After hearing Zheng Qingzhi's words, Zhao Yun looked solemn. Over the years, the Song Dynasty had fought against the Liao, the Jin, the Western Xia, and now the Mongols. It really made the Emperor of the Song Dynasty understand a truth.

If the Song Dynasty wanted to live in peace with these northern barbarians, it must first show a certain degree of strength.

When they made peace with the Liao Kingdom, it was Emperor Zhenzong who personally led the army and blocked the Liao army from going south. Only then did the Liao and Song Dynasties have a hundred years of peace after the Chanyuan Alliance.

The Song Dynasty and Xixia fought until the Xia Lord felt that they could not fight anymore and there was no benefit in continuing the fight. The Song Dynasty spent money to buy peace.

Needless to say about the Jin Kingdom, it was only after Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others fought back that the Jin Kingdom had no hope of defeating the Song Dynasty, and only then did Song and Jin peace be achieved.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yun felt that he could not give in so easily, but he was really frightened in his heart, so he asked: "Zheng Qing, where did the Mongols kill them?"

Zheng Qingzhi said: "Gaoyou Army, the Mongols going south have not yet entered Gaoyou Army!"

Li Zhixiao said: "Nonsense, the Mongols have already arrived in Yangzhou and are about to cross the river!"

Zheng Qingzhi was forced into a corner and shouted: "That's just a rumor in the city. Li Shenzheng, you are among the leaders of the imperial court. Do you rely on rumors to govern the country? Is there a report from the Ministry of War and the front line saying that the Mongols invaded Yangzhou?"

As soon as he said this, Zheng Qingzhi sprayed saliva on his face, and he was speechless for a moment.

Zhao Yun waved his hand without clearly stating his attitude, but said in a deep voice: "Zheng Qing, we must not let the Mongolian troops approach the Yangtze River!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yun stood up and left the hall.

Seeing this, Zheng Qingzhi knew the emperor's bottom line and hurried out. He decided to go to Zhenjiang or even cross the river to Yangzhou. In short, he must urge the frontline troops to resist the Mongolian army.

Everyone saw Zheng Qingzhi leaving and gathered around Shi Miyuan.

Shi Miyuan looked at Zheng Qingzhi's back and sighed: "Deyuan is indeed the successor I have chosen. You are still a little behind him!"

Li Zhixiao's mouth twitched, but he smiled and said: "What Shi Xiang teaches is that lower officials still need to learn from Shi Xiang!"

"Shi Xiang, what should we do now?" Liang Dacheng asked from the side.

Shi Miyuan couldn't explain his plan in front of so many people, "Go to my mansion!"

After leaving the palace, the three of them rode in the same car. Shi Miyuan said: "The key to overturning Zheng is whether the Mongols can appear in Yangzhou and on the bank of the Yangtze River! Once they drink the Yangtze River, the people in the south of the Yangtze River will panic.

The officials will also be shaken. At that time, we can take advantage of the panic among the gentry, the people, and the officials to force the officials to remove Zheng Qingzhi and negotiate peace with Mongolia!"

Li Zhixiao asked: "Can the Mongols reach Yangzhou?"

Shi Miyuan said: "They must fight to Yangzhou!"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately understood and stopped talking.

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Huainan battlefield.

After Zhao Fan learned of the Mongolian army's intention, he left a group of troops to guard Chuzhou. He led two sides of the army, nearly 50,000 people, to defeat Li Fen's army, and then quickly went south to pursue and kill the Mongolian army rushing to Yangzhou.

Not long after the 50,000 Song troops left the city, they ran into Li Fen's army. The two sides lined up in the eastern suburbs of Chuzhou and faced off in a majestic formation.

Zhao Fan was the enemy of Li Fen who killed his father. When the enemies met, they were extremely jealous. The two armies immediately became at war with each other and started fighting fiercely.

Li Fen's infantry formed a defensive formation, and the cavalry roamed the two wings. The Song army's infantry launched an attack, and the two sides fought fiercely. However, whenever Li Quan's army became unstable, his cavalry would rush out from both wings, or attack the rear of the Song army.

, or attack the main formation of the Song Army directly and harass them with cavalry and shooting, making it impossible for the Song Army to attack with all its strength.

The two sides fought fiercely for a day, and the two armies were evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

For Li Fen, his goal was to contain Zhao Fan, and he undoubtedly achieved it.

