She Song

Chapter 308 Minister Zhong, thank you for your hard work!
There were only two people in Nuo Da's back tent, Zhao Kai and Qin Huizhi, and the generals were not allowed to enter because of the "private message from His Highness Maode".

Zhao Kai knew that what Qin Huizhi brought was definitely not good, otherwise there would be no need to discuss it alone, but he still wanted to have first-hand information.

"Tell me, what did Fujin say?"

Qin Huizhi sighed: "Han Xiaoyao promised that if His Highness leads the entire army to surrender before tomorrow evening, he can guarantee that no one will die, otherwise His Highness will bear the responsibility for all casualties in the battle!"

Zhao Kai sneered: "Our 40 troops, plus the 30 Jurchens participating in the war, surrender without a fight just because of his words? What a beautiful idea!"

Qin Huizhi said again: "He also said that the 20 Jurchens on the Eastern Front have been surrounded by him in Pingzhou, and they will be wiped out in a short time. In fact, they have already attacked Zhending Mansion and cut off our army's retreat."

"what?!"

Zhao Kai suddenly became nervous and immediately retorted: "I have not received any military information from Liu Zhongyan. This is his false threats in an attempt to destabilize the morale of our army! Not to mention how can he get the troops to surround the Jurchen East Route Army?"

Of course, Qin Huizhi hoped that these were all false, but Han Xiaoyao directly stated that he had learned of the Song-Jin joint battle plan as early as a month ago, so he made preparations in advance.

For the Jurchens, the purpose of luring the enemy deep into the Pingjing area was for the Four Seas Fleet to join the East China Sea Fleet and a large number of merchant ships to mobilize forces from Taiwan and Japan to capture Jinzhou by sea, forming a closed-door and dog-fighting situation.

As for the Western Army's attack on Yundi, the appeasement strategy of turning a blind eye through the spies lurking among the Western Army's generals allowed Yuan Shishi to mobilize a total of 8000 people from the First Regiment and the Cavalry Column to attack the real enemy. Certainly.

This is why Han Xiaoyao made a bet with Li Shishi to annihilate the invading Song army within seven days.

Although he was frightened, Zhao Kai still didn't believe it because it was too bizarre. The joint operation plan had been changed several times. He and Wanyan Wushu were not fools. He knew that all the deployments would not exceed the number of one palm. Han Xiaoyao would Where did you learn this?
But nothing can happen to Zhen Ding. The 25 soldiers rely on Liu Zhongyan to ensure their food and drink. The rear guard alone can only provide enough food for three to five days. Once Zhen Ding loses his morale, his army's morale will collapse.

No matter what, he could only invite Zhong Shidao, Zhong Fu and Qi Ziyan over.

Subsequently, Qi Ziyan led the Military Intelligence Department to the direction of Zhending to investigate the details. Zhong Fu had to personally monitor the logistics and guard against it.

After the two left, Zhong Shidao's face was extremely ugly. If the battle plan was really leaked, many unreasonable situations of the Zhen Guojun before could be explained.

In order to completely annihilate the Song and Jin coalition forces, Han Xiaoyao deliberately let his subordinates show weakness to the enemy, giving the attackers the illusion of invincibility. Until they reached a stalemate, and then when their retreat was cut off, the Zhenguo army could easily do so without spending a single soldier. win.

It is too insidious!
However, seeing Zhao Kai at a loss, Zhong Shidao thought for a while and said: "The only way to go now is to attack Yanjing. Your Highness, we still have more than [-] troops. As long as we break through the city defenses and capture Han Xiaoyao, all problems will be solved. "

Hope rekindled in Zhao Kai's eyes, but Qin Huizhi shook his head and said: "Han Xiaoyao has developed breech-loading firearms, and Yanjing's city defense is no longer what it used to be. In addition, Yanjing also has city defense artillery, which is said to have a range of Five miles, and they also have an unknown number of airships, any form of group charge will be concentrated fire."

Zhao Kai's heart became gloomy again. Is there no way out?
The wily Zhong Shidao soon suggested again: "What if the army marches eastward and cooperates with the Jurchens to defeat Pingjing's Zhenguo Army? It should be enough to turn the tide of the war!"

Ugh!
The light returned to Zhao Kai's eyes again. This method works. There are 15 nationalist troops concentrated in the Pingjing area. If they are annihilated, Han Xiaoyao will never have a chance to stand up again.

"This is a way!" Qin Huizhi thought for a while and felt that annihilating the enemy's active forces was the safest way to protect himself.

