As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

Chen Kangbo hurriedly said: "No. As a prince, King Jian's status is so noble, how can he go to the front line of Zhenjiang, absolutely not! ”

Zhao Wei replied: "The emperor has already taken the imperial expedition, why am I afraid of danger? As a member of the royal family, in this time of crisis, if you don't do everything and don't share your worries for the emperor and the court, how can you feel at ease? I have made up my mind, and I also ask Chen Xiang and all the adults not to stop me, let me go to the front line on behalf of the emperor to explore the way first, understand the most real military situation and battle situation, so that you can make the most correct decision! ”

Chen Kangbo originally wanted to stop it, after all, the prince's status is noble, but considering the deep meaning of the emperor's election of the prince, once there is a huge change, the prince needs to resist the situation, if he is in the camp, many things will not be easy to manage, if the emperor is soft-hearted and wants to take the prince away, then the Great Song Dynasty will really be helpless. Instead of letting the prince follow the emperor, it is really better to send him to Zhenjiang, it just so happened that Yang Cunzhong was going to lead the troops north, he had been in charge of the army for many years, and there should be no problem in protecting the prince.

As soon as he thought of this, Chen Kangbo immediately raised his hand and gave a deep salute: "King Jian has such filial piety and loyalty, and the old minister admires it!" King Jian, please rest assured, the old minister will persuade the emperor to let King Jian go to Zhenjiang together! ”

When the others heard this, they were surprised, and after a while, they saluted Zhao Wei one after another.

"Your Excellency doesn't have to be like this, as a clan, at this time, it's just a little bit of effort." Zhao Wei hurriedly returned the salute.

After the discussion, Chen Kangbo went to meet Zhao Gou on the same day, and when Zhao Gou said that Zhao Wei asked Zhao Wei to go to Zhenjiang to comfort the military and civilians in person on his behalf, Chen Kangbo clearly expressed his agreement.

Zhao Gou, who was still a little hesitant, listened to Chen Kangbo's suggestion, and finally made up his mind and agreed to Zhao Wei going north to Zhenjiang.

The next day, an edict was issued, and the prince Zhao Wei was appointed as the Jianghuai patrol envoy, and rushed to Zhenjiang first to comfort the soldiers and civilians who were sticking to Zhenjiang Mansion.

On the same day, before Yang Cunzhong led the new army, Chen Kangbo, on behalf of the imperial court, personally rushed to march for the soldiers.

"King of the county, the safety of the Great Song Dynasty and the safety of King Jian will be handed over to you, if the war is unfavorable, be sure to ensure the safety of King Jian, remember! Remember! Chen Kangbo entrusted Zhao Wei with a serious heart.

Yang Cunzhong clenched his fists and replied: "Chen Xiang rest assured, even if my old life is lost, King Jian will never be fine!" ”

Chen Kangbo said: "There are no available generals in the court, and the king of the county cannot give his life in vain, if you can't do anything, withdraw it, and we will think about it in the long run." ”

Yang Cunzhong said: "I hope I can hold Zhenjiang!" If you go, the emperor's safety will be handed over to you! ”

"Take care!"

Chen Kangbo watched Yang Cunzhong leave with 20,000 new troops and go north to Zhenjiang, he really didn't know the bottom in his heart.

Although he is the most determined main battle faction in the court, he really doesn't have much confidence in whether he can hold the Yangtze River, after all, this time the Jin people have been preparing for several years to go south, and even the national capital has been moved to Bianjing, which is closer to the Great Song Dynasty, in order to invade the south.

I hope they can hold Zhenjiang, otherwise the Jin people will be able to come to Lin'an City within three or two days, once Jiangnan is lost, no one will be able to return to the sky, and then the Great Song Dynasty will really die.

Looking at their distant backs, Chen Kangbo, who was over sixty years old, could only silently pray for the soldiers in the north.

Zhenjiang, the camp of the elite army, gathers the generals to discuss matters.

"The enemy troops on the other side have been training in the river every day these days, can you find a chance to fight them again?" Pan Cheng asked.

"Those turtle grandsons, cowardly as rats, since they were beaten by us once, they have repeatedly run away when they see us turn around in the river, and they won't come out no matter how much they scold, they can't fight at all, and they don't know how long they will hold back." Xue Wang scolded with a smile.

"From Hezhou to Guazhoudu, they have lost twice in a row and suffered heavy losses, so what if there are more of them? It's not me who blows, in the water they are not our opponents at all, come out and fight again and again, until they dare not come out! Still want to train? Still want to cross the river? Dream on, it's good not to go into the river to feed the fish. "Su Zhong is now dismissive of the enemy army.

"What are you bragging about, you think you will be invincible after winning two games? Do you have the ability to fight on the other side? Yang Congyi immediately reprimanded. This kind of self-righteousness after winning two games, Piao Piao doesn't know how many pounds and taels he has, and he will inevitably suffer big losses in the future, the enemy is not a fool, and he will not be fooled for the second time.

The crowd shut up, and the birds were silent.

"Xue Wang, is there any movement on the other side today?" After the reprimand, Yang Congyi asked about the details of the enemy's army, the 450,000 troops and 1,000 ships on the opposite side, the threat was real, the enemy army did not retreat, and he did not dare to take it lightly.

Xue Wang replied: "There is no abnormal movement, just like the previous few days, many boats are training on the water less than ten zhang away from the river bank, and the training content seems to be the basic skills of controlling the boats such as turning and turning, and there is no special movement." ”

"How many ships are training every day?" Yang Congyi was not surprised, they suffered two losses in a row, and there was no reason why they should not practice their ability to control the ship.

