Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 365 0360 [Manchurian virtuous] (add more for the penguin boss)
Yanjing.

After the Song soldiers withdrew, Liao (Northern Liao) began to strife.

Li Chuwen and his son, the power ministers, felt that the future was bleak, and sent someone to have an affair with Tong Guan, planning to hijack Concubine Liao De and submit to the Song Dynasty.At the same time, he secretly contacted Jin Guo, willing to be the internal support of the Jin people and help Jin Guo take Youzhou.

Concubine Liao De took the lead, killed Li Chuwen and his son, and surrendered five times to surrender to Jin Guo.The only requirement is to establish Yeluding as the emperor.

The Jin people did not allow it, and the concubine Liao De stayed at Juyongguan.

The Jin soldiers broke through Juyongguan, and then rushed into Yanjing City, and the Northern Liao regime declared its demise.

The Kingdom of Jin is not interested in the land of Youzhou at all.Due to successive years of wars and natural disasters, the place is so poor that no bird can shit. After robbing the nobles of the Liao Kingdom, what is left is regarded as a burden by the Jin people.

The population is still a little bit useful, and the surviving Liao people of those tribes were sent by the Kingdom of Jin to the edge of the Songnen Plain (the east side of the Greater Khingan Mountains) for resettlement.

In a place of bitter cold, and supplies are scarce, who wants to go?

During the migration, a large number of descendants fled and went to the grassland to seek refuge with Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom.

Emperor Tianzuo recruited these tribes, cheered up a little in the grassland, and planned to recover the Youyun area.

At this time, Aguda was dead, and Wu Qimai succeeded him as the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin.

Wu Qimai sent envoy Li Jing to Kaifeng to discuss the sale of Yanjing to Song State: Liao people rebelled every day in Youzhou, and hungry people were everywhere, waiting to be fed. This poor place should be sold as soon as possible for money.

Li Jing, the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin, had not yet arrived, but the Jin Dynasty had already arrived.

Only the documents of victory are released, and the documents of defeat are all urgent and secret, and have to be sent to the Privy Council quickly.

Zheng Juzhong died of illness in early winter, and the current privy envoy is Cai You.

Cai You opened the battle report and saw that his body was shaking and he was on the verge of fainting.

Zhao Xun has sent several letters in a row, all of which are about the fall of Jianzhou, asking the court to send reinforcements, money and food as soon as possible.Cai You replied every time, it was good to defend Zitong and Guanghan, and there would be reinforcements in the spring.

Regarding the Sichuan war, the emperors and ministers of the Song Dynasty are still very confident.

Jianmenguan and Zitong blocked the main force of the bandits for a long time.And the officers and soldiers on Kuizhou Road also won successive battles and regained lost ground. More than a dozen success reports in a row have recovered the entire territory of Quzhou, Bazhou, Pengzhou, and Guang'an Army.

Judging from the battle reports, the bandits have turned from prosperity to decline, and Sichuan officers and soldiers are counterattacking.

"Why did you lose Chengdu? Why did you lose Chengdu..." Cai You was in a state of bewilderment as he looked at the eight hundred miles in his hand.

After waiting for a long time, Cai You took the urgent report and galloped towards Gen Yue on horseback.

Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was hosting a banquet for his ministers and Guo Yaoshi. Although Faliao was beaten badly, Guo Yaoshi was extremely favored.

This general of the Liao Kingdom was a general of the Northern Liao Guards (for details, please refer to the major general of the national army appointed remotely in [-]).Even though there is a lot of water, it sounds nice to say that this is the highest official of the Liao Kingdom attached to the Song Dynasty.

What's more, Guo Yaoshi also proposed a surprise attack on Yanjing. If the Song army hadn't entered the city and messed around, Yanjing would have been taken by Song Dynasty long ago.

As soon as Guo Yaoshi arrived in Kaifeng, he was immediately received by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. He was given a mansion, concubines and servants, and was often invited to accompany the emperor to visit Genyue.

"Why is Liulang in a hurry?" Song Huizong asked.

Cai You remained silent, looking at the idlers around the emperor.

Song Huizong said with a smile: "There is no need to hide it, they are all from our own family."

Cai You was still silent.

Song Huizong's smile suddenly disappeared. He knew that something important had happened, so he immediately waved away the crowd.

