At this moment, in Zhao Chen's courtyard, Zhao Chen was reminiscing with Li Ruoshui, Wang De and others!

Zhao Chen was very happy. He thought he would never see the two people in front of him again, but he didn't expect to meet them in Tongguan! These two people are ministers who truly support him. With them, his strength can be said to have increased a lot! Although there are still a few big cats and kittens around him, he felt much safer psychologically!

"Mr. Li, General Wang, you come all the way around, tell me, will the Jurchens fight to Tongguan?" Zhao Chen also asked the same question at this moment.

"This..." Li Ruoshui hesitated for a while and said, "This matter is hard to say. We don't know if they will come to Tongguan! Logically speaking, it shouldn't be right? The Jurchens started to raise their troops last autumn, and it has been more than half a year since they fought for half a year. The soldiers were also very tired. I think they need to make a standstill for a while now to restore the vitality of the army!"

"The Jurchen soldiers are indeed not as good as before!" Wang De nodded.

At this moment, Li Gang, Yue Fei and others were also here. Li Gang thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, everyone, I think the Jurchens will definitely fight to Tongguan! And they will march very quickly, and they will soon come to the bottom of Tongguan!"

Li Ruoshui was stunned and said, "How do you know?"

Li Gang smiled and said, "The Jurchens invaded the south and were determined to destroy the country! Kaifeng City has been destroyed. Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor was captured, and most of the royal children were captured! Unfortunately, the Crown Prince escaped, so the Jurchens' plan to destroy the country was not completed. They must continue to attack and destroy the Crown Prince! This is one of them! In addition, the national jade seal was also brought to Tongguan by the Crown Prince. This national jade seal was extremely important. Without the national jade seal, the Great Jin established by the Jurchens was always a barbarian and could never get the support of the scholars north of the Yellow River! Even for the national jade seal, they would fight to Tongguan, which is the second!"

After Li Gang finished speaking, Li Ruoshui stayed there. After a while, Li Ruoshui nodded and said, "Mr. Li said it well. The Jurchens will eventually call him! What should we do?"

Li Gang thought for a while and said, "We will not be in danger for the time being! Tongguan is steep, and there are large troops stationed here by the Zhe family and his son. It is not easy for the Jurchens to break through Tongguan!"

Zhao Chen said: "Teacher, Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yanzhi led a 150,000 army to defend the Yellow River. When the Jurchens arrived, they fled without fighting! This time, if they fled without fighting, what should they do?"

Li Gang frowned and said after a long time, "It shouldn't be! This Tongguan is the territory of the Zhe family. This place is different from the original Shaanxi. Zhe Keqiu should not be so stupid. Give up Tongguan! Tongguan is of great importance. Now that he has given up Tongguan, it will be difficult to take back Tongguan in the future!"

Zhao Chen nodded and said, "I hope this is the case!"

In fact, what they didn't know was Zhe Keqiu. Zhe Yanzhi was now discussing the possibility of the Jurchens attacking Tongguan. Their ideas were very different from those of Zhao Chen and others!

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Late at night, the room was brightly lit!

At this moment, in addition to Zhe Keqiu and Zhe Yanzhi, there was another man in the room. This man was Zhe Yanwen, the eldest son of Zhe Yanwen. Zhe Yanwen and Zhe Yanzhi looked quite different and looked very elegant! In fact, although Zhe Yanwen was from a military general family, he was weak in character, so he never led troops, but handled the literary affairs of the Zhe family!

The Jurchens may have attacked Tongguan, and this matter is of great importance, so Zhe Keqiu called his eldest son over! He knew that although his eldest son was weak, he was quite wise, and this was better than his second son! The second son was brave but not wise, and he often couldn't help when discussing major events!

There was a map in the room, with Hedong, Hebei, Henan, and Shaanxi where they were. There was the Yellow River and Tongguan next to it! It also marked the direction of the Jurchen attack, and Zhe Yanwen was watching carefully!

"Father, it seems that the Jurchen soldiers are coming to the west! Look, this is Wanyan Loushi, this is Wanyan Zongwang, this is Wanyan Zongfu, this is Wanyan Wushu, the Jurchen soldiers are divided into several routes and all are coming to the west. Where is the target not Tongguan?" Zhe Yanwen said.

"This... the northwest is a poor place. There is not much wealth and not many people here. It is far inferior to Lianghuai, Jiangnan and other places. Why didn't the Jurchens attack those places, but instead attack the northwest?" Zhe Keqiu said.

"Is it because of the prince?" Zhe Yanwen suddenly said.

"This..." Zhe Keqiu stayed there, and Zhe Yanzhi also stayed there!

"If it is really because of the prince, we might as well send the prince out and give it to the Jurchens!" Zhe Yanzhi said.

