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Xu Yibao pondered for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, after the defeat last night, I lay on the plank and floated on the water thinking all night. I think Xiao Si's words will never be targeted in vain. With the thorn in the eye and the thorn in the flesh of the court, Xiao Sihua got the emperor's secret order to get rid of the officials and this navy, but if Xiao Sihua is used well, can it play some role? He should not Will sacrifice this fleet without asking for anything in return, I think he must have other ulterior motives!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and asked again: "Last night, the general's fleet stopped in an accident on the river. General Yang Dayan led his soldiers to resist desperately, I'm afraid he really broke through, did the general know about this matter in advance?"

Xu Yibao clasped his fists: "I really don't know about this matter. I haven't heard any rumors. Could it be that the purpose of Xiao Si's words is to use this fleet of ministers to attract the attention of His Majesty's army, and then storm the front camp? It's not right, either. How does he know that something will happen to the minister's fleet? If there is no accident to the minister's fleet, it will not attract the attention of His Majesty's army, and His Majesty will be able to provide timely reinforcements when he leads the army to attack the former army camp!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and asked: "Do you think his purpose is to make two-handed preparations? If the general's fleet can pass by without a sound, or if he captures the front camp of our army, he will earn money." arrive!"

Xu Yibao frowned and thought about it. After a while, he seemed to think of something, and said: "I always feel that the purpose of Xiao Si's words is not so simple. Two days ago, when he raised his account to discuss matters, the general Xiao Chengzhi once proposed to send A group of troops crosses the Wuling Mountains to attack Bajun, after taking Bajun, the army can take back Sichuan and Sichuan by going west, attack Liangzhou by going north, and cut off all supplies and return routes of Your Majesty's army!"

"At that time, most of the generals objected, not to mention how difficult it is for the army to pass through the Wuling Mountains. There are poisonous insects and beasts rampant in that area, and there are a large number of Wuling barbarians who are very hostile to outsiders. Maybe the team has not left the Wuling Mountains. The army was wiped out, or had to return halfway; even if the army could pass through the Wuling Mountains and go straight to Berkshire, there might not be many soldiers left alive to reach Berkshire, how can they fight and attack the city? Therefore, Xiao Chengzhi The proposal was opposed by almost everyone, except Xiao Sihua!"

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng immediately paid attention to it, and he said, "You mean that Xiao Sihua is very moved by this proposal?"

Xu Yibao shook his head and said: "At that time, everyone else opposed it. He didn't agree, but he didn't object either!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked around the tent with his hands behind his back. After a long time, he stopped and turned around and asked, "General Xu, are you familiar with the Wuling area? If we send an army to Wuling, can we reach Berkshire?"

Xu Yibao stood up and cupped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, if you really want to make up your mind to send a team, you can definitely pass through the Wuling Mountains and reach Bajun. Anyway, the Wuling area is still under the rule of the Song Dynasty. Although the barbarians there are uncivilized However, it is still under the rule of the Song State. If you can manage the relationship with the Wuling barbarians there, it is not difficult to borrow a way, but you must travel lightly. The army cannot carry too much food, grass, and supplies, let alone carry siege equipment! There is poisonous mist and miasma. The Wuling barbarians are used to living in that area for a long time, so they will be fine. After entering the area of ​​Wuling barbarians and arriving in Berkshire, it would be foolish to attack the city with bare hands, unless they seize the opportunity to sneak attack while the vigilance of the defenders drops!"

"So, as long as the defenders of Berkshire remain vigilant and prevent the Song army from making a sneak attack, it is absolutely impossible for the Song army to break through Jiangzhou City without siege equipment!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "If Xiao Sihua really had the intention of sending a partial army through the Wuling Mountains to attack Jiangzhou, they would definitely attack Jiangzhou! There are many barbarians in Berkshire, barbarians They also often go to the city to trade with the Han people, they can take advantage of this!"

Xu Yibao said: "Hearing what His Majesty said, I'm afraid that the real purpose of Xiao Sihua's two actions last night was to cover this partial division. Your Majesty has to guard against it!"

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Zhao Junsheng sent someone to find Dongfang Chen and said: "National Teacher, just now Xu Yibao said that Xiao Sihua is likely to send a part of the division to go through the barbarian area of ​​Wuling to attack Berkshire. If they show their chariots and horses to attack Berkshire, I believe that Duan Changyan should still be able to defend Berkshire, but if they attack secretly, it will be hard to say. After all, there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no reason to guard against a thief for a thousand days. The army is in the open, so it's impossible to defend against it! I don't know how the national division can prevent the Song army's sneak attack?"

