The Hedong Road battlefield was not as expected by Master Zhong. After Nianhan completely let go of his arms, the Song army was almost unable to fight back.
Zhe Keqiu and Wang Zhen, who had already been trapped, could be said to be clinging to life. He Guan, who was waiting for help, could not see the reinforcements in the end. Han Shizhong, the pioneer of the rescue army, was beaten back when he came on the scene.
Later, after Zhongshizhong and Zheyanzhi discussed it, Zheyanzhi could only write a letter to Nianhan, expressing his intention of reconciliation and hoping that both parties could have a good talk.
At the same time, in the face of increasingly cold weather, we can fight against both sides.
Of course, this is not because Zhe Yanzhi has lost the face of the Zhe family, nor is it because Zhongshi is afraid to continue the attack.
When it comes to the main battle, the prestige and urgency of these two men are by no means inferior to Li Gang.
But now they really feel that there is no need to fight this battle because their food and grass are gone.
As the saying goes, the three armies should go ahead without using food and grass, but before the battle started, Hedong Road fell into the same situation as Hebei Road. There was a lack of food and baggage, the logistics was seriously collapsed, and the entire rear system collapsed.
At this time, whether Han Shizhong could complete his mission and stick to Baima Jin, He Guan could not prevent Nianhan's detour.
The entire Hedong Road situation is completely corrupt. The only thing they can do now is to hold Nianhan back, using weather, letters, and deception.
Let them relocate the people on Hedong Road to avoid losses and at the same time create a strong and clear scene. Although they have no capital at all to delay the station, it is better than going to the battlefield hungry.
At the same time, Zhong Shizhong personally opened a letter and asked what was going on. He was fighting here and was running out of food later. Did the Song Dynasty not plan to survive or what did he mean?
As a result, before the interrogation letter among the masters had reached the court, Zhao Huan's envoy had already come to him.
"Zhao Ye?" Zhong Shi, as an old man in the court, was naturally familiar with many officials of the Song Dynasty. When he saw the envoy, he couldn't help being shocked, "Zhao Shangshu!"
After being surprised, he quickly corrected his words. This is the military, and you can't call each other by his first name.
Zhao Ye is a veteran of the Song Dynasty. He was just named Shangshu Youcheng this year. He is a first-class... strange person in the court.
"Old General Zhong, you are well. I am deeply saddened by what happened to your brother."
"Brother served the country loyally and died without regrets!" Zhong Shizhong also learned about the death of his family brother Zhong Shidao. Faced with this news, although he was saddened, he was not surprised.
It would definitely be much better for a seventy-five-year-old veteran to die on the battlefield than to die on his bed.
However, after talking about the way of becoming a master, Master Zhong immediately brought the topic back.
"What is the situation in the imperial court now? Is it possible that they are about to surrender? Why are all the food, fodder and baggage we are waiting for gone? Why are we waiting in front to fight, but this is what happens in the rear!"
Zhao Ye is a well-known good old man in the Song Dynasty. He is quite familiar with him in Zhongshi Zhong, but he is really not afraid that he will make any reports.
But at this time, Zhao Ye just sighed towards everyone.
"It's not what His Majesty or the court wants, but it's just that His Majesty himself can't protect himself now!"
Zhao Ye couldn't help complaining at this time, and talked about what happened in the world during this period one by one.
Back in time a few days ago, Zhong Shidao died outside Kaifeng City. Before his death, he made a plan to ask Zhao Huan to abandon the Hebei Road while guarding Guanzhong in the south of the Yangtze River and half of the Central Plains.
Although Zhao Huan originally agreed with this strategy, it was difficult to accept it in his heart. However, after he arranged everything properly, Zhao Ding told Zhao Huan the second half of Zhong Shidao that he had not said.
"Not only are the Jin people attacking now, but all the main roads in our Song Dynasty have been cut off so far, especially in Shandong. The bandits are rampant and the food-producing areas of our Song Dynasty have been almost devastated. Strike.”
