Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 580 Invasion (please subscribe!)
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Regarding the tense situation on the border, the officials and people in Bianliang, Tokyo did not notice at all, and there were songs and dances everywhere. Cai You also asked Zhao Ji to abolish the Ansu and Baoxin Second Army and restore them to Liangmen and Suicheng Second Army. county.

The two armies of Ansu and Baoxin were built by Zhao Kuangyi, Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty. They formed a criss-cross pattern with Baozhou and Yizhou, and restrained each other to control the road to Shanxi. During the war, these two places were known as "Tongliang Gate, Tie Sui City".

Cai You reported: "The ancestors used to build Ansu and Baoxin in the two counties to strangle the Yizhou area. Now that Yanshan has been acquired, and Jingji is a foreign vassal, Ansu Baoxin is in the interior and has no use. It should be reverted to the county."

Cai You, as the head of the country's military, thought that these military facilities were useless on the eve of the war, which is really an anecdote in the world.

(The "Northern Expedition Documentary" commented on this: "It's no wonder that people make mistakes, but those who jump on the bridge of the enemy are like this!")
Zhao Ji thought that what Cai You made was reasonable, so he agreed to abolish the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin.

After the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin were abolished, news suddenly came from the north that the Jin army had invaded on a large scale.

This immediately made Zhao Ji, Cai You and others dumbfounded.

In fact, at this time, the situation in Yandi is already critical.

Yandi was originally a place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack - there was Zijing Pass in the northwest of Yizhou, Juyong Pass in the west of Changping, Gubeikou in the north of Shunzhou, Songting Pass in the northeast of Jingzhou, and Yuguan in the east of Pingzhou.

If the State of Song can recover all the lands of Yan, and then occupy all these passes, then the lands of Yan may be preserved.

However, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan in Yuguan were occupied by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji since the Later Tang Dynasty, and then the Liao Kingdom changed Pingzhou to Liaoxing Prefecture, which governed the two prefectures of Ying and Luan, named Ping When it reached Shi Jingtang, Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty acquired Tan, Shun, Jing, Ji, Zhuo, and Yi states in Yanshan, and established Yanshan as Yanjing, which governed Tan, Shun, and Jing, and named it Yanshan Road. Pingzhou Road became two parallel roads.

At the beginning, when the State of Song was negotiating with the State of Jin to hand over the land, because Zhao Ji did not understand the political geography of the Liao State, he mistakenly thought that Yanjing and the prefectures under its management included all the land in the pass, and did not know the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan. It is not within the jurisdiction of Yanjing.

This mistake made Zhao Ji very regretful, so he repeatedly ordered Zhao Liangsi to try his best to win the three states of Ping, Ying, and Luan in the negotiations.

However, the Jin people were not stupid. They clearly saw the strategic value of the Ping, Ying, and Luan areas, so they rejected Song's request many times.

Later, the Jin people not only wanted to keep this place, but also stationed heavy troops here, and sent Jin Guo general Wanyan Zongwang to garrison, the purpose is to leave a passage for themselves to go south.

In order to take back this place, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to take in Zhang Jue, the rebel minister of the Jin Dynasty, the Jiedu envoy of Nanjing (Pingzhou).

The Zhang Jue incident was one of the deadliest mistakes Zhao Ji made in the process of regaining Yanjing, and it gave the Jin army a very good excuse to invade Song.

The Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty in two ways, the east and the west, and Wanyan Zongwang led the east army to send troops first.

At the end of November in the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army occupied Tanzhou and Jizhou a few days later.

It wasn't until this time that Yanshan Mansion confirmed that the Jin army had invaded on a large scale.

But it was a bit late at this time, because soon, the Jin army was approaching the city of Yanjing.

As early as 20 days ago, Guo Yaoshi had assembled the Ever Victorious Army and stationed it in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing—this was the most well-prepared army in Song Dynasty.

Seeing the Jin army coming, Guo Yaoshi sent someone into the city to ask Cai Jing to send troops to meet the enemy.

Cai Jing's brother-in-law Xu Cai tried his best to suggest to Cai Jing: "Let Guo Gong sit in the town, and you can send Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to meet the enemy with partial divisions. If Guo Gong goes, if you win, you will be proud. If you can't control it, you will be defeated. Yanshan will be in danger. .In addition, Gubeikou and Juyongguan must also be defended, and we must not put all our eggs in one basket."

Cai Jing refused to listen, took out a large amount of gold and silk from the treasury, and rewarded the Ever Victorious Army with great fanfare.

Afterwards, Guo Yaoshi personally led the army to set off.

The Changsheng army marched eastward all the way, and arrived at the west bank of the Baihe River in Sanhe County (later Sanhe County, Hebei Province) a day later.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang had already led his troops to the east bank of the Baihe River.

However, Wanyan Zongwang was very afraid of the Changsheng Army, so he didn't dare to attack first.

Early the next morning, before full light, Guo Yaoshi led the Changsheng army across the Baihe River, and then attacked the Jin army.

Wanyan Zongwang ordered to fight back.

The two sides fought fiercely for more than [-] li, and Guo Yaoshi once won the victory.

But for some reason, Zhang Linghui suddenly fled with his team!
Seeing that Zhang Linghui had escaped, Liu Shunren also led his troops to flee back, leaving only Guo Yaoshi to support himself.

