After Ye Qing, Mo Xiaobao, and Wanyan Chen returned to the camp, Mo Xiaobao took the lead in the camp to order his subordinates to spread the feat they had just gone to Tongkai City before Ye Qing planned to discuss military information. This made the entire camp know about the feat of King Yan, Mo Xiaobao, and Wanyan Chen, who ran to Tongkai City alone to show off.

Monk Wanyan Chen did not stop Mo Xiaobao's move, and Ye Qing did not stop him from doing this move either.

For Mo Xiaobao, this war with the Jin Kingdom was the first to be in a passive defense situation, which made him very unhappy. Even the entire Tianhua Family Army felt embarrassed.

Where there is a Hua Family Army, according to the rules of their Hua Family Army, there should not be any enemy troops who dare to take the initiative to attack them. They should be the ones who attack others and defend others.

Therefore, this time the Jin Kingdom took the lead in attacking, which was no less than a shame for the flower-planting army led by Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Can.

This is also one of the reasons why Mo Xiaobao desperately went to help Wanyan Chen, and Zhong Can's first reaction was to rush to open the city. After all, letting the enemy take the lead in launching the attack, and then they were still on the defensive for a long time, which undoubtedly seemed like a defeat for them.

Although the Huajia Army would not be depressed because the Jin people took the initiative to launch an attack this time, they always felt a little uncomfortable. In Mo Xiaobao's opinion, they still needed something to boost their morale after winning the battle, so naturally, there was no better way to make a fuss with the title of King Ye Qingyan.

Ye Qing was also happy that Mo Xiaobao did this. Even on the side of Monk Wanyan Chen, Ye Qing was also willing. However, at this time he also knew that he had prestige and influence in the army of the Flower Planting Family or Yelu Yixue and Yelu Shibei. This does not mean that he had the same prestige and influence in the army of Monk Wanyan Chen, Qishi Lie Baishan and Wanyan Xielie.

Mo Xiaobao and many generals were not dissatisfied with Ye Qing's impulsive style of conduct, and they even felt proud and proud. But in Zhao Paner's opinion, Ye Qing's move was undoubtedly a completely irresponsible move. Therefore, it is said that the King of Yan only shot an arrow down the city tower. If the general guarding the city had not been able to hide quickly, he would have been shot and killed by the King of Yan.

In this way, the move that originally wanted to hit the pillar but failed was probably a mistake, was actually praised as a master of Yan Wang's superb archery skills and a magical skill that was very skilled in every attempt, under Mo Xiaobao's deliberate explanation.

Fortunately, only the three of them knew the truth, and Ye Qing was happy that Mo Xiaobao would brag like this. After all, as long as he could bring even a little morale to the army, he would be willing to do anything.

When Zhao Paner was still chasing Ye Qing so hard that he shouldn't behaved in such a state of urgency, the words Ye Qing and the other two were approaching the city, especially the words Ye Qing said before leaving, caused a considerable shock in Tongkai City.

The prefect of Tongkaicheng walked back and forth anxiously for a long time, and finally decided to report the matter to Huining Mansion truthfully.

Although Ye Qing's words seemed to them to be a disrespect to Wanyan Xun, since the Song army dared to run to the city alone and shouted, then... would this be a signal that the Song army will attack the city next?

The magistrate was not sure, and the scouts they sent out quietly brought back all the ambiguous news. So no matter what the reason was, the magistrate of Tongkaicheng felt that this matter was very important and he had to know it immediately.

With the news of Tongkai City's defeat in the attack on Liaoyang, only more than a day later, the Huining Mansion Palace received the news that Ye Qing and the other two were shouting alone under Tongkai City, which made Wanyan Xun's brows frown again in an instant.

Once Tongkai City is destroyed, then the next thing is Xianping Prefecture. If Xianping Prefecture is not guaranteed, Wanyan Xun will not have confidence and will be able to defend the Song army close to the only Longan Prefecture. In this way, the Song army will probably...the life will not be too far away when the Song army will meet Ning Prefecture.

Wanyan Xun also believed that if this time, if the attack on the Song army was proactive, it would inevitably cause the Song army to counterattack, which was expected. Therefore, in addition to the small amount of troops left behind, almost all the troops had gathered in Tongkai City, in order to defend the Song army's possible counterattack in the next time.

