Secrecy......

It's not easy!

It's a long day.

"The Imperial Driver?"

Chen Yu said in amazement.

This is the second day of Xuyi's loss.

After the Changsheng army quickly conquered Xuyi, they did not immediately continue to attack to the south, in fact, Yang Zaixing and others were also in a hurry with this result, their original plan was very simple, a brigade raided and captured the city gate, and the follow-up army followed up, occupied the first mountain area in the day yesterday, and launched offensive and defensive battles with the defenders in the city on various hills. At the same time, the follow-up main force transported materials on the Huai River with climbing plows, and used manpower to drag wooden boats loaded with bamboo sleds underneath, and erected pontoon bridges on the ice to prevent the warm ice from melting and passing through the cavalry.

The key is cavalry.

Yang Zaixing is the commander of the cavalry, and he will not move forward if the cavalry is not in the river.

This is exactly the time to complete the cavalry crossing the river during the battle in the city.

However, the Xuyi defenders collapsed in one morning!

The victorious army didn't even pass through the infantry!

In fact, when the Xuyi defenders collapsed, only that assault brigade entered the city, and the follow-up army of reinforcements was still on the river, and the militia behind them who were preparing to build bridges and transport supplies had not moved at all, which made Yang Zaixing extremely entangled between chasing and not chasing, but he was still on the safe side and did not take advantage of the situation to pursue.

After all, there are still 10,000 cavalry in Tianchang.

The combat effectiveness of this cavalry with Liu Yanqing's 3,000 cavalry as the core is not weak.

Their recruits were all recruited by the Liu family to Lizhou, saying that they were recruited in Hanzhong, but in fact it is difficult to say where they are, anyway, there is Longyou next to it, and there is no border blockade, that is, they are recruited in Longyou under the banner of merchants, and they are all deserters from the Northwest Forbidden Army, horse bandits......

There are even Tibetan people.

And there are quite a few Tibetan people.

In fact, Liu Yanqing originally had a lot of subordinates, and there was a lot of chaos in the Longyou area, such as Tubo, Dangxiang, Momo, and Uighurs, in short, many tribes were swinging between Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, including the Dangxiang people and a large number of people who followed the Great Song Dynasty. These messes are collectively referred to as the Fan people, and even many Han people are also called the Fan people, and they have more or less some of them in all parts of the Northwest Forbidden Army, such as Li Shifu, who is also Li Xianzhong's family, they say that they are Han people, but they are still counted as Fan soldiers in the Great Song Dynasty.

In fact, Liu Yanqing's family is also a soldier, a cavalryman, the Liu family was born similar to Li Xianzhong's family, he said that he was Han but brought the Fan people to Shun, and became a hereditary official similar to Tusi, ruling his own tribe, and then promoted to the same rank and even continued to increase his official rank with military merits.

And most of the people Liu Yanqing recruited for the great painters were these messes.

In short, the combat effectiveness of their cavalry is at least the same level as the cavalry of the Northwest Forbidden Army.

With 10,000 cavalry and at least 30,000 heavily armed infantry, with the Great Wall of Heaven as the core, plus the surrounding Chu, Zhen, and Yang garrisons, and the flanks of Gaoyou and Haozhou troops, Yang Zaixing also knew that even if there were those who had defected, it was also very dangerous.

In the end, he chose to temporarily guard Xuyi, and then complete the crossing of his follow-up main force.

Similarly, Chen Yu did not move.

His side was also extremely embarrassed, at first he didn't believe that this kind of thing would happen, Xuyi was broken in one morning, which made him embarrassed by the painstaking management in the past few years, he didn't even have time to organize a rescue, originally his cavalry did this. Tianchang to Xuyi is nothing more than a day's journey of cavalry, and his cavalry is actually stationed in Baita Town, which is only seventy miles, mainly because these cavalry need pasture, and the distance between Xuyi and Tianchang is full of paddy fields.

Those gentry were not allowed to be stationed.

With so many cavalry stationed, they must trample on their crops, so they can only be stationed in Baita Town, which is the modern Banta Town, which is next to the mountainous area, so as not to trample on the crops for the gentry.

And it's also close to Xuyi.

As long as the Xuyi defenders hold on for a long time, these cavalry can rush to attack and contain on the periphery, and then wait for the Tianchang infantry corps to go north, and the infantry and cavalry will beat the Changsheng army back, this defense system is very scientific and rigorous, but I didn't expect Xuyi to be captured in one morning, and then everyone was confused.

Especially after Zhao Mingcheng's true form was revealed, the morale of the army was hit hard.

It's really demoralizing!

The generals who understood the truth were scolded.

However, at this time, an exciting news came from Zhenjiang......

"The official family is still a saint after all, but don't come this day, just cross the river to Yangzhou, there is an official family sitting in Yangzhou, even if we are bloodstained on the battlefield, we will also swear to recapture Xuyi."

Chen Yu said slowly.

The great painter wants to drive the expedition in person, but the holy decree has not yet been issued, but Tan Zhi told Chen Cong, the eunuch of the prison army, in a private message, that the purpose should be to solicit the opinions of Chen Yu and others first, after all, such a big thing cannot be announced rashly. This is the imperial driving pro-conquest, the Great Song Dynasty has not passed for more than 100 years, the last imperial driving pro-conquest was when Emperor Zhenzong, that time the Great Song Dynasty finally resisted the Liao army, and now the great painter is driving the pro-conquest, which can undoubtedly greatly boost morale and sweep away the impact of Zhao Mingcheng's escape.