In the end, Guo Yaoshi also had to retreat.

In fact, in the Battle of Baihe, the Changsheng Army and the Jin Army were evenly matched. Wanyan Zongwang didn't even think he had won in the end. If Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren hadn't escaped with their troops, the Changsheng Army might have won this battle.

After Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren fled back, they blamed each other, but Zhang Linghui refused to admit that he was defeated.

The conflict between Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi is deep and long-standing.

At the beginning, when Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi were officials in the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Linghui was once above Guo Yaoshi in official positions.

After surrendering to the Song Dynasty, Guo Yaoshi was not only in the official position above Zhang Linghui, but also favored by Zhao Ji, and appreciated by Tong Guan and Cai You.

This made Zhang Linghui very jealous.

Wang Anzhong was aware of this when he was in office. He recommended Zhang Linghui to Zhao Ji, and the imperial court also appointed Zhang Linghui as Jiedushi.

But Zhang Linghui was still under Guo Yaoshi, so he was always very unbalanced.

This may be one of the reasons why Zhang Linghui escaped first.

Seeing that Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, and Liu Shunren all returned in defeat, Cai Jing felt that the situation was not good, so he called the supervisory department of Yanshan Prefecture for a meeting.

Lu Yihao, the transshipment envoy, suggested that a death squad of 2000 people should be formed immediately, and then the gates of the city should be opened to escort important personnel to retreat to the south.

Shen Guan, the promotion officer, and Cai Jing's aides, Xu Cai and Cai Songnian, were not in favor of opening the city gate and escaping.

After weighing the pros and cons, Cai Jing finally listened to the suggestions of Shen Guan and others, and prepared to save Yanjing City to the death.

Lu Yihao and Lianfang envoy Liang Jing said nothing on the surface, but soon they brought their families to the south gate of the city, ready to leave the city.

In addition, about 200 Cao Si officials and soldiers also smashed the gate of the south of the city, and they also wanted to escape from the south of the city.

Cai Jing sent someone to stop Lu Yihao and others back.

Cai Jing pinned all his hopes on the Changsheng Army, hoping that the Changsheng Army could keep Yanjing.

But what Cai Jing didn't know was that last night, the governor Huang Ben, who was guarding the northeast gate of Yanjing City, had secretly sent someone to contact the Jin army, expressing that he could open the city gate to serve as an internal response for the Jin army, and also asked the second prince Zong Wang for instructions: " I don't know whether the prince will live Guo Yaoshi, or Guo Yaoshi will die?"

Guo Yaoshi, who has many eyes and ears, has already learned about this matter, and he also knows that Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren are the masterminds behind Huang Ben.

If Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren turned against each other, the city of Yanjing would undoubtedly be destroyed. In order to protect himself, Guo Yaoshi ordered Rulin Lang Wangshu to draft a surrender form to the Jin army.

drop table says:

"Wait for the time to move, and the movement and stillness are unknown; those who obey the sky survive, and the survival and death must not be ignored..."

Soon, Guo Yaoshi sent people to invite Cai Jing, Lu Yihao, Li Yuquan, Shenguan and other main officials of Yanshan Mansion to come to his home to discuss matters.

Cai Jing and others came together—they didn't know that Guo Yaoshi had decided to surrender to the Jin people and set up an ambush at home.

As soon as Cai Jing entered, Guo Yaoshi said to him: "Zhang Linghui had no intention of fighting the Jinren at the beginning. He stole the seal of the army and submitted a surrender form to the Jinren. Although I have sent someone to chase him back, but now The situation is very critical, and the Jin army is approaching soon, and it is already too late, why don't we surrender?"

When Cai Jing heard that Guo Yaoshi wanted to surrender, he said angrily: "Jing vowed to serve the country with death, what is wrong with this? Your husband wants to betray the emperor? How can Jing surrender to the king with his death!"

Said, Cai Jing took off his saber and was about to commit suicide.

Guo Yaoshi immediately hugged Cai Jing, and then Guo Yaoshi's subordinates stepped forward and snatched Cai Jing's saber.

Lu Yihao turned around and wanted to escape, but was stopped by the officers under Guo Yaoshi.

Guo Yaoshi sat down with Cai Jing and others, and explained: "Yaoshi has no choice but to end the righteousness with the princesses."

As he spoke, Guo Yaoshi pretended to cover his face and wept.

From then on, Cai Jing and others were detained in the pharmacist's home.

A few days later, Wanyan Zongwang led a large army to the outskirts of the city.

Guo Yaoshi hurriedly led all the officers out of the city to meet him.

Later, Guo Yaoshi went home and said to Cai Jing and others: "The prince has an order. The officials of the Southern Dynasty will not be killed, but the order is to leave the city and surrender."

Cai Jing said: "We have already been detained, why do we need to surrender again? What kind of etiquette should we use when we meet? If there is little humiliation, I will die. If I die, the whole family will be hanged and buried in a pit."

Cai Jing also told his son Cai Songnian to be brave and unyielding.

Everyone begged Guo Yaoshi, "Don't see the prince."

Pharmacist Guo said, "We must meet each other."

The next day, the Jin army officially entered Yanjing City, and planted the Jinnian flag all over the walls of Yanjing.

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(End of this chapter)