The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 134
Five days later, Wanyan Zonghan received the imperial decree from Wanyan Wu to beg for money, asking him to return to the court immediately.

"Now that the Song Kingdom is suffering from a plague of locusts, it is the best time for our army to attack the Song Kingdom. Why is Your Majesty asking me to wait for the commander to return to the court?" Wanyan Zongwang asked in puzzlement when he heard the news that he was going back.

Wanyan Zonghan said with a serious expression: "The Song army is really cunning. They actually came up with a trick to draw their salary from the bottom of the pot. They quietly dispatched a hundred thousand troops from the sea, and now they are approaching the capital."

When Wanyan Zongwang heard this, he was also shocked, and said: "Song Jun is so brave, he dared to do this!" After a pause, he continued: "Then what are we waiting for now, we must withdraw immediately."

Wanyan Zonghan said: "Withdrawal is inevitable, I'm afraid the Song army will not let our army leave so easily at this time."

"What are you afraid of? If Song Jun dares to catch up, he will kill them with his backhand." Wanyan Zongwang said indifferently.

"To be on the safe side, let's use the method of reducing troops and increasing stoves. The order will continue. The whole army will retreat in five ways. Every day we retreat, we will add [-] stoves. In two days, [-] soldiers and horses must all evacuate." Wanyan Zonghan said.

How to look at the number of troops in ancient wars? It is obviously unrealistic to count 10,000+ people one by one, so the spies will count the cooking stoves. Generally, the food cooked by one stove can guarantee the food of five to seven people, 1 people , In fact, it is equivalent to a thousand stoves.

"Have you ordered someone to notify Wanyan Zongbi?" Wanyan Zongwang asked.

"Wanyan Zongbi has been notified that both sides will withdraw their troops at the same time. After leaving, they will retreat at full speed immediately. I hope His Majesty can persist until we go back." Wanyan Zonghan said with some concern.

One day later than the Jin Army, Zhao Huan also received the news that the Jin Army was about to retreat, but Han Shizhong sent someone to Zhao Huan to send the news.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Huan couldn't help laughing out loud after reading the letter.

"What happened to make His Majesty so happy?" Seeing Zhao Huan's happy look, Zhu Lian couldn't help asking curiously.

"After waiting for so long, I finally got news from Han Shizhong. He has now led his army to Shangjing, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin." Zhao Huan explained.

"General Han went to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin? Why did he go to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin?" Although Zhu Lian was a queen, according to the rules of his ancestors, the harem was not allowed to engage in politics, so he didn't know about Han Shizhong, so he asked suspiciously.

"It was I who asked him to go to fight head-on. It is difficult for our army to win a fundamental victory in a battle with the Kingdom of Jin. We must go through some dangerous tricks to reverse the passive situation in front of us." Zhao Huan was happy in his heart. Showing off his intentions, he said: "So I sent Han Shizhong to set off by sea to attack Shangjing, the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and to take the bottom line. I don't believe that the Jin Kingdom will not withdraw its troops."

"Is the Kingdom of Jin going to withdraw its troops?" Zhu Lian said happily. He didn't understand the other reasons very well, but if the Kingdom of Jin withdrew its troops, it would definitely be good news, even though the Kingdom of Jin would not be able to attack for a while. , but the Jin army has been wandering outside the city of Bianjing, which always makes people feel uneasy. Now that they are finally leaving, Zhu Lian couldn't help letting out a long breath in his heart.

"Withdraw troops, hmph, that's a good idea!" Zhao Huan sneered, and said, "Do you really think that I, Da Song, are so easy to bully, that I can come and leave whenever I want?"

"Your Majesty wants to stop them?" Zhu Lian asked suspiciously.

Zhao Huan put his hand on the tip of his nose and said, "Don't inquire about these things. I still have things to deal with. I'll come to see you at night."

Zhu Lian took Zhao Huan's hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, you should also pay attention to your health. Since you have been enthroned, I have never had a day off. My heart really hurts."

Zhao Huan patted Zhu Lian's hand lightly, and said, "Don't worry, this kind of fearful life won't last long."

Zhu Lian knew that Zhao Huan had important matters to deal with, so he stopped blocking him and watched Zhao Huan leave reluctantly.

After Zhao Huan left, he immediately convened many ministers to discuss the matter.

In the imperial study room, Li Gang, Zhao Ding and others stood separately, waiting for Zhao Huan's arrival.

Soon, Zhao Huanhu walked in from the outside in a brisk manner. As soon as he entered the door, he said straight to the point: "Now the Kingdom of Jin is preparing to withdraw its troops. Tell me, what method should we use to give him a head-on blow at this time?"

"The Kingdom of Jin is about to withdraw its troops?" Li Gang and the others looked at each other in blank dismay. Why didn't they know the news.

"Your Majesty, where does the news that the Jin Kingdom is going to withdraw its troops come from?" Li Gang said with some doubts: "I don't even know about it!"

"Did you forget that two months ago I sent Han Shizhong to attack Shangjing, the capital of Jin Kingdom?" Zhao Huan said with a smile, he was really in a good mood at this moment.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that Han Shizhong has already arrived in Shangjing, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin?" Li Gang also said a little excitedly.

"Exactly, if my guess is correct, Wanyan Zonghan should have gotten the news, or will get the news soon. Now we should discuss how to launch a counterattack against the Jin army while the Jin army is retreating." Zhao Huan was happy. He said that he was really in a good mood. He had always been passively beaten, and now that he was going to take the initiative to fight back, he was naturally happy in his heart.

"Is there anything unusual about Jin Jun recently?" Zhao Huan asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Jin army has no sign of withdrawing its troops." Li Gang shook his head and said, "And the number of cooking stoves for the Jin army has increased a lot. I have been worried that the Jin army has increased its troops."

"Oops, the Jin army must have already withdrawn." Zhao Huan became anxious when he heard this, and said to Li Gang: "The Jin army must have used Mr. Kong Ming's method of reducing troops and increasing stoves to confuse us. , in fact, the number of Jinjun did not increase, but also decreased."

After a pause, Zhao Huan continued, "Did you discover this situation that day?"

"It just happened yesterday." Li Gang also realized that he seemed to be negligent, and said with a dignified expression.

"It's been almost two days now. Too bad, the Jin Army must have escaped." Zhao Huan said with some displeasure. He thought he could take this opportunity to eat some soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, but now it seems that the opportunity is gone.

"The minister will go to check immediately." Li Gang said, and he was about to leave in a hurry.

"Wait, pass the decree to Zongze and Yue Fei, asking them to pay close attention to the changes in the Jin army." Zhao Huan added.

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