The three-way army of Wei came rapidly, and the Northern Yan was defeated and retreated, and the Northern Yan knew that there was no way to retreat, and the country was bound to perish, but before the country died, it was necessary to drag the Southern Song Dynasty into the water. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Northern Yan gathered all his troops overnight and attacked the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop, hoping to take the Southern Song Dynasty by surprise.

The Southern Song Dynasty was an eventful time, and he was not prepared for such a move, and the troops sent by Lie were repulsed by the Northern Yan, and they saw that they were about to attack Jincheng again.

The emperor was anxious and didn't know what to do, Beiyan's move must be a desperate struggle, but instead asked Wei to take advantage of it, destroy Beiyan first, and attack the Southern Song Dynasty.

Helplessly, the Southern Song Dynasty's forces were scattered at this moment, and Bian Zhou and Qi were too far away from Jincheng, and Yuanshui couldn't save the near fire at all.

Zhongshu ordered the eldest grandson Wutang monk Zuo Bu to shoot Xiao Siyan proposed to move south and set the capital Jiankang, and as soon as this statement came out, half of the DPRK and China supported and half opposed.

Jiankang is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and the center of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Most of the ministers who did not advocate moving the capital were old or conservative-minded ministers, and they always believed that moving south at this moment was extremely unfavorable to the people's morale and the morale of the army, and the Imperial Battalion Division should send troops back to Jincheng as soon as possible to defeat the Northern Yan from the Southern Song Dynasty.

After the battle of Qi, the emperor had already had the intention of moving the capital, and at this moment, he naturally stood on the side of the minister who advocated moving south, and decided to move south in one fell swoop.

The news of the move south soon spread throughout the country, and Liang was itching again, and tried to break through Bianzhou, which was only separated by three cities from Jincheng. Liu Yan naturally knew that it was important to hold Bian Zhou, even more important than Jincheng, if Liang Guozhen bit him in the Southern Song Dynasty and didn't dare to bite much, other countries would definitely follow suit one after another and launch attacks on the Southern Song Dynasty.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance was endless, and the soldiers and horses of Liang Guo stopped in front of the moat, Lu Zhi got Liu Yan's eyes, cleared his throat and shouted: "What do you mean by this? ”

There is a sentence from afar below, "Our prince entered Bian Zhou a few days ago, and now he has not come out, the king is in a hurry, send us to find, you open the city gate for the time being, and when we find the son, we will retreat." ”

The corners of Liu Yan's mouth twitched, and he sneered in a low voice: "Such high-sounding words can also be spoken?" ”

A soldier ran forward and said something in Lu Zhi's ear, Liu Yan saw that Lu Zhi's expression was a little tangled, and simply asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Chu Shenxia asked His Highness to come over." Lu Zhi seemed a little uneasy, and when he saw that Liu Yan was about to go down without saying a word, he hurriedly stopped him, hesitated for a while, and then said, "Your Highness, I don't think Chu Shenxia can be fully trusted. ”

Liu Yan paused, looked at him deeply, and asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

"What Miss Ruoyu said is reasonable, Chu Shenxia and Jing Yan are in the same group, and Chu Shenxia can't get rid of suspicion." Lu Zhi said nervously.

Liu Yan didn't speak, his eyes scanned the street under the other side of the city wall, and then slowly spit out a sentence, "I believe him." ”

Walking all the way, when he walked to the house, Chu Shenxia was looking at the map with his back to him, and only turned around to salute when he heard the movement.

"What's your plan?" Liu Yan didn't turn around and said.

Chu Shenxia raised his hand and pointed to a point on the map, but his eyes fell on Liu Yan's face, and he said calmly: "I can't talk about good policies, but I just want to say some of my suggestions to His Highness." ”

Liu Yan saw him pointing to Pingcheng, the capital of Liang State, and was puzzled: "What's wrong with Pingcheng?" ”

"The capital of Liang is far away in Pingcheng, it seems to be extremely far away from the Southern Song Dynasty, we can't beat it, but it is not necessarily for Wei, he can start from Pingcheng and annex Liang after annexing Northern Yan in the future, so that the territory of my Southern Song Dynasty is far inferior to that of Wei, I am afraid that the next fish on the board will be my Southern Song Dynasty." Chu Shenxia put down his hand and pointed at Luoyang again, and continued: "Bian Zhou is adjacent to Luoyang, Luoyang is the most prosperous city in the Liang country's field, and the money produced in Luoyang every year is half of the income of the Liang country's treasury. ”

Liu Yan's gaze paused for a moment on Luoyang, and he frowned: "You mean, we don't defend the counterattack?" Capture Luoyang, as a warning to all countries not to swallow our Southern Song Dynasty? ”

"I also plan for him to annex Liang in the future." Chu Shenxia put his hand down and said lightly.

Liu Yan frowned and looked at Chu Shenxia for a while, thought for a moment, and then slowly stretched his eyebrows, as if he had thought of something, he immediately wrinkled again, and involuntarily paced back and forth.

