"Pass it on, Zhao Zheng, the master of the Heaven Ranking, has entered the city with 500,000 elites!"

Zuo Zhou: "..."

What should I do? Heaven's List! Five hundred thousand! I'm so scared...

What is a rumor? This is just a rumor. I have been sitting in this restaurant for a day, but Zhao Zheng never came to me. What's the matter? Are you afraid that it will be hard to explain in a blatant fight? Or are you lost?

Or maybe I will be fooled by this inexplicable rumor like myself.

"Hahahaha, that's so interesting. Heaven's List, five hundred thousand, hahaha, if half a million people had entered the city last night, I would have been so noisy that I couldn't sleep!"

Zhou Tong was laughing so hard, Song Ci was trying his best to remain serious next to him, but his efforts obviously failed.

Upon seeing this, Zuo Zhou rested his chin on the table, "I'm tired, let's destroy it."

Maybe he had too much fun with Zhan Shiqi last night. He didn’t get up until three o’clock in the morning, and then he saw everyone looking at him with interest. Zuo Zhou even had the urge to lower his head to see if his zipper was properly zipped.

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"The Song army has now all returned to defense, but it was originally defeated, so more than half of the people were scattered on the way, plus those soldiers who withdrew from the rebel lines, it is estimated that there are less than 100 people in Bianjing City.

One hundred thousand soldiers." Fan Zeng slowly sat down next to Zuo Zhou, stretched out his hand to draw on the table with the help of tea.

"If one hundred thousand soldiers guard one gate, they will definitely not be able to stand on the city wall. At that time, the combat effectiveness can only be calculated based on the number of people on the city wall. The quality of the Qing army's individual soldiers is far better than that of the Song army, so... I am not optimistic about this.

A defensive battle."

Zuo Zhou glanced at the simple map drawn with tea on the table and said calmly: "That's why the existence of city defense equipment has meaning."

Fan Zeng paused for a moment and then said: "Judging from the speed of the Qing army's march, there are still three days to arrive. The Qing army's general is very cautious and will not underestimate the enemy's rash advance. It is impossible to give the Song army a chance to wait for work, so take a rest."

If it takes one day, the siege will begin in four days. In other words, the Song army still has about two and a half days to build fortifications and prepare defensive equipment."

"Or it could be used to escape!" Xiang Yu interjected.

"..."

This is a bit ridiculous. The emperor of a country is trying to escape before even fighting?

But no one refuted it at this time, well, maybe in everyone's minds, they still think this is possible!

"Or maybe, two and a half days will be used to evacuate civilians." Song Ci paused for a moment, then answered something that was unlikely to happen.

Because everyone knows the importance of morale. If the people are allowed to retreat before the war begins, the morale of the army will be unimaginably low. Well, although there is no morale to speak of now.

Zuo Zhou looked at everyone and couldn't finish what he said. He simply put the tea cup in the middle and said, "Why do you think so much? Let's sum up all the possibilities! According to the worst case scenario, Song Jun was not prepared.

Any equipment to defend the city, and then putting nearly 100,000 people together will not be able to exert their due combat power, and then evacuating the people destroys morale, and finally the number of deserters will begin to increase, and the city will be destroyed!"

Murong Fu rolled his eyes, "How can it be so exaggerated? Then why don't you think of everything in a good direction?"

Zuo Zhou was happy, "Okay, let's see what the Song Dynasty court does in a while. Well, the time is coming soon. After all, there is no time to delay in sorting out the city defense."

As he said this, everyone turned their attention to the city gate. As expected, two government officials posted a yellow notice.

Xiang Yu looked at the crowd and flew down to read the notice. Everyone waited quietly, but before Xiang Yu came back, they could already feel the noise from the people getting louder.

"Shaoyu, what did you write?"

Fan Zeng pinched a divination coin in his hand. He just secretly divined it using the simplest and most inaccurate method, but what he got was still the same as the dozens of methods he had tried along the way.

Shao Yu looked extremely strange. He paused and replied: "The imperial court will behead five generals who left the front line without permission to enforce military discipline!"

"..."

Silent, even Zhou Tong was confused. I have lived for so many years. What kind of operation is this? To correct military discipline? You are probably not dissatisfied that morale is not low enough. This is no longer a matter of changing generals before the formation, but before the formation.

Killed the general!

Murong Fu seemed to have remembered something, and asked uncertainly: "These five generals...couldn't they be the five generals who withdrew from the front line of the confrontation with the rebels?"

Shaoyu nodded, "Looking at the name, it should be."

"Then this is easy to explain. The problem with the five of them is not that they left their posts without permission, but that they contacted each other and retreated together. Isn't this a clique!" Murong Fu opened his folding fan and said in a funny way.

Zuo Zhou looked at him with a strange look on his face, "It's rare that you can still be with Song Huizong... No, maybe Song Huizong doesn't care whether to form a party. Well, it's rare that you can think of getting together with Cai Jing!"

Murong Fu was a little embarrassed, "This... doesn't seem to be anything worth boasting about!"

Zuo Zhou took a sip of tea carelessly, "In the worst case scenario, if the generals are killed in front of the battle, their basic morale has been lost, which is not much worse than evacuating the people in advance. And just choosing a new general will be enough for the courtiers to argue for a long time.

It is estimated that there is no way to prepare the defense equipment. Well, if the general who comes up asks the soldiers to prepare overnight, he will probably lose even the slightest advantage of waiting for work."

Li Xunhuan had been standing behind Zuo Zhou, and after hearing this, he whispered, "If the new general has no experience in defending the city, or is even just a civil servant who has never learned military strategy...then he will definitely gather all his troops on one side of the city.

This door."

