A knife in love

Chapter 1974
After hearing Feng Wei's words, Qi Jiu snorted, then fell silent.Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this old thief Tong Guan is extremely treacherous.He didn't know how to arrange troops, but he knew that Zhao Liangsi was familiar with military strategy, so he brought him with him to advise him.However, Zhao Liangsi is a survivor who escaped from the Liao Kingdom, and to help him form an alliance with the Jin Kingdom, outsiders must not let his identity be known.Therefore, in the battle against Fang La, although Zhao Liangsi had contributed a lot, his identity could not be known by others. Tong Guan only rewarded Zhao Liangsi with money, but did not give him a promotion. identity.The old thief Tong Guan is so shrewd, it will be no easy task for Cai Jing to bring down this thief.It wasn't until Jingkang was in turmoil that everyone in Song thought that Tong Guan and others should be killed, so he fell into bad luck.However, Cai Jing was regarded as the head of the six thieves and was demoted together with Tong Guan.These two thieves were equally divided, and their fate was a bit miserable, but it was also unhappy with their retribution.

Feng Wei went on to say: "Master Zhao Liangsi told me that Master Tong Guan pacified the southeast, beheaded Fang La, and led the army back in triumph. Emperor Huizong, Longyan Dayue, promoted Master Tong Guan to be a Grand Master and changed his title to Duke of Chu. Before this, Mr. Cai Jing had been promoted to be Sikong, the third division of Kaifu Yitong, and Jiedushi of Anyuan Army, and he was renamed Wei Guogong. His position was high and powerful, and his status in the court was still higher than Mr. Tong Guan. During the meifangla rebellion of Master Guan, Emperor Huizong Longyan Dayue decreed that Master Tong Guan be promoted to Grand Master and changed to Duke of Chu. In this way, Master Tong Guan was able to stand against Master Cai Jing in the imperial court. Cai Jing My lord is very polite to Mr. Tong Guan on the surface, but secretly hates Mr. Tong Guan even more. Mr. Tong Guan knows that Mr. Cai Jing will definitely use more ruthless means to deal with him, so he is also on guard in secret. The two adults each Leading a party is already incompatible in the court.

"When Mr. Zhao Liangsi said this, he repeatedly told me not to leak the matter of the faction between Mr. Tong Guan and Mr. Cai Jing, otherwise he would end up dead without a place to bury him. Although I am a small official, I also know the relationship between these big men The less I know, the better. Therefore, after Mr. Zhao Liangsi finished speaking, I swore to God that I would never disclose what Mr. Zhao Liangsi said to a third person. Mr. Zhao Liangsi then said to me Lord Tong Guan had already persuaded Emperor Huizong to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin and attack Khitan from the north and the south. However, Fang La made trouble in the southeast before he sent envoys to the Kingdom of Jin to form an alliance. Emperor Huizong had to make an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin The matter is put on hold for the time being, and Master Tong Guan is required to lead the army to suppress Fang La's rebels. In this way, there is naturally no time to discuss the matter of attacking Liao. When Master Tong Guan kills Fang La and other rebels and returns with victory, the southeast is already If there is no problem, he will bring up the alliance with the Golden Kingdom again to Emperor Huizong."

When Feng Wei said this, Li Qiufeng and Qi Jiu both thought that it was probably Zhao Liangsi who encouraged the old thief Tong Guan to urge Emperor Huizong to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin as soon as possible.Maybe Zhao Liangsi didn't have any bad intentions, but he just planned to make an alliance with him before the Kingdom of Jin wiped out the Liao Dynasty, so as to gain a favorable advantage.There was nothing wrong with this person's plan, but the corruption and incompetence of the Song Dynasty's monarchs and officials made his plan fail in the end, and he himself was ruined.

