In the early morning of August 13, soldiers guarding the city came to report that a Jin army was killed outside the city of Cizhou, with 40,000 or 50,000 people running to the north of the city. Zong Ze heard this letter and expected that Wanyan Jilie had brought his troops, so he notified the generals of all sizes to fight against the enemy in the north of the city.

After Liu Yixuan received the news, he hurriedly followed the soldiers of Yuan, Hu Yanqing, Wang Zichun and other groups of generals to the north gate and went up the city tower. However, he saw that the veteran General Zongze had been watching the city tower for a long time and was instructing the soldiers guarding the city to carefully monitor the movements of the Jin soldiers.

"Elder General, we are here!" Liu Yixuan hurriedly stepped forward and said hello.

When Zong Ze saw the generals coming, he hurriedly asked them to look at the high place of the city tower. Liu Yixuan looked out of the city and saw that there were many people and horses outside the city. These people and horses were not arranged in formation. Some were running back and forth with big flags, while others were digging pits and erecting pillars to build barracks, which seemed very scattered. Looking further away, I could see some Jin soldiers gathering here.

"It seems that this is a vanguard. Look, they are building a camp tent!" Liu Yixuan said, pointing to the busy Jin soldiers.

"Aren't you all these caused? If we killed Wanyan Hong and the princess, and let their son die, they wouldn't have attracted so many soldiers!" The speaker was Song Tiejie, who was the "Yang" camp. He saw that there were so many people and horses outside the city, but there were only more than 20,000 defenders in the city. If the Jin people attacked the city, it would be a lot of danger, so he complained that Liu Yixuan was kind and ruthless.

"Song Tiehe, what do you mean? How could I say that I was causing it? The life of the Wanyan brother and sister was also agreed by the old general. Besides, if we really kill them, can you guarantee that their father will give up? Isn't it still coming to us for revenge!"

"You are the kindness of a woman! You are so kind to treat the enemy, and you will suffer a great loss sooner or later. Didn't you just see that the little princess looks beautiful and reluctant to kill? Who can't tell you! You treat them with good food and drink, and we brothers can't have wine and meat every meal. You're so thoughtful to serve the two prisoners. You said, what do you want to do?"

It turned out that Song Tixia had long been dissatisfied with Liu Yixuan's treatment of the Wanyan brother and sister. When he saw that the enemy was siege today, he felt very unhappy, so he started arguing with Liu Yixuan. After hearing his words, Liu Yixuan felt a lot of grievances. He was determined to be for the benefit of the Song army, but he could not get the understanding and support of other generals. It was really hard to say.

"Why do you have the intention? What do you think I have the intention? Why, Song Tie, are you going to suspect that I was traitor? Are you going to suspect that I colluded with the Jin soldiers outside the city to betray the brothers who were the imperial guards?" Liu Yixuan asked loudly.

"I...I didn't say that, it was you who thought so yourself." Song Tixia knew that his words were inappropriate, and he was in front of Zong Ze again, so he didn't dare to quarrel with Liu Yixuan anymore.

When several generals of the imperial guards next to him saw that they were quarreling, they hurried over to persuade them to fight. Zong Ze turned his face and stared at Liu Yixuan, without saying anything, and continued to observe the movements of the enemy in the distance. Liu Yixuan didn't know what Zong Ze thought of him, nor did he know if he would trust him as much as before.

Although he was unhappy, Liu Yixuan followed the generals to actively prepare for city defense matters, because the most urgent task was to repel the Jin people's attack. As long as he could successfully repel Wanyan Jilie's team, these Song generals would naturally understand their intentions.

The Jin soldiers outside the city gathered more and more, and several troops rushed to the city gate from all directions to gather. Liu Yixuan looked around and saw that there were crowds of people outside the city and dust was flying. The Jin army began to gather in a row and gradually set up a formation. Liu Yixuan roughly estimated the number of Jin soldiers, which would have to be at least 40,000. It seemed that there was a bad battle to fight this time.

"Elder General, come and see, the Jin soldiers seem to have gathered and started to rush toward our city!" Hu Yanqing pointed to the Jin soldiers outside the city, which was like a tide.

