At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty court was already in chaos, and many officials led by Zhao Ding listened to the lies sent by Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun from the front line, and put forward three suggestions to Emperor Gaozong:

First, Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun were allowed to withdraw their troops to the south of the river; second, quickly dispatched the Yuejia army to the east to aid Huaixi; Third, withdraw Emperor Gaozong's "line" to Lin'an Mansion.

At this time, Emperor Gaozong, who was full of suspicion, set his sights on the right servant Zhang Jun.

No matter how big the problem is, there is at least one benefit, this person has never been intimidated by anyone. He immediately rushed to the front and quickly learned most of the truth.

Where there are any Jurchen cavalry, they are all Xibei goods!

As for the 700,000 troops claimed by the Pseudo-Qi Institute, it must also be false propaganda. The reason is very simple, Liu Lin's middle route army, which has the largest number of people, is only 60,000 people.

In other words, the total number of puppet Qi troops in the three routes this time was only 200,000, which was at least less than the combined strength of the three major military regions of Liu Guangshi, Zhang Jun and Han Shizhong.

It's a pity that Zhang Jun still lacked a little heat, and he couldn't find that the 200,000 soldiers of Pseudo-Qi were all strong men who had just been forcibly pulled. If Zhang Jun can find out this truth, the game will be more fun.

In any case, Zhang Jun sent a report that said:

“…… If the generals cross the river, there will be no Huainan, and the danger of the Yangtze River will be shared with the enemy. Huainan Zhitun, it is because of this that the general is shielded, so that the thief can get Huainan, because the grain is transported, thinking that it is a family plan, how can Jiangnan be protected? Today, the Kou of Huaixi, just as the combined forces are covering the attack, the morale is very high. Guaranteed victory. If you have the intention of retreating. Then the big thing goes. Yue Fei moved again. Then Xianghan has a police, and what is the system. May the imperial court not be autocratic in the middle, so that the generals will not dare to wait and see. ”

Zhang Jun's opinion has two points: first, the troops of Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun cannot retreat, and they must destroy the enemy on the spot; The second is that Yue Fei can't move, and if he moves, his previous efforts will be lost.

After thinking about it several times, Emperor Gaozong agreed to some of Zhang Jun's suggestions, so he entrusted all the command of the front line to Zhang Jun, and also gave Zhang Jun an edict:

"Yes, you don't have to die. Be done according to military law! ”

In addition to this, Emperor Gaozong also arranged two things:

The first thing is to send his favorite general, Yang Yizhong, the commander of the Sanya Army, to the battlefield and let Zhang Jun dispatch him; The second piece: use the gold medal to urgently recall the Yue Jiajun back to escort him.

Why did Emperor Gaozong still insist on transferring the Yue family's army back?

The reason is simple – a sense of trust.

To be honest, Emperor Gaozong and the ministers of the court were not very sure whether Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun could win this battle.

If something goes wrong, the safest way is, of course, to keep the invincible Yue Fei by his side.

As for the resulting effect, it is no longer in their consideration

After Zhang Jun received the edict from Emperor Gaozong, he immediately copied two copies of the edict and gave one to Zhang Jun. The other was given to Liu Guangshi. Zhang Jun also attached a warrant with only one sentence on it:

"If a man crosses the river. Kill you! ”

If anyone dares to cross the river and return to the court, they will be killed immediately! This is where the right servant shoots Master Zhang Jun's decision.

Liu Guangshi received Zhang Jun's paperwork, and his face turned green all of a sudden.

The emperor is moving seriously, and his life is hard to protect!

So, he summoned all his generals and said, "Go forward, save my head!" ”

Under the shock of the imperial court's killing order, the officers and soldiers of the Southern Song Dynasty suddenly burst out with amazing combat effectiveness.

Taking Liu Guangshi's troops as an example, they retreated from their original garrison of Luzhou, which is now Hefei City, and received orders to rush back again, hundreds of miles back and forth, and met Liu Lin's army on the middle road near Huoqiu County, and defeated Liu Lin's 60,000 soldiers and horses in just one battle.

This battle ended quickly, and even made Wang De and Li Qiong, the two tiger generals under Liu Guangshi, feel a trace of regret, and the fight was not refreshing enough.

This battle can at least prove one thing, the combat effectiveness of Liu Guangshi and his troops is not as vulnerable as the world imagines.

Liu Guangshi and his generals won the battle and saved his head. But the real focus of this campaign is not here, but in Dingyuan County, further north of Hefei

Yang Yizhong, the commander of the Sanya Army, took the lead, and after he crossed the Yangtze River, he traveled all the way, grabbed ahead of Liu Guangshi, and took the initiative to meet the puppet Qi army.

What Yang Yizhong wanted to block was the main force of the puppet Qi army, that is, the Eastern Route Army led by Liu Yi.

The two armies met in Yuejiafang in Dingyuan County, and the ratio of troops was three to ten, with Yang Yi's 30,000 Imperial Forest Army against Liu Yi's 100,000 army.

Yang Yizhong looked at it from a distance, and it was Liu Yi's forward troops coming on. Yang Yizhong didn't say a word, and rushed straight over with two thousand cavalry.

A photo. In just one shot, Yang Yizhong overturned Liu Yi's forward battalion and forced Liu Yi's army to retreat to the northwest.

As the commander-in-chief of the pseudo-Qi side, Liu Yi is not incompetent. He fought and retreated, and when he came to a place called Lotus Pond, he stopped, because there happened to be a high ground here, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Liu Yi lined up his army against the mountains, with a large army of nearly 100,000 men waiting for him, with bright pikemen in the front row and dense archers in the back.

