Emperor Gaozong's sincere and mournful "Letter of Condolences to the Marshal of the Jin State" took more than two months to be delivered to the hands of the Generalissimo of the Jin State.

Wanyan Muhan attacked Yangzhou City with all his strength last time, but was escaped by the little emperor; In desperation, he had no choice but to return to the dynasty and temporarily retreat to Tuntian in the Yellow River Valley.

To tell the truth, the humid and sultry weather in the south, the crisscrossing rivers, and the paddy fields shaped like swamps all made the Jin soldiers from the north very uncomfortable, and even felt a kind of painful torment.

It can be said that without Emperor Gaozong's "Book of Beggars", Wanyan Sticky Han would not necessarily go down to Jiangnan again.

However, with Emperor Gaozong's "Book of Beggars", especially those self-destructive statements in it, it greatly aroused the greed of the Jin people.

It turned out that the troops of the Song Dynasty had been exhausted, and there was not even a formed army, so it was so easy to capture Jiangnan.

Since it's so easy, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to grab it yourself?

As a result, at the turn of autumn and winter in the third year of Jianyan, the Jin soldiers regrouped, gathered their army again, and launched a new round of winter offensive against the small court of Jianyan.

This time, Emperor Gaozong really asked for his own hardships and begged for benevolence

Historically, there have been two paths for the North to attack the South.

The first path: first occupy the Sichuan and Shaanxi regions where the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River are located, and then take a big boat and sail straight down from the upstream. Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period used this path when he fought Wu State.

The second path: rely on superior forces. Crossing the Huai River and the Yangtze River. Directly wave the army south. This is the path taken by Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin to destroy the Southern Han and Southern Tang Dynasty.

Now the Jin State is bullying Jianyan and there is no one in the small court. Therefore, the soldiers divided into two routes, and set off along these two ancient paths, and the spearhead was directly aimed at the little emperor Gaozong.

This time, the person in charge of the eastern offensive line was our fourth prince Wanyan Wushu.

Unlike the previous invasions, Wanyan Wushu was not in a hurry to attack this time, but first subdued many bandits on the north bank of the Yangtze River - such as Wang Shan, Li Cheng, Zhang Yong, and so on; Then a large number of Han people formed a "signing army", formed a joint force, and sent troops south.

Facing the persecution of the main cavalry of the Jin State, these thieves were also involuntarily. He can only bow his head and commit himself to the foreigners.

Among the millions of green forest troops who were inspired by Zong Ze at the beginning, 300,000 were taken away by Yang Jin, a hornless cow, and retreated to Minggao Mountain; The rest of the 700,000 troops, also because of Du Chong, followed the big gun Wang Shan to leave Bianjing.

Some of the soldiers and horses taken away by Wang Shan were lost, and the other part was led by Wang Shan, Zhang Yong and Li Cheng respectively.

The collective investment of the group of thieves further widened the comparison of military strength between the Jin and Song dynasties; Time. The arrogance of the Jin soldiers was monstrous, and he had the momentum to swallow the Southern Song Dynasty in one gulp.

This could have been the amount of force I could have used. turned out to be the cannon fodder of the enemy, wasting the hard work of the old marshal Zong Ze in vain, which is really embarrassing.

"Renewal of Capital and Governance. Volume 116 records: First, Wang Shan divided the army from Huaining to the south from Su and Bo, and there was no place to garrison, so he invaded Luzhou, and when he heard that the Jin people arrived, he moved to Chao County, and surrendered with his people

In order to successfully hold the Yangtze River, two conditions must be met.

First: Guarding the Yangtze River must guard the Huai: It is very passive to defend the Yangtze River alone, and it is necessary to protect the Huai River first, and link the Huai River with the Yangtze River to guard each other, so as to ensure safety.

Second: To protect the Jianghuai, we must deploy a naval army along the river, and when the enemy crosses the river, he will be able to get twice the result with half the effort and be as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, as early as two years ago, when Li Gang first ascended the throne, he proposed that Emperor Gaozong propose to place naval forces on the Huai River and the Yangtze River respectively to ensure the safety of the backyard of the imperial court

It's a pity that this arrangement fell short after Li Gang was demoted.

Now in charge of managing the army in Jiankang is the first military person in the small court of Jianyan: Lord Du Chongdu.

What kind of strategy did Du Chong adopt to defend Jianghuai.

It is recorded in the "Three Dynasties and Northern Alliance" that "(full) is based on brutal killing, and there is no vain day to kill people"

To put it simply, Du Chong's defensive strategy is to play a killing game at home, and for the defense of the Yangtze River and the Huai River, he is too lazy to care about it, just let it fate!

If it is really "there is a king, there must be a minister", Du Chong's current behavior is almost exactly the same as what Emperor Gaozong did in Hangzhou at the beginning of the year.

The only difference is that Emperor Gaozong played in the palace by sowing seeds on many concubines; And Lord Du Chong is playing to kill people in his own house, and he never stops.

Oh my God, what the hell is going on in the minds of these two monarchs!

What Du Chong did, someone finally couldn't help but have a seizure, and this person was Yue Fei.

Yue Fei went straight into Du Chong's mansion, kicked open the door of the bedroom, and shouted at Du Chong:

"The enemy has approached Huainan, peeking at the Yangtze River, the war is about to break out, you just hide at home every day, shut up, what's the matter? You must hurry out and prepare for war, otherwise Jinling will fail, and you and the imperial court will become precarious. No matter how high my martial arts are, it will not help. ”

There is the following record in the "Chronicle of King Xingshi":

In the winter of November, the Jin people raised troops and co-invaded Wujiang County with Li Cheng. The door is closed, and the generals repeatedly ask for it, but they do not answer. The first minister knocked on the sleeping pavilion and said: "The great enemy is close to Huainan, and the Yangtze River is not shallow. The situation of lying on the salary is worse than at this time, and the prince is feasting all day long, and he does not save the army. In case the enemy peeps at my neglect and raises troops to take advantage of it, and the minister does not bow down to work together, can he protect his life? The generals don't have to die, Jinling is lost, can the prince sit back here? Even if you fly to serve alone, it will not help the country! ”

Counting up, this is the second time Yue Fei has accused Du Chong in person.

The following offenses, roaring sir.

If it had been someone else, he would have been dragged out of the country and dealt with according to military law. But these words came from Yue Fei's mouth, as if there was an undoubted majesty; In addition, Yue Fei is already the only general he can rely on, so it is not easy to attack, so he can only be perfunctory, and replied: "Tomorrow, tomorrow I will lead the troops to the Yangtze River to deploy defenses, okay?" ”

It is recorded in the "Chronicle of King Xingshi of E": "Full of Ying said: "When you come to Jianghu." ”

This sentence "when the coming day is Jianghu" is obviously an excuse used to prevaricate Yue Fei.

Tomorrow after tomorrow, tomorrow is so much. In fact, when Yue Fei returned from Chuzhou to intercept Li Cheng's troops, Du Chong's army remained in the garrison of Jiankang Mansion and had not yet set off

In order to avoid Yue Fei always nagging around him, Du Chong temporarily dispatched Yue Fei to Chuzhou to suppress bandits.

To everyone's surprise, Lord Du Chong's unintentional move this time actually gave Yue Fei a chance, so that Yue Fei could form an independent army, and established a group army with the strongest military strength, the strictest military discipline, and the most powerful in the Jianyan Small Imperial Court, the Yue Family Army...... (To be continued......)

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