Later, he added: "After the summer grain harvest this year, the Jin Imperial Court ordered a forced levy, and ordinary people basically have no surplus grain at home, and large households may have surplus grain. ”

"Then find a way to purchase some, the current situation is complicated, and we must be prepared to stick to it for a long time in Xingren Mansion." Yang Congyi looked at Xu Tong and continued: "The army raises and purchases grain and grass, and Lord Xu is responsible for it, okay?" ”

"This ......" Xu Tong was taken aback, he didn't know how to answer, if he answered, it would be difficult to complete, and he shouldn't feel inappropriate.

"Lord Xu rest assured, he will not let you pay out of his own pocket, nor will he let you pay in advance, let alone buy on credit, and the money for purchasing grain and grass will be paid by the imperial court." Yang Congyi said with a smile.

"Your Excellency has such an arrangement, and the old man obeys his orders!" Hearing that the imperial court paid for it, Xu Tong's heart was relieved.

"Okay, there is enough grain and grass in the city, you can tell the soldiers, so that everyone can stay in Xingren Mansion with peace of mind. As for the Jin army of Guide Prefecture, there are garrisons of Bozhou, Suzhou, and Xuzhou in the south to contain it, and we are stationed in the north, so they dare not go south easily. However, in order to reduce the pressure on the defenders of Bozhou and Suzhou, we cannot be passive on the defensive, but have to take the initiative to attack and put pressure on the Jin army of Guide Prefecture. From tomorrow, we will continue to attack Cao County, and if the other side does not hold out, we will attack Ningling or Yucheng by light cavalry, and even cut off the connection between Guide and Cao County. Wan Yanliang can't mobilize more troops, so we should take advantage of this opportunity. After Yang Congyi finished speaking, he looked at the commanders in the hall.

Many of the generals' family members are in Bozhou, Suzhou military camps, they hurriedly went north to fight, now the situation is not too good, do not have the conditions to bring the military to Xingren Mansion, the two places are separated by five or six hundred miles, once the Jin army of Defu goes south, if the military family does not have time to enter the city to take refuge, they will encounter a huge disaster, even if they enter the city, they have managed to buy the equipment and build the house will lose protection, the loss will be very heavy.

Hearing Yang Congyi say this, the pressure in the hearts of the generals was reduced a lot.

Subsequently, Yang Congyi arranged the deployment of the raiding troops and the garrison troops.

If the imperial court does not send reinforcements north to Suzhou and Bozhou within three months, all they can do is to hold on to Xingren Mansion, and as for Guide Mansion, with their current strength, even if the Jin army does not increase its troops, it will not be enough to seize it.

After the Song army entered Xingren Mansion, it began to recruit young and righteous soldiers, expand its troops, strengthen the city defense, and prepare for a long-term hold.

July 14, Jeju City.

Due to the defeat of the Song army at the hands of the Song army at Juye, the burial of 15,000 elites, the power of the Jeju Jin army was greatly damaged, and it was no longer enough to divide the troops of Jeju, Tengxian and Lanling, so he had to order the entire line to retreat to Jeju City.

Jiaxiang has 20,000 Song troops, Juye has more than 20,000 Song troops, Jeju only has more than 30,000 troops left, and it is no longer able to return to Juye and Heunginfu, and there is not much way for the Jeju Jin army to go.

In the council hall of the Shuai camp, the general of the Jin Army looked solemn.

"Defeat is defeat, and it will not help to pursue it. Let's talk about it, what should we do now? Will it go north and east, or will it stick to it and wait for help? "The coach of the Jeju Kim Army stopped blaming and arguing with each other.

The generals and commanders of the army immediately shut up, as if they were angry.

Seeing this, the commander of the Jin Army had to name him, and only listened to him: "Su Shi Zhining, you have fought with the Song army of Jiaxiang and Juye, what do you think?" ”

Su Shi Zhining suffered a defeat, or almost wiped out the whole army, because his morale was very low, and he was ridiculed by other generals before, and he didn't dare to refute too much, but now the boss asked, but he had to answer.

In desperation, he could only reply: "This Song army going north is not small, and the last general suspects that they are the real Northern Expedition army of the Song army." The Song army that attacked Jeju from Tengxian and attacked Jiaxiang was probably a feint force, just to lure us out of Xingren Mansion and create an opportunity for Juye, a Song army, to capture Xingren Mansion. If the last general's guess is correct, they should have captured Xingren Mansion at this moment! ”

When the commander of the Jin Army heard this, he was taken aback, and couldn't help but ask: "The Song army is so bold that it dares to attack Bianjing alone?" ”

"No, that's not all, they're just trying to capture Xingren Mansion, and then slowly try to do it. It may be that they have already discovered that there are not too many garrisons near Bianjing, so they dare to bypass Guide Mansion and go north to Juye and Xingren Mansion, and the garrison of Guide Mansion is limited, and it may not be able to cut off the connection between the Song army going north and Huaibei. The last general suggested abandoning Jeju, and the army went south to Xuzhou, passed around the city, rushed to Suzhou, and then joined forces with the garrison of Guide to capture Suzhou and Bozhou, completely cut off the connection between the Song army in the north and Huaibei, and trapped them in Juye and Xingrenfu. Su Shi Zhining immediately put forward his own idea.

But immediately someone ridiculed: "Go around Xuzhou, run to Suzhou, Bozhou? It's a shame that you think about it. You want us all to become defeated! ”

"If you don't know how to fight, don't talk nonsense, it's not enough to defeat fifteen thousand people?"

Suddenly, many people pointed the finger at Fu Shi Zhining.

