Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 217 Hebei Raiders
"Teacher, shouldn't Da Song treat Liao Kingdom like a brother? Is it wrong for Da Song to remain indifferent when Liao fights Xixia?" Leftover asked innocently.

Since Li Buqi made the memorial to stop the Xixia Suici, he has secretly promoted the discussion of the Liao and Xia strategies among the people.Children like Leftover were affected by this discussion about how the Song Dynasty should treat the Liao Kingdom. Li Buqi was very satisfied with the effect of his propaganda.Of course, what is more satisfying is that when I said that Hebei might go to war, the official circles in Hebei were already panicked.

Hearing the question asked by the remaining son, Li Buqi laughed and said, "It is not entirely up to the Song Dynasty to decide how the Song Dynasty treats the Liao Kingdom. The so-called 'people respect me one foot, I respect others one foot', if the Liao Kingdom If Da Song really treats me as a brother, if Da Song does not regard Liao as a brother, then it is against the principle of being a human being. But when did Liao treat Da Song as a brother? Isn’t it ridiculous that Da Song treats Liao as a brother? ?”

"Ah! I understand." The leftover nodded like an adult, and then asked: "But since the teacher is not going to treat the Liao country as a country of brothers at all, why did he break the covenant with Xixia?"

Li Buqi asked: "Last year, Xixia violated the border more than a hundred times, and even sent tens of thousands of troops to besiege my city. Do you think Xixia abided by the covenant?"

"No."

"Then what's the use of Da Song's observance of such a covenant? Is it just to tie his own hands and feet? This covenant was abolished by the Liao Kingdom's conquest of Xixia. Firstly, it is justified, and secondly, it is difficult for Xixia to retaliate immediately when it is weak. Da Song has time to strengthen the frontier preparations, and three times to show the sincerity of Da Song to the world, so that Liao Kingdom will at least stand on the side of Da Song when Xixia invades Da Song again in the future. This is what God bestowed on Da Song If you can't seize the opportunity, it will be the so-called 'God does not take it, but you will be blamed'."

"Oh. The leftover understands. Then, teacher, is it really possible for the Liao Kingdom to invade the south again?"

"It depends on how big the Liao State's food shortage is this year, and how many cattle and sheep the Liao State can capture from Xixia. If the people of the Liao State feel that they need to rob, they will definitely think of the Song Dynasty."

It was still effective for Li Buqi to scare the emperor. Zhao Zhen called Li Buqi to the Chongzheng Palace every few days to inquire about the movements of the Liao Kingdom.Li Buqi assured him that Liao's goal is still Xixia, and that Liao would only think about Da Song after he could not get enough benefits from Xixia.

"Don't give up. You see, many people have been discussing military affairs in Hebei in recent days. Some people have suggested that now that the Yellow River is diverted, and the mouth of the sea is on the border of the Liao Kingdom, the Liao Kingdom may sail up the river to take Tokyo directly. You see Is there such a possibility?"

Oh what a whimsy.Li Buqi said: "Let's not talk about whether the Liao people have the ability to use the navy. If the Liao people really dare to go up the river and attack Tokyo, that's what I, Song Dynasty, can't wait for."

Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked, "How do you say it?"

"Why did Emperor Taizong excavate Jinming Pond? Isn't it just to drill the navy? Our navy in the Song Dynasty is strong against Liao, and our army is going downstream to meet the Liao army on the Yellow River. .Wouldn’t it be a good thing for the Song Dynasty that the Liao Kingdom penetrated into the territory of our Great Song Dynasty to attack our strengths with their weaknesses? And it’s a great thing.”

Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief: "So I'm worrying too much."

Li Buqi said: "Whether the Liao people attack by water or land, they must go through Hebei. As long as the military deployment in Hebei is well established, the Liao people will have no chance. Therefore, I ask you to transfer some capable fighters from Shaanxi. People came to station in Hebei. I estimate that Liao’s attack on Xixia will cause great losses to Xixia, and there will be a period of chaos within Xixia. There will be no major incidents in Shaanxi for the time being. It would be a waste to put people who know the soldiers there .”

Li Buqi had few referees, so Zhao Zhen hurriedly asked, "Which ones will be transferred to Hebei?"

Li Buqi said: "I think you can transfer Di Qing, Zhang Kang, Jingtai, Chong Er, etc. to Hebei, and by the way, Guo Kui from Hedong, and let them station in Baozhou, Qizhou, Zhendingfu and other places. In this way, Hebei can be kept safe."

