"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, Lord Ma, how do you say this battle will be fought? King Yun has no command in Henan, our orders do not work, only you are the Qincha of the imperial court, and you know the details best. ”

Ma Shen was dumbfounded, after all, he had also been a governor in the Dingbei Army, and naturally knew that if he asked Yang Zhi to raise grain and grass in Shaanxi, he would not be able to raise it in a month, and the so-called sending troops would be an empty talk;

Hu Tanglao shook his head and said, "Yang Shuai, this number is too big, besides, fifty or sixty thousand people are enough." ”

The combat effectiveness of Yang Zhi's army is there, and Hu Tanglao doesn't want Yang Zhi to become a slippery head in the officialdom; Fan Zhixu couldn't help but sigh, if he said these words himself, maybe Yang Zhi laughed at them, but Hu Tanglao said that he was looking for unhappiness, Zhao Kai had deprived Yang Zhi of many resources over the years, and Hu Tanglao was also a person who contributed a lot. Yang Zhi sneered and said, "I think that unless Zhai Xing deliberately gave up Luoyang, otherwise Luoyang would not have been lost." ”

Hu Tang Lao was choked lightly, and said angrily: "Yang Shuai, don't talk about it." ”

Yang Zhi said calmly: "I have informed Zhai Xing that the frozen city is the same as Shuozhou, Zhai Xing has always disagreed, and King Kang has not heard back because of this, isn't Zhai Xing's purpose to abandon Luoyang, or to attract us to reinforcements, and then be surrounded by the Jin army? I don't want to be like Qian Gai, where reinforcements fail in the end, but let the Jin army enter the pass, and if tens of thousands of people can relieve the siege of Luoyang, King Kang will not have no army in his hands, so he can send troops directly. ”

This matter has been bullslung for more than a month, from the time when the Yellow River was still flowing in a roar, until now the Yellow River is frozen, Zhai Xing did not have this action in Luoyang, from the experience of Xingzhou and Shuozhou, Zhai Xing as long as he does this, he will definitely be able to drag on until next spring. Although the Jin army has not yet captured Luoyang, Yang Zhi suspects that there is something greasy in it, even if he knows that Yang Zhiqiang is reasonable, Hu Tanglao has no choice.

Fan Zhixu leaned in the direction of the brazier and said, "Yang Zhi, what do you say?"

Yang Zhi pointed at Ma Shen and Hu Tang Lao and said: "I said, do they listen to me? In this way, let's report the situation to the court truthfully, and wait for the decision of the Privy Council and King Yun, anyway, it will take time for me to mobilize the army, and the letters will not delay the matter." ”

Hu Tanglao stood up and said, "Yang Shuai, saving soldiers is like fighting fire." ”

Yang Zhi looked at Hu Tang Lao and said: "Master Hu, do you still have contact with Zhang Xiaochun? Are you so worried that our army will not go to Luoyang? Ma Shen doesn't know, don't you know that now the Dingbei Army is exhausted and has run out of supplies, and it is simply unable to come to the east. In fact, I think that if the Great Song Dynasty did not have courtiers like you and Ma Shen, it would be the great fortune of the country. ”

Yang Zhi's words were no longer merciful, Hu Tang Lao only felt a mouthful of blood surging to his mouth, Ma Shen slapped the table and said, "Yang Shuai, there are millions of people on Gyeonggi Road?"

Yang Zhi stood up and looked at Ma Shen with contempt: "The battle situation on Gyeonggi Road was not caused by us, there are also millions of Li people in Guanzhong and Hedong, Lord Ma, if you really wanted to think about the people, you would not have negotiated peace with the Jin people, and you would not have jumped up and down today." Henan is still in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, not to mention that there is no war, there is no food and grass, what are those officials doing, like you, how can you confuse black and white and ignore the crying of the people?"

Zhao Jinluo opened his mouth wide in surprise, he had seen the dispute between the important ministers, but it was not as direct as today, Yang Zhi said this, in fact, he was planning to directly open fire on the horse; but Yang Zhi's words were rough, but it was irrefutable, Fan Zhixu motioned to the three of them to sit down, gasped and said: "Ma Shen, you let Zhai Xing freeze the city, and then raise 200,000 people for ten days to half a month of food and grass, and I will write to the court for military salaries and materials, and ask the Privy Council to solve it; Yingchang Mansion sent 20,000 troops, which were unified under the command of Yang Zhi. ”

Ma Shen hesitated for a long time: "Lord Fan, there is no grain and grass in Henan, although there is a bumper harvest this year, but a large amount of grain and grass has been transported into Bianliang and Luoyang; ”

Cao Qianli, who had not spoken, asked with a dark face: "Master Ma, you didn't say that in front of King Yun, King Yun's official document to Yang Zhi also explained that you promised Henan to provide food, and when it was time to send troops, you said that there was no food and grass, and I now believe Yang Zhi a little." You said that because of the matter in Suizhou, you are calculating King Yun?"

Ma Shen's face was flushed, and his breathing became short, in fact, part of the reason why he was running around this time was to wash away the tragedy of the last time he came to deliver the decree; Fan Zhixu patted Ma Shen on the shoulder and looked at Wang Boyan who was sitting in the corner: "Lord Wang, is what Master Ma said the truth?"

Wang Boyan smiled and said: "Old Fan, I really don't know, I am in Runzhou in the summer, and I have arrived in Chang'an in the autumn;

"A year. Ma Shen spit out these two words with difficulty, he had already realized that this would make Zhai Xing's intentions even more suspicious, and Lu Tianshan muttered: "When Zhai Xing breaks through, he shouldn't be able to take away grain and grass, and he doesn't have enough combat strength to break through, and he can't even avoid the pursuit of the Jin cavalry." Whether he believes that someone will definitely save him, or does he believe that he can make a deal with the Jin people, so he doesn't want to stick to the lonely city, a year's grain and half a year's grain are indeed too different in the bargaining chips of the negotiation, and this matter must be clarified. ”

Lu Tianshan's words are a curse, if there is really such a deal, when the reinforcements arrive, it will be the moment when Zhai Xing abandons the city, and no one dares to gamble.