Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 644 Wang Xiu's Attitude
Wang Xiu sighed softly, and said, "Li Qiong's rebellion led to the disintegration of the Jingdong defense line, and tens of thousands of captives took the opportunity to go south. It seems that the captives have plans."

Zhao Chen was taken aback, he understood the situation, what he wanted was a way to retreat, and hurriedly said: "Of course I understand, but the most important thing is what is the best way to retreat from the enemy?"

Zhu Lian frowned slightly, apparently dissatisfied with Zhao Chen's attitude, but did not speak.

"Your Majesty, it is a coincidence that Wushu can go deep into Jingdong. It is no problem to deal with it carefully. They did not attack Kaifeng, but kept going south. I think the captives intend to force the court to submit. However, their strength cannot penetrate too far. Prepare It’s not enough, if the imperial court’s actions are right, it’s not bad for them to advance to Jianghuai.”

Wang Xiu was very confident in fighting this battle. As the Eastern Front advanced all the way, the Jurchens violated a military taboo and plunged the main horse army into the Jianghuai River.There can only be one explanation. It is not that the Jurchens do not have outstanding people, but that the other party has the idea of ​​promoting peace through war. JD.com's breakthrough is undoubtedly the best choice.

Zhao Chen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled easily and said, "That's good."

"Why hasn't there been news from the navy yet?" Zhu Lian thought far away and had a thorough understanding of Wang Xiu's thoughts.

Wang Xiu looked at Zhu Lian with complicated eyes, shook his head and said: "The navy is in the vast sea, how can they send back news, we have to wait. Now, what makes people worry is Xuzhou, and Li Guojian has become Jingdong. Importantly, there must be no mistakes."

Zhu Lian understood the significance of Liguo to Wang Xiu, and spent the best years of his life in Liguo Supervisor, not to mention all the memories there, but the ongoing research on iron smelting technology cannot be given up.

"That's right! The captives are coming fiercely. I'm afraid Jingdong will be hard to resist. They will go straight to Xuzhou sooner or later, and the prince will have to find a way." Zhao Chen is most concerned about how to retreat from the enemy. As for the strategy of the Jurchens, he does not understand. He is not interested either, the implication is that Wang Xiu will go to the north to supervise the teacher.

Wang Xiu smiled lightly.Slowly said: "Your Majesty is relieved, Master Li presides over the Privy Council, and there are Wang Shu and Wang Yuan along the river, but the defeat in the first battle will not affect the overall situation. As long as Wang Yuan seals the river, the army in front of the palace will be stationed in the Jianghuai River." , it is impossible for the captives to reach the river."

After Zhu Lian weighed it, he said in a gentle voice: "The officials are worried about state affairs and are overworked. Some things should be decided by the two governments."

Zhao Chen nodded, expressing his approval, and said: "What your mother said is that Sun Xianggong invites the county, and Shang Shu's right servant shoots and serves as his servant Shang Jue."

"National affairs are too urgent, so you can't stick to the rules of the prime minister's dismissal." Zhu Lian reminded.

Zhao Chen also understood that when Wang Xiu returned to the court, he would definitely enter the two mansions and accept the position of prime minister. Now that the enemy is in front of him, he said without hesitation: "Then the draft edict, the prince will not only serve as the minister, but also serve as the servant of the sect, and also serve as the prime minister of the South China Sea countries." business."

Wang Xiu looked helplessly at the mother and son, really didn't know what to say, so he had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to get rid of the captives, and everything else can be postponed temporarily, everything must be considered in the long term."

Zhao Chen looked at Wang Xiu strangely, he really didn't understand, Wang Xiu refused to enter the two mansions, and didn't want to be the prime minister?Seems a little unlikely.

Just as Wang Xiu withdrew, before reaching Donghua Gate, Zhang Quan chased him, saying that Zhu Lian had invited him to the Hall of Compassion.

