In Xiangyi, it was Shi Jun who was facing the Jin army. In the past few days, the Jin army has not come to attack the Song army, and there seems to be traces of the transfer of troops, Shi Jun told Li Xianzhong about this situation, and the reply he got was "I am afraid that the Jin army is deceitful, and it should not be moved lightly." Therefore, Shi Jun did not dare to act rashly. However, that night, the Jin army camp was full of murderous noises, and Shi Jun hurriedly sent spies to investigate, and finally got the news: it was Li Bao and Wei Sheng who led the army to relieve the siege.

Shi Jun was overjoyed, and immediately led the army out of the camp to respond, but before he left the camp, Li Baoji ordered someone to send him a letter: Song Jun had repelled the Jin soldiers, and was about to recapture Juzhou, so he asked Shi Jun to tell the emperor, the privy envoy Zhang Jun, and the appeasement made Li Xianzhong, and the predicament of Qixian County was solved.

That night, Emperor Zhao Tuan, the privy envoy Zhang Jun, and the appeasement envoy Li Xianzhong received good news. The next day, good news came: Li Bao and Wei had recaptured Juzhou, and sent a letter saying that Qixian was not safe after all, and asked the emperor to return to Juzhou.

When Zhao Tuan and his entourage returned to Juzhou, Li Bao and Wei Sheng immediately came to see the emperor and made a plan in Yanzhou, Yang Yan led an expedition to Heiyang Mountain, burned the grain and grass of the Jin army, and the two princesses insisted on going to battle with the expeditionary force despite everyone's persuasion.

Zhang Jun, Li Xianzhong, and others present were all surprised when they heard this, that is, they admired Yang Yan's courage and strategy, and also admired the bearing and courage of the two princesses. At the same time, they were worried about the fate of the expeditionary force.

At this time, Li Bao presented the letter written by Zhao Qianru to Zhao Tuan, and then knelt down with Wei Sheng and said: "The ministers failed to dissuade the princess, and asked the emperor to punish the crime." ”

Zhao Tuan smiled slightly, and didn't read the letter. personally sat down and helped the two of them up and said: "What is the crime of the two Aiqing, since this time I have been driving in person, I have seen many soldiers sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, and be loyal to the country." Although the princess is my daughter, she should also contribute to the country, even if she dies in battle, it is a matter of course. He looked around at everyone, "However, this Yang Yan and Yu Gongliang are both rare talents, and I got out of trouble this time thanks to them who did not care about life and death, and went on an expedition to Heiyang Mountain to burn down the granary of the Jin people." How can we pick them up and return to the Great Song Dynasty safely? ”

Li Baodao: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister and Yang Yan have made an agreement, and after the success of burning grain, they will not return south, but go east to Dengzhou along the area, and the minister will order his son Li Gongzuo to lead the navy to respond." May they auspicious people and heavenly statues return to the Great Song Dynasty safely. ”

Zhao Tuan nodded, knowing that there was no other way to think about it now, but to wait patiently for the result. Turning his head and asking Zhang Jun again: "Duke Wei, now that the siege of Qixian has been resolved, should you and us collect our troops and move back to Lin'an next, or continue the Northern Expedition to recover Tokyo?" You discuss it with Li Qing, and then report it to me. ”

But in the following days, unfavorable news came one after another: Wanyan Changzhi led the army to counterattack Shandong, and took Yanzhou, Yizhou and other places. Wanyan Chenghui, Bai Yanjing, and the three of them defeated Shao Hongyuan in Yancheng, pursued for more than 70 miles, and Shao Hongyuan fled all the way back to Xiangyang. Wanyan Chenghui captured Dengzhou, Bai Yanjing took Tangzhou, so far most of the land taken by the Song army was recaptured by the Jin army, and Li Xianzhong's middle route army has become a lone army, and at this time, Wanyan Chen monk and Yang Woyan joined forces to attack Suizhou.

Han Yanzhi, who stayed in the Suzhou Governor's Mansion, also wrote to Zhang Jun and asked to return to Suzhou in the morning. Although Xian Jun was unwilling, at this time, the general trend of the Song army was gone, and Tang Si returned Qian Duanli and others repeatedly blocked it, so he had to reply to Zhao Tuan and decided to return to the army.

