The next day, all the generals of the Song army came to the North Gate of Dongping to defend the enemy. Because the fierce victory and defeat were not decided last night, Wanyan Hong would definitely ask his father for help. If the old prince brought the army stationed in Wenhe to attack the city, this small Dongping city would probably be difficult to save. Because of this, Liu Yixuan persuaded King Kang to be extra careful, just guard the city and not go out to fight easily. If Wanyan Jilie's 50,000 troops in the Dongping area, the pressure on Jeju City would be greatly reduced, and it would also clear the way for reinforcements from Yanzhou.

Since the Jin soldiers crossed the Yellow River five days ago, the Shandong area has been in war. Since most of the local officials of the Song Dynasty were from literati, once they encountered an enemy attack, they either abandoned the city and fled or died blindly. Therefore, in less than five days, more than a dozen cities fell into the hands of the Jin people. These lost cities were mostly small counties like Dongping, and were all distributed near Jeju. After the Jin people attacked the city, they massacred civilians, burned houses, and robbed food and supplies on a large scale. Because this time the Jin people drove south, replenished food and grass supplies would be their biggest difficulty. If they did not implement the "war to support war", sooner or later, they would end like the last time they went south.

Liu Yixuan climbed the city tower and looked at the Jin army camp in the distance. Liu Yixuan said to Wang Kang: "Prince, come and see. After Wanyan Hong's defeat last night, he only retreated three miles and did not go far. It can be seen that he did not give up. I guess he will come to attack the city again."

"Come on, let's do it. The soldiers come and the generals will block the water and the soil. I am a dignified Prince Song, and I am still afraid that he will be an unknown man!" After the small victory last night, King Kang's confidence in his army increased. He felt that the Song army had cities to guard and the support of the people, and occupied "local advantage" and "people harmony". Even the number of Jin soldiers was equal to his own, so he became slightly tougher when speaking.

"What the prince said is very true. Wanyan's son attacked the city last night and lost four or five thousand troops. He probably was scared and dared not come." The person who said this was Ma Menglong, the governor of Runan. Seeing that there was no movement in the Jin army camp, he predicted that the group of Jin soldiers were weak and did not dare to attack the city again.

Many generals came to defend the city early in the morning. Seeing the sun rising, they could not see the movement of the Jin soldiers. They were talking and talking. While everyone was talking, they saw a soldier coming to report, "Your Majesty, the messenger who went to Yanzhou to contact him yesterday has returned!"

"Oh? Call him over!"

The young general who was responsible for contacting Yanzhou was a seventh-rank lieutenant under Ma Menglong's tent. His surname was He Mao. He was only twenty-five or six years old. He was thin and had a skeleton. He was wearing a yellow silk shirt and a green soap scarf on his head. He looked like a peddler and pawn. He Mao had learned "spiritual skills" when he was young, and was good at running and could travel 300 miles a day. Therefore, he was taken by Ma Menglong as the chief of the sentry detective. After King Kang occupied Dongping yesterday, he only wanted to contact the prefect of Yanzhou. If he could join forces with the reinforcements in Yanzhou, he would have a chance of winning when fighting with the Jin people, so he asked He Mao to bring a letter to Yanzhou to deliver the letter.

He Mao came to King Kang's carriage and knelt down and bowed. King Kang asked, "He Mao, have you ever handed my letter to the prefect Sun of Yanzhou?"

Na He Mao replied: "Report to the prince, I arrived in Yanzhou yesterday as dark, but... I didn't see Grandpa Sun."

"What? What a waste! This is impossible." King Kang was furious when he saw that the messenger sent was actually a useless fool, so he went there all the way, and even the prefect of Yanzhou did not see it.

"Prince calms down, listen to Xiao's words. Last night, Xiaode arrived in Yanzhou. The Yanzhou prefect Sun Wenhu was not in the city. Xiaode found out that Sun Wenhu had known about Jeju being surrounded. He was afraid of the power of the Jin soldiers and refused to send troops north. Yesterday afternoon, someone saw the imperial envoy bring an imperial edict to the prefect's mansion. It was probably because the emperor expected that Sun Wenhu would urge him to fear the war. After Sun Wenhu received the imperial edict, he gathered troops to the camp outside the city. After Xiaode learned about it, he chased the camp outside the city. Who would have thought that the prefect had already assembled the troops and led 30,000 troops all the way north, so Xiaode did not see the prefect."