Wang Xiu frowned slightly, but still nodded. He hadn't seen Zhu Lian for three years, so he could understand Zhu Lian's urgent mood.

However, the situation in the Jingdong battle is still not optimistic. The Jin army is advancing step by step, and the smoothness cannot be smoother. They have more than [-] horse troops as the vanguard and continue to develop southward. The main force continues to follow up and gradually approaches Xuzhou. Martial law has been lifted, and the Jianghuai military states are in turmoil.

The Pianshi also took advantage of the east wind of the main force, took advantage of the panic of the Song army to cross the river in one fell swoop, captured Dong'e County in just two days, and quickly advanced towards Xucheng.

However, what made Qiu Yun miscalculate was that the partial division of the Jin Army was still fighting in Yunzhou, and the speed of the main force was quite fast, and most of Qizhou fell.

Wushu didn't stop there, the Jin army's cavalry kept galloping, and crossed the two realms into Yanzhou within a few days. They didn't get entangled with the Song army stationed in the mountains, and the tens of thousands of horse troops went directly to Gong County.

"My lord, the captives broke through in the east of the Jingdong. Their plan is very clear. They will contain our troops in the west of the Jingdong and break through from the east of the Jingdong straight down to the Huaihe River."

In Heyang County, Mengzhou, Yue Fei was talking to Zhang Qiyuan at the Xingyuan, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu. He had been talking for half an hour, but he had a very happy conversation with Zhang Qiyuan. Zhang Qiyuan's gentle and refined attitude never interrupted his speech , and his understanding of his ideas made him feel like he hated seeing each other late, and wished he had to tell the whole story.

With the destruction of the Dongting Water Pirates, he made the Dianqian look ashamed. Fortunately, it was also a great credit, and Wang Xiu secretly expected him, escaped the wrath of the big bosses in the army, and made Tan Shiji wait for him. People are helpless.

He is part of the sequence of the Twelfth Army of the Northern Guards. The Xiaocai Army, one of the Fourth Army in the West of Beijing, was organized by him. It has just been formed as his army division, and the other troops have not yet been reorganized.

The Xiaocavalry Army is quite special. It is a unit under the Guards Horse Army Division. It is a unit with light and heavy cavalry. The original establishment is only 9000 people.However, due to the lack of horses, there were only 8000 cavalry, and Yue Fei's army was huge, and the entire army had reached 2 people. In the end, according to the configuration of the horse infantry, an army of nearly [-] people was formed, which is considered a relatively large military division.

Here I want to mention that Wang Xiu set up the new three yamen responsibilities. The guards horse, infantry, and water troops are all commanding envoys. They not only have jurisdiction over the names of horse, infantry, and water army generals, but are also responsible for the training and guidance of horse, infantry, water troops, and other arms. , has the right to conduct school examinations for battalion-level troops, and has the power to promote schools.

That is to say, the military and arms are divided into battalions and assigned to the capital for training instead of being divided into military divisions. This greatly improves the training level of the officials of each ministry, instead of the generals and schools being trained by professional schools, and the officials are also organized into battalions and teams. Targeted tactical training.

Zhang Qiyuan felt remorseful and realized the gap between him and Wang Xiu. Regardless of the fact that the Song court paid attention to reputation and seniority, and even though Wang Xiu voluntarily gave up military power, he actually secretly controlled the key military power and was in an absolute advantage.

Especially the establishment of the framework of the Privy Council's Military Division, and Du Yuhou's direct transfer to the Ministry of War, all have the shadow of Wang Xiu's secret control of military power. He really can't compare.

He subconsciously took advantage of his status and began to make friends with generals. Yue Fei was obviously a good choice, and he saw the future of this young capital school very much.It is a pity that during the conversation, it was disappointingly developed that Yue Fei was an excellent field commander, but he had no political wisdom, and could not be his ally, but could only be a pawn.

"The Taiwei said that the Hedong captives were only to contain the Fourth Army in the west of Beijing?"

(End of this chapter)