Zhao Zhen stood up, walked to the screen, took a look, and said, "I don't want to give up. So I will transfer these people to Hebei."

Li Buqi also said: "There are 83 Jinshi from Qingyuan Academy of this subject and other subjects and ranks, many of whom went to Hebei to rescue the disaster. In gratitude to His Majesty Long En, they all want to serve in Hebei after learning that there may be incidents in Hebei. It's just that I heard that Hebei officials have a bad opinion of Qingyuan Academy, and I fear that if they go, they will be thrown a bucket of cold water."

At this time, Gan Zhaoji, the Secretary of the Imperial City, interrupted: "Officials, there are many people in Hebei who have heard that there is going to be a war, and they are moving around and want to be transferred from Hebei. People from Qingyuan Academy are going to Hebei at this time. Really loyal."

Zhao Zhen was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Okay, okay. If you don't abandon them, don't worry, I won't let them suffer."

Li Buqi said: "Then I thank Your Majesty on their behalf."

hehe!Done!A nail was driven into Hebei.In the future, Hebei will be the practice base of Qingyuan Academy.

Hebei is a good place to be an official in the Song Dynasty.In normal times, Li Buqi would not say that he wanted to arrange dozens of people in Hebei, even a few people would be difficult.However, as soon as Li Buqi released the news that the Liao Kingdom might attack the Song Dynasty, and the disaster in Hebei, the official positions in Hebei were immediately worthless, and there was no one to fight for official vacancies. Started asking for leave with various excuses.

Since last year, these officials in Hebei who were not greedy for money during the disaster relief have organized a group for Bao Zheng, impeached another group for Bao Zheng who had something to do with the smuggling of grain to the Liao Kingdom, and now they have asked for leave. It is more than enough to arrange fifty or sixty people in the vacant positions.

In April and May, Zhao Zhen went to war with the personnel in Hebei, and transferred Guo Kui to Baozhou, Zhang Kangquan to Qizhou, Wang Kechen to Zhendingfu, and Jingtai to Zhaozhou.Di Qing was also transferred to the deputy capital commander of the infantry to stay in Beijing.It is said that the emperor attached great importance to Di Qing, but Li Buqi did not take the initiative to make friends with Di Qing.In the future, Di Qing will still be Li Buqi's amulet.

In mid-April, the envoys sent to Tamna finally returned, angrily reporting in the court hall that not only had he been treated coldly by the Song people on the island, but that they had burned a fleet of the Koreans as soon as he left. .

"Your Majesty, I have tried to persuade you with good words, and the conditions for recruiting are quite good, but those people on Tamna Island not only were not recruited, but even wrote poems to insult my Song Dynasty, it is really tolerable. Therefore, I think this is a disorderly minister. Thieves, you can't recruit them, you can only send troops to capture them."

Zhao Zhen frowned and asked, "My dear fellows, what do you think?"

All the ministers looked at the members of the Privy Council, and Song Xiang, the Privy Councilor, came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Tamna is a long way away, and the prospect of Lao Shi's expedition is unknown. Zhou, Dengzhou and other places get population, grain and grass supplies. As long as the ports are sealed off to prevent the flow of population, grain, grass and iron tools, the bandits of Tamna can be defeated without a fight."

Both Wen Yanbo and Pang Ji nodded, Wen Yanbo said: "Song Privy Secretary's plan does not cost a single soldier, but it is just drawing the bottom of the pot. I think it is very appropriate."

Zhao Zhen was mainly worried about the reaction of Goryeo in this matter, and he didn't really care about how to deal with the Song people on Tamna Island, as long as there was a way, he nodded casually and said, "Okay, then let's do it this way. "

Before the words were finished, Li Buqi left the class and said: "Your Majesty, I think this plan is wrong, and I will train another batch of Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao."

Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao were originally talented talents of the Great Song Dynasty. Because of repeated failures, they felt resentful and defected to Li Yuanhao.The two were familiar with the inside story of the Song Dynasty, and they repeatedly cited Li Yuanhao to attack the insiders, causing great losses to the Song Dynasty.The fact that the two voted for Li Yuanhao shocked the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty so much that the system of final elimination in the imperial examination was unwritten from the Qingli period.Therefore, when Li Buqi mentioned Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao, everyone immediately pricked up their ears.

(End of this chapter)