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Zhao Junsheng nodded: "You guys are not stupid, you are quite thoughtful!"

Duan Changyan scratched his cheeks, with a shy expression of being praised, "Your Majesty is absurd, how can the general have such a brain, it's all the thoughts and suggestions of the officials under his command, the general thinks Accept it if possible!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand and said: "Okay, since General Duan is ready, I will not be disrespectful! Let's go to the city!"

General Li Bao of the Dragon Guard Army immediately waved to the two generals under his command, and the two immediately led their troops into the city first, with the purpose of scouting the road first, and searching the surrounding houses, streets and alleys inside and outside the palace first. , Eliminate potential safety hazards, and then arrange alerts and sentries to prohibit strangers from approaching.

After Zhao Junsheng and the ministers entered the city, the soldiers in the army were tired due to the continuous march, so they ordered a two-day rest.

In the past two days, Duan Changyan reported the situation in Berkshire to Zhao Junsheng. The situation here is much better than other areas in Sichuan and Sichuan. There is also food support for these refugees to return to their hometowns and rebuild their homes.

After listening to Duan Changyan's report, Zhao Junsheng said: "You have done a good job during your stay in Jiangzhou. Next, the prefect of Berkshire will send people to publicize to the refugees in all counties that the famine is over, and the government will subsidize food supply. They return to their hometown and resume production as soon as possible. The government on your side should come up with a plan to distribute food to the refugees as soon as possible, and evacuate these refugees as soon as possible, so that the pressure in Berkshire can be relieved! So many refugees gather here, what a pity for Lu The rear of Shuang's army is a huge threat, we must evacuate as soon as possible, and we must take this matter as the top priority!"

Duan Changyan bowed and agreed: "Promise, the general will definitely let the officials under him start the process as soon as possible, evacuate the refugees as soon as possible, and let them return to their hometowns to resume production!"

The emperor sits here in person, and the officials of Berkshire, in order to compete to perform in front of the emperor, work hard one by one, and the efficiency of their work is several times faster than in the past.

However, in three days, the food, clothing and other materials used to support the refugees to return to their hometowns to resume production were prepared. From the fourth day onwards, each county distributed them to the refugees separately, and arranged personnel to escort them back to their homes.

Chapter 1025 The Fiasco of the Cavalry

In a total of ten days, the 10,000+ refugees gathered in Berkshire were evacuated one after another, and one by one embarked on the journey back to their hometown.

Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Duan Changyan this day and asked: "Duan Changyan, under your leadership these days, the evacuation of refugees has been done well, the efficiency is very fast, and things are done very steadily. It seems that you are still a little bit in charge of the administration. Talented, in view of the achievements you have made during this period, I must reward you and give you a promotion in terms of position. Do you want to continue serving in the army, or do you want to quit the army and become a politician? "

Duan Changyan grinned, "If your Majesty doesn't say anything, I really don't know that I have the talent to be an official, and these days I can do it with ease, so I should still be an official, so that I can do more things for the people. When I was young, my family was very poor, if I were an official, I could at least find a way to make the people under my rule live a better life!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Don't forget what you said today. The purpose of being an official is to let the people under your rule live a good life! Well, I order you to be the prefect of Berkshire, but the military power of the garrison must be handed over, and the security forces will still return. You control!"

Duan Changyan saluted and said: "I thank the Lord for your kindness!"

After that, news came from Yong'an every two days. In the first few days, Zhao Junsheng also received news that the Song army was attacking Yong'an every day until this afternoon.

Lin Jinghui hurried over to report to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, I just received the news that the Song army stopped attacking three days ago!"

Jiangzhou is not too far away from Yong'an, and news is transmitted relatively quickly, so it is easier for Zhao Junsheng to receive news here.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Is there any other news?"

"no!"

"I asked you to send someone to investigate the road, how is it going?"

