The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Nowadays, fighting is raging north of Hedong Road. Not only is Taiyuan under siege, but Fuzhou, Linzhou and other places on the border have also fallen.

But even though many places were lost, it was different from the Jurchens in other Luzhou states who had a stable occupation. During this period, they continued to resist, and even broke up their families from time to time to organize the remaining troops, support the rebels, and counterattack everywhere.

After all, it was a local snake that had been in power for hundreds of years. The Zhe family responded to every call on Hedong Road. They could not defeat the Jurchens, but they did not lack the strength of men and horses, and they even had enough food and grass.

In Fuzhou City, Wanyan Lou's expression was as indifferent as water.

He is also called Oriyan, and he is the son of Wanyan Baida, the minister of Jurchen Yatase and other ministers of Qishui.

He joined the army as a young man, and at the age of twenty-one, he went to serve the Qishui tribe on behalf of his father. In the fourth year of Liao Tianqing's reign, he followed Wanyan Agu to fight against the Liao Dynasty. Shu Ke led his cavalry straight into the backbone of the Liao army, and fell into the formation nine times, severely defeating the Liao army.

He fought dozens of battles in his life, and only one failed, but that failure actually could not withstand scrutiny.

Since leaving the army, he has pacified Xiaolihai, surrendered five cities in the battle of Haolandian, pacified Tiaohun, won great victories in Ningjiang Prefecture, won great victories in Xianzhou, and won great victories in the ancient city of Daru, nine in and nine out.

The great victory of Huanglongfu, the great victory of Baimaluo, the great victory of Tribulus Mountain, the great victory of Xiaoqianguo Pharmacist, the great victory of Nianshan, the great victory of Yuanyangluo, the great victory of Xijing, the great victory of Yishui, the great victory of Dielabu, the great victory of Yinshan, and the personal capture Yelu Dashi, Yudu Valley won a great victory, and captured Emperor Tianzuo himself.

The great victory of Daizhou at Yanmen Pass, the great victory of Shouyang, the great victory of Shaxiongling, the great victory of Zhongshi, the great victory of Wenshui, the great victory of Fenzhou, the great victory of Yellow River, the great victory of Liujia Shenbing, Break open the city gate.

Great victory at Qianqiu Town, 100,000 annihilated Song troops, great victory at Puzhou City, great victory at Chang'an, capture of Chang'an and Fengxiang, great earthquake at Longyou, great victory at Wulipo, beheading Zhang Yan, great victory at Xihe, beheading Liu Weifu, Jin The Ning army defeated Xu Huiyan, Wuhe defeated Wu Jie, Shaanzhou won a great victory, Li Yanxian was killed, Peng Yuandian defeated Wu Jie again.

The Battle of Fuping was a resounding victory, defeating the all-star combination of the Southern Song Dynasty such as Wu Jie, Wu Lin, and Liu Qi. It is an exaggeration to say that the Southern Song Dynasty's 300,000-strong army was almost completely wiped out in one battle.

During this battle, Wanyan Loushi was actually ill, and Wanyan Zongbi's left-wing army had failed and retreated. Wanyan Loushi fought with the right-wing force, and the army regained strength, destroying the strongest army led by Zhang Jun.

Wang Yanqian, a minister at the time of Emperor Shizong, once praised the Lou family: "From the beginning of the country to this day, there is no one who can surpass the generals and ministers!"

The true number one general in the Kingdom of Jin.

Zongwang is worse, Zonghan is worse, and Wushu is not as good at all.

It's just that those three are all clans, and they were responsible for leading troops from the beginning, so they are more famous.

But the Jin Kingdom believes that Lou Shi is the number one general.

In the battle of Daru Ancient City, nine advances and nine exits were made, Yelu Dashi was captured, Emperor Tianzuo was captured, Liuding Liujia was defeated and Kaifeng was captured, and Zhong Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Xu Huiyan and others were killed. Wanyan Loushi was the leading general in these battles.

