In a huge schoolyard in Liaoyang Prefecture City, except for the soldiers guarding the city wall, almost all the remaining nearly 40,000 soldiers were concentrated here. Zhao Jia stood on the high platform of the schoolyard wearing heroic armor, and her young face was full of determination and said loudly: "Dear brothers in the army, maybe everyone will feel very strange, why is it not General Hu Yan who is teaching you to the brothers today, but a young man who is unaware of. [[.』﹝』"

As soon as Zhao Jia finished speaking, many soldiers below looked at each other. In fact, as soon as he appeared, the soldiers below felt very strange, because no one recognized him at all. It was just that the Song army was strict in discipline, so no one dared to speak. When they heard Zhao Jia's words at this time, they felt even more strange.

Seeing that the soldiers below looked puzzled, no one dared to speak without permission, Zhao Jia couldn't help but nodded in admiration. This was enough to show that Uncle Ping was usually rigorous in his military management, otherwise it would be impossible to have such strict discipline.

At that moment, Zhao Jia coughed and focused the 40,000 soldiers' eyes on him again, and then continued: "Now I will introduce my identity first. For me, you may have never heard of it, but my father is His Highness, the Prince of Yue of the Song Dynasty, and I am also the Prince of Yue, Zhao Jia!"

"Boom~" As soon as Zhao Jia introduced her identity, the soldiers below finally no longer cared about any discipline and started to discuss it as if they were in a panic. After all, this news was really amazing. As the prince of Yue, Zhao Jia was trapped in Liaoyang Prefecture with them, which made everyone feel unbelievable.

General Cui and others who stood behind Zhao Jia did not stop the discussions of the soldiers below. General Yu, who was furious, also asked General Cui in a low voice: "Old Cui, why do I think this kid is not simple? Judging from the calmness and demeanor he shows now, he doesn't look like an ordinary personal guard at all. You said he is not really the Prince of Yue, right?"

"What's true? He is now the Prince of Yue. Only by letting all the soldiers believe that he is the Prince of Kings. Then our morale will not be in chaos. Only this 50,000 army can have enough morale to fight against the Jurchens outside the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, so don't ask such stupid questions again in the future!" General Cui said with a stern face when he heard Yu Huoshan's words. In fact, he was not curious in his heart, but compared to Zhao Jia's identity, the life of the 50,000 army is the most important thing.

Previously, Zhao Jia suggested to General Cui and others that he "pretends" himself and lead the entire army with the prestige of his father Zhao Yan, although this method is a bit incredible, but theoretically it is feasible. Moreover, General Cui and others have no other way. In the end, they finally agreed to Zhao Jia's method, so today's scene came into being.

Zhao Jia specially set aside some time for the people below to accept his identity, and then continued to speak: "I was originally serving in the navy, serving as the captain of a main warship, and participated in this war to attack the Liao Kingdom. Before in Chenzhou, I learned that General Huyan was going to attack Liaoyang Prefecture, and I happened to be very interested in this matter. I also wanted to see with my own eyes the difference between the 6th Army and the navy's combat, so I asked General Huyan to join this operation. Everyone knew that General Huyan and his father were friends who had been with him for many years. Finally, he finally agreed to my request and arranged for me to be a personal guard by his side."

When talking about this, Zhao Jia paused for a moment and then said, "But the night before yesterday, the Jurchens outside the city entered the city with the help of an authentic tunnel to launch a sneak attack, but General Hu Yan discovered it and made arrangements early. However, he did not expect that the treacherous Jurchens would actually ambush the assassin in the city early. While General Hu Yan was observing the situation of the war, he acted as a despicable assassin, which resulted in General Hu Yan's serious injury and coma. ┠.([.["

"Wow~" Zhao Jia's words immediately caused an uproar. Although someone in the army had already reported that Hu Yanping was injured, most people didn't believe it. After all, as the main general, Hu Yanping had a large number of personal guards to protect him at any time. It was impossible for the Jurchens to touch him and assassinate him. But now he heard Zhao Jia prove that this incident was true. Moreover, Hu Yanping was extremely injured and was still unconscious now. This made many soldiers feel a little nervous while being angry. After all, even the main general was injured. So whose command should they follow?

Seeing the soldiers below talking, Zhao Jia spoke loudly again: "But you don't have to worry about your brothers in the army. General Huyan is not in danger of life. The medical officer said that he may be awake at any time. During the period when General Huyan was unconscious, I will temporarily take over the army for General Huyan. In addition, there is no need to worry about the Jurchens outside the city. General Huyan had already set a countermeasure long ago. We just need to stay in the city and keep the troops moving. The reinforcements in the rear will come soon. At that time, the Jurchens outside the city will definitely flee without fighting. As a junior of General Huyan, I will never change the countermeasures he set. So in the next few days, I will defend the city with all my brothers until the reinforcements arrive!"

