One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhao Ding asked: "Your Majesty, if you want the two governor's offices to work together, what is the command issue?"

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Let's see, the middle route Dudufu will mainly deal with the puppet Qi West Route Army Kong Yanzhou's department, while the enemy's east and middle armies will be handed over to the East Route Dudufu. In order to make up for the lack of troops in the East Route Dudufu, Question, mobilize Zhang Jun’s troops to cross the river to support Luzhou.”

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I obey your order."

After receiving the order, Han Shizhong summoned the generals and said: "Everyone, the puppet Qi army came with bad intentions this time, but this time they did not have the help of the Jin army. Our main task is to defeat the enemy's eastern and central armies. Yang Zaixing and Li Shifu A total of cavalry troops and troops marched into Haozhou to prepare to meet the enemy's Eastern Route Army. people from the Cheng-Min tribe were stationed at Xuyi to prevent the Qi army from entering Huaidong. Jie Yuan and Wang Shengni led troops to reinforce Shouchun. , a few of you will lead the army first, and then I will lead an army of in mobile combat."

The generals clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Commander-in-Chief, the last general has received the order."

Han Shizhong said to Zong Ying: "Deputy Governor Zong, lead the remaining people to stay in Yangzhou."

Zong Ying nodded and said: "Don't worry, Governor, I will leave Yangzhou to you."

After receiving the order, Qu Duan, the governor of the Central Route, summoned the generals and said: "This time our enemy is only one hundred thousand troops of the enemy's West Route Army. Wang De, you will lead an army of to assist Guangzhou. I, the governor, will lead an army of to attack the Central Plains or Looking for an opportunity to intercept the return route of Kong Yanzhou's troops, Deputy Governor Huyan leads an army of to stay in Xiangyang."

The generals clasped their fists and said, "The last general has received his order."

On this day, Yang Zaixing led his army to Ooutang Town, Dingyuan County. He looked up and saw a mountain in front of him. The mountain was not high, but it was very dangerous. Yang Zaixing was suspicious when he suddenly heard the sound of drums on the mountain shaking the sky, ambush troops came out, and arrows rained down. The soldiers around Yang Zaixing were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Li Shifu hurriedly raised his shield and ran over on horseback: "General Yang, it seems that our army has encountered the main force of Liu Ni. What do you think we should do."

"Our army is small. If we withdraw, we will defeat General Li. You lead your elite cavalry to attack his front army and rush into the enemy's formation with all your strength. I will attack his rear." After Yang Zaixing said this, he waved his gun and led his elite troops to take a detour. Li Shifu led the cavalry in a desperate charge: "Today we will fight against the bandit army regardless of whether we advance or retreat."

Li Shifu led five thousand elite cavalry into the enemy's formation and was fighting fiercely with the enemy. Suddenly there was chaos behind the enemy. He looked up and saw Yang Zaixing majestic and leading his elite to fight out from behind. Both sides fought hand to hand, resulting in constant casualties. Even though there were many soldiers and horses of the puppet Qi army, Yang Zaixing felt as if he was in a deserted place. He mounted his horse, brandished his spear, and chopped down the enemy generals continuously. Suddenly he shouted: "The traitor army has been defeated. The traitor army has been defeated."

Seeing that Yang Zaixing and Li Shifu were unstoppable, the enemy general suddenly heard that his army had been defeated and immediately fled on horseback. There are still tens of thousands of puppet Qi infantry on the battlefield, all standing frozen and terrified, unable to move. Yang Zaixing jumped on his horse and shouted: "You are all our citizens of the Song Dynasty. Yang Zaixing is here, why don't you surrender quickly?"

All the enemy soldiers then dropped their weapons and fell to the ground to beg for their lives. Yang Zaixing and Li Shifu walked through the battlefield and saw groups of prisoners and mountains of corpses.

The Qi army on the east route was defeated, and the Qi army on the middle route was also not doing well. Liu Lin did not dare to rush forward rashly. He led the army to stay in Shunchang, and only sent Cui Gao, Wang Yu, and Jia Ze to cross the Huaihe River and go south to Shouchun. However, as soon as the three of them passed through Shouchun, they encountered the Song army of Jie Yuan and Wang Sheng who were heading north. The two sides fought. The Qi army was frustrated and turned to besiege Shouchun City. The Shouchun guard Sun Hui took advantage of the night to rob the stronghold. The Qi army suffered serious casualties. , Liu Lin saw that the plan to attack Luzhou in the south failed, and heard the news of the defeat of the Eastern Route Army, so he ordered the withdrawal.

