zhending Mansion and then fought against this old stubborn man. What was he going to do? So when Wanyan Zonghan heard that Shouzhen was his old rival, he immediately rushed south and rushed straight to Yingtian Mansion (Songzhou).

Wanyan Zongwang's army had just snatched a feast around Kaifeng Prefecture, so of course they didn't want to bite the hard bones of Zhending Prefecture.

So Ji Yi and the military and civilians of Zhending Prefecture miraculously got a time window for preparation!

The profound lessons of Zhongshan Prefecture are there, so the landlords and wealthy people in Zhending Prefecture dare not take it lightly anymore... They either ran away to Luoyang quickly, or went home to touch their filial sons to join the army.

And Ji Yi and Ji Taiwei also took the initiative... He had no place to go if he didn't want to go! At that time, Zhao Kai went to Guanzhong to grab territory, and it was impossible for him to send troops to Hebei. However, Zhao Kai issued an order to Ji Yi, asking him to do everything possible to persevere in Zhending Mansion and not allow him to abandon the land and escape, otherwise he would have to be engaged in military law!

Ji Yi was a military officer, of course he was afraid of military law. And at that time he didn't know that the Kaifeng Prefecture court was actually not over, but ran away... He thought that Zhao Kai was the only official in the Song Dynasty, so he had to bite the bullet and prepare for war in Zhending Prefecture.

This was a complete operation lasted for more than half a year. It was not until the spring of the first year of Hongwu that Wanyan Zongwang, the deputy marshal who presided over the North Jin Army of the Great Jin Dynasty, launched an offensive again on the Hebei battlefield. Moreover, Wanyan Zongwang did not concentrate his troops to attack Zhending Mansion at the beginning, but instead attacked from all sides, as if he wanted to conquer all cities in Hebei that were still loyal to the Song Dynasty in the shortest time.

As a result, the Jin soldiers made smooth progress on the East Road of Hebei, but suffered repeated setbacks on the West Road. They were defeated by the Song army in Zhending Prefecture, Zhaozhou, Xinde Prefecture, Mingzhou and other places.

So Wanyan Zongwang adjusted his tactics and concentrated his troops to attack Zhending Mansion. Ji Yi, the mature fox, had long expected that Zhending Mansion would be attacked. So when the Jin soldiers arrived, he voluntarily gave up the city of Zhending, and at the same time divided his troops to defend the mountainous areas in the north and west of Zhending Mansion, and deliberately opened up the road to Jingxing Pass.

Zong Wang had originally planned to attack Hedong through Jingxing Road to support Zong Han's attack on the Central Plains battlefield.

As a result, the 30,000 Jin soldiers led by Wanyan Zongwang plunged into the basin of Jingxingkou. Ji Yi's Zhending Tuanlian and Zhang Jun and Liu Ziyu's troops from Hedong had long occupied dangerous places and firmly blocked Zong Wang's route of advancing.

At the same time, Ji Yi's sons and Ma Kuo also launched guerrilla wars in Zhending Prefecture, which disturbed Wanyan Zongwang's rear and the supply on the front line was increasingly scarce. Moreover, it was the hot summer at that time, and the Jingxing Basin was particularly hot. Many Jin soldiers were so hot that they were heated, and some even died of heatstroke!

Wanyan Zongwang was particularly afraid of heat, but after learning that Wanyan Zonghan was washed away by the flood, he had to wear thick armor under the scorching sun, and retreat at the risk of being ambushed by the Song army at any time. As a result, he was caught in the heat in the middle of the road and finally someone was carried back to Zhongshan Prefecture.

If it weren't for the careful care of the Liao princess Yu Liyan, he would definitely be gone... But Zong Wang, who saved his life, was still seriously ill. Now it was just a little better, and he learned the fake news that "the two Song dynasties were about to return to the same place" from Zong Han who suddenly visited!

After Yu Liyan finished singing a song and drifted away, Wanyan Zongwang slowly spoke: "The climate in the Central Plains is really bad. The summer is too hot, and it is rainy, and there are all kinds of epidemics... People from the north cannot adapt at all!

Last year, when we besieged Kaifeng Prefecture, our army fell ill and died a lot. When I was hitting Jingxingkou this year, I almost died..."

Listening to his words, he obviously had little interest in attacking the Song Dynasty... Maybe in his opinion, it would be nice to retreat and become a great Liao.

Didn’t the Khitans go around the Central Plains and go back? By the way, did the Khitan Emperor Yelu Deguang die of heatstroke?

