With the assistance of Huizong Zhao Ji, Li Nan was more confident in taking the Song Kingdom.

Several imperial generals who had been unable to wait for a long time immediately commanded their troops to attack the Yangtze River after receiving the attack order from Emperor Li Nan.

Since the official start of the war between the two countries, the armies of both sides have engaged in several fierce battles at various crossings in the Yangtze River basin.

Although the national strength of the Song State declined, and the grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River were also lost, it was already the end of the strong crossbow, but after all, there were still famous generals such as Shidao and Li Gang and hundreds of thousands of troops, so the battle of crossing the river of the five major armies of the empire was not as easy as imagined.

Although Zhao Huan of Qinzong did not like Seed Master Dao and Li Gang, he knew that if he wanted to resist the imperial army, he would have to use them.

Since the Jin State withdrew from the army, the Yihe faction had the upper hand, and the main battle faction's seed master Dao was immediately demoted to Huazhou, and Li Gang also ended badly.

If the Immortal Empire attacked on a large scale, I am afraid that these two famous generals of the Song Kingdom would die of old age in a foreign land, so in a sense, it was Li Nan who saved them.

The seed master Dao, who was urgently recalled, was appointed by Qinzong as the major of the inspection school and the envoy of the Huai Nanjing Western System, not only commanded the 200,000 army, but also had the right to recruit troops and food on his own, which can be said to be the first person in the current Song military department.

Li Gang was also entrusted with an important task and became the pacification envoy of Jingdong, leading an army of 100,000 to defend the sea route in the eastern part of the Song Kingdom.

He knew that if the imperial army broke through the Yangtze River, it would be a hundred times more difficult to attack the imperial army with sharp firearms in the plains, so he sent all the 150,000 Song troops to the ferries along the Yangtze River on Huainan Road and Jingnan Road.

The change in the defense force of the Song State was unexpected by the Imperial General Staff, and since the Seed Master Dao was now leading the troops, all military orders were issued by him temporarily, so the advantage of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau was also greatly weakened.

Due to the lack of understanding of the distribution of Song State's defensive forces for the time being, the major legions of the empire began small-scale, but very frequent, tentative attacks.

While the empire was still collecting information on the Song army, fierce battles suddenly broke out along the Yangtze River.

This large-scale battle was unexpected by everyone in the empire, because the army of the Song State, which was supposed to be the defender, actually took the initiative to attack the three Yangtze River camps in the empire.

Crossing the river is a taboo for soldiers, so this time the division is to take advantage of the psychological blind spot of the imperial army, which is like a rainbow, and the Yangtze River basin was originally the territory of the Song State, and the Song people who have lived here for hundreds of years know better about the familiarity of the large and small ferries.

The 50,000 Song troops on the Jingnan Road, under the leadership of the seed division, quietly transferred 40,000 troops to other small ferries, and then landed and launched an attack on the newly established Imperial Fifth Army.

The master road was on the Jinghu West Road, using the same tactics, personally commanding the 80,000 army to cross the river to counterattack, and collided with the second and third armies of the imperial royal family after going ashore.

The armies of the two countries have their own advantages and disadvantages, the Song State has the advantage of military strength and is a surprise attack, while the imperial army is well-equipped, so this battle can be said to be unprecedentedly fierce.

Because it was a sudden attack, the Song army had the upper hand at the beginning of the battle, but when the Imperial Royal Legion withstood the first wave of enemy attacks, they quickly began to counterattack.

When the muskets and artillery of the Imperial Army began to wield their might, both the Seed Division and the Seed Division Dao quickly withdrew their troops according to the plan and quickly withdrew to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

After the end of the battle, the Royal Fifth Legion, which was formed late and had a little less combat experience, suffered more than one-fifth of the casualties, but also left behind the corpses of 5,000 Song soldiers.

The Seed Master Dao did not take advantage of the two imperial generals, Kress and Leonidas, and paid the price of tens of thousands of people, and only killed and wounded a few thousand imperial soldiers.

Although the Song did not have the upper hand in terms of the number of soldiers lost, it was also the most inspiring battle of the Song Dynasty and the Chinese Empire.

After receiving the report of the battle, Zhao Huan of Qinzong immediately issued a holy decree to publicize the battle, and sent a large amount of silver money to the front line to encourage the soldiers and generals of the army.

The unprecedented high-ranking officials and silver coins were sprinkled like water, and different bounties were also given to the heads of the imperial soldiers in the holy decree, which suddenly raised the morale of the Song army.

It is worth mentioning the Royal Navy's East Sea Fleet, which Artemisia withdrew from the island nation.

This fleet has been stationed in the island nation, helping the Fujiwara family to quell civil strife, and exchanging various daily necessities from the empire for sulfur, silver, and other minerals needed by the empire.

This time, in order to attack the Song State, Li Nan ordered the East China Sea Fleet to be transferred back to assist the five major armies in crossing the Yangtze River Valley. If Artemisia's fleet had not been unexpected, it would have been impossible for that kind of division and seed division to cross the river and surprise the Imperial Army.

Accidents happen all the time in the world, and this time it was the bad thing that happened to the Goryeo Kingdom.

Lee Zi-kyeon, the Korean prince of Goryeo, sent his daughter Lee Hyo-sun to Lee Nam a few years ago, and he sincerely hoped to establish friendship with the empire.

Although Li Nan didn't attach much importance to the two small countries of Goryeo and the island country, he had always let the Imperial Intelligence Bureau monitor their movements, but this time no one expected that the Goryeo country would secretly send a fleet to assist the Song country.

The Imperial Royal East Sea Fleet, entangled by the sudden appearance of the Goryeo fleet, lost its control of the Yangtze River, which led to the battle.

Just when the Song Kingdom was celebrating this unprecedented victory, in the council hall of the Changsha City Palace, Li Nan's brows furrowed, and he was looking down at the battle situation on the sand table in front of him.

"Your Majesty!" Although he knew that Li Nan was definitely in a bad mood now, Wallis still reminded him out loud.

"Huh? What's up? Li Nan raised his head and asked.

Wallis couldn't see his joy and anger from Li Nan's face, hesitated slightly, but still said stubbornly: "Sienna, the general of the Imperial Royal Fifth Legion, is waiting outside the palace now, it seems that she has come to take the blame. ”

"Huh?" Li Nan, who was thinking about the war, didn't expect to hear this, and asked suspiciously: "Sienna has returned to Beijing?" Why plead guilty? ”

Wallis bowed his head and said, "Wechen estimates that she should be due to too many losses from the Fifth Legion. ”

"Huh." Li Nanzhan smiled and said: "Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and besides, she can't be regarded as a defeat in this battle, so why blame herself so much?" ”

Looking at Wallis, who breathed a sigh of relief, Li Nan couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Since Li Nan became the emperor of the empire, everyone has more respect for him, but he has less kindness than before, and even Wallis and Sienna and others have spoken and acted more carefully.

Thinking of this, Li Nan said helplessly: "Go and call Sienna in." ”

Wallis has often served several generations of kings in the Red Keep in the world of ice and fire, so after he conveyed Li Nan's will, he also thoughtfully withdrew from the servants and gently closed the door of the palace.