In the first battle in Jiangzhong, Yang Congyi and other troops guarding the Zhenjiang ferry became famous, and almost everyone knew about it in Zhenjiang for a time.

For such a long time, in addition to the battle of Saponaria Forest, this was the first big victory won by the defenders of Zhenjiang since they withdrew to Jiangnan.

In order to motivate the winning soldiers, the Shuai Fu sent people to send twenty big fat pigs to let the Jingwu Army, the Yangwu Army and the other two water armies have a big meal to boost morale.

When the defenders of Zhenjiang slaughtered pigs to celebrate their victory, the camp of the Great Song Dynasty in Xiuzhou and the camp of Jin Guoxing of Guishan Temple in Guazhou Town all ushered in the most fierce controversy.

A month ago, at the insistence of Chen Kangbo and other main battle factions, Zhao Gou had to leave Lin'an and drive in person in order to boost the morale of the Song army and people to resist the southern invasion of the Jin people.

But since leaving Lin'an, I walked for a day and stopped for three days, more than a month has passed, and I have walked less than 200 miles, and when I arrived in Xiuzhou, I found various reasons to delay, and never took one more step forward.

In the eyes of the main battle faction, as long as Zhao Gou leaves Lin'an and makes a gesture of driving a personal expedition, whether he can go to the front line or not, it is a victory, and now even if he stays in Xiuzhou and doesn't want to leave, as long as he is not dragged by the fugitive faction to flee from the sea, they can accept it.

Xiuzhou camp, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers routinely deliberate.

Facing the full hall of civil and military ministers, Chen Kangbo took the lead in asking Ye Yi, only to hear him ask in a deep voice: "Lord Ye, more than a month ago, the imperial court asked you to supervise the Jianghuai soldiers and horses to resist the enemy army, but as a result, Hezhou, Zhenzhou, and Yangzhou were all lost, and now none of the enemies have retreated, but you have returned to the camp safe and sound, what is the reason?" ”

After Ye Yi asked this question, his face was pale, he was silent for a moment, and replied: "The Jin people are powerful, and there are millions of soldiers in Jiangbei, and our army doesn't know where it is, do you want me, an old bone, to go into battle against the enemy?" I am not as capable as Chen Xiang, if I don't go back to the camp, how can I let the emperor and my colleagues know the real military situation on the front line, and how can I send troops to organize defense? ”

"Oh, so Lord Ye understands the real military situation on the front line, then please ask Lord Ye to tell the emperor and all your colleagues, what kind of real military situation do you know?" Chen Kangbo raised his hand towards Zhao Gou, who was sitting in the middle of the hall, and then looked at the ministers.

Everyone is in Xiuzhou, far away from the front line, the news they know is from the daily battle report, the information is very limited, whether they can stop the Jin people this time, and how many days can it be delayed, no one knows, as soon as they heard this, they all looked at Ye Yi, who had just returned from the front line.

