Qian Song

Chapter 221 The Power Is Like a Broken Bamboo
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After Li Cun arrived in Yanjing, the first thing he did was to personally check whether this year's grain harvest in Yanyun area was as reported by Chen Kuutong and others.

After confirming that this year's grain harvest in Yanyun area was indeed bumper, the second thing Li Cun did was to detain all officials from the Song Dynasty, including Zhao Ding, Qin Hui, Zhao Liangsi, and Ma Kuo, to form a new sightseeing group.

Then, Li Cun ordered the army to prepare for the Song Dynasty.

The Zhao Song Dynasty saw that Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and other Song envoys had left and never returned, and recently there were some news that the Daqian Dynasty was about to go to the Song Dynasty, which made Tong Guan uneasy.

Therefore, Tong Guan sent Wailang Fucha, a member of the Ministry of Officials, as the envoy of He Zhengdan of the Dagan Dynasty to Yanjing to find out the truth.

On the way to Yanjing, Fu Cha heard a lot of rumors that the Dagan Dynasty was gearing up to attack the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, the situation on the Qiansong border, that is, Baigouhe, is also very tense. The Ever Victorious Army seems to be facing a big enemy every day, and dare not relax in the slightest.

Someone kindly advised Fu Cha not to venture to Yanjing at this time.

But Fu Cha insisted: "I was ordered by the emperor to go on an envoy, and if I heard the difficulties, I would be underestimated by the big officials, and I would feel that there is no one in the Song Dynasty." Then he resolutely went to Yanjing.

Fu Cha and his party quickly crossed the Baigou River and came to the territory of the Dagan Dynasty.

Not long after, hundreds of riders roared over and surrounded Fu Cha and his party.

Fu Cha asked the generals, "What are you waiting for?"

The generals of the Gan army did not answer, but only took Fu Cha to Han Shizhong.

A small school asked Fu Cha to meet Han Shizhong.

Fu Cha said loudly: "Although General Han is a great general, he is also a minister. He has the same position as me. How can he worship him?"

The small school held a knife and "persuaded me again".

Fu Cha said again: "Dead ear, how can there be someone who is all ministers and worships!"

Then, Fu Cha said loudly to the left and right: "The enemy threatens me to worship, and I will not insult my country's righteousness. I will die. My parents are old, and they miss me very much. If they hear about me, they will be very sad. If the public waits to be released , Fortunately, remember my words, to tell my relatives, knowing my dead country, less to understand its infinite sorrow."

A group of Song people wept when they heard the words.

Seeing this, Han Shizhong stepped forward and said, "Fu Xianggong has integrity and is fearless in life and death. He is a great Confucian in the world. Han Shizhong is ashamed."

After finishing speaking, Han Shizhong, on the contrary, straightened his clothes and bowed to Fu Cha.

After worshiping, Han Shizhong said honestly: "Don't blame Fu Xianggong, the war between you and us will start, and the emperor of our country has ordered that all civil servants and generals of the Song Dynasty who are not necessary are not allowed to be killed, and they are all imprisoned. In the future, I will use it in court, and I can't wait to take Xianggong into custody directly, so I want to find an excuse."

In fact, Han Shizhong did not tell the truth.

The reason why Han Shizhong and the others humiliated Fu Cha was mainly because they wanted to see if these literati who were usually lofty and full of benevolence and morality were really as upright as they usually advertised to the outside world.

As a result, Han Shizhong and the others really learned a lot this time, and Fu Cha is really a very upright and tough guy.

When Fu Cha heard that the Dagan Dynasty was really going to invade the Zhao Song Dynasty, he couldn't help feeling tense!
Fu Cha deliberately passed the news back, so that Zhao Ji and his ministers quickly prepared to resist.

But Fu Cha and his group were all packed by Han Shizhong and sent to Yanjing.

Soon, Fu Cha saw Zhao Ding, Qin Hui, Zhao Liangsi, Ma Kuo and others.

From Zhao Ding and the others, Fu Cha learned that Li Cun had returned to Yanjing from Yingtian Mansion, and was currently making final preparations for the Qian Song Dynasty, which was inevitable.

But what can they do if they know this, all of them are now prisoners, and they can't send any news.

On the second day after Fu Cha was detained, Tong Guan sent another mission over.

——Tong Guan recently also heard the news that the Dagan Dynasty is going to take over the Zhao and Song Dynasty. He is worried that the Dagan Dynasty will really take over the Song Dynasty. Therefore, following Fu Cha's team, he sent He Yunzhong, an envoy to celebrate, and Wuhan, his deputy Another mission headed by Ying came to Yanjing.

