Even Fan Zhixu and Zhao Jinluo will not come forward to pack tickets for Zhai Xing, after all, the facts are in front of him, if Zhai Xing is really willing to fight to the death, Luoyang still has a year's grain and grass, and there is no need to be so anxious in recent months; Yang Zhi has begun to mobilize troops from Jingyuan Road and other places, and it will not take more than a month at most to send troops, and King Kang still wants Ma Shen to urge him, no one dares to guarantee it. Even if you think about it deeply, even if King Kang has any careful thoughts, you can't say.

Several people discussed in the end, and according to Fan Zhixu's statement, they sent an official document to Hangzhou, but Yang Zhi believed that everyone would write to the big man behind them, just like contacting Zhao Kai himself. Yang Zhi didn't have the heart to understand those insiders, it was Zhao Kai's side, and he also asked Cao Qianli to urge the news; Zhao Kai replied directly to the two of them, you can do everything yourself, Yang Zhi and Cao Qianli can't cry or laugh, at this time, when they are the shopkeepers, don't they just don't want to take the blame?

However, the news from Hangzhou was very fast this time, and on the eighth day, Yang Zhi received a holy decree from Song Huizong, agreed to Fan Zhixu's plan, and ordered Yang Zhi to be the commander of the Western Road Capital, and to lead the armies of Shaanxi, Henan, and Huaixi to reinforce Luoyang, and have the power to make decisions on the spot; Song Huizong's meaning was very simple, Henan was like this, and Zhai Xing's affairs were handled according to the actual situation, as long as Luoyang was in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, the rest of the things were not important.

Yang Zhi directly appointed Hu Tanglao as the deputy envoy of Henan Province, and took the first step to take over the 20,000 troops of Yingchang Mansion, raise grain and grass to join Liu Zhengyan's 30,000 army, and sent a fast horse to inform Zhai Xing that he would immediately freeze and defend the city, and be sure to hold out until the beginning of spring next year. Yang Zhi also replaced Xu Wen and Yang Zhongwu's army with Li Yanqi's army to garrison the first line in Hezhong, and 50,000 people from Xu Wen, Yang Zhongwu, and Liang Xing were transferred to the first line of Tongguan.

Fortunately, Yang Zhi had already sent someone to inform Li Heng in advance that once the withdrawal army led 2,000 cavalry to rush back to Puzhou to take over the defense of Puzhou, the rest of the infantry army would stay behind; Li Heng sent fast horses to return, and it was estimated that it would be in place in two or three days, and after Yang Yizhong's army arrived in Chang'an, it would not immediately enter the battle of the Eastern Expedition, even if the Jin army attacked Hezhong again, Yang Zhi believed that Yang Yizhong would be able to withstand it.

It's just that the battle situation in Henan changed too quickly, Zhai Xing suddenly abandoned the city and went south before the siege of the Jin army in Luoyang, and retreated to the ancient city of Yiyang; and the Song general Guan Shigu of Bianliang joined the Jin army at night, but Guan Shigu was still a gentleman, he defected to the Jin army for personal reasons, did not sell his army, nor did he trade with the city pass of Bianliang, and went alone, which had no impact on the overall defense of Bianliang.

However, the morale of the Song army was stagnant, and Yang Zhi immediately dismissed Zhai Xing from the post of Henan pacification envoy, and excluded Zhai Xing's army from his battle sequence; ordered Liu Zhengyan's army to divert to Tangzhou and Ruzhou, and gather Xiang Mi, Wang Jian, Wang Ying and other troops. Yang Zhi himself commanded 60,000 Dingbei troops to immediately leave Tongguan and march from Shaanzhou and Huazhou to Xin'anyi; Jin General Jin mobilized 90,000 signing troops and Jin troops to establish 35 villages in three directions west of Luoyang in an attempt to fight a decisive battle with the Dingbei army.