coughed lightly, sorted out his thoughts, and only heard Ye Yi ask: "Ye was ordered to leave Lin'an to supervise Jianghuai, and heard that the Jin army was in Huaixi, so he hurried to Hezhou, who knew that before he arrived at Jiankang Mansion, he heard that Hezhou was lost, and when he arrived in Jiankang, the Jin people were already camped in Hezhou, garrisoning 600,000 troops, collecting and building hundreds of ships, preparing to cross the river in a big way, but the defenders of Jiankang Mansion and Taiping Prefecture were scattered sand, there was no defense in the river, and there was no commander, if Ye hadn't arrived in time, The defenders were ordered to establish defensive positions along the river, and the enemy would cross the Yangtze without much effort. At the same time as establishing the Jiankang and Taiping river defenses, Ye sent people to urgently send orders, urging Li Xianzhong, the commander of Chizhou, to rush to Jiankang Mansion as soon as possible to take over the defense. Jiankang and Taiping Jiangfang have been established, Ye heard that Yangzhou and Guazhoudu were lost, and Zhenjiang was in danger, so he quickly rushed to Zhenjiang and urged Liu Qi to establish Jiangfang, who knew that Liu Qi was seriously ill and could not afford to deal with military affairs. Fortunately, there were not many Jin soldiers on the other side of the river, only 60,000 or 70,000 people, although they tried to cross the river many times before and after, but the scale was not large, and they were repelled by the Zhenjiang naval army. A few days later, more and more Jin soldiers gathered in Yangzhou, soon exceeding 100,000 people, collecting thousands of large ships from all over the country, ready to cross the river at any time, Liu Qi was bedridden, Zhang Jun was delayed, and the total number of defenders in Zhenjiang was less than 80,000. Just a few days ago, the 600,000 Jin troops originally stationed in Hezhou suddenly came to the vicinity of Yangzhou, and the situation in Zhenjiang suddenly became extremely critical! Now there are a total of seven or eight hundred thousand Jin troops near Yangzhou, and a large number of troops are heading south in the direction of Luzhou, Hezhou, Xuyi, and Huaiyin. If Ye doesn't come back to tell the emperor the truth ahead, he will mislead the country and the people, and Ye can't afford this crime! ”

"Million-dollar army?" As soon as he heard this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were in an uproar and discussed a lot.

Hearing the million-strong army, Chen Kangbo's face also changed slightly, and his heart was shocked, but he quickly calmed down.

I saw him take a step forward and reprimand loudly: "Alarmist! How many troops does the Jin country have, where are there a million enemy troops in Yangzhou? As far as I know, when they originally went south from Bianjing in three routes, they were known as one million, 100,000 in the West Route Army, 100,000 in the Middle Road, and the East Route Army was divided into two routes, all the way to Shouchun, all the way to Xuyi and Huaiyin, the East Route Army occupied so many cities in the land of Lianghuai, and the rebels from all over the country flocked up, they didn't leave the army to garrison the city, waiting for the Great Song Dynasty soldiers and civilians in Jiangbei to recapture the city and cut off the back road? Even if they really have a million troops in Bianjing, 200,000 troops on the west road and the middle road, Shouchun Linhuai River, is a military powerhouse, not to mention 100,000, they must leave at least 50,000 elite garrisons, and Luzhou is the center of Huaixi, and the garrison will not be less than 50,000, and Hezhou Linjiang, and it is a military center, 50,000 garrisons are not too much, how important Xuyi and Huaiyin are, everyone knows that the garrisons in these two places are not more than 100,000, otherwise once lost, they will not be able to transport grain and grass, and then count the tens of thousands of troops responsible for the transportation of grain and grass, so calculated, The enemy troops near Yangzhou are at most 400,000, and this is not counting the exaggeration of their claimed million-strong army! Lord Ye, what is your intention in coming back from the front line, bullying the emperor and the civil and military officials for not being well-informed, wantonly exaggerating the strength of the enemy army, and creating panic in the court? ”

Without waiting for Ye Yiwen to refute, Chen Kangbo took out a battle report from his sleeve, held it high, and said loudly to Zhao Gou and the Manchu Dynasty Minister of Civil and Military Affairs: "Half an hour ago, I received a report from the Zhenjiang Kuaima Army, the Zhenjiang Navy took the initiative to attack Guazhoudu, destroyed 68 enemy ships, captured 16 enemy ships, captured 477 enemy troops including Qianhu and other generals, and the number of enemy troops annihilated cannot be counted, conservatively estimated to be no less than 4,000 people, and none of the 61 warships that our Great Song Navy Army participated in the battle were damaged!" Also, after this battle, thousands of enemy ships crossed by Guazhou no longer dared to enter the Yangtze River from the shore easily! ”

After speaking, Chen Kangbo submitted the battle report.

