Chapter 46 The war situation deteriorates
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On the sixth day of the month, Gyeonggi Road, Huazhou City, Donggu Town. Three days ago, Li Hu arrived in Fengqiu and met the emperor. The emperor wanted to make a personal quest to "invite" Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army to the battlefield in Hebei, but Li Hu followed the plan and joined forces with the people in the northwest to coerce the emperor. The emperor backfired and had to play the role of a real drama and go north to fight. However, the development of the battle situation in Hebei was beyond everyone's expectations.
Li Gang, the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, actually dispatched Yue Fei to Shenzhou to rescue Yao Gu without obtaining the consent of Bian Jing, which resulted in no soldiers to defend and was in danger. If it were lost, the Daming Mansion was immediately under the attack of the Jin army, the Yellow River defense line was in a hurry, and the capital of the capital was even more in danger.
The emperor had an excuse, so the emperor stopped in Donggu Town, Huazhou to discuss countermeasures.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, Zhong Shidao of Daming Prefecture urgently reported that the Jin army crossed the Zhang River and advanced to Wei County, less than 80 miles away from Daming Prefecture, and requested support. On the south bank of the Yellow River, Yang Keshi's Northwest Army, Xin Xingzong's Jingdong Army, and Zhang Shizheng's Shengjie Army. In addition to Sima Zhubanzhi, who was responsible for the Emperor's Guard, there were Liu Yanqing's Hall Guards. Zhong Shidao begged the emperor to ask the emperor to transfer Yang Keshi, Xin Xingzong, Zhang Shizheng and any army in the four armies of Liu Yanqing to go north to support.
At this moment, the situation in Hebei is often severe, and there is no chance to turn the situation around. If it falls, Yao Gu's entire army is wiped out, and the Song army retreats to Daming Prefecture on its entire line, and it can only protect the Yellow River defense line. What's more serious is that the national treasury is lacking and cannot support the ongoing war. Therefore, the reality before the emperor and the court is very cruel, and there are only two solutions. One is to negotiate peace and negotiate with the Jin Kingdom to meet the needs of the Jin Kingdom to win a breathing time, and the other is to gather all forces to fight the Jin Kingdom in the shortest time.
These two methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Even if the discussion is successful, even if Hebei is ceded to the Jin Kingdom, peace will be temporary. The Jin Kingdom may not give Song a breath. The Jurchens are not fools. Of course, they know the purpose of the Song Dynasty swallowing their anger. They must take advantage of the opponent's dying moment, rather than letting the opponent go back on their way, so peace has no effect, but just deceiving oneself. The reason why peace is actually surrendering and selling the country is that everyone knows that the Song Dynasty is in a deep crisis and the Song Dynasty cannot defeat the opponent. Parliamentary negotiation will not bring peace at all. In fact, it is to tell the opponent its old truth to make the opponent launch an attack more unscrupulously.
What is this not a surrendered country?
The second method is to succeed in gambling. If the decisive battle is lost, Hebei will definitely be lost, and Bianjing may not be able to be preserved. The Song Dynasty wants to retreat south and continue to fight with the Jin Kingdom to ensure that half of the country is won, it will completely reverse the situation. Even if peace is negotiated, Hebei will not be able to at least maintain its existing territory. At most, it will be a loss that the Song Dynasty can still bear. It is only a matter of ceasing a Yanshan Prefecture. It is only a matter of being able to bear it. It is said that the Song Dynasty has not recovered Youyan.
These two strategies originated from the fact that Bianjing is responsible for fighting, and the two factions are in harmony. The two factions are in opposition to each other and do not give in. The differences are too big and the contradictions are irreconcilable.
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As the prime minister, Li Gang was now the Hebei Xuanfu envoy, strongly advocated a decisive battle in Hebei. He therefore proposed a proposal to move the capital to ensure that the Song Dynasty continued to confront the Jin Kingdom in the context of the failure of the decisive battle in Hebei.
