The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 526
After talking about it, Yan Zonghan was ordered by Wanyan Wu to beg for a purchase, and led an army of [-] troops to the south to help. After arriving in Yanjing, the three of them had serious differences on how to take the next step.

To be precise, the three of them had different views on how to deal with Mu Xu.

Wanyan Zonghan believed that Mu Xu's strength was not weak, and it would be unrealistic to completely block him in Yundi. The best way is to use offense instead of defense, and take the initiative to send troops to attack Juyongguan.

As long as they occupy there, they can form a deterrent to Ruzhou, Guizhou, and Wuzhou at any time, so that Mu Xu will not dare to act rashly.

From a strategic point of view, Wanyan Zonghan's proposal is not a problem, and it is very clever.

However, the bad thing was that before he came, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zongbi had reached a tacit agreement in private and insisted on implementing the plan agreed in advance.In other words, they felt that the focus of this battle should be on Da Song's side, and the main threat to Mu Xu.

The reason for the two is also very good, that is, Juyong Pass is extremely dangerous, and Mu Xu has a large army stationed there. If he wants to successfully capture this pass, he must occupy most of his troops, which is not conducive to the grand plan of attacking Song Dynasty.

At first glance, this reason seems to be well-founded, but Wan Yan Zonghan refused to nod his head. The reason is very simple, that is, he does not trust these brothers, and he does not want to divide part of the [-] troops that belonged to him.

Yes, you read that right, the troops led by Wanyan Zonghan seem to be the army of the Kingdom of Jin in name, but they have already become his private army in private.

In fact, this situation is not limited to Wanyan Zonghan alone. The same is true for people like Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zongbi. They have their own private parts.

The reason is that the succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Jin caused trouble.

On that day, Wanyan Aguda passed the throne to his brother Wanyan Wu Qimai in accordance with the tradition of the Jurchen.And Wanyan Wu Qimai, in order to reduce resistance to succession, promised to return the throne to Wanyan Aguda after a hundred years.

The problem lies precisely here. According to Wanyan Wu begging to buy the original promise, Wanyan Zongjun should inherit the throne, but who would have expected that not long after Wanyan Aguda passed away, Wanyan Zongjun suddenly became seriously ill, and now he is dying. image.

In this way, Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zonghan and others all had different thoughts.

Wanyan Wu Qimai wanted to break the Bojilie system of Jurchen brothers and sisters, and made his son Wanyan Zongpan the crown prince, while Wanyan Zongwang and others took it for granted that if Wanyan Zongjun were gone, the throne would be in the hands of others. These brothers of his came to inherit.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Jin seems to be in full swing at the moment, but internally around the issue of the succession to the throne, all kinds of open and secret struggles have already been launched between uncles, nephews and brothers. Anyone who has the opportunity to compete for the throne is secretly expanding their strength.

This is why Wanyan Zonghan disagreed with the division of troops. He was worried that Wanyan Zongwang and his two wanted to take the opportunity of invading the Song Dynasty to consume or annex his troops.

It is understandable that Wanyan Zonghan would have such thoughts, it all starts with his life experience.

First of all, I want to declare that Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang and others are not biological brothers, nor are they the sons of Wanyan Aguda, so their relationship is not close.

To clarify the relationship between them, we have to start with Wanyan Aguda’s grandfather, Jin Jingzong, Wanyan Wugu. Wanyanwu had nine sons in ancient times. Bowl.

The Wanyan impeacher gave birth to a son, Wanyan Sagai. The son of Wanyan Sagai was Wanyan Zonghan, and the second son of Wanyan Libo was Wanyan Aguda. It's a cousin relationship.

If this is an ordinary family, and the fifth server has not yet been released, the relationship may still be relatively close.But this is in the royal family, the royal family is prosperous, even if it is born by an old father, many brothers are not close, let alone share a great-grandfather's cousin.

It is still relatively difficult to get a good position in the Kingdom of Jin by relying on this kind of kinship relationship. Therefore, if Wanyan Zonghan wants to get ahead, he must rely on his own ability.

Obviously, Wanyan Zonghan's ability is very powerful.He was the first person to propose to Jin Taizu to attack Daliao, and he was the one who keenly seized the opportunity to send troops in the two battles to destroy Liao.

It can even be said that in the process of establishing the Kingdom of Jin and the demise of Daliao, if Wanyan Aguda was excluded in terms of credit, Wanyan Zonghan should be the first.

Therefore, in the era of Wanyan Aguda, Wanyan Zonghan was extremely favored and trusted, and he was like the God of War in the Kingdom of Jin.

Such an important person, of course, became the target of Wanyan Wu Qimai and others to win over and guard against.

