Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 263

As soon as the news of Jiaozhi's occupation of Yongzhou and Qinzhou spread, there was an uproar in Bianliang, but at this time some people explained that the imperial court borrowed troops from Jiaozhi to judge.But fifteen days later, this self-deceiving lie was completely exposed.The police department forwarded the reports of those local officials in Guangnan who had no right to report directly, saying that the Jiaozhi people came here to grab the territory.Even Yu Jing saw that things were not good, so he had to fly a horse to report that the Jiaozhi people marched eastward from Yongzhou along the Yu River. heart of.

Now Nong Zhigao is preparing to enter Jingxiang in the north of Yongzhou, but the Jiaozhi people are going east, even a blind person can see that something is wrong.

The emperor has read the memorials for so many years, and the ministers have written the memorials for so many years, and they are all experienced people. Naturally, they know that the "seemly" in the memorials is actually just a euphemism.Even Yu Jing, the instigator who borrowed soldiers from Cochin, said that the Cochin people had evil intentions, so it was clear what the Cochin people wanted to do.At this moment, all the people in the court who had been advocating borrowing troops from Jiaozhi suddenly shut up.When this memorial was handed over to Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a long time, and then ignored Pang Ji and others who pleaded guilty, but turned his head and told Wang Zhongzheng: "Quickly ask Li Buqi to see me! Immediately." !"

Pang Ji closed his eyes helplessly, he knew that no one could stop Li Buqi anymore.The situation in Guangnan is now extremely bad. Even if Li Buqi is unable to turn the tide after he leaves, it is not Li Buqi's fault.And as long as Li Buqi can stabilize the situation in Guangnan, the incompetent civil servants will be nailed to the pillar of shame.

Now he really regrets it. To be honest, he also has doubts about borrowing soldiers from Jiaozhi, but just because Li Buqi belittled Yu Jing, he can ignore the danger of Jiaozhi's treachery in order to gain credibility.Now he doesn't hate Li Buqi, he still has this kind of heart, and he hates Jiaozhi people even more.But he understands that even if the emperor doesn't pursue such a big scandal, those who always want to be in the phase will not allow himself to stay in the phase.If my political life is not handled well, it will end here, and it is impossible to personally preside over the punishment of the Jiaozhi people.This is what he regrets the most.

But Gao Ruona seemed to want to fight for it, and said: "Your Majesty, I think that Jiaozhi is an army from afar, and it is a tired army. Guangnan has been plundered by Nong Zhigao once, and it is difficult for the Jiaozhi people to raise military supplies. Just quit The local officials forbade the merchants to sell grain to the Jiaozhi people, and then sent an army to refuse them. When they ran out of food, they sent an eloquent man to accuse him of treachery, and the Jiaozhi army must retreat. Di Fushu's army will arrive soon In Guangnan, in the face of an army of 20, Jiaozhi will definitely not dare to fight. When the army arrives, it will be time for Jiaozhi to retreat."

Zhao Zhen ordered the little eunuch: "Please Wang Jiedu, I want to ask him about Guangnan."

Military generals have a very low sense of presence in the court, and they usually show their faces during court meetings, and rarely have the opportunity to go to the Chongzheng Hall to perform right.Today Wang Deyong was summoned and hurried to Chongzheng Hall. After listening to Gao Ruona's theory, he pretended to ponder for a while before saying, "Secretary Gao is right. It's just that if the Jiaozhi people are walking eastward How should we attack Guangzhou? All the prefectures and counties along this road have been opened by Nong Zhigao. Now that there are no soldiers to defend, the Cochin people will feel like they are in the land of no one. Guangzhou has a lot of food and grass. As long as the Cochin people have enough food and grass, they can occupy Yongzhou is mainly anti-client, waiting for labor with leisure, but the imperial army came from a long distance, and they are tired soldiers. Moreover, most of the imperial army are from the north, and they are not satisfied with the water and soil in Lingnan. Material. Now some people say that there are [-] Cochin troops, some say [-], but I don’t know how many there are. It will be even more worrying if Nong Zhigao merges with Cochin.”

Zhao Zhen's face darkened again.Gao Ruona hurriedly said: "Nong Zhigao and Jiaozhi are enemies, and will never join Jiaozhi."