The proposal of Li Gangdi to move the capital was to abandon the capital and establish Luoyang. He used Chang'an in the northwest and Jiangning in the southeast as the accompanying capital. Once the decisive battle in Hebei failed, the Jin army would go down. The Central Plains was the battlefield. Bianjing was a frontier and important town. It would definitely not be a capital anymore. Therefore, it was imperative to move the capital to Luoyang. Luoyang might not be stable in the war in the Central Plains. Therefore, two more accompanying capitals were built to compete with the Jin Kingdom for a long time.
Li Hu advocated a decisive battle and suggested that the emperor move the capital to Luoyang immediately. Once the decisive battle fails, he will move to Chang'an again to ensure the safety of the emperor and the court and ensure the reign of the Song Dynasty. Tong Guan is also in charge of the war. However, he suggested moving the capital to Jiangning.
When moving to Luoyang, even if the Jin army crossed the river and went south, the Central Plains fell into a melee. The emperor and the court still insisted on being on the front line. This could inspire morale and stabilize the morale of the army. On the contrary, if the capital was moved to Jiangning, there would be a destination for escape. This not only harmed the face of the emperor and the court, but also was not conducive to uniting people's hearts. At this time of national crisis, the emperor and the court took refuge in the southeast under the pretext of solving the finances. It was obviously extremely inappropriate.
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The battle situation in Hebei was so tense that it was suffocating, but the emperor turned a blind eye to the emperor's camp. The monarch and ministers fought from the lord, and the disputes between the lord and the capital were moved. If this incident spread to the Hebei front line, the blow to morale would be fatal.
The reason why Li Hu had proposed to move the capital at this time is that he knew the reason. He wanted to use the tension in Hebei to coerce the emperor and the court, force them to move to Luoyang and even Chang'an, and then control the emperor and the court.
The emperor and Tong Guan took the plan and followed the situation and put the proposal of moving the capital on the table, making it the top priority in front of him. One can temporarily suspend the personal expedition. It is not a good thing to go to Hebei at this time, and they have no intention of personally expedition at all. The other is to take the opportunity to release the intention of moving the capital southeast and prepare for Bianjing. Once it is put on the table.
The tiger led the court to go south quickly.
Both sides have their own goals and argue endlessly, while the situation in Hebei deteriorated sharply.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Wang Yuan reported that the breakthrough was successful, but Yao Gu and about 30,000 northwest soldiers were killed. He is now leading his army to Qinghe and guarding the Yongji Canal line.
On the same day, Zhe Ke asked for an emergency report and the rescue was successful. Wang, Zhang:, Zhang Sizheng and about 40,000 soldiers were killed and are now quickly withdrawn back to Daming Mansion.
On the same day, Yue Fei urgently reported that the Northwest Army was severely damaged on the Huluhe Line, and the Cash Army was crossing the Henan and heading south. The Tiger and Lieutenant Army was unable to defend Jizhou and had to retreat to the Yongji Canal to defend.
On the same day, Li Gang urgently reported that with the support of the Northwest Deputy Marshal Luo Qinghan, the Hebei rebel army led by Zong Ze was defended. However, the Jin army was large and powerful, and if they wanted to defend, they needed more reinforcements.
On the same day, Zhong Shidao reported again that Jin was attacking Wei County and requested the emperor to send troops to support Daming Mansion immediately.
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The emperor urgently summoned Prime Minister Zhang Bangchang, Deputy Prime Minister Yuwen Xuzhong, Privy Councilor Tong Guan, Privy Councilor Zhe Yanzhi, and Northwest Marshal Li Hu to discuss the war in Hebei.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Zhang Bangchang, Yuwen Xu and Zhe Yan rushed to the emperor's camp. Tong Guan followed the emperor's camp day and night. Li Hu's commander camp was built on the right side of the emperor's camp and confronted Liu Yanqing's guards in front of the palace.
The emperor wanted to call these five people together and solve all the package of things to be solved, but he never found an opportunity. This time, Hebei could not hold on, and what should be solved must be solved, otherwise the Jin army would soon fight the Yellow River.
