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The knight stopped in front of Zhao Junsheng and reported: "Report to Your Majesty, General Yang ordered a villain to report to Your Majesty, the Song army abandoned Yiling City, and retreated all the way south to the front line of Yidao and Xiaoting!"

When Zhao Junsheng heard it, he laughed and said, "Could it be that Xiao Sihua wants to imitate the story of the battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms?"

Dongfang Chen stepped forward on his horse and bowed: "Your Majesty, I think this battle should not be careless. Although there are lessons learned from the past, it is different from the past. Your Majesty is not Liu Bei, and Xiao Sihua is not Lu Xun!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "Let Lu Shuang be stationed in Yiling City, our army camped on the west bank, and sent several small groups of soldiers and horses to take all the cities, townships, posthouses, ferry wharves and water villages that we passed along the way. Next, send officials to take over the local military and political affairs, manage the surrounding people and mountain people, and ensure that our army's food roads are unimpeded until there is no need to disperse our troops to protect the food roads!"

"Leader!"

After listening to Zhao Junsheng's order, Dongfang Chen cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty is wise. During the battle of Yiling in the Three Kingdoms, the Shu army had the upper hand in numbers, but Liu Bei was eager to fight and wanted to use the superior force for a quick victory. Soochow General Lu Xun Zheng It was because of his grasp of this idea that he retreated to Yidao and Xiaoting, and gave up the hundreds of miles from Wushan to Yiling. In order to ensure the safety of the grain road, Liu Bei had to disperse his forces and build hundreds of camps along the way! Liu Bei He repeatedly provoked Lu Xun, but Lu Xun could not hold out in Yidao. The two sides had a stalemate on the front line of Yidao and Yiting for half a year. And the loopholes, and use this to launch a large-scale counterattack, this is the only way to turn defeat into victory!"

"Now, that Xiao Sihua probably has such thoughts in mind, trying to drag us down!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, thought for a while, and ordered: "Pass the decree to Lu Xuan, ordering him to let the transportation team do its best to transport grain and grass to Yiling City, store all the grain and grass in Yiling City, and transport the grain and grass from Yong'an to Yiling City." Ling can use the boat as long as it is much faster!"

Dongfang Chen had to remind Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, it is not easy to transport the grain and grass from Guanzhong to Yong'an, and there is a lot of travel from Yong'an to Yiling. The supply line of the grain road is not too long, but the road is not easy. We can’t transport much at one time, the damage will be serious on the way, and the logistics alone will drag us down!”

"Also, now that Bashu has been ruled by me, Bashu, which has just gone through a famine, still needs a lot of food relief. The court should focus on Bashu, and the war with the Southern Dynasty. I think it can be done slowly, and there is no need to rush. Moment!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Of course I understand what the national teacher said, and I don't mean to be aggressive. If we don't deal with the [-] Song troops, I'm afraid they won't let it go. How could the Song kings and ministers be willing to hand over Sichuan and Shu to us? "

"This..." Dongfang Chen couldn't refute. He also knew what Zhao Junsheng said was the actual situation. A rich land is a large grain-producing area. How could the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty easily give up such a fertile land?

Dongfang Chen didn't talk about it anymore, he reminded: "Your Majesty, we don't have navy here, and the Song Army has a large number of navy and warships. Once they go to our rear by boat at night, our food road and retreat There is a danger of being cut off!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned: "Can the navy of the Song Army sail at night? They are not afraid of hitting rocks and capsizing, so they will be blocked in the narrow river and cannot enter or retreat?"

Dongfang Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know about this humble official, but we don't understand water warfare, and there must be people who understand water warfare in the Southern Dynasties. It's hard to guarantee that they don't have this kind of talent to sail at night without hitting the rocks!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a moment, then ordered: "Send people to pull iron chains from the east bank to the west bank across the water to block the channel. I want to see how they sail at night. If they really dare to sail at night, let them block the waterway." There is no way to advance or retreat on the river, when the time comes, we will all catch dead fish, hum!"

All ministers, ministers and generals praised: "Your Majesty's plan is very clever!"

Zhao Junsheng reminded: "Remember, if you do it secretly, the iron lock must be hidden under the water surface, and you must not see it from standing on the boat. Only in this way can you hide it from the Song Army navy!"

"According to the order!"

A day later, the army arrived on the other side of Yiling City. At this time, Lu Shuang had led his army into Yiling City and sent forwards to attack Xiaoting tentatively.

Xiao Sihua built a strong camp in Xiaoting, and the vanguard of the Qianjun fought outside the camp. Xiao Sihua saw that the opponents were all cavalry, and he had no infantry in his hands. He could only be passively beaten when he went out. Just ran, he couldn't catch up at all, so he ignored the Ganjun's fight, and he had already made up his mind to wait for the Ganjun's troops to disperse, lose their vigor, and lack food and grass before launching a counterattack, so no matter how provocative the Ganjun's vanguard , He just didn't lead troops out to fight.

After the army arrived on the other side of the river in Yiling City, Zhao Junsheng ordered the army to build a strong camp, sent people to secretly block the river with iron chains at night, and sent officials to manage the towns along the way to control the villagers and ensure the safety of the grain road.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Yang Dayan.

"Your Majesty, Yang Dayan is ordered to come and see you!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Big Eyes, I called you here to give you a mission. You take 5000 people to provoke a battle under Yidao City. If the Song Army goes out of the city to fight, no matter how many troops they send, you can attack. Don't worry about it. , if necessary, I will definitely send reinforcements to you!"

