Yang Yan and Zuo Shiyuan walked into the county office. He saluted Shao Hongyuan's hand and said, "See Lord Dutong." ”

Shao Hongyuan said: "The two of you are exempt, is there anything wrong with coming to Bendu?" ”

Zuo Shiyuan sneered: "Yang Yan has only been in charge for a few days, so I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and today he actually bullied my left army, Shao Dutong, you don't care?" ”

Shao Hongyuan was stunned for a moment and said, "What the hell is going on, Zuo Tuo, you make it clear." ”

Yang Yan was about to speak, but Zuo Shiyuan rushed to say: "Today, Yang Dai has arrested several brothers of my left army, saying that he will discipline and discipline them on my behalf. ”

Shao Hongyuan was taken aback, you must know that it is very taboo among the armies to interfere in the affairs of their own armies. There is also a certain reason why he promoted Yang Yan, a regular general, to the acting system because of this. And the others didn't have much objection. Unexpectedly, Yang Yan committed this taboo. Turning his head and asking Yang Yandao, "Yang Tong, can there be such a thing?" ”

Only then did Yang Yan speak: "This is indeed the case. ”

Shao Hongyuan sank his face: "Why? Can Yang Tongzhi explain? ”

Yang Yan said: "The last general was on the street today, and saw a few soldiers of the left army eating and drinking in a tavern, not to mention the force, but also to rob the granddaughter of the shopkeeper, so corrupt military discipline and insult the military prestige, the last general really couldn't see it, so he arrested those soldiers and handed them over to the military judge for punishment, but the left commander did not agree, and the deadlift Mo came to see Lord Dutong, and asked Lord Dutong to deal with it. ”

Zuo Shiyuan "snorted" and said: "What corrupts military discipline and insults military prestige." Yang Yan, you are not very old, and your ability to buckle your hat is not small! The brothers just ate a meal for nothing, and they didn't think about the woman, is it worth making such a fuss? ”

Yang Yan said: "Left control, how can this make a big fuss!" What are we fighting for? Isn't it just to recover the lost territory of my Great Song Dynasty and save the people of my Great Song Dynasty? If we allow the soldiers to kidnap the people, then we will lose the hearts of the people, and if we lose the hearts of the people, how can we still fight. ”

Zuo Shiyuan sneered: "Okay, Yang Commander, you are young enough to be able to speak well, according to what you say, our army will definitely have to lose the battle in the future." ”

Shao Hongyuan waved his hand and said, "There is no need to say it anymore." Yang Yan and Zuo Shiyuan immediately stopped and looked at Shao Hongyuan.

In fact, Shao Hongyuan was also dissatisfied with Yang Yan in his heart, and felt that Yang Yan was troublesome. It is a common thing for the Song army to scratch the people, and even if the court knows it, it is just a matter of turning a blind eye. These things are not worth mentioning at all. If it were someone else, Shao Hongyuan would have reprimanded him a long time ago, but Yang Yan's identity is special, Yang Yi is in a high position, even the privy envoy Zhang Jun wants to give him three points, but he Shao Hongyuan. And what Yang Yan said is also right. If the matter is big, it will be very troublesome to let those envoys know that they are guilty of not governing the army strictly.

After thinking for a while, Shao Hongyuan said to Zuo Shiyuan: "Zuo Commander, you have to discipline your subordinates well in the future, don't do such a thing, those soldiers think that they are first-time offenders, this time you don't have to hand it over to the military judge, you can deal with it yourself." ”

He said to Yang Yan again: "Yang Commander, you also have to pay attention to one point, don't say that you are just a representative commander now, even if you are really the commander of the Wei Army, you can't control the affairs of the Left Army." ”

Zuo Shiyuan listened to it, and handed over the troublesome soldiers to deal with himself, and knew that Shao Hongyuan was deliberately excusing himself, although he was still a little dissatisfied with Yang Yan's treatment, but he didn't dare to argue with Shao Hongyuan, and only said: "The last general knows." But I was secretly thinking in my heart: Does Yang Yan have anything to rely on? Even Shao Hongyuan didn't dare to offend him too much, and he had to save some face for him.

