When Hu Yangeng heard the news of the fall of Jizhou, he was stunned. Zong Ze passed away at the end of July. On August 10, Du Chong gathered at Daming Generals. At the meeting, he said that the Solu might have to go south. Now that September has just entered, Jizhou has been lost?

Unlike Baoding, which was lost at the end of last year, Jizhou did not border the Jin soldiers, but was separated by Zhaozhou Shenzhou. The Jin soldiers bypassed and restrained the Song army in Zhaozhou Shenzhou and rushed straight to Jizhou.

If Jizhou loses, it will bloom in the west road of Hebei as if it is the center. When Jizhou Jin soldiers go north, they can attack Zhaozhou Shenzhou and attack Daming from the east.

Putting aside the differences in the positions of the enemy and us, the military operation of the Jin soldiers alone can be called "decisive".

Since Wanyan's blue mother went deep into Jizhou, although she unexpectedly attacked the Song army, she also put herself in a dangerous place, surrounded by Zhaozhou, Shenzhou, Daming and Cizhou. In terms of military strength alone, the Song army was not at a disadvantage.

Hu Yangeng put down his thoughts and urged the four groups in Cangzhou to step up the training. He also sent someone to send a letter to Tanggu and asked Zhang Yanju to send a new batch of weapons to Cangzhou. He also asked Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun brothers, Li Jun, Tong Wei, Tong Meng and others to hand over the work at hand to the chiefs under Zhang Yanju's command.

Originally, Li Jun was in charge of the General Manager, the Zhang brothers were in charge of fish goods, and the Tong brothers were in charge of the salt industry, but the fishing and salt industry had gradually taken shape and stabilized, allowing the Tangtang Hunjianglong and Langli Baitiao to be the leader of fishing salt, which was a waste of their talents, and the merchants who were really good at operating had no authority, which instead hindered the development of the industry.

Therefore, the Li brothers, Zhang brothers, and Tong brothers were all transferred to the naval army by Hu Yangeng, but they occupied some shares in the fishery and salt guilds, and they saved the troubles of ordinary affairs, and these naval leaders were very happy.

Similarly, Ling Zhen and Wei Dingguo also separated from daily military production and focused on the improvement of existing weapons and the training of firearm test troops. The specific production of gunpowder weapons was led by Wu Bailiu and Huang Aqing.

Although the West Road of Hebei was busy, Hu Yangeng was in an orderly manner in Henghai. After confirming that the main force of the Jin soldiers in Yanjing went south, Qiu Muling Zhonglian of Pingzhou sent his subordinates to Cangzhou to help.

The Sima of the group was Yang Sansheng and Hu Yangeng's childhood friend. He joined Hu Yangeng's army late and did not live and die with everyone in Bianliang. The more than 10,000 people who belonged to Hu Yangeng in Bianliang were Hu Yangeng's confidant backbone, and all of them were given the identity of a commoner.

Yang Sansheng was no matter how he said that he was behind the Yang family's generals. His immediate boss Qiu Muling and Zhonglian in Pinglu was just a retainer of the Huyan family a few years ago. Yang Sansheng couldn't help but secretly compete. Seeing that the war in Hebei was about to come, Yang Sansheng asked for his own order and led a regiment to reinforce, hoping to become famous in one battle.

Guan Liyuan and Xiong Dabai also returned to their respective Sima positions. The first batch of soldiers had graduated early. Now the soldiers in Cangzhou are full of soldiers and are waiting for the battle.

At the head of the Pingji County, Yao Youzhong looked at the Jin barracks that were looming ten miles away and sighed softly. His old seeds of the Yao family were getting less and less ready.

After Wanyan's blue mother passed around the city and quickly broke into Jizhou, Yao Youzhong also wanted to cut off the food route of the Jin soldiers. He had been in Hebei for so long, and by recruiting refugees and defeated soldiers, he had nearly 10,000 soldiers under his command.

Just when Xindu County was besieged, Yao Youzhong took the initiative to attack the Jin soldiers' grain transport team, but the Jin soldiers were prepared for it. The grain transport team was waiting for assistance with vehicles, and the Jin soldiers' reinforcements arrived soon. The Jin soldiers were 3,000 to 5,000, and Yao Youzhong was defeated. Now, with more than a thousand Yao family's foundation, he defended Zhaozhou and was worthy of the court.

