Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 559 Gained and lost again (please subscribe!)

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At the beginning of April in the fifth year of Xuanhe, Wanyan Zongwang sent an envoy from Nanjing (Pingzhou) of the Kingdom of Jin to find Tan Zhen at the Xuanfu Division of the Kingdom of Song Dynasty, asking for 20 hu of military rations.

The envoy Jin said, "This is what the former Xuan Fusi promised."

Tan Zhen felt very embarrassed about this!
The life of Song State is not easy now.

Last year, there was drought in Qin and Feng, and famine in Hebei, Jingdong, and Huainan. Relief was needed in several places.

That's all, the key is Yandi.

Yandi has been through war for a long time, so that the people of Yan haven’t planted land for several years, unlike Yundi, which was once occupied by Shuibo Liangshan for more than a year, so it has been recuperating for more than a year-Shuibo Liangshan only occupies Yandi For a few months, and it was still from the first month to March and April, there was no way to persuade farmers.

Today, Yandi has become a hard-hit area, and all food and materials needed have to be transported from Hebei, Hedong, and Shandong.

For this reason, the Song court ordered hundreds of thousands of civilians to be organized in Xijing, Huai, Zhejiang, Jiang, Hu, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangzhou and other places. Transport grain and supplies to Yandi.

But the problem is that so many people from the south to the north transfer people to eat horse chews, which is a huge consumption in itself, and because Zhao Ji's use of non-human beings, the organization of using millions of people to transport food is extremely poor, which leads to these numbers Ninety percent of the food transported by millions of people would be consumed by themselves on the road, and only ten percent could be transported to Yandi.

Moreover, because the young and strong in Xijing, Huai, Zhejiang, Jiang, Hu, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangzhou and other places were recruited as civilian husbands, many places in Xijing, Huai, Zhejiang, Jiang, Lake, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangzhou and other places were There are no more races.

The food that the Song Dynasty had worked so hard to transport was naturally very precious. Therefore, Tan Zhen was really reluctant to lend it to Wan Yan Zongwang, so he replied: "20 hu of grain is not so easy to get. Besides, I When I came to the Xuanfu Division, I never saw a piece of paper that promised to lend you military rations, so this matter is very difficult."

The envoy Jin explained: "The matter of borrowing food was agreed by Zhao Zhige, the envoy of your dynasty, in April last year."

When Tan Zhen heard that Zhao Liangsi had agreed verbally, he said angrily, "How can a verbal promise be relied upon? Then go to Zhao Liangsi to ask for it."

Jin Guo is indeed short of food now.

These years, the Kingdom of Jin has been fighting, and it was not good at management and construction before. If it weren't for the fact that Lien Chan and Lian Jie had robbed a lot of things, the Kingdom of Jin would have collapsed long ago.

But in the past two years, although Jin Guo has been fighting, but the territory has not been able to expand, which has led to a significant reduction in Jin Guo's income.

However, in the past two years, the grain of the year has not been registered, and the famine among the people has been so severe that there are tragic situations where Yizi cannibalize each other.

Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang sincerely hoped that Tan Zhen could lend him some food.

Unexpectedly, Tan Zhen actually pushed [-], completely refusing to accept what the former Xuan Fusi had promised.

Wanyan Zongwang was extremely furious at Tan Zhen's attitude!
Wanyan Zongwang felt that the Song State repeatedly turned back and teased the Jurchens. It is impossible for a neighboring country like this to become a friendly neighbor, and Song State should be taught a lesson.

In mid-July, under the secret instruction of the Kingdom of Jin, Xixia sent troops first and attacked Wu and Shuo prefectures at the same time.

For the Yunzhong region, Xixia has long coveted it, because it is prosperous and advanced, and obtaining it can greatly enhance Xixia's national strength.

Now, with the support of the Kingdom of Jin, and the Kingdom of Song is so vulnerable, how could it be possible for Xixia not to grasp such a golden opportunity?
Tan Zhen was unprepared for this before.

It wasn't until the Xixia army had already attacked that he hurriedly ordered Li Siben to lead the righteous victorious army to fight.

pity!

They fought several times, and although both sides had victories and defeats, the Xixia soldiers refused to retreat.

Xixia sent troops this time to cross the Yellow River from Jinsuzhou (the northwest of Zhungeer Banner of Inner Mongolia in later generations) and Heqing Army (in the north of Dongsheng in Inner Mongolia in later generations), and captured the Tiande Army (later Erdenbulage Sumu of Inner Mongolia) along the way. North), Yunneizhou (the northwest of Tuzuo Banner in Inner Mongolia in later generations) and Hadong Baguan (namely Douda, Sici, Hedong, Yeque, Shenya, Yulin, Baoda, Yumin Baguan, in the northwest of Shanxi in later generations Ministry area).

