The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

"Half a month, why do we have to delay the expedition for another half month?" Xiao Lizhi muttered to himself.

"This Dog Emperor of Qin really tricked someone to death!" The man next to him looked ashen, and he even thought of committing suicide at this moment.

"Gushen, Gushen should have received this secret report, right?" Xiao Lizhi looked at the man and whispered.

"I got it, I must have received it..." The clerk muttered with dull eyes: "This time, in order to make up for the mistake last time, Chahura went to Beijing to deliver the letter in person. He must have arrived long ago. The God of Grain and all the adults must have seen it. Letterhead…”

"Then..." Xiao Lizhi gritted his teeth and said, "Then what should we do? There must have been another ambush in Shangjing, but they still returned without success. Everyone must be angry."

"Princess, please find a way to save this little man's life." The clerk knew that the first mistake could be explained, but this second mistake was unforgivable. Move your whole body, there is no room for making mistakes again and again.

"This... what else can you think of?" Xiao Lizhi couldn't help but feel a headache, and blurted out: "I think it's better to send another letter to Gu Shen, saying that the Qin army has something to do and delayed the dispatch of troops. This time it will take half a It won’t be until a month later that we can go north.”

"Ah?" The waiter almost cried when he heard this: "Princess, are you still writing a report? I'm afraid that all the adults want to cut the little one into pieces, so how can you read the report of the little one?"

Xiao Lizhi blinked his beautiful eyes: "In that case, will I still kill you if you don't report it? It's better to write another letter, explain it carefully, and explain in detail the Qin army's departure in half a month. There is no specific date this time. It’s just half a month later. No matter what happens, you will make your own decisions. You will be credited with a meritorious service and your merits will be exonerated at that time.”

"The princess is right..." The man was helpless. At this moment, he could only treat the horse as a living horse. There is no specific date for the troops to be sent out in half a month. Let the adults make their own guesses and plans. This way, there is no chance of making another mistake. ?

If there are any mistakes or omissions, it means that God is going to destroy him, so he can't just wait for death, or at worst he can run away.

Thinking of this, the clerk saluted Xiao Lizhi, then hurried out of the back door, and once again found someone to send a message to Shangjing...

When he arrived in the capital, Wanyan Zongbi was furious. For three days and three days, he laid in ambush again, but still did not wait for the Qin army. He scouted for hundreds of miles and did not see even a hair of the Qin army.

"Gushen, I think you are entertaining us with this thread, right? You are spreading false information over and over again!" Zong Bi said in an unkind tone.

Xiyin was speechless at the moment. After all, this was wrong again. He was confused. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. Although Chimuhe has made mistakes in intelligence over the years, it has never been this serious. This is a matter of mobilizing the army. , why did it go wrong twice?
"Alas, Wu Shu's words are wrong. What happened again and again and again and again? It's only twice in total. How can it happen three times?"

Zong Bi was angry when he heard this: "Nianhan, what are you talking about? Do you really want to be fooled by that thread three times?"

Just as Zong Han was about to argue, soldiers from outside came to report that someone from Beijing had sent a letter.

Everyone in the hall was stunned when they heard this. Why did they send another letter? Zong Bi sneered and said, "It seems that you really have to lie to me three times before you give up!"

Xiyin said solemnly: "Bring people in."

A quarter of an hour later, the secret message was passed through everyone's hands. Zong Bi was so angry that he said, "Are you asking me to rest for half a month because I'm tired?"

Xiyin shook his head: "Fourth Prince, please put down your anger. The letter did not say when the troops will be sent out in half a month. Where is the fuss?"

"That's because the thread leader couldn't determine when the Qin army would set out. Just now he told the truth, there was no accurate time at all!"

Xiyin was speechless when he heard this. After all, this line of work also annoyed him. It was just two mistakes. This third letter was really superfluous. Why did the Qin army send troops in half a month, and he could say that it would be ten days later? Anyway, it was all After that, who knows the specific day?

He walked around the palace twice with a sullen face, unwilling to listen to Zong Bi's words anymore, flicked his sleeves, and left...

Zhao Tong sat in front of the palace and basked in the sun. Luda reported from the front: "Your Majesty, that guy is sneaking around and looking for someone to contact him again. It's time to send information out of the city again."

He is a master, and spying on a spy is not a problem.

Zhao Tong nodded and smiled: "Send it away, send it away. This has happened three times, right?"

Ruda said: "Your Majesty, it is indeed three times."

Zhao Tong stretched his body and said, "It's only three things. Go and call Yue Fei, Li Yanxian, Liu Qi, the Wu brothers and others."

Ruda responded "Yes", but then whispered: "Your Majesty, are you going to march to the north?"

Zhao Tong nodded: "Go north in three days. This time we will capture Shangjing in one fell swoop and seal the gateway to Baishan and Blackwater."

