Song Jianxing 8th year 78 New Year.

Since the last New Year was spent in turmoil, this year to make up for this loss, so Yang Yan's mansion was full of lights and was very lively. And the wives in the family also know that after the New Year, Yang Yan will go to Jianghuai to supervise the war, and they all hope to be reunited at home and accompany Yang Yan to have a comfortable and festive New Year.

In the past, every time she went on an expedition, Zhao Yueru would accompany Yang Yan to fight together, but the last time she attacked Western Xia, she was pregnant, so she had to stay at home. But now Zhao Yueru is famous for giving birth to a boy, Zhao Chen. Because this child was born in less than a month, and it was not easy to get, both mother and son almost died, so Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru still love this child.

After the Chinese New Year, now Zaidao has just turned one year old, and he has not been completely weaned, and Yang Yan's other wives and concubines, except for Yan Rui, have also their own products, and it is not only troublesome to hand them over to others to take care of, but also Zhao Yueru is not at ease, so Yang Yan and the wives and concubines finally discussed and decided, this time Zhao Yueru still stayed at home, took care of the children, and asked Ye Muxue to accompany Yang Yan on the expedition. 5。

Although Ye Muxue also has a daughter, she is more than five years old this year, so she doesn't need adults to watch all the time, and Yang Yan's wives and concubines are grateful that Ye Muxue came to deliver the letter in time and kept the safety of the family, so they are also very grateful to their mother and son. And Ye Muxue is generous and peaceful, and she gets along well with everyone. Shadow and Shunhua are of the same age, they become good playmates, and they are like a person, so when Ye Muxue is away, they hand over Shadow to Tassel to take care of, and Yang Yan and Ye Muxue can also rest assured. 2。

And among the rest of the Yang family, Gu Xueping, who has never grown up, is also pregnant, and even Tie Chenglin must stay and take care of his wife. However, now Zhang Wei is eighteen years old, and because of his performance in last year's rebellion, he was named Bingyilang's eight-rank martial arts rank, and he is also recognized as a disciple of Yang Yan, and this time he also went out with Yang Yan.

Therefore, after the family spent the New Year lively, Yang Yan was officially appointed by the Song Dynasty as the Xuanfu envoy of Huainan East and West Road, Jinghu North Road, and Jingxi Road, and led the Central Plains, Shandong, Hebei, and Zhulu to recruit envoys to control the imperial garrisons of all roads. Pay the blame for the war against the gold, everything can be done cheaply, and decide for yourself. 5。 That is to say, Yang Yan can command the six imperial garrisons on Jinghu North Road, Huainan East Road, and West Road, with a total strength of about 160,000.

Although this time the troops were not a large-scale attack on the Jin State, Yang Yan still transferred three troops from the Sanya Forbidden Army, namely the Dianqian Si Urging Front Army and the Tabai Army, and the Ma Jun Si Xiao Cavalry Army. A total of 21,000 men.

And the Amazing Swallow Army has now expanded to 3,000 people. However, now the Shocking Yan Army has the task of guarding the palace, so only 800 people were selected to go out with Ye Muxue. In the two of the Jingyan Army, Zhang Wenzhu is also pregnant and stays at home to give birth, Han Zhaojing wants to be in charge of the female soldiers guarding the palace, so they can't go out, most of the veterans who formed the Jingyan Army have married and had children, most of them have withdrawn from the Jingyan Army, and only a few have stayed, and among the female soldiers of the Jingyan Army who participated in the expedition, Shi Luanying, Yu Xiulin, Peng Lu, Mianwen, Youping and a few others, only Shi Luanying remained, Yu Xiulin and Mianwen remained in the army, and now they have all been promoted to the commander. 5。 The Jingyan army that went out with the army this time was led by Shi Luanying and Mianwen.

After everything was ready, Yang Yan, Ye Muxue, and Zhang Wei also packed up and prepared to go on the expedition.

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The army arrived in Haozhou on 3 February. Gao Zhen, who served as the governor of the Huaixi Terracotta Capital, Cao Xun, who was the commander of the Huaidong Terracotta Capital, and Zhang Shiyan, the commander of the Haozhou Imperial Garrison, welcomed Yang Yan's army into the city together. At the same time, Liu Fuwu, the commander of another imperial garrison in Gwangju in Huaixi, also rushed to Haozhou to discuss the plan of marching into the army.

After receiving the Western Xia, although Yang Yan was idle for a year, during this year's time, he has been thinking about the plan for fighting against the Jin State, and at the same time, the intelligence network of the Great Song Dynasty in the Jin State has been basically perfected after five or six years of construction, not only playing a considerable role in the plan to subvert the Jin State for silver for land, but also basically exploring the deployment of the Jin army on the southern border.

Some time ago, the Jin army was rushing to repair the boundary trenches in the north, so the center of defense was still in the north, and now the strength of the entire southern border was less than 200,000, and it had to be stationed in Jingzhaofu, Nanjing, and Shandong, and there was a shortfall of at least 60,000 or 70,000 troops. 3。 And the monk Wanyan Chen of Dongping County, who served as the left-behind division of Nanjing and led the Taishangshu Province, was also worried about Zhongzhong, but he also knew that the country was also very difficult at present, so he had to grit his teeth and carry it hard, and did not rescue Wanyan Changzhi.

However, although the troops were insufficient, Monk Wanyan Chen also made careful arrangements for the defense of the southern border, and made full use of the limited forces at hand as much as possible. Jingzhao Mansion was garrisoned by 60,000 troops led by the general Guo Shrimp Toad, because the terrain around Jingzhao Mansion was dangerous, and there was still a Po Sa guarding Yan'an Mansion in the northwest of Guo Shrimp Toad, so even if the Song army attacked, it could withstand a while.