If Zong Han was the only one on the west road, even if Wanyan Zongbi's army was reunited, and Wanyan Xiyin and others were also there, Zhao Tong might not lead the troops himself.

Wang Zhen was able to defend Taiyuan City for more than 250 days, and Wanyan Yinshu could not attack it for a long time as the main general. Then he sent Li Yanxian, Yao Pingzhong, Liu Qi and others to lead troops to cooperate inside and outside, and with the help of the Zhe family, he could completely relieve the siege.

But Wanyan Lou's presence is an extremely unstable factor. Although Zong Han has been suppressing him, it still needs to be used at critical moments. If that happens, Zhao Tong considers that even if his subordinates and others can break the siege of Taiyuan, they will be unable to do so. Drive the Jurchens out of Hedong Road and drive them to the north of Baigou.

Wanyan Lou's room was sitting under the lamp writing letters, using Jurchen script.

This kind of writing is really magical. Even people who have never read a book can understand letters as long as they memorize the twenty-six letters and their pronunciations. Even smart people can learn to write according to this without any teacher. arts.

Although the content of this kind of written text needs to be spelled out one by one at the beginning, and because a certain pronunciation represents several bytes in spoken language at the same time, it needs to be inferred from the context, but as long as you get used to it and become proficient, it will be fine. You can understand the meaning with a little glance.

This kind of writing is simple and easy to learn, and is very suitable for popularization among the Jurchen tribe. Unlike Chinese Khitan writing and Western Xia writing, you often need to recognize hundreds or even thousands of single words before you can understand books and letters.

The Jurchens don't need any beautiful articles, poems, songs, or the like, nor do they need all kinds of complicated records and writings, at least not now. This kind of writing is enough for the moment.

The person who invented this writing is really a genius, but unfortunately... he is an enemy!
Wanyan Loushi stopped writing and fell into thought for a moment. That man assassinated Taizu and left. Xiyin was imprisoned for interrogation. After he was released from prison, he recruited scholars from all over the world to invent a new text to replace the text created by the assassin. , but did not succeed.

Because this kind of writing was so simple and easy to learn, it was quickly accepted and used after it was promoted by the tribe, and even subsequent new writings could not be promoted at all.

The person who invented this kind of writing is extremely talented, but shouldn't such a great talent be reused by various countries, and even become famous and well-known? How could he become an assassin, travel thousands of miles with all his plans, hide his name, and do such dangerous things?

He couldn't figure it out.

What's more, it has been nearly ten years since that incident, but within ten years there has been no news about this person, as if he has completely disappeared. This is a bit contrary to common sense. Would such a person really live in seclusion completely after doing such a big thing?

He doesn't believe it.

Although there is a lot of evidence pointing to King Qin of the Song Dynasty, the news was first spread by Yelu Dashi.

The Jin and Song Dynasties united to destroy the Liao Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty was in danger and its destruction was imminent. Yelu Dashi broke the news, but the Jin Kingdom did not believe it at all.

How could the Song Emperor's prince and dignified prince risk such a thing?

Put it on Liao, would the prince of Liao dare? Not to mention whether he has the means and skills to win Xiyin's trust. You must know that Xiyin is a thoughtful fox. Just talking about courage, no prince of Liao Kingdom has it, right?

Even in Dajin, several princes are brave and not afraid of death, but it is difficult to do this kind of thing, because it is almost impossible to do, and their lives may be lost in the end.

Therefore, the Jin Dynasty did not believe the news spread by Yelu Dashi. Moreover, Jin Dynasty also heard that the royal family of the Song Dynasty had no warriors. Kill with one strike, without delay, and then escape thousands of miles away.

So it's simply impossible.

That is to frame the case and throw dirty water in order to destroy the Jin-Song alliance.

However, Huining still sent an order to negotiate with the Song Dynasty court, with the intention of putting pressure on the Song Dynasty. Even if it was a rumor fabricated by Yelu Dashi, they wanted to use this rumor to see if they could gain some benefits.

