On the first day of July, in the morning, the sun was shining brightly in Fuzhou, Liaodong.

Wanyan Balisu, the commander of the Liaoyang capital of the Jin Kingdom, was tasting tea brought from the sea in the tent.

A businessman in rich clothes smiled flatteringly and said: "This is Longjing tea produced in West Lake, Hangzhou. It is the most popular tea in the southeast. General, what do you think of the taste?"

In fact, Longjing was not famous in the Song Dynasty, but so what?

These Jin barbarians know how to use a hammer!

Wanyan Balisu, like most of the founding generals of the Jin Kingdom, was a rough guy.

But like most of the nobles of the Jin Kingdom, he liked the tea of ​​the Song Dynasty very much.

This is equivalent to how people in the 21st century like all kinds of drinks.

"Not bad, not bad!" Wanyan Bali nodded with satisfaction. Being able to have a sip of tea in Liaodong is already an extremely luxurious thing. "You mean Shilaozi West Lake?"

"It's the West Lake in Hangzhou."

"Oh, I seem to have heard that there was someone named Su in the Song Dynasty. He went to Hangzhou to be an official and wrote poems..."

Lu Qingliu was stunned for a moment, unable to react. Su... Be an official in Hangzhou?

"The general is talking about Su Dongpo?"

"It seems that his name is not Su Dongpo, but Su Shi." Wanyan said quickly.

"Oh, what the general doesn't know is that Su Dongpo is Su Shi."

"Oh... you Song people are really particular about it. No matter what, this tea is delicious!"

Su Shi was a celebrity in the Jin Kingdom, and basically all the famous founding generals of the Jin Kingdom knew Su Shi.

Because the first time the Jin army went south to attack the Song Dynasty, they found an excuse to rehabilitate Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and others.

Unexpectedly, Su Shi was branded as a traitor by you, the Song Dynasty, and I, the Song Dynasty, came to vindicate him.

It was just such an excuse that basically everyone in the Jin Kingdom who knew how to fight knew about Su Shi and Huang Tingjian.

"General, the grassroots have brought ten thousand catties this time."

"Where are all the goods?"

"Still at sea." Lu Qingliu said.

"Why don't you bring it up?"

"The city of Duli is the territory of the Song Army. How can the common people dare to approach the shore at will? If the Song Army discovers it, the common people will be killed and all will be confiscated, and the general will have no tea."

"You get my documents and go to Gaizhou to dock. I want all this batch of tea."

"Thank you, General!"

Lu Qingliu hummed a little tune and walked out of the tent.

At this time, several scouts rushed over and entered the camp.

"Du Tong, the latest military report."

Wanyan pulled it over and read it quickly.

"The Song army has come out?" Wanyan Balisu asked in surprise.

"Coming out, what we saw with our own eyes was Han Shizhong's army, with a total of 20,000 troops!"

Xiao Wushan, a staff officer on one side, said: "Du Tong, Han Shizhong dug holes and laid barbed wire nets in the north of the capital not long ago, as if he wanted to fight a protracted war with us. Now that he suddenly comes out, is there any fraud?

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"What else can the Song army use to deal with us now, besides their artillery?" Wanyan Balisu smiled disdainfully, "If Han Shizhong didn't have artillery, I would have crushed the city of Duli long ago!"

Han Shizhong's progress in Liaodong was very slow. Even after Fuzhou City was bombed, the Song army lost its defensive barrier, but the Jin people also paid a heavy price in the past two years.

Although the Jin army had heavy artillery, the defense of the city wall was no longer what it used to be.

But Han Shizhong was very difficult to deal with.

There are many mountainous areas around Fuzhou, but these mountains are not very high. Most of them are hills with gentle slopes.

Han Shizhong was originally from the Western Army. He used to fight mountain warfare with the Xixia people. The geography of Liaodong was exactly what Han Shizhong wanted. In addition, the Tiger Crouching Artillery was created to fight mountain warfare.

With this arrangement, Fuzhou City was gone, but the Song Army built a large defense line more than ten miles deep around Duli City.

Each main road in this defense line was guarded by artillery and infantry. trenches stretching for dozens of miles were dug on the outer layer, and barbed wire was added in some more important places.

Just these are enough to give Jin Jun a headache.

The logistics of the Song army came from Dengzhou Prefecture, so they had no worries about food.

However, it is not an option to continue playing like this. The Zhao Guan family wants to push the Liaodong front a few steps further.

"Han Shizhong took the Western Front." Wanyan Balisu said, "He could only march from the west of Shishan Mountain. I remember there is a temple here called Anzi Temple. This is the place that Han Shizhong must pass through. We arrived here in advance, here

Waiting for work with ease.”

"Do you want to inform Superintendent Li?" Xiao Wushan said, "Join forces with him and deal with Han Shizhong together. After all, the artillery of the Song Army is very powerful. Han Shizhong finally came out once. If we can annihilate the Song Army in one battle, it will be done once and for all.

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"This opportunity cannot be given to Li Cheng, a Han, who dares to take credit from me!" When Li Cheng was mentioned, Wanyan Balisu's expression changed.

Since Wu Shu came to power, many Han people have entered the army and become important generals in various places.

Li Chengcheng is one of them.

In addition to being the Marshal of the Right and the Superintendent of the Right, Li Cheng now also holds the title of Marquis of Pingliao. He is one of Wushu's most capable generals.

He is indeed amazing, the defense of Fuzhou City was destroyed by him.

He not only destroyed the defenses of Fuzhou City, but also defeated Han Shizhong's troops many times, forcing the Song army to shrink more than a hundred miles south from the Fuzhou front, and was forced to reinforce defenses around Duli City.

Since then, the Song Dynasty shifted from offensive to defensive in Liaodong.

Li Cheng was also considered a very capable general at the turn of the Song Dynasty. Even Yue Fei before he was fully unified might not be his opponent, and Han Shizhong might not be able to gain the upper hand against him.

And the most unhappy thing is the Jurchen nobles like Wanyan Balisu.

If this continues, the prestige and power of the Jurchen nobles will be stolen by Han generals.

Xiao Wushan said: "Li Cheng must have received the news, and he will not miss this opportunity."

"So we have to take the lead, gather the entire army immediately, and set off!"

On the second day of July, Han Shizhong crossed the defense line deployed by the Song army and quickly advanced towards Anzi Temple. His target was the main force of the Jin army stationed in Suzhou.

(The Suzhou here is not Suzhou in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a county of the Jin Kingdom in Liaodong and is the Jinzhou District of Dalian City in the 21st century)

"Han Shuai, do you really want to risk your life like this?" Han Shizhong's general staff officer said solemnly.

"This is the last chance. Since Yue Fei is willing to send people to assist us, what can we say? We can't let Yue Fei's people fight. Let's watch the fun from behind. I can't afford to lose this person!"

"What King Qi means is to let Yue Fei's troops fight the main force of the Jin Army, instead of us attracting the main force of the Jin Army."

"King Qi is still young."

"No, Han Shuai, King Qi has King Qi's ideas."

"oh?"

"I have the courage to speak out."

Han Shizhong glanced at Geng Zuo and said, "What do you want to say?"

"Don't Commander Han hope that King Qi can regain his position as crown prince?"

Han Shizhong looked slightly startled, and then said: "This matter is a major political matter, and it is decided by His Majesty. How can we think at will?"

"Han Shuai, please tell me, do you want King Qi to resume the throne?"

"The King of Qi is a virtuous man and has implemented many benevolent policies in Liaodong. I admire him very much."
Chapter completed!