Traffic in the Song Dynasty remained unchanged, and various information was too lagging. At the same time that Chen Qing received the news, one hundred thousand Huaixi troops began to sweep across Jiangnan West Road, and successively occupied Jiangzhou, Longxing Prefecture, Yuanzhou, Fuzhou, and Linjiang
The army, the Xingguo Army, Yizhou and other state capitals around Poyang Lake seized a large amount of money, food and materials.
At this time, Li Hui commanded the imperial court's 80,000-strong army and arrived in Shangrao County, Xinzhou. The army took the Lanxi Road, that is, it went west along Zhejiang Province, turned south in Jiande County, Yanzhou, and walked along the Lanxi River.
Quzhou and Xinzhou, arrived at Shangrao County.
Although they are all mountainous areas in western Zhejiang, this is the shortcut to Jiangnan West Road, with the shortest distance.
Shangrao County has a lot of money and food, and 80,000 troops have been stationed here for seven days. At this time, the spies Li Hui sent to Jiangnan West Road came back one after another, bringing the latest situation.
In front of the map of Shuai Zhang, Li Hui pointed to Nanchang County, Longxing Prefecture: "To kill a snake, we have to hit seven inches. We don't have so much time, energy and Zhang Junjun to waste. The opponent's seven inches is Nanchang County."
Li Hui is over sixty years old this year. He was a military general at first, and his ending was quite disgraceful. He led an army of 200,000 and was ordered to guard the south bank of the Yellow River. However, the Jin soldiers beat drums all night on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the 200,000 Song troops fled.
As a result, Li Hui was dismissed from his post.
However, Li Hui's political acumen was difficult to overemphasize. He immediately supported the emperor Zhao Gou's ascension to the throne. From then on, he had the merit of supporting him and won the trust of Zhao Gou.
At the critical moment, what Zhao Hua thought of was not famous generals such as Han Shizhong and Liu Ziyu, but the veteran general Li Hui who was loyal to him.
Liu Miao's rebellion, Chen Qing's separatist regime, Liu Guangshi's separatist regime, Yue Fei's rejection of his life, and Zhang Jun's rebellion. The series of actions of these military leaders had completely chilled Zhao Gou and scared him to the core. At this moment, he remembered it again.
Our ancestors taught us that generals are not allowed to command troops. How wise our ancestors taught us.
In this way, Li Hui, who was also a military general but had already turned into a civilian official, was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for the head coach, and Li Hui also gained the emperor's final trust.
The deputy general, Ju Shigu, was also a veteran and also experienced. He pointed to Poyang Lake on the map and said: "The Huaixi Army has controlled the waterway. It is easy for them to attack from the waterway and cut off our logistics and retreat. The marshal must be on guard.
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Li Hui pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Don't stop eating because of choking. My food can go with the army and I am not afraid of their naval warships!"
"Commander, I think it is better to proceed step by step. Using surprise troops is too risky. Secondly, it may not be possible to capture Nanchang County. Zhang Jun's army is not a bandit. The equipment and training of the army are no less than ours."
Li Hui walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and finally nodded, "Forget it! The officials asked me to send him battle reports at all times, and let the officials decide!"
"It would be better for the commander-in-chief to take back Fuzhou and occupy Linchuan County first, and then report the news to the officials."
Li Hui nodded, this is a good suggestion. There are 5,000 troops stationed in Huaixi in Fuzhou. To annihilate all 5,000 troops and recapture Linchuan County is actually a military achievement.
"Just follow the general's words and send troops to Fuzhou!"
Li Hui left 10,000 troops to guard Shangrao. He led 70,000 troops to continue marching westward. Three days later, he entered Fuzhou and quickly reached the gates of Linchuan County. There were originally 5,000 defenders in Linchuan County. When they heard that the imperial army was coming, the defenders
He led his army and fled, leaving an empty city behind. Li Hui's army immediately occupied Linchuan County.
He immediately wrote to the emperor to express his merits and ask for instructions on the next step.
At this time, Zhang Jun was in Nanchang County. Of course, he also got the news that Li Hui was coming with his army, which made him secretly happy. He knew very well who Li Hui was. Not to mention his mediocre military ability, he was still hesitant and hesitant.
Jue is well-known in the officialdom as a good old man who does not offend anyone. Of course Zhang Jun would like to have such a person as the head coach.
However, Ju Shigu is rich in experience and cannot be underestimated.
Not long after the Song army occupied Linchuan County, Zhang Jun received the news, and he immediately called his aide Yang Shi to ask for advice.