However, after the capture of Yanjing, Yelu Dashi abandoned the city and broke out to escape. However, many letters were found in the study room of his residence. The letters were packed in sandalwood boxes and hung on pillars and beams with ropes. It seemed that they were left to be discovered by visitors.

The letter was obtained by Zong Wang and showed to the generals. It turned out to be a secret letter between Yelu Dashi and Zhao Tao, King of Qin of the Song Dynasty. The time span was as long as seven or eight years, and it also included the final plot to assassinate Emperor Taizu. , all in the letter. Judging from the condition of the paper and the age of the ink, these letters do not seem to be fake, but the calculation of the time is a bit ridiculous. Didn't Qin King Zhao Tong start contacting Yelu Dashi when he was more than nine years old? How is this possible!

This is obviously the biggest loophole!
Zong Wang was confused and had no idea, so he sent someone to Huining. Firstly, he felt that regardless of whether it was true or not, he should report Wanyan Wu's begging decision. Secondly, he asked Wanyan Xiyin to identify the handwriting and see what the so-called Zhao Zhao was. Is the handwriting on Tama's letter similar to that of the assassin who was an official in Huining?

If the handwriting is the same, then all the impossibilities become possible, and Emperor Taizu was boldly assassinated by Zhao Tao.

But to everyone's disappointment, the assassin did leave a lot of handwriting in Huining, but it was completely different from the handwriting of the letters obtained from the Yelu Dashi Mansion. After screening, many foreign scholars who were officials of the Jin Dynasty in Huining were all Shaking his head, Xiyin looked at it and felt that it was different.

Wanyan Lou's family has also studied this matter. He is not a person who jumps to conclusions easily, but he knows Yelu Dashi better. He has captured it with his own hands and knows it very well. Dashi is a hero.

If he were Yelu Dashi and wanted to plot a frame-up, it would be easy to make the paper and ink old, and the content of the letter would be easy to compile. Only during this time of collusion and the motive for the murder would it be difficult to determine.

Sneaking into Huining and assassinating the Emperor of Jin should be what the Liao Kingdom wanted to do most. What does it have to do with the Song Kingdom? The Jin Dynasty has never been an enemy of the Song Dynasty since the beginning of the army, and even made several cross-sea horse sales. In fact, until they captured the Sixteen Prefectures last year, the two countries had always been good neighbors and friendly. Respect each other.

So, Zhao Tong lost his mind and went crazy, and ran away to the White Mountains and Black Waters, to Huining in the north, to kill Emperor Taizu?

Even if you were crazy, you probably wouldn’t be able to do such an outrageous thing!

There's no reason, no sense, no matter what you say, you can't convince anyone!

From the time when Yelu Dashi was besieged in Yanjing, when he released the news, to the last letters he left behind, there was no reason why Zhao Tong wanted to assassinate Emperor Taizu.

Because there is no reason at all. If the matter is true, there is no need to analyze it. If it is false, Yelu Dashi may not be able to make up any reason to convince others, so he is vague.

There is also the time of collusion. For such a big thing as the assassination of Emperor Taizu, it is impossible for the two of them to just meet and communicate for a short time and then finalize it, right? It definitely takes years of dating, trusting each other, and a little trial and error before we can finally reach a consensus.

How many years should this be? At least five years, ten years is not a long time, after all, it is such a big deal.

But when Taizu was killed, Zhao Yu was only seventeen years old. At the age of seventeen, he dared to sneak into Huining and kill people. Let's not talk about it. According to the time of the letter, Zhao Yu was only about nine years old when the two met and contacted.

This seems unlikely.

If these were all designed and planned by Yelu Dashi a long time ago to frame him, why did he leave such a loophole?
Because there is no way to cover up this flaw. Zhao Tong is the second son of the Song Emperor, and the next higher up is the prince Zhao Huan. Yelu Dashi can't make up that the prince of the Song Dynasty colluded with him, and then sneaked into Huining alone to kill people, right?

