Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 399 Tune the tiger away from the mountain (please subscribe!)
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Tong Guan got straight to the point and said: "The official family, there is one person who has reached the point where he has to guard against it."

Zhao Ji felt strange and asked, "Who is it?"

Tong Guan replied, "Li Yan."

Zhao Ji said: "Li Yan?"

Tong Guandao: "Tian Hu's group of thieves were wiped out by Weichen before, and his hundreds of thousands of evildoers ran away along the small road behind the Jinning Mansion, and then disappeared. Weichen learned through interrogating the prisoners that Li Yan himself was there at that time. Jinning Mansion, so the hundreds of thousands of evils were probably taken away by Li Yan. This time Wang Qing was recruited, and only brought less than 10 people (actually less than 5, the more than 5 Tong Guan turned them into vacancies), and there are still 15 people whose whereabouts are unknown. Wang Qing said that they were unwilling to be recruited and dismissed. Wei Chen suspected that they might also be recruited by Li Yan. There may be 60 to [-] troops, or even more."

Zhao Ji said in shock: "60 to [-] troops? How could he afford to support so many troops?"

No wonder Zhao Ji didn't believe it. The so-called soldiers cost thousands of dollars a day. The annual financial revenue of the 23rd Road in the Northern Song Dynasty exceeded 80 million guan, and for a long time it exceeded 60 million guan. That only raised [-] million troops. Li Yan With only three counties, how could it be possible to raise an army of [-] to [-]?
Tong Guan said: "Those thieves and bandits raising troops are not like officials. They have enough wages and equipment. Their soldiers are just like farmers. If they have a stutter, they will serve as soldiers."

Tong Guan is really not slandering Li Yan, but Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, including the soldiers in the early Southern Song Dynasty, were indeed raised in this way.

Some people may ask, can this raise soldiers?
can support.

It's just that the combat power is low, and they can only fight downwind battles, but they can't fight tough battles. When they go to the battlefield, they all focus on making money and have nothing to do with fighting.

What's more, the loyalty of these soldiers is very problematic-in fact, it's not their fault, they didn't take your money, why should they work for you?

Although Zhao Ji likes literature and hates martial arts, he still knows something about raising soldiers (nonsense, if he doesn't understand, can he spend 5000 to [-] million yuan a year to raise soldiers), so he said: "Li Yan's way of raising soldiers is the way to die, why worry about it?" ?”

Tong Guandao: "No matter what, it was an army of 60 to 5, and Li Yan also had elite soldiers in his hands. The officials must not forget that back then, he took down half of Korea with less than [-] troops, so Li Yan has to guard against it."

"This...the three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju are isolated overseas, and we have nothing to do with Li Yan." Zhao Ji hesitated for a moment, and said.

Tong Guandao: "The three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju are not in the territory of our Song Dynasty, so there is nothing to fear. Those to be feared are Shandong and Hebei."

Zhao Ji frowned and said, "What happened to Shandong and Hebei?"

Tong Guandao: "In the past few years, both sides of the Yellow River have suffered from both floods and droughts, resulting in crop failure and people not having enough to eat. Therefore, Li Yan gave porridge to the people in Liangshanpo for several consecutive years. It is said that as long as he comes to Liangshanbo, he will be able to eat enough. Among these people, the people in Shandong and Hebei are the most, so that the people in these two places only know Li Yan and do not know the official family... Li Yan has removed no less than 200 million Han people in the past few years, flooding the country. The three counties of Lelang, Zhenfan, and Jeju have allowed him to lay a solid foundation in Fandi... Li Yan has soldiers, people, and prestige. If he is allowed to stay in Shandong, then...the officials must not forget Well, we are only a few days away from Liangshanbo in Tokyo."

After hearing this, Zhao Ji broke into a cold sweat!
In addition to being terrified, Zhao Ji was also very angry, "The people in Shandong and Hebei only know Li Yan and don't know me, damn it!"

After calming down, Zhao Ji asked, "Aiqing, what do you think, tell the truth."

Tong Guan said: "We have to pull out Li Yan's stronghold in our Great Song Dynasty, that is, Liangshanbo, and then reject Li Yan from the Great Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji was a little hesitant, and said: "This... Liangshanbo is the place where Li Yan started his family, how could he let go easily, don't forget, Li Yan has an army of 60 to 60, and he is angry, he leads five What should we do when [-] troops come to attack our Great Song Dynasty?"

Tong Guandao: "Soldiers come to block the water and cover them with soil. If I can pacify Tian Hu and Wang Qing's bandits, I will naturally be able to pacify Fang La and Li Yan."

Zhao Ji said: "I believe in Aiqing's ability, but Li Yan's strength is not weak in the first place, and now he has recruited many people from Tian Hu and Wang Qing. Aiqing should be treated with caution."