Yang Yan was also dissatisfied with Shao Hongyuan's handling in his heart, but he didn't want to say anything, so he had to say: "The last general knows that he is wrong." ”

Shao Hongyuan nodded and said, "I won't be pursuing the two of you today, and next time I do it again, I will never be spared." ”

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Yang Yan walked out of the county office and walked towards his own place. The old man's words just now kept ringing in his ears: "If that's the case, it's better to let Jin Bing take care of this place!" ”

Yang Yan sighed softly, his previous idea was very simple, that is, to drive away the Jin soldiers and restore the lost territory of the Great Song Dynasty. On the one hand, because he has always admired Yue Fei, he hopes to fulfill Yue Fei's last wish. On the other hand, it is also because he has often heard people say that when the Jin soldiers invaded the south, they were brutal and vicious, burning, killing, prostituting and plundering, and aroused righteous indignation.

But now Yang Yan has doubts about the Northern Expedition of the Song Army in his heart. What was the purpose of the Northern Expedition? Is it really to regain lost land and save the people? But if the Song army was like that and plundered the people, then what was the difference between it and the Jin army? So what's the point of the hard-working Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory? Is it just to let the common people not be plundered by the Jin soldiers, but by the Song soldiers? Yang Yan shook his head, and remembered Yang Yizhong's words again: The answers to some questions are to be found by oneself. So where do you go to find the answer yourself?

Suddenly, I heard someone behind me: "Yang is in charge." ”

Yang Yan looked back, and it turned out to be Bi Zaiyu. Yang Yan stopped and said, "Commander Bi, it's you." ”

Bi Zaiyu took two steps, came to Yang Yan's side, and said, "Yang Tong, your face is not very good, what happened?" ”

Yang Yan sighed, and told Bi Zaiyu what had just happened as he walked. After hearing this, Bi Zaiyu's face became solemn. Said: "Yang Tong, I have been a soldier for a few years more than you, so I know a little more, the matter of the army capturing the people is really a common problem of my Great Song Dynasty." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "I heard about it a little before, but I don't know the details, but now I really see it." ”

Bi Zaiyu said: "Conniving at soldiers to kidnap the people is sometimes a way to improve morale. Let the soldiers know that after winning the battle, they can snatch some money. So that the soldiers are motivated. After all, when it comes to fighting, there are few generals who take the lead, most of them hide behind and command, and the soldiers still rely on the soldiers to do the things that play with their lives, and most of the rewards are also obtained by the generals, and there are very few soldiers who are in their turn. Sometimes, during the siege, the main general would often announce that after the capture of the city, he could take a few days, so that the soldiers would be more profitable. ”

It was the first time Yang Yan had heard this statement, but there was some truth to it. "Is there no other way?" Is it necessary to raise morale by conniving at the soldiers to plunder the common people? ”

Bi Zaiyu shook his head and said: "Of course not, among the four generals of Zhongxing during the Shaoxing period, only Yue Shaobao and Han Qi Wang had the strictest military discipline. Moreover, their troops also have the strongest combat effectiveness and the greatest military achievements, which shows that the army with strict military discipline also has very strong combat effectiveness. ”

Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's military discipline is strict, Yang Yan knows, Han Shizhong was a general when he was a general, he was greedy for righteousness and light wealth, and Xi Cheng was divided into soldiers, and all the land and property given were rented and arranged for households. The army is serious, and it shares the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. And Yue Fei's Yuejia army even took a wisp of the people's hemp to restrain them, and immediately beheaded them. Stay overnight, the people are willing to accept the door, and no one dares to enter. The military horn "freezes to death and does not demolish the house, and starves to death without plundering." But there are also some who wonder: "Then why can't other armies do it?" ”

Bi Zaiyu sighed again and said: "And some of the generals who are leading the army are not right, and they have deducted the soldiers' food, and the soldiers will naturally go to the people to plunder the people if they have less food, so how can they take care of the generals." Sometimes, not only did they not care, but the soldiers had to share the looted property. You should have heard the story of 'General Qianyan'. ”

Yang Yan nodded, 'General Qianyan' is a folk opera, which is to ridicule Zhang Jun among the four generals of Zhongxing, saying that someone has a copper coin, and you can see the star image of a person from the eyes of money, when you look at Zhao Gou, you say that you are an emperor star, when you look at Qin Hui, when you look at Han Shizhong, you call it a general, but when you look at Zhang Jun, you can't see what star you say, you can only see Zhang Jun sitting in the eyes of money.