Before Xixia sent troops this time, Wanyan Zonghan secretly sent someone to send a message to Xixia: "You can fall into the land." That is, Xixia can snatch the territory of Song State as much as possible.

Song Guo seemed to know nothing about these situations, or knew but was unprepared, so he seemed passive everywhere.

At the beginning of August, Wanyan Zonghan suddenly sent troops to Yunzhong, and Wanyan Zongwang also sent troops from Nanjing. Together, they drove away Geng Shouzhong from Wuzhou, Sun Tuanlian from Shuozhou, Zhang Tuanlian from Huanzhou, Shen Tuanlian from Xinzhou, and Su Jing, the governor of Yingzhou. After killing Chen Yi, the defender of Weizhou, Li Siben, who was stationed in Yunzhong Mansion, led the righteous victorious army to face the Jin army, but he was vulnerable and defeated at the first touch, and then fled in embarrassment.

The Jin army captured the seven prefectures of Wu, Xin, Yun, Huan, Shuo, Ying, and Wei successively, and then successively captured the prefectures of Gui, Ru, Feihu and Lingqiu.

At this time, Tan Zhen was sitting in Taiyuan.

Previously, he lacked a clear understanding of the movements of the Xixia Army and the Jin Army, so that now he was helpless as he watched the Xixia Army and the Jin Army attack the city and plunder the village.

In fact, Tan Zhen didn't care about these political and military affairs at all. He was always busy collecting rare treasures, gold, silver, pearls and jade to fill his pockets.

Many people believe that Tan Zhen "doesn't succeed for a long time, cowardly retreats, and especially tarnishes China's mighty spirit".

Zhao Ji was shocked when he heard that Yundi had been taken away by the Kingdom of Jin!

You must know that due to the previous management of Shuibo Liangshan in Yundi, it is currently the only place in the north that is not short of food, and besides self-protection, it can also help Yandi.

Now, Yundi has been taken away by the Kingdom of Jin, and the Kingdom of Song has lost not only an important pass, a piece of fertile land, but also a granary. It will be even more difficult to maintain Yanjing, and more importantly, it will go to war with Xixia and the Kingdom of Jin up.

Zhao Ji hurriedly asked people to investigate the cause and effect clearly in order to deal with it.

In fact, there is no need for Zhao Ji to send someone to investigate.

Soon, Wanyan Zongwang sent someone to deliver a document to Tan Zhen, accusing Tan Zhen heavily, and the main accusations were as follows:

[-]. Recruit the traitor Zhang Jue;
[-]. Take in the exiled population and officials from Liaoning Province;

20. Refusal to pay the promised [-] hu of military rations.

In fact, these are all excuses. The reason why the Kingdom of Jin attacked Yundi was because only Yundi and Liaodong had food in the nearby areas. They did not dare to provoke Li Yan, so they could only go to Yundi to get food to solve the growing shortage of the Kingdom of Jin. food problem.

This is also the main reason why Wanyan Wu Qimai agreed with Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang to attack Yundi.

Yundi was gained and lost again, which made the whole Song Kingdom feel sorry for it, and at the same time, it also made everyone in the Song Kingdom fall into uneasiness.

Seeing the opportunity, Tong Guan and Cai You entered the palace to make a proposal to dismiss Tan Zhen.

For the three things that the Jin people accused, Zhao Ji and his ministers are actually very clear about who is responsible.

The first and the second matter are all advocated by Zhao Ji, and the third matter Tan Zhen is also thinking of Song Guo and Zhao Ji, otherwise Tan Zhen would not be able to rely on the food that the former Xuanfu Secretary promised to borrow. After all, the other party But the terrible golden man.

But after Zhao Ji thought about it, he could only let Tan Zhen be the scapegoat.

Therefore, the Song court dismissed Tan Zhen from his positions as Taiwei and Xuanfu envoy on the grounds that Tan Zhen "had no way to deal with it", and demoted him to be the deputy envoy of Jiedu of the Shunchang Army.

Zhao Ji put all the responsibility on Tan Zhen, and also dealt with Tan Zhen, hoping that doing so would eliminate Jinren's resentment towards Da Song.

Then, Zhao Ji reappointed Tong Guan and asked him to take charge of the Privy Council again, and continue to serve as the Xuan Fu envoy of Hebei, Hedong, and Yanshan Fulu, with Zhang Xiaochun, the prefect of Taiyuan, as the deputy Xuan Fu envoy.

Zhao Ji ordered Tong Guan to set off immediately and rush to Taiyuan, trying to find a way to ease the tension with Xixia and Jin, and try to return to Yundi.

In addition, Zhao Ji also entrusted Tong Guan with a secret mission unknown to outsiders—to find an opportunity to welcome Emperor Tianzuo to the Song Dynasty.

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(End of this chapter)