"Lao Bi, do you think our operation can succeed this time?" Cao Xun rode his horse forward, and turned his head to ask Bi Zaiyu beside him.

Bi Zaiyu touched the lower part of the beard slightly, and pretended to be an old man: "I am only sixty percent sure, but I think Yu Gongliang should be eighty percent sure that he will lead the army, and if it is Yang Yan, he should be nine percent sure." ”

Gao Zhen Cui Ma rushed up and said in surprise: "Old Bi, I don't seem to have seen you so modest." ”

Bi Zaiyu smiled bitterly: "This is not modesty, I don't know how many catties and taels Bi Zaiyu has?" In fact, this time to sneak attack the Jin Army, the most suitable person is of course Yang Yan. I don't understand what the ministers of the court think. Now that the front is so nervous, Yang Yan is still left in the capital. Now I have to put me on the shelf. ”

Gao Zhen also shook his head on the horse, not knowing whether to agree or oppose. Cao Xun smiled: "Pull it down!" Lao Bi, the eldest brother must be preparing to marry his princess now? That has the kung fu to come forward. So I had to appoint you to take on this task, but don't worry, aren't there still me and Xiao Gao to help you! The two of us are not vegetarians, you must know that without the help of the two of us, the eldest brother's expedition to Heiyang Mountain may not be good? Do you think so? Kodaka. ”

Gao Zhen hurriedly said: "That's it, that's it." Even if the two of us are only 10% sure, plus your 60%, then we are 80% sure. With the addition of Lao Liu and Xiao Zhang, they should be ninety percent sure, isn't this similar to the eldest brother personally leading the army? ”

Bi Zaiyu was amused by the two of them a little crying and laughing, and said: "To be honest, in fact, I was ninety percent sure of success, just because I brought the two of you a burden, and the result was only sixty percent certain." All three of them froze for a moment and burst out laughing in unison.

Of course, Cao Xun and Gao Zhen will not be burdens, on the contrary, although they are young, they are also generals with considerable ability. This time, Yu Yunwen used Yang Yan's suggestion and ordered Han Yanzhi of the Jiankang Governor's Mansion to immediately organize an elite army to find the weak links of the Jin army and take the initiative to attack the Jin army. and pointed out that Bi Zaiyu led the army, supplemented by Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Liu Fuwu, Zhang Shiyan and other four people. It is mainly based on the original Yang Yan's selection of the front army.

After Han Yan gave the direct order, he immediately discussed with Yang Yizhong and Li Xianzhong, and after exploring the distribution of the Jin army's troops, he decided to send troops from Linli to Huiting Town in the middle of Maozhou as the target of this attack. Huiting Town is only more than 80 miles away from Guide Mansion of the Jin Army camp. The defenders numbered more than 3,000 people. Aiming at Huiting Town, do not hand over to the tiger to extract teeth. At the same time, in order to confuse the Jin army, Han Yanzhi and Yang Yizhong decided that Li Xianzhong would send troops from Suzhou to attack Shouzhou, and Wei Sheng would send troops from Haizhou to attack Pizhou.

Bi Zaiyu because of his outstanding performance in Qi County, and now he is promoted to the right martial arts doctor of the sixth grade. The commander of the garrison in front of the Jiankang Mansion has become Li Xianzhong's right-hand man. At his age of twenty-five, it is actually very rare, and the other four are not very old, but at this time they are all under the command of an army. It's just that Yang Yan is too prominent in front of him, but people don't feel that there is anything wrong.

The Song army, with a total of 3,000 cavalry, set off from Lianlin at dusk on August 9 and marched all the way. When we arrived at Huiting Town, it was already the fourth watch in the night. Looking from a distance, I saw that the gate of the Jin military camp was closed, and the lights were bright. Hexi Shushu had a few golden soldiers keeping vigil.

At this time, the moon buds have sunk, the world is dark, Bi Zai encountered a big axe, and the three thousand Song troops moved their horses together and rushed to the camp of the Jin army. The golden soldiers who were on vigil were alarmed by the dense sound of horses' hooves, and saw countless shadows faintly approaching them in the darkness.

