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Chapter 370 Helping Zhang Shuye's Coffin
The wooden stick in Wang Lin's hand pointed to the direction of Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures on the map.

"Everyone, in the Song and Liao Dynasties, the Baigou River was used as the boundary, but the river froze in winter, and it couldn't stop the Jin people at all. And my fortress in Hebei is nothing but Zhending, Zhongshan and Hejian.

Zhending mainly defended against the enemies coming from the west of Taihang, while Zhongshan and Hejian mainly defended against the Jin soldiers going south.In Pingchuan, Hebei, the Jinren cavalry is strong, and they can surround the points to fight for aid. Once these three cities are breached, the Jinren can go straight to Kaifeng. "

Wang Lin's words were extremely heavy, and all the generals nodded secretly.

In fact, this time Wanyan Zongwang's [-] troops broke through Hebei one after another and went straight into Kaifeng. If Wang Lin hadn't stopped the Jin army in Huazhou, Tokyo would have been destroyed by now.

But now Wang Lin is actually taking one step and looking at three steps, making plans for the long-term defense of Song Dynasty in the future.

"So, after the Battle of Cizhou, the most important thing for our army is to gather heavy troops and build fortifications to resist the Jin people's southward invasion."

"So, Gu decided to gather all the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty who could fight in the three towns of Hebei, and transferred [-] troops from Linfu Liu Yanqing, Qin Feng, Wu Jie and Wu Lin to defend Hebei and Hedong. "

Liu Guangshi was surprised and said: "My lord, if the Western Army's Ganlong forces are withdrawn, what should the Xixia people do if they take advantage of the vacancy?"

Wang Lin was silent for a moment, and said: "There is civil strife in Xixia, and we can't care about invading the Song Dynasty right now. There will be no wars in the past two years."

Although Liu Guangshi had doubts, he didn't refute anything.

Yue Fei suddenly said: "My lord, if this is the strategy, my Fuhu Army will switch to Hebei in the future?"

Wang Lin nodded slowly: "Qinglai and the coast can be handed over to Hua Rong. You can keep [-] soldiers and horses.

The remaining [-] Fuhu Army, [-] Longxiang Army, and [-] Guansheng Shenwu Army were stationed in the three towns of Zhending, Zhongshan, and Hejian to prevent the Jin people from invading the south again.Zhong Shidao led the Western Army to still guard Hedong. "

The generals took a deep breath, Wang Lin was going to put all the troops of the Song Dynasty on the front lines of Hedong and Hebei, so as to fight against the Jin soldiers.

Wang Lin didn't say anything.

His original intention was that occupying the seven states in the North China Plain would be equivalent to controlling the Inner Great Wall, and then the defense system in the north would be upgraded several notches.

If there is the Inner Great Wall, the Song army only needs to defend a few "points", and there is no problem at all with the current military strength.

However, it is impossible for the Jinren to cede half of the land of Yanyun for the time being, so they can only choose the opportunity to fight again in the future, and gradually advance the defensive front line to the north.

In fact, Wang Lin had the idea of ​​moving the capital to Chang'an before.

Tokyo's geographical location is too unfavorable for defense. As long as the Hebei defense line is broken, Tokyo will be at stake.

But at this moment, in terms of national strength, the hasty relocation of the capital will be more troublesome.

"What do you generals think?" Wang Lin said indifferently.

The crowd bowed.

The current situation has changed, and Qinglai is no longer the center of Wang Lin's influence. He must move his troops to Hebei to defend the capital.

……

Taiyuan.

The golden barracks outside the city are dotted all over the city, firmly surrounding the mighty ancient city of Taiyuan, the flames of war are everywhere, and the air is filled with the strong smell of blood after the war.

Wanyan Zonghan's so-called 7-strong army was actually [-] to [-]. Of course, there were tens of thousands of Liao soldiers who surrendered as auxiliary soldiers.

Since Wanyan Zonghan raised his troops, the unprepared Song army was defeated for thousands of miles, and the four prefectures of Shuo, Wu, Dai, and Xin were successively captured by the Jin army. Within half a month, Taiyuan City was in crisis.

