The students of the Shangwu Academy in the first year of the main road, aren't they the same students as themselves? Yang Yan's heart suddenly moved, and he said with a smile: "Are you among the people who participated in the final battlefield competition with me that year?" ”

Zhou Hongming said: "Back to my lord, it turns out that my lord still remembers what happened back then. The last general was indeed listed at that time, but it was ashamed to say that he lost to Zhang Shiyan Zhang in the first game, and later Zhang Shiyan lost to the adults. ”

Yang Yan laughed, speaking of which, the eight people of the year have all grown up with the scriptures now. So he said: "In this way, Zhou Zhengjiang and I are still classmates, come and take a seat." ”

Zhou Hongming hurriedly said: "My lord, the last general will not dare." ”

Yang Yan smiled slightly: "What's this, you are not my subordinate, and now you are not talking about military aircraft in the hall, but I have something to ask you in private, you don't have to be polite, sit down and talk." ”

After Zhou Hongming sat down, Yang Yan said again: "Even if Wang Xuanfu sent you back to deliver the official document, you must have understood the situation in Sichuan, right?" I have something to ask you about Kawanaka. ”

Zhou Hongming said: "If you have something, just ask." Wang Xuanfu instructed the last general, and the adult asked, and he replied to the adult. ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "I heard that now the Jin Kingdom colluded with Western Xia and jointly raised an army to invade Sichuan, I don't know what the current battle situation is?" How many people are there? ”

Zhou Hongming said: "What my lord said is good, now the Jin State and Western Xia are divided into two ways and invade Sichuan. The Western Xia sent a large army of 50,000, marched by Zhuo Luo and the Southern Military Division, divided into two routes to invade Lanzhou and Shizhou, and the Jin army totaled 30,000 horses, which was also divided into two routes, one route was taken by Fengxiang Mansion to take the Dasan Pass and invade Fengzhou, and the other route was to Jingzhao Mansion to Rao Fengling and invade Yangzhou. ”

Yang Yan listened to it and breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that there are not many Jin troops and Western Xia soldiers attacking Sichuan. "So how are we stationed?" ”

Zhou Hongming said: "Now my Great Song Dynasty is defended by the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison Division to defend Western Xia, Yang Dutong sent 7,000 men and horses to garrison Shizhou, 8,000 men and horses to garrison Lanzhou, and transferred 5,000 men and horses to defend Lintong, and 3,000 men and horses to defend Tiecheng Fort in Taozhou, in case the Jin army sneaked up on the flank. In addition, the Jin Army was defended by the Imperial Front Garrison Division of Xingyuan Mansion. But the last general is not a member of the Imperial Garrison Division of Xingyuan Mansion, so he doesn't know how the troops are distributed and deployed. ”

While listening to him, Yang Yan marked the corresponding location on the map and asked, "Is the strength of the Xingzhou front line too thin to hold Shizhou and Lanzhou?" ”

Zhou Hongming said: "We have occupied all kinds of dangerous places with the scriptures, and there will be no problem for the time being." However, with the national strength of Western Xia, only 50,000 horses were dispatched, and it was obvious that they did not do their best to attack the Great Song Dynasty. If the Western Xia intensified the offensive. I'm afraid that Shizhou and Lanzhou will be in danger. ”

Yang Yan pondered for a while, and then asked, "What about the Garrison Division of the Golden State Imperial Front Garrison?" What are they doing? There shouldn't be any fighting in their zone, right? ”

Zhou Hongming said: "Now there is no war in the defense area of the Jinzhou Imperial Front Garrison Division, but they are still stationed in the same place. ”

Yang Yan nodded, if according to what Zhou Hongming said, there is really a problem here. In the morning, he went through all the information of the garrison in Sichuan, as well as the qualifications of Wang Yan and Wu Xi, and judging from the qualifications of these two people, they were both important officials in Sichuan.

