In the autumn of the 16th year of Huayuan, Bozhou, which was extremely sensitive to both Han and Song, had an accident.

The Southern Song Dynasty has always been cautious about the Bozhou issue, on the one hand, it did not dare to anger the hardliners in the territory, so it did not officially recognize the return of Bozhou to the Han, and on the other hand, it forbade the army to approach Bozhou, so as not to provoke disputes among the Han people. The Han court only temporarily stated that it would take over Bozhou, although a team of soldiers and horses was symbolically stationed, but the civil officials of the Han Dynasty did not follow up in time, so Bozhou was handled by Wang Yan and his henchmen for a long time after it was annexed to the Han court. Wang Yan and his henchmen both lack political ideals, and are not experts in governance, the south is facing the economic blockade of the Southern Song Dynasty regime, and the north is unable to achieve regular business and trade with the Han Dynasty, the Han Privy Council through various means to transport the materials into Bozhou is more than Wang Yan headed by the civil and military officials layer by layer of withholding, resulting in the deterioration of the people's livelihood in Bozhou, in the autumn of this year, the people in the city and the lower level of the soldiers miss Zhao Song, and on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, they rose up to launch a riot, killed Wang Yan, and returned to the Song Dynasty! The Han army barracks in the city were also breached by surprise, and most of the soldiers were killed in the chaos!

Zhao Gou complained bitterly when he heard the news, but he had to order a reward due to internal and external pressure.

Ouyang Shi had suggested in Beijing that he should concentrate on transporting troops and horses by sea ships to attack various places along the southeast coast, and use the naval division to go up the Yangtze River to Jiankang, but this suggestion was rejected by Zhi Yanchong.

In the end, although the army of the Southern Expedition was still advancing by land and water, the naval division at sea was only an auxiliary, the land infantry was the main force, and the army was divided into two routes, east and west. At that time, although the Western Xia was determined, Xiao Tienu was still in Chang'an and had not returned, so Zhi Yanchong gave Xiao Tienu the right to attack the two rivers, which was the west road; He raised all the troops and horses on all roads and personally conquered the Southern Song Dynasty, which was the East Road.

On the western route, Xiao Tienu took the newly returned Uighur as his deputy commander, and ordered Yan Song to supervise the grain in the road, but did not use Liu Qi, and only let him continue to deter Ganlong and stabilize the rear.

On the east route, Zhe Yanchong took Ren Dejing as the left, went out of Shandong, went down to Huaibei, took Yelu Yujian as the right, went out of Luoyang, took Quduan as the center, and went out of Hanoi - the army under the command of these three generals was the front army of the Eastern Route Army of the Southern Expedition. Zheyan Chong personally led the main force, went out of the Daimyo's mansion, and made an appointment with Yelu Yujian and Qu Duan to meet under the city of Bianliang to encircle and annihilate Yue Fei. He also ordered Wang Yan to protect the grain road in the east and south of the river, and ordered Zhao Li to protect the grain road in the north of Huaibei in Shandong-which can be regarded as a rear army.

The twelve generals of the Han Dynasty mobilized seven at once, and the scale of the use of troops was unprecedented! In addition, the second prince Zhe Yunwen also went out with the army.

On the second day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Bozhou returned to the Song Dynasty, and in September the Han Dynasty launched an attack, and before October arrived, the good news from all sides flew to the capital like snowflakes, and arrived in the hands of the superintendent Zhi Yunwu, the speaker Ouyang Shi and the prime minister Chen Xian, and then the intelligence department of the Han Dynasty selected it, and the news that could be made public was made public to the people to inspire people.

The news of the people went very fast, and the people of Jinmen heard the news of the southern expedition in mid-September, and ushered in good news in mid-October! The people of southern Liaoning felt that it was both expected and unexpected for the imperial court to suddenly order a southern expedition - people had expected that there would be a war between the north and the south, but they didn't expect this battle to come so quickly and so suddenly! However, the news of the successive victories of the Han army, the people of southern Liaoning were not surprised at all.