At this time Wang Zhongzheng came trotting all the way in to report that Li Buqi had come. Zhao Zhen hurriedly announced that Li Buqi had entered the palace, then introduced the situation in Guangnan to him, and then asked him what he thought.Li Buqi was also polite this time and said, "Don't you know that Privy Councilor Gao doesn't even know the principle of being lenient to the enemy? This is playing tricks on state affairs! Privy Councilor Gao knows that Jiaozhi is not a bandit like Nong Zhigao. Since the invasion, how can it be done?" Unprepared? It means that the Jiaozhi people don’t have enough military rations, but are there still few incidents of using human flesh as military rations in the history books? Privy Gao thinks that such barbarians as Jiaozhi will definitely not be able to do such a thing? Take a step back, even if the Jiaozhi people If they retreat due to lack of food, they will definitely plunder and destroy before they leave. At that time, it will be difficult for Yongzhou to support the imperial army. On the contrary, the Jiaozhi people can re-enter Yongzhou at any time after they control Guangyuan Prefecture. At that time, Yongzhou was owned by the Song Dynasty. It is the Great Song and Jiaozhi, if you want to completely control Yongzhou again, I don’t know how long it will take. Of course, the Great Song can definitely defeat Jiaozhi, but I don’t know how much it will cost and how many lives will be consumed.”

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but shuddered when he heard Li Buqi say that Cochin people might eat people, and hurriedly asked: "Buqi, what do you think should be done now?"

Li Buqi said: "The matter has come to this point, it is not as simple as exterminating Nong Zhigao. Since Jiaozhi has exposed his wolf ambition, if not punished, not only Jiaozhi will not be peaceful, Dali and Shanman will follow suit, and there will be no peace in the south in the future. So this time Jiaozhi must be resolved together. Also, the difficulty in Guangnan is not to wipe out Nong Zhigao and defeat Jiaozhi, but the remoteness of the place makes it difficult for long-term stability. Now, while the army is going south, some things have been done, and Guangnan Only when Nan is stabilized can things like Nong Zhigao be avoided in the future. Therefore, I believe that we should not be greedy for one day's success, but should have an overall strategy to seek peace in Guangnan for a hundred years."

Zhao Zhen's eyes lit up and he asked, "Do you have such confidence in not giving up?"

Li Buqi said: "This is possible, but I am afraid that only ministers can implement this. If Your Majesty grants ministers the trust and the right to act cheaply in Guangdong and Guangxi, ministers can try."

In fact, Li Buqi wrote a relatively complete strategy in his letter to Zhao Zhen earlier, but Zhao Zhen is also a playwright, and although he has made up his mind to let Li Buqi handle the crisis in Guangnan, he still pretends to say: " So, how about you draw up a plan in the hall and let me see it?"

The emperor wanted to act, so Li Buqi had no choice but to accompany him in the performance. He immediately obeyed the order and wrote more than 20 articles on the table next to the imperial case.

Zhao Zhen took the piece of paper from the eunuch, looked up at Li Buqi in surprise at the first glance, and then continued to read.Except for the four or five items added temporarily, he had read all the others, so he finished reading them in a while, and then he said to Pang Ji and others with a complicated expression: "You also have a look at this strategy."

Pang Ji took the report from the young eunuch, and was taken aback when he read the first one.The first one is to hope that the emperor will not change prime ministers for at least two or three years, and that Xiao Gu, the transfer envoy of Guangxi Road, and Wang Han, the transfer envoy of Guangdong Road, who have been demoted, will remain in their original positions and make contributions.

It is easy for the two transshipment envoys to stay in the post because they are familiar with local affairs.And the reasons for both of them being dismissed are very unfair, especially Xiao Gu.He had already asked the court to appease Nong Zhigao, not only to prevent Nong Zhigao from taking risks, but also to use Nong Zhigao to guard against sex.But the emperor was timid, afraid of offending the Jiaozhi people, he irresponsibly asked Xiao Gu to guarantee that Nong Zhigao would not give the Jiaozhi people an excuse to provoke him, and that he and Nong Zhigao would not rebel again.Xiao Gu couldn't bear this blame, so the matter of soliciting was over.However, after Nong Zhigao raised his troops, Xiao Gu was demoted to the state magistrate on the charge of negligence.

But why let him and Liang Shi stay in office?He Pang Ji and Liang Shi have always been against Li Buqi in Guangnan's affairs.

Looking further down, the reason given by Li Buqi is that Guangnan's matter is not a trivial matter. If it is to be handled well, the court and China must be stable.This is also due to the huge plan planned by Li Buqi.

Seeing this, Pang Ji had a better understanding of Li Buqi.Li Buqi can put aside past suspicions, if he is not a treacherous and evil person, he is a gentleman who is dedicated to the country.Pang Ji really couldn't decide what to do with Li Buqi now.

(End of this chapter)