"Now that the Jin people have really moved, it is likely that they will invade the south within a year. If they reach the Yangtze River, the elite army and escort army, who are good at marching on the water, will definitely be able to exert their due combat power on the Yangtze River and stop the Jin army in Jiangbei. At the same time, we can find some trouble for them in the backyard of the northern Jin Kingdom, cut off the logistics and transportation channels, or stir up chaos, as long as the Jin army on the north bank of the Yangtze River finally retreats under internal and external pressure, the Great Song army will be able to gain something by taking advantage of the victory and pursuit, killing the enemy army, and recovering the lost territory is possible, if the Jingwu army and the escort army make meritorious contributions in the battle of Song and Jin, we can occupy a place in the Great Song army, and maybe there will be a chance to go north to recover the homeland. With the increase in the amount of land recovered, the balance of strength between the two factions of the DPRK and China will definitely change, and I think that in the end, the 'war' faction will have the upper hand, and when the court unifies its ideas, it is a matter of time before the north recovers the Central Plains. ”

"And I went north this time to prepare for the battle of Song and Jin in a year or two. I heard that the Emperor of the Jin State killed Yan Liang, killed the clan, and killed the ministers, he must have offended a lot of people, and this time I planned to go to Liaoyang Mansion to see if I could find someone who could make trouble for Wan Yan Liang, if I could find it, it would be impossible for the Jin army to stay by the Yangtze River for too long, either advance or retreat, and there would definitely be mistakes in a hurry, no matter what the result was, it would not be worse for the Great Song Dynasty, and maybe it would create opportunities. ”

"Brother Yang means to make preparations with both hands, the elite army and the escort army will resist the Jin people crossing the Yangtze River in the Yangtze River, and at the same time, we will also use people who are dissatisfied with Wan Yan Liang to make trouble for Wan Yan Liang when the Jin people go south, and the most effective way to make trouble for him is to revolt or rebel, right?"

Shen Jin quickly figured out what Yang Congyi meant, the Song army could not compete with the Jin people head-on, and this may be an effective strategy.

"Yes, that's what it means, that's the only way we can win. Since we are determined to restore the Central Plains, then any means should be used, operating in the north for so long, we have an advantage, if we don't use it, we will be sorry for the court and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, once the Jin people break through the Yangtze River defense line, we are the sinners of the Great Song Dynasty, what does Brother Shen think? ”

Loyalty, righteousness and filial piety are very important things for everyone, whether they are enemies or enemies, provoking rebellion or uprising, even if the other party is an enemy country, it is too difficult for the scholars at this time to accept it, not to mention that Shen Jin is still an official of the imperial court, Yang Congyi has to explain to him, because he also has to participate in this matter.

Shen Jin thought seriously for a while before nodding and saying, "I agree with Brother Yang's idea, if the Jin army goes south, it will be really difficult to resist with the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty, and letting them have civil strife should be the only way to make them retreat!" ”

"Okay, since Brother Shen also thinks so, then let's prepare separately, I'll go to Liaoyang Mansion in person, after you bring the fleet back to Qin Island, you can send someone to Yidu Mansion to investigate, inquire about all the powerful people there, and see if you can find someone who can rebel."

Since he accepted this strategy, Yang Congyi immediately began to assign tasks, after all, time was running out.

"Brother Yang, don't worry, if necessary, I will go there myself." Shen Jin nodded and ordered.

"It doesn't have to be. For now, your most important task is to return to Liuqiu as soon as possible with the fleet, and urge the elite army and the escort army to train strictly. If you want to make a difference in the battle of Song and Jin, you must be proficient in naval warfare, and you must start practicing cavalry and archery, and within a year, we must let all members of the Jingwu army learn to ride and shoot, and let the escort army learn to ride horses! ”

"I see!" Shen Jin responded.

After this in-depth discussion, the two basically determined the main tasks of the Huiyi Office, the Huiyi fleet, and the Huiyi Escort Army in the coming period, and everything had to be prepared for the battle of Song and Jin.

After staying in Chenzhou for two days and understanding some basic information, Yang Congyi rushed to Liaoyang Mansion in the Huiyi fleet, accompanied by the left-behind personnel of Liaoyang Mansion.

Liaoyang Mansion is the Tokyo station in the six capitals of the Jin Kingdom, located between Yanjing and Shangjing, occupying the traffic arteries between the two capitals, the geographical location is very important, it has always been left behind by the royal family of the Jin Kingdom, and concurrently serves as the head of the Yin and the soldiers and horses of the road, the power is very heavy, and it is a marshal.

At this time, the Tokyo guards were the grandson of Wan Yan Da, the founding emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and the younger brother of Wan Yan Liang, the current emperor of the Jin State.

Due to the improper throne of Wanyan Liang, the power of the descendants of the clan is heavy, in order to maintain the rule, he killed the descendants of the clan, among which the descendants of Jin Taizong were killed more than 70 people, and the descendants of Taizong were extinct. For the same purpose, the veteran general who had been holding heavy troops for a long time was also killed.

After that, Wan Yan Liang used the excuse to kill Wan Yan Zongben, Wan Yan Zongmei, Wan Yan Zongyi, Wan Yan Bingde and others, and eliminated more than 30 descendants of Wan Yan Zonghan, more than 100 descendants of Xianye, and more than 20 descendants of Mou Liye.