Lin Jinghui clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, the terrain around Miaojiang is too complicated, there are no roads in many places, and many Miao people are very hostile to outsiders, and they don't allow outsiders to enter, even if there is a road, you can go directly through Miaojiang. In the past, I was afraid that I would have to fight the Miao people first, and I thought the gains outweighed the losses!"

"Currently, we have mostly cavalry and few infantry here. Even if there is a road in the Miaojiang area, I am afraid that the cavalry will not be able to pass through. To be on the safe side, I do not recommend that you forcefully pass through that area if you are not familiar with the terrain, roads and local customs. , may cause great losses!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it. Lin Jinghui's worry was not unreasonable. Even the Song army did not dare to enter the Miao area easily. If it was easy, the Song army would not go to Yiling to attack Yong'an by water.

After weighing several times, Zhao Junsheng listened to Lin Jinghui's suggestion and gave up the idea of ​​leading troops across the Miao border.

Two days later, Lin Jinghui rushed over excitedly and said with joy, "Your Majesty, the Song army has retreated! This is the news just received. In addition, I also received related news. The reason why the Song army withdrew was because of the cavalry sent by Sima Chuzhi." The southward movement has reached the Dangyang area and is moving towards the Yiling area!"

Zhao Junsheng heard the words and said: "This Xiao Sihua is really decisive in his actions. He even retreated without any hesitation. His mission is to reinforce the defenders in Sichuan and Shu. Even if he retreats like this, he is not afraid that the court of Song Dynasty will hold him accountable." Responsibility for withdrawing troops without authorization?"

Dongfang Chen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, it is obvious that Xiao Sihua is not a reckless person, he knows how to choose, and now he retreats without consulting Jiankang. If the situation is unfavorable, if you forcefully attack Yong'an, you will be in danger of being flanked and wiped out by the entire army!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and said to the ministers: "Masters, since I have come to Berkshire, how can I not go to Baidi City? Before that, because of the urgent battle ahead, I didn't bother Lu Shuang. Now The Song army has retreated, and if I go to Yong'an again at this time, the ministers will not stop me, right?"

This Yong'an Baidi City has historical allusions. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, and his general Gongsun Shu established himself as the King of Shu in Ziyang City. Later, Gongsun Shu used a local well to emit white mist, which looked like a white dragon. Claiming to be Baidi, he established his capital in Ziyang City and changed its name to Baidi City.

Later, during the Shu Han period, Liu Bei, the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty, used Yong'an Baidi City as the base for attacking Jiangdong, but suffered a disastrous defeat.

Seeing that Zhao Junsheng is going to Yong'an again, these ministers and ministers can't stop them anymore, and they also want to visit this scenic spot.

Therefore, the ministers did not object.

Two days later, Zhao Junsheng, who was fully prepared, went to Yong'an with the ministers and ministers under the escort of 3000 people.

From Berkshire to Yong'an, Zhao Junsheng and his team walked for eight or nine days. These days, news from Yong'an kept coming, and the morale and fighting strength of the soldiers recovered.

The Song army had retreated to Yiling in these days, and happened to encounter the Qingqi of the five thousand cadres who had arrived near Yiling from the direction of Dangyang.

At the beginning of the battle, the Song army was unable to respond in time and was not prepared enough, and suffered a great loss. The cavalry general Liu Jinming of the Qianjun Army led troops to face it head-on with [-] cavalry as the main force, and then suddenly inserted [-] cavalry from the right flank.

Xiao Sihua, the coach of the Song Army, mostly had infantry under his command. The soldiers and horses moved at a fast speed, and there was no specified time to intercept them. As a result, the Qian army rushed into the formation of swords, shields and archers with only slight resistance, and killed them all. The Song army was in chaos.

After the flanks and middle of the Song Army formation were disrupted by the Qianjun cavalry, the Song Army generals standing in front were worried about the safety of their backs. They were all afraid and could not fully deal with the Qianjun cavalry in front. Lead the army to rush to kill.

Xiao Sihua had no choice but to order the army to retreat and approach Yiling City. The Gan army rushed for a while, chasing and killing the Song army's rout, but Xiao Sihua had already set up an army formation under Yiling City to respond.

