The generals were surprised, and Liu Jian said: "There are 60,000 troops near Guazhou, and according to the order of the imperial court, 20,000 people are left to stick to the camp in Guazhou, hold Guazhoudu, and prevent the enemy from crossing the river from this place to the south, and the rest of the army will withdraw to Zhenjiang." ”

After Liu Jian finished speaking, he glanced at the commanders in the council hall, and continued: "I just said that the enemy army is stupid, and the victory of the soaphorn forest is not considered a battle merit, you stay in the Guazhou camp, defeat the attacking enemy army, and obtain the battle merit!" The Chinese army is in charge of Liu Yan, and you also lead your 5,000 troops to stay in the camp! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was silent.

Fang Cai made sarcastic remarks and squeezed Yang Congyi, Chen Min, and Yuan Hua, the three most ruthless commanders, and they were immediately stunned, and their faces turned pale.

"The enemy army is temporarily under the command of Chen Min as the deputy capital, commanding the three armies of Jingwu, Yangwu, and Zhenwu, returning to Zhenjiang with the army, and organizing defense along the Yangtze River."

As soon as Liu Kuang's words fell, Yang Congyi suddenly got up, causing everyone to turn their heads and look sideways.

Liu Jian immediately asked, "Yang Congyi, do you have different ideas?" ”

I saw Yang Congyi clasping his fists and said: "The last general was born in martial arts, and he is not very senior in the army, although he won a battle by luck, he did not dare to compare with your commanders, they still stayed in Jiangbei to block the enemy, but the last general has no reason to leave!" Now although Yangzhou City fell into the hands of the enemy, but the enemy army in the city is only more than 20,000 people, after the defeat of the soaphorn forest, in a short time, they will not dare to go out of the city to attack. Judging from the end of the future, it is more dangerous to Hezhou in the west, I am afraid that there are already hundreds of thousands of enemy troops gathered there, and when they build ships, they will cross the river immediately, if they successfully cross the Yangtze River and take away Jiankang on the opposite side of Hezhou, then hundreds of thousands of enemy troops will go straight to Lin'an! The last general will go to the most dangerous area of Jiankang to defend against the enemy army and prevent the enemy army from crossing the river! ”

Before the words fell, a sneering voice sounded in the hall.

"I said Yang Tong, don't you think that you have taken advantage of the enemy army in the soaphorn forest, you think that the Jin people are so easy to fight! There are three or four hundred thousand enemy troops in Hezhou, and the army brought back to Jiankang by the king of the West Road is afraid that there are less than 20,000 people. I advise you to listen to the arrangement of the marshal, go back to Zhenjiang and wait for the rewards of the imperial court, lest you don't get the reward, and give your life first, then you can't get it! ”

I heard that Yang Congyi came out of martial arts, and immediately some commanders began to be yin and yang and ridiculed.

"Now that you know it's a fluke, don't try to be strong. Although Wang Quan is a straw bag, he was also a person who charged into battle before, and all the armies under his command were also elite forbidden troops, and if they could drive them all the way back to Jiankang from Luzhou, the enemy army was definitely not in vain! I heard that the army personally commanded by the Jin lord Wan Yan Liang is the most elite army of the Jin country, with 200,000 in the front army, 300,000 in the middle army, and 150,000 in the rear, all the way from Shouchun to Hezhou, and it only took more than a month, how long have you been in the army, and you want to fight against hundreds of thousands of troops? Listen to the handsome, go back to Zhenjiang and stay! Someone then chimed in and teased.

Yang Congyi found out that these two people were the people who had squeezed them before and were ordered by Liu Jian to stay in the camp in Guazhou, although he was angry, he did not fall into their trap, and insisted: "Please allow the commander, let the last general lead the Jingwu army to Hezhou and Jiankang to prevent the enemy army from crossing the river, otherwise Jiangnan will be dangerous!" ”

"Yang Congyi, how do you think that taking the elite army to Jiankang can stop the enemy army?" Liu Jian looked at Yang Congyi, who had repeatedly asked for help, and suddenly became a little curious.

I only listened to Yang Congyi said: "Back to the marshal, the Jingwu army has been in Quanzhou before the defense of Guazhou, escorting the fleet across the ocean many times, the soldiers are good at maneuvering the boat, and they can travel freely in the water, if the Jingwu army can rush to the Jiankang area in time, it may also be able to take advantage of being good at water warfare to deal with the enemy in the river." Even if the enemy army collects and builds ships in a short period of time, and wants to cross the Yangtze River with 340,000 people, it is not possible to do it in ten days and half a month, and they can't build big ships for a while, if they only use small boats to cross the river, they only need to use big boats to knock them over in the river, and the ships will be destroyed and killed, and the enemy army can not cross the river for a month, and the imperial court can timely transfer troops to Jiankang, organize the defense of the Yangtze River, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack! This time, the elite army moved north from Quanzhou, and brought dozens of warships, if it stopped between Hezhou and Jiankang, and maneuvered with the enemy, even if the enemy army had millions, it would be difficult to cross the river! The enemy army has been in Hezhou for half a month, if it is not rescued in time, I am afraid that Jiankang will be difficult to preserve! Please allow the last general to lead the elite army to defend Jiankang and prevent the enemy from crossing the river! ”

As soon as Liu Jian heard the explanation, after a little consideration, he said: "The situation in Jiankang is indeed more critical than that of Zhenjiang, since the Jingwu army is proficient in water warfare, this commander will allow you to ask, rate the Jingwu army to Jiankang, and assist the Jiankang defenders to prevent the enemy from crossing the river!" ”

"Yes! The last will be ordered! Please rest assured, the elite army is up and down, and it is better to die than to disgrace the mission! ”

Yang Congyi clenched his fists, and the loud voice should be, and the sonic boom chamber.

