It is said that after Yang Congyi led 3,000 elite troops into Mingzhou, less than half a month later, he received an order again, ordering him to immediately enter Zhenjiang from the Yangtze River to help defend Guazhou.

The Jingwu army immediately left Hangzhou Bay, went north to the mouth of the Yangtze River, passed through Jiangyin, and sailed against the current to the Guazhou ferry on the opposite side of the Zhenjiang River, and it was already mid-October.

There are two infantry troops stationed at Guazhou Ferry, which are controlled by Wei Jun and Wang Fang, and belong to the Lianghuai and Zhexi control envoys Liu Jian during the war, and the Jingwu army that came here to assist in defense is no exception.

However, since Yang Congyi left Lin'an, he has rarely heard about the battle of Song and Jin, and now he has come to Guazhou.

Therefore, after the Jingwu army arrived near the Guazhou ferry, they immediately sent people to contact the forbidden army stationed on the shore to inquire about the battle situation of Song and Jin, and actively look for their superiors.

At the same time, spies were also sent to the nearby direction of Zhenzhou and Yangzhou to inquire about the news on the front.

A few hours later, the sergeant who went to the military camp of the Bu Military Division to inquire about the news reported: The battle situation on the front line is unfavorable, Shouchun, Luzhou and other places in Huaixi have been lost, the West Route Army retreats to Hezhou, and the East Route Army has Liu Shuai to lead the troops stationed in Huaiyin, and several times sent troops to cross the river to fight, but there is no return, Huaiyin may not be able to hold it, and the Xuyi defenders have not been able to resist the fierce offensive of the Jin people, and they have fallen into the hands of the enemy not long ago.

The sergeant also brought back the suggestion of Wei Jun, the commander of the infantry division, suggesting that the Jingwu army should camp on the left side of the ferry, close to Yangzhou, and the three armies should be divided into left, center and right, and the finished glyph formation should be arranged to strengthen the defense of the ferry.

According to Wei Jun's suggestion, Yang Congyi was on the left, facing Yangzhou, Wang Fang was on the right, facing Zhenzhou, and he himself was in the direction closest to the ferry, guarded by the left and right armies in the middle, and was in the back position.

Yang Congyi spread out the map, and after a little closer inspection, he understood the other party's intentions, but he did not break it, nor did he refuse, according to the words, he camped three miles away on the left side of the ferry, 2,500 people landed and garrisoned, and 500 people stayed on the warship to standby.

Judging from the battle report information brought back by the sergeant, whether the Jin army is from the west of Huai or from the east of Huai, it will take at least half a month to reach the front line of the Yangtze River.

A day later, the spies brought shocking news!

The spies in the direction of Zhenzhou reported that Shao Hongyuan, the commander of the Tianbu Military Division, led the army to meet the enemy army attacking from Xuyi at Xupu Bridge, and it was crushed at the first touch, and Zhenzhou had been lost, but the enemy army did not enter Zhenzhou City, but went east to Yangzhou.

The spies who came back from the direction of Yangzhou reported that the Huaidong army had abandoned Jiangyin four days ago, and all retreated to Yangzhou and Taizhou, and yesterday I heard that Zhenzhou had been lost, and the Huaidong army, which had just arrived in Yangzhou and had not had time to rest, had now left Yangzhou and would come to Guazhou in the evening.

These two news came one after the other, and Yang Congyi was stunned and shocked!

Zhenzhou is only fifty miles away from Guazhou, a horse and a flat river, there is no danger to defend, hurry up and whip up, and an hour can be a soldier in Guazhou, and Yangzhou City is closer to Guazhou, it is estimated that it is not even forty miles, and the whole ferry is as dangerous as a tired egg!

And the two forbidden armies of Wei Jun and Wang Fang, who were ordered to be stationed here, did not send anyone to inquire about the latest news, if the enemy army suddenly arrived, in a panic, they could not fight, and they would inevitably grab the ship and retreat, and then the Jingwu army would inevitably be affected, not to mention meritorious service, it would be great luck to be able to save their lives.

However, a piece of news reported by the spies later made Yang Congyi feel a little at ease.

The spies told him that Liu Jian had an elite army of 100,000, while the enemy troops chasing from Huaiyin and Xuyi were still in the front, with a combined number of less than 20,000.

100,000 against 20,000, naturally there is no reason to be afraid, not to mention that the person who commands the army is still a famous general in the Great Song Dynasty!

If he hadn't sent spies, he would have thought that Zhenzhou and Huaiyin were still in the hands of the Great Song army, and their military information had lagged behind for more than five days.

But the order given to him by the imperial court is indeed to assist in the defense of Guazhou, can he refuse to carry it out?

Of course not.

Yang Congyi, who was angry in his heart, summoned all the generals, deputy generals, subordinate generals, and preparing generals of the army to inform them of the latest military situation, so that they could immediately familiarize themselves with the nearby waters in batches and prepare to confront the enemy army in the river.

Then he left the camp and came to the Chinese army defense camp.

"General Yang, the commander of the elite army of the left army, came to discuss the military situation, and quickly went to the court!" When he came to the military camp in the infantry division, the accompanying soldiers stepped forward to explain the origin.

"Elite Army? Where did it come from? Why haven't I heard of it? The camp gate guards looked at Yang Congyi and the others, and had no intention of returning to the camp to report.

"If you want to go to Tongyu, you can go to Tongyu, where is so much nonsense! Can you afford to delay the military situation? The attitude of the guards made the soldiers extremely annoyed.

"You've only been here for a few days, and you dare to talk about military affairs? Without General Wei's order, no one would enter the camp! Where did you come from, and where are you going, war is not a joke. The guard looked disgusted.