"Don't panic. The soldiers come to block the water and soil. When he comes to attack the city, we will defend the city well. Give instructions to prepare more wood and stones and dispatch more crossbowmen." Zong Ze is a senior in the industry after all, and he has seen many scenes. Although the soldiers are in the forefront, he is still fearless. Seeing that the old general is so calm, the generals all feel confident.

The Jin soldiers shouted and rushed to the north gate of Cizhou. They saw flags covering the sun and spears like forests. The Jin army set up their formations, surrounding the city gate in black. After the Jin soldiers lined up two hundred steps away from the city gate, they saw a black wind tiger flag waving in the wind, with the two big words "Wanyan". At the opening of the door flag, many generals walked into the Jin army camp. The head of a gray-haired and bearded veteran was Wanyan Jilie, the prince of Zhuozhou County. Seeing how he dressed up, he saw him:

He wore a marten hat covering the sun and dark clouds, a chain of fish scale armor, a steel knife with iron-cut iron like mud, and a thousand-mile horse chasing wind and electricity under his crotch. His temples were gray, and he was an old man with dragon eyebrows and tiger eyes. It was obvious that the emperor was a hero who had been in the battlefield for a long time and an old martyr in his twilight years!

Wanyan Gilead was originally the uncle brother of the Jin Dynasty who had promoted the emperor Wanyan Aguda. In his early years, he followed Aguda to defeat Goryeo and defeated the Great Liao Dynasty. He made countless military achievements in the south and north battles. Later, he was named the prince of Zhuozhou by Aguda. Even the lord of the lord Wanyan Sheng had to call him "King Shu". A few months ago, the Mongols went south to Yinshan and occupied many pastures in the Jin Dynasty. In order to stabilize his rear, Wanyan Sheng issued an order to ask the King of Liao who led his troops south to lead his troops to the south and the King of Zhuozhou. Wanyan Gilead led his troops north and drove the Mongols back to the north of the desert.

Wanyan Jilie arrived at the border and encountered the Mongolian tribe. After two months of fierce fighting, they drove them out of Yinshan. When they returned to Beijing to report their lives, they heard that the Song army in the south took the opportunity to cross the Yellow River and forcibly seized the three towns of Puyang, Cizhou and Anyang, and their son and youngest daughter were also captured by the Song army. Therefore, they were furious and led their troops to avenge themselves. When they learned that the surrendered general Guo Yaoshi was stationed in Handan and failed to go to rescue when Cizhou was surrounded, they hated him, so they submitted a complaint to Wanyan Sheng, requesting to dismiss Guo Yaoshi as the marshal of the Hebei. Wanyan Sheng received the report and approved Wanyan Jilie's request, dismissed Guo Yaoshi as the commander, and let Wanyan Jilie personally take the position of the marshal of the military, demoted the Guo Yaoshi to one level and transferred the old county prince.

Wanyan Jilie received the imperial edict and incorporated the army stationed in Handan by Guo Yaoshi, appointed Guo Yaoshi as a subordinate general, and brought 50,000 troops from Handan City to the city of Cizhou.

The Jin army set up a formation, and Wanyan Gilead asked Guo Yaoshi to call the battle. Guo Yaoshi was originally an old general of the Song Kingdom. Today, he asked him to go out to face his former colleagues, which was obviously to embarrass him. However, since he defected to the Jin people, he could only bite the bullet and come over and be humiliated.

Guo Yaoshi took the horse out and shouted to Song Jun on the city: "Is the old General Zong Ze in the city?"

Zong Ze and the generals hurriedly went down the city to look. Liu Yixuan and the generals of the "Yang" camp recognized this Guo Yaoshi, because when the Jin soldiers surrounded Bianliang in May, this Guo Yaoshi came to the city to call the formation. At that time, Li Gang, who was guarding the city, was scolded.

"Elder General, this is the traitor Guo Yaoshi!" Liu Yixuan said to Zong Ze. Zong Ze hated such shameless people who sell their country and seek honor the most. When he saw this Guo Yaoshi, he couldn't help but feel angry and replied to the underworld: "I am Zong Ze. What's the point of you, a villain who recognizes the thief as your father, come here?"
Chapter completed!