Zhao Ji's words reminded Tong Guan, and reminded Tong Guan that Li Yan's strength is indeed strong, and he is a bit difficult to deal with.

Therefore, Tong Guan said: "We are not going to fight Li Yan in an all-out way, but to injure him severely, and then drive him out of our Great Song Dynasty, so as not to be too big to get rid of. I have a plan, and I will be able to achieve this goal."

Zhao Ji asked, "What's the plan?"

Tong Guandao: "I heard that Jin Guo sent envoys to discuss the joint attack on Liao?"

Zhao Ji said: "There is such a thing, lovely Qing wants to wipe out Fang La's gang, and he can't be separated... I was thinking, should we not join forces with Jin to attack Liao, what Zheng Juzhong and the others said is not completely unreasonable. "

Zhao Kuangyin has a legacy, who can regain the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and become the king!
Tong Guan has basically reached the point where there is no room for promotion. If he does not make this first achievement since the founding of the Song Dynasty, how can he go further?
Tong Guandao: "Both Taizu and Taizong regretted that they could not regain the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and Taizong resigned because he was seriously injured and difficult to treat when he was recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun. The six prefectures are their own responsibility, but unfortunately, none of them have a good chance, now, the officials are prosperous and lucky, and they have caught up with the rise of women, and they have this thousand-year golden opportunity, how can they give up so easily?"

Why did Zhao Ji not want to take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and become an emperor through the ages, but what Zheng Juzhong and others said was not without reason-it can be seen that during Tong Guan's absence, the opposition had worked hard.

Seeing that Zhao Ji was still hesitating, Tong Guan said, "Does the official know about the four bandits?"

Zhao Ji was stunned, and said, "The four major bandits?"

Tong Guandao: "The four bandits refer to the four people who committed the most crimes. They are Fangla in Jiangnan, Tianhu in Hebei, Wang Qing in Huaixi, and Li Yan in Shandong."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "It's quite appropriate."

Seeing that Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously at all, Tong Guan couldn't help shaking his head secretly, and then said: "I recently learned that the four of them had been sworn brothers. This can also be seen from the fact that Wang Qing and Li Yan are sworn brothers. It has been proved, but this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Li Yan once wanted to join forces with Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing to attack the Song Dynasty. Song, that's why this matter is over."

"Li Yan wants to attack Song?" Zhao Ji's expression changed drastically, and he said angrily, "How dare Li Yan be ambitious!"

Tong Guandao: "From Li Yan's consistent actions, it is not difficult to see that Li Yan has great ambitions, so we must not keep Li Yan in our Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said, "What is your plan?"

Tong Guan said: "Trick Li Yan to attack Liaoxi Jing."

Without waiting for Zhao Ji to ask why, Tong Guan said: "If this plan can be realized, it will have four advantages for our Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji asked: "Which four benefits?"

Tong Guandao: "The first thing is to prevent Li Yan from rescuing Fang La...Fang La is an arrogant local bandit and easy to destroy. If you worry about Li Yan's rescue, it may be difficult to completely wipe out Fang La's gang when you are here."

The southeast is the economic lifeline of the Song Dynasty, so Fang La is Zhao Ji's biggest heart disease - if Fang La is not wiped out, Zhao Ji will have no money to squander in the future, and those beautiful birds, animals, flowers, birds, bamboos and stones in the southeast, Zhao Ji's Taisui Mountain is still a corner away It's finished, how can it fall short?
Therefore, only the first one moved Zhao Ji.

Seeing Zhao Ji's intentions, Tong Guan hit the rails while it was hot: "The second point, we can transfer the tiger away from the mountain, as long as Li Yan's elite soldiers are transferred to the capital of Liaoxi. Become a rootless duckling!"

Zhao Ji was even more moved, and said, "The third pile?"

Tong Guandao: "The third point, as long as Li Yan's elite soldiers go to Liaoxi capital, the north, west, and east directions will be all Liao and Jin armies, and the south will be our Song soldiers and horses, surrounded by enemies. When he is on the ground, Li Yan will surely have his arm broken!"

Zhao Ji was inclined to agree with Tong Guan's plan, and said, "What about the fourth one?"

Tong Guandao: "The fourth point, Jin Guo only agreed to return Yanjing to our Song Dynasty, but did not agree to return the Liaoxi Capital to our Song Dynasty. It only said that it would be determined by the results of the battle. On the surface, Li Yan's army is also from our Song Dynasty. The army, therefore, the contribution made by Li Yan's army is naturally our Song Dynasty's. Therefore, if Li Yan's army fights better in Liaoxijing, our Song Dynasty can take back the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in one fell swoop and restore the Han Dynasty. Land, the official family can also become the first emperor of the Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Ji was completely moved by Tong Guan's words!

However, Zhao Ji thought for a while, and then said: "How can we trick Li Yan into sending troops to attack Liaoxi Jing?"

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(End of this chapter)