Zhao Gou was shocked by Ye Yi's "army of millions", and his heart was trembling, he didn't know if he should take a boat into the sea, after listening to Chen Kangbo's refutation, he suddenly said that the Zhenjiang Navy defeated the enemy, and for a while, it was difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and it was difficult to make up his mind.

"Did you really win?" Zhao Gou has been frightened enough by the frequent military reports from all over the world these days, and his heart is so weak that he has lost the confidence he used to have.

The attendant took out the battle report from the sealed barrel and handed it to Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou unfolded the battle report and quickly glanced at it, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face, and then read it carefully again, confirming that the battle report was no different from what Chen Kangbo said, and immediately said loudly: "Yu Yunwen is good, a civilian official who has never been on the battlefield, can command the defenders to win two big victories in a row, from Taipingdu to Guazhoudu, it is really impressive, much better than those generals who only know how to escape!" ”

"What? Lord Yu again? ”

When the minister heard this, he was immediately surprised, and the discussion started again.

The civil officials were excited when they heard this, but the generals and military ministers who were standing upwards felt that their faces were gloomy, and they couldn't raise their heads, but who made their colleagues greedy for life and afraid of death, and ran away all the way?

The enemy invaded, as a general, he could not lead the army to defeat the enemy, but caused the loss of a large area of land and many cities, who else can blame them if they are not blamed?

Yang Cunzhong is currently the oldest martial artist in the court, at the beginning of the year was dismissed from the palace in front of the command of the commander, idle at home, two months ago the Jin people crossed the Huai River to the south, he was recalled to the court, as the imperial camp guard, commanding 50,000 elite forbidden troops, guarding the palace and the camp.

Seeing that all the courtiers were talking about praising Yu Yunwen, Yang Cun was very uncomfortable in the center, and immediately took a step forward, raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the enemy Chen Bing Guazhou is obviously really going to cross the river from Zhenjiang, and a victory that destroys a hundred ships is not enough to make the enemy give up crossing the river, and the situation in Zhenjiang is still extremely dangerous!" Liu Qi was seriously ill and could not handle military affairs, but Zhang Jun disappeared for a long time after receiving the order, and it was difficult to prevent the enemy from crossing the river in a big way with a single Yu Yunwen and less than 100,000 defenders. The minister asked for an order to immediately lead the troops to Zhenjiang, consolidate the river defense, and hold Zhenjiang! ”

As soon as Yang Cunzhong asked for his life, the discussion of the ministers of the DPRK and China immediately stopped, and his attention turned to him.

Zhao Gou took the battle report and looked at Yang Cunzhong, feeling quite embarrassed.

It is naturally a good thing that someone is willing to ask for his life to resist the enemy, but now that the Jin people are powerful, it is difficult to say whether the Yangtze River can stop the Jin people from going south, it is estimated that nine times out of ten it will not be stopped, and once they want to evacuate at that time, they will inevitably be panicked, and the safety of the imperial camp is not trusted by anyone except Yang Cunzhong. Moreover, Chen Kangbo and other main battle factions may not necessarily agree to withdraw to the sea, if they insist on not allowing them to evacuate, he can still command Yang Cunzhong to take the imperial camp guards to go with him, if Yang Cunzhong is not in the imperial camp, once the Jin people cross the river, no one can protect him and evacuate in advance!

Seeing that Zhao Gou was silent, Chen Kangbo immediately said, "I think it's okay!" At this time, Zhenjiang Liu Qi was sick, Zhang Jun didn't know where it was, there was no one to lead the army, although Yu Yunwen could command the navy to win a victory, but the army he commanded was also a reinforcement brought to Zhenjiang from Taipingdu, but Zhenjiang nearly 100,000 troops, he could not command it in a short time. And the county king galloped on the battlefield in the early years, in the war with the Jin people for more than ten years, made great achievements, famous, and was in charge of the palace for many years, the army is quite prestigious, at this time to Zhenjiang, is the most suitable person, I agree with the county king to lead the troops to Zhenjiang! ”