"Such a bullshit Zhao Song, when I saw the Liao soldiers, I was short of breath, and when I heard the Jin soldiers, my legs were weak, we even defeated the Liao people and the Jin people, where is Zhao Song!"

Most people in southern Liaoning still have the impression of the Zhao and Song armies in the Jingkang period, although there was Yue Fei's restoration of Henan later, but everyone also felt that it was just the general's luck when he met Zong Bi's most vulnerable. And this time, Yue Fei's successive defeats and retreats made the people of southern Liaoning even more convinced of this! The myth of the invincibility of the Han army was further rooted in the hearts of the people.

"Our Han army is invincible!"

Similar shouts occasionally came from the tavern in Jinmen, and Lin Yu also heard this sound, when he went to the small river outside the city to find Yang Yingqi, the middle-aged old Qilin was holding his chin in a daze, and the fishing rod inserted on the side had been bent by the fish without noticing.

Lin Yu shouted: "Old Yang! You've eaten all the bait! ”

Yang Yingqi came back to his senses, grabbed the fishing line and looked at it, even the hook had already been ripped off by the fish, Lin Yu came over and asked him what he was thinking, but Yang Yingqi shook his head and did not answer, Lin Yu smiled: "I know what you are bothering about." ”

Yang Yingqi was surprised and asked, "Do you know?" ”

Lin Yu said: "Uncle's troops are getting better and better, you are worried that you won't be able to go back." ”

Yang Yingqi was dumbfounded, and Lin Yu said: "Isn't it? ”

Yang Yingqi heaved and said: "The eldest brother's army is going well, why can't I go back?" ”

Lin Yu said: "Needless to say, uncle, if the army is not smooth, he may still be able to think of you, if the army is smooth, it means that he can do without you, and most of the time he will not need you in the future." ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, not necessarily." Lin Yu asked what was not necessarily, Yang Yingqi said: "If the eldest brother's military situation is not smooth, he may not think of me, he has always been strong, if something goes wrong with the army, I am afraid that I will feel that I have no face to see me." But if his army is going well, then it is true, as you said, that I will probably not need me in the future. ”

Lin Yu smiled: "I don't think the uncle is so stingy, but even if it's like you said, it's nothing, he doesn't need you anymore, we just happen to be free in the people, what do you care about him so much!" ”

Yang Yingqi sighed and said, "I'm not worried about myself!" I'm worried about national affairs! ”

Lin Yu said: "Now that the army is in good shape, what is there to worry about?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "It's just that the situation is too smooth, so I'm worried!" Lin Yu asked why, but Yang Yingqi didn't answer, and asked: "Where is the battle now?" What are the rumors? ”

Lin Yu told the news he heard one by one, and said: "It is said that Ren Dejing and the West Route Army in the East Road did not march smoothly, and the results of the naval division were not ideal, but our main force was very smooth, crossing the river in September, and breaking the Bianliang that the Song Army had been operating for many years in less than October!" Now the streets are full of people celebrating. He added: "Although the Jinmen side has only heard the news of the destruction of Bianliang City, most of the situation on the front line has made progress. I heard that since the crossing of the river, the main force of our army has advanced dozens of miles a day, and now it may have reached Nanyang and Xiangyang. Hey, why are you shaking your head again? ”

Yang Yingqi frowned and said: "The march is so smooth, I'm afraid it's going to be bad." Lin Yu asked what was wrong, but Yang Yingqi didn't answer, and asked rhetorically: "Have you heard of how many beheadings and how many surrenders?" ”

Lin Yu said: "I didn't say anything in this good news, the main thing is that I can get a lot of city land every day. How? Is there anything wrong? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I don't know yet, let's talk about it after the exact news comes." ”

The father and son fished for half a day by the river, and in the evening a person came out of the woods, found out a letter and handed it to Lin Yu, Lin Yu looked at the corner of the letter and drew a deer, did not dare to open the envelope, and passed it to Yang Yingqi, Yang Yingqi opened the letter and looked at it, jumped up and paused: "The news you said is not a miscommunication!" That's pretty much right! ”

Lin Yu said: "Isn't that a good thing? ”

