Great Song Pirate

Chapter 688
After Xiao Jianfeng dealt with Lou Shi's soldiers, he immediately sent his army to pursue Zong Han's army again, and caught up with Zong Han's tail team the next day. After two consecutive days of cover-up, he sent his troops back to Liaoyang Mansion.

When Zong Han's army withdrew into Tangzhou City, I had pity on the [-] troops he led when he dispatched troops, and with the remaining [-] remnants given to him by Zong Pan, there were only less than [-] soldiers and horses left. Not completely wiped out, but close enough.

Since then, Zong Han no longer has the capital of arrogance. After entering Tangzhou, he immediately closed his door and never cared about things outside the city.

The decisive battle of Liaoyang Mansion was thus declared over, and ended again with the complete victory of the Fubo Army. In this battle, Yang Zaixing led less than 10,000 troops. By the end of the battle, he had expanded to nearly [-] troops after recruiting the remnants of the Jinren. , Even Diao Bin of Gaizhou City expanded the number of soldiers and horses in the city to nearly [-]. The strength of the Fubo Army in Liaodong expanded like a balloon, expanding the overall strength of Liaodong to [-]+ people. Among them, more than [-] soldiers and horses can be used as the main force.

On the whole, the strength of the Jin Kingdom and the Fubo Army has reached a balance at this time, and the Fubo Army is no longer on the defensive as it was at the beginning.

After the end of the battle of Liaoyang Mansion, although the military strength in the northern part of the Kingdom of Jin was still far superior to that of the Fubo Army, they were scattered over a vast territory, and it was impossible to gather them together to deal with the Fubo Army alone. The Fubo army has already begun to take advantage.

After Yang Zaixing defeated Zong Han's army and Zong Pan's army, he let go of Zong Han's army who continued to besiege Tangzhou. Instead, he left a troop headed by the newly promoted Zheng Mingjian to set up defenses on the outskirts of Tangzhou to block the attack. Shang Zonghan's army entered the road of Liaodong, and he himself personally commanded the soldiers and horses gathered from Gaizhou and Liaoyang Mansion, assembled a full [-] troops, and immediately left Liaoyang Mansion to attack the empty hinterland of Jin Kingdom .

Zong Pan, who retreated to Shenzhou City, was deprived of military power by Wu Qimai, and was imprisoned on the spot in Shenzhou. After hearing that Zong Han's army was defeated, he knew that something was wrong, and immediately asked someone to go to Huining Mansion for help. And came forward to rectify the defense of Shenzhou City. At this time, he, the crown prince, was the only one who could fight against the Fubo army in Shenzhou.

Wu Qimai did not expect such a big change to occur within half a year. The Dajin Kingdom, which was originally as strong as a tiger, suddenly entered the sway of the wind and rain at this time, and it seemed that it might be overturned at any time.

A lot of unfavorable news poured into the imperial city of Huining Mansion like a tide, the Battle of Liaodong was a complete failure, the hinterland of the Kingdom of Jin was basically opened by the Fubo Army, and the situation has reached the point where the survival of the Kingdom of Jin is endangered;
On the other side of Zhongjing Road, Zongfu has been unable to pacify Zhongjing Road for a long time, so he can only stay in Xingzhong Mansion. The left and right wings are threatened by the Fubo Army. Whether the Zhongfu can continue to defend has become an unknown. In essence, most of the Zhongjing Road has fallen into the hands of the Fubo Army. Basically, the states and counties are no longer under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Jin. People from all over the country rose up and fought Under the banner of the Fubo Army, they began to expel the Jurchen forces in the territory, causing Zongsuke there to be in constant distress.

And the news of Zongwang's death in the south finally reached the Huining Mansion. The news of his death shocked the whole country of Jin. The morale of the whole country of Jin was once again shattered. up.

