Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 398 The Internal Contradictions of the Jin Dynasty
On the eve of the New Year, Lin Xuexue's house suddenly became lively.The deputy commander Pan Lu personally led the army, and together with Zhang Qi, set up many military tents around the courtyard.Next to the bamboo forest, a pot was set up and the ingredients were brought in.

At Lin Xuexue's house, Pan Lu personally commanded three soldiers, and they cleaned up inside and out.Not only the vacated house, but even Lin Xuexue's own house was also cleaned.

Seeing that Pan Lu was idle, Xuexue Lin hurried forward and said, "Taiwei, take a break and drink a cup of tea."

Pan Lu said: "How dare you bother the pedants. The rules in our army are to stay in the common people's homes temporarily, and to help the common people clean the house and do the necessary odd jobs. For example, the water in the water tank must be full, and the places that can be repaired should be repaired, and many other things If there is anything inappropriate, pedants feel free to mention it."

"Who dares, who dares!" Lin Xuexue hurriedly waved his hands. "You are in my house to discuss matters, it is my blessing!"

Pan Lu said: "You don't have to be polite. This is the rule in the army, and you must do it. To be honest, many of these soldiers in our army have not been in the army for a long time, and they don't understand why they do this. But we are officials. I understand. We are the Dengzhou army, which is different from other places. Zhenfu often said that the people are water, and we are fish, which is called the military-civilian fish-water situation.”

Lin Xuexue laughed when he heard this.I've never heard of this, and I don't know who came up with it, and I don't know what it's useful for, let alone believe it can be done.But one thing is sure, this is an anti-gold team, and that is enough.

At noon, people who participated in the discussion gradually arrived.

The Hedong Rebel Army was divided into three parts.One is the rebel army led by Li Songchen and Li Shi with Lingshi as the center, the other is the Zezhou-centered rebel army led by Liang Xing and Zhao Yun, and there are rebels not in these two systems.

Lingshi guards the road from Taiyuan Mansion to Hezhong Mansion, blocking the main road from Hedong to Shaanxi.Zezhou guards the road from Taiyuan to Luoyang, which is the key point for Hedong to enter the Central Plains.These two teams guarded the two gates of Hedong Road, which is the most important.The rest are less important.

After meeting Pan Lu, the three teams gathered together and chatted.

It was not until noon that day that the scouts came to report, and Wang Ruohai and his party arrived soon.

Pan Lu took all the leaders of the rebel army and greeted him out of Taniguchi early.I saw more than a dozen riders coming.Xue Cheng and Shao Yun were accompanied by a literati in the front, and most of the cavalry behind them were unfamiliar faces, presumably they were from the Zhenfu envoy.

All the salutations were performed, and the crowd surrounded Wang Ruohai to the outside of Lin Xuejiao's courtyard.

Seeing such a big battle, Lin Xuexue waited outside the courtyard early to see who was coming.I saw that the person in the middle was about thirty years old, with a medium build, and although he was smiling, he had a kind of majesty.

After dismounting from the horse outside the courtyard gate, Zhang Qi whispered to Wang Ruohai, "The one standing outside the courtyard gate is Xuexue Lin."

Wang Ruohai nodded.Going up to Lin Xuejiao and cupping his hands, he said, "For the inconvenience caused by borrowing Xuejiao's yard for the past two days, I am sorry for the inconvenience."

After speaking, a soldier from behind came up and held a gift box in both hands.Wang Ruohai took the gift box and handed it to Xuexue Lin: "Here is a small gift, don't be disgusted with it. I heard Zhang Qi said that I am a jasmine tea, so I brought a pack here."

Lin Xuexue took the gift box and tea and hurriedly expressed his thanks.Seeing a group of people standing, she knew that Wang Ruohai had something to do, so she hurriedly left.

In the yard, a temporary shed was set up on both sides of the middle corridor.Several braziers were lit around the shed as a place for discussion.

When they got to the shed, Wang Ruohai stood still in the middle.Looking at the crowd, he said in a deep voice: "It's already noon, please have some soup and rice, and we'll start discussing in a while. This time I came to Mianchi because the first battle in Mianchi was of great importance and there must be no mistakes. I have something important to do and I can't leave Guozhou, so I specifically asked me to make it clear to you. Okay, we'll talk about it later."

Everyone took their seats.Pan Lu ordered the soldiers to bring the cooked rice.

Rice is a habit in Wang Xiaohuner's army.At this time, it is a bowl of noodles with a poached egg and a few slices of vegetables.Lin Xuexue planted a small piece of spinach in a sunny place, Pan Lu bought it, and put a few spinach in each bowl.

The taste of the noodles is slightly bland.But the taste is very good, and everyone eats up quickly.

The soldiers put away the noodle bowls and served tea again.This year it is popular in the army to drink jasmine tea, which is put in a large enamel jar, washed with boiling water, covered tightly, and placed in front of everyone.

Broadly speaking, enamel includes enamel, which has been developed in China since the Tang Dynasty.However, cast iron enamel was used in Wang Xiao's hunting army, which was fired in Ruzhou.Ruzhou was one of the centers of porcelain production at this time, and with cast iron blanks, it was not difficult to fire them.In this era, iron is still very expensive, and it is a new technology, which is much more expensive than ordinary porcelain, but much cheaper than copper.The main purpose of Wang Xiaolie's development of enamel is to replace copper ware in daily necessities and reduce the price of copper.The limited copper is either directly used as currency or used as industrial raw materials. It is too extravagant to make daily necessities.

Together with several people, Jiang Min quickly hung up a simple situation map behind Wang Ruohai, and laid out a blackboard.

