After Wanyan Zongfu was ordered to take over Wanyan Yanmu's army, Wanyan Zongfu learned the lesson of Wanyan Yanmu, and did not seek a decisive battle in the field, but took advantage of the mobility of the Jin cavalry, went around for 200 miles, and suddenly appeared behind the Song army; Zhang Jue was not in the army, and Zhang Cheng, who commanded the army, was caught off guard, and on the way to retreat, he was stopped and cut off by Wanyan Zongfu's pursuers, and lost 20,000 troops in the first battle and lost Beirunzhou.

Arrived at the city of Pingzhou, the master of the Shuanglong Society and the two Xi generals who had already infiltrated the city opened the east gate, the Jin soldiers swarmed in, the Song army was immediately defeated, Zhang Jue under the cover of the generals, and Zhao Liangsi fled overnight, leading more than 10,000 remnants of the army to escape to Youzhou. Gao Yongchang, the governor of Qianzhou, immediately surrendered to the Jin state, and Wanyan Zongfu waited for Wanyan Gao's army to come, and on the other hand, he accused the Xuanfu Division of the Northern Song Dynasty for the fact that the Great Song Dynasty had broken the treaty, and asked them for Zhang Jue, the murderer who killed thousands of people.

Li Gang learned that Pingzhou was lost, and immediately knew that the situation was grim, Pingzhou was not a small city with less than 3,000 households like Naturalized Prefecture, Pingzhou was Yanyun's second only to Youzhou and Datong, and Dong'an Mansion was established separately, plus Beirunzhou, Qianzhou and other places, with a population of more than 100,000, once the Jin Kingdom was obtained, it would never be easily returned, and now Wanyan Zongfu was still clamoring for Zhang Jue and Zhao Liangsi's heads, otherwise they would hit Youzhou.

The most important thing is how to return to Pingzhou, and when Li Gang met with Wang Anzhong, Guo Yaoshi and others, Li Gang found himself in the situation of Tong Guan, who seemed to have hundreds of thousands of troops, but few people were willing to fight. Wang Anzhong's meaning is to negotiate, Guo Yaoshi is indifferent, Zhao Liangsi is to shirk responsibility, Zhang Jue's idea is to go to Bianliang to deal with the crime, leave this place of right and wrong, and the people below follow the boss, and there is not a word that works.

A group of people discussed for three days without results, and the scout came back to report that the Jin army had arrived in Pingzhou, with a total strength of 50,000 troops. Everyone here has no change in color, the Jurchen is invincible, and now there are 50,000 troops, that is, the strength of the country is ready for the national war. Li Gang found that he had made a mistake, he did not report to Bianliang and the Daimyo's Mansion at the first time, and now there is no possibility for all parties to make a judgment, in a word, only the people in this room can make a decision at present.

After Wang Anzhong consulted with his subordinates, he made a suggestion, pretending to promise the Jin people and using two similar heads to deal with it; Zhao Liangsi was so angry that he slapped the table and said: "General Zhang and I have met tens of thousands of people in Pingzhou, and there are hundreds of people who are familiar with each other. Besides, once you agree, you can't change your words, is it true that after the Jin people expose it, they will take the real heads of the two of us and send them to Pingzhou? Lord Wang, according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, General Zhang and I lost the city and land, and should be escorted back to Dali Temple to be punished. ”

Zhang Jue nodded and said, "Lord Zhao is reasonable, when I defeated Yan Yan's mother, you didn't say that I was guilty." ”

Li Gang and Wang Anzhong were said to have even died in the heart, at that time they were really blinded by lard, and the imperial court and the Beizhen Fusi also rewarded the officials of Pingzhou, and now they have to change to a completely different statement, Li Gang himself can't pass this hurdle; Now there is only Luanzhou left in Dong'an Mansion, and the Jin people's posture is to annex Youzhou, and if they blindly keep their voices down now, it will be detrimental to the morale of the three armies, and if Luanzhou is lost, Yanyun will be worried; besides, Zuo Qigong and others are trying to instigate Zhang Jue's mutiny, which is a rebellion. ”

