Lin'an, Duke Zhenguo Mansion.

Lin Wanrong sat upright on the Grand Master's chair in armor, frowning. In addition to him, there were Li Huaiyi and Zhao Dali in the lobby. Both of them were sitting on the chairs on both sides of the lobby with helmets and armor, and they also frowned deeply. At this time, the huge red candle in the hall was slowly shaking with the breeze, reflecting the three relatively speechless people, and the atmosphere was a little solemn for a moment.

After Lin Wanrong was surprised to be named a high-ranking official, he calmed down and realized that he had taken on a chore. The total 400,000 Xuanting strong army was not a joke. Although Lin'an's strong city was the only one to rely on, thinking about the state of the imperial guards in the city, a trace of bitterness rose in his heart. Now is no longer the time for the founding of the country. The military has been deflated for a long time, and he is negligent in training. He has no intention of fighting and no desire to fight. He is thankful that he will not escape in the face of battle.

After a long time, Lin Wanrong sighed and said helplessly:

"Second brother, third brother, this Lin'an City is not easy to defend."

Seeing that Lin Wanrong was a little anxious, Li Huaiyi comforted him and said, "Brother, don't worry. Although the imperial guards in the city are useless, there are also Tianwu, Pengri, Shenwei, and Longwei, who are well-equipped imperial guards, they still have some combat power. Moreover, we are defending the city now and not attacking the city. The Xuanting people have no choice but to do anything to us."

Zhao Dali also echoed: "Brother, the second brother is right. With the four army in front of the imperial court, Lin'an dare not say that it is as solid as a rock, but it is as stable as Mount Tai."

"If it really doesn't work, we will transfer Sun Jiagan's Jingdong Army back to Lin'an. The 100,000 Jingdong Army under his command has fought against the small countries in the territory all year round. Moreover, Sun Jiagan is also a powerful general in our Song Dynasty. With him, we can easily defend the city."

Lin Wanrong hesitated for a while: "If all the troops in Jingdong are transferred to Lin'an, there will be no soldiers to defend Jingdong Road. If those small countries have evil intentions..."

"Brother, you're too worried about this. Now that the foreign army is approaching, these small countries are still too busy to protect themselves. How dare they send troops to attack my border?" Li Huaiyi understood this very clearly, so he directly interrupted Lin Wanrong's concern and said, after all, they are all people who have fought old wars, and they know the nature of these small countries.

"Not only Jingdong Army, don't forget that there is a strong army in Lin'an City." Zhao Dali suddenly spoke.

Lin Wanrong was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly: "Where is it?"

"Yes, third brother, what kind of talent is there in the middle of Beijing? Why don't I and my elder brother know?" Li Huaiyi also asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"Brother, why do you forget about the second brother? Zhou State Mission..." Zhao Dalishen mysteriously pointed to the direction of Yishenju where Ma Jin was.

The two of them suddenly realized, and Li Huaiyi slapped his thighs suddenly, stood up and said:

"It's true, why did I forget them?" said to Lin Wanrong:

"I have seen the guards of the Zhou delegation. There are 5,000 people, and they are all well-equipped heavy-armored cavalry. They are all the best Dragon Blood Demon Horses." When talking about Dragon Blood Demon Horses, a hint of greed flashed in Li Huaiyi's eyes. Well, his dignified Song Duke did not have a Dragon Blood Demon Horse to ride, and Da Zhou casually pulled out one soldier, which made him suddenly feel that after so many years, he could not even compare to a small pawn from Da Zhou, which was too harmful to his face.

Zhao Dali nodded vigorously, stroked his beard and said, "No, I was shocked by these Great Zhou cavalry at that time. The evil aura on his body... Tsk tsk, it wouldn't have it that it had not come out of the sea of ​​bloody mountains and fires. It would definitely be called a heroic soldier of war."

"In my opinion, these five thousand cavalry are worth tens of thousands of soldiers in my Song Dynasty."

Lin Wanrong nodded thoughtfully, but he was still a little doubtful. These soldiers were the escort cavalry of the envoys of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and no one could tell whether they would help them.

Seeing that Lin Wanrong was hesitant, Zhao Dali stood up and said:

"Brother, if you have any questions, let's just ask if you want to ask."

"Okay, let me leave this matter to you, my third brother. You can go there yourself." Lin Wanrong pondered for a moment, then slapped the table and said.

"Come on, brother, just take a look!" Zhao Dali agreed happily.

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Kyo-zhong Road, Noshu, Ono Castle.

The first city that entered the capital area of ​​Song State from the west had fallen into Qin Le's hands at this time. Of course, it was not his attack, but when he led his army to Yezhou, the defenders in the city had already fled, leaving only an empty city, and even the people had never seen one.

At this time, Qin Le stood on the top of the city of Dayo in bright silver armor, watching the teams of Xuanting soldiers wearing light blue armor rushing out of the city, like a rolling torrent of steel, extending to the east in black until the end of the sky.

This scene made him feel passionate, and the raging fire kept burning in his chest. This was the capital for his future rise. As long as he could control this army, he could erode the entire expeditionary army step by step from the inside out, and finally become his belongings.

Thinking of this, I became more and more excited and wished that I could roar at the moment. But now is not the time. He suppressed the restlessness in his heart and sighed softly:

"Our speed is still too slow. It will take at least ten days to arrive in Lin'an. I'm not waiting!"

The commander of the Lanqi Army standing beside Qin Le nodded and said in agreement:

"What the commander said is that we have 400,000 troops and horses, and we cannot go too fast unless we let the cavalry go first and the infantry bend back."

Upon hearing this, Qin Le shook his head and said:

"No need, going to Lin'an is a battle for siege. Even if the cavalry arrives, they can only sigh at the city."