It's just that Wanyan Zonghan didn't expect that the main force of the Western Army, that is, the resistance of the Zhongshidao Division was extremely tenacious.

Xiongguan Taiyuan could not be attacked for a long time, Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army was firmly restrained on the front line of Hedong, and Jin Bing's army became more and more impatient.

It's like eating meat for several days in a row, and suddenly encounter a hard bone, which can't be gnawed or discarded.

Diaphragm should be dead.

A month later, news came from Henan that Wanyan Zongbi was defeated and captured, and that Wanyan Zongwang was defeated one after another.

The [-] Wanyan Zongwang's East Route Army had less than [-] remnants left.

Such news not only made Wanyan Zonghan grit his teeth, but also directly shook the Jinren's confidence in winning.

Regardless of whether Wanyan Zonghan admits it or not, with the defeat of Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongwang, the golden people have lost their good chance to occupy the Song Dynasty.

Wanyan Zonghan wanted to quit from this.

The Jin people turned from a fierce attack on Taiyuan to besieging and not attacking. This attitude made the teachers in Taiyuan feel strange. No matter how suspicious the teachers were, Wanyan Zonghan had secretly sent envoys to Hebei, and began to discuss with Wanyan Zongwang to withdraw troops And discuss peace with the people of Song Dynasty.

Before Wanyan Zonghan's envoy arrived in Hebei, he heard the news that Wanyan Zongwang was defeated by Cizhou again.

Under Wang Lin's command, there were nearly [-] Fuhu Army and [-] Hebei Rebel Army.

Wanyan Zongwang led the remnant soldiers to retreat and continued northward.

The Fuhu Army regained the lost land in Hebei one after another, and in Yongnian, besieged Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Zongwang led Wanqi to fight to the death to break through the encirclement, the army was defeated like a mountain, and fled all the way to Xingzhou, where he joined Wanyan Zonghan's envoys.

In mid-September of the second year of Xuanhe in the Great Song Dynasty, Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan jointly dispatched an armistice mission headed by Wanyantong, the clan of the Jin Dynasty, Zhang Xiaochun from the Han Dynasty, and Yelukong from the Khitan, arrived at Yue Fei's temporary tent in Cizhou.

The two sides agreed to a temporary truce.

A day later, Yue Fei sent troops to supervise the Jinren Mission to the capital.

At this time, Wang Lin had already been in the capital for several days.

And time goes on, and Ba Lisu, who led more than a hundred riders to Tokyo to seek peace under the order of Yan Zongwang, has become Guan Sheng's prisoner.

……

The autumn wind is refreshing, and Tokyo is still bustling.

The successive victories of the Song army on the battlefield caused the Song Dynasty to rejoice.

This festive atmosphere reached a certain climax when Song Prince Zhao Gou and King Qi led five thousand tiger guards arrived in Beijing almost at the same time.

Wang Lin was in Qi Wang Mansion in Beijing, and there was an endless stream of visitors.

There are not only the dignitaries and clans in the capital, but also the representatives and scholars of aristocratic families from all over Tokyo.

The Han family was also full of guests.

In contrast, the atmosphere in the palace is a bit dull.

Yanfu Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Zhao Ji's face was gloomy, and he paced back and forth in the study, muttering silently.

Li Gang, Wu Min, Zong Ze, Guo Zhishun, Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and other courtiers lined up on both sides, all silent.

After Wang Lin arrived in Beijing, he did not immediately go to the palace to pay homage to the emperor, but sent a letter requesting posthumous gifts for Zhang Shuye and his generals who died for the country.

Naturally, there was an uproar again.

Especially at this moment, Zhang Shuye's two sons are still wearing sackcloth and filial piety, kneeling outside Mingde's gate, waiting for the result.

Zhao Ji was dissatisfied in his heart, he intended to give Zhang Shuye no gift or punishment.

After all, in Zhao Ji's view, Zhang Shuye's loss of Hebei almost caused him, the emperor, and the Song court to fall into the hands of the Jin people.

As for Zhang Shuye's battle against Huazhou, he thought it was the duty of a general.