Wu Ge thought it was difficult to live. In recent days, Jin soldiers under the banner of Wanyan Eliduo and Wanyan Wushu blatantly passed through the county, obviously concentrating in Jizhou. Yao Youzhong did not have the energy to invite the main force of the Jin soldiers head-on. If Wu Ge in Shenzhou in the east had this strength, would he not be able to go?

The Song army on Hebei West Road almost watched about 60,000 Jin soldiers gathered in Jizhou, and then claimed to be 100,000, and advanced towards Daming in multiple ways.

Seeing that the Jin soldiers were approaching, Du Chongcai slowly summoned the generals of the West Hebei Road to discuss.

The Song army on Hebei West Road was roughly divided into two parts, Yang Weizhong and Wenda. Yao Youzhong and Wu Ge were isolated to the north. Puliu Ru Bosheng reported that he had led his team into the Taihang Mountains and did not come to participate in the military convention at all. Most of the refugees under Yang Jin Ding Jin Xue Guang and Zhang Qiong were dismissed, and they could only make up their own numbers to strengthen their momentum.

Du Chong sat in the lobby, Guo Yong sat beside him, with Yang Weizhong and his team in his left hand and Wenda's subordinate in his right hand.

Du Chong said in the hall: "The Jin soldiers bypassed Zhao and Shenzhou, and the two states of Shenzhou, and the single Jizhou committed suicide to their country. Now a hundred thousand troops are coming to my daming. Are you afraid of the generals?"

Wen Da immediately slapped his chest and shouted: "My name also has a 100,000 army. The enemy is here, and it just happens to see the true seal with one knife and one shot."

Du Chong praised: "I'm so brave," he turned his eyes to Yang Weizhong, "Taiwei Yang, what do you say?"

Yang Weizhongyuan was not as optimistic as Wen Da. He has not recovered his vitality since he retreated from Baigou River last year. However, when Jiwenda was so bold, he could not show weakness: "It is precisely this reason that when Suolu came, he fought with him with one sword and one shot."

Du Chong was slightly unhappy. Yang Weizhong's words seemed to be sure that he could not defeat the Jin soldiers, and he was just thinking about fighting hard. It seemed that he wanted to take out some real things and let the warrior work hard.

"When the country is in crisis, it is the opportunity for all generals to make achievements. If you are not talented, you have to rely on all generals as a pacifier. In this battle, those who have resigned from the Jin thieves will report to the court, and you will be promoted to the title. If you encounter an enemy, you will not fight. Even if you use the excuse to avoid the enemy, you will definitely suffer the disaster."

After saying that, Du Chong pulled out his sword: "Du Chong swears here that if he does not reward his merits and does not punish him, he will still be like this." He slashed the table in front of him with a sword, and wanted to cut the table two pieces like Sun Quan.

But he was a literati, and he could not use a sword, and he was not strong enough, so he only cut a scratch on the table. Du Chong was quick to learn and chopped the table a few times, adding a sentence: "Diet under the random knife."

Then, he took out more than a dozen ingots of gold from the treasury and rewarded the generals.

After this pretentiousness, the morale of the generals in the hall gradually increased. Du Chong began to arrange the strategy.

After the last time he got together, Du Chong became smart this time and discussed with Guo Yong for advice. Although Guo Yong couldn't stand Du Chong, he was a minister of the Song Dynasty. After all, he had always been loyal to the country, so he naturally could distinguish the importance of it.

The Song army on the West Hebei Road was led by Yang Weizhong and Wenda, and Du Chong ordered Wenda to guard Daming Prefecture, while Yang Weizhong led his headquarters to invite the Jin soldiers to the north, step by step, blocking them step by step, and slowly led the Jin soldiers to the front of the Daming Prefecture defense line.

"The defense line of Daming Mansion is as solid as a golden soup, and it is enough to defend the previous year. Wait for the veterans of the Jin thief, Wenda, and Yang Weizhong, outside, to give the Jin thief a thunder attack."