Among the four generals of Zhongxing, Zhang Jun was the first to lead the army, and Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were his subordinates. But the reputation is also the worst, on the one hand, because Zhang Jun participated in the unjust case of Qin Hui killing Yue Fei, and on the other hand, because of Zhang Jun's greed and means of accumulating money. Wherever the military goes, it is inevitable to extort money, drive Ding Zhuang away, plunder ** women, and live in people's houses. Moreover, he often instructed the army to do private work for him, so that it was even more common for the army to be harshly detained. Ju said that he could reach 600,000 stone a year in the field tax alone, and because he was worried that his home would be stolen, he actually melted all the silver in his house and cast it into hundreds of large silver balls weighing thousands of taels, which he named "helpless".

Yang Yan couldn't help but sigh: "I once heard that Yue Wumu once said, 'Civil officials don't love money, military generals are not afraid of death, and the world is peaceful,' which is not bad at all." ”

Bi Zaiyu was also quite shocked: "It's a pity that my current position is low, even if I have the heart, I can't change the status quo." ”

This sentence just touched Yang Yan, and he secretly thought: If one day, if he can take charge of himself and lead an army by himself, the first thing he must do is to strictly enforce military discipline and not commit any offense in autumn.

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With a "snap", Shao Hongyuan slammed on the table: "Yang Yan, this kid is too disagreeable, I look up to him, so I promoted him to be the commander, I didn't expect this kid to be too ignorant of the stage, and he actually took charge of me." ”

Shao Shiyong also said: "Dad, this kid must rely on Yang Yizhong's power to dare to be so bold." I don't want to think about it, I get carried away when I become such a sesame petty official. “

Li Shi persuaded: "Lord Dutong, little general, let's dissipate our anger." ”

Shao Shiyong said: "Dad, just give an order to remove his acting system." ”

Shao Hongyuan glared at his son: "What do you know?" Of course, it is easy to remove him, but will Yang Yizhong not care, what if Yang Yan sues Yang Yizhong? ”

Shao Shiyong was still a little unconvinced, and shouted: "What can Yang Yizhong do to his father." However, the psychology is clear that Yang Yi has a high position and power, but Shao Hongyuan can not afford to offend.

Li Shi also persuaded: "Little general, what Lord Dutong said is right, of course it is easy to remove Yang Yan, but if Yang Yizhong comes forward to sue Lord Dutong for the crime of conniving at the soldiers and kidnapping the people, it will not be easy to do." This crime can be said to be big or small. The small one was reprimanded by the emperor for a few words at most, and when he was older, he would lose his official position and be demoted to Lingnan. ”

Shao Hongyuan said: "Li Senjun is reasonable, Shiyong, do you understand?" ”

Shao Shiyong said: "Then what should I do? Li joined the army, did he just look at that kid with no one in his eyes, but there was nothing he could do about him? ”

Li Shi said with a smile: "There is a way to solve Yang Yan's problem, and even if it is Yang Yizhong, there is nothing to say." ”

Shao Hongyuan said: "Oh, Li joins the army, do you have any clever plans?" ”

Li Shi smiled and said: "Lord Dutong, you can't talk about a clever plan, didn't Li Xianzhong write a letter to Lord Dutong, asking us to go to Suzhou to help him resist the Jin army?" I thought it would be better to send Yang Yan to lead a group of men and horses to Suzhou, so I said that we were resting, and we would send a group of men and horses over first, and the army would arrive later. In this way, Yang Yan is not in Hongxian, so he will not point fingers at Lord Dutong, and when he arrives in Suzhou, he will be under the control of Li Xianzhong, and he will lose the battle with the Jin Army, what accident does Yang Yan have, it is Li Xianzhong's responsibility, and it has nothing to do with you, Lord Dutong. If he wins the battle and Yang Yan has made a meritorious service, he is still a subordinate of Lord Dutong, how can he also have a share of Lord Dutong. What do you think of this approach? ”

