"Stop."

With Yang Yan's order, the Song army reined in the whirlwind of galloping war horses, stopped, and acted very neatly. Only two flying eagles, one black and one white, flew up and down in the gray sky, hovering up and down, unable to stop for a moment, and from time to time let out a sharp eagle cry.

Cao Xun urged the horse to come to Yang Yan's side and said, "Big brother, why did you stop and stop chasing Jin Bing." ”

Yang Yan said: "Poor Kou Mo chase, our army won by Jing, not to mention that Yanzhou was occupied by Jing, forget it, collect the troops." ”

Gao Zhen said: "I heard that the emperor went to Suzhou to supervise the battle, and we have now captured Yanzhou, which can be regarded as the first achievement!" ”

Yang Yan said with a smile: "What kind of head work, I heard that Li Zhaofu captured Guide and Juzhou with Jing, and Lao Yu and Lao Bi have all arrived in Qixian with Jing." ”

Gao Zhen shouted: "Qixian is only more than seventy miles to Tokyo, and it seems that it is not far from recovering Tokyo. ”

Wei Chang said: "But I heard that now Shao Dutong is attacking Xuzhou, and he can't attack Xiangcheng repeatedly, Li Zhaofu is now alone in depth, and Tokyo may not be so easy to capture." ”

Yang Yan nodded, shook his head again, and said, "These are not things we should worry about, let's go back to Yanzhou." ”

Yang Yan didn't know that Shao Hongyuan was angry in the tent at this time.

Originally, his task was to advance Wanluo, and the goal was Luoyang. Who knew that now it had become an attack on Bianliang with Li Xianzhong's middle route army, which made Shao Hongyuan very unhappy: "Let me go to cover Li Xianzhong and let him collect the attack on Tokyo, which is really unreasonable." Therefore, Shao Hongyuan did not move, hoping that the Suzhou Governor's Office would change his order.

But on April 27, he received an order from the governor of Suzhou. Knowing that the emperor will go to Suzhou to supervise the war, the wording in the order book is very harsh, and there is already a sentence that if there is an order, it will be dealt with by military law. Shao Hongyuan knew that he could no longer resist the order this time, so he had to lead the army to attack Xuzhou. Who knew that Xiangcheng would be in trouble again, and it could not attack a small Xiangcheng for more than ten days, but lost four or five thousand soldiers. At this time, Li Xianzhong captured Guide and Juzhou, Li Bao and Wei Sheng captured Yanzhou, and the news made Shao Hongyuan even more unhappy. At this time, Li Xianzhong wrote to him, Jing He turned to attack Linying, covering his flank to attack Bianliang together, which made Shao Hongyuan even more angry.

However, in front of Li Xianzhong's subordinates, Shao Hongyuan was not easy to attack, so he had to say perfunctorily: "I know everything about Li Zhaofu's words, and now our army is facing the Jin army in Xiangcheng, fighting fiercely for more than ten days, not to mention the strength of the troops, once the army withdraws, I am afraid that the Jin army will cover up the back road of our army." Please go and tell Li Zhaofu that when I capture Xiangcheng, I will immediately be outstanding and enterprising. ”

The next letter said: "Li Zhaofu is now entering Qi County with troops, and he will immediately send troops to enter Tokyo, which is a big shrine related to the success or failure of the Northern Expedition." He also asked Shao Dutong to send troops as soon as possible to assist our army. ”

As soon as he heard that Li Xianzhong was going to enter Tokyo, Shao Hongyuan felt uncomfortable in his heart, and said stupidly: "In this midsummer, it is still unbearable for the hand-cranked feather fan to be cool, let alone being fought hard in the scorching sun?" The soldiers are tired, and I am helpless, you go and tell Li Zhaofu, I must send troops as soon as possible. ”

The next writer had no choice but to resign and return to Juzhou.

As soon as the next writer came out of the big tent, Shao Hongyuan couldn't suppress his anger, raised his hand and pushed down the table, and said loudly: "Li Xianzhong is something, he has only won a few battles and won a few state cities, so he dares to come and criticize me, if he takes Tokyo, then he is not going to fly to the sky." ”

Shao Shiyong also said: "Dad, he is obviously proud of his achievements, and he doesn't take you in his eyes!" ”

Li Shi also said: "Lord Dutong, in my opinion, it is the emperor who has arrived in Suzhou, and he wants to behave well in front of the emperor." ”

Shao Hongyuan "snorted" and said: "I don't send troops, see what ability he Li Xianzhong has to take Tokyo, and when the time comes, he can't take Tokyo and show himself in front of the emperor." ”

When the next writer returned to Suizhou, Li Xianzhong was holding a banquet and drinking with the generals in the temporary marshal's mansion.

