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At dusk, Xu Yibao, who had slept all afternoon, woke up. He regained his energy and met Zhao Junsheng after dinner.

Zhao Junsheng waved to him and asked, "Did you sleep well?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your care, I am full of energy, and I am full of food and drink!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said, "That's good! The prisoners in this camp are all officers and soldiers of the Song Army Navy, and there are more than [-] people in total! Wu Xi, are you familiar with it?"

"Him? I know this guy even when he turned into ashes. Before that, I had a pretty good relationship with him. He was the one who led the fleet to Hanjinkou to attack the water stronghold defended by the minister a few days ago!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "That's right! Yesterday morning he led the fleet back to the Hanshui Water Village, but we set up an ambush beforehand, blocked the channel, and cut off his escape route. With no hope of escape, Wu Xi had to surrender. The organizational system of this navy is relatively complete, and the damage to the warships is not serious. Most of the warships are still intact. I hope that this navy can be used by me and let them be loyal to me. , So I sent a quick horse to bring you here, just to let you rectify these captives and surrender troops, so that they can recover their combat power as soon as possible, and more importantly, to ensure their loyalty and not let them turn back. I wonder if you can do it for them. Do I share my worries?"

Xu Yibao bowed down immediately: "Your Majesty trusts me and entrusts me with such a heavy responsibility. I will do my best to live up to your Majesty's entrustment!"

"Very good, I can rest assured that you, Xu Yibao, are doing something!"

Xu Yibao said again: "Your Majesty, Wu Xi is the key to make this navy team completely loyal to His Majesty and to the leaders. I would like to ask Your Majesty to allow this humble minister to persuade him to serve His Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "Yes, now you are the highest officer of these people, you can make any decision without asking me for instructions!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!"

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Junsheng had just finished his morning exercises, when Li Bao came to report, "Your Majesty, Xu Yibao brought Wu Xi to see you, and I'm waiting outside the eunuch's mansion!"

"It seems that Xu Yibao really convinced Wu Xi to let them in!"

When Zhao Junsheng changed into clean clothes and came to his lobby, Xu Yibao and Wu Xi were waiting in the lobby. Seeing him walk in, Xu Yibao immediately bowed and cupped his fists and said, "See Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng walked to the main seat, sat down and raised his hand: "Excuse me!"

Xu Yibao said: "Report to Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission and persuaded General Wu to surrender to Your Majesty!"

Wu Xi hastily bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is wise and benevolent, regardless of my humble background, Wu Xi, I am willing to do my best to Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng got up, helped Wu Xi up and said with a big smile, "General Wu joins the navy to assist General Xu. My great navy is like a tiger with wings! Xu Yibao and Wu Xi obey the order, and I appoint you two as General Hengshui and General Hengjiang are in charge of commanding my navy in the Yangtze River!"

The two immediately bowed down again: "I accept the decree, thank you Lord Long En!"

Chapter 1058

The navy and water village warships were quickly handed over to Xu Yibao and Wu Xi, and more than 600 surrendered soldiers also pledged their allegiance to Daqian under Wu Xi's call.

Although Zhao Junsheng asked Xu Yibao and Wu Xi to let go, he didn't completely ignore them. He believed in them, but he didn't believe that everyone sincerely surrendered and loyal, so he sent Sima Chuzhi's son Sima Yue to lead 1000 people to join The navy, part of which serves as the disciplined French team, and the other part participates in naval drills as the marine corps.

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi were not dissatisfied because of this. This kind of thing is too normal. Both of them are surrendered generals. The two more than 3000 navy officers and soldiers under him were also surrendered by the Song Army. If Zhao Junsheng did not send anyone at all Supervision, they themselves feel abnormal.

The damaged water fortress is being rebuilt, some damaged warships are docked in the water fortress for repairs, and the navy officers and soldiers are actively resuming their drills.

The construction of the Jiangfang facility is progressing very fast, and [-]% of it has been completed in three days. It seems that Liu Gun's guarantee that the construction will be completed within five days is really not bragging.

At this time, in Xiakou on the other side of the river, Xiao Bin, the commander of the Song Army, had also received the news from the elaboration that most of the troops of the Gan army were scattered in the vast land from Xiangyang to Jiangxia, and only the troops who arrived in Jiangxia City Less than 1 people.

Xiao Bin knew that his plan had succeeded, and immediately planned and prepared a large-scale counterattack.

After shrinking his troops, he still has 2 horses in his hands, not counting the navy. In the area along the Yangtze River where the water network is dense, the maneuverability of the cavalry is greatly limited. If it is against infantry, Xiao Bin is not afraid of the army.

After some planning, Xiao Bin began to take action. He also transferred more troops from the south, raised more food, grass and military equipment, and even collected more ships. Fight across the river, break through Jiangxia City in one fell swoop, and then move northward, before the scattered soldiers and horses of the Gan army have time to gather, divide them up and eat them one by one.

Song Jun is nervously deploying a counterattack, and Zhao Junsheng is not idle.

While the Jiang defense fortifications were getting more and more perfect, Zhao Junsheng recruited Sima Chuzhi, Li Baoniu, Dali Huaxiong and others to discuss to gather the scattered troops as soon as possible.

Jiangxia City Prefect's Mansion.

Zhao Junsheng sat on the main seat and looked at the crowd and said: "I called you here today to talk about the gathering of troops. Hei Weiyi received the news that Xiao Bin in Xiakou had already learned that our troops were scattered and arrived at Jiangxia City. The number is less than 2, so we are actively preparing for the cross-river counterattack! According to the news received so far, Xiao Bin has [-] soldiers and horses. He has ordered defenders to be recruited from various counties in the south. It is estimated that there are also [-] troops. That's [-]!"

