The small villages east of Bianliang and near Qixian County have become lively recently."
Most of the residents who originally lived nearby have moved away. The reason for the excitement is that King Qin's troops are arriving one after another. Led by Wuruiying, more than 60,000 troops have been gathered near Qixian County.
Even an army with more than 10,000 people is a complete ecosystem. With tens of thousands of people, it is a big test for the commander to control the army.
Now that the Jurchen army is approaching the city, war is imminent, and the management of the army is naturally much stricter than usual. However, several armies have gathered nearby. The three armies of Wuwei, Wusheng, and Wurui each belong to different military officials. Outside the three armies,
, 30,000 people from Wujie camp came from the west. Except for a few forbidden troops with independent codes such as Pengri, Tianwu, Longwu, etc. near the capital, they have all withdrawn to the capital. There are also some small-scale imperial armed forces from various places, plus
All kinds of King Qin's troops from all directions are gathering here. Every day, who listens to whose orders, whom to look for for logistics, and where to live have all become a matter of constant turmoil.
The military establishment of the Wu Dynasty was originally a bit chaotic. This time the armies gathered together, and the strategic and pacifying envoys of each army were actually of equal rank. When they gathered together this time, the armies could not control each other. As a result,
Several of the top officials, such as He Chengzhong from Tong Guan's line in the Wuwei camp, Liang Zhongshu from Cai Jing's line, and Huo Jue from the Wu Rui camp in the right line, discussed together every day how to fight next, but no one dared to attack the Jurchens easily.
After launching the attack, several armies approached, but there were numerous frictions with each other over logistics.
In the capital, the person with the most prestige and ability to lead this war this time was actually Tong Guan - even though his evaluation in later generations was not high, at this time, he was indeed still the top military officer of the Wu Dynasty. But
The Jurchens went south, and the situation in the capital was changing and complicated. Tong Guan fled from Taiyuan, which was stained. After returning to the capital, Zhou Zhe felt somewhat grudged. He himself shrank.
For this reason, when it was time to select the top officer for the defense campaign, only the upright left-wing prime minister Li Gang stood up. The country was dark and the generals were incompetent. Li Gang complained a lot about this. It is said that no one dared to stand up in the court.
The prime minister had no choice but to come out and say: "If the Holy One is not afraid of using civil servants to control military affairs, I am willing to do it." This was a slap in the face to Tong Guan and others. However, the Wu Dynasty originally used civil servants to control military affairs. Tong Guan lowered his head and said nothing.
, Zhou Zhe caught the young man and happily threw the hot potato away.
After Li Gang took over, he was probably a little angry. In order to fill the river, he demolished Cai Jing's garden. In fact, although he had been in the position of left prime minister for several years, many affairs had been controlled by others, and the real situation in the court was
The most powerful ones are always Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others. The old prime minister is upright and fiery, not as flexible and flexible as the right prime minister Qin Siyuan, but this time the fate of the Manchu Dynasty depends on one person, he vented his anger and slapped him in the face.
Cai Jing, no one dares to speak against him.
Of course, these things are only known to the top brass in the capital. Although Li Gang is now the highest commander and guards the capital tightly, it is not easy to control the several armies outside the city with ease.
Under such circumstances, when the various Qinwang troops scattered outside the city - including some of the bandits previously recruited - gathered together, who should listen to the command and who should eat with them?
A troublesome thing.
For this reason, when a young general named Yue Fei arrived in Qixian County with more than 300 soldiers under his command, and found Ning Yi in a small courtyard of a nearby village, the surrounding situation was such a chaotic one.
Outside the camp where the army is gathered, there are various small military camps in a mess. There are noisy voices, occasional frictions, daily quarrels over military supplies and food, plus various small battle reports. The wounded gather here. A few
It's not that the reorganized army doesn't want more people, it's just that the efficiency of the reorganized army is too low, and the cumbersome system of the Wu Dynasty is still there. These things have not yet reached the point where "everything is subject to power", so the whole situation has changed.
I became nervous and confused.
The more than 300 people led by Yue Fei were originally stationed near his hometown Tangyin. The Jurchens went all the way south. Although Tangyin was not beaten, the various command systems north of the Yellow River were also in chaos. When he learned of the death of his master, he led the three
More than a hundred people chased them one after another. When they arrived near Bianliang, they didn't know which army to join.
