Outlaws of the Marsh

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There was a reason why Zhao Ji tried to recruit Emperor Tianzuo.

At that time, the victorious army guarding the border at Yanshan was very unstable. Every time these people mentioned Emperor Tianzuo, everyone changed their colors and said: "We are waiting for the old master. If the Lord is here, how dare we suddenly descend to the Southern Dynasty? It is because the old master is dead. I swear not to follow Jurchen, so I return to Nanchaoer!"

After Zhao Ji heard about these things, he was very worried that if Emperor Tianzuo came back, the Ever-Victorious Army would disintegrate and then go to vote for Emperor Tianzuo, so he wanted to lure Tianzuo Emperor to come to the Song Dynasty to completely solve this hidden danger.

Now, Emperor Tian Zuo was captured by Jin Guo, Zhao Ji let out a sigh of relief, and then set his sights on Jin Guo.

In March, Zhao Ji ordered Tong Guan to go from Taiyuan to Yanshan to further deploy northern defense.

At this time, some people still said that Guo Yaoshi was planning to do something wrong, and he might become the second in Anlu Mountain.

However, Zhao Ji didn't really believe in this.

No matter how difficult the Great Song Dynasty is now, Zhao Ji is satisfied with all kinds of strategic materials such as military equipment, armour, army and horses that Guo Yaoshi needs, and, as early as the fifth year of Xuanhe, Zhao Ji has issued an edict to add Guo Yaoshi As a Taiwei, call him into Beijing, give him a mansion and a beauty——Since Zhao Ji re-established the military officer system, Taiwei has become the head of the military rank, and he is the second rank. As a military officer outside Beijing, it can be said With the honor, coupled with thousands of mansions and dozens of beauties, it can be said that Zhao Ji has shown great favor to Guo Yaoshi.

Therefore, Zhao Ji felt that Guo Yaoshi really had no reason to be unfaithful.

But there is one thing that makes Zhao Ji not very reassuring about Guo Yaoshi, that is, Zhao Ji calls Guo Yaoshi to Beijing again, Guo Yaoshi always finds excuses to shirk.

Therefore, Zhao Ji asked Tong Guan to test Guo Yaoshi.

Zhao Ji told Tong Guan in his letter that if he finds out that Guo Yaoshi has different ambitions, he can take him into the capital.

Tong Guan left Taiyuan after completing the silver and silk handover procedures with the Jinren, and then drove towards Yanshan Mansion along the roads of Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Mozhou, and Xiongzhou.

Ma Kuo stopped Tong Guan halfway, and then said to Tong Guan: "The reason why the Jin army has always maintained a superficial friendship with the Song Dynasty and did not send troops south is not because they kept their agreement, but because they took into account the three forces, namely Zhang of Pingzhou. Jue, Xiao Qian of Xidi, and Emperor Tianzuo of Jiashan. These three forces are remnants of the Liao Kingdom and pose a serious threat to the Jin Kingdom. But now that Emperor Tianzuo has been captured, all these three forces no longer exist. Therefore, the Jin people have no worries. Therefore, we must be highly vigilant, because the Jin army may launch a surprise attack on the Song Dynasty at any time."

Tong Guan said: "The old man went to Yanjing to prevent this."

Guo Yaoshi was very disturbed when he learned that Tong Guan was coming to Yanshan Mansion, because he had refused to enter Beijing to be entrusted.

Back then, when he received the imperial edict, Guo Yaoshi hesitated again and again, but finally he dared not enter the capital. He was worried that once he entered the capital, he would be relieved of his military power and lose his freedom.

In fact, Guo Yaoshi had a good impression of Zhao Ji at first, but through the death of Zhang Juezhi, he felt that Liao generals like himself were nothing in Zhao Ji's eyes and could be sold out at will. He saw clearly the ruthless court of the Song Dynasty. I am very afraid that one day I will become the second Zhang Jue.

Therefore, Guo Yaoshi felt that only by firmly controlling the Changsheng Army could he guarantee his own safety.

How to receive Tong Guan and how to perform in front of Tong Guan, Guo Yaoshi really spent some brains, and then made a series of careful arrangements.

On this day, Guo Yaoshi led several cavalry to leave Yanjing and went to Yizhou to meet Tong Guan.

Outside Yizhou City, Guo Yaoshi paid homage to Tong Guan with great ceremony.

This startled Tong Guan.

Tong Guan hastily dodged to dodge, and then said very puzzled: "You are now a Taiwei, you look after the two prefectures, wait with me, what is this courtesy?"

