July 22, Zhaozhou.

Zhang Jun was very happy after reading the letter sent from Tokyo, because now there was a voice in the Tokyo court that could not be ignored.

As the war between the Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty was about to begin, Yue Fei was promoted to the post of General Envoy of Hebei Province. There were many objections in the court, and some even proposed that Zhang Jun should be appointed as the envoy of Hebei West Road.

It can be seen from this letter that Zhang Jun has been sending money to officials in Tokyo in recent years, which is very effective.

"General Manager Zhang! General Manager Zhang!" Zhao Mi hurriedly walked in.

"You're back." Zhang Jun said.

"General Manager, Zhongshan and Qizhou are now sealed off, and all goods have been impounded." Zhao Mi looked a little anxious.

Zhang Junze sat there and drank tea leisurely: "I'm so anxious."

"All goods have been seized!"

"Is it that Yue Fei's people who detained him?"

"Yes, it was Yue Fei's people who seized it!"

"Give him the goods."

"Now Yue Fei has sent people to check that batch of goods, and the general is worried that the manager will be found responsible."

"We sold goods, did we leave any evidence?"

Zhao Mi thought for a moment and said, "No."

"That won't work. Remember, our business is all conducted within the Song Dynasty. We don't do business with the Jin people." Zhang Jun looked calm, "Don't talk about Su Provincial Academy, even Pai Huangcheng

Even if the department comes to investigate, they can’t find anything on us because we haven’t done anything.”

"But Yue Fei and the others will seize the goods. From now on, no merchants will dare to do business at the border. Who will we find to make money from in the future?"

Zhang Jun said quite confidently: "Don't worry, Yue Fei's rash provocation of war has aroused public anger. He will not last long."

At this moment, a voice came from outside: "Report, there is a military order from the General Production Department!"

"Come in!"

The messenger came in and presented Yue Fei's military order to Zhang Jun.

After Zhang Jun read it, he couldn't help but sneered: "Yue Fei just took the position of commander and started giving orders to me!"

Zhao Mi said: "Could it be that Yue Fei wants the general manager to send troops?"

"He asked me to lead 10,000 troops north to Zhending Mansion and follow Niu Gao's arrangements."

"Then Niu Gao is on the same level as the general manager, why should you listen to his arrangements?" Zhao Mi looked disdainful.

"It has the official seal of the Zhizhi Envoy on it." Zhang Jun said with a smile, "If we disobey orders, we will be punished by military law!"

"Right now, there are rumors everywhere that the main force of the Jin Army will go south. Zhending Mansion may be the focus of the Jin Army's attack. Do we really want to go to Zhending?"

"Go!" Zhang Jun said, "But I don't know when we will arrive."

At present, the three towns of Zhending, Zhongshan, Hejian, and Hebei have all been taken back by the Song army, and the Song army began to build fortifications.

Starting from July 23rd, scouts all over the north of Hejian Mansion began to intensively transmit information to Hejian City.

Every piece of intelligence told Zhang Xian that the main force of the Jin army had crossed the Hutuo River and was heading towards Hejian Mansion.

On July 24, Wanyan Yinshuke's cavalry entered the borders of Hejian Mansion.

At noon, the information about Hejian Mansion reached Yin Shuke.

"What!" Wanyan Yinshuke was shocked, "Has Hejian Mansion fallen?"

"Yes, Tutong!"

"you sure?"

"The flag of the Song Army is flying at the top of Hejian Prefecture. We also asked the people of Hejian Prefecture that the Song Army captured Hejian City about ten days ago!"

"Where is Wanyan Po Lu Huo?"

"Has been captured by the Song Army."

Wanyan Yinshu can frown.

The Hejian City was considered a solid city. How could the Song army defeat the Hejian City so quickly?

There was a change in the plot, so Wanyan Yinshuke immediately wrote an urgent report to Zong Wang.

By the evening of July 25th, Zong Wang learned that Hejian Mansion had fallen.

"How did the Song Army do it?" Zong Wang was a little confused by this.

"Maybe Po Luhuo surrendered himself and was surrounded by the Song army." Liu Yanzong said.

"Impossible, I wrote him a letter and told him that the army has moved south and he cannot surrender easily." Zong Wang fell into deep thought.

He thought for a while and asked: "If our army attacks Hejian Mansion, how long will it take?"

"It will take at least two months. Back then, our army directly bypassed Hejian Prefecture and went south to Bianjing." Liu Yanzong said.

"The Song army captured Hejian Mansion so quickly. Could it be that they had some secret weapon?" Zong Wang became confused.

"Your Highness, I have an idea."

"Come and listen."

"Since Hejian Mansion has fallen into the hands of the Song Army, and the Song Army has learned that our army is heading south, it will definitely place heavy troops in Hejian. We can send people to inquire about the situation in Cangzhou. If Cangzhou is empty, we will pretend to attack Hejian, and actually attack Hejian.

The army is mainly attacking Cangzhou." Liu Yanzong said.

Zong Wang nodded, obviously agreeing with Liu Yanzong's statement.

"If Cangzhou's defense line is broken, Your Highness can send Yin Shu to drive straight in from Cangzhou. The Song Army of Hejian Prefecture will go south to rescue, while my main force will return to attack Hejian!"

"This is a great plan! Just do as you say!"

That night, Zong Wang wrote a letter to Yin Shuke, instructing him to pretend to attack Hejian, and not to disclose the strength of the troops casually, so as to create the illusion that the main force came to attack Hejian.

At the same time, Zong Wang sent a large number of scouts to Cangzhou.

At the end of July, scouts from both sides began to operate intensively in Hebei.

In addition to the scouts sent by Zongwang to closely investigate the situation of the Song army, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Niu Gao all sent a large number of scouts to the north.

From the 26th to the 29th, Zhang Xian received countless messages every day, and every message told him that the Jin cavalry had entered Hejian Mansion.

But there was no information that could tell him the specific strength of the Jin people.

On July 29, Zongwang divided his troops into 20,000 troops and arrived at Hejian Mansion, under the unified command of Gui Yinshu.

The order Wanyan Yinshu can get is to pretend to attack Hejian Mansion.

Note that this is a feint attack, not a real attack.

Because of the 20,000 people who were allocated, there were only 3,000 elite infantrymen, and the rest were signed by the Han people.

The real elites are still in Zong Wang's hands.

Early in the morning of July 30, Zhang Xian received the latest information and discovered a large number of Jin troops in the Junziguan area.

There are forests of swords and guns, and flags covering the sky.

Moreover, the person commanding the Jin army was actually Wanyan Yinshuke, the lord general of Yuanzhongshan Palace.

Zhang Xianda was surprised when he heard the name.

Even though Wanyan Yinshu was defeated by Yue Fei, no one dared to look down upon him.

Zhang Xian will not despise him.

In Yao Zheng's words: "The main force of the Jin army really came towards Hejian."

"It is possible that we will not attack Cangzhou." Zhang Xian said.

"But the probability is extremely small."

"How many defenders are there in Cangzhou now?"

"There should be ten thousand more!"

"Ten thousand people is quite a lot." Zhang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, "And Mr. Li is in Cangzhou."

"That's right, Hejian is the most important thing now." Yao Zheng said, "If the Jin army dares to attack Cangzhou, we will send our troops back to support and surround the Jin army with the Cangzhou people!"

Early in the morning on August 1st, Zong Wang received several messages from Cangzhou. Compared with Hejian, Cangzhou's defense was not adequate.

This undoubtedly verified Liu Yanzong's conjecture.
Chapter completed!