The fall of Hedong City itself was quite dramatic, but in terms of the outcome it was inevitable and natural.

Therefore, the story of Wen Dunsizhong and the Jin general fighting hard against the enemy, returning to the government office after being exhausted, drinking tea and chatting, and finally assisting each other in suicide and heroically dying for the country is destined to be recorded only in the notes of the top 100 Southeast Gongge who followed the army, and then it will take many years before it will be dug up by someone, forming a residual mark of these two people in history.

If we don't count these unofficial histories, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be any trace left, just a mention in history books, or attached to the biographies of Wang Sheng or Han Shizhong.

As for Wen Dunsizhong's talent, pride, sense of superiority of being born under Aguda's command, and the legendary deeds he experienced with Aguda, and even his bright future of becoming a prime minister and his ruthlessness in taking revenge on the Wulinda brothers after gaining power, no one cared.

But that's nothing.

Just like the stage when this war had just begun ten years ago, there were countless similar cases in the Song Dynasty at that time, with the same dramatic failure process and the same unquestionable helplessness beyond the drama. Countless lives with their own ideas, personalities, and futures suddenly disappeared.

No one cares about anyone else. On the battlefield, there are only enemies and friends.

"When we meet in the army, there is no need to be formal. Everyone, stand up."

At the end of October, although Emperor Zhao was delayed in Wenxi for half a day, he finally listened to Lu Yihao's advice and rushed to Tieling Pass with the three armies of Wang De, Li Qiong and Li Shifu. Then he met the generals headed by Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian and Ma Kuo. Without even saluting to them, he waved his hand and hurried into the pass.

There are more than dozens of generals who have come to welcome us, some with names and achievements.

There were dozens of generals, dozens of close ministers, and nearly a hundred elites from the Southeastern Court accompanying Emperor Zhao. Originally, it was thought that it would be a very solemn and warm meeting, but unexpectedly, Emperor Zhao's attitude made people nervous and puzzled for a while.

Could it be that Mr. Lu would die immediately because of a sudden cold?

What is going on?

Does it mean that every time the Song Dynasty officially goes to war with the Jin Dynasty, a prime minister will die on the front line?

However, no matter how nervous they were or how many wild thoughts they had, everyone could only follow the expressionless official and rush in.

As mentioned before, Tieling Pass is just a choke point, a narrow courtyard, plus two north and south gate towers, three stories in the north and two stories in the south. When the Jin army took control of the entire Hedong, there was only one Mouke stationed there, and in fact, at most three or four hundred people could be squeezed in. It was really narrow. But now that the Zhao emperor's dragon flag entered the pass, countless civil and military followers poured in, plus the imperial guards who had to be here, they occupied the entire pass cleanly.

Those below the commanding officer were not qualified to enter the interior of the country, and among the top 100 officials in the Southeast, only those who were obviously older and had higher prestige were allowed to enter.

For a moment, countless people looked at the courtyard and sighed.

However, even if you enter the yard, you may not be able to speak or participate in military meetings.

That's right, as soon as Emperor Zhao entered and saw that Tieling Pass was so cramped, he simply gave up the idea of ​​going to the gate tower to talk. He only asked Yang Yi Zhong to put up the dragon flag on the bare gate tower, and then sat directly in the corridor in the courtyard facing north and south, and asked Liu Yan to spread out the wooden sand table and start the military meeting.

When the military meeting began, the first thing that happened was to bestow the hastily made large banner and Ma Kuo.

But to be honest, just like the rush to make this big banner, the awarding of the banner this time was also a bit hasty... Moreover, there were not many of Ma Kuo's subordinates who were qualified to enter this courtyard, especially Brother Liang, who had disobeyed military orders and went east without authorization and had been demoted to a commander. However, Zhang Heng, who had brought honor to the rebel army this time, was wanted to leave by Han Shizhong long ago and was assigned to the left army of the imperial camp.

Even the four words "sparks of a prairie fire" made Li Yanxian and his subordinates look somewhat unchanged.

Because in the eyes of these people, the government's choice of these four words seemed to be taking advantage of the situation to warn them.

Of course, no matter what the atmosphere was like, no matter how much people talked about it, it did not prevent Ma Kuo from taking down another banner of extraordinary significance among the generals as a military governor. From then on, he took a step further and became one of the most famous generals in the world.

Don’t you see, President Wang Yan and Deputy Commander Wang De’s eyes were wide open, even Wu Lin, who came to meet the emperor on behalf of his brother Wu Jie, was a little out of control.

Moreover, this big banner finally made Ma Kuo feel a little relieved - he really didn't care about these things at this time, let alone his own rank. What he wanted was that the Taihang Mountain Volunteer Army would have a good result after this battle, but it was useless to say these things when the battle was about to begin.

All we can say is that the bestowal of the grand banner more or less represents the government’s attitude.

Just like this, the process of bestowing the great banner seemed a little cold but solemn. Emperor Zhao waited until the matter was settled, but he did not stop and directly asked Han, Li and Ma about the geography and military situation of Linyi.

The three of them did not dare to neglect it, but immediately took the initiative to step forward, pointed at the wooden sand table, and gave the official a detailed explanation. But to be honest, these things were not much different from the information the official had received before.

It did give the civil and military officials accompanying the army a general understanding of the military situation.

"So, the three states and one army in Linfen have the main vein of the western wing of Taihang Mountain in the east and the main vein of the southern section of Guji Mountain (Luliang Mountain) (Gushan Mountain) in the west. The middle is as flat as a plate, two hundred miles long from north to south, the narrowest part from east to west is no more than fifty miles, and the widest part is seventy miles. There is also the Fen River in the middle. The overall terrain is like a thick and long noodle slanted from north to south between the two mountains... Is it true or not?" Zhao Jiu asked a nonsense question while comparing the sand table set up by the accompanying Red Heart Team.

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