Now that Jurong has been captured, Song Shida also immediately transmitted Jurong's battle report to Jinling City, Jiangning Mansion through carrier pigeons.

On this day, the sun was shining, and it was already two days later, on the eighth day of the fifth month.

Today in the Qingyin Pavilion Listening to the Tide Hall, Zhao Dezhao, Shang Haobin, Lin Renzhao, Lin Jingmen, Lin Jingcheng, Yu Yan, Ma Chengjun and others gathered in the hall.

Seeing that everyone was gathered here, Zhao Dezhao immediately told everyone Jurong's battle report.

Lin Renzhao and the others were suspicious: "Your Highness, is it true?" How did the good news come so quickly? ”

The two brothers, Lin Jingcheng and Lin Jingmen, also looked at Zhao Dezhao with stunned eyes on the side.

Zhao Dezhao pursed his lips and smiled, and told everyone the details of the attack on Jurong by the troops of Song and Wu Yueguo, and everyone also gave a thumbs up.

The war situation in Jiangnan, for Zhao Dezhao and the Great Song Dynasty, the current war reports in Jiangnan are all good news, and every inch of the land is also included in the arms of the Great Song Dynasty, but the Tang army in Jiangning Mansion is still stubbornly resistant, and it is still loyal to Li Congqing, and Zhao Dezhao feels that it is necessary to end the war in Jiangnan as soon as possible.

At present, the soldiers under the command of Lin Renzhao are stationed in the Yuanshan Temple, and in the past few days, the food has also been lost a lot, and because they have to contact the Song and Han armies on the Western Front, at the necessary moment, they will control Li Congqing, control the forbidden army of Jiangning Mansion and the government army.

Now that Jurong has fallen, the Song army has firmly grasped this place and several surrounding prefectures and counties, the fall of Jurong has opened the hole in Jiangning Mansion, and the Tang army's defense on the eastern front has also been cut off by one-third.

At this moment, Lin Renzhao got up from his seat, and then arched his hand and said: "Your Highness, it's just that I have been waiting in the city for a long time, but I see that there are frequent wars around me, and I and a few others are also anxious in their hearts, and they want to establish military merits for the Great Song Dynasty as soon as possible." ”

As soon as Zhao Dezhao heard Lin Renzhao's words, he understood his sincere heart, but the Song and Han armies on the western front were still far away from Jiangning Mansion, and all this had to wait until the army of soldiers and horses on the western front overwhelmed the city, Zhao Dezhao analyzed the current situation to everyone, and Lin Renzhao, who was a military general, also analyzed Zhao Dezhao's prediction of the future, and several of them also understood the intentions of Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei.

At this moment, the rest of the people also got up from their seats, and then bowed their hands together: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your success." ”

"Why do you bother, just say a few words to make such a big gift, don't bow so much in front of me in the future. I also hope that the war in Jiangnan will end at an early date and that we will aim at the north as soon as possible. Saying this, Zhao Dezhao suddenly received a secret report from various strongholds in the northwest Xia Prefecture and the northern Liao State a few days ago, saying that during these days, various forces in the north were a little ready to move.

Especially in the Northern Han Dynasty, Liu Jun (926-968) is now seriously ill, he has handed over all the power of the court to Guo Wuwei, and now Guo Wuwei has become a generation of powerful ministers in the Northern Han Dynasty, which is equivalent to having the power to abolish the emperor in his hands, but Guo Wuwei did not do this, Liu Jun is also kind to him, but if Liu Jun dies, this kindness will disappear, and now Liu Jun has no children, and the few adopted sons behind him are not reasonable heirs except for Liu Jiye (Yang Ye), However, Liu Jiye (Yang Ye) does not like to be in power, for him, being a military general is the way for him to repay the kindness of the Liu family.

Above the court, Liu Jun has no children, Queen Guo has nothing to do, Liu Jun's two adopted sons, Liu Jien and Liu Jiyuan, because Liu Jun is seriously ill, and because Liu Jun did not set up a prince of the prison country, they are fighting for the power of the future emperor of the Northern Han Dynasty in private.

