Just when the naval armies of the Song and Jin were chasing and fighting fiercely on the sea, in the north and south of the Yangtze River, the Great Song Dynasty also launched an attack on the places occupied by the Jin army.

In Huaixi, Li Xianzhong and Chen Min divided their troops into two routes, each leading 70,000 troops to attack Xuyi Army and Chuzhou separately, and Li Bao led 60,000 troops to attack Hezhou by land and water, opening the offensive of the Song army in Jiangbei.

On the battlefield in the south of the Yangtze River, after Yang Yan sent Bi Zaiyu to fight with the naval army, he immediately launched a battle to recover Lin'an. The Song army in Jiangnan also divided into three battles and launched an attack on the Jin army.

The news of the Song army's full-scale offensive was naturally quickly learned by the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State in Lin'an. Wan Yanyong immediately summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to discuss countermeasures. In fact, the strategic intention of the Song army was not complicated, and the monarchs and ministers of the Jin State could quickly analyze it clearly, that is, to use a small number of troops to involve the people and horses in Jiangnan, and concentrate superior forces to recover Huaidong first, and then recover Jiangnan together.

For the Jin army, there are also two options, one is to immediately send some men and horses to Jiangbei to support Jiangbei's troops. Decisive battle with the Song army in Jiangbei. The advantage of this is that it can concentrate its superior forces against the superior forces of the Song army, and because the main forces are withdrawn to Jiangbei, even if they can't be defeated, it will be easier to return to the Jin State. But doing so is almost equivalent to giving up Jiangnan, because now that the Song army basically controls the Yangtze River waterway, once the main force of the Jin army crosses the river, even if Huaidong wins, it will not be so easy to return to Jiangnan. The Song army could calmly concentrate its forces, sweep away the remaining Jin army in the south of the Yangtze River, and recover Lin'an and Jiankang.

Another way is to keep the status quo unchanged, and both Song and Jin sides will fight to the death by the method of the upper and lower horses. It is to see that the superior forces of that side can defeat the inferior forces of the other side first, or that the inferior forces of that side can hold out longer.

The advantage of this method is that once the Jin army wins, it is equivalent to eliminating the main force of the Song army in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Jin army even has the opportunity to easily drive straight into Tianlin Mansion and eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty. But the disadvantage is that once lost, the Jin army and the emperor Wanyan Yong will be trapped and killed in Jiangnan, and they will never be able to return to Dajin.

And the problem is that the current Song army commander in Jiangnan is not Bi Zaiyu, but Yang Yan. In the face of Yang Yan, even if he has superior troops, who would dare to say that he will win.

In the face of these two choices, it is indeed difficult to decide, and in the court, the ministers are uncharacteristically silent, and no one dares to express their attitude easily.

Wan Yan Yong paced back and forth on the Golden Palace with his hands behind his back, and the ministers of civil and military affairs below stood in a daze, not even daring to take a breath. For a while, the entire hall was terrifyingly quiet, and only Wan Yanyong's footsteps could be heard.

I don't know how long it took, Wanyan Changzhi suddenly came out and knelt on the ground, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I hope Your Majesty will listen." ”

Wan Yanyong stopped and said with a smile: "Changzhi, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Wanyan Changzhi said: "Your Majesty is invited to immediately fortify Yangzhou, the governor of Huaidong war, and pay all the soldiers and horses in Jiangnan to the minister's leadership, and the minister is willing to fight to the death with Yang Yan." ”

When the other ministers of civil and military affairs heard this, they all finished their senses, and he naturally advocated choosing the second road, but it was too dangerous for the emperor to stay in Jiangnan, and the so-called "fortunate Yangzhou, the governor of Huaidong War" Although it sounded good, it was actually to ask the emperor to cross the Yangtze River and return to Jiangbei. In this way, even if Jiangnan is defeated, Wan Yanyong can easily flee back to the Jin Kingdom, and as long as the emperor is still there, Dajin can be preserved.

Wan Yan Yong was silent for a moment before he said, "Do you want to compete with Yang Yan?" ”

Wan Yan Changzhi: "Three years ago, the minister and Yang Yan fought on the coast of Dengzhou, and finally let him escape back to the Great Song Dynasty, for this minister has been angry, this time the southern expedition, the minister has always hoped to compete with Yang Yan, but it backfired, the southern expedition for more than nine months, but the minister has not been able to fight against Yang Yan, I deeply regret, this time the minister really does not want to miss this opportunity. After a pause, he said again: "If this minister can defeat Yang Yan, the morale of the Southern Song Dynasty will inevitably plummet, and my Dajin can take advantage of the situation to march into the south of the Yangtze River and unify the world in one fell swoop." ”

The latter words he said were not bad, although Yang Yan was young, he had made many miraculous achievements in the past few years, and he was the southern expedition of the Jin army, and Zhao Chen succeeded to the throne, which can be regarded as a repeated victory, and an unpaid defeat. Now in the position of the Southern Song Dynasty military, Yang Yan is faintly above Li Xianzhong and has become the backbone of the Southern Song Dynasty army. Moreover, even the pillar of the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, once he defeated Yang Yan, it could greatly hit the morale of the Southern Song Dynasty's army, and then level the south of the Yangtze River and unify the world, which is not impossible.

Wan Yanyong said slowly: "Changzhi, you answer me truthfully, you want to fight Yang Yan to the death, is it because of the honor of the general, or you are sure that you can defeat Yang Yan." ”

Wanyan Changzhi Huo Ran raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, please relax, this time the minister will definitely be able to defeat Yang Yan." ”

Wan Yan Yong nodded, as if he had also made up his mind, and said, "Okay, Wan Yan Changzhi, I will order you to immediately lead the army to fight against Yang Yan." He waved his hand again, "I am here, setting up a feast, waiting for your triumphant return." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty ......" Yan Yong's meaning is to stay in Lin'an and not go to Jiangbei.

