Zhang Liangpeng didn't know much about the situation in Huainan. On the one hand, he received an urgent order from the other side, asking him to keep Xuan Zhen in Sanjiang Pavilion and deliver the instructions of the Prime Minister; on the other hand, various people came through the emergency. The real and fake news was delivered by foot.
After talking a lot, Xuanzhen still understood the situation clearly enough and understood the key points. Without delay, he immediately boarded the boat, gave orders to prepare food and water urgently, and set sail immediately.
What is said about the Jin army's march southward with overwhelming force? Ever since the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, when had their battle with the Song Dynasty not been overwhelming at the beginning?
In order to assist in the training of Yang You's headquarters of the Huainan New Army, Xuan Zhen had been to Huainan several times and used various channels to inquire about information about Kaifeng Prefecture.
It is obvious that Kaifeng and Zhongdu regard each other as rebellious and will not stop fighting each other. Therefore, the heavily armed groups under Kaifeng, including the Xijing Mo Niu Jinzhong Division, the Hedong Wanyan Heda Division, and the Damingfu Road Wanyan Yongxi Division were all focused on opposing the opposing Admiral Ding, and could not be easily mobilized.
All that the Kaifeng court could use were the newly trained troops of the Thirteen Captains around Kaifeng Mansion. It is impossible for these 100,000 people to come out in full force, at most half of them were dispatched at one time.
Only half of the troops are used, but the force reaches from Junzhou in the west to Anfeng Army in the east, which is at least 1,300 miles of frontage, and may also involve the area of Lizhou East Road... This is to siege the city and seize territory. What does it look like? Not at all!
The reason why they were so unstoppable was because they did not face the Song Army's heavily armed group at the border. These Jurchens are so poor that they are here to harvest grass and grain!
The nature of captives is like this, and everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion has long expected this situation. At this time, all we need to do is strengthen the walls and clear the fields, keep them quiet, and control the chokepoints, so that we can easily wait for the enemy to retreat.
The Jin army could not capture the fortified city and could only conquer a few small counties and villages. The local people were more unlucky. They were brutally killed by the Jurchens. Thousands of people were killed and injured, and tens of thousands of stones of food and tens of thousands of dollars were robbed.
This was the response strategy decided by Xuan Zhen and others after discussing important matters with Shi Xiang privately.
In the area of Jingnan South Road and Jinghu North Road, the famous minister Zhao Fang built fortresses everywhere to guard the key points, and even launched a "Three Seas and Eight Nobles" battle in Jiangling Mansion, using the same strategy.
There is nothing wrong with the strategy itself.
Once the war broke out, the imperial court took this as an excuse to continue to postpone the shipment of annual coins to Kaifeng Prefecture, and took advantage of the opportunity to form a new Huainan army to severely strengthen the defense of the two Huaihe Rivers.
By that time, the Jurchens may not be able to earn the capital to mobilize their troops just by looting, and the more they loot, the poorer they will be. The Kaifeng court wanted to compete with Zhongdu, and they had to spend money. Once their old foundation was exhausted, sooner or later they would surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Such a strategy, from a high position, maximized the advantages of the Song Dynasty. How could anything go wrong?
Something went wrong, and it was Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang.
Xuan Zhen simply couldn't figure it out. In the past few years, Shi Xiang had a lot of people in the Huainan sect. Why did everyone get dizzy when they arrived there? Is it really that the border situation is more difficult to deal with than the central situation?
Previously, Ying Chunzhi and Li Jue were both ignorant and involved in the coup in Zhongdu without permission. Now these two people have become a thorn in the side of Zhou Guogong Guo Ning, and Shi Xiang has been having a headache about how to deal with them.
Now Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang were originally tasked to deliver the coins and then go out to the Huaixi and Yanjiang production departments respectively. However, they suddenly discovered that the Jin army was heading south, and they immediately panicked...
The panic was not about how to deal with the situation, but the fear that the Jin army's southward movement and the Sui coins' northward movement would happen at the same time, and the government and the opposition would be in an uproar. Once a fuss breaks out, these two people will be treated as criminals who have disgraced the country.
Anyone who could serve as a local garrison official in the Great Song Dynasty was a talented person. At that moment, the two of them jumped eight feet high in Huaixi, and first forced Xu Jun, the commander of Jiankang, to fight with the Jin army in the field. Xu Jun was not a fool, so how could he pay attention to such chaos? He pretended to retreat as soon as he made contact with the Jin army.