Guo Wuwei explored three times a day, and at the same time kept in mind the kindness of his old friend Zhao Kuangyin, and planned to wait for the death of Emperor Liu Jun in the future, so that he would let the new emperor return to the Great Song Dynasty.

Within the territory of Liao, there was a Goryeo invasion outside, and there was a struggle between several tribes inside, and the Khitan royal family and nobles also had some water and fire against Liao Emperor Yelujing, which was also a great consumption of the national strength of the Liao State.

Xiazhou and Lingzhou were peaceful, and Shazhou and the Tibetan tribes west and south of Shazhou were also relatively peaceful.

Zhao Dezhao considered these external factors, and now that Cao Bin and Pan Mei's Ma Bujun on the Western Front and the Great Song Dynasty's naval army had not cleared the obstacles around Jiangning Mansion for a long time, he felt a little bored at the moment, so he had to write to Cao Bin to ask about their follow-up arrangements.

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On the third day of Jurong's capture, at this moment in the Assassin's Mansion, the generals of Song and Wu Yue had already gathered here, and now they were about to discuss the next battle.

In the Thorn Mansion, the soldiers have successively brought the map of the Jiangnan region and the sand table that simulates the terrain and other things, these objects are very important, if the north and south sand tables are all pieced together, it is estimated that the hall of the entire Thorn Mansion is not enough.

It is not the first time that Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, has seen this thing, but although he is a comfortable king, but when there is also the terrain of Wu Yueguo on the sand table, his heart is also full of a sense of panic and powerlessness, and that location also contains the territory of Wuyue Kingdom, from the south of Suzhou, Qiantang Xifu, and even part of the annexed Fujian country, are located on it, he feels that this is not accidental.

"What is this?" Wu Yongzi suddenly noticed the strange look of Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, in the corner of his eyes, he looked sideways, only to see Qian Yu standing silently aside, and he didn't know what he was thinking, but then he understood Qian Yu's mood at the moment, he looked at it from a distance, and saw that this sand table simulation also included the land of Wu Yueguo, and he also knew that Zhao Dezhao had sent Changchun Hall agents from all over the country to secretly collect and map the mountains, rivers, hydrology, geography, etc., and now all of this is also included in these sand tables.

"I see." Wu Yongzi secretly thought, Qian Yu's expression all fell in his eyes.

"This thing is a sand table?" Wuwei Daoist is indeed the first time he has seen this thing, and in the past, he only stayed on the lips of his old friend Wuyongzi.

"Brother Wuwei, this is the map that His Highness ordered to draw in various places, and then made a sand table according to the map."

Wu Yongzi bit the word "all places" very hard, and this time the face of Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, became more and more unnatural.

Ding Deyu praised: "This thing is very good, and it is also a heart of His Royal Highness, not to mention the fact that this thing conquers the city, it can also help the army a lot in battle." ”

The rest of the generals also nodded frequently, secretly admiring.

Qian Yu put away his face, he felt that today was just to discuss the next battle plan of the Song and Wuyue coalition forces, Qian Yu thought for a while, and also felt that he was making a fuss, and then he integrated into the discussion of military politics.

Everyone has all their eyes on the map and the sand table, and the fine sand table has shown the local terrain and other features, which is also very powerful for fighting.

Wu Yongzi had already replaced the various forces on the map with flags of different colors according to the military report in advance.

When Daoist Wuwei looked at the place where the flags of the Song and Wu Yue armies were planted on the sand table, as well as the Tang army flags on the west side of the Qinhuai River, and even the banners of the Song army and the Han army in Jiangling Mansion, Hukou, Wankou, Quarry, Hezhou, Chuzhou, Yingluan Town, Liuhe, Yangzhou Jingkou, and Runzhou, he was the first to speak: "Lord of the country, Ding Dujian, now that our second army has taken Jurong and even several surrounding towns, Lao Dao feels that our army is still being harassed by the Tang army near Lishui City in the upstream zone, and the next step is to pull out the trouble of Lishui first. Our army can also fight steadily and steadily, without worries. ”