Dongfang Chen thought for a while and asked, "Your Majesty, is this news reliable?"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "There is no definite news, and Xu Yibao has not heard any relevant rumors. After all, he is not a direct descendant of Xiao Sihua. If Xiao Sihua had any secret military operations, he would definitely not tell him. It was deduced from some strange behaviors of Xiao Sihua and his staff, I think this possibility is still very high!"

Dongfang Chen nodded: "No matter how likely this is, Your Majesty, I think we should take some precautionary measures. If Xiao Si really sent a partial division to attack Berkshire, but our army did not make corresponding deployments." Take precautions, once they are successfully attacked by them, Sichuan, Shu and even Liangzhou will be directly threatened!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked outside and said: "I'm not worried that the Song army can reach the city of Chengdu. There are nearly 2 infantry and cavalry of our army there. I believe that Su Ji and Li Song can defend Sichuan and Shu. What I worry about is that if the Song army After breaking through Jiangzhou, and then sending troops northward to cut off Liangzhou's connection with our army, and cut off our army's supply line, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Dongfang Chen thought for a while, chased after him and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you issue an order to Duan Changyan to remind him to take precautions. On the one hand, strengthen the deployment of troops, increase patrols and sentry posts, so that the soldiers should be more vigilant, especially to strengthen the monitoring of all cities. On the other hand, let Duan Changyan take the initiative to send people into the Wuling barbarian area to inquire about news, or directly bribe the Wuling barbarians to provide information! Besides, you can also write to Chengdu City to ask Li Song and Su Ji to pay more attention Regarding Berkshire's situation, once you receive the news of Berkshire's request for help, immediately send troops to reinforce it!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped to think about it, and said to Dongfang Chen: "Yes, I will ask the national teacher to deal with it at this time!"

Dongfang Chen bowed and said: "I obey the order!"

Zhao Junsheng pondered for a while, then turned around and said, "National Teacher, I plan to take [-] infantry and [-] cavalry to march north, and most of the remaining troops will deal with Xiao Sihua here. Lieutenant general, the national teacher is the military adviser, if you can break Xiao Si, you can break it, if you can't break it, you should try your best to form a confrontational stalemate, and delay the time for me to go north to attack Xiangyang!"

Dongfang Chen was silent for a while, then cupped his hands and said: "Forgive me for being rude, Your Majesty's move is too risky. If Xiao Sihua really sent a partial division to attack Berkshire, even if His Majesty ordered to remind Duan Changyan, he might not be able to prevent it." Let's face it, if the Song army's partial division goes north and cuts off our army's food and grass, not only will our place be very dangerous, but your Majesty's army will also be cut off from retreating!"

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "I've considered this matter, and I've also arranged a second mover. I knew that they might attack Berkshire by surprise, but I still let them get it. I can't even handle this matter. I, the emperor, deserved it." Isn’t it just a vain name? Let’s take ten thousand steps back, as long as I lead the army to the city of Xiangyang and join forces with Sima Chuzhi, there will be no problem of retreat, and you will not have the problem of retreat and food supply!”

Dongfang Chen bowed and bowed: "It seems that His Majesty has already considered it thoroughly, it's the minister who is worrying too much!"

"Since you have no objection, then this matter is settled! Lu Shuang is sometimes impulsive and not calm enough. If he wants to make any unwise actions or give unreasonable orders, you must dissuade him in time. He, I will let Yang Lie assist you!"

"And Yang Dayan, this kid is young and energetic, more than brave, not calm enough, and lacks some experience, for now, he can only use his force, don't rely too much on him!"

Dongfang Chen bowed: "Minister, please remember!"

In the next two days, Zhao Junsheng sent Yang Dayan to lead the army out of the camp to provoke and insult Yidao City, forcing the guard Xiao Chengzhi to go out to fight. Xiao Chengzhi remembered Xiao Sihua's order and could not hold out.

On the east bank, Lu Shuang also received Zhao Junsheng's order to lead his army to Xiaoting to provoke, trying to provoke Xiao Sihua and force him to fight.

Although Xiao Sihua defeated the general Liu Jinming in the previous battle by using the method of luring the enemy and adding the new weapons infantry pike array and infantry crossbow array, he was not arrogant enough to not put the cavalry on the ground just because of this. in the eyes.

He has fought several battles with the Gan army, and he is well aware of the sharp attack power of the Gan army cavalry. The last time he was able to defeat Liu Jinming and wipe out more than 1000 and [-] Gan army cavalry, it was because Liu Jinming was careless and fell into his plan. Liu Jinming is not so eager to win, and his Xiao Sihua may not be able to achieve such a great result.

Despite Lu Shuang's constant insults and challenges outside Guoting City, Xiao Sihua endured it all the time and insisted on the strategy and tactics agreed upon by himself and his staff. Before the situation changed fundamentally, he was not going to go out of the city to fight the enemy. .