"General Liu Dagon, you are in charge of Jiang's defense. You can give me an accurate answer. Can our army hold the river's defense line with our current strength?"

Liu Gun stood up, bowed and cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the coast of the Long Sword is too long, and there are many places where you can cross the river. If the Song Army wants to cross the river, our army will not be able to defend it no matter what. It is only in Jiangxia County. With the current strength of our army, if we remove the defenders and cavalry defending Jiangxia City, the remaining infantry will not be enough to make the Jiang'an defense line impregnable even if we cooperate with the navy!"

Pang Faqi stood up and said, "General Liu, if you say that, you may suspect that others will destroy your prestige. As far as I know, the size of the Song Army's navy at Xiakou on the other side is not much larger than that of General Xu and General Wu. I thought that with the cooperation of the navy, the current strength of the troops would be enough to hold the defense line on the river bank, at least in Jiangxia County, they would not be able to cross the river, and we should be more worried about their crossing the river from South County!"

Liu Gun sneered: "Prefect Pang, you have also led troops to fight for many years. Don't you know that if the Song army wants to cross the river to counterattack, they will first destroy our navy?"

Pang Faqi retorted loudly: "Kill our navy? Do you think that the officers and soldiers of General Xu and Wu's navy are all out of pocket?"

Both Xu Yibao and Wu Xi looked at Liu Dang with unkind eyes. Liu Dang's words obviously looked down on them, let alone the naval fleet they led.

Liu Gun walked to the side of the map, turned his head and said to everyone: "Your Majesties, the Song Army navy in Xiakou is indeed not much larger than the navy commanded by the two generals Xu and Wu, but don't forget this place!"

Everyone followed Liu Gun and pointed to the location on the map - Baling!

"Since General Xu's navy was annihilated by His Majesty's army on the Yiling River, the remaining Song Army navy did not play much of a role in the battle, so they all retreated to Baling! The size of this Song Army navy was at the beginning The size of the general's navy is more than three times, how many days do you think it will take for the fleet to travel from Baling to Xiakou? If they attack the navy of the two generals Xu and Wu from east to west on the river, how long can the two generals hold it off?"

The Yangtze River waterway in Baling is connected to Dongting Lake. After the Song army retreated to Baling, they stationed in Dongting Lake to rest and recuperate. There is a vast water area for warships to practice.

From Baling to Xiakou, it goes straight down the river, and the speed of the boat is more than double that of sailing against the current.

Xu Yibao and Wu Xi were sweating coldly on their foreheads. If it was only Xiakou's Song Army navy, they would not be afraid. With the defense of the river bank, they are confident that they can fight Xiakou's Song Army navy. But if Baling The Song Army sailors came to kill them, both in terms of strength and the number of warships, they were three times their size.

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "So it's impossible to prevent them from crossing the river?"

Liu Gun shook his head and said, "I can't defend it! On the one hand, the defense line is too long and the troops are insufficient. Even if there are enough troops, it is not worth the loss to deploy all the strength in the direction of the river bank. If the Song army wants to cross the river, they must concentrate their warships and troops to find the weak points of the defense line and attack. Because our troops are scattered, even if we get the news, it is too late to rescue them!"

"Understood!"

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and asked, "General Sima Li, how long will it take for you to mobilize troops to go south?"

Sima Chuzhi clasped his fists and said: "Your Majesty, our army has just captured Xiangyang, Jiangxia, Lu'an and other counties. If we want to consolidate our territory and influence, we may not be able to draw too many troops in a short period of time. We can only deploy 5000 troops at most!"

Zhao Junsheng went to the map and looked at it, pondered for a while, and ordered: "Okay! Only 5000 people, I want you to give an order immediately to gather troops to approach Jingling County. After arriving in Jingling County, immediately send troops south to capture Nanjun !"

The two stood up and clasped their fists in agreement: "The minister leads the order!"

After the meeting, Zhao Junsheng left Sima Chuzhi and Li Bao behind, and asked everyone else in the lobby to go out, leaving only the three of them.

Zhao Junsheng said to the two: "Now our army is short of troops, and it is too late to transfer troops from Guanzhong and Bingzhou and Hebei. We have more than 4000 cavalry here, and less than [-] infantry are really usable. Except for defending Jiangling City And the surrounding towns, there are very few troops that can be used for the defense line of the river. As for the surrendered troops, we can't expect them to be of great effect. At this time, we still have to rely on ourselves. Tell me the truth, can we deploy more troops? troops?"

Li Bao said: "Your Majesty, the territory we want to control is too large, and the time to capture it is too short to deter the local area. Once the troops are reduced, I am worried that the landlords everywhere and the remnants of the Song Dynasty will fight back wildly! "

Zhao Junsheng frowned.

Sima Chuzhi thought for a while and cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister has a way, which can not only gather troops, but also maintain stability in various places!"

Zhao Junsheng immediately raised his hand: "Quickly say it!"

"Yes! This is what the old minister thinks. The ones who can really threaten the security of the various places are the powerful private soldiers of the Song army who surrendered. The old minister suggests: First, recruit all the private soldiers of these landlords and powerful, and then transfer half of our army to surrender. The Song army, our army will bring these powerful private soldiers of the landlords and the Song army who surrendered to Jiangxia City to assemble!"