Seeing that the ceremony was over, Han Yanzhi immediately said: "Zihao, now is the time to employ people, you have come just in time." [ Eight? ] 一Chinese 〈〈 )]].]8〕1?" He told Yang Yan about his plan to take over the withdrawal of the Jiankang Mansion.

Yang Yan was puzzled: "Why give up Jiankang Mansion, if you can hold Jiankang Mansion, just wait for the people of Guangnan to arrive, I can take advantage of the situation to march and recapture Lin'an, in my opinion, I still send troops to rescue and help Li Zhaofu to hold Jiankang Mansion." ”

Han Yan asked rhetorically: "Zihao thinks that if we want to defend Jiankang Mansion, how many reinforcements do we have to send?"

Yang Yan thought for a moment and said, "In my opinion, at least 50,000 or more reinforcements are needed to be able to hold Jiankang Mansion." ”

Han Yan nodded straightly, and introduced the current distribution of troops along Jinghu Road to Yang Yan again, before he said: "Judging from the current strength on the front line of Jinghu, it is impossible to transfer 50,000 troops to support Jiankang Mansion, so it is better to withdraw the guards of Jiankang Mansion first, join forces in one place, and wait for the men and horses from other places to arrive, and then make plans." ”

Yang Yan still wanted to say more, but at this time Yang Yizhong also said: "Even if the troops are enough now, but the grain, grass, military supplies, equipment and other materials are still insufficient, and there is also Sichuan, there has been no news until now, and the situation there is not what the situation is, so at this time, it is not appropriate to send troops to support Jiankang Mansion, or find a way to withdraw the people and horses of Jiankang Mansion safely." As he spoke, his eyes were blazing, and he looked straight at Yang Yan.

Yang Yan immediately understood that Yang Yizhong was stopping him from continuing to insist on rescuing Jiankang, so he had to nod and say, "Okay then!" It's just that how can the people of Jiankang Mansion be safely withdrawn? ”

Han Yan saw that Yang Yan was not in any objection, so he said: "This point also has to have you Lao Zihao, I want to ask you to lead an army, stationed in Chizhou, and receive the men and horses withdrawn from Jiankang Mansion, as for how to enter the army, it is up to you to communicate with Li Zhaofu and arrange it yourself, do you think it's okay?" ”

Yang Yan thought about it again before nodding again, and said, "But if you want to safely receive the people of Jiankang Mansion, it is best to be able to advance with 6 waters, so you still need to dispatch a naval army." ”

Han Yanzhi nodded happily and said, "This is okay." He said to Yang Yizhong again: "King Yang Jun, the people Zihao needs, you can arrange the affairs for him as much as possible." ”

Yang Yizhong nodded and said, "Then don't hesitate, let him lead the army tomorrow." ”

After the agreement, Yang Yizhong led Yang Yan back to his residence. On the way, Yang Yan couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, why did you stop me from continuing just now, I think that now I can actually send out 50,000 horses to support Jiankang Mansion." As for military supplies, grain and grass, as long as reinforcements can arrive at Jiankang Mansion, they will naturally be able to provide them temporarily. And it only takes half a month at most, the materials from the south can be transported here, and my people and horses in Quang Nam can also arrive, which is not a reason to give up Jiankang Mansion. ”

Yang Yizhong shook his head and said: "Zihao, I know what you think, but if you really want to rescue Jiankang Mansion, there are not many people from other places, so you must mobilize most of the troops in Tanzhou, but in this way, the guards in Tanzhou will be weak." ”

Yang Yan was puzzled: "Now Tanzhou is not in the front line, and it is almost impossible for the Jin army to fight to Tanzhou, isn't it a waste to garrison so many troops here?" ”

Yang Yizhong smiled bitterly: "It's naturally not wrong for you to think like this, it's just that others don't think like you." Leave more people around to protect you, and always feel safer. And the crown prince is about to succeed to the throne, so naturally there can be no mistakes. ”

Yang Yan was stunned and said, "Is the crown prince about to succeed to the throne?" ”

Yang Yizhong nodded and said, "Yes, even if the news of the return of the first emperor is confirmed now, then it is a matter of course for the crown prince to succeed to the throne." And in doing so, it is also justified to give orders. I think several ministers in Zhongshu Province should have thought of this matter a long time ago, if it wasn't for the people of Jiankang Mansion, I'm afraid it would have been raised long ago. However, I think that at the latest, the people of Jiankang Mansion will withdraw to Jiangnan West Road, and the official succession ceremony will begin. ”

Yang Yan was stunned for a while, and he always felt an indescribable awkward emotion in his heart, and he panicked.

returned to Yang Yizhong's residence, although it was only a temporary residence, it was also a house, not small, with a two-story courtyard inside and outside, and more than a dozen rooms. It's just for the sake of safety, no servants were hired, and all the people who came in and out to serve were Yang Yizhong's own soldiers, not even a maid who was called.

After a while, Zhao Qianru also came back here after seeing the emperor and the crown prince, and brought more than a dozen female soldiers. After seeing Yang Yizhong, he immediately bowed down and said, "Granddaughter-in-law to see grandpa." ”

Yang Yizhong liked her very much, and said with a smile on his silver hair: "This is in my own home, there is no need for so many courtesies." Zihao, help your daughter-in-law up. ”

After Yang Yan helped Zhao Qianru up, Yang Yizhong sent someone to arrange a room for them to live in, as well as their husbands and wives, as well as those female soldiers. After dinner, the husband and wife said goodbye to Yang Yizhong and went back to the room to rest.