For Zhao Fan, since he was pinned down in Chuzhou, he would not be able to go south to pursue Kuoduan. Even if he kept Chuzhou, as long as Kuoduan appeared on the bank of the Yangtze River and the imperial court could not withstand the pressure, he would be considered a failure.

This made Zhao Fan anxious, but he had no choice but to hope that Zhao Kui, who was stationed in Yangzhou, could stop Kuaduan, and then wait for reinforcements to encircle and annihilate all the Mongolian troops who had invaded the Huaihe River.

Kuo Duan obtained the military map of the Southern Song Dynasty in Huainan, and it was like opening up the whole map, crisscrossing Huainan, but when he left Sheyangze, the situation finally changed.

As the armies of the Southern Song Dynasty mobilized, the positions of the Song army's various departments changed, which gradually made Kuo Duan's information ineffective. Moreover, the dense river network in the Southern Song Dynasty also delayed the speed of his advance.

That day, as soon as Kuaduan came out of Yangze, he ran into Zhao Kui's troops coming from Yangzhou, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle.

Zhao Kui's troops were repeatedly attacked by Kuo Duan. Zhao Kui lost thousands of men and retreated hastily. However, the dense water network prevented Kuo Duan from pursuing him. When Zhao Kui retreated, he ordered people to burn the bridges and take control of the ferry. Kuo Duan was also blocked by Zhao Kui in Gaoyou.

Within the territory, there is currently no way to go south.

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Suining County.

Chuzhou is not far from Suining, Zhao Tai has an informant in Chuzhou, and Zhao Tai has already learned about the Mongolian army's attack on Chuzhou.

At this time, at the school field outside Suining City, five thousand loyal and rebel troops were competing in a martial arts competition. Zhao Tai selected 500 of them, equipped with infantry armor, horizontal knives, spears and bows and arrows obtained from the Song Dynasty, as his own soldiers.

Suwei.

This time he returned to Suining to mobilize troops. Zhao Tai did not intend to take away all 5,000 of his men, but decided to take only 500 elite troops.

This is because Suining needs soldiers and horses to defend, and the second is because when communication relies entirely on roaring, Zhao Tai can now command up to 500 people, and more is useless.

At this time, Zhao Tai was watching the selection situation, and Zhou Quan hurried over, "Ms. sir, news from Chuzhou."

Zhao Tai casually took the letter and started reading it. The letter was written by Zhao Fan and explained the dilemma he was facing now.

"My lord, the Mongols have sinister intentions, and there are people in the court colluding with the Mongols, which makes the Zhizhi envoy quite passive." Zhou Quan said anxiously: "If the Mongols approach the Yangtze River, both Zheng Xianggong and the Zhizhi envoy will have to go to the field, and Lianjin will

The national policy of resisting Mongolia will also change."

Zhao Tai read the letter and knew Zhao Fan's situation. His current situation was very similar to that of a person who was the governor of Yuan in the fifth year of Ping Liao.

It was said that the Liao Dynasty could be suppressed in five years, but the Qing troops attacked the city of Beijing. Although the Qing troops were eventually driven out of the pass, Governor Yuan's political future was also over.

Now the main war faction said that joining the Jin Dynasty to resist Mongolia would allow the Jin Kingdom to hold off Mongolia, thus ensuring the safety of the Song Dynasty. But now in the blink of an eye, the Mongols have reached the Yangtze River and provoked such a powerful enemy.

Under the instigation of the capitulation faction, it is very possible to remove Zheng Qingzhi, Zhao Fan and others.

In this way, Zhao Tai's long-term strategy of joining forces with the Jin Dynasty to fight Mongolia would go bankrupt, and he would no longer be able to use the Song Dynasty's assistance to expand his own strength.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tai realized the seriousness of the matter. He looked at the 500 soldiers who had just been selected on the school field and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Zhou, please arrange money, food and weapons immediately. I will lead troops to Xuzhou immediately to persuade them to cooperate."

Da attacked Shandong."

Now the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty were shaken because of the Mongolian invasion of Huainan. Zhao Tai had to ask Heda to send troops to sneak attack the Mongolian army in Shandong.

Regardless of whether the Jin soldiers could defeat him or not, and no matter how much impact the sneak attack on Shandong had on the Huainan Mongolian army, Zhao Tai had to persuade Heda to do this, and he had to let the Southern Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers see the results of joining the Jin army to fight against the Mongols.

Zhou Quan heard this and immediately said excitedly: "I'll get ready right now!"
Chapter completed!