"Oh, so Sun Wenhu has already brought his troops here, why didn't he hear any movement?" He Mao asked again: "Do you know the route Sun Wenhu took? Why did he lead his troops north but not attack me by Dongping?"

He Mao said: "I don't know this little one, but when the little one came back this morning, he saw many people fleeing in panic on the south bank of the Wen River in the east. I guess there were military horses passing by."

"Oh? Why is this?"

"I don't know anything about Qiansui. Now the news of the Jin soldiers heading south is known to the people of Shandong. When the people saw the army passing by, they knew that they were going to fight, so they fled one after another to avoid the war."

"Oh, that's the case." He asked everyone again, "Generals, what do you think about this matter? Tell me." King Kang was also very happy when he learned that the Yanzhou prefect Sun Wenhu led his troops north. After all, Sun Wenhu also had an army of 30,000. Now it was time to use people. If he could take Sun Wenhu's troops for himself, his power would definitely be expanded a lot.

Liu Yixuan didn't know what kind of bird man Sun Wenhu was, but he knew that Jeju was in trouble but refused to save him. He knew that he was just a mediocre general who was afraid of death. However, although Sun Wenhu was timid and timid, he still brought troops. If he could command properly, these troops were enough to stop the Jin people from going south. Therefore, Liu Yixuan said to King Kang: "Prince, since Sun Wenhu has brought troops, he must have planned to go to the east line. Cross the Wenhe River to the north. In the following view, let the young general run again and go to the south bank of the Wenhe River to inquire. If Sun Wenhu meets Sun Wenhu, he will tell him that Prince Kang is in Dongping and ask him to bring troops to Dongping to meet us. If the prefect Sun brings troops, we will have an army of 60,000. We can go straight to the city of Jeju to fight the Jin people to the death!"

When the generals heard this, they felt that the words were reasonable. King Kang nodded and said, "Well, Mr. Liu is going with Gu this time." He ordered He Mao, "He Mao, work harder, then Sun Wenhu has an army of 30,000, and it is impossible for him to have no movement at all. If you walk east along the south bank of Wenhe River, you will definitely find them. If you see Sun Wenhu, hand me my letter to him and ask him to bring troops to Dongping to join our army."

He Mao had to go out of the city to run errands again. When the generals learned that the reinforcements in Yanzhou had arrived, they were relieved. Because of the arrival of Yanzhou's troops, King Kang's team was no longer fighting alone. In recent years, the generals of the Song and Jin Dynasties had a clear principle of military use, that is, the quality of the Song army could be compensated by quantity advantages, and only with quantity advantages can these generals of the Song State have the confidence to take the initiative to fight with the Jin people, otherwise they would only give in step by step, be wronged and not seek complete.

Just as everyone was secretly glad that the Yanzhou troops arrived, the sentry on the city tower pointed at the Jin army camp outside the city and reported: "Look, Prince and generals, look, the Jin army outside the city seems to be retreating!"

When everyone heard this, they hurried to the Jin soldiers camp in the distance. Sure enough, they saw that the Jin soldiers were dismantling the camp tent and revoking the post. The group of Jin soldiers gathered outside the gate and lined up in a row, retreating to the east one after another.

"Huh? It's really strange. What's the point of Wanyan Hongshi? Why did he withdraw his troops back?" Liu Yixuan saw the Jin people suddenly retreating, and felt that something must be strange, but he didn't know the whole story, so he had to ask questions.

"Look, I'll tell you. Wanyan's son must be scared. Seeing that we were guarding the city gates, he had to retreat obediently. Haha, these northern Tartars knew that they were secretly attacking us. If the sneak attack failed, they had to go back!"

When the generals saw the Jin soldiers retreat, they were even more happy and laughed, as if they had seen the dawn of tomorrow's victory, but Liu Yixuan knew deeply that the long night had just arrived.
Chapter completed!