After a pause, Zhao Wei looked at Yang Congyi and continued: "Yang was not afraid of a strong enemy, first defeated the enemy's vanguard troops who invaded the Guazhou camp in Yangzhou, killed the arrogant Gao Jingshan, and then asked Yingxi to enter the vicinity of Hezhou, where 500,000 enemy troops were stationed, to rescue Taiping Prefecture from danger, and annihilate the enemy's river-crossing troops outside the enemy camp, so that they had to abandon Hezhou and turn to Yangzhou. Not long ago, he surrounded and annihilated nearly 80 large ships of the enemy outside Guazhoudu, where the enemy's army was stationed, which greatly inspired the defenders along the entire Zhenjiang Prefecture, and even after the entire Jiangnan army and people heard of our army's great victory in Zhenjiang, the morale of the army and the people gradually stabilized. Yang led the army, fought several battles, fought a strong enemy, won a complete victory, made outstanding achievements, dared to fight, and was able to fight in the name of the army, deeply rooted in the hearts of the army and the people, and was really an anti-gold hero! Hereby reward 100,000 yuan, 10 hectares of fertile land! In addition to the meritorious awards, each of the generals and non-commissioned officers will be rewarded with five times the amount of money! The enemy army has not retreated, and I hope that Yang will continue to lead the army and make new contributions! ”

"The last general, all the generals and soldiers, thank His Royal Highness King Jianwang and the court for their favor!" Yang Congyi clasped his fists and saluted Zhao Wei, and then said: "As a soldier of the Great Song Dynasty, we should protect the land of the Great Song Dynasty from being trampled by the enemy, protect the people of the Great Song Dynasty from being disturbed by the enemy, and protect the dignity of the Great Song Dynasty from being violated by the enemy." Now the enemy occupies the land of the Great Song Dynasty Jianghuai, there are hundreds of thousands of Chen soldiers in Jiangbei, the army threatens Jiangnan, the enemy army has not retreated, and we have no shame to receive the court's reward! The enemy army invaded thousands of miles of land in the north of the Yangtze River, hundreds of people were displaced, fled to the south of the Yangtze River, there was no shelter, no cold clothing, no rice in the pot, hunger and cold, the last general asked for the money to be used to help the fleeing people from the north of the Jiangbei, so that they were resettled near Zhenjiang, and took out money and food to recruit young warriors among the fleeing people, and incorporated them into the Zhenjiang army, and together with the Zhenjiang defenders to guard the river defense, when the time came, cross the river to defeat the enemy army and personally recover the homeland! His Royal Highness King Wangjian is gracious! ”

When Zhao Wei heard this invitation, he was very moved, but he was also surprised, because he did not immediately agree, nor objected, but glanced at Yang Cunzhong, wanting to listen to his suggestion first and then make a decision.

Yang Cunzhong instantly understood what Zhao Wei meant, and then said with a smile: "Yang Congyi, it is good that you have this heart, but it is the business of the court and the government to help the fleeing people, you should take the opportunity of the reward of His Royal Highness the King and the court to concentrate on boosting the morale of the whole army, and then defeat the enemy army and make new contributions!" His Royal Highness King Jianwang and the imperial court have given you a lot of rewards, if you are on the front line, it is inconvenient to carry it with you, and His Royal Highness King Jianwang will temporarily write it down, and it is not too late to receive the reward when you drive into the enemy army. ”

As soon as Zhao Wei heard this, he immediately understood Yang Cunzhong's intentions, so he replied: "Yang Tong, your intention to serve the country and the people, this king understands and is very moved, but this reward is awarded by the imperial court to the meritorious generals and soldiers who have the courage to resist the enemy, and this king cannot take it back at will, nor can it be diverted for other purposes." If it is inconvenient to receive the reward when fighting on the front line, the king will make a note for the time being, and it is not too late to receive it again when the enemy army retreats and the situation is stable. ”

"Yes, the last generals and soldiers thank His Royal Highness King Jian and the court for their reward! We must make persistent efforts, make new contributions, and do not drive the enemy out of Huaibei, and vow not to give up! Yang Congyi clenched his fists and thanked him for his life.

