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Chapter 70 What? The Western Army is coming in millions!

When Yuwen Xuzhong and Zhao Liangsi left Kaifeng Prefecture City with the will of the official Zhao Ji and headed to the Jin army camp in Chenqiaoyi, more than ten cavalry of Jin soldiers had just arrived here and brought a terrible news to Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jiemu!

One million soldiers of the Northwest Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty were on their way to Kaifeng Prefecture, and they would arrive in at least half a month!

This news is not heard from the truth, but comes from several memorials seized by the Jin cavalry deployed to the west of Kaifeng Prefecture. These memorials were jointly issued by Qian Gai, the general commander of Shaanxi, and Zhong Shidao, the general commander of Jingji and the west commander of Jingji. They were carried by more than a dozen Western cavalry teams (a total of more than a dozen copies were written) to break through the blockade of the Jin soldiers. Several of them were lucky enough to break through, some were blocked by the Jin soldiers, and some fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers, and now they were sent to the Jin soldiers' central camp in Chenqiaoyi.

If Qian Gai and Zhong Shidao, two high-ranking officials of the Song State, did not write randomly on the memorial, then the Jin soldiers outside Kaifeng Prefecture seemed to be in great trouble.

This is one million imperial guards!

Just a few days ago, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jiemu were still wondering why they could not find the 800,000 Song Dynasty imperial guards... Now, there are one million imperial guards in the northwest. There are at least one hundred thousand imperial guards in Hebei, and there are about one hundred thousand imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture.

This is just one and two million imperial guards... It seems that too many have come!

Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jiemu did not dare to ignore it, and immediately summoned Meng'an and above generals to discuss the collective military discussion at Chenqiao Post.

We have to discuss it carefully, should we stop when we see it? Or should we make another challenge!

Although Kaifeng Prefecture has not been broken and the Song Dynasty officials have not paid any money, the Prince of Yun Zhao Kai even cheated and cheated Liu Yanzong to death. However, the Jindong Road Army still had a very considerable harvest!

The surrounding areas of Kaifeng Prefecture were almost ruined by them, and the benefits they had already gained had reached millions.

Now, I ask for an additional one million from the Song Dynasty court in Kaifeng Prefecture, but in fact I want to decide the outcome. If the Song Dynasty court signs the land, pays money, and gives the prince and prime minister the title of vassal, then it is to completely admit defeat and surrender.

The morale of the people in the Song Dynasty was greatly affected, and it could also greatly enhance the morale of the Jin soldiers.

In addition, the Jindong Route Army and the Kaifeng court reached a peace agreement that would confuse Zhao Kai from Hebei and let him relax his vigilance. In this way, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Jiemu would have the opportunity to give him some ruthlessness...

But the problem is that the Million-West Bing sounds a bit scary!

"Hmph, what's so scary about? Not only are there more than one million Song soldiers? Not to mention that it's mostly bluffing Shousheng, even if there are real ones, our Jurchen Lang is not afraid of them... I remember that we used 20,000 people to defeat the Khitan army in Budagang, but now a Jurchen Lang can't beat him twenty Song people?"

He spoke with Meng'an, who was in his forties or fifties, had a face full of flesh, his hair and beard, and he looked sloppy in a robe covered with oil stains. He looked sloppy. Look at him, he knew that he must have been a person who had been fighting for half his life with the old emperor Agu.

Although these characters are a bit rough and are all older and are gradually withdrawing from the stage of history, they are still quite reliable when it comes to war.

"Second brother, the Song people's Luo Shizi's Western Army really has a million? Most of them are bluffing and defending us!" I don't believe that there is a million-dollar person in the Western Army. The fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi. He has led his army to attack cities and plunder the land around Kaifeng City these days, and he has never seen a regular Song army with more than 1,000.

He smiled contemptuously and said, "If they really can pull up a million soldiers, there is no need to transfer any Western army. The strong men around Kaifeng Prefecture will be recruited (just) and the number of millions is not much smaller! But there are no decent soldiers around Kaifeng City? If even the strong men in Kaifeng Prefecture cannot be recruited, how can the Western army be recruited? It must be a lie!"

