Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Or even go in the opposite direction.

This is the most basic quality of a qualified politician.

If you can't even do this, it is impossible to climb to a high position.

If these methods are played with great proficiency, it will be very difficult to move this politician.

That night, Qin Hui began to write a letter to Zhao Guanjia. He told Zhao Guanjia that Wang Kai, the lord of Koryo, died suddenly, and the current situation in Koryo has entered a state of protracted war.

Afterwards, he expressed his longing for Zhao Guan's family day and night, wishing he could fly back to Tokyo immediately to face the saint.

The implication is that Wang Kai is dead, the mission of the minister is completed, can the minister go back?

What Qin Hui said is true, the situation in Koryo has indeed entered a seesaw state.

The Jin army has carried out large-scale sieges on Xijing many times, and even climbed to the top of Xijing several times, but they all failed in the end.

The Xijing Song Army paid a heavy price and defended Xijing.

The Jin army massacred the northern and central regions of Goryeo on a large scale, so that the northern and central regions have been wiped out for thousands of miles. Such tactics also brought tremendous pressure to the Song army.

The two sides were unable to conquer each other, but it was the Koreans who were unlucky.

However, regardless of whether he was constrained by the situation in Hebei or the situation in Koryo, Han Shizhong gritted his teeth and studded all the soldiers and horses in Fuzhou.

Liaoyang is only two hundred miles away from Gaizhou, and most of the way along the way is flat land.

By September [-]th, the Jin army from Liaoyang was very close to Gaizhou.

However, they were in a hurry to support Gaizhou, but unexpectedly, Zhang Rong returned to the ship on this day and made an amazing move in the fifth Song-Jin battle.

On the eve of the outbreak of the Battle of Gaizhou, Zhang Rong actually drove the warship away.

And pulled everyone away.

Later, when Jiangwutang analyzed the battle of Liaodong this time, it focused on analyzing Zhang Rong himself.

They came to a conclusion: Zhang Rong is a person who has never read military books and is not restricted by any military art.

Where did he sail his warship?

Xiaoling River estuary!

Where is the estuary of the Xiaoling River?

About fifty miles south of Jinzhou.

Where is Jinzhou?

Jinzhou is the easternmost end of the Liaoxi Corridor.

There was no Shanhaiguan Pass in this era, but the Liaoxi Corridor did start from there and extend all the way to the northeast.

The Liaoxi Corridor is narrow and long, with mountains to the west and the sea to the east.

This has created a unique relationship between the Yanyun area and the hinterland of Eastern Liaodong.

If the troops of the Liaodong regime enter Yanyun, they must go through the Liaoxi Corridor.

The easternmost end of the Liaoxi Corridor is Jinzhou. After Jinzhou, there is a flat and fertile Liaohe Plain.

This is destined to fight in the Liaoxi Corridor, and there is only one characteristic: face to face.

If Zhang Rong took Jinzhou down, it would be equivalent to cutting off the connection between the Liaoxi Corridor and the Liaohe Plain.

Chapter 758 I'm afraid the sky will change (second update)

It is about 150 miles from Gaizhou to the estuary of the Xiaoling River. We set off on the morning of the [-]th, and Zhang Rong landed here on the evening of the [-]th.

In the Song Dynasty, Jinzhou's strategic position had not reached that of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the Song Dynasty couldn't even take back Yanyun, let alone Jinzhou in Liaodong.

Whether it was the high-level leaders of the Liao Kingdom back then or the current high-level leaders of the Jin Kingdom, it was absolutely impossible for them to think that the flames of war would reach Jinzhou.

However, when the main force of the Jin army went south, Zhang Rong, a fisherman, led a group of fishermen who used to make a living by fishing and landed in the sea at the exit of Xiaoling River.

After landing, thousands of soldiers and horses along the way rushed towards Jinzhou.

Due to its special geographical location, Jinzhou has not yet become a strategic location, but it is an indispensable food transit point between the hinterland of Liaodong and Yanyun.

Whether it was the Liao army back then or the current Jin army, when they sent troops from Liaoyang to Yanyun, they would inevitably replenish part of their food in Jinzhou.

Because it is difficult to grow large-scale grain in the Liaoxi Corridor, which is hundreds of miles away.

Therefore, Jinzhou is now a transit station, not an important military town.

Since it was not an important military town, Yelu Abaoji, who built Jinzhou back then, did not regard it as a military fortress.

When Jin Guo took over, it was still just a commercial and agricultural city.

For Zhang Rong, this undoubtedly greatly reduced the difficulty.

On the evening of the seventh day, as soon as the Song army arrived, they used crossbow arrows to clear the way.

Arrows rushed to the top of the city like rain, killing the Jin army guards by surprise.

Before dark, Zhang Rong cut off several main roads in Jinzhou City.

Even if Jinzhou sends people to Liaoyang for help now, I am afraid there will be no troops.

Because the remaining main forces in Liaoyang had been tricked to Gaizhou by Zhang Rong and Dong Tan's collusion, if they wanted to get out of Gaizhou and return to Jinzhou, it would take ten days and a half months, don't even think about it.

Even if the Jin army withdraws from Gaizhou and returns to Jinzhou, is Gaizhou not there anymore?

This is the strangest part of the situation in Liaodong right now.

In the early morning of September [-]th, just after dawn, the mist in the woods had not yet dispersed, and the Song army began to attack the city again.