The atmosphere in the Huining Mansion Palace seemed extremely heavy, especially with the news that Wanyan Fuxing surrendered to the Song army, after the spread of Huining Mansion, almost all the ministers felt an inexplicable depressing atmosphere when they entered the palace, as if the high sky above their heads had been pressed very low since when, and they even had to bend over the palace, and they were also careful to prevent the lightning and thunder above their heads.

Even Wanyan Tuoda, the most loyal minister in front of Wanyan Xun, felt an extremely heavy and depressing atmosphere when he walked into the palace today. Walking on the quiet palace road of the palace, Wanyan Tuoda felt a faint feeling of uneasiness in his heart.

When I first arrived at the gate of the palace, I saw several carriages parked there. On weekdays, the owners of these carriages rarely enter the palace. I remember the last time I entered the palace, it should be the time at the throne ceremony of the emperor Wanyan Xun.

He secretly glanced at the solemn eunuch with his eyes. Wanyan Tuoda did not laugh and gave some small favors like he did on weekdays, and then took some out of the eunuch's mouth, about the reason why the emperor summoned him to the palace today, etc.

The more you go to the direction of the Imperial Study, the more you can feel the depressing atmosphere, and even make Wanyan Tuoda feel like a storm in the future, but... it is obviously a beautiful and beautiful place outside.

The Jin Dynasty royal family, several royal families who were originally close to Wanyan Xun when he was King Xing, were sitting in Wanyan Xun's imperial study with a serious expression on their faces.

The four of King Huo Wanyan Congyi, King Ying Wanyan Congxian, King Wen Wanyan Jie and King Yun Wanyan Cong all frowned. However, compared with Wanyan Jie, Wanyan Cong and the royal relatives who were closer to Wanyan Xun, the royal relatives who were farther away from Wanyan Congyi and Wanyan Congxian also made them more nervous and uneasy in the imperial study room at this moment than others.

After Wanyan Fuxing betrayed and surrendered to Ye Qing of Song Ting, Wanyan Xun now had fewer and fewer ministers who could truly make him trust. In addition to his suspicious personality and the fact that he had just taken the initiative to attack the Song army in Tongkai City, but was defeated, this made Wanyan Xun who was willing to believe in this case prefer these royal families.

After all, when we were usurping the throne from Wanyan Jing, these royal families made considerable contributions. Now Ye Qing is under the banner of Li Shi'er's revenge for Wanyan Jing. For Wanyan Xun, other ministers in the court may plan their retreat early at this time, and only these royal families may not have a retreat to make.

Although Wanyan Xun didn't say this kind of thing clearly, the four people sitting in his imperial study were as clear as a mirror in their hearts, and they were all very clear about their current situation. They were grasshoppers on the same rope as Wanyan Xun. Once the Song army fought, they would obviously not be able to keep themselves alone.

Although Huining Mansion is still very calm on the surface, whether it is Wanyan Jie, Wanyan Congyi, or the other two, they have actually heard some rumors, that is, some local officials of Huining Mansion, and even officials, have begun to make preparations secretly before the court and the Song army even fought.

After Wanyan Fuxing surrendered to the Song army, these officials even focused more on all matters of how to surrender and how to save their lives. As for whether the Jin Kingdom could still be protected, in their opinion, this is not something they should think about, but something that the emperor Wanyan Xun should think about.

Wanyan Fuxing's surrender and the rumors that he has lived in Liaoyang now will be spread to Huining Mansion from time to time, which makes some officials who are unconscious of state affairs and only care about their own wealth, life and money either start to have the idea of ​​secretly contacting Song Jun in private, or take out their own money and count them in the middle of the night, and calculate in their hearts that once Song Jun breaks the Huining Mansion, how much money should he take out to save his own wealth, life? Or... if you take more, can you still save your official position?

"I have already confiscated an official's home early this morning, and the charge is that I secretly sent someone to contact the Song army at the moment." After Wanyan Tuoda finished speaking, after thinking about it, he still told the truth about what happened early this morning.

As for whether the official had sent someone to secretly contact the Song army, there was no sufficient evidence in Wanyan Tuoda's hands, but Wanyan Tuoda knew that the official had a lot of money hidden in his home and had also taken a new young and beautiful concubine a few days ago. So for Wanyan Tuoda, these two charges were enough to make him confiscate his home in the current situation.