After returning to the room, Yang Yan told Zhao Qianru about today's incident. After Zhao Qianru heard this, she said: "Grandpa is right, now the Emperor and the Crown Prince will never spend most of their troops to rescue Jiankang Mansion." And now the top priority is to arrange for the crown prince to succeed to the throne, once it supports Jiankang Mansion and fights with the Jin army, I don't know when it will end. ”

Yang Yan frowned and said, "The crown prince's succession to the throne is an ironclad matter, why rush at this time, is this more important than the country?" ”

Zhao Qian sighed and said: "But the crown prince is not a trivial matter, you must know that as long as the prince does not succeed to the throne for a day, there are countless variables, and people with ulterior motives will have opportunities to take advantage of it." Therefore, it is better to let the crown prince succeed to the throne as soon as possible, and everything should be done in the name of justice. In that way, the government can also be unified in the war with the Jin army. ”

When Yang Yan heard this, he suddenly remembered that Guangyan persuaded him to seek the throne, and he also sighed and said no more. Zhao Qianru saw that his face was not right, and thought that he was still worried about giving up Jiankang, so he persuaded: "Didn't you give up Jiankang Mansion with a plan?" It's not that you won't be able to defeat the Jin Army if you lose Jiankang Mansion, now it's better to use it according to your original plan. ”

Yang Yan had no choice but to sigh and said, "That's it." ”

The next day, Yang Yi was transferred to the left army and the right army of Yang Yan's front division of the palace, plus the front division of the palace brought by Yang Yan, with a total of more than 18,000 people and horses. From Tanzhou, go east along the Yangtze River to pick up Jiankang's people. When passing through Jiangzhou, the imperial garrison in Jiangzhou had already received orders, and Yang Yan was given 3,000 Jiangzhou naval troops and 80 warships. Moreover, Yang Yan was transferred from Longxing Mansion to select the front army, so he went all the way to Chizhou.

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The original 45,000 men and horses of the imperial garrison of Jiankang Mansion, plus the defeated troops of Zhenjiang Mansion and Haozhou, and part of the troops of the Waiting Horse Military Division stationed in Jiankang Mansion, now have a total of more than 70,000 Song troops, more than 6,000 sailors, and more than 150 warships, all of which are controlled by Li Xianzhong. The surrounding areas controlled by the Song army also included Taipingzhou, Ningguofu, Chizhou and other places, but they were all areas on the south bank of the Yangtze River.

At present, the distribution of the strength of the Song army in the area of Jiankang Mansion is: Chen Min and Shi Jun led 20,000 troops under the command of the commander of the Ma Army to guard Jiangning and Shangyuan, and resisted Fushi Lie Zhining and Yang Woyan, and the general Meng Zongzheng led the army of 20,000 to hold the quarry, and the enemy to hold the Sasa, and Guo Zhen led the naval army of Jiankang Mansion to garrison the river, and awarded Chen Min and Meng Zongzheng. Bi Zaiyu led 10,000 troops, and confronted Wanyan Chen and Wanyan Ting in Jurong. Li Xianzhong took the town of Jiankang Mansion and received the Song army from all walks of life.

In the past few days, the Jin Army's Western Route Army and Central Route Army have requisitioned a large number of ships, continuously forced the Yangtze River, and launched an attack on the Song Army on the south bank. However, the Song army relied on the Yangtze River to defend the riverside position, and the Jiankang Navy also attacked in separate ways, cooperating with the defenders on the south bank to attack the Jin army's river-crossing ships on the river, because the ships requisitioned by the Jin army were all merchant ships and fishing boats, and they were not the opponents of the Song army's warships, and the Jin army itself was not familiar with water warfare, so it attacked several times, and all of them lost troops and dismantled generals, and returned in vain.

Meng Zongzheng saw that the Jin army was unfavorable in the water war, and twice sent a small group of elite men and horses to cross the Yangtze River at night and attack the Jin army. He also killed many Jin soldiers. Although it could not change the tide of the battle from the script, it also hit the morale of the Jin army.

Although the western route of the Jin army was fought in 6 places, the main general, Wanyan Chen, was also brave and good at using troops, but there were too few people and horses, and he was facing Bi Zaiyu, who was also brave and good at fighting. In addition, the Jin army lacked large-scale offensive weapons, and the Song army was already good at defending the city, so Wanyan Chen monk stormed Jurong for three days, but was defeated by Bi Zaiyu, but there was no progress.

Seeing that the attack on Jurong could not be carried out, the monk Wanyan Chen ordered Wanyan Ting to lead 20,000 horses to fight against Bi Zaiyu in Jurong, and led 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Lishui, but he was also recognized by Bi Zaiyu, and ordered someone to hurriedly send a letter to Li Xianzhong, asking him to send troops to strengthen the defense of Lishui. At the same time, Meng Zongzheng, who was defending the quarry, received the news and also sent troops to support Lishui.

And Jurong's Bi Zai met Wan Yan Chen Monk to lead the army to attack Lishui, and planned to take the opportunity to send troops to attack the Jin army camp, but Wan Yan Ting was very tightly guarded in the Jin army camp, and Bi Zai met not many people and horses who could be mobilized, so after a little temptation, he saw that it was difficult to win, so he returned to the army to continue to guard Jurong.

In this way, the situation of the war fell into a stalemate for a while. Seeing this situation, Fu Shi Lie Zhining immediately ordered all the Jin armies in Jiangbei to suspend the attack, and ordered Lu Ding and Wanyan Sijing to lead an army of 30,000 to cross the Yangtze River from Zhenjiang Mansion, cooperate with Wanyan Chen Monk and Wanyan Ting, and attack Jiankang Mansion from the west road, and wrote a letter to Wanyan Changzhi of Lin'an, asking him to transfer a part of the warships from the naval army anchored on the sea shore of Pingjiang Mansion to support the attack on Jiankang Mansion.