After the Jin soldiers retreated, Liu Yixuan secretly selected a team of sentries from the troops of Liu Hao, the garrison of Xiangzhou, and asked them to quietly follow Wanyan Hong's team to figure out the specific location of the Jin army camp. At the same time, King Kang Zhao Gou sent someone to send memorials to the capital, reported the situation of the Shandong area to Qinzong, and asked Qinzong to issue an order, asking the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to allocate a batch of food and grass to support, because judging from the current situation, the Song and Jin sides invested more than 200,000 troops, and the war could not end in three or two days. If there was not enough food and grass as a guarantee, the Song army, which was already vulnerable, would not last for a few days.

In the afternoon, the sentrymen responsible for inquiring about military information returned to the city one after another. According to the sentry's return, Wanyan Hong's troops retreated to the southeast. After traveling more than fifty miles, they saw the Jin soldiers' camp. The Jin soldiers camp was stationed on the north bank of the Wenhe River, only five miles away from Wenshang County.

King Kang and the generals received the news and marked the position of the Jin camp on the marching map. As the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy will never be defeated. For those who lead troops to fight, it is the minimum requirement to figure out the position and number of enemies. The Jin soldiers stationed on the Wenhe line, which is clearly blocking reinforcements from the south. If the troops in Yanzhou really want to cross the Wenhe River north, they will inevitably be blocked by the Jin people. According to Liu Yixuan's original idea, the prefect of Yanzhou, Sun Wenhu, would be better off bypassing the front of the Wenhe River defense line and divert from the west road to Dongping County to the north. This will not only allow the two troops to converge, but also avoid major conflicts with the Jin soldiers, because Wanyan Gillie is in his hands a team that can conquer and fight well, and he has not found out how many troops they have.

In the evening of that day, He Mao, who went to Sun Wenhu Camp to contact, rushed back to the city. King Kang and all the generals hurried over to inquire. King Kang asked, "He Mao, have you ever found out the whereabouts of the Yanzhou army this time?"

Na He replied panting and said, "I didn't run away this time. The troops of Prefect Sun were stationed on the south bank of Wenhe River, and were separated from the Jin soldiers on the north side of Wenhe River by a single water."

"Did you ever handed over my letter to Grandpa Sun?" King Kang asked again.

"The young man gave it to him, and the young man also asked the prefect Sun to bring troops to our Dongping, and our two armies joined forces to work together to rescue Jeju!"

"What is Sun Wenhu's attitude? Have you ever agreed?" Liu Yixuan also asked anxiously.

He Mao scratched his head, hesitated for a while, and said hesitantly: "Then Grandpa Sun said... say..."

"What did you say?" King Kang asked anxiously.

"He said that the imperial edict he received yesterday was to immediately lead troops north to rescue Jeju, and did not receive the intention to meet with King Kang's troops. He also took the Wenhe line to Jeju, and he was unwilling to bring the team to the Dongping area."

"What? What? What a Sun Wenhu, I'm still trying to be fooled by this time!" When King Kang heard that Sun Wenhu was unwilling to bring troops to Dongping, he had already expected what he thought. Sun Wenhu was originally Tong Guan's nephew. Xuanhe followed Tong Guan to fight against the Great Liao in the early years and made many military achievements. Later, Tong Guan was killed and Sun Wenhu was demoted to the prefect of Yanzhou, so he was dissatisfied with Qinzong. This time, King Ji was besieged by Jin soldiers. Sun Wenhu had already learned the news, but he had been holding his troops. If Qinzong had not sent the imperial envoy to urge him, he would not know when it would have been delayed.

The reason why Sun Wenhu was unwilling to come to Dongping to meet King Kang is also intriguing. First of all, King Kang, as the younger brother of Qinzong, is naturally greater than his prefectural prefect. If Sun Wenhu surrenders to King Kang, his 30,000 army will naturally be commanded by King Kang. The change of command will make these "local emperors" who have long dominated the country very uncomfortable. These generals in these places are always far away.

How can we easily be subject to others' control by using military power to levy excessive taxes? Secondly, there are three groups of people who rescued Jeju this time, one was the prefect of Qingzhou, one was the prefect of Yanzhou, and the remaining one was the man of King Kang. If the rescue battle ended with the victory of the Song army, the three troops would share the credit equally. However, once Sun Wenhu surrendered to King Kang, then when rewarded on merit in the future, there would be no accidents.

Officials of the Northern Song Dynasty have always been good at calculating and have a long-term vision in this regard, so their performance during foreign invasions is always so puzzling. Just like everything that happened in the first year of Jingkang, countless researchers in later generations were both surprised and puzzled. Who would have thought that a dynasty in the world's most prosperous capital in the twelfth century, a dynasty whose economic wealth accounted for one-third of the world, was so easily destroyed and ruled by a nomadic people in the north, and it took only more than a year to go. This cruel and heartbreaking history may not be able to truly find the answer even if people from later generations are in it.

