When the leader came up the stairs, it turned out to be Meng'an Wanyan Mouyan, who had followed Wanyan Balisu to the east before. He was also the second son of Lou Shi, who was only in his twenties this year, and the younger brother of Huo Nu.

"Daddy! Big brother!" Wanyan Mouyan's big and strong figure inherited his father's skeleton. He came up sweating profusely and greeted his father and brother first.

"Brother, you've arrived just in time." Wanyan Huo Nu greeted her second brother when she saw him coming. They were very different in age, and the elder brother was like a father, so they were very close. "Daddy is waiting for the second brother to report!"

Wanyan Loushi knew that his two sons had always been proud of their Jurchen identity, but now they were so familiar with using the Song people's address to address each other as brothers. He was confused for a moment, but the military situation was like this, so he was too lazy to think too much, and just nodded to his second son.

"Father, Shanzhou cannot be attacked!" Wanyan Mouyan said. "I followed your orders and went to Shanzhou City with Balisu. Balisu led the main force behind. Wulibu and I led 2,000 elite soldiers to block the Song army on the narrow road in the east. However, we did not expect that the main force of the Song army had already left the narrow road and occupied various key points to set up camps, as if they were going to respond to Shanzhou City... Wulibu and I rushed into a camp that had not yet been set up and killed two or three hundred people. However, the number of Song army members increased, and the number of bows and crossbows became more and more dense. We really could not hold on. In addition, my father had ordered me to come back today, so I came back directly. On the way, I met Balisu again and reported to him. He asked me to bring back a message saying that Shanzhou cannot be attacked."

After hearing this, Wanyan Loushi said nothing, but Wanyan Huonu asked solemnly: "Second brother, have you seen clearly how many reinforcements the Song army has?"

"There were more than 10,000 of them when the battle started, but the fighting continued afterwards, so the number could be upwards of 20,000." Wanyan Mouyan was just a general and was too lazy to think too much, so he simply answered to his father and brother.

Upon hearing this, Huo Nu sighed and looked at her father again: "Dad... Shanzhou's terrain is narrow, which is not conducive to siege and cavalry field battles. Now the 20,000 reinforcements have occupied the narrow road behind us. I'm afraid Shanzhou City will receive continuous support. In addition, Li Yanxian is deeply loved by the people of Shanzhou and is good at military affairs. I'm afraid it would be stupid to go to Shanzhou to confront him head-on."

Wanyan Loushi nodded slightly: "What do you mean? Should we attack Chang'an?"

"That's how it should be." Wanyan Huo Nu held her sword and armor, then nodded immediately.

Wanyan Loushi did not answer, but shook his head slightly, then looked at his second son again: "Mouyan, where is Han Shizhong's flag with the Shanzhou reinforcements?"

Wanyan Mouyan immediately shook his head: "I know Han Shizhong, there is absolutely no such person! Judging from the flags, they should be the ones in the Song Dynasty's imperial camp, but I didn't see the big flag with the word "king" on it, which is also strange."

Wanyan Loushi nodded, then looked at his eldest son without saying a word.

Wanyan Huo Nu was confused for a moment, but after a little thought, she suddenly realized: "Dad, you mean that Han Shizhong is taking a detour from Wuguan to support Chang'an?"

"That's right." Wanyan Loushi finally nodded. "Han Shizhong's Huaixi Army has always been behind the defense line, and is not connected to the front lines. So once there is a war, his Huaixi Army is the first army that can support other places. Now that the Song people have sent a large number of reinforcements, if they mobilize troops from other places, they will definitely not move Han Shizhong... and Han Shizhong is not in Shanzhou, so he can only go to Chang'an from the back."

"So should we attack Chang'an or Shanzhou?" Huo Nu was finally at a loss.

Mou Yan seemed to remember something at this time, and spoke to his father again: "Dad... Balisu scolded you in Dongmianhu City seven or eight days ago, saying that you were confused and kept the troops in Tongguan for several days and did not allow him to advance, which wasted the opportunity for war!"

"Does Balisu want to die?" Huo Nu was furious. "If he dared to say that in front of me, he would have been dead long ago! He is just bullying you because you are just a marching Meng'an! You don't even have a hereditary Mouke!"

Mou Yan fell silent immediately.

Even though Huo Nu was furious, she couldn't help but explain for her father who remained silent: "Dad obviously wanted to secure his retreat and ensure the retreat route before attacking... This was a proper move."

However, after saying this, Huo Nu herself felt it was ridiculous... Since when did her own father always want to retreat when fighting? The battle in which a few thousand people defeated 30,000 Xixia cavalry was simply a matter of dividing the troops again and again, relying on a small group of elite troops to rush over long distances to defeat the Xixia people.

Even when he had fought a decisive battle with Fan Zhixu's army of 200,000 here before, his father, who only had 10,000 cavalrymen, had never been "safe".

Even earlier, when the Jin army crossed the Yellow River to the south for the first time, they had no boats and faced hundreds of thousands of Song army troops. It was this father who sent his own son and daughter upstream and led 300 cavalrymen to float across the river from Mengjin, scaring the tens of thousands of Song troops on the other side of the river away in one day.

How could Wanyan Loushi be competent at that time?

In fact, there were many suspicions about this expedition, and it was only after Wanyan Loushi had special communication with the Marshal's Office that it was put into effect... But after the army went south, it stayed in Tongguan for more than ten days. Even Wanyan Huonu was confused at that time, not knowing what her father was up to.

"On the 15th..." In the awkward atmosphere, Wanyan Loushi finally spoke and finally stood up, leaning on the table. "We raided on the day of the New Year's Day. If the military intelligence reached Tokyo on the 3rd or 4th day, then the Song people would have sent a large number of reinforcements from the surrounding areas of Tokyo without stopping. Otherwise, how could they be so fast?"

"That should be the case." Wanyan Huo Nu came to the conclusion after a quick calculation.

"Then assuming that Han Shizhong received the military order one day later, he should be able to reach Chang'an in four or five days, right?" Lou Shi turned around, holding the tortoise-shell table, and walked straight forward into the rain.

"Almost... but it's hard to say. Wuguan Road has a great reputation, but we have never been there, so we don't know what it is like." Huo Nu hurriedly followed. "But Chang'an will be difficult to attack anyway."

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