In the tent, Yang Shi said to the soldiers: "You go and report first, I will change my clothes and go see the commander!"
The soldiers went first, and Yang Shi immediately asked Li Yecheng: "Zhang Jun must want to ask me what you think I should do if the Song army advances?"
Li Yecheng took out a dove letter from his arms and said with a smile: "I received a reply from His Highness King Yong yesterday. Please see what His Highness King Yong means."
Yang Shi quickly opened the pigeon letter, and there were only four words in it: "Luring the enemy across the Gan River".
Yang Shi nodded. He knew what he was doing. He hurriedly changed into a robe and went to see Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun was waiting for him!
"I am humble enough to meet you, the prince!"
Zhang Jun waved his hand, pointed at the sand table and said: "Now that 80,000 imperial troops have arrived and have occupied Shangrao County and Linchuan, how do you think we should respond, sir?"
Yang Shi smiled confidently and said: "Your Majesty, the key is to know yourself and the enemy, so that you can fight without danger."
Zhang Jun cheered up and said, "How do you know yourself and your enemy?"
"Your Majesty, I am humble enough to talk to you first. First of all, I am the enemy general. I believe your Majesty knows Li Hui very well. He is a well-known good man. In other words, he has not taken responsibility and dare not take responsibility. He will definitely keep asking the emperor for instructions.
, and the emperor’s biggest problem is his greed for power. The Song Army’s repeated defeats were all caused by his greed for power and rash advancement. Therefore, the prince wants to give the emperor a chance to be greedy for power and rashly advance. The best way is to fight a few defeats and give them
A little taste of sweetness made them feel that the Huaixi Army was nothing more than that, that the prince was mediocre and incompetent, and that the rebellion could be defeated in a day."
"well said!"
Zhang Jun praised him repeatedly, and Yang Shi's suggestions spoke to his heart, which greatly impressed him.
He asked again: "Then where is the opportunity to defeat the enemy's army?"
Yang Shi pointed at the Gan River: "Let the enemy take advantage of the victory to pursue us. As long as they cross the Gan River, we will directly cut off their retreat. Without food and grass, when they hurriedly withdraw, we will attack halfway across the river, and the Song army will be defeated."
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"Okay! What a half-crossing attack!"
Zhang Jun punched the table hard. He completely agreed with Yang Shi's plan. The key was to lure the Song army across the Gan River.
Zhang Jun immediately made arrangements and led his army to evacuate Nanchang County and evacuate to the north. Only 10,000 troops were left to garrison in Nanchang County. He immediately came down to Yuanzhou and the 10,000 troops garrisoned by the Linchuan Army and quickly withdrew to Nanchang County.
The information was detected by Li Hui's scouts. Li Hui immediately ordered his deputy general Ju Shigu to lead 20,000 troops to intercept the enemy troops retreating north. The two sides met on the east bank of Gan River. Zhang Jun's army was defeated in a battle, fled south and surrendered.
There were countless enemies, and Ju Shigu led his army to pursue them. He killed more than 2,000 of the enemy and captured 6,000 enemy prisoners of war, winning the first battle.
The battle report was quickly transmitted to Lin'an by flying pigeons.
The news of the victory in the first battle spread to both the government and the people, and the spirits of the government and the people were greatly boosted. All the officials praised the emperor for his proper employment of people. Jiang was still old and hot. Zhao Gou even washed away his previous depression and concentrated on the counter-insurgency battle on Jiangnan West Road.
"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has long said that Zhang Jun is a big Liu Guangshi!"
Qin Hui spoke eloquently to the emperor Zhao Gou: "The key is that without the support of the people and the nobles, who will support the rebellion? There is no justification, and the soldiers do not support it, so the enemy was defeated in the first battle. It is obvious that morale is low and the soldiers are unwilling to fight.
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Zhu Shengfei beside him nodded and said: "Qin Xiangguo is right, Li Hui interrogated the prisoners of war, Zhang Jun's owed salary has not been paid for two months, and all the government money has been taken away. Without the benefits of soldiers, morale is very low, and there is no intention to fight at all.
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"Xu Xiangguo, what are you looking at?" Zhao Gou turned to Xu Xiantu with great interest.
Xu Xiantu bowed and said: "It's just a small victory. We can't conclude from this that Zhang Jun's army is vulnerable. After all, Zhang Jun's army was also a Song army and was well prepared for battle. Li Hui, especially, cannot be blindly complacent and underestimate the enemy.
It will suffer a disastrous defeat.”
Although Xu Xiantu spoke with sincerity and sincerity, Zhao Gou was disappointed and was really unhappy.