The two were a little disappointed when they saw that Yang Yan was reluctant to take them to the battlefield, but they finally stayed, and they could be with Tie Chenglin and Gu Xueping, so they agreed.

And Yue Lin was afraid that his children were too young, and he didn't worry about letting them go to the battlefield, listening to Yang Yan's arrangement, he was also a lot more relieved, took out a gray cloth bag from his arms, and said: "The concubine and the princess are kind, and the lower officials can't repay it. As he spoke, he handed it to Yang Yan.

Yang Yan took the small bag and opened it to see that it was a book, with four words "Yue Feibing" written on the blue cover.

Yue Lin said: "This is the father in Shaoxing eleven years in Lin'an detention wrote, the first father said, a life to be in this book, and then the father knew that it was difficult to escape, only to die, the book was sent out of the prison to the family, only said that in the future to give this book to the destined people, only hope to get this book after the realization of the father's wishes." Later, after his father was killed, his mother kept this book with him, and it was only after his father summoned Xue that it was passed on to the lower officials. It's just that the three brothers of the lower official are mediocre materials, and there are no one or two people who can be created among the children and nephews, and they can't use all the books, only the horse is a famous general in the world, so this book is given to the horse, if the horse can raise the king to go north in the future, and recover the Central Plains, I believe that the father has a spirit in heaven, and he will also approve of what the lower officials do today. ”

Yang Yan suddenly got up and shook Yue Lin to the ground, and said, "I will do my best to recover the lost land of the Great Song Dynasty and realize the last wish of Yue Wu Mugong." ”

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After Yang Yan returned to Jingjiang Mansion, the six armies of the Ma Army Division, the Feng Army, the Left Army and the Right Army of the Infantry Division, and the Guangxi Army, the Central Army, the Rear Army, and the Youyi Army were all assembled in Jingjiang Mansion, and the military supplies, equipment, weight, grain and grass needed for the expedition to Dali were also prepared. Even the twelve elephants were ready. Although Gan Hua had promised in Lin'an that Dali would provide grain and grass for the Song army, Yang Yan knew that the current Dali was not much stronger than the dead country, and it was probably a little difficult to pay for the grain and grass of more than 30,000 troops, so Yang Yan did not dare to put the grain and grass on Dali.

At present, there are a lot of people and horses in Guangxi, and there are all men and horses in Guangxi in the Sanya Forbidden Army, plus the local army in Guangxi has a total of about 75,000 men and horses, and there are nearly 20,000 people in the Manichaean army who surrendered to the Song army a while ago. Yang Yan divided the more than 8,000 people into two armies, named after the Left Forward Army and the Right Forward Army respectively.

At this time, Zhang Shiyan, who had been stationed in Dali in advance, sent a reply to the urgency, and Gao Jianming gathered men and horses with the scriptures and prepared to attack Shanyan Mansion. Please Yang Yan make arrangements as soon as possible.

It turned out that Gao Jianming knew that after the Great Song Dynasty sent troops, he was also very frightened, because once the Great Song Dynasty wanted to fully intervene, it was not something that Jiaozhi and Gao Jianming could resist together, so he didn't dare to act rashly for a while, and immediately sent someone to inquire. Later, I inquired clearly, and it turned out that there were only more than 5,000 people in the front department. That's why I'm a little relieved.

However, even if the Great Song Dynasty intervened in Dali's affairs, it should not be underestimated, so Gao Jianming and the general Ruan Chieftain of Jiaozhi discussed and decided to take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Song army had not yet arrived to attack Shanyan Mansion first, and strive to eliminate the remnants of Dali, so as to prevent future troubles and cause the fact of occupying Dali. So gather your men and prepare for battle. And after the other departments of Dali knew that the army of the Song army had not yet arrived, they also watched one after another. However, at this time, they did not dare to easily fall to Gao Jianming's side.

After Yang Yan received the news, he immediately decided to take the Feng Army first, and rushed to Dali to support Zhang Shiyan, and Yin Shibiao, the Left Army of the Infantry Division, led the Left Army of the Infantry Division, the Central Army of the Guangxi Army, the Rear Army, and the Youyi Army to rush to the left. In addition, he ordered Wang Guan, the commander of the right army of the infantry army, to lead the right army and the left forward army composed of the Manichaean army to escort military supplies, equipment, weight, grain and grass, etc., and walked last. The twelve elephants were also led by Wang Guan.

Then Yang Yan wrote a letter of state in the name of the Jingjiang Prefecture envoy and handed it to Jiaozhi State, accusing Jiaozhi of invading Dali, and stating that the Great Song Dynasty was about to come to Dali's aid, and demanded that Jiaozhi immediately withdraw his troops from Dali.

In fact, of course, Yang Yan knew that this letter of state would naturally not allow Jiaozhi to withdraw its troops, which was just a necessary form of diplomacy. At the same time, Yang Yan also ordered Cao Xun and Chen soldiers to be on the border between Song and Jiao in Zuojiang Province, causing the appearance of a large army pressing Jiaozhi, so that they could not help Gao Jianming with all their might.

After arranging various matters, Yang Yan immediately set off with Liu Fuwu and rushed to Dali, and Ling Xiang and Huang Mingxia took more than a dozen Huang family disciples and also set off with Yang Yan. Along the way, enter Shicheng County in Dali from Yongzhou Temo Road.

At this time, the temporary capital of Dali was in Shicheng County, and Duan Zhixing, the monarch of Dali, was waiting for the reinforcements of the Great Song Dynasty to wait for the autumn water, and when he saw Yang Yan arrive, he hurriedly took the prime minister Gan Hua, the general of Zhenguo, that is, Liu Renxian's father Liu Jianhe out of the city to greet Yang Yan and his party.

Yang Yan saw that the monarch personally went out of the city to greet him, and he didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly dismounted, and was about to salute Duan Zhixing, but he had already been stopped by him, Duan Zhixing said: "Yang Juma led the army to rescue Dali, Xiao Wang was very grateful, and did not dare to accept the concubine's gift, not to mention that now the throne of Lone is also in name only, and according to the power of the lazy Song Dynasty, help me Dali to fight for rebellion, and in the future, the horse will be in Dali, and all the courtesies will be exempted." ”

In fact, although Duan Zhixing was the Emperor of Dali, because of the Emperor Xuanren of Dali, Duan Heyu had accepted the canonization of the Great Song Dynasty as "Doctor of Golden Purple Guanglu, Inspector Sikong, Yunnan Jiedu Envoy, Shangzhu State, and King of Dali". According to etiquette, Duan Zhixing can only be equated with a prince in front of Song Chen. And Yang Yan's identity is not low, Yang Yizhong is the king of the county, only one level lower than the prince, and Yang Yan also has the identity of a concubine, which is not much worse than Duan Zhixing, so Duan Zhixing's exemption from Yang Yan's kneeling ceremony is not an additional favor.

Only then did Yang Yan see Duan Zhixing clearly, and saw that he was very young, probably less than twenty years old, and his appearance was five points similar to Duan Yanzhu, and he was very delicate. Then he said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

At this time, Gan Hua also came over to greet Yang Yan, and then introduced Liu Changhe to Yang Yan. Yang Yan saw that Liu Jianhe was over fifty years old, although his figure was not very tall, but his spirit was shining, his eyes were bright, and his face was very similar to Liu Renxian, so he knew that he was Liu Renxian's father, and he was very polite to him. There were also Fan Chang, the governor of Dali, and Du Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Yang Yan also saw them one by one, and then went into the city together.

( This chapter was published by Reader's Bar - reprinted)