"Zhang Qi?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, Shao Ling was silent. Shaanzhou is the gateway to Henan Prefecture, so it is not surprising that Zhai Xing sent people to help. The strange thing is that there has been no sign of Dong Xian in front, and Zhang Qi came by himself.

Suddenly appeared.

After pondering for a long time, Shao Ling said: "Tomorrow I will send someone to invite Zhang Qi to meet in the army and discuss how to arrange it. I don't know how many troops he has, how powerful he is, and how many golden soldiers he can attract. There are about 10,000 people blocking us in the front, and a large number of people in the rear.

There are roughly ten thousand people in the camp. The Jin army has an absolute advantage in terms of strength, so it is always good to have helpers."

Zhang Jun said: "When we surrounded Wanyan Huonv, Zhang Qi led three thousand troops to help. This time when we come to Shaanxi Province, I'm afraid it's still the same three thousand people."

Shao Ling said: "Three thousand people are considered a large army. The Jin soldiers cannot ignore them!"

Zhang Jun shook his head: "Brother, the rest of the army cannot be compared with our army. I have seen Zhang Qi's 3,000 men. If we follow the format of our selection, not even 1,000 men will be qualified. And they are not trained well."

Yan, his combat skills are not proficient. If he has the upper hand, it will be fine, but when he encounters a strong army, he will be easily defeated. Zhang Qi's three thousand troops can only be better than nothing."

When he was in Kaifeng Mansion, Shao Ling had seen many armies and was not surprised by Zhang Jun's words. The army under Wang Xiaolie was as strict and orderly as the Forbidden Army in the heyday of the Song Dynasty. At this time, I am afraid that no army can compare.

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After thinking about it, Shao Ling said: "No matter how bad things go, the Jin Army will always divide its forces to defend, so our pressure will be much less. Two days later, the observation team arrived, and the Jin Army had more flaws. As long as the battle between Shaanzhou and Shaanzhou is solved

If the Jin army is exhausted, how can they still fight us?"

Zhang Jun nodded and lowered his head to think. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but said: "Based on Zhang Qi's distance, he should be following me. It wouldn't be such a coincidence that he happened to be entering the city when Xu Yang

We rushed to Shaanzhou at the right time. If they had arrived early, why didn’t they come to discuss it?”

Shao Ling looked at Zhang Jun, shook his head, and said nothing. Seeing that Zhang Jun still refused to give up, he had to say: "Brother, it's okay if you understand some things in your heart. There is no need to say them out. They are all anti-Jin troops. Other things

No need to ask more."

Of course Zhang Qi didn't come by such a coincidence. He must have been watching from the side and saw that he couldn't come out before he suddenly appeared. Wang Xiao and tens of thousands of troops came to save Shaanzhou. Jin Jun didn't know what happened to Zhai Xing and Dong Xian.

Maybe they don’t know? But they have no confidence in Wang Xiaolie and have always adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Zhang Jun fled to the mountains and asked Dong to send troops first. Zhang Qi immediately led 3,000 people to support him.

It wasn't until Shao Ling's army approached Shaanzhou that Zhang Qi led the army. Later, when Wang Xiaolie's army arrived, Dong Xian might increase his troops. Of course Shao Ling understood this. He just knew it in his heart, but he couldn't alienate Zhang Qi because of it.

Wang Xiaoyou led his army away from Guozhou and marched along the main road. By the time they set up camp to rest at night, they had already reached the east of Lingbao County.

Arriving outside a small village, Cao Zhiyan came over and said: "Zhizhi, within a radius of two miles, there is only this small village. Let's rest here tonight and go there early tomorrow morning. If everything goes well, we can go to Shaanzhou City tomorrow."

outside."

Wang Xiaolie dismounted, adjusted his clothes, and asked casually: "Shao Ling reported that 10,000 gold troops blocked the road and prevented him from approaching Shaanzhou City. He fought for a day or two. What was the result?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "Those Jin troops are not very strong, and they are on par with Shao Tongzhi, and they are still in a stalemate. - However, Shao Tongzhi said that the information he got from spying on horses may not be Jurchens, but Khitan and Bohai people.

.The general at the head is Xiao Haohu."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Xiao Haohu is a sarcastic person. It seems that the Khitan people are blocking the road. These Khitan people hate our dynasty for betraying their alliance and are particularly brave in fighting. I tell Shao Ling not to underestimate the enemy."

Cao Zhiyan said yes.

A lot of information was obtained while on the road. Wang Xiaolie knew it, but his generals did not. After walking on the road for more than half a month, Wang Xiaolie tried his best and still got a lot of information. This attack on Shaanzhou has three parts.

The army. There are about 8,000 Jurchens led by Lou Su, about 12,000 Khitan troops led by Xiao Haohu, and about 18,000 Fuzhou soldiers. In addition, there are

About 50,000 people signed up for the army. Lou Su said it was a hundred thousand troops, which was not entirely false. However, the signing army was similar to slaves. They were only responsible for transporting food and grass, and serving as messengers, and had no combat effectiveness.

The main force in the siege was the Fuzhou soldiers who could be found at any time. The troops of Lou Su and Xiao Haohu were mainly used for reinforcements.

Zhe Keqiu's attitude was amusement. He was originally a Song general and actively resisted the Jin. Although he was defeated many times, he kept fighting fiercely with the Jin army. Later, the Jin people occupied Fuzhou and threatened Zhe Keqiu's family before surrendering.

Jin Dynasty. After entering the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty gave Zhe Keqiu a mission. One was to persuade Xu Huiyan of the Jinning Army to surrender, and the other was to attack Shaanzhou. The Zhe family in Fuzhou was a local tycoon in this area, and they attacked Xixia in the west.