Zhao Wei nodded, said hello three times in a row, and then said: "This king will stay on the front line of Zhenjiang and watch you defeat the enemy army and recover Jiangbei!" As for what you just said about giving relief to the people who fled from Jiangbei and recruiting warriors from them, you don't have to worry about this matter, Lord Yu is responsible for it, you can lead the troops to resist the enemy with peace of mind! ”

"Yes, the last general obeys!" Yang Congyi received the order.

"Obey orders!" Yu Yunwen got up to receive the order.

After Zhao Wei finished talking about the reward, Yang Cunzhong said: "Yang Congyi, you led the troops in three battles, and you have meritorious service against the enemy, and your merits are not small, but you must also guard against arrogance and rashness. Now that the situation is delicate, any failure may be a catastrophe for the Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Yes, the last general understands. The last general must be cautious, and will not rush in without an order, please rest assured! Yang Congyi humbly accepted his life.

Subsequently, Yang Cunzhong continued: "Pass the order, all the generals and colonels of the Jingwu Army and the Yangwu Army will be promoted to three levels, and then they will be awarded meritorious posts when the situation is stable!" ”

"Yes, thank you!" Yang Congyi thanked again.

"Okay, the reward is also rewarded, it's time to talk about Jiang Fang's business. You are stationed at the Zhenjiang ferry, you are on the front line of the river defense, and you should know the most accurate military situation, what is the situation of the enemy army now, and what are the movements? When to cross the river? Yang Cunzhong asked.

Yang Congyi immediately replied: "Since the enemy suffered a loss at the Guazhou Ferry, these days they have been training to control boats within ten zhang of the river bank, and they have not stopped from morning to night, just yesterday, the enemy army suddenly sent nearly 300 boats to cross the river, which caused a certain pressure on the defenders of Zhenjiang, but judging from their behavior of breaking through the defense line of the Great Song Dynasty and approaching the river bank and retreating, yesterday's sudden crossing of the river should be that the enemy is trying a new method of crossing the river. In addition, according to the general's observation, the enemy's ability to control ships in the river has been greatly improved. Judging from the recent movements of the enemy army crossing in Guazhou, it is very likely that the enemy army is about to launch a large-scale crossing of the river, and the time will be within three to five days. If the expectation is good, yesterday the enemy army tried a new method to cross the river and break through the defense line in the middle of the river of the Great Song Dynasty, and it should continue to try today and tomorrow to ensure that the method of crossing the river is effective before the formal launch of the river crossing. Therefore, the current situation in Zhenjiang is still very dangerous. ”

"If the enemy launches a large-scale crossing of the river, with the strength and ability of the Zhenjiang Naval Army, can it be stopped?" Yang Cunzhong frowned slightly.

"No, you can't. The number of warships of the Zhenjiang naval army is less than 30% of the enemy's ships, and if the enemy's ships cross the river together in a scattered form from a section of the river that is several tens of miles long, the Zhenjiang naval army will not be able to stop it at all without three heads and six arms. Yang Congyi replied unabashedly.

"You've fought the enemy many times, in your opinion, how do you break the game?"

Yang Cunzhong's brows furrowed even more, and when Zhao Wei heard this, he also frowned.