There were only two eunuchs remaining on the scene, Song Huizong asked: "But which city did Song Jiang take?"

Cai You said: "After the reorganization of the Shengjie Army, Song Jiang has been killed and fled to Hebei, and he no longer threatens Tokyo. He just received an urgent request at eight hundred miles, and the Hanzhong bandits have... stolen Chengdu."

"what?"

Song Huizong turned pale with shock, and then said angrily: "The officers and soldiers on Kuizhou Road, didn't they have recovered four state troops after a series of battles? Why don't you go west to cut off the bandits' retreat, and attack the bandits back and forth with the officers and soldiers on Chengdu Fu Road?"

Cai You said: "The Privy Council has issued this order to let the officers and soldiers on Kuizhou Road go west. Now that Chengdu has fallen, there is no movement on Kuizhou Road. There are only two possibilities. One is that the officers and soldiers on Kuizhou Road encountered bandits on the way and were blocked. On the border of Zizhou Road; the second is the officers and soldiers on Kuizhou Road, who have been avoiding battles from beginning to end and dare not go head-to-head with bandits!"

Cai You guessed it right, probably having discussed it in detail with civil and military officials.

The officers and soldiers on the Kuizhou Road first marched westward, but were stopped by Li Bao's partial division, and only after losing the battle did they avoid the battle.

Song Huizong sat on the golden chair in despair, Sichuan was rich and endowed, and the terrain was very easy to separate.Once the bandits rely on the danger of mountains and rivers to defend to the death, no matter how powerful the Forbidden Army and Western Army are, it will be difficult to wipe them out.

Cai You said: "Your Majesty, please summon all ministers and Ministers of the Ministry of War and Household Affairs to discuss matters!"

"Yes, yes, please recruit them to Genyue." Song Huizong finally came to his senses.

Not long after, a group of sages arrived in Gen Yue.

They are: Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang, Wang Anzhong, Li Bangyan, Zhao Ye.Sedimentary (Shangshu of the Household Department, Wang Fu's party feather), He Zhitong (Shangshu of the Ministry of War, whose father was Cai Jing's political opponent and former prime minister He Zhizhong).

There was originally Feng Xizai, who belonged to Cai Jingyu's party, and was thrown out by Wang Fu last month to be the magistrate.

"Meet the official!"

All the virtuous ministers were saluting, Song Huizong said impatiently: "Stop worshiping, Liu Lang quickly tell them to listen."

Cai You said: "The Zhu thieves have seized three of the four roads in Chuanxia, ​​leaving Kuizhou Road intact."

"Chengdu gone?"

"What battle did Zhao Xun fight?"

"The road to Shu is dangerous, how can officers and soldiers be defeated?"

"Quickly send out soldiers to wipe them out!"

"..."

All the ministers present panicked and began to speak in a chaotic manner.

Song Huizong asked Tong Guan: "When will the Imperial Army and the Western Army go to suppress the bandits?"

Tong Guan replied: "Your Majesty experienced the Battle of Hebei. All the armies were uneven and had to be reorganized one by one. The Shengjie Army has been reorganized and is encircling and suppressing Song Jiang with the Shandong Xiang Army. Song thieves were chased to Hebei, Shandong borders. The rest of the forbidden army is still in the process of reorganization. The Western Army has returned to Shaanxi for reorganization, and it should be completed by the beginning of spring."

Liang Shicheng said: "It's snowing heavily in the middle of winter, and it's inconvenient to march, so we have to wait for the snow to melt in spring."

Song Huizong was dissatisfied and said: "Sichuan doesn't have heavy snowfall. Wait until the spring to go to suppress them. I am afraid that Kuizhou Road will be gone! Why haven't these two roads entered Sichuan to suppress bandits?"

Cai You said: "There are also rebels on these two roads, especially Jingbei Road. They are sending troops to Jingnan Road to conquer Fangla's remnants and Fang Qifo. I have sent troops to Guangxi Road to attack the Seven Buddhas from the north and south. In addition, the two Lu said that there was not enough money and food, and it was not relieved until the autumn food was replenished."

There is a sudden sentence in the deposition of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance: "The autumn grain taxes on Jingxi South Road and Jinghu Road, this year, a grain of rice and a penny have not been transferred to Tokyo. Famines are reported, and I really don’t have money and food in my hands to fight the war!”

