Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 1038: Forced to rebel

After sending Wang Gan away, Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and ordered people to go to Dengzhou to call Cao Zhiyan back immediately.

On the fifth day, when Wang Yuedao arrived in Ruzhou, Cao Zhiyan rushed back from Dengzhou. After going home and hurriedly packing up, we arrived at Xuanfu Division.

Wang Xiaolie held a small shovel behind his back, bent over and searched slowly in the backyard of Xuanfusi. Cao Zhiyan stepped forward to meet Li, and Wang Xiaolie straightened up and said: "It's still too early. Although the cockroaches have popped up, there are too few. I've been looking for a long time, and it's enough for one plate. We use it." Drink."

Cao Zhiyan said: "How precious is this? How dare you eat it?"

Wang Xiaolie said with a smile: "Gold is precious now, but it may not be so tomorrow. From now on, this thing will become worse every day."

As he spoke, he handed the short shovel to the guard and sat down on the chair. Said: "Sit down, let's sit down and talk."

Cao Zhiyan sat down on the side and saw that although Wang Xiaolie spoke easily, there was no smile on his face. Don't dare to be careless, look serious.

Wang Xiaolie picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then held the teacup in his hands, as if he was in a trance. After a while, he asked Cao Zhiyan: "You went to Dengzhou to recruit new soldiers at the beginning of the year. It's been half a year now, right?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "Xuanfu, it has been five months and three days now. Even the latest soldier to join the army has been three months and six days since he joined the army."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "It's been more than three months. We should separate the soldiers and enter the army for training."

Cao Zhiyan said: "In compliance with the decree, the newly recruited soldiers will be trained as new recruits and will not be divided into various armies."

Wang Xiaolie said: "If all the conscripted troops were organized into combat soldiers, approximately how many people would there be?"

Cao Zhiyan paused for a while and said, "I don't know what Xuanfu means. What is the standard for a soldier?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The so-called warrior means that you can fight when you go into battle, and you must fight and win!"

Cao Zhiyan said: "If we count the veteran soldiers, those who can go to the battlefield can be estimated to be 100,000."

Wang Xiaolie said: "What if it is just the three states of Jin, Jun, and Fang, plus the two states of Deng and Ru, and the two states of Sui and Tang?"

Cao Zhiyan said: "With only three divisions, we can only form about 50,000 people."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "That's enough. Fifty thousand people are enough. In half a year, you can train 50,000 people. You deserve a lot of credit."

Cao Zhiyan was responsible for training new recruits, but in the name of training new recruits, a large number of veterans were transferred to several southern states. In this way, others cannot see the number of veterans. Unknowingly, the number of veterans accounts for one-third of the total force. Taken together, this number is astonishing.

Cao Zhiyan was silent for a while and said: "According to Xuanfu's arrangement, could it be that the main troops should be transferred to Dengzhou?" Wang Xiaolie said: "All the soldiers who can fight should be transferred to Dengzhou! In order to prevent others from hearing, we Replace the troops in other places with others! The troops in Dengzhou must reach more than 30,000, preferably 50,000!"

After hearing this, Cao Zhiyan blurted out: "Xuanfu, by gathering so many troops in Dengzhou, we are going to do something big!"

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "I have to do it! As long as the current emperor can fight against Jin, everything else is easy. Even if I have different aspirations, as long as I can drive Jin away, I would rather accept the consequences. The most worrying thing , the emperor did not wait to drive Jin away, thinking of negotiating peace with Jin and focusing on dealing with the inside. How could he endure it? A few days ago, the imperial court released Wang Lun and sent him to the Kingdom of Jin. When he came back last month, he wanted to negotiate with Jin It’s settled.”

Cao Zhiyan said: "Although Wang Lun is a rogue, he is loyal and will not betray his country, right?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Wang Lun himself knows what he thinks, so I won't force you to guess. But I still know the general idea. What Wang Lun negotiated with the Jin State was to abolish the Puppet Qi and bring Henan and Shandong together." Hedong Road and the south of Yanmen Pass were assigned to the Song Dynasty, and the rest returned to the Jin Dynasty. This dynasty abolished the generals, and the two countries suspended their armies. Did you know that in order to implement this principle, this dynasty took away the military power of Han Shizhong and Yue Fei? The two returned to the court and served as deputy envoys to the privy council. Even Zhang Jun gave up his military power and became the envoy to the privy council. Because he was not sure about me, he temporarily put down his hands. When Han Shizhong and Yue Fei enter the court, will they still let me go?"

Cao Zhiyan lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "What do you want Xuan Fu to do? Just give the order and I will follow Xuan Fu's orders!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Things are already like this, I have to prepare early. In the next month, we will gather 50,000 elite troops in Dengzhou, 50,000 soldiers who dare to fight! Concentrating troops in Dengzhou is to do the worst Preparation. It’s a last resort, and I don’t want to take that step.”

Cao Zhiyan stood up, crossed his hands and said, "I obey my orders!"

Wang Xiaolie looked at the sky in front of him and said: "Before making a decision, I always think about it again and again, for fear that I have not thought of something and overlooked someone. When I finally made a decision, I thought carefully, how could there be so many things? Everything, no matter how I restrain myself, is this not the final step? As an official, Zhao Gou can't escape from negotiating peace with Jin. So, what can I do to make peace with Zhao Gou? This is how things are, No matter what, I just went against it! So what? When I say this, I feel a lot more relaxed. I don’t have to think about the east or the west, just do the opposite!"

Cao Zhiyan looked at Wang Xiaolie and felt his blood boil.

These days, everyone under Wang Xiaolie said they would rebel, but Wang Xiaolie refused to let go. Everyone kept their words in their hearts and felt uncomfortable. Now that it came out of Wang Xiaolie's mouth, everyone felt more relaxed.

Wang Xiaolie has always regarded his fantasies, or delusions, as his comfort. He always convinced himself that as time changed, what if Zhao Gou's thoughts changed? What if Zhao Gou could figure it out and was willing to fight Jin instead of having to reconcile with him?

But the facts show that Zhao Gou's reconciliation with Jin was carefully considered and he felt that it was the best choice for his own interests. The idea of ​​restoring the Central Plains and returning to his old capital was not important at all in Zhao Gou's eyes.

Is there any possibility of reconciliation with Zhao Gou? From what Zhao Gou did after arriving in Xiangyang, there was no need for reconciliation at all. If Wang Xiaolie didn't have another set of eyes and could know the outcome of the matter, he might have fallen into Zhao Gou's trap. You already know the result, so how can you be fooled?

After knowing Zhao Gou's plan, Wang Xiaolie felt that even a word was redundant. The current arrangement is how to rebel and how to minimize the side effects of rebellion. To be honest, the current Zhao Gou has only just gained legitimacy.

In Zhao Gou's mind, he really underestimated the power of the Song Dynasty's military power. Wang Xiaolie has the most powerful military power and the most powerful economic power, and subverting the regime is just a thought.

(End of this chapter)