Wanyan Zongbi looked rough, but in fact he was very detailed. After analyzing, it was very reasonable. Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zhumu both nodded repeatedly, and Zongwang turned his attention to Han Anguo.

Guo Anguo thought, "The second prince, as far as I know, Shaanxi's six routes have always been the important military use of the Song State. Not only are there the so-called Western Army, but also the Yingtian archers and foreign soldiers. The serious Western Army is at most 200,000. If the Yingtian archers and foreign soldiers are added, there are probably 400,000. The soldiers of the Song army are all single recruits and the soldiers are not followed by Ali Xi. If they want to go to war, they will usually temporarily draw civil servants and the Xiang army will be used as a military officer (a nickname for Ali Xi). If all the 400,000 Western Army are out, plus the accompanying civil servants and Xiang army, there will be six or seven hundred thousand without a million."

Wanyan Zongwang's face turned a little serious and asked in a low voice: "Will all the Western Army come out?"

"I don't know..." Guo Anguo thought for a moment, "But the surrounding area of ​​Kaifeng Prefecture is almost turning white. How can we support hundreds of thousands of troops?"

"Yes!" Wanyan Zongbi slapped his hands, "We have already stolen all the big cities and towns around Kaifeng Prefecture! Moreover, the farmers who farmed were dead and ran away, otherwise we would be plundered, and the land around Kaifeng Prefecture was deserted... What did the Song people use to feed them millions of Western Army? But we have food and grass, and it would be enough to stay at Chenqiaoyi for two years!

If there are millions of Western Army, then we will consume military rations with them, and we will not believe it will be impossible to consume it!"

Wanyan Jiemu was already moved by Zong Bi's words and turned to look at Zong Wang: "What the second prince, fourth prince and Han Anguo said makes sense... We are not afraid of millions of Western soldiers. Even if there are really some, there are still some that can be fought!"

Wanyan Zongwang nodded slightly and said, "The Western Army of the Song people is indeed not very afraid of... Well, let's trap Kaifeng Prefecture and wait for them to come!"

He thought for a while and said, "If the Song Dynasty officials in Kaifeng Prefecture are willing to agree to our conditions, then let Kaifeng Prefecture temporarily go and look for the bad luck of Prince Yun Zhao Kai. If Zhao Ji does not agree to our conditions, then we will compete with his Western Army. Don't care whether they have millions or not, in short, they are not our opponents!"

As soon as Zong Wang said this, a notice came from outside: "Report to the Dutong Army, the Second Prince, the Song people's peace talks envoy have arrived outside Chenqiao Post!"

Zong Wang laughed and said, "It seems that Zhao Ji is still afraid of us... and see them and hear what they say!"

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"The Western Army is one million? Qian Gai and Zhong Shidao can really brag!"

Just the day after Wanyan Zongwang and others learned that "the Western Army came in a million", Zhao Ji, an official in Kaifeng Prefecture City, also received a memorial jointly by Zhong Shidao. The content of this memorial was exactly the same as the memorial that fell into the hands of the Jin soldiers.

However, Zhao Ji did not believe in the saying "million-million Western soldiers" at all... The elite troops of the serious Western army have either been consumed or scattered everywhere, and the old and weak and the Yingtian archers who were still in the sixth route of Shaanxi may have more than 300,000 people on the books. Only God knows the real number?

But it is impossible for these people to open all out of Shaanxi, otherwise Shaanxi would be taken away by the Western thieves! Moreover, the poor place in Shaanxi would not be able to provide logistics supplies for the expedition of more than 300,000 troops!

The expenses in the pre-military military of Shaanxi have been transported by the Central Plains and the Southeast, but it is difficult!

Now neither the Central Plains nor the Southeast can support Shaanxi. Those Western Army (including archers) are afraid that they will have difficulty even food and clothing. They are already very loyal to being able to squeeze out 100,000 elite troops to come to the east.

If millions really come... Zhao Ji will have a more headache than he is now!

Now the 200,000 to 300,000 imperial guards, soldiers and civilians in Kaifeng Prefecture have already spent money like water!

And there were more than one million mouths (many of which fled from Kaifeng Prefecture City) consuming limited grain stored in Kaifeng Prefecture City together.

If another million people come... Zhao Ji will give way to his son and run away to Jiangnan to enjoy his fortune.

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