"Second Prince, we can fight like this..." Wanyan Zonghan looked at the sick Zong Wang, thinking about whether to let his son "curse" him (he and Zong Wang are not from the same sect), while telling him about the plan to attack Song by his son Xibao.

Zong Han said: "We can unite the Xia Kingdom, send millions of troops, and march in five directions, so that Zhao Kai can hardly take care of each other!"

"What? Send a million soldiers?" Wanyan Zongwang was amused, "Nianhan, can we send a million soldiers?"

"No!" Wanyan Xiebao took over the topic, "But there is still a 700,000 army...it can be called a million!"

This fat man is quite real. He pretends to be a million, but he doesn’t have much water injection.

"Seven hundred thousand?" Wanyan Zongwang shook his head, and looked at the fat Epiphany with a little contempt.

So fat, he looks stupid and talks randomly. How can he compare with my Qi'er... It seems that Wanyan Zonghan has no successor!

Wanyan Zongbi, who was standing beside him, shook his head and spoke: "Where is 700,000? It's amazing to squeeze out 300,000..."

"Fourth Prince," said Wanyan Xiebao, "You have to count the troops of Xia State! Our country has sent 200,000 regular soldiers and 200,000 auxiliary soldiers. Then ask Xia State to send 300,000 troops from the whole country... This is more than enough to form a 700,000 army."

"The Xia Kingdom is willing to send so many soldiers?" Wanyan Zongbi was very suspicious, "The Xia Lord is close to Liao... If it were not forcing the situation, how could he rely on our country? Now that the Song Kingdom has the momentum of revival, the Xia Lord might have the intention to join the Song Dynasty."

"No," Wanyan Xibao shook his head and said, "What's the benefit of surrendering to the Song Dynasty? How could Zhao Kai give the officials of the Song Dynasty who gave Xia Dynasty an annual monies? Besides, after Zhao Kai ascended the throne, he worked hard to revitalize the Guanlong government troops. Now the Guanlong Song army is growing day by day, and he can fight with our Jin soldiers. If they continue to grow, can Xia Dynasty still have a way out? Zhao Kai doesn't even need to send troops to attack. As long as the Xia Dynasty's financial path is cut off, it will be enough for them to feel uncomfortable.

The only way for Xia State to live is to deal with Song State with us, eat Song State's meat and drink Song State's blood!"

It seems to make some sense...

Wanyan Zongwang's eldest son, Wanyan Qi, who is handsome and has outstanding martial arts, interjected and asked: "Xibao, which are the five routes to attack Song Dynasty? Are you sure?"

Wanyan Xiebao replied: "The first route is Huai East Road, leaving Jingdong East Road, heading south to attack Haizhou, Lianshui Army, and then crossing Huai to plunder! The second route is Hebei Road, with Daming Prefecture sending troops to attack Xiangzhou, Cizhou, Xinde Prefecture and other places... It is an important iron smelting town of Song State. If I had it, Zhao Kai would lack the good iron to build military armor! The third route goes out from Yunzhong to Hedong, replacing the prefecture and Taiyuan Prefecture; the fourth route is sent by Xia State to fight for the land of Hengshan with the Song people; the fifth route is also under the responsibility of Xia State to compete for the land of Hehuang with the Song people.

Among the five troops, our dynasty was responsible for the three routes, with the main troops, and the auxiliary troops were sent in a total of 400,000! Xia State was responsible for the two routes, and sent in a total of 300,000 troops!

These five armies do not need to win. As long as one or two successes succeed, Zhao Kai will seriously damage his vitality. How many of Zhao Kai's army is? It's only 300,000 or 400,000, so it's impossible to set up defenses everywhere on such a long front, and you can defend them all, right?"

Wanyan Zongwang suddenly lit up, and then frowned again: This fat oblique protection method seems to be feasible!

If Huaidong succeeds, Zhao Kai’s wallet will have problems!

If Hebei succeeds, Zhao Kai will not have so many irons to build weapons in the future!

If Hedong succeeds, Dajin will be able to obtain the Central Plains' victorious place and threaten Shaanxi... It is Zhao Kai's source of troops!

If the Xia Kingdom succeeds, Shaanxi will be threatened, and Zhao Kai’s supply of military horses will be difficult!

So in this five-way attack on Song Dynasty, Zhao Kai still lost even though he wanted to win... If he wanted to win, he would win all five!

"Okay!" Thinking of this, Wanyan Zongwang was full of thighs, "Five ways to attack Song... As long as you succeed, Song will be seriously injured! You can fight this battle!"
Chapter completed!