Without waiting for Wuwei Daoist to finish speaking, Wuyongzi had already recorded the entire battle situation in Jiangnan in his mind, and at this moment he also said: "Poor Dao agrees with Brother Wuwei's moves, now our second army has occupied Jurong, Lishui is also located in the upper reaches, if Lishui wants to attack my Jurong, you can take advantage of the Qinhuai River, take advantage of the water army, and you can go down the river in less than half a day's work, and on land, you can use the horse infantry army to go down the Maoshan Mountain, and attack from two ways, so as to form an encirclement of our Jurong, but our army has to defend this place recently, The compilation and acceptance of the Tang army's surrender should stay in Jurong for a few more days to stabilize the situation in Jurong. ”

Ding Deyu asked rhetorically: "I don't know what the military advisor means?" ”

Then Wu Yongzi said: "Poor Dao has just received the news, the Great Song Dynasty Navy from Yangzhou has landed in Runzhou, Jingkou and other places, and is stepping up the pace of the south day and night, just waiting for the army to arrive, our army has a naval army, and now in the past few days, a lot of warships have been captured from the Tang Army, these days are also just taking advantage of the day, let the craftsmen repair the defects on the hull, modify the arms on the ship, and wait for the naval reinforcements to come, when there are 60,000 horse infantry troops on the land, and there are 17,000 new naval troops from my Great Song Dynasty on the water, If the Lishui Tang army takes the opportunity to go downstream, our army can form a formation and fight around Jurong. ”

"But Jinling can't wait." Qian Yu asked rhetorically.

Wu Yongzi smiled proudly and said: "Jinling has nothing to do, there is General Cao's deployment on the western front, Pan Dujian led 100,000 horse infantry troops, and the naval army besieged Jiangning Mansion, Li Congqing is already at the end of the strong crossbow, like a grasshopper after the autumn." Although it is stubborn for now, it will not be long before the tall stone town will fall. ”

Ding Deyu understood what Wu Yongzi meant.

At the same time that Jurong was captured, at the same time, the Song army and the Han army on the west side were also less than 100 miles away from Jinling City, Jiangning Prefecture, Cao Bin and Pan Mei on the west front joined forces, and Zhao Kuangyin on the north side also asked Li Chuyun, Wang Renzhan, and Liu Renzhen to send troops and horses to gather in Yingluan Town, Liuhe, Yangzhou and other places to strengthen the protection of the national border on the south side of the Song army.

While discussing military affairs in the Assassin's Mansion, Song Shida suddenly reported outside the house and handed the secret report to Wuyongzi.

After reading it, Wu Yongzi was already a lot more relieved about Jinling's affairs.

At present, the discussion of military affairs is still in progress, and everyone expresses their opinions and states the pros and cons, and it is still debatable whether to capture Lishui in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River or to directly abandon Jurong for the time being, and instead cooperate with Cao Bin and Pan Meibu on the western front to besiege Jinling.

Although at the moment, it is more important to give up Jurong and besiege Jinling than to capture Lishui to get more military benefits, but the comprehensive pros and cons, as well as the people in Jiangnan, it is imperative to fight steadily and stabilize the hearts of the people, and to guard Jurong, wait for the Song division to go south, and then attack Lishui in a few days, which is a very good layout.

The two-hour military deliberations had been completed, and now it was noon, and everyone compared the pros and cons of the two, and finally agreed with the method of no meda.

Now that the discussion of military affairs has been completed, Qian Yu and the generals of Wu Yueguo have dispersed, leaving only the generals of the Song State.

Ding Deyu also had doubts in his heart, and now he asked Wu Yongzi, who knew everything, so he only showed Ding Deyu the letter.

Ding Deyu was suddenly surprised, he unexpectedly learned that Lin Renzhao surrendered to the King of Wei and returned to the Great Song Dynasty, and Jiangning Mansion was actually in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty, but this crusade against the usurper Li Congqing had to be done enough, and the acting had to be done in a full set, otherwise where would the coalition fight a righteous war.

It's just that this is a military secret of the Song army, and these monarchs and generals of Wu Yue Kingdom can't be known.

Ding Deyu understood it, nodded and left.