Shao Hongyuan laughed and said, "Killing two birds with one stone, it's really a clever plan." That's it. ”

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Cao Xun asked Yang Yan while riding his horse: "Big brother, although our army suffered some losses when attacking Hongxian, there are still 20,000 horses and horses, and now that the war is tense, there is so much time to rest, we should immediately rush to Suzhou and join forces with Li Zhaofu, why only send us to Suzhou with more than 2,000 people." ”

Yang Yan smiled faintly and did not answer, at this time, Bi Zaiyu in the back heard it, and Cui immediately stepped forward and said: "General Cao, you are still in the army, and you don't know that there are many unspeakable things here." ”

Cao Xun said: "What's the matter?" Do you know? Let's talk about it. ”

Hearing Cao Xun call himself Lao Bi, Bi Zaiyu couldn't help but laugh a little, glanced at Cao Xun and said: "This is obvious, Shao Dutong is standing still, sitting and watching Li Zhaofu and Jin Jun fight." ”

It turned out that the next day, Shao Hongyuan ordered Yang Yan to lead 2,000 men and horses to Suzhou to meet Li Xianzhong, and said that after the army was rested, the whole army would rush to Suzhou immediately.

Yang Yan didn't say anything when he received the order, but just asked to let Bi meet again. Although Shao Hongyuan was a little strange, he was just a commander, and it was not a big deal, so he agreed.

So Yang Yan, Cao Xun, and Bi Zaiyu led the troops and stayed in the state.

Cao Xun said: "I heard that there are more than 50,000 people and horses in Suzhou in the Jin army this time, and when Li Zhaofu sent troops, there were only 30,000, and how to capture Lingbi and Suzhou will lose one or two thousand men and horses, plus our 2,000 men and horses are only more than 30,000 people, how can we resist the Jin soldiers?" ”

Bi Zaiyu said: "I heard that the city wall of Suzhou collapsed a lot during our siege, and it is very difficult to resist the city and defend it. ”

Cao Xun said: "Isn't it dangerous? Why did Shao Dutong still stand still? ”

Bi Zaiyu smiled bitterly and said: "Isn't it jealous, he took a lot of effort to capture Hongxian, and Li Zhaofu even captured Lingbi and Suzhou, and his military exploits are greater than Shao Dutong." Therefore, Shao Dutong did not move, let Li Zhaofu and the Jin army fight, if Li Zhaofu was defeated, then the previous military exploits would be in vain, but Shao Dutong did not defeat the battle, and the credit was naturally greater than Li Zhaofu. ”

Cao Xun frowned and thought for a while: "If Li Zhaofu is defeated and Suzhou is recaptured by the Jin army, then Hongxian will be difficult to protect, and won't Shao Dutong also lose the battle?" ”

Bi Zaiyu shook his head and said: "If the Jin army captures Suzhou, Shao Dutong will definitely take the initiative to leave Hongxian and put all the responsibility on Li Zhaofu." ”

Cao Xun said again: "Since this is the case, then why are you sending us to Suzhou, to send us to death?" ”

Bi Zaiyu smiled bitterly: "Because he has sent an army, firstly, he can shirk the responsibility if he is defeated, and secondly, if Li Zhaofu wins, he can also have a credit." ”

Cao Xun said with a bitter face: "Wouldn't we be miserable in this case." ”

Yang Yan said suddenly: "Brother Bi, originally there was no you in this army, I took the initiative to ask you to participate, since you have also seen the facts, it is still too late to turn back." ”

Bi Zaiyu Zhengse said: "What did Brother Yang say, I can't get used to Shao Dutong's practice, and it is undesirable to be able to go to Suzhou with you to fight a decisive battle with the Jin army, not to mention that we may not lose." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly and changed the subject: "Now the Jin army must also know that Shao Dutong will not move, and only Li Zhaofu's army is in Suzhou." ”

Bi Zaiyu nodded and said, "If I were the commander of the Jin Army, I would definitely take the opportunity to defeat them one by one, so it would definitely be a tough battle in Suzhou." ”

Yang Yan smiled again: "We will be planning but not brave, although our number is smaller than that of the Jin army, it is not impossible to fight with the Jin army." ”

Cao Xun said: "Big brother, I know as soon as I look at you, do you have any ghost ideas?" ”

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Suzhou, the temporary marshal's house.