As soon as Zhao Jia finished speaking, General Cui and General Yu and others also stepped forward together, glanced at the soldiers below, and then the most prestigious General Cui said: "Dear soldiers, this matter of Prince Yue in the army was originally a secret. Except for General Hu Yan and a few of us, others did not know. It was just because General Hu Yan is injured now, so Prince Yue took the risk of revealing his identity and guarding Liaoyang Prefecture with everyone!"

This was also discussed in advance. General Cui deliberately said that they had known Zhao Jia's identity for a long time, which further added to the authenticity of Zhao Jia's identity. In addition, many of the soldiers below graduated from military academy. Even if they had never seen Zhao Yan himself, they had also seen the portrait of Zhao Yan. After careful observation, it was easy to see that Zhao Jia and Zhao Yan's appearance were indeed somewhat similar, so they also believed in Zhao Jia's identity.

Zhao Jia's identity has been trusted by all the soldiers, so the next thing is much simpler. After all, with Zhao Yan's prestige, it is natural that his eldest son temporarily took over the army in times of crisis. Moreover, Zhao Jia did not know how to command, which also reduced the risks of the army. In addition, General Cui and others supported him, Zhao Jia took over the army smoothly. Of course, this was only nominal. The main generals such as General Cui were the real commander.

After taking over the army, Zhao Jia immediately began a journey of soothing people. After all, Hu Yanping was injured and unconscious, it would still have a certain impact on the morale of the army. Even if he took over the army, he could not do nothing. Therefore, in the following time, accompanied by General Cui and others, he would climb to the top of the city, if he came to the camp of the soldiers, had a cordial conversation with the soldiers he met, and when he was having dinner, he would eat whatever he did in the army, without any airs of a prince.

Speaking of which, due to the shortage of food, all the grain in the army was concentrated and distributed uniformly. The soldiers in the city could only drink thin soup every day. Some wild vegetables in the corners of the city were dug out and threw them into the pot. The soup tasted all kinds of flavors, but Zhao Jia did not dislike him at all. He often ate and joked with the soldiers while sucking, which made him quickly integrated into the army. Everyone would praise him, the little prince.

Don't underestimate the above Zhao Jia. Although it seems to be trivial matters, the morale of the army in the city will quickly stabilize. After all, in the hearts of ordinary soldiers, Zhao Yan, as the prince of Yue, must be spoiled. Now there is no complaint from others. Naturally, these soldiers cannot be worse than Zhao Jia. Therefore, although they eat like pig food every day, the fighting spirit of the army has not declined at all, which also made General Cui and the others finally feel relieved.

However, just as Zhao Jia calmed down the morale of the army, the Jurchens outside the city seemed to have received some news and began to gather troops to attack the city. At first, it was just a tentative attack and was easily beaten back by the Song army, but later it began to attack the city with all its strength, especially when they did not see Hu Yanping, the main general, appearing on the top of the city, they acted even more crazy. Moreover, every time they attacked the city, the Jurchens would yell that Yanping was dead, causing the Song army in the city to surrender quickly.

In fact, Aguda outside the city didn't know whether Hu Yanping died or not, nor how the assassins he arranged, but he did everything he could do, so he had to try it regardless of whether these arrangements were successful or not. Anyway, they just shouted a few words outside. If Hu Yanping was not dead, they would naturally stand up to clarify, but if the other party really died, then their shouts would definitely shake the morale of the Song army.

What surprised Aguda was that when he attacked Liaoyang Prefecture before, it would be fine if Hu Yanping did not appear. Now that he was shouting like this outside the city, the other party still did not appear. In this way, he could almost conclude that even if the other party was not dead, he would be seriously injured and could not even come forward to clarify. This also made him command the army and launch a more crazier attack on Liaoyang Prefecture City.

Faced with the crazy attack of the Liao army, General Cui and other major generals in the city climbed to the city to supervise the battle, and repelled more than a dozen attacks from the Jurchens in a row. It was thanks to Zhao Jia's previous identification and calming the morale of the army in the city, which made Aguda's psychological offensive fail to work. However, in this high-intensity battle, the soldiers' physical strength was consumed very quickly. In addition, the city was short of food, and the soldiers only had two bowls of porridge a day to fill their hunger. Many soldiers fought a few games, but they were exhausted and they couldn't stand up. This made General Cui and others able to keep mobilizing their troops to replace the defenders at the city, which withstanded the Jurchens' attack.

Finally, until the evening, General Cui and his friends thought that the Jurchens would stop attacking, but they did not expect that the other party would actually raise a tall fire on the battlefield and ignite torches to prepare for the night battle. This was undoubtedly a huge disaster for the Song army, who was exhausted but could not get food supplements! (To be continued.)
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