Zhao Dian listened, and couldn't help but show joy, it turned out that although he said in front of several ruling ministers that he would fight with the Jin army to the end, but after returning to the palace, he was very strong but the Jin army was strong, and he was afraid that the enemy could not be the Jin army, so he couldn't let go of his heart, and then remembered what Zhao Yan said, if something is undecided, you can consult with Zhao Yueru.! So he asked Zhao Yueru, and Zhao Yueru suggested that he meet Yang Yan alone to inquire, which led to today's matter.

After listening to Yang Yan's words, Zhao Dian was also a lot more relieved, and said: "No wonder the first emperor often praised me Hao, and what he said was true. But I can rest assured. After a pause, he said: "But now the land of Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang is occupied by the Jin people, and the land of my Great Song Dynasty is completely lost. ”

Yang Yan said: "Your Majesty, although rest assured, the Jin army occupied the land of Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang, but it was just taking advantage of my unpreparedness to sneak attack from the sea and get lucky." Since ancient times, those who take the south of the Yangtze River do not occupy Xiangyang first, and then float into the river, and go down the river, then the two Huai and Zhejiang are all in the Yan. In that year, Jin destroyed Eastern Wu, Sui destroyed Southern Chen, and Taizu pacified Southern Tang. Now although the Jin people occupy the land of two Huai and two Zhejiang, but Xiangyang is still in the hands of my Great Song Dynasty, only need to form a water army, go east along the Yangtze River, control the Yangtze River waterway, and choose another water army, attack by sea to hold Pingjiang Mansion or Haizhou, you can cut off the north-south traffic, then the Nandu Jin army will fall into an isolated and helpless situation, then the army of 150,000 again, divide the troops into two roads, one way along the Yangtze River to the east, recover Jiankang, the other way along the coast to the north, collect Lin'an, then the Jin people can be destroyed, the Great Song Dynasty can be restored. The minister thought that in a year at most, His Majesty would be able to return to Lin'an. ”

Zhao Dian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, stood up excitedly, walked a few steps back and forth in the house, and said: "Hao's words, when you have my heart, I have Hao, you can worry about it." ”

Yang Yan continued: "But there is still one thing, if Your Majesty is undecided, even if the minister has a thousand clever plans, it will be difficult to succeed. ”

Zhao Yan was stunned, looked at Yang Yan, and said, "If there is something, you can tell it." ”

Yang Yan got up, bowed down to the ground and said: "The minister is willing to fight a bloody battle for Your Majesty, and I will not give up." But I am afraid that His Majesty is hesitant, and the intention of external trust and war, and the internal suspicion of the two views. Things are urgent and continuous, and disasters are in flux. ”

At this time, Zhao Yueru also said: "The official family, what Yang Jiedu said is extremely true, the official family should make a decision as soon as possible, and only by breaking the peace talks can the morale be boosted, and the whole body can resist the Jin army." ”

Zhao Dian slapped the table and said, "Okay, I will pass on the decree, from today onwards, if there is any more talk about peace with the Jin people, it should be beheaded." ”

Yang Yan said goodbye and left, Zhao Yueru sent him out, Yang Yan said to her: "I see that Your Majesty is indecisive and hesitant, I am afraid that there will be a recurrence in the future, I will soon lead the army to the expedition, Chen Xianggong They don't know about military affairs, you have to forgive Your Majesty a lot in the palace, and negotiate peace with the Jin people, just to bring about your own destruction." ”

Zhao Yueru nodded and said, "I know this, you yourself have to be careful on the battlefield." ”

The next day, Zhao Dian issued an edict appointing Li Xianzhong as the pacification envoy of Hubei and Jingxi Road, and also knew the affairs of Xiangyang Prefecture, and was responsible for the defense of the front line of Xianghu, and appointed Yang Yan as the pacification envoy of Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road, and also knew the affairs of Longxing Mansion and was responsible for the defense of Longxing Mansion. In fact, it is bounded by the Yangtze River, Li Xianzhong is in charge of Jiangbei, and Yang Yan is in charge of Jiangnan. On the military side, the other generals also have their ranks increased by one level.

In fact, there are about 250,000 Song troops gathered in Lianghu now, which can be divided into four parts, which are the original imperial garrison on Jinghu Road, with a total of 15,000 troops, stationed in Xiangyang Mansion, Ezhou, Jingnan Mansion, and Jiangzhou respectively. More than 10,000 people were withdrawn from Jiankang Mansion by Li Xianzhong, scattered on the south bank of the Yangtze River from Chizhou to Jiangzhou. There are more than 40,000 people and horses in front of the palace to protect Zhao Dian and his party, led by Yang Yi, and now all of them are stationed in Tianlin Mansion, and then Yang Yan's Guangxi army, a total of nearly 100,000 people and horses, is now mainly concentrated in Longxing Mansion, Fuzhou, Jianchang Army line.

And after several ruling ministers and Yang Yi, Li Xianzhong, Yang Yan and others discussed, it was decided that Li Xianzhong would lead 30,000 horses, lead the general Shi Jun, and enter Xiangyang Mansion, and lead the three imperial garrisons of Xiangyang Mansion, Jingnan Mansion and Ezhou. And Yu Zongzheng in Chizhou, Bi Zaiyu in Raozhou, and the imperial garrison in Jiangzhou were all controlled by Yang Yan. At the same time, he ordered Liu Bao to be the envoy of the Jianchang Army, leading a total of 15,000 men and horses in the front and rear armies of the palace to garrison the Jianchang Army, which was actually Zhao Kai in Fujian.

