The next will of the southern expedition 7

After the deliberation of several personnel from the Marshal's Mansion, this time Dajin will divide into three routes: western, central, and eastern, and attack the Song Dynasty in an all-out way.

On the West Road, first of all, Shi Ju, the governor of the political affairs, went to the Western Xia, saying that he would invite the Western Xia Emperor Li Renxiao to send troops from Lanzhou to attack the Lintao Mansion of the Great Song Dynasty. He also ordered Qin Fenglu to make Wanyan Mouyan send 30,000 troops from Fengxiang Mansion to attack Qinzhou and cooperate with the attack of Western Xia. The Jin army garrisoned nearly 60,000 troops in the area of Qinfeng Road, and all the men and horses dispatched were local defenders of Qinfeng Road. The main goal is not to capture the four states, but to create a huge momentum.

In the middle of the road, he ordered Posa to mobilize 60,000 horses and horses, send troops from Nanyang, and attack Xiangyang Mansion, which was also a feint attack along the way, trying to bluff as much as possible, and the main purpose was to involve the four imperial garrisons of the Song Dynasty in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, so that they could not support Jianghuai.

The main force of the Jin army was all gathered on the east road, and this road will concentrate 200,000 troops, which will be personally commanded by Sushi Lie Zhishou and divided into three roads, led by Yang Woyan, Wanyan Chen monk, and Wanyan Ting, and attacked Shouzhou, Suzhou, and Haizhou separately.

These three groups of men and horses made as much noise as possible to attract the attention of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time involved most of the Song Dynasty's men and horses, creating favorable conditions for Wanyan Changzhi's surprise attack from the sea.

Wanyan Changzhi, Su Baoheng, and Mo Ran Shi Qita led a total of more than 800 large and small warships, more than 60,000 sailors and soldiers, sent troops from the sea, passed through the coasts of Haizhou and Chuzhou, and tried to kick the shore in the area of Jiaxing Mansion and take Lin'an directly. Once Yan Changzhi's surprise attack was successful, Yang Woyan led an army to take Shouzhou, Haozhou and then attacked quarrying, and Wanyan Chen led an army to take Suzhou, Xuyi and then Zhenjiang. And Wan Yan Ting led an army to take Haizhou, Xuzhou, Sizhou and other Jianghuai places.

Marshal Du sat in Nanjing and commanded the southern expedition in an all-round way. And prepared a reserve army of 150,000 to reinforce the Jin army in various places at any time according to the changes on the battlefield. At the same time, Wan Yanyong also decided to go to Nanjing to supervise the battle. The crown prince Wanyan Yungong was appointed as the prisoner of the country, leaving Zhang Hao, Zong Zheng, Su Shi Lieliangbi, Wanyan Fushou and others to stay in the central capital, and pay for the deployment of grain, grass and materials for the army.

This time in the southern expedition, the number of troops mobilized by Dajin alone will exceed 500,000, and if you add the men and horses of Western Xia, the scale is no less than that of Wanyan Liang's southern expedition that year.

And this time, Guan Jian, who was in the southern expedition, was able to defeat the naval army of the Song Dynasty stationed in Haizhou, successfully make a breakthrough from the sea, bypass the Yangtze River, and kick the shore in the area of Jiaxing Mansion, so as to go straight to Lin'an Mansion. caused the entire line of the Song Dynasty to be defeated.

After the plans for each direction were formulated, Daikin began to implement them one by one. And Zhang Hu knew that after Yan Changzhi's plan, he was also greatly admired, he originally liked the art of war, so he took the initiative to ask to fight with the fleet, although he was not born in martial arts, but he has been doing business abroad for many years, and has traveled between Dajin and Mobei grassland many times, his body is strong, and his riding skills are also good, so he can keep up with the march. Wan Yan Changzhi saw that he was resolute, and at the same time thought that Zhang Hu was familiar with reading military books, which would also be of great help to him, so he also agreed.

