After this incident, Zhao Guan's family was obviously angry, and Lu Xianggong's face was also very bad, which is understandable... If nothing else, as soon as the king's division arrived, the enemy army was invincible, and the people won the food and scenery.

It's a big discount.

However, once these two people are unhappy, the people accompanying them, starting from Wang Yan, Wang De, Li Qiong, and Fan Zongyin, who are actually very political figures, to the top 100 public officials who have no say,

They were all a bit silent.

However, things always have to be done in silence. Although Zhao Guan's family received a blow in the head, which made him realize how complicated and entangled the situation faced in the Northern Expedition was, the more this happened, the more he needed to bite the bullet and go on.

Go down.

Therefore, on the second day after Anyi opened the city, Zhao Guan's family put away their expressions, pretended that nothing happened and held a military meeting to inquire about the next itinerary, and indeed received a variety of suggestions.

The first type of suggestion is to hope that the officials will temporarily settle down in Anyi or Jiezhou City to establish a business, so as to appease the local people. It also means to express the name of the Hezhong Basin (Yuncheng Basin) to the rear, and then wait until

The imperial cavalry troops were also in position, and then they joined the army and headed north to Taiyuan.

The second category suggested that Zhao Guan's family might as well go west to Hedong City, saying that Hedong City, which was heavily guarded by troops, might surrender directly after seeing Long Hu, just like here.

These two types of opinions were the mainstream. Civil servants and most of the members of the government who came from the southeast mostly suggested that Zhao Guan's family stay in the local area, while most generals below Wang Yan suggested that Zhao Guan's family go to Hedong City.

There is no doubt that the former is afraid of some attempts to fill official positions and seek stability, while the latter is obviously for possible military glory... No one would think that Wen Dunsizhong and thousands of Jurchen soldiers in Hedong City would surrender directly, but everyone felt that

It's been more than half a month, Black Dragon King Sheng's siege position has been built, and you can get something directly from the place.

However, no matter which one it is, Zhao Jiu will not tolerate them.

Fortunately, there is a third suggestion.

"His Majesty."

Lu Yihao faced him in the county government office. His expression was deserted, and there was no hint of the anger and embarrassment of yesterday. Even though many smart people have realized that Shi Gao's suicide yesterday was more aimed at this husband. "My lord,

I thought that since Jiezhou was conquered, I couldn’t stay for long..."

"Oh." Zhao Jiu Zhuangruo was surprised. "Why did Mr. Lu say this?"

"The official's plan to go north is very big. They want to seize everything above the two rivers. If possible, even Yanyun will try his best to capture it." Lu Yihao said calmly. "One prefecture and two states in the river can be obtained.

It is gratifying that Jianjiang County can be defended, but if the officials put on a gratifying posture, they may be ridiculed by ambitious people, and the frontline soldiers will also feel that the officials' demands are very small, and they will inevitably slack off."

"Then you're going to the front line?" Zhao Jiu said without changing his expression. "Are you going to Hedong City?"

"Of course we are going to the front line, but if we are going to the front line, where should we go to Hedong City?"

Lu Yihao continued to face each other proudly. "The Jin army withdrew from Zhiguanxing, retreated across the Huishui River, and defended across the Fenshui River. This was already abandoning the meaning of the river. And although the Hedong City was the capital of the river and a famous city in the world, it suffered a setback in the first battle.

It has no strength to fight, and it is surrounded by Wang Sheng's troops who are several times larger than itself. It can't be beaten, and now it has no possibility of reinforcements. It has long been a dead city. As for Wen Dun Sizhong, he was born in Aguda's camp and spent several years in the river, where he suffered heavy killings.

It is the enemy chieftain who was personally put into the list of war criminals by the officials. Not to mention whether he would surrender or not, even if he surrendered, would the officials agree? So Wen Dun Sizhong is just a living dead man."

"I understand." Zhao Jiu looked like he suddenly realized. "A city that is bound to die and people that are bound to die. If I take another look at it, I shouldn't, and it will be robbing Wang Sheng of his hard work for a month. For this plan

, east of the river, we should just set up a battle formation and let Wang Sheng lead the main force of the left army of the royal camp to seize it openly, and spread the news of the killing to the whole world as a shock... right or wrong?"

"yes."

"Then where should I go?"

