Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

It may be that the astonishing combat effectiveness displayed by the Ever Victorious Army made Wanyan Zongwang feel deeply afraid. After Guo Yaoshi surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Zongwang immediately separated him from the army.

For newly surrendered generals, the deprivation of military power cannot be too obvious, so some methods must be used.

The predecessor of the Ever Victorious Army, the Resentment Army, was a miscellaneous army composed of rebels and refugees, with many military leaders and factions in it. Even after killing generals Liu and Zhang, some generals are still semi-independent. The only ones that Guo Yaoshi can fully control are the 8,000 elites (more than 6,000 were left after the war, and the number was increased to 8,000 through temporary selection).

Wanyan Zongwang used rewards to win over divisions, and some generals of the Ever Victorious Army began to turn their backs on Guo Yaoshi.

Even the eight thousand elites were not led by Medicine Master Guo himself, but by his son Guo Anguo. Only Guo Yaoshi was allowed to lead a thousand cavalry as a pioneer to attack Hebei.

Pharmacist Guo said that one thousand horses was too few, so Wanyan Zongwang gave him another thousand horses.

Pharmacist Guo was filled with resentment. Among the two thousand cavalry, only half were the elite of his headquarters, and the other half were victorious army cavalry who had been bribed by Wanyan Zongwang.

When leaving Yanjing, Medicine Master Guo said to his son: "You must be careful of the Jin people seizing military power, and never leave the military camp. Only soldiers have power. The Jin people are afraid of me, and sooner or later they will attack those thousands of soldiers."

Guo Anguo said in panic: "What should we do?"

Yaoshi Guo said: "You must fight hard and gain more military exploits to gain the trust of the Jin people."

It can only be said that he was too naive. During the war, Wanyan Zongwang would not dare to do anything to him, but he would do it once the war was over. Who told him to cling to military power, and the combat effectiveness of his soldiers was terrifying, and he rebelled against Liao and then Song?

In history, after the first attack on the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang found an excuse and disbanded the Ever Victorious Army.

The officers and soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army were complaining, and Wanyan Zongwang said that they were going to rebel, and set up an ambush to kill all the Ever Victorious Army. Then he questioned Pharmacist Guo and confiscated all his property.

On the contrary, Guo Anguo, the son of Guo Yaoshi, later became very close to Wan Yanliang and was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, and became the general manager of the Wujie Army of the Kingdom of Jin.

But when Wan Yanliang died, Guo Anguo was also killed.

Seeing Medicine Master Guo leading two thousand horses away, Wanyan Zongwang said happily: "Sir, what a great plan!"

"A little trick is nothing to worry about." Shi Liai said with a smile.

Shi Liai was a Jinshi of the Liao Kingdom and came from a wealthy family in Zhuozhou. When the Jin soldiers conquered Zhuozhou, he suggested Aguda to restrain his soldiers and treat the people well.

Later, the Song Dynasty also recruited this person, but Shi Liai refused to recruit him.

This time Wanyan Zongwang led his troops to attack, and Shi Liai immediately brought his tribe to seek refuge. After some questions and answers, coupled with Aguda's initial appreciation, Shi Liai became Wanyan Zongwang's military advisor.

"I wanted to conquer those elites from Liaodong for my own use, but after sending people to contact them, they only listened to what Guo Yaoshi and his son said."

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang had not yet thought of killing all the elite members of the Ever Victorious Army.

Because the troops in his hands were so bad, the main force was Aguda's nephews and nephews, and the rest were all the surrendered Liao army and Jin militia. There is also an elite group of golden soldiers, but they are in the hands of Wanyan Tarlan.

If all the generals on Guo Yaoshi's side can work together, they will actually be on par with the Jin Guo East Route Army.

If Wanyan Zongwang could completely subdue Yaoshi Guo's elite, his military strength would probably increase by more than 50%, not to mention doubling it.

The real elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom are all in the West Route Army commanded by Wanyan Zonghan!

Shi Liai disliked Yaoshi Guo very much and suggested: "Now is the time to use troops. We can drive them to fight. If they can't be subdued, they should be eliminated after the class! Yaoshi Guo is unruly and capricious. He must not be conquered." Trust reuse.”

"I know this too." Wanyan Zongwang thought of Pharmacist Guo's bravery that day and the sinister look in Pharmacist Guo's eyes when they first met. To be honest, he felt very uncomfortable.