Wanyan Congyi took a casual look at Wanyan Tuoda after he finished speaking. When he entered the palace early this morning, he also heard the news. The official had personally begged him to save him, but because the emperor Wanyan Xun rushed to summon him to the palace early this morning, he thought that he would deal with this matter after entering the palace to discuss matters.

Obviously he didn't expect that Wanyan Tuoda's movement would be so fast!

So... is this Wanyan Tuoda's idea, or is there a commander behind it?

Wanyan Tuoda's gaze and Wanyan Congyi's inadvertently looked at him in the air. The two of them turned their heads quickly at the same time, and then pretended to be nothing.

Wanyan Xun did not doubt Wanyan Tuoda's words. After all, with his suspicious personality, there are so many ministers in the court that he can truly trust with confidence. The only one who was the Wanyan Tuoda who had broken through the palace gate of the Ningfu Palace by himself was the only one who had been able to break the meeting with the Ningfu Palace.

"I will leave the city defense matters of Huining Mansion to you. If such a thing happens again, you don't have to report it to me. You can handle it with all your power, but no matter what, you must be able to warn others." Wanyan Xun said with a frown.

Wanyan Tuoda had a look of concern, but immediately became overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Yes, Master. After I left the palace, I pulled the body on the street and showed it to the public to warn others to see who dared to secretly engage in the enemy."

Wanyan Congyi lowered his head slightly, bit his lip, and sighed secretly in his heart. Wanyan Xun trusted so much and indulged Wanyan Tuoda. Wanyan Congyi didn't know whether one day Wanyan Tuoda's butcher knife would reach towards him.

Wanyan Xun in the palace may not know how perverse and domineering Wanyan Tuoda was in Huining Mansion. He also lived in Huining Mansion and some people, but they all knew very well how domineering Wanyan Tuoda was in Huining Mansion, relying on Wanyan Xun's trust.

However, if the matter is not relevant, he will stand up high. Wang Wen Wanyan Jie looked at Wanyan Tuoda and smiled. Wanyan Tuoda immediately gave Wanyan Jie a kind smile, and then Wanyan Jie said: "Master, in addition to the need for Huining Prefect to appease the officials in the city, can we defend the matter of Tongkai City?" Wanyan Xun did not answer directly, raised his head and sighed, "It seems that the next counterattack of the Song army is inevitable. If Tongkai City wants to defend, it may also need to increase its troops. I originally wanted to go to Tongkai City in person, but I am unable to escape. The Huining Prefect, because of the guards of Huining, may not be able to mobilize troops to help Tongkai."

"Actually..." As soon as Wanyan Cong opened his mouth, he kept silent after Wanyan Xun looked over.

Wanyan Xun nodded, then smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it, none of the people here are outsiders, they are the people I trust the most."

"Yes, thank you, Master." Wanyan Cong seemed gentle and polite, and then continued: "Actually, I think it's already June now. In less than a month or two, the weather is about to get colder. The heavy snow last year has been almost half a year, and this year... Even if there is no continuous heavy snow as uncomfortable as last year, as long as the first snow can be ushered in time, we may be considered as defending the offensive of the Song army."

"You mean..." Wanyan Jie's eyes lit up, and after thinking for a while, he said, "What do you mean is that as long as we can hold on for two or three months, is it enough? Will it stop the Song army from going forward?"

"If Tongkai City has all the food and grass, plus the time two or three months later, the first snow, I really don't know if we have any reason to not be able to defend it." Wanyan Cong sighed slightly and continued: "The Song army is only more than 50,000 troops in our Great Jin Kingdom. The reason why Ye Qing has been slow to increase troops in Liaoyang is probably not only a problem with the lack of troops, but also the reason why Song court soldiers are not good at fighting in the cold season?"

"Although this is not an exaggeration, it cannot be the reason why the Song army did not increase its troops." Wanyan Congyi shook his head and retorted first: "If we think that the Song army should not fight with our Great Jin in the cold winter, which of the city passes we lost at the beginning, including the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and Yanjing City, was not taken away by the Song people in the cold winter?"

