After receiving Mongolia's reply, the Great Song Dynasty and the opposition were also a little surprised, because they had received the news of Mongolia's civil strife before, and the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty could also understand it, so they did not have much hope for Mongolia to provide support this time. But he didn't expect that Mongolia would be able to mobilize a considerable part of its troops to contain the Jin State in the north in addition to quelling the chaos, which is good news.

Moreover, Yang Yan was very familiar with the Mongolian generals, and knew that Mu Huali was the first general under Temujin's account, who was not only brave and good at fighting, but also resourceful. Although this time the Mongol army can dispatch not many men and horses, that is, 10,000 Mongolian cavalry and 20,000 miscellaneous troops, but in the face of the long northern defense line of the Jin State, the Mongolian army can concentrate its forces and choose one or two of them as a breakthrough. And as the war continues, it will definitely give Wan Yan Changzhi a headache.

Therefore, the entire Great Song Dynasty was also full of confidence in defeating the Jin State. In the third day of Jiuyuan, Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru also left Jiankang, crossed the Yangtze River, and went to the battlefield.

With Zhao Yueru, there were also 1,000 female soldiers of the Jingyan Army, including Luo Yunyao, who became Zhang Wei's last wife. After Yang Yan returned to Jiankang, although he was busy with affairs, he did not forget Zhang Wei's lifelong events, but he was too busy, so he asked the chief manager Yang Quan to go to Luo Yunyao's house to propose marriage on his behalf.

Luo Yunyao's family is just an ordinary peasant family, guarding dozens of acres of paddy fields to survive, otherwise they would not let their only daughter join the army. As soon as I heard that it was Yang Yan's disciple who proposed marriage to his daughter, there was a reason for not allowing it, so this family matter was immediately decided. Just wait for the end of the war, and then choose Ji Yue to marry the two of them.

After Zhao Yueru found out, she also felt funny, but transferring Luo Yunyao to her side and being a personal guard could be regarded as taking advantage of her authority to take care of Yang Yan's future apprentice and daughter-in-law.

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After Yang Yan's army arrived in Ezhou, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Chen Min, Qi Fang and others were waiting for his arrival here.

When everyone saw each other, Shan Jian Han said a few words, and immediately entered the topic. Yang Yan first explained the current situation of the Song and Jin countries to a few people, and they also reported the current battle situation to Yang Yan, while the Jin army divided the troops into two routes, and attacked Jinghu Road and Huaixi Road separately. It's just that there is no news from the state side yet.

The main commander of the Jin army attacking Jinghu Road will be Fusan Zhongyi, with a strength of about 60,000, and now it is divided into two parts, both of which are sent by Dengzhou, one to attack Junzhou, seize the upper reaches of the Han River, and the other to attack Tangzhou, obviously trying to march from two roads and clamp down on Xiangyang Mansion. The two imperial garrisons on the North Road of Jinghu also sent troops and horses respectively to garrison the Guanghua Army and Suizhou, preparing to resist the advance of the Jin Army. Chen Min's men and horses were also stationed in Gangneung Mansion, ready to send troops to help at any time.

The momentum and scale of the Jin army attacking Huainan are obviously much larger, the main general is the monk Wanyan Chen, more than 100,000 men and horses, three ways to send troops, two vanguard troops from Maozhou, captured Shouzhou and Yingzhou, and the other way to attack Suzhouzhou, also to break through the Song army at the beginning of the year to take Linli County, is now attacking Qixian and Lingbi. It has the momentum of sweeping the entire Huaixi in one fell swoop. Now the imperial garrison of Gwangju sent men and horses to garrison Caizhou to prevent the Jin army from moving westward, while the imperial garrison of the Xuyi army was garrisoned by increasing troops to Qixian and Lingbi through Jing. Led by Qi Fang, the reinforcements stationed in Luzhou were also stationed in Lu'an, preparing to hold the Anfeng army, waiting for the Jin army to attack.

However, Dajin's emperor Wanyan Changzhi was still sitting in Kaifeng at this time, making overall arrangements, and did not come to the battlefield in person.

After listening to everyone's briefing on the battle situation, Yang Yan had a basic understanding of the battlefield situation in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and on the surface, the Jin army's southern expedition was strong in the east and weak in the west, and the focus of the attack was on the Jianghuai battlefield in the east. In fact, it is aimed at Xiangyang Mansion in the west. Wanyan Changzhi is still in Kaifeng, hoping that the east road can attract most of the troops of the Song army, and then suddenly increase troops on the western front, trying to conquer Xiangyang Mansion in one fell swoop. Then this southern expedition is equivalent to half the success.

Of course, if the Li Song army saw through Yan Changzhi's intentions and deployed the army in the area of Xiangyang Prefecture, then the Jin army could also immediately change its strategy and continue to use troops on the eastern front, opening the gap from the east first. Because Kaifeng is the most convenient city in the Central Plains, the post road extends in all directions, and there are convenient water transportation conditions such as Bianqu and Tongji Canal, so no matter which side is reinforced, within five days, the army can be basically in place.

However, this point was taken into account as early as when Yang Yan set off from Jiankang, and he had already thought of countermeasures. Therefore, Yang Yan first ordered that the imperial garrison of Xiangyang Mansion should be under control of Shi Jun and not care about anything else, and he would do his best to defend Xiangyang and Fancheng, which was a great achievement. The imperial garrison of De'an Mansion was under the command of Liu Renxian, who could abandon Tangzhou and divide his troops to garrison Suizhou to protect the flanks of Xiangyang. And Chen Min, who was stationed in Jiangling Mansion, immediately stationed in the Jingmen Army to ensure the supply channels of Xiangyang, Suizhou, and De'an Mansion, as well as the smooth flow of Han water. After all, although the Jin army on this road is currently only 60,000 people, Wanyan Changzhi's army may be reinforced at any time.

