Fourth, Sichuan Shocking Change7

Song Xiang

Yang Yan said: "The three counties of Jiangbei are separated from the place occupied by the Jin army, and there is Dabie Mountain, so you only need to defend one end and one tail. The top priority at the moment is to immediately transfer the men and horses of Jiangzhou to defend Anqing, corresponding to Chizhou across the river, and then transfer Li Xianzhong to return to the army, hold the Xinyang army, block the Jin army's advance from Gwangju, and ensure the safety of the three counties in Jiangbei. If the Jin army attacked, it would order the navy to attack along the Yangtze River and constantly attack the Jin army along the Yangtze River in order to contain the Jin army's men and horses. In addition, the other men and horses were stationed in place, and they were not allowed to attack on their own, until the reinforcements from Sichuan arrived, and then they counterattacked in a big way, and they could repel the Jin army in one fell swoop. ”

Yang Yizhong said: "But most of the garrison in Jiangzhou is a naval army, with only more than 10,000 horses, and it may not be able to hold Anqing." Moreover, the defenders of Chizhou were only more than 20,000 people, and if there were no reinforcements, it would be difficult to block the Jin army's attack. ”

Yang Yan said: "You can send a part of the men and horses from Longxing Mansion to aid Chizhou, but for the defense of Anqing, can you first transfer some men and horses from Tianlin Mansion to guard, and wait until Li Xianzhong returns to the army, and then withdraw." ”

Yang Yizhong pondered for a while before saying, "Now it's the only way to go." He turned his head to Chen Min and said, "Commander Chen, now your Ma Jun Division still has more than 12,000 horses, I think you will lead all the men and horses of the Ma Jun Division, and go with Li Bao to defend Anqing first." Do you think so? ”

Chen Min said: "I also serve in the imperial court, and I will not give up in the next ten thousand deaths." ”

Yang Yizhong nodded, and said to Qi Fang again: "Commander Qi, how many people has the Infantry Division recruited now?" ”

Qi Fang said: "Now there are four thousand seven hundred and fifty-six people in the Infantry Division. ”

Yang Yizhong said: "Then you will lead the men and horses of the Infantry Division to defend the Hanyang Army, and you must wait until Li Xianzhong's army returns." ”

Qi Fang nodded and said, "King Yang Jun, don't worry, you will definitely hold the Hanyang Army in the next place." ”

Yang Yizhong nodded again and said, "Then it's decided, I will immediately report this resolution to Zhongshu Province, as long as Zhongshu Province agrees, you will set off immediately." ”

After Yang Yi's plan for the deployment of defense was handed over to Zhongshu Province, several ruling ministers discussed it. Everyone has no opinion on such a deployment, but they all have some objections to the mobilization of the two teams of Ma Junsi and Bu Junsi, because once the Ma Junsi and the Bujun Division are transferred, the palace front division stationed in Tianlin Mansion has less than 30,000 people, and the troops are a little thin.

Several ministers deliberated, but in the end there was still no unanimous opinion, so they had to hand over the plan to the emperor for decision. Zhao Chen was naturally very dissatisfied with the efficiency of Zhongshu Province, and after getting the plan, he read it, immediately picked up the imperial pen, and approved the two words "quasi-line".

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After the decree was issued, people from all walks of life began to pull out. Yang Yan seized the rare leisure time in the past few days to accompany his wife and concubine at home. Zhao Chen also knew that his task of going to Sichuan was important, so the general government did not come to bother him.

On this day, Yang Yan was accompanying Tassel and Zhao Qianru to listen to Yan Rui playing the piano in the garden, Yang Quan came in to report and said, "Xianggong, Liu Ren who is outside in Dali asks to see him first." ”

Yang Yan was stunned, after Gao Jianming counterattacked again, all the ministers of Dali who were exiled to the Song Dynasty were settled in Guangxi by Xin Qiji, why did Liu Ren come to Tianlin Mansion first, is it to ask the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to aid Dali again, and want to ask yourself to help with the situation? He should be able to see that now Da Song and Ben don't have the strength to take care of Dali's affairs. It's useless to beg yourself. However, he and Liu Renxian finally had some friendship, and it was not easy to see, so he said to Yang Quan: "Please ask him to wait in the bookstore, I will change my clothes and go to see him immediately." ”

After saying goodbye to his wife and concubine temporarily, Yang Yan changed into formal clothes and came to the study, where Liu Renxian was sitting. As soon as he saw Yang Yan coming, he hurriedly got up and gave Yang Yan a salute. The two sat down again, and after a few words, Yang Yan asked about Dali's situation.

It turned out that after the Song army left Dali, although Gao Jianming took refuge in Nanping Prefecture, with the support of Jiaozhi, he secretly continued to recruit troops, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity to turn over. Gan Hua and Liu Jianhe repeatedly advised Duan Zhixing to pay attention to Gao Jianming's party, but Duan Zhixing indulged in wine all day long, never left the government and politics, and trusted Huang Qishan, Qian Zhiqiao, Zou Pingzhu and Ning Jizhong. On the contrary, he gradually distanced himself from important ministers such as Gan Hua and Liu Jianhe.

At this time, the Jin army invaded south, and the Song Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself. Gao Jianming immediately thought it was an opportunity to fight back, and secretly colluded with Huang Qishan, Qian Zhiqiao, and Zou Pingzhu, led 5,000 men and horses, sneaked into Dali City, and launched a surprise attack one night, rushed into the palace, and killed Duan Zhixing. In addition, Huang Qishan, Qian Zhiqiao, and Zou Pingzhu were the internal responses, and they immediately occupied Dali City in one fell swoop, and Gan Hua, Liu Jianhe and other important ministers died in the city. Only Liu Renxian, who was stationed outside, survived.