If Zhang Shuye escaped from Huazhou, he would have all of Zhang's family ransacked and executed as a warning to others.

However... Wang Lin insisted on forcing him to make concessions, and set up Zhang Shuye as a model of fighting against gold and a model of civil servants, which made him furious.

Wang Lin did not enter the palace to have an audience.

This is a gesture in itself.

Li Gang and other courtiers knew that Zhao Ji would definitely make concessions, because Song Dynasty could leave no one but Wang Lin to turn the tide.

Seeing that Li Gang and the others were silent, Zhao Ji could only look at Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong.

But in the hearts of Tang Ke and Geng Nanzhong, it is not worthwhile to fall out with the powerful Wang Lin for a mere dead Zhang Shuye.

Seeing the emperor looking over, Tang Ke slightly hesitated and said lightly: "Officials, I think that Zhang Shuye has been loyal to Sheji and Jiangshan all his life, and he has also contributed to the death battle in Huazhou. Praising the meritorious officials can make the people of insight all over the world rise up to fight against the gold and defend our country of Song Dynasty."

Zhao Ji's face became colder.

Geng Nanzhong and others have always been headed by Tang Ke, advancing and retreating together, and their attitude is self-evident.

Seeing that the gang leader and faction were standing on Wang Lin's side, Zhao Ji suddenly felt disheartened and cold all over.

As the emperor, what he is doing now is really boring.

He sat down slowly, and said with a sneer, "Since that's the case, what do you think about Zhang Shuye's gift?"

Tang Ke looked at Li Gang.

Li Gang came out of the class and bowed and played: "The officials and ministers think that Zhang Shuye can be posthumously named the king of Nanyang County, and given the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi, posthumously Zhongwen. The deputy general under his command, Yao Pingzhong, posthumously presented Zhongyi Bo, and secretly attacked his son. ..."

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

As soon as Li Gang's words fell, all the officials came out of the class to agree.

Zhao Ji was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled, and it took him a long time to wave his hands and said: "Forget it, everything is according to what the ministers said, and the decree is to be published at home and abroad to show Zhang Shuye's merits."

……

outside Tokyo.

Three poles in the sun.

A mighty funeral procession left Tokyo with mournful wailing all the way, and went straight to the Huazhou Martyrs Mausoleum, which was built by the Ministry of Industry and is located ten miles south of Tokyo.

More than a hundred large black coffins were carried by soldiers with solemn expressions, and they walked slowly. The first one was the coffin for the burial of Zhang Shuye's remains and relics. The Zhang family members wept bitterly.

Along the way, the people of Tokyo watched silently.

Everyone saw Qi Wang Wang Lin, with a white belt around his waist, and a sad face, he actually walked with the coffin himself.

On the city tower, Guan Sheng personally beat the military drum to see off the dead soldiers in Huazhou.

Zhao Gou was in the crowd staring blankly at Wang Lin who was carrying the coffin. At this moment, it was difficult for him to describe his inner feelings.

He didn't understand why Wang Lin condescended to attend Zhang Shuye's funeral in person.

He didn't know that Wang Lin had deep guilt for Zhang Shuye and the [-] soldiers of the Hebei Army who died.

If he hadn't insisted on conquering Xixia, he wouldn't have allowed the Jin people to take advantage of it, and Zhang Shuye and the Hebei army were caught off guard and were defeated until they died for the country.

Zhang Shuye would not have died originally.

At least he won't die in Huazhou.

On the other hand, Zhang Shuye's death battle against Huazhou delayed Wanyan Zongwang's attack, which was an important factor for Wang Lin to turn the tide of the battle.

Otherwise, when Wang Lin led his army back from Xixia, Tokyo would have broken down early.

However, with Zhao Ji and the Song officials of the Manchu Dynasty, they must have paid reparations for peace long ago, so that the Jin people could return home proudly, and they would also cede Zhending, Zhongshan and Hejian to the Jin Kingdom.

If it really came to that situation, everything would be difficult to end.

Zhao Yupan's son-in-law Zeng Kui tugged at Zhao Gou's sleeve, and said softly, "Prince, let's go, father wants to see you."

(End of this chapter)