Yao Pingzhong sighed and said, "The five thousand cavalry said that there are not many, but we cannot underestimate it. If the wing army goes, they will probably be defeated by the enemy, which will lose morale. If the Jingzhao army goes, even if they can defeat the opponent, they will suffer heavy losses and will not be worth the loss in the end. If the New Taipei Army and the Jingzhao Army pull out together, the opponent may not necessarily join the battle. If the cavalry wanders and drag us down and attract the main force of the enemy, then defending the city will be meaningless."

Yao Pingzhong has some view of the overall situation. Of course, his 30,000-flat army would not be dragged out to die, but he also opposed the other two troops to pull them to the outside line, throwing away their own defensive advantages and fighting against the enemy. This is not a wise move in any case.

In fact, Li Yanqing's idea is the same as Yao Pingzhong. They have few troops. They should try their best to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, reduce casualties, and concentrate their efforts to deal with the enemy's main siege. As for the casualties caused by the enemy's vanguard, they can only do their best to rescue them. Thinking of this, Li Yanqing slowly said: "Yao Dutong is right. The main force of the enemy should be about to reach the Yellow River. If we attack in a hurry and are dragged by the opponent, once the enemy's main force arrives, the consequences will be unimaginable. Just be an enemy's vanguard is an alarm!"

Li Yanqing nodded slightly to Yao Pingzhong and said, "If you cut down trees outside the city, please ask the President Yao to speed up."

Yao Pingzhong smiled and said, "It should be, two, I'll take the lead."

He bowed his hand and walked quickly down the city. Looking at Yao Pingzhong's back walking away, Zhong Shizhong smiled bitterly and said, "Yanqing, there are still more than 100,000 people outside the city that have not come in. Once our city is closed, we will allow more than 100,000 people to be slaughtered by the Jin people. Although it is wise in military terms, your reputation will be completely destroyed. Even if the officials are tolerant, they may not tolerate you."

Although Zhong Shizhong is not as good as his brother Zhong Shidao in military attainments, he surpassed Zhong Shidao in politics. Zhong Shidao has been ups and downs several times, but Zhong Shizhong has always been so arrogant. This is his uniqueness. Decades of official career have made him see the officialdom more deeply and thoroughly.

Li Yanqing was speechless for a while. Sometimes military and politics are indeed dilemmas, but military wisdom is a political failure. The current situation is this kind of choice. War is not good at military affairs, not fighting, and losing points in politics.

Only one compromise option can be chosen.

Li Yanqing pondered for a moment and said, "I'll send a cavalry to deal with it!"

There were not many cavalry in the city, only the 3,000 cavalry brought by the Jingzhao Army. Originally, Tiansijian raised 20,000 war horses in Moutuogang, northwest of the city. However, in order to chase the emperor Zhao Ji, who fled south, Gao Qiu swept the war horses of Moutuogang, leaving only mountains of black beans and forage to the capital.

Li Yanqing immediately ordered someone to find Wang Gui and Niu Gao and entrust three thousand cavalry to them. Wang Gui and Niu Gao immediately took the order and left.

A cavalry galloped north like lightning, and Li Yanqing once again accelerated his preparations. Regardless of whether the enemy vanguard arrived tonight, there was not much time left for them.

Outside the west city, Li Yanqing and Li Gang came to Hongqiao. This area was a difficult point for migration. The main reason was that the commercial area in Hongqiao was prosperous and housing prices were very high. Most of the people were worth the houses. Once people moved away, the army would strengthen the walls and clear the fields, and all the houses would have to be demolished. No one could afford such a result.

"These families are afraid of Jin soldiers, but they are unwilling to suffer losses in property, so they can delay it if they can. They all hope that the government can provide some compensation. Outside the suburbs of Beijing, there are only the residential houses in Hongqiao."

Li Gang sighed slightly, "It's really hard to deal with!"

"At most, it's just that the houses have been demolished! How much can the mud walls and tiles be worth? The land is still there!"

Li Yanqing thought the problem simple, and Li Gang smiled bitterly, "If you only compensate for a little broken house, it would be nothing. The land and houses are dead, and they demand compensation for the living things."

"What does living mean?" Li Yanqing asked in confusion.

"Business Opportunity!"

Li Gang pointed to the large private house in front of him and said, "Most of them are shops. Moving people into the city, then demolishing the houses, fighting, rebuilding, and finally returning to normal will take at least a year. They also hope that the court will provide appropriate subsidies for the lost business opportunities here."

