The famous book tour starting from the Red House

On the afternoon of April [-]th in the first year of Jingkang, Wanyan Zongbi led more than a thousand cavalry in the wilderness north of Tanzhou, and fled north in a panic.

Yes, Wanyan Zongbi not only lost, but also suffered a disastrous defeat.

From the moment he decided to retreat to Tanzhou, today's ending was doomed.

After all, the way of life at Gubeikou was originally reserved by Mu Xu for Wanyan Zongbi, so how could he not have prepared in advance?
Some people may say, Wanyan Zongbi is not a fool, why did he follow the script designed by Mu Xu?
The reason is only two words, distance.

If you have looked at the map of Yanyun, you will clearly find that if you leave the customs from Jizhou to the east, the distance is too far, and you have to pass through Luan, Ping, and Yingzhou on the way to reach Yuguan.

However, it is not the case when exiting from Gubeikou. There is only Tanzhou between the two places. As long as you pass here, Gubeikou is already in sight.

In the case of being made dumplings at any time, as long as Wanyan Zongbi is not stupid, he will definitely choose to go north instead of going east.

Wanyan Zongbi did exactly what Mu Xu thought. After learning that Yuguan and other places were lost, he immediately withdrew to Tanzhou, intending to go north from here and retreat outside the pass.

On the way, Wanyan Zongbi was always in fear, because Yanjing was only a hundred miles away from Tanzhou, no matter how he looked at it, Mu Xu's army would arrive one step ahead of him.

Wanyan Zongbi's only hope is to pray that the [-] defenders in Tanzhou will be stronger, and that they can persist until the moment he leads the army to arrive.

It's just that what Wanyan Zongbi never expected was that the facts were quite different from what he thought.

Why do you think?It turned out that when Yan Zongbi arrived at the city of Tanzhou, he suddenly realized that the banner of the Kingdom of Jin was still hanging on the top of the city, and there was no trace of the baptism of war.

Not only that, after sending out the messenger, he also learned that Gubeikou was also in business as usual, and no trace of the enemy was found.

This made Wanyan Zongbi very puzzled. In his opinion, Mu Xu should never make such a simple mistake.

After some careful consideration, Wanyan Zongbi came to a conclusion that the reason why Mu Xu didn't send troops to seize Tanzhou first was because of the limitation of his troops.

His basis is that Mu Xu dispatched a total of [-] troops this time, [-] from Zhuozhou, [-] from Yuguan, and [-] from Shunzhou and Yanjing.

Calculated in this way, the whereabouts of the [-] troops is clear, but don't they have no spare power to occupy Tanzhou and Gubeikou?
After thinking about this point, Wanyan Zongbi heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time he couldn't help but think about it, "Mu Xu has two ideas right now. One is to force me to retreat voluntarily, so that he can easily occupy the entire Yanzhou area." The second is to calm down all parties, and then gather heavy troops to go north to fight our army."

Wanyan Zongbi, who thought he had seen through Mu Xu's schemes, immediately decided not to leave. He wanted to stay in Tanzhou, and while confronting Mu Xu, he sent people back to China to ask for help.

As everyone knows, it was precisely because of Wanyan Zongbi's cleverness that led to his subsequent tragedy.He never thought that Yanjing's army was not [-] at this time, but a total of [-].

However, this cannot be completely blamed on Yan Zongbi. After all, it is the traditional thinking that limits his imagination, so that he never imagined that among the [-] Dingxiang troops who attacked Yuguan and other places, [-] people came from the sea and were not included. Within the [-] troops. …

As for why Mu Xu didn't occupy Tanzhou in advance, thus blocking Wanyan Zongbi's other way of life.

This is because he feels that if Wanyan Zongbi is forced to a dead end, he will definitely choose to fight with his back to the wall. At that time, if the fish dies and the net is broken, he is afraid that it will cause great losses to his side.

And there is another point that has to be guarded against, that is, if Wanyan Zongbi can't be trapped, letting the soldiers flee to the territory of Yandi will definitely greatly damage the livelihood of the people everywhere, but this is what Mu Xu doesn't want to see.

Therefore, instead of forcing this guy to jump over the wall, Mu Xu would rather give him a glimmer of hope so that he can deal with it calmly.

Wanyan Zongbi didn't know Mu Xu's plan, he thought he had grasped the opponent's sore spot, and from the day after arriving in Tanzhou, he sent troops to attack Shunzhou for seven or eight consecutive days, and even bypassed Shunzhou twice, and the troops went straight to On the outskirts of Yanjing.

Seeing that Yan Zongbi had been duped, Mu Xu was secretly happy, but on the surface he deliberately put on a frantic look, recruiting troops from Yanjing and Shunzhou with great fanfare, as if he wanted to go north to seek a decisive battle with the Jinren.

Regarding Mu Xu's move of sending troops at this time, Wanyan Zongbi was happy to see it succeed, as soon as Fang got the information, he withdrew all the soldiers and horses, intending to defend the city.

In this way, the two armies finally met in Tanzhou under the suspicion of the coaches of both sides.

