In the eyes of Zhao Gou and others, what Li Gang said sounded good, but in fact, it was clear that Zhao Gou wanted Zhao Gou to return to Hangzhou, so both Zhao Gou and Zhai Xing directly rejected this suggestion and told the court that although they were currently in difficulty, they could still cope with it. This greatly annoyed Li Hui in Hangzhou, and as soon as this remark came out, the momentum created by the original creation immediately disappeared, and in the end it must have been reinforced by Qian Gai's 3,000 men.

Li Gang in Huaixi was no longer verbose, and according to Li Gang's experience, Zhao Gou's attitude would only make things worse; Li Gang told the Huaixi prefectures to seize the time to prepare for war and prepare for the fortified walls to clear the wilderness, so that the Jin army would lose the advantage of cavalry. Li Gang and Liu Zhengyan both knew that before Bianliang fell, only a part of the cavalry of the Jin army would use their speed to kill Huaixi, as long as they didn't give a chance to take advantage of it, they could make the other party have no gain.

Regarding the situation on the Chang'an side, Li Gang also saw it very clearly, Yang Zhi was not without any ability, there were still tens of thousands of troops in the Tuntian camp in Shaanxi, although the combat effectiveness was a little weaker, but it was stronger than the people in the hands of Zhai Xing and Wang Yan, even if he was unable to solve the siege of Bianliang, it was absolutely no problem to open up the road from Huaixi to Chang'an with his own flank. However, without Zhao Kai's order, Yang Zhi would never have transferred all the troops from Shaanxi; just relying on the men and horses on the current Yongxing Military Road, Yang Zhi would have almost no possibility of dispatching.

Li Gang sent a letter to Song Huizong, explaining the current situation in Huaixi and why he refused to reinforce Bianliang, Li Gang suggested that Song Huizong still contact Zhao Kai in accordance with the procedure, and only if Zhao Kai made up his mind, Yang Zhi could take action. This was very much in line with Song Huizong's mentality, he was well aware of the current predicament of the Dingbei Army, but Yang Zhi's symbolic dispatch of troops could reduce his pressure and let those imperial scholars nag in his ears, and Song Huizong took the trouble to instruct the Privy Council and the Zhongshu Province to send Zhao Kai an official document every three days.

The war on the Xingzhou side has basically come to an end with the freezing of the city by Brother Richard, Quduan lived up to expectations, broke through all the castles in the south and west of Xingzhou, followed the example of Brother Richard, directly watered the sand and stone to build a village, connected the original castle, and established a long wall in the east, south and west of Xingzhou, so that the Western Xia army had no possibility of attacking.

Xia Renzong was originally most worried that the Dingbei army would not die, the army of Western Xia had disappeared, and after Cao Zimu led the Dingyan army to the west, the Western Xia army in Xingzhou suffered huge losses in the war, and how to arrange 30,000 people to defend the city was a bit difficult in terms of numbers. Now it's okay, seeing that the Dingbei Army wants to defend like himself, Xia Renzong Li Renxiao ordered Zhao Kai to really have no heart to attack Xingzhou. But standing on the city wall, looking at the snowy patch in the south, Brother Richard lost a smile on his face, and Li Renxiao was very strange: "Uncle Huang, isn't it a good thing to take a break?"

Jackdaws cried, vultures fluttered in flocks in the gloomy sky, trying to find a little food to satisfy their stomachs in the ice and snow; Brother Richard smiled bitterly: "It is a good thing from Xingzhou, but from the perspective of the whole situation of the struggle for power, now is the time to break the silence, in two or three months, the Dingbei army can put its materials and energy in the clouds; in case the golden vulture is repulsed, the beginning of spring next year will be the time when the city of Xingzhou will fall, the emperor, we must make plans early." ”

What is the plan, naturally it is the plan to break through and escape when the time comes, Li Renxiao is a little unconvinced: "They can defeat the Golden Vulture in two or three months?"

