. After withdrawing more than 20 miles of land, Jin Juncai nested in the people and horses, and the monk Wanyan Chen checked the people, because when Wanyan Changzhi rescued him very well, he only lost nearly 3,000 people, and several generals were not injured, and asked Wanyan Changzhi: "Changzhi, how can you rescue us here." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi said: "Some time ago, when I attacked Longxing Mansion, I knew that Yang Yan was back, so you are attacking Jiankang, Yang Yan will definitely not sit idly by, he may not have the ability to rescue Jiankang Mansion, but if the Song army retreats, he will definitely try to meet the Song army, so that the Song army in Jiankang Mansion can be safely withdrawn, if we take the liberty of chasing the Song army, he will definitely ambush halfway." That's why I led the army along the road to meet you, and fortunately we arrived in time. ”

Monk Wanyan Chen couldn't help but be a little surprised, and said, "I can't imagine that this time, even the four of them joined forces and failed to catch Yang Yan, how did he escape?" Are they all safe? ”

Wan Yan Changzhi smiled bitterly: "I don't know this, after the withdrawal from Longxing Mansion, I haven't returned to Lin'an, I think if the four masters don't catch Yang Yan, they will definitely return to Lin'an to wait for us." When we get to Lin'an, we'll probably know. ”

At this time, Monk Wanyan Chen recalled the battle just now, and couldn't help but feel palpitations, and said: "What kind of tactics did the Song army use this time, I don't seem to have seen it before. It's weird, and it's powerful. ”

The way of finishing the face: "This is the Star Scattering Array." ”

Monk Wanyan Chen's body was shocked, and he said, "Scattering the star array? It turns out that this is the Star Scattering Array, no wonder it is so powerful. I couldn't help but be a little worried: "Now that Yang Yan has come back with the scriptures, and the Song army has practiced using the Star Scattering Array, it seems that the battle will be more difficult in the future." ”

Wanyan Changzhi persuaded him: "Okay, let's go back first." Anyway, now we have captured Jiankang Mansion and Lin'an Mansion with Jingjing. The two Huai and Liangzhejiang places are under our control. It can be said that half of the Southern Song Dynasty and Yijing perished, and the current situation can be said to be very beneficial to our Dajin, and no matter how powerful Yang Yan is, he can't change the overall situation. And the Star Scattering Array is just a tactic in the final analysis, we just encountered it suddenly, and it is not suitable for a while, and there will naturally be a way to deal with it in the future. ”

After the Jin army retreated, Yang Yan and Bi Zaiyu, Shi Jun and others also led the Song army to withdraw immediately, and the men and horses retreated to Chizhou, at this time the water army of Jiankang Mansion and Li Xianzhong and Chen Min's brigade arrived in Chizhou by warp. A check of the men and horses, except for the responsible cover of Meng Zongzheng, Bi Zaiyu, Shi Jun and other people, although they lost some men and horses, but on the whole, the casualties of the Song army were not large, and there were more than 60,000 people and horses who were safely scattered to Chizhou, and the navy was basically intact, and the materials, grain and grass and accompanying family members were safe and sound. It can be said that this time the withdrawal of the Song army from Jiankang Mansion was a complete success.

Yang Yan was about to report the process of successfully receiving the Jiankang garrison to Tanzhou, and waited for the next step of Tanzhou's arrangement. At this time, officials from Tanzhou went to Chizhou to spread the news, and the crown prince Zhao Dian was determined to succeed to the throne on November 15, and if Yang Yan was free, he could return to Tanzhou to participate in the succession ceremony, and the army deployment could be arranged by Yang Yan himself.

After Yang Yan received the news, he was also very strange, although the succession of the crown prince was a top priority, but this succession ceremony was inevitably too urgent, and there was no warning before. Today is the tenth day of the first month of November, and if you want to rush back to participate in the succession ceremony, you have to leave immediately.

Now Li Xianzhong, Chen Min, and Yang Yan have the highest rank in the Chizhou Army, but after Li Xianzhong and Chen Min abandoned Jiankang Mansion, they now only have a fictitious position and no actual position. Therefore, it is Yang Yan who is mainly responsible in Chizhou. Therefore, Yang Yan invited Li Xianzhong and Chen Min to tell them the news that the crown prince was going to succeed to the throne.

Li Xianzhong said: "Yang Jie, after the Jin army captured Jiankang Mansion, it also needs to rest for a while, I think the current war situation is so big that it will calm down, and there should be no large-scale war in the short term, so it is only necessary to send troops to garrison to guard the defense lines in various places, I think it is better to rush to Tanzhou to participate in the succession ceremony of the prince." ”

Chen Min also said: "And after giving up Jiankang Mansion, Li Zhaofu and I have no envoys now, and we should also rush back to Tanzhou to meet Xinjun to ask for guilt, and see how Chaojian will arrange for us next." However, now Chizhou Yijing is the forefront of the Jin army, and it must be sent to be able to guard it strictly. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then the two of you will make arrangements, and we will leave for Tanzhou tomorrow." ”

The three of them discussed the arrangement of military strength again, and immediately decided to leave Meng Zongzheng to lead 15,000 men and horses to garrison Chizhou, and leave all the sailors and materials, money, and food in Jiankang Mansion under the command of Meng Zongzheng. He also sent Bi Zaiyu to lead 10,000 horses to garrison Raozhou and support Chizhou at any time. The rest of the soldiers, officials, and family members of the soldiers were all relocated to Hukou for temporary resettlement. Jiangzhou's naval army returned to Jiangzhou to garrison.

After deliberating, each immediately divided his forces and stationed them separately on the main roads. Then Li Xianzhong, Chen Min, and Yang Yan led the rest of the horses, the accompanying officials and their families, and took the warship of the Jiangzhou Navy up the river, and when they arrived in Jiangzhou, Li Xianzhong and Chen Min got off the boat and rushed to Tanzhou first. At this time, Raozhou was still Cao Xun guarding, and now that Bi Zaiyu had changed, Yang Yan also took this opportunity to rearrange the defensive forces on the front line of Longxing Mansion, so he and Bi Zaiyu continued to transfer to Poyang Lake by boat, first arrived in Raozhou, exchanged for Cao Xun, and then transferred back to Longxing Mansion.

After arriving at Longxing Mansion, Yang Yan learned that the second batch of troops in Guangnan had also been assembled and was drawn out. Chen Liang, Wei Chang, Zhou Xin, Tie Chenglin and others led the early 20,000 horses to reach Longxing Mansion, and also escorted a large amount of grain and grass materials. also brought a safe family letter from Yang Yan. The remaining 30,000 horses will also arrive immediately. At the same time, Xin Qiji also wrote to Yang Yan to tell him that the displaced people who fled to Guangxi were basically settled down, each with a place to live, and each person was given a piece of land, and they could start farming after the beginning of spring, so Yang Yan could rest assured. In addition, Xin Qiji has recruited more than 20,000 young and middle-aged soldiers from among the displaced people, and is undergoing reorganized training, and it is expected that they will be able to go to the front line to participate in the battle in three months.

At this time, in Longxing Mansion, Lai Wenzheng and Zhou Xin's staff began to operate, and sent a large number of people to live in Lin'an Mansion and Jiankang Mansion to inquire about the news.