Fortunately, although he has a loyal character, he is not a fool. After forming the army, he secretly inquired and found out that his resurrection was an indirect order from Qin Shaoqian. He had never seen such high-ranking officials before, but when he arrived in Qixian County
When they were nearby, they saw the people from Bamboo Records and came all the way to look for Ning Yi.
Zhuji gathered one or two hundred people here, occupying a large courtyard near Wurui Camp. After Yue Fei inquired about it, the stragglers gathered around only knew that there were people coming and going every day in this courtyard, which was very lively.
Abnormally, sometimes some officials would come in and out, but no one knew what they were doing inside. Some people guessed that they were responsible for helping the court transport logistics supplies, but after Yue Fei announced that he had entered, he only heard someone yelling.
"...Young boy from Huangkou, I don't know how serious it is. There are so many important matters of life and death here. Is this a place where you and other villains take the opportunity to stir up troubles with power? How many people died in Chenghuangpo, and how many people died in Yuangang area!"
I will not let the people under my rule die! They stay in the city and guard the city walls. At least they still have a way to survive——"
The scolding was loud and righteous. Yue Fei didn't know what it was for, but he heard a voice.
"Master Yu, I said that you misunderstood. The people of Zhuji are just coordinating the evacuation in the name of the court because they are familiar with the surrounding roads. My people will coordinate the timing and route for you, whether to do it or not. How can the next ordinary people do it?"
Forcing you..."
"You are sophistical!" The man cut off the other person's words, "Ning Liheng, you think I don't know that although I, Yu Wenfeng, am a minor official in the county magistrate, I am not a person without any background. Behind your Zhuji is the right person."
With the support of the Prime Minister, all matters outside this time are coordinated by you and others. Although you Zhu Ji put down your things and left, but as soon as I said no, an official document came that afternoon. You thought I didn’t know what was going on.
!The war is coming, and you are doing such ridiculous things around you. Fortunately, you are also a person who has read poetry and books, and you are not afraid that the dead will not let you go——"
"Come here, send Master Yu away. Master Yu, you made a mistake. If you don't want to evacuate, then don't evacuate. I still have a lot of things to be busy with here. They are all pressed down official duties. When the things here are over,
I will personally visit you to apologize..."
"A man stands upright. Ning Liheng, you dare to do something but you dare not say it. Don't you dare to confront me -"
Amidst the noise, the sound of barbaric seeing off guests was heard. An official was pushed out. At this time, people were coming and going in the courtyard. Ning Yi also came out from the door over there. There were a few people following him. Yue Fei was about to go up.
There was the sound of galloping horses stopping outside the courtyard, and a man with Qing Kung Fu ran in. He came to Ning Yi and whispered something. Yue Fei was very skilled in martial arts, and he vaguely heard that there were more than 3,000 people there. Ning Yi frowned.
He frowned and whispered: "Which army is nearby? How scattered is it? Let Brother Wenren go and get the warrant. Brother Yong, please lead a team on this matter. As long as there is food, we must leave..."
The man next to him whom he called Brother Yong was Qi Xinyong from the Soul Retrieval Spear. Yue Fei had met him once in Jiangning, but he just handed him over and left. Ning Yi finally hurried over to Yue Fei:
"Brother Yue, long time no see, you are here too."
Yue Fei stood up straight and cupped his hands. The friendship between him and Ning Yi was not very deep. He had helped save the Su family in Jiangning. Later, they met and chatted twice. Ning Yi regarded him as a "benefactor"
", but Yue Fei had been taught by Zhou Tong since he was a child. At that time, he was just chasing bandits and didn't think it was a big deal. This time he visited, he didn't want people to think that he was asking for repayment.
Moreover, although the two of them fought side by side for a short time in Jiangning, Yue Fei later learned that this scholar was ruthless. After the massacre, he chased them to Liangshan and slaughtered half of the people in Liangshan. In the end, the evaluation in the world was both good and evil.
.He just listened to the county magistrate's scolding again, and now he subconsciously kept some distance from Ning Yi.
Seeing that Yue Fei came to him at this time, Ning Yi naturally knew the reason. Soon after, he found Qin Shaoqian and introduced him to him. At this time, Yue Fei was unknown, but Qin Shaoqian was a general in the army. He was sniping at the Jurchen army in Shouzhang, with one eye.
