Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 296 - From Hu Chen to Han Pass 4
The next day, Wang Xiu was summoned to the Chuigong Hall in the palace. Bai Shizhong, Li Bangyan, Cai You, Tong Guan were all there, and there were even Wu Min and Yu Wenxuzhong. Due to the emergency of the military situation, Zhao Ji had already returned to the palace.

As the privy council, Wang Xiu had to accept the decree, so he naturally wanted to present a new round of military affairs. He outlined the military situation of Nianhan approaching Taiyuan, and named the situation as bad as it could be. The imperial court in Hebei was powerless to fight back.

Zhao Ji looked miserable, looked at Yuwen Xuzhong, and sighed: "Back then, Wang Fu didn't use Qing's words to support Khitan as the court's fence. Now that the Jurchen troops have marched in two ways, Wolibu has already arrived in the northern suburbs of Handan. What do the Qing family think? it is good?"

At that time, Yuwen Xuzhong wrote a letter opposing the alliance with Jurchen, Zhao Ji was in high spirits, and he wanted to complete his final unification, there was no room for different opinions, and he used Wang Fu's hand to demote Yuwen Xuzhong, the emperor naturally did not have any fault, All infamy shall be borne by Wang Fu.

Wang Xiu pouted casually, despising Zhao Ji's arrogant demeanor, but deep down in his heart, he still admired Yu Wenxu's demeanor as a virtuous doctor.

How could Yu Wenxu dare to say that the Son of Heaven is not, and hurriedly said: "Jurchen went south with a strong force, although they broke through again and again, but as long as His Majesty summoned all kinds of envoys to help, and issued an edict to restore people's hearts and calm the resentment of the army and the people, the ministers will rely on the past emperors to treat them leniently. Scholars, virtuous people, the people of the world are still willing to serve His Majesty. Your Majesty should deal with it calmly, and you must not fight without a fight. I still ask your Majesty to first punish yourself, abolish all kinds of bad governance, and be lenient to the people of the world. After appointing good generals Fend off the enemy in Heyin."

Wang Xiu was stunned. It seemed that Zhao Ji had summoned Yu Wenxuzhong last night. The monarchs and ministers talked about sinning against oneself. With Yu Wenxuzhong's relationship, he thought about it a lot, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, you can issue a sinning edict, but the Jurchen cavalry The approach is approaching, the imperial court should select the elite to garrison on the river, in case the Jurchen suddenly cross the river."

"Why is Zhige in such a hurry? Jurchen is still north of Handan." Cai You said dissatisfiedly.

"Ansu, Baoxin and other military cities are abandoned, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life in Hebei are disorderly, unable to restrain the Jurchen cavalry from galloping, so it's best to be careful." Wang Xiu glared at Cai You, and her tone was very rude.

Cai You blushed, Wang Xiu was hitting him in the face!On the eve of the Jurchen invasion, in order to demonstrate Zhao's family's achievements in expanding the territory, he advocated the abolition of the former Song and Liao border military cities. He said that the Ansu and Baoxin military cities were in order to control the Yizhou area and prevent the Khitan from invading. , the military cities have become inland, and it is inappropriate and unnecessary to garrison heavy troops.

The result was very tragic. In the Song Dynasty, the military city with a complete defense system was destroyed, those sophisticated defensive equipment were dismantled, and the soldiers of all ministries withdrew one after another, but the Jurchen army came to them. The military cities in the north, no longer able to resist, turned to the Jurchens one after another, and the Hebei Great Plains no longer had a barrier to contain the Jurchens.

Don't think that a mere military city can contain a large number of enemy troops. In Suicheng, the Weilu army, Yang Yanzhao withstood the onslaught of 20 Khitan troops with just a few thousand soldiers and a perfect defense system.Wei Neng was also in the Weilu army, relying on the fortified city to fight back against the Khitan, and defeated Xiao Talin. More than 18 Khitan troops were defeated, and [-] armored battles were discarded, which shows the importance of the army city in the plains.

