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On the third day of the lunar month, early morning, Julu, Hebei.

Yue Fei led the army to Julu for a day and a night. He was exhausted and had to stop rest. At this time, Li Gang sent a letter from Handan. According to the scouts' investigation, he still stood firm in Jing'an City, Shenzhou. This is news. From the analysis of the situation, the Jin army would definitely be besieging Jing'an City with its main force, and at the same time blocking our rescue army on the Hulu River line. Li Gang asked Yue Fei to speed up and meet in Xindu City, in order to break through the Hulu River defense line of the Jin army as soon as possible and rescue Yao Gu.

Julu is more than 200 miles away from Xindu City. Even if Yue Fei urges the army to travel day and night after dawn, it will not be possible to reach Xindu until the afternoon of the fourth day of the lunar month. At present, Yue Fei knows nothing about the situation in Jizhou, and it is very dangerous to promote the entry of Cangzhou into Jizhou.

Yue Fei summoned several military commanders to discuss matters overnight, intending to follow the established deployment, and send scouts to find out the military situation in Jizhou while marching, and then consider whether to meet or not. Just as everyone was discussing, Roland arrived and he brought the latest news that the army had swept across Jizhou and its main force was attacking Xindu City.

"The news is accurate?" Yue Fei asked in surprise.

"Our scouts met a hundred people who fled south from Jizhou in the Shui area. According to them, about seven or eight days ago, the army came over and burned, killed and plundered everywhere."

"How is Xindu City now? Is it still in our hands?" Yue Fei asked afterwards.

"I don't know this." Roland shook his head, "Our reinforcements have been unable to arrive in Jizhou for a long time and are surrounded in Shenzhou. Officials in various places in Jizhou surrendered and did not resist at all. In my opinion, Xindu City has probably been stolen by the Jin army."

Yue Fei and several military commanders were disgraced. If Xindu City was lost, the rescue would definitely fail. Yao Gu was surrounded in Shenzhou. If reinforcements wanted to save him, they had to force cross the Hulu River, on the premise that Xindu City could not be lost.

Xindu City was lost, and the north and south of Hulu River were Jin troops. Reinforcements would definitely be attacked from both sides of the river, and they were purely seeking death.

"Based on time, Zhe Keqiu and Wang should have arrived in Xindu City." Lin Chong pointed to the map and said, "No matter whether Xindu City is lost or not, Zhe Keqiu must launch an attack. Otherwise, he will not be able to limit the Jin army, nor will he be able to support Wang to cross the river from Wuyi to enter Shenzhou."

"The strategy of Bianjing is just a paper talk." Zhe Kecun frowned and said angrily, "The Jin army has an absolute advantage in its military strength, and dividing troops is equivalent to seeking death. If Xindu City is lost, they will definitely be defeated." Then he turned to look at Yue Fei, "Mr. Yue, our speed must be fast, otherwise they may be defeated by the Jin army and wiped out the entire army."

Yue Fei was also worried. If Xindu City fell into the hands of the Jin army, and the King of Zhe Keqiu and the King of Zhe Keqiu would be defeated by the Jin people one by one, then this battle would not be rescued, even the King of Zhe Keqiu would not be able to protect it.

"Gather the horse army from all over the country, form the vanguard selection army, and hurry to Xindu City." Yue Fei said flatly after thinking for a while, "If Xindu City is still in our hands, Zhe Keqiu will definitely fight with the Jin army at this moment, then we can quickly help to protect Xindu City. On the contrary, we can join forces with Zhe Keqiu to hold the enemy and ask the king to withdraw from the direction of Wuyi, and everyone gathers together, and go north to rescue if they have the opportunity, and they can escape unscathed."

Several military commanders agreed unanimously.

Lu Junyi's Tiger Lie 7th Army and Lin Chong's Tiger Lie 8th Army each had a general and horse army. Zhe Kecun's horse army had 1,4500 people, and Yue Fei and Luo Lan's horse army were less than 1,000 people. In this way, the horse army of the four armies had about 8,000 people in total. Yue Fei and Lin Chong discussed it and decided that Lu Junyi and Lin Chong would follow up, Yue Fei and Zhe Kecun, and Luo Lan would rush to Xindu City with 5,000 horse army.

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On the third day of August, at noon, Xindu, Hebei.

Han Shizhong stood on the city tower and looked at the battlefield in the distance with all his attention.

The Zhe family army is the Zhe family army, strong, brave and tenacious. Yesterday they arrived at Xindu City and fought with the Jin army for three hours, and they stopped until dark. They attacked again this morning, and it has been two hours since then. On the battlefield, the corpses were everywhere, with drums and drums running all over the sky, and the flags were flying, the soldiers of the two armies fought back and forth, and fierce battles were in full swing.

The military and civilians in Xindu City were very excited. They beat the war drums, waved their weapons, shouted loudly, waving flags and shouting to the soldiers of the Zhe family.

"Han Zhengjiang, we should go out of the city to help."

The governor of Jizhou, Qian Dinggong, and several officers walked behind Han Shizhong and asked to leave the city to join the war. Han Zhong had no expression on his face and did not say a word. Qian Dinggong wanted to persuade him again, but when he saw the murderous aura in Han Shizhong's eyes, he was a little scared and closed his mouth.