Tong Guan yin and yang said strangely: "You are only crying poor, if it wasn't for the lack of money and food, how could we have lost the battle in Liao?"

Sedimentation said angrily: "I'm not a god, how can I get paid for it!"

After Tong Guan returned to Beijing, he not only dumped the blame on the general, but also blamed it on the Minister of the Household Department.Historically, this confidant of Wang Fu in the deposition will be squeezed out by Tong Guan to promote the Taoist temple in a short time.

Song Huizong suddenly missed Cai Jing a little. If Cai Jing was still there, the finances would not be so embarrassing.

Song Huizong looked at the group of deputy prime ministers: "What can you do?"

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, when the spring comes, you will be able to wipe out the Zhu thief in one fell swoop!"

Bai Shizhong said: "You can order the astronomical officer to choose an auspicious day to send troops. Your Majesty is the eldest son of God, with the protection of the gods, the little Zhu thief is nothing to worry about."

Li Bangyan said: "Can you recruit security?"

Zhao Ye said: "Yes, you can try to recruit security. If you can succeed, it will be the best, if you can't succeed, you can also paralyze Zhu thief."

Song Huizong thought for a while, pointed to Li Bangyan and said: "You have an old relationship with Zhu thief, and go to Sichuan for a while."

Li Bangyan really wanted to slap himself twice, so how could he say good-bye?Put yourself in the hole.

What if Zhu thief kills himself to sacrifice the flag?

Wang Anzhong said: "Zhang Gen is an official in Jinzhou, and he is the father-in-law of Zhu thief. He must have been a thief. His brother (Zhang Xiang), his son (Zhang Tao), and his son-in-law (Li Gang) can no longer be reused. demoted to idleness."

Song Huizong nodded and said: "This statement is reasonable."

The virtuous ministers immediately found the direction of advice, and Bai Shizhong said: "Zhao Yu, Huang Gai, and Gao Jingshan lost the city and land, and they should be punished. The brothers and relatives of these three people should also be dismissed."

Song Huizong said: "That's not necessary. The three of them don't know their whereabouts, and they may have died heroically. Especially Gao Jingshan, Huang Gai went up to impeach him as a traitor, but Zhao Yu went up to say that this person is missing."

Tong Guan said: "Your Majesty, it's better to decide on the strategy of suppressing the bandits early."

Song Huizong said: "Qing is a man who knows how to fight, can you have a good strategy?"

Tong Guan had already formulated a strategy for suppressing bandits: "When the snow melts in the spring, the Western Army will go south from Shaanxi to Hanzhong, the Forbidden Army will attack Jinzhou from the Southwest Road of Beijing, and the officers and soldiers on the Jinghu Road will enter Sichuan from Kuizhou. In this way, all three routes will be launched. Torn left and right."

He Zhitong, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "You can send envoys to Dali, reward the king, and order Dali to send troops from the south. Then you can send envoys to appease the tribes of Tubo and Xishan Yechuan (from Xiaojinchuan to Luding), and order these Tubo and Qiang people Attack western Sichuan. Cooperate with the officers and soldiers of the three groups, and there will be a six-way attack!"

Song Huizong rejoiced and said: "This plan is very clever!"

Song Huizong appointed Tong Guan as the commander-in-chief of hunting for thieves, and asked Tong Guan to be responsible for dispatching troops and generals, and asked the Ministry of Rites to send envoys to contact Dali, Tubo, and Xishan Yechuan.

All the virtuous ministers retreated, leaving Li Bangyan alone.

Song Huizong said to Li Bangyan: "When you go to Hanzhong to recruit, you say that I value his father and son very much. If you are willing to submit to the imperial court, Zhu Guoxiang can be named Taishi and Hanzhong Hou, and Zhu Ming can be directly promoted to Longtu Pavilion, promoted to Dali Temple Minister, and recruited. Captain Prince Consort. I miss them very much, and have already left a mansion in Tokyo, waiting for them to live in."

Li Bangyan sighed: "The officials are so generous, the Zhu family and his son are definitely willing to recruit."

"Go, take my gift." Song Huizong smiled.

Li Bangyan bowed and retreated, Song Huizong's expression became gloomy instantly, he wished to cut the Zhu family father and son into pieces.

(End of this chapter)