"Besides, when our cavalry arrives, the people of Song may panic. At that time, those who are serving the king will be afraid and will take some effort to destroy them in the future. It is better to let the people of Song recruit all their troops to Lin'an. At that time, they will save trouble by completing their contributions in one battle."

Mu Jiu looked at Qin Le, who was full of confidence, frowned slightly, and said uneasy:

"Master, I found that the Song army has learned its cleverness now. We have not encountered any decent resistance along the way. All the troops were withdrawn as if they had planned. Even the treasury was emptied by them. There was no figure in the city. It seemed that they wanted to strengthen the walls and clear the fields. Once our front line was lengthened, if the Song army robbed our food route, we would be ineffective at that time..."

Qin Le smiled slightly, without any concern, but said, "You are right. The Song people are just strengthening the walls and clearing the fields, but what can that happen? It may be a good thing for us. Now that all the wealth of Song State has been concentrated in Lin'an, and it will be collected in one go. Why don't we do it?"

"As for the food road you mentioned, I didn't plan to take much time to attack Lin'an. After breaking Lin'an, what do we want?"

Mu Jiu nodded:

"What the Grand Marshal said is that now it seems that the Song people are planning to fight us to the death in Lin'an."

Qin Le nodded affirmatively, with a little worry on his face: "I hope this battle will go well!"

Sighed and said:

"The key to this battle is whether we can quickly capture Lin'an. Once the time is delayed for a long time, our middle army will have a sharp decline in morale due to poor food and grass, and it will be even more difficult to attack Lin'an at that time."

Speaking of this, Qin Le's tone rose and became full of confidence:

"However, with the ability of the Song Dynasty's group of people to eat, it will not be able to stop our army for a few days. When we are about to break through Lin'an, we can let the prince go to the front line in person. Then the entire Song Dynasty can make an edict."

Mu Jiu looked at Qin Le with some surprise: "Let the prince go to the front line?"

Qin Le shook his head and smiled slightly, "Of course, what is the prince's personal expedition to overseas this time? You and I know it. We must give it to him the opportunity to leave a name in history. Otherwise, if this great success will make us ministers, what will he think and what will happen to us?"

Mu Jiu couldn't understand what Qin Le meant at the moment. Such a great contribution could be easily given up? So what's the point of fighting this battle?

Seeing Mu Jiu's face strange, Qin Le naturally understood what he was thinking, and couldn't help but speak:

"Tell you the truth, let the prince go to the front line. First, it is to let him see what the front line looks like and satisfy his ambition to command thousands of troops. Second, it is also to let him decide how to deal with the royal family of the Song Dynasty and the officials of Lin'an. This is something that you and I can never do as a minister, only he can."

Mu Jiu nodded: "You mean that you are so powerful that you will be shocked by the master, right?"

Qin Le nodded fiercely, and a cold light flashed in his eyes:

"Since my Xuanting founded my country, it has been thousands of years since it was established, and only three great countries have been destroyed. One is the Bodhi Dynasty, which was destroyed by Taizu personally. Based on this, our Xuanting Dynasty was established. The other is the time of Muzong, when Prince Rong, Qin Wu, led a large army to destroy the Aqina Dynasty. What was the result? Once he returned to Longcheng, he was placed under house arrest by Muzong in the palace and died in depression for several years. There was also the Duke of Jingguo Li Sai of Wenzong, who led his troops to destroy the Seth Black Dynasty. Because of his great merit, he was jealous of Wenzong. Not only did he not receive a reward, but he also found a reason to destroy the whole family."

"Look at the minister who made great contributions in addition to the emperor himself, who had a good ending? What's more, I, an unpopular prince. Once I break through Lin'an and have such great contributions, the prince will not spare me first and steal his limelight. What good fruit can I have to eat?"

Mu Jiu nodded thoughtfully and said:

"Master, why don't you write a letter to the prince to come to the front line now so that he won't be disgusting behind him."

Qin Le smiled and waved his hand: "As the head coach of the Central Army, I can't achieve any results, it's the best time to break through Lin'an City." As he said this, Qin Le's eyes became deeper and he said softly:

"At that time, everyone in the world will know that Lin'an was actually defeated by me, Qin Le, but I, Qin Le, adhere to the way of a minister and gave the credit to the prince."

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Lin'an City, Yang Weimen.

This gate is the only gate facing the northwest of Lin'an City. At that time, the Song Taizu Mi Jiuzu personally conquered the Ali Khanate and captured Ali Khan alive, Sarqima, to unify the western part of the Song Dynasty. This gate returned triumphantly and was ordered by Mi Jiuzu to be the Yaowu Yangwei Sect on the spot, which was later called the Yangwei Sect to demonstrate his achievements.

At this time, above the head of Yangweimen, Ma Jin stood behind the battlements wearing bright light armor, looking at the outside of the city with a slight look, while Xu Changan stood behind him in a white robe, and said with a smile:

"Brother Zhou, why did you agree to Duke Zhao to defend the powerful sect and do such a thankless thing?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Jin gave Xu Changan a blank look and said angrily: "Aren't you the same? Didn't you tell me to go to Dazhou directly? I have to come back and die."

Xu Changan didn't care about Ma Jin's attitude, but instead said with a smile: "I am a man with a hard bone. I don't look back if I don't hit the wall. Besides, if there is no soldier around you, you won't be able to do anything, right?"

"You?" Ma Jin was a little amused and crying for a moment. As soon as he was about to say something, a low horn sounded from outside the city. Ma Jin looked to the distance and saw a dark shadow several miles away from the city, covering the sky and the sun.

Xuanting's army arrived......
Chapter completed!