After leaving the palace, those civil and military officials who had been good friends with Gao Huaiyuan ran to Gao Huaiyuan's mansion one after another, congratulated Gao Huaiyuan, congratulated him on his recovery, Gao Huaiyuan naturally had to greet these people, until midnight, these people were sent out of the mansion and returned to the study, but people with a heart found that Chen Zhen, who was very close to Gao Huaiyuan, did not come to visit Gao Huaiyuan this time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After Gao Huaiyuan returned to the house, he went straight to the study, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Ji Xiancheng sitting steadily in the study, reading a book, Gao Huaiyuan hurriedly stepped forward and said to Ji Xiancheng: This time has made Mr. Ji hard!

Only then did Ji Xiancheng put down the book in his hand with a smile, stood up and saluted Gao Huaiyuan: What are you talking about? Could it be that now you don't treat this old guy me as your own?

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and then sat down and talked again.

Mr. Ji, what do you think of what the Holy One has done during this period of time? Gao Huaiyuan asked Ji Xiancheng directly.

Do you need to ask me about this? I'm afraid you've already figured it out yourself! Otherwise, Chen Sangun wouldn't have made such a big fuss this time! Ji Xiancheng replied to Gao Huaiyuan with a playful smile.

Gao Huaiyuan was really a little embarrassed, touched his nose and didn't answer Ji Xiancheng's words, and took the initiative to say: It seems that the official family no longer trusts me so much, but it's a pity that I finally sorted out the affairs of the army, and in just half a year, most of them have returned to their original places! Even the martial arts were almost shut down by the saints, if it weren't for your strength, I'm afraid that even the capital academy would have to be handed over to the Ministry of Industry again this time!

Ji Xiancheng shook his head and smiled: In fact, it is not wrong to do this for any emperor, and you don't have to be unhappy about it! Our dynasty has always promoted the suppression of military force with literature, and if you can hold such a big power as a military general, it will naturally not reassure the officials! I just don't know what you're going to do next?

Gao Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows, sneered and said: When I change to the side, I won't be angry if the saint does this, but now the Mongolian army is going south at hand, but the emperor is hindering me everywhere, and I can't see the crisis facing our Great Song Dynasty at all, last year fortunately I just rushed to Lizhou Road, otherwise, the people of Lizhou last year may really suffer!

The ambition of the Mongols lies in the whole world, and as long as they destroy the Jin Kingdom, then we are the next target they must destroy! This has long been a foregone conclusion! But right now, my Great Song Dynasty has cheered up, and the emperor distrusts me so much, if it goes on like this, is it possible that I want to watch the Great Song Dynasty become a slave of the Mongol Tartars like the Western Xia and the Jin Kingdom?

No matter what others do, I can't! In any case, as I said a year ago, even if I am called a traitor by the people of the world, it is not a powerful minister! As long as I can restore the old land and expel the barbarians from the Central Plains, I don't care about anything with my surname Gao!

Ji Xiancheng looked at Gao Huaiyuan's eyes, he didn't speak for a long time, the two of them were silent for a long time, and Ji Xiancheng sighed slightly and said: I think I am also a great Song scholar, and I should be thinking about today's saint everywhere! But I know who you are. If you are a traitor, then I will only be your vassal!

After that, the two of them looked at each other again and laughed. 6

Gao Huaiyuan did not delay, after entering Beijing, he did not take care of Zheng Qingzhi's group, and immediately began to dispatch soldiers and horses, this time he still called the troops of the palace front division and the infantry division, only ordered more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, in just a few days, he bid farewell to Zhao Yun and led the army towards Jiangnan West Road.

Many people in the army are still Gao Huaiyuan's old subordinates, although Zhao Yun and Zheng Qingzhi have changed a group of generals during this time, but most of these people are veterans who followed Gao Huaiyuan to Jingdong to quell Li Quan's rebellion, and it is not at all that they can change a few generals to make them not listen to Gao Huaiyuan's dispatch.

When he learned that he could follow Gao Huaiyuan to go on the expedition, the whole army was very excited, and the whole army had high morale since the start of the army, the marching speed was very fast, and the military discipline was very strict.

In just ten days, Gao Huaiyuan led his troops to Xinzhou at the junction of Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road.

At this time, Chen Sangun's rebel forces have begun to enter the territory of Xinzhou, and the forward has been Chen soldiers in the Guixi area, along the Xinjiang River is marching in the direction of Xinzhou, the strength is claimed to be 40,000, in essence less than 30,000 people, the leader is Chen Sangun's general Liu Hong, after the defeat of Liu Liu's army last time, Liu Hong was ordered to march towards Xinzhou, but in the territory of Geyang County, was attacked by the Xinzhou guard general Pan Bo, so that it stopped the pace of going north, and formed a confrontation with the officials and troops of the imperial court in Geyang County.

And Pan Bo's troops were less than 3,000, so he was unable to defeat Liu Hong's rebels, so he could only hold on to the county town of Geyang and wait for the imperial army to come to help.

