Li Xianzhong knew the big secret, which made him both shocked and ecstatic. Nothing excites him more than getting evidence that Qin Hui collaborated with the enemy. He once led the impeachment of Qin Hui, and was later demoted to a local regiment for a period of time.

On that day, under the operation of Yang Cunzhong, he was restored to his official position.

Li Xianzhong experienced ups and downs. In his early years, he lived in Xixia with his father, and once took shelter under the puppet Qi regime to lead the army. However, he returned south with all his heart, and finally found an opportunity to return to the embrace of the Song Dynasty. This experience was actually the reason why Qin Hui falsely accused him.

This is an excuse. Li Xianzhong was not from the Yue Family Army. People outside did not know the situation and attributed all those who could fight and win the war to the name of the Yue Family Army. Perhaps it was because the reputation of the Yue Family Army has never ceased and still occupies a very high position in people's hearts.

To. To be honest, Li Xianzhong belonged to the Sichuan-Shaanxi army of the Great Song Dynasty. He was the soldier of the two brothers Wu Jie and Wu Lin who were the envoys of Sichuan.

In fact, it was also a powerful soldier and horse against the Jin. When the Jin people tore up the peace talks and headed south, it was Wu Jie who led the army to block the Jin people at the Sichuan-Shaanxi border, winning consecutive victories and trying to keep the western front intact. However, Huaihe

The war situation in the West and East Huaibei areas is more stalemate and is more directly related to the safety of Jiangnan. Therefore, most people only know about the war between the Yuejia Army and other soldiers and horses in Huaidong and Huaixi, but ignore the war in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

of equal importance.

After Li Xianzhong returned to the Song Dynasty, he led a single army and horse, and cooperated with other Song armies and fought countless bloody battles with the Jin people. When the Yue family army went north, he led 40,000 soldiers and horses to protect the left flank. Although he did not formally march north to attack

Bianliang, but that was due to the difference in their respective mission arrangements. If he hadn't kept Hefei intact, the Jin soldiers' flanking troops might have cut off the Yue Army's retreat and cut off their supply lines.

As a general of the main station faction who would not stop fighting with the Jin people, he was naturally brooding about Yue Fei's death and often resented it. Therefore, Li Xianzhong hated Qin Hui deeply and often cursed in the army after drinking.

Qin Hui was a traitor and did not shy away from others. Qin Hui naturally did not like to see Li Xianzhong, but since Li Xianzhong belonged to the Wu brothers and was now under the jurisdiction of Yang Cunzhong, Qin Hui could not do anything to him. Qin Hui demoted Li Xianzhong to regiment training last time.

As a result, Li Xianzhong was reinstated in less than a year. Qin Hui had no other good solution except to jump in, except to break up with Yang Cunzhong.

The reason why Fang Zian allowed Shen Ling'er to tell Li Xianzhong this secret was because Fang Zian knew Li Xianzhong's past and knew that Li Xianzhong was an out-and-out mastermind and had no connection with Qin Hui at all.

"Why didn't you tell me this earlier? If you told me, I had promised you a long time ago. Mr. Fang has obtained the evidence that the old thief collaborated with the enemy. Of course I will risk my life to borrow him back." Li Xianzhong was excited.

said loudly.

"Young master said that if you use that letter as a reason, it will be suspected of forcing General Li to make a decision. He just wants to know whether General Li will help him and whether he is a friend he thinks he can make." Shen Ling'er

Such is the way.

Li Xianzhong laughed endlessly. This Fang Zian was really interesting. He was indeed an upright gentleman. He didn't want to use Qin Hui's evidence of surrendering to the enemy as bait to force him to make a decision. He wanted to

It's really interesting to know whether he will save him or not. He only has a short relationship with him, how can he be sure that he will definitely take action? And he still takes such a big risk. Li Xianzhong has that glimmer in his heart

He felt guilty. In fact, he was hesitant at first. It was not until he was provoked that he decided to take action. It was rare that Fang Zian valued the friendship between the two so much. It seemed that he had made a mistake. But fortunately, he finally decided to send troops.

It doesn't mean that he has betrayed his trust in me. In the future, I will be even more sincere towards Master Fang.

Shen Ling'er was also relieved. She knew that this trip had a heavy responsibility, but she was not good at words. So before leaving, she asked Fang Zian many questions and asked Fang Zian to teach him how to persuade Li Xianzhong to agree. Fang Zian only told her, For a person like Li Xianzhong, all it takes is to arouse his bloody nature. This kind of general who fights with his head on the battlefield has very obvious character flaws. Once his brain is full of blood, he will ignore it. Fang Zian is not derogatory. Li Xianzhong has no brains. In fact, he has a great affection for Li Xianzhong, otherwise he would not ask him for help. Of course, at present, Li Xianzhong is the person who can best help him.

Shen Ling'er traveled day and night all the way south, encountering Jin soldiers several times and fighting several times. When he arrived at the Huaihe River, he was discovered by Jin soldiers patrolling cavalry and was chased across the river. But all the difficulties and dangers did not seem to convince him. Li Xianzhong made her even more nervous. She knew that it was related to whether the young master and the others could return to Lin'an. She knew that the young master was extremely concerned about this matter. Li Xianzhong agreed to help, and all the hardships along the way disappeared in an instant.

Li Xianzhong did not act immediately. He had to make some arrangements in advance. Raising troops to attack was not just talk. He had to find out whether the real situation on the other side was what Fang Zian said before he could attack.