Ruda said "yes" and hurriedly went to call someone. Then the generals started discussing in the palace. In the evening, everyone ate here, and then stayed up until midnight to discuss again.

Three days later, early in the morning, as soon as the door of Ke Lai Liquor Store opened, Ruda led a group of soldiers in.

"Miss Xiao, we are going on an expedition today. Your Majesty ordered me to ask the girl to accompany the army."

Xiao Lizhi was immediately confused: "What... accompanying the army? You, you said you will go on an expedition today?"

Her eyes widened with disbelief on her face. The waiter next to her who was wiping the counter with a rag heard this and the rag fell to the ground with a "pop", and the stained sewage in the cloth splashed everywhere.

"We will go on the expedition today!" Luda nodded: "His Majesty asked me to invite Miss Xiao."

"Didn't I say that I would leave half a month later? It's only been three days..." Xiao Lizhi's face turned pale and he said calmly.

"I didn't expect the ordnance to arrive early, so I decided to set off today. Your Majesty told me that Miss Xiao doesn't need to pack anything. He has everything over there. Miss Xiao can just go there directly."

"But I, but I..." Xiao Lizhi was suddenly confused and couldn't help but look at the guy.

However, she didn't expect that the man was even more upset than she was at the moment. He had reported wrong military information to Gushen three times. He was afraid that Gushen would catch him and cut him into pieces. At the moment, he only wanted to escape and fly away. How could he care about Xiao Lizhi's eyes?

"Your Majesty said that if Miss Xiao changes her mind and doesn't want to join the army, it's okay. He will go out with his own troops. He will pretend that nothing happened before. He will save the girl's childhood sweetheart if he can see her. If he can't see it, I hope the girl will not blame her."

"I, I..." Xiao Lizhi looked at the waiter lowering his head. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he couldn't make up his mind.

But when she finally got a chance to get close to Zhao Tong, she would give up easily. She was afraid that after passing this village, there would be no more shops. She said cruelly, "I'll go!"

"Okay, since Miss Xiao wants to join the army, she can just go with the Sa family. There is no need to bring anything with her."

Xiao Lizhi said hurriedly: "If I don't go home to clean up, I will always take some of what is in the store."

After saying that, she didn't wait for Luda's reply, and hurriedly walked behind the counter, randomly packed a small bag, and then walked out. Luda said: "Girl, hurry up. If you are late and can't catch up with the team, the Sa family will be scolded by His Majesty!"

Xiao Lizhi didn't say anything. She looked at the waiter, but still lowered her head and didn't know what to think. She wanted to explain a few words, but the waiter didn't look at her, so he had to stamp his feet and follow Luda out the door.

The clerk saw the group of people walking away from the corner of his eye, and then he acted quickly. He first packed up the gold and silver hidden in the shop, then changed his clothes, and then slipped out from the back without locking the door.

The wine shop owner is actually his subordinate. He is the only hidden thread in the city. If he wants to escape at this moment, he naturally does not have to explain to others.

Although he didn't want to escape or live in exile, the situation at this moment was that he couldn't escape. Once Wanyan Xiyin saw him, he would have to take his life.

The three secret reports were all wrong, causing military chaos in Shangjing. He could not bear this serious crime.

Just when he left the back of the liquor store and walked through the yard where he usually worked and opened the back door, he suddenly saw a big black head poking over, "Zuniao, I've been waiting for you for a long time..."

Xiao Lizhi followed Luda to the outside of the city and saw that the army was already in order. Then he stepped out of the road on both sides and entered the middle army in a moment. Zhao Tong was sitting on the horse talking to the armored general.

Xiao Lizhi felt a little guilty and pursed his lips, not daring to speak first. Luda stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Miss Xiao is here."

Zhao Tong turned to look at Xiao Lizhi. In fact, he had no other thoughts about keeping this woman. His affection for Wanyan Baohua was probably a kind of kindness, not a relationship between a man and a woman. Naturally, he didn't want to do anything to Xiao Lizhi.

There is only one reason why he keeps Xiao Lizhi. Although Xiao Lizhi is from the Jurchen clan, he and Baohua are just cousins. Logically speaking, they may be similar, but it is extremely difficult to be so similar. So it cannot be ruled out that he and Baohua are still the same. There is another level of family relationship, maybe on the maternal side, and Baohua's mother passed away early. If there is such a relationship, then it can be considered as a memory, and it can be regarded as repaying part of Baohua's kindness.

Zhao Tong nodded to Xiao Lizhi, and Xiao Lizhi saluted: "Daughter of the people... pay homage to your majesty."

Zhao Tong said: "Miss Xiao, are you riding a horse or riding a car?"

"There are still chariots in the army?" Xiao Lizhi wondered. She knew that the Jurchens never marched with chariots, either on horseback or on foot.

"There are cars, but they are slower and fall behind the troops."