The reason to talk about winning over is because Wanyan Zonghan is good at fighting and holds nearly a quarter of the military power of the Kingdom of Jin. No matter who has his support, he can easily ascend to the throne of the Kingdom of Jin.

The reason to be wary is because Wanyan Zonghan, after Wanyan Aguda's death, was domineering day by day, and occasionally showed his desire for the throne.

If it was in the Han Dynasty, then Wanyan Zonghan would have no possibility of inheriting the throne.But don't forget that this is the newly established Jin Kingdom. According to the Bojilie system implemented by the Jin Kingdom today, Wanyan Zonghan has the right to inherit.

At least Wanyan Zonghan himself thought so. His basis was that his father Wanyan Sagai was the Prime Minister of the Jin Kingdom. If he hadn't died early, Wanyan Aguda would have succeeded him.

How can Wanyan Zonghan be willing to distribute his men and horses to his rival Wanyan Zongwang brothers under the premise that he is interested in the throne?
Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zongbi were also well aware of this, they really didn't hold back anything good at first, but when they found out that Wanyan Zonghan refused to be fooled, the two had no choice but to give up their plan to weaken their strength and use a backup plan.

"Nianhan, I know what you are worried about. How about letting the fourth brother restrain Mu Xu and the two of us go south to attack Song?"

Wanyan Zonghan's eyes lit up, and he secretly calculated, "I have heard that the Song Kingdom is rich and prosperous, if I can participate in this battle, I will definitely gain a lot of benefits, and it will be beneficial and harmless to future events."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help showing a smile on his face, "Then it's a deal, I don't know when to send troops?"

Wanyan Zongwang cursed in his heart that he would not scatter hawks if he didn't see a rabbit, but he suppressed his displeasure and explained, "Don't worry, wait until my envoy returns, maybe we can make a fortune before sending troops."

"how do I say this?"

Knowing that this kind of thing cannot be concealed, Wanyan Zong simply told the truth, and proudly revealed the whole plan he had implemented against the Song Dynasty.

After Yan Zonghan heard it, he was a little skeptical, "Song people may not be fooled by such a simple scheme, right?"

"Then you're wrong. I'm afraid the king and ministers of the Song Dynasty really do like this."

"I don't know how to see it?"

"Since the envoys went south, I have been sending scouts to keep an eye on the northern regions of Song Dynasty, but there is no sign of any increase in troops. What do you think this means?" But Wanyan Zongbi said so.

Wan Yan Zonghan shook his head after hearing this, and sighed, "The former emperor once said that Zhao Jiwang is not like a gentleman, so he is sincere and not deceiving me!"

Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said, "The more stupid Zhao Ji is, the more beneficial it will be to us. I wish he could be like Emperor Hui of Jin, so that we can subdue Song State in one battle and make him bow his head and become a vassal."

"That's right. At that time, the gold and silver treasures of the Song Kingdom, beautiful women will not be at our disposal."

Wanyan Zongwang greatly agreed with this remark, and said with regret, "I heard that Zhao Ji's fifth daughter, Emperor Ji Maode, is the number one beauty in the Song Dynasty, but it's a pity that she married Mu Xu early, otherwise I would have It is impossible to ask Song Guo."

"What's so difficult about this? After I conquer the Song Kingdom and kill Mu Xu, a woman will be within easy reach."

"It's a pole, it's a pole!"

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Not to mention how Yan Zonghan and the others imagined the future, but turned their attention to Tokyo, the capital of the Great Song Dynasty.

After many rounds of negotiations, Song Dynasty finally reached an agreement with the Kingdom of Jin, and Song Dynasty paid the Jin people a one-time three-year Yan land tax in exchange for their withdrawal from the customs.

In order to make up this huge amount of compensation, Zhao Ji racked his brains, and even had no choice but to recruit Cai Jing who had returned to his hometown after returning to his official position.

Although Cai Jing has not had a good life for a few years, his obsession with power has not diminished in the slightest. After receiving the decree of restoration, the old man did not want to delay for a moment, and immediately returned to the capital.

But this guy does have a few tricks, and when it comes to making money, the entire Song Dynasty is probably unmatched.On the one hand, when he saw Zhao Ji, he made several bad moves. Not only could he quickly accumulate money to pay the gold, but he also had a lot of money left over.

After Zhao Ji heard this, Long Yan was very happy, and announced in court that the [-]-year-old Cai Jing was appointed as prime minister again.

Counting it, this is the fifth time that Cai Jing has served as the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty.

With Cai Jing's series of coquettish operations, the Song court quickly made up the compensation.Zhao Ji immediately passed the decree, ordering Tong Guan to be responsible for escorting the property to the north, and sending (monitoring) the Jin army out of the country.