Wanyan Yong's father Wanyan Zongyao died early, when he was a child, he was far away from Shangjing, lived with his mother in Liaoyang, and lived a relatively hard life, although it was a royal clan, but he did not have much power in his hands, so he was not in the first batch of Wanyan Liang's elimination list.

Later, he behaved very deferentially, without the slightest disobedience, even Wan Yan Liang coveted his wife's beauty and wanted to summon his wife to Yanjing to accompany him, he did not resist, and sent his wife away very obediently, since then, Wan Yan Liang's wariness of him has weakened a little, and even transferred him back to Liaoyang, where he grew up, to serve as a guard in Tokyo.

Yang Congyi followed the scouts of the Jingwu Army, and the left-behind personnel in Liaoyang rushed to Liaoyang, so they told him some of the situations they had explored in the past two years.

The spies also told him that although Wan Yan Yong was left behind in Tokyo and was in charge of the soldiers and horses on this road, he could not cover the sky here, because there was also a deputy left-behind guard Gao Cunfu sent from Yanjing, and all of Wan Yan Yong's actions were under his supervision. It is because Yan Yong rarely goes out, except for going to the temple once a month to see his mother, the rest of the time is in a shallow place, and the actual power of Liaoyang Mansion is actually in the hands of Gao Cunfu, the deputy left-behind guard.

After hearing that Yan Yong went to visit his mother in the temple, Yang Congyi immediately became interested in the origin of Yan Yong's mother.

As far as he knew, after the loss of her husband, the women of the northern steppes would basically remarry the same clansmen, or marry the husband's brother, and it was difficult to imagine staying in the monastery after the widow.

Sure enough, the spy immediately told him that Wan Yanyong's mother's surname was Li, she was a Han Chinese, from the Bohai clan, she had studied since she was a child, she was smart and capable, and Wan Yanyong was raised by her. After the death of the Jin husband, the wife should marry the backward custom of the clansmen, and the Li family did not want to accept it, so she became a nun in the monastery.

So since the Li clan is a Bohai clan, even if Wan Yanyong lives in Liaoyang Mansion, it cannot be said that he has no actual power in Liaoyang, but it seems that Gao Cunfu, the deputy who has real power, is likely to be unable to effectively control Tokyo, maybe he is the one who is really hollowed out by the local clan.

A few days later, Yang Congyi came to Liaoyang Mansion.

The streets of Liaoyang, which had turned cold, were sparsely populated, and the group did not go to the stronghold operated by the detectives in Liaoyang, but stayed in the best inn in the city.

Over the years, the fleet has basically been trading with the local big families and businessmen in Liaoyang Prefecture, and the garrison personnel of the fleet stationed in Liaoyang have also opened up a lot of relationships over the years, and they can talk to those big families and businessmen, and it is not a problem to see them.

So Yang Congyi asked the garrison to release the news to the local big families and businessmen, telling them that the big shopkeeper of the fleet had come to Liaoyang Mansion in person, and wanted to talk to them about some business.

The garrison personnel visited one by one to inform the captain of the fleet that he had come to Liaoyang Mansion.

A few days later, businessmen and big families came to the door one after another to discuss business with the fleet manager.

In a few days, Yang Congyi met with many people, and they all raised two questions.

One is that the transaction of the fleet is too time-limited, almost every time in September and October, and the fleet cannot be found if you want to trade at other times, there is no place to replenish the shortage of goods, and the time of the transaction is also short, and it is impossible to gather enough cattle and horses for enough goods at one time, and I hope that the fleet will come several times a year.

The second is that the goods of the fleet are too expensive, although things are cherished and rare, but cattle and horses are grown up eating grass, and it will take two or three years to become adults, which is also rare, and I hope that the price can be appropriately reduced, and if the price can be reduced, they can take out more cattle and horses to trade.

For these two questions, Yang Congyi did not give a definite reply immediately, but just told them that Mizhou is too far away from Liaoyang Mansion, and they can only go north every year when the summer monsoon is almost over, and then they will return in a month or two while the north wind is blowing, and the land route is thousands of miles, and it is impossible to go at all, but since everyone has mentioned this problem, and he just wants to talk about big business, he will seriously consider it and give you a definite answer in three days.

Three days later, more than a dozen merchants and local magnates came to the inn, and they wanted to hear the reply given to them by the captain of the fleet.

"Shopkeeper Yang, everyone's thoughts have told you, I don't know if the price of your goods can be reduced, and most importantly, whether your fleet can come a few more times a year, even if it is two."

After some greetings, some big families went straight to the point.

Yang Congyi said with a smile: "I came to Liaoyang Mansion this time to consolidate and expand business ties with everyone, otherwise I would not have come to such a cold place from Mizhou." I have seriously considered the two issues you mentioned last time, but it is still a bit troublesome to solve. ”

After a slight pause, he raised his hand to stop everyone's questions, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone, listen to me slowly." As for the issue of the price of goods, it is easy to say, and it is not impossible to consider reducing it appropriately. But another problem is troublesome, Mizhou is thousands of miles away from Liaoyang Fuhai Road, and it is even more difficult to pass by land. ”