In the Hebei War, Li Gang, Zhong Shidao, as the commander of the Hebei battlefield, bears direct responsibility. In particular, Li Gang, who was unauthorized to dispatch troops, was unauthorized, so the first thing the emperor had to discuss was to punish Li Gang and Zhong Shidao.
Li Hu and Zhe Yanzhi unanimously opposed it.
"The deterioration of the war in Hebei is not Li Gang, but the lack of command of the military command, but Bian Jing is holding the battlefield to command the power." Li Hu spoke bluntly in front of the emperor, "If Li Gang had not made a quick decision this time and transferred Yue Fei to the Huluhe Line to participate in the rescue, Yao Gu's army would have been wiped out, and the Zhe Keqiu team would have been unable to save it. The 70,000 soldiers of the Northwest Army were killed on the Huluhe Line. The responsibility was not Li Gang and Zhong Shidao, but Bian Jing, the Privy Council of the Western Prefecture." Li Hu glared at Tong Guan and said sternly, "It was you, Tong Guan, who killed them."
The emperor's face turned pale and he didn't say a word. Tong Guan's face was as calm as water, calm and composed. Zhang Bangchang and Yuwen Xuzhong did not expect Li Hu to get angry on the spot and were stunned.
Zhe Yanzhi had his eyes filled with evil and was not angry. The Northwest Army suffered a severe blow and its strength was suddenly lost. Not only could it not compete with Li Hu, but it could not control authority in Bian Jing, but it even became a problem. The emperor had to severely punish Zhong Shidao as soon as he opened his mouth, and obviously wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack the Northwest Army. Zhe Yanzhi had already felt the crisis, and the scarred Northwest people became prey. The emperor and Tong Guan wanted to beat the dogs in the water, while Li Hu was in trouble and wanted to swallow the Northwest Army in one go.
The people in the northwest suddenly came to an end, and the good situation suddenly disappeared, starting from Yao Gu being surrounded by Shenzhou. Yao Gu had to save him. If he had let him die, the people in the northwest would definitely fall apart. So whether it was Zhong Shidao or Zhe Keqiu, he had to rescue Yao Gu even if he fought his life. Yao Gu was rescued, so the people in the northwest could gather together, be united and gain an advantage in Bianjing. But the idea was one thing, and it was another thing to go to the battlefield. If Li Gang had not started from the overall situation, it would have been Yue Fei and the Tiger Lie Army to rescue him with all his might, Yao Gu and Zhe Keqiu might have been done. However, it was precisely because of the Tiger Lie Army that the people in the northwest were in a more difficult situation.
Li Hu was too cunning. After this battle, the Northwest General owed him a favor, and he took advantage of it. Not only did he win the reputation, but he also won the favor of the Northwest Army. This was direct benefit to him quickly stabilize the Northwest Army, and it was even more beneficial to him gradually devouring the Northwest Army without any harm.
Zhe Yan was angry when he thought of this and was furious. The people of Northwest fell into Li Hu's trap, and the one who accomplices the tiger was Tong Guan. If Tong Guan had not deliberately framed him, why would the Northwest Army have the difficulties they have today?
Tong Guan had a plan in his mind. He knew that Li Hu was doing a show. Li Hu scolded Tong Guan, but in fact he was threatening Zhe Yanzhi and forcing Zhe Yanzhi to bow his head. Zhe Yanzhi lowered his head, and the Northwest people turned to Hu Lie Mansion as a whole, and Tong Guan was finished, but Tong Guan had decided to start a new thing. He now pretended to be passively beaten and deceived Li Hu, making Li Hu think that the overall situation was in control, and then he could find the opportunity to leave Bianjing and go far southeast. However, before leaving Bianjing, he must not let the Northwest people turn to Li Hu as a whole. He wanted to make the Northwest people a fatal sharp knife inserted into Li Hu's chest, let the Tiger Lie Army and the Northwest troops kill each other, and let Li Hu and the Northwest people all doom.
If Li Hu and the Northwest people do not die, the Tiger Lieutenant Army and the Northwest Army do not die. In the future, the Song Dynasty will definitely become their belongings. The Song Dynasty did not revive it at all. On the contrary, it perished faster.
Chapter completed!