At this point, Zhao Jiu raised his hand and pointed to the Red Heart Squad soldiers who were accompanying him on the steps and said, "Come here, tie this man up and put him in the hall. Then remove the screen wall, open the gate, and wait for Yue Zhenfu to lead the generals here."

By this time, Li Qiong had already made a rough handover with Li Kui, and then led his personal guards to the outside of the county government office. Hearing the conversation inside through the screen wall, he suppressed all thoughts and quickly cleaned up the front yard with Zhang Xian's troops. Then, under the leadership of Scholar Kobayashi, he ignored the "Prime Minister" who was still wearing a purple robe but was tied up and pressed in the hall, and carefully went forward to meet the emperor.

In response to this, Zhao Jiu naturally slowed down his attitude, asked for information such as name, age, etc., and then comforted the other party with kind words, and then asked the other party to stand and wait with Zhang Xian.

For a moment, no one in the hall spoke anymore, just waiting for the generals to gather.

And sure enough, Yue Pengju lived up to the expectations. In the afternoon, he finally brought dozens of generals and officers to the scene... In addition to the commanders of the Tokyo Liaison Office, there were also the general Heilong Wangsheng of Han Shizhong's army who was originally in Yanling, the remaining two commanders of Yue Fei's army, Fu Xuan and Li Bao (a water general, nicknamed Po Li San, who had the same name as Li Bao who died of illness in Guan Suo), and seven or eight commanders of Wang Yan's army, including Meng De and Jiao Wentong. Even Niu Gao, the leader of the Ruzhou rebel army who belonged to the Lu Xing sequence, was invited at this time.

It is said that both Wang Yan and the people from the Tokyo Garrison did not believe it when they heard that Emperor Zhao had come. It was because Yue Fei was always serious and solemn that they had to believe it. However, they were still worried and doubtful. Even when they saw the Jinwu flag, they were still hesitant and lingered in the street in front of the door, unwilling to go in for fear that they would be chopped if they went in.

However, when these people came to the front of the hall hesitantly, crossed the front yard where the screen wall had been removed and saw Du Chong tied up outside the hall, they had no more ideas... People are like this, they will not give up until they reach the Yellow River, but once they reach the Yellow River, that's it. They just swarmed into the hall, saluted and stood up, and in the silent atmosphere, they couldn't help but steal a glance at the young man in the hall.

"Is everyone here?" Zhao Jiu asked Yue Fei softly after everyone stood up.

"Reporting to the emperor." Yue Fei hurriedly stepped out again and bowed. "There are 23 commanders in the three armies under the command of the minister and Wang, plus Niu Gao, the commander of the Ruzhou Volunteer Army, who leads the army independently, and Madam Wang, who leads the army on a daily basis. A total of 25 people are here."

Zhao Jiu nodded slightly, then sat upright and looked around at the dozens of people in the hall. He had heard of the names or nicknames of some of them before he traveled through time, and for some of them he had been an official for more than a year and knew some information about them from official documents. But now that he met them, he had no time to find out their backgrounds.

Therefore, just a moment later, seeing that many people looked down after meeting his gaze, Zhao Jiu laughed and said, "Everyone, Deputy Governor Du just said that you are either bandits or mountain bandits, and are useless... I also know that you have no military pay in the Tokyo Garrison and Hebei. From what I have seen along the way today, it seems that there are not enough armored soldiers in your army, which shows that your military equipment and supplies are not as good as those of other armies in front of the emperor. However, the country has fallen into such a situation, and you are asked to fight to the death. I wonder what you think, do you have any complaints?"

"Officials speak with great authority!"

Wang Yan's official position was actually higher than Yue Fei's, so he naturally took the lead and immediately stepped out to greet him excitedly. "We are loyal and have never changed! The country is in ruins, and it is also because of our incompetence..."

"What does it have to do with you?" Zhao Jiu suddenly stood up and interrupted him, then slowly walked into the hall, holding the golden belt on his waist. "How can the weight of the world be borne by one person? It's nothing more than unity between the upper and lower levels, and doing our best! It is for this reason that I decided to come here from Nanyang... However, I don't have a large army with me this time, nor do I have military pay or supplies. If I really have to bring anything with me, it's just me! So, I want to ask you, today I am the marshal of the world's troops, commanding all the troops here, is there anyone who disagrees?"

Wang Yan and Yue Fei took the lead, and Ma Gao and his wife, who were already shocked and dazed, and others almost knelt down together, saying that they dared not.

"I finally understand the difficulties faced by the emperor!"

At this moment, Emperor Zhao, who had already stood in front of the desk, was about to speak when someone in the hall suddenly spoke. Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Du Chong, who was wearing a purple robe and wooden clogs and was tied to the ground.

Zhao Jiu did not say anything, and Du Chong continued, "In fact, the emperor is the most helpless one in the world... The Jin army is almost invincible. In this situation, the prime minister and ministers below the emperor can resign or surrender to the Jin. The generals can become thieves or surrender to the Jin. Only the emperor has nowhere to go. What else can he do except fight to the death?"

The hall was completely silent, but Zhao Jiu smiled and walked past the two generals, Wang and Yue, who were leading the battle. He continued to walk forward, passing through the open space between dozens of commanders on both sides, and walked to the side of Zhang Xian and Li Qiong in front of the door, and in front of Liu Yan. He then stopped and said, "Did Lord Yue say that we can win this battle?"

"Yes!" Yue Fei said sternly from the other end of the hall.

"When and where is the chance of victory?" Zhao Jiu continued to ask without turning his head.

"Right now, right here!" Yue Pengju responded solemnly. "Our army has not been out for days. The Jin army was serious at first, but now they are slacking off. Moreover, the troops are scattered among the five rivers. As the weather has been warming up for days, the rivers have melted, making it increasingly inconvenient for the cavalry to travel and provide support. The emperor has suddenly arrived here, and the Jin army is completely unaware of it, or perhaps they are too hasty to know about it. We can take this opportunity to concentrate our troops and attack them by surprise with more troops against fewer..."

"Alright!" Zhao Guanjia, who lowered his head and took something from Liu Yan's waist, suddenly interrupted him. "I already understand the general idea. If you have a plan for the specific battle, you can give the order later. I will speak for you here. There is no need to explain it in detail, as if someone will be unwilling to send troops if you don't explain it thoroughly..."

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