Yicheng.

In the backyard of the county government, Zhao Junsheng and Niu Dali were testing their martial arts, and the two were inseparable.

Hua Xiong walked over quickly and was about to report it, when he saw Zhao Junsheng and Niu Dali competing with all their might, he was worried that his rash report would make him seal a letter, you must know that the competition between masters must not be distracted, and a slight mistake will cause serious consequences.

After a long time, Niu vigorously jumped away, panting and said: "Your Majesty is brave, and the ministers are invincible!" ”

Zhao Junsheng put away his spear and said, "General Niu deliberately let me, it's boring for you to fight like this!" ”

Niu Dali felt really wronged in his heart, he had done his best, not only did he not have the slightest upper hand, but he was also pressed and beaten by Zhao Junsheng everywhere, he just didn't have the ability to do it on purpose!

"Your Majesty, the minister has taken out all the skills to eat milk······"

"Okay, okay, I don't know you yet?" Zhao Junsheng waved his hand, quite unexpectedly.

At this time, Hua Xiong immediately stepped forward and clenched his fists: "Your Majesty, General Li sent a messenger from Xiangyang!" ”

"Oh? What is the situation on Li Bao's side? Did Shen Qingzhi defend the city, or did he send troops to meet it? Zhao Junsheng asked.

Hua Xiong said: "No, Shen Qingzhi ran away with his soldiers and horses, not only gave up Fancheng, but even Xiangyang didn't want it, and went straight to Suixian!" ”

This news made Zhao Junsheng stunned, Shen Qingzhi, as a veteran of the Song Kingdom, actually withdrew without a fight? This greatly subverted Shen Qingzhi's previous style and image.

"Is the news true?" Zhao Junsheng asked.

"There is no problem with the messenger sent by Li Bao, the minister has already checked!"

This made Zhao Junsheng puzzling, Shen Qingzhi, as a veteran, withdrew without fighting a battle, was this person judging the situation and acting without authorization, or was it an order issued by the Song court?

Zhao Junsheng couldn't figure it out, so he said to Hua Xiong: "Pass the order, the army will leave for Xiangyang early tomorrow morning to join Sima Chuzhi!" ”

"Yes!"

"Wait!" Zhao Junsheng suddenly stopped Hua Xiong again, and he suddenly changed his mind: "Send an order to Li Bao and Sima Chuzhi, ordering them to join forces and send troops to the county, and for the time being, Li Bao will be controlled by Sima Chuzhi!" In addition, spread my will, the soldiers and horses left behind in Yicheng are ready, and they are ready to set off tonight! ”

"Where?"

"Keep it secret for the time being, just go and give the order!"

"No!" Hanao clenched his fists in agreement and turned to leave.

In the evening, after dinner, Zhao Junsheng led his army straight to Hanjinkou.

At that time, Xu Yibao, who was guarding the Hanjin Pass, received a report that a group of soldiers and horses was coming quickly from the direction of Yicheng, and he immediately sent people to investigate.

Since Xu Yibao voted for Qianguo, he knew that he could only die for Qianguo in this life, and he could no longer be half-hearted, otherwise he would die without a place to be buried, so he was ordered to lead the troops to guard the Hanjin Pass and was conscientious and responsible, and did not dare to slack off.

In order to prevent the possible arrival of the Song army or the sneak attack of the Song army from the opposite shore, Xu Yibao ordered all the ships at the Hanjin Pass and the nearby coastal ships to be collected and concentrated in the water village to prepare for the enemy at any time.

"General Qiyu, it was His Majesty who personally led the troops!" The scout reported to Xu Yibao.

"What? His Majesty personally brought troops here? Xu Yibao was taken aback, at this time he led troops to Hanjinkou? No matter how dull he was, he guessed that Zhao Junsheng was only afraid that he was going to lead his troops to cross the river from Hanjinkou.