The two men also forcibly mobilized the loyal troops from Zhenzhou and Anqing Prefecture, intending to block the Jin army's southward momentum outside Lu'an City.
"Zhenzhou? Anqing Mansion?"
Jia Sidao was listening to Xuan Zhen's explanation on the ship, and he immediately realized what he was doing. He exclaimed: "How important are the Qian Jian in those two places? How can we mobilize the loyal and loyal troops stationed there? How can Yang You listen to them?"
Xuan Zhen shook his head at Jia Sidao, signaling him not to say more.
In the case of the money supervisors of Zhenzhou and Anqing Prefecture, the Jia family and his son rushed to do things too quickly and too properly.
Both father and son did not sing high-key but actually opened the way with real money. As long as the real benefits continue, who wouldn’t like it, the people and craftsmen? Therefore, the copper mines, iron mines and money supervisors in the two places resumed operations very quickly. At this time, the output was close to the highest figure in the previous generation, and huge amounts of spring goods began to be hoarded in preparation for shipment to the north.
This is the grand policy of Xianggong Shi to use the financial resources of the Southern Dynasty to balance the two strong thieves in the North. There must be no mistakes, let alone the wanton criticism and disruption of the officials in the court. Therefore, the outside world only thinks that there are two medium-sized money supervisors trying to recover. Although they are paying attention, they will not attract much attention.
The true situation of Qian Jian, even the delivery of hundreds of thousands of money to Ding Haijun behind the scenes, and even the cooperation between Zhou Guogong and Shi Xiang in maritime trade, are all secrets hidden under deep water.
Zhang Liangpeng naturally didn't know, nor did Li Dadong and Zhao Shanxiang.
Therefore, these two men relied on their own power to forcibly transfer the Yang You Division of the Zhongyi Army stationed in Qian Prison.
Yang You is just a martial artist. Without Shi Kuanzhi or Xuan Zhen present, how can he be allowed to make his own decisions? But this guy must have some strength at hand, and he started thinking about getting rewarded for his meritorious service, but he got crazy and agreed to send troops.
"Then what?"
Jia Sidao asked in a trembling voice: "Is something going to happen to Supervisor Qian? Will our sea trade be affected this year?"
This well-known dandy in Lin'an still remembers that his true identity is Li Yun, the assistant doctor in Zhou Guogong's shogunate. His biggest task is to do his best to develop financial resources for Ding Haijun.
Although the territory of Zhongdu, Hebei and Beijing Road under Guo Ning's control was vast, it was devastated by the war. Not one household registration was left in ten, and the output of agriculture and animal husbandry was in decline. In order to restore production and ensure the livelihood of the people under his rule, In life, Guo Ning has always been left-handed and right-handed.
His Dinghai regime had no ideas to deal with agricultural taxes and material resources. The amount of salt tax was huge, but when compared with the expenses, the income was only that. So it is very dependent on the income from trade and the associated tax collection.
If the negotiated income of the money supervisor changes, it will affect the maritime trade if it is not guaranteed. It will be difficult for Li Yun to make money from this.
Xuan Zhen let out a long sigh and pulled Jia Sidao to the bow of the ship, away from the sailors.
"Nothing happened to the Qian Jian, because your Majesty saw that the Qian Jian in both places was empty, so he immediately mobilized a section of the Zhongyi Army stationed in Yangzhou to go to Huaixi for support."
Jia Sidao breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at Xuan Zhen, but his face still looked bad.
"What's wrong? Did something happen to the support?"
"The Yangzhou Loyalty Army was under the command of Guo Yao'er, and they were also a group of people who were particularly loyal to the leader of the Red Coat Army, Yang An'er... After they joined Huaixi, they immediately had a real fight with the Jin Army in Kaifeng Prefecture, resulting in the Jin Army's safety Captain Wanyan Xielie, the captain and Marshal Xingshousi, was seriously injured on the battlefield. The Kaifeng Prefecture had to increase its troops to respond. The two families fought fiercely for more than ten times in five days, affecting Luzhou, Anfeng, Guangzhou and other places. Now half of Huaixi has become a mess."
"this……"
"So Xianggong Shi has an order, asking me to rush to Zhongdu as soon as possible, and call on Duke Zhou to contain Kaifeng according to the previously agreed conditions, so that we can restore stability in Huaixi as soon as possible. Otherwise... Well, Shi Xian, you think, if all the people in the Song Dynasty If you pay attention to the war situation, someone will surely stir up the public's anger. When all the ignorant people start making trouble, the delicate situation between the north and the south will be difficult to balance, and no business will be discussed."