When the war had just started for two days, Wanyan Zongbi found that the Dingxiang army's attack was weak and did not have the same style as before. Army of recruits.

Just when Wanyan Zongbi was dreaming of turning defeat into victory, he didn't know that his end was coming.

On April [-]th, Mu Xu summoned Shi Qian in his tent.

"Have the secret workers in the city buried the gunpowder?"

Shi Qian clasped his fists and replied, "Everything is ready, as long as the prince gives an order, the west wall of Tanzhou can go up to the sky at any time."

"Okay, this time your scout battalion will take the lead, and when this battle is over, you will be rewarded a lot!"

Shi Qian hurriedly humbled himself a few words, expressing that he didn't dare to take credit, and then said, "I have explained in advance that the rocket is the name, and I hope the prince will know."

Mu Xu thought about it for a moment, and it was likely that the night would be long and dreamy, so he immediately decided, "Very good, there is no need to delay the matter, and it will be launched at midnight tonight."

Immediately, he summoned all the generals to pass on the military orders one by one.

At night, after a rocket was launched from outside the city, the city wall of Tanzhou also followed Yanjing's footsteps. Amidst the loud noise, a gap was blasted in the middle, and then the Dingxiang army rushed in.

Seeing this scene, the Jurchens in Tanzhou City did not behave as well as the defenders of Yanjing that day. In the eyes of these shamanistic barbarians, this was clearly a divine punishment from the gods, so they all knelt down and prayed for the gods to appease their anger.

Faced with such military exploits delivered to their door, the Dingxiang soldiers would not be soft-hearted, and happily harvested the heads. It was not until they went deep into the city that they began to encounter fierce resistance.

The battle lasted until the early morning of the next day, and finally ended with a complete victory for the Dingxiang Army.

The only fly in the ointment was that Wanyan Zongbi broke through the siege with a thousand remnants and fled towards Gubeikou.

Of course, Mu Xu would not miss this opportunity to beat the dog in the water. The moment he got the news, he sent Yang Zaixing to chase after him with three thousand cavalry. …

Why send Yang Zaixing?

In addition to Mu Xu's preference for him, there is another unknown evil, that is, Yang Zaixing in the official history, who died in the battle with Wanyan Zongbi.

Therefore, Mu Xu specially sent him to pursue him, together with Jin Wushu's old opponent Yue Fei, he believed that the two of them would give him a satisfactory answer.

Three days later, on a small hill twenty miles north of Gubeikou, Wanyan Zongbi, who was covered in blood, leaned on a rolled-edged saber, looked at the Dingxiang army surrounded in all directions, and then looked at the remaining ten soldiers around him. Yu Ming's personal guard sighed, "I don't think I, Wan Yan Zongbi, will die here, it's fate!"

"Wanyan Zongbi, if you are sensible, then you can be arrested, maybe my prince will be merciful and let you go!"

Yue Fei galloped out, came twenty steps away from Wanyan Zongbi, and loudly persuaded him to surrender.

Wanyan Zongbi laughed loudly when he heard the words, "I am the son of Wanyan Aguda. If you want me to surrender, it is a fool's dream. Go back and tell Mu Xu that one day, sooner or later, my big golden iron hoof will flatten the land of Han and avenge me Xuehen, I am waiting for him underground!"

Then, he raised his saber and shouted to the guards beside him, "Let these Han dogs see the bravery of our Jurchens."

After all, Wanyan Zongbi took the lead in charging, and those personal guards imitated the example, howling like a beast, and rushed towards Yue Fei's place.

"Hmph, you're stubborn!" Yue Fei sneered, and didn't give these people a chance to engage in hand-to-hand combat. He waved his hand lightly, and immediately arrows rained down, shooting Wanyan Zongbi and the others into a hornet's nest.

Afterwards, he ordered someone to cut off Wanyan Zongbi's head, and said to the herald officer, "Send someone to report the victory to the prince!"

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In April of the first year of Jingkang, Wanyan Zongbi was wiped out in Yandi by Mu Xu. As soon as the news got out, it immediately caused a tsunami-like reaction in the surrounding countries.

The Kingdom of Jin was shaken all over the country, and the Wanyan Aguda faction headed by Wanyan Zongqian clamored one after another, wanting to send all their soldiers to the south to avenge Wanyan Zongbi.

However, as soon as this proposal was put forward, it was rejected by Wanyan Zonghan and other powerful factions. Even the emperor Wanyan Wu begged for money and expressed his position openly and secretly.

For this matter, the two factions clashed fiercely, but they were still unable to overwhelm each other, which instead made the Kingdom of Jin split.

No one thought that Wanyan Zongbi's death would have such a big impact on the Kingdom of Jin, even Mu Xu, the instigator, was unexpected.

Compared with Jin Guo, Da Song's reaction was a bit strange.

At first, they expressed doubts about this, but after the definite news came from the north, the government and the opposition fell into a strange silence again, as if there was no such thing.

This situation occurred because Mu Xu's identity was too embarrassing.

