Yongzhou, since the Jin Dynasty Jianwu two years (318 years) set up governance, because of the Yong stream water. Before the slaughter of the city by Li Changjie and Zong Kang led by 100,000 troops in the eighth year of Xining, there were nearly 70,000 people in Yongzhou.

In that tragic battle, except for a few people who fled before the war, the remaining nearly 60,000 people were all slaughtered after the city was broken, and Li Changjie also ordered the demolition of Yongzhou City.

Although it has been 20 years since the Great Song Dynasty recovered Yongzhou, and the city outline has been built according to the original toe, the people in the city have not recovered to their original number.

After 20 years, Jiaozhi once again captured Yongzhou. Of the 50,000 people in the city, 20,000 fled, and the remaining 30,000 fell into the hands of the barbarians again.

At this moment, although there were no corpses in the city, the strong smell of blood had not yet dissipated. In the state office, Nguyen Chi Shun and several generals squatted in front of a rudimentary map, discussing the current war.

Ruan Zhishun was about fifty years old, of medium height, slightly darker, with a wide palate bone, broad and thin lips, and eyes with the air of an eagle and a wolf.

Adjutant General Li Yongtai is in his thirties, with a Japanese samurai sword hanging from his waist, his appearance is mediocre, but his hands are particularly long, his palms are thick, and he is covered with calluses, he pointed to the map and said: "Dashuai, according to our detailed returns, Yang Yi's 30,000 Song troops have passed through Liuzhou, and they can reach Penn in five days at most." ”

Ruan Zhishun sat back on the stool, and took a sip of water with an indifferent expression before saying: "Yang Yi has both humanities and martial arts, defeated the Liao State, Pingxi Xia, and has great military achievements, which should not be taken lightly!" General Li, you will rush to Kunlun Pass tomorrow to strengthen the fortifications, and the mountain road should be blocked with huge stones. ”

Li Yongtai replied: "Dashuai, I despise the enemy is Yang Yi, our nearly 100,000 troops are here, and he brought 30,000 horses, which obviously didn't take us seriously!" What's more, the northerners came to the south, they couldn't stand the miasma, and more than half of them were lost before the battle, Guo Kui led more than 100,000 Song troops to the south, and in the end, it wasn't a fart to go back, what can I do? The last general said that he should not have withdrawn his troops from Liuzhou at all, and directly fought a decisive battle with Yang Yi under the city of Liuzhou, and wiped out his 30,000 people. ”

Ruan Zhishun shook his head indifferently, and said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, Guo Kui's army of more than 100,000 people really failed to help me Dayue, but Yang Yi can fight habitually, it is impossible for him not to know the truth we know, I have been wondering, did he really only bring 30,000 horses?" Also, the northerners' southern expeditions often lost more than half due to water and soil adaptation, but judging from the information sent back by the detailed work, Yang Yi's army did not have this phenomenon, which is even more strange. In short, this person must not be taken lightly, knowing oneself and knowing the other can be invincible, and it is really unwise to fight with him rashly before this person is clearly understood. ”

"Marshal, when we sent troops, His Majesty wanted us to take Liangguang as soon as possible, and now we are stuck in a corner of Yongzhou, Your Majesty blames it, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for us to get rid of it!"

Ruan Zhishun sighed: "I will play Your Majesty in this matter, even if Your Majesty blames, this Shuai will also bear it, there is no need for you to worry." Today is different from the past, in recent years, the Song Dynasty has reformed the bad government, the Western Xia has been peaceful, and the country is flourishing. Coupled with the civil strife in Liao, unable to look south, the Song State took the opportunity to govern the Yellow River, develop the people's livelihood and accumulate national strength, and its intention to level the world has been revealed. I Dayue and the Song State have always had a disagreement, if the Song State is allowed to develop with peace of mind for a few more years, Dayue will definitely become the second Western Xia. Now only by winning Liangguang can Dayue have the capital to compete with the Song State. This is our last chance, and we must be more cautious! This time Yang Yi led the army to the south, the mountains are dangerous, the supply of grain and grass is difficult, and the northerners are not adapted, the longer we delay, the more favorable the situation is for us, this is the reason why the commander retreats to Kunlun Pass, if Yang Yi can be dragged in Kunlun Pass for a month or two, the Song army will not attack and collapse, and then we will wave our troops northward and take the land of Liangguang in one fell swoop, this is a safe plan, you can understand it. ”

When Li Yongqin, Li Bin, and Ke Changluo heard Ruan Zhishun's words, they no longer had any objections, and they all hugged their fists and said: "The marshal has a long-term plan, and the last general is too late to wait, and he is willing to obey the marshal's orders." ”

"Okay, General Li, you immediately rush to Kunlun Pass to sit in the town and strengthen the defense, you have to remember, only defend and not attack, no matter how the Song army provokes, you can't go to war, you must drag Yang Yi's army under Kunlun Pass, the longer it drags on, the better."

