A little further away, closer to the fire scene, several of Hou Zhi's followers saw Guo Ning's menacing power and took a few steps back almost simultaneously.
The man at the rear was immediately engulfed by the flames churning behind him. He grunted, turned back forward, and got together with his companions.
Half a moment ago, several people were shocked by the ferocious actions of the Ding Navy cavalry, but when they discovered that it was Guo Ning, the commander-in-chief of the Ding Navy, who personally charged into the city, they were surprised again.
They didn't see what Ding Haijun's cavalry did outside the city, but the cavalry behaved like wolves and tigers from now on, and they really killed people with deadly hands! Ding Haijun showed no mercy to the Song people! It seems that the fire on our side has aroused the anger in Guo Ning's heart, and Guo Ning's wanton behavior will inevitably arouse Zhao Fang's anger...
The next step must be a fire merger!
Zhao Fang was a capable commander in the Southern Dynasty, and he had a group of elite envoys and officials around him. The pawn Guo Ning couldn't change his temperament actually broke into the big city in person. At this time, as long as Zhao Fang gave an order, he might be able to attack Guo Ning. Kill Guo Ning in Kaifeng City!
As long as Guo Ning dies, Dai Jin will be able to survive. Given time, he may not be able to regain the power he once dominated in the region, and the Southern Dynasty will definitely not let go of the benefits it gained from Dai Jin. As long as Guo Ning dies, there are too many things that Dai Jin can regain. No matter what benefits the Song people want, no matter money, people, land, even if they want Shaanxi, Henan, or Shandong, Dai Jin can provide them!
Thinking of this, all the servants were panting like cattle, and they felt that the opportunity to overturn the world was just around the corner.
As a result, Zhao Fanghuer gave in to Guo Ning?
That Guo Ning is not an ordinary person who talks easily, he is an evil tiger! Do you think he will let you go if you submit? His right-hand man, Li Ting, and thousands of his subordinates are still struggling in the fire! Now if you listen carefully, you can still hear screams. Those who didn't scream may be dead! Are you so sure that Guo Ning's anger is not directed at you?
With so many benefits that the Kingdom of Jin can provide, you just don’t want them anymore? If you don’t think about your own family’s future, don’t you think about the turmoil in the officialdom that your Prime Minister is facing? Don't you think about how those people in Lin'an court are looking forward to some good news?
It’s nothing more than a war! As a warrior, you should be wrapped in horse leather. Why are you afraid of death?
Zhao Fang must be a smart man. He understands all these principles, so he promised so readily! But he was too smart, and his judgment of the battlefield situation and the combat effectiveness of the enemy and ourselves was too accurate, so he immediately turned against him without any hesitation!
As the general of the Song Army, Zhao Fang could not care about the possible losses of the soldiers in the first step and intend to become an enemy of Ding Haijun. However, he could not care about the losses of the soldiers that had already occurred in the next step and stand with Ding Haijun again?
Look at the angry expressions of the soldiers around you. Their comrades have just been killed by Ding Haijun! Is this appropriate for you?
However, Zhao Fang pretended to be caring for the soldiers and did just that!
And the glimmer of hope that the Kingdom of Jin had just earned was gone in the blink of an eye!
As expected of a Song Dynasty person!
No matter how much these Southern dynasty literati who read the books of sages showed that they loved the soldiers as their own children, they did not take the lives of the soldiers seriously, just like the Jurchens of Jin Dynasty who did not take the Han, Khitan, and Bohai people at the bottom of the army seriously. Same thing!
In this way, Daikin is really finished!
"The people of Song Dynasty have no moral integrity!" The followers cursed repeatedly. Some of them were more knowledgeable and cited several examples to prove that the people of Song Dynasty have always been this shameless since the rise of the Jin Dynasty.
After cursing a few words, everyone turned to look at Hou Zhi, waiting for the man who once turned the situation around with his ingenious plan to see if there was anything else he could do in his pocket. There were two smarter followers watching around, already planning to surround the master. Escape route.
They immediately noticed that Hou Zhi's face was panicked, but he was not desperate yet.