"Hurry up and follow me!" Xu Yibao shouted, and took a group of generals out of the water village to greet Zhao Junsheng.

When he saw Zhao Junsheng, Xu Yibao took the generals to salute, and Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "General Xu, I didn't disturb you when I brought troops to come late at night, right?" ”

Xu Yibao hurriedly said: "Where does Your Majesty say, the ministers are always ready to fight for Your Majesty and the great cadres, and they dare not slack off in the slightest!" ”

"Okay, let's go into the water village and talk about it!"

Xu Yibao immediately said: "The minister leads the way for Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please!" ”

A group of thousands of soldiers and horses followed Zhao Junsheng into Hanjin Koushui Village.

Zhao Junsheng only made a preliminary observation when he entered the water village, and did not enter Xu Yibao's mansion, he stood on the dock and asked: "General Xu, I and these thousands of troops are going to cross the river tonight, can you let me and these thousands of men and horses pass through from the boat here?" ”

Xu Yibao asked, "I don't know how many murderous horses Your Majesty has brought?" ”

"Four thousand horse infantry troops!"

Xu Yibao calculated, hugged his fists and said: "Before dawn, we will definitely be able to cross the river, including baggage!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed: "Good, you go and arrange the ship quickly, I will let the soldiers rest for a while, and report as soon as your ship is arranged!" ”

"No!"

Xu Yibao is worthy of being a general who is proficient in water warfare, and he is very clear about the carrying and transportation capacity of the ship, and he also arranges a lot of orders, before dawn, Zhao Junsheng and his four thousand cavalry infantry, including baggage, all crossed the river.

When Zhao Junsheng came ashore, he said to Xu Yibao: "General Xu, the enemy army may send a water division to attack the water village to cut off the return route of our army, so the general is bound to hold the water village, and this Hanjin Pass must not be lost!" ”

Xu Yibao clasped his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, rest assured, as long as the minister is not dead, Hanjinkou will never be lost!" ”

"With your words, I am relieved!"

Zhao Junsheng's worries were really not a blind worry, Xiao Bin, who was stationed in Xiakou, learned that Zhao Junsheng's army had broken through Huya Pass, and even broke Dangyang and Yicheng, and immediately ordered the sailors to go straight to Hanjin Pass along the Han River, the purpose of which was to attack Huya Pass after capturing Hanjin Pass, and cut off the connection between Zhao Junsheng's army and Dongfang Chen and Lu Shuang's army.

Within two days, a naval fleet of more than 200 large and small warships arrived in the waters of Hanjinkou, and the sentries of the cadres in the water village immediately discovered this fleet and immediately sounded the alarm.

A burst of chickens and dogs jumped, Xu Yibao led the troops to guard the water village everywhere, and when the Song army sailors sent ships full of sailors to kill over, Xu Yibao immediately ordered to release arrows, the Song army sailors stared at the sky and rushed to the near of the water village, and the ships approached and immediately carried out a broadside battle.

Under the command of his general, the sailors of the Song army relied on boats to climb the fence and tried to climb the water village, but they were met with stubborn resistance from the cadres, and the two sides fought for a day.

In the following days, the Song army's naval divisions kept attacking Hanjin Koushui Village, but each time they were beaten back by the cadre army.

However, it is said that after the Song Dynasty withdrew Shen Qingzhi and led the army to Suixian, he met with Liu Yuanjing and Lu Shangqi's men and horses within two days, and after counting, this time Liu Yuanjing and Lu Shangzhi led the army to break through and lost more than 1,000 people, which was still a breakthrough at night, and the cavalry of the cadre army did not dare to pursue easily because they were not familiar with the terrain, and if they broke through during the day, they would definitely be pursued and killed by the cavalry of the dry army.

"General Qiyu, I just received the news that the cadres and soldiers have arrived in the Caiyang area, and the posture should be coming to Suixian!"