"Don't make any noise! You're going to fight, tell me what we're going to do next? Everyone quarreled, and the head coach of the Jin Army became even more irritable.

As soon as this question came out, everyone was silent for a while.

"Wanyan Xizheng said that we should go north, go south, or go east?" The commander of the Jin Army looked at the lifeless commanders, angry, but helpless.

"My lord, now the whole Shandong is full of chaotic people, they seized Yizhou, Mizhou, Laizhou, Weizhou, Dengzhou, Yidu, Zizhou, Tai'an and Jinan, originally the last general led the army to garrison Linyi, did not want the Shandong rebellion to be protracted, the number of people is beyond imagination, one of the rebels took advantage of the emperor to lead the army south, in just two months to gather 100,000 people, the last general was ordered to strangle, little effect, and later used a lot of money to buy off one of the small leaders, the chaos of the big leader killed, 100,000 chaos people scattered and collapsed. No, in less than half a year, a rebel army suddenly appeared in Yidu Mansion, gathering 70,000 or 80,000 troops in less than two months, occupying Yidu Mansion, and then Zizhou, Weizhou, and Mizhou, besieging Linyi, cutting off the connection between Linyi and Yidu Mansion, and finally having to abandon the city and break through to the west. It can be said that now the whole of Shandong is now garrisoned by the Song army except for Yizhou and Haizhou, and the rest are all in the hands of the rebellious people. If we advance eastward, we can only attack Linyi from Qufu and Pingyi, first fight against the Song army, and after taking Linyi, we will enter Mizhou to fight against the rebels, where there will be no food and grass supply, and no troops to replenish, and we will be trapped in Shandong in a few months. Wan Yan Xi replied.

"If that's the case, then it's really not appropriate to go east, so how about going north?" The commander of the Jin Army asked.

"Although Tai'an and Jinan also fell into the hands of the rebels, but the rebels did not have many troops in Tai'an, if we did not enter Jinan City, we could go north to Pingyin through Dongping County, cross Jishui from Pingyin, and then go south to Yanggu County, cross the river and work together with other armies to recapture Juye and Xingrenfu." Wan Yan Xi is saying what he thinks.

"It's such a big circle, and when you come back, it's time for snow in the sky!" After Yan Xizheng's voice fell, some commanders raised objections.

As soon as these words came out, the hall burst into laughter.

"The general of the defeated army, don't mess around. Dashuai, you have an idea, whether to keep or go, we listen to you! ”

Many commanders looked down on the generals who were defeated at the hands of the Song army, and of course they looked down on those who were defeated by the rebels.

"Let's discuss it here today, and then discuss it after finding out the situation of all parties! Let's disperse! "The coach of the Jin Army has a headache, whether to stay or go, and he really can't pay attention to it.

The crowd dispersed as he was told.

Two days later, on July 16, the Jin army spies in the direction of Tai'an sent back the latest news: the rebels in Tai'an increased their troops by 10,000, bringing the number of troops to more than 20,000, and another 20,000 people went south from Jinan and were already stationed in Feicheng County!

The rebels in Shandong had blocked the passage of the Jin army north to Tai'an and Jinan, and upon learning of this news, the Jin army in Jeju did not dare to hesitate anymore and immediately made the decision to retreat north.

On July 18, the Jin army abandoned the city of Jeju, and more than 36,000 people took all the grain and grass to Wenyang County.

On 21 July, the Jin army arrived at Dongping County on the edge of Onozawa via Wenyang, and the whole army rested.

After preparing to rest for a day, he went directly north to Pingyin and crossed the water without any contact with the rebels in Shandong.

However, that night, the commander of the Jin Army received a report from the front: Pingyin County has been occupied by nearly 10,000 rioters, and several bridges on Jishui have also been demolished!

Pingyin County was occupied by the rebels of Shandong, the Jishui Bridge was destroyed, and the plan of the Jin army to go north through Pingyin had been disrupted.

After nearly half an hour of fierce debate, the commander of the Jin Army finally made the final decision: "Cross the Onozawa, enter Liangshan, and capture Juye!" ”

The order was issued, and the whole army immediately began to collect boats and prepare to cross Onozawa.

Onozawa is a vast body of water, starting from the north of Xuzhou City in the south, reaching Dongping Lake in the north, passing through Jeju in the middle, after the Yellow River is diverted, Jishui and the Yellow River flow through it, and the water area is very large.

At that time, the Liangshan Shan Gang was in turmoil, and the imperial court was difficult to exterminate for a while, but it was blocked by the Onozawa known as the "Eight Hundred Miles of Liangshan Bo".

However, Onozawa is not a barren land, because it is connected to Jishui and Huai River, merchant ships can enter Jishui from Xuzhou through Onozawa, all the way to Jinan, and even to the seaside, it can be said that Onozawa is a transit place for water transportation in Jishui and Huai River.

Dongping County is located on the first coast of Daye, the geographical location is special, the water transport is also relatively developed, and there are naturally not a few merchant ships.

Once the Jin army began to collect ships, they collected all the merchant ships docked in Dongping within a few days, and the merchant ships sailing in Onozawa were not spared, and even the slightly larger passenger ships that could carry more than a dozen people were forcibly requisitioned.

All of a sudden, commercial transportation in Onozawa was cut off, and it was difficult for the people to find larger ships.

The news of the Jin army's wanton requisition of ships in Dongping County was soon learned by the Shandong Volunteers stationed in Feicheng County.

The rebels, who were originally planning to stop the Jin army here, immediately adjusted their deployment, and the target was directly aimed at Onozawa.