The struggle of the reborn prince

It was already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month when Shang Hu arrived at the Northwest Capital Deployment Mansion in Dading, and this season was so cold that his jaw would freeze off. ?. .Zhao Li was taken aback by his sudden arrival. What was he doing in the northwest at this time? Shang Hu didn't say much, but showed Zhao Li the emperor's handwritten letter, asking him to fully cooperate with Shang Hu in completing a very secret task. As for the task, it is not clear what the task is.

Zhao Li and Shang Hu knew each other very well, and wanted him to disclose some inside information, but Shang Hu just shook his head with a wry smile and said that he should be ready for battle, as for other matters, he refused to disclose a word, saying that it would be useless to know more.Later, Shang Hu asked Zhao Li to arrange an independent courtyard for himself near the commander's mansion, and then, in the name of the commander of the military intelligence department, he sent the intelligence chief of the Fusi Division of Dading Town, as well as the Dragon Wing Army, Lion Wing Army, and Krupp Army Those in charge of intelligence work were called together, and the security work was also taken over by the Kruppian scout battalion.

In fact, Shang Hu really didn't do good things, but who made the emperor take a fancy to him!I personally entrusted him with the extremely important job of 'manufacturing fighter planes', and to put it bluntly, he used unscrupulous means to find trouble for nothing, let the Jurchens make mistakes, and then the emperor fought openly and destroyed the Dajin Kingdom in order to repay him The shame and humiliation of being captured by the two emperors, father and brother, made him famous in history and will last forever.Jin country's economy is difficult, and some ministers are living a tight life, so they will find ways to improve their lives.Of course, they all rely on mountains to eat mountains, and rely on water to eat water.In the barren land in the northwest, the frontier generals set their minds on those 'rebels'.

most recently.The Kingdom of Jin united with the Tatars to plunder two small tribes in the name of suppressing bandits, according to past practice.Of course, the Jurchens take the big head, and the Tatars take the small head.But the Tatars feel it's unfair now, they send the most troops, and they do the drudgery of rushing into the battle. You Jurchen soldiers don't have many and you hide behind to eat ready-made ones, but you have to pick up the good ones in the end.Take more.

The Tatars began to dislike the fact that they were given too little loot. In a fit of anger, they not only took all the looted proceeds for themselves, but also looted the 'friendly troops'.This time the matter became serious, and Pu San Zhongyi reported the matter to the court.Ask how to deal with it.Of course, when the news was sent back to Shangjing, the emperor was furious. His own dog actually turned against his master, which is not bad.And Wushu also realized that the strategy of using the Tatars to control the grassland for a long time might not work.The Tatars understood that the Jurchens wanted them to act as pawns against the Han people. In the past, they had to rely on the Jurchens' faces because of their lack of strength.But with the increase in strength, the ambitions of the Tatars swelled, and they were unwilling to be the pawns of the Jurchens. They wanted to be on an equal footing with their elder brothers. The appetite of the Jurchen is too much.

However, due to the current situation, the Jurchens still need the Tatars to eliminate the Mughals and defend the western border for themselves to prevent the Song Dynasty from attacking, so they will still try their best to meet their requirements.But now that the Tatars dared to attack the army of the Kingdom of Jin, the nature was completely different. This was a betrayal!The Kingdom of Jin issued a stern warning to the Tatars, asking them to immediately return the property they robbed of the Jin army, and immediately attack the Mughals, otherwise they would send troops to crusade against them.

In response to the Jurchen's warning, Tatar Khan Miwuzhen was determined to defend the "honor" of the Tatar people, and refused to succumb to the threat of the Jin Kingdom.And its real purpose is to think that this way it can win more bargaining power with the state of Jin in the future, thinking that it will not really turn against itself when the Song army is pressing hard, but the fact proves to be a fight. Wrong calculation.They mistakenly overestimated their position in the minds of the Jin people, and underestimated the determination of the Jin people.

The Jin people who were tired of the Tatars decided to take advantage of the Tatars before the outbreak of a full-scale war with the Song Dynasty, and ordered the servants of the Youshuai Mansion to be loyal to them, and this time the Jin Kingdom was in pain. The determination is not just for the purpose of teaching the Tatars a lesson, but to give a destructive blow, so as not to repeat the tragedy of the Mughals who were too big to lose their troubles, and then choose a puppet again.

