Three days ago, the 12th Five-Year Plan had crossed the Yellow River, bringing the total number of troops south of the Yellow River to 170,000, approaching Caozhou and other places; Zhao Gou, the king of Kang, sent an official letter in Bianliang, intending to restrain Zhang Jun's army, and had sent envoys to the Daimyo's mansion to negotiate, and Zhao Gou hoped that Yang Zhi would hand over the Jin captives in the Qinzhou assassination case to him.

After reading all the official documents, Yang Zhi found that the last page was the edict of Wang Boyan sent to Chang'an, and asked Zhang Cheng with a look of surprise: "Lord Zhang, didn't you say that Wang Boyan was going to Chang'an? Why is he still behind you?"

Zhang Cheng didn't believe Yang Zhi's surprise at all, and said angrily: "Lord Yang, it was arranged by the imperial court, and I don't know the specific situation, but now King Kang is fighting for time, and I hope Lord Yang will give me a letter." ”

Yang Zhi said: "Wanyan Bones, King Xiong, and Jin Ba are all dead, only Gongsun Shu, the mountain keeper of Huanglong Mansion, is still alive, originally I also planned to use Gongsun Shu to exchange a person with Jin Guo, since King Kang has needs, I am naturally no problem, but I and King Kang are not superiors and subordinates, I need to ask King Yun for instructions, and King Kang also needs the permission of the saint." In this case, I can inform Gongsun Shu to be escorted to Chang'an, and at the same time send someone to ask King Yun for instructions, and you should also hurry up and report to Hangzhou;

Yang Zhi's statement made Zhang Cheng stunned, it was too smooth, Yang Zhi actually did not refuse Zhao Gou's suggestion, but Yang Zhi insisted on the process that had to be taken, but from Yang Zhi's suggestion to carry out the three sides simultaneously, it can be seen that Yang Zhi did not mean to shirk;

The reason why Zhang Cheng didn't believe it was because the troops mobilized by the Jin State were all signed troops, and the combat effectiveness of these armies was not as good as the five protectors under Zhang Jun, even in the eyes of Bianliang, the situation was not serious, and the Jin State was more likely to be blackmail; Yang Zhi motioned to Zhang Cheng to drink tea and said: "Even if the Jin State fails to rescue the Western Xia once, as long as Xingzhou is still in the hands of Li Renxiao, the Jin State is bound to continue to rescue, but the Jin State wants to start a big war again, and the Jurchen people may not be willing to take the lead, so they use the signing army." If the signing fails, the Jurchen army should also be able to move to the front. ”

Zhang Cheng immediately discovered the difference between Zhang Jun and Yang Zhi, Zhang Jun's confidence in writing Zhao Kai came from the enemy in front of him, and Yang Zhi's consideration was a complicated battle situation; Yang Zhi can now be said to be the first general of the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Cheng took a sip of tea and asked humbly: "Then what does Lord Yang mean?"

Yang Zhi said indifferently: "Bianliang must be ready to fight, Caozhou and other places are just appetizers, and the real decisive battle is likely to be in Bianliang." ”

Yang Zhi almost said that Zhang Jun could only block the Jin army for a while in Caozhou, and he would definitely lose in the end; Zhang Cheng had no way to refute it, Zhang Jun's previous record was not very good, if people only compared Yang Zhi with Zhang Jun, but as the power of the Dingbei Army became bigger and bigger, in the eyes of most people, even Yue Fei and Xu Huiyan were much more powerful than Zhang Jun. This is the power of everyone's mouth, so that even if Zhang Cheng helps Zhang Jun say a few words, he doesn't know where to start.

What's more, in Zhang Cheng's heart, the safety of Bianliang and the future of King Kang are far more important than Zhang Jun's face, it is rare that Yang Zhi can have an interest in talking today, Zhang Cheng still wants to buy more things; Zhang Cheng smiled and asked: "According to Lord Yang's intentions, the Jin army will go south in two ways." ”

Song and Jin fought around the Yellow River for two years, where can they send troops, the deployment of troops on both sides is almost a matter on the surface, it is not difficult to guess the intention of the Jin army; since Yang Zhi said it, he has no intention of hiding it, Yang Zhi said calmly: "The battlefield of Caozhou is a place to fill people, Wu begs to buy them hope that both sides will continue to throw people into it, but they don't care about victory or defeat; but the number of troops dispatched from the Daimyo's Mansion may be about the same as Caozhou, but the cavalry of Jurchen and Youzhou will be more than half, can Bianliang block 100,000 horsemen?"

In addition, if Zhang Jun strives for victory at the beginning, he will put all the elites under King Kang into Caozhou, if he can't beat the signing army in one go, even if he wins, Liu Yu will continue to send reinforcements, Zhang Jun is not willing to give up the so-called results, and take Bianliang as the first purpose. If someone proposes to retreat south, how will King Kang deal with it?"

Yang Zhi said it lightly, it seemed that he was talking about the gossip of the neighbors, but listening to Zhang Cheng's ears, it was a completely different effect, because Zhang Jun and Wang Shu's battle plan was to defeat the signing army in Caozhou first, and then concentrate on guarding the defense line from Huazhou to Bianliang. According to Yang Zhi's analysis, Zhang Cheng found that it was impossible for Zhang Jun's people to come back when they went out, and according to the character of Xie Liang and others, it was very likely that they would propose a plan to retreat south.

On the surface, King Kang is now in power, but Zhang Cheng understands that King Kang's power is no longer what it used to be, the defense on both sides of the Yangtze River has been taken away by the Privy Council, Huaixi is in the hands of Li Gang, Chang'an is Yang Zhi in charge, Zhai Jin in Luoyang does not dare to obey orders like in the past, and Zhao Gou has no way to retreat at all. Those troops retreated to the front line of Zhenzhou, and Song Huizong would not pursue it, but if Zhao Gou lost Bianliang, it would be the end of luck, and he could really only become an idle king when he returned to Hangzhou.

Yang Zhi didn't say much to Zhang Cheng, and sent the guests off after a perfunctory couple of sentences, and asked people to find Pu Xiancheng to come over; Yang Zhi thought that Pu Xiancheng still had potential to be tapped, because Pu Xiancheng still did something about the government in Jinguo, and usually participated in the work of protecting the big people, unlike Hu Seng Tuo Mangheng, who was a pure idle cloud and wild crane, who didn't know anything when asked.

Pu Xiancheng was also very curious about Yang Zhi, he didn't know what Yang Zhi was doing about the gossip over there in Youzhou, especially Yang Zhi asked very carefully about the situation of good monks, Fu Liang, Liu Yu and others, Pu Xiancheng answered them one by one and asked: "Yang Shuai seems to be too concerned about these people, do you have any ideas?"

Yang Zhi said with a smile: "It's not that I have ideas, it's that the Jin people have ideas, since the Jin army broke Bianliang during the Jingkang period, the Jurchen clan from top to bottom, everyone has eaten enough, from barefoot to shoeed, I'm afraid there is no longer the original strength to play with life." Among the current Jurchen soldiers, there are also people who want to go south with great ambitions, and they will not fail to see this, so if they still want to put a little pressure on the Great Song Dynasty, they must use people other than the Jurchens. Relying on you on the rivers and lakes, the government can only rely on those Han people who surrendered to the Jin State. ”