For a while now, the Dajin Kingdom has been feeling like the wall is falling and everyone is pushing it. The honest people in many places saw that the Jin Kingdom was bullied to such an extent by the Fubo Army, and began to be dishonest. The matter of resisting taxes and killing officials It happened again and again, although the officers and soldiers from all over the country tried their best to suppress it, they still pressed the gourd and floated the ladle, which made them even more unable to deal with it.

Wu Qimai also started to panic at this time. Although he was furious about Zong Han's defeat, he didn't dare to touch him. If Zong Han's words were touched, his subordinates would definitely mutiny, and the situation would become even more unmanageable, so Wu Qimai followed the advice of Xie Ye and others, not only did not punish Zong Han, but instead issued an order to appease him Rest in Tangzhou and restore combat power as soon as possible, in order to block the continuous progress of the Fubo army.

And Zong Pan, who was detained in Shenzhou, was also reused, making him stay behind in Shenzhou to resist the Fubo army going north. As for Zongfu, he could only repeatedly order Zongfu to send troops as soon as possible. Put down the civil unrest in Zhongjing Road, and then talk about the Fubo Army in Dading Mansion and Jinzhou City. As for Wu Shu taking over the post of Marshal of the Zongwang South Route Army, Wu Qimai also decreed to give him approval, making him fight with Song Dynasty again. Negotiate peace, gather soldiers and horses, and return to Zhongjing Road. We must solve the Fubo army in Zhongjing Road.

At this time, the Kingdom of Jin was somewhat besieged on all sides, and the Xixia Kingdom seemed to be a little disobedient during this time. They not only stopped harassing the Song Dynasty, but also began to send troops to the border of the Kingdom of Jin. In this way, This restrained the troops of Zong Jun from the West Route Army on the South Front, and put a lot of pressure on Wanyan Zongjun. He also had to withdraw his troops from Xinzhou, gathered the troops in the Song Dynasty, withdrew to Daizhou, and sent troops to the border of Xixia to defend Xixia. Party members took advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of Jin Guo.

Everything made Wu Qimai feel exhausted and exhausted. Now he finally began to regret listening to Xieye's party's instigation and sending troops to attack Da Song. It was because of this that he stabbed the hornet's nest of Fubo Army. Up to now, the Great Jin Kingdom has come to such an end.

But what's the use of regretting?The battle still has to go on, and Fubo Jun has made it clear that he is going to have a hard time with his Dajin Kingdom. In the end, either you will die or I will live. Wu Qimai is going to hate this damn Xu Yi to the bone !

After arranging a series of things, Wu Qi bought a heartless heart and forced the recruiting of strong men from all ethnic groups in the north to join the army. This time, he was going to compete with the Fubo army with all his might.

Wushu, who is far away in Zhending Mansion, also received the imperial decree from Wu Qimai. After a month, the weather has finally started to clear up, but then there will be a scorching heat wave. If the summer heats up in Hebei, It's really not something they can bear. After the sun is exposed to the sun, the water vapor on the ground evaporates, and the air humidity is so high that it makes people sweat profusely even if they don't move.

In this ghostly weather, even if the ground has begun to dry, Wushu's offensive plan has to be slowed down again, and he has also seen that Zongze's Song army has turned to the defensive. If he still imagines dealing with Zhang Shuye in Shandong It's not realistic to deal with Zongze's army like that of the army. He has no idea whether it will be effective if he sends troops forcibly. Once the army falls into Hebei again, he will be attacked by the enemy. .

So after receiving the imperial decree from Wu begging to buy, he felt a little relieved. He asked two Song girls to fan him in his shirtless tent, thinking about how to deal with the current situation.

Will it be possible to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty?He has no idea about this matter, Guo Yaoshi can't give him any advice now, he has shrunk away all day, and now he has become a dumb man, Guo Yaoshi can't understand the current situation, this The new emperor, Zhao Xu, is very different from the previous Zhao Ji. Compared with Zhao Ji, this Zhao Xu is much stronger. Otherwise, he would not devote all the power of the whole country to carry out this Northern Expedition. Zhao Xu's tough attitude also led many ministers in the court to become tougher. During the Song Dynasty, the government showed a clear state, and it became more and more difficult to deal with.

