Jiankang.
Liu Chan, who was still indulging in debauchery, suddenly heard bad news.
The fake Qi army was advancing!
He was a little flustered because this place was a little close to the front line.
Moreover, there was no natural defense. If the enemy attacked, they would be unstoppable.
They would come in a few days. By then, it would be difficult for him to escape.
In the main hall, the ministers were urgently summoned for a meeting.
Qin Hui was sent to the Jin Kingdom to discuss peace negotiations.
But as soon as he left, the fake Qi entered the palace.
This made Liu Chan suspect that the other party had deliberately let down his guard when he mentioned peace negotiations.
"Please don't panic, the camp guards are enough to block the enemy's attack.”
A minister comforted Liu Chan, telling him not to be afraid.
Otherwise, if the officials were afraid to return to Lin 'an from Jiankang, it would be a huge blow to the morale of the soldiers on the border.
"Official, the frontline reported that the fake Qi claimed to have 300,000.
Among them, there were only tens of thousands of soldiers who could fight. The 40,000 troops of Huaixi Middle Road held the city and were enough to resist.
Furthermore, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun were there.
The puppet Qi army will definitely be defeated!"
Prime Minister Zhang Jun felt that this attack was truly inconceivable.
With so many troops moving south, if the puppet Qi army was at a disadvantage, they would be the first to collapse.
"What about the golden man?
Are they sending troops?"
Liu Chan's mind was much calmer, and he wasn't as panicked as before.
The puppet Qi was not Cao Wei, it was just a puppet supported by the Jin people.
How much combat power could it have?
It was just a battle with the Song army.
Both sides were from the Song Dynasty. There was no reason for them to become stronger after joining the enemy.
"At present, we have not received any news of the Golden Men.
However, he couldn't rule out the possibility that they were hiding their tracks.”
Prime Minister Zhang Jun said after thinking for a moment.
Before going to court, he was still thinking about whether he should persuade the officials to take the initiative to attack.
They would defeat the puppet Qi in one fell swoop and recover a large area of lost territory.
This was to stabilize his position as prime minister.
However, the fierce battle prowess of the golden men still made him choose a defensive strategy.
"That's good."
Liu Chan was relieved, but his confidence was in Yue Fei.
There was also a portion of the Yue Clan Army that had rushed over from the central region.
No one in the court denied the fact that this was the strongest army in the Southern Song Dynasty.
There was no other.
Not only were they strong, but more importantly, they had faith.
It was like the embryonic form of the people's army a thousand years later.
The military ideology that was ahead of the times was a complete blow to the enemy.
If it wasn't for the fact that they were too few in numbers, Yue Fei would have conquered the Central Plains long ago.
"We will take our leave."
After the discussion, Prime Minister Zhang Jun left to arrange military affairs.
It had to be said that being conservative wasn't a bad thing sometimes.
This was because the Jin general who led the troops this time was called Wanyan Wu.
Yue Fei's lifelong enemy.
He was also the Song Dynasty's greatest enemy in the next ten years!
He was a man who took over the Jin Kingdom's military and political affairs after the old generals had withered!
……
A great battle was about to break out.
The so-called 300,000 strong army of the Qi Dynasty soon arrived at the border.
In order to save their lives, Liu Lin and the other generals did not hold back at all.
He brought the most elite cavalry and infantry to the south!
After all, they had no way out.
If the Jin people wanted to abandon them, the Song people would definitely kill them as traitors.
At that time, the world would be so big that there would be no place for them.
"Kill them!"
Wanfu Town, a small place north of Shouzhou.
In order to motivate the soldiers, Liu Lin and the others did not impose any restrictions on them.
After entering the city, all the treasures they robbed would belong to them.
This action immediately made the unwilling soldiers think of going south.
However, the soldiers and civilians in Wanfu Town suffered.
Burning, killing, looting, all sorts of things were happening here.
However, Liu Lin and the others didn't care. Their eyes were fixed on Shouzhou City.
This city, which was 300 kilometers away from Jiankang, was their biggest obstacle.
If Shouzhou City was taken down quickly, the Jin Kingdom's cavalry hiding in the rear would enter.
Even though Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun's men were nearby.
They would take the risk to enter the palace and attack Jiankang!
The allure of Emperor Zhao Song's bargaining chip was too great. They were willing to pay the price of going deep alone!
If the Emperor was captured again, the Emperor would be captured again.
Even the people of the Song Dynasty would ask themselves if the fate of the Song Dynasty had come to an end.
The next day, Willow Woods Town fell!
On the third day, Changfeng County fell!
On the fourth day, Fei River Town fell!
On the fifth day, Yingshang County fell!
The sixth day, Shou Prefecture City.
Li Qiong and Wang De stood on the city wall and looked at the dense crowd of the puppet Qi army outside. Their morale had reached its peak.
The expression on his face was obviously not very good.
"What did Commandant Yue say?"
Li Qiong's face darkened.
"We can't move the troops from Chuzhou. The troops from Hefei are on their way.”
The other party replied helplessly.
"Yes, Chuzhou is Jiankang's last line of defense.
If it was broken through, His Majesty would be in danger!
So, does that mean that we can only rely on ourselves?”
Li Qiong took a deep breath. No one dared to take this risk.
He didn't dare, and neither did Yue Fei.
The Huaixi Army reacted very quickly, but no one expected Liu Yu, who had always been timid, to be so ruthless.
The speed at which they marched south was almost on par with the Yue Family Army.
Even though many of them had died, there were still 100,000 people in front of Shouzhou City.
There were at least 50,000 soldiers.
Along the way, they had conquered cities and villages, and now they were shouting loudly under the city walls.
It was as if in the next moment, they would attack the city in front of them.
On the other hand, Li Qiong's side only had 20,000 people. Including the auxiliary soldiers and the people in the city, there were at most 30,000.
"As long as we hold on, the puppet Qi will collapse without a fight.”
Wang De was also famous for his battle prowess, and he and Li Qiong were Liu Shiguang's right-hand men.
"Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun won't sit back and do nothing. Hold on for a while, and reinforcements should arrive.”
Li Qiong believed that they wouldn't do the same at a time like this.
When an ally was in trouble, he would not move like a mountain.
No one dared to be careless when it came to matters involving the government.
"Kill them!"
Very soon, earth-shaking shouts and shouts erupted from below the city wall.
One by one, the temporary ladders were pushed forward quickly.
On the city wall, the attackers and defenders were as dense as ants.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The cannons were slightly weaker than before.
However, the huge contribution of the first to climb up stimulated the puppet Qi army to continuously climb up!
In any case, retreating would mean death, so it was better to fight for the huge credit.
Even if he died, it would benefit his family!
"The west gate has collapsed.”
The Huaixi army also displayed astonishing combat strength, repelling more than ten enemy attacks.
At this rate, it wouldn't be difficult for them to defend for three to five days.
This period of time was enough for Han Shizhong's reinforcements to arrive.
However, when the flag of the golden man appeared on the horizon.
Everything had changed!
The golden men, who were originally waiting for the city to fall, had appeared outside Shouzhou City in advance!
The appearance of Wanyan Wushu made the situation on the battlefield suddenly tense!
The reinforcements that came one after another were mercilessly crushed by the golden cavalry.
It was as if he had no strength to fight back!
Five thousand, ten thousand, fifteen thousand, twenty thousand, thirty thousand.
The Song soldiers who had been rescued were all dead or injured!
Shouzhou, which was full of allies, suddenly became a lonely city without reinforcements.
And it was about to become a dead city!
Jiankang was in danger, Liu Chan was in danger!
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