No storyteller would dare to make it up like this.

Therefore, Wanyan Loushi himself has never believed it. Even if he does not draw conclusions easily about anything, he still feels that this matter is probably a trap set up by Yelu Dashi. He kills two birds with one stone. After the defeat of Liao Dynasty, he can still stir up discord between the two families. He and even Jin and Liao fought against each other for the death of Emperor Taizu, fighting to the death and alive, which was regarded as revenge against Liao.

When he came up with this idea, he admired Yelu Dashi very much. This chain trick was simply too poisonous, until...

Until Dajin received a piece of military news, Zhao Yu, the king of Qin in the Song Dynasty, led an army from Xihe into Xia to lead Xingqing and break Xia. Emperor Xia died, and the army was led by Brother Richard, who proclaimed himself emperor and committed suicide. destroyed.

The Kingdom of Jin originally had no spies in Xixia, because the Liao Kingdom was in the middle and there was no need to cross a country to plant spies for each other, so it was relatively late to learn about the news, but the news caused a lot of controversy and doubts among the Kingdom of Jin.

The first is an assessment of the Song Army's combat effectiveness, and the second is an analysis of Zhao Tao's command and combat capabilities. However, as the discussions went on, the disputes became more and more controversial. Judging from the performance of the Song Army on the Liao battlefield, they simply did not have the ability to destroy Xixia. , not to mention that it is still a two-front battle and the troops are tight.

The Kingdom of Jin did not know about Zhao Tong's rebellion with the imperial court, and could only draw one conclusion at this moment, that is, Xixia was extremely weak, or even far inferior to the Liao Dynasty at the end of the day.

But later, Emperor Song informed the world about the affairs of the Uighurs and the East Kara Khan, and something was not right. At this time, there was another dispute within the Jin Kingdom, and he began to become suspicious.

At this time, Wanyan Loushi stretched out his fingers to flick the lanterns, and then remembered that this time Zhao Tan came to Tokyo, Wanyan Zongbi was defeated, and then the Song Emperor abdicated and passed the emperor's throne to Zhao Tan, who changed his flag.

This is even more wrong. How can Zhao Tong's soldiers and horses be so strong? Even the heavy armored cavalry can be defeated. The myth that the Jurchens are invincible when they are less than ten thousand has been shattered. Moreover, there is a prince in the Song Dynasty. Why should he be replaced as the emperor and regent of state affairs?

Wanyan Loushi's eyes narrowed, could it be...

Was it really Zhao Tong who sneaked into Huining, hid under Xiyin's family, and assassinated Emperor Taizu in one fell swoop?
Planning at the age of nine, running the business for several years, crossing the sea and mountains at the age of seventeen, to accomplish this great event, he is truly a young hero, and even... he even got the official position of Minister of Etiquette!

Wanyan Loushi reached out and touched his beard. The Minister of Rites... is a higher official than his current position. Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the court system has become more and more complete day by day. The Minister of Rites who is now in power has a distinguished position and authority. Powerful.

But at this moment, it was all just conjecture. It only reduced the possibility of Yelu Dashi's frame-up to 50%, and the other 50% was really Zhao Tao's doing.

However, only by meeting him can we better judge whether it was this person who did such a bold and shocking thing back then.

Wanyan Loushi slowly picked up the pen again and continued to write.

The letter was not written to Wanyan Zonghan, but to Wanyan Balisu.

Wanyan Balisu is currently stationed in Linzhou.

Jurchen troops were stationed in Fuzhou and Linzhou, the two major fortresses on the border. He and Balisu each led 5,000 men to guard them.

He put pen to paper and wrote:

Burn the city and go to Taiyuan!

Finally, I thought about it and added another sentence.

The general is outside, and military orders are not obeyed!

(End of this chapter)