"No! Now everyone in the world knows that the prince is here. If I give the prince to the Jurchens, then what is the difference between me and betraying the Song Dynasty? I will never be able to gain a foothold in the Song Dynasty in the future! If that is the case, I might as well surrender to the Jurchens directly... When the prince arrived a few days ago, we had great ambitions and threatened the emperor to command the princes. How could we give His Highness the Prince to the Jurchens because of a small setback!" Zhe Ke asked.

"But, father, the Jurchens have a strong military force and the Zhong family army is vulnerable. How can we beat them?" Zhe Yanzhi said.

"We have the danger of Tongguan, maybe we can block them, right?" Zhe Ke asked.

He was a little hesitant, not knowing whether Tongguan could stop the Jurchens. At this moment, he had plans to escape again, just like the last time he fled without fighting on the bank of the Yellow River!

He is good at bullying the weak. For example, the young prince Zhao Chen, in his opinion, is a tool he can bully and use, but he is afraid of being powerful. The Jurchens are stronger than him, so he doesn't even have the courage to fight! This is the northwest barrier of the Song Dynasty, the generals and the army of the Zhe family who guarded the northwest prefectures for more than 500 years! Now, they have already started to decay from the root! How can such generals and such an army be the opponent of the Jurchens?

The two of them discussed here, and Zhe Yanwen was frowning and thinking hard. At this moment, when they heard the two of them finished their discussion, Zhe Yanwen said: "Father, second brother, I have a plan that may be used to resist the Jin soldiers!"

Zhe Keqiuai found out about his son Congrui, and immediately said hurriedly: "What strategy? Tell me quickly!"

Zhe Yanwen said: "My father, haven't Yao Gu always been jealous of Tongguan? Let's just give Tongguan to Yao Gu! In addition to Tongguan, we also give Chang'an City to Yao Gu!"

Yao Gu is also a general of the Western Army, and the Yao family army is also a major faction of the Western Army! When the Jurchens first advanced south the first time two years ago, Yao Gu led troops to serve the king. His subordinates suffered serious losses at that time, but even so, he still had more than 50,000 troops under his command, and they were all quite elite!

Before Zhe Keqiu could speak, Zhe Yanzhi was already furious and said, "Brother, you are confused! Tongguan and Chang'an are our foothold. How could it be given to that boy Yao Gu?"

The water quality was broken but he laughed and said, "Good plan, good plan! This is a killing kill of two birds with one stone!"

Zhe Yanzhi was stunned and said, "Slay two birds with one stone? How do you say this?"

Zhe Keqiu said with some dissatisfaction: "Yanzhi, you must learn from your brother well! Now that you are in the army, the more than 100,000 troops will always be handed over to you in the future, but you are brave but not in a resourceful way, but this is not possible! Yanwen, tell him why kill two birds with one stone!"

Zhe Yanwen nodded and said, "We will give Tongguan and Chang'an to Yao Gu, and let the Yao family army garrison here. When the Jurchens arrive, the Yao family army will be responsible for resisting the Jurchens! At that time, the Yao family army will suffer heavy losses and the Jurchens will be blocked. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"

Zhe Yanzhi then realized it and said with a smile: "So that's the case, my elder brother is smart, I admire him! But we can just give Tongguan to Yao Gu, why should we give Chang'an to Yao Gu?"

Chang'an is the most important city in the northwest. Before the Song Dynasty, it was an ancient capital of several dynasties! However, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, when Huang Chao revolted, Chang'an was burned. Until the Song Dynasty, Chang'an could not restore its former prosperity! But no matter what, the strategic location here was still very important! When Zhong Shidao was there, this was the garrison of the Zhong family army. Later, the entire Zhong family army was wiped out, and Zhe Keqiu took the opportunity to occupy the place! Now Zhe Yanwen wanted to give up this place, and Zhe Yanzhi was very puzzled!

Zhe Yanwen said: "I am afraid that Tongguan will not be able to stop the Jurchens, so I need Chang'an! The Yao family army stationed in these two places, and maybe it can stop the Jurchens! When the Jurchens retreat, there are probably not many people left in the Yao family army. Let's take back these two places!"

Zhe Yanzhi smiled and said, "Brother, let's follow this method!"

Zhe Ke asked: "I will send someone to inform Yao Gu tomorrow! We must withdraw from Tongguan as soon as possible! Also, we must send someone to inquire about the Jurchens. If the Jurchens arrive in Shaanxi, regardless of whether Yao Gu arrives or not, we will leave!"

That night, the Zhe family's father and son fell asleep for a long time! Zhao Chen, Li Gang and others also discussed it for a long time, and it was at this time that they fell asleep!
Chapter completed!