It's like having a tiger next to you!

However, it was said that Yaoshi Guo had provided the Song army's defense map of Hebei. Wanyan Zongwang was unwilling to attack Xiongzhou, which was heavily defended, and led his troops straight to Baozhou (Baoding).

The Song army defended Baozhou and the Jin soldiers could not defeat it.

Wanyan Zongwang walked around the city, leaving behind an elite force to protect the grain roads and prevent the Baozhou defenders from leaving the city to rob grain. He personally led the main force to attack Dingzhou.

Dingzhou has been upgraded to Zhongshan Prefecture, with Xin Xingzong serving as the general manager.

Xin Xingzong had returned to Beijing long ago, but his troops had been formed and 30,000 reinforcements had been obtained.

Guard generals Wang Yan and Liu Bi led two thousand troops out of the city to lure the enemy. Wanyan Zongjun led three hundred light cavalry to fight. Three hundred Jin cavalry were ambushed and the entire army was annihilated.

Wanyan Zongwang personally led the main force to attack and killed all the Song troops before they fled back to the city.

After a day of siege, no progress was made, so Wanyan Zongwang walked around the city again.

This guy completely ignored the grain road and transferred back Baozhou elites. They took as much grain as they could with the army. They conquered the county town along the way and directly robbed grain. The countryside is too lazy to take care of it. It would waste too much time to send troops out to grab food.

The defense line arranged by Tong Guan was broken through, or bypassed!

Wanyan Zongwang led more than ten thousand elites and a group of miscellaneous troops to cross a state in an average of three days.

He didn't bother to attack even some county towns, because Shi Li Aijian said: "The Song Dynasty is corrupt. Once it approaches Kaifeng, it will be at a loss. If we attack the cities one by one until Kaifeng, there are not many soldiers left, and the Song Dynasty has time." Mobilize all armies to serve the king."

The Song army's defense line map provided by Guo Yaoshi also let Wanyan Zongwang know that as long as the Jin soldiers broke through Dingzhou, the Song state would not have any decent troops.

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Tokyo, Bianliang.

"What? The Jin people have passed Xingzhou (Xingtai)! How come they came so fast?" Song Huizong was shocked.

He thought that the northern army was completely destroyed, and he never dreamed that the Jin soldiers would dare to go south without taking the city.

The current situation is more dangerous than when Zhang Guangdao captured Nanyang. At least at that time, Tong Guan's army was still defending Yingchang.

Now, from Kaifeng to Xingzhou, there are no decent troops at all!

Song Huizong did not summon Tong Guan and Cai You to discuss matters, but actually called Yu Wenxuzhong: "Come and draw up the decree!"

Yu Wenxuzhong didn't think much and started pouring water and grinding ink.

Just listen to what Huizong of the Song Dynasty said: "Order the armies of all states to recruit soldiers to serve the king, and knowledgeable people at home and abroad can directly admonish the court for its faults. Those who are reckless and foreign among the people, who can come up with strange strategies to defeat the enemy, or who can be envoys to the Jin Dynasty to negotiate peace will be heavily rewarded. . The goods in the Xicheng Office were delivered to the officials for military use. The Xicheng Office seized the unowned land and returned it to the tenants. The daily expenses of the palace were reduced, and the monthly salary was reduced for all attendants and above. Taoist officials and palace officials were dismissed. Grant land, abolish the Dasheng Mansion, the Education and Music Institute, the Xingxing Residence, and the Stone Quarry..."

Yu Wenxu was writing this, but suddenly he froze and looked up at the emperor.

It turns out that this foolish king knows all the bad things he has done. Usually I have been pretending to be stupid and pretending to be deceived by the treacherous minister, but now I have "changed my past mistakes".

After writing an edict, Song Huizong said: "Draft another edict to offend yourself..."

The content of Sinji's Edict is very similar to Ju Ming's "Execution of the Dufu Zhao Ji". They both recount the bad things done by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

As it was not enough to just take the blame himself, Song Huizong said to Yu Wenxuzhong: "Write down Cai Jing's sins, remove Cai Jing from all official positions, and order him to leave the capital immediately!"

Although Cai Jing is idle at home, he still has honorary titles such as Grand Master. Now these honorary positions have also been taken back.

Although Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty issued an edict to punish himself and ordered all regions to serve the king, the Jin soldiers arrived too quickly.

Two days later, Wanyan Zongwang had already reached Mingzhou.

