Fortunately, at this time, Gao Linfu led 3,000 men and horses from Chenzhou to attack Yuncheng, hoping to use the juice of Wei to save Zhao to rescue Xuzhou.

But after Liu Fuwu learned about it, he immediately left 15,000 men and horses, and tightly formed a village, facing Shang Liang in Linying. And he personally led 5,000 men and horses back to Yuncheng to meet Gao Linfu's reinforcements.

The Song army intercepted the reinforcements of the Jin army in the northeast ten miles of Yuncheng, and the two sides fought a big battle, and the defenders of Yuncheng saw that their red men and horses returned to help, and also opened the door to fight, Gao Linfu's men and horses were not as many as the Song army, at this time, they were attacked by the Song army on both sides, and they were even more defeated, and more than 700 troops were dismantled, and they were defeated back to Chenzhou.

After defeating Gao Linfu's reinforcements, Liu Fuwu returned to Linying and prepared to attack the city. Linying is just a county town, the defense is weak, it is impossible to support it for a few days, and once Linying is lost, Xuzhou will be directly exposed to the front of the Song army, so the monk Wanyan Chen who is sitting in Kaifeng finally can't sit still, and ordered Wanyan Chong to lead 5,000 men and horses to rescue Linying, and he took Wulintai, Shizhan, Wanyan Kuang, Wanyan Ting four generals to lead 25,000 men and horses, through Chenzhou to wave troops south, pointing to Caizhou's Shangcai County.

For more than ten days after the start of the war, Yang Yan had been sitting firmly in the temporary marshal's mansion in Haozhou, watching the battle reports sent back by the Song army from all walks of life, and then according to the battle situation on each front, a small red and white flag was planted on a huge sand table.

Until today, a battle report was transmitted from the front line, and the monk Wanyan Chen in Nanjing finally sent troops, and after Yang Yan read it, he couldn't help but show joy and said, "He finally dispatched." Then he immediately ordered the three forbidden armies he had brought with him to prepare for tomorrow.

Although Ye Muxue attended every military meeting, in fact, it was the first time she really participated in the war. This is still far from Zhao Yueru, because although Zhao Yueru's military talent is average, he is experienced in a hundred battles, and although Ye Muxue has made up for a period of war before going on the expedition, he is still a novice on the battlefield. Not a word.

And these days, Yang Yan has always been indifferent, and he didn't see him happy when the Song army won, and he didn't see him depressed when the Song army was blocked, but when he heard that Monk Yan Chen sent troops, he was immediately overjoyed. 7。 Ye Muxue didn't feel a little strange, because the book of war said that the way to use soldiers should be to concentrate their own men and horses and disperse the opponent's troops, but Yang Yan used the opposite, dividing the Song army into three or four ways to attack, and there were only one or two thousand horses on each road, and more than ten days have passed, and a state capital has not been taken down. Now that Xuzhou has not been captured, Monk Wanyan Chen will send troops, it should be bad news, I don't understand why Yang Yan is so happy, as if he was looking forward to Wanyan Chen's troops.

It was only when Yang Yan finished assigning the task and only the two of them and Zhang Wei were left in the handsome hall that Ye Muxue asked the doubts in her heart. Hearing her question, Yang Yan only smiled, beckoned Zhang Wei over again, and asked, "Xiao Wei, do you know why Monk Yan Chen was happy after sending troops?" ”

Although Zhang Wei is not very old, he has also fought many times with Yang Yan, and he is also very experienced in combat, and after thinking about it, he said: "Monk Wanyan Chen is the chief general of the Bianliang Jin Army, if he can be defeated, then the Jin Army on all fronts will be defeated and retreated, Lord Xianggong is waiting for this opportunity again, and wants to lure him out of Bianjing City, right?" ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "There is some truth in what he said, but Monk Wanyan Chen is a famous general of the Jin Kingdom, and he is also the elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, how easy is it to defeat him, if on the contrary, I am defeated by him, then won't the Song army also be defeated and retreated on all fronts?" The current overall situation is that our army has the upper hand, and at this time we can't make a desperate bet! ”

Zhang Wei thought about it again, and finally shook his head, and looked at Ye Muxue again, as if he wanted to hear her. 9。 Ye Muxue waved her hand and said with a wry smile: "Don't look at me, I can't think of anything." ”

Yang Yan smiled, came to the sand table, and said, "Where did Monk Wanyan Chen's men and horses come from?" ”

Zhang Wei said: "Is it from Bianjing?" ”

Yang Yan said: "Where is Bianjing?" ”

Zhang Wei pointed to the front of the sand table and said, "It's here. . . ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "That is to say, the 30,000 horses of Monk Wanyan Chen are at the back of the Jin army, and the Central Plains defense line of the Jin army is already insufficient, so why does he put these 30,000 horses at the rear?" ”

Ye Muxue said: "This reason is very simple, that's because he can go to support other battlefields at any time." She listened to the discussion of the military situation for several days, and understood a little more, so she came out of her mouth, but her heart moved, and she vaguely caught something?