As for the three towns and those big cities, although they have the role of nails, they cannot be compared with the military cities, and they can be monitored with a small amount of troops left behind.

"It's all Guo Yaoshi, the traitor." Seeing Cai You's loss, Tong Guan sympathized with Cai You and said a good word for Cai You.

Wang Xiu glanced at Tong Guan, and said unceremoniously: "As Xuanfu, if the king can stay in Zhongshan and unite the troops of the Hebei and Hedong four routes, how can he go deep into the Eastern Jurchen. As for Guo Yaoshi's wolf ambition, the family with three surnames Slave, you are a villain, the king once went to observe the soldiers, so you should take him down with the power of the Western Army, what's the use of calling him a thief now?"

What he said was not polite at all, and even Tong Guan, who was so powerful, was speechless.He was very afraid of the strength of the Jurchens, and he had no confidence in Hebei soldiers and horses. He could justify himself on this point.

When Guo Yaoshi surrendered, the imperial court allowed the surrendered generals to have heavy troops. Many ministers repeatedly asked the court to solve the border troubles, that is, to disperse Guo Yaoshi's troops, so that the Changsheng army could not be twisted into a rope and lost the threat to the imperial court.It's a pity that Guo Yaoshi was cunning and bribed ministers including Tong Guan, so that Tong Guan and others couldn't find any faults, Zhao Ji still couldn't take thunderous means.

As a result, the Changsheng Army expanded from more than [-] to [-], and Guo Yaoshi had more than [-] people in his hands. The armored battle was given priority, and there were tens of thousands of cavalry alone. An embarrassing situation that cannot be shaken off.

Zhao Ji can also be regarded as a cunning monarch, playing with important ministers in the palm of his hand, saying that whoever is told to get out, get out, in order to win over Lao Guo, let the old Khitan officials return to their hearts, and even give a banquet in the Chenhui Hall of the inner palace, which is only a few favored ministers Treatment!
Of course, he also saw that Guo Yaoshi was a bit abnormal. After all, let Tong Guan play by ear. If he can win Guo Yaoshi, he will take it on the spot. Unless the pharmacist's head is broken, he will never break out in open resistance.

However, the Tao is one foot tall and the devil is ten feet tall, and people who dare not be tough will come softly. Tong Guan was deceived by Guo Yaoshi, and even helped Guo Yaoshi speak good words, and easily fooled him.

The destruction of military cities along the border was largely due to the expansion of the Changsheng Army and the Yisheng Army, which exhausted all Changping warehouses. Believe me, the military rations were taken by the attached army, those regular soldiers can't eat enough, don't wear warm clothes, and are full of resentment, it's no wonder that they work hard for you.

The childish three corpse gods jumped violently, and were about to sternly reprimand, but saw Wang Xiu's voice changed, saying: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to restore people's hearts while gathering troops on the river, and build a fortress to prevent the captives from crossing the river."

Zhao Ji waved his hand, calmed Tong Guan's anger, and said in frustration: "Yu Wenqing's family's imperial edict is that."

Tong Guan glared at Wang Xiu fiercely, wishing to kill this fellow in his heart, but he knew he couldn't, and now was definitely not the time to act arrogantly, so he had to keep in mind that if he had a chance, he would bully Wang Xiu again.

Wang Xiu suddenly offended Cai You and Tong Guan to the death. It would be unbelievable if it were normal. People would definitely think that he had lost his mind, and even he would think that he had lost his mind.But at this time, he doesn't care anymore, for the Jingkang years, for his ideals, for this era, for the future of this nation, there is nothing to be ashamed of.Politics is such a smell, suffused with a musty smell, you can't do it if you don't smell it.

Yu Wenxu glanced at Wang Xiu, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and said: "I drafted an imperial edict last night, and I am waiting to present it to His Majesty today."

(End of this chapter)