The struggle of the reborn prince

Wanyan Alin gave the Aoji clan a lesson, and wanted to establish his own prestige in Huanglong Mansion so that he could fully grasp the power.But I didn't expect it to be the opposite. He angered Aoji's department and tore his face. That night, Haili led his troops to raid the Song Army's camp again and snatched the Wanhu Shuaiqi. It was obviously for the honor of Aoji's department. Knowing that this is a demonstration against Wanyan Alin, the top leader of the Huanglong Mansion, I will not listen to you, let's see what you can do to me!

The next day, Wanyan Alin went up to the hall to discuss matters, and found that very few people came, except for the aides, family generals and a few clerks from the general manager's mansion that he brought from the capital, no one came.In his rage, he ordered people to 'please', but they were all rejected, which also made him calm down temporarily, thinking about his current situation...

Mouyan is a hereditary household in the Huanglong Mansion. It can be said that under the entire mansion, most of Mengan and Mouke are his subordinates. Apart from managing the treasury and taxation, he has some economic powers, and the military and political power belongs to him. hand.And the Zhizhou of Jeju is Mouyan's younger brother Shi Gunai, and many of his clan's children have been awarded the positions of Meng'an and Mouke.Let's put it this way, the people and officials of Huanglong Mansion may not know the emperor and the grand master, but they must not know the Lou family, so no matter who comes here to be an official, he has to give him three points.Now Weizhou, Xinzhou, Xiangzhou and other states and counties of Huanglong Mansion have fallen one after another, and Pennsylvania is also in danger. Only Jeju, the remaining prefecture, is completely under the control of Jin Guo.But now the Song army has approached the city, cut off the surrounding arteries, and controlled the Huntong River, so all ties between Jeju and the outside world, including communications with Beijing and China, have been severed.Now, apart from the [-] standing army of the state, the troops stationed in Jeju are all the clan troops of Meng'an and Mouk stationed here, so Wanyan Alin is nominally the military commander of Huanglong Mansion.The army that could be mobilized was only the [-] standing army, and the local army under Mou Yan's command was already against him.

In fact, the contradiction between Wanyan Alin and Mouyan had already been planted at the beginning of his arrival.Mou Yan thought that the Song army had hit Huanglong Mansion.I have guarded this place for many years, and the imperial court will definitely give it to me.But the result was beyond his expectation, and Wanyan Alin was sent here as the manager.From then on, Mou Yan thought that Ah Lin used his father Zongxiong's influence to obtain this position, so he was gilded here. Of course he felt uncomfortable when he was disappointed, but at that time the two got along fairly well.

And Wanyan Alin also wanted to do some business and gain military exploits when he came here, so he resolutely implemented the policy arranged by the imperial court to fortify the walls and clear the fields, and rush into the fort, and traded time for space to try to delay the arrival of winter.Mouyan is a ten thousand household in Huanglong Mansion and the largest landlord in the area.In addition to paying taxes to the imperial court, Meng'an has to pay another share to it, but once the plan of strengthening the walls and clearing the wilderness is implemented, hundreds of fortresses of all sizes will be abandoned around the state city, and all the crops to be harvested will be destroyed. It is said that they also need to provide horses, weapons and food for their own people, which requires a lot of expenses.Therefore, when implementing the imperial court's combat principles, Mouyan was not active, and found various excuses to delay.Of course Wanyan Alin was upset.Since then, the two sides have continued to friction over the use of treasury property, food and grass, and how to resettle the ethnic groups.Mouyan wanted to win more benefits for himself, hoping to open the treasury to relieve the ethnic groups who entered the city.But Wanyan Alin thought it was Mouyan who wanted to seize the power in his hands, so he held onto the financial power tightly and didn't let go.Not only did they not give food and grass to Mouyan, but they also had to hand over the surplus food in their hands to the treasury for unified dispatch.As a result, the relationship between the two became increasingly tense.But it was able to maintain the harmony on the surface, and did not tear the face.

The biggest difference between the two is how to deal with the Song army's invasion.Of course, Ah Lin is strictly implementing the Taishi's established policy.Use the deep trenches of Jiancheng to block the attack of the Song army, and demand that Mouyan surrender his command.He unified the command of the armies.What Mouyan and Shi Gunai think is that it is too passive to stick to the city, and they should take the initiative to attack, but they don't want to stay in the city and be a turtle. They advocate focusing on peripheral operations, using the large and small fortresses around the city as a basis to harass the enemy in turn , forcing them to divide their troops to suppress them.You can take the opportunity to concentrate your forces and use ambushes and raid tactics to attack part of the enemy, gradually weaken the enemy's strength, and achieve the purpose of delaying the enemy's attack speed.

It is said that although the strategy formulated by Mouyan and Shi Gunai had selfish intentions, the strategy of sticking to the city has been proven to be a failure. From the initial boundary trenches to conquering the fortified cities such as Jinzhou and Liaoyang one by one, it is enough to explain the problem.Therefore, when the enemy is strong and we are weak, it is the right choice to use the advantages of familiarity with geography and numerous strongholds to launch external operations against the enemy based on the state city.

