A little further away, closer to the direction of the fire, several of Hou Zhi's followers saw Guo Ning's menacing power and almost took a few steps back at the same time.
The man at the rear was immediately set on fire by the flames churning behind him. He grunted and turned back forward to join his companions.
Half a moment ago, several people were shocked by the ferocious actions of the Ding Navy cavalry. However, when they discovered that it was Guo Ning, the commander-in-chief of the Ding Navy, who personally charged into the city, they were surprised again.
They didn't see what Ding Haijun's cavalry did outside the city, but the cavalry acted like wolves and tigers from now on, and they really killed people with deadly hands! Ding Haijun showed no mercy to the Song people! It seems that the fire on our side has been
It aroused the anger in Guo Ning's heart, and Guo Ning's wanton behavior will inevitably arouse Zhao Fang's anger...
The next step must be a fire merger!
Zhao Fang was a capable commander in the Southern Dynasty, and he had a group of elite envoys and officials around him. The pawn Guo Ning couldn't change his temper, actually broke into the big city in person. At this time, as long as Zhao Fang gave an order, he might be able to
Kill Guo Ning in Kaifeng City!
As long as Guo Ning dies, Dai Jin will be able to survive. Given time, he may not be able to regain the power he once dominated in the region, and the Southern Dynasty will definitely not let go of the benefits it obtained from Dai Jin. As long as Guo Ning dies, Dai Jin will be able to survive.
There are so many things that can be recaptured. No matter what benefits the Song people want, no matter money, people, land, even if they want Shaanxi, Henan, or Shandong, Dajin can provide it!
Thinking of this, all the servants were panting like cattle, feeling that the opportunity to overturn the world was just around the corner.
As a result, Zhao Fanghuer surrendered to Guo Ning?
That Guo Ning is not an ordinary easy-to-talk person, he is a vicious tiger! Do you think he will let you go if you surrender? His right-hand man, Li Ting, and his thousands of subordinates are still struggling in the fire! Now you
Listen carefully, you can still hear screams. Those who didn't scream may be dead! Are you so sure that Guo Ning's anger is not directed at you?
With so many benefits that the Kingdom of Jin can provide, you just don’t want them. If you don’t think about your own family’s future, don’t you think about the turmoil in the officialdom that your Prime Minister is facing? Don’t you think about those people in your Lin’an court?
How looking forward to some good news?
It's just a war! As a warrior, you should be wrapped in horse leather. Why are you afraid of death?
Zhao Fang must be a smart man. He understands all these principles, so he agreed so readily! But he is too smart, and his judgment of the battlefield situation and the combat effectiveness of the enemy and ourselves is too accurate, so he immediately turned against him without any hesitation.
!
As the general of the Song Army, Zhao Fang could not care about the possible losses of the soldiers in the first step and intend to become an enemy of Ding Haijun, but he could not care about the losses of the soldiers that had already occurred in the next step and stand with Ding Haijun again?
Look at the resentful expressions of the officers and soldiers around you. Their comrades have just been killed by Ding Haijun! Is it appropriate for you to do this?
However, Zhao Fang pretended to be caring for the soldiers and did this!
And the glimmer of hope that the Kingdom of Jin had just earned was gone in the blink of an eye!
As expected of a Song Dynasty person!
No matter how much these literati from the Southern Dynasties who read the books of sages showed that they loved the soldiers as their own children, they did not take the lives of the soldiers seriously, just like the Jurchens of Jin Dynasty who did not take the Han, Khitan and Bohai people at the bottom of the army seriously.
Same thing!
In this way, Daikin is really finished!
"Song people have no sense of moral integrity!" The followers cursed repeatedly, and some more knowledgeable ones cited several examples to prove that the Song people have always been this shameless since the rise of the Jin Dynasty.
After cursing a few words, everyone turned to look at Hou Zhi again, waiting for the man who once turned the situation around with his ingenious plan to see if there was anything else he could do in his pocket. There were also two smarter followers watching around, already planning to surround the master.
Escape route.
They immediately noticed that Hou Zhi's face was panicked, but he was not desperate yet.
He was extremely calm and didn't even intend to leave the scene. Even when the knights of Dinghai Navy were carrying water bags and galloping away from them on horseback, Hou Zhi just rolled up his sleeves and watched calmly. Even if he was wearing a purple robe, he was extremely calm.