"Oh, this is a problem. Sun Wenhu is unwilling to go north with us. It seems that he is worried that we will steal his credit!" The generals of the Song army continued to discuss, and Ma Menglong revealed Sun Wenhu's thoughts in one sentence, which also attracted the approval of other generals.

"Yes, what did Sun Wenhu think? Even his 30,000 troops dare to fight the Jin people alone? Isn't this a nonsense!"

Seeing that everyone was talking and talking, King Kang hurriedly shouted: "Okay, okay, stop talking. Sun Wenhu has been operating in Shandong for many years and is more familiar with the situation here. Since he is unwilling to join forces with us, I will not force him. As long as he can break through the defense line of the Jin soldiers and arrive in Jeju to rescue in time, I will be satisfied."

King Kang came to see Liu Yixuan again, and saw him staring at the marching map with a sad face, staring at the side for a long time, King Kang came over and asked, "Young Master Liu, what are you looking at? Is there anything wrong?"

Liu Yixuan pointed to the marching map and said to King Kang: "Prince, come and see. General He Mao just said that Sun Wenhu was stationed on the south bank of the Wen River, and was only separated from the Jin soldiers. As far as the last general knew, the Wen River was less than one mile wide, and it is late autumn now, and the river water has fallen a lot. Sun Wenhu is camping here, I am worried..."

"Are you worried that the Jin soldiers would quietly cross to the South Bank camp at night?" King Kang immediately felt Liu Yixuan's concern.

"Yes, this is not impossible. Wanyan Jilie is also a cunning person. He has been waiting in Wenhe for a few days and has already known the depth of the river. Sun Wenhu had already committed a military taboo when he went down the river. If the Jin soldiers really attacked at night, it would be a disaster!"

Liu Yixuan's words made the generals present terminated their criticism of Sun Wenhu. King Kang carefully checked the map and began to worry. Then the governor of Runan Jiedu, Ma Menglong, said: "The people of Jin are not so despicable, right? Besides, Sun Wenhu is also a veteran who has been leading troops for many years. It is impossible for people to not arrange for people to watch by the river at night. As long as the sentry finds the movement of the Jin people, Sun Wenhu will be aware of it. If we notice the movement in advance, wouldn't their sneak attack be in vain?"

"Well, what Ma Jiedu said makes sense." Liu Hao, who has always been taciturn, nodded and said.

"If the Jin soldiers cross the river from the front, Sun Wenhu's people may notice it, but if they bypass the opposite river and cross the river from the shallow water area upstream, how could Sun Wenhu be prepared? Dear generals, I always feel that this matter is a bit lingering. As the saying goes, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one. At this moment, it is a critical moment. When Wanyan Gillie learned about the movements of the reinforcements in Yanzhou, how could he not take some action? If the Jin soldiers succeeded in the sneak attack, then we would be completely passive!"

After hearing Liu Yixuan's analysis, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter. Ma Menglong said, "But Sun Wenhu doesn't want to join us, and we can't do anything about him. If he is really plotted by the Jin soldiers, he deserves it!"

King Kang asked, "Mr. Liu, in your opinion, should we inform Sun Wenhu about how many miles to retreat to Wenshang County?"

Liu Yixuan looked up at the night before that had already arrived outside, shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid it's too late. This place is more than fifty miles away from Sun Wenhu's camp. Even if we arrived, Sun Wenhu might not believe us."

"What should we do?" King Kang asked anxiously.

Liu Yixuan glanced at Liu Hao, the garrison of Xiangzhou, and said to Wang Kang: "The only way now is to take the initiative to send troops to rescue! Dear generals, please come and see..." Liu Yixuan walked to the front of the marching map again and said to everyone: "The sentry we sent out during the day already knows the specific location of the Jin army camp. He is willing to lead 10,000 troops to investigate with General Liu. If we see that the Jin army is indeed going to attack the Nanban camp, we will seize their way and take the opportunity to take their camp! This is called the mantis stalking the cicada oriole behind. As long as we can burn their camp, the Jin soldiers who crossed the river will inevitably be in chaos when they see the fire. As long as the Jin soldiers are in chaos, Sun Wenhu's army can also take advantage of the momentum to counterattack and eliminate the Jin soldiers who are moving south on the front line of the Wenhe River!"

After hearing this remark, everyone looked at Liu Yixuan with admiration. The Song army was not as strong as the Jin soldiers. They hoped to fight head-on and fight to the end, but they could only return with great defeat. If they wanted to win, they could only use a surprise army and use a strange plan. Liu Yixuan's move "Yellow Bird is behind" was still "surrounding Wei to save Zhao", which really made everyone feel novel. Although King Kang led his troops to fight for the first time, he also felt that Liu Yixuan's plan was very clever, so he praised: "Okay, Mr. Liu is worthy of being a soldier brought out by the veteran General Zongze. He has extraordinary experience. I will give you ten thousand people and horses, let your yellow bird deal with the old mantis Wanyan Gillie!"

Liu Yixuan was overjoyed when he heard this and hurriedly clasped his fists to thank him. After all, whether this plan can be successful will be made. (To be continued)
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