At the same time that Wanyan Loumur led an army of 50,000 to invade Yan'an Mansion in northern Shaanxi, the Jin State also launched a winter campaign, and the 200,000 Jin army crossed the Yellow River in three ways and launched a fierce attack in the direction of the Central Plains and Shandong.

Among them, Wan Yan Chang crossed the Yellow River from Mengjin, led 50,000 troops to besiege Luoyang, Luoyang Mansion Tongzhi, veteran Yao Gu led 20,000 Song troops to defend Luoyang, on the third day of the Jin soldiers' siege, Wan Yan Chang cheated and feinted to retreat, Yao Gu's general Jiao Anjie invited merit, went out of the city to pursue the Jin soldiers, fell into the ambush of the Jin soldiers, Jiao Anjie and 10,000 Song troops died, the Luoyang army was shaken, Yao Gu led the army to abandon Luoyang and retreat south, Luoyang was immediately lost, Hangu Pass was also occupied by the Jin soldiers, cutting off the road to the rescue of the Central Plains by the Western Army.

The middle route army led 80,000 troops from Weizhou to the south of the Yellow River from Weizhou, first broke through the Song army on the south bank of the Yellow River to build a defensive line, captured Huazhou, Wanyan Zongwang then led the army into Kaifeng Mansion, stormed Bianliang, the veteran general Zong Ze on the one hand to defend Bianliang, on the other hand, sent his henchman Yue Fei to lead 5,000 troops to attack Huazhou, in Baima County defeated the Jin soldiers and Han army left in Huazhou 20,000 people, the main general of the Jin soldiers Gao Dabao was killed by Yue Fei, Wanyan Zongwang was worried that the back road was cut off, had to retreat north to Huazhou.

At the same time, Zong Ze wrote a letter to the leaders of the rebel army in Hebei, asking them to raise troops to resist Jin, and for a time, the anti-Jin uprising in Hebei was surging, and Wanyan Zongwang was forced to send the general Wanyan Yinshu to lead an army of 30,000 to return to Hebei and brutally suppress the rebel army in Hebei.

Although the Jin soldiers who attacked the Central Plains were frustrated, but the Jin soldiers who attacked Shandong were defeated by the Song army under the leadership of Wanyan Zonghan, Hu Zhiru, the governor of Jingdong Road, and his two sons died in Yunzhou, and Liu Yu, the prefect of Jinan, surrendered to the Jin soldiers at a critical moment, resulting in the Song army that was fighting in Qingzhou and the Jin soldiers lost their support, and the whole army was defeated, and the Sui Shiyuan was killed in the chaos, and the Jin soldiers were like a bamboo, and they occupied the entire territory of the Jingdong Road in just a few days.

The pacification of the Jingxi and Western Roads forced Li Gang to retreat in the direction of Suzhou with thousands of remnants of the army.

At this time, Wanyan Xian also arrived at the Huazhou camp, Wanyan Zongwang walked into the big tent, knelt down and asked the marshal of the capital Wan Yanxian to plead guilty, "It is not good to attack the Central Plains with a humble position, and I especially ask the marshal of the capital for guilt!" ”

Wan Yan also smiled faintly, "You are just attacking the Fengfu is not good, and it has nothing to do with the Central Plains." ”

Wanyan Zongwang didn't know what the boss meant, bowed his head and said nothing, Wanyan also said: "After the tart lazy captured Luoyang, he sent the general Ali to capture Zhengzhou and Yingchang Mansion, and Zonghan also sent the generals Digu and Dihu brothers to capture Yingtianfu, Xuzhou and Bozhou, and only Kaifeng Mansion was left in the Central Plains, you think about it, why can't you take Kaifeng Mansion?" ”

Wanyan Zongwang said in a low voice: "It's not that you can't take Kaifeng, but you can't take Bianliang." ”

"Alright! Even if it's Bianliang, then where do you say the reason? ”

"On the one hand, the defense of the city is too strong, and on the other hand, Zong Ze constantly sends troops to harass the back road of the lowly position, so that the lowly position cannot fight wholeheartedly."

"Zong Ze also knows that sending troops to harass the back road and drag you back, so why don't you want to drag Zong Ze's back legs?"

Wanyan Zongwang hesitated and said, "I can't find a chance for my humble position. ”

"Wrong! You had a chance, but you didn't catch it. ”

Wan Yan Xian also took a few steps and turned back and said: "Not every high-ranking official of the Song Dynasty in Bianliang City wants to defend to the end, and it is not only Zong Ze who has the final say, Du Chong is a weak and compromising person, you have to create conditions to make Du Chong feel desperate, and then give him a chance to live, he will take the initiative to give up Bianliang, as for Zong Ze, no matter how strong his will to resist is, he must listen to the arrangements of the imperial court and follow the will of the Son of Heaven." ”

"Humble ...... I see! ”

Wan Yan Xian also looked at him for a long time, and finally shook his head and said: "Forget it, you can't do this well, I'll arrange it, you just have to capture all the surrounding states and counties, and make Bianjing a lonely city." ”

"Obey the order!"

.........