Liu Jinming saw that the enemy's back was against the city wall, and his cavalry had no room to maneuver in depth. He was worried that he would be trapped in the formation and would not be able to escape, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

Afterwards, Liu Jinming didn't have time to count the number of enemies killed, so he could only make a rough estimate. The number of enemies killed was about five to six thousand. As for the exact number, I'd have to ask Xiao Sihua.

Next, Xiao Si said that he gathered the defeated troops, reorganized the army, strictly enforced military discipline, and once again led the troops to approach the Qianjun Liu Jinming's department, and used the infantry to challenge the enemy's cavalry. Words are still No.1.

Liu Jinming was not afraid of Xiao Sihua, and immediately mobilized his troops to fight against Xiao Sihua.

This time, Xiao Sihua set up an army formation in the wilderness area. The army formation was dense and guarded tightly. He also increased the number of crossbowmen and pikemen in the army.

Archers are not easy to train, but crossbowmen are not difficult to train. The Song army is inferior to the dry army in terms of cavalry. Every time they fight, they have suffered a lot from the dry army cavalry. Therefore, they have been looking for ways to restrain the cavalry all these years. It is really amazing. Said, they really found some effective ways.

The first one is to use dense crossbow arrays to deal with the light cavalry of the dry army. The crossbows used by the Song army are all improved, and they are multi-shot continuous crossbows. The operation simplifies the process and kills the range.

The second is to use long weapons to deal with dry army cavalry. The Southern Dynasties army changed the spearmen to pikemen, and increased the lethality of the spears by increasing the length of the spears and the toughness of the gun shafts.

Liu Jinming sent several small groups of cavalry to make several tentative attacks, trying to find the weak point of the Song army's defense, and finally found it for him.

This position was located in the southeast corner of the Song army's formation. Liu Jinming immediately sent two thousand cavalry to attack, leaving two thousand cavalry as a backup. Once the enemy's formation was in chaos, he would immediately take advantage of the situation and completely overwhelm the Song army.

But this time the situation did not seem to be as Liu Jinming expected. The flaw left by Xiao Sihua was just a decoy. After the two thousand cavalry began to attack, the Song Army's formation changed. It has become an army formation combining layers of sword and shield soldiers and spearmen.

The cavalry of the dry army overwhelmed the first five rows of Song Army infantry, but were blocked in front of the sixth row of infantry. Then the Song Army's crossbow array deployed in the middle of the army began to show its power, and the rain of arrows fell all over the sky. They were blocked and lost their speed. The dry army cavalry fell down screaming one by one.

Half of the [-] cavalry were lost in a moment. Liu Jinming, who was commanding in the rear, saw cold sweat on his forehead. He immediately said: "It seems that this time I kicked the iron board, and ordered Mingjin to withdraw the troops and withdraw!"

"Dangdang"

After a series of crisp gongs sounded, less than a thousand cavalry cavalry who were attacking immediately turned around. Fortunately, the cavalry cavalry was skilled in riding skills and turned around in time, but lost another army during the retreat. More than two hundred rides.

In Yong'an County, the day after Zhao Junsheng and the ministers and ministers arrived here, the general situation of the battle under Yiling City was reported here.

"Liu Jinming's 1000 cavalry defeated the Song army in embarrassment and fled in the first battle. They only lost more than [-] cavalry, but this time the battle directly lost more than [-] cavalry, and only three of the Song army were killed. More than a hundred people, the specific situation is like this"

After listening to Lin Jinghui's report, Zhao Junsheng frowned and said: "In other words, Liu Jinming fell into Xiao Sihua's trap. Xiao Sihua intentionally exposed flaws in the army formation that Xiao Sihua set up at the beginning, and Liu Jinming fell for it. I ordered two thousand cavalry to attack, but I didn't expect that during the charge, the Song army temporarily changed formation, and the two thousand cavalry hit the iron plate?"

"Indeed!"