At this time, Gao Jianming's henchmen in Dali also supported him, and in less than a month, half of Dali had supported Gao Jianming. Liu Ren saw that Gao Jianming's power was too great, so he had to lead his 5,000 Dali army to retreat into the Song Realm for refuge, and hoped that the Great Song Dynasty could send troops again to aid Dali.

After listening to what Liu Renxian said, Yang Yan was also quite emotional, when he left Dali, he felt that Dali would be chaotic in the future, but he didn't expect it to happen so quickly. But now Yang Yan can't help Dali anymore, so he has to say: "General Liu, although I sympathize with Dali's experience, but now you must know the situation in Da Song, and you can't do anything about it." ”

Liu Renxian nodded and said: "I also understand this below, and now that the Duan clan has been killed by Gao Jianming, in order to be exterminated, to be honest, I don't expect Dali to be able to return to the country again." It's just that now there is no place for us to stand in Dali Yijing, and I only hope that Da Song can take us in and let us go on for a long time. ”

Yang Yan said: "This is easy to say, I will make a proposal to the emperor, pull out the grain and grass for you on time, and let you live in peace in the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Liu Renxian said again: "If the Song Dynasty has anything to do with us, Lord Yang can just share it." The 5,000 men and horses under my command are all Dali elite soldiers, and now the situation of the Song Dynasty, I think we should be able to help, if we can do something for the Great Song Dynasty, we can live with some peace of mind. ”

Yang Yan's heart moved, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, if that's the case, I really have something for you to do." Now you return to Guangxi at once, take your men and horses from Guangxi into Sichuan, and then let me arrange to act. ”

Liu Renxian immediately said, "Okay, I'll go back immediately." After a pause, he asked again, "My lord, and... One more thing, Princess Xiuyu, is she okay now?"

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that Liu Renxian and Duan Yanzhu were originally a ** couple, but it was only in order to ask the Great Song Dynasty to send troops that Dali sent Duan Yanzhu to the Great Song Dynasty and became Zhao Dan's concubine, breaking up the two. Now that Zhao Dan is dead, only Duan Yanzhu is left among the concubines, she is young, doesn't she have to stay in the palace and be widowed for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, Yang Yan didn't know how to answer Liu Renxian, and after a while, he said, "Do you want to see her?" I think through the princess, I might be able to arrange for you to meet. ”

Liu Ren was silent for a while before he said, "Thank you, my lord, but I still don't need it, what can I say when we meet?" I can only add to the sadness, but it is better not to see it. I have been scratching the adults for a long time, so I will leave, and I will return to Guangxi tomorrow and wait for the dispatch of the adults. Then he got up and said goodbye and left.

After Yang Yan sent him away, he turned around and returned to Zhao Qianru's room, and first told Zhao Qianru about arranging for Liu Ren to enter Sichuan from Guangxi.

Zhao Qianru nodded and said: "You and your sister enter Sichuan from the northeast, which can attract Wu Xi's attention, and Liu Renxian's 5,000 men and horses enter Sichuan from the southwest, which can be used as a surprise soldier, so that you can be a little more sure of pacifying Sichuan." ”

But when Yang Yan said that Liu Ren first asked about Duan Yanzhu, Zhao Qianru couldn't help but sigh and said: "Speaking of which, Concubine Duan made such a big sacrifice for Dali, and in the end, Dali still died under Gao Jianming, everything was wasted, it's a pity to think about it." What can two people do when they meet, they can really only be sad in vain, and it is really better not to see them? I think Liu Ren wants to stay in the Great Song Dynasty first, I'm afraid most of the reason is that staying in the Great Song Dynasty seems to be closer to Concubine Duan. ”

Yang Yan frowned and said, "See if we can help them, although we can't help Dali, if we can help the two of them get back together, it will also be a good thing." ”

Zhao Qianru smiled bitterly: "I also know that Concubine Duan is so young, it is really pitiful to be widowed for life." If it can really fulfill them, it will be better. Just how to help them? If Xianjun is still there, there may be a glimmer of hope, as long as Xianjun is the master and gives Concubine Duan to Liu Renxian, but now Xianjun has collapsed with the scriptures, and Concubine Duan is the surviving person of Xianjun, even Xiao Chen and Emperor Taishang are not qualified to let Concubine Duan remarry. What can we do? ”

Yang Yan said: "I just thought of an idea, in seven days, it will be the day when the first monarch's mortaring period expires and the funeral will be held." can make Concubine Duan pretend to commit suicide in the palace, and announce to the public that Concubine Duan and Xianjun were buried together. Then take Concubine Duan out of the palace secretly, change her name and surname, and marry Liu Renxian in private. There are not many people who have seen Concubine Duan, and if anyone asks, they will say that they are Liu Renxian's wife in Dali. What do you think? ”

Zhao Qianru thought for a while and said, "This is a good way, okay, I'll go to the palace tomorrow and discuss it with Xiao Chen first, but this matter must be planned well and done very secretly." Don't be in a hurry to tell Liu Renxian, when you come back from Sichuan, Xianjun's funeral should also be over, and if you can really rescue Concubine Duan, it's not too late to tell him. ”

Three days later, Wei Jiao and Zhao Cao, the people of Longxing Mansion arrived at Tianlin Mansion by Jingjing, Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru said goodbye to everyone and led the people and horses to set off. ,Wonderful unlimited.26dd./