Therefore, Zhao Chen ordered Liu Heng to bring the holy decree and his own edict to Xinzhou, on the one hand, to reward Bi Zaiyu and the meritorious soldiers of the Battle of Xinzhou, on the other hand, to convey the will of the imperial court, and also brought a letter written by Yang Yan to Bi Zaiyu.

Bi Zaiyu's previous official rank was the martial rank official Zheng Liupin, the thirteenth rank of Zuo Wu Doctor, and his position was the former military commander of the Imperial Garrison Department of Jiankang Mansion and the commander of the Suzhou Metropolis. Now he has been promoted to the sixth rank in a row, and he has mentioned the fifth rank of the martial arts official, the seventh level of the doctor, and the defense envoy is also the false position of the military general, for the fifth rank, and there is also a title of the founding son. It can be said that Bi Zaiyu has officially entered the ranks of senior military attachés. Although such a position is not as good as Yang Yan, it is very rare for a young military general who is not yet thirty years old.

The envoy of Longxing Mansion is an official position, which means that Bi Zaiyu is officially and fully responsible for the defense task of the front line of Longxing Mansion, because Bi Zaiyu is not yet able to serve as a local official such as a pacification envoy, but the control of military horses in Chizhou and Raozhou shows that he has the right to mobilize people from all walks of life. Nominally, Bi Zaiyu is still under Yang Yandan's Jiangnan West Road envoy, but now Yang Yanren is in Sichuan, which means that Bi Zaiyu is the highest military general on the Jiangnan front line of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the eunuch who passed the decree read out the holy decree, Bi Zaiyu was naturally very excited in his heart, bowed to the sky three times, and kowtowed to thank him. Liu Heng also ordered his entourage to take out all the things that the emperor had given to Bi Zaiyu. After Bi Zaiyu accepted these rewards, he once again bowed in the direction of Tianlin Mansion. Then he asked Liu Heng: "Xianggong, I don't know if there are any other orders from the imperial court?" ”

Liu Heng nodded, took out the edict and Yang Yan's letter, handed it to Bi Zaiyu, and said: "General Bi, this is the edict of the imperial court and the letter of Yang Zhaofu, please follow the edict." ”

However, Bi Zaiyu took the edict and letter, and after reading it, he couldn't help but have a trace of doubt, why, after his own great victory over the Jin army, Yang Yan would give up Xinzhou when it was necessary for the imperial court to retreat to Longxing Mansion in order to preserve the troops, and he had to wait for the reinforcements from Sichuan to arrive before fighting a decisive battle with the Jin army. At the same time, it is also forbidden to use the people of Longxing Province.

Although Yang Yan explained in detail in the letter, at that moment, Bi Zaiyu suddenly had such an idea in his heart, Yang Yan was unwilling to let himself fight with the Jin Army, was he afraid that he would make a greater contribution, or even surpass Yang Yan's?

But Bi Zaiyu immediately denied his own thoughts, he also knew Yang Yan better, Yang Yan should not be such a person, and this time he can have the opportunity to be independent, keep Xinzhou, make such a great contribution, and become famous all over the world, isn't it the result of Yang Yan's highly recommended when he entered Sichuan? Even Cao Xun and Gao Zhen, who were the best friends with him, didn't recommend it, but it was himself, how could he be afraid of making war exploits on his own? Therefore, Bi Zaiyu secretly blamed himself, how could he measure Yang Yan's thoughts like this?

After sending off Liu Heng and his entourage, Bi Zaiyu immediately received a report that the Jin army, with Yan Changzhi as the main general, would raise an army of 150,000 to attack Xinzhou again and seize the Jiangnan West Road.

Now the Song army also has a total of five armies on the line from Chizhou to Chong'an, with a total of more than 120,000 horses. From north to south, Meng Zongzheng of the town guarding Chizhou had 37,000 men and horses, and Cao Xun of Shoudexing had 15,000 men and horses. After the victory in Xinzhou, Liu Bao also returned from the Jianchang army and stationed in Pucheng, with nearly 30,000 men and horses under his subordinates, and Gao Zhen, who guarded Chong'an, also had 10,000 horses. In addition, guarding Longxing Mansion was Wu Xi, and there were 35,000 men and horses.

Although the imperial court explicitly ordered that it was not allowed to transfer men and horses from Longxing Mansion, judging from the current existing troops, the Song army was not at a disadvantage. Although the Song army was scattered and had more places to defend, there were cities to defend in each place, and they could also echo and support each other. Therefore, the situation of the two sides in this battle is evenly matched, so the victory or defeat of this battle only depends on the soldiers on that side to fight harder and the main general's tactics are more skillful.

After receiving the report, Bi Zaiyu did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly asked Cao Xun, Gao Zhen, Liu Bao, Meng Zongzheng and others to Xinzhou to discuss how to deal with the second attack of the Jin army.

After everyone arrived, Bi Zaiyu first took out the edict of the imperial court and Yang Yan's letter and asked everyone to take a look. After everyone saw it, Bi Zaiyu said: "The imperial court ordered us to retreat to Longxing Mansion and wait for reinforcements from Sichuan, Yang Zhaofu also means this, I don't know what everyone thinks?" Please feel free to speak up and don't have to be cramped. ”

Meng Zongzheng first said: "Bi Zhenfu, the imperial court just said that Xinzhou can be abandoned, and it cannot be abandoned." According to the last general, we have just defeated Posar in Shinshu, and Shinshu is completely defensible. How can you give up Shinshu and retreat to Longxing Mansion without fighting? What's more, even if it was to wait for the reinforcements from Sichuan to arrive, wouldn't it be better if they could attack the Jin army directly from Shinshu? ”

What Meng Zongzheng said actually represents the opinion of most of the current Song army officers and soldiers. Because after the last victory in Shinshu, the morale of the Song army was generally high and their confidence was greatly increased, and the scale of the Jin army's dispatch this time was obviously much smaller than the first time, so everyone wanted to fight another battle with the Jin army.

Cao Xun and Gao Zhen also had such thoughts, but the idea of giving up Xinzhou was proposed by Yang Yan, and the two of them did not dare to despise it, so they did not speak lightly. Hearing Meng Zongzheng say this, Cao Xun said: "I also think that we should hold Xinzhou first, even if we can't support it and then retreat to Longxing Mansion." ”

Gao Zhen also nodded and said, "I also agree, no matter what, we should fight another battle with the Jin army in Shinshu." We can't just withdraw our troops without fighting. ”

Among the generals who reappeared, only Liu Bao did not express his position. Last time, it was because he abandoned Chuzhou that the Song army was very passive. Later, it was learned that Bi Zaiyu had defeated the Jin army in Shinju, so he actively marched to Pucheng. Unexpectedly, the Jin army sent troops to win Xinzhou so quickly, Liu Bao couldn't help but secretly regret that this time he rushed too far ahead.

But Liu Bao also knew that the last time he abandoned Chuzhou, he was beaten by the emperor bitterly, although he was not punished by other punishments, but if he retreated without a fight this time, he was afraid that he would not be so easy to dodge. Therefore, he was very much in favor of retreating to Longxing Mansion, but the other three advocated stationing in Xinzhou, and Bi Zaiyu now has an order from the imperial court to restrain himself, so it is useless to know that at this time, even if he opposes it. Although I secretly complained in my heart, there was nothing I could do.

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