The messenger was sent down to rest, Yue Fei's henchmen were all present, Yue Fei said: "All the brothers have understood the order, the army will be reorganized in a month, the grain and grass will be raised, and the Northern Expedition will be sent out in April and May, and after the recovery of Luoyang, it will be able to catch up with spring ploughing." ”

"Brother, be cautious." It was Wang Gui who spoke, "In the past few years, we have received all the money and grain from Hangzhou. ”

"But he has never honored the name of the regent." Tang Huai was anxious, and he interrupted Wang Gui.

"That's it, both sides are not pleased, I said at the beginning that I would arrest Zhao Gou to Bianliang to ask for credit." Wang Gui became impatient, "What a good opportunity to follow the dragon, brother, you said that resisting gold is the most important, don't have internal friction first, we are not the descendants of Bianliang, but in the name of the regent, we never accept it, doesn't this offend both sides?" ”

Yue Fei laughed heartily: "Brother Wang Gui, you are too worried, the officials and saints are in Bianliang, and even Hangzhou can't deny it, and the recovery of Luoyang Shuntian should be the people, I have a clear conscience, why worry about Hangzhou's reaction." ”

When Yue Fei said this, he decided the matter of leaving the school.

The order of the Privy Council was not only sent to Yue Fei's family, but Liu Guangshi, the pacification envoy of Huaixi, also received a similar order, and he was to lead his troops to Yingchang to collect Qi.

"Directly crossing Huaixi and taking Yingchang, this is to let me die." Liu Guangshi sent the messenger down to rest, and sighed in his heart, he accepted the order in a fake way, and at the same time waited for Hangzhou's "strategy", so he delayed the expedition.

Seeing that at the beginning of April, Yue Fei was preparing to send troops, and Liu Guangshi was pretending to send troops, but he waited for a bad news: Jin soldiers went south to Lianghuai.

The Jin soldiers of Lianghuai have to start from Shandong. Wu Gequan took Shandong, and after the siege of Bianliang was relieved, he defeated Wanyan Liduo, which led to the signing army Li Chengbu and Kong Yanzhou's troops who were attached to Wanyan Liduo, and retreated to the daimyo, but there was also a large part of the south and retreated to Huaishang.

After the failure of the fourth siege of Bianliang, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Liduo no longer had the confidence to attack Bianliang, and they no longer had the courage to fight hard again with the Song army in Hebei and Henan, so they could only avoid the real and attack the weak, and attack the east and west roads of Huainan in the east.

"Everyone is waiting for me to retreat from Bianliang, unable to fight again, we want to take this opportunity to break Huainan in one fell swoop and take Hangzhou. Get the anointed land of Jiangnan. ”

The persimmon has to pick up the soft pinch, and it is not only the locust army of later generations who do not fight the base area in front of them, but they go all the way to engage in some continental communication line battles. Jin Bing is the same, if he can't gnaw Bianliang, he can only get angry with the Song army on Huai.

Just before the New Year's dispatch, Liu Yu, who was the puppet of the Northern Song Dynasty, asked: "What if the Bianliang defenders cut off our army from the north?" ”

"There are no two days, there are no two lords of the people, Bianliang is happy to watch the two Song Dynasty in the north and south contend, and reap the benefits of the fishermen."

Lianghuai is the closest to Hangzhou and has become the main battlefield of the Battle of the Two Song Dynasty.

Years of conquest and the defeat of Bianliang in all directions gradually depleted the Jurchen army, and it was necessary to collect strong men from various ruled ethnic groups. The Jin Dynasty requisitioned 50,000 troops from Bohai and Han'er in Liaodong and the Yan and Yun regions, and stipulated that no Han people who were requisitioned were allowed to be replaced by others.

The Jin army was commanded by the left deputy marshal Wan Yan Liduo, the newly promoted right deputy marshal Wan Yan Tart Lazy, and the marshal Zuo Du Jian Wan Yan Wushu, and the puppet Northern Song Army was commanded by Liu Lin and crossed the Huai River in late September. They adopted Li Cheng's suggestion and bypassed the defense area of Bianliang far away, so as not to intercept Bianliang and expose themselves to the enemy. Liu Yu also issued a false order before sending troops, threatening to "go straight to the arrogance and make sure that the six are mixed."

