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Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "What you said is not impossible, but we don't seem to have any good ways to make corresponding arrangements!"

Sima Chuzhi clasped his fists and said: "The old minister heard that I have several naval villages in the Yellow River and the East China Sea. There are more than [-] naval officers and soldiers. Can you let them go around the sea to Kuaiji County and take the Taihu Lake and Poyang Lake? Sailor transferred?"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, shook his head and said: "It's useless, and there's not enough time, even if the Song Army navy from Taihu Lake and Poyang Lake can be transferred away, there is still their navy at Dongting Lake, which is larger than the previous Xiakou Navy. Big! There is no good way for the time being, I can only take one step at a time, and the soldiers come to cover the water and soil!"

Just as Sima Chuzhi expected, the Song army basically did not cross the river to land on the beach in the next five days, and the Qian army also took this opportunity to step up the construction of new river fortifications.

Good news also came from Nanjun in the west. General Zhu Gui led the army to attack Nanjun. The Song army in Nanjun just learned that the Qianjun had only [-] infantry. The five thousand infantrymen were killed in Jingling.

Unexpectedly, after the Song Army from Nanjun entered Jingling, they learned that the Qian Army had suddenly increased by three thousand cavalry. Now the generals of the Song Army panicked. Let alone three thousand cavalry, even if there were only one thousand cavalry, the Song Army would not Unable to resist, the Song army quickly returned to Nanjun with its troops.

But Zhu Gui was also not easy to get along with. After learning that the Song army had retreated, he immediately ordered the cavalry to attack first.

The 6000 cavalry soldiers of the Gan army quickly pursued and outflanked from the east and west in two groups. After chasing for two days, they stopped the nearly [-] Song army in the wild. Although the army cavalry can deal with the [-] Song troops if they want to attack head-on, it is estimated that they will suffer a lot of losses.

How can a cavalry general make a loss-making business? One cavalry can raise three infantry for the cost.

The cavalry of the Qian army retreated quietly again. The Song army saw that the cavalry of the Qian army had disappeared and could not stay where they were, so they quickly continued to retreat southward. The cavalry rushed over immediately.

This time, the Gan army appeared very suddenly, and they came at a very fast speed. They didn't give the Song army a chance to form a formation at all. When the rain hit, the soldiers of the Song Army were shot and fled, and the formation was completely scattered.

The generals of the Song army could no longer restrain the soldiers, the military orders could not be conveyed, and they could not organize effective defense and counterattack. The cavalry of the dry army kept swimming around the periphery to attack with cavalry and shooting. After several blows, the Song army quickly collapsed. Only then did the Qianjun cavalry rush to kill, and the [-] Song troops were wiped out in a very short period of time.

These [-] Song troops are almost the vast majority of the garrison forces in Nanjun of the Song Dynasty. With the annihilation of the [-] Song troops, the military strength of the Song Dynasty in Nanjun was depleted. , Nanjun cities soon surrendered one after another.

On October [-]th, the Qian army arrived at Jiangling City. There were only a few hundred defenders in Jiangling City. Ye Langming, the governor of Southern County of Song Dynasty, tried to resist until Xiao Sihua sent troops to reinforce.

But not everyone in Jiangling city wanted to hold on like Ye Langming. Two lieutenant generals and leaders held him hostage and forced him to order the entire city to surrender. Ye Langming had no choice but to order the surrender.

As Jiangling City was captured by the Gan army, Zhu Gui sent troops to attack everywhere, almost occupying the entire territory of Nanjun without bloodshed.

Xiao Sihua, who had been confronting the Gan army at Yiling Road and Xiaoting for several months, was shocked when he learned that Nanjun was attacked by the Qian army. Now Nanjun has become the retreat route for his army on the east bank of the Yangtze River. Nanjun was captured by the Gan army, and his right wing of tens of thousands of horses could be attacked at any time, or even cut off the way of retreat.

After Xiao Sihua got the report, he decided to send 5000 people to reinforce him. However, he had just entered the territory of Nanjun and learned that Jiangling City had been captured by General Zhu Gui, and other cities had also surrendered one after another. Song Jun did not dare to continue going south.

Xiao Sihua was shocked to learn that all Nanjun had fallen into the hands of Qianjun, what should I do?

Xiao Sihua urgently convened the generals to discuss, and then decided to take advantage of Zhu Gui's army that had just captured Nanjun and had not yet had time to cross the river. , but in this way, all the areas north of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River will fall into the hands of Qian Guo.