Li Gang said it was very tactful, saying that it was an appropriate subsidy, but in fact it was a sky-high price. Li Yanqing understood in his heart, and he couldn't help but snorted coldly: "Whether life is important or money is important, Mr. Li might as well tell them that the enemy vanguard will come tonight. Let them decide whether it is a life or a wealth!"

"Will you really come here?" Li Gang asked nervously.

Li Yanqing was a little confused. He received information in the morning that the Jin soldiers had arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River. In terms of time, the Jin soldiers should have now reached Renqiu County. There was a flying pigeon sending message from Renqiu County and the capital. They should have received the news long ago, but there was no news now. Li Yanqing suspected that Yan Qing and the others used the suspicious formation to scare the Jin soldiers and retreat.

"I can't be sure, but the main force of the enemy has almost reached Daming Mansion, which is only three days away from the capital. If they don't retreat into the city, it will be a dead end."

"Okay! I'll go and persuade them again."

Li Gang hurriedly went to arrange personnel. Soon, the news that the Jin soldiers were about to arrive spread throughout the Hongqiao area. Finally, a businessman gave up his shop and took his family to the capital. As long as someone took the lead in this kind of thing, everyone else would follow. Except for a few nail shops, most of the people began to evacuate to the city gate, and the soldiers also began to demolish the houses.

Li Yanqing immediately came to Baoyanzhai. His father had already retreated to Jiangxia south a month ago. There were several clerks in Baoyanzhai who refused to retreat to the south to be responsible for guarding him. Li Yanqing also needed to persuade them to enter the city.

Baoyanzhai's door was closed in vain. Li Yanqing pushed the door open and walked into the house. All the things in the business house had been emptied, and there was not even a chair left, making it look deserted.

"Is Uncle Lian here?" Li Yanqing shouted.

Stayed behind to visit the shopkeeper and was also an old man from Baoyanzhai. Baoyanzhai followed his father not long after he was established. The old man's father was old and could no longer be bumpy. Therefore, he also left to take care of his old father and did not follow other Baoyanzhai people to go south.

Li Yanqing called out a few times, but did not hear Uncle Lian’s response. He probably had already entered the city to guard the shop.

Li Yanqing turned around and was about to leave when a young woman's voice came from the door, "Prince, this is here!"

The door was open, and a sound of footsteps came. It was too late for Li Yanqing to flash. At this time, a young woman in beautiful dress appeared in front of Li Yanqing.

The young woman obviously didn't expect anyone inside. She exclaimed and quickly took a few steps back, "Xiao E, didn't you say there was no one in the store?" The woman turned around and complained to the maid beside her.

"I came here just now, but there was no one!"

At this time, Li Yanqing recognized the young woman opposite, which was actually the Emperor Yanqing Princess Zhao Fujin. Li Yanqing apologized: "I'm sorry, I just came in and disturbed the Emperor!"

"It's you!"

Zhao Fujin suddenly recognized Li Yanqing. She was frightened just now and didn't look at the other person's face at all. At this time, she recognized Li Yanqing, her pretty face turned redder, and a hint of panic flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"We are here to buy Baoyanzhai Rouge!" Zhao Fujin finally found a reason he thought was good.

Li Yanqing's face showed a knowing smile, and he confirmed that there was no one in the store to buy things. Are you really planning to "buy"?

Li Yanqing didn't say it out loud, but just smiled and said, "This is the main store of Hongqiao Baoyanzhai. If you don't buy rouge perfume, if the emperor wants to buy it, he has to go to Panlou Street. Now the only one is open."

"Thank you General Li, I thought I could buy it here!"

Zhao Fujin turned around and was about to leave, but Li Yanqing stopped her, "Prince, please wait!"

"What else does the general have?" Zhao Fujin lowered his head, his face flushed, and he did not dare to look at Li Yanqing.

"Don't the emperor go to the south?" Li Yanqing asked.

Zhao Fujin shook his head, "I was going to Hangzhou, but my father took the lead. The emperor was worried that the road was unsafe, so he would not let us go south."

"That's how it works!"

Li Yanqing thought for a while, then took out a small dagger and handed it to her, "This is a token of mine. If there is anything urgent to help, I will definitely do my best!"

"Thank you, General!"

Zhao Fujin took the dagger and gave a deep blessing. He still didn't dare to look at Li Yanqing, so he turned around and left in a hurry.

Li Yanqing looked at her beautiful figure and walked away. This poor woman, no matter what, she could no longer let that tragedy in history happen.
Chapter completed!