.“ No, Wanyan Changzhi will never only attack Mongolia, on the contrary, he will definitely send troops to the south to attack my Great Song Dynasty. ”

Although Yang Yan said this in a very calm tone, it still surprised everyone present. Because after a sudden rebellion broke out in Mongolia, it would definitely not be possible to contain the Jin State in the north, so Zhao Chen immediately recruited the ruling minister and Yang Yan to discuss the current strategic adjustment of the Great Song Dynasty.

Han Yanzhi and Wang Yan both believed that the Jin State would definitely take this opportunity to send troops to attack Mongolia, so as to completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the north, and then turn back to deal with the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ruyu, Zhang Yan and Fan Chengda believed that the Jin State would definitely be afraid of the Great Song Dynasty attacking from behind, so they would not attack Mongolia on a large scale, but at most only support the Mongolian rebels in terms of materials, or send a small group of men and horses to support the Mongolian rebels. The Great Song Dynasty should support Mongolia on the one hand, and wait patiently on the other hand, after all, the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty after receiving the land of Western Xia has not been fully recovered, and it is just right to take this opportunity to delay for two or three years, and after the Mongols put down the rebellion and the national strength of the Great Song Dynasty is also restored, the two sides will jointly attack from the north and south to attack the Jin State.

Although these two opinions were in a hurry, no one would think that the Jin State would take the initiative to attack the Great Song Dynasty at this time.

Because since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, not only the national strength has become more and more prosperous, but also has repeatedly won great victories with foreign troops, and has also successively annexed two regional powers, Western Xia and Dali. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty are very confident, and when they talk about mobilizing troops, they are far less trembling than in the past, and they are changing color when they talk about soldiers. Even Zhao Chen has a lot of ideas, if we don't fight others, we think it's good, who dares to take the initiative to provoke Da Song.

Now hearing Yang Yan suddenly say that the Jin Kingdom took the initiative to attack the Great Song Dynasty, everyone, including Zhao Chen, found it hard to believe. It was only when Yang Yan said it that everyone had to pay attention to it, because everyone knew that Yang Yan's eyes were unique, and everything he expected was often nine times out of ten, and if it was someone else, he would have been thrown aside.

Zhao Ruyu first said: "The gold lord Wanyan Changzhi seized the throne by force, and it has only been more than a year since he ascended the throne, and his foothold has not yet stabilized, and the country is not at peace. ”

Zhang Yan continued: "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the Jin State is checking the land and property, and after drawing a state plan, the old law is being changed to benefit the government. Therefore, at this time, it is the time to calm the army and consolidate the internal affairs, how can it take the initiative to attack our Great Song Dynasty? ”

Wang Yan also said: "Yes! The former Jin State reinforced Western Xia, but was defeated by our Song army, and the 200,000 horses were annihilated, which was a great loss of vitality. It is now less than two years, and how can the Kingdom of Jin be fully restored. At the beginning of the year, the horse led the army to attack the Jin State, and after the withdrawal of the army, the Jin State did not dare to counterattack. What's more, my Great Song Dynasty still has the Yangtze River natural danger, and it is difficult for the Jin State to overcome, so according to the minister's opinion, with the current strength of the Jin State, if it is okay to send troops to attack Mongolia, but it is absolutely impossible to attack my Great Song Dynasty. Wanyan Changzhi understands people, and he will not not understand the stakes. ”

Zhao Chen listened to the speeches of these people, and also felt that it was very reasonable, judging from the current situation between the Song and Jin sides, it was absolutely impossible for the Jin State to take the initiative to attack the Great Song Dynasty. But he didn't dare to despise Yang Yan's words, so he looked at Yang Yan, obviously wanting to hear his explanation.

Sure enough, seeing Yang Yan shook his head, he said: "What the ministers just said is the truth, if it is someone else, even if Wanyan Yong is in power, the Jin Kingdom will not take the initiative to attack my Great Song Dynasty, but the current gold lord is Wanyan Changzhi, he will definitely override public opinion and send an army to invade the south." ”

As soon as he said this, everyone else was a little confused, and they didn't understand why others would not send troops when they were in power, but after changing their faces, they would definitely send troops to attack?

Yang Yan further explained: "Wan Yan Changzhi is a military general, and he can be regarded as a famous general in the world, so he will definitely have considerable confidence in his ability to use troops, even if he is temporarily at a disadvantage, he will definitely believe that he can defeat the strong with his own ability." Last year, the Mongols attacked the Jin State with a three-way army, and Wan Yan Chang's relatives led an elite group of men and horses deep into the steppe and smashed the main camp of the Mongols. This is also enough to show that he is good at winning by surprise. In the battle of Li Shimin's Tiger Prison back then, he dared to resist Dou Jiande's 100,000 army alone with 3,000 men and horses.

The Battle of Tiger Prison was the proud work of Tang Taizong Li Shimin's military career.

