After Zhao Tai joined forces with Li Fen, he led an army of 20,000 horse and infantry troops and returned to Pizhou City.
The 20,000 Qi army stopped three miles away from the Song army, overlooking the Song army under Pizhou City.
Although Zhao Tai was in high spirits, he couldn't help but feel worried, "It's really hard to catch hundreds of thousands of people!"
Li Fen felt uncomfortable after hearing this. It was obvious that Zhao Tai was pretending to do it.
However, he now really admires Zhao Tai's ability. Under the predicament of the Mongolian and Song Dynasty's attack, he has achieved such a record, which makes him dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Li Fen looked at the Song camp and saw the soldiers walking through it. Nothing unusual could be seen.
Zhao Tai muttered: "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move! Now I'm waiting for news from the Navy, and the Xuanwu Army is moving to the west of the canal!"
Zhao Tai is not in a hurry now. Once the Song Army's food route is cut off, the Song Army will be in a hurry.
When Shi Songzhi learned that the Qi army had entered the Huaihe River, he would definitely take action.
Now Zhao Tai just needs to wait for Song Jun to react.
When Zhao Tai returned to Pizhou, the Song army generals, who were already in chaos, immediately fell into panic.
Shi Zhaizhi originally thought that after taking over the command while Shi Song was suffering from a stroke and unable to command, he would avenge his humiliation in Pizhou.
He never expected that what he received was not an opportunity, but a shocking cauldron.
With the food road and retreat route cut off, the Song Army's defeat has become inevitable. All Shi Zhaizhi can do now is to try to make the Song Army's defeat not too ugly.
"The envoys were established, the food route was cut off, and Zhao Tai returned to Pizhou, but what should we do?" All the generals were at a loss.
Shi Zhaizhi's face turned pale, "Let me think about it! Let me think about it!"
Jiang Wanzai said: "We can no longer consider setting up envoys! The navy of the Qi army invaded the Huaihe River and cut off our food routes and return routes. Zhao Tai happened to return to Pizhou at this time. This shows that Zhao Tai made a careful plan Plan, if we don’t leave now, it will be too late by the time Zhao Tai completes the deployment.”
Jiang Wanzai felt Zhao Tai's terror. Since the Qi army could cut off their retreat, they must have a backup plan.
Now that he thought about it carefully, Song Jun actually didn't make many mistakes during this period. If he continued to fight steadily, he would have a good chance of winning.
The defeat of the Song Navy to the Qi Navy was something that many Song generals, including him, could not have expected.
Thinking of this, Jiang Wanzai felt that Zhao Tai's deep thoughts and determination were shocking.
The Qi army had new firearms that could defeat the Song navy, but he could bear not to use them. Instead, he let the navy deliberately fake defeat and attract the Song army to cross the river.
It seems that whether he took the initiative to attack Mongolia, creating the illusion that Shandong was empty, or the Qi navy faked defeat and withdrew from the Huaihe River, Zhao Tai made up his mind from the beginning to lure the Song army across the Huaihe River and then annihilate it in one fell swoop.
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Jiang Wanzai couldn't help sweating on his forehead. Zhao Tai was so terrifying. He had formulated a strategy to deal with the Song army from the beginning.
Now Jiang Wanzai doesn't want to stay in Pizhou for a moment. He just wants to yell at all the soldiers of the Song Army, "Silly boy, run away!"
Shi Zhaizhi now had no idea, and asked with a pale face: "The way back is cut off, how can I escape or break out of the encirclement?"
Jiang Wanzai walked to the sand table, looked at it carefully, and pointed to Henan, "While there are still some rations in the camp, we will go west, enter Henan controlled by Mongolia, and take a detour back to Huainan. If it is too late, I will worry about Lian Xi The front will also be blocked by the Qi army."
The Qi army controls the Huaihe River, and the Song army has been cut off from supplies.
If the Song army wants to withdraw, they must have enough food to last them until they return to Huainan.