He Yunzhong and Wuhan Ying knew that the Dagan Dynasty might be about to take over the Song Dynasty, but they still came to Yanjing without hesitation just like Fu Cha.

Han Fang, who was in charge of entertaining the envoy of the Song Dynasty, pressed He Yunzhong if he would surrender, but He Yunzhong would rather die than surrender.

Wuhan Ying is willing to surrender.

But Wuhan Ying's surrender was fake.

——Wuhan Ying is a military general. He was originally an inspector in Yutian County and was appointed as a temporary deputy envoy. Still ignorant, he pretended to surrender, preparing to find a chance to escape back to the Zhao Song Dynasty and inform Zhao Ji and his officials to prepare.

Unfortunately, when Wuhan Ying fled to the border, he was captured by Han Shizhong again.

All in all, these people from Zhao Song Dynasty, including their entourage, are all very upright, and none of them sincerely surrendered to the Daqian Dynasty.

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On the day He Yunzhong was detained by the Dagan Dynasty, Cai Youzuo invited Zhao Ji to abolish the Ansu and Baoxin Second Army, and restore the two army to Liangmen and Suicheng counties.

The two armies of Ansu and Baoxin were built to prevent the invasion of the Liao Kingdom when Zhao Guangyi was in power. In the same way, during the Battle of Chanyuan in the Song Dynasty, the Ansu and Baoxin armies were known as "Tongliang Gate, Tie Sui City", which blocked the Liao army for a long time for the Zhao Song Dynasty, so the two armies were the Zhao Song Dynasty One of the most important barriers along the northern edge of Hebei.

The reason why Cai You asked Zhao Ji to abolish the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin was mainly because during this period of time there were always alarms from Hebei, saying that the Dagan Dynasty was going to invade the Zhao Song Dynasty. Cai You was very worried that these news would attract Zhao Ji's attention, and then Affected his No. 1 status in the military of the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

In order to cover people's eyes and make Zhao Ji think that there is no war in the north, Cai You proposed to abolish the two armies to show that the situation on the border is stable.

In Zhao Ji's impression, in the Hebei area, except for the Changsheng Army, all other armies are unusable, and it is better to abolish them, which can just reduce the increasingly huge military expenditure of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Therefore, Zhao Ji soon agreed to play, and ordered the two armies of Ansu and Baoxin to be abolished as soon as possible.

On the eve of the war, Cai You, the highest military director of the Zhao and Song Dynasty, actually abolished the two dangerous passes with such absurd reasons.

What is even more speechless is that Zhao Ji actually agreed.

And, don't forget, it was Zhao Ji who made the ignorant Cai You the supreme military director of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In this case, Zhao Ji should not be the king of subjugation, who should be the king of subjugation?
Cai You really doesn't care about these "little things" on the border. Recently, he is busy fighting with his father Cai Jing, planning to defeat his father, and then become the prime minister of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Recently, Zhao Ji has been getting annoyed by looking at Cai Jing more and more. He hopes that Cai Jing can resign voluntarily, give up his position, and replace him with someone who is more pleasing to him, such as Cai You.

But after Cai Tao was ordered to suspend, Cai Jing had no intention of leaving the phase.

——Cai Jing has been prime minister four times, and he knows the power of power well. He finally returned to prime minister this time. How could he hand over power easily?

Zhao Ji became more and more dissatisfied with Cai Jing's delay in handing over power, so Zhao Ji ordered Cai You to persuade Cai Jing to take the initiative to submit a memorial to resign as prime minister.

At the beginning, Cai You also took into account the father-son relationship between him and Cai Jing, and discussed with Cai Jing nicely, so that Cai Jing voluntarily gave up the position of prime minister.

But Cai Jing just clings to the position of prime minister and doesn't let go, which makes Cai You's teeth itch with hatred, so that father and son are at odds.

Once Cai You went to Cai Jing's mansion, just in time to catch up with Cai Jing talking with guests.

Cai You ignored the guests, and as soon as he came in, he rushed forward and grabbed Cai Jing's hand to make a pulse diagnosis, and said, "Xianggong's pulse is soothing, is there any discomfort?"

Cai Jing said, "I'm fine."

Cai You heard the words, let go of Cai Jing's arm, turned around and left.

Cai You came and went in a hurry, and made the guest into a monk Zhang Er. He couldn't figure it out, so he asked Cai Jing: "Why is Privy Secretary Cai like this?"

Cai Jing said helplessly: "You must not understand the reason, this rebellious son wants to dismiss my position as prime minister because of my illness."

On this day, Cai You, who couldn't bear it anymore, came to Cai Jing's house aggressively, and said directly: "The official called you to be an official, so don't make a toast and not eat fine wine."