Han Shizhong is 36 years old this year, tall and burly, with a thick beard, a dark brown face, a pair of thick black eyebrows, and a pair of murderous eyes. He was born in Suide, Linyan Road, northwest. He was a rogue when he was a teenager. He joined the army at the age of 18. With his military achievements step by step, he participated in previous battles in the northwest, expeditions to Fang La in the south, the northern expeditions of Youyan, pacified the rebellion in Hebei and Shandong, and led his army to Hebei to resist the Jin army. Now

The eighth general in the East was appointed as the Tuanjian envoy of Shanzhou. (Shanzhou was located in Shandong today and was under the east and west routes of Jingdong, and was northeast of Nanjing Yingtian Prefecture. The Tuanjian envoy was a virtual position assigned to military generals in the Northern Song Dynasty, which was equivalent to the position level, and was from the fifth rank. The so-called Zhengren means that he can participate in court and visit the imperial banquet, and can be transferred in sequence according to his rank.)

There are not many people in the northwest who rely solely on military merit to sit in the position of the general. Generally speaking, those who can sit in this position are not only brave, but also have strategies in their hearts, and kill countless people. Qian Dinggong is a standard scholar. Generally speaking, he looks down on martial artists like Han Zhong. It is different now. Now the Song Dynasty needs generals like Han Shizhong to rush into the battle. Today, Qian Dinggong needs Han Zhong to defend Xin Capital for him, which is related to his wealth and life.

Qian Dinggong was afraid and dared not speak. Several of his subordinates were used to being domineering. When they saw reinforcements coming and gaining the upper hand on the battlefield, they became bolder and arrogant. They were going out of the city to help with the battle, and they could make some achievements.

Han Zhong looked at them with contempt and sneered with "hehe". His eyes were as if they wanted to eat people, which made people shudder. He was too lazy to talk to these people. The Zhe family army actually did not have any advantage on the battlefield. On the contrary, they were gradually falling into the trap of the Jin army. There were many Jin soldiers, and the Zhe family army was vigorous. The Jin people did not want to fight against the Zhe family army, so they deliberately hid their strength and sent out an army of equivalent numbers to the Zhe family army, dragging the Zhe family army on the battlefield and slowly consuming it. When the Zhe family army was exhausted and their morale was depressed, the Jin army pulled all the troops up and gave the Zhe family army a fatal blow.

Zhe Keqiu and the Zhe family army were on the battlefield and could not see the overall situation. Han Shizhong was condescending and saw the deployment of the Jin army clearly. Although he wanted to remind the Zhe family army that the Jin army could not surround the city and could not send out the news. In fact, even if the news was sent out, the Zhe family army still had to attack. The Zhe family army was already in a difficult situation to kill Xindu City. Unless he turned around and retreated, he would definitely be trapped in the siege of the Jin army.

Han Shizhong sighed secretly that the city had limited troops and he could not help the Zhe family army. If he didn't leave, the Zhe family army would definitely be severely attacked by the Jin army tomorrow. How long can Xindu City last?

"Assemble all the horse army." Han Zhong turned around suddenly and shouted at his deputy general Liu Wansheng, "Assemble now."

Liu Wansheng looked at Han Shizhong in surprise, "Our horse army has only 307 people. After the battle, who will defend the city?"

Han Shizhong smiled and pointed to the battlefield outside the city, "If the Zhe family army is defeated, can we still defend the city?"

Liu Wansheng is also a powerful general who has been through the battlefield for a long time. Of course, he knew the crisis faced by the Zhe family army, but he asked, could the 307 cavalry help the Zhe family army defeat the Jin people? Three hundred and seven people threw themselves into the battlefield and threw them into the river with stones, which would splash at most.

"The Jin army on the other side of the Hulu River will definitely arrive at the battlefield today." Han Shizhong shook his head, "If the Jin army cannot be repelled today, then tomorrow, the Zhe family army will undoubtedly be defeated."

Qian Ding and a few subordinates looked at Han Shizhong, then looked at the battlefield in the distance, puzzled and wondered why Han Shizhong made such a judgment.

Liu Wansheng hesitated for a moment and turned around and left. He fought with Han Shizhong for several years and knew that this man was not only brave but also strategic. Since he was going to go out of the city to participate in the war, he must be somewhat sure. At this moment, he had to fight desperately.

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Zong Bi walked slowly on the field, stepping on the soft soil and the green grass. When he looked up, he saw a few unknown wild flowers in front of him, swaying in the grass. Zong Bi walked over, leaned over and picked one, put it under his nose and smelled it. The faint fragrance, with the fragrance of soil and grass. Zong Bi thought of his hometown, the distant white mountains and black waters, and the tents and relatives in the tents in the mountains, rivers and valleys.

Suddenly, the sound of war drums soared into the sky, the sound of fighting was deafening, and the earth shook and moaned under the trampling of thousands of troops... Zong Han's heart trembled, and a chill hit his heart with the early autumn wind. An unpleasant smell of blood covered the faint fragrance, pulling his thoughts from his distant hometown to the bloody battlefield.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and several war horses roared over.

Zong Fu jumped down and ran to Zong Bi in three or two steps, "The second brother has sent troops, and Wuta and the Chou Monk are coming quickly with 30,000 troops."

"What are the second brother worried about?" Zong Bi smiled, "I am worried that the third brother and I can't stop these Northwest barbarians?"

"The Song army reinforcements advanced in two directions, and the east side had reached Wuyi City and approached Luhe." Zong Fu said coldly, "The second brother told us to encircle and annihilate the enemy troops immediately, and then turn to Wuyi."
Chapter completed!