In the afternoon of that day, Li Xianzhong sent a reconnaissance team across the Huaihe River. The two teams, one east and one west, penetrated more than 60 miles into the land belonging to the Kingdom of Jin on the other side. The team on the east side once entered the forefront of the enemy's first blockade of the military station and touched Two military stations, it turned out that there used to be nearly two hundred Jin soldiers stationed at each station, but now there are less than fifty people stationed at each station.

This time, the cavalry team did not all come back with bloody heads, but brought back more than a dozen alive. After interrogation, the confessions of the Jin prisoners captured in the two places were almost consistent, and the Shenwei Army under Suzhou was transferred away. Most of them, according to a rough estimate, are at least 60,000 people. In other words, the enemy troops on the Huaixi border, which totaled hundreds of thousands, were reduced by 60%. This was great news for Li Xianzhong.

Li Xianzhong began the troop deployment operation. Of course, all operations were top secret. Except for the seven or eight senior generals of the Huaixi Army who knew about it, all the soldiers received the order that the Huaixi Army would conduct a training deep into the enemy's territory. This The purpose of this training was not to attack the Jin people, but to practice the organization and deployment of a large army to cross the river to attack, and to test the army's ability to fight at any time. Although it is somewhat cover-up, the name is very important. It is a shield and exculpation when the Dongchuang Incident occurs in the future. excuse. For Li Xianzhong, he was not trying to leave a way out for himself, he was trying to give Yang Cunzhong an excuse in front of the emperor. Yang

Cunzhong was kind to him, so he couldn't make it difficult for Yang Cunzhong. Even if he would be convicted in the end, he couldn't implicate Yang Cunzhong.

On the seventh day of April, it was a cloudy night. The 50,000 Haozhou soldiers and horses under the Huaixi Army began to take action in the dark night. The engineers built three pontoon bridges on the Huaihe River where the spring water surged. The Huaixi Army advance team was well prepared. Having previously eliminated the Jin soldiers' checkpoints on the other side, before dawn, all 50,000 Huaixi troops crossed the Huaihe River and arrived in Suzhou, which was occupied by the Jin.

Next, it was time to show Li Xianzhong's military wisdom. Li Xianzhong sent 20,000 soldiers and horses quickly north and attacked Suzhou City in the early morning of the next day. There were 8,000 Jin soldiers guarding Suzhou City, and they rushed to fight. With the Huaixi Army's With superior military strength and offensive capabilities, Suzhou City could be conquered in a matter of seconds. However, Li Xianzhong asked the leading generals not to be so quick and allowed the Jin soldiers to send people to ask for help. When the Jin soldiers from Lingbi County and Hong County heard the news, they rushed to reinforce , on the bank of the Tuo River, they were met by the 30,000 Huaixi Army led by Li Xianzhong, who had been waiting for reinforcements. More than 10,000 Jin soldiers from the two counties fought on the grassland transformed from fertile farmland. The battle ended after three hours , the Huaixi army wiped out more than 4,000 enemy prisoners, and the rest of the Jin soldiers fled and collapsed.

The Jin people's horses were strong and they ran very fast and could not catch up with them, but the result was enough. After that, Li Xianzhong sent two groups of 5,000 troops to recapture Lingbi County and Hong County. He led 18,000 troops.

Thousands of soldiers and horses went straight to Suzhou. In the early morning of the 10th day of April, the city of Suzhou was defeated. Most of the eight thousand gold soldiers who defended it were wiped out, and the rest fled north.

In three days, the Huaixi Army succeeded in a blitzkrieg, recaptured the counties under the jurisdiction of Suzhou Prefecture, annihilated nearly 9,000 Jin soldiers, and won a complete victory. The people under Suzhou's jurisdiction rushed to tell each other, thinking that Wang's division had officially returned from the Northern Expedition.

People were greeted by pots of food, gongs, drums and firecrackers beating loudly, and there was great joy up and down.

The news arrived in Bianliang City on the second day after the city of Suzhou was broken. Shan Yongnian, who was left behind in Bianliang, was shocked when he heard the news. He quickly sent people to chase after the 60,000-strong army who followed Xiao Huaizhong to Xijing. Henan Yinpu Chahan Lun

. He was asked to return to the army quickly to rescue him. At the same time, he ordered people to go to Yanjing to report to the Jin court. The Jin soldiers and horses located north of Bianzhen quickly began to assemble to prepare for the Song army's attack.

Five days later, Pu Chahanlun returned to Bianliang in despair. Compared with Xiao Huaizhong, who had not yet clearly announced his rebellion, the Song army's attack was obviously an urgent problem that needed to be solved. Therefore, Puchahanlun did not even wait for Wan Yanliang.

After giving the order, he transferred his troops and went south.

On April 15th, Pu Chahanlun and Shan Yongnian gathered nearly 80,000 troops and horses, marched south from Bianliang, and headed straight for Suzhou. Puchahanlun knew that the capture of Suzhou by the Song army meant a lot to them.

What are you talking about? Although his sister is the noble concubine of Wan Yanliang's harem, losing the border town will be fatal to him. For this reason, he gathered all the soldiers and horses he could muster, including of course

The soldiers and horses in the states and counties north of Bianliang were previously used to block the route to the south of the Taihang Mountains. To Pu Chahanlun, the little thieves in the Taihang Mountains were no longer important at all.
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