Zhao Ding's words made Zhao Huan's expression no longer embarrassing, but really gloomy.
"What's going on in this world? I'm here to fight against the Jin soldiers. Why are there so many people who don't want the Song Dynasty to have an easy time!"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. The people can no longer survive. They will naturally rebel. We have no choice. The people on Hedong Road were attacked by the Jin people. They treated the officials well but mistreated the people.
That's why the righteous people formed a group to fight against the Jin people.
But the land of Shandong is because we... We have imposed excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes over the years. We have no choice but to take this strategy and do the opposite.
I hope your Majesty will not be angry. Only by stabilizing the world can we counterattack the Jin people. "
"Can't the rebellion in Shandong be put aside first, as long as I can support Hedong Road, and at the same time transfer Zongze from Hebei Road to return to the army, and join forces with Wang Yuan and other generals who came from King Qin.
Even if Hebei Road cannot save everything, it can still save one area of the people. "
"Please don't be angry, Your Majesty. Judging from the current news, Wu Hu, a rebel in Linyi, Shandong Province, has tens of thousands of troops at this time, and he is a well-known leader of thieves in Shandong.
In addition to Wuhu, those currently employing tens of thousands of troops include Xu Jin of Yizhou, Zhang Xian of Qingshe, Liu Dalang of Shuigu, Gao Tuoshan of Wangxian, Jia Jin of Jilu, Xu Dalang of Ju County, and Zhang Kui of Donghai.
Each of them has tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and even the largest number is more than 100,000.
It was only because Wu Hu was a general of the Song Dynasty, and the soldiers and horses under his command were the bravest troops of the Shandong generation, that it became a serious problem.
And not only that, Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, was appointed by the late emperor. He was not a kind person back then. After being appointed by the imperial court as the prefect of Jinan, he acted even more recklessly.
Now, taking advantage of the chaos in Shandong, they directly gathered people to defend themselves, and they were already out of the control of the imperial court.
Now that formations have been prepared in various places in Shandong, the grain and supplies of the Song Dynasty cannot reach Kaifeng, let alone Hedong Road and Hebei Road.
King Qin's army was even dragged down in Shandong and unable to move.
General Zongze's letter asking for help, and the Lieutenant General Zhongshi who rescued Hedong Road asked for food and fodder, but now we can't give them any! "
Listening to these facts, Zhao Huanming knew that it was true, but he only felt chills and cramps in his heart.
What is happiness and accident? No one knows when it will come first, this is it.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to tell you earlier. Firstly, the news didn't come early, and we only found out recently. Mr. Zhong only knew a rough idea of what happened.
The second is... His Majesty's position was unstable at the beginning. If he had told us, we would be afraid that His Majesty would retreat in the face of battle. "
What a damned thing to say!
Zhao Huan really wanted to yell at Zhao Ding, "You guessed it right!"
Now Zhao Huan really wanted to retreat. He really felt that how could he save this situation? What a waste!
He wants soldiers but no soldiers, he wants food but no food, it doesn't matter what he wants. If he is possessed by Liu Xiu, it would be nothing if a big meteorite comes down and kills these turtles and grandsons.
What a pity he is not!
"Your Majesty, now that we have reached this point, we can only think about the future." As a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, and as an ambitious hero of the Great Song Dynasty, when Zhao Ding said these words, he was more moved than anyone else. All feel more uncomfortable.
"What if Wang Yuan and Hedong reinforcements are dispatched to Shandong at this time to put down the rebellion?"
As a last resort, Zhao Huan did not want to give up so easily. He struggled again, but as soon as he finished speaking, he regretted it, because this is what Zhao Huan did in history.
He transferred General Wang Yuan of Hebei Road to cooperate with the famous general Han Shizhong to quell the Shandong rebellion.