Zhao Ji's original intention was good. He felt that Tong Guan was very experienced in military affairs, so he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, hoping that if things went wrong, Tong Guan would be able to turn the tide.

It's just that the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny, and Tong Guan will disappoint Zhao Ji without accident.

First of all, Tong Guan was not considered to have much military talent. The reason why he won consecutive battles against Xixia all those years ago was because of the credit of the Western Army.

At that time, there was a huge disparity in power between Song and Xia. As long as the commander-in-chief of the Song Dynasty was not a layman leading an expert literati, and did not command indiscriminately, victory would be a matter of time.

Secondly, Zhao Ji pinned his hopes on Tong Guan, which was putting the cart before the horse.

As long as he has a sense of urgency, he should not have illusions about the Kingdom of Jin. Instead of having silver compensation, it is better to give this money to the border guards. Perhaps under the heavy reward, those soldiers will burst out with unusually high fighting enthusiasm , Stop the golden army's iron hooves.

Sadly, there are some things that cannot be escaped for such a king at the Da Song booth.

But it was said that after Tong Guan escorted the silver to Xiongzhou, he was so timid that he didn't want to continue to go north, so he found an official under him at random, and then pushed the matter away, and stayed behind to wait for the good news.

But he could never wait for the good news. Just three days after the escort team went north, news came from Zhuozhou that after receiving the indemnity, the Jin people blatantly tore up the agreement with the Song Dynasty and sent troops southward. Zhuozhou was already in danger.

When Tong Guan heard the bad news, he was immediately frightened, and he didn't dare to stay in Xiongzhou for a moment, so he fled to the south that day.

As the supreme commander of the Hebei armies, Tong Guan's escape did not matter, but it caused a chain reaction, causing the local defenders to fight on their own.

What's more, there was no foreign invasion in Hebei in the Song Dynasty for almost a hundred years. The original army was slack in training, and many places could not even achieve a full staff.

With the addition of the two, how can Song Jun stop Jin Jun's footsteps?

The Kingdom of Jin launched a surprise attack on the seventh day of June, and on the [-]nd of June, in just half a month, they successively broke through Zhuozhou, Waqiaoguan, Mozhou, Yingzhou, and Xiongzhou, and their troops reached Hejian Mansion.

At this point, the incompetence and slowness of the local officials in the Song Dynasty are fully displayed.Facing the invasion of the Jin people, Ge Feng, the governor of Zhuozhou, took the lead in abandoning the city and fled; Huang Lie, the governor of Yizhou, fell into the city and broke his left foot when he fled, and unfortunately broke his right foot and died; Just followed Tong Guan's footsteps and fled...

It's fine if these people don't resist, but no one thought of sending someone to report to the court after they escaped.

At the beginning of July, the appeal letter from Hejian prefecture prefecture was sent to Tokyo, and the first person who saw this urgent letter was Shaozai Bai Shizhong.

Seeing such a military situation, this fellow not only did not report to Zhao Ji immediately, but instead consulted Cai You on the matter.

Cai You replied indifferently, "Someone must have lied about the military situation. You must know that Shumi Tong is currently in Hebei. With him personally in charge, nothing major will happen."

After hearing this, Bai Shizhong felt that it was very reasonable, so he wrote back a letter, reprimanding Hejian Zhizhou.Afterwards, the two put the matter behind them.

It wasn't until the sixth day of the seventh month that Tong Guan, whom Cai You regarded as the god of Dinghai, fled back to the capital. Only then did Bai Shizhong and the others realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly reported the matter to Zhao Ji.

After Zhao Ji heard the news like a bolt from the blue, his performance was not much better.

On the one hand, he didn't hold Tong Guan and others responsible for their escape and concealment, and on the other hand, he didn't think about sending troops north to stop the Jin people, but he wanted to send people to sue for peace in a whimsical way.

Before Zhao Ji could select an envoy, the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin, Salumum and Gao Qingyi, arrived first.

After the two came to Tokyo, they flew domineeringly in the Daqing Palace, beating up in front of the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty, denouncing the dishonest alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin in the past, and repeated acts of treachery. .

Seeing how the Jin people confuse black and white, Zheng Juzhong, Zhao Ding and other bloody officials were all filled with righteous indignation, and they came out to remonstrate.The most urgent task at the moment is to call on the loyal and righteous people in the world to serve the king, and we must not be fooled by the gold people again.

But Zhao Ji had already been terrified by the Kingdom of Jin at this time, and he was full of thoughts about peace talks, whether he should go to Beijing to avoid disaster, and he was noncommittal to these good words and good strategies. After ordering Honglu Temple to entertain the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin, he hurriedly retreat.

(End of this chapter)