"Where are the centaurs from?" The golden soldier who was keeping vigil was thinking. Suddenly, in the darkness, countless sparks lit up.

I saw sparks fly into the sky, drawing a dazzling trajectory in the darkness, which was extremely dazzling, and then fell from the air towards the camp of the Jin army. And bring out the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" breaking through the air. The golden soldier who was keeping vigil suddenly woke up, "It's a bow and arrow, a rocket!" Just as he was about to go back to call the police, an arrow shot right into his chest with a "porphyry".

This Song army is composed of elite men and horses mainly composed of the original Fengfeng army, and they all showed excellent quality at this time, even in the dark night, almost everyone can shoot bows and arrows on high-speed galloping war horses. Arrows with fire rained down on the camp of the Jin army, and the fire quickly spread to the ground. Before the Song army could be killed, there was already a big chaos in the Jin army camp.

Jin Bing, who was still asleep, was awakened, but when he opened his eyes, he only saw the tents, houses, and equipment camps full of fire. The entire barracks was in flames.

At this time, the Song army slaughtered in front of the camp gate. Bi Zaiyu raised the big axe in his hand, and with a "click", the camp gate was split. As soon as the Song army poured in, they killed people and cut them down. At this time, most of the Jin soldiers ran out of the burning barracks in disheveled clothes, but found that it was not safe to get out of the barracks, because they were greeted by the sharp spears of the Song army and the sabers that were brightly imprinted by the firelight. Jin Bing was already in a state of turmoil, but at this time he had no intention of resisting, and ran around the barracks to find a safe place.

Arrows, spears, slashes, horses. The entire camp of the Jin army became a place for the Song army to display its bravery. In less than an hour, except for a few Jin soldiers who escaped from the Jin camp, all the others were killed by the Song army. At this time, the fire was burning more and more, reflecting half of the sky.

At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and Bi Zai encountered a big axe and said, "Retreat immediately." ”

In the early morning of August 10, when the reinforcements of the Jin army arrived in Huiting Town, the barracks of the Jin army were already in ruins.

After Yan Yong received the report, he was also taken aback. In the past few days, the Song army began to attack Shouzhou and Pizhou in succession. And now the Song army has almost hit the Jin army camp right under the nose, which is worth it. He hurriedly ordered to summon Qi Shi Lie Zhining, Po Sa, Zhang Hao, Bai Yanjing and others to discuss how to deal with the attack of the Song army. Just when they had not yet discussed a result, they received another report: the Song army divided its troops to attack, and launched an attack on Xiayi, Yutai, Ruyang, Xinshou and other places in succession.

The top and bottom of the Jin State were shocked again, now the Jin State has less than 200,000 troops on the border, and it is okay to deal with the ordinary offensive and defensive, but in a full-scale war with the Song State, the troops are insufficient. The number of troops can be readjusted, but the most important thing is that the grain and grass cannot be helped. I couldn't figure out what the true intentions of the Song State were, so I had to make a decision at the moment that the Jin armies from all walks of life would strictly guard the dangerous passes everywhere and not attack easily. In addition, the Jin army that attacked Dingyuan was also scattered back to Mengcheng in Shouzhou to garrison, and at the same time increased the number of troops to Pizhou by 5,000 to strengthen the strength of the guard.

In fact, as Yang Yan said, the Jin army's attack on Dingyuan was a lone army, and sooner or later it would be scattered. The Song army's four-way march was also a false thing, and after seeing that the Jin army withdrew from Dingyuan, they immediately returned to the army, and the two sides fell into a confrontation situation again.

The success of the attack on Huiting Town could not change the overall situation of the Song and Jin dynasties, but the psychological impact of this battle on the Song Dynasty and the opposition should not be underestimated. After the news reached Lin'an, it immediately aroused people's hearts. The ministers of the main battle faction were quite proud of themselves. Originally, Zhao Tuan had been under pressure from Zhao Gou in the past few days, and planned to send Long Dayuan and Wang Zhiwang as envoys to negotiate peace with Jin Guo again, but it was also canceled because this time it would stop the town and win a great victory, and he decided to observe for a while longer.