Before returning to Suzhou, Zhao Tuan ordered Li Bao and Wei Sheng to immediately return to Haizhou, and no matter what, find a way to receive Yang Yan's expeditionary force back to the Great Song Dynasty.

After Yang Yan successfully burned grain from Heiyang Mountain and repelled Jin Zao's reinforcements, he immediately traveled eastward for more than 100 miles overnight, and when the sky was bright, the Song army had reached the vicinity of Jigu Ferry. After several days of rushing in the battle of Heiyang Mountain, the Song army was sleepy and tired, and it was very tired, Yang Yan estimated that it was difficult for the Jin army to catch up with the Song army for a while, and he found a secluded place to celebrate and let the soldiers rest for a while. He was thinking about his next move.

Although he made an appointment with Li Bao that he would be met by the Song army's sailors when he arrived at the Dengzhou beach, how could he reach the Dengzhou beach safely during this journey of nearly 2,000 miles? This is in the territory of the Jin Kingdom, and if you are not careful, your thousands of men and horses will be in danger of being wiped out. When he set off for Yu, he just thought about burning the grain and grass of the Jin army at all costs, and he didn't think much about anything else. But now after the success of burning grain, Yang Yan deeply felt the great pressure of being the commander of the whole army, and the fate of these thousands of people and horses was all on his own.

In fact, Yang Yan's heart moved, and he vaguely heard the sound of his clothes hanging in the wind. He jerked to his feet, defended his direction and flew away.

I saw that in the woods, two figures, one white and one green, opened and closed at once, and the fight was very fierce. The white shadow is Zhao Yueru, she didn't hold a dragon stick, she made a sword, the sword light is sharp, the body is light, and the white clothes are fluttering like the Nine Heavens Fairy.

It turned out that Zhao Yueru's little Wuxiang had achieved a lot, and after running in the tent for a week, he was swept away. At this time, Zhao Qianru was still asleep, and she couldn't sit in the tent alone, so she came out to walk around. Unexpectedly, she found that someone was approaching Song Jun, and she saw that there was only one person, and she didn't want to impeach others because she was strong in martial arts, so she stepped forward to intercept the person who came.

As soon as the two fought, Zhao Yueru couldn't help but be surprised, only to find that the opponent's martial arts were far higher than she imagined. Although she didn't use the coiling dragon stick, the swordsmanship that Shui Yue and Shui Jing taught her was the top martial arts of the Xiaoyao faction, and it was not weaker than the Taizu stick technique at all. Who knew that the opponent only relied on a pair of fleshy palms to sows like a sword light, and several times he narrowly snatched away the sword.

In the fierce battle, suddenly the opponent's long sleeves rolled up, just wrapping Zhao Yueru's sword. Zhao Yueru suddenly felt a strong force coming from the sword, and she could barely hold the sword.

She immediately changed her moves, let go of her jade hand, let go of the sword, and her index finger and middle finger were like halberds, and she went radially towards the opponent's veins. The other party obviously didn't expect her to rob the sword, and her hand immediately shrank, dodging Zhao Yueru's finger.

Zhao Yueru pointed to the air, and Dunshi grabbed the hilt of the sword again. Pulling back, he finally pulled the sword out of the opponent's sleeve. The actions of abandoning the sword, throwing out the fingers, and grabbing the sword were almost completed in an instant, and the other party couldn't help but praise: "Okay." ”

At this time, Yang Yanji rushed over, saw the two of them clearly, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop." Both of them stopped and looked at Yang Yan when they heard this. Yang Yan quickly ran to the man in Tsing Yi and bowed to the ground and said, "Grandpa, it's you who came." ”

It turned out that this Tsing Yi man was Wan Xiansheng, when he saw that it was Yang Yan coming, he was overjoyed, pulled him up, and laughed: "Good boy, in the end, you have done it, you have done it, you have done it, you have done it, you have done it." ”

Only then did Zhao Yueru know that the person who came was Yang Yan's grandfather, the boss of the three wonders of the rivers and lakes, "Dragon Eagle" Wan Xiansheng. Although she is a princess, she learns art with Shui Feng and Shui Jing, and she has never dared to despise people in the rivers and lakes. I have also heard the master talk about the fame and identity of the three wonders of the rivers and lakes. And once had a one-sided acquaintance with Yixiu, and he didn't dare to be busy, and said with the courtesy of the juniors: "The juniors have seen the old seniors." ”

