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Emotionally speaking, Zhao Gou actually wanted to break the siege of Tokyo, where his parents, his beloved princess, his five daughters, his unborn child in his princess' belly, and their Zhao family's people.

But rationally speaking, Zhao Gou was very clear that using the existing forces of the Marshal's Office to fight against the powerful Jin army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

Moreover, Zhao Huan had previously issued a secret edict to Zhao Gou for fear that the Grand Marshal's Office would destroy his peace talks. He told Zhao Gou not to act lightly and not to ruin the major issues of peace talks.

In the end, Zhao Gou's reason defeated his feelings, and Zhao Gou decided to go south to Yingtian Prefecture.

The Grand Marshal's Mansion's operation was very well kept in the confidentiality work. Until before departure, the people of Kaide Prefecture and the soldiers of the army thought that the Grand Marshal was preparing to rescue the capital. No one expected that the Grand Marshal was actually preparing to go to Yingtian Prefecture, Nanjing.

but

Although the confidentiality work of the Grand Marshal's Mansion was done well, something happened before departure.

Just as the army was about to set off, Zhang Cheng, the clan's servant, came to Kaide Prefecture City with Zhao Huan's edict and visited Zhao Gou's place.

There was also a team of Jin soldiers who came with Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng reported his name under the city and asked the soldiers guarding the city to ask Zhao Gou to come out and answer.

Upon hearing the news, Zong Ze quickly climbed up to the city tower and said, "I am Zong Ze, the deputy marshal of the army. What's the matter with you?"

Zhang Cheng said: "Deputy Marshal Zong, how dare you ask where King Kang is now? The emperor has given an order to summon King Kang back to Beijing today and discuss a major plan with the Great Jin Kingdom. Now the Great Jin army has climbed the Tokyo walls, and the emperor has ceded the states of the two rivers to the Great Jin. Deputy Marshal Zong must not advance rashly, otherwise it will be a mistake in the national plan. Now the emperor has written this article."

After saying that, Zhang Cheng asked the Jin soldiers beside him to shoot Zhao Huan's edict onto the city tower with bows and arrows.

Zong Ze sent someone to pick up the edict, looked at it, and then said to everyone around him: "This is a false edict, you must not be kept, and burn it out."

Seeing that Zhao Huan's edict was burned by Zong Ze, Zhang Cheng shouted anxiously: "Zong Ze, how dare you burn the imperial edict?"

Zong Ze laughed and said, "Zhang Cheng, do you know what the crime should be for falsely circulating the imperial edict? Marshal Kang is not in Kaide Mansion now, and he does not know what it is. If the Jin people are sincere and harmonious, they must withdraw their troops from Kaifeng City. Otherwise, I will lead my troops to Beijing to serve the king and meet the emperor."

Zhang Cheng shouted: "Deputy Marshal Zong, don't advance easily, and it will ruin the plan of peace in the Supreme Lord..."

Zong Ze interrupted Zhang Cheng and said, "Don't talk anymore, leave quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being rude!"

After saying that, Zong Ze ordered the archers standing beside him to set off their bows and prepare to shoot.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng had to retreat with the Jin soldiers.

Although Zhang Cheng returned from Kaide Mansion without success, he told Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang about the frequent mobilization of the Song army recently.

This news caused Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, who were extorting Zhao Huan's ministers in the Great Caribbean in Tokyo to stop extorting a little and focus on Kaide Mansion.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang actually had plans to dismantle the Grand Marshal's Mansion, and cheating Zhao Gou back was one of the plans of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang.

To be honest, Zhao Huan, the king and ministers actually don’t want to summon Zhao Gou back.

First of all, Zhao Gou's return was like throwing himself into a trap, which was something Zhao Huan and his ministers didn't want to see.

Secondly, Zhao Gou and the Grand Marshal Yuan outside could also play some restraining and deterring roles in the Jin army, making the Jin people dare not be too presumptuous, and the Song Dynasty was more likely to be preserved.

However

People are the ones who serve as the slaughter.

Zhao Huan and his ministers only bit the bullet and resisted for two days, but they couldn't stand it anymore.

After the envoy sent by Wanyan Zonghan talked about, "If the emperor refused to write an edict to recall King Kang, I could only go back and ask the marshal to bring troops to take it." Zhao Huan obediently issued an edict to recall Zhao Gou.

Unexpectedly, Zong Ze was quick-witted and dared to act and acted. Not only did he set Zhao Huan's true edict as a false edict, but he also burned Zhao Huan's true edict and saved Zhao Gou, so that Zhao Gou would not end up being accused of being unfaithful and unfilial, but more importantly, he would not be able to make Zhao Gou gou's dilemma between whether he was obeying the edict or not.

After focusing on Kaide Mansion, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang soon discovered that in just over a dozen days, the Grand Marshal's Mansion actually had nearly 100,000 troops, and the 100,000 troops had already begun to move south.

but

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were not worried about this at all.

They had confidence in the combat power of the Song army.

Some time ago, Shaanxi commander Qian Gai led 100,000 soldiers to serve the king.

The army had already arrived in Yingchang, but after they heard that Bianliang City had been captured and more than 100,000 Jin troops were hoarded under Bianliang City, they immediately fled back to Shaanxi.

Although Zong Ze won thirteen consecutive battles before this, Zong Ze was not the main force of the Jin army.

In other words, Zong Ze won not the Jurchen soldiers, but the Han'er, Khitan, Bohai and other miscellaneous soldiers.

Moreover, these thirteen victories sound like a lot, but in fact, they are just small wins and losses, not big victories that can determine the direction of the war.

Therefore, these actually don’t explain anything, at least that’s how the Jurchens think.

Therefore, when learning that the 100,000 troops of the Grand Marshal's Mansion were heading south, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang calmly arranged their troops and prepared to fight the decisive battle with this group of Song troops.

However

What Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang did not expect was that this group of Song troops did not go to Huazhou, but went straight to Xingren Mansion.

Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were puzzled by this group of Song troops!

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Is it because the Song army is preparing to detour to the east and bypass the Lianzhu Village we set up?"

The Jin army was puzzled by the move of the Grand Marshal's Mansion and could not guess what the Song army was going to do?

Soon, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang received the news again that after the Song army arrived at Xingren Mansion, they changed their route to Chuqiu.

Wanyan Zonghan looked at the map for a while, then asserted: "This Song army is not here to serve the king at all, but is preparing to escape to Yingtian Mansion."

At this point, the truth is revealed.

But immediately afterwards, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang were a little confused.

The distance between Kaide Prefecture and Yingtian Prefecture is actually similar to that of Tokyo, and the location is similar.

Moreover, stationed in Kaide Mansion can also threaten the Jin army's way. This is also a big bargaining chip and is also the one that the Jin army is most afraid of at present.

Therefore, in the eyes of Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, there was no reason for this group of Song troops to run from Kaide Mansion to Yingtian Mansion.

As an outstanding military commander, Wanyan Zonghan keenly felt that there must be big problems in this!

Wanyan Zonghan trusted his own sense of war, which he had learned for more than 20 years of fighting in the south and north. This sense of war had saved his life countless times and allowed him to defeat all enemies!

So, Wanyan Zonghan immediately ordered, "Investigate! Find out why this group of Song soldiers wanted to leave Kaide Mansion and go to Yingtian Mansion!"

Soon, a large number of scouts were sent out, and some of them simply went to Kaide Mansion.

Soon, accurate news came back and the Liangshan Army had occupied most of Shandong.

Upon hearing this news, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang and other Jin people were shocked!

Wanyan Zonghan immediately ordered that the entire army would enter the first-level alert, and the wolf was coming!

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