"Of course not!" Yang Yingqi raised his voice and shouted, "Prepare pen and ink!" ”

A scholar came out of the back of a boulder next to him, brought a simple table and chair that could be folded and unfolded, took out the four treasures of the study, Lin Yu grinded the ink, Yang Yingqi thought about it for a while, and wrote five letters in a row to order them to be sent. When the pen and ink tables and chairs were removed, Lin Yucai approached and whispered, "Is the matter serious?" ”

"I'm afraid it's not good." Yang Yingqi said: "The eldest brother marched smoothly, and he won the land of Henan without destroying the main force of the Song army, then he just got a harmful and unprofitable name!" ”

Lin Yuqi said: "If you get the land of the city, how can you be famous?" ”

"You don't understand!" Yang Yingqi said: "Today's situation, on the surface, seems to be greatly beneficial to us, but in fact, there are many variables that are not favorable to us!" The eldest brother has won victories one after another, and his prestige will inevitably be greatly boosted, Zhao Gou sees that the eldest brother is advancing dozens of miles every day, and he will be afraid of danger in his heart, he is a cowardly person, not afraid of humiliation but afraid of death, and will grovel to us in etiquette, but he is very able to judge the situation and protect himself in the general trend of his own survival, and he can endure it, although he does not have the manly spirit but can bend and stretch, such a person is extremely difficult to deal with, one or two big battles can't kill him! ”

Lin Yu said: "Even if he is difficult to deal with, but the Southern Song Dynasty court is full of villains, and as soon as the army arrives, I am afraid that these people will surrender in an uproar like in the Jingkang period!" No matter how flexible Zhao Gou is, he can't help it. Besides, weren't there many contradictions between the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty and between the central and local governments? We can take advantage of these contradictions. ”

"You're wrong!" Yang Yingqi said: "Now above the Jiankang court, at most half of the villains and half of the gentlemen, and these half of the villains are not easy to deal with." Now that the eldest brother's military situation is progressing too fast, if it creates a momentum that military alone is enough to calm the world, the villains have no country to sell, but I am afraid that they will be forced to cooperate with the gentlemen! And Shilin had to rely on the border generals to protect himself - at that time, the monarch was one, and the generals were in harmony, but I was afraid that the chronic illness of the Southern Song Dynasty would temporarily turn around under the pressure of the soldiers! If it really comes to that time, the Southern Song Dynasty will not be able to do it! ”

Lin Yu said: "Dad, uncle's strategy is not under you, he should also understand the truth you know." ”

"Big brother, he should understand, but this is what worries me the most!" Yang Yingqi sighed: "Now that the army is too smooth, the whole country will be able to point directly to Jiankang, even the small people here in Jinmen are so excited, I am afraid that the generals and commanders of the front line are even more brave, and everyone grabs the merits." If the whole army is like this, it may be difficult to rely on the rationality of the eldest brother alone to restrain the horse - not to mention whether the eldest brother can be completely unmoved in such an atmosphere It is not yet known! ”

Lin Yu was a little panicked when he heard this, and said, "Isn't it very dangerous for us to say this?" ”

"Well, it's dangerous." Yang Yingqi said: "I just hope I'm wrong!" After all, I expected Yue Fei wrongly before, and I may also expect the wrong eldest brother, but I don't know. ”

Lin Yu said: "But what if you expect it right?" No, Dad, we've got to do something! Write to Uncle and mention him! ”

Yang Yingqi shook his head and said, "No, I can't directly interfere with the layout of the eldest brother now, otherwise I'm afraid it will be worse." Now we can only hope that everything is going in a good direction. ”

Lin Yu shouted: "Then what if everything goes bad? ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Then we can only make some preparations for how to deal with the aftermath." ”