Wan Xiansheng smiled and said: "Little girl, your martial arts are so good, is your master Shui Jing or Shui Yue?" It can actually break my trick cloud scroll. ”

Zhao Yueru said respectfully: "The juniors have heard the family teacher and Uncle Shuiyue mention the name of the elder Wan, and I asked the seniors to forgive me for offending the seniors just now. ”

Wan Xiansheng laughed and said: "The little girl is also polite, but I didn't expect that those two old nuns would accept a good apprentice, you must know that there are not many people in the world who can break my trick!" What's your name, little girl? How old are you? I've been learning art from your master for a few years. ”

Yang Yan saw that Wan Xiansheng really regarded Zhao Yueru as a junior disciple, and he couldn't finish asking, so he quickly pulled Lawan Xiansheng and said, "Grandpa, this is Her Royal Highness Princess Yong'an." ”

Of course he knew that Yang Yan was called to be a concubine, although he didn't regard the princess as a concubine, but he thought that Yang Yan would eventually be a continuing official in the future, and it was not a bad thing to be called a concubine. Hearing Yang Yan say this, I thought that this was the princess who would marry Yang Yan. Seeing that Zhao Yueru's talent and martial arts are very outstanding and she is Shui Jing's apprentice, she regarded herself as a junior again, without the pie and shelf of a princess, and was very satisfied in her heart, patted Yang Yan on the shoulder and said: "It's all my own family, don't be so polite." ”

As soon as Zhao Yueru heard this, she knew that Wan Xiansheng had misunderstood, her face turned red all of a sudden, and she couldn't explain it, so she had to glare at Yang Yan fiercely. Yang Yan hurriedly whispered to Wan Xian: "Grandpa, it's wrong, it's not this princess." ”

Wan Xiansheng was stunned for a moment, and laughed. Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru were very embarrassed. After laughing, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Yang Yan, saying, "Yan'er, this is the distribution map of the Yellow River crossing. I've heard that the Jin Kingdom has mobilized more than 100,000 troops to pursue you, but be careful! ”

Yang Yan hurriedly took over the drawings, and was very happy in his heart, he had to cross the Yellow River to Dengzhou, and knowing the distribution of the Yellow River crossings was very useful for the Song army.

Wan Xiansheng said: "Your second grandfather and third grandfather will use the scriptures to contact the green forest heroes in Hebei and Shandong, and there will be people along the road to pick you up, but I am afraid that they will be difficult to compete with the Jin army head-on, so it is still up to you." He sighed again and said, "You don't have to be so dead-eyed, as soon as the situation is not good, you should make a decision immediately." “

Yang Yan understood what Wan Xiansheng meant. As soon as it is wrong, he will give up the army and flee alone, with his martial arts and the protection of Wan Xiansheng, it is not difficult to escape back to the Great Song Dynasty. But it's hard to say how much others will be able to escape. Zhao Yueru, Zhao Qianru, Yu Gongliang, Xin Qiji, Cao Xun, Gao Zhen and others were spared! Yang Yan said that he didn't want to leave them and run for his life alone.

Yang Yan looked at Wan Xiansheng, and finally shook his head and said: "Grandpa, I have decided to live and die with them, or return to the Great Song Dynasty safely, then everyone will die together, and never run for their lives alone." ”

Wan Xiansheng was stunned, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, it is worthy of my Wan Xiansheng's grandson." Okay, Grandma will try its best to help you, I'll go first, you'll do it yourself. ”

Yang Yan watched Wan Xiansheng go away, was silent for a while, and suddenly said to Zhao Yueru: "Princess, let's go back quickly and set off immediately." ”

At this time, most of the Song troops who were sighing came over in sleep. As soon as Yang Yan came back, he immediately ordered the gathering. After the soldiers stood neatly, Yang Yan said loudly to the soldiers: "Brothers, we have completed the mission of this expedition. Now, we're going to find a way to get back safely. I, Yang Yan, am here to call the police, and I will do my best to bring you back to the Great Song Dynasty, and I will never give up a brother again, either everyone will go back safely together, or everyone will die together. Therefore, I ask everyone to work together and return to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

The soldiers shouted in unison: "Work together and return to the Great Song Dynasty." Work together and return to the Great Song Dynasty. ”

Yang Yan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, now I'm ready to go." ”