Qian Song

Chapter 243 Victory class teacher (ask for a monthly ticket!)
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From the time Li Cun led his army to encircle Bianliang City in Tokyo to the time when the Zhao and Song Dynasties paid Li Cun all the war indemnity demanded by Li Cun, it took more than a month in total.

Although Li Cun did not let people break into Bianliang City in Tokyo, he forced the Zhao Song Dynasty to agree to cede Hebei and Hedong to the Dagan Dynasty, and received so much war indemnity. Huge win.

On the other hand, Li Cun also saw that the Song army under the leadership of Zhao Huan should not dare to act rashly anymore when they were besieging the city.

Therefore, after the last ship of the Daqian Dynasty left Bianliang City in Tokyo and headed south, Li Cun sent Han Fang into the city to bid farewell to Zhao Huan on his behalf.

Li Cun's farewell letter is as follows:

"On February [-]th of the fifth year of Hongwu, His Majesty the Emperor Daqian wrote to the younger brother of the Song Dynasty:
Yesterday, I was furious that the Gui Dynasty and the Jin Kingdom jointly attacked the Yanyun area of ​​our Dynasty, and the imperial driver personally marched and went straight to the capital.Fu Chenghuang's younger brother succeeded to the throne, and then please repair it, so he followed the imperial edict according to the Yuan Dynasty, discussed it according to his discretion, and made a covenant.The treacherous ministers of Japan's Fugui court misunderstood the country, provoked recklessly, and acted as a minister. They were really suspicious and angry. It was Meng Chenhan who ordered the sincerity of loneliness and sorrow, to send back the quality of the same spirit and close marriage, deeply understand the great faith, and keep it In the end, the alliance of the day before yesterday cannot be compared with this.Moreover, since the arrival of the army, there have been a lot of requests for resources, and the smart ones have been desecrated, and the people have been deprived of the common people.However, once the war is fired, it is really difficult to reap it. It is not because the emperor's brother is benevolent and violated the strategy, but he has surrendered himself and loved the people. How can this disaster be turned into a blessing?
Today, the big plan has been made, and then there is no need to worry about the old things, but he will be sincere and righteous, protect the lives of the people, stabilize the country, and forever reconcile, so the army under the city is ordered to retreat to protect the old village, and it must be an immediate squadron..."

Seeing that Li Cun had withdrawn as promised, Zhao Huan was overjoyed, and quickly sent Wang Shiyong, Shao Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture, and others to bid farewell to Li Cun with many gifts such as tea fruit, borneol, wine and medicine.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Huan sent Wang Qiu and Zheng Wangzhi as deputy envoys to Qingcheng to see Li Cun off.

Zhao Huan almost said directly: "Ancestor, you are finally gone, I will send you away thousands of miles away, so that you won't regret it again."

When Li Yan and other ministers of the Zhuhe faction heard that Zhong Shidao still wanted to take the initiative to attack the Gan army, they immediately persuaded Zhao Huan from the sidelines, saying that they had consumed a lot of wealth and endured endless humiliation, so they finally fought against the Daqian Dynasty. A permanent peace treaty was signed, and the generals were invited to leave. You must not break the peace agreement again, to provoke the powerful army, and give the army an excuse to let the army fight back.

So Zhao Huan can only deceive himself and others to publicize this as a victory, and then celebrate it.

——The order of the Privy Council (Xu Churen and Zhong Shidao) to Yao Gu and other Song generals was to let them pursue the army.The orders from the three provinces (Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong) to Yao Gu and other Song generals were to carefully escort the army across the Yellow River.

——From Zhao Huan's imperial edict, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Huan really wanted to be angry, at least to put it nicely.

But at this moment, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong received Zhao Huan's edict to withdraw troops.

Li Cun is aware of Zhao Huan's indecisive and vacillating character. Therefore, Li Cun estimates that the Song army will definitely pursue and ambush his lone army halfway. quick.

As soon as Chen Gongfu's memorial was published, Li Bangyan, who had already had a very bad reputation, immediately fell into the attack of the people, and there were voices everywhere asking Zhao Huan to punish Li Bangyan for his crimes against the country.