Li Xianzhong, the commander of all the armies in front of the Song Chizhou Imperial Palace, and the envoy of Huaixi and the envoy of the Ningguo Army, was discussing the military aircraft with his subordinates Zhang Zhen, Shi Jun, Wang Shilong, Yu Gongliang, Li Fu, and Li Bao in the main hall.

The left deputy marshal of the Jin State, Su Shi Lie Zhining, led the army to join the defeated army of Hongxian and Suzhou, with a total of more than 50,000 horses, of which 20,000 were cavalry, and 1,500 Tiefutu, so that they arrived in Yongcheng, less than 80 miles away from Suzhou, and arrived in one day. However, Shao Hongyuan of Hongxian County was delayed, which made Li Xianzhong very worried.

At this time, a soldier came in: "Outside, there is Yang Yan, the commander of the Shao Du Army, begging to see Lord Zhaofu." ”

When Li Xianzhong heard this, it was Shao Hongyuan's men, and he hurriedly ordered Yang Yan to be brought in.

Li Xianzhong's name Yang Yan had heard of it a long time ago.

Li Xianzhong's original name was Li Shifu, the word Junxi, and a native of Qingjian in the Suide Army. Ju said that when his mother was in labor, she could not give birth for several days, and at this time, a high monk passed by the Li family and said, "The person who is pregnant in your family is a strange man, and you should put a sword and arrow next to your mother, and you can give birth." Father Li listened, and according to what the monk said, he really gave birth to a son.

In the first year of Jianyan (1127), the Jin people captured Yan'an, and the Song dynasty crossed to the south. Li Shifu's father, Li Yongqi, was forced to accept the appointment of the Jin people, but he always turned his heart to the Great Song Dynasty, gathered his family and cried: "I, the Song minister, am hereditary and have no choice but to surrender to the Jin country!" And repeatedly told Li Shifu: "If you have to take the opportunity, you will return to this dynasty, and there is no reason for me to do it." If it happens, I will be immortal. ”

Marshal Jin Sarihao came to Tongzhou, and the world supplemented him with a plan to gallop out of the city, but unfortunately the boat was delayed, and there were many chasing soldiers, and he was unable to get out of trouble. Li Xianzhong had no choice but to swear with Sariho to break arrows, "Don't kill people from the same state, don't harm my flesh and blood, all promised", Li Shifu Xianzhong let Sariho go, and hurriedly notified his father and family to flee out of the city. At that time, the snow was falling, the old and the young helped each other, the cavalry of the Jin State quickly caught up, more than 200 people of the Li family were unfortunately killed, the snow was dyed red, Li Shifu and his subordinates 26 people struggled to escape, and his parents and wives died in the butcher's knife of the Jin people, "it was the day, the sky was dark and snowy, and the people of Yan'an wept when they heard it", there was no way back to the south, the road was blocked, and Li Shifu had to defect to the Western Xia Kingdom of the party members.

In Western Xia, he used 3,000 people to break the 50,000 soldiers of the "Blue-faced Yaksha" and pulled out this thorn in the eye for the Western Xia court. Immediately, he led the 200,000 Western Xia army to Yan'an City, and Yan Yanlu had returned to the Song Dynasty. Li Shifu saw the pardon and gathered the 800 old departments, and he caught the murderers of his parents, brothers and nephews, and cut off their heads one by one.

He wanted to defect to the Great Song Dynasty, but Western Xia refused to allow it, and the two sides clashed. Li Shifu "galloped with two swords, invincible, the Xia soldiers were defeated, killed and trampled 10,000 people, and obtained 40,000 horses", he recruited troops all the way, and soon had more than 40,000 horse infantry troops, "Sarihao was in Yaozhou, heard that Xianzhong came, and fled overnight." Li Shifu Xianzhong crossed the Qinling Mountains and returned to the Song Dynasty, and Wu Jue, the Xuanfu of Sichuan, praised him like this, "Loyalty and righteousness return to the dynasty, but the king is the first."

