Qiming 1158

Chapter 261 Recruiting the Khitans
Wanyanliang stood with a knife, his face was fierce, and if he disagreed, he would wield the knife to kill.

The ministers were terrified, so frightened that they did not dare to take a sip, and watched the situation on the field in extreme panic.

As the center of the storm, Wen Dunsizhong was not affected at all. He closed his eyes and stood in front of Wanyanliang with a calm expression, as if he was waiting for the judgment of fate.

After all, Wanyanliang had nothing to do with the veteran Wen Dunsizhong.

Can it really be killed in court?

Then he, the emperor, really don't do it.

So he could only walk away angrily, and that night, it is said that he beat the two servants who had served him for a long time to death.

Seems to be really pissed off.

Although Wen Dunsizhong was tough and did not fall behind, he was only treated as a veteran of the four dynasties, and the ministers would not think that they could have the same treatment as Wen Dunsizhong.

If you really want to learn, tomorrow will be a corpse.

Therefore, in the face of Wanyanliang's urging order, they did not dare to refute, and still pushed Wanyanliang's order.

First, mobilize troops and horses from all walks of life north of Hebei to gather in Zhongdu, while Guanzhong troops and horses are ready to mobilize and wait for the next order.

Second, the troops and horses on the Hedongbei Road and Henandong Road were required to gather together, and be careful to prevent the Liberation Army from attacking westward. They were not allowed to attack until they received an order, and it was their duty to defend.

Third, vigorously build weapons and warships, gather all the raw materials and craftsmen in Zhongdu, work hard, and accumulate enough ordnance materials.

Fourth, the relevant construction personnel need to bypass Hebei and go to Kaifeng House to assist Kong Yanzhou, who stayed behind in Nanjing, to build the Kaifeng Palace.

And because Kong Yanzhou, who stayed behind in Nanjing, wrote to Wanyanliang, expressing his support for Wanyanliang's expedition to the Song Dynasty, Wanyanliang was overjoyed and rewarded Kong Yanzhou a lot of things.

He also ordered Kong Yanzhou to mobilize and command the entire Nanjing Road to conquer the troops and give them the power to sign the army, so as to protect the Nanjing Road before the army goes south.

Kong Yanzhou was a Han Chinese and a traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty. He had a disgraceful experience. Wanyanliang's order aroused the opposition of many Jurchen courtiers.

However, Wanyan Liang defied the public opinion and resolutely handed over this power to Kong Yanzhou, and rebuked the ministers for not understanding what kind of person Kong Yanzhou was, but he knew Kong Yanzhou best.

No one knows Kong Yanzhou better than me!
Kong Yanzhou was very moved when he heard about this, and decided to use all his strength to repay Yan Liang's trust.

He issued a mobilization order as a stay-at-home officer in Nanjing, and then prepared to fight a beautiful victory in response to Wanyanliang's trust.

When the Liberation Army was on its westward expedition, it took away Caozhou and Shanzhou, which were under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Road, as a guarantee for the logistics channel. At that time, Kong Yanzhou didn't know about this, and he always wanted to retake these two places after he knew it.

He lacked the power to dispatch troops and horses before, and he did not get the order of the Privy Council, so it was not convenient for him to fight.

Now that he has everything he should have, he is really sorry for Wanyanliang's trust in not winning a battle to show his "talent".

So Kong Yanzhou was aggressive and ambitious, and was ready to launch a counter-offensive against Caozhou and Shanzhou, to stab the recovery army and see what they could do.

He had previously discovered through intelligence that the Restoration Army had been besieging Nanle County for almost three months before finally breaking it. He believed that the Restoration Army was not strong, and he was confident that he would be able to compete with the Restoration Army.

In this way, it can also restrain the footsteps of the Restoration Army northward and relieve the pressure on Wanyan Liang, right?
As for the Southern Song Dynasty...

He sent a lot of secret agents to the Southern Song Dynasty to inquire about the news. According to the poor confidentiality ability of the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as there was a possibility of going north, he would definitely know it soon.

At present, there has not been any trouble, so it is almost known that the Southern Song Dynasty has no plans to go north in the short term.

In this way, he can safely dispatch troops to attack Caozhou and Shanzhou, in order to threaten the rear of the Restoration Army, forcing the Restoration Army to stop the road to the north, and reduce the pressure on Wanyan Liang.