"The last general obeys!"

Li Yongtai clenched his fists and took the order.

At this time, there was a string of horses' hooves outside the state ya, and I saw a messenger rushing in, and reported loudly: "Dashuai, Su Qingliang, the fourth general of Guangxi, gathered soldiers and horses from Wuzhou, Hezhou, Tengzhou, Xunzhou and other places, totaling 15,000 people to the west, is storming Guizhou, the Song army does not count the casualties, day and night onslaught, and the Song army suddenly has a weapon called grenade, which caused great casualties to our army during the siege, and lost nearly 1,000 men and horses in one day, General Chen Chang asked the marshal to immediately send reinforcements. ”

Ruan Zhishun's face was impassive, and he leaned down on the map again and looked carefully. Before the arrival of Yang Yi's army, Su Qingliang had been guarding Xunzhou and did not dare to advance westward. Chen Chang, who is now stationed in Guizhou, has 10,000 soldiers, and Su Qingliang is only 15,000 soldiers, but he suddenly launched a fierce attack regardless of casualties, what does this mean?

Ruan Zhishun's eyes wandered over the map.

You can't go wrong! Su Qingliang must have received Yang Yi's strict order, so he would attack Guizhou regardless of casualties.

What is Yang Yi going to do?

Yang Yi's army came from the north, from this point of view, the strategic location of Guizhou is not very important, Guizhou, Yongzhou, Binzhou, the three places are like a triangle, from Penzhou to Yongzhou is only more than 100 miles, if you bypass Guizhou, it is more than four or five hundred miles, plus the road is difficult to walk, Yang Yi recaptured Guizhou at any cost, at first glance this seems a bit redundant.

But Ruan Zhishun never believed that Yang Yi was targetless, his eyes finally fell on the Xijiang waterway, and he couldn't help but be shocked, could it be .......that Yang Yi's supplies were not by land, but by water?

If this is the case, then the strategic location of Guizhou will become very important, with Guizhou guarding the Xijiang waterway and the Yujiang River upstream connecting Yongzhou. The terrain between Guizhou and Pennsylvania is relatively flat, and the distance is less than 200 miles.

There are several names for the entire Pearl River waterway, the section from Guangzhou to Wuzhou is called the Pearl River, the section from Wuzhou to Guizhou is called the Xijiang River, and the section from Guizhou to Yongzhou is called the Yujiang River, but no matter what it is called, his rivers are connected.

Guizhou held the middle reaches of the Pearl River, which meant that once Guizhou was recaptured by the Song army, the Song army could continuously send troops and materials through the Pearl River.

Yang Yi's army came by land from the north, and the supplies were supplied by waterway from the east? This is indeed unexpected by Ruan Zhishun, the army and logistics are separated, this is a very dangerous thing, as far as the current situation is concerned, once Guizhou cannot be captured, there is no need to fight by itself, Yang Yi's tens of thousands of troops will collapse due to lack of food, and the generals who are a little more cautious will not do this.

However, although this kind of sword move is unstable, once it works, it is a stroke of genius, and it is impossible to guard against it.

Judging from the previous analysis of Yang Yi's character, this person has a resolute personality, and his style of acting is extremely novel and undaring, regardless of military or political affairs.

Thinking of this, Ruan Zhishun's heart sank, and he kept wondering why Yang Yi only brought 30,000 horses. He wanted to defend Kunlun Pass to the death, but Yang Yi attacked Guizhou regardless of casualties, and now everything can be explained.

His 30,000 horses should be just one way, and the other way should be the eastern route, once Guizhou is opened, Yang Yi can continuously send troops and supplies through the Pearl River waterway.

This fluctuating move suddenly put himself in passivity.

Yang Yi! Sure enough, it's not a good man and a woman!