In the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), Li Shifu met with Zhao Gou, the then Emperor of the Song Dynasty, in Lin'an Mansion, and Zhao Gou gave him the name Xianzhong at the age of 30.

Yang Yan saw that Li Xianzhong was about fifty-six or seventeen years old, with an upper-middle-class figure, a face full of wind and frost, a short hair under his chin, and a pair of eyes that were bright and bright, showing extremely deep skills.

Yang Yan saluted and said, "The last general will see Lord Fufu." ”

Li Xianzhong said: "Yang Tong is exempt from courtesy, when will you Shao Dutong come to Suzhou." ”

Yang Yan said: "Shao Dutong has a letter to be presented to Lord Zhaofu at the end. So saying, he presented the letter.

Li Xianzhong was greatly displeased after reading his confidence, knowing that Shao Hongyuan wanted to sit back and watch him fight with Jin Jun, and asked Yang Yan: "How many men and horses did Yang Commander bring?" ”

Yang Yan said: "The last general led two thousand men and horses, and he is now stationed in Jing'an Town. "Jing'an Town is thirty miles east of Suzhou.

Li Xianzhong was furious in his heart, Shao Hongyuan did not move, and the general he sent did not bring the army to Suzhou, but hid beside it, what does this mean, and said sharply: "Shao Dutong asked you to bring troops to Suzhou, but why did you want the general Mazha to be in Jing'an Town?" ”

Yang Yan said with an unmoved expression: "The last general thinks that if Shao Dutong's army does not arrive, even if the two thousand men and horses of the last general arrive in Suzhou, it will be useless, so it is better to set up in Jing'an Town first and move at the same time." ”

Li Xianzhong's heart moved, he vaguely caught a little meaning from Yang Yan's words, so he softened his tone and said, "Yang Tong, what does the so-called phase robbery mean. ”

Yang Yan also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Li Xianzhong say this, Li Xianzhong really deserved to be a famous general, and he heard the meaning from his words. After all, he is still Shao Hongyuan's general, and it is inconvenient to say that Shao Hongyuan is not, so he can only say it euphemistically.

Yang Yan said: "The last general, please ask Lord Fu, what is the purpose of the Jin army stationing men and horses in Yongcheng and not in a hurry to attack." ”

Li Xianzhong looked at Yu Gongliang on the side, Yu Gongliang understood, stood up and said: "The Jin people lost three cities in a row, so naturally they don't dare to act rashly, they must be watching the reality of our army in Yongcheng and trying to forge ahead." ”

Yang Yan looked at Yu Gongliang, and saw that he was not very old, twenty-four or five years old, but he was extremely tall, he was only afraid of six feet two or three inches, with long eyebrows and sideburns, and a heroic appearance, and said: "Then Su Shi Lie Zhining knows that Shao Dutong's army has not arrived in Suzhou, what will he do?" ”

Yu Gongliang looked at Li Xianzhong, and Li Xianzhong nodded slightly. Yu Gongliang said: "Sushi Lie Zhining will definitely take advantage of the fact that our army has not yet been united, first attack Suzhou, and then attack Hongxian, and break our army one by one." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "If when Su Shi Lie Zhining attacked Suzhou, an army suddenly came out from his flank, and it was under the banner of Shao Dutong, then what would he think?" ”

Li Xianzhong's eyes flashed, and he said: "He must think that Shao Dutong's immobility was the juice of luring the enemy before, and at this time, he has fallen into the middle of our army, is this what Yang means when you control your phase?" ”

Yang Yan clenched his fists and said, "The last general is foolish, please appease the lord to decide." ”

Li Xianzhong laughed loudly and said, "Sure enough, it's a clever plan, I didn't expect that there were such talents in Shao Hongyuan's army." Yang Tong, why has Ben Shuai never heard of Shao Hongyuan's subordinates having you before? ”

Yang Yan said: "The last general only joined the army in the second year of the main road (1166), and he was only a general of the back army before, and he was just appointed as the commander by Shao Dutong. ”

At this time, Yu Gongliang suddenly said: "Yang Yan? I remembered, could it be that you are the grandson of King Tong'an and the cousin of Yang Changpeng, Yang Yan? ”

Yang Yan was stunned, there would be someone here who knew about him. I had to reply: "The last general is." ”

Li Xianzhong listened to it and laughed: "It turns out that you are the grandson of the king of Tong'an County, why didn't you say it earlier." It turned out that when Li Xianzhong first returned to the Song Dynasty, he was not reused, and later it was strongly recommended by Yang Yizhong that he was reused by the imperial court.