Chu Shenxia asked, "Does Your Highness have any doubts?" ”

Liu Yan raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Shenxia, then walked to the map and looked at it carefully for a long time before replying: "I'm afraid it's not easy to do, just Luoyang, it's not easy for us to start, the war in Jincheng is tight, if Luoyang falls, Liang will send troops to help, and we will have no way to retreat then, which is an extremely dangerous thing." ”

Chu Shenxia understood his doubts, nodded and said: "What His Highness said is true, there is no way back behind us, I think about it, in comparison, I still feel that attacking is the right way, and when we occupy Luoyang, we can rely on the Luohe River as a defensive line." Beiyan will not stay for long, according to the current trend, at most I will eat two cities in the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, we are still under the enemy, and the situation is also critical, so it is better to take the initiative to attack and strive to capture Luoyang in the fastest time. ”

"How can you capture Luoyang quickly? I think it's a protracted battle, and it's not easy to attack. Have you already figured out a way? Liu Yan said as he spoke, his eyes jumped, and he looked at Chu Shenxia with a bright light.

Chu Shenxia was taken aback by his burning eyes, shook his head and chuckled: "I haven't thought about it yet, I'm just thinking about where to transfer troops to help us attack Luoyang." ”

"Why do you need to transfer troops? Even if we go to fight Luoyang, our troops are enough. Liu Yan was very puzzled, how many troops he could have in Luoyang, just slightly more than Bian Zhou, he brought half of the forbidden army, a full 50,000, is it not enough to capture a Luoyang?

"Attacking Luoyang is indeed enough, if Jincheng falls by then, should we take it back? At that time, they must be exhausted, and the closest to Jincheng is probably only half of our forbidden army, and the rest will escort the emperor to the south. But we had already gone through a fierce battle at that time, and it was necessary to use most of our forces to defend Luoyang, so what should we do to support or recapture Jincheng? ”

Liu Yan's hand hit the knife on his waist for a while, and suddenly thought of something, raised his eyes suddenly, and said happily: "Zhu County." ”

"Su-gun?" Chu Shenxia had never heard of this place, and threw a surprised look at Liu Yan.

"This is a place with a population of less than 10,000 in the county, which is very remote, but it is very close to Bianzhou."

Seeing the joy that Liu Yan couldn't hide from the corners of his eyebrows, Chu Shenxia was even more puzzled, and asked, "Does Your Highness mean to go to conscription?" Recruit these 10,000 people to support Jincheng? Of these 10,000 people, excluding the old, weak, women and children, only 3,000 people can join the army, right? ”

"You don't know, a few years ago, when I was in office, I accidentally discovered that there were bandits in Zhu County, and there were 50,000 people! At that time, I was about to lead the army to exterminate, but the bandit head came to me alone, saying that it was the old department of the former Jin State relics of the Chu general, and after the destruction of the country, he hid in Tibet and had nowhere to go, and finally lived in seclusion in the deep mountains of this Zhu County, and never went down the mountain to do bad things, begging me to let him go of his brother in the mountains, and he was willing to listen to my dispatch one day. Listening to Liu Yan's tone, he admired the thief very much.

When Chu Shenxia saw that he had said this, he said, "You agreed to let him go?" Could it be that he is the only son of the former relict general Chu, right? ”

Liu Yan was stunned for a moment, but then nodded and admitted, Chu Shenxia also nodded, and said approvingly: "After the Jin Dynasty fell to the country, the general of Chu was unwilling to steal his life, so he was martyred on the same day. ”

Seeing Liu Yan sighing lightly, revealing compassion, Chu Shenxia couldn't help but remind: "Your Highness, you are the crown prince of the Southern Song Dynasty, the prince of the emperor himself, what is the matter with the old department of the general of the previous dynasty?" When it gets out, what will those ministers say? What will the emperor think? Or, if they have made war exploits, then does this war exploit count, and what will the emperor do with them? ”

Liu Yan never thought of this, he was a little surprised when he heard it, and after thinking about it, he said: "If they really help me recapture Jincheng in the Southern Song Dynasty, I will definitely ask my father for his life and give them an official and a half-position, so that they can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives." ”

"As for themselves, after so many years of peaceful life, would they be willing to be disturbed? If the emperor does not give credit but kills them, then they will have to live a life of hiding in Tibet from now on. The emperor is the enemy of their Jin Kingdom, will they be willing to die for the Southern Song Dynasty regardless of the misery of their dead relatives? What they promised was the favor of His Royal Highness the Prince, not that they owed it to the Southern Song Dynasty. ”

Liu Yan sighed, sat on the stool on the side, looked at Chu Shenxia with a dark look, and said helplessly: "Then what do you say?" ”

"After thinking about it, I had no choice but to start from the emperor's side." The corners of Chu Shenxia's mouth rose slightly, and he glanced at Liu Yan deeply.

Liu Yanden jumped up from the stool and said incredulously: "Father! Could it be that you still want to transfer half of the forbidden army around your father? ”

Chu Shenxia was silent, Liu Yan lowered his eyes and thought about it carefully, but it was not impossible, and he groaned for a while: "I explain the reason to my father, and my father may agree, after all, my father has removed half of the forbidden army around him, and there is also the Imperial Forest Army." ”

"No, all I want is all."

"What?!" Liu Yan looked at Chu Shenxia with the eyes of a madman, but when he saw that his expression was indifferent, he didn't look like he was joking, and his eyebrows were furrowed: "It's all transferred, who will protect my father?" Don't talk about my father, even I, I won't agree. ”