"It is estimated that there are hundreds, and there are their ships for miles along the river." Xue Wang thought about it for a moment.

"Listen to it, take a good look, what are the enemy forces doing? They're training! When they have thousands of ships, tens of thousands of people have learned to control the boats and adapted to the Yangtze River, can you still stop each other in the Yangtze River? After one or two victories, we will be complacent, and the enemy has also seized our entire Jianghuai, ready to cross the river at any time to seize Jiangnan! Tell me one by one, who has been training in the Yangtze River for more than three hours these days? Yang Congyi grimaced and glanced at everyone.

The generals were silent, not daring to look directly into Yang Congyi's eyes.

Since five days ago, after their big victory, they have become the heroes of the entire Zhenjiang Mansion, and the state officials, squires, and ordinary people have come to express their condolences in turn, sending a large number of fat pigs, fat sheep, chickens, ducks, fish and other delicious and delicious materials, and the life is simply better than eating for the New Year.

Not only was the appetite satisfied, but after being praised by the people who came to condole, everyone felt that they had made great achievements and were amazing heroes.

After drinking enough these days, they either show off to others or brag to each other, as if the enemy forces on the other side have been all beaten away by them.

Yang Congyi is very unaccustomed to their behavior, but the Zhenjiang armies have not won a single battle for a long time, and their morale is very low, and they need to use the results of the battle and their easy victories to inspire the confidence and fighting spirit of the whole army, but this situation must not last too long, and after a long time, they are likely to lose their way in all kinds of praise, and eventually swallow the unbearable consequences.

Wan Yanliang, who came to Guazhoudu, will soon be killed by the rebels, his fate Yang Congyi knows, but before he dies, he must try to cross the river, if they cross the river successfully, maybe the ending or history will be different, who knows?

Yang Congyi knew that Yan Liang would die and the enemy army would retreat, but did he dare to let the defenders of the Great Song Dynasty abandon the river defense and go back to the camp to sleep? He didn't dare, he couldn't afford the outcome of the enemy's successful crossing of the river.

If the enemy army successfully crossed the river just before killing Yan Liang, would they still kill Yan Liang? Apparently not, for no reason at all.

The enemy rebelled, and the only reason for killing Yan Liang was that he was too brutal, murderous, and threatened his subordinate generals with his own lives that he must cross the river within a time limit, and if he could not cross the river within the time limit, he would kill people.

At present, it cannot be ruled out that the enemy army suddenly tried to cross the river under the pressure of Wan Yanliang, and if they were arrogant and did not make preparations, the enemy ships would suddenly attack, and the river defense would be lost. Once the river defense is lost, a large number of enemy troops will take the opportunity to cross the river, and Zhenjiang will inevitably be chaotic, and how many of the 70,000 or 80,000 people will stay to resist the enemy army?

If the enemy landing is successful, not to mention whether they can take Zhenjiang, at least the enemy generals who presided over the crossing of the river will not be killed by Wan Yan Liang, and there is no fear of their lives, they will have no reason to rebel, Wan Yan Liang will not die, and the four or five hundred thousand enemy troops will not retreat, then the Great Song Dynasty will die.

Dead Song, Yang Congyi definitely didn't want to see it, defeat the enemy army and drive them back to Huaibei, he didn't dare to think about it, after all, the other party was four or five hundred thousand troops, and the army he could command was only six or seven thousand people.

The best result now is to hold the Yangtze River, wait for the enemy army to rebel, kill Yan Liang, and wait for the enemy army to retreat in chaos, he takes the opportunity to lead the army to cross the river, follow the pursuit, and kill the enemy to make meritorious contributions.

In short, before Wan Yan Liang died, before the enemy retreated, he did not dare to have any negligence. These days, Xue Wang has been sent to the middle of the river to monitor the enemy's movements, the purpose of which is to see if there are any signs of their evacuation, only to find that they have been training and preparing to cross the river all the time.

From this point of view, if they do not fail to cross the river once, and are not threatened by Wan Yanliang with their heads, they will not be forced to rebel, and if they work hard to train and control the boats, they will definitely try to cross the river again in the near future.

And this time, the great army and the navy must win, not a miserable victory, but a big victory, and completely crush the confidence of the enemy army to cross the river. In this way, when Yan Liang threatened them with his life to cross the river within a time limit, they could take the risk and kill Yan Liang.

So next, the Jingwu Army, the Yangwu Army, and the two naval armies dispatched to him by Yu Yunwen must immediately begin to prepare for a vicious battle, and if they want to win, the other naval armies in Zhenjiang must also enter the battle with high morale.

Because he had to prepare for the battle, Yang Congyi had to pour cold water on the faces of Su Zhong, Pan Cheng and the others who were fluttering, so that they could face themselves and the powerful enemies on the other side again, and make them understand that even if they achieved a small victory, the huge threat was still there.

Facing the cold water splashed by Yang Congyi, the generals instantly sobered up, and all of them felt cold in their backs.

"My lord, the last general knows that he is wrong!" Su Zhong got up first and admitted his mistake.

"My lord, the last general will immediately take his brothers into the river for training!" Pan Cheng followed.

"The adult's lesson is right, the last general immediately issued an order, no one is allowed to accept foreign materials, and idlers are prohibited from entering the camp!" Yuan Hua immediately reflected.