Zhang Liangpeng didn't know much about the situation in Huainan. On the one hand, he received an urgent order from the other side, asking him to keep Xuan Zhen in Sanjiang Pavilion and deliver the instructions of the Prime Minister; on the other hand, various people came through the emergency.
He sent real and fake news on his feet.
After talking a lot, Xuan Zhen understood the situation clearly enough and understood the key points. Without any delay, he immediately boarded the boat, ordered urgent supplies of water, and set sail immediately.
What do you mean by saying that the Jin army marched southward with overwhelming force? Since the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, when did they fight against the Song Dynasty, the beginning was not overwhelming?
Previously, in order to assist Yang You in the training of the Huainan New Army, Xuan Zhen had been to Huainan several times and used various channels to inquire about information about Kaifeng Prefecture.
It is obvious that Kaifeng and Zhongdu regard each other as traitors and are determined to fight each other to death. Therefore, the heavy military groups under Kaifeng include the Mo Niu Jinzhong Division in Xijing, Wanyan Heda Division in Hedong, and Wanyan Yongxi Division in Damingfu Road.
They were all concentrating on Admiral Ding on the opposite side and could not be easily distracted.
The only thing the Kaifeng court can use is the newly-organized troops of the Thirteen Captains around Kaifeng Mansion. It is impossible for these 100,000 people to come out in full force, at most half of them will be dispatched at one time.
Only half of the troops are used, but the force reaches from Junzhou in the west to Anfeng Army in the east, which is at least 1,300 miles of frontage, and may also involve the area of Lizhou East Road... This is to siege the city and seize territory.
What does it look like? Not at all!
The reason why they are so unstoppable is because they don't face the Song army's heavily armed group at the border. These Jurchens are crazy poor and are here to harvest grass and grain!
The nature of captives is like this, and everyone in the prime minister's office has long expected this situation. At this time, all we need to do is strengthen the walls and clear the fields, keep them quiet, and control the chokepoints, so that we can easily wait for the enemy to retreat.
The Jin army could not capture the fortified city, but could only capture a few small counties and villages. However, the local people were unlucky and were brutally killed by the Jurchens. Thousands of people were inevitably killed and injured, and tens of thousands of stones of food and tens of thousands of money were robbed.
This was the response strategy decided by Xuan Zhen and others after discussing important matters with Shi Xiang privately.
In the area of Jingnan South Road and Jinghu North Road, the famous minister Zhao Fang built fortresses everywhere to guard the key points, and even launched a "Three Seas and Eight Nobles" battle in Jiangling Mansion, using the same strategy.
There is nothing wrong with the strategy itself.
Once the war broke out, the imperial court took this as an excuse to continue to postpone the shipment of annual coins to Kaifeng Prefecture, and took advantage of the opportunity to form a new army in Huainan to severely strengthen the defense of the two Huaihe Rivers.
By that time, the Jurchens may not be able to earn the capital to mobilize their troops just by looting, and the more they loot, the poorer they will be. The Kaifeng court wants to compete with Zhongdu, and it must spend money. Once the old capital is exhausted, sooner or later, they will have a chance to move forward.
When the Song Dynasty was weak.
This strategy was strategically placed and maximized the advantages of the Song Dynasty. How could anything go wrong?
Something went wrong, and it was Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang.
Xuan Zhen simply couldn't figure it out. In the past few years, Shi Xiang had a lot of people in the Huainan sect. Why did they get dizzy when they arrived there one by one? Is it really that the situation at the border was more difficult to deal with than at the center?
Previously, Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue were both ignorant and involved in the coup in Zhongdu without authorization. Now these two people have become a thorn in the side of Zhou Guogong Guo Ning, and the prime minister has been having a headache about how to deal with them.
Now Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang were originally tasked with delivering the annual coins, and then going out to control Huaixi and setting up two departments along the river. However, they suddenly discovered that the Jin army was heading south, and they immediately panicked...
The panic was not about how to deal with the situation, but the fear that if the Jin army marched southward and the Sui coins marched northward at the same time, the government and the public would be in an uproar. Once a fuss broke out, these two people would be treated as criminals who had insulted the state.
Those who could serve as local garrison officials in the Great Song Dynasty were all talented people. Then the two of them jumped eight feet high in Huaixi, and first forced Xu Jun, the commander of Jiankang, to fight with the Jin army in the field. Xu Jun was not
Idiot, how can you pay attention to this kind of chaos? Pretend to retreat after the slightest contact with the Jin army.
