The sailors, the water village, and the warships were soon handed over to Xu Yibao and Wu Xi to take over, and more than 2,600 surrendered troops were also all loyal to Daqian under Wu Xi's call.

Although Zhao Junsheng let Xu Yibao and Wu Xi let go of his hands and feet, he didn't care about them completely, he believed in them, but he didn't believe that everyone was sincerely surrendering and allegiance, so he still sent Sima Chuzhi's son Sima Yue to bring a thousand people to join the navy, some of which were used as military discipline teams, and the other part participated in the sailors' drills as sailors.

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi were not dissatisfied with this, this kind of thing is too normal, both of them are generals, and the two or three thousand officers and soldiers of the Navy Division under them were also surrendered by the Song Army, if Zhao Junsheng did not send someone to supervise at all, they themselves felt abnormal.

The damaged water village is being rebuilt, some damaged warships are also docked in the water village for repair, and the officers and men of the naval division are also actively resuming training.

The construction of the river defense facilities is progressing very quickly, and seventy percent of it has been completed in three days, and it seems that Liu Gon's guarantee that it will be completed within five days is really not bragging.

At this time, in Xiakou on the other side of the river, Xiao Bin, the commander of the Song army, had also received news from Xizuo that most of the troops of the cadre army were scattered in the vast territory from Xiangyang to Jiangxia, and the number of troops arriving in Jiangxia City was less than 10,000.

Xiao Bin knew that his plan had succeeded, and immediately planned to prepare for a large-scale counterattack.

After shrinking the force, not counting the water division, he still has 20,000 horses in his hands, in the area along the Yangtze River where the water network is dense, the cavalry's ability to maneuver and detour is greatly limited, if it is against the infantry, Xiao Bin is not afraid of the dry army.

After some planning, Xiao Bin began to move, he also transferred more troops from the south, raised more grain, grass and ordnance, and even collected more ships, or did not fight, or if he wanted to fight, he would cross the river in one fell swoop, break through Jiangxia City in one fell swoop, and then wave his army to the north, and eat them one by one before the soldiers and horses scattered in various parts of the cadre army had no time to assemble.

The Song army is nervously deploying a counterattack, and Zhao Junsheng is not idle.

At the same time that the Jiangfang fortifications were becoming more and more perfect, Zhao Junsheng summoned Sima Chuzhi, Li Bao, Niu Dali, Hua Xiong and others to discuss the concentration of the scattered troops as soon as possible.

Jiangxia City is too guarded.

Zhao Junsheng sat on the main seat and looked at the crowd: "Calling you here today is to talk about the gathering of troops, the black guard received the news, Xiao Bin of Xiakou has learned that our army is scattered, and the number of troops arriving in Jiangxia City is less than 10,000, so he is actively preparing to cross the river and counterattack!" Judging from the news received so far, Xiao Bin has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and he has ordered the requisition of defenders from the southern counties, and it is estimated that there are also 20,000 people, adding up to 40,000! ”

"General Liu Gon, you are in charge of the defense of the river, you give me an accurate answer, can we hold the defense line on the river bank with the current strength of our army?"

Liu Gon stood up and bowed and hugged his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the long sword is too long along the coast, there are many places where you can cross the river, if the Song army wants to cross the river, our army will not be able to prevent it no matter what, just in Jiangxia County, with the current strength of our army, we will remove the defenders and cavalry defending Jiangxia City, and the remaining infantry will not be enough to make the defense line on the river bank impregnable even if it cooperates with the naval division!" ”

Pang Faqi stood up and said: "General Liu, you say this is inevitably suspected of destroying your prestige, as far as the old man knows, the scale of the Song army's naval division in Xiakou on the other side is not much larger than the scale of the naval division led by General Xu and General Wu, the old man thinks that if the naval division cooperates, with the current strength is enough to hold the riverbank defense line, at least in Jiangxia County, they can't cross the river, we should be more worried about them crossing the river from Nanjun!" ”

Liu Gon sneered: "Pang Taishou, you are also the one who has led the troops to fight for many years, don't you know that if the Song army wants to cross the river and counterattack, it will first defeat our sailors?" ”

Pang Faqi retorted loudly: "Defeat our sailor? Are the officers and soldiers of General Xu and General Wu's naval division all wine bags and rice bags? ”

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi looked at Liu Gon with unkind eyes, and Liu Gon obviously looked down on them, and even more despised the sailor fleet they commanded.

I saw Liu Gon walking to the side of the map, turning his head and saying to everyone: "Your Majesty, everyone, the scale of the Song Army's naval division in Xiakou is indeed not much larger than the scale of the naval division led by the two generals Xu and Wu, but don't forget here!" ”

Everyone followed Liu Gon and pointed to the location on the map - Baling!