Then things became very simple. Han Shizhong put down the rebellion in Shandong as quickly as possible, but Hedong Road still chose to retreat due to insufficient supplies and lack of timely support.
A large number of soldiers and horses entered Kaifeng, which not only increased the pressure on Kaifeng, but also directly abandoned the entire Hedong Road.
Without reinforcements, Zhe Keqiu, who fought until the last moment, really couldn't accept the fact that everyone abandoned him, which only meant that he chose to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin.
Taiyuan Wang Xun fought hard to the last soldier. Taiyuan almost became a dead city. It was captured by the Jin people and their heads were displayed to the public.
After the loss of Hedong Road, Hebei Road was also lifeless. In the end, even though Shandong's troops were pacified, many of King Qin's divisions also gathered in Kaifeng.
However, the soldiers and horses were unevenly distributed. There were as many people who wanted to fight to the death as there were people who wanted to surrender. There were constant constraints in the court, and finally there was a disgrace to Jingkang.
"If we say that the root cause of this matter is the emperor's incompetence, but in terms of the result of this matter, it is really too much accumulation. The accumulation of various problems for hundreds of years. Even if the Jin people cannot conquer Kaifeng, they will perish. The Northern Song Dynasty.
Because there is a word called self-destruction. "
Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and Zhao Ding also said the answer at this time.
"There is no problem for Your Majesty to do this, but no matter how fast we wait, there is no food and logistics on the Hedong and Hebei roads. We will send troops to Shandong again after we mobilize troops and horses.
This is still the same result.
And once they fall into anxiety, these soldiers and horses will not be able to get out. "
"Where's Jiangnan? Is there anything Jiangnan can do?"
"Wang Fu concealed the Fang La incident and did not report it, which caused him to completely become a climate problem. The whole Jiangnan has been turned into a corrupt situation because of the Fang La incident.
In prosperous times, we can still rely on Fuzhou commercial taxes and Jiangnan rice grains, which can still support us.
But now people are in panic. All over the south of the Yangtze River, there are either a group of corrupt officials or a group of rogue bandits who have rebelled.
The Hunan Army collapsed as a whole in the past few years, and millions of soldiers fled to various places for various reasons, most of which entered the south of the Yangtze River.
Now Jiangnan...has too much time to take care of himself! "
"Then Guanzhong..."
"The Xixia people have not perished, and the road to Guanzhong is far away, and we have to pass through Hedong Road. If we directly transfer grain from Guanzhong, we can alleviate the problem on Hedong Road.
But Guanzhong might just..."
"That..."
"Your Majesty, you must never think about the land of Bashu. It is not a good place!"
The last road was completely blocked, and Zhao Huan once again felt desperate.
"Is it possible that we can only completely abandon the Hedong and Hebei roads at this time, and then preserve the national destiny of the Song Dynasty?"
"If this is the case, we can't do it. Once we give up the Hedong Road, then Hangu Pass and most of Guanzhong will become a lie, and the north of the Yellow River will be rotten to the point of disgrace.
Yanshan Mansion was lost, and now even if Guo Yaoshi and Na Yue Fei could keep their other half, they would not be able to keep it in the end.
Lost Yanshan Mansion, Hebei Road, Hedong Road, and then lost the land of Guanzhong.
We can really only occupy the land in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, it will be really difficult to fight back.
The land of Hebei and Yanjing cannot be retained, but Hedong Road at least... at least part of it must be preserved. "
"Keep the old Hedong County, combine the territory of the old Henei County, occupy the land of Luoyang, and rebuild the defense line with Sishui Pass and other places as the priority.
Although the area north of the Yellow River was abandoned, the land in Guanzhong was defended, the 800-mile Qinchuan River was restored, Tianchi water was repaired, and places such as Bashu, Hanzhong, Chang'an and other places were used as grain storage areas to stock up on grain and grass again.
Although Xixia is not dead now, it is still lingering. As long as we are fast enough, we can destroy Xixia and return to Yongliang.