Guo Yaoshi replied: "Grand Master, father, the only way a pharmacist knows is to pay respects to his father! How can he know anything else?"

Tong Guan is relieved.

Later, Guo Yaoshi invited Tong Guan to inspect the Changsheng Army.

Tong Guan and his party followed Guo Yaoshi to a land of four mountains.

Guo Yaoshi waved the command flag in his hand.

On the silent wilderness, countless iron cavalry rushed over immediately, and the sunlight reflected from the armor on the iron cavalry seemed to block the sun.

Yaoshi Guo waved the command flag in his hand again.

The cavalry retreated immediately, and the countryside was as silent as ever.

Tong Guan greatly appreciated the cavalry trained by Guo Yaoshi.

From the perspective of Tong Guan, who had spent half his life as a soldier, there should be no problem with a general like Guo Yaoshi and such an iron army guarding Yanjing and protecting the northern gate of the Song Dynasty.

Tong Guan then spent a large amount of money to reward Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun.

Wang Anzhong, Xuanfu envoy of Yanshanfu Road and magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture, was recommended by Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng.

Ever since Wang Fu and Liang Shicheng fell out of favor and fell out of power, Wang Anzhong was anxious all day long. He knew that his time in Yanjing might be numbered.

really!

After Tong Guan came to Yanjing, he immediately suggested that Zhao Ji summon Wang Anzhong to return to the court, and Cai Jing should take over Wang Anzhong's post.

Wang Anzhong's work in Yandi was really not very good, and he was weak and incompetent.

Therefore, Zhao Ji quickly agreed with Tong Guan.

Immediately afterwards, Tong Guan also asked to install a fourth general on Hebei Road, that is, the military chief of the Fourth Route, to strengthen Hebei's defense.

One is the military chief of Zhongshan Prefecture, under the charge of Xin Xingzong.

The second is the military chief of Zhending Mansion, who is in charge of Ren Yuan.

The third is the military chief of Hejian Prefecture, who is in charge of Yang Weizhong.

The fourth is the military chief of the Daming Mansion, who is in charge of Wang Yu.

The military chiefs of the four routes are concurrently the deputy capital chiefs of the various routes. Tong Guan asked them to actively recruit deserted soldiers and recruit idlers from all over the place to serve as soldiers——Tong Guan wanted to use these four chiefs to establish a military organization system in Hebei, and then through this Use a system to recruit troops and increase strength, so as to consolidate and strengthen Hebei's defense.

Tong Guan didn't come up with this idea after he came to Yanjing - he actually formed this idea when he was talking with Ma Kuo in Taiyuan before.

In Tong Guan's vision, the Yanshan area is the first line of defense, the Fourth Military Commander is the second line of defense, and the Yellow River is the third natural line of defense.

Tong Guan thought that through such a deployment, the Hebei defense line should be impenetrable.

After returning to Beijing, Tong Guan reported to Zhao Ji, "Guo Yaoshi is skilled in training soldiers, capable of resisting captivity, loyal and righteous, and has no different plans."

At the same time, Cai You, who is in charge of the Privy Council, also assured Zhao Ji that there is absolutely no problem with Guo Yaoshi, so he can use it with confidence.

Only then did Zhao Ji dispel his doubts about Guo Yaoshi.

Later, Zhao Ji received some reports saying that Guo Yaoshi had private contacts with the Jin people, and reminded Zhao Ji to pay attention to them, but Zhao Ji ignored all these reports and put them all aside.

Throughout the ages, many people accused Tong Guan, saying that he seriously neglected Guo Yaoshi, which caused Jingkang's shame.

From another point of view, some people said that Guo Yaoshi was too good at acting, and his superb acting skills were able to fool the cunning Tong Guan.

Or it can be said that Tong Guan is too stupid, he failed Zhao Ji's great trust, he failed to see the essence of Guo Yaoshi, and he failed to deploy Hebei's frontier defense well.

Perhaps it can also be said that Zhao Ji is the stupidest person, why did you send Tong Guan to investigate Guo Yaoshi?If another person goes, maybe it will be another result.

In fact, judging from the current actual situation, the State of Song must use the Ever-Victorious Army, and the most suitable person to control the Ever-Victorious Army is Guo Yaoshi, who is irreplaceable. A problem that is easy to deal with, if it is not handled well, there will be a mutiny, and the shame of Jingkang will be brought forward. It is possible that this is a realistic reason why Tong Guan rewarded Guo Pharmacist and tried his best to win Guo Pharmacist.

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(End of this chapter)