The struggle of the reborn prince

After the first month of the month, the weather became hotter and hotter. The emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Tun, moved his holy car to Yanjing to escape the summer heat. Both the left and right ministers stayed in the capital to handle government affairs, accompanied by two political governors, Li Gang and Xu Jingheng.If the emperor left Beijing in the past, he would definitely attract the advice and advice of the officials to stop him, but now everyone has gradually become accustomed to the emperor's style, and now the country has stabilized the political situation after more than ten years of construction, and a new bureaucratic system and procedures have been formed. Paying their own responsibilities with the local government does not require the emperor to worry about everything, and it also gives him leisure.

In the past, the emperor used to mobilize tens of thousands of people, which cost a lot of money and put huge pressure on the country's finances, which caused his subjects to oppose the emperor's travel.But this one is different from your ancestors, he likes to be light and simple, and opposes extravagance and waste.Besides, the national treasury is full now, and I don't care about the small money spent by the emperor.In addition, the social order of the Song Dynasty was good, and no one had anything to rebel when people were full of food and drink. Now that Zhanshan is the king, it is great to have four or No. 50 people under his command. How dare he stare at the emperor's guards.

Therefore, Zhao Tun did not encounter any resistance on this trip. He led two brigades of guards and related personnel, including tens of thousands of people, to leave Beijing for Yanjing.And he did not go to live in Yanjing City, but went to the Yanfangdian Palace outside the city, which used to be the Liao Emperor's Naboli Palace, and later, there was a period of time when Zhao Tun was attacking Yanjing. At that time, he went to the battalion to command the battle.Since then, it has been preserved as a palace, and it is maintained by special personnel on weekdays. Although he has never been here since then, after learning that the emperor is coming, the Yanjing Mansion has specially done maintenance.

Yanfang Lake has a radius of hundreds of miles, the mist is vast, and birds and animals are hidden in it.Here you can go boating and fishing on the water, or run horses and hunt.It was also much cooler than Bianjing, so Zhao Tong had a great time playing.But his main task here is not to eat, drink and have fun.It was to inspect Yanjing's armaments and plan a big plan to cut gold. Once the war starts, this place will become the material supply base and military assembly place for the Song Army's Northern Expedition, and one of the rear turning points of the battle.

As the planner of a war, Zhao Tong knew that there was a big difference between completely conquering and ruling a country and a war aimed at plundering.If you just grab a handful and leave, you don't need to use a large army, and the preparation work is much simpler.But if you want to occupy a country, you must use a variety of resources, not only the army's siege of cities and land.It is also necessary for relevant personnel to quickly take over and establish a political power and implement rule.

In addition, it is necessary to have sufficient material reserves to deal with a war that may last for a year or even several years, and to ensure the supply of the army and the local area, otherwise it may only be an anticlimactic victory.The battle to regain Yanyun in the Song Dynasty was a very good negative teaching material. It was precisely because of the lack of material reserves in the early period of the Song Dynasty that the army had no food and weapons; Relief to the people in the newly harvested land, which caused dissatisfaction among the people in the country.Planted the seeds of mutual hatred.Moreover, this kind of emergency financing was difficult to last. Finally, the food shortage triggered a rebellion, and under the attack of the Jin army, it quickly lost the unheated territory.

And the fucking traffic conditions and transportation capacity of this era make it necessary to prepare in advance and set up material supply bases at the predetermined attack routes and assembly points.In order to be able to quickly send to the front.Located to the north of the Yellow River, Yanjing is a big city close to the border of Song and Jin Dynasties, and materials can be transported from the southeast through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.As a material distribution center has inherent advantages.In order to ensure the suddenness of the outbreak of war, it is not possible to blatantly deploy large-scale supplies.In order to avoid arousing the vigilance of Jin Guo, it is necessary to make secret preparations as soon as possible.

Zhao Tama inspected the roads and material storage points in the Yanjing area while traveling in the mountains and rivers.He also ordered to repair and widen the road between Pingzhou and Dadingfu on the grounds of communicating with caravans, build ports along the coast, establish sea transportation lines, and increase the speed of material transfer.At the same time, in the name of preparing for famines and disasters, the states and counties along the way were asked to build additional warehouses to store supplies to cover people's eyes and ears. In fact, they were used as supply stations and transportation nodes for the army to advance.

Just when Zhao Tun was in full swing planning for the Northern Expedition, he suddenly received a report from the intelligence department, saying that Jin Guo Taishi Wanyan Wushu had asked the Jin Emperor to serve as an official for retirement.In Zhao Tun's previous childhood, Wu Shu's name was actually more familiar than A Guda, Wu Qimai, Zong Han, Han Li, etc., because he always appeared as the number one villain no matter in storytelling or comic books , is a villain whose crime is extremely heinous and not enough to kill the common people.It is vicious and cruel, cunning and treacherous, vicious, and extremely stupid. All the qualities of villains, and their looks are even more unflattering. Basically, they are born of the same mother as monsters in fairy tales.