Wang Ruohai stood in front of the situation map, looked at the crowd, and said: "A few days ago, everyone was in a hurry to encircle Wushu, and sent several official documents to Guozhou every day. The governor thought over and over again, and felt that now is not the time to eliminate Wushu. Time. But this opportunity is too good. If I don’t speak clearly, I’m afraid you can’t help it. Even if you hold back for a while, you still don’t feel convinced. So I’m sent here to ask you to explain clearly why you can’t eliminate Wushu , How will the battle of Mianchi be fought?"

After finishing speaking, Wang Ruohai pointed to the situation map and said: "The Jinlu's southern crimes are divided into east and west lines. The commander of the East Road was originally Wulibu, but after Wolibu's death, he was changed to Eriduo as the commander. The commander of the West Road is Nianhan , originally used Lou Su to manage Shaanxi, and after Lou Su died, his son Wanyan lived and married women ruled it."

The leaders nodded after hearing this.This is the situation of Jin Guoda, and the people who lead the troops should be aware of it.actually not.Not only the rebel army in Hedong, but also many officials and generals of the Song Dynasty, even the names of these people are unclear.Even who is the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, who is in power, and what is the relationship between these people, many people are confused.Even the name of the general of the Kingdom of Jin has different opinions, and there are many translations.

Wang Ruohai said: "Although Nianhan's surname is also Wanyan, he is not the clan of the Jin Kingdom, but the eldest son of Sagai, the Minister of the previous kingdom. When the Liao Dynasty was destroyed, Nianhan made great contributions, and he is naturally a party in the Jin Kingdom. In Kaifeng Mansion, Nianhan made great efforts and his power rose greatly. During the process of committing crimes in the south, the Jinren set up the Yunzhong Privy Council in Yunzhong, and Shi Liai presided over the affairs of the court. In Yanjing, they also set up the Yanjing Privy Council, with Liu Yanzong Presided over the affairs of the court. These two Privy Councils, the Jin people called them the Eastern and Western courts. For a long time, the Privy Council in Yunzhong was very powerful. When the envoys of this dynasty went to the Kingdom of Jin to discuss matters, they all went to Yunzhong first and met Nianhan. Then go north again. Most of the time, it is Nianhan who decides with one word, and there is no follow-up."

After hearing this, the leaders felt suddenly enlightened.After playing for so long, I still don't know that there are so many stories behind it.

Wang Ruohai said: "Nianhan is naturally a force. The Zhenfu called the generals of the Jin Kingdom who belonged to Nianhan the Nianhan family, and they were the West Route Army. At the beginning, the East Route Army took the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, Wulibu, as its commander. Later, with the third prince Eriduo as the commander, the Zhenfu called the East Route Army the prince line."

At this time, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Kingdom of Jin was the brother of Taizu Aguda. He did not establish a prince, and he planned to pass on the throne to Taizu.Therefore, the Prince of Jin is the son of Aguda, not the real Prince of Jin, but just a customary name.

Wang Ruohai said: "We can't think that the Jin Kingdom is monolithic and there are no conflicts among the generals. Now the biggest and most obvious contradiction is the contradiction between the Nianhan clan and the Prince clan. Rare used Wanyan Yinshu to commit crimes in the south, and once attacked Xiangyang Mansion. He also used Lousu to attack the West, and broke through Jingzhao Mansion. On the East Road, he was not the commander in chief. The current situation on Jingxi Road is that Zhenfu and Luoyang Zhai Zhenfu occupy the South Road, while the North Road is still occupied by the Jin Army. Shaanxi Road is different. After being attacked by Lou Su, many places were quickly recovered by the dynasty .Compared with the East Road, half of the Jingxi Road was restored in the dynasty, and most of the Shaanxi Road was recovered. On the other hand, we cannot restore the Jingdong Road occupied by the Jin people, and even this year there is a disaster of searching mountains and seas. Using this as an excuse, he ordered the army from the east to come to the west, and took Eriduo as his commander to attack Shaanxi. After the Battle of Fuping, the morale of the Prince's family at this time is booming."

Next, Li Songchen and Liang Xing couldn't help but nodded together, feeling suddenly enlightened.In the past, I only knew that Jin people came from the south, and when they met, they would fight to the death.It is not clear who is here and what is the purpose.Listening to Wang Ruohai's talk now, it's like seeing the sun through the clouds.

Wang Ruohai said: "Wu Shu is the fourth prince of the Kingdom of Jin, and he is in the Eastern Route Army. Needless to say, he belongs to the prince line. It is obvious that the prince line has grown into a force that stands side by side with Nianhan in a few years, and has gained the upper hand. It is inseparable from the support of the Lord of Gold. The status of Wushu in the Kingdom of Jin is more important than we thought. If we destroy the forces of Wushu in this battle, or even kill Wushu, we may face the overwhelming soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin !"

Speaking of this, Wang Ruohai looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Zhenfu believes that our current forces really cannot afford such an attack. The good situation in Xiangyang and Dengzhou will be ruined if we are not careful!"

Speaking of this, not only the generals of the rebel army, but even Xue Cheng and Shao Yun understood why this time was so grand.I even regretted it in my heart, I was too anxious a few days ago.

The Kingdom of Jin's massive attack on Shaanxi this time was not only because of Lou Su's ineffectiveness, but also many of the prefectures and counties occupied by the Song Dynasty repeatedly.More importantly, Wu Qimai, the financial lord, intends to support the prince's lineage and suppress the Nianhan lineage.If Wushu is killed in Mianchi, the princes of the Kingdom of Jin will face a major setback, and it will also be a major setback for Wu Qimai.This is no ordinary pressure.

(End of this chapter)