However, Zhao Kai still felt that he had lost face, and after discussing with the people around him, he decided to re-establish the Five Protectors, this time the scope of the Five Protectors was larger than the original, Zhao Kai appointed Zhang Suo, Qu Duan, Chongbin, Zhang Shen, and Sun Ang as the commanders of the five armies, and hoped that they would be mainly elite soldiers, with each army composed of 40,000 people, including 10,000 cavalry, and equipped with various firearms and divine arm bows.

This arrangement is a good thing for Zhang Suo, Zhang Shen, and Qu Duan, and the combined strength of their descendants is not 40,000, which can be said to be an expansion of the army; but for people like Chong Bin and Sun Ang, who originally had 100,000 troops, it is equivalent to limiting their power and greatly reducing the number of troops they control. Sun Ang couldn't help but ask Li Jinyi: "Lord Li, what does King Yun mean by this?"

Knowing that Sun Ang was Zhao Kai's confidant and favorite general, he reminded in a low voice: "The soldiers are not many but fine, General Sun, it can be seen from the siege of Quduan that the combat effectiveness of the elite soldiers far exceeds the advantage of numbers, and now the two sides are truce, and the armies in Lingzhou, North Lingzhou, and Xingzhou are just reorganized into four armies. ”

Sun Ang immediately said: "Then I'll go to King Yun and give me the cavalry." ”

Li Jin was stunned for a moment, not only did Yang Zhi replenish the cavalry twice in a year, but Chong Bin used all the resources of the Zhuang family; this time, in order to leave the tens of thousands of cavalry of Yue Fei and Chong Yan on the northern front, Zhao Kai even promised Yang Zhi to transfer 10,000 war horses from several tea and horse divisions in Shaanxi to Yang Zhi in batches, so that Yang Zhi could retrain the cavalry. Under normal circumstances, the elite of Chong Yan did not stay in Dingyan Mansion and stationed there, but also handed it over to Zhang Suo or Chong Bin, and Sun Ang's approach was to deliberately make trouble.

It's just that Sun Ang's control is much higher than his own, Li Jin can't control it, he shook his head and ordered the post station to send the official document to Chang'an; Yang Zhi received the official letter, and he understood what Zhao Kai meant, this time the level of the five protectors was raised, that is, to distinguish his own troops, Zhao Kai's plan to check and balance himself was not reduced, but it was just a different way. However, Yang Zhi didn't have many ideas, just waiting for Yang Yizhong's men to arrive in Chang'an.

Yang Zhi's victory in Qinhe stimulated the Henan battlefield, Zhai Xing went all out, and at the same time as the signing army fought fiercely in Yanshi, Li Gang also began to try to advance eastward, but after several battles, Zhai Xing was always subject to the gap in strength, and finally lost the first line of Yanshi and completely retreated to Luoyang. Li Gang learned that Luoyang's counterattack failed, and decisively ordered Liu Zhengyan to withdraw to Huaixi.

Although Wang Yan wanted to create a little miracle, he attacked Weizhou twice, and finally had to withdraw his troops, after all, far away from Taihang Mountain, the defects of the Bazi Army were undoubtedly exposed, as long as the cavalry of the Jin Army arrived, they had to retreat, so as not to be bitten by the opponent. In the end, Wang Yan could only listen to Yang Zhi's advice and gradually retreat to Taihang Mountain to preserve his strength, so as not to become the prey of the Jin army in winter.

Hu Tanglao and Ma Shen arrived in Chang'an at this time, and Cao Qianli, who was originally transferred by Zhao Kai, and Zhao Jinluo, who went to Qinzhou to visit Zhao Yingluo, seemed to have made an appointment, and returned to Chang'an on the same day; Cao Qianli brought Zhao Kai's private message, saying that he had agreed to the court's request and sent troops to reinforce Luoyang when the war in Xingzhou stopped. Yang Zhi read the letter twice and asked Cao Qianli: "Where is King Yun's official document?"

Cao Qianli said helplessly: "In the hands of Hu Tang Lao, you also know that you have continuously defeated the Jin army, which has made the people in Xingzhou very depressed. Ma Shen has already used 800 miles of fast horses to report the good news to Hangzhou. ”

Yang Zhi nodded and asked, "After I leave, will Liang Xun be the envoy of Shaanxi, or you?"

Cao Qianli said angrily: "Is this possible? Even if you don't come back, King Yun won't appoint the two of us." No, you're going to mess around, Yang Zhi, you're a colt now, you can't make any big trouble. ”

"How come, I will arrange for Ma Shen to rescue Luoyang first tomorrow, even if I receive an official letter here, I can't move the defense and preparation materials for ten days and half a month. The relationship between Yang Zhi and Cao Qianli is here, and he doesn't plan to hide his thoughts: "I need someone to collect the army outside Luoyang City, and mobilize the grain and grass needed by the army, but Luoyang is not under my jurisdiction, I need to write to Lingzhou and Hangzhou, before this, even Hu Tang Lao can't go over, only Ma Shen is now the Qincha of Hangzhou, and he can do this." ”

Cao Qianli said that there was no follow-up, Yang Zhi's approach was not wrong, if Yang Zhi took care of everything, I don't know how many people would write to Yang Zhi to say that Yang Zhi exceeded his authority; it seems that Zhao Kai and several people forced Yang Zhi to be ruthless, and now they have begun to embark on the road of prevarication. It's just that in this way, if Zhai Xing still refuses to freeze the city, then he will soon be unable to resist; Cao Qianli instantly understood Zhao Kai and Yang Zhi's thoughts, these two guys actually wanted to wait for Zhai Xing to lose Luoyang before sending troops, no wonder Yang Zhi asked himself who would come to Shaanxi.

The next day, Zhao Jinluo and others went to Yang Zhi's office together, Yang Zhi looked at the official document handed over by Hu Tanglao, smiled and said, "Master Hu, I arrived yesterday, why did you send it today." ”

Hu Tanglao smiled awkwardly and said: "Yang Shuai, this matter involves Hangzhou and Bianliang, so King Yun will confess, and after discussing with Fan Lao and the princess, he will come to negotiate with you." ”

Hu Tang always listened to Liu Tao's suggestion, because after all, it was only Zhao Kai's order, if Yang Zhi refused or replied, this official document would lose its meaning, so for the sake of discussion, in fact, Ma Shen and Zhao Jinluo both sent a number of official documents in one go, indicating that Zhao Kai had decided to send troops, if Yang Zhi objected, it was Yang Zhi's problem alone. It's just that Hu Tang didn't expect Yang Zhi to say anything, and after reading the official document, he said to Ma Shen: "Master Ma, you need to leave immediately and go to Henan to raise 200,000 people for a month's grain and grass." ”

Fan Zhixu could only smile bitterly, he knew that this matter would not be so simple, so he kept persuading Hu Tang Lao and Ma Shen not to play with their minds yesterday;

"My business?" Yang Zhi said very calmly: "I don't know your battle plan in Luoyang, I will go to Lingzhou and Hangzhou and ask the Privy Council to coordinate this matter." You all know the situation in Chang'an, I took over only three or four months, the original grain and grass were transported to Henan, and now tens of thousands of people can still rely on Puzhou to maintain, once the troops are dispatched, it is likely to form a decisive battle with Wanyan Zongwang, plus Chang'an, the army left behind in the river, without 300,000 troops can not fight this battle, I only need you to raise 200,000 people to go to Henan for a month of grain and grass, if you can't even do this, Master Ma, how do you say this battle will be fought?"