The method of siege is also extremely rough and simple, crossbowmen and ladders go straight up.

As far as the three-meter-long city wall of Jinzhou City is concerned, there is no need for goose carts at all.

In the morning, all the arrows were used up.

The first Song army climbed to the top of the city, and with an axe, it split open the Tianling cover of a Jin army soldier, and the city defense of Jinzhou was broken.

When the sun was shining at noon, more and more Song soldiers climbed to the top of the city.

The Jin army was defeated like a tide.

In just one day, Zhang Rong and his gang took Jinzhou down.

Of course, the war is not over yet.

Because most of the Golden Army in Jinzhou are not the elite of the Golden Army.

However, the elite of the Jin army had not yet been wiped out, and Zhang Rong had penetrated deep into the hinterland. It was very difficult to gain a firm foothold in Jinzhou.

But the impact of this step on the entire battle situation cannot be ignored.

Especially now that Jin's internal political forces are severely divided.

Just think about it, a few powerful figures in Shangjing now, in order to deprive Zonghan of his military power, urged Wanyan Zongpan to issue an imperial decree to the front.

Once they learned that Jinzhou was captured by the Song army, how would they feel?

This will inevitably cause panic in the ruling and opposition parties of the Kingdom of Jin.

The fall of Jinzhou caused the Kingdom of Jin to be cut in half, and the battle situation fell into a huge passive situation, and even Liaoyang faced an unprecedented crisis.

Who will be responsible for this?

On the eighth day of September, in the evening.

The sunset glow reflected the golden birch forest in the distance in a poetic painting. Zhao Ning sat under the tree in the backyard, his long clothes fluttering in the autumn wind.

He was reading multiple intelligence reports from the front.

It is no secret that Wanyan Zonghan's army is under pressure.

Although the battle clouds between Zhending Mansion and Zhongshan Mansion were dense, Zhao Guan's family still stayed calmly in Zhaozhou.

Not long after, Gao Qiu walked over quickly.

"Officials, after several days of interrogation by the minister, all of them have been interrogated."

Gao Lian submitted the last summary.

Zhao Ning read it patiently.

He looked very carefully, the setting sun fell on his fingertips, exuding a faint halo, and there seemed to be occasional fluctuations in his calm eyes.

"Why does Yan Hui, the head of the Xingzhou Post, have such a great ability to influence the official roads around West Hebei Road?" Zhao Ning asked.

A chief officer, just a sixth rank.

Equivalent to a bureau chief.

Can a bureau chief clear so many checkpoints and make the smuggled goods go northward unimpeded?

You call this kind of person the director?

If you say that you are the first or second in command of the local government, he, Zhao Ning, will believe it.

"This Yan Hui, the minister really knows, and has seen."

"have you seen?"

"I met you in Tokyo the year before last. At that time, he had just been transferred from Yingtian Mansion to Kaifeng Mansion. He even gave me a small gift, saying that it was a gem from the Western Regions." The magistrate of Qiu County, I didn't care about it."

There are sixteen counties in Kaifeng Prefecture, Fengqiu is one of them.

Being a county magistrate in Fengqiu is naturally incomparable to local magistrates.

"The minister didn't expect that he has come to Xingzhou Post to be the chief officer this year."

The sixth-rank official in charge is naturally higher in rank than the seventh-rank magistrate.

However, Xingzhou is a place after all, while Fengqiu is in Gyeonggi. The distance from the center of power is different, and the future will definitely be different.

"It still doesn't explain why a small officer in charge can affect my checkpoints in Hebei?" Zhao Ning's tone was a little cold.

"Of course, this cannot be done by a chief officer." Gao Qiu said, "I'm afraid there are people behind this person, and they have a lot of power, and there must be people under this person. To help him exercise power in various places, clear the way .”

Gao Qiu continued: "The only ones who can influence the entire West Hebei Road are the political officials on the West Hebei Road. In the capital, I am afraid that they are at least officials above the rank of minister."

"Where is the power executor below?"

"It should be the businessman named Wang Guanren in this confession. He is very mysterious." Gao Qiu said, "The imperial court has followed Your Majesty's order four years ago to count the richest men in every state capital, and the list is all in the imperial city. There are records in the department, but this royal official is not among them."

"Why is that?"

"A lot of people in the local area make money secretly. The more they have contacts with high-ranking officials, the more secretive and low-key they are. But they can be all-round in the officialdom."

"Can you find this royal man?"

"Those who can get rid of the list are not ordinary people. There must be someone behind them. Please give me some time, Your Majesty. I need to check it out."

Zhao Ning faintly sensed that this time, the core power group might be involved.

It seems that the core of the court of the Great Song Dynasty is about to change.

Actually changed.

After all, both territorial and economic structures are changing.

Chapter 759 The decisive battle on the western front is coming! (third change)

So far, after Liu Yun was arrested, many officials in Hebei have been involved.

It even involved many local forces.

During this period of time, by following the clues, many people have been confessed.

The money on the list... oh no, the list is full.

This year's Hebei was cold very early, on the ninth day of September, it was already cold and windy.

The leaves in front were all withered, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.

The horse's hooves stepped on the ground, making a crunching sound.

A few scouts rushed into Dingzhou and arrived at Yue Fei's mansion.

"Report! Tang County fell, and a large number of Jin troops were found, at least [-] in number!"

Yue Fei took the military newspaper and read it quickly.