The Puppet Qi West Route Army led by Kong Yanzhou also did not go well. At the beginning, it was strongly blocked by Guangzhou Guard Wang Xin and was trapped under the Guangzhou City for a long time. Later, it encountered Wang De's reinforcements. The two sides fought and the Puppet Qi Army was defeated. Seeing that the situation was not good and hearing the news that the other two armies had retreated, Kong Yanzhou hurriedly withdrew his troops. However, he did not know that Qu Duan had already led his army to set up an ambush in Caiyang, and was waiting for him to retreat. As a result, Kong Yanzhou's troops stepped into Qu Duan. Duan's ambush circle was violently attacked by the Song army. For a while, the Qi army panicked and suffered many casualties. Kong Yanzhou, seeing that the situation was over, led a few cavalrymen to flee.

In the early morning, although Li Xin had his eyes closed in bed, his eyes were still moving. He suddenly heard footsteps outside the door and jumped up. Under the guidance of Xiao Dezi, Zhao Ding crept in with a few victory reports. He couldn't help but be surprised when he saw that Li Xin had not slept all night. Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Since there are police in Huaixi, I can only fall asleep at dawn every day. When the report comes suddenly, I will get up in my clothes. This has happened several times. How is the military situation at the front?"

"It is the fault of all ministers to cause the prince to worry and work like this. The princes Yang Zaixing and Li Shifu defeated the main force of Liu Ni on the east side of the puppet Qi Dynasty in Ou Tang." Zhao Ding excitedly handed over the memorial. Li Xin grabbed the memorandum and said: "Zai Xing personally entered the enemy's formation and intimidated the enemy. He beheaded tens of thousands of enemies and captured tens of thousands of enemies. Han Shizhong sent Jie Yuan and Wang Sheng to rescue Shouchun and fought fiercely with the enemy on the way. One day, Liu Lin's middle route army was pursued all night until Nan Shouchun. They captured countless boats, ships, chariots, horses, gold, silk, and rice. The enemy on the west route, Kong Yanzhou, besieged Guangzhou. When he heard that Liu Yi was defeated, he also withdrew his troops. However, on the way back to Caiyang They were ambushed by Quduan's army and the enemy army was defeated. Only Kong Yanzhou and a few people escaped, and the victory was great.

Li Xin said with satisfaction: "The two governor's offices have done a good job. I have sent an order to commend the two governor's offices. Each of them will be given a reward of billion Chinese dollars, and a reward of million Chinese dollars will be given to Zhang Junbu. This time, although Zhang Junbu There was no military merit, but there was still hard work and the trip could not be wasted. All the captured enemy leaders were killed. Most of these people were originally Song generals. The Jin army surrendered to the Jin army when it came. This unhealthy trend must be severely punished. As for the Those who surrendered and had families were given money and rice to send back; those who did not have families and were willing to be soldiers became soldiers; those who were unwilling to be soldiers were given money and allocated land to be resettled in the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise, and I obey your orders."

As soon as the two of them finished talking, Xiao Dezi came in and said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Zhongcheng is here."

Li Xin said: "Oh, Zhang Jun is here, let him come in."

Zhang Jun came in and saluted first: "My minister Zhang Jun pays homage to the prince and congratulates him on the victory of Huaixi over the Puppet Qi."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Zhang Zhongcheng also got the news."

Zhang Jun continued: "I hope that your Majesty will be well-off soon and work hard to march into the Central Plains with victory."

Li Xin smiled and said nothing, while Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "What Zhang Zhongcheng said is inappropriate. It is not the right time yet. I always think that it is the best idea for the prince to stay in Lin'an to defend the world.

"If you don't advocate for the world, you won't be able to do it, and if you don't do it, it won't happen. Since Yue Fei regained the six counties of Xianghan, the prince has been making progress again and again in the past three years, and then his morale has been restored. Now in the hearts of the people all over the world, who doesn't think that the royal family doesn't care about the Central Plains at this time? When will it be better?" Zhang Jun took advantage of the great victory to become even more eloquent.

Zhao Ding said sincerely: "The stakes are high if the prince goes ahead or stops. If there are police stationed in Jiankang, it will be difficult to stay away for a while."