This is naturally the largest number of troops that Yang Yan has, and now Yang Yan is also serving as the envoy of the Liangguang system, which means that the land of Liangguang is actually Yang Yan's territory. It can be said that Yang Yan's power is so great now that no one can match it. There are also officials who think that Yang Yan's power is too heavy now, and he has the power of the four military and political powers, which has never been seen in the Great Song Dynasty, and the envoys of the Liangguang system should not appoint others, but Han Yanzhi thinks that the front line of Longxing Mansion is actually supported by the two Guangzhous, and Tian Yangyan is fully under the leadership, which is conducive to the dispatch of manpower and material resources. In addition, Zhao Yueru was also trying to protect Yang Yan in Zhao Dan, so Zhao Duan ignored it.

At the same time, Zhao Dian appointed Chen Min as the commander of the Ma Military Division, and Wu Gong was the commander of the Infantry Division, so he appointed Qi Fang as the commander of the Infantry Division. Coupled with the front division of the palace, the three forbidden armies have all been gathered. However, all the troops of the Infantry Division are in Yang Yan's hands, Qi Fang is just a bare pole, and most of the troops of the Ma Military Division are in Yang Yan's place, Chen Min only has the front army and the rear army, and the number of men and horses is less than 10,000, only the palace division still maintains an army, more than 40,000 horses, because of the decision of the imperial court, Chen Min and Qi Fang will temporarily stay in Tianlin Mansion, recruit people and horses, and reorganize the new army.

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Since the Jin army began its southern expedition, it has generally gone very smoothly, successively capturing a large area of land in Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang and Jiangnan East Road, and also capturing Jiankang Mansion and Lin'an Mansion, the two capitals of the Southern Song Dynasty.

But since the attack on Jiankang Mansion, it has gone through two consecutive months of fighting. Jin Jun is indeed a little tired from time to time and needs to rest for a while. Moreover, after Po Sa was stationed in Jiankang Mansion, the Jin army that crossed the river to the south at this time was close to 200,000, and there were 70,000 horses and horses of Fushi Lie Zhining in the north of the Jiangbei, plus the Jin army in Nanyang, Sichuan and Shaanxi. Dajin invested more than 400,000 men and horses for this southern invasion, and it was very difficult to afford it with the current national strength of Dajin, and with the Jin army occupying the land of Lianghuai and Zhejiang, the battle line was lengthened. The supply of grain and grass materials is gradually unable to keep up. Therefore, the offensive of the Jin army also had to be temporarily stopped.

At this time, in Lin'an City, Wanyan Changzhi, Wanyan Chen, and Zhang Hu also got together to discuss the next step of the march. While the three of them were deliberating, someone suddenly sent a secret report. Wanyan Changzhi took it and opened it to take a look, it turned out to be the news that Zhao Dian of the Song Dynasty succeeded to the throne in Tanzhou after the scriptures.

After Yan Changzhi saw it, he handed it over to Wanyan Chen Monk and Zhang Hu, and after Zhang Hu read it, he said: "Zhao Dan Xiao'er has been proclaimed emperor in Tanzhou, and Yang Yan has been appointed as the envoy of Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road, obviously the Southern Song Dynasty has begun to prepare to counterattack us, I think we should immediately report the news to the emperor and inform all people to prepare early and defend carefully to prevent the Song army from attacking." ”

Monk Wanyan Chen shook his head and said: "It's not a way to just defend, I think it's better to gather people as soon as possible, go to attack the Song army first, if you can break through Longxing Mansion, as long as you defeat Yang Yan, you can take Tanzhou directly, then the overall situation is decided." ”

Zhang Hu said: "But now the men and horses are tired, the grain and grass cannot be helped, and there are many soldiers who are not satisfied with the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are all sick, I think it is impossible for us to attack the Southern Song Dynasty on a large scale at least within a month." ”

Wanyan Chen monk was also silent, because what Zhang Hu said was true, fatigue may not be a big problem, but the logistics can not be supplied in time is really a headache, although when he just captured Lin'an, he and Wanyan Changzhi had a dispute over the method of managing Lin'an by violent means, but now I have to admit that Wanyan Changzhi's method is indeed effective, at least in the short term to collect a large amount of food and materials, otherwise the Jin army in Lin'an would have faced a food shortage. And it can also supply part of it to the Jin army in Jiankang Province.

In addition, the water and soil adaptation is also getting more and more serious, and now the Jin army in Lin'an has fallen ill more than 2,000 people, and the number is still increasing, in a short time, the situation is difficult to improve, and I believe that other places will not be any better. Fortunately, it is now close to winter, the weather is getting colder, and if it is the height of summer, the number of sick soldiers will increase. Under such circumstances, the Jin army was indeed unable to launch a large-scale offensive in a short period of time.

Wanyan Changzhi was silent for a while, and suddenly asked: "May I ask the two of you, if my Dajin is prepared enough now, then how should I attack the Southern Song Dynasty next?" ”

Monk Wanyan Chen was stunned for a moment, and said: "Naturally, it is to wave troops to the south, directly attack Longxing Mansion, and then attack Tanzhou." He thought for a while, and then said: "But we can divide our troops into two routes, one along the Yangtze River to the west, capture Chizhou, and contain the Song army, and the other way directly south, from Xinzhou to attack Longxingfu." Then he looked at Yan Changzhi, obviously looking at his opinion.

Zhang Hu said: "What do you mean, is it possible that we are here to contain the Song army, and don't go out to attack other places?" ”

Wanyan Changzhi said: "Although we have now occupied the land of Lianghuai and Zhejiang, the strength of the Song army has not suffered much loss, and it is still not to be underestimated. Moreover, the counties of the Yangtze River are still in the hands of the Song army, once the Song army advances by land and water, and goes down the river, we may not be able to hold the land of the two Huai and Zhejiang. You must know that in terms of the strength of the water army, we are still far inferior to the Song army. ”

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