The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 514 Each has a plan
Unfortunately, Mu Xu's worries turned out to be true.

Not long after he reached a private cooperation with Yelu Yanxi, Wanyan Aguda also sent people to Song Dynasty by sea.After some back-and-forth negotiations between Song and Jin, the two countries finally made a covenant to send troops to conquer Liao in the fourth year of Xuanhe (AD 1122).

According to the covenant, the Kingdom of Jin would first send troops from Dading Mansion to the west, all the way to wipe out the grassland tribes that belonged to the Liao Kingdom.Then the Song Dynasty sent troops to gradually erode the territory of the Liao Kingdom outside the pass from south to north, and finally jointly deal with the main force of the Liao army.

In order to send troops to the Song Dynasty in exchange, Wanyan Aguda spent all his money this time. He promised Zhao Ji that after the matter is completed, he will not only send troops to help the Song Dynasty seize Pingzhou Road, which is still occupied by Liao people, but also be willing to send troops from outside the pass to the state. Send the land to Song Dynasty.

It was this last condition that completely moved the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty.Because in their view, once they have Laizhou in their hands, they can build a solid line of defense across the Great Wall in the direction of Liaodong, and Yandi can rest easy from now on.

From a common sense point of view, the plan of the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty was considered appropriate, but their mistake was that while they overestimated their own family, they seriously underestimated the strength of the Jin Kingdom.

And Da Song also ignored one point, that is the fact that the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, Wanyan Agu, died not long ago.Zhao Ji and his ministers never thought about whether the successor King of the Kingdom of Jin would continue to abide by the covenant if Wanyan Aguda died.

Zhao Ji confidently thought that this time he would be able to establish a career that far surpassed that of his father and grandfather.So, in July, he secretly issued an order to transfer the Hebei Forbidden Army to the north to garrison Yanshan Mansion. The original army of Yanshan Mansion was led by Xin Xingzong, with Guo Yaoshi as his deputy, and sent troops outside the pass at the end of August.

After Xin Xingzong received the imperial decree, he dared not be negligent. After handing over the government affairs to the new Xuanfu envoy Tan Zhen, he led an army of [-] and headed towards Tanzhou, intending to pass through there and exit from Gubeikou.

The Song Army was so fanatical, how could the Liao people in Tanzhou City not hear the movement?

At this time, Yeluchun was already terminally ill and could only linger on the sick bed, so he entrusted all important matters to his wife Xiao Puxian.

As I said earlier, this Xiannv Xiao Puxian is a woman, but she has a strong temper. Before Yeluchun came to the Song Dynasty, she was the most staunch resistance faction, but she was Yeluchun's successor after all, so she couldn't make up her mind. It was only then that she had no choice but to surrender to the Song Dynasty with her husband.

Now that Miss Xiao Puxian is in power, thinking of the murder of her third brother by Mu Xu, she was already thinking of revenge, but by coincidence, there was news that Da Song was going to fight with the Khitan people's mortal enemy, the Jinren. Cooperation, to attack Yelu Yanxi gang of the same origin.

Lady Xiao Pu, who heard the news, immediately invited her second brother Xiao Qian secretly, and discussed with her in private whether she could take advantage of this opportunity to do something.

Xiao Qian was also unwilling to surrender to the Song Dynasty, and the former fan almost followed Yelu Dashi to join Yelu Yanxi.But when things came to an end, he considered that he was Yeluchun's brother-in-law, and he was afraid of encountering accidents, so he gave up this idea, but he still made an appointment with Yelu Dashi to exchange news and prepare for the restoration of Daliao.

Sometimes the world is so impermanent, even many Khitan people surnamed Yelu have given up on the wrecked ship of Daliao, but the sisters and brothers of Xiao Puxian, who are foreigners, always have the idea of ​​restoring the country in their hearts. Great irony.

Yes, although Xiao Pu Xiannv and Xiao Qian are also surnamed Xiao, their Xiao does not belong to the eight major surnames of the Liao Kingdom, and it is not the Xiao who has been descendants for generations.

What's more, their siblings are not even Khitan people, but the most orthodox Xi people.

Xi Ren, a northern minority in Chinese history, is famous for being good at making cars.It originally belonged to a branch of Donghu, and was active in the area of ​​Rao Leshui in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.The Xi people mainly engaged in hunting and animal husbandry, and also engaged in a small amount of agriculture.

In the Tang Dynasty, the leader of the Xi people was once canonized as king, and a few people served as officials in the Tang regime and localities and made military exploits.At the end of the Tang Dynasty, some Xi people moved westward to Guizhou, and they were called Xixi in history, and those who were still stationed and herding were called Dongxi.

After the establishment of the Liao Kingdom, both Xi tribes were conquered by the Khitan, and the process of being assimilated by the Khitan began.

In the Liao Dynasty, the status of the Xi people was double. On the one hand, they were the ruled nation conquered by the Khitans; .