The scattered flowers on his bed were soaked with sweat. Even though the sweat on his forehead stayed like a waterfall, it was more due to the heat wave brought by the tongues of fire, not fear.
"Interesting." He murmured.
"What do you mean, Mr. Xiang?"
"Then Guo Ning entered the city, subdued the Song people, and then started putting out the fire and rescuing people... They entered Kaifeng, and they only had to bypass the fire scene to get directly to the center of Dajin and completely destroy Dajin. But look, those
The officers were running and shouting, and the knights were coming and going, all carrying water bags... They were actually busy putting out the fire first! They were busy rescuing people!"
Hou Zhi squinted his eyes and waved away a burst of suddenly billowing smoke:
"I heard that the officers of the Ding Navy were all given land and shelters in the local areas. Everyone in this army was not only a soldier, but also a local gentry. Everyone was responsible for stabilizing a place.
Key figures. Therefore, just as Zhao Fang has to show off to appease the morale of the army, Guo Ning also has to show off to appease the morale of the army. No matter how eager he is to take control of Kaifeng, he must first put out the fire and save people. Otherwise, tens of thousands of people in the navy will probably be killed.
Call him cool."
After hearing what Hou Zhi said with confidence, some followers couldn't help but ask: "Well...my husband said yes, but so what? Is it very beneficial to us?"
Another follower sighed: "Ms. sir, did you hear the loud rumbling outside? It was the headquarters of the Ding Navy throwing a large number of iron artillery. The soldiers at Lincaiguan could not hold on for long. Maybe Guo Ning was deliberately waiting for the big event outside the city to be decided.
, are sending their troops deep into Kaifeng!"
"Most of the troops outside the city can't hold on anymore. I even suspect that they can persist until now because Guo Ning wants to use the battlefield as a millstone to slowly crush the Jurchens' power. But with this little time, we can
There is still one last chance."
Hou Zhi took a few steps back to the edge of the road and watched as another group of soldiers and horses passed by carrying various temporarily assembled water containers.
At this time, the city of Kaifeng was blocked by a huge fire and thick smoke was billowing everywhere, but the water gates on the left and right sides of the city were connected to the Huimin River.
Although the Cai River was severely silted up, the amount of water in the Huimin River was just fine. It was too far for the Song people to get water on foot, so the cavalry of the Ding Navy galloped back and forth very quickly. In an instant, two to three hundred filled water bags were thrown outside the fire scene.
Well, the fire in this area was suppressed a little bit.
So another knight hurriedly took off the hook rope he was carrying, probably wanting to drag away the huge trees and boulders blocking the road, and open the way to the depths of the fire scene.
To be able to do this in a hurry must be a very well-trained navy.
"Look..."
Hou Zhi stretched out his hand and pointed:
"When Guo Ning's troops entered the city in one go, they were majestic and invincible. But after they dispersed to put out the fire, could they still fight?"
"The reason why they dispersed to put out the fire was because they felt that the Jin Dynasty actually sued for peace from the Song Dynasty, which showed that it was internally weak and had no more available soldiers. That's why they were so bold and unscrupulous. But, who said that we had no available soldiers?
"
Hou Zhi smiled: "Cooperating with the Song people is what we have to do when we are at the end of our rope, but it does not mean that we have no power, let alone that Guo Ning himself is so frivolous that we cannot control him!"
Having said this, a group of cavalry ran out of the fire scene with their faces covered with soot. Hou Zhi waved to them and continued:
"I have sent people to report to Tianqi, asking him to urgently mobilize the troops of Weidu Lieutenant Aotun Urib and Xiangkou Captain Wanyan Apai. These are the last two available troops in the city besides the emperor's personal guards.
, responsible for garrisoning the inner city wall, there are 14,000 people! After deducting the necessary left-behind troops, and deducting those who are timid and timid, at least 7,000 can be mobilized. Use these 7,000 people to deal with Guo Ning, who is rushing to the scene of the fire.
Ok?"
At this point, Hou Zhi couldn't help but raise his voice slightly: "The Song people don't want the credit for killing Guo Ning, so we will take it ourselves!"