The news of the victory of the Han army still kept coming, within a month after the destruction of Bianliang City, the main force of the Han army on the east road pacified Kaifeng Mansion, Yingtianfu, Yingchang Mansion, Zhengzhou, Ruzhou, Chenzhou, and part of Deng, Tang, Cai, and Yingzhu Prefectures, occupying most of the territory of Henan, and the second prince Zhe Yunwen led a strange army to the east to break through Luyi, and successively went to Bozhou, threatening Suzhou, and outflanking Xuzhou, an important town in Huaibei of the Song army, the main force of the Song army in Huaibei was worried that the back road would be cut off, and retreated to Pi and Suzhou. Ren Dejing was thus able to advance, occupying Xuzhou, an important town in Huaibei where the Song army had defended for many years, the prestige of the Han army was greatly enhanced, Huainan was in danger, and the Jiankang monarchs and ministers were terrified, and even triggered the discussion of moving to avoid the edge of the Han army.

Yang Yingqi was worried when he heard the victory in Jinmen, and he was afraid that this melancholy would be misunderstood by outsiders, so he hid at home every day, never going out, and not being a guest. It wasn't until mid-December that someone who had to see came, but it was Zhao Lumin who sent his son to ask for a meeting, informing Lin Ling that he was ill and asked Lin Yu to go back to see him.

Yang Yingqi's father and son couldn't help but panic when they heard the news, Lin Yu shouted and asked Zhao Feng, the son of Zhao Lumin: "Is my mother seriously ill!" ”

Zhao Feng claimed that his specific condition was not clear, but he just said that Lin Dangjia asked him to sue him, and asked Lin Yu to go to Tanggu to meet him quickly.

Yang Yingqi calmed down after a panic, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, and said in his heart: "The Lin family has its own messenger, why do you have to bother the Zhao family?" Besides, for such a big thing, why is there only a message and no ink book? When he had doubts, he asked.

Zhao Feng said: "Here's the thing, before the little nephew went to Tanggu to sell goods, before coming back to the Lin Mansion to meet Lin Dangjia, to the father's courtesy, in the casual conversation, Lin Dangjia said that he sent a messenger to go by sea to find Lin Yu brothers, I didn't hear back in January, I don't know if there was any accident, so I asked if Lin Yu brothers have not left to return to Tanggu when they arrive at Jinmen, they will say it. "The sea route between Tanggu and Jinmen is very smooth, even more convenient than taking the land route, but in this era, the sea exchanges, if the wind and water are naturally very fast, if the wind is crooked, it is not a strange thing to delay a year or two.

Yang Yingqi was shocked when he heard this: "In this way, I am afraid that this incident of illness must have happened many months ago?" Then he asked, "When you saw Lin Dangjia, how did she look?" ”

Zhao Feng looked at the expressions of the two, coughed and said, "It's okay, but it's not very good." ”

Yang Yingqi and Lin Yu were even more worried when they heard this, and after sending Zhao Feng away, Lin Yu shouted: "I'll go back now!" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "I'll go too!" The two were in a hurry, and Zhao Ju'er came in to see him and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Yang Yingqi said: "Lin Yu is ......" looked at Zhao Ju'er, and his words were paused, and then he said: "His mother is sick, I want to go and see it." ”

Zhao Ju'er was shocked: "Sister Lin is sick? Is it heavy or not? ”

"This ......," Yang Yingqi said, "I hope it's just that the medicine is slightly ill." ”

Seeing that the two of them were so flustered, Zhao Tang'er knew that most of the illness was not small, and she hurriedly said: "How good is this!" ”

Lin Yu said: "No matter how good it is!" Anyway, we have to go back quickly! ”

Yang Yingqi shouted: "Yes! ”

Zhao Ju'er said to Yang Yingqi: "Naturally, I have to go back, but I'm worried that it will be inconvenient for you to go to Tanggu." Don't forget, now the uncle is on the front line of the southern expedition, my father and brother are in Tanggu, and you are in this capacity, if you go to Tanggu at this time, I'm afraid you will ......" Speaking of this, he couldn't go on, but Yang Yingqi was already stunned.

Lin Yu looked at Yang Yingqi, then at Zhao Juer, and then at Yang Yingqi, and said angrily: "If you don't go, I'll go by myself!" "Flick your sleeves and go.

Yang Yingqi shouted: "Yu'er! You wait! Lin Yu had already turned out of the door.

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