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Li Hu said nothing and brought the guards back to Zhenchuan Fort. People like Yue Fei were born for war. As long as he was given a chance, he could shine. Li Hu believed that after Yue Fei passed the Battle of Datong, he would soon become a powerful general. In time, he would become the commander-in-chief. But at that time, I hope everyone will be brothers, not opponents.

It was already the early morning of the 17th. Zhang Guanyu, Dong Zhongsun, Ying Qin, Dugu Feng, Li Jin, Gao Baolong, Gao Yuan and other commanders of the army rushed to the fort to pay homage to Li Hu.

Li Hu told them two things: one was that the Liaoxia coalition had arrived at the Khukou and ambushed Tangzi Mountain and Dabao Mountain at the pass, and the other was that Tong Guan had ordered the Hedong Army to rush to Datong immediately.

These two news made the generals very happy. Although some of them were unwilling to defect to the Song Dynasty, at this critical moment, only by seeking the Song Dynasty could we find a way out. Even if we were unwilling to do so, we could not do anything.

Dong Zhongsun saw that Li Hu's face was very bad and he was not energetic. He probably was over-tired. "General Commander, you can sleep well in Zhenchuan Fort for a few days. We promised to keep the Jin army outside Zhenchuan Fort so that you can have a good sleep."

"Thank you for your kindness. I also want to have a good sleep, but I have no life." Li Hu smiled, "I want to go and kill Hukou, and here is commanded by Dong Shuai. Before Dong Shuai arrived, you will obey Mao Shuai's command. Let me tell you, Mao Shuai will fight whatever he told you to fight, and don't make any decisions. If Zhenchuan Fort is lost and the Jin army kills Datong City directly, then we will not be able to turn the situation around."

Zhang Guanyu, Dong Zhongsun, Li Jin and others agreed. However, from their eyes, they could see that they were simply disdainful of the Mao army. The Mao army was the temporary commander of the Zhenchuan Fort battlefield. When there was no war, everyone would be happy. Once a war started, they would turn against each other. There was actually a problem with this battle today. Dugu Feng and Li Jin had already rushed to Zhenchuankou before the Mao army's order was issued. There were also Zhang Guanyu and Dong Zhongsun. The Mao army asked them to withdraw the defenders from the three forts that were not attacked by the Jin army to Zhenchuan Fort, but these two ignored them and thought that the Mao army was nonsense. What if the Jin army began to attack the three forts tomorrow?

"You go and kill the tiger's mouth?" Zhang Guanyu asked. "Isn't there commander Dong Shuai?"

"I want to put the Song army on the battlefield of Killing Hukou." Li Hu explained. Considering that the battlefield of Killing Hukou was jointly fought by the Liao army, Xia army, Song army and Han army, it was more appropriate to go to command it yourself.

Then he talked about the goal of this battle again. "Whether this battle can be won, the key is whether we can severely damage the Jin army in the Killing Hukou. The victory of the Killing Hukou must rely on you to firmly restrain the main force of the Jin army in the Zhenchuan Fort battlefield and delay their support for Killing Hukou, so don't care about the casualties and do your best to fight me. There are 50,000 new recruits in the Baidengshan camp. Even if you beat them, I can quickly rebuild the army."

Li Hu said this sentence many times. Today, the commanders of each army were indeed killed. The Third Army of Hulie destroyed half of the battle. In the fierce battle in the first half of the night, the Shenlong Army and the Thunder Army also suffered great losses, but Dugu Feng and Li Jin resisted the crazy attacks of the Jin army and did not let the Jurchens go further.

"Ship Mao, how to fight next?" Li Hu asked. The closer the Jin army is to Zhenchuan Fort, the more angry these people are. If they don't obey commands, the matter will definitely appear. So Li Hu plans to roughly formulate the offensive and defensive strategies of the mainland for these few hours before leaving to avoid Mao's command.

"Retreat from the second line of defense to the third line of defense immediately." Mao Jun understood Li Hu's meaning and said without thinking. "Tomorrow morning, evacuate the third line of defense. We gathered our troops at Zhenchuan Fort. We used the defense formation and defense equipment in the fort to continue fighting with the Jin army."

"I have killed thousands of people from day to night. I finally managed to defend the second line of defense. Now you actually said you want to retreat. Since you want to retreat, why didn't you say it earlier? You mean to cheat me? Tell you. I won't retreat." Dugu Feng jumped up immediately and pointed at Mao Jundi's nose and roared angrily.

Zhang Guanyu sneered and glanced at Mao Jun, saying coldly: "What does Mao Shuai mean? The General Manager was just saying that we must firmly restrain the main force of the Jin army in the front line of Zhenchuan Fort. You will retreat for five miles now. You will directly discard all the frontier defenses of Zhenchuan Fort. What is the reason?"

"The reason is that the Jin army attacked too hard. We rely on the defensive formation to consume a large amount of Jin army and attack their morale. It's just that we will suffer too much loss and cannot afford this loss. But the Jin army can afford it. So we will withdraw after a while." Mao Jun was not angry. He still smiled and explained slowly. "During this time, we spent a lot of effort in Zhenchuan Fort. We dug a lot of moat widened, strengthened and raised the city walls, built arrow towers and other defense facilities. In the fort, we also deployed eighty stone throwing cars, one hundred and fifty crossbows, and other cities to defend the city. With these things, plus more than one hundred thousand troops, we can completely block the Jin army in Zhenchuan Fort."