"Please ask the officials to move to Tieling Pass, and the governor's troops will move forward to compete with the main force of the Jin army for Linfen!" Lu Yihao's words made it impossible to refute. "This is the original intention of the officials to cross the river and head north."

"Xianggong Lu said it well!"

Zhao Jiu took the crime on the spot, but then looked around and consulted earnestly. "What do you think, sir? Do you have any other good ideas? Of course, I and Mr. Lu will definitely think about it sincerely."

The rest of the civil and military officials looked at each other in confusion... then they suddenly realized what they were saying, and all came out to praise Lu Xianggong for his sincere words. He hit the nail on the head, and the officials should not waste time here, nor should they care about Wen Dun Sizhong, who is a dead man...

It’s time to head to Tielingguan.

Since everyone was surprisingly unanimous, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated and immediately made a decision to move to Tieling Pass.

However, this time, Zhao Guan's family was not so anxious... Following Wang Yan's suggestion, he urged the three generals in front, Han, Li, and Ma, to arrange their arrangements properly and put pressure on the north. At the same time, he personally issued an order to establish the construction along the line in Jiezhou.

The purpose of the temporary military depot and storage point is to try to build a stable and strong logistics supply line to cope with the possible tug-of-war.

We waited until the relevant arrangements were finalized before we officially headed north.

With this delay, the situation has taken a new turn.

First of all, Wu Jie rushed Guo Zhen's head... In fact, it was not that Wu Jie was reluctant to kill Guo Zhen before. Wu Da was also a ruthless master. Since such a shocking thing happened,

, no matter whether it was to answer to Zhao Guan's family or to Han Shizhong, who was the big brother in the Western Army, he would kill this person to make a statement.

Even the imperial camp and the rear army would not say anything to this person at this time, which was different from Yang Zheng.

But why didn't this person be executed immediately before?

It's very simple. Wu Da was waiting for Zhao Guan's family to scold him... If Zhao Guan's family didn't cross the river, he would not hesitate to kill people. But just when he arrested the person and was about to kill him, Zhao Guan's family crossed the river. And since Zhao Guan's family crossed the river, then

In order to respect the authority of Zhao Guan's family on the front line, the military commander of the imperial camp and the dignified military governor waited there until he had a clear order. Then he chopped off the commander's head and sent it to the officials.

passed.

This is a little thought unique to Wu Jie. He always wants to be smooth on all sides. Before, in Kansai, everyone in Kansai was harmonious.

I don’t know if it’s because Qu Duan’s anger and resentment in Kansai left a psychological shadow on him, so he followed the example of Zhao Guan’s family and said, “Every time you go against Cao, things will work out.”

Without further ado, Guo Zhen's head arrived, Zhao Jiu ordered his head to be passed on, and his mood improved slightly.

But soon, the official became a little uneasy again, because as soon as he set off, a winter rain came unexpectedly, causing the temperature to drop again. Although it was far from freezing, it still cast a shadow over the Northern Expedition.

layer shadow.

After all, if winter comes and even the Yellow River freezes, one will be a severe logistical pressure. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians will have to wear winter clothes, and a large amount of fuel will be consumed when the troops are stationed; the other is the imperial camp water.

The military's control over the Yellow River will lose its advantage.

In other words, sufficient progress must be made to leave a strategic buffer for winter operations, and the logistics foundation must be further consolidated... There are supplies in the rear, but before the Yellow River freezes, the logistics embolism effect of the Shaanzhou river will only become more and more serious.

big.

On the contrary, after the Yellow River froze, it was a little more convenient, but the logistical needs would only be greater at that time.

But before that, a more obvious effect of the cooling was that Lu Xianggong, who was accompanying the army, Lu Yihao, directly caught the cold, and several elderly people among the top 100 Southeast Gongge who were accompanying him also fell ill directly.

At this time, Zhao Guan's family was so shocked that they asked Li Qiong, Wang De and others to continue their journey north, and at the same time hurriedly arranged for Xianggong Lu to be relocated to Wenxi.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xianggong took the initiative to persuade Zhao Guan's family on the couch not to worry about him and to go north to join the generals earlier. He occasionally felt cold and would go north to join the generals as soon as he got better... The meaning of these questions is inevitable.