If after two or three days, the Gan army saw that the Song army would not go out of the city to fight no matter what, so they would not provoke again.

However, Xiao Sihua is not a master who likes to suffer losses. He dare not go out of the city to fight the Gan army during the day, but at night, he keeps sending small groups of troops to sneak attacks. Big hair.

The Song army sent people to attack the Gan army's camp for two consecutive nights. The battle was fierce. Although they failed to break through the Gan army's camp, they also showed the momentum of the Song army, making the Gan army dare not underestimate it. them.

On the second day of September, Zhao Junsheng left Dongfang Chen, Lu Shuang, Yang Lie and others to lead the army to talk with Xiao Si. He personally led [-] cavalry and [-] infantry to march north.

This time, the army will first go east, passing through Changning and Maicheng along the way. Now the military power of the Song Dynasty is mainly in the north, and there are only a few hundred people guarding the city in the hinterland counties, and the quality of the soldiers is also uneven.

Zhao Junsheng led 5000 cavalry and [-] elite infantry just to set up a formation under Changning County. The officials and defenders in Changning County had already been frightened. There were only a few hundred people in the city, but there were [-] outside the city. People and horses, how to guard this city?No matter how it is defended, it will be breached.

The officials and defenders in the city simply opened the city gate and surrendered.

Zhao Junsheng left two or three hundred infantry guarding Changning, took away the original Song army in the city, reorganized them on the way north, took down their officers, and sent dry army officers to lead the soldiers. He wanted to kill them immediately, but Zhao Junsheng did not treat them harshly in terms of food, and treated them the same as the generals of the army, so these Song soldiers who surrendered did not dare to disobey their orders.

On the sixth day of September, Zhao Junsheng led an army through Maicheng.

At this time, there is no city in Maicheng, only a ruined wall remains, and these ruined walls tell the world many stories that have happened here.

Zhao Junsheng reined in his horse and looked at the large ruins in front of him on the right. He asked Li Bao and the others, "Do you know Guan Yu?"

General Niu laughed vigorously and said, "Your Majesty is joking, no matter how ignorant we fools are, we still know about Guan Gong!"

Zhao Junsheng smiled, and said again: "Then do you know how Guan Yu died?"

General Hua Xiong said: "This minister knows that Cao Wei and Dongwu conspired to attack Jingzhou. Guan Yu was defeated and fled Maicheng. Then he was captured by Dongwu General Pan Zhang and beheaded!"

Zhao Junsheng pointed to the ruined wall and said: "This is the Maicheng of the past. Guan Yu went north to attack Fancheng occupied by Cao Wei, and defeated Cao Wei's reinforcements. Xu Huang led the army to reinforce Fancheng. On the one hand, he sent people to conspire with Soochow in Jingzhou. Sun Quan sent Lu Meng to attack Jingzhou. The bad news kept coming. The family members of the lieutenant generals and soldiers were all captured by the Wu army. The soldiers later learned from the messenger that the family members were safe, so all of them were determined to fight again, and they collapsed one after another. When Guan Yu's army retreated here, only Dozens of people!"

When all the generals heard Zhao Junsheng talk about Guan Yu's deeds, they were all quite sad.

Then the army turned north and entered Dangyang within a few days.

On this day, the army came to a small bridge with the words Changbanqiao written on it.

Zhao Junsheng reined in his horse and stopped, asked the guards next to him to take a look at the map, then turned to ask the generals: "Do you know where this is? At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide immediately blocked Cao Jun's pursuit with his sword. This is Changbanqiao Also, look at the slope on the opposite side in the distance, Zhao Zilong killed seven in and seven out of Cao Wei's army, and the savior is there!"

Niu Dali said: "It's a pity that there are no pursuers, otherwise we would also say that I am Niu Dali, so we can fight to the death together."

The generals laughed: "Hahaha"

Zhao Junsheng shook his head and waved with a smile: "Go, keep going!"

"Keep going" the messenger yelled all the way, and the army crossed the bridge and continued to advance north.

After less than a day's march, there was a pass in front of it, named Huya Pass, which got its name because it looked like a tiger's tooth.

The detection post in front called the horse to report: "Your Majesty, there are three hundred defenders at Huya Pass ahead, and the surrounding mountains are dangerous. Our army has cavalry, so I'm afraid we can't get over it!"

Zhao Junsheng looked up at the Huya Pass in the distance, and said to Li Bao: "Let's pass the order, it's getting late, so camp here! At night, send capable and brave people from the Dragon Guards to go up the mountain from the side! Then send soldiers to cut down some trees and order The craftsmen made simple siege ladders, and when the time comes, once the Dragon Guards enter the pass and fight the defenders, the army will take advantage of the chaos to attack the city and try to take it down!"