Jiankang Mansion is close to the Jianghuai front, so the battle situation on the front line will only be one day at most when it reaches Jiankang Mansion. Sometimes the battle report sent out in the morning can be delivered to Jiankang Mansion in the evening.

And since the start of the Song and Jin wars, the five ruling ministers have taken turns to be on duty in the political hall to keep vigil so that they can grasp the military situation at the front at any time. Moreover, Zhao Chen also ordered that as long as it was an emergency war report from the front line, day and night, it should be sent to him immediately, even if he fell asleep with the scriptures, he also had to wake himself up, otherwise he would be punished according to the failure of the military plane.

At the beginning of the war, the imperial court basically did not receive good news, and Shouzhou, Yingzhou, Tangzhou and other places were lost one after another. However, these places are basically wall-headed grass on the border of Song and Jin, and they change hands back and forth between Song and Jin, and they are lost, and there is not much loss. Therefore, the officials of the DPRK and China were still calm and did not react.

Immediately after the Jin army stormed Haozhou, the Song army repelled two attacks of the Jin army in a row, although Yang Yan was still in Ezhou at this time, but it also made the officials feel a lot more comfortable. Later, the Song army defeated the Jin army again in the East China Sea naval army, occupied the Jin army's water village, and Cao Xun captured Haizhou again, this batch of good news spread to the court, naturally everyone was happy, some people were hot-headed, and they urgently proposed that they should immediately launch a comprehensive counterattack, and strive to defeat the Jin army in one fell swoop, and then take advantage of the situation to go north and regain the lost territory.

Fortunately, several ruling ministers still kept a clear head, knowing that there were still winners and losers against each other, and it was far from the time to launch the final battle.

Sure enough, within a few days of Haizhou's good news, Haozhou was lost, followed by An Fengjun, and many people began to get nervous. Haozhou is the location of the Imperial Garrison Division, the important town of border defense, and also the place where the Jianghuai line is built, once lost, the barrier of Jiankang is one layer less, once Luzhou has a mistake, Jiankang is the door is wide open, and the Jin Army can look at each other across the river. For a time, there were rumors in Jiankang City, all saying that the Jin army was about to cross the Yangtze River again.

So many ministers panicked, and hurriedly wrote to the court, asking the emperor to issue an order immediately, ordering Yang Yan to quickly relax the Huaixi line. At this time, Yang Xing was still in Ezhou, and also wrote to the imperial court, saying that the Jin army would never attack Luzhou, and asked the imperial court not to panic.

But he said not to be frightened, but many ministers couldn't hold their breath and wrote to accuse Yang Yan of standing still at this time, sitting and watching the loss of Haozhou, and so on. There are people who speak fiercely, and even advocate that the court immediately change generals.

Fortunately, Zhao Chen and several ruling ministers are people who have seen big scenes, and they have long known Yang Yan's plans and arrangements, so that they can still calm down, knowing that although Haozhou is lost, Guangzhou, Xuyi Army, Chuzhou and other places are still there, and the Song army's defense line is far from collapsing, and after the Song army captured Haizhou, the Jin army could not ignore it, so it would definitely not come to attack Luzhou.

So Zhao Chen complained to the panicked officials during the court meeting, and strictly ordered them not to speak indiscriminately to confuse people's hearts, and at the same time issued an order to Ezhou, so that Yang Yan would not be spared by rumors, and everything could be done cheaply on his own.

Sure enough, within a few days, both the Luzhou and Xuyi armies sent back war reports, saying that the Jin army had withdrawn from the army, and Monk Wanyan Chen led the army to rescue Shandong. The Luzhou and Xuyi armies were unharmed.

When the ministers in the court heard this, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly turned their heads again, patting the emperor's sycophants, saying that Zhao Chen was calm and calm, as steady as Mount Tai, clever and clever, and predicting the enemy like a god, etc. made Zhao Chen cry and laugh, but fortunately, he has been the emperor for almost nine years, and the officials have seen a lot of faces, and they are no longer surprised.

At this moment, news came that the Jin army had finally made a move on the Western Front, and Fusan Zhongyi led his men and horses to launch an attack on Junzhou. And Shi Mo Yanshan is also attacking the Guanghua Army.

Junzhou is located in the northwest of Xiangyang Province, upstream of the Han River. The Xinghua Army is located directly north of Xiangyang Province, which is the periphery of Xiangyang Province. Yang Yan's prediction was indeed correct, and the Jin army began to attack Xiangyang Mansion.

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In fact, knowing that Yang Yan's garrison was in Ezhou, Wanyan knew that Yang Yan had predicted that his primary target for this southern expedition was Xiangyang Mansion. However, he also pinned his hopes on the fact that Monk Wanyan Chen could open up the situation on the eastern front, forcing Yang Yan to rescue Huaixi, and then launch an attack on Xiangyang Mansion himself.

But after nearly a month of fighting on the Eastern Front, it also fell into a stalemate, but after learning about the whole war, Wanyan Changzhi also knew that this could not be blamed on Wanyan Chenshang, he tried his best, and he also captured Haozhou and Anfeng Army, but due to the defeat of the East China Sea and the loss of Haizhou, the whole Shandong was unstable, so Wanyan Chen Monk could not continue to expand the results of the war, and could only return to the army to rescue Shandong. changed himself, I'm afraid it is also this ending, and if you want to blame, you can only blame the strength of Jin Guo's navy for being too weak. After so many years of hard work, he is still vulnerable in front of the Song army.