Guo Yaoshi can't understand, so don't talk about other people, they don't understand the situation now, and Wu Shu didn't have any good ideas on the matter of negotiating peace with Da Song. He negotiated peace with Da Song, but didn't tell him what kind of concessions he could make, which made it difficult for him.

According to old habits, if you want to negotiate a peace, you have to beat Da Song to bow his head on the battlefield first, but now when the scorching heat is unbearable, send troops to attack Zongze's army, and Wushu is not sure that he can win. There will be a big decline. Don't steal chickens and lose money at that time, then you will be in big trouble.

So Wushu was very troubled, and he called a group of counselors to discuss this matter all day long. After three days of discussion, he finally came up with an opinion, that is, while continuing to put pressure on Hebei, he sent envoys to Bianliang to negotiate with him. Zhao Xu, an official of the Song Dynasty, discussed the matter of the two sides' strike.

So Wu Shu braved the scorching heat to raise his troops out of Zhending Mansion, and marched towards Xingzhou. At the first stop, he pointed his troops directly at Gaoyi County, intending to take Gaoyi first, and then open up the route to Xingzhou. Road, but unfortunately, it is Zongze's number one general Yue Fei Yue Pengju who is guarding Gaoyi County.

During this period of time, Yue Fei deployed troops and horses in the area of ​​Gaoyi County, braved the rain to reinforce the city, and built several barriers outside the city to echo each other. Immediately after the soldiers came to commit the crime, Zhang Xian was dispatched with two thousand soldiers and horses to leave Gaoyi and enter Yuanshi County to ambush the Jin army.

But Zhang Xian lived up to Yue Fei's expectations, set up an ambush in Su village, defeated Wushu's scout army in one fell swoop, beheaded hundreds of Jin soldiers, gave Wushu's army a blow, and immediately led his troops to attack He entered Jinzhou and threatened the Jin army from the flank.

In this way, the Wushu army was restrained from going south. When he sent troops to fight Zhang Xian, Zhang Xian ran away without a trace, so that the Jin army could not find him. There was no way to take him, and just after they sent troops from Zhending, the Black Tiger Army, which had always been elusive, appeared on their right wing and attacked the baggage train behind them. The Wushu army posed a threat, so he had to move forward carefully, wrap his luggage into the central army, and move forward together. If the provincial food and fodder were confiscated by the Black Tiger Army, he could only go back home immediately.

As the weather changes, the rise in temperature has also brought benefits to the Song army. Although the food in the north of Hebei cannot be expected, a lot of fields have been planted in the south after Zongze's rectification years ago, and With the dredging of the road, the food supplies from the rear organized by Li Gang began to be supplied to the front, which made the situation of the Song army, which had been starving for a while, much better.

This time, the Jin army could no longer move unimpeded in Hebei as before, and drove straight into the hinterland of Hebei. They stormed Gaoyi for several days, but failed to take Gaoyi. Seeing that the delay could not continue, they had to divide their troops to flank Pingding County from the west. He went up and gave Zhong Shi Daojun a hard punch from the side, but unfortunately, he bumped into Wang Yan, a fierce general, and had a hard fight.

Although Wushu's Jin army has always held the initiative on the battlefield, but at the beginning of this battle, they did not fight smoothly. As soon as the two sides fought, they fell into a stalemate. In his eyes, the current Song army is no longer what it used to be. So vulnerable. Although the equipment of these Song troops is not as good as their Jin troops, their fighting will is not bad. They often dare to be in a disadvantaged situation, and dare to fight the Jin army to the death. It has become his extravagant hope to defeat the Song army in one go.

This kind of assault war became a war of attrition from the very beginning. The casualties paid by the Song army were much higher than that of the Jin army, but the losses of the Jin army in Wushu were not small. After biting them hard, he immediately turned around and ran away, making Wu Shu look forward and backward, playing very unhappy, the joy of fighting the Song army last year no longer existed.