"It's not unreasonable to say that the Yi said. Indeed, the Song army has soldiers who are good at fighting, but you probably forgot that the one who captured our inner city was the Hua family army in our Great Jin Kingdom, and the Liao army soldiers brought by the fallen princess Yelu Yue of the Liao Kingdom. As for the real Song army, they probably don't have this ability? So I think..." Wanyan Cong explained to Wanyan to Yi.

"If it is really just the Huahua Army under Ye Qing's command and the Liao army led by Yelu Yue, the deceased princess of the Liao Kingdom, have already taken down so many of our cities and territories, and even the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and Yanjing City cannot stop them, then what reason do we... believe that a Tongkai City that is not dangerous to defend can stop the Song army's counterattack attack?" Wanyan Congyi continued with a frown.

The words instantly made the people in the entire imperial study frown again. Although no one likes to listen to what he said, even in normal times, he likes to tell the truth, so he is often excluded. But at this moment, whether it is Wanyan Xun or the others, they all know that what Wanyan Congyi said is just a fact. Even if it is not nice or unpleasant, it is the fact that they need to face at the moment.

"Would you like to know what good advice is there?" Wanyan Jie glanced at Wanyan Xun who was silent and asked Wanyan Xun on behalf of Wanyan Xun.

"Give up Tongkai City, we will retreat directly to Xianping Prefecture, and even... If the emperor wants to, we can retreat directly to Long'an and give all Tongkai and Xianping to the Song army..." Wanyan said expressionlessly from Yi's face.

"Bastard, in this way, what face does my Great Jin Kingdom have? Isn't my army afraid before fighting? How can there be morale in the military?" After Wanyan Congxian heard Wanyan Congyi's words that shocked him, he hurriedly stood up and pointed at Wanyan Congyi and scolded him angrily.

The two are brothers. Although they are not as close to Wanyan Jie and Wanyan Cong, they are still relatives no matter what, are they?

At this critical moment and in the current situation, Wanyan Xun is still willing to trust the two brothers. For Wanyan Congxian, this is already a great emperor's favor. At this time, how should we help Wanyan Xun repel the Song army, instead of saying such bastards like his younger brother that would damage the morale of the army and make the Jin Kingdom lose face.

Wanyan Congyi saw that his brother had already jumped up to stop him before he finished speaking. He looked up at his brother, then lowered his head and sighed helplessly.

He knew very well that his brother's temper was a kind of honest and loyal person who could repay the kind of kindness of a drop of water.

But besides being honest and honest, his brother... has no other foresight. Even if the things in the two palaces are usually done by him, Wanyan Congyi.

"It's okay, we are just discussing it now. There is no need to be so angry at the end of the day." Wanyan Xun said in a timely manner.

Wanyan Congxian immediately apologized like Wanyan Xun, then pointed to Wanyan Congyi, who was lowering his head, and asked him to apologize to Wanyan Xun immediately.

Wanyan Tuoda, Wanyan Cong, and Wanyan Jie had a look of watching a play. In their opinion, it was not important what Wanyan Congyi said just now. What is important is that in the future, the two brothers will only be abandoned by Wanyan Xun because of Wanyan Congyi's love of telling the truth. The truth-telling personality will be abandoned by Wanyan Xun further and further away from the entire royal family and even Huining Mansion.

Wanyan Congyi still respected and obeyed his brother's words, so after Wanyan Congxian finished speaking, Wanyan Congyi immediately kowtowed to Wanyan Xun to admit his mistake.

Wanyan Xun waved his hand unconsciously, and after indicating that it was okay, he continued to ask: "I don't know how Congxian came up with such a strategy, so why not explain it clearly."

Wanyan Congyi glanced at his brother Wanyan Congxian, who had been winking at him, and signaled him to think about it before talking about it, and not to say those bastards that boost others' prestige and destroy their morale.

But Wanyan Congyi was due to his personality since childhood. After taking a deep breath, Wanyan Xun stopped Wanyan Congxian again and warned Wanyan Congxian not to stop him, he slowly spoke: "I believe that compared to the cold season, the biggest problem for the Song army should also be the problem of food and grass..."

"Just, the Song army is so rich, how could it be short of food and grass?" The gentle Wanyan Cong sneered.