Yang Dayan clasped his fists and agreed: "I obey the order!"

Half an hour later, Yang Dayan led 5000 troops to the city of Yidao to provoke a fight, insulting the guard Xiao Chengzhi in the city, and scolding him so harshly that Xiao Chengzhi was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Big eyes fight to the end, but Xiao Si has a strict order, no matter how provocative the army is, he can't go out of the city to fight, he can only stick to it!

For three days in a row, Yang Dayan kept provoking Xiao Chengzhi's nerves with fresh vicious words every day, and Xiao Chengzhi really endured it forcefully.

Yang Dayan really had nothing to do, so he had to take five thousand soldiers and horses back to the West Bank camp to report to Zhao Junsheng.

"Your Majesty, these three ministers have scolded everyone they can think of, and that guy Xiao Chengzhi is indeed furious, but he just won't come out, the minister really has nothing to do!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "We don't know when our siege equipment will be delivered, so we can only waste time talking to Xiao Si like this! Come, call Lin Jinghui!"

Soon, Lin Jinghui rushed over, "I see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and asked, "I ask you, I have ordered Sima Chuzhi to send troops to attack Xiangyang before, is there any news?"

Lin Jinghui replied: "Your Majesty, there is news, but your Majesty's order to Sima Chuzhi at that time was to let him send troops to cause military pressure on Xiangyang, not to let him attack Xiangyang City! The news I received recently is that Sima Chuzhi's army It’s still north of the Han River!”

Zhao Junsheng immediately said: "Send someone to deliver an order to Sima Chuzhi, let him storm Fancheng! Tell him everything I said, from now on, his side will be the main direction of attack, so he must go all out , can’t have the idea of ​​​​retaining strength!”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"In addition, in the next few days, the black guards will pay close attention to the mobilization of garrisons in various places in the Southern Dynasty and Jiangbei. If there is any news, come and report immediately!"

"According to the order!"

Zhao Junsheng was not in a hurry either, he knew that being in a hurry would not solve the problem, the army was resting in the camp on the west bank, waiting for the logistics to bring supplies and siege equipment.

That night, Zhao Junsheng was sleeping soundly, when suddenly there was a lot of noise from the east side of the river.

"Come on, what's the situation? What happened?"

A night watch guard walked in quickly and clasped his fists: "Your Majesty, I don't know yet!"

"Go and find out, and then report quickly!"

Before the imperial guards had time to run out, Li Bao walked in quickly and reported: "Your Majesty, the Song Army navy is dispatched to sneak into my rear through the water channel at night and cut off our army's return route and food road. We have arranged in advance. The iron locks are blocking the river!"

"What, this is really a crooked attack!"

Chapter 1028

"Let's go and have a look!" Zhao Junsheng said, got up and walked out immediately, a eunuch immediately took a cloak and his sword and chased after him.

When Zhao Junsheng rushed to the river, there were a lot of anxious calls for help and shouts from the river, and it seemed that many people had fallen into the water.

At this time of night, the light is too dark, the weather is not very good tonight, there is neither moonlight nor starry sky.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head and asked Yang Lie: "How is the fire boat I prepared for you earlier? How many are there?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I ordered people to prepare ten fire boats, and they will stop on the river bank below!"

Zhao Junsheng looked left and right, and found that the banner beside him was flying towards the river, he shook his head and said, "This Xiao Sihua is too bold, he really thinks those sailors and generals are gods, and let them go at night Sailing the boat? Pass on my will and order the fire boats to disperse and attack!"

"No!" The orderly quickly ran to the shore.

Li Bao clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, I think Xiao Si's words are a gamble, and there is half a chance of success or failure. If the gamble is correct, his soldiers and horses will quietly insert into the rear of our army to wait for an opportunity, or intercept him." If we attack our army's food road, or cooperate with the main frontal force to sneak attack our army's rear, our army will be defeated!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "So Xiao Sihua is a gambler?"

Li Bao said with a smile: "Who can say that he can completely control the situation of the battle? Isn't war a gamble!"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it wasn't Xiao Sihua's idea. From what we know about this person, I'm afraid he won't be able to do such a thing. Maybe it's a certain general in the Song Army who is eager to make contributions to Xiao Sihua. Sihua made a promise and issued a military order!"

Dongfang Chen next to him said: "I agree with your Majesty's opinion. It is fine if there is moonlight and starlight. People who have lived on the water for a long time are familiar with hydrology and waterways. As long as they can see the waterway, it should be no problem to sail at night, but tonight there is neither moonlight nor Starlight, the visible distance is no more than three or four feet. If such a short distance hits the reef or the shore, it will be too late for the ship to stop, and there is a danger of capsizing or running aground at any time! Only those generals who think they are familiar with the hydrographic channels here They dared to do this, but they didn't expect that we would use a move to lock Hengjiang in advance!"

Speaking of this, Dongfang Chen cupped his hands to Zhao Junsheng and said: "Your Majesty, Yichen speculates that there should not be too many soldiers and horses on the fleet of the Southern Dynasty Navy this time. Xiao Sihua will never dare to put all the chips in his hand on This is the top of the navy!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "No matter how many people there are in this fleet, in short, this is a group of fish caught in the net, first pull the net up and then talk, one catch is counted as one!"