When Cai Jing heard the words, he cried and said, "Why don't you allow Beijing to go to Beijing for a few years? Be someone who slanders you."

Cai You replied, "I don't know."

Cai Jing also said: "You should go to Beijing when you are old, and you can't bear to beg for your life. The above kindness has not been repaid, and this is known to the public."

People on the left and right snickered when they heard that Cai Jing called his son Cai You honorably "Gong".

But Cai You still refused to enter, so he forced Cai Jing to hand over the aspect.

Seeing this, Cai Jing knew that he really had no chance of continuing to be the prime minister, so he reluctantly handed over the seal of the prime minister.

Cai You took Cai Jing's prime minister's seal back to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji ordered someone to write a letter of resignation instead of Cai Jing, so that Cai Jing completed the fourth dismissal.

Cai Jing's time as prime minister this time was actually not long, but the influence was very bad, especially when he used his third son Cai Tao to help him with government affairs.

To be fair, Cai Jing wanted to help Zhao Ji restore the end of the Zhao Song Dynasty, and wanted to help the building to turn the tide, but he was too old, and the Zhao Song Dynasty was also terminally ill and hopeless.

This made Cai Jing's fourth appointment as prime minister a huge joke, and it also paved the way for him to be beaten as the leader of the six thieves by Chen Dong in the future.

All in all, when the Dagan Dynasty had already started to fight the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji's monarchs and ministers were still fighting for power, favor, and infighting as before. They were not aware of the upcoming war at all, let alone prepared for it.

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On the side of the Dagan Dynasty.

After everything was ready, Li Cun ordered Yue Fei from Daizhou to start first.

The reason why Li Cun asked Yue Fei to attack first was mainly because the terrain in Hedong was difficult to defend and difficult to attack, and Tong Guan was sitting in Hedong at this time. Li Cun hoped that Yue Fei could take advantage of the Song army's unpreparedness and take down a few more dangerous passes in one go, so as not to win in the future. People's lives are piled up.

After Yue Fei received the order from Li Cun, he quickly led his army south.

After Tong Guan received the emergency report from the front line, he quickly discussed countermeasures with Fan Ne, Wang Yun, Zhu Yantong and other staff members of the Propaganda Department.

Under the suggestion of Fan Ne and others, Tong Guan decided to go back to Bianliang City in Tokyo immediately to go to the palace, that is, to flee back to Bianliang City in Tokyo to discuss with Zhao Ji what to do.

After Tong Guan made up his mind, he said in front of Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, and Zhang Jia, the son of Zhang Xiaochun: "Dagan has invaded our Song Dynasty, and the current situation is critical. The court still doesn't know anything about it. This king will go to the palace to report. I will tell you to wait, and our company will do it in the future."

Zhang Xiaochun was dumbfounded when he heard that, he hurriedly said: "The Qian army is going south to invade the bandits. Your Majesty should gather all kinds of troops in Taiyuan and try our best to resist Dagan's invasion. If Your Majesty leaves in a hurry, people will be shocked and think that His Majesty is this. Abandoning the east of the river to the thieves, since the east of the river is lost, how can Hebei be protected? I beg the king to stay here and do our best to lead the people to serve the country. My Taiyuan prefecture is dangerous and strong, and people are also familiar with fighting. It is not easy to be a thief It can be broken."

Tong Guan was furious, and said sharply: "Guan Xuanfu is not responsible for guarding the land. If the Xuanfu Division is here to operate, what do you have to do? This is your job, Zhang Xiaochun, and you must work hard! Guan went to Beijing to report Zou, immediately send out all the road troops and horses to support them, and it will be of no benefit for Guan to stay here."

Seeing Tong Guan say such shameless words, Zhang Xiaochun became furious, he came to his son Zhang Jia, and said: "It is common to see Tong Dawang acting like Xu Dawang, but he is so cowardly when he is about to do something, not to mention his status. The military minister of the Song Dynasty should defend the country from adversity, but always only wants to run away, what a moral!"

After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiaochun turned to Zhang Jia and said, "Hugh! Hugh! My father and son will stick to him!"

Although he was so humiliated by Zhang Xiaochun, Tong Guan still ran away with his tail between his legs, leaving only Wang Tian and the three thousand victorious soldiers in Taiyuan City to help Zhang Xiaochun stand by and wait for help.

Let's talk about Yue Fei.

After Yue Fei went south, there was not a single battle along the way. Almost all the cities, dangerous passes and fortresses were surrendered as soon as the dry troops arrived.

The reason for this situation is mainly because the defense of the northeastern part of the river is the responsibility of the Yisheng Army.