The two men also forcibly mobilized the loyal troops from Zhenzhou and Anqing Prefecture, intending to block the Jin army's southward momentum outside Lu'an City.
"Zhenzhou? Anqing Mansion?"
Jia Sidao was listening to Xuan Zhen's explanation on the ship, and he immediately realized what he was saying. He exclaimed: "How important are the money guards in those two places? How can the loyal and loyal troops stationed there be transferred? How can Yang You listen to them?"
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Xuan Zhen shook his head at Jia Sidao, signaling him not to say more.
In the case of the money supervisors of Zhenzhou and Anqing Prefecture, the Jia family and his son worked hard to get things done too quickly and too properly.
The father and son did not sing high-profile but actually opened the way with real money and silver. Who wouldn't like the real benefits, the people and craftsmen? Therefore, the copper mines, iron mines and money supervisors in the two places resumed operation very quickly.
The current output is close to the highest figure of the previous generation, and huge quantities of spring goods have begun to be hoarded in preparation for shipment to the north.
This is the grand policy of Shi Xianggong to use the financial resources of the Southern Dynasty to balance the two strong thieves in the North. It must not go wrong, let alone allow the officials in the court to criticize and disrupt it at will. So the outside world only thinks that there are two medium-sized money supervisors trying to recover.
, although there is attention, it will not attract everyone’s attention.
The true situation of Qian Jian, even the delivery of hundreds of thousands of money to Ding Haijun behind the scenes, and even the cooperation between Zhou Guogong and Shi Xiang in maritime trade, are all secrets hidden under deep water.
Zhang Liangpeng naturally didn't know, nor did Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang.
Therefore, these two men relied on their own power to forcibly transfer Yang You, a loyalist army stationed in Qian Prison.
Yang You is just a martial artist. Without Shi Kuanzhi or Xuan Zhen present, how can he make his own decisions? But this guy must have some strength, and he started thinking about meritorious service and getting rewarded, but he didn't know what kind of faint he was.
Agree to send troops.
"Then what?"
Jia Sidao asked in a trembling voice: "Is something going to happen to Supervisor Qian? Will our sea trade this year be affected?"
This well-known dandy in Lin'an still remembers that his true identity is Li Yun, the assistant minister in Zhou Guogong's shogunate. His biggest task is to do his best to develop financial resources for Ding Haijun.
Although the territory of Zhongdu, Hebei and Beijing Road under the control of Guo Ning is vast, it has been devastated by the war. Not one household registration is left in ten, and the output of agriculture and animal husbandry is also in decline. In order to restore production and ensure the livelihood of the people under the rule,
In life, Guo Ning has always been left-handed and right-handed.
His Dinghai regime had no ideas to deal with agricultural taxes and material resources. The amount of salt tax was huge, but when compared with the expenses, the income was only that. Therefore, it was very dependent on trade income and related tax collection.
If there is a change in the negotiated money supervision income, if the guarantee is not accurate, it will affect the maritime trade. It will be difficult for Li Yun to make money from this.
Xuan Zhen let out a long sigh and pulled Jia Sidao to the bow of the ship, away from the sailors.
"Nothing happened to the Qian Jian, because your Majesty saw that the Qian Jian in both places was empty, so he immediately mobilized a section of the Zhongyi Army stationed in Yangzhou to go to Huaixi to provide support."
Jia Sidao breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Xuan Zhen, but his face still looked bad.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to the support?"
"The Yangzhou Loyalty Army was under the leadership of Guo Yao'er, and they were also a group of people who were particularly loyal to the leader of the Red Coat Army, Yang An'er... After they joined Huaixi, they immediately started a real fight with the Jin Army in Kaifeng Prefecture, resulting in the safety of the Jin Army.
Captain Wanyan Xielie, the captain of Marshal Xingshousi's mansion, was seriously injured on the battlefield. The Kaifeng mansion had to increase its troops to deal with it. The two families fought fiercely for more than ten times in five days, affecting Luzhou, Anfeng, Guangzhou and other places.
Now half of Huaixi has become a mess."
"this……"
"So Xianggong Shi has an order, asking me to rush to Zhongdu as soon as possible, and call on Duke Zhou to contain Kaifeng according to the previously agreed conditions, so that we can restore stability in Huaixi as soon as possible. Otherwise... Well, Shi Xian, you think, if all the people in the Song Dynasty
If you pay attention to the war situation, someone will surely incite public anger. When all the ignorant and stupid people start to make trouble, the delicate situation between the north and the south will be difficult to balance, and there will be no business negotiations."
