The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 531

Everyone silently weighed it in their hearts, and Zhong Shidao's suggestion was better, which made everyone admire.Zhong Shidao is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, even Zhao Gou admires it.

According to what Wu Yong said, this is also a method.However, it must take a long time, that is, a protracted war.Now, what Zhao Gou can't afford to consume the most is time.

If the focus is on Jizhou, then no amount of time will matter.Because the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are already in the pocket of the Song army, there is no need to attack them by force. They only need to cut off the supply of food and grass to the Liao army, and they can surrender.

Mr. Zhong's suggestion is to see Zhao Gou's intentions. He knows that time is running out and he can't continue to procrastinate, so he can only make a quick decision.

"What do you think of this old suggestion?"

"Agreed!" Everyone agreed one after another, and finally answered with one voice.

Therefore, Zhao Gou accepted the suggestion of Zhong Shidao, and adopted the false to make the real, and the real to make the false.Next, Zhao Gou asked Wu Yong to arrange the distribution of generals.If Zhao Gou presided over everything before, Wu Yong, the military adviser, was just a name.

Now Zhao Gou let Wu Yong make arrangements by himself, and he stopped asking too much, that is, he delegated the power to them to handle it by themselves.After Wu Yong's arrangement, the [-] army was led by Zhong Shidao, Zong Ze, Song Jiang, and Han Shizhong. Each army attacked more than [-] people. All of them are infantry and light cavalry.

Zhong Shidao led the Zhong Family Army, Song Jiang led the Liangshan Army, Han Shizhong led a group of their young generals, Zong Ze led all his former subordinates, and Zhao Gou sat in the rear and stopped charging Go forward, and let them arrange everything.

Zhao Gou's decentralization is tantamount to entrusting the finishing work of this war to everyone, and it can also be said to be the time to make contributions.

After Wu Yong arranged everything, everyone went back to prepare, but Zhong Shidao met Zhao Gou alone, which made Zhao Gou a little flattered.Because when Zhong Shidao saw Zhao Gou, he immediately knelt down on one knee, as if he had made a mistake, which made Zhao Gou stunned, and even Zhao Yougong was surprised.

"Zong Lao, what is this for?"

Zhong Shidao said in shame: "Marshal, this subordinate is really confused!"

Zhao Gou was stunned for a moment, he had already guessed what Zhong Shidao said, and smiled slightly: "There is no need for Zhong Lao to be like this, the matter is over and it is over. What we have to do now is to face the next battle, as long as Zhong I will do my best, and I believe that with your help, I will definitely capture Jizhou faster!"

"Thank you, Marshal, for letting go of past suspicions!"

Zhong Shidao knew that the obstruction he had given to Zhao Gou a few days ago had delayed the progress of regaining the lost ground.If it weren't for people like them who were stumbling in the middle, maybe the time would be earlier.Then, Zhong Shidao pleaded guilty to Zhao Yougong, but Zhao Yougong also laughed it off, and didn't really take what he did before to heart.

Zhao Gou also considered Zhong Shidao's status in the army, so he didn't kill him.After Zhong Shidao returned to Beijing, he heard news of Zhao Gou's victory one after another. He knew that his knowledge was far inferior to Zhao Gou's, and even his military ability was inferior.

Zhong Shidao also knew that Zhao Gou was thinking about his outstanding military exploits, otherwise he would have been executed.He didn't have much contact with Zhao Gou's temperament, but he knew that Zhao Gou dared to kill generals before the battle, and even the emperor turned a blind eye, which means that Zhao Gou's determination is very firm.

This time he took the initiative to invite Ying to participate in the battle, Zhong Shidao let go of his dignity and previous thoughts, and wholeheartedly assisted Zhao Gou to regain the lost ground.Even if he is a hundred years old, he will still be famous forever, at least he has participated in the battle to regain the lost land,
"Old Nine, Mr. Zhong has appeared, so it should be in your plan!" After Zhong Shidao left, Zhao Yougong turned his head and said with a smile.

Zhao Gou replied: "You can say yes, or you can say no!"

"Can this be explained?"

"Zong Lao is not a stubborn person. He has fought on the battlefield longer than I am. He has been loyal to the emperor and patriotic all his life, throwing his head and blood, and has never had any complaints." Zhao Gou explained, "Before Zhong Lao was puzzled by the alliance between Song and Jin, because in his opinion, the threat of Jurchens was no less than that of Khitan."

"It's just that our army has won one after another. He knows that our army has a great chance to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. In this case, he will no longer object, and he will definitely agree. Because he is a general who charges into battle, not a civil servant. The mission is to defend the country and expand the territory."

Zhao Yougong nodded, and said: "Now that you entrust everything to them, you should have thought about it!"

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "As expected of the second brother, he really understands my thoughts!"

Zhao Yougong guessed right, Zhao Gou was preparing for the big battle in the future.Now there are dozens of generals participating in the battle, but there are only a few of them who are alone.Therefore, Zhao Gou let them go out alone, in order to hone their abilities, that is, to become real independent generals in the future.

The next day, the Song army set out to approach the three states of Tanzhou and Shunzhou. The Liao army learned of the movement of the Song army. chance to break.Because if their forces are scattered, they will be defeated one by one by the Song army, and the chances of failure will increase, so they can only gather in one place.

Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong were stationed in Youzhou and did not set out with the army.

When Wu Yong learned that Tanzhou, Shunzhou and other troops were gathered in one place, he immediately ordered the army to be divided into two groups, one with only [-] people. The [-] people did not attack, but defended.The other group consisted of more than [-] people, and this army approached Jizhou from the side.

Jizhou is a martial army with only over [-] troops, and the guard of Jizhou is even more worried.He thought that the Song army was not attacking Jizhou, so the defense was a little lax, let alone fighting spirit.Because the Daliao Dynasty was already in jeopardy, this made him a little bit out of his mind.

Now that he knew that the Song army was not attacking Jizhou, his frown relaxed slightly.It's just that he was relieved a little, and then he received a report from the soldiers, saying that the Song army had attacked the city.This made him a little unbelievable, but he had to believe it.

Because the Song Army, led by Song Jiang, Han Shizhong and others, took advantage of their unpreparedness and went directly to Jizhou City.The defender of Jizhou had already lost the city gate before going to battle, and could only watch the Song army enter the city helplessly, while he himself led the remnants to flee in a panic.

The news of Jizhou's fall quickly spread to Tanzhou and other places, and they were all stunned.Because Song Jun was clearly less than thirty miles away from him and others, how they could appear in Jizhou and other places really shocked them.It wasn't until this moment that they realized that they had been fooled by others.

However, the defender of Jizhou was defenseless, which made them unbelievable.Even if the Song Army did not plan to attack Jizhou, it would be impossible to relax, but there was such a big mistake, and the defender of Jizhou could not absolve himself of the blame.

Jizhou was breached, this is the result Zhao Gou expected to see, it is enough to catch him by surprise and gain something.

(End of this chapter)