So what's next? Should we continue to attack Xiangyang, or should we change our plans and attack Jianghuai? Now Yang Yan is stationed in Ezhou, just to prevent himself from attacking Xiangyang, obviously Xiangyang Mansion has taken precautions, and it is not easy to attack. In any case, the Jin army captured Anfeng Army and Haozhou on the Jianghuai front, opening up a certain situation, if it continues to increase troops on the Jianghuai line, maybe it can make some gains on that side, but it may not be known.

After thinking about it again and again, it was difficult to make a decision, so he first ordered Fusan Zhongyi to lead 30,000 horses to attack Junzhou, and ordered Shi Mo Yanshan to lead the army to attack the Guanghua army, on the one hand, to clear the periphery of Xiangyang, and on the other hand, to see the response of the Song army. At the same time, he wrote to Monk Wanyan Chen to inquire about the details of the Jianghuai area, and then decided to send troops.

Fusan Zhongyi led the army to launch an attack on Junzhou, the Song army did not have many defenders in Junzhou, and once the army of Fusan Zhongyi arrived, it did not take much effort to capture Junzhou. Subsequently, Fusan Zhongyi led the army east along the Han River, joined forces with Shimo Yanshan, and captured the Guanghua army. And Pucha Dingzhu also led the army to attack Suizhou. The Jin army launched a three-sided siege on Xiangyang Province.

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Yang Yan stood on the big map, and drew an arrow on the map from Tangzhou to Zaoyang Army with a red pen, which was the direction of the Jin army's attack that the spies had just detected, and said: "How many troops does the Jin army have along the way?" ”

The spy said, "About fifteen thousand?" ”

Yang Yan nodded, put down the red pen, and said, "Okay, I thought I knew, you go down and rest." ”

The spy saluted and withdrew. And Yang Yan was still standing on the map, staring at the map, silent in thought. Zhao Yueru saw him like this for the first time. However, this time the opponent is different from others, and the number one general of the Jin Country is finished, so even if it is Yang Yan, he does not dare to take it lightly.

After a long while, Zhao Yueru said, "Is there anything difficult about it?" Are you afraid of not guarding Xiangyang Mansion? ”

Only then did Yang Yan come back to his senses, pointed to the map, and said, "Now the Jin army is divided into three routes, with a total of 80,000 horses, to attack the periphery of Xiangyang Mansion. Now there are a total of 60,000 horses in Xiangyang Mansion and Ande Mansion, and there are 30,000 horses in Chen Min's army in Jingmen, so I don't have to worry, but I haven't gotten any movement from Yan Changzhi yet, so I'm a little anxious. ”

Zhao Yueru said: "Didn't someone report the day before yesterday that Kaifeng's army had begun to assemble with the scriptures, and it seemed that it was about to send troops." ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "But the news only arrived the day before yesterday, at least two days late, which means that Wanyan Changzhi should have been dispatched a long time ago, but there is no spies to report back yet, if I don't know the movements of his 100,000 army, I can't feel at ease!" ”

Zhao Yueru said: "Didn't you expect that Yan Changzhi would come to attack Xiangyang Mansion?" Is it hard to say that there is something wrong with anticipation? ”

Yang Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Even if it is expected, then no one dares to guarantee that it is absolutely correct, not to mention that the soldiers change with the situation, even if Yan Changzhi planned to attack Xiangyang Mansion at the beginning, but I am stationed in Ezhou, anyone will think that it is to see through his purpose, so it is reasonable for him to make a change." ”

Zhao Yueru was a little puzzled, and said, "If he doesn't attack Xiangyang, can he still attack there?" ”

Yang Yan said: "And Jianghuai!" Now that the Anfeng Army and Haozhou have opened the gap in the Jianghuai defense line, if they increase their troops here at this time, it will also be a good plan to deal with the situation. These 100,000 troops, no matter where they are placed, are enough to change the balance on the battlefield. Why hasn't anyone sent a message yet? ”

Zhao Yueru has been fighting with Yang Yan for a long time, and naturally knows that the so-called clever calculations and predictions like gods only appear in storytelling operas, and on the real battlefield, there is absolutely no one who can predict everything. As Yang Yan said, no one dares to guarantee that his prediction will be absolutely correct. The correct grasp of the battle situation depends to a large extent on scout scouts. As the so-called two armies are at war, military intelligence is the first. Your own prediction must be supported by the correct military situation in order to make the right choice. [The Art of War.] The last of the thirteen articles is to emphasize the importance of investigating military intelligence.

Those ancient and modern famous generals who are known as clever and clever actually rely on scouts, but no one explains. When Yang Yan first joined the army, he had been a scout for nearly a year, so he knew the importance of military intelligence, and he also paid great attention to the training of scout spies on weekdays. Therefore, people who don't know only know that Yang Yan is like a god, but they don't know why he can be like a god.

And now that he can't get important military information, Yang Yan will naturally be anxious.

Zhao Yueru was about to persuade him a few words, but at this moment, someone suddenly came to report, and another military information was delivered. Yang Yan took over the military information, opened it and saw that it was finally the news he needed the most, and he couldn't help laughing.