Liu Jian nodded secretly, and then said: "The enemy army is large, the Jingwu army is alone, who is willing to go to Jiankang with the Jingwu army to resist the enemy army in Hezhou?" ”

As soon as this question came out, the chamber was silent, and everyone was silent.

In Guazhou, if they can't hold out, they can prevent more than 20,000 enemy troops in Yangzhou City, and they don't have to face the enemy when they return to Zhenjiang, but if they go to Jiankang, they will face hundreds of thousands of enemy elites, and Jiankang is only tens of thousands of people.

"The last will go!"

In silence, I saw Yuan Hua stand up, hug his fist to Liu Jian and said: "The last general, Yuan Hua, is willing to lead the Yang Wu Army to Jiankang with the Jingwu Army to resist the enemy army, please be gracious!" ”

"Okay, Ben Shuai is allowed to invite you!" Liu Jian almost didn't think about it, and immediately said: "Order the Jingwu Army and the Yangwu Army to join forces to form a reinforcement army on the West Road, which will be led by the Jingwu Army under the command of Yang Cong Yiquan's reinforcements on the West Road, and immediately rush to aid Jiankang, organize the Yangtze River defense line, and resist the enemy crossing the river!" ”

"Yes! Obey the orders of the commander! ”

Yang Congyi and Yuan Hua hugged their fists to receive the order.

After the two of them sat down, Liu Jian said again: "This marshal received the edict to return to Zhenjiang to form a defense of the Yangtze River, stay behind the armies of the Guazhou battalion, and lead the armies of the Guazhou battalion to lead Li Hengquan to control the Guazhou battalion, lead the armies to defend the Guazhou battalion, hold the ferry, and strive for a month for the Zhenjiang defense line to be completed!" ”

"Yes."

Even if the commanders of the various armies who were ordered to stay behind did not dare to disobey the order in every possible way, otherwise they would be dealt with by military law immediately, and even if they had a background, they would not be able to withstand the fate of cutting off their heads with a knife.

After the deliberations were over, the commanders of the various armies had their own concerns and quickly dispersed.

Out of the conference hall, Yuan Hua asked, "Lord Yang, when will we leave for Jiankang?" ”

"Before noon tomorrow, I'm going late, I'm afraid I'll run in vain." Yang Congyi replied.

"Your Excellency really went to Jiankang to defend against hundreds of thousands of troops?" Yuan Hua approached and asked softly.

Yang Congyi turned his head and glanced at Yuan Hua, and after a while, he said coldly: "If Yang Wujun doesn't want to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, you don't have to go to Jiankang with me, it's better to go back to Zhenjiang with the marshal." ”

Yuan Hua's face suddenly showed embarrassment, and he hurriedly said: "The adult misunderstood, the last general just asked casually, the adult went to Jiankang to kill the enemy, and the last general was willing to follow, and there was no second heart!" ”

Yang Congyi stared at him for a moment, and then said, "I hope the truth is as you say!" ”

Yuan Hua raised his hand and clenched his fists and said: "Don't worry, my lord, the last general will return to the camp immediately to make arrangements, and he will be ready before noon tomorrow, and he will never delay the march!" ”

"Do you have a ship?" Yang Congyi suddenly asked.

"Nope."

"Before tomorrow, come to the left camp of the Guazhou ferry and take the Jingwu military boat into the river."

"Yes, thank you, Lord Yang!"

After a night's rest, the Guazhou armies began preparations to cross the river the next day.

The Jingwu army was to march west along the Yangtze River, and Liu Jian was going to cross the river with the army to return to Zhenjiang.

Because Liu Jian was seriously ill and did not get better, he took his pro-army to take a boat from the Guazhou ferry early the next morning, and returned to Zhenjiang first, followed by the rest of the troops.

Hundreds of ships sailed off the shore, entered the Yangtze River, and headed for Zhenjiang on the opposite side, all of which could only transport five or six thousand people at a time, and the rest of the army could only wait at the ferry, and after waiting for an hour, the ships returned to Guazhou to take them back to Jiangnan in batches.

Jingwujun rested well for half a day plus one night, and his spirit recovered a lot.

Just after breakfast, the military order to transfer Jiankang spread throughout the army, although the soldiers felt that this adjustment was a bit hasty, but no one asked, so many years, they went south and north, they have long been accustomed to the four seas as their home, where the defense is the same for them.

This military transfer order is the same for ordinary soldiers, but it is different for the generals and colonels of the whole army, because they know more information than ordinary soldiers, and they naturally know what the situation is in Jiankang now.

But the greater the danger, it means that there are more opportunities for meritorious service, more opportunities for promotion, and they will not miss this opportunity, not before, and even less now, because Yuan Hua, who led the army alone, appeared!

Su Zhong, Pan Cheng, Xue Wang and Yuan Hua are all from the Xuanwei Army, they are the same starting point, just a few years have not seen, the official position is already different, this is what they cannot tolerate, and the way to catch up is only to fight and make meritorious contributions, in addition, there is no other way, they are eager for war, and they are even more eager to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions.

So when Yang Congyi told them that he asked the commander to ask for help from the commander and let the Jingwu army transfer to Jiankang and go to Hezhou to defend against the enemy army, everyone was not the slightest afraid, but a little excited.

Because Wan Yan Liang, the lord of the Jin Kingdom, is there, if there is a chance to capture Yan Liang alive, this kind of feat will be unmatched!

At that time, Yuan Hua came to the riverside with more than 1,500 Yangwu troops.

An hour later, more than 4,500 people from the Jingwu Army and the Yangwu Army left the Guazhou Ferry in more than 60 warships, vehicles and boats, and went up the Yangtze River to support Jiankang.