Yang Congyi replied: "Back to the county king, the enemy army came to the Yangtze River many times twenty or thirty years ago, but only crossed the Yangtze River once, and finally fled back in disgrace, and even defeated the Yangtze River many times, suffering heavy losses. Therefore, in fact, the enemy army was afraid of the Yangtze River and did not dare to cross the river easily, which is also the reason why the enemy's vanguard arrived in Hezhou for more than half a month, and did not dare to cross the river rashly in the face of the undefended Taipingdu. Fear of the Yangtze River, this is the weakness of the enemy army, as long as they keep failing and losing when crossing the river, they will eventually lose the courage and confidence to cross the river. When the 500,000-strong army loses its courage and confidence, they are either in turmoil, in a rout, or calmly retreating. As far as the last general knows, the Jin lord is arrogant and brutal, this time in order to invade the Great Song Dynasty, he even did not hesitate to move the national capital all the way from Huining, the land of Longxing of the Jin State to Yanjing, and then Yanjing moved to Bianjing, the invasion preparation time, protracted, paid a lot of effort, killed countless ministers who opposed the south, if he personally led the fifty army and could not cross the river, then he would not retreat safely, that is, if he could not cross the river, the enemy's 500,000 army would be defeated! ”

The enemy's 500,000 troops are on the opposite side of the Yangtze River, ready to cross the river at any time, but Yang Congyi said that the enemy army will be defeated if it fails to cross the river, not only Zhao Wei does not believe it, but even Yang Cunzhong, who has experienced a hundred battles, does not dare to believe it, let alone Yu Yunwen.

In addition to being shocked, the three of them looked at each other, their eyes full of doubt.

After a while, Yang Cunzhong broke Shen and said, "Yang Congyi, the enemy army is strong, don't take it lightly!" ”

"Yes, the last general understands that he never dares to despise every battle!" Yang Congyi replied respectfully.

"Listen to what you just said, if you want to stop the enemy from crossing the river, you must make them dare not cross the river easily, if the enemy army is large, how to resist?" After thinking for a while, Yang Cunzhong then asked.

"The last general just said that the enemy tried a new method of crossing the river yesterday, and because the enemy is afraid of the Yangtze River, they will not cross the river on a large scale until they can ensure that the new method is really effective. That is to say, before they finally cross the river, they will definitely try again to ensure that the method of crossing the river in a dispersed manner is indeed effective, and as long as we seize this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the enemy troops who try to cross the river, then the time for the enemy's large-scale crossing of the river must be delayed, and we will not cross the river on a large scale until we find a new method of crossing the river. The last general suggested that if the enemy army tries to disperse and cross the river again in a section of the river for more than ten or dozens of miles, we will remove the defense line in the middle of the river, put the enemy troops crossing the river to the riverbank, and if they dare to land, we will completely wipe them out on the shore! As long as the 80,000 defenders of Zhenjiang are properly deployed, they can completely wipe out the enemy troops who are trying to land in one fell swoop; after this defeat, the enemy army will inevitably lose confidence in the method of dispersing and crossing the river, and will deepen the fear of crossing the river, and the situation in Zhenjiang should be stable! Yang Congyi explained in detail the method of breaking the enemy, it is not easy to get them to agree to the landing of the enemy army, and Yu Yunwen clearly opposed it yesterday.

Sure enough, this strategy was in his ears, Yang Cunzhong was silent, and Zhao Wei was even more silent.

After a while, Yu Yunwen spoke: "General Yang, I told you yesterday that you can't let the enemy cross the river and land no matter what, why did you mention it again today?" How noble is His Royal Highness King Jian, if you let the enemy army land and there is an accident, can you and I bear it? Even though the enemy troops who landed on the shore failed to break through the defenses on the riverbank, the enemy troops finally crossed the river and landed. His Royal Highness King Jianwang and the county king have just come to Zhenjiang, once the news of the enemy's landing spreads, how do the court and the soldiers and people of the Great Song Dynasty view His Royal Highness King Jianwang who came to offer condolences and the county king who came to abbot for military affairs? I still say the same thing, I will never agree to take risks, if I can prevent it, I will block the enemy army in the river, I really can't prevent it, and I will keep the enemy out of the river bank! ”

"This is the most effective way to repel the enemy." Yang Congyi said.

"You don't have to think about this king, you can fight how you want." Zhao Wei said suddenly.