In this way, Yan Changzhi settled his wife at home and entrusted his father-in-law to take care of him. He said goodbye to Monk Wanyan Chen, returned to Beijing with Zhang Hu, and joined Su Baoheng and Mo Ran Shiqi Pagoda in Jinzhou, leading more than 500 warships assembled in Jinzhou, pulling sails high, riding the wind and waves, all the way south.

On August 28, the 10th year of Jin Dading, the fleet arrived at the sea of Langxishan Mountain in Mizhou on the East Road of Shandong, and more than 300 warships of various types along the coast of Shandong had already gathered here to standby, and the two sides joined forces together, with a total of more than 800 warships, and it can be said that this time almost all of Dajin's naval forces were concentrated.

After Yan Changzhi arrived at Langye Mountain, he immediately recruited the generals of the navy to come to his ship. Although this raid from the sea was based on Wanyan Changzhi's main general, he was not proficient in water warfare after all, and the warship battle was mainly commanded by Su Baoheng and Mo Ran Shi Qita, and the main generals of the other naval armies were Jiagu Su, Wuli Tanda, Xiangyou Army, Zou Huan, Tang Zhun, Lu Zhongxiong, Bi Rui, Murong Yanda and others, most of whom were Han Chinese, because fighting on the water, the Han people were indeed stronger than the Jurchens.

Because as soon as he landed in the Song Dynasty, he was going to launch a land attack, so Wanyan Changzhi took Guo Xianmo as his deputy, and there were also two big disciples Shi Mo Yanshan and Pu Atong among the three generations of disciples of Huining Temple, and eight other disciples, Shuhu Thorn Han, Han Leming, Extravagant Thorn Heda, Shao Fangjie, Uting Tuochi, Gao Linfu, Daduchen, and Shang Jingliang.

It was only at this time that Wan Yan Changzhi announced the purpose of this operation to the other major naval generals. After hearing this, some of them were at a loss, some were shocked, some were ecstatic, some were panicked, in short, there were people of all kinds of mentality. Because this news was too sudden, and the navy had always been an insignificant position in Dajin before, not only far inferior to the cavalry, but also inferior to the infantry army. At the same time, there are also people who have hearts, the strength of the Song Dynasty's naval army has always been far stronger than that of Dajin, so can this surprise attack from the sea be successful? If you are not careful, you will be in danger of being wiped out.

Wanyan Changzhi waited for a while, letting everyone digest the battle plan he just said, and then said: "Generals, we have found out that most of the naval army in Haizhou in the Song Dynasty was transferred to the south to quell the chaos, and we are not afraid, and now we can take advantage of the emptiness of Haizhou to raid from the sea in one fell swoop and go straight to Lin'an." As soon as I Dajin destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, unified the world, and established a thousand years of meritorious deeds, all of you will make great contributions, and you will become the heroes of Dajin's unification of the world in the future. ”

The generals were relieved to hear the emptiness of Haizhou's guards, and after hearing Yan Chang's words, they were all high-spirited, rubbing their fists and palms, waiting to set off.

Wanyan Changzhi immediately ordered that all the warships be divided into two teams, and he and Su Baoheng and Moran Shiqita led more than 600 warships as the front team, mainly carrying various water war weapons, and fought a decisive battle with the Song Dynasty's naval army, leaving two people, Wulitanda and Xiangyoujun, and led 200 warships as the rear team, mainly carrying soldiers and horses on the land, as well as other supplies. As soon as the Jin army defeated the Song Dynasty's naval army, the rear team immediately caught up with the large fleet and attacked the Song Dynasty territory together.

The next day, the Dajin Emperor Wanyan Yong also personally went to Langye Mountain, and met with the generals of the various naval armies, encouraged them in person, and prepared a royal banquet to see off the naval army of the Jin State. This is the first time that the navy has received such attention in the previous Dajin campaign. The morale of the water army was raised to the highest point at once. /