Obviously, they had heard of the origin of the Jingwu Army, and then they thought that the Jingwu Army was just a fleet escort for the return to the Yi Division, and they didn't even have a regular army establishment in the imperial court.

"Blind your dog's eyes......" The pro-soldier was about to angrily scold the Chinese guards, but was stopped by Yang Congyi.

I only heard Yang Congyi say: "Huaiyin has fallen four days ago, do you know? The day before yesterday, Zhenzhou, fifty miles to the west, had fallen, did you know? The Huaidong army has left Yangzhou under the command of Liu Shuai and came to Guazhou, do you know? ”

Hearing these news, the Chinese guards immediately froze in place and were speechless in an instant.

"Don't report yet!"

The pro-soldier shouted and woke the guard from shock.

More than a dozen guards suddenly came to their senses, and two of them hurriedly turned around and ran towards the camp.

In less than a cup of tea, Yang Congyi was brought into the camp and came to the camp tent of the Chinese army.

"General Wei still has the leisure to drink?" As soon as Yang Congyi entered the tent, he smelled the strong smell of wine, and his expression couldn't help but change.

"General Yang of the Jingwu Army, right? If you miss the distance, forgive your sins! Wei Jun, the commander of the Chinese army, staggered to his feet and raised his hand to salute.

"It was Yang Congyi, the commander of the Jingwu Army, who had seen General Wei." Yang Congyi raised his hand and saluted casually

"General Yang is a guest from afar, sit and sit." Wei Jun beckoned Yang Congyi to sit down, and then said: "There is no good wine and good food in the army, so we can only treat each other with water and wine." Come, let's have a drink! ”

Yang Congyi didn't take the wine glass handed over by the other party, and said in a straight voice: "General Wei, do you know that now that the enemy army is coming, and the big war is imminent, how can you still have the leisure to drink, not to mention that you are still in the front-line barracks!" ”

Wei Jun raised his somewhat hazy eyes and said with a smile: "The front line? This Guazhou is still hundreds of miles away from the front line, and where can it be considered a front line on the Yangtze River. If you want to talk about the front line, it should be Xuyi and Huaiyin, Liu Kuan's army is in Huaiyin, they are the front line, it is not our turn to fight, General Yang don't have to be afraid, follow me, I will protect you well! ”

Yang Congyi looked at the other party with a look of nothing to do with himself, and couldn't help but feel on fire, and asked loudly: "Does General Wei know where Zhenzhou is?" Where is Yangzhou? ”

Wei Jun drank the glass of wine in his hand into his stomach, and then replied with a serious face: "General Yang, these can't help me, Zhenzhou is in the west, fifty or sixty miles away, and the army led by Shao Hongyuan Shao is guarded, Yangzhou is in the north, forty miles away, and the 30,000 troops under the personal command of Liu Jian and Liu Shuai are stationed, Zhenzhou and Yangzhou are here, and we can rest easy by the river!" ”

Yang Congyi sneered: "If you tell the general a few news, I'm afraid the general won't be able to sleep in peace." Zhenzhou Shao Hongyuan's department has been defeated at Xupu Bridge, Zhenzhou has fallen, Huaidong's army has also given up Huaiyin, the enemy army then pressed to Gaoyou, it will be a few days to approach Yangzhou, in addition to defeat Shao Hongyuan's enemy army has entered Yangzhou, Liu Jian Liu Shuai led the army to leave Yangzhou today, rushed to Guazhou, no accident, will come to Guazhou in the evening. Does General Wei still think that the front line is in Xuyi and Huaiyin? ”

"What?" Wei Jun's hazy eyes suddenly opened, and in a startled, the wine glass in his hand also fell to the ground.

"General Wei, this matter is absolutely true. Before, I sent someone to your army to inquire about the military situation, and I thought that we still had a lot of time to prepare and could actively deploy defenses in the Yangtze River, but I didn't want the military information given to me by General Wei to lag by at least five days! How much can happen in five days? In five days, the enemy army can drive directly from Xuyi and Huaiyin to Yangzhou, and then I will be a fish on the chopping board! At the moment of the great enemy, General Wei was still drunk in the camp, disregarding the lives of thousands of soldiers. The defense is so lax, if the enemy army that defeated Shao Hongyuan came straight to Guazhou, I came here yesterday to collect the corpses of thousands of soldiers! ”

The more Yang Congyi said, the more angry he became, the Great Song Dynasty Forbidden Army was like this, how could there be any reason to be undefeated!

"General Yang, I won't say whether what you said about the military situation is true, even if what you said is true, but you, the commander of the Huiyi Guard Army who has never fought a war, what qualifications do you have to accuse the guards of the pro-army infantry division of the forbidden army? What's more, you are only here to assist in the defense, how to deploy the position in Guazhou, no matter how your escort army is concerned! Wei Jun's face changed, and he immediately began to fight back by relying on the identity of the commander of the forbidden army of the infantry military division.

"Since General Wei treats the Jingwu Army like this, then let's not deploy in the same place! I will appeal to Liu Shuai and help defend against other places! As soon as Yang Congyi entered the camp, the other party gave him a very bad impression, and now he belittled the Jingwu Army, how could he bear it.

"Love goes wherever you go, you little people, it's not rare! Someone, send off! Wei Jun's mouth was full of wine and he shouted loudly.

Yang Congyi immediately got up, hugged his fists slightly, and strode away.

As soon as he got out of Wei Jun's tent, he heard a "clang" in the tent behind him, and he should have smashed the wine jar.