Mao’s army made sense. Today, the Jin army fought harder and fiercer in this battle. At night, they attacked overnight. The Jurchens seemed to have lost their minds. Their casualties were very large. They were about three times more than the rebels. So relatively speaking, the rebels still made a profit. Fighting with a mad dog. Of course, they had to stop when they were better, so as not to be bitten by the mad dog and lose all their money.

Zhang Guanyu, Dugu Feng and others were very dissatisfied with Mao Jun’s explanation. This sentence sounds very pleasant, but to put it bluntly, he was afraid of death and wanted to preserve his strength and dare not fight.

Gao Baolong, Gao Yuan, Wu Xiong and others all supported Mao’s military strategy. Zhang Guanyu and his group said that in order to protect Datong, their real purpose was to protect their wealth. Anyway, the general commander would supplement them after the army fought, so what else were they afraid of? Not only was there no guilt, but it was also a merit. So why not fight?

"Mao Shuai is the temporary commander of the Zhenchuan Fort battlefield. He fights as he says." Li Hu spoke and supports it unconditionally. In fact, he also thinks that the Mao army is too cautious. The rebel army is fully capable of fighting with them before the Jin army approaches Zhenchuan Fort. The rebel army dies 10,000 and the Jin army dies 30,000. Why not fight this battle? But this cannot be said. If Li Hu denies the Mao army's plan, the Mao army will not be able to deal with these domineering bosses.

At the beginning of the 17th, Li Hu took Tiewei Camp to leave Zhenchuan Fort and rushed to kill Hukou.

Mao's army ordered to evacuate the second line of defense and fight with the Jin army again on the third line of defense. In Taiyuan, he asked the Hedong ruling urge to Zhang Xiaochun, the pacification envoy of Hedong, who personally led his army to Datong, but the premise was that Li Hu had to accept his conditions, so he asked Zhang Xiaochun to rush to Ningwu Pass in advance to wait for news from Liu.

Li Gang was about to return to Datong at that time. He was very happy to hear the good news and immediately followed Zhang Xiaochun to Ningwu Pass.

At this time, Bianjing also sent a letter. The Prime Minister of Xifu Zheng Juzhong, told Zhang Xiaochun that when he went north to Datong, the alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty was abolished. In the long run, this would be beneficial to the Song Dynasty without any harm. However, in order to prevent it, the emperor and the court did not issue a public order, but granted Tong Guan the right to transfer troops and asked Tong Guan to order the transfer of troops to Datong. If something happened, Tong Guan would bear the responsibility. Of course, Zhang Xiaochun also had joint and several liability.

Tong Guan failed the Northern Expedition, and he was in a difficult situation and had to attack. The emperor and the court's ministers insisted on the Northern Expedition again for the sake of face and interests. However, at this moment, the emperor and the ministers of the warlords defeated the defeat, so they turned to Li Hu, hoping that Li Hu would defeat the Jin army in Datong, and then carry out two attacks.

The consequences are very serious. Suppose Li Hu defeated the Jin army and captured Yanjing in front of the Song army, will he fulfill his promise and take the initiative to return Yanjing to the Song Dynasty and retreat to Yunzhong Road? Zheng Juzhong is probably in a difficult situation. Li Hu is a hero from the north. When he was in western Liaoning, this man dealt with all parties. In order to achieve his own goal, he can do everything he can to achieve his own goals, so don't expect him to keep his promise.

Therefore, Zheng Juzhong asked Zhang Xiaochun to act according to the opportunity after arriving in Yunzhong Road. In addition to ensuring that Li Hu defends Datong, he also had to preserve his strength in order to pose a threat to Li Hu. In addition, he should send an envoy to the Daxia Kingdom to contact the commander of the Daxia Army, and join forces to deal with Li Hu when necessary, forcing Li Hu to withdraw back to Yunzhong Road after conquering Yanjing.

Zhang Xiaochun was dizzy. This task was too difficult. Since he had to ensure that Li Hu was defending Datong, he would also pose a threat to Li Hu and let Li Hu use his main force to attack Yanjing. Is Li Hu a fool? What do you want? Zhang Xiaochun smiled bitterly and was speechless. What does Zheng Juzhong mean?

In Zhang Xiaochun's opinion, Li Hu could defend Datong with the attack of 300,000 Jin troops. It seemed a bit wishful thinking if he wanted to defeat the Jurchens. The Jin army could not defeat Datong, but it would not easily withdraw from Daibei, and the two armies might confront each other. In addition, the Daxia people had attacked Shuozhou twice, which shows that the Daxia people also wanted to take advantage of the situation. At this time, if the Daxia people formed an alliance with the Jurchens, Datong would be attacked for a second time. Therefore, Li Hu would not cooperate with the Song army to attack Yanjing before completely eliminating these threats.

In this way, Zheng Juzhong's meaning is very obvious. His purpose is to keep Li Hu in Yunzhong Road. In the second Northern Expedition of the Song army, Li Hu must cooperate. When Li Hu is in trouble, Tong Guan will help, and when Tong Guan needs Li Hu, Li Hu will not turn a blind eye, but he will definitely not send the main force over. This is enough. Zheng Juzhong only needs this goal. Then, if the second Northern Expedition is successful, everyone will be happy. If it fails, the main war faction led by Tong Guan will be out of here. The emperor cannot keep it even if he wants to.
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