After he finished speaking, Wen Daoli and He Zhao stood up together.

Li Xingzhou waved his hand: "One person, who agrees with two adults, won't fight?"

"I." He Zhao said.

"Then Lord Wen said first."

He Zhao's face turned dark, but he didn't refute.

Wen Daoli said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I understand the difficulties that Lord Xue said, and I also understand that transporting food and grass is not easy, but Nanjing cannot be released!

Please think about it, how good is the Jin people good at fighting. The Liao Kingdom, which has been enemies of us for more than a hundred years, is under their command for only two years. What if the Jin people covet the Central Plains? They had just finished the battle and defeated the Liao Kingdom and they also lost their troops and generals. It would take time to replenish them. But when they recovered, they recruited a large number of cavalry of the original Liao Kingdom, and the Jurchens were good at conquering the world with cavalry.

How do we keep guarding then?

There are only two places, one is Yanshan Prefecture, which is the northernmost gateway. If there is no Yanshan Prefecture, Qigou Pass to the south can be guarded again.

If there were no these two places, the northern plains of Beijing would have a flat horse and the Jin cavalry could take Kaiyuan directly. If you wanted to take the risk, you would have to go south of the Huai River.

Your Majesty, even if it is difficult or difficult, you will have to take it down! Without Yanshan Mansion, our Jing Kingdom will never be at peace!"

Wen Daoli's words moved many people and started to talk in a low voice.

Li Xingzhou's eyes lit up, and Wen Daoli couldn't tell this good old man.

As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Wen Daoli was actually guarding the border for many years. The twelve rooms of the Privy Council have eight rooms in the capital. They are functional departments for daily affairs. Four rooms are set up outside, and they are all in key places, so that they can always pay attention to war.

Guanbei Road has Guanbeifang and Jiannanfang on Jiannan Road. Wendaoli has stayed in both places, but he has never fought any wars.

Moreover, Wen Daoli doesn't have much background and is always a good person in dealing with people. He rarely refutes people. After Li Xingzhou arrived at the Privy Council, he was the deputy envoy, but he gave up all his power and did not complain. Li Xingzhou had seen such a good person, and it may be rare to reach the height of Wen Daoli.

Now when you see, the ironwork must be strong himself, and he is worthy of being the deputy envoy of Privy Councilor and the second-in-commander of Zhong Daoyu.

His argument on the overall strategy was very correct. The Jing Dynasty, which lacked the horse army, was likely to lose Beijing like the Northern Song Dynasty and let the Jin people go south directly. Then the East China Plain was flat and could not be defended at all. He could only retreat south of the Huai River and strive to defend with the Yangtze River and Huai River as a basis. But in this way, half of the country would be gone.

Wen Daoli's words alerted many people and began to ponder.

Later, people spoke one after another, but the most popular opinion was rarely consistent, that is, Nanjing must fight!

Next, under the guidance of Li Xingzhou, everyone discussed the issue of "who will fight".

In fact, this issue is almost unconsidered. Now Yang Wenguang is defeated and retreated to Daizhou, Yang Hongzhao is recalled to the court, and the only one left is Wei Chaoren...

Finally, there is the question of "how to fight". Considering the factors of logistics, military strength, etc., this must not be a good battle, because it is necessary to attack the city. If the Liao people come out to fight head-on battle with Wei Chaoren, then the elite Guanbei Army that he fought with the Liao people for decades, and the Lingjie Army brought out by Prince Xiao, all of them have fought against the Liao Kingdom and the rebels. Not to mention that the 20,000 to 30,000 people who fought against Yelu Dashi are sure to win, at least 70,000 to 80,000.

But the problem is that the Liao people are not that stupid, especially these elites are led by Yelu Dashi.

If you defend Nanjing City to the death, you will have almost no chance of winning...

But as Wen Daoli said, no matter how difficult or hard it is, Nanjing City must be taken down, because without the Liao Kingdom, they faced a more powerful Jin Kingdom. Without Yanshan Prefecture, if the Jin army goes south, the Jing army will not be able to resist it at all.