"Prince Yun probably forgot, who plundered the food and grass of our Great Jin Kingdom last year?" After Wanyan finished speaking, he continued to say directly: "The Song army has been stationed in Liaoyang for nearly two years, but we have always provided food and grass. What about the Song army? They gave food and grass, salt, iron, even tea, cloth, fine silk, etc. to the Mongolians for free. So I don't believe that they will have extra food and grass, which can supply their army and the Mongolian army at the same time..."

When talking about this, the entire imperial study room seemed extremely quiet. Wanyan glanced at the people in front of him from Yi's eyes, and suddenly sighed heavily, and then said: "If those strategies that cannot make the emperor think that our retreat is the right strategy, then more importantly, the food and grass in our Great Jin Kingdom are also short of food and grass. Whether it is Long'an, Xianping, Tongkai, etc., etc., are now in a dilemma of no food or food. Not only can we not supply the army with sufficient food and grass, but we can't even guarantee two meals a day for the people, and we even have to increase taxes to them..."

When he said this, Wanyan Congyi's words seemed to be slapping Wanyan Xun in the face naked. Wanyan Congxian could no longer help but stand up and scolded Wanyan Congyi again. Wanyan Xun said in time: "Sit down, Wanyan Congyi will continue."

"I just want to say that shrinking and retreating is beneficial to us, and also to the supply of food and grass in our army. If the front line does not need to be lengthened, the food will be avoided being wasted to the greatest extent. The Song people wanted to take all the cities and people of our Great Jin Kingdom for themselves. So why can't we give them the poor, unable to eat, and not wearing warm clothes, and the cities without a grain of food to support the people for us? How many of the entire Xianping Prefecture are there?

How many people are there in Shaozhou and county? One person has a mouth, a hundred people have a mouth open, ten thousand people have a mouth open, ten thousand people have a mouth open, and a million people have a mouth open. The Song court occupied these cities. If they wanted to appease the people and obey them and let the newly occupied cities stabilize in a short time, then should they give the people a bite of food? In this way, even if the Song court had as much food as a mountain, our people could also give him food in a short time!"

"And we, as long as we stick to Long'an, Huining Mansion, the whole city reduces its clothes and reduces its food and fights against the Song court. In this way, as time goes by, as long as we can hold on to Long'an, we are not afraid that the Song army will not retreat like a tide." In the end, Wanyan's cheeks were a little red due to the excitement in his heart. Even when he said the last sentence, he couldn't help but stand up, as if under the current situation, only his method was the real best solution for the entire Dajin!

Wanyan Xun also stood up involuntarily after Wanyan Congyi stood up, with a slight ease in his expression. He murmured: "Congyi means: Use the people who have no food to take to drag down the food and grass of the Song army. In this way, once there is a problem with their food and grass, then... they will have to withdraw their troops?" After Wanyan Xun finished speaking, he looked up at Wanyan Congyi.

Wanyan nodded solemnly in the Yi, and then said, "Time is beneficial to us. Time is the biggest move for their Song army, and the shortage of food and grass is the common enemy we and the Song army. Therefore, as long as we push all our common enemies to the Song army and occupy time that is beneficial to us, I think everything will be solved. Even then we can seize the opportunity to counterattack the Song army, pursue them when the Song army retreats to Liaoyang, and thus regain Liaoyang in one fell swoop... It is possible."

Although Wanyan Congyi said this, he actually knew very well that such a strategy would make the Song army retreat voluntarily. As for what he said just now, taking back Liaoyang while the Song army retreated, judging from his current situation of the Jin court and the situation where the officials were selfish and seeking a way out, it would be difficult to ascend to the sky.

Wanyan Cong, Wanyan Jie, and Wanyan Tuoda also showed a solemn and thoughtful look at this time. It has to be said that Wanyan Congyi's words just now touched them a little, giving them a hint of hope to be able to stand in the face of the Song army.

Wanyan Congxian showed a relieved expression. Just now, he was really afraid that Wanyan Congyi would not pay attention and then said something that embarrassed Wanyan Xun and others, such as: Let's just surrender or simply abandon it.

Because on the way to the palace, he also asked Wanyan Congyi how he viewed the current situation, and Wanyan Congyi gave a completely different statement from the moment before, that is: Maybe we bow to the Song court and offer our jade seal to save our lives. As for persistence... Wanyan Congyi did not hold any hope. In his opinion, the Jin Kingdom had already gone long ago, and it was already a matter of time to destroy the country.
Chapter completed!