"I... better take the car." Xiao Lizhi wanted to calm down his thoughts and see how he could find a chance to assassinate Zhao Tong, but riding a horse made it difficult to think.

"Take a car?" Zhao Tong nodded: "Then take a car. Someone come and call Miss Huo."

After a while, Huo Xuanji came over and didn't say anything, just looking at Zhao Tong.

Zhao Tong smiled and said, "You have met before, so just ride in the same car."

Huo Xuanji turned her cheek and said calmly: "Come with me."

Seeing her indifference, Xiao Lizhi felt a little hesitant. Zhao Tong waved his hand: "Go, go. We can still be companions. We are both good at martial arts. Let's have a good discussion."

The army then started to move, including engineers, soldiers, and other personnel, there were more than 300,000 people. For a time, the earth shook and the mountains shook, and the force was majestic.

This time, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Hua Rong, and Guo Sheng were called to the vanguard, with only light cavalry. They moved forward quickly, clearing roads through mountains and building bridges when encountering water, sweeping away the Jurchen scouts and detecting any ambush.

The Chinese army continued to be commanded by Li Yanxian, but the left and right wings and the rear grain and grass officer were divided.

The left wing was given to Yue Fei and Liu Qi, the right wing was given to Zhang Xian and Wu Jie, and Song Jiang and Xu Ning took charge of the food, grass and baggage behind.

At this time, his troops were strong and his horses were strong, and his generals were like clouds. It was no better than when he first raised his army. He had to weigh the men left and right. If he used them here, he would have no command elsewhere.

Nowadays, almost all the famous generals and generals in the world are under his command, and it is necessary to eliminate the Jurchens as a serious problem in one go.

Zhongjing was not close to Shangjing, and he was originally worried that the other party would set up an ambush along the way, but Xiao Lizhi happened to appear, and he used a trick to make Xiao Lizhi passively perform a "wolf is coming" drama, disrupting the Jurchen's sight and hearing in Shangjing.

As expected, there were no golden soldiers buried along the way, but the scouts killed numerous soldiers. A few days later, the army arrived within 20 miles of Shangjing. The Jurchens came out of the city to resist the enemy, and a fierce battle began on the grassland.

There are also many Jurchen troops who went to Beijing. Although there are not 300,000 in number, there are about a dozen and close to 200,000.

At this moment, most of the Jurchen generals are gathered here. It can be said that nine out of ten elites from the Jin Kingdom are here.

This battle lasted for two days and two nights. The grasslands were covered in blood, flesh and mud, and there were countless casualties. In the end, the Jurchens were defeated and retreated to the capital to defend themselves.

The Qin army then pressed forward, set up a joint camp, and confronted the city.

Zhao Tong did not immediately order a strong attack. The capital city was really too big and strong. At this time, he was no more lax than when the Liao Kingdom was defending. In the end, he abandoned the city and ran away. The Jurchens would never run away, they would only defend to the death, and the women's ability to defend the city was far from perfect. The Liao Kingdom is comparable. If we really attack by force, the casualties will be heavy.

After the excavation of various fortifications was completed, Zhao Tao raised the tent to discuss matters, and all the generals were listed on the left and right. Zhao Tao said: "The Jurchen power has declined, and we can only stay in the city. If we lose the capital, the northeastern gate will be opened, and the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed soon. But I cherish the lives of the soldiers. If you are not willing to risk your life to fill the city and seize it, whoever has a good plan will definitely remember it as a great achievement."

All the generals expressed their kindness to His Majesty, and then began to make plans.

For a while, the big tent was noisy, with all kinds of voices, and there were many strange and wonderful ideas, but they were either difficult to realize or too illusory to be implemented in practice.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Tong said: "Isn't there any useful strategy? With so many people, is there no clever strategy at all?"

At this time, Zhu Wu said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan, I don't know if I can use it or not."

Zhao Tong said: "Tell me what you have to say, and if it really helps, I will remember you for your great contribution."

Zhu Wu stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, I see that the soil in this grassland is soft and easy to dig, and it is not as good as the area in the front of the mountain. We might as well organize troops and horses to dig the soil and build mountains to build the city, and get closer to the capital. Although it may take a long time, but There is earth to protect us, but we will definitely get there one day. At that time, we will either attack the city head-on or cross over to fight. If the opponent cannot stop us, we will surely win a complete victory and seize Shangjing!"

Zhao Tan couldn't help but narrowed his eyes after hearing this. The grassland is indeed soft. The speed of digging and depositing soil in the grassland is several times that of other places. It may even be more than ten times more efficient than those in hard soil areas. Moreover, although Shangjing Dry City is tall, it is not There is no city river, but it is also suitable to build a mountain and earth city.

Thinking of this, he nodded: "This plan is feasible. I will mark your merits and pass on my military order to implement it tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)