Yang Yan smiled bitterly, it seems that Yang Yizhong's grandson is much more famous than Yang Yan's name!

Yu Gongliang also said: "In this way, Yang Changpeng is the elder brother of Yang Tong, and he was a student of Shangwu Academy for a year with him!" ”

As soon as Yang Yan heard this, he met Yang Changpeng's classmates again.

Yang Yizhong has the grace of recommending Li Xianzhong, seeing that it is Yang Yizhong's grandson, Li Xianzhong's attitude is very different, pointing to Yu Gongliang, and introducing Yang Yan: "This is Yu Gongliang, the son of Yu Zhengzheng, when the first battle of Quarshiji, Yu participated in politics, fought side by side with the king of Anjun, and Ben Shuai fought side by side to defeat Jin Bing, now I think about it, I miss that time!" ”

Only then did Yang Yan know that this Yu Gongliang turned out to be Yu Yunwen's son.

Yu Gongliang smiled and arched his hand to Yang Yan, Yang Yan said: "Bi Zaiyu also comes with me, Yu Shen will know him." ”

Yu Gongliang was overjoyed and said: "It turns out that Brother Bi is also here, which is great." ”

At this time, Li Xianzhong introduced other generals to Yang Yan. After seeing them one by one, Li Xianzhong said: "Yang Tong, your strategy is very good, and now Shao Hongyuan is not moving, and we have no choice but to plan like this." But you only brought 2,000 men and horses, and there are too few reinforcements to pretend to be Shao Hongyuan, so I am allocating 2,000 men and horses to you, what do you think? ”

Yang Yan said: "What the Fufu Tairen thinks about is that, but in this way, isn't the strength of the Fufu Lord even less?" If you can't resist the Jin soldiers head-on, you won't be able to use this concession. ”

Li Xianzhong snorted and said: "Yang Commander, although you can rest assured, if this commander can't stop the Jin soldiers, he will die under the city of Suzhou and will never return to Lin'an." ”

Yang Yan must be sure in his heart that Li Xianzhong is really not comparable to Shao Hongyuan.

Li Xianzhong said: "General Yu, you take 2,000 men and horses to Jing'an Town and listen to Yang's command. ”

Yu Gongliang said: "I am not a general." ”

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Su Shi Lie Zhining looked around at the generals: Bai Yanjing of the Left Prison Army, Ali, Pu Luxu, and Lu Bu, the chief of ten thousand households, and the generals Shu Lie, Pucha Liujin, Han Liyuan, Yeluguang, Wudai and others are all listed.

Su Shi Lie Zhining said: "The spies came to report, and now the Song army is still divided into two routes, Li Xianzhong is in Suzhou, and Shao Hongyuan is in Hongxian. There is no intention of joining forces, how do you think our army should act? ”

Bai Yanjing said: "Marshal, where did this news come from, and is it reliable?" ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining said: "Don't worry, Bai Jian Jun, this news is indeed reliable. ”

Suzhou, Lingbi, and Hongxian have been occupied by the Jin State for more than 20 years, and the rule of the Jurchens has penetrated deep into the people, and many of the residents in the city are Jurchens or people of other nationalities, although they are now recaptured by the Song army, but there are still many spies who stay in the city and listen to the movements of the Song army under the cover of the residents, so Sushi Lie Zhining can get more accurate information.