After Gao Huaiyuan arrived in Xinzhou, he ordered the army to stop, and he led Zhou Hao quietly into the city of Geyang County.

What is the situation with the rebels? Gao Huaiyuan didn't pay attention to any etiquette, and after quietly entering Geyang County at night, he immediately summoned the Xinzhou army soldier Ma Zhan Pan Bo in the county government of Geyang County, and asked him directly.

Pan Bo hurriedly knelt down and confessed: Despicable and incompetent, unable to stop the rebels, so much so that the rebels captured Guixi County two months ago, please punish the commander!

I can't blame you for this matter, I know that you have done your best, it is not easy for you to hold on to Geyang County, not only is there no fault, but also meritorious! It is a blessing for my Great Song to have a tiger general like you! Get up and speak! After this battle, this official will personally go to the court and ask for credit for you! Gao Huaiyuan immediately waved his hand and said to Pan Bo.

Pan Bo almost shed tears of gratitude, he thought that this time Gao Huaiyuan led the army to come, the first one to ask him, but he didn't expect Gao Huaiyuan to ask him why he lost Guixi County, and praised him for his merit, which made Pan Bo very grateful, and after kowtowing again and again, he carefully stood up and answered.

Since more than two months ago, the rebels defeated the soldiers and horses led by Lord Liu, and then went north along the Xinjiang River, conquered the county seat of Jiangnan West Road one after another, and attacked the territory of Xinzhou, and captured Guixi County.

This time the rebels captured Guixi is the rebel forward, the main general is named Liu Hong, good at using a machete, very brave, and he led 40,000 troops, humble and powerless to fight with it, had to stick to Geyang County, this half a month, blocked the rebels three times to attack the city!

Although the rebels claim to be 40,000 troops, according to the news sent back by the detectives, in fact, Liu Hong's troops are less than 30,000, and the rest are only some old and weak family members, etc., and the combat strength is not strong! Most of the lowly subordinates are also village warriors, and they didn't let them get cheap in defending the city for several battles, so they thought that these rebels were not powerful!

They are now mainly stationed in the north of Guixi City, the south bank of the Xinjiang River in the Tangjiazhuang area, where the rebels are concentrated with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and most of the rest are scattered around, looting the towns around Guixi, collecting grain and grass and other things, it seems that the rebels are currently running out of grain and grass, and are waiting for Zhang Mowang to transport grain for them, so after failing to conquer Geyang County three times, they stopped advancing, and the specific situation is still being investigated in detail, and there should be news in the next two days.

This Pan Bo pointed to the map hanging on the wall and gave Gao Huaiyuan a detailed introduction to the distribution of the rebel forces.

Gao Huaiyuan is very satisfied with this Pan Bo, if it weren't for this Pan Bo, I'm afraid that the rebels have already attacked the city of Xinzhou now, and he can lead three thousand village soldiers to stop the rebels who are nearly ten times more than him, which shows that this person is quite capable.

In addition, it also illustrates a problem, the rebels are a rabble as a whole, the small county town of Geyang, there are only 3,000 township soldiers, they are powerless to overcome, that Liu Xuan and Yao Yuzhong are really stupid to the extreme, although there is Jia Qi behind them to secretly make trouble for them, but it will not collapse in a battle, and end up with a captured, think about this matter, Gao Huaiyuan feels that Liu Xu's death is not worth it.

After learning in detail about the strength of the rebel strikers and the deployment of troops, Gao Huaiyuan immediately asked Pan Bo: It seems that Pan Zhan has considered these things very thoroughly, and the official is very relieved! I wonder what the situation of the boats in the area of Geyang County is?

Since he learned that Lord Liu was defeated and the rebels went north along the Xinjiang River, he immediately collected the boats along the river in Xinzhou, as well as the fishermen along the river, all drove to the direction of Xinzhou, and the enemy army was unable to advance from the waterway to the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River because of the lack of ships, so he could hold the county seat of Geyang!

At present, all kinds of ships are basically on the river north of Geyang County, and the lowly officials have stopped several iron locks in the Xinjiang River to prevent the enemy from raiding Geyang County by water, but do you want to attack the rebels by water?

Gao Huaiyuan immediately became happy after hearing this, and said in his heart that this Pan Bo is really thoughtful and a rare talent, so he nodded and said: So good! Pan Chan is really a wise general! You're doing a pretty good job, and the rebel striker's day is broken!

After sending people to check the various boats in the upper reaches of the Xinjiang River, Gao Huaiyuan immediately ordered the army to begin to assemble in the area of Geyang County, and drove away the idle people along the way, not to approach the banks of the Xinjiang River, and at the same time collected those fishermen who were moved to the Xinjiang River by Pan Bo, and selected 2,000 soldiers with good water characteristics in the army, quietly boarded a group of boats, and the fishermen drove the boats and began to go down the Xinjiang River.