Knowing that the emperor went to Suzhou to supervise the war, and also received a military order from the governor's capital, Li Xianzhong immediately divided his troops into two routes, and successfully captured Guide and Juzhou on April 30 and May 2 respectively, and now the vanguard has been stationed in Qixian. After Yue Fei marched into Zhuxian Town in the tenth year of Shaoxing (1140), the Song army hit the closest place to Bianliang in Tokyo. In the past few days, Li Xianzhong has held a banquet in the Shuaifu to celebrate the capture of Guide and Suizhou.

Once he takes Tokyo, he will make immortal achievements for the Great Song Dynasty, and his achievements may be higher than Yue Fei back then. Since he returned to the Song Dynasty in the ninth year of Shaoxing (1139), he has always dreamed of this day. "At that time, my Li Xianzhong's name will be ranked above Yue, Han, Zhang, Liu, and Wu, and my name will go down in history."

After listening to the report of the book, Li Xianzhong didn't think so at all, "Shao Hongyuan doesn't know what to do, Ben Shuai kindly invited him to come and take Tokyo together, but he didn't want this great achievement, let Yu Ben Shuai enjoy it exclusively." It depends on Ben Shuai who is going to ask Shao Hongyuan after recovering Tokyo, to see what face he has to answer Ben Shuai. As he spoke, he raised the bowl and said, "Come, do this bowl." ”

"." The generals raised their bowls, laughed and drank the wine in the bowls.

Shi Jun laughed and said, "This is all a good command of the Fu Lord." I think the reconquest of Tokyo is just around the corner. ”

Liu Yuan also laughed: "Now that the Jin soldiers are called Lord Zhaofu, they are frightened, and it seems that the Jin people are also going to give Lord Zhaofu a nickname called 'Grandpa Li'." ”

Li Xianzhong also laughed and said: "What kind of virtue do I have, and I dare to compare with Zong Zhongjian and Yue Wumu." ”

Yu Gongliang frowned, he didn't expect Li Xianzhong to be a little arrogant, and all the generals present were blindly flattering, and no one persuaded him. He wanted to say something, but he was a little hesitant. He knew that he was special, so he always reflected on himself, lest he inadvertently reveal his superiority.

At this time, a soldier came in and reported: "Report to Fu Lord, Qixian County has reported that there are traces of the transfer of the Jin army, about 10,000 people." ”

Li Xianzhong laughed and said: "But there are only 10,000 people, what are you afraid of." ”

Yu Gongliang couldn't bear it, got up and said: "Fu Fu, my army is still in the end to recover Tokyo, but we must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Li Xianzhong was a little unhappy in his knowledge, but Yu Gongliang was not an ordinary person, although his position was not high, but he was Yu Yunwen's son and a quasi-concubine, and it was not easy to reprimand him Li Xianzhong, so he had to say: "Yu Commander, you are too careful, the 100,000 army of Fushi Lie Zhining was still defeated by our army, how can it be this 10,000 people." ”

Yu Gongliang said awe-inspiringly: "The old saying of the Lord Fufu says: arrogant soldiers will be defeated. What's more, the Jin army is now unharmed and its national strength is undamaged, how can it be so careless. ”

Li Xianzhong waved his hand and said: "Okay, okay, wait for the Japanese marshal to personally send troops to fight the gold soldiers." Today is the time for a feast, let's not talk about military affairs, come, let's have a drink today. ”

At this time, another soldier ran into the marshal's mansion: "Report to the Governor's Mansion of Suzhou, the emperor wants to go to our army's camp to supervise the battle, and watch our army recover Tokyo with his own eyes." ”

"What, the emperor went to Li Zhaofu's camp to supervise the battle?" Yang Yan immediately stood up as soon as he heard Wei Sheng's words, "This is too dangerous. ”

Wei Shengtai raised his hand and motioned for Yang Yan to sit down. In fact, not only Yang Yan, but all the generals present were shocked when they heard the news. The emperor was not in Suzhou, but wanted to go to Li Xianzhong's camp to supervise the battle, Li Xianzhong's camp was the forefront of the Northern Expedition, and it was not as safe as in Suzhou. It's dangerous.

Wei Sheng said again: "Now Shao Dutong on the West Road has repeatedly failed to attack Xiangcheng. For a while, he was unable to support Li Zhaofu. Therefore, Li Zhizhi and I have discussed and decided to postpone the attack on Tai'an, and for the first time we will hold our troops and prepare to support Li Zhaofu, and you can go back and inform the battalions to prepare. ”

Yang Yan returned to the camp and told Cao Xun and Gao Zhen the news, and the two guys were stunned for a long time before they reacted.

