"Okay, you're here?"

Zhao Huan retracted his thoughts, smiled, strode in front of Zhao Ding, first helped him up with his own hands, and then let Qu Duan and the others get up, and said with a smile: "I was wrong, I originally wanted to come here to see you, but I never thought that you would definitely go to meet me." ”

Zhao Ding stood up first and replied first: "Your Majesty has traveled here, and it is natural for the courtiers to welcome him personally. ”

Qu Duan and the others also smiled: "Your Majesty has worked hard all the way, and the ministers should be like this." ”

Zhao Huan smiled, stopped wearing his helmet, handed it to the guards beside him, and asked Zhao Ding, "How is it these days?" ”

Tongguan military newspapers are all in the form of privy black cards, and when the war is tight, they are reported several times a day, Zhao Huan sometimes receives military reports late at night, and he has to get up in a hurry, and he dares to sleep again after reading it. At this time, the war had stopped, and the enemy gradually retreated, no longer nervous, so he was close to Tongguan in the past few days, but Zhao Huan did not read the military newspaper, because he did not know much about the development of the past few days.

"Most of the main forces of the Jin soldiers retreated to Luoyang, yesterday there was a report from the pedestrian division, Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongjun, two marshals and a deputy marshal have arrived in Tokyo, and most of the rest of the 10,000 households are also in Tokyo, and there are a few Jurchen and Khitan 10,000 households stationed in Luoyang, preventing us from attacking. More than 10,000 people from the Han army, Han Chang and Wang Bolong, were stationed in Yuzhou, and they made meritorious contributions. ”

Zhao Huan frowned and said: "Yuzhou is less than two hundred miles away from Tongguan, and this is the place where the valley road is out, and the remnants of the Han army are stationed here, don't you let go of the door and let us drive straight in." ”

Before Zhao Ding could answer, Wu Lan stepped forward first and said, "The same is true of the minister's will." Yuzhou is located in the key area, but it has always been the internal state capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and the city defense is not very good. ”

Zhao Ding and Qu Duan glanced at each other, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

In fact, the Jin army fought and retreated, but the rear of the palace was all fish belly troops, some were disabled during the attack on Tongguan, and some fled back from Hedong, but they did not refuse to use the elite main Jurchen Wanhu for the queen of the palace, the situation is really weird.

In the past few days, the main force of the Jin army has shrunk more and more rapidly, and most of them have broken away from contact with the Song army, leaving only a small number of Khitan and Han armies to break off, isolated between the main forces of the Jin army and the Song army. If it was really a fierce fight, the remnants who fled back from Hedong would naturally not be an opponent, but it is unknown what the situation will be after the fight.

Zhao Ding is a literati envoy, Qu Duan is a famous general in the history books, the only general who has the ability to control the large corps in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the characteristics of the two are cautious in the use of soldiers, if the enemy fights a few battles, the two are not afraid, the more strange the situation, but they are afraid of the tail, do not dare to chase and fight.

When Zhao Huan saw the two of them like this, he thought of the military report a few days ago, and he already knew it in his heart.

When he left Chang'an, the Jin army had only just begun to retreat, and when they reached the vicinity of Tongguan, the Jin soldiers had already picked up their speed. When he went to Guancheng at this time, he knew that the shadow of the enemy had disappeared, and the Song army was also cautious, he took a look at it, and the main force of the whole army was obviously still stationed near Tongguan, and did not chase it out together.

Although he felt that Zhao Ding was too cautious, he couldn't help but ask again: "When the enemy retreats, has our army not moved?" ”

Zhao Ding knew that the emperor was dissatisfied, his face turned red, and he saw that Zhao Jun was on the left side. He was even more uneasy in his heart, and immediately replied: "The minister saw the strangeness of the Jin soldiers' retreat, so he didn't dare to keep up with the whole division, so he only sent Liu Weifu to lead more than 1,000 cavalry, follow the sentry and report the enemy situation at any time." ”

There are nearly 180,000 people in the five armies of the Song army near Tongguan, among which there were more than 10,000 cavalry of Wu Lan's original guard Ma Junsi, plus after the Chang'an War, a large number of well-trained Jin army war horses were captured. Zhao Huan will add most of the money to the front line of Tongguan, the military system of the Song army, has always been a lot of cavalry in the infantry, cavalry training in peacetime, after having horses, they can be turned into cavalry, and so on Chang'an's excellent war horses are delivered, if the cavalry in the Tongguan area is integrated and merged, there are more than 20,000 heads.

It is really incredible to have such a superior force to tie up your hands and feet.

However, Zhao Ding Wenchen, the decisiveness is not good, and Qu Duan is famous for his caution, in the time when the Jin army of Wanyan Lou Room was closed to Shaanxi, Qu Duan had many superior forces, but he sat back and ignored the friendly army, so that he was unwilling to rush to send troops when he was infamy.

Zhao Huan didn't say much, but asked Qu Duan: "How long will it take for me to mobilize cavalry now?" ”

Qu Duan's expression was stunned, and he saw Zhao Huan staring at him, he now knew that the emperor's wrist was powerful, and his original unruliness had long been gone, so he immediately replied: "At most, half an hour later, you can prepare to stop." ”

"Okay, Qing will immediately mobilize the military horses."

Qu Duan bowed and hurriedly turned away. Zhao Huan looked at the generals in front of him, except for the old Guan Shigu, most of the rest of the generals were in their early thirties, or even less than thirty, it was when they were in the prime of life and strong blood, and when they heard that the emperor was going to mobilize cavalry to chase and kill, how could there be any reason to be unhappy, as soon as they saw Zhao Huan's eyes swept over, they were eager to try one by one, waiting for the emperor to give an order.