He was extremely calm and didn't even have the intention of leaving the scene to start a scene. Even when the knights of Dinghai Navy were carrying water bags and galloping away from them on horseback, Hou Zhi just rolled up his sleeves and watched calmly. Even though the scattered flowers on his purple robe were soaked with sweat, and even though the sweat on his forehead stayed like a waterfall, it was more due to the heat wave brought by the tongues of fire than fear.
"Interesting." He murmured.
"What do you mean, Mr. Xiang?"
"Then Guo Ning entered the city, subdued the Song people, and then started putting out the fire and rescuing people... They entered Kaifeng. They only need to bypass the fire scene to get directly to the center of my Dajin and completely destroy Dajin. But look, those The officers were running and shouting, and the knights were coming and going, all carrying water bags... They were actually busy putting out the fire first! They were busy rescuing people!"
Hou Zhi squinted his eyes and waved away a burst of thick smoke:
"I heard that the officers of the Ding Navy were all given land and shelters in the local areas. Everyone in this army is not only a soldier, but also a local gentry. Everyone is responsible for stabilizing a place. A key figure. Therefore, just as Zhao Fang had to show off to appease the military, Guo Ning also had to show off to appease the soldiers. No matter how eager he was to take control of Kaifeng, he had to put out the fire and save people first. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people in the navy would probably be killed. Call him cool."
After hearing what Hou Zhi said with confidence, a follower couldn't help but ask: "Well...my husband said yes, but so what? Is it very beneficial to us?"
Another follower sighed: "Mr. sir, did you hear the loud rumbling outside? That was the headquarters of the Ding Navy throwing a large number of iron artillery. The soldiers at Lincaiguan could not hold on for long. Maybe Guo Ning was deliberately waiting for the big event outside the city to be decided. , are sending their troops deep into Kaifeng!"
"Most of the troops outside the city can't hold on anymore. I even suspect that they can persist until now because Guo Ning wants to use the battlefield as a millstone to slowly crush the Jurchens' power. But with this little time, we can There is still one last chance.”
Hou Zhi took a few steps back to the edge of the road and watched as another group of soldiers and horses passed by carrying various temporarily assembled water containers.
At this time, the city of Kaifeng was blocked by a huge fire, and thick smoke was billowing everywhere. However, the water gates on the left and right sides of the city were connected to the Huimin River.
Although the Cai River is severely silted up, the amount of water in the Huimin River is just fine. It was too far for the people of the Song Dynasty to get water on foot, so the cavalry of the Ding Navy galloped back and forth very quickly. In an instant, two to three hundred filled water bags were thrown into the outer edge of the fire, and the fire in this area was slightly suppressed.
So another knight hurriedly took off the hook rope he carried, probably wanting to drag away the huge trees and rocks blocking the road, and open the way to the depths of the fire scene.
To be able to do this in a hurry must be a very well-trained navy.
"Look..."
Hou Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed:
"When Guo Ning's troops entered the city in one go, they were majestic and invincible. But after they dispersed to put out the fire, can they still fight?"
"The reason why they dispersed to put out the fire was because they felt that the Jin Dynasty actually sued for peace from the Song Dynasty, which showed that it was internally weak and had no more available soldiers. That's why they were so bold and unscrupulous. But who said that we had no available soldiers? "
Hou Zhi smiled: "Cooperating with the Song people is what we have to do when we are at the end of our rope, but it does not mean that we have no power, let alone that Guo Ning himself is so frivolous that we cannot control him!"
Having said this, a group of cavalry ran out of the fire scene with their faces covered with soot. Hou Zhi waved to them and continued:
"I have sent people to report to Tianqi, asking him to urgently mobilize the troops of Weidu Lieutenant Aotun Urib and Xiangkou Captain Wanyan Apai. These are the last two available troops in the city besides the emperor's personal guards. , responsible for garrisoning the inner city wall, there are 14,000 people! After deducting the necessary left-behind troops and those who are timid and timid, at least 7,000 can be mobilized. Use these 7,000 people to deal with Guo Ning, who is rushing to the scene of the fire. Ok?"
At this point, Hou Zhi couldn't help but raise his voice slightly: "The Song people don't want the credit for killing Guo Ning, so we can take it ourselves!"
