One Piece of Song Dynasty

After Zhao Yun left, Yue Fei called Yao Zheng and Lu Junyi and said, "The other armies have already moved towards their respective goals. It's just the two of you who are missing. After eating and resting for a while, you can also rush towards your respective goals. Now it's still time." Before it was time to relax, it was reported that after passing through the five passes overnight, we only occupied Yuguan, and the others had not moved. You can imagine how much pressure we are under. The Jin people have not yet reacted. This time Two days are very precious to us, especially General Lu and your Zijingguan pass. Zijingguan is the furthest pass our army has attacked this time. I hope to hear from General Lu that you successfully captured Zijingguan before the day after tomorrow. News, then I can report our good news to the prince."

Lu Junyi cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander Yue. The general will enter Zijingguan as quickly as possible and will never let down the expectations of the prince and Commander Yue."

After eating and resting for half an hour, Lu Junyi and Yao Zheng led the army towards their respective goals, and then Yue Fei led the remaining army into the city.

After entering the Yanjing government office and arranging the city defense matters, Yue Fei asked, "Have we captured the residences of Kou Cheng, Du Chong and other Song officials who surrendered to the enemy, as well as the residences of senior Jurchen officials?"

Kou Cheng replied, "We won them all with the help of Mr. Zhao."

Yue Fei nodded and said, "That's good. All the captured property will be sealed up, and the personnel will be put in prison, and will be handed over to the prince for disposal later."

Kou Cheng cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Commander Yue, where are the local officials in Yanjing?"

Yue Fei replied, "Don't worry about them for the time being. As long as they don't come out to cause trouble, it would be best if they could take the initiative to help us maintain social stability. Gentlemen, I'll leave this matter to you."

Li Ruoxu and others bowed and said, "Yes, Commander."

The Song Army, which was rapidly marching to various places, temporarily arrested everyone they encountered along the way in order to slow down the reaction speed of enemy officials. By the morning of July , Zhang Xianbu of the Song Army had completely controlled Pingluan Prefecture and Yuguan Prefecture. With Songting Pass, other Yue Fei tribes also controlled Jizhou, Shunzhou, Tongzhou, Zhuozhou, and most of Yanjing. Gubeikou and Juyong Pass were also captured by Xu Qing and Wang Gui. Currently, only Jizhou Zunguan is left. Hua and Yizhou have not yet been controlled by the Song army, but Lu Junyi's troops have captured Laishui and are rushing towards Yizhou and Zijingguan. It is expected that Yue Fei's troops will be able to control the entire prefectures in front of Yanyun Mountain in one day at most and complete their mission. All Yue Fei's soldiers shifted to a defensive posture on the spot and began to strengthen city defenses in various places to prepare for future defensive battles.

While Yue Fei and Liu Qi were busy with their respective goals, Li Xin personally led the army from Jiankang across the Yangtze River towards Luzhou. The -strong army headed towards Luzhou in a swaggering manner after crossing the river. He was afraid that the Jin army would not know that he had crossed the river, but the distance he walked every day was quite long. By July , Li Xin led an army of people to Luzhou smoothly. Zhang Jun, who had been stationed in Luzhou in advance, personally went out of the city to greet him. Li Xin et al.

Li Xin met Zhang Jun and asked, "Bo Ying, how is the situation in Luzhou?"

Zhang Jun replied, "Your Majesty, everything is normal in Luzhou now. The fighting on the front line in Shouchun is not as fierce. However, it is reported that the Jin Army's offensive has eased recently. In this hot weather, I see that the Jin Army is almost at the end of its war effort."

Li Xin then asked, "How long can the food reserves in Luzhou City be enough to feed the troops and the people in the city? Are all the equipment for defending the city still available?"

Zhang Jun thought for a while and said, "If you eat the food normally for a year, it won't be a problem. If you save a little, you can eat it for a year and a half. Some of the food was already in the city, and there were also the equipment that the ministers led the army to bring over later." Complete, including squatting tiger cannons, thunder carts, crossbows, kilograms of kerosene, a month's reserve of tiger crouching cannon shells, and kilograms of raw materials for the shells."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Very good, this time I have brought five hundred tiger squatting cannons and a thousand kilograms of kerosene. With these, no matter who comes to attack the city, I am confident that he will not be able to eat and walk around." "

Zhang Jun was shocked and said, "Someone wants to attack Luzhou."

Zhang Jun, who was standing next to Li Xin, smiled and said, "Bo Ying, the prince and some of our heavyweights are here. Do you think the enemy will come to attack the city if they find out? Besides, the prince's Northern Expedition will definitely anger the Jin people. When the Jin people heard that the prince was in Luzhou, do you think they would be unmoved?"

Zhang Jun understood as soon as he thought about it, "That's right. I'll go back and arrange the city defense immediately."

Li Xin grabbed Zhang Jun and said, "Don't worry, even if the Jin people do come, it will take a few days. Let's go to the city first."

After entering the city and arranging the military camps, Li Xin called a few people at the Luzhou government office and said, "Zhang Jun, Yang Yizhong, Luzhou city defense, you two should divide it."

Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong looked at each other. Yang Yizhong was once Zhang Jun's subordinate. It was difficult for Yang Yizhong to speak first when facing the old leader. Zhang Jun also knew that Yang Yizhong had a high status in Li Xin's heart, so he did not He spoke first, and then the two of them fell silent.

After a while, Li Xin looked at the two of them without saying anything and said, "Since you two don't say anything, I will make arrangements for you. The south and north of Luzhou City will be divided into two parts with the south Feishui River in the center of Luzhou City. Let's draw lots. Which one will we catch?" No, do you two have any opinions?"

Both of them shook their heads and expressed no objection, so Li Xin asked Xiao Dezi to bring up a bowl. Li Xin wrote two notes, put them in the bowl, put them over, shook them, opened the bowl and said, "Which of you comes first?"

Yang Yizhong said first, "General Zhang should come first."

Zhang Jun said, "Okay, then I will come first."

After that, Zhang Jun stepped forward, took out a piece of paper, opened it and said, "Your Majesty, the one I drew is south of the Nanfei River."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Okay, then the two walls south of the Nanfei River and the west and south sides of Luzhou City will belong to Boying's camp left guard, while the two walls north of the Nanfei River and the north and east walls will belong to the camp." The right guard is here."

The two replied "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin said, "Okay, you two go down to prepare the city defense first. This time the enemy is very likely to send heavy troops to attack the city. You two must work together to defend the city and gain opportunities for the army to counterattack."

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, I will try my best to defend Luzhou."

After Zhang Jun and Yang Yizhong left, Li Xin called Yue Yun and said, "Yue Yun, it's useless for your cavalry to stay and defend the city. After a day's rest, you take your cavalry out of the city and head northeast. Try to avoid the enemy troops on the way, and try to detour behind the enemy's East Route Army. First cooperate with the East Route Governor's Mansion to eliminate this enemy. This time I will give you the advantage of the Northern Expedition. The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. You don't need to report the discovery of a fighter plane. How can you beat yourself? The final say is that after the war, you can give me a detailed report on the war, but if the battle ends, don’t waste all these precious cavalry for me.”

Yue Yun said excitedly, "My lord, don't worry. I will definitely disturb the enemy's peace and cooperate with the counterattack of all armies."