Zuo Zhou was happy and slowly turned around, "Then tell me, if you were a general of the Qing army and found that the enemy had put all its troops on one side, what would you do?"

Li Xunhuan frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "How did the Qing army know the Song army's formation?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zuo Zhou pointed to the city gate that was not closed yet, "Well, at this time, people are still allowed to come in and out freely without even checking. Is it possible?

Do you think the spies of the Qing army are stupid? Maybe the spies have figured out our location and won't harass Honglu Temple after entering the city."

A trace of sadness flashed across Li Xun Huan's face, and he sighed: "If I knew this kind of information, I would only need to maintain a certain intensity of siege rhythm, and then send a small group of troops to cross the city wall from the other three directions at night.

It will be very convenient to do whatever you want to do from now on.”

Jiang Yuyan shook her head and continued: "It's not that easy. There are also martial arts masters in the city. It is impossible for a small force of the Qing army to smoothly enter the city through the other three gates to cause damage."

Li Xunhuan shook his head, "No, you don't understand those courtiers. If a civil servant really took over the city defense, when the siege started and he found that the Song soldiers were not strong enough to compete with the Qing army in terms of individual strength, he would send martial arts knights

On the walls! Although it would be a great waste."

Zuo Zhou smiled, but he had forgotten that Li Xunhuan knew the virtues of those courtiers best. After thinking about it, he looked at Liuliqin who had been eating melon next to him, "How will you exiles defend the city?"

Liuliqin was stunned for a moment. I have never fought in a war. Ask me, a layman?

However, she didn't give in. She thought about it and said: "The advantage of the Song Army may lie in the troops formed by people from the martial arts world. This is a special force with strong combat effectiveness and strong maneuverability!

Of course, let them all out from other gates, and then burn the food that needs to be burned and poison the ones that need to be poisoned. In any case, it is just to destroy, just like the Qing army sent a small group of troops into the city through the same route."

Zuo Zhou raised his eyebrows. This Liuliqin had obviously never played a real-time strategy game. A small group of elite troops would not be of much use against a group of well-stationed large troops. They might not even be able to cross the opponent's defenses!

If we talk about the effect, there is only one, which is to keep the enemy alert at all times, consume a little bit of the enemy's energy, and hopefully allow the Song Army to defeat the enemy, but it is undoubtedly a test of will, and now the Song Army's

Morale? No chance!

Of course, unless the generals of the Qing army suddenly acted foolishly and did not establish a defensive belt after setting up camp, then maybe the Song army would have a chance to delay the attack.

But... I remember that the general of the Qing army was Dorgon, and the Song army... reluctantly thought it was Cai Jing? I wonder if Song Huizong dared to go to the city wall to boost morale?

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"Is there anyone willing to come to the city to supervise the battle?"

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was sitting on the dragon chair, looking around. Not a single civil servant or general in the entire hall dared to raise his head to look at him.

"I remember you said that the army and the people in the city are united as one, and that the right time, place and people are enough to stop the enemy from Bianjing City? Why does no one dare to stand up and lead the soldiers to defend the city at this time?"

Silence, there was nothing but silence in the hall.

The more Song Huizong thought about it, the angrier he became, and he looked at Cai Jing, "Does Cai Qing have any good ideas?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, due to the greed of life and fear of death by the frontline generals, the morale of our army is low, which cannot be solved by strict military discipline. In my humble opinion, it is better to cede territory and pay compensation to seek peace! Or..."

"What?" Song Huizong couldn't help but leaned forward, seemingly full of expectation.

In fact, Song Huizong knew what Cai Jing was going to say, and this was what he wanted Cai Jing to say. How to say it? This pair of emperors and ministers still had a tacit understanding on certain things.

Cai Jing took a deep breath and said, "Move south!"

This is not a temporary choice, but one based on lessons learned from past mistakes. The example is Yuan Guo!

When the Qin Dynasty was sweeping the world, the Yuan Kingdom was unlucky enough to stand in the way of the Qin Cavalry, so they were beaten all the way to the point where they had to hide in a corner, which is the small area of ​​​​the Yuan Kingdom today.

Sometimes things are so simple. If no one has done it before, the first person to do it will definitely become the object of desperation by thousands of people. If there is no example from the Yuan Dynasty, Song Huizong's choice is to seek peace. But

Now that he has an example in front of him, he will no longer think that way.

From his point of view, it is better to move south than to cede territory and pay compensation, because moving south can only prove that the generals are incompetent, but paying compensation by ceding territory can only prove that he is incompetent as the emperor.

“Get ready to move south!”

"Your Majesty is wise!"xN

A group of ministers were actually waiting for this decision. They had already ordered their subordinates to put everything in order. As long as Song Huizong gave the order, they could turn around and leave.

Of course, Song Huizong was not stupid. How could the people know that the emperor took the lead in escaping? If the people knew, then who would defend the city and who would stop the Qing army?

"The Imperial Master has an audience!"

Not long after, Gongsun Sheng met Song Huizong in the palace with a playful expression.

"The Imperial Guard has arrived just in time. I have decided to evacuate the capital tonight. Please tell me where is the suitable place to be the new capital?"

Gongsun Sheng paused slightly. He had thought that Song Huizong might run away, but he did not expect that before running away, he had not even thought about where to set up the new capital.

So why are you running? Is 'run' just a verb? Then have you ever thought about how to deal with the pursuit of the Qing army after you successfully escape, and how to develop again? Well, I am still too harsh on him.

"Your Majesty, I have already made the calculation. If you plan to reorganize the army to take back your homeland, then Yingtian Mansion is a good choice. It is a strategic location and occupying it can..."

"I decided to take a break for the time being and wait until morale recovers before trying to take back my homeland."
To be continued...