Although Mu Xu is still a Song official in name, all the people of insight in the Song Dynasty have a consensus, that is, Mu Xu has grown into a threat to the Kingdom of Jin, and sooner or later he will turn against the Song Dynasty.

And there is also a difficult problem involved, that is whether Mu Xu should be rewarded.

A minister once privately wrote to Zhao Huan, suggesting that he, in the name of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty, publicize Mu Xu's achievements and reward him heavily.

The benefits of doing this are obvious. It can coerce the public opinion of the world and make Mu Xu a national hero, so that even if he wants to rebel, he will have scruples and become unpopular. …

It's a pity that Zhao Huan has such political acumen, not only did he not adopt this proposal, but instead found an excuse to demote the official who raised the matter to Qiongzhou, clearly expressing his unwillingness to reward Mu Xu.

The reason is that Mu Xu is Zhao Ji's son-in-law and has a close relationship with Yun Wang Zhao Kai.

Zhao Huan worried that if Mu Xu's achievements were recognized, it would make him more difficult to rule, and let Zhao Ji, the overlord, use the power of his son-in-law to come out of the mountain to take power again.

Speaking of this, I have to mention what happened to Zhao Ji after returning to Tokyo at the end of March.

On the third day of April in the first year of Jingkang, Zhao Huan adopted Geng Nanzhong's suggestion, "Screen Zhao Ji's left and right, and demote Chen Sigong, Xiao Dao, Li Cong, and Zhang Jiandao, ten of his servants in parallel, and are not allowed to enter. Those who dare to stay will be beheaded." A major purge of the people around Zhao Ji replaced all the servants around him, making him completely alone.

At the same time, Zhao Huan also adopted Chen Gongfu's proposal to place "loyalty and filial piety people" beside the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji to monitor him.

First of all, Tan Shiji and Li Xijing were appointed to be in charge of the Longde Palace, "please see the emperor in a few days, in order to prepare for the counselor, to give the holy will, to study the truth of life, so that they can enjoy leisurely and leisurely life", which actually requires the two Take turns to monitor and enlighten the Supreme Emperor, let him completely withdraw from the political arena, and can no longer interfere in the government.

So far, the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji has actually been placed under house arrest by his son Zhao Huan.

After finishing the above, Zhao Huanyou felt that it was not enough, and on the first day of May of this year, he issued another edict, "Order the promotion of the official day to give the Taishang Emperor a safe life to hear."

That is to say, the daily activities of the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji are required to be reported in a timely manner. On the surface, it seems that he cares about his father in every possible way, but in fact it further strengthens the monitoring and prevents the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji from communicating with his foreign ministers.

On the thirteenth day of the fifth month, it had been more than a month since Zhao Ji returned to Beijing, and Zhao Huan allowed him to receive congratulations and meet the officials in Yuzichen Hall.

And Zhao Ji is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he is under house arrest, he does not forget to win over his left and right, "he still takes property from time to time, and bestows it on the left and right."

Therefore, Zhao Huan once again decreed, "Let Kaifeng's Yin Ji enter the Longde Palace countless times, and those who are rewarded will come out, that is, they will be accepted in the palace."

That is to say, the Kaifeng Mansion is ordered to check the inventory of the Supreme Emperor Longde Palace and register it in the book. Anyone who is rewarded by the Supreme Emperor will not be brought into the palace after leaving the Longde Palace.

This practice is really rare, which shows Zhao Huan's deep prejudice against his father and his high vigilance.

Zhao Ji was naturally very dissatisfied with this, but because he had lost his freedom at this time, he was also powerless in the face of this situation, but he still protested tactfully.

According to historical records, Song Huizong "every time he paid for (Song Qinzong), he called himself old and clumsy, and called him His Majesty", which may be an expression of his dissatisfaction.

As the estrangement between father and son became more and more serious, Zhao Ji regretted the Zen position at the beginning, and he was placed under house arrest in the palace, completely lost the source of news, so that he didn't know that the Jinren had expelled Mu Xu from the customs, so it was whimsical He proposed that in order to prevent the Jin people from committing another crime, he asked Zhao Huan to let him go to Luoyang, Xijing, to govern the army.

As soon as this discussion came out, Zhao Huan was even more furious, thinking that his father, the emperor, was still ruthless and wanted to carry out restoration all the time.

In order to completely dispel Zhao Ji's unrealistic fantasies, Zhao Huan raised his butcher's knife to Zhao Ji's former most trusted minister.

Among these people, the "six thieves" are the leaders.Among them, Li Bangyan was bestowed to death; Wang Fu was placed in Yongzhou and executed secretly on the way; Cai Jing was demoted to Danzhou and died of illness on the way (or starved to death on the way); Tong Guan was demoted to Jiyang Army and given death on the way; , was soon beheaded.

In addition to the above five people, even Liang Shicheng, who secretly helped Zhao Huan ascend the throne, was also listed as the six thieves, demoted to the deputy envoy of the Changhua Army Jiedu, and died on the way.

It can be seen that Zhao Huan has reached the point where he has no scruples in order to cut off Zhao Ji's wings.