In order to ensure the smooth transmission of orders, the measures adopted by various countries are often to send several messengers one by one, and this time the Jurchens also adopted this method, but one of the messengers was intercepted by the spies of the Song Military Intelligence Division who had sneaked into the territory of the Kingdom of Jin. Now the edict ordering the attack on the Tatars is in Shang Hu's hands.He is now thinking about how to use this letter to make some fuss in order to achieve his own goals.

Shang Hu imitated the appearance of the emperor and walked around in circles in the hall, his legs were so weak that he managed to clear his train of thought.The emperor's order was for him to complete the provoking of the border conflict between the two countries in February and cause a major incident. In March, the whole army will use this as an excuse to launch a general attack on the Kingdom of Jin. There are still less than three months left.But now, in the name of Song Dynasty, it is obviously not the most appropriate time to tell the Tatars that Jin Guo will launch an attack on it, and the opposite result may occur, causing uncontrollable results.

It can be clearly seen from the map that there are two routes for the Song army in the west to attack the capital of the Kingdom of Jin: one is the Xing'anling area where Song and Jin are now facing each other. The state arrived at Huanglong Mansion, entered the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin, and went north to the capital; the other was from the grassland area in the west of Linhuang Mansion, crossed the Yazi River, entered the old land of the Mengwu tribe and approached the ancestral home of the Wanyan tribe, and arrived at Huining Mansion,

Judging from the current fortification situation of the Jin army, it is of course the most convenient and quickest way to go from the grassland, and this place was designated as a safe zone by the Song Dynasty, so that the Jin army did not dare to enter without authorization, and it was impossible to talk about building a boundary trench.This is why the Jurchens have always regarded the Mughals as a confidant's trouble. This place is too close to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, and it will take only a few days to arrive there.After the Mughals were driven away, the place was occupied by the Tatars, who acted as watchdogs for the Jurchens, but when they found that they were not raising a dog but a wolf that would devour the Lord at any time, they wanted to get rid of it. Drop to keep your own backyard safe.

Border problems have always been a matter of great concern to the emperor, and border problems often come from those northern nomadic peoples. It is not in the interests of the Song Dynasty to protect the Tatars, because a rebellious and powerful tribe is also a threat to the Song Dynasty .How to use the Tatars to start a war without letting them all survive, and at the same time create trouble for the Jurchens. Shang Hu must consider how to successfully complete the early assault operations for the Song Dynasty matter……

On the north bank of the Talu River, there is a small village called Qinhu Village. This village has a long history. It is said that when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, the army set up a village here. Because it captured a leader of the Huns, it was named "Qihu Village". Later, the Han Dynasty destroyed it. In China, the nomads rose again, because "Hu" had a derogatory meaning, so it was changed to capture the tiger village.Because it is close to the road leading to Linhuang Mansion in western Liaoning, and close to the ferry, it gradually became prosperous.

But since the rise of the Jurchens, this place has become a place of war, and now there are only dozens of families, a few shops and a tavern left.Ordinarily, the border between the Song and Jin Dynasties is now densely covered with battle clouds, and it is the severe winter season, so there should be few people.But here is much more prosperous than in the past, and people of all kinds appear constantly, including Han Chinese, Khitans, Mughals, Jurchens, and Tatars. It is strange that they can live in peace and harmony with each other. After the meeting, the thing that drew swords to each other happened.

Brokers are an ancient profession. They are active between two hostile parties, acting as contacts, delivering messages, and serving both sides, all of which are paid, of course.And among these people, there are many people who eat the family and eat the family. To put it bluntly, they are double agents, and to put it bluntly, they are intelligence dealers.This kind of people will do anything for money, don't expect them to have any professional ethics, but in special times, both parties cannot do without these people, so although they hate them deeply, they have to offer real money .

The "prosperity" of Qinhuzhai was brought by these brokers. This place is located on the border of Song and Jin Dynasties, and on the edge of the grassland. The preferred place to pass on information.Near noon, the small tavern in Qinhuzhai, which doesn't even have a wine flag, has more people. The people who come here are all carrying a lot of money in their arms. Naturally, they spend money like water, and the tavern has become their selling point. Jinzhisuo, without much effort, seven or eight tables were filled with people.

But today the place is not as noisy as it used to be. Instead, there is an eerie silence. No one even complains about how much water is added to the wine. Everyone is drinking in silence, picking up a few plates of vulgar wine on the table absent-mindedly. dishes, but his eyes glanced at the door from time to time, as if he was waiting for the arrival of some important person...)