Wanyan Alin, the special commissioner of the central government, refused to listen to the persuasion, and insisted on implementing the established strategy of the imperial court, concentrating troops in one place and relying on a strong city to hold back the enemy, and refused to adapt to local conditions. Fortress, concentrate troops and men in Jeju City, otherwise the imperial court will impeach them for disobedience, the brothers have no choice but to carry out, but the conflict between the two parties has been made public, but it has not been torn apart...

Today's situation has already shown the attitude of Aoji's department. No one will listen to the order, and the two sides parted ways.And Ah Lin also realized that he was completely excluded, that he would not leave the house, and even his own life was in the hands of Mouyan. Even if he was killed now, the court would not know about it, and they only had to make up a random story afterward. It can be deceived from the beginning, anyway, Jeju City is full of their people.

Thinking of this, Ah Lin felt a little regretful of yesterday's recklessness, and only wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of violating the order to gain prestige, but he didn't expect that they would dare to openly challenge him, the chief executive appointed by the court, and put himself in such an embarrassing situation now.And he also knew that even if his letter could be sent to the emperor, he would not be punished for making a living in case of a large-scale enemy attack, otherwise he would have no generals and no soldiers to transfer.

At this time, some soldiers came in to report that last night the Aoji Department mobilized a large number of Ding Zhuang to sneak out of the city in the dark and sneak back to the abandoned fortress, re-establish a stronghold, harass and attack the Song army, and cooperate with the main force of Jeju City to defend the city.Ah Lin couldn't stop smiling wryly when he heard that, so what if he knew, fortunately, they didn't go out of the city to surrender, but captured him and sent him to the Song army.But I have completely lost control of the Huanglong Mansion, so how can Ah Lin, who has been usurped, be reconciled...

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"Your Majesty, the Golden Army attacked the camp last night and took away the captured general flag hanging on the gate of the camp. This is a mistake made by your subordinates. Please punish me!" Zhao Yong said at the routine meeting in the tent of the camp. Please forgive me first.

"Oh, there is such a thing, let's talk about the situation!" The guns outside the camp rang for a long time yesterday, how could Zhao Tun not hear it, but he didn't expect that the Jin army was only for the general flag.

"Your Majesty, at midnight last night, a group of golden troops escaped the rangers outside the camp and attacked the secret post. They suddenly appeared in front of the camp. The soldiers on duty hurriedly responded to the battle. It took more than an hour of fierce fighting to repel the enemy. Pay attention to the general flag, it was not discovered until early in the morning, and the enemy army who attacked at night may have taken advantage of the chaos." Zhao Yong briefly reported what happened.

"Well, it's no big deal if a flag is lost, but the enemy's ability to snatch the flag shows that they have sneaked under our noses, and our soldiers didn't find out until then. It shows that in addition to the enemy's superb combat skills, it also shows that we The defense of the camp is lax. The matter of throwing the flag can not be pursued, but the responsibility of the dereliction of duty must be strictly investigated to prevent similar things from happening." Zhao Tong thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Yong thought the emperor would be furious, but he didn't expect to pursue the matter, but only demanded strict military discipline.

"Your Majesty, the patrolling scouts found that several groups of Jin troops left the city to re-enter the abandoned fort last night. There were as many as a thousand people, and as few as two or three hundred people. I don't know what the intention is. Are we going to send troops to clear it?" At this time, Zhao Lian reported again.

"What do you think?" Zhao Tang didn't answer, but asked the generals.

"It's really weird that the Jin army came back and forth. Don't they think they can stop us with their thin walls and limited troops?" said Wang Heng, the Zhending appeasement envoy.

"I don't think the matter is simple. A fortified city like Liaoyang City can't stop our artillery fire. Wanyan Alin will not be so stupid as to think that he can stop us with this. His intention should be to contain our troops." Wolf General Commander Zhuge Hong said.

"Zhuge, why do you say that?" Zhao Tang pointed at Zhuge Hong and said.

"Your Majesty, you can see that there are nearly a hundred market towns around Jeju City, covering an area of ​​hundreds of miles around. The left and right traffic arteries formed a large network covering us." Zhuge Hong pointed to the map and said.

"Go on!" Zhao Tun nodded while looking at the map.

"The people stationed in the fort are all local tribes. They are just like the archers in my Song Dynasty. They serve the people on weekdays and serve as soldiers in wartime. They have the responsibility of guarding the land and are familiar with the geography here. Our military strength is strong, and they know that they will never be defeated. They will fight with our large army, but use this as a base to use tactics such as harassing our supply team, intercepting and killing messengers, and sneak attacking patrols to exhaust our army. But when we are overwhelmed by the disturbance, we will definitely send troops to conquer, to the point where we are forced to divide our troops purpose, thereby delaying time." Zhuge Hong analyzed again.

"This is a strategy that kills two birds with one stone. Once we divide too many troops, they can use the main force in the city to fight us decisively; if the troops dispatched to conquer and suppress are small, they can contact the friendly troops in the surrounding strongholds to quickly gather here to fight more. Shaofan was surrounded and wiped out by him." Zhao Lian thought it was true.

"If we can't respond to the changes in the tactics of the Golden Army in time, our army may be dragged under the city of Huanglong Mansion!" Zhao Tong thoughtfully said...

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