Yang Weizhong and Wenda had no objection and held their fists to take the order. Wenda held his foothold in Daming Mansion, and at the same time investigated the spies, so he sued him, and managed Daming Mansion like an iron barrel.

Yang Weizhong led his 40,000 troops northward and met the Jin soldiers' vanguard in Guantao. Yang Weizhong ordered the army to set up camp on the spot, preparing to fight a blockade with the Jin soldiers here.

Guantao is extremely famous in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty War. In the past, the Liao Kingdom went south many times and kept tug-of-war with the Song army in the Guantao area. There are many place names named "Xiao", such as Xiaocheng, Nanxiaozhai, Beixiaozhai, etc., which are the places where Empress Dowager Xiao, the wife of the treacherous prime minister Han Derang once lived. Wanyan's blue mother, Wanyan Eliduo, and Wanyan Wushu were stationed in Xiaocheng, Nanxiaozhai, and Beixiaozhai.

The Song army had many fortifications in this area. Although they had been abandoned for a long time, they could use the remaining energy after a little repair.

Yang Weizhong was afraid of the Jin soldiers and asked 40,000 troops to station in fortifications, waiting for the Jin soldiers to attack.

The Jin soldiers were not polite. After finding out Yang Weizhong's layout, they attacked Yang Weizhong's village from both wings. In just one day, both the left and right big villages that Yang Weizhong used as their wings were broken. In order to avoid falling into a situation surrounded by three Jin soldiers, Yang Weizhong led his troops to retreat to a place called "公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公公

"Guizhai", as the name suggests, is the place where the old Yellow River path and the Zhang River bend. The river here forms a "concave" shape, and Yang Weizhong's last main village is in this concave shape.

Seeing that the Jin soldiers had sealed the concave exit, and the Yellow River was surging on the left, right, and behind, Yang Weizhong couldn't help but sigh: "Is this the heavens are about to destroy me, Yang Weizhong?"

At this time, the Jin soldiers sent a powerful son who defected to the Jin Kingdom to send a letter to Yang Weizhong.

Yang Weizhong opened the letter and asked the master to read it. It turned out that as he expected, it was a letter of persuasion to surrender.

Yang Weizhong asked the person who sent the letter: "The Jin thief wants you to come, but what do you have to say?"

The sender replied: "The King of the Great Jin Dynasty said that he admired the style of the old general. If the old general could surrender, it would be no less than Han Qinghe's position. The old general could not only preserve wealth, but also serve the Jurchen nobles like Han Chang."

Yang Weizhong laughed: "What are the styles of people who have been defeated repeatedly?" He looked at the messenger in front of him, and the messenger was already wearing a slut: "Go back and tell your master that Yang Weizhong cannot resist the Suolu, and is incompetent, but he is greedy for life and death or even for wealth and honor, which is unvirtuous. I will never surrender gold."

Yang Weizhong handed over his sword and the seal of the envoy Chengxuan to the deputy general Chen Cui, who was beside him: "You are young and still have the energy to swim. Please cross the river and break through."

Yang Weizhong was 66 years old and committed suicide. More than 20,000 Song troops surrendered or dispersed. Chen Cui led more than 10,000 people to swim across the Yellow River and retreat southward.

The Jin soldiers were only separated by a river from Chen Cui's troops and were chasing them from behind. Chen Cui followed the technique of looking at plum blossoms to quench his thirst and encouraged his subordinates: "If you persist for another day, you will go to the defense line of Daming Mansion."

"No rest is allowed tonight, it will be safe to go to the Daming Mansion defense line overnight."

"It's dawn. Whenever the Jin thieves catch up, they will leave quickly and immediately arrive at the Daming Mansion defense line. The Daming Mansion defense line is as solid as a rock."

Finally, Chen Cui's troops arrived at the Daming Mansion's defense line, "Hurry, hurry up, have a good sleep in the fortress." He sent people to look for the Song army to support him everywhere.

The person who responded was not found, and he also found a lock on the fortress. Finally, he found an old man.

"Where is the key?" Chen Cui shouted.
Chapter completed!