Qiming 1158

Chapter 408 Wanyan Liang Is Really Our Best Friend
To be honest, Zhang Jun has no superb military talent, and his commanding ability is also average, and his relationship with his subordinate generals is not good.

The arrogance of being a literati makes him often do bad things to some military generals who have made military exploits, which makes his reputation among the generals not very good.

He has led the army to fight against the Jin army many times, but he has never really won a victory.

So no matter what, he can't be regarded as a famous minister who can turn the tide.

However, he is the mainstay of the main battle, and is the backbone of the main battle faction and even the Northern Expedition faction.

Although he was reprimanded many times, he still did not change his aspirations. No matter where he went, he shouted for the Northern Expedition and the battle.

In the dark age when Qin Hui was single-handedly covering the sky, Zhang Jun still adhered to the position of the Northern Expedition and never wavered.

It is precisely because of his strong political combat effectiveness that both the Lord and the courtiers know that Zhang Jun's deterrent power to them in the courtroom is far greater than that of the military. If they want to live a happy life, they must not let Zhang Jun return to the center. , otherwise Zhang Jun will certainly toss them to death.

Once Zhang Jun returns to the center, he will be like a fly talking about the Northern Expedition in their ears every day, which can annoy them to death.

As a result, a fierce debate broke out between the main war faction and the main peace faction around whether Zhang Jun should return to the center to take charge of the military again.

At the same time as the strategic battle between the Restoration Army and the Jin Army broke out, the Southern Song Dynasty court was also engaged in a fierce war without gunpowder smoke, and the entire court was not arguing for a day.

However, the debate in the court on whether Zhang Jun returned did not affect the previous decision.

The Privy Council passed the order to rectify the armaments of the border armies and perform martial arts, thinking that the deterrence of the Jin Kingdom showed Song Guo's determination that he would never accept Wanyanliang's unreasonable orders.

In order to further investigate the military background of the Song Dynasty in case of emergency, the Privy Council also plans to send people to the front line to conduct inspections and touch the military background of the Song Dynasty.

After receiving this order, the border armies finally swept away the extravagant state of eating, drinking, and having fun. They were forced to pick up their weapons again, start to rectify their armaments, and practice military formations.

The officers who were not very good at military materials before hurriedly tried to find ways to fill in the gaps and prepare for the inspection of the inspector.

And those officers who are too aggressive with military supplies and take too much empty pay beg their grandfather and grandma to ask for help from all parties and do him a favor. As long as they succeed, they will be grateful.

Anyway, there are policies above and countermeasures below, the top is finally going to check, and the bottom can't sit still and all move.

Whether active or passive, the frontier Song Army began to move.

It was completely different from when Zhao Kaishan attacked and opened the seal.

Of course, the news of the Song Army's comprehensive rectification could not be concealed from the Jin Army's investigation. The border states of the Jin Army soon got the corresponding news and learned that the Song Army was preparing for a large-scale battle.

Is this a northern expedition?
Kong Yanzhou was shocked, and asked the border troops to strictly guard the defense line and not slack off, and expedited the investigation of the latest information, while sending someone to report the news to Wanyanliang, asking Wanyanliang to send reinforcements.

At that time, Wanyan Liang had not yet set off for the expedition, when he heard that the Song army was preparing for battle at the border.

After calming down, Wanyanliang reluctantly recognized the facts. He asked Kong Yanzhou to focus on dealing with the Song army. The border states must stand guard and there must be no defensive loopholes.

As for the original strategic goal of poking the eyes of the Restoration Army, Wanyan Liang gritted his teeth and decided to let Kong Yanzhou dispatch some troops to relieve him a little bit of pressure and make a more or less appearance.

But no matter what, we can't let Nanjing Road, especially Kaifeng, fail.

Wanyanliang still did not believe that Song Jun had the courage to go north, so Kong Yanzhou could still spare his hands.

But soon, Kong Yanzhou got a new piece of information, which surprised Wanyan Liang.

Lin'an Song Ting is having a heated debate on whether Zhang Jun should return to Lin'an to take charge of the military.

It is said that the debate was quite intense, and there were even cases where officials fought outside the court hall after arguing in the court hall.

