After hearing Han Shizhong's words, Zhao Kai fell silent.
Zhao Kai knew that the soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan were defending the city and resisting the Jin Kingdom's western army.
It was also because of the Taiyuan soldiers and civilians that they were able to hold off the Jin army on the west and the Nien Han army that Zhao Kai was able to use the 3,000 Red Flame Army to break the situation from Bianliang.
After that, they crossed the river and went north to recover Daming Prefecture, Xing Prefecture, Cizhou, and nearly a hundred other prefectures and counties. They rescued the five million soldiers and civilians of the Great Song Dynasty and sent troops to Hejian Prefecture.
To Zhao Kai and the Great Song, Wang Bing, Yang Keshi, and the others who defended Taiyuan were the greatest heroes of the Northern Expedition.
Because of the limited number of soldiers, Zhao Kai had originally wanted to flood the 300,000 Jin soldiers, recover Hejian Prefecture, and remove the threat of the Jin army on Hebei East Road. Then, he would rush to Taiyuan and defeat the Jin army on the west road.
This was also the most reasonable strategy, because Zhao Kai's previous two victories did not cause any damage to the Jin Army.
Just Wanyan Zongwang's East Marshal's Mansion south of the Great Wall could mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops.
If Zhao Kai recovered the Daming Mansion and other places and then went west to save Taiyuan, then Wanyan Zongwang, who had gotten a breather, would take the opportunity to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops south and carry out cruel revenge on the people of Great Song!
Then, they would chase after Zhao Kai and attack from both sides of the city, annihilating Zhao Kai and his 180,000 troops!
Therefore, Zhao Kai pressed on step by step. When Wanyan Zongwang had just gathered 300,000 troops, he pushed into Hejian Prefecture, not giving the Jin army the chance to go south again and destroy the Song Empire and the people.
This was because he carried the lives of the Great Song and the people on his shoulders. Every step of his plan had to be carefully thought out and no mistakes could be made!
In fact, in the eyes of Zhong Shidao and everyone else, Zhao Kai's actions and strategy could already be said to be divine and divine!
Zhao Kai's achievements in the past month were almost impossible for anyone else!
Zhao Kai had single-handedly saved the Great Song from the brink of collapse. He had opened up a ray of hope for the people of the Great Song!
If one wanted to blame someone, they could only blame the mess left behind by Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan. It was simply too bad!
If Zhao Kai had another 100,000 soldiers, he could split into two groups and advance at the same time. One group would take back Hejian Prefecture, and the other group would help Taiyuan Prefecture.
He wouldn't have only received news of Taiyuan's difficulties at this time and faced a dilemma!
"The soldiers and civilians of Taiyuan are loyal and brave!"
" Yes!" Zhao Kai nodded solemnly." Taiyuan's soldiers and civilians did not disappoint Great Song, so Great Song will not disappoint Taiyuan's soldiers and civilians!"
Send out my decree, 3,000 Red Flame Troops will be dispatched as soon as possible. In addition, 30,000 Western Troops will be dispatched to quietly leave the camp and follow me to rescue Taiyuan!”
When he learned of the true situation in Taiyuan, Zhao Kai immediately made the decision to divide his forces to rescue Taiyuan.
As the emperor of Great Song, Zhao Kai couldn't just watch the loyal soldiers of Great Song die for Great Song!
Therefore, he had to save Taiyuan!
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am willing to follow Your Majesty to the death and return to Taiyuan!”
After hearing Zhao Kai's order to save Taiyuan, Han Shizhong immediately became excited and thanked him with tears of gratitude.
At this moment, Han Shizhong felt from the bottom of his heart that the young emperor in front of him was a wise emperor worthy of his loyalty!
"Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt. Taiyuan is indeed in danger, but the 300,000 Jin soldiers of Hejian Prefecture cannot be underestimated!”
At this moment, Zhong Shidao's eyes turned red as if he had made a difficult decision. He said,""Many of the soldiers in Taiyuan are comrades of our western army. This old minister wishes to save them more than anyone else!
However, our army has 180,000 soldiers, which is much less than the Jin Kingdom. If we divide our forces, we will only have 150,000 infantry left.
If they divided their forces in Taiyuan and couldn't quickly destroy the Jinxi Army, then Wanyan Zongwang would notice the abnormality before the water storage was successful.
Once the 300,000 Jin troops go south, our army will be in danger!
The millions of people behind our army will suffer an even greater calamity!
And Wanyan Zongwang, who was free, would lead his troops to Taiyuan and attack His Majesty from the west with the Jin army!”
Zhong Shidao said as he bowed solemnly and asked,"Your Majesty is in Hejian prefecture, so you can stabilize Wanyan Zongwang and not make him suspicious.
As for the rescue of Taiyuan, please let me lead ten thousand western troops to support it.
I can lead ten thousand troops to set up camp outside of Taiyuan to contain the Jin army and draw their firepower to relieve the pressure on Taiyuan.
Even if I die, I will hold on until His Majesty floods the Jin army to recover Hejian Prefecture and lead the army to reinforce Taiyuan!”
Zhong Shidao was already prepared to die in Taiyuan.
He knew how heavy the burden was on the shoulders of this young emperor. He knew how difficult the situation was.
However, Zhao Kai had led them to a miracle, allowing them to see the hope of the Great Song defeating the Jin Kingdom and recovering all their lost territory.
Thus, Zhong Shidao didn't want to see Zhao Kai put himself in danger. He wanted to use his own life to buy time for Zhao Kai's plan!
Zhong Shidao's words allowed Han Shizhong to understand the situation of Zhao Kai and the Great Song army, and it shocked Han Shizhong.
With limited military strength, it was difficult to fight the enemy on two fronts, but His Majesty still wanted to divide his forces to save Taiyuan and refused to give up on Taiyuan's less than 20,000 soldiers.
This kind of love for soldiers was rare since ancient times!
Thus, Han Shizhong immediately pleaded with tears in his eyes,""Your Majesty is in such a difficult situation, and you still have to rescue Taiyuan. How dare I and the soldiers of Taiyuan put Your Majesty and millions of soldiers and civilians in danger with less than twenty thousand soldiers?
Your Majesty, please give me a good horse and let me kill my way back to Taiyuan. I'll tell General Wang Bing and the others that even if they have to eat the flesh and blood of the Jin soldiers, they must hold on until Your Majesty defeats the Jindong Army and rescue Taiyuan!”
Han Shizhong wanted to bring hope to the Taiyuan soldiers guarding the city.
And the price of this hope might be his own life, losing it outside Taiyuan City.
It could be said that Han Shizhong and Zhong Shidao were all loyal officials who cared for the country and the people!
How could Zhao Kai allow such righteous men to die so tragically?
"Who said that splitting up means that Taiyuan and the millions of soldiers and civilians can't survive?”
Zhao Kai waved his hand. His eyes were filled with determination as he pointed at Sheyama, the captured son of Nihan, and laughed loudly."Perhaps before this, it is extremely dangerous to split up. If we are not careful, we will lose the entire game.
However, with Wanyan Sheye here, I have full confidence that within half a month, I will be able to break through West Road Nianhan and then Wanyan Zongwang!”
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