Yang Yan smiled: "Some truths seem simple, but there are many truths in them?" ”

Zhang Wei's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "I understand." He pointed to the sand table and said: "It is because he can go to support other battlefields at any time, so these 30,000 horses are still very important, such as the Jin army has 20,000 defenders in Dengzhou, plus these 30,000 people is 50,000, the Jin army has 10,000 defenders in Suzhou, plus these 30,000 troops is 40,000, as long as there are these 30,000 horses in Bianjing, the Jin army from all walks of life can increase the reinforcements of 30,000 horses at any time, so these 30,000 horses have become "living soldiers", their actual role is equal to 60,000, 90,000 or even more, so the adults will attack separately as soon as they use troops, so that Wanyan Chen monk doesn't know where to go to the rescue? Am I right? ”

Yang Yan patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Xiao Wei, you have really made great progress." 4。 ”

Ye Muxue let out a sigh of relief, and then she fully understood, and continued: "And after Monk Yan Chen's men and horses are dispatched, there is a set goal, and the value of these 30,000 horses will be greatly reduced. Some time ago, the purpose of the multi-way attack was to lure out the 30,000 horses of Monk Wanyan Chen, so that they could turn from a "living army" to a dead army. But why didn't Monk Wanyan Chen come to the rescue of other Jin troops and attack Yingzhou instead?"

Yang Yan smiled bitterly and said: "This is the power of Monk Wanyan Chen, he obviously saw through our intentions, it is not meaningful to aid any Jin army at this time, on the contrary, only the main attack to force us to withdraw our troops to help back is the most clever strategy." 4。 Because our men and horses have been sent out, and the defense is empty, giving him many opportunities to take advantage of, so our troops this time are not to fight a decisive battle with the men and horses of Monk Wanyan Chen, but to contain his forces, so that he can no longer help any of the men, nor can he threaten our rear. And only then we started attacking the real target. ”

Ye Muxue said: "So where is our real goal?" ”

Yang Yan pointed to the sand table and said, "This is it." ”

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Sure enough, Wanyan Chen led the army to the city of Shangcai County, and just surrounded Shangcai and was about to attack, Yang Yan led three forbidden armies to arrive. Monk Wanyan Chen immediately ordered the whole army to prepare for battle. However, Yang Yan did not fight with the Jin army, but stationed his men and horses on the edge of Shangcai County, and actively deployed defenses, which looked like a protracted war.

Seeing that the Song army did not meet the battle, the monk Wanyan Chen did not dare to attack easily, and did not dare to attack the city, the two sides held each other for two days, and the monk Wanyan Chen had nothing to do, and he did not want to hold against the Song army for a long time, so he had to lead the army to withdraw to Chenzhou.

However, the Jin army returned to Chenzhou, and after only one day of rest, Monk Wanyan Chen led his men and horses again to the south along Yingshui and attacked Taihe County in Yingzhou.

And Yang Yan also expected that Monk Wanyan Chen would not stop, and after he withdrew the army, he immediately sent dozens of scouts to investigate the movements of the Jin army, and at the same time asked Wei Jiao to release flying eagles to reconnoiter in the air, so as soon as Monk Wanyan Chen sent out his troops, he was discovered by the Song army. Yang Yan also immediately led the army to catch up again, and the two armies almost reached Taihe County in front and back. Hold it again.

This time, Monk Wanyan Chen couldn't help but sigh, Yang Yan really didn't pay to fool, and all his actions seemed to be expected by him. 2。 However, this time, the monk Wanyan Chen did not withdraw his troops, but instead ordered Wulintai to lead 5,000 men and horses to launch an attack on the Song army. Because the last time they retreated without a fight in Shangcai, and then attacked Taihe, such repeated running made the soldiers very tired mentally, and if they did not fight with the Song army again, the morale of the Jin army would be seriously damaged.

Seeing the Jin army fighting, Yang Yan also ordered Wu Xi to lead the army to attack. The two sides started a fierce battle at the edge of Yingshui. However, this time, the strength and quality of the commanders on both sides of the Song and Jin sides were roughly the same, the Jin army did not use Tiefutu, and the Song army did not dispatch the armored cavalry, so the fierce battle lasted for most of the day, and it was still an equal result. Both sides lost more than a thousand people each.

