One Piece of Song Dynasty

Looking at Yue Yun's back, Wang Shu stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty really thinks highly of Yue Yun. Others have five thousand cavalry, but Yue Yun's cavalry has ten thousand."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Of course, I trained him as Huo Qubing. Okay, Mr. Zhao, send an order to Ma Kuo to lead his army on board a ship to attack Shandong. Then send an order to ask about Zheyan's quality and take a look at him." "Whether the army has been assembled in Ezhou, if it has been assembled, it will go to Macheng first; if it has not been assembled, it will wait until it is assembled and then go to Macheng."

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

Zhang Jun joked, "The prince is preparing to have a big fight with Jin Wushu in Lianghuai."

Li Xin chuckled and said, "If we put such a big bait in Luzhou, I don't believe that Jin Wushu will not be tempted."

It would be false to say that Jin Wushu was unmoved. At this time, Jin Wushu was discussing the matter with the generals at the Jin Army camp on the Shouchun front line.

Jin Wushu said, "Since the war resumed two months ago, the Song army has mainly defended the city and has not taken the initiative to fight with our army. Therefore, we have not yet opened up the situation facing several cities on the front line, and we are still attacking. There have been many casualties in the city, and countless amounts of food have been consumed. Now it is reported that Li Xin has personally led an army to Luzhou. It seems that he has the idea of ​​​​fighting our army. What do you think?"

Dragon and Tiger King Wanyan suddenly frowned and said: "Marshal, Li Xin's actions this time are a bit abnormal. He actually led his army to Luzhou. Luzhou is only five or six days away from Shouchun. If the cavalry can reach it in two or three days, He shouldn't be so reckless. Does he really think that our army dare not raid Luzhou with heavy troops?"

Gaitian King Wanyan Zongxian said, "Maybe he really thought that our army did not dare to attack him. After all, our army has been at a standstill for nearly two months. The siege battles in the past two months not only caused us heavy casualties, but also cost us a lot of money." He has robbed us of a lot of food and fodder and depleted our morale. Now the siege battle cannot boost the morale of our army at all. If we attack him with heavy troops, he can definitely draw troops from Han Shizhong and Qu Duan to rescue him."

Han Chang shouted, "Since Li Xin underestimates us so much, Marshal, we have to give him some color."

Jin Wushu coldly snorted, "Two months have passed since the war. It's time to end. Since Li Xin has come to our door, I will accept his gift and seize Li Xin. This will be our downfall." The best opportunity for the Song Dynasty."

Zongxian asked, "If we want to raid Luzhou with heavy troops, what will Han Shizhong and Qu Duan do?"

Jin Wushu said, "Withdraw our troops in Haozhou, and Han Shizhong will be handed over to the East Route Army to contain. Although our army has lost thirty or forty thousand people in the siege battles in the past two months, our army just added troops seven days ago." , now our army in the middle has troops. From the original troops, troops are left under the command of Saili to contain Quduan in Guangzhou, and troops are left in Shouchun under the command of General Li Cheng to contain them. As long as the enemy forces in Shouchun City don't let them cause trouble, the remaining troops will follow my commander to raid Luzhou and capture Li Xin alive. After three days, the whole army will set off. Whether we can overthrow the Song Dynasty will depend on this."

The generals stood up and clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Commander."

The large-scale movement of the Jin Army did not go unnoticed by the Song Army's scouts. On the first day after Jin Wushu let Shouchun go south, Li Xin received a report on the Jin Army's movements.

Taking the report, Li Xin looked at the map, then called Zhao Ding and others and said, "Look at the battle report from the front line. Jin Wushu couldn't help but go south. Now Jin Wushu has conquered Haozhou." The army withdrew and was divided into three groups. They went all the way to Guangzhou obviously to contain Qu Duan, and stayed all the way in Shouchun obviously for the safety of their retreat. He himself led tens of thousands of elites south towards us."

After reading this, Zhao Ding frowned and said, "Jin Wushu has taken the bait, but his menacing attack obviously means that he wants to finish us off in one fight."

Li Xin asked, "Has Zhe Yanzhi sent a reply to tell him how he is doing there?"

Wang Shu reported, "Your Majesty, I haven't received a reply from Zhe Yanzhi yet. The urgent secret order that was just sent out on the seventh day should have arrived by now."

As soon as Wang Shu finished speaking, a guard came running in and said, "Your Majesty, a flying pigeon from Ezhou has sent a message."

Li Xin took the letter and read it and said, "It really means that Cao Cao has arrived. Zheyan asked the letter. The letter said that he had received the imperial edict and would leave for Macheng tomorrow."

Zhang Jun said, "It takes six or seven days to get from Ezhou to Macheng. Tomorrow is July th, which means Orihiko Shibu can reach Macheng on July th at the earliest."

Li Xin nodded and said, "Yes, Mr. Zhao, send another decree to Zhe Yanzhi, ordering him to go north to Xinyang, Guangzhou when he arrives in Macheng, take over from Qu Duan to contain the enemy forces in Guangzhou, and then send a letter to Qu Duan, asking him to lead it." The main force of the Middle Route Governor's Office went north to recapture Nanyang and Luoyang, and cooperated with the West Route Governor's Office to first eliminate the enemy West Route Army, and then go north to attack Hedong. It would be best if they could reach Datong. The West Route Governor's Office must also be informed of this matter, so that the two armies can cooperate at that time. , after completing the battle against the enemy's West Route Army, the West Route Governor's Mansion immediately shifted to a defensive posture against the Xia Kingdom."

Zhao Ding said thoughtfully, "The prince is planning to keep Jin Wushu in the Central Plains."

Li Xin said solemnly, "Yes, this time the Northern Expedition will not only regain the lost territory, but also severely inflict heavy losses on the hundreds of thousands of enemy troops who invaded the south. It would be best if we can eat them all. If we can't eat them, we have to eat most of them. In short, this battle is going to take a long time." It severely damaged the vitality of the Jin Kingdom and made them afraid to peek into the Central Plains from now on."

Wang Shu agreed, "Your Majesty is wise, so you should teach the Kingdom of Jin a lesson like this."

Li Xin then said, "Xiangong Zhao, tell Han Shizhong to cooperate with Ma Kuo to defeat the enemy's East Route Army, and then come and encircle Jin Wushu's Middle Route Army."

Zhao Dingzuo bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Urgent report." Suddenly a guard shouted outside the door.

When the guard entered, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent message."

Li Xin took the letter and opened it with joy. "Haha, that's really good news. You three, Yue Fei and Liu Qi have received good news. They have already established a foothold in Yanjing and Huacheng. Take a look."

Zhao Ding and the others congratulated each other excitedly after reading the message, "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince for making an immortal contribution."

Wang Shulao burst into tears and said, "This is the best news that our dynasty has not had in many years."

Zhang Jun suggested, "Your Majesty, can you spread this good news throughout the country to boost the morale of the former county officers and soldiers?"

Li Xin thought for a moment calmly and said, "There's no rush, spread the word now and let the Jin people know it. I'm afraid Jin Wushu won't come. In that case, I won't be able to achieve the king's purpose of severely damaging the enemy. This news first Suppress it and spread it out at the appropriate time. No matter who you are here, you can't spread this news now, just know it in your heart."

Everyone clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I obey your order."