The camp of Dong Xian, the pioneer of the signing army, is thirty miles southeast of Xin'anyi, and the camp of Gao Qiong, which is controlled by the Qi army, is only five miles away, and the Dingbei army is now sweeping the Jin army and the signing army that went to the counties around Luoyang to rob, although Wang Shan garrisoned the army in Xin'an, but there was no immediate action of the war. Dong Xian and Gao Qiong basically drank and waited in the camp every day, asking them to send troops to attack the Dingbei Army, but the two of them were absolutely unwilling.

It's just that today in Gao Qiong's big tent, he replaced Gao Qiong, sitting in the middle of the big wooden table where Gao Qiong usually sits, facing Gao Qiong and Dong Xian sitting on the left and right, silently drinking mare's milk wine, watching the movement outside the tent, and listening to the information sent back by the front-line scouts. The barracks were full of fierce battles, there were many sentry posts, and a team of patrol cavalry was galloping in the direction of the camp gate, and when they heard that the losses in the counties in the past few days were as high as 2,000 people, they were also taken aback.

Folding the ups and downs of thoughts in Xiao Jin's heart, he knew that he had reached the most critical moment, this time his opponent Yang Zhi was almost the sworn enemy of the Jin Kingdom, except for Wanyan Zongwang and Jin Wushu, every famous general of the Jin Kingdom was defeated in his hands; defeating Yang Zhi could almost be said to affect the future fate of the Jin Kingdom, so he had to think quietly. His own strength surpassed Yang Zhi's, and there was still enough grain and grass in Luoyang City, so he still felt that he had neglected something.

Gao Qiong's voice came into his ears and said: "According to the report of the spies, Xin'anyi did not strengthen the fortifications, it seems that Wang Shan only sent two hundred horsemen to station, indicating that it is still under the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is only afraid that there will be fraud." ”

He said lightly: "Xin'an Yi is not a suitable place for defense, although it is the transformation of the ancient county town, but the city wall is not tall, a lonely city, if we keep attacking day and night, how long can it hold on? Yang Zhi is cunning with his troops, he will not fight with us in this place, the biggest possibility is to cover the attack of the Dingbei army." ”

Attack, Gao Qiong was speechless, he and Zhi Yi Jin have known each other for many years, and understand that the character of Zhi Yi Jin will hardly change once a certain idea is formed, but Zhi Ji Jin has outstanding ability, even if Wan Yan Zongwang was under house arrest for a year, Zhi Ji Jin still led Wan Yan Zongwang's army to fight everywhere, and did not let others eat this team, so after Wan Yan Zongwang came back, Zhi Ji Jin became Wan Yan Zongwang's most trusted general.

Zhen Hejin put down the wine bowl and asked in a deep voice, "Where is Yang Zhi's main force?"

Gao Qiong replied: "The infantry army led by Yang Zhi is almost to Xin'anyi, and the cavalry is on our southwest flank, and the distance between the two is less than fifty miles. ”

Zhen Jin pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Fifty miles of road is not too far for cavalry, Yang Zhi still wants to strike later, Marshal Zongwang hopes that we will first wear down the morale of the other party, and then look for an opportunity to fight a decisive battle." You have to inspect the battalions to make sure that there are still camps in the camps, so that the thunderbolts of the Dingbei Army do not work. As long as Yang Zhi's firearms are consumed on these thirty-five camps, our army can hold Luoyang. ”

Gao Qiong and Dong Xian only then understood the true purpose of the Confession of the Emperor, who had learned the lesson of the three fiascos of the Emperor and the Lazy Emperor of the Emperor in the firearms, and wanted to make use of his strengths and avoid his weaknesses; no matter how many battles Yang Zhi won, as long as Luoyang was not lost, it was the Confession of the Emperor's victory. Gao Qiong smiled and said, "The Lord of the Prison Army is resourceful, and this time he will definitely be able to annihilate the enemy under the city." ”

Dong Xian followed with a few flattering words, full of wine and food, and left, Dong Xian returned to his camp before revealing a sullen look, and a cronie ran in and said with a smile: "The Youzhou merchant named Zheng Luye is here again and brings a pair of scabies to the general." ”