And the general Shi Mo Yanshan led 50,000 horses to guard Shandong. Because there are not many places in Shandong bordering the Great Song Dynasty, you only need to divide troops to garrison Haizhou and Pizhou, and you can also connect with Nanjing Road. 9。

Only the Nanjing Road area, which is personally controlled by the monk Wanyan Chen, has a border line of nearly 2,000 miles with the Great Song Dynasty, and it is necessary to defend the five imperial garrisons of the Great Song Dynasty at the same time, including Xiangyang Mansion, De'an Mansion, Gwangju, Haozhou, and Xuyi Army. The defenders were less than 80,000 men. It really gave Monk Wanyan Chen a headache.

Such a force naturally could not cover the entire border line, so the monk Wanyan Chen could only adopt the method of focusing on the deployment of defenses, and the general Pu Cha Dingzhu led 20,000 troops to garrison Dengzhou, which was adjacent to Jingzhao Mansion, and guarded against the two imperial garrisons of Xiangyang Mansion and De'an Mansion, and Shao Fangjie led 10,000 horses to defend Suzhou, which is adjacent to Shandong, and guarded against the imperial garrisons of Haozhou and Xuyi Army. Although it was possible for both of these places to face the two imperial garrisons of the Song army at the same time, they were adjacent to Jingzhaofu and Shandong, respectively, and not only were their flanks protected, but they were also ready to be supported by friendly forces. 4。

Xuzhou, Chenzhou, and Haozhou are the frontal gateways of Nanjing, and the monks of Wanyan Chen are Shang Liang, Gao Linfu, and Daduchen respectively, and each bring 5,000 men and horses to garrison. And keep about 30,000 men and horses in Nanjing as a mobile force.

It should be said that in the case of limited troops, the arrangement of Monk Wanyan Chen is still very good. The east and west sides are all very tightly guarded, although the middle section is elongated because of the battle line, but with points to lead the area, it is still the focus of the defense of Dengzhou and Suzhou on both sides, as much as possible to compress the Song army's offensive space, when necessary, you can abandon Xuzhou, Chenzhou, Maozhou, retreat to Nanjing, lure the Song army to go deeper, and then Dengzhou and Suzhou attack from both sides to attack the flank of the Song army. 5。 And also set aside a considerable number of mobile troops, which can be reinforced to other battlefields at any time, which can be described as very thorough, and it is indeed worthy of being a famous general second only to Wanyan Changzhi in the Jin Kingdom.

However, the Jin army is still insufficient after all, although Monk Wanyan Chen has done his best, but there are still many loopholes, although these loopholes are very small, but if the Song army's tactics are used properly, there is still a great use value.

After Yang Yan and everyone discussed, they made various arrangements, and the next day, Cao Xun and Liu Fuwu rushed back to their stations.

On the 5th of February, the Song army launched an attack on the Jin State by two routes, east and west, and Liu Fuwu dispatched 20,000 men and horses from Gwangju on the western route, divided the troops into two routes, and launched an attack on Xuzhou, one to attack Yancheng, and the other to attack Wuyang. 8。 On the east road, Cao Xun and the imperial garrison of the Xuyi army were under the command of Guo Zhen to dispatch 20,000 horses and horses to attack Pizhou. And Li Gongzuo, the commander of the imperial garrison in Chuzhou, also sent troops from the sea to attack the East China Sea. Although the two imperial garrisons on Jinghu North Road did not launch an attack on the Jin State for the time being, they also made a posture of imminent attack, pinning down the Jin army in Dengzhou, and did not dare to act rashly.

After a lapse of more than a year, there was another war between the Song and Jin, and judging from the development of the later Song and Jin wars, this war was also the beginning of the Song army's recovery of the lost territory in the Central Plains.

The advance of the Song army on the eastern front was strongly blocked by the Jin army, Shi Mo Yanshan led 15,000 men and horses to garrison Su Annihilation, and fought fiercely with the Song army twice in five days, each side injured more than 1,000 people, and the battlefield fell into a stalemate for a while.

And on the waterway, Li Gongzuo sent the naval commander Zhang Yuan to lead more than 150 warships to attack from the sea, the Jin country's naval army also dispatched nearly 200 warships, out of the village to meet the battle, the two sides launched a fierce battle on the sea near the East China Sea, three hours later, the Song army defeated the Jin army, sank and destroyed more than 30 warships, killed more than 1,000 Jin troops, the Jin army's naval army retreated to the water village, did not dare to meet again. However, the Jin army's defense along the coast was very tight, and the Song army launched two landing battles in succession, both of which were repulsed by the Jin army, on the contrary, it also lost more than 700 people and more than ten warships.

Seeing this, Zhang Yuan had no choice but to order the troops to be collected and returned to Chuzhou. Subsequently, Li Gongzuo sent a fleet of ships to attack from the sea several times in a row, looking for a gap in the Jin army to land. However, the Jin army was very well defended along the southeast coast of Shandong, so that the Song army had no chance to take advantage of it. And the Song army's navy did not dare to go too far north, so the sea attack could not make substantial progress for the time being.

Compared with the eastern route army, the Song army's western route march was relatively smooth, because Xuzhou only had a total of 5,000 defenders, and it could not stop the Song army's attack at all. And the soldiers and horses of Dengzhou were pinned down by the two imperial garrisons of Xiangyang Mansion and Ande Mansion, and they could not rush to support. Therefore, Liu Fuwu's two-way march successively conquered Wuyang, Yuncheng, Beiwu Town and Huokou Town, and defeated Shang Liang's men and horses in Linying, beheading 800 people, forcing Shang Liang to retreat into Linying City and close the city without fighting.