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In August, the situation in Yingtian Prefecture became increasingly tense.

Jiangning urged Zhang Jun and Xin Xingzong to attack and open the brigade immediately. Wanyan Talan from Shandong also urged him to ask. The Jin army in Hebei was blocked by the Yellow River, and even if the troops were placed on the north bank of the Yellow River, the threat was limited. If you want to relieve the danger in Shandong, you must ask Yingtian Prefecture to send troops, but the direction of Yingtian Prefecture was slow to move. Wanyan Talan was very angry about this. He wrote to Zhang Jun and Xin Xingzong that if they did not send troops, he would tear up the alliance, negotiate peace with Li Hu, and allow the tiger army to go south to attack.

Wanyan's threat of laziness took effect.

Although Xin Xingzong insisted on his own opinion and believed that the real target of the Tiger Lieutenant Army in this attack was Jianghuai, once he lost the support of the Jurchens, even if Jiangning accepted Xin Xingzong's opinion and ordered the main force of the Yingtianfu garrison army to go south to support, Xin Xingzong was unable to go south.

If the security of Yingtian Prefecture is to be guaranteed, it must rely on the support of the Jin army. Similarly, the security of Shandong also requires the support of the Southeast Song army. At this moment, the Tiger Lie Army is attacking Shandong. According to the alliance, the army in the direction of Yingtian Prefecture must attack and attack northward to open the Fengxian to force the Tiger Lie Army to evacuate from Shandong. However, this time, the Tiger Lie Army sent a long-distance attack and went deep into the hinterland of the Jianghuai River to fight, which made Xin Xingzong unable to determine the real target of the Tiger Lie Army, which led to him being unstable between attacking the Tiger Lie Army and heading south to assist.

Under this situation, Yuwen Xuzhong was angry, and Wanyan Talan was also furious. In desperation, Xin Xingzong had to start from the overall situation and maintain the alliance between the Jin and Song dynasties, and ordered the attack to open the seal.

Just as he was about to set off, news came from Yangzhou that the Hulien Army attacked Jiangdu City, Zhengfu, Yangzhou. Although the Hulien Army had not yet captured Jiangdu from the time of the news, most of the outer towns in Jiangdu City were lost, and the Grand Canal waterway was cut off, and the military supplies transported from water to the front were interrupted.

Xin Xingzong urgently ordered the attack to stop and quickly assembled 80,000 troops to prepare for the support.

Zhang Jun tried his best to stop it. Zhang Jun was 31 years old this year, from Mianyang, Sichuan, and was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Zhenghe (AD 2018). He served as editor of the Privy Council and the attendant censor. After going south with the old emperor, he was appreciated by the old emperor with the recommendation of Zhang Bangchang, Yuwen Xuzhong and others. He served as the Xuanfu envoy of Jingdong and Huainan, and was in charge of the Central Plains military. With his age and qualifications, he commanded veterans such as Xin Xingzong, Miao Fu, Lu Yi, Wang De, and Li Qiong. The result can be imagined.

Zhang Jun still started from the overall situation and tried to convince Xin Xingzong. From the overall situation, the Song-Jin alliance must be maintained. The Jin army was an important support for the southeast to compete with Li Hu. Without the support of the Jin army, it was difficult for the Southeast army to resist the Tiger and Martyrs.

"It's not that I don't know the importance of maintaining the Song-Jin alliance." Xin Xingzong tried his best to restrain the anger in his heart and tried to say to Zhang Jun in a peaceful tone, "But the fact is that since the Tiger Lie Army defeated the Dangxiang people and destroyed the Western Xia, the situation has changed. The Jurchens have lost their original advantages in the north. The Jin Kingdom is in a dilemma of being attacked from both sides. They are very likely to give up Shandong and form an alliance with Li Hu, allowing Li Hu to attack south..."

"How is this possible?" Zhang Jun sneered at this. He believed that this was an excuse for Xin Xingzong to withdraw to the south of the Huai River. "Li Hu had just defeated the Dangxiang people, and the situation in the northwest would take a long time to stabilize. Now, no matter from any aspect, Li Hu did not have the strength to attack our Song Dynasty or Jin Kingdom." Zhang Jun therefore believed that the goal of the Hu Lie Army's attack was to restrain the Jin army and the Song army in the direction of the Central Plains. The main purpose was to restrain the Jin army, and then give Li Hu enough time to stabilize the northwest.

Xin Xingzong stared at Zhang Jun disdainfully, too lazy to speak. The young official with extraordinary knowledge in front of him had never been in the northwest before, and he knew nothing about the situation in the northern border, and his understanding of Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army was even more superficial. He had no idea of ​​the huge impact of the defeat of the Dangxiang people on the situation in the northern border, and this impact was very unfavorable to the Jurchens.

After thinking for a long time, Xin Xingzong felt that it was necessary to explain. After all, Zhang Jun was the commander of the front line, and the final decision was decided by him. Now Jiang Ning is urging him to open the seal, and Wanyan Talan is also urging him again and again. Zhang Jun is carrying heavy pressure and life is hard. But he has not received Tong Guan's order so far. If he leads his army to retreat without authorization, he will definitely turn against Zhang Jun. This is obviously not good for both sides.

Xin Xingzong took a lot of verbal talk to explain his analysis and judgment of the situation in the northern border. Finally, he concluded that the purpose of Li Hu's attack was obviously to destroy the Song-Jin alliance, and the Jurchens might have to compromise due to the situation. When the Jurchens compromised, that is, when the Tiger Lieutenant Army headed south to attack, for this reason, the Song army had to gather its main force on the Huaihe River. Defending the river must defend the Huaihe River. If the Huaihe River defense line is lost, the Yangtze River defense line will be in danger.