But at this time, Xiao Si couldn't care so much. If he didn't retreat to Baling as soon as possible, once the Gan army Zhu Gui's troops crossed the river and sent troops west to attack and occupy the front line of Jiang'an, the retreat of tens of thousands of Song troops might be cut off. Food and supplies, and under the attack of the Gan army from the north to the south, I am afraid that the entire army may be wiped out.

Tens of thousands of Song troops retreated in a hurry. In order to speed up the march, Xiao Sihua ordered to discard a large amount of luggage, and marched day and night, and finally retreated before Zhu Gui captured Jiang'an.

General Lu Shuang, who was also arrested in Yiling Road, got the news, and immediately sent a troop to pursue him, taking down cities along the way.

The speed of the dry army was very fast, and tens of thousands of Song soldiers were chased very embarrassingly. In order to hurry up and speed up their pace, many soldiers of the Song army had to discard their armor and helmets and rush on with only weapons.

Finally, tens of thousands of Song troops withdrew to Baling under the support of the Dongting Lake Navy before the Qianjun cavalry caught up.

The Yangtze River diverts at Baling, flowing from south to east, and connects Dongting, which is [-] miles away, to the west. Xiao Sihua relies on the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake and naval warships to block the Qian army in the north, but loses the fertile land thousands of miles away. land.

Chapter 1064

For several days, Zhao Junsheng continuously received news from the western front. First, Zhu Gui led his army to invade Nanjun, then Zhu Gui defeated Nanjun Song Army, and then Zhu Gui's army took down Jiangling City and Nanjun without bloodshed. All, and then received the Song Army coach Xiao Sihua led the army to retreat south overnight, abandoning Yiling Road and Xiaoting, and retreated to Baling.

"Your Majesty, I just received the latest news. After the Song army's west front commander Xiao Sihua led his troops to retreat to Baling, he quickly organized the soldiers and civilians to build coastal defenses on Dongting Lake, Baling and the Yangtze River, and set up underwater barriers on some waterways in an attempt to Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River are naturally dangerous to prevent our army from crossing the river!"

Lin Jinghui's report made Zhao Junsheng get up and walk to the map.

The army on the western front has no naval divisions, and it is too late to build water villages and train naval divisions, so we can only take it slowly. Judging from the current situation, Lu Shuang's army on the western front will have to fight through Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River to reach Baling City The idea of ​​​​is basically unrealistic, so the momentum of the Western Front attack is basically over.

Since we can't go any further, we must consider the issue of garrison. In order to prevent the Song army from attacking the north bank from Dongting Lake and the south bank of the Yangtze River, the dry army must build coastal fortifications at the key points of the north bank, and build passes in some dangerous areas.

Zhao Junsheng thought about it, and soon made a decision.

"Pass the order to Gao Xu, make him the governor of Jingzhou and the prefect of Nanjun, let him put down the business at hand and rush to Jiangling, take over the military affairs on the western front, select [-] elites from Lu Shuang's army to stay in the garrison, and strengthen Dongting Lake and the north bank of the Yangtze River The line of defense is to prevent the Song army from counterattacking, and the rest of the soldiers will return to where they are transferred from.

"Pass the decree to Dongfang Chen, Lu Shuang and others. Civil servants can return to Chang'an first. Lu Shuang will stay behind and organize the army and civilians to build coastal defenses and pass fortifications. After Gao Xu arrives, he will make a delivery with him. Lu Shuang will return to Hanzhong by himself. !"

The Southern Dynasties also quickly got the latest developments from the Qian Kingdom. Gao Xu was directly transferred from the position of Chang'an Shangshu Youpushe to the governor of Jingzhou and the prefect of Nanjun. The ambition of the region must be won, otherwise Gao Xu, the founding general, would not have been sent to Jiangling to sit in charge.

After the analysis by the courtiers of the Southern Dynasties, Liu Junyu could only reluctantly abandon the area north of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River for the time being, and retreat to the south of the Yangtze River in an all-round way. So he ordered Xiao Sihua to leave enough troops for defense after organizing the army and civilians to build fortifications, and then send other Army repatriated to their country of origin.

The Song State had no choice but to do so. The daily consumption of food, grass and luggage by the army was a huge number. Now that the Song State’s economy is in a downturn, the rebellion of refugees from all over the country has not yet been completely subsided. The people’s livelihood is difficult, and taxes cannot be collected. Dead rats, under such circumstances, it is unnecessary to deploy heavy troops in the Baling area, and on the other hand, it is really unaffordable.