Now if they stay in Pizhou for one more day, the food will be reduced, and they really can't afford it.
In order to destroy Qi this time, the Southern Song Dynasty had been planning for more than two years, and it had come step by step. Just when it was about to succeed, it suddenly collapsed.
This was somewhat unacceptable to Shi Zhaizhi, but the facts were right in front of him and he had no choice.
"Okay! Let's break out!" Shi Zhai said: "How can we break out under Zhao Tai's nose?"
Zhao Tai led the cavalry back to Pizhou, obviously to monitor the Song army. Once the Song army broke through, the cavalry would launch an attack.
Under the pursuit of the Qi army's cavalry, how could the two-legged Song army run back to Huainan.
This battle will probably be as miserable as when the Song army attacked Liao.
At this time, Shi Songzhi was slumped in the chair, making a difficult sound in his throat.
Shi Zhaizhi couldn't help but leaned forward, "Shi Xiang, what did you say?"
"Gulong Gulong!" Shi Song was so anxious that he wanted to hit someone with his head.
Jiang Wanzai leaned down and listened for a while, then suddenly said: "Does Prime Minister Shi mean to negotiate peace with Zhao Tai?"
Shi Songzhi finally settled down, thinking that if he could get better, the Song Army would definitely use people like Jiang Wanzai and Meng Gong in the future.
Now that the defeat of the Song army is certain, the peace-promoting faction can make peace with Mongolia, and naturally they can also make peace with Zhao Tai.
For the Southern Song Dynasty, it was indeed a good choice to seek peace from Zhao Tai and end the war with dignity.
If the 300,000-strong army was annihilated by Zhao Tai, there would be no chance for peace between the Southern Song Dynasty and the future.
Shi Songzhi indeed meant to seek peace, which was the only way to preserve the Song Army.
Of course, whether peace can be achieved depends on how much Song Jun can give and whether Zhao Tai wants peace.
Shi Zhaizhi frowned, "Is this feasible?"
Jiang Wanzai said: "We break out as planned. No matter whether the peace talks can be successful or not, we can paralyze and delay Zhao Tai."
The 300,000 Song troops were preparing to break out and needed time to prepare. Jiang Wanzai meant that success in the peace negotiation was a good thing, but failure could also buy time for the Song troops.
Shi Zhaizhi asked: "What if Zhao Tai refuses?"
Jiang Wanzai said: "Then we have to sacrifice half of our soldiers to stop Zhao Tai."
Time is precious to Song Jun, and the news that his retreat will be cut off will leak out at any time.
Therefore, the Song army must take a multi-pronged approach and act simultaneously without wasting any time.
Shi Zhaizhi immediately asked: "Who is willing to go to the Qi army camp and ask Zhao Tai for peace?"
When many Song generals heard this, they all lowered their heads. No one answered, hoping that a colleague would take over the job.
Jiang Wanzai thought about it carefully and suddenly saluted: "Mr. Zhizhi. The defeat is now determined. Even if we successfully break through, the army will be completely lost! Therefore, I think that if a peace can be negotiated, we still need to try our best to negotiate a peace! Now! Zhao Tai does not trust the court, so we have to show sincerity to impress him. Therefore, I think those who go to seek peace must have weight and be able to convince Zhao Tai!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent looked at each other, and finally their eyes fell on Shi Zhaizhi.
In the current situation, if Song Jun randomly sends someone over, Zhao Tai will not talk to Song Jun at all.
At present, the only two candidates who have any weight in the Song Army are Shi Songzhi and Shi Zhaizhi.
To say that the battle was like this, Shi Song could only admit defeat, but Shi Song suffered a stroke and couldn't explain clearly, so he could only stay above Shi's house.
"What are you looking at me for?" Shi Zhaizhi noticed something strange, as if his tail had been stepped on, "As the commander-in-chief, I cannot leave the army. Don't let me pass by!"