Gao Zhen said: "My mother, the emperor is going to come to the front line in person, will he also come to our side to have a look." ”

Cao Xun looked pensive: "This is very possible. ”

Yang Yan and Gao Zhen were stunned, and the two looked at Cao Xun and said, "Why?" ”

Cao Xun grinned and said, "I heard that Princess Yong'an and Princess Yongning also came with the emperor this time, how could the emperor come to us to take a look." ”

All three burst out laughing. The difference is that Yang Yan is smiling bitterly, while Cao Xun and Gao Zhen are laughing heartily.

In fact, when Zhao Tuan was preparing to go to Suzhou to supervise the war, he had already thought that he must go to the front line to experience the momentum of the golden iron horse on the battlefield, which was his dream for many years. As early as the 31st year of Shaoxing (1161), when the Song and Jin quarrying battles, Zhao Tuan, who was still the crown prince, wanted to ask the emperor Zhao Gou for orders to supervise the battle on the front line. Later, after listening to the proposal of the teacher Shi Hao, it was changed to "The son should be the front of His Majesty". Since then, Zhao Tuan has always dreamed that one day he can personally command the Song army to recover Tokyo and conquer the central capital. The Golden Emperor surrendered in white clothes, kneeling in front of his horse and not daring to look up at himself.

And since Zhao Tuan succeeded to the throne, while wiping horses and gathering grass and grain, he also diligently learned bow horses and practiced horsemanship, nominally taking the lead in armament, but in fact preparing for himself to go to the battlefield.

However, Zhao Tuan knew that if he directly proposed to go to the front line to supervise the war, let alone the main peace faction, I am afraid that even the ministers of the main war faction would not agree, let alone the Taizheng Emperor Zhao Gou would definitely oppose it. The Song Dynasty was no better than the Han and Tang dynasties, and it was common for ministers to refute the emperor's opinions. There are many things that the emperor cannot decide without the consent of the Zhongshu Province. Therefore, Zhao Tuan played a trick, only saying that he was going to Suzhou to supervise the war, and sure enough, there was not much resistance and it was approved by Zhongshu Province.

After discussion, it was finally decided that the crown prince Zhao Chun would be in charge of the country, leaving Chen Junqing, Ye Hao in charge of the overall situation in Lin'an, and Yang Yizhong in charge of Lin'an military affairs. The army with Zhao Tuan's personal expedition was 30,000, and the military commander who escorted him was Wu Heng, the commander of the military division of the guard, and Qi Fang, the deputy commander. The accompanying officials included Tang Sihui, Qian Duanli, Liang Kejia, Wang Yingchen, Wang Shipeng, Wu Fu, Chen Lianghan, Jiang Fu, and Xi Zeng, Long Dayuan, Zhang Shuo, etc.

And after Zhao Yueru and Zhao Qianru learned the news that Zhao Tuan had gone to Suzhou to supervise the war, they immediately asked to go together. In the end, Zhao Tuan couldn't resist the two princesses, and he also knew that they had learned bow and horse martial arts in the Shangwu Academy, and they should be fine to protect themselves, so they agreed.

When Zhao Tuan and his entourage arrived in Suzhou, they knew that Li Xianzhong had entered Qi County with his troops, and he was only seventy miles away from Bianliang. Zhao Tuan immediately asked to personally go to Li Xianzhong's camp to supervise the battle, and to watch the Song army recover Tokyo.

Zhang Jun, Tang Siwei, Han Yanzhi and others advised hard, but Zhao Tuan insisted on going. At this time, there was no need for the edict of Zhongshu Province, and Tang Siwei had no way to stop Zhao Tuan, so he finally had to agree. So Han Yanzhi, Wang Yan, Fan Chengda, Zhang Xiaoxiang and others were left to preside over military affairs in Suzhou, and Zhang Jun and Yue Lin accompanied Zhao Tuan Yichao to Qixian and Li Xianzhong's camp.

It was late at night, except for the night soldier, the other soldiers had already slept, but Yang Yan had not slept yet, but sat in front of the lamp and read.

Suddenly, Yang Yan's heart moved, raised his head, and whispered, "Who's outside." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and grabbed the hilt of the sub "Wind Forest Volcano".

At this time, I only heard someone outside: "It's me." The curtain was raised, and Wan Xiansheng came in from the outside.