At that time, the Tang army was attacking Wang Shichong, the king of Zheng in Luoyang, and more than 100,000 troops besieged Luoyang, but the city of Luoyang was strong, the Zheng army stubbornly held on, and the Tang army attacked the city for several months. At this time, Dou Jiande, the Xia king of Hebei, raised an army of more than 100,000 people, and rushed to rescue Wang Shichong. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty, including the generals of the Tang camp, believed that they should not fight with Dou Jiande and temporarily withdrew their troops. Only Li Shimin was able to disagree with the public, personally led 3,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry, refused to defend the Tiger Pass, and defeated Dou Jiande's 100,000 army, even Dou Jiande was captured in this battle, and when Li Shimin returned to the army, Wang Shichong of Luoyang saw that the general trend had gone, and he also opened the city to surrender.

In this battle, Li Shimin defeated the two kings in one battle, which not only achieved the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, but also became a famous example of war that later generations of soldiers talked about and constantly studied.

But to be fair, before this battle, the Tang army did not have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Xia army, so Li Shimin had a great element of adventure in this battle. However, Li Shimin began to fight against the army at the age of 18, fought more than 100 battles large and small, and almost did not lose a single defeat, and was the most outstanding general at that time, and it was precisely his confidence in his ability to use troops that made Li Shimin dare to take risks, defeat the strong with the weak, and finally achieve a brilliant victory.

From the point of view of being a military background, before becoming the emperor, he was a famous general in the world, Wanyan Changzhi does have some similarities with Li Shimin, so at this time, it seems that it is not impossible for Wanyan Changzhi to go against the trend and send a large army to attack the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, all the ministers also believed Yang Yan's words a little.

Yang Yan then said: "In the Battle of Western Xia, although the Jin State dismantled more than 200,000 troops, the number of troops in the Jin State has always been larger than that of the Great Song Dynasty, so the impact of this defeat on the Jin State cannot be exaggerated too much. Moreover, since the southern expedition, the Jin State has been resting and recuperating, there have been no major wars, and the treasury is sufficient above my Great Song Dynasty. In addition, the civil strife in Mongolia also made the northern border of the Jin State tranquil, temporarily less in the short term, no worries, there are so many favorable conditions, why did the Jin State dare not attack the Great Song Dynasty. Even if my Great Song Dynasty has the Yangtze River to defend, the Jin Kingdom can also target all the land on the north bank of the Yangtze River. ”

Zhao Chen and the other ministers were silent when they said this, but they all had to admit that what Yang Yan said made sense.

Zhao Chen pondered for a moment and said: "I also think that Yang Shumi's words are not unreasonable, everything is foreseen, and if it is not prepared, it will be wasted, and military affairs are even different from the ordinary, so it is necessary to take precautions, and order the imperial garrison on the front line of Jianghuai to be careful and not careless." ”

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After Yang Yan came out of the palace, Zhou Xinyi, the supervisor of the staff, was waiting for him at the gate of the palace. As soon as he saw Yang Yan come out, Zhou Xin immediately greeted him and handed over a note. Yang Yan took it and took a look, only to see that it was written: Jin Guo has been mobilizing people and materials to the south recently, which seems to have the intention of invading the south.

In fact, since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, he has always paid great attention to the intelligence collection of the Jin Kingdom, and tried his best to install spies in the Jin Kingdom through trade, monks and other means. After seven or eight years of operation, Da Yi Jing established a very well-organized espionage system in the territory of Jinguo. It is basically distributed in various places in the country of Jin.

Although the spy personnel of the Great Song Dynasty are not able to break into the middle and high-level officialdom of the Jin State for the time being, among the middle and lower-level officials, there are already many spy personnel of the Great Song Dynasty who have mixed in. Moreover, through the observation of some ordinary and trivial matters, Ginting's decree scheduling can still find out a lot of useful news. And because of this, what happened in the Jin Kingdom can basically be quickly fed back to the Great Song Dynasty.

First of all, according to the report of the spies in the Zhongdu area, although the troops assembled by the Jin State in the Zhongdu have not yet shown obvious signs of mobilization, the materials are being transferred to the south one after another. Spy personnel in Kaifeng also reported that the number of convoys arriving in Nanjing has increased markedly recently, and most of them are carrying grain, grass, cloth, timber, pig iron, and other materials, and the price of grain is gradually rising. All these phenomena show that the manpower and material resources of the Jin country are gradually shifting to the south. Therefore, according to the analysis of the personnel left behind in the department, although it is not completely certain for the time being, the Jin State does have the intention of invading the south.

After Yang Yan finished reading the report sent by the Ministry Division, he didn't dare to be careless, and immediately turned around and entered the palace again, asking to see Zhao Chen. At this time, Zhao Chen was reading the chapter and had not yet returned to the harem to rest. Hearing that Yang Yan was going and returning, he knew that he must have something important again, so he immediately ordered to summon him.

After Yang Yan entered the palace, he immediately submitted the report received by the staff division to Zhao Chen. And Zhao Chen couldn't help but be surprised after reading it, it seems that Yang Yan expected it right this time, and the Jin Kingdom did have plans to invade the south again.

The next day, Zhao Chen immediately recruited the ruling ministers, ordered the whole country to be strictly prepared, and mobilized materials to prepare for the invasion of the Jin army. Immediately, at the same time, he ordered the staff department to further investigate the timing, strength, scale, and direction of the Jin army's southern invasion. He also ordered the Privy Council, based on the results of the investigation of the Staff, to immediately formulate a plan for the battle against the Jin Army.