After a long period of fighting, Wang Yanjun finally withdrew his troops from Pingding County, but at this time Jin Wushu's original plan was completely broken. After hearing the news, the Zhongshi Daojun had already made preparations in Taiyuan and took them back from Xinzhou With some strength, we are ready to fight.

Jin Wushu didn't want to learn from Zong Han at the beginning. Now Taiyuan City has basically been regarded by the Jin people as a city that will never fall. The fortress in the city is basically all young and strong with armor. Wu Shu thought that even if he went to Taiyuan, he would not get any advantage, so he gave up the idea of ​​flanking Taiyuan and directed his troops to Xingzhou again.

But at this time, Wang Yan's and Yue Fei's troops had already withdrawn to Xingzhou, voluntarily gave up the area north of Xingzhou, retreated, and set up a formation in Xingzhou, waiting for the arrival of Jinwushu, and Jinwushu topped Facing the scorching sun, after he led his army to Xingzhou, he was immediately knocked back by Yue Fei's army. He lost a lot of soldiers and horses. Seeing that he could not win Xingzhou in a short time, he began to order the army to attack the area north of Xingzhou. , ransacked and retreated to Neiqiu County to rest.

This battle lasted for more than half a month. Although the Song army retreated in the end, the Jin army did not seek much advantage. At least it was far from the distance in Wushu's mind. In the north of Xingzhou, a large number of Song people were evacuated from the north of Xingzhou. Even if the Jin people occupied the inner hills, they only had an empty city. They did not get much food by looting, but consumed a lot of food. .

Wu Shu had no choice but to stop fighting and wait for the envoys to bring back news from Bianliang. Now he can only count on the young official of the Song Dynasty, who couldn't bear it, and took the initiative to agree to their peace terms.

But at this time, there was another wave of turmoil in Bianliang about whether to negotiate a peace, for no other reason, and Zhao Xu couldn't hold it anymore.

Once the war machine is started, the fuel is money, and after the war machine of the Song Dynasty is started, it will definitely cost more money than other countries. Since he decided to make the Northern Expedition a few years ago and ordered to support Liaodong, the Song Dynasty has been continuously Tens of millions of money have been invested, and the money bag of the Song court, which has just recovered a bit, quickly becomes empty again within half a year. This is only supported by the transfer of more than 700 million yuan from Sichuan. Now, otherwise, Comrade Zhao Xu would have declared the country bankrupt a few months earlier!

The reason for this is that the Fubo army of Da Song and Xu Yi is very different. Most of the Fubo army is composed of rebels who only eat food but not pay, and they adopt an offensive strategy. The money was obtained from the Kingdom of Jin, and the army was equipped with armor looted from the Jin people. Less than half of the food was transported from Liuqiu Island in the rear to Liaodong, so there was far less dependence on logistics. Song's demand is large, and they don't have the burden of redundant personnel, redundant soldiers and redundant officials, so supporting this war does not feel too much effort for Xu Yi, on the contrary, Song Ming seems to be much stronger on the surface, but in essence their However, the resource utilization rate was not high, and the consumption was huge, so at this point in the battle, Zhao Xu couldn't hold on anymore.

This time Wushu sent envoys to Bianliang to make a request for collegiality, and Zhao Xu was a little happy. After all, during this Northern Expedition, they had recovered most of the lost land in Shandong, and a lot of lost land in Hebei and Shanxi. Xu was also somewhat satisfied in his heart. Seeing that his Dasong Group company was about to go bankrupt, he began to think of collaborating.

But as soon as he thought about it, Li Gang found out. Li Gang immediately wrote a letter, urging that he could not negotiate peace with the Jin people anyway. Now they have received the exact news that Xu Yi has led the army to capture Dading Mansion. Now if the Great Song ceases the war, it is tantamount to betraying this ally for the second time, allowing the soldiers and horses on the southern front of the Jin people to get out of the quagmire of the Great Song to deal with Xu Yi behind them. They will definitely tear themselves apart with the Fubo Army again, and now they can all see clearly that Xu Yi's Fubo Army's development momentum has been unstoppable, and it is not a good thing to offend him!