Bai Yanjing nodded and said, "That being the case, Shao Hongyuan is not worried, what is Li Xianzhong doing now?" ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining said: "According to the spy report, Li Xianzhong is hurrying to repair the bombed Suzhou city wall. ”

Pu Lu said: "Although Li Xianzhong is brave, at this time he has less than 30,000 soldiers and horses in Suzhou, and our army has 50,000 people, far more than Li Xianzhong, why not take this opportunity to attack Li Xianzhong in Suzhou first." If Li Xianzhong is defeated and Suzhou is recaptured, in my opinion, Shao Hongyuan will automatically give up Hongxian and withdraw his troops, and Hongxian in Suzhou will be recovered, and it will not be difficult to recover Lingbi. ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining looked around at the generals again and said, "What do you generals think of General Pu's words. ”

Ali said: "The last general thinks that what General Pu said is very true, the opportunity cannot be lost, our army should immediately attack Li Xianzhong in Suzhou, if we wait until Li Xianzhong repairs the city wall of Suzhou, or if Shao Hongyuan is moved to Suzhou to join forces, it will be difficult for us to take Suzhou." ”

Shulie, Uday and others also said: "Not bad, not bad." ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining nodded and said, "Okay, then send troops tomorrow to attack Suzhou." ”

Bai Yanjing said: "Generals, although Li Xianzhong has few people, our army should not underestimate the enemy, you must know that the fourth prince Zongbi did not dare to underestimate Li Xianzhong back then." ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining said: "What the White Prison Army said is true, no one can underestimate the enemy in the battle tomorrow. ”

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"Report." A spy rushed into Li Xianzhong's marshal's mansion: "Marshal of the Left of the Jin Kingdom, Su Shi Lie Zhining, sent troops from Liucheng and came to Suzhou, and now he has been twenty miles outside the city of Suzhou, and he can arrive in Suzhou tomorrow. ”

Commander Li Fu asked, "How many people are there from the Jin army?" ”

The spy said, "There are about 50,000 people. ”

Li Fu said to Li Xianzhong: "Recruit your lord, the number of Jin soldiers is almost double that of our army, the city wall of Suzhou is seriously damaged, it is difficult to live in the city and face the enemy, Shao Dutong is reluctant to join forces with our army, although Lord Zhaofu arranged Yang Yan, this strange soldier, but the number of Bijing is too small, I am afraid it is difficult to have a big effect, according to the general, it is better to give up Suzhou for the time being, retreat to Hongxian and Shao Dutong to meet, it is not too late for the decisive battle of the Jin soldiers." ”

Zhang Zhen said unhappily: "Li Tong, Suzhou was captured by us with great effort, how can we see that the Jin army gave up without fighting as soon as it came?" ”

Commander Li Baodao: "Zhang Tong, the so-called one time, that time." Isn't the Jin army strong now, the only way to give up Suzhou for the time being is to try to recapture Suzhou after uniting with Shao Du. ”

Li Xianzhong patted the handsome case and said: "Since the return of the Song Dynasty in the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), Ben Shuai has fought dozens of battles large and small, and has never known how to move forward bravely, so there is a reason to retreat without even fighting." How was the fourth prince Wanyan Zongbi back then? Am I not afraid, but am I afraid of that little boy Su Shi Lie Zhining? Tomorrow, Russia will go out of the city to fight to the death with the Jin army. ”

Li Fudao: "Please think twice about appeasing the adult, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win......

Li Xianzhong waved his hand and interrupted Li Fudao: "Fighter, morale is also." Our army has taken three cities in a row, and its morale is booming, so we can only drum up but not thank you. If the army is withdrawn at this time and the morale is gone, the three cities that have been continuously obtained will be recaptured by the Jinren, and the plan of our Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty will be interrupted from then on. At this time, the only way to win can only be won by going out of the city to fight with the Jin soldiers on their backs, and then resurrecting after death. ”

At this time, Shi Jun stepped forward and said loudly: "Lord Zhaofu is right, we were not afraid of the 600,000 army of Wanyan Liang back then, so why should we be afraid of the 50,000 horses of Sushi Lie Zhining. The last general is not material, I am willing to ask for orders before appeasing the adults, and I am willing to be the vanguard and take the lead for a while. If you can't win, you will never come back to see Lord Zhaofu. ”

Li Xianzhong was overjoyed and said, "Okay, General Shi, Uncle Ming will let you take the lead." He turned his head and looked around at the generals and said, "In tomorrow's battle, you are only allowed to move forward, not backward." Those who have the generals of the gold army will be promoted to three levels and will be rewarded with a hundred taels. ”