Although Tang Feng quelled the mutiny launched by Chen Fei and Ye Jun without any blood. However, there is no airtight fence in the world. The scouts of the Jin Army still got the news of the mutiny within the Song Dynasty. After receiving the report, Wanyan Wushu and others decided to take advantage of the situation and march south again.
This time they changed their tactics and divided their troops into two groups. One group was commanded by Wanyan Wushu and continued to advance along the same route as last time.
The other group, commanded by Wanyan Loushi, entered the Shu region (today's Sichuan-Shaanxi region) in an attempt to occupy the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and then went down the river, cooperating with Wanyan Wushu to launch an attack and achieve final victory.
After the emperor of the Song Dynasty received the news of the Jin army's southern invasion, he immediately held a court meeting to discuss the plan to defend against the enemy. The ministers had a relatively unanimous view on how to resist Wanyan Wushu. The emperor issued an order asking Zongze to stay in Tokyo and lead his troops to defend Tokyo ( Today's Kaifeng, Henan), he also ordered Yue Fei to lead troops to reinforce him in case of any eventuality.
The ministers had big differences on who should be sent to Shu to defend the enemy. Some ministers advocated sending a young officer Tang Feng to lead the troops to Shu to join the Song army stationed there to jointly resist the Jin army's attack. It was Tang Feng who was able to quell the mutiny without any bloodshed, which shows that he was resourceful and resourceful, which would play a great role in the war.
Opponents believed that although Tang Feng had participated in the Tokyo Defense War and had made great contributions in moving the capital and quelling the mutiny, he lacked experience in independent command of operations and was still young, so he might underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. In comparison, General Zhang Jun was more suitable.
Song Qinzong repeatedly ordered Zhang Jun to lead 20,000 troops to join the Shu garrison to defend against the enemy. On this day, Zhang Jun reported to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the troops have been prepared and requested to go out for the expedition." The emperor ordered people to choose an auspicious day to go out.
On the day of the expedition, the emperor personally led hundreds of civil and military officials to see Zhang Jun off outside Lin'an City. He personally picked up a glass of wine and said to Zhang Jun: "Zhang Aiqing, I wish you great success when you go to Shu." Zhang Jun took the wine glass with both hands and drank it all in one gulp: "Thank you for the wine, I will go to Shu." We will definitely defeat the gold thieves, and you and I will meet in Tokyo during the Lantern Festival next year." Then Zhang Jun ordered: "Light up the artillery and send out troops." That night Tang Feng and Liu Weichen were chatting at their residence, and Liu Weichen said: "Commander, Zhang Jun's words are too much. Is it possible to regain Tokyo before the Shangyuan Festival next year?" Tang Feng said: "People have their mouths, so just say what they mean, and let's do our part. That's all." If you want to know what happens next, let's look at the breakdown in the next chapter.