Moreover, Li Gang also tried to explain the advantages of Song Dynasty now, and pointed out why the Kingdom of Jin would propose a peace now. Even if it is a peace negotiation, it is not now, because the Kingdom of Jin is now ten times more uncomfortable than Song Dynasty!
After watching Li Gang's performance, Zhao Xu quickly understood, so he immediately dismissed the idea of ​​negotiating a peace, but in order to ensure that the Dasong Group Company would not go bankrupt, he still sent a letter to Xu Yi very tactfully , The amount of supplies to support the Liaodong Fubo Army has been reduced a lot. After all, the various supplies sent to Liaodong for more than half a year are not a small number, and he can't hold it anymore.

Regarding the request made by the Jin envoy, Zhao Xu refuted it on the spot, saying that as long as the Jin people had not withdrawn from the territory of the Song Dynasty, they would never stop fighting and drove the Jin envoy out of Bianliang City.

After Wu Shu received the news of the failure of the peace negotiation, he suddenly became furious, and immediately thought of the trick Zong Wang left him when he was dying. Before Zong Wang died, he had already predicted that such a situation might appear, So before he died, he told Wu Shu that if one day he wanted to force the officials of the Song Dynasty to bow their heads, he could re-support Huizong Zhao Ji, who was captured by them to the Kingdom of Jin, in Zhending Mansion, or Zhao Huan would ascend the throne in Zhending.

In that case, from the legal point of view of the Song Dynasty, the orthodox Emperor of the Song Dynasty should still be Zhao Heng or Zhao Ji, not Zhao Xu who was ordered in danger in adversity. Dividing the officials and the people of the Great Song Dynasty, those Song officials who were deposed by Zhao Xu at the beginning will come to Zhending to re-establish the puppet emperor supported by the Jin people. Let him cast a mouse, and dare not continue the Northern Expedition.

Because if Zhao Xu continued the Northern Expedition, then in name, he was attacking his father and brother and became a rebel. After all, when facing his father and brother, his status was very embarrassing, and he would definitely not hand over the imperial power to the new The puppet emperor who was supported by the golden man continued to send troops to the Northern Expedition. It is estimated that Zhao Xu would not be able to continue.

This poisonous plan is not poisonous. Once it is implemented, there may be another huge civil strife in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, after hearing that Zhao Xu rejected the peace negotiation, Wu Shu thought of the plan Zong Wang left him, and made up his mind. After making up his mind, he immediately sent people back to the Huining mansion to face the saint, and decided to use this poisonous scheme left by Zongwang before his death.

But Wu Shu immediately returned to Zhending, and began to prepare in Zhending. He ordered people to vacate the Zhending Mansion Yamen in Zhending Mansion, and sent people to search for some craftsmen, and started construction and reconstruction here. Think of this place as the imperial palace where the puppet emperor ascended the throne. Although this place is a bit too crude, there must be a place for the puppet emperor!

When he was building a large-scale construction project in Zhending, the eyes of some people in the city fell on this matter. These people were the subordinates of the Black Tiger Army Xie Bin. After the start of the Jin war, although most of these people went south, some of them continued to lurk, and even took refuge in Jin's subordinates to do things, preserving the integrity of the Fubo Army's intelligence system, but Xie Bin formed the Black Tiger Army in the Hebei area Afterwards, these intelligence personnel established contact with Xie Bin and became Xie Bin's eyeliner. Otherwise, Xie Bin would not be able to come and go freely in the Hebei area. He soon learned of the news, led the soldiers Tao Zhiyaoyao, and they made great contributions to Xie Bin's Black Tiger Army.

Soon, someone found out some clues from the guards around Wu Shu. After hearing the news, a few pigeons flew out from an inconspicuous small courtyard in the city...

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