The city of Yanshan Prefecture itself is a strong city, but to the south, there is also Qigou Pass, which is all important.

This court meeting was discussed directly from the morning to the afternoon, and everyone flew everywhere, even forgot to hunger. Under the guidance of Li Xingzhou, they discussed step by step from "what to fight", "who to fight" and "how to fight" to the specific implementation details.

Finally, the court reached an agreement on a major event in one day.

Nanjing must fight, Wei Chaoren is the commander, and he will march as soon as the heavy rain stops in summer. At the same time, after the rain stops, the capital will send additional reinforcements. After everyone's discussion, it will finally decide to drop Jiangxian army from Jiangzhou...

......

When I returned home in the afternoon, the streets were filled with panic and looked down and whispered about the defeat in the north. As if the sky had fallen, many people started crying in the street and some people came forward to comfort me.

Grief and fear permeate the crowd.

This was the case when the Jin people defeated the Liao Kingdom last time, and now it is even worse.

Many people cried loudly because their families were also on the front line. Everyone knew that defeat would lead to death, and many people died. This memory was the most recent ten years ago. The King of Wu rebelled and nearly 100,000 people were buried in the battlefield. No family was instantly separated...

Li Xingzhou rode Mei Xue and passed through the street silently. However, he knew in his heart that it was just the beginning. If he was not dealt with properly, it would not be a matter of tens of thousands of people. A matter of hundreds of thousands of people would be a disaster that would be a disaster that would be in danger of death by tens of millions!

.........

When he returned home, the atmosphere in the royal family was not very good. Everyone looked down and they entered the royal family. Yan Gu was waiting at the door and asked uneasily: "Prince, is the front line really defeated?"

Li Xingzhou nodded, he stayed there and couldn't speak at all.

When they arrived at the main hall, Di Zhi, Yan Gu, Wei Yubai, Shen Lin and others were all there and looked at him together.

"Prince..." Di Zhi wanted to speak but stopped. With his keenness towards military affairs, he must have guessed it long ago.

"That's right, I was defeated, and the Western Route Army was defeated, losing tens of thousands of people, and retreated to Daizhou. The central army also suffered a surprise attack, killing more than a thousand people. The Eastern Route Army was not damaged." Li Xingzhou briefly gave an overview for them.

Everyone said nothing, and Gan Lin sat on the chair and sighed.

When he told everyone about the specific situation, when he returned to the courtyard, several girls were waiting there again. Even He Qian, who was usually lively and unruly, obediently held Yue'er's hand and did not speak, but just looked at him.

So he said it again...

.........

This atmosphere of falling sky continued, and more families moved from Kaiyuan and moved south, causing greater riots and panic.

Smart people must understand what the absence of Yanshan Prefecture means to Jingguo, which means that if war begins, the Jin cavalry can easily come straight to Kaiyuan from the plain of a flat horse. Even if they cannot attack the city, the people outside the city will suffer...

The capital of Jingguo Kaiyuan has been peaceful and stable for nearly a hundred years. Now that this battle is defeated, this situation will no longer exist. Therefore, those who can understand all want to go south, cross the Huai River, and it is best to cross the Yangtze River, so that they can be safe.

Wei Yubai was also worried because the emperor ordered his father to take over the army and would continue to attack the city when the rain stopped.

Unlike this boredom, Qiu'er always brightened his eyes. After spending May in panic, Qiu'er's second-generation steam engine prototype finally came out. In order to produce this new steam engine, two first-generation steam engines were scrapped in the bore.

But hard work is always worth it. The big guy with this cylinder cylinder has shown outstanding strength. Not only does the vibration decrease and the stability, but the lifespan is also very long. Finally, it is not like the first generation, which takes dozens of hours to scrap one.

What is even more gratifying is that although its power was slow when experimenting on the water wheel in the palace, it was enough to rotate a water wheel weighing more than a thousand pounds. This is simply an advancement of the times! The seven or eight craftsmen who participated in this project were very happy on the spot.
Chapter completed!