Seeing that all the Qianjun troops had really withdrawn, the ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasty were all rejoicing—they generally believed that the perilous situation facing the Zhao and Song Dynasty was over, and that the martial law in Bianliang City in Tokyo should be lifted immediately and normalcy returned.

Zhao Huan felt that Xu Churen's words were very reasonable, so he approved Xu Churen's proposal, and immediately ordered Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Zhe Yanzhi, Ma Zhong, Fan Qiong and other generals of the Song Dynasty to lead their troops northward and escort the Qian army back. division.

Immediately afterwards, Li Cun ordered Zhao Li to lead the infantry in the army to go northward with all the supplies.

Xu Churen retorted without backing down: "Dazai can guarantee that the army will return safely, and will not belittle my Song's heart, and come to attack my Song again after Qiu Gao Mafei? Don't forget Dazai, today is my Song The capital is an important place that separates Daqian from the north to the south, how can Dagan not covet it?"

There is no way, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong can only order to stop chasing the army and return by the same way.

When Xu Churen heard that Zhao Huan had ordered the withdrawal of the army, he immediately ran into the palace to meet Zhao Huan, and reasoned with Zhao Huan, saying that if he did not defeat the Gan army once, the Zhao Song Dynasty would be in danger of destroying the country.

Although Xu Churen said so, Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong and other people from the peace faction still went to Zhao Huan behind Xu Churen's back to exaggerate the crisis.

"Broadcast to you, from now on, I will abide by the old system of my ancestors. I will select ministers and suppress internal servants. I will not respect favors and fortunes. I will not let traitors be allowed. In the land of Yan, we will try our best to spend a lot of useless money. All the things that harm the country and the people will be soaked, and we will rest with you. There are treacherous people who dare to break the law again. They disturb our discipline and should be reset. There must be no pardon for torture! There are many counselors, please listen to my words."

After Zhong Shidao learned about this, regardless of his physical discomfort, he quietly told the Song generals: "If there is an opportunity to attack, attack it immediately. If the army returns to the north safely, autumn will surely come again. Don't let it go." .”

Because the army led by Li Cun ran for thousands of miles, went deep alone, and is now far away from the mainland. From Li Cun down, they are all worried that when they retreat, they will be ambushed by the Song army halfway, or they will be chased by the Song army. .

Xu Churen suggested: "Although the Chanyuan alliance was signed back then, and when the Liao army retreated, they still sent heavy troops to escort them, because they were afraid that they would be unscrupulous and wantonly plunder. Today, the Gan army has retreated for three days, so I sent a large army. , according to Chanyuan's old policy to escort him."

Chen Gongfu was loyal to his duties, advocated integrity, and dared to speak out.

The government orders of the Zhao and Song courts were different, so Yao Gu and other Song generals who were leading the troops outside really didn't know what to do.

It was not until February [-]th that Li Cun received the news that the infantry had crossed the Yellow River and had taken control of the Yellow River defense line and the Junzhou Yellow River Bridge. Li Cun then personally led all the horse troops northward.

The chief executives attacked Xu Churen one after another, blaming him and Zhong Shidao for provoking the army, which made the Zhao Song Dynasty fall into a passive situation again.

By the time the messengers caught up with Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong had already followed Zhao Huan's previous order to withdraw their troops, and they were almost at the Yellow River at this time.

Li Bangyan sternly said: "Several armies don't retreat, come back, and surround the capital again, how to resist?"

It has to be said that Li Bangyan still has self-knowledge, knowing that he is no longer suitable to be prime minister, so he took the initiative to write to Zhao Huan to ask for his official post, which did not make Zhao Huan too embarrassed.

As an experienced military strategist who has fought for more than 60 years, Zhong Shidao is keenly aware that this may be the only chance for the Zhao Song Dynasty to avoid the destruction of the country or even turn the world around. If this opportunity is lost, the Zhao Song Dynasty It might be dangerous.