"Ke Changluo!"

"The last general!"

"Ben Shuai ordered you to rate 10,000...... No, 20,000 troops are reinforcing Guizhou day and night, you remember, if you arrive with your army, Guizhou has fallen, no matter what you pay, you must defend Guizhou back for me, otherwise, military law will be engaged. ”

"The last general obeys!"

Watching Ke Changluo leave in a hurry, Ruan Zhishun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as the so-called name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Yang Yi's great martial arts are not only popular in the Song Kingdom, but also known in the small countries on the same side. Although Yang Yi only brought 30,000 troops this time, Ruan Zhishun did not dare to underestimate the enemy at all.

Dayue and Western Xia, from the beginning of the country and the Song State disputes, the Great Yue State is narrow and sparsely populated, need to continue to invade the Song Kingdom, encroach on the land, and capture the people, in order to increase their national strength, 20 years ago Li Shijie invaded the Song Kingdom, killing and plundering the people no less than 100,000, the Great Yue State owed the Song State no less blood debt than the Western Xia.

In the past, there were Khitan in the north of the Song Kingdom, and there were party items in the west, and they were unable to look south, and with the miasma road danger in Guangnan, Dayue could sit back and relax and be unscrupulous.

But now, the Western Xia has been destroyed, the Liao State is in danger, but the Song State is thriving, and the current rulers of the Song State have a strong style, tough internally, and revenge on the outside, which makes it difficult for the Dayue monarchs and ministers to sleep and eat, for fear that the Song State will turn back to settle the general ledger in the future.

After a group of monarchs and ministers discussed, it was decided to preemptively take advantage of the Song State's efforts to govern the river, the northwest was undecided, and the Liao State would not collapse, so as to seize the land of Liangguang in one fell swoop, strengthen themselves, and be able to fight with the Song State in the future.

Time is running out! Ruan Zhishun couldn't help but sigh secretly, this time he led the army to attack the Song Dynasty, the pressure was extremely heavy, this is like a double-edged sword, if he can capture Liangguang, the greater the strength is expected, enough to compete with the Song State.

If it can't be attacked, it will anger the Song State again, and the consequences will be unimaginable. The life and death of the Great Yue Kingdom are tied to one, which makes Ruan Zhishun's heart feel like a thousand catties of boulders.

This attack on the Song Dynasty did not want to kill a large number of people, but Su Mian seemed to have a ghost that had not disappeared, and the people of Yongzhou swore to resist to the death, so that Ruan Zhishun had to order a massacre to deter the Quartet.

But now it seems that this move did not achieve the desired effect, when the army besieged Liuzhou, still encountered strong resistance, the army stormed for many days, several persuasions to surrender, to no effect, then had to retreat to the south of Kunlun Pass.

Ruan Zhishun frowned, put aside the chaos in his heart, and was ready to calm down and plan well and compete with Yang Yi. There was another sound of horses' hooves outside the state office, and then the scout soldiers who rushed in reported loudly: "Marshal, the news has been sent back from the front, and Yang Yi has ordered the leaders of the forty-four states, five counties, and eleven caves to rush to Pennsylvania. ”

"Is that so?"

"Dashuai, I have inquired very clearly, and this news will never be wrong."

Ruan Zhishun's eyes sank and asked, "What is the reaction of those clan leaders?" ”

"Back to Dashuai, Yang Yi sent an order to let the leaders of all ethnic groups must rush to Pennsylvania before July 5, otherwise they will be regarded as rebelling against the Song Dynasty and surrendering to the enemy, and threatened to conquer them together in the future.

"Revisit, this matter is very important, and we must always pay attention to the movements of all parties."

"Yes."

The herald withdrew, Ruan Zhishun fell into deep thought again, what is Yang Yi going to do? On the surface, this should be to unite these tribes to attack Dayue, if this is the case, Yang Yi should send someone to give gifts and ask others to send troops.

But Yang Yi's tone was full of threats, and he arrived within a limited time, and if he didn't come, he would ask for it.

Yang Yi is only 30,000 people, why is he so arrogant? What is the conspiracy involved?

Ruan Zhishun didn't dare to take Yang Yi's every move lightly, although he couldn't figure out what Yang Yi's intentions were for a while, he believed that Yang Yi must have other intentions.

Yang Yi, what are you going to do?.

(To be continued)