"Nothing is impossible. Brother Richard said with a gloomy face: "Yue Fei's ability is no less than Yang Zhi, as long as the troops are sufficient, it is not a difficult thing to defeat the Golden Vulture Technique, and the hope now can only be when Wanyan Zongwang defeats Bianliang, or there is turmoil within the Dingbei Army." ”

Zhao Kai also looked at Xingzhou on the other side, no matter what, Qu Duan took the periphery of Xingzhou, in fact, it was announced that Xingzhou was already in the bag; inside the ice wall, Qu Duan did not let the soldiers sleep a lot, but in strengthening the walled fort, Qu Duan's idea is very clear, and when the spring flowers bloom next year, the ice wall outside will fall, and the walled fort behind the ice wall has been trained into a piece, and the Western Xia army has a famous man like Richard Brother, and it is impossible to impact his own hard disk again, so that the Western Xia army in Xingzhou can only be trapped in the lonely city.

Li Jinyi walked quickly to Zhao Kai's side and said helplessly: "Hangzhou is urging troops again?"

Zhao Kai smiled inadvertently: "This is to play pathos for me again, how many copies?"

"The fifth. Li Jinyi was also embarrassed, Zhao Kai thought for a while and said: "Zhang Shuai's 20,000 reinforcements should arrive in Huozhou, let people inform Yang Zhi, and put on a posture to reinforce Luoyang, as for how to fight, he will do it himself." ”

Zhao Kai still has a responsibility in this regard, carried it for more than ten days, and has not made it difficult for the people below, but Xingzhou is temporarily calm, Zhao Kai is also ready to go back to Hedong to see, under the urging of Hangzhou again and again, he had to throw the pot to Yang Zhi, and asked Yang Zhi to decide how to reinforce Luoyang. Yang Zhi knew what Zhao Kai meant, so he naturally didn't rush to dispatch, but with an order, he could mobilize troops and grain, grass and equipment.

Yang Zhi ordered to leave Liu Qi, Wang Bian, and Zhu Wu to stay in Shaanxi, and let Yang Yizhong lead the army to Qinzhou, and take the Qijing original road and Qinfeng road army to aid Tongguan. Wang Shan's cavalry was the first to be dispatched, but was limited by Yang Zhi to within fifty miles east of Tongguan, mainly to meet the refugees and rout troops who had fled to Guanzhong. Yang Zhi knew well the virtues of those western armies, as long as they got rid of the rout, they would be robbers, and many incidents would arise if no one was to suppress them; Yang Zhi did not allow turmoil to be brought into the pass.

The only force that Yang Zhi allowed to move freely was Wang Yan's eight-character army, Yang Zhi hoped that the eight-character army would harass the rear of the Jin army, in case the Bailu Mountain Wanyan tart lazy army was dispatched, he would attack Bailu Mountain and cut off the back road of Yan Yan's lazy army; after everything was arranged, Yang Zhi only took Wang Gang's 1,000 horses to Puzhou, and at a place forty miles away from Puzhou, after a short rest, Yang Zhi took Ao De and a few people into a small village on the side of the road to check.

After walking around, he pushed open the bamboo fence gate and entered a courtyard next to the path, with flags selling wine floating on the yard, and when he saw Yang Zhi and others, the guy who was still squinting suddenly bulleted, stood up straight and asked with a smile: "Yang Shuai, why are you here?"

"It's a good day, first burn a pot of wine, and I'll go to the cold. Yang Zhi motioned for Ao De and the others to sit down, and the guy brought a few side dishes first, and then scalded the wine and said: "There is roasted mutton in it, you can eat it as soon as it is hot, Yang Shuai, are you going to move?"

"Heavy snowfall. Yang Zhi's voice was a little sad: "I'll send you." ”

At first, Ao De and the others only thought that the guy was an acquaintance of Yang Zhi, but now they have completely understood that this is one arranged by Yang Zhi

It's a chess piece, and now it's really going to be used.