"Since General Xu's sailors were annihilated by His Majesty's army on the river of Yiling, the remaining Song army's sailors did not play much role in the battle situation, so they all retreated to Baling! The size of this Song army's naval division was more than three times the size of General Xu's naval division, from Baling to Xiakou, how many days do you think the fleet will take? If they attack the sailors of the two generals Xu and Wu from the east and west of the river, I don't know how long the two generals can hold back? ”

The Yangtze River waterway in Baling connected to Dongting Lake, and the Song army's sailors retreated to Baling and were stationed at Dongting Lake to recuperate, where there was a vast body of water for warships to practice.

From Baling to Xiakou, it is straight down the river, and the speed of the boat can be more than twice as fast as that of the boat against the current.

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi had cold sweat on their foreheads, if it was just Xiakou's Song Army Sailor, the two of them were not afraid, with the riverbank fortifications, they were confident that they could fight a tie with Xiakou's Song Army Sailor, but if Baling's Song Army Sailor came over, both the number of troops and the number of warships were three times theirs, this could not be fought at all, once they were blocked in the water village and could not get out, it would be equivalent to abandoning their martial arts.

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "So you can't prevent them from crossing the river at all?" ”

Liu Gon shook his head and said, "I can't prevent it!" On the one hand, the defense line is too long, the troops are insufficient, even if the troops are sufficient, the full deployment of the river bank direction is not worth the loss, if the Song army wants to cross the river, it will definitely concentrate warships and troops to find the weak point of the defense line and attack, because our army is scattered, even if we get the news, it is too late to rescue! ”

"Got it!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "General Sima, General Li, how long will it take for you to draw troops south?" ”

Sima Chuzhi clenched his fists and said: "Back to Your Majesty, at present, our army has just captured Xiangyang, Jiangxia, Lu'an and other counties, if we want to consolidate our territory and power, I am afraid that we will not be able to draw too many troops in a short period of time, and we can only draw 5,000 people at most!" ”

Zhao Junsheng walked to the map and looked at it, pondered for a while, and ordered: "Okay! With only 5,000 men, I want you to give an order immediately, gather your forces to move closer to Jingling County, and when you arrive at Jingling, immediately move south to capture Nanjun! ”

The two stood up and hugged their fists and agreed: "The minister's order!" ”

After the meeting, Zhao Junsheng left Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao behind, and asked all the others in the lobby to go out, leaving only the three of them.

Zhao Junsheng said to the two: "Now our army is insufficient, and it is too late to transfer troops from Guanzhong, Bingzhou and Hebei, we have more than 4,000 cavalry here, and the infantry that can really be used is less than 6,000. ”

Li Bao said: "Your Majesty, the territory we want to control is too large, and the time to capture it is too short, and the local deterrence is insufficient. ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned.

Sima Chuzhi thought for a moment and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has a way to not only gather troops, but also maintain stability in various places!" ”

Zhao Junsheng immediately raised his hand: "Say it quickly!" ”

"Yes! Lao Chen thinks so, what can really threaten the security of various places is those surrendered Song army, the lord of the strong private soldiers, the old minister suggested: first, all these landlords and strong private soldiers are recruited, and then half of our army and the surrendered Song army, by our army with these landlords and strong private soldiers and surrendered Song army to Jiangxia City to assemble! ”

"Second, leave half of the surrendered army to assist our army in garrisoning various cities, and then recruit a group of recruits on generous terms for training, so that even if those surrendered officials and landlords loyal to the Song State want to start an incident, they have no manpower! As long as you wait for three months, after the recruits are trained to become an army, you will no longer be afraid of those old and young relics of the Song Kingdom making trouble! ”

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng slapped the desk: "Okay, this strategy is very good, just handle it like this!" Start immediately, convey the order, and within a few days, people from all over the country will arrive in Jiangxia City one after another, waiting for unified reorganization! ”

Zhao Junsheng did not expect that these landlords' powerful private soldiers and the troops drawn from all over the country could have strong combat effectiveness, as long as they could not cause chaos and trouble in the rear, and besides, so many cannon fodder could play some role, and there were also cadres who were drawn in, at least 10,000 people could be transferred, and with these 10,000 horses, Zhao Junsheng's confidence in his heart was enough.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Who do you think will be the general for the matter of sending 5,000 people to fight Nanjun?" ”

Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao clasped their fists together and said, "Please Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and said to Sima Chuzhi: "How about letting Zhu Gui go?" ”

Zhu Gui is Sima Chuzhi's military Sima, more than forty years old, and Sima Chuzhi's partner time is not short, using Zhu Gui as a general to attack Nanjun, he can also be regarded as a soldier and a soldier, and he should be able to command it easily.

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Sima Chuzhi said.

"In that case, it's decided!"

Then the orders were conveyed in turn, and within two days, the soldiers and horses from the nearby cities came to Jiangxia City to assemble and stand by, and the landlords around the country were suffering at this time, Zhao Junsheng's order was really a draw from the bottom of the kettle, and some of these people did want to take advantage of the instability of the rear of the cadre army to raise troops, and now Zhao Junsheng has transferred their private soldiers and troops from all over the country, and they have become toothless tigers!

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