Chen Gongfu has been in Zhenghe for more than three years and entered the officialdom as No.1 (equivalent to the No. [-] scholar in the imperial examination). He was first awarded the professor of Pingjiang Mansion, and then went to Yuezhou to serve as the Shaoyin of Yingtian Mansion. Except for Secretary Lang, not long ago, Zhao Huan Ascension to the throne, Chen Gongfu was promoted to the right secretary.

Zhao Huan hastily called a meeting of the chief executives to discuss countermeasures.

Many officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty were shocked when they learned about this incident. They were worried that Yue Fei would lead his army south to attack Bianliang City in Tokyo again.

However, there are also loyal and insightful people who believe that during the Chanyuan alliance, the Zhao Song Dynasty paid 10 taels of silver and 20 pieces of silk to the Liao State, and at the same time, the Liao State returned the Zhao and Song Dynasty’s Ying, Liao, and other lands occupied by the Liao State. In the territory of Mo and other states, both sides have their own gains and losses, and it is a reciprocal negotiation.But this time it was obviously an alliance under the city. The Zhao Song Dynasty completely accepted the unilateral punishment, and this peace agreement was not only the compensation, but also the cession of land. live.

At this moment, hearing that Xu Churen wanted to provoke the army and destroy the peace treaty they had negotiated with great difficulty, Li Bangyan, Wu Min and other peacemakers came out to express their opposition.

But Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong dare not listen to the emperor's order?

After Li Bangyan and others were dismissed, the decision-making center of the Zhao Song Dynasty was reorganized and a new leadership team was formed:
Take Zhang Bangchang as the Taizai and servant minister (at this time, Zhang Bangchang was still in the sightseeing group, so he was only a nominal prime minister); Wu Min was the Shaozai; Xu Churen was the Minister of Zhongshu, and concurrently knew the Privy Council; Tang Ke was the Tongzhi Privy Council ; Geng Nanzhong is the left minister of Shangshu;

Later, under the order of Li Cun, General Yue Fei of the Gan Army led troops southward to attack the South and North Passes, then broke through the Longde Mansion and occupied Gaoping County.

Zhao Huan also felt that the Gan army had just withdrawn and had not gone far, so he rashly sent troops to pursue the Gan army. What if Li Cun was angered and Li Cun led the Gan army to make a comeback?Now he has no younger sister to please Li Cun anymore.

At the same time, Chen Gongfu, the right secretary, stepped forward to impeach Li Bangyan and his henchmen Wang Xiaodi and Cai Mao for misusing power and wronging the country, and asked Zhao Huan to remove them from their posts.

In the eyes of many ministers of the Zhao Song Dynasty, the withdrawal of the Gan army was under the leadership of Zhao Huan. Their Zhao Song Dynasty won the victory in the defense of Tokyo, and compared this "victory" with the Tanyuan Alliance.

Zhong Shidao was so anxious about this that he became anxious, which made Zhong Shidao, who was not in good health, suddenly fell ill.

Soon, Zhao Huan issued an edict to amnesty the world in the name of celebrating the victory, saying:
"My heir inherited Shengmo, won Shao Datong, suitable for the relaxation of the frontier court, and caused the disturbance of the suburbs. The spirit of the sky, to make the enemy regret the misfortune, sent envoys to speak well, and then retreated with alliances. Containing only thousands of miles of territory, suffering from slaughter and plundering; far away in all directions, more work is dispatched. The labor of soldiers stationed and defended, and the urgency of organizing households to be injured and lost. Every time I read this, I feel sad and sad. I can't protect Sui, but If you are in trouble, you will always think about it, and you will give it to one person. It is to use the kindness of sparseness to enrich the wealth of Wang Yi, to bring goodness to the sea, to be at the bottom of the bottom, and to amnesty the world...

After Zhong Shidao learned that all the troops had withdrawn, he immediately went into the palace and said to Zhao Huan: "The thief will not be equipped when he returns. Please allow the old minister to lead the army to pursue and wait for the opportunity to attack them. Three battles will make them helpless." If you allow them to return safely, there will be unpredictable disasters in the future."