When the news came, the Jiangnan Regent's Mansion "raised the dynasty and was terrified". Zhao Gou wanted to escape from the enemy again, and Wang Boyan, Huang Qianshan and others were ready to escape.

But the reason why the gentry in Jiangnan were able to tolerate Zhao Gou was to protect their own property, so how could they allow Zhao Gou to escape? Han Xiaoxuan said: "If you don't win the battle, it's not too late to go." ”

In the southeast region, there are three armies of Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi and Zhang Jun, plus Yang Yizhong's Shenwu Army, etc., with a total strength of more than 150,000 troops, but even the east and west roads of Huainan cannot be defended.

Liu Guangshi acted according to the practice of fleeing before fighting, and immediately retreated to the south of the Yangtze River, surrendering the entire Huainan West Road to the enemy.

On the surface, the cunning Zhang Jun said that "he should avoid the generals", but he advocated dividing the river and defending it, "gathering troops from all over the world to defend the Pingjiang River, and Xu Wei planned to do it when the thieves retreated", avoiding the confrontation between his own army and the enemy. He used "falling from a horse and injuring his arm" as an excuse to refuse to send troops to cross the river. Even Wang Boyan couldn't stand it anymore, so he sent someone to supervise his troops, and asked Zhang Jun to be severely punished, but Zhao Gou asked for instructions to stay in the middle and not send it.

Among the generals in the south, Zhang Jun was the only one who participated in the expulsion of Prime Minister Li Gang, and the request to punish Zhang Jun was naturally fruitless and came to an end.

Han Shizhong's army won three small victories at Dayi Town, Yakou Bridge and Chengzhou, but it was ultimately unable to support itself.

In the end, Zhang Junjun's army retreated to Changzhou, Han Shizhong's army retreated to Zhenjiang Mansion, and Liu Guangshi's army retreated to Jiankang Mansion.

Han Shizhong asked his staff to suggest to the regent, "Yue Fei's new meritorious service to Xianghan, his prestige has been revitalized", "If His Royal Highness sends a clear edict, send Yue Fei to Luoyang with the whole army", "Smash Yingchang to Linjidian, lightning strikes, surprise, connect Bianliang; Then the gold thief will be terrified, call back the ugly, rescue himself, and the king will chase after him, and there will be a reason to win", "this is the best policy".

"The generals' soldiers are divided into the banks of the river, and the enemy cavalry patrols Huaidian, fearing that it will take a long time or change. When Yue Fei is sent to take the middle road from the upper reaches and take advantage of the false attack, the enemy cavalry will have the trouble of turning back. ”

Zhao Gou had already had this intention, but he didn't give the order for a long time. He was tossing and turning, and Qin Hui came to visit.

Zhao Gou asked Qin Hui what he thought of Han Shizhong's suggestion, and Qin Hui said: "Yue Pengju was ordered by Bianliang to march to Xiangyang, and His Royal Highness asked him to connect with Bianliang, which was exactly the idea of the little emperor of Bianliang. ”

"But if not, how can Yue Fei come to the rescue? The lonely king asked himself that he had never treated Yue Peng badly, but he had to obey Bianliang's orders. ”

Recovering Luoyang and connecting Bianliang will cut off the back road of the Huainan Jin soldiers, which is a strategy that everyone in the world can understand. But Qin Hui would not defend Yue Fei, but smiled slightly: "Your Highness only needs a codex, let him rescue Huaixi." ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Gou subconsciously asked, and then he understood. When the Jin soldiers threatened Hangzhou, Yue Fei attacked Luoyang, and it was inevitable that Zhao Gou would be suspected of being used as a bait, and the court of Bianliang could do this, but Zhao Gou also had the grace of knowing Yue Fei, and Yue Fei would never do anything unjust.

Zhao Gou was writing a codex to Yue Fei and said:

"Recently, Huaishang has reported an emergency, and he is very worried, and he has been demoted to command, and the whole army has gone east. Qing Shu has the heart of worrying about the country and loving the king, so he can lead the way on the same day and come at the same time. If you are lonely, you will not feel at ease in the end, and you should know it. ”

Yue Fei had already recovered Xiangyang and was marching to Luoyang, and when he received Zhao Go's codex, Wang Gui said: "We have never been under the orders of Hangzhou, and the eldest brother does not have to deal with it." ”