Monk Wanyan Chen saw that there was nothing to be done, and the Song army was very tightly guarded, so he had to withdraw his troops back to Chenzhou again. And Yang Yan was temporarily stationed in Taihe County, paying close attention to the movements of the Jin army.

And at this moment, news came from the battlefield in the east. 4。 The Song army's Haozhou imperial garrison was under the command of Zhang Shiyan and led the army to attack and capture Sizhou. After Yan Chen monk heard Xun, he couldn't help but be shocked, the real target of the original Eastern Song Army was here.

The place of Sizhou is not large, but it is located in the center of Suzhou, Pizhou, Haozhou, and Xuyi Army, once Sizhou is lost, not only the flank of Zupizhou is exposed, but also Suzhou will be surrounded by Shouzhou, Haozhou, and Sizhou on three sides. Suzhou is a strategic place at the junction of Nanjing and Shandong, which can threaten Nanjing in the west, restrict Shandong in the east, and reach the guests of the Yellow River in the north.

After the Song army captured Sizhou, the next target was naturally to capture Suzhou. Therefore, Wanyan Chen monk immediately left Wanyan Kuang and Wanyan Ting to take 5,000 men and horses to defend Chenzhou, and he and Wulintai and Shi Zhan personally led 20,000 horses to Suzhou to garrison, and planned to gather the defenders of Shandong to find an opportunity to recapture Sizhou. At the same time, he had to send people back to Zhongdu to ask for help from Wanyan Changzhi. 7。

Since the battle intention was completely clear, Yang Yan no longer made any cover-up, and ordered Liu Fuwu to return to the army immediately, only to hold Yuncheng, and the defense of Caizhou and Yingzhou was all handed over to Liu Fuwu. He led his men and horses to Haozhou, joined forces with Zhang Shiyan, and prepared to capture Suzhou.

The Song army concentrated the two imperial garrisons of Haozhou and Xuyi Army, plus the three forbidden armies brought by Yang Yan, with a total strength of more than 80,000, while the Jin army's defenders in Suzhou were only 10,000, and the monk Wanyan Chen only brought 20,000 horses to help the battle, and the Jin army in Shandong had to guard against the Song army's attack from the sea, so it could only draw out 15,000 men and horses at most, and the total strength of the Jin army was only 45,000, almost half of the Song army.

Therefore, after Monk Yan Chen recognized the situation between the two sides, he immediately changed his mind, completely gave up his plan to recover Sizhou, and made every effort to protect Sizhou first.

And at this time, Yang Yan issued an order to attack, he is no stranger to Suzhou, in the three years (7) of the main road, he was with Shao Hongyuan to attack Suzhou when he became famous, in retrospect, to go more than ten years, and at that time the main generals of the Northern Expedition Zhang Jun, Yang Yizhong, Shao Hongyuan, Li Xianzhong, Li Bao, Wei Sheng and others, or as early as the scriptures, the people who are still alive have already withdrawn from the front line, the ignorant young man who was fledgling at the beginning of the year, now he is an important minister of the court with hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands. Now that he is traveling to his hometown, Yang Yan can't help but feel that things and people are not the same.

The Song army attacked in three directions, led by Gao Zhen and Zhang Shiyan with 20,000 horses, Yongshou Prefecture attacked Linli County west of Suzhou, Cao Xun and Guo Zhen led 20,000 horses, Yongsi Prefecture attacked Lingbi County in the east, and Yang Yan led 30,000 men to attack Qi County in the south of Suzhou. The three-way army was divided into three sides and launched an attack on Suzhou. At the same time, on the Western Front, Liu Fuwu launched an attack on Chenzhou to contain the Jin army's forces and prevent them from supporting Suzhou.

Monk Wanyan Chen knew that the number of the Jin army was inferior to that of the Song army, so he really ordered to abandon Linlian, Lingbi, and Qixian, and all the men and horses retreated to Suzhou City to garrison. The three men and horses of the Song army gathered under the city of Suzhou without blood.

easily captured the three counties, but Yang Yan didn't have much joy. In fact, he hoped that if the Jin army could meet the Song army in these three counties, then the Song army would have the opportunity to eliminate as much of the Jin army's living force as possible in the field, and create favorable conditions for the next attack on Suzhou. If the delay is too long, and wait for Yan Changzhi to send reinforcements, it will be difficult.

However, even if it is a war, it is inevitable that there will be losses, and sometimes you can only fight hard. Therefore, after the Song army gathered, Yang Yan immediately ordered to launch an attack on Suzhou City.

Nazhi waited for the Song army to kill in the city of Suzhou, and the Jin army had already left the city to line up, preparing for a decisive battle with the Song army under the city.