It is precisely because of this that Xi people are extremely loyal to the Khitan people.

Take Xiao Qian as an example. His real name is Hui Baoli, and he is the leader of Xi people of this generation.The reason why he and his sister both took Xiao as their surname and changed their Chinese names was because his ancestors were given the surname Xiao by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

In Xiao Qian's father's generation, his elder sister Xiao Puxian married the then Jin Wang Yeluchun as his step-wife, and the family was extremely prosperous.

Therefore, in Xiao Qian's heart, no matter whether it is out of public interest or selfishness, he also has an extraordinary attachment to the revival of Daliao.

At this moment, as soon as Xiao Puxian's wife proposed to do something, he immediately responded, "Sister's words are exactly what I want. The Southern Dynasty first betrayed the alliance, and now it is even cooperating with the Jin Kingdom. It is really deceiving, we can't just count it like this Now, we must give him a good look."

Xiao Puxian nodded and frowned, "I agree with you, but since we voted for the Song Dynasty, there are not many people under our command, so how should we proceed?"

Xiao Qian said confidently, "Could it be that my sister forgot that Pingzhou is still in our hands?"

"Didn't it mean that the people in Pingzhou didn't listen to your orders, could it be...?"

"That's right. In the old year, you can't do anything. In order to leave a way for us to retreat, I ordered the Pingzhou guard to rebel and deliberately caused conflicts with me. Isn't it time to use it now!"

Xiao Qian replied proudly, and then continued, "Hmph, I have long said that the people of the Southern Dynasty are not capable, but their ambitions are not small. They are not in a hurry to pacify Pingzhou Road, but to mess with the Jin people. I really don't know So-called.

After their army left the customs, I joined forces with Zhang Jue, who is currently separatist in Luanzhou, to launch an attack together, first occupying Gubeikou, cutting off their way back, and then taking advantage of the situation to regain the entire Nanjing Road in one fell swoop. "

Miss Xiao Puxian was not so optimistic, she reminded her brother, "I'm afraid you have forgotten Mu Xu of Yundi, this person is not easy to be with, don't be taken advantage of by him again, maybe he will let Song Jun go When Dushikou returns, what can we do then?"

I don't want Xiao Qian to laugh loudly after hearing this, "Sister, you don't know, then Mu Xu has already had an affair with Nan Chao, the possibility of doing this is extremely low. Besides, those Song soldiers will never come back .”

"how do I say this?"

Xiao Qian explained, "Lin Ya Dashi told me that Mu Xu was not interested in the Kingdom of Jin. After he strongly opposed the Southern Dynasty's alliance with the Jin Dynasty and failed, in order to deal with the Jin people, he reached an alliance with Yelu Yanxi , and married Princess Yu Liyan of Shu.

As a result, Mu Xu had a very unpleasant quarrel with the central court of the Southern Dynasty. It was heard that an official of the Southern Dynasty proposed to take back the Daizhou and other places occupied by him, and the two sides almost fought each other. "

Speaking of this, Xiao Qian sighed, "Although this Mu Xu has a grudge against our family for killing his younger brother, but aside from these, he is indeed a rare person in the Southern Dynasty who understands that cooperating with the Kingdom of Jin is to seek skin from a tiger." This move is not like those Southern Dynasty monarchs and ministers who only cared about the immediate interests, but completely ignored the future."

Miss Xiao Puxian is not stupid, she immediately heard Xiao Qian's words of appreciation for Mu Xu, she quit immediately, and hurriedly asked,
"Why, don't you want to forget the hatred of the third brother and cooperate with your own enemy Mu Xu?"

Xiao Qian quickly replied, "Sister, please don't misunderstand, I did have this plan at first, and I asked Lin Ya Dashi to use Yelu Yanxi's mouth to test Mu Xu's tone, but unfortunately he refused.

As for the reason why I said that the Song army could not return, it was because I had made an agreement with Lin Ya Dashi that after the Song army left the pass, I would send troops to attack him back and forth and wipe out the Song army outside the pass. "

Xiannv Xiao Pu knew Yelu Dashi's abilities very well, and said happily after hearing this, "Okay, then let's do it like this. Second brother, you can dress up in disguise today and go out of the city to Pingzhou. I will stay in Tanzhou to calm people's hearts. By the way, monitor the movements of the Song army, as long as they pass through Tanzhou, I will send someone to notify you."

"Then sister, be careful, brother will go now!"

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But it is said that after Xin Xingzong sent troops from Yanjing, he marched northward with great momentum.

On the way, after thinking about it, Song Jiang, Xin Xingzong's subordinate, couldn't help but rode up to his side, and asked respectfully, "Commander, since we want to conquer the Liao Kingdom, why don't we take the road of Juyongguan, but why don't we take the road from Juyongguan?" Going to Gubeikou, isn’t it just looking for far away?”