Fearing that the army would attack without authorization, these peacemakers also sent people to each army to send a military flag with the inscription "Those who send troops without authorization will be killed according to the military law", which was erected in front of the large tents of the central army of each Song army.

Then, Zhao Huan issued a letter of guarantee to the people to clarify his ruling philosophy and attitude:

For any regime, accepting such an extremely unequal peace treaty will never be a victory, but an undisputed humiliation.

Li Bangyan took the initiative to find Zhao Huan, and said to Zhao Huan: "What is urgent for me is that Cun Zongshe, An Jun, and cherish the soul, why dare to seek it for myself? The emperor entrusted me with a heavy responsibility, and I once swore an oath , I am exhausted and worrying, I am on the verge of death many times, and I can't avoid it. Today's babblers confuse the audience, compete in a hurry, don't distinguish between black and white, and the audience is not satisfied. Obedience to the hearts of the people? For the current plan, only the minister will go to prove that the minister is dedicated to the public and selfless..."

——When Zhao Huan was the crown prince, Li Bangyan gave Zhao Huan a lot of protection in order to fight against Wang Fu. His feelings were so unusual that Zhao Huanming knew that Li Bangyan was known as a "prodigal son" and his views were somewhat different, so he also made Li Bangyan the prime minister.

But Zhao Huan and those ministers who advocate peace just don't agree with Zhong Shidao and lead their troops to pursue the Gan army.

That is, Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Ori Yanzhi and other troops received two completely different orders.

Soon, more than [-] Song troops were ordered to go north to intercept the Qian army...

Xu Churen said confidently: "Yue Fei must come here to meet the Emperor Daqian, and he will definitely not go south."

At this time, Ma Zhong's and Fan Qiong's troops were only twenty miles away from Guan Sheng's department behind the Ganjun Palace, and Guan Sheng's department had even stopped, ready to fight Ma Zhong's and Fan Qiong's troops.

As for Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, and Zhe Yanzhi, because they received orders late and a large number of infantry marched slowly, they were unable to rush to the Yellow River.

Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong and other Zaizhi of the Lord He believed that once the Zhao Song Dynasty went to war with the Dagan Dynasty and tore up the peace treaty they had signed with great difficulty, there would be endless troubles. They persuaded Zhao Huan, and then sent people to chase after him For the Song army, it is strictly forbidden for all armies to send troops to attack the Qian army.

The reason why such a situation occurs is, of course, that the main battle is fighting with the main peace, and Zhao Huan is always fighting and making peace.

But now Li Bangyan's reputation is really bad. Due to the pressure of public opinion, Li Bangyan is so knowledgeable, so Zhao Huan took advantage of the opportunity to let Li Bangyan retire.

What made people's eyes shattered was that Zhao Huan was persuaded by Xu Churen again, and ordered all the armies to continue chasing the Qian army.

Wu Min knew very well that Li Bangyan's reputation was already rotten, but in order to gain Zhao Huan's favor, and to invite Li Bangyan out to fight Xu Churen, Zhong Shidao and other main fighters, Wu Min still helped Li Bangyan come back.

Therefore, Zhao Huan resolutely did not adopt Zhong Shidao's suggestion.

Zhao Huan was persuaded by Wu Min, Geng Nanzhong and other people from the main peace faction, and secretly sent people to go north quickly with gold medals, chasing the [-] Song cavalry led by Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong who were about to catch up with the Qian army.

Since the Song Army, who was ordered to go north to chase the Qian Army, acted separately, their marching pace was very inconsistent.

Seeing this, Li Bangyan knew that he could not go on as a butcher.

The fastest among them is the [-] cavalry led by Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong, who were ordered by Zhong Shidao to pursue the Gan army. Relying on the speed of the Ma army, they quickly chased over the Yellow River, and then continued along the Gan army. The army's footprints went north.

But when Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong led [-] cavalry to catch up with the Gan army again, they had already reached the area controlled by the Dagan Dynasty.