Xiao Sihua was then transferred back to Jianfuming, and Zang Zhi took over the Jiangnan defense line in Baling, and Zang Zhi quickly rushed from Jiankang to Baling to take up his post.

During the confrontation between the Song army and the Qian army on the western front, Xiao Chengzhi, a general of the Song army, died of illness. Xiao Chengzhi was Xiao Sihua's elder brother. Xiao Sihua wrote to the emperor saying that Xiao Chengzhi had devoted himself to the emperor and the court all these years. He was granted posthumously, and more rewards were given to his heirs.

So Xiao Chengzhi's three sons were promoted and reused after Xiao Chengzhi's death.

Later, half of the navy of the Song Army located in Dongting Lake was transferred to Xiakou in secret, under the control of Xiao Bin.

Although the Southern Dynasties blocked the news about the transfer of half of the Dongting Lake navy to Xiakou, the black-clothed guards in Qianguo were really not vegetarians. After discovering that the number of Song Army navy warships in Dongting Lake was reduced by half, they quickly reported it. Has been transferred to Xiakou.

Hei Yiwei quickly launched an investigation, and the news spread to the secret guards of Hei Yiwei in the towns along the north bank of the Yangtze River.

The news was sent to Jiangxia City by the black guard as quickly as possible.

In the lobby of the prefect's mansion in Jiangxia City, Zhao Junsheng waved a note that recorded the news of the Song Army Navy.

"It seems that the war on the western front should have stopped. The Southern Dynasties have neither the plan nor the ability to provoke war on the western front. Otherwise, they would not have sent half of the Dongting Lake navy to Xiakou, and the half of the Dongting Lake navy to come to Xiakou. The purpose of the mouth must be to assist the Xiakou Song army to cross the river and attack my Jiangxia City, I don't know what you think about this matter? Is there a good way to deal with it?"

Li Bao stood up and expressed his opinion: "I think our army is no less powerful than the Song army in Xiakou, so what if the Song army crosses the river to attack? If we want to fight, we have nothing to fear! "

Hearing Li Bao's words, Zhao Junsheng couldn't help but shake his head inwardly. It's okay for Li Bao to be a strong general, but I'm afraid he won't be able to be the coach.

Now on the front line between Jiangxia and Xiakou, Qian State and Song State are in a reversed offensive and defensive situation. The navy of the Qian army is disabled and unable to cross the river to attack, while the Song army has a navy and can cross the river at any time. Kill over, so Gan Jun is currently in a passive position of being beaten.

General Liu Gun stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I think that as long as our army guards the direction of the river bank, no matter how many warships the Song army gathers, it will be useless, and their navy will not be able to go ashore! Our army can also strengthen the fortifications on the river bank." Gao Jiagu, we will kill as many Song troops as they come!"

In Zhao Junsheng's view, Liu Gun has the determination to stick to the defense line of the river bank. This person is eager to show his ability and loyalty in front of him. This attitude is worthy of praise and encouragement, but what this person said is nonsense. constructive.

"Well, General Liu is commendable for his loyalty and bravery. The fortifications on the Jiang'an defense line do need to be heightened and reinforced. The morale of the soldiers still needs to be improved, and the drills must be practiced diligently!"

"No!" Liu Gun clasped his fists in agreement and retreated into the distance.

Zhao Junsheng's eyes swept over the generals again, and landed on the veteran Sima Chuzhi who started the battle.

"Langya King, what do you think?"

The king of Langya existed in the Northern Wei Dynasty. After Zhao Junsheng founded the country, he still named him the king of Langya. He was allowed to listen to the instructions but not to the announcement. However, Sima Chuzhi was not so stupid. He later wrote a letter and rejected it. He is also the only king with a different surname in Qian Kingdom. Even if he leads the army all year round, he is walking on thin ice, lest he will arouse Zhao Junsheng's suspicion.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the old minister has an idea. Instead of fighting each other to the death on the river bank defense line and wasting troops in vain, it is better to shrink the troops and retreat to advance!"

Zhao Junsheng understood Sima Chuzhi's meaning after listening. He looked at the generals and said: "I will consider this matter, and we will stop here today. All the ministers will return to their posts and perform their duties. Don't slack off! "