As if catching a life-saving straw, Zhao Kai felt more and more that this plan was wonderful, and decided to act immediately.

"Okay! Then the whole army marches east!"

After convening a meeting of the generals again to introduce the latest situation, Zhao Kai changed his established strategy of capturing Yanjing and ordered the entire army to march to Jingzhou to cooperate with the Jurchens to eliminate the 15 Zhenguo army.

Although the generals were astonished, the situation was pressing. It was better to attack Jingzhou than to face the Yanjing defenders who changed their clothes.

At midnight, Qi Ziyan returned and brought a messenger from Zhending, confirming that a large number of people from the Zhenguo Army had indeed entered Zhending. If Liu Zhongyan hadn't alerted him in advance, Zhao Kai would have been kept in the dark until now.There are not many defenders in Zhending. Facing the elite of the Zhenguo Army, they will definitely not be able to hold on for long, so it is certain that their retreat will be cut off.

This made Zhao Kai more determined, and immediately sent a messenger to inform Pingzhou of the Wanyan Wushu, and then ordered the cavalry to march to Jingzhou overnight as the vanguard, clearing the barrier for the army to advance eastward.

The actions of the Forbidden Army completely fell into the eyes of the Zhenguo Army scouts. After receiving the information, Han Xiaoyao laughed loudly.

"The overall situation is set!"

On the seventh day, in the early morning, when more than [-] imperial troops were setting out one after another, Zhong Fu, who was in charge of the rear, saw an old friend.

Huan Die solemnly saluted Zhong Fu: "Minister Zhong, thank you for your hard work for such a long time!"

Zhong Fu returned the favor with a smile: "After all, you are getting a double salary. It's not hard work, right?"

Huandie smiled and said sweetly: "Have I never seen you so naughty before?"

Zhong Fu laughed and said, "After this battle, the clouds will clear and the sun will rise, let's start!"

Huan Die nodded and said: "Everything is ready, Minister Zhong please!"

The [-] defenders were responsible for the important logistics of the more than [-] Song troops. Now that the war situation was becoming clearer, Han Xiaoyao no longer gave Zhao Kai any chance and activated Zhong Fu, the highest-ranking spy.

Before gathering the generals to discuss matters, Zhong Fu made arrangements in advance and detained all senior generals including deputy commander Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing realized something was wrong and tried to escape, but the elites brought by Huandie had long regarded him as a key "care" target, and three internal guards suppressed him.

"How dare you rebel against King Yun, you rip-off bitch? How shameless?!" Zhou Qing was still yelling while being pinned to the ground.

Zhong Fu smiled and said: "I am Han Ji's Disciplinary Inspection Minister, and I only act according to orders. Besides, in order to gain promotion, you betrayed your uncle and killed your companions. Is it considered shameless?"

Zhou Qing was exposed, his arrogance suddenly disappeared, and he lowered his head.

Zhong Fu looked at the remaining seven or eight deputy commanders and said casually: "Don't think about it. King Zhenbei is destined to return, and His Highness King Yun is no longer able to protect himself. As for your surrender now, it can be regarded as a battlefield uprising, and you will enjoy the current treatment after the war. If If you are able to perform meritorious service, according to the rules of the Zhenguo Army, you will definitely be promoted and rewarded. Of course, if you don’t want to, don’t force it. After the war, you will all be disarmed and return to your fields, and you can enjoy a peaceful and prosperous age.”

All the generals were aware that the battle plan had been leaked. There had been disagreements about who the leaker was, but now it seems certain, because the entire joint battle plan was formulated by Zhong Fu!

Although King Yun changed the battle plan at this time to attack Jingzhou, it would take at least two or three days to travel, and the logistics were cut off by Zhong Fu. The 20 forbidden troops might not be able to survive even half a day.

The Imperial Army will be defeated!

The generals in charge of logistics usually belong to the second-line troops, and they are often angry with the main force. Under the shocking reversal of the Yanyun battle situation, most of them are seriously considering the current choice.

Zhong Fu Huandie was not in a hurry, as long as he controlled the guard of the Imperial Army, Zhao Kai would not be far away, and he could only disarm and surrender in the end.

After a while, some people were willing to submit to the King of Zhenbei. With the leader in charge, the others no longer had any worries and handed over their military power one after another.

Finally, Huandie let Zhou Qing go: "Tell His Majesty King Yun that King Zhenbei and His Majesty Maode are hosting a banquet in Yanjing to wait for him!"

(End of this chapter)