Zhao Junsheng said: "General Sima, your department is afraid that there is no time to rest, you come here!" ”

Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao followed Zhao Junsheng to the map, Zhao Junsheng pointed to the entrance of the Han River flowing into the Yangtze River and said: "Look here, there is a water village of the Song army here, there are still two days, maybe less than two days, the Song army sailors who attacked Hanjin Pass a few days ago should return to this water village!" General Sima, I want you to lead your troops across the Han River as soon as possible to capture this water village, and take it before the Song army's sailors return! ”

"Only by taking this water village can we block the waterway and force this Song army sailor to surrender!"

Although Sima Chuzhi was old, he reacted quickly, and he said: "I understand, only by forcing this naval division to surrender can we have the capital to confront the Song army on the river, and the Song army will not dare to cross the river easily to counterattack!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Since you have thought of this, I won't say much, how many troops do you still have in your headquarters?" ”

"Five thousand! Of these, 3,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "The cavalry is useless for attacking the water village, stay!" Three thousand infantry should be enough, without further ado, you should make preparations quickly, and after lunch, lead your troops to set out, preferably by tonight! ”

"The old minister takes the order!" Sima Chuzhi hugged his fists and turned to leave.

Li Bao was a little worried: "Your Majesty, General Sima is old after all, let him come to the front line to command the battle, and these days of marching, the minister is worried that he will not be able to bear it!" ”

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said: "Although Sima Chuzhi is old, his spirit is not lost to young people, if I don't let him go, change to other juniors to lead the army, I'm afraid he won't be very comfortable in his heart!" ”

After lunch, all the soldiers were divided into two parts, a part of the 3,000 infantry led by Sima Chuzhi to the west, and the remaining nearly 6,000 men and horses went to Jiangxia City under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng.

After walking for half an hour, the army arrived outside the north gate of Jiangxia City, and Liu Gon had already lined up outside the city with all the city's officials and generals, as well as most of the soldiers.

The weapons of these defenders were piled up next to them, and in addition to these generals, the people who had not had time to evacuate in the city were also organized by Liu Gon and others to meet them outside the city on both sides of the road.

Zhao Junsheng did not play his own banner, and the troops were led by Niu Dali and Li Bao, with Li Bao as the main general.

Liu Gon and the others, who greeted them outside the city, found that there were more than 5,000 more soldiers in the cadre army, and they knew that the cadres had arrived, but they were afraid that many soldiers and horses would come one after another.

"Jiangxia City Army Sima Liu Gon and all the officials and soldiers in the city to surrender the city to General Niu, welcome the general and all the soldiers under his command into the city, please accept it!"

Niu vigorously raised his hand and said, "General Liu and all the soldiers and officials don't have to be polite!" Come on, enter the city and take over the defense of each gate! ”

A group of soldiers and horses under the leadership of a thousand commanders ran into the city, there were 200 cavalry and 800 infantry in this team, after entering the city, it was divided into four parts, one part stayed at the north city gate and went to the city tower and the city wall, and replaced the ten Song troops who stayed behind, and the other three roads went quickly in the direction of the three city gates in the east, west and south.

Niu Dali introduced Li Bao to Liu Gon and others: "This is General Li Bao, General Li is a popular person around His Majesty, quite favored, General Li is the main here, and the general is now General Li's adjutant general!" ”

"It turned out to be General Li, I don't know Taishan with my eyes, it's rude!" Liu Gon and the others immediately clasped their fists and saluted.

Li Bao smiled and said: "General Liu and the generals don't have to be polite, the weather is still quite hot now, let's go into the city to talk!" General Niu, you take 2,000 people to train these 2,000 people who surrendered to Chengcheng, find a place outside the city to set up camp, and send another 1,000 people to be stationed by the river, prohibit any ships from sailing, prohibit anyone from crossing the river, strengthen the patrol and defense of the riverbank, and the others will enter the city with the general! ”

"Yes!" Niu Dali agreed, and immediately issued an order, a commander with more than 1,000 people under his command bypassed Jiangxia City and went straight to the riverside, and the remaining 1,000 people were led by Niu Dali, and took the 2,000 people who surrendered to Cheng to camp nearby for training.

Subsequently, the rest of the army entered Jiangxia City under the leadership of Li Bao.

Pang Faqi in the team has been gloomy face, Liu Gon actually coerced all the officials and soldiers in the city to surrender, which made him extremely angry in his heart, he had already found that Liu Gon was a little wrong, just thought that this guy wanted to run, but he didn't expect this person to be bold enough to coerce other officials and the defenders of the city to surrender the cadres, he had previously said in front of Zhao Junsheng that Liu Gon advocated holding Jiangxia City, and now that Liu Gon has surrendered, doesn't Zhao Junsheng know that he is deliberately lying?

"Pang Gong, why don't you seem to look good and uncomfortable?" An official who had surrendered with Pang Faqi asked.