"It's just a partial teacher, why not work for the official family, we are favored by the official family, at this time it is just to die for the official family, if the official family takes risks, how can I see the official family again? Please sit in the forbidden place in the official family, and my father and son of the Liu family should destroy the thieves. ”

Liu Yanqing said.

It is said that his days have been very beautiful in the past few years of crossing the river.

The beauties of Jiangnan alone have collected hundreds, hugging left and right all day long, singing and dancing, all kinds of delicacies and eating wine and drinking have gained weight twice, and now they are hard to get on the horse, but they can't see a fat body when they put on armor, and they have a bit of a fierce demeanor just by looking at the block, especially the big belly, it is easy for people to mistakenly think that it is the accumulated power, although it is actually a pile of manure oil.

It was not a good thing for the great painter to cross the river, and once the great painter arrived in Yangzhou, it would be difficult for him to escape......

Uh, nonsense!

How could General Liu escape?

He is the king of Yan'an County of the Great Song Dynasty, and the purple and golden beam of the great painter.

He's not going to run away.

However, it is a very troublesome thing for the boss to watch behind his back, and no one likes the big boss to watch his every move behind his back.

"The King of Yan'an doesn't need to say more, at this time, the official family is also for the sake of the country!"

Chen Yu said expressionlessly.

Of course, he knew what Liu Yanqing was thinking.

He also worked as a transfer envoy in Shaanxi, so he didn't know the details of the Liu family's father and son, in fact, not only he knew, these main civil officials in Jiangnan knew, but there was really no one available, the Liu family father and son liked to run away, but they had the ability to fight. But it is also very naïve to pin your hopes on them, who doesn't know that their father and son like to sell their teammates, so Chen Yu has done his best to support the southern generals over the years.

It is to prevent the Liu family's father and son from escaping.

Chen Yu is a relatively disciplined official......

Originally, in history, when Jingkang was in Jingkang, he took over from Zhan Du to guard Zhongshan, and the siege of the Jin army was not opened for more than half a year, but in the end it was useless, because the Jin army escorted the great painter to the outside of Zhongshan City, and the latter looked pitifully at Chen Yu and his subordinates who were fighting bloodily to defend his country......

"I, Emperor Daojun!"

Poor Chen Yu was dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty is here?"

He cried.

What else can a great painter say?

The subordinates who could still defend Chen Yu did not hesitate to kill him and surrender to the Jurchens.

He was genuinely responsible for the great painters, and he was indeed a capable official.

In particular, good financial management......

Of course, it can also be said to be looting!

Relying on his ability in this regard, he used sufficient money and food to build a total army of 200,000 in the past few years of Xuanfu Lianghuai, and established a fairly useful defense line on the south bank of the long Huai River from Chuzhou in the east to Gwangju in the west. However, because the great painter used a waste in his brain, it was torn open in less than a morning, and now it has reached the point where there is no way to retreat but to fight to the death.

At this time, the great painter crossed the river and went north, even if it was just stationed in Yangzhou, it could inject fighting spirit into this army that was about to start a decisive battle.

Liu Yanqing smiled deeply.

"Then our family will play the official family."

Li Cong said.

Chen Yu nodded.

"Xianggong, Chuzhou is in an emergency, and the thief army Han Changbu crossed the Huai to surround Chuzhou with the Jinan rebels as the vanguard, and asked for help from the system."

An officer hurriedly walked in to report.

Chuzhou was the seat of Xiang Zixu, the pacification envoy of Huaidong.

The whole along the Huai line to Huaidong pacification system to make Xiang Zi to guard Chuzhou, along the Huai pacification to make Zhao Mingcheng guard Xuyi, Huaixi pacification system to make Zhao Zisong guard Haozhou, the latter is the clan, Taizu line, Zhao Dezhao descendants, the original Huaining prefect, Wang Yue troubled Huaibei period to the south. These three points constitute the core of the defense along the Huai, and Chen Yu sits in Tianchang, after all, everyone knows that once Wang Yue attacks, then it is almost certain that he will go to Xuyi, and the other level may be to go south through Chuzhou or go south to Haozhou.

But the former has to pass the point of Yangzhou, and the latter has to pass the point of Qingliu Pass, unlike the plain of Xuyi, which goes directly to the Yangtze River.

"Rescue?"

Chen Yu smiled bitterly.

How could he care about rescuing Chuzhou, and besides, it didn't matter where it was.

Then he turned his gaze to Liu Yanqing......

"King Yan'an, it's time for you to go out, this time you have to go all out, if this battle fails, the thieves will inevitably come to the Yangtze River, although the Yangtze River is called the moat, but since ancient times it has not blocked a few times to the south."

He said.

Liu Yanqing nodded silently.

Chen Yu's meaning is very clear, you can't run anymore, and there is nowhere to run anymore.

"Pass the order, the whole army will go north to counterattack Xuyi, transport a million from Yangzhou and put it here, and recapture Xuyi is to reward the armies, and spread the news that the official family wants to drive the expedition in person, Jiangnan survives, fights here, and then makes a coffin, if the battle is defeated, pretend to be an old man!"

Chen Yu said with a resolute face.