It is also a powerful force in the east.

As a local tycoon, the Zhe family has its own special characteristics. It is obviously impossible to expect them to die for the Song Dynasty. Zhe Keqiu has surrendered. But it is also questionable to expect them to be loyal to the Jin Dynasty. For the local tycoons, the most important thing is them

The family's prosperity continues.

In fact, after Zhe Keqiu dropped the gold, the Song Dynasty did not treat the children of the Zhe family differently, and they were still used in the court. On the other hand, the Jin Dynasty also attached great importance to Zhe Keqiu, and the Zhe family was regarded as an important force.

Can Zhejia be incited to rebel and serve the Song Dynasty? Wang Xiaolie doesn't think so. Again, for Zhe Keqiu, the prosperity of the family is more important than anything else. Whoever can occupy Hedong will be defeated by Zhejia

To whom do you owe allegiance?

The Jin Dynasty did not care about the loyalty of forces like the Zhe family. In the hearts of the Jin people, especially people like Wanyan Zongfu and Lou Su on the West Road, Zhe Keqiu was a rare talent. At this time, the Jin people wanted to establish a puppet emperor.

, as a buffer force with the Song Dynasty. The most likely candidates are Liu Yu and Zhe Keqiu of Jingdong. The East Route Army of the Jin Dynasty supported Liu Yu, and the West Route Army supported Zhe Keqiu.

Therefore, the most important thing in this battle is to relieve the siege of Shaanzhou. As long as the Jin army gives up attacking Shaanzhou, Zhe Keqiu's determination to fight will be shaken.

Wang Xiaolie called Chen Yuyi, and together with Cao Zhiyan, the three of them entered the village.

There was a yellow dog lying under a tree at the entrance of the village. It was skinny and skinny, and one of its legs was broken. When he saw the three people, he raised his head and looked at it. He grinned and showed his fangs, and snorted fiercely.

It's just that he didn't have any strength in his body and couldn't stand up anymore.

Wang Xiaolie shook his head and said to Cao Zhiyan: "Send someone to feed the dog two mouthfuls of food later. We are here, even the chickens and dogs suffering under Jinlu's iron cavalry should be able to have a full stomach."

Cao Zhiyan smiled bitterly: "Zhizhi, I don't know how many people are hungry in the front, how can we care about these beasts."

As soon as I entered the village, I saw a child in front of the house. I couldn't tell whether he was male or female, lying on the side of the ditch on the roadside. He reached into the ditch with one hand and didn't know what he grabbed. He looked up and looked at Wang Xiaolie and the others.

He didn't say anything and still buried his head in the ditch.

Wang Xiaolie saw that his clothes were ragged and his body was very thin. It seemed that only a pair of big eyes were left on his face. Involuntarily, he bent down and asked: "What are you catching in this ditch? There is no river, so there is nothing in this ditch."

Fish and shrimp.”

The child looked at Wang Xiaolie again. He suddenly shouted and retracted his hand suddenly. Wang Xiaolie took a closer look and saw that it was a mouse.

The child was so happy that he ran towards the door with the mouse in hand, shouting: "There is meat! There is meat!"

Looking at the child's back, Wang Xiaolie felt sad for a moment. He asked Cao Zhiyan: "Who lives in this house?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "They were a mother and son. The men in his family refused to obey when the Jin came to arrest Ding and were killed. The eldest sister was in her teens and was raped to death. The second brother was eight or nine years old and was arrested by the Jin.

Carrying burdens, I was exhausted when I went to the neighboring village. The youngest fifth brother was disliked by a gold man and was thrown to death on the millstone at the entrance of the village. The woman was tortured so much by the gold man that she could not get up at that time, leaving her

He died. This child, because he was not at home at the time, hid in time and saved his life."

After hearing this, Chen Yuyi stepped forward, held the door frame, and looked into the room.

Wang Xiaolie was silent for a while. After a while, he said: "Tell the soldiers not just to find a place to sleep, but also to send someone to every household in the village. Ask them how many people there are and what they lack at home. Here.

They need some food, the water tank at home needs to be filled with water, and the house needs to be cleaned—"

For a moment, Wang Xiaolie didn't know how many things to order, and he just felt that his heart was filled with panic.

Last year, the Jin people attacked as far as Xiangyang, but they came and went in a hurry, and the damage to those places was not great. It is different here in Shaanzhou. The Jin people have attacked several times, and this time they besieged the city for nearly two months, covering dozens of miles around.

Everyone suffers from it.

When I read history in my previous life, I just said that the Jin attack caused great damage, and many Han people fled to the south. I didn’t have a clear impression of how great the damage was. White bones were exposed in the wild, and there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles. It was just a poem, and I didn’t know.

What does it mean? Only after truly experiencing this can we understand how cruel it is. After leaving Guozhou and entering the range where the Jin army can invade, what he saw challenged Wang Xiaolie's nerves.

If I had to describe it in one sentence, Wang Xiaolie thinks it should be hell on earth.

He saw so many things on the road that Wang Xiaolie didn't even have the courage to walk through the door and really ask about the mother and son.

Chen Yuyi came back. Wang Xiaolie said: "You are a person who has been homeless all the way from Chenliu to Xiangyang. You have also seen suffering on the way. But have you ever seen such suffering? I brought you here this time, in addition to recording the war.

After that, we still need to record these things. We want future generations to understand what kind of suffering the people here have endured. War is not just about the swords and shots on the battlefield, but also the people who suffered in the war.

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Chapter completed!