In the Golden King's palace.
Everyone silently watched Xiao Yu's departing figure.
"Duke Chen, why are you doing this!"
Prime Minister Wanyan Xiang sighed.
He knew that Xiao Yu would most likely not be able to return from Xiangyang.
Being an official of the same dynasty, he could not help but feel a little pity for Xiao Yu.
Wanyan Dan ignored him and said in a deep voice,"Prime Minister, if anything happens, Xixia must not make a mistake. We must join forces with Xixia to take down Xiangyang in one fell swoop and let Yue Fei's Yue Family Army have 50% combat strength!”
"Yes, sir!"
Wanyan Xiang replied respectfully.
Minister of War Pusan Zhongyi suddenly stood up and said,"Emperor, since we have finished our work in one battle, then Qin Hui of the Song Dynasty should continue to play his role. We must let Qin Hui stop others from saving Yue Fei in the Song Dynasty court!”
"Qin Hui?"
When Wanyan Dan thought of the spies that the Jin Dynasty had sent into the Song Dynasty, his eyes revealed dissatisfaction.
During this period of time, Qin Hui did not play his role at all.
Wanyan Dan looked steadily at Pusan Zhongyi and said,"Tell Qin Hui that this time, we must do our best to stop the Song Dynasty from helping Xiangyang! If he still couldn't play his role this time, he would know what would happen to him!”
"Yes, sir!"
Pusan Zhongyi replied.
The white horse flew through the crack.
Soon, it was the middle of June.
Outside Xiangyang City.
The hundred thousand Yue Clan soldiers finally returned with countless spoils of war.
"Zhang Xian!"
"I heard on the way that the Jin Kingdom and the Western Xia have joined forces?" Yue Fei dismounted and said.”
Zhang Xian took the spear from Yue Fei's hand and said with an ugly expression,"That's right. The Jin Kingdom exchanged LingZhao for 300,000 Xixia troops. Now, the 600,000 Xixia and Jin allied forces will arrive at Xiangyang in five days!”
"What did the court say?"
Yue Fei frowned and asked.
"The request for help was sent to Lin 'an ten days ago, but there is still no result!" Zhang Xian said bitterly.”
"Bastard!"
Yue Fei cursed.
His eyes were filled with anger!
How could he not know that if there was still no news after more than ten days, then Lin 'an must have decided to give up Xiangyang!
"My lord!"
The soldiers who heard the news all looked at Yue Fei.
Other than a few generals and Jia Xu, the rest of the Yue Clan Army soldiers did not know about the conflict between Zhao Gou and Yue Fei.
Now that they knew that the royal court might abandon them, they could not help but feel sorrow in their hearts.
"Soldiers!"
Yue Fei turned to look at the exhausted soldiers behind him and said with a firm gaze,"We have no choice. Our families and everything are in Xiangyang. We must defend Xiangyang to the death. Although Lin 'an has never supported us, I will definitely fight with everyone!”
A Yue Family Army soldier said loudly,"The Yue Clan Army has never backed down. We swear to protect Xiangyang with Marshal Yue!”
"I swear to protect Xiangyang!"
The Yue Clan Army soldiers shouted in unison!
At the end of June.
The entire Great Song had entered summer.
The weather was getting increasingly dry, and the 600,000 troops of the Western Xia and Jin armies had left Xiangyang without any cover.
He even issued a proclamation to the world that this battle would definitely destroy Xiangyang, and even vaguely warned the Song Dynasty not to interfere.
Yue Fei's 200,000 men against the 600,000 Xia Jin soldiers did not seem to have any chance of winning.
Lin 'an.
Inside Duancheng Hall.
In the center of power in the Song Dynasty, hundreds of ministers had different expressions on their faces.
They had been discussing whether to rescue Xiangyang for more than twenty days.
However, there was no conclusion.
Qin Hui's expression was firm as he said with certainty,""We don't have the troops to rescue Xiangyang, and we can't go rescue Xiangyang at this time. Now that droughts are happening frequently in the country, if we mobilize our troops to rescue Xiangyang, it will definitely affect the disaster relief!”
"No!"
Han Shizhong shook his head and said sternly," Prime Minister, do you know how important Xiangyang and the Yue Family Army are to the Great Song? If you don't go and rescue Xiangyang, doesn't that mean that Lin 'an has already given up on Xiangyang?!" The King of Xiangyang is expanding the territory of our Great Song. If we do this, the world will definitely be disappointed!”
"Bureau of Military Affairs!"
Hong Dehou, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites who had interacted with Yue Fei before, said loudly,"Don't tell me that if we expand our troops without restraint and don't go to the disaster relief, won't the world be disappointed?”
Han Shizhong's face was ashen as he roared," Raising troops and providing disaster relief are two different things. Why can't the Song Empire's treasury be filled with troops and provide disaster relief at the same time?!"”
"Bureau of Military Affairs!"
Zhao Gou's expression was ugly as he said,"The Great Song's treasury has never been full!”
Han Shizhong looked at Zhao Gou anxiously.! This matter could not be delayed any longer. The Jin Song allied army was about to reach Xiangyang! We must not abandon Xiangyang!!”
"Privy Han!"
Qin Hui said with a gloomy face," We did not abandon Xiangyang. We just wanted Xiangyang to hold on for a while. The Great Song's treasury is empty, so we can only help the refugees first. Only after we help the refugees can we support Xiangyang. Therefore, we can only let the King of Xiangyang hold on for a while!”
"Prime Minister!"
Han Shizhong glared at him." Six hundred thousand against two hundred thousand! How can we hold on? We have to reinforce Xiangyang immediately!"”
As he spoke, Han Shizhong kept coughing. It was obvious that he was extremely angry with Qin Hui.
Qin Hui obviously didn't want to continue arguing with him. Instead, he continued to look at Zhao Gou respectfully and said,"Official, the strength of the King of Xiangyang is obvious to all. We should believe in the King of Xiangyang!”
"Trust the King of Xiangyang?"
Zhao Gou was also thinking.
When he was young, he had also been high-spirited and wanted to reclaim his territory and drive away the Jin people.
He had also done the same during the early stages of the court.
That was why the Southern Song Dynasty could survive the fierce attack of the Jin Kingdom.
But now that he was already in his forties, he did not know how long he could live.
He didn't know if he could defeat the Xia and Jin allied forces by providing support to Xiangyang, but he knew that if he did, he would definitely anger the Xia and Jin countries and would have to spend a lot of money.
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