Zhao Huan seemed to have forgotten the shocking riot that Chen Dong and other Tai students wrote five or six days ago, and he straightforwardly agreed to Li Bangyan's resignation and continue to serve as the Tai Zai of the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Seeing Zhao Huan's statement, some people naively believed that Zhao Ji was the culprit who caused the army to attack the Song Dynasty. Zhao Huan had some tolerance and time, but there were also some people who knew Zhao Huan's actions very well and said privately: "The one who perishes in the Song Dynasty must be Zhao Huan."

A few days ago, Wu Min suddenly suggested that Li Bangyan should be resigned from office and re-elected as Dazai.

From this, it is not difficult to guess that Wu Min, who used to be the main combat faction, has now turned to the main peace faction.

but--

Soon after, Zhao Huan issued an order to remove Li Bangyan, Wang Xiaodi and Cai Mao from their posts in the court.

The reason Wu Min gave was that the young prime minister, Zhang Bangchang, was taken away by Li Cun, and he could not go to court to handle political affairs at all. If the grand prime minister was not in the court, the positions of the two prime ministers would all be vacant, and the Zhao and Song courts would not be able to handle government affairs at all.

in fact--

Chen Gongfu gave a memorial to Zhao Huan and said:
"My minister heard that Emperor Xianzong used Pei Du to pacify Huaixi, and Emperor Wuzong used Li Deyu to pacify Zelu. Since ancient times, we have eliminated the invaders and revived the meritorious deeds. We must reject public opinion, eliminate treacherous evil, and trust loyal, brave and promising talents. Then it can be blamed for its success. Since the minister heard that the frontier bandits are in trouble, and the flea night is in danger, Zeng Yidutang made a plan for Chen Shouyu's strategy. Seeing that all the ministers and ministers are constantly suspicious, it has been a month to contain it. Not yet ready. Besides, these few people, who have served the emperor for many years, are all flattering and obedient, and they have been paid to support friends. How has it changed today? Your Majesty’s people who are reused today will all sigh in public opinion, not only is it not enough for today’s affairs, but it will also mislead Your Majesty in the future..."

Moreover, if they followed the orders of the three provinces, as long as they reached the Yellow River, they would have fulfilled their orders.

Based on this withdrawal plan, as early as a few days ago, Li Cun put all the women in the army, including Zhao Fujin, Zhao Duofu, Li Shishi, Zhao Yuannu, Wang Zhongduan, Hua Xiangrong, Zhao Chuanzhu, and Cui Shi, among the cargo. The Dongfu army and the Zhongfu army escorted them to Yingtianfu.

After receiving the imperial decree that Zhao Huan had to pursue it, Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong looked at each other with wry smiles, and then they could only force themselves to continue chasing the army.

In this regard, Zhao Huan is actually very clear in his heart, but he is unwilling to face his uselessness.

Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong were very sad, because the Guan Sheng Department had only 1 horses, and they had a high possibility of defeating the Qian army and accomplishing the goal of deterring the Daqian Dynasty.

——Wang Xiaodi then served as the envoy of Liquan, Cai Mao then served as the governor of the Daming Mansion, and Li Bangyan asked to make up for his filial piety (when his father died in the fifth year of Xuanhe, he was recalled by Zhao Ji after only two months of filial piety, According to Ding You's mourning system, he should keep his filial piety for three years), Zhao Huanzhun played and ordered him to go to promote Mingdao Palace in Bozhou.

It is worth mentioning that there is another very important reason why Yao Gu, Zhong Shizhong, Orihiko and other troops marched slowly.

On the third day after the Qian army withdrew, Zhao Huan and a group of prime ministers of the Zhao and Song Dynasties discussed the policy of administration in the Hall of Yanhe.

Therefore, Li Cun formulated a safe withdrawal plan based on his own judgment.

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Ma Zhong and Fan Qiong looked at the [-] men and horses in their hands who had run back and forth several times and were exhausted physically and mentally. They looked up to the sky and sighed, and then they could only retreat with regret.

In this way, Li Cun won the class again without any surprise or danger...

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