Du Chong has just served as the pacification envoy of Kaifeng Mansion Yin and Hebei Road, and Zhao Gou, the son of heaven, promised him to complete this term of office and make him the governor of the prime minister, and it is with this promise that Du Chong reluctantly agreed to return to Kaifeng Mansion.

But at this time, Du Chong was very remorseful for his decision, the gentleman did not stand on the dangerous wall, but he put himself in danger, and one bad news after another came, making him deeply feel the strength of the Jin soldiers and the weakness of the Song army, and the inability to control his own fate.

Du Chong also thought about escaping from Bianliang, but the existence of Jin soldiers in all directions made him dare not risk leaving Bianliang.

On this afternoon, Du Chong was drinking alone in the house, and the shouts of the people training and running kept coming from outside, which made Du Chong extremely annoyed, Zong Ze did not listen to his advice, and forcibly implemented the military and civilian orders in Bianliang, down to the fourteen-year-old boy, up to the sixty-year-old man, all of whom had to be incorporated into the army for training, which was a gesture of co-existence between the military and the people of the whole city and Bianjing.

At this time, there was an old housekeeper outside the door to report, "Master, there are guests looking for them outside, saying that they are the old man of the master." ”

"The deceased?" Du Chong frowned, "What's your name?" ”

"He said his name was Chen Ran."

Du Chong was shocked, wasn't Chen Ran the general judge of Hejian Mansion? Or is he a henchman who was single-handedly promoted when he was the Hebei transit envoy, why did he come?

Du Chong was puzzled, but he still hurriedly said, "Please ask him to come and see me!" ”

After a while, a scribe in his thirties walked in quickly, smiled and hugged his fists, and said, "Ming Gong is okay with not coming?" ”

Du Chong looked the other party up and down, and saw that he had a good complexion, he was also fat and strong, and he did not have the yellow muscles of the displaced officials at all, so Du Chong asked in surprise: "Wenqing, where have you been in the past two years?" ”

Chen Ran smiled slightly: "Of course it's in Hejian Mansion, I'm now the Hejian Prefect of the Jin Kingdom." ”

Du Chong stood up and asked sharply, "Then why are you in Bianliang?" ”

"Brother, don't be impatient, please sit down and listen to me say slowly, I am actually here to help my brother."

Du Chong sat down slowly, snorted and said, "Say it!" How can you help me? ”

"I only ask my brother one sentence, does Brother Du want to be in Lin'an?"

Du Chong was slightly stunned, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Now that my life is almost unsaved, where are I thinking about anything else?" ”

"Isn't it simple for my brother to want to return to Lin'an? With one word, my brother will be able to return to Lin'an smoothly, and no one will dare to intercept my brother. ”

As soon as Chen Ran finished speaking, footsteps suddenly came from outside, and the old housekeeper said urgently: "Master, Zhang Hu led people to the door, saying that there are spies in the master's mansion and they want to come in and search!" ”

Chen Ran's face suddenly changed greatly, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Please brother save me!" ”

"Don't be afraid, I'm Kaifeng Mansion Yin, the head of the imperial court, and a small commander dares to come and search my mansion?"

Du Chong asked the old housekeeper to take Chen Ran to hide in the inner house's maid's room, so he walked out in a hurry.

Zhang Hu, who was waiting with the army outside the palace gate, was Li Yanqing's confidant, because Zong Ze lacked a capable intelligence leader, he asked Li Yanqing for help, and Li Yanqing introduced Zhang Hu to him, and was appointed by Zong Ze as the commander of the intelligence battalion, leading a thousand people to search for spies in the city.

Zhang Hu lived up to Zong Ze's expectations, and eliminated the intelligence dens of seven Jin soldiers in a row, and basically eliminated the Jin soldiers in the city, which was highly praised by Zong Ze.

Zhang Hu knew that Du Chong was unreliable, so he sent someone to secretly monitor Du Chong's mansion, just now, Zhang Hu got a quick report, and a suspicious person came to Du Chong's mansion.

At this time, Du Chong slowly walked out and asked coldly, "What's the matter with General Zhang?" ”

"Someone just reported that an unknown person had infiltrated Fu Yin's house, and he was worried about Fu Yin's safety, so he came to check."

"If General Zhang is really worried about my safety, I thank you, but if General Zhang has other intentions, hum! I will definitely ask Zong Ze to give me an explanation. ”

Zhang Hu smiled faintly, "So, there are indeed guests in Fu Yin's mansion?" ”

"I don't have any guests, but I don't want others to disturb me, so let's go!"

Zhang Hu couldn't forcibly search Du Chong's mansion, and he couldn't be sure if the person who went in was a spy or just wanted to evade the military and civilian orders, after all, Du Chong was a high-ranking official in the imperial court, and offending him would affect Zong Shuai.

Zhang Hu hugged his fists and saluted, "Disturbed!" ”

He turned around and left with someone, Du Chong snorted and asked the old housekeeper to close the door, Zhang Hu walked not far and whispered to his subordinates: "Give me a good watch on Du Chong's mansion, if anyone comes out, arrest immediately!" ”