Yu Yunwen expressed Yang Yan's contribution to the policy, and asked for severe punishment of the generals who failed to resist to warn the generals. Zhao Tuan immediately put on the right and gave Yang Yan 3,000 copper coins and 100 silk horses as a reward, but he was not promoted. In addition, Shao Hongyuan, who performed ineffectively in the Northern Expedition, was demoted to the Guozhou regimental training envoy, and Qi Fang, the general who gave up Shouzhou, was demoted to the deputy training of the Tanzhou regimental training. However, Qi Fang was somewhat wronged by his demotion, because he received an order from Tang Siwei to give up Shouzhou. But at this time, in order to strictly warn other generals, Yu Yunwen had to use Qi Fang to open the knife.

Yu Yunwen also put forward a series of demands, such as strengthening the border defense forces, building fortifications, reorganizing military horses, and refining soldiers. Zhao Tuan also adopted them one by one.

And Yin Sui, the minister of the main peace faction, had the courage to make peace with Jin Guo, but was unceremoniously refuted by Zhao Tuan, and reprimanded Yin Sui in the court. At this time, Tang Siwei, the leader of the Lord and the faction, was still at home and thought about it behind closed doors, and returned to the court, but he did not say a word and remained silent, which caused the dissatisfaction of the other lords and ministers.

Although Zhao Tuan did not take the initiative to resign because he was cheeky, and did not blame him, Tang Siwei knew in his heart that his weight in the emperor's mind had plummeted, and it was useless to say anything at this time. will only touch Zhao Tuan's unhappiness.

He also knew that even among the ministers of the Lord and He, there were a lot of slanders about him, and everyone knew that without Tang Sihui's instructions, Lu Zhongxian would not dare to agree to the conditions of the Jin State without authorization. Now that Tang Siwei has returned to the court, Lu Zhongxian has been exiled, and Tang Siwei has not said a word for him, obviously using Lu Zhongxian as cannon fodder.

Tang Siwei understands better that his current phase is in danger. Although Zhao Tuan has not removed himself yet, it is only because the current situation is still unclear, firstly, he needs the stability of the court, and secondly, he may be able to use himself. That's why he kept himself for the time being, and in fact, the power in Zhongshu Province was in the hands of Yu Yunwen. Once the situation calms down, Zhao Tuan will be the first to take a knife on himself. Most of the ministers of the Lord and the ministers also saw this, and Qian Duanli, the secretary of the ministry, had already won the support of many ministers when Tang Sihui was thinking about it behind closed doors at home, and the purpose was to replace Tang Sihui.

"Humph! What do you know?" Tang Si hated it. "This is called Sheche Baoshuai, as long as I am still the prime minister, while in this position, I will have the opportunity to recruit Lu Zhongxian back. What is Qian Duanli? I don't learn anything that I don't know, but it's because my daughter is the princess of King Qing that I have my current high position. What's the use of that? King Qing has been dead for a few years. Tang Siwei thought about it, and suddenly a spum surged up, and he immediately felt dizzy, staggered a few steps, and stood firm on the table.

Finally stopped coughing, Tang Siwei gasped for breath while holding on to the table and slowly sat down. "No, I must find a way to keep the position of prime minister."

But how can you keep the position of prime minister? The only way is for the Great Song Dynasty to negotiate peace with the Jin State again, and only when the Song and Jin negotiate peace succeed in the end can they ensure that their phase is worry-free. "But how can we make peace with the Jin State again? Is this the only way to do it? Once the matter is revealed, it will be a catastrophe and a ruined reputation! But there is no other way to think of it now. ”

Tang Si retreated and bit it, "It's okay, wealth and danger are in danger, I can only do this." ”

At this time, a maid carried a tray into the plow, "Xianggong, it's time to take medicine." ”

Tang Sizu suddenly felt a burst of irritability in his heart, slapped the table suddenly, and roared: "Don't eat, don't eat, get out, get out of me." The maid was startled, her hand shook and the tray fell to the ground, and the medicine bowl shattered.