Pang Fa shook his head and said, "Maybe the weather is too hot, some heat stroke, it's not in the way!" ”

The official looked left and right, leaned to Pang Faqi's side and whispered: "Pang Gong, this Liu Gon City Mansion is too deep, I guess this Liu Gon is only afraid that he has already had the idea of surrendering to Cheng, last night Pang Princess Zhang Toucheng, he was worried that Pang Gong would steal his limelight and credit, so he followed the young general to oppose it, and as soon as Pang Gong took us away, he immediately got rid of the young general by the hands of the cadres, and in a blink of an eye, he took everyone to surrender to the cadres and surrendered the city." In this way, his nomination can be much heavier than Pang Gong's, and if Your Majesty is rewarded for meritorious deeds, Liu Gon's merit must be higher than Pang Gong's! ”

Pang Faqi said in a low voice: "This person must not have a deep friendship, if you have a deep friendship with him, maybe he will be sold one day!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Pang Faqi resented Liu Gon for killing his son by the hands of the cadres, and hated him for leading his troops to surrender the cadres and betray the country for glory, so he began to think about how to get rid of Liu Gon and avenge his son.

When they arrived at the Taishou Mansion, the soldiers of the cadres went to the guard first, drove away irrelevant people, Zhao Junsheng went directly to the backyard to rest, and Li Bao took the generals and the officials and generals who surrendered to Cheng to talk in the front hall.

After Li Bao learned about the situation in Jiangxia City, he asked these people who surrendered to Cheng to go back first, the original house still belonged to them, and if there was anything, they would send someone to inform them, so everyone said goodbye one after another.

Soon, Li Bao came to the backyard and reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, our army has been settled in the city, some of them are guarding the Taishou Mansion, and the others are in the barracks in the city!" The minister has already sent the officials and generals who surrendered home, and something is informing them to come! It's just that Pang Fa was Jiangxia Taishou before, and his mansion was already in Taishou Mansion, and now I am waiting for the Taishou Mansion to set up a Shuai Mansion in Taishou Mansion, and he has no place to live! ”

"Do you still have to report this to me? You send someone to find him another better house for his family to live in! In addition, the order is to be sent down, to restrain the soldiers, not to disturb the people! ”

"No!"

After Li Bao left, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Lin Jinghui.

"What do you think of this man? Did he really surrender, or was he forced to surrender because of his mother and family in our hands? ”

Lin Jinghui thought for a while and hugged his fists and said: "A person like Pang Faqi, the minister thinks that he will not change his will and determination easily, the minister does not know how His Majesty thinks of him, the minister will never easily believe that such a person will be willing to surrender and serve my great cadres, the minister has sent someone to monitor this person and some other officials and generals who surrendered!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and nodded: "Be careful, you go!" ”

"No!"

Early the next morning, a messenger came to report that Sima Chuzhi had led his troops to cross the Han River yesterday evening, and was heading towards the Song army's water village at the confluence of the Han River and the Great River.

After Zhao Junsheng got the report, he asked the messenger to return, telling Sima Chuzhi that he should act cautiously, there was still plenty of time, there was no need to be in a hurry, he planned and then moved, and the messenger took the order and left.

After breakfast, Zhao Junsheng went to the riverside to inspect under the protection of the imperial guards and hundreds of cavalry of the Dragon Guard, accompanied by Pang Faqi, the former Jiangxia Taishou, and Liu Gon, the military Sima.

A group of people rode horses and walked on the embankment, Liu Gon pointed to the river beach under the embankment and said to Zhao Junsheng: "General, please see, the river bank here seems to be flat, when the river recedes, a large area of river beach sand and mud will be exposed, so the sampan fishing boat is reliable, the slightly larger boat can not dock, as soon as it gets close to it will run aground, in fact, the water is still very deep, the river in this area is fast, people will be washed away as soon as the water is in the water, so it is impossible for the Song army on the other side to land here with a big boat!" ”

Zhao Junsheng didn't know much about water warfare, and asked: "What if the Song army transported troops with more than 1,000 small sampans or fishing boats and crossed the river at night to sneak attack?" ”

Liu Gon shook his head and said: "The general said that the water is turbulent, and the small sampan or fishing boat can only use manpower to paddle, just ask how can the small sampan or fishing boat row from the opposite shore to this side under such a turbulent current?" If you don't have more than half of the row, you'll be swept out of the way! Small sampans and fishing boats are afraid to come to this section of the river, and there is a danger of capsizing at any time! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, understood a little, and asked, "Then if the Song army wants to cross the river, which sections of the river are most likely to be in?" ”

"As far as the last general knows, there are about three places: the first is the wharf ferry, the second is twenty miles upstream, and the third is fifteen miles downstream, these three sections of the river are relatively open, and the water flow is relatively gentle, but only the river surface of the ferry wharf is suitable for large boats, and the other two sections are only suitable for small sampans and fishing boats!"

"In other words, if our army wants to deploy defenses along the river, it only needs to hold the three sections of the river you mentioned?"

"Yes, but other sections of the river can't be completely left unwatched, at least send people to patrol to prevent the enemy from sending scouts with excellent water ability to spy on our army or collude with the hidden ghosts in the city!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment and asked, "General Liu, if you are asked to be in charge of the deployment along the river and preside over the defense of the river, will you be competent?" ”

Liu Gon suppressed the excitement in his heart, hugged his fists and said: "Although the last general is only a shallow learner, as long as the general gives an order, the last general will never give up, and he will deploy this river defense seamlessly, even if the Song army on the other side has wings, it will not be able to fly!" However, it is not enough to defend the river alone, if there is a naval division to cooperate with it, it will be foolproof! ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, beckoned to a royal guard next to him, waited for him to get closer, and whispered a few words in his ear.