However, not to mention that the Zhao Guan family has been in a hurry and everything has been complicated and chaotic since they crossed the river. The day after the winter rain that lasted only one day ended, the only place in the entire Hezhong area that was still fighting fiercely was outside Hedong City.

The deputy capital commander, Wang Sheng, nicknamed Black Dragon, also delivered Zhao Guan's message to the city, and at the same time, imitating the example of Anyi City, issued an ultimatum to the city.

The so-called deadline is tomorrow at noon. If you can surrender, all the lower-level officers and soldiers in the city who are plotting to conquer the Jurchen, Khitan, Xi, Bohai, and Han will be pardoned, and only the first culprits will be punished.

And if they cannot surrender, once the city is breached, those who resisted before will be killed without mercy.

By the way, Wang Sheng's actions are not the same as Zhao Jiu's previous actions in Anyi. He has been besieging the city for nearly a month, and the siege positions have been almost polished. Although the artillery carriages are somewhat lacking, they are also staring at the northwest of the city.

The walls in that direction have been smashed for two or three days... Yes, they started smashing the city in a hurry on the day Zhao Guan's family crossed the river, because Wang Sheng was not stupid either, they were all soldiers, who didn't know who was who?

Li Qiong is just a guy from Hebei, but what if Wang De, Zhang Jing and others instigate Zhao Guan's family to come to Hedong City to grab credit?

This Hedong City is the capital of Hezhong Prefecture. There is also a Hezhong left-behind man named Wen Dun Sizhong who leads thousands of households in Hezhong, as well as six men and dozens of soldiers... These are all military achievements!

And military merit, for Wang Sheng in the Northern Expedition, was not just as simple as real money and silver. Wang Sheng was already the deputy commander of the capital, and according to common sense, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the commanders of the upper level, would not be able to win this battle after the war.

Is there still room for leading troops?

Therefore, Wang Sheng really wanted to make meritorious deeds, and Wang De, who was slightly inferior compared to other commanders, and senior commanders Zhang Jing and Qiao Zhongfu also had this intention.

It is precisely because of this that even if the artillery position at that time was not large enough, Wang Sheng could not wait any longer.

But now, seeing that the Zhao Guan family was leaving with Wang De and others, Wang Sheng had another thought - this credit must be made in front of the Zhao Guan family!

When the officials left, they no longer cared about this side. Even if they arrived at Tieling Pass, the Linfen side won again and moved forward. This credit cannot be simply in the emperor's heart, right?

Therefore, once Zhao Jiu set off, Wang Sheng, who had various complicated thoughts, finally decided to attack the city on a large scale, trying to capture Hedong City cleanly before the officials left Hezhong.

The appearance of a good family is mostly for Zhao Guan's family - please take a look, I, Wang Sheng, am also a civilized man with the demeanor of a general.

Of course, the nickname Black Dragon describes the deputy commander Wang's ability to use troops swiftly and fiercely but with resilience, but it can also roughly reflect his original appearance.

That's something else.

All in all, since Wang Sheng had made up his mind and sent in this message, he went to the Stork Tower to reward the three armies, gathered the officers, appointed officials and made wishes, reminisced about the past and established power... and the officers probably knew that Deputy Wang was the capital

Everyone wanted to have some fun, so of course they all cooperated.

One by one, they all said that they would attack the city with all their strength from tomorrow, and must capture Hedong City beautifully, so that they could barely compete with Wang and Vice-Capital in the official palace.

For a time, up and down, there was extraordinary excitement.

In this way, Wang Sheng rarely had a few drinks and left with satisfaction. He simply stayed in the Stork Tower. But that night, he only slept for half an hour before he was woken up by his guards.

To be honest, when he was woken up by his guards and saw the flames outside, Wang Heilong's first reaction was that he was greedy and ruined his affairs, capsized in the gutter, and was attacked by the Jin army in the city, who took the opportunity to attack at night.

But he turned out of the tent and stood upstairs, looking at the fire all over the city. Then he looked back at the subordinates who had gathered in a hurry. The deputy commander of the imperial camp's left army was also dumbfounded... He never expected that a message would actually come out.

Directly triggered chaos and fire in the city?!

Can this bullshit article be so useful?

No wonder the prince of his own county has studied cultural knowledge so seriously in Chang'an in recent years.
To be continued...