Zhang Jun pondered for a long time. Xin Xingzong did not mean to deceive him. If Xin Xingzong's judgment was correct, then the main force of the army could not attack and open the seal at this moment. But the problem is that he must obey Jiangning's orders and must act in accordance with the will of the court, otherwise his future will be over.

"This is just your prediction of the future situation." Zhang Jun said solemnly, "I respect your opinions and accept your views, but I cannot disobey the will of the court. I must order the army to attack and open the seal."

Xin Xingzong smiled bitterly and said speechlessly, "If you insist on fighting, then I can't do anything." He said this, but he had already made up his mind and thought of a way to get out. This kind of thing was familiar to him. Even if Zhang Jun fought for a few more years, he would not be his opponent.

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On August 15, Zhang Jun ordered the army to attack north and open the Feng. Wang De and Li Qiong were selected and led 30,000 troops to take the lead in the battle. Xin Xingzong led 50,000 troops to follow up, and he led 50,000 troops to the rear of the palace.

Before the army set off, Zhang Jun urgently wrote to Wanyan Talan, Shandong. If the Tiger Lie Army that attacked Shandong began to retreat, then ask the Jin army to launch a **, cooperate with the Song army, attacked each other in two directions, and supported each other.

At this time, Yuwen Xuzhong and Wu Min had already urged them to fight one by one day, and their tone became increasingly harsh; Wanyan Talan from Shandong also had mails one by one a day, and Wanyan Talan told Zhang Jun clearly that if the Tiger Lie Army entered Qizhou, he would destroy the alliance with the Song people. From then on, he would never support the Southeast Song army.

Fortunately, Jiangdu City, the Yangzhou Zhifu, did not fall, and the Huli Army is currently looting the surrounding towns of Jiangdu City. As for the troops ordered to rescue in various places, the army was slow to promote, and it can even be described as turtle speed, which gave the Huli Army time to plunder.

On August 16, Yue Fei received a report from Wang Yuan in Kaifeng. The army of Yingtian Prefecture not only did not go south to rescue, but began to attack north. Wang Yuan was very worried about the 30,000 soldiers who fought with the Huai River. He asked Yue Fei what to do next, whether to fight hard in Xiangyi or slowly withdraw back to Kaifeng City.

Yue Fei immediately rushed to write to Lin Chong and Han Shizhong, and ordered them to retreat at the right time, trying to lure the Jin army into the encirclement of the Tiger and Steve Army.

When Yue Fei was writing a letter at his desk, Wang Gui, Wang Ju, Zhang Xian and others surrounded the map to discuss the situation of the war. The development of the situation was different from what everyone had expected earlier. The southeastern rebels in Yingtian Prefecture not only did not go south, but instead attacked north and opened the seal, which made people worry about the soldiers who fought with 30,000 troops across the Huai River.

"Is something wrong with them?" Niu Gao's loud voice sounded particularly harsh at this moment.

Wang Gui glared at him and signaled him not to talk nonsense.

"Zhe Kecun is familiar with Lianghuai. He has fought Song Jiang in this generation. Even if the attack is blocked, it will not be too serious." Wang Yan shook his head and looked puzzled. "Besides, if something really happened to Zhe Kecun and the 30,000 soldiers, the Southeast rebels must have made a big fuss to attack our army's morale. How could there be no news yet?"

"There is no news that Zhe Kecun and the 30,000 troops are still fighting." Zhang Jun said with certainty, "The 16th Army and the 17th Army are the Zhe Family Army. The Zhe Family Army has always been brave and tenacious in fighting. In addition, the powerful Vessels in Shanghai Lasu are enough to sweep across the Jianghuai. In my opinion, the rebels are likely to be divided into two, part of them will support the south, and part of them will attack the north, so as to force the army that attacked Shandong to retreat quickly, and then attract the Jurchens to the Central Plains and use the Jurchens to restrain us. In this way, they can divide some of the troops to fight south. From the entire battle situation, the rebels are most likely to make such deployment. Only such deployment can allow the rebels to support the Jin army while rushing to the battlefield in the southern part of the Huai River."

"I agree with Zhang Shuai's analysis." Wang Yu continued, "Before the Shandong Jin army entered the Central Plains, the rebels in Yingtian Prefecture did not dare to go south to support, in case they were trapped in Nanjing. Once Nanjing was lost, there was basically no danger to defend north of the Huai River. Our army could kill the Huai River directly. At that time, the situation in the southeast became tense."

"No matter what the fate of Zheshuai and the 30,000 soldiers are, the Central Plains battlefield will still be deployed as originally planned." Yue Fei suddenly appeared beside Wang Gui and said to the generals, "However, since the army of Yingtian Prefecture has come out, our deployment needs to be changed."

"How to change?" Niu Gao asked excitedly, "Fight the rebels first?"

"Yes, fight the rebels first." Yue Fei said, "We have been attacking Shandong for more than twenty days. It was not until now that the army of Yingtian Prefecture began to launch an attack and open the seal. This speed is obviously too slow. The Jurchens must be very angry. From this, it is conjectured that the Jurchens' speed is also very slow."

"According to common sense, when our army retreats from Shandong, the rebels can retreat, so the Jurchens may not necessarily fight to the Central Plains." Yue Fei looked at everyone and showed a sneer on his face, "If we want to lure the Jurchens into the encirclement, we must surround the rebels, use the rebels as bait to lure the Shandong Jin army into the Central Plains battlefield."
Chapter completed!