When Yang Yan saw it, he was overjoyed and surprised, and he hurriedly got up and came to Wan Xiansheng to meet him, bowed to the ground, and said, "Grandpa, why are you here." ”

Wan Xiansheng walked into the tent with a smile, pulled up Yang Yan, unceremoniously sat on the chair that Yang Yan was sitting on just now, and said, "Your position is also negligent, what if someone wants to assassinate you." ”

Yang Yan couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm just a small control palace, how can there be any guards." Besides, if an assassin comes and is also a male assassin, he will assassinate me. What's more, there are a few people like my grandfather in the world who can touch in. ”

Wan Xiansheng laughed: "This is good, not to mention this small Yanzhou City, even if it is a forbidden place in the palace, I don't need to say that I can come and go." ”

Yang Yan pulled over another chair, sat opposite Wan Xiansheng, and said, "Grandpa, is there anything you have to do?" ”

Wan Xian said: "First, I came to see you, and secondly, there are several green forest heroes in Shandong who are preparing to revolt and cooperate with the Northern Expedition of the Song Army. ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "We are temporarily suspending the army in Yanzhou now, and we will not continue to march in the short term." ”

Wan Xiansheng was stunned and said: "Why do you follow, as far as I know, now the entire Shandong Lujin Army does not have many troops, why don't you take this opportunity to recover the entire Shandong in one fell swoop?" ”

Yang Yan felt a little encouraged in his heart, and faintly felt something, but he couldn't say it for a while. But he still told Wan Xiansheng that the emperor personally went to Li Xianzhong's camp to supervise the battle, and Li Bao and Wei Sheng now had to fully cooperate with Li Xianzhong to capture Tokyo, so they moved according to the army.

Wan Xiansheng understood what was going on, and couldn't help but think of the story of Yue Fei's own troops entering Zhuxian Town and being recalled by the Ten Dao Gold Medal. I couldn't help but feel emotional. At the same time, he also praised Zhao Tuan's move to the front line: "This thousand emperors are a little bold, much stronger than Zhao Gou's faint monarch, it seems that this time Yue Pengju's last wish will finally come true." But Tokyo is not easy to fight, and I don't think you should stand still here, but go to support Li Xianzhong. ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said: "Grandpa, why do you say that Tokyo is not easy to fight, what do you know?" ”

Wan Xiansheng said: "Didn't I mention it just now, now the Jin army does not have many troops in Shandong, and the Jin State has been mobilizing troops to the Bianliang area in the past few months. Most of Shandong's army was pumped. Moreover, the Jin army also gathered a large amount of military rations in the area of Heiyang Mountain. It seems that there is going to be a big battle in Bianliang. ”

Yang Yan's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly opened the map, Heiyang Mountain was north of Bianliang and south of the Yellow River. He turned his head to look at Wan Xian and said, "Grandpa, is what you said true?" Did Jin Junyi gather a large amount of military rations near Heiyang Mountain? ”

Wan Xiansheng saw that his face was grim, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious, and said: "Yes, I have personally been to the area of Heiyang Mountain to see it, and the Jin people have been transporting grain there in the past few months, and now they are only afraid that there is a grain of seven or eight hundred thousand stones, what's wrong?" ”

Yang Yan shouted: "It's not good, I want to come like this, I want to tell Wei Dutong immediately and remind Li Zhaofu." Ignoring Wan Xiansheng, he rushed out of the tent and walked towards Wei Sheng's camp.

Wan Xiansheng hurriedly chased after him, pulled Yang Yan and said, "Yan'er, what's wrong, what's wrong." ”

Yang Yan said as he spoke: "Since the Northern Expedition, we have won one victory after another, I feel that something is wrong, it should be said that the combat effectiveness of the Jin Army should not be so bad. Now I finally understand that this is a plan by the Jin army to lure the enemy into the depths. Li Zhaofu thought that he was alone in the army, it was the plan of the Jin people, and the emperor was in Li Zhaofu's army, once the Jin army counterattacked, the emperor may be in danger. ”

Wan Xiansheng immediately understood when he heard Yang Yan say this. Although he didn't have a good impression of Zhao Tuan, he also knew that once the emperor had an accident, the Great Song Dynasty would fall into a leaderless situation, and it would be in chaos. If the Jin State had taken the opportunity to march at that time, the Great Song Dynasty might have been in danger of losing the country. Hurriedly asked, "So what to do." ”

Yang Yan said: "I want to go to meet Wei Dutong immediately, ask him to write a letter to remind Li Zhaofu, and then immediately send troops to help Li Zhaofu, I just hope that it is still too late." ”