I only heard Feng Wei continue to say: "Emperor Huizong saw that the southeast has been calmed down, and he was very happy. He immediately responded to Master Tong Guan's request. Moreover, he also said to Master Tong Guan that Emperor Shenzong left a will in the past, expressly saying that he could recover the whole country." The land of Yan, in addition to rewarding the fiefdom, should also be awarded to the king. Emperor Huizong encouraged Master Tong Guan, hoping that he could conclude an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin and take back the sixteen prefectures of Youyun, so as to comfort the spirit of Taizu and Taizong in heaven. Emperor Shenzong's last wish.

"Lord Tong Guan got Emperor Huizong's promise, and after returning home, he discussed with Lord Zhao Liangsi. Lord Tong Guan has already made up his mind, and Lord Zhao Liangsi will be the envoy to Liaodong and the Jinguo alliance. It only needs to be signed by the two countries. After the covenant, Lord Tong Guan will lead the army to march northward according to the agreed time for dispatching troops, and attack Khitan with the army of the Kingdom of Jin from the north to the south, destroying them in one fell swoop.

"I heard Mr. Zhao Liangsi say this, so I congratulated him again. Mr. Zhao Liangsi smiled wryly, showing a slightly bitter expression. He told me that he had never been an official in the Liao Kingdom before. In the Song Dynasty, I don’t know how powerful the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty were. But I heard that Master Tong Guan led the officers and soldiers to defeat the Qiang people and the Dangxiang people, and their power shocked the northwest. Since the Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom has never fought against the Song Dynasty. Therefore, the monarchs and ministers of the Liao Kingdom are only greedy for pleasure and oppressing the people. The officers and men are corrupt and incompetent. Every time the army conquered the Jurchen, they were defeated every time. Mr. Zhao Liangsi thought that the strength of the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty must be far higher than that of the Liao army.

"However, this time he followed Master Tong Guan to conquer Fang La. Although he finally defeated the rebels, Master Zhao Liangsi was very disappointed. Because although the rebels led by Fang La were large in number, most of them were poor people who were threatened by the rebels. A group of mobs had no combat power at all. There were only three or four thousand thieves and bandits, barely able to fight the officers and soldiers.

"However, Lord Tong Guan led tens of thousands of soldiers he carefully selected to conquer the Liao army, plus officers and soldiers recruited from various places to encircle and suppress the rebels. A total of 15 troops besieged a group of mob rebels, but fought for two full years. Although The officers and soldiers can win every battle, but the marching formation is completely out of order. If the rebels have not been drilled, most of them are ordinary people with sticks and farm tools. It is difficult for the officers and soldiers to wipe out the rebels. What's more terrible is that the military discipline of the officers and soldiers is corrupt. Everywhere they go, they harass the people, rob money, and rape women. The people have said that although the rebels also robbed money, the officers and soldiers were worse than the rebels. Although Fangla He was defeated many times, but after each defeat he was able to escape from the siege of the officers and soldiers because the common people stood by the rebel army and helped them deal with the officers and soldiers. Military salaries, embezzlement of military rations and military equipment. Once on the battlefield, they fear the enemy like a tiger and flee before they are defeated. The decay of officers and soldiers is really shocking."

Feng Wei sighed at this point, and then continued: "I heard Mr. Zhao Liangsi talk about this matter, and I felt quite the same. It has been nearly 200 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty. In addition to the first battle, the Imperial Army guarding Bianliang in Tokyo has long been corrupted, not to mention the Xiang Army stationed in various places. Mr. Zhao Liangsi thought that the Khitan people had been washed away by wine and sex, but he didn't know that the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty fell even worse. sharp."

Li Qiufeng thought to himself, the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago were so incompetent, how could the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty be so incompetent now.I don't know why the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were able to defeat the alien race at the beginning of the founding of the country, but after more than a hundred years, they became so corrupt and degenerate.The Song Dynasty was successively bullied by the Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Tartars, and the Ming Dynasty was harassed by the Tartars and the Fusang people.I just feel sorry for the tens of thousands of Han people, who are like lambs. Not only do they have to be oppressed by the government, but they also become the ghosts under the sword of foreigners in a very miserable way.

(End of this chapter)