One Piece of Song Dynasty

Soon Pang Rong, led by Kang Ning and others, quickly took control of the entire Changli City. Hundreds of soldiers guarding the city either died in their sleep or were captured.

When Zhang Xian led the follow-up army to arrive, the entire Changli City was completely under Pang Rong's hands. Zhang Xian, Pang Rong, Kang Ning, Zhang Yan and others quickly gathered together to discuss the next move.

Kang Ning asked: "General Zhang, the next step is to divide the army into two groups. The one to Yuguan is particularly important. I don't know who the general plans to send."

Zhang Xian and Pang Rong looked at each other and said, "Let Ouyang Rui go. His ability is good among the generals. Let him lead five thousand troops to Yuguan." Ouyang Rui is Xinghan Island Chong. One of the many graduates from the martial arts academy, he was later sent to Yue Fei's army by Li Xin.

Pang Rong nodded and said, "Okay, I'll give him the order right away."

Kang Ning signaled: "No rush, let me ask you first, can you bring city building materials with you this time? Yuguan has not been repaired much since it was occupied by the Jin soldiers because it is in the rear area. It is now a bit dilapidated. If you want to hold on to Yuguan, you still need to It just needs to be repaired and repaired.”

Zhang Xian replied: "Yes, you, Mr. Zhao, have already mentioned this issue before when you sent a message to our Commander-in-Chief Yue. When we came this time, except for weapons, equipment and food, all we brought were city building materials, just for Repair and strengthen several important gateways.”

Kang Ning said: "That's good. There is a small town called Funing near the northwest of Yuguan. When you send people to Yuguan, you can occupy it by the way. Zhang Yan has contact with the people there, and I will let Zhang Yan Yan will take you to Funing and Yuguan, and Yuguan is a dangerous pass. You don’t need to put too many troops there. The other troops can be placed in Funing and make it a supply and support base for Yuguan."

Zhang Xian nodded and said: "Okay, General Pang, you have to inform Ouyang Rui of Master Kang's words. From now on, he will be the frontline commander of the defense of Yuguan and will be fully responsible for the defense of Yuguan."

Pang Rong cupped his fists and said, "Okay, I'll go give him orders right now."

After Pang Rong took Zhang Yan away, Kang Ning asked again: "The next problem is Pingzhou. Pingzhou is northwest of Changli. I don't know who General Zhang plans to send."

Zhang Xian replied: "I plan to let General Pang personally lead the team to Pingzhou. From now on, General Pang will be stationed in Pingzhou to respond to the war in the direction of Songting Pass, and I will be stationed in Changli to respond to the war in the direction of Yuguan."

Kang Ning said thoughtfully: "What about the other cities? In Pingluan and Pingzhou, there are five cities: Luanzhou, Shicheng, Leting, Haishan and Macheng."

Zhang Xian walked: "In these five cities, I can only send a thousand people to each city to maintain the most basic defense status to ensure the stability of each place."

Kang Ning sighed: "That's all we have to do. It would be great if the prince could send more troops."

Zhang Xian comforted him and said: "Master Kang, don't worry. As long as we can hold Yuguan and Songtingguan, the Jin people won't be able to invade. Besides, the prince has used five to six hundred thousand troops to plan this Northern Expedition. There are needs everywhere." It is not easy for the prince to use troops."

While the two were chatting, Pang Rong came back: "The order has been conveyed, and Ouyang Rui has led his team to set off with Zhang Yan."

Zhang Xian nodded: "That's good, General Pang. The next step is for you to lead troops to Pingzhou. After occupying Pingzhou, let Zhao Mu lead troops to quickly attack Qian'an and Songting Pass. Pingzhou and Qian I will leave the war in An and Songting Pass to you, General Pang."

Pang Rong clasped his fists and said: "General Zhang, don't worry. I will definitely guard the Songting Pass. If anything goes wrong, I will come to see you."

Kang Ning said: "Okay, General Pang, I will also send my subordinate Zhou Feng to go with you. He is very familiar with the people in Pingzhou and Qian'an."

Pang Rong nodded and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Kang."

After Pang Rong led his army away, Zhang Xian sent another thousand troops to each of the other cities, leaving Zhang Xian with mobile troops left.

Zhang Xian's side went smoothly, and Yue Fei's side was about the same. However, because Yue Fei's army had a large number of troops, it took more time to disembark and assemble. It took nearly an hour and a half for Yue Fei's army to disembark, which meant that it was almost time to arrive. At midnight, all the soldiers were disembarked. Although it took a long time to disembark, Yue Fei was not idle. For example, Kou Cheng's five thousand cavalry troops who disembarked immediately were sent by Yue Fei to attack Yanjing City, and then Yu Peng led them. Ten thousand troops went to Jizhou, and then Yue Fei was worried that something would happen to Kou Cheng, so he sent Wang Gui to lead five thousand infantry to chase Kou Cheng.

Kou Cheng's cavalry was very fast and occupied Wuqing at a young age. After occupying Wuqing, Kou Cheng did not stay too much. Except for leaving men to temporarily defend the city and wait for the subsequent infantry to take over, the others Continue to attack Yanjing City.

Zhao Yun, who was in Yanjing City at this time, couldn't help but feel uneasy. Since Yanjing City was relatively far from the Haihe outlet, the time Zhao Yun and Yue Fei agreed to take action was at the beginning of Yinshi, which was three o'clock in the morning.

Zhao Yun was pacing back and forth in the courtyard. At this moment, he felt that the days were like years. This was the first time he had felt this way in so many years as a spy. He hoped that time would go faster, but he was afraid that something would happen, so he also hoped that time would pass. He had to go slower. This conflicting mood made him very tormented and restless.

Finally, at the end of the ugly period, Zhao Yun felt that the time was almost up, so he called one of his subordinates and said: "I think it's almost time. Let's take action. Let's go to Yingchun Gate to prepare for the arrival of the army."

Following Zhao Yun's order, dozens of his subordinates who were already ready immediately went out and dispersed towards Yingchun Gate. Yanjing is a big city after all, and its defense cannot be as weak as the surrounding small towns, but it is a battle. At that time, the front line was now thousands of miles away. Although Yanjing, as the de facto rear area, had many troops, its defense situation was very lax, so as long as you were careful, there would be no big problem.

Zhao Yun and his people approached the Yingchun Gate smoothly. As old people who have lived in Yanjing City for nearly twenty years, they can be said to be extremely familiar with Yanjing. Every street and landmark building has long been Imprinted in their minds.

At this time, Kou Cheng and Hu Zi, who were ambushing in the woods outside the city, were also silently waiting for the movement in the city. Kou Cheng put down the telescope and asked in a low voice: "Brother, your Vice Commander Zhao will not miss it, right? This horse is about to be in time."

Huzi replied: "General, don't worry. Our Deputy Commander Zhao will never make a mistake. We have lived in Yanjing for twenty years and are very familiar with Yanjing. General, if you wait patiently, I hope to welcome the spring soon." The gates of the gate will be opened.”