Zhao Huan ignored it first, and only smiled at Zhao Ding again: "The prince is presiding over military affairs in Tongguan this time, and the rules and regulations are not chaotic, so that the enemy has no chance to take advantage of it, and I am very comforted." It's not that I'm not worried about the public, but that I intend to take this opportunity to see if I can recover Gyeonggi and tell the hearts of all the people in the world. So far today, I know that the opportunity is on the side, how can I let it go lightly. ”

He called Zhao Ding a duke, which is to show that this Tongguan great achievement, Zhao Ding has been able to seal the meaning of the country, first to comfort his heart with a heavy reward, lest he seize this person's military power in front of the battle, so that the privy from this clan is dissatisfied.

Zhao Ding knew what the emperor meant, and his heart was moved, but he still frowned and said: "The generals are asking for war, but the ministers and Qu Duan are not allowed, that is, they are afraid of being ambushed by the enemy, and if they look back carelessly, they will give up their previous achievements. ”

Zhang Jun glanced at Zhao Ding obliquely, only felt that this person's heart was indeed stronger than his own, and the original battle of spirit was indeed boring, so he immediately stood forward and said to Zhao Huan: "What Zhao Ding said is very reasonable, the victory has been achieved today, and it is inevitable to capture Taiyuan in the coming spring. ”

Zhao Huan first shook his head, then laughed, pressed the sword with his left hand, and nodded with his right hand Zhao and Zhang Erren:

"You only show weakness to the golden people, and it is dangerous to pursue them. In fact, this method of retreating from the army means that they are weak-minded. Do you think, Jin Bing knew that Tongguan was insurmountable, but he gathered troops here, how much grain and rice were wasted? After a few months of attacking, how depressed is the morale of the army? Moreover, tens of thousands of elite Jin soldiers, fled back from the defeat in Hedong, and most of them were trapped in Taiyuan City, only Han Chang with the remnants of the Han army was not allowed to be Jurchen Wanhu, and fled to the front of Zongbi tent by himself, the Jurchen soldiers could fight only 100,000, and the number of the eastern and western armies in the second year of Jingkang was still less than this number. In this mobilization of the army, there are not many veterans in front of the Tongguan formation, only 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the rest of the Khitan Han army will definitely have no combat power. Only in this way, the marshals of the Jin people with the elite by their side, retreated in a hurry to save their strength, and waited for the spring to go to the aid of Hedong, if they did not hit with a thunderbolt, they really hurt their vitality, and there must be a bloody battle on the battlefield of Hedong in the spring. ”

Zhao Huan's words, firstly, did have his own opinions, but secondly, most of them were when Yu Yunwen was summoned in the palace to analyze the general situation of the world, and the two of them analyzed the enemy situation according to the many military reports.

He said in a confident tone that could not be questioned, but out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Yu Yunwen who was not far away, and saw that he looked as usual, smiling, and then turned his head again.

Seeing that Zhao Ding, Zhang Jun and the others had a contemplative look on their faces, Zhao Huan said categorically: "I took the cavalry first, rushed to Yuzhou to break Han Chang, Wang Polong, Qing and Qu Duan, and ordered Zhang Xian's Fengsheng army to merge together, and followed them to find an opportunity to fight with the enemy. ”

"This?"

Not only Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun were dwarfed, but the rest of the privy councillors, even Wu Jue and others, also showed surprise.

Zhao Huan was proud in his heart, he went out of Beijing this time, firstly, to see civil affairs, and secondly, to suddenly come to the front of the army and lead the troops to recruit in person. In this way, although the privy councillors are in front of them, and the enemy situation is like this, they can't be dissuaded, and the prime minister is thousands of miles away, and there is no way.

Now is the time of war, and he does not want to be a literati son who cannot control the army without the power to control it, but wants to carry a bow and a sword to crisscross the battlefield.

And today's act is also to see the low morale of the Jin army, and the war horses are also thin and weak after winter, although they are still fighting with the enemy in the Central Plains, but they only have no defeat, with nearly 200,000 elites of the Western Army, even if the emperor fights, he will not suffer a great loss from the Jin, not to mention such a good opportunity? Moreover, he and Yu Yunwen discussed the war situation, and also knew that today, when the Song Shoujin offensive turned to the Song and Jin confrontation, and the Song people fought against the Jin State that had just changed from a nomadic to a state system, it was to seize every opportunity and use every war to consume the enemy's strength.

In this way, how can this good opportunity be let go lightly!

Seeing that everyone still wanted to dissuade them, Zhao Huan said categorically: "There is no need to persuade again, the military situation is urgent today, I will not only personally lead the soldiers and horses at this time, but also fight the Yellow Dragon with all the monarchs in the future!" ”

The Son of Heaven is so brave and resolute, even the famous sentence of Yue Fei "smashing the Yellow Dragon" was borrowed by Zhao Huan in advance, the ministers and generals were all excited, and there was no word to dissuade them, so they immediately decided to come down, and Wu Lan and Guan Shigu, Guo Hao and others led the cavalry, and Zhao Huan set off first, while Zhang Jun, Zhao Ding and others, together with the generals of Quduan Wu Jue, led the main force of the infantry to the rear and supported the front at any time.

Zhao Huan was discussed by everyone, and he only silently looked at the Song army formation not far away, the red sun was slanting westward, and the army of more than 100,000 people was like ants, just under his feet, let his decision act, and when he thought about it, he was really arrogant.

At this time, I saw dozens of pigeons of different colors flying up not far from the city, fluttering their wings and flying to the military palaces in various places, and soon after the pigeons flew away, the Song army in each battalion began to stir, a group of soldiers rushed out of the camp tent, the big drum at the camp gate sounded, everyone wore armor and held a blade, pulled the war horse, packed clothes and food, and began to assemble at the camp gate.