Wang Anzhong whispered: "But when the Jin people negotiated, they said that Zuo Qigong's letter was fake. ”

"That shows that the Jin people and wolves are ambitious, and the Great Song Dynasty can only mobilize an army and prepare for a war. Zhang Suo said unceremoniously, now there is only Wang Huan's lone army on the front line to confront Wanyan Zongfu, the reinforcements of the Jin soldiers have arrived, Zhang Suo is more anxious than anyone else; Zhang Suo is dissatisfied with Li Gang in his heart, if it is a debate, Yang Zhicai should sit in the position of Guo Yaoshi, see how Yang Zhi dealt with the accident in the clouds, defeat the Jin soldiers in a battle and then negotiate.

Guo Yaoshi still didn't say a word, as if everything had nothing to do with him; a few people stayed up until dark, but Li Gang still couldn't make up his mind, so he had to say that he would discuss it again tomorrow. Everyone dispersed, and Zhang Suo stopped Li Gang alone and said: "Lord Li, no matter how you deal with it in the end, increasing the front line is a necessary move, Lord Li, you have to tell Captain Guo, the military situation is like fire, once General Wang Huan has another accident, then Youzhou will be over." ”

When Youzhou was finished, Li Gang lowered his face and said: "Lord Zhang, be cautious, there are still hundreds of thousands of troops in Youzhou, how can it be finished after speaking." ”

Zhang Suo sneered: "Lord Li, why deceive yourself, Liu Yanqing's 200,000 army is only one day and one night, these Liao people are still wearing the military uniforms of the Liao State, do you think they will fight to the end for the Great Song Dynasty? ”

Once upon a time, Li Gang would be said to have a bad conscience; Li Gang was stunned for a moment, so angry that he couldn't speak, Zhang Suo had already thrown his hands and left, but Li Gang was still an upright person, and he knew that Zhang Suo was also worried about state affairs, and he didn't want to pursue it, but under the bright moon, Li Gang recalled Zhang Suo's words and was extremely bitter, and the attitude of Zhao Kai, Yang Zhi and others who were not cooperative at the beginning seemed to be in front of him. Especially what Zhang said was wrong, Li Gang can clearly grasp the meaning, not that Song Huizong missaw himself, but that Song Huizong missaw the prince Zhao Huan.

Li Gang bypassed the moon gate and came to his residence, and saw Jiang Youju standing in the house waiting for him, Li Gang knew that Jiang Youju was the eyeliner of the crown prince Zhao Huan in Youzhou, but he never asked Jiang Youju what he had done; Li Gang nodded casually and said, "You are here." ”

Jiang Youju said: "Lord Li, now you are helpless, why don't you first transfer Wang Ping's army to rescue Wang Huan, and then let the Zhenfu Division transfer Yang Zhi and Zong Ze's two armies to Pingzhou later, it is best to win, and if you can't win, it is just that in addition to these few people, it can be regarded as solving the trouble of a few henchmen for the prince." ”

Li Gang shook his head and said, "Pharmacist Guo's 300,000 people are not moving, this is too conspicuous. ”

Jiang Youju understood that Li Gang was a person with a bottom line, and he would not do such a thing against his conscience for the sake of the prince, so he smiled and said, "Why don't you go to Yunzhong to discuss with Yang Zhi and the others, maybe they will take the initiative to send troops." Taiwei Tan is not in the clouds, and the adults are justified when they go to the name, don't these people say it nicely every day?"

Li Gang suddenly lost his face, and said coldly: "Mr. Jiang, you are just the prince's guest, and it is not your turn to talk about the major affairs of the court, you can handle the prince's affairs well." ”

Seeing that Li Gang's face was wrong, Jiang Youju said respectfully: "Yes, the villain retired." ”