On the Jianghuai front, Yang Yan ordered Gao Zhen to be stationed in Haozhou, and he must defend the two important places of Qi County and Lingbi County. At the same time, he also ordered the imperial garrison of Gwangju to control Liu Fuwu and must hold Caizhou, and the requirement for Qi Fang was that the Anfeng army could be abandoned when necessary, but it was necessary to defend Luzhou. Because the south of Anfeng's army is Dabie Mountain, the west is Gwangju, and the east is Haozhou, so it can be said that it is attacked on all sides, and if you want to continue to march, you can only go to Luzhou in the southeast.

In Huaidong, Yang Yan ordered that the imperial garrison of the Xuyi army should control Guo Zhen and set aside half of his men and horses to hold Sizhou and protect the flank of Haozhou. The other half of the imperial garrison of the Xuyi army was handed over to Cao Xun, and together with the imperial garrison of Chuzhou, he attacked Haizhou, and ordered the imperial garrison of Chuzhou to command Li Gongzuo to lead the naval army to send troops from the sea to assist Cao Xun's march.

After the assignment was completed, the generals dispersed, preparing to return to their respective stations tomorrow, and passed Yang Yan's general order to his subordinates.

And that night, Yang Yan called Cao Xun and Gao Zhen to his residence, because since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, their official positions have been promoted step by step, but their official affairs have also become busy, so the three of them get together less and less, even if they can meet, it is because of official business, like when they were young, they drank and talked together, and the days of swimming on horses are gone. Therefore, taking this opportunity, Yang Yan invited them to sit down with Zhao Yueru, although they could not drink alcohol in the army, they could drink tea and talk.

After drinking a few cups of tea, unconsciously, when it came to the current war, Yang Yan said: "You two should pay attention, this time you are on the front line of Jianghuai but you are fighting with Wanyan Chen, he is a famous general in the Jin country second only to Wanyan Changzhi, but he is not easy to match." And I want to guard the movement of Yan Changzhi here, and I can't move lightly, so the Jianghuai battlefield depends on the two of you, and I don't designate a main and deputy for you, everything must be discussed and then acted, and we must support and cooperate with each other, one main attack, one main defense. But we must not underestimate the enemy, everything must be based on stability, as long as we hold Huainan, we will be successful. ”

Cao Xun said: "Big brother, don't worry, the two of us are not the ones who went to the battlefield on the first day, so we don't know what is at stake, so Jianghuai will leave it to us." Guaranteed not to let you down. ”

Gao Zhen also said: "Yes, big brother, I haven't partnered with Xiao Cao for a day or two, so I naturally know what to do best, so you can deal with Yan Changzhi with peace of mind." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said: "Speaking of which, you are also experienced generals, from the time of your debut, we fought side by side together, of course I can trust you, but this battle is very important, it may be the battle between our Great Song Dynasty and the Guan Jian of the Jin State, so I have to tell you again and again." ”

Hearing Yang Yan say this, the two of them couldn't help but recall the past events, and they couldn't help but feel a little excited in their hearts. The high-spirited young people of the year, at this time, they all thought that they had passed the year, and everyone had married and had children, and started a family. is that Zhao Yueru's beauty is still the same as before, but her youth is gone. It is inevitable that there will be infinite feelings in anyone's heart.

Therefore, this night, the four of them replaced the wine with tea, chatted with each other, and did not disperse until late.

A few days later, the situation of Lizhou East and West Roads, as well as Anxi Road, also came to Ezhou one after another.

The Jin army stationed in the southwest was the general Guo Shrimp Toad, with a total of 70,000 troops, which were stationed in strategic places such as Jingzhaofu, Shangzhou, Fengxiangfu, and Jingzhou, and confronted the imperial garrisons on the east and west roads of Lizhou in the Great Song Dynasty. The general stationed in the northwest retreated, commanded 50,000 horses, stationed in Yan'an Mansion, and opposed the Anxi Road and Lintao Road of the Great Song Dynasty. Although the Jin armies from all walks of life were reorganizing their horses and mobilizing supplies, they still guarded the boundaries and did not move. Obviously, Jin Guo did not plan to use troops against Sichuan, Shaanxi and Anxi this time. The troops left are only for the defense of the homeland.

However, Jin Guo does not plan to do it here, it does not mean that the Great Song Dynasty does not want to, now the Song army in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Anxi has gathered about 200,000 troops, and the Guanzhong area is a place that the Great Song Dynasty has long wanted to capture, and Qinfeng Road and Qingyuan Road are almost surrounded by the Song army on three sides, even Yan'an Road and Jingzhaofu Road are also the targets of the Great Song Dynasty. It was only because Anxi Road had just been calmed down and there was the trouble of Ren's henchmen that he had to stop his troops, but now is the right time.

Therefore, Yang Yan immediately ordered Meng Zongzheng to command the two imperial garrisons of Xingyuan Mansion and Jinzhou to immediately attack Jingzhao Mansion, so that the Jin army in Guanzhong could not support the battlefield in the Central Plains. He also ordered Bi Zaiyu to command the four imperial garrisons and other horses of Anxi Road and Lizhou West Road, and sent troops to the north and south, the south road to capture Fengxiang Mansion and Qinzhou, and the north road to attack Yan'an Mansion.

A decisive battle finally began between Song and Jin.