When the generals heard the news, they all had mixed reactions, and Zong Wei stood up and said to Shen Qingzhi: "General, it seems that this cadre army is going to chase after us!" ”

Liu Yuanjing stood up and said: "General, the last general suggested that the Qianjun army should be blocked here, this place is an important town in northern Hubei and a place where Jingyu is to be rushed, if this place is given to the Qianjun, then the Jing'e gateway will be opened, and there will be no danger to defend!" ”

Shen Qingzhi thought about it for a long time, but decided to defend Sui County, so he ordered Liu Yuanjing to set up a camp along the river in the north of the city, and ordered Lu Shangqi to lead the army to be stationed on the west bank of the river, and he himself led the army to defend the city.

This county seat is the county seat of Suijun, the city wall is tall, the east is drifting, the west is the water, the two rivers meet in the south of the county to form a triangle, the county seat of Suixian is sandwiched in this triangle, that is to say, if the thousand army attacks the city, it can only attack from the north, the other three sides are near the water, and the troops can not be deployed, so that the Song army only needs to guard the north gate, so that it can concentrate its forces to defend.

On another day, the Song army could use ships to transport grain, grass and military war materials to Suixian, and continuously reinforce Suixian.

Just as Shen Qingzhi and other Song generals were preparing to block the army of Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao who were following in Suixian, Zhao Junsheng had already led a large army to the territory of Jingling, and suddenly attacked and captured Jingling City, and the officials of the Southern Dynasty in Jingling were captured without reacting.

You must know that Jingling is not far from Xiakou, the news quickly spread to Xiakou, Xiao Bin, the general of the Southern Dynasty, was shocked after receiving the news, he originally wanted to shrink the troops, so that the cadres could expand their territory and disperse their forces, but he didn't expect the cadres to be so fast, and they would capture Jingling within a few days.

As soon as Jingling City was broken, Xiakou was directly threatened, and after some weighing, Xiao Bin immediately issued a military order to Shen Qingzhi, and at the same time ordered a soldier and horse to enter the estuary, trying to prevent the dry army from crossing the Han River and approaching Xiakou.

With the city.

Shen Qingzhi was convening all the generals and schools to discuss in the lobby.

"General Liu, General Lu, can you wait for the camp to be erected, is it strong?"

Liu Yuanjing and Lu Shangqi respectively stood up and hugged their fists and said: "General, our army's camp has been set up, and the defensive materials such as arrows, stones, and fire oil are fully prepared. ”

"Newspaper—" A soldier walked in quickly.

"General Qiyu, Xiao Dashuai sent a messenger!"

Shen Qingzhi was shocked when he heard this, he glanced at the generals, raised his hand and said, "Please send the messenger in!" ”

"No!"

The messenger soon came in, and he hugged his fist at Shen Qingzhi and said, "See General Shen below!" ”

Shen Qingzhi nodded and asked, "I don't know why the Great Shuai sent an envoy to come?" ”

The messenger took out an official letter and said: "The commander orders the general to lead his troops to retreat south quickly, and not to engage the cadres in battle!" ”

"What? And retreat without a fight? What are you doing? This stabbed a hornet's nest, and all the generals in the lobby exploded and shouted.

Shen Qingzhi was also very annoyed, a retreat is enough, this city is Jingyu to rush, once abandoned here, the cadres can drive straight to the Yangtze River.

Shen Qingzhi held back his anger, he raised his hand to signal the other generals to stop making noise, and asked: "Dare to ask the envoy, what is the purpose of the marshal's approach, please give advice!" ”

The messenger looked left and right, hesitating.

Shen Qingzhi said: "Although the envoy said, there are no outsiders here!" ”

"Well, the reason why the marshal ordered the general to lead the army to retreat is because the cadre army has captured Jingling!"

"What?" The generals were shocked, Jingling was lost, wouldn't the cadre army be able to approach Xiakou, or wave the army to the east to cut off the waterway, and then cut off the retreat of all the armies in the city, this is to copy the bottom!

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