Wang Yan, whose name is Gongming, is a native of Anyang, Xiangzhou, and traveled to Lushan Shandong Forest when he was young, and he is diligent and talented. Wang Zhidao has a poem to praise him: "Talent is as unique as a gentleman, and the articles and political affairs can be passed on." "In the first year of the main road (1165), he was the deputy envoy of the two Zhejiang. In May of the second year of the main road, Zhilin'an Mansion, in November, he was cultivated by ministry, except for the secret pavilion. In February of the third year of the main road, he was born as a scholar in the Ministry of Soldiers, except for the bachelor of the Duanming Palace, and signed the Privy Council; In May of the same year, in addition to participating in the governor's affairs, he also served as the Privy Council; and succeeded Yu Yunwen as the Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, which can be regarded as a very fast promotion. After entering Sichuan, Wang Yan built a canal in Sichuan, stepped up military training, and formed two local armies, the "Loyal and Brave Army" and the "Righteous Victory Army". And prepare saddle horse armor, build camps, praise loyalty and border political meritorious people, for the northwest anti-gold cause has done a lot of fruitful achievements.

Wu Xi's rise was the same as Yang Yan's, and it was also during the Northern Expedition of the Great Song Dynasty in the third year of the Gandao (1167). At that time, Wu Xi's father, Xingyuan Mansion, was in charge of the imperial garrison, and Wu Ting was sent by Yu Yunwen, the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan, to attack Dasanguan, Wu Xi went to war with his father, fought bravely, and made many military exploits, and even succeeded in capturing Qinzhou, Gongzhou, Longzhou, Fengxiang and other places, and after the Northern Expedition, he was promoted to the Baoxin Army Chengxuan. At this time, Wu Ting resigned due to illness, and Wu Xi took over as the commander of the imperial garrison of Xingyuan Mansion. And after the Jin army's southern expedition began, in order to boost morale, Xiaozong added Wu Xi as the pacification envoy of Lizhou West Road and the deputy envoy of Sichuan Xuanfu.

At present, among the three imperial garrisons in Sichuan, the Xingyuan Mansion Imperial Garrison Division is the most powerful, with a total of 60,000 garrisons, all of which are controlled by Wu Xi. The Xingzhou Imperial Front Garrison Division had 27,000 men and horses, all of whom were under the command of Yang Chaoguang. There are 12,000 people in the former garrison of Jinzhou, and they should be Wang Yan. Then now Sichuan has to defend the Western Xia, which has a large number of troops, with the weak Xingzhou Imperial Garrison Division, and it is also necessary to allocate a part of the men and horses to prevent the Jin army from attacking from the flank. On the contrary, using the strong Xingyuan Mansion Imperial Front Garrison Division to defend the Jin State with fewer troops is not a reasonable troop arrangement.

Although this can also be said to be a division of defensive areas by region, then the Jinzhou Imperial Garrison Division, which is not under the pressure of war, should completely allocate some men and horses to support the Xingzhou Imperial Garrison Division, which is understaffed. And the Imperial Front Garrison Division of Xingyuan Mansion, which has an absolute advantage in the strength of the Jin army, should not be so passive in defense, but should take the initiative to attack the Jin army. And the dignified Sichuan Xuanfu envoy Wang Yan actually didn't know the distribution of troops in the Imperial Garrison Division of Xingyuan Mansion, judging from these circumstances, Sichuan did have a big question.

Yang Yan thought for a while, and then asked: "How did Wang Yan, the commander of the Jinzhou Imperial Garrison Division, die, and how did Wang Xi become the commander of the Jinzhou Imperial Garrison Division?" ”

Zhou Hongming said: "It was more than a month ago, when Wang Xuanfu was arranging the defense of Western Xia in Xingzhou, and Jinzhou suddenly sent an official document, saying that Wang Dutong had died of a violent illness. In Xingyuan Mansion, Wu Duzhi immediately sent his subordinate Wang Xi to lead 10,000 horses to Jinzhou, only saying that he would temporarily act as the capital to control the capital, and then the court would make a decision after reporting to the imperial court. But I had never heard of what kind of disease Wang Dutong had before? How did he die? We don't know, and since then, there has been no news of the Golden State. Therefore, Wang Xuanfu and Yang Dutong both suspected that Wang Dutong's death was probably related to Wu Dutong. Wonderful