This was a standard battle array arrangement in the Jin and Song dynasties. This arrangement means that once the war starts, the attacker will face an endless rain of arrows, which is a very difficult problem to solve.

Yang Yizhong was not dismissive of Liu Yi's arrangement at all. He took the lead, leading 5,000 elite cavalry to rush towards Liu Yi's main formation.

The rain of arrows from Liu Yi's position arrived as scheduled, but it didn't cause much damage to Yang Yizhong's cavalry at all, let alone block their breakthrough.

This unit of Yang Yizhong was Emperor Gaozong's most personal guard unit. The equipment on their bodies, whether it is armor, weapons, or the war horses they ride, is all the highest technological crystallization of the Song Dynasty.

Plus, talk about the bow and arrow. Where were the puppet Qi and Jin opponents of the Song Dynasty?

The Song army's standard weapon, the Divine Arm Bow. Or a variety of strong bows and crossbows that are close to it. Neither the Pseudo-Qi nor the Jin State had any.

The advantage of the divine arm bow is unique to the Han people, until the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and even the Ming Dynasty's Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself on the coal mountain, and the aliens could not touch it.

Yang Yizhong and his 5,000 cavalry easily broke into Liu Yi's main position, and also turned Liu Yi's main position upside down.

Liu Yi is also a ruthless person, in this case, he still does not retreat, and even let his personal guards guard a few passes. Specializes in intercepting and killing fleeing soldiers.

The battle was fought in the dark.

Although Yang Yizhong and his soldiers were brave, Liu Yi was superior in having a large number of people and occupying a favorable location, and the two sides were entangled and inseparable.

It was at this time that Zhang Jun's troops appeared.

This old fritter with the same name as Liu Guangshi, after receiving Zhang Jun's order, although he did not dare to retreat further, the speed of his advance was quite slow, and he fell far behind Yang Yizhong and Liu Guangshi.

Now Liu Guangshi has won the battle. And Yang Yizhong had already beaten Liu Yi to death, and at this time Zhang Jun hurriedly made a move. I'm going to pick peaches.

Zhang Jun sent over his former army commander Zhang Zongyan, as well as 30,000 soldiers.

Liu Yi's troops were originally relying on one breath to hold on, but now seeing that the reinforcements of the Song army had arrived, they scattered in all directions.

At this time, Yang Yizhong jumped forward and shouted loudly: "You were originally all the people of my Great Song Dynasty, and you were forced to be thieves, and you were defeated today, why don't you descend quickly!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone at the scene woke up, "all of them were frightened and asked for help".

The large array of the puppet Qi army completely collapsed, and Liu Yi was not a famous general, all he could do was to save himself in the midst of thousands of troops.

In this battle, Yang Yizhong made a lot of money.

Not only did they capture more than 10,000 soldiers of the Pseudo-Qi, but they also captured hundreds of ships, thousands of vehicles, and a large amount of money, food, and military supplies.

Although Zhang Jun sent someone to the scene, Zhang Zongyan's military rank was far inferior to Yang Yizhong's, and his reputation was low, so he could only watch Yang Yizhong's subordinates snatch all the loot, and he dared not speak out.

Liu Lin's Middle Route Army and Liu Yi's Western Route Army failed one after another. And Kong Yanzhou of the Western Route Army faced the famous Han Shizhong, and he didn't dare to take a step forward at all, so he had to flee back to Pseudo-Qi in disgrace

At this point, the Puppet Qi Three-Way Army was defeated almost at the same time, but the Puppet Qi court was relieved, the reason was that the Yuejia army finally retreated.

As long as the Yuejia army retreated, the puppet Qi side would achieve their strategic intentions.

As for the gains and losses, those are common things in soldiers; And the loss of soldiers, and then draw strong men

Under the constant urging of the imperial court, the Yue family army traveled day and night, and finally arrived in Jiangzhou, but the arrival time was seven days later than the original plan.

Yue Fei, who has always been punctual, why would he be late?

This is also thanks to the first fierce general of the pseudo-Qi side - Li Cheng.

In this battle of the puppet Qi state to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Cheng was very surprised not to appear, because he went to another place - Caizhou.

Based on Li Cheng's understanding of the Southern Song court, he concluded that Emperor Gaozong would definitely send Yue Fei back, so he discussed with Liu Yu to set up an ambush on Yue Fei's way to Huaixi, and the location was chosen in Caizhou.

The grievances and hatreds between Li Cheng and Yue Fei over the years are like the footwrap of the ancient woman's seven-inch golden lotus, long and smelly, if Li Cheng can't grasp this opportunity, it is estimated that there will be no hope in the future.

Regarding Li Cheng's idea, Liu Yu of course raised his hand in approval.

For this Yue Fei, Liu Yu also hated it to the core.

If it weren't for the Yue family's army to sabotage the puppet Qi plan several times, he Liu Yu would have already unified Jiangnan and made Emperor Gaozong a prisoner.

And now he was forced by Yue Fei to take a dangerous move, and he wanted to resort to such a dangerous trick as "encircling Wei and Zhao". If Li Cheng can succeed, his emperor position will be more stable.

So, Li Chengcheng led his headquarters to contract 100,000 elite soldiers, carefully arranged them near Caizhou, and waited for Yue Fei to take the bait...... (To be continued......)

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