Kong Yanzhou is ready to dispatch.

After entering the new year, the entire Central Plains is showing a turbulent situation, and the whole situation is developing in an uncontrollable direction.

As the only person who had the opportunity to control the situation during this time period, Wanyan Liang did not subjectively want to make the situation more corrupt, but his actions objectively caused this result.

For example, he ordered the mobilization to be completed within two months and the army to move south within four months.

However, the Privy Council stated that it is really difficult to complete the full mobilization within two months. In some remote areas, it takes more than two months for the troops and horses to assemble. According to Wanyanliang's request, it is very difficult to complete the mobilization within six months.

Wanyanliang was very annoyed and dissatisfied with this, and invited Heshi Lie Liangbi and Pusan ​​Hutu to berate them.

Pusan ​​Hutu didn't dare to say anything, but Heshi Lie Liangbi was very rigid.

He said he couldn't do it, he couldn't do it. Some things were not done as Wanyan Liang wanted to do. If he had to achieve this goal, then he would simply be removed from his post, and he would have been chosen to do it.

Wanyanliang was so angry that he couldn't find a reason to blame him after thinking about it. He also knew that some things were indeed not something he could just force. Just sulking for the time being.

But getting angry, he thought of a way to solve the problem.

Conscription against the Khitans.

If the Jurchen is not enough or the distance is too far and too late, then use the Khitans instead, recruit the Khitans from the front and the back of the mountain to join the army, and treat them like the Jurchen.
When the news came out, there was a lot of discussion about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, especially those Khitan officials, whose expressions were all weird.

But the one who responded the most was Wen Dunsizhong, who came to see Wanyanliang in person with a cane, intending to dissuade Wanyanliang from messing around.

"Your Majesty, the old minister hopes that His Majesty will not do everything in your power to fight against the strong men. If all the strong men are dispatched, what should we do if there are thieves and small-scale rebellion?"

"The Khitan tribes can't all be recruited, especially the tribes behind the mountains, which are close to the grasslands, and have many disagreements with the Mengwu tribes. Once too many are recruited, they will inevitably make them unable to fight against the grassland cavalry, and will inevitably make them panic, which is not conducive to The stability of the Khitan tribes!"

Wanyanliang was very dissatisfied with Wen Dunsizhong's repeated accountability.

"Your Majesty is overthinking it. I gathered the army in front of the army, and I am so powerful that the younger generation dare not make trouble at all. As for the Khitan people, they have already surrendered, and they will not dare to rebel even if they are given ten courage!"

Wen Dunsizhong felt very unhappy about this unfounded confidence.

"Your Majesty has no basis. Why do you dare to say such affirmative words? Your Majesty, the traitor will not disappear just because of His Majesty's three or two words. No one thought that the Han people would carry out such a large-scale rebellion before!"

"Old Lingjun, do you have to compete with me?"

Wanyanliang lost his patience and looked at Wen Dunsizhong: "You are a veteran of the four dynasties, an elder, and highly respected. I don't want any unpleasantness with you."

Wen Dunsizhong stared at Wanyan Liang for a while, then sighed deeply, turned around and walked to the gate of the palace.

When Wanyanliang thought he would admit his counsel and leave, Wen Dunsizhong suddenly knelt down at the gate of the palace.

"Emperor Taizu! The old minister has tried his best! But the descendants are unworthy and cannot accept the advice. The old minister has tried his best and cannot change the situation. The old minister can't help you!!!"

Wen Dunsizhong looked up to the sky and howled, and then kowtowed heavily to the ground. Wanyanliang was flustered when he kowtowed.

So he immediately sent someone forward to hold Wen Dunsizhong - but he didn't dare to let him faint or have a bloody head here, then something would really happen.

This old guy, who doesn't know what to do, actually moved out of the Emperor Taizu to deal with him!

While Wanyan Liang was worried, she was also very angry.

He thought about it and felt that he couldn't continue like this, so he decided to be more direct, sent Wen Dunsizhong home, and ordered Wen Dunsizhong to rest at home to recuperate.

It's like putting him under house arrest under a different name.

In order to ensure that he didn't come out and sway around, Wanyanliang's personal soldiers were also stationed at the door of his house, and they were not allowed to go out. Wen Dunsizhong's family could not resist, but could only accept it.

So Wen Dunsizhong's last efforts also failed.

(End of this chapter)