Song Huizong was completely frightened. If he continued to stay in Tokyo, he would definitely not be able to wait for King Qin's troops to come, but would have to deal with the Jin soldiers first.

At this time, Song Huizong did not want to pass on the throne to the prince, and did not even let the prince supervise the country. He only appointed the prince as Kaifeng Mu. But according to the system, Kaifeng Mu does not have the power to command the army and cannot command the various Qinwang armies. Maybe Tokyo will be gone.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty called the ministers and ministers to the capital hall for a meeting and asked them what strategies they had. All of them were at a loss.

With no regard for dignity, everyone from Tong Guan to Cai You, from Bai Shizhong to Li Bangyan was scolded by Song Huizong!

After leaving the palace, Bai Shizhong said: "It may be difficult to save Tokyo, and we must relocate the southeastern defenders."

The meaning of this guy is very obvious. He immediately arranged for a few cronies to do the job for the local officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, and asked the family members to take their belongings and flee quickly, so that they could have someone to take care of them when they arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas.

Li Bangyan was hesitating whether he should run to the southeast or to Nanyang.

Can Zhu Chenggong's army defeat the Jin soldiers?

Regardless of whether the Sichuan soldiers can defeat the Jin soldiers, the Sichuan soldiers can definitely defeat the Song army. Going to Ju Ming's side is safer than being in the southeast.

However, if he goes to seek refuge with Ju Ming now, he will no longer be able to dominate.

If you escape to the southeast, you can still live happily for a few years until the day the Song Dynasty is destroyed.

After thinking about it, Li Bangyan finally came up with a good idea. He asked a brother to take his belongings to Ye County, which was close to Ju Ming's territory. The whole family could take refuge with Ju Ming at any time.

He also asked a brother to go to Zhejiang to serve as a naked official, so that his property could be collected temporarily to prepare a front line for his escape to the southeast.

The entire city of Tokyo has fallen into chaos, and even the people know that the Jin soldiers are coming.

The prime ministers and ministers began to make arrangements for the funeral. Large ships and small boats carried countless goods and transported them to the southeastern region along the Bianhe River.

During the incident, Wu Min took the initiative to go to the palace to see the emperor, and said to Song Huizong: "The Jin bandits are rampant, and the clan cannot be protected. Your Majesty may have the intention of hunting in the south, but the Central Plains must preserve human race. Kaifeng Mu cannot gather people's hearts, so how can he appeal to the world? A hero guarding it? Your Majesty, please pass on the throne to the crown prince!"

Song Huizong was extremely embarrassed and angry when his thoughts were exposed. But this was a matter of wealth and life, and it was not easy for him to deal with Wu Min, so he asked: "Can the prince supervise the country?"

Wu Min asked back: "Does your Majesty still remember the Anshi Rebellion?"

Song Huizong certainly remembered that if he let the prince supervise the country, even if he could return to Tokyo in the future, he would definitely become Tang Xuanzong who lost his throne.

Another day later, Song Huizong summoned the ministers from the three provinces to the capital hall to discuss matters and asked them to give a legitimate reason for passing on the throne to the crown prince.

The ministers buried their heads in silence, not wanting to get involved in this matter.

Song Huizong was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. Now he just wanted to get down the stairs and pass the throne smoothly, but these favorites didn't even give them a step up.

I have to find a way on my own!

Song Huizong had an idea and made an angry gesture: "I was born with a strong temperament, but I didn't expect the gold thief to become so rampant..."

boom!

Song Huizong suddenly collapsed and fell to the ground with his chair.

"Quickly call the imperial doctor, your majesty is so angry that he has fainted!" Cai You shouted.

The emperor suffered a stroke. After drinking two bowls of decoction, half of his body finally recovered and he could write with a pen, but he still couldn't speak.

Song Huizong's superb acting skills were probably acquired through his daily singing and opera practice. He called his important ministers to the bedside, curled his mouth and drooled, and wrote with a trembling pen: "How can I cope with such a big event if I don't have half of my body anymore?"

All the ministers looked at each other.

Song Huizong also wrote: "Given the current situation, what can we do?"

The ministers still didn't speak and still refused to step down. Anyone who dared to express his position at this time would most likely be liquidated in the future.

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty had no choice but to write: "The crown prince can succeed the emperor, and I, the leader of the church, Daojun, will retire to Longde Palace."

The ministers were relieved and ran to arrange the succession.