Blind, very domineering and murderous. Yue Fei only thought that Ning Yi was deliberately building relationships for him. Ning Yi told Qin Shaoqian that this young general should be very good at fighting. Qin Shaoqian only thought it was a compliment. Then he had Yue Fei's three hundred men
Many people were organized into the army to provide food and supplies, and then these more than 300 people were arranged with Zhuji, and they were temporarily under Ning Yi's command and deployment.
Yue Fei was originally recruited because of Ning Yi's relationship with him, and he was so enthusiastic this time. In Qin Shaoqian's opinion, it was either to repay Jiang Ning's favor, or because he felt that this young general really had potential and wanted to form a good relationship with him in the future.
Thugs - at this time, warriors were mostly looked down upon. Although Qin Shaoqian himself was a military general, he was only a small military attaché leading an army of three hundred. In his opinion, running errands under Ning Yi, a staff member of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was not a loss of status.
Moreover, although no one was sure of the necessity of what Ning Yi was doing at this time, the mobilization of millions of civilians near the capital was indeed extremely manpower intensive.
One of the big reasons why Yue Fei went south was because of the sacrifice of his master Zhou Tong. Who knew that he was now being assigned to a group of businessmen who didn't know what they were doing as bodyguards?
The matter is also clear, and naturally he will not do anything outrageous. Moreover, during this period of time, more than 100,000 people gathered, it was just a fierce small-scale friction. Everyone was confronting and standing still. The situation made him
These middle and lower-level officers are quite confused.
As usual, the Jurchens have been defeated in the capital. More than 100,000 troops have gathered here, plus nearly 100,000 people in the city. Everyone would want to drive the Jurchens away as soon as possible. How come everyone is living in such a noisy way?
Here it is.
Although he couldn't understand Ning Yi, Ning Yi didn't want to neglect him. Although he was busy every day, he would go over to say hello and chat for a while. When the other party asked, Ning Yi knew this.
There was a period of unrest inside and outside the capital, but after thinking about it, I could only say: "We are busy negotiating."
People inside and outside the capital are indeed busy negotiating at the moment.
In Bianliang City, after an initial round of fierce attacks, the Jurchens sent people to deliver the conditions for peace talks. There were four conditions for peace talks:
1. Indemnity for the warriors: 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 oxen and horses, and 1 million taels of silk.
2. Zhou Zhe respected Wu Qimai as his uncle.
Third, cede Zhongshan, Taiyuan, and Hejian.
Fourth, take the prince and prime minister as hostages and escort the Jurchen army back to the north.
Theoretically speaking, the war has not yet started, and these four points combined, there is basically nothing to talk about for a country. But at least according to Ning Yi's intelligence, in the capital at this time, Zhou Zhe, on the one hand, used great "courage to
"In support of Li Gang's strict defense, on the other hand, everyone is really discussing the matter of suing for peace. It is said that two people have been sent to the Jurchen military camp to discuss peace talks.
"I heard that there has been a lot of noise in the capital." As the sun set, Ning Yi looked at the busy and huge camp and sighed with Yue Fei. He couldn't say too much. In the capital, the emperor was guarding the city.
The responsibility of fighting the main battle was given to Li Gang, and in the blink of an eye, peace negotiations were resumed. Li Gang had already cursed several times in the Jinluan Palace. Words such as "Those who are close to you hate your enemies quickly" and "How can you face those who are fighting in the front with face?"
He cursed, but everyone only mentioned Jiangshan Sheji, and most of them ignored the current restricted area.
Zhou Zhe did not mention it, but only comforted Li Gang: "I am going to fight. My family and country are like this, and I am to blame. But prime minister, for the sake of the country, the soldiers only need to think about fighting hard, but I have to make two plans."
After his efforts failed, Li Gang also requested that he be allowed to come forward to negotiate with the Jurchens. However, Zhou Zhe was aware of the situation and did not agree, and finally let Li Chu, who was more flexible and flexible, go.
Qin Siyuan did not speak during this.
Qin Shaohe has been stationed in Taiyuan for a month. Now the news between the two sides is cut off, and the current situation is unknown. Although Qin Siyuan will never bring the reason why his son is fighting in the front to the court to reason - but that is
There are restricted areas that no one can mention.
After all, the people who were to be sold at the rear were already fighting at the front until their life or death was uncertain...
A few days later, an edict was issued, and Qin Siyuan resigned as prime minister. (To be continued...) i527