Xin Xingzong looked down on Song Jiang at the beginning, but after getting along for a period of time, he found that this black servant was not only good-looking, but also his subordinates' fighting strength should not be underestimated, so he gradually accepted him.

Especially after Tong Guan lost power, Xin Xingzong lost his biggest backer, and there was another Guo Yaoshi in Yanjing who did not agree with him, which prompted him to pay more and more attention to Song Jiang.

So at this time, after hearing Song Jiang's question, not only was he not angry, but he calmly explained his confusion,

"Gongming, I'm afraid you don't know yet. The Dingxiang Jiedu envoy Mu Xu colluded with the Liao people. Of course, the court doesn't trust him. If you go to Juyongguan, you have to pass through Mu Xu's territory. It's easy to leak our military information."

Song Jiang's expression moved, and then he showed a look of enlightenment, and sighed in his mouth, "Oh, as the general expected, then Mu Xu is really ambitious, and he wants to live up to the kindness of the court."

"I forgot, Gongming, before you were recruited, you had quite a relationship with Mu Xu. Why, according to what you said, he has always been harboring evil intentions?"

"Master Mingjian, that's exactly the case. When this Mu Xu was in Shandong, he uttered rebellious words many times and disrespected the court and officials. It's just that the last general never thought that he would change his identity one day and become a The imperial court is a town of Jiedu, and even became the official's son-in-law, the world is really impermanent!"

Xin Xingzong was reminded by Song Jiang, and suddenly remembered Mu Xu's other identity, so he whispered to Song Jiangdao, "Gongming, I know that you are loyal to the emperor and patriotic. But unless Mu Xu really turns against him in the future, some Don't say anything else, lest you get killed!"

Song Jiang was startled, and hurriedly asked for advice, "Can the commander-in-chief speak clearly?"

Xin Xingzong waved his hands to signal the left and right to step back, and then said in a low voice, "When I came to Beijing to report on my duties last year, I visited Taishi Tong. His old man said that Mu Xu seemed to have no foundation in the court, but in fact he was not. This guy was on good terms with King Yun inside and outside the court, and Cai You spoke for him outside, so his influence is very important.

Just like what happened this time, if someone else dared to collude with the Liao people in private, the imperial court would have sent troops to punish him long ago. It's over. "

Song Jiang was dumbfounded when he heard that, and only then did he realize Mu Xu's foresight, and he couldn't help but feel even more discouraged, and couldn't help but said in frustration, "Can we just sit idly by and let him interact with the Liao people? People reached an agreement in private to attack our army behind the scenes, but what should we do?"

"Hey, Gongming was worried about this! Then you can put your heart in your stomach, think that Mu Xu is also a smart person, how can he not see that the Liao people are dying?

Forgive him for sending some information to the Liao people at most, and never dare to openly oppose the court.If not, even if King Yun intercedes for him again, the officials will never forgive him lightly. "

Song Jiang saw what he said, but Xin Xingzong was unmoved, and he was unwilling to deal with Mu Xu. He couldn't help being disappointed, so he said insincerely, "The commander-in-chief is far-sighted, and the end will be far behind."

Xin Xingzong felt refreshed by Song Jiang's flattery, and he said proudly, "You, you should learn more, the water in the court is deep, it's not that simple."

"Thank you for your guidance, Commander-in-Chief, I will be taught in the end."

"Well, it's good that you can understand my painstaking efforts." Xin Xingzong responded casually, and then inadvertently saw the Guo character banner in front of the team, his face turned sour in vain, and said to Song Jiang,

"Rather than paying attention to Mu Xu, Gongming should pay more attention to that Guo Yaoshi. This guy is our biggest opponent right now."

Song Jiang is the best at grasping people's hearts, how can he not understand the door here?But after experiencing the ups and downs in the officialdom, he knows the truth of pretending to be stupid.

Therefore, after hearing Xin Xingzong's words, he deliberately pretended to be ignorant, and asked with a puzzled face, "Forgive me for being a blunt general, what does the commander mean?"

Xin Xingzong didn't care whether Song Jiang really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, he directly said hostilely, "Hmph, then Guo Yaoshi is just a surrendered minister, and he has been a minister of His Royal Highness Lord Liao for many years. This time we send troops to deal with his old master , who knows if he will give birth to two minds?

According to my opinion, the imperial court should not have appointed him as the deputy general of the Northern Expedition. Wouldn't this add to the chaos!When the time comes to the battlefield, should we deal with the Liao people, or should we guard against him? "

Song Jiang secretly slandered, "I said earlier that Mu Xu is not stupid. Could it be that Guo Yaoshi is stupid and can't see the current situation clearly?"

But there was another set of words on his mouth, "Yes, the next official will give orders later, and order people to carefully watch Guo Yaoshi's every move, so as not to give him the opportunity to act rashly."

(End of this chapter)