Those who supported Zhang Jun's return and those who did not support Zhang Jun's return continued to quarrel and fight over this matter. Even Emperor Zhao Gou couldn't stop it, so he could only act in a hurry.

Judging from the current situation, the main battle faction's request prevailed and received the support of most people. Zhang Jun was about to return.

If Zhao Gou alone made the decision from the beginning to the end, Wanyan Liang had enough confidence that Zhao Gou would never pose any threat to him.

But if Zhang Jun came back, the problem would be different.

Unlike other ministers who talk but don't practice, Zhang Jun is not only strong in his mouth, but also not soft in his hands, he is very tough, and he is someone who has played against the peak Jinjun many times.

The Jin generals who fought against Zhang Jun basically gave Zhang Jun a good evaluation. Although he was defeated many times, the Jin army also paid a lot for defeating him.

Some people even said that after Yue Fei's death, the only thing worth worrying about the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty was Zhang Jun. If Zhang Jun did not die, the Southern Song Dynasty would never give up on the Northern Expedition, and the threat to the Jin Kingdom would not disappear.

Before Zhang Jun was expelled from the center and could not take power, it was a good thing for the Jin Kingdom, but if Zhang Jun returned to the center smoothly...

That shows that the Southern Song Dynasty is really ready to use force.

With this view, Wanyanliang reluctantly sent an order to Kong Yanzhou, asking him to focus on the defense of the Southern Song Dynasty, instead of dispatching too much military force to the Shandong of the Restoration Army.

For Shandong, it is enough to make a harassing gesture and let the Restoration Army know that Kong Yanzhou can dispatch troops to stab them in the buttocks. Don't really fight.

If we really want to fight, once Zhang Jun returns to Lin'an to take control of the military, and seize this opportunity, Zhang Jun will definitely go north!

Then Kaifeng is dangerous.

Once Kaifeng fell, Jin's rule in the area south of Yanyun was basically over.

This will not work.

Kong Yanzhou breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the emperor's order.

This actually gave him an order not to fight the Restoration Army, which is good, better than if Zhang Jun returned to the situation where he was facing both sides.

Zhao Kaishan failed to defeat him, and he also failed to defeat Zhao Kaishan, and the loss of troops in a major battle was about [-], which greatly damaged his mobile force. , it is really difficult.

And the Restoration Army is not what it used to be.

He and Zhao Kaishan made a five-fifty split before, and then Zhao Kaishan sacrificed to the sky, and a few days later Zhao Xiang also sacrificed to the sky, and then he heard that the leader of the Restoration Army had become Zhao Zuoliang, and Zhao Zuoliang had a son-in-law. His name was Su Yonglin, and he was the one who killed Wanyan Alin.

Then the Guangfu Army was reorganized and reorganized, and the 10,000+ people were reduced to 5. They performed martial arts by the Yellow River every day, shouting loudly in the direction of Kaifeng on the west side of the Yellow River, not knowing what they were doing.

He sent people over to check the situation, but he couldn't see anything, but he always felt that the morale of the Liberation Army after the adaptation was very high.

This made him feel a little nervous.

After the news of Wanyanliang sending troops came, he also ordered a team of soldiers and horses to send troops along with him, pretending to be.

This army has a small number of 6000 people, and it did not intend to really fight the Guangfu Army. It just confronted the Guangfu Army across the Yellow River on the bank of the Yellow River in Danzhou, Caozhou, to show its existence.

After Su Yonglin got the news, combined with the information sent by Su Changsheng, he immediately felt that the Restoration Army had an advantage in this round.

Entering the council hall, Su Yonglin asked Yelu Chenghui and Yelu Yuanyi to sit down and said with a smile, "Wanyanliang is really our best friend, he won't stop until he tossed himself to the point of making enemies on all sides, forcing Khitan to oppose him. Man, forcing Nanguo to oppose him again, should the next one go to Xiaguo?"

Yelu Chenghui sighed with helplessness on his face.

Yelu Yuanyi sneered.

"He doesn't make me feel weird about anything he does. He has turned the world into a bad situation. What else can I say?"

Yelu Chenghui didn't seem to want to discuss this part of the content, so he took the initiative to change the subject and discussed with Su Yonglin about Kong Yanzhou.

(End of this chapter)