Wanyan Zongzheng hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, since Changzhi is confident in defeating Yang Yan, Weichen thinks that Your Majesty is still fortunate to be in Yangzhou, and it is better for the governor to fight in Huaidong." The war in Jiangnan will be handed over to Changzhi to deal with, that is. ”

Wan Yan Yong frowned slightly, and before he spoke, he also came out of the ranks, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Wan Yan's words are reasonable, now that the war in Jiangbei is tight, Your Majesty is supervising the war in Huaidong, which can boost the morale of Jiangbei soldiers, just wait for Changzhi to defeat Yang Yan, Jiangbei and then defeat the attack of the Song army, my Dajin can naturally sweep Jiangnan and unify the world." ”

Of course, Wanyan Zongzheng did not doubt that Wanyan Changzhi said that he was sure to defeat Yang Yan, but the things on the battlefield were too variable, and no one dared to say that he was absolutely sure, so it was safer for the emperor to go to Jiangbei.

Wan Yanyong shook his head and said, "None of you can go to Huaidong, but I can't." This time Guan Jian is still fighting in Jiangnan, the morale of the army can only be drummed, not extinguished, if I just leave, what will happen to the morale of the soldiers in Jiangnan. If the army has no morale, how can Changzhi defeat Yang Yan. Therefore, I decided to stay in Lin'an, and I did not go there. ”

The ministers present were all shocked, and Fu Sanzhong wanted to persuade again, and said, "Your Majesty ......"

Wan Yan Yongyi waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, I am determined to make a decision, Zhao Yan of the Southern Song Dynasty can do 'the death of the Son of Heaven', why can't I stay and fight to the death with the Song army with Zhu Qing." This time, I'm going to take a gamble to see if my Dajin has the destiny to unify the world? Finish the face for a long time. ”

Wan Yan Changzhi hurriedly said: "The minister is here." ”

Wan Yan Yong said: "I will hand over all the military affairs in Jiangnan to you, when your father searched the mountains and inspected the sea, and made immortal contributions to my Dajin, I hope you will not insult his reputation." ”

Wanyan Changzhi only felt that his blood was surging, and he said angrily: "The minister must do his best to repay Your Majesty." ”

The Jin army in Jiangnan plus some of the surrendered Song soldiers totaled nearly 250,000. Among them, there are about 220,000 people from the country. However, because there are vast places that need to be garrisoned, and at the same time, the two capitals of the Southern Song Dynasty need to be garrisoned, especially Jiankang, and now the Song army's naval army can sail back and forth on the Jiankang River without fear. Therefore, the Jin army could only dispatch 150,000 or 60,000 troops at most to meet Yang Yan's Song army, but this number was much more than Yang Yan's men.

Wan Yan Changzhi immediately decided that he would take Sushi Lieshining as the left road, lead an army of 70,000, garrison Ning**, and resist the Song army in Chizhou and Huizhou, and Bai Yanjing would be the right road, leading 30,000 horses and horses, attacking the Song army in Quzhou, and Wan Yan Changzhi himself was the middle road, personally leading an army of 60,000 and stationed in Yanzhou to resist Yang Yan.

After the distribution of men and horses, Su Shi Lie Zhining frowned, and said to Yan Changzhi: "Changzhi, you are resisting Yang Yan in the middle lane, is there too few people and horses, do you want to add more people." ”

Wan Yan Changzhi shook his head and said, "Yang Yan's men and horses are only 50,000 people, and my men and horses are enough." I will try my best to contain Yang Yan in Yanzhou, there are not many soldiers and horses on the right side, and this battle depends on whether Lord Su Shilie can open the situation on the left side. ”

Su Shi Lie Zhining nodded and said, "Don't worry, Changzhi, I will open the situation on the left side as soon as possible." ”

Two days later, the spies came to report that Yang Yan's men had arrived in Shouchang. Forced into Yanzhou.

Wanyan was a little surprised, looking at Yang Yan's appearance as if he was going to force the Jin army to fight a decisive battle. Isn't it that he can't wait?

Although since the Southern Expedition, Wanyan Changzhi has not had the opportunity to fight Yang Yan head-on, but he has inquired in detail about Yang Yan's previous southern rebellion, rescue Dali, and the experience and tactics of pacifying Sichuan.

Of course, Wan Yan Changzhi also understands that the so-called surprise victory is often based on the fact that the gap between the two main generals' ability to use troops is too large, if both sides are proficient in the art of war, all the tricks are actually useless, because each other can see through each other. In the end, it is the head-to-head confrontation that determines the outcome of the battle. Therefore, Yang Yan's move cannot be regarded as an accident. And making good use of tricks does not mean that Yang Yan's frontal combat ability is insufficient.

However, Wan Yan Changzhi also noticed that Yang Yan had a few times, and he also lined up with his opponent, as if he was going to fight hard face to face, but in fact, there were still hidden tricks, the most obvious was the battle of Xunjiang River in Pingnan, and the battle of Chengdu in Pingding, although it was also a frontal battle, in fact, it was still won by tricks. So will Yang Yan have any tricks this time?

But this time, even if Yang Yan took the initiative to challenge, Wan Yan Changzhi couldn't refrain from fighting, not to mention that in his heart, he also hoped to compete with Yang Yan, and Wan Yan Changzhi didn't think that he was comparable to the opponents of Manichaeism and Wu Xi, so he immediately ordered that the men and horses should be dispatched to meet the Song army.

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