In the popular version, Wushu was a counterattack against the Kingdom of Jin in the Southern Song Dynasty. The formation he set up was broken, but he was captured by Niu Gao, the head of the legendary lucky general. He rode on him and laughed to death. Wushu was killed alive Mad.In fact, this is just a good wish of future generations, hoping that Wushu will get the punishment he deserves based on the fatalistic view that evil people will be rewarded with evil.In fact, the Wushu that Zhao Tang encountered was not only not stupid, but he was also called a good general and a virtuous man who governed the country. It can be said that he faced the main enemy after becoming the emperor...

Three years after Zhao Tong succeeded to the throne, the battle to regain Yanyun was launched, which can be said to be the first face-to-face contest between the two. Before that, one of them was just a frustrated prince, and the other was still running errands behind his brother.After the first battle between the two, Wu Shu realized that the expansion of the Dajin Kingdom had come to an end; Da Song started the war as soon as he had recovered his breath, and it was more out of political and defensive considerations. Threat to the Kingdom of Jin.Therefore, Wushu judged that the Song Dynasty would be unable to fight again after winning the victory, and would turn its main energy to internal affairs.

Therefore, after returning to the country, Wu Shu firmly stood on Wan Yanquan's side in the struggles of various factions in the country, and held peace talks with Song Dynasty.The development of the matter was as expected. Although Zhao Er was having a good time, after being "tricked" twice, he did not raise an army to fight again. Instead, he maintained a certain degree of restraint. Obviously he also realized that at this time it was not a war The best way to solve the problem.This correct prediction also allowed Wushu to fight desperately against the royal family leaders such as Tai Lai, Zong Pan, and Zong Jun who were plotting to rebel, and finally won the victory. The actual helm of the country.

In fact, Zhao Tun's purpose in launching the battle to recover Yanyun was just as Wu Shu expected. He wanted to gain political recognition and gain defense depth, not to wipe out money in one fell swoop. It has just recovered, and it is not capable of running the huge Jin Kingdom.Based on his analysis of the political situation of the Kingdom of Jin at that time, Wanyan Quan had just succeeded to the throne and it was time for reforms. Power struggles were inevitable. It was the right time to launch a limited war, and the Kingdom of Jin would also try to negotiate peace after failure. , to avoid the expansion of the war.

Therefore, when the military situation was very good, Zhao Tong resolutely terminated the attack and put back Wushu. He knew that if he did it forcefully, it would not only destroy the first dawn of prosperity, but also drag Song into a boundless war again. , thus threatening his nascent regime.In the ensuing negotiations, he knew that Wanyan Quan was playing tricks and conspiracies, but he didn't expose them. He cooperated with him in finding political backers through the exchange of prisoners, and provoked civil strife that lasted for several years.

In this fight between Wushu and Zhao Tun, it can be said that Zhao Tun had a slight upper hand and did not completely defeat Wushu. Instead, the two smart people used each other to win time and opportunity for each other to further strive for power.For a period of time after that, although the two sides were still in constant conflict, neither of them launched a major battle. The only advantage was that Saili's defection allowed Da Song to take Linhuang Mansion lightly, causing holes in Dajin's defense circle.Both Zhao Tun and Wu Shu have completely completed the transformation of their identities. He became the real emperor of the Song Dynasty, pacified his own backyard, and completed the first stage of Xing.Wushu defeated all political opponents and became the ruler of the Kingdom of Jin alone...

At this time, Wushu, who had gained the highest power, wanted to change the financial situation of the Jin Kingdom and launched a war of aggression against Goryeo. However, he clearly realized that in order to win, he must avoid the participation of the Song Dynasty, so he chose to send troops suddenly in autumn and winter. Using the severe cold in winter to prevent the Song Dynasty from sending troops, and quickly forced the King of Koryo to surrender, this created a fait accompli and made the Song Dynasty lose its reason to interfere.

Wu Shu's plan was correct based on the situation at the time, but he underestimated the level of the Song army's combat readiness. As soon as Zhao Tong got the news, he sent troops to reinforce Goryeo, and completed the deployment of troops before the cold winter came. Instead, a confrontation was formed, which made Wushu's battle plan a half-baked meal.The subsequent defeat of the Navy, and Pyongyang's long-term attack forced Wushu to withdraw his troops. As a result, he was intercepted by the Song Army layer by layer, resulting in a major defeat.

The situation at this time is extremely dangerous for the Kingdom of Jin. The Song Army on the land border has completed its assembly. With the arrival of spring, the waterway is gradually unblocked. Song army joins.At this time, the Jin army, which had just experienced the defeat of Goryeo, suffered heavy losses and was unable to fully resist the invasion of the Song Dynasty. It can be said that it is the time of life and death.

However, under such a serious situation, Wu Shu made an astonishing move that even Zhao Tang found it difficult to do. He actually lowered his posture to ask Song for peace, and he did not hesitate to pay a heavy price.And what he relied on was only an expired trump card, so that Song Jun had to give up the attack, and Jin Guo once again escaped the disaster of destroying the country. Zhao Tong also had to admire his courage, secretly cited as his biggest opponent, and now he If he died or stepped down, wouldn't the campaign he was preparing for cutting gold become a lot more boring... (To be continued...)