The soldiers of the Yisheng Army are all Han Chinese in the Yanyun area, and they are looking forward to Li Cun's Qian Song, and they are already looking forward to it.

Now, Li Cun finally sent an army to Qian Song Dynasty, how could it be possible that the soldiers of the Yi Sheng Army did not open the city and surrender immediately, and turned into the pioneers of the Da Qian Dynasty?
Since people surrendered everywhere, this made the Longxiang Army move forward extremely fast.

Within a few days, the Longxiang Army arrived in Xinzhou.

Xinzhou is also a strategic location in the Hedong area, and has been known as "the key to northern Shanxi" since ancient times.

The prefect of Xinzhou is named He Quan, and he is not a Haner, but an authentic Song native.

However, He Quan is not as virtuous as Fu Cha and He Yunzhong. When he saw the Longxiang army pressing down on the border, he judged the situation and thought that the small number of troops in Xinzhou would not be able to withstand the attack of the Gan army, so he simply gave up resistance and chose Kaesong surrendered.

Of course, you have to say that He Quan understands current affairs and considers the people in the city, which can also be justified.

After capturing Xinzhou with little effort, the next goal of the Longxiang Army was the famous Shiling Pass.

Shiling Pass, also known as "Baipi Pass" and "Shiling Town", is located in the north of Taiyuan and is the only place in the cloud leading to Taiyuan.

The terrain of this pass is steep, with mountains running from east to west and roads running from north to south. It guards the main roads from Taiyuan to Xin, Dai, Yun and Shuo.

Back in the day, when Zhao Kuangyin led the expedition to the Northern Han Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom sent troops to Jinyang (Taiyuan) to reinforce the Northern Han Dynasty. Zhao Kuangyin ordered He Jiyun to lead the troops to Shiling Pass to stop the attack. The Song army and the Liao army launched a battle for Shiling Pass. Bloody battle.

In the end, the Song army paid a huge price to achieve a great victory. They captured the two governors alive, killed more than a hundred people, beheaded more than a thousand ranks, more than [-] horses, and many armors.

Now, Zhang Xiaochun was very anxious in the face of the aggressive attack of the Qian army. He was eager to find a general to guard the pass, and block the Qian army to the north of Shiling Pass, so as to buy some time for the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Soon, someone recommended Ji Jing to Zhang Xiaochun, saying that Ji Jing could guard Shiling Pass.

Ji Jing once conquered Li Cun and Fang La.

In the first battle to regain Yanjing, Ji Jing also served as a vanguard general and has extremely rich practical experience.

However, when Zhang Xiaochun ordered Ji Jing to go to Shiling Pass to guard the pass, Ji Jing refused to go because of insufficient troops.

Zhang Xiaochun had no choice but to order Wang Zongyin to lead his newly recruited brave army to follow Ji Jing to Shiling Pass, and at the same time ordered Geng Shouzhong to lead [-] righteous victorious troops to assist them.

Seeing this, Ji Jing had no choice but to go to Shiling Pass.

But Ji Jing went, but he didn't trust Geng Shouzhong very much.

Because Geng Shouzhong is also a Han son, and he is also a general of the Liao Kingdom and the deputy commander of the Yisheng Army.

In the recent period, the Yisheng Army and Han'er wantonly rebelled against the Song Dynasty and helped the Daqian Dynasty attack the Zhao Song Dynasty, which is well known.

Therefore, Ji Jing ordered Geng Shouzhong to be the vanguard, walking at the forefront of the army.

——Ji Jing did this because he was worried that Geng Shouzhong was behind him and suddenly attacked him.

But even so, Ji Jing was still worried.

In the middle of the walk, Ji Jing suddenly took Geng Shouzhong as an excuse and led his followers to run away.

After Geng Shouzhong led his army to Shiling Pass, he dedicated Shiling Pass to Yue Fei.

When Ji Jingwen heard that Geng Shouzhong had really defected to the enemy, he did not dare to return to Taiyuan, but fled to Fenzhou.

As the last natural barrier and important pass north of Taiyuan, Shiling Pass was easily lost.

Along the way, all the soldiers of the Song army that Yue Fei and the Long Xiang army encountered rebelled when they heard the news, and then turned into guides and vanguards, making the Qian army feel like entering a land without people until Taiyuan.

Seeing this, under the guidance of all the supervisors, the whole army realized that it was not because of their meritorious deeds, but because of their emperor's prestige. Otherwise, how could they have come to Taiyuan without fighting?

Of course, this is also because all the people who came to vote said: "I have been waiting for Emperor Mu Daqian for a long time. The Holy One sent a large army to punish the people and punish crimes. It is actually Zhou Fayin Tang, how dare we go against the sky?" And for that?"

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(End of this chapter)