When the time comes when we have land to raise horses, we won't be so helpless.
Finally... the final battle with the golden man is all. "
Zhao Ding's plan is almost the same as Zhong Shidao's, but one of the biggest problems is how to preserve Hedong Road.
"Abandoning Taiyuan, abandoning the family, Wang Zhen, even Zhong Shizhong and others!"
When Zhao Ding said these words, he knelt down on the ground. He knew that this strategy was too cruel, but he could only do this.
"You might as well just abandon the West Route Army!"
"That's not the case. Now in this rescue army, Wang Yuan directly sent troops to Hebei Road, and there were enough soldiers and horses to garrison in the Bashu area in Guanzhong.
This time, the leader of Hedong Road is Zhongshi Zhong, a clan brother of Zhongshi Dao Lao Xianggong.
At the same time, there is Yao Gu, the uncle of General Yao Pingzhong, Zhe Yanzhi, a junior member of the Zhe family, and Liu Yanqing of the Naxi military service...etc.
What I shouldn't say, your Majesty may also see that these people are veterans of the Western Army, and... they may not be His Majesty's confidants. "
"Among the seed masters, Yao Gu and others are indeed not my confidants. When my father wanted to replace the crown prince, it was not like they didn't think of ways to do it with my other brothers.
But...the national crisis is looming, how can I abandon them! "
"It's not that His Majesty abandoned them, but that there is no other way to deal with the current situation."
"Fight and retreat at the same time. At worst, I will hand over all the forbidden troops around me to guard Sishui Pass and other key places!"
"What's the use of that?" Zhao Ding's face already showed sadness and anger, "Your Majesty, do you think I am willing to do such a thing?
Back then, hundreds of thousands of troops from our Song Dynasty attacked the Liao people, but they were beaten by tens of thousands of Liao people and fled in embarrassment. Those were the elites that our Song Dynasty boasted of!
But looking back at the battle of Liao and Jin, the 700,000 Liao army was directly destroyed by the Jin's less than 20,000 troops. What can we do with such a gap!
The Jin people's current offensive can still be resisted, that's because most of the people taking action now are Liao people surrendering troops, and Han people from Yanshan Prefecture.
The truly elite tens of thousands of golden men have not made any move yet!
There hasn't been any movement in Wanyan Lou's room so far. Who knows if this old guy will suddenly appear on the battlefield with tens of thousands of real golden men.
Your Majesty thinks that in the current situation, which army can stop them?
If Hedong Road is not allowed to have such huge benefits, and the Jin people are really allowed to set their sights on Hebei Road or Yanshan Mansion, then we may not even have the last time.
Abandoning most of the Hedong Road and abandoning the elite veterans of the Western Army made me feel sad in my heart.
But if not, what can we do!
The soldiers and horses on Hedong Road are used to seduce and hold back the Jin soldiers and horses. Only by dragging the Jin people's forces to Hedong, can we quickly put down the civil strife in Shandong.
Allocate all the grain and fodder to hoard, and at the same time gather the refugees on Hebei Road, and accept many soldiers and horses under the command of Zongze on Hebei Road and Yue Fei, the pharmacist of Yanjing.
Concentrate your efforts to occupy the land in Guanzhong and defend this line of defense.
Select the most elite soldiers and horses to start over..."
This is Zhao Ding's plan, and of course this is what Zhao Ye told Master Zhong and others now.
Many generals of the Western Army who should have been extremely angry were extremely silent at this time, silent without saying a word.
"You came here today and told me this directly. I guess there will be some changes."
"What does General Zhong think of Zhao Ding's plan?"
"The only way to survive now is, if His Majesty chooses this way, I will obey your order!"
"...I actually think Zhao Ding's plan is very good, but... His Majesty does not agree."
After Zhao Ye sighed, he took out another will directly from his arms.
"The generals of the Western Army obey orders..."
