Chapter 1127 Assassination of Tong Guan (asking for a monthly ticket)
The Song and Jin countries launched a full-scale war in the Yanyun area. The scale was no less than the original Battle of Song and Liao. Because the forces of both sides were scattered, it seemed as if they were fighting everywhere. But it was also because
In this way, no one can defeat the other in one fell swoop.
After a series of battles, the two sides seemed to have reached a stalemate again.
Needless to say, there has never been a fight on the Yunzhou side. The two sides got along very harmoniously. However, in the Shuozhou war, due to the constraints of Li Qi's army, Wanyan Xiyin did not dare to advance rashly, but he could not
After receiving Li Qi's letter, Cun stopped sending troops. If you come to fight, I will retreat. If you leave, I will march. However, because of the stubborn defense of Wu Jie and others in Yuzhou, the Jin army's repeated attacks were frustrated.
It stopped. As for Jizhou and Tanzhou, since Wanyan Zongwang could not find a way to defeat Han Shizhong's navy, he had no choice but to retreat to Pingzhou.
The Yanyun area seemed to have returned to its former peace in an instant, with both sides standing still.
Now it depends on who can break the deadlock first and take the initiative in the situation.
But both sides knew that the key to the entire battle was still in Yunzhou. The confrontation between Li Qi and Wanyan Zonghan directly played a decisive role in the entire battle.
But God didn't want this war to end so quickly, and caused a flood to forcefully separate the two armies.
Two days ago, Wanyan Zonghan's 50,000 reinforcements finally arrived. Originally, they could have bypassed the Sangqian River from the north and attacked the Song army on their way here. But it is easy for you to attack. If they lose, then Wanyan Zonghan will
But I can't save you. To be on the safe side, Wanyan Zonghan still asked them to come to Datong Mansion and wait for the flood to recede before attacking.
On Li Qi's side, supplies from the northwest have also followed. Anyway, Li Qi has made up his mind. Even if he can't kill you, he still has to bite off a piece of meat. With the hard work of 100,000 people, he has built up defense systems one after another.
It's nearing the end.
The heavy rain has stopped, but it will still take time for the floods to recede.
Li Qi was deeply bored, so he sent people to use bed crossbows by the river every night to load gunpowder equipped with thunderbolts and shoot them across the river, using the sound of explosions to harass the Jin army.
This gunpowder is not very powerful, but it makes a loud noise, and is specially used to scare people.
Sure enough, Li Qi's shameless trick made the Jin army feel like they were in a state of ecstasy. At first, they thought it was the Song army that was attacking. When they ran to the river and took a look, they realized that it was Li Qi who was firing cannons indiscriminately there, and at the same time he let go.
But Li Qi refused to give up and asked the soldiers to let go once an hour. The Jin army could not sleep at all. Wanyan Zonghan was so angry that he almost bled from his orifices, but there was nothing he could do to the Song army. In desperation, he had to break camp and retreat.
Withdraw five miles.
I'll go to the head office.
Li Qi saw that the Jin army retreated, so he did not continue and asked the soldiers to recharge their batteries to prevent the Jin army from invading after the flood receded.
After a few days, the floods gradually receded, but at this moment, news suddenly came from the rear that a Song army was rapidly approaching here.
After Li Qi heard this, he was completely dumbfounded. He had not arranged for reinforcements to come. And where were the reinforcements? He quickly sent someone to investigate, but when the sentry came back again, he brought shocking news.
The reinforcements were none other than the 30,000 victorious troops led by Tong Guan.
It turned out that Tong Guan was afraid of Li Qi, and Zhongshi Dao would use his will to bring the relationship between the two countries to an irreversible point. He missed this good opportunity, so after setting off from Jiangning Mansion, he traveled non-stop all the way. He went to Hebei via Tokyo East Road.
On the east road, we rushed to Hejian Prefecture. We originally wanted to go to Yanshan Prefecture, but it happened that Wanyan Zongwang sent troops to Jizhou. But he was scared to death. He dared to go to Yanshan Prefecture. It was too unsafe. I also heard that Yanshan Prefecture
They are all composed of some militiamen and the Forbidden Army on Tokyo East Road, and Li Qi's army is in Yunzhou.
So Tong Guan rushed to Yunzhou immediately.
After hearing this, Li Qi was silent. If he had followed the original plan, Tong Guan would not have come here, otherwise he would not have had to keep Niu Gao in Tokyo. He was not afraid of Tong Guan, but worried about the situation in the capital. God knows.
Is Tong Guan here to support or to capture him.
As everyone knows, this was Qin Hui's last thought.
While Li Qi was still thinking, Zhong Shidao suddenly walked in in a hurry. As soon as he entered the door, he immediately asked: "I heard that Tong Guan is here?"
Li Qi was slightly startled and nodded.
Master Zhong said: "What's going on?"
Li Qi shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
Zhong Shidao was stunned and said: "Isn't this arranged by you?"
"no."
Li Qi shook his head and said, "But I suspect this was a temporary arrangement by His Highness."
"Your Highness?" Zhong Shidao frowned and said, "Then what does Your Highness mean by making this arrangement?"
Li Qi narrowed his eyes and said, "If I guess correctly, Your Highness is asking me to get rid of Tong Guan."
Zhong Shidao frowned and said, "Then do you have a letter from Your Highness?"
"No."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "In order to avoid any accidents, His Highness and I had already discussed that either he would ask Niu Gao to send the imperial edict, or he would not send any letters to avoid manipulation."
Master Zhong said: "So, this is all your guess!"
Li Qi nodded, then smiled and said: "Brother, I have come this far, what should I be afraid of? In the plan, Tong Guan must die. In this case, whether it is His Highness's intention or not, when he comes, I
Let him never go back."
Master Zhong also understood that Li Qi was now on a road of no return. There was only success or failure, and there could be no third possibility. At this time, you must not be merciful. He said: "Then what are you going to do?"
Li Qi sighed and said: "The thing that worries me the most now is the 30,000 Victory Army around him. I'm not afraid of his 30,000 Victory Army, but I don't want to kill each other. This is what I least want to see.
And if we can have 30,000 more troops, we will be more confident in facing the Jin army."
Zhong Shidao pondered for a moment and said: "You don't have to worry too much about the soldiers of the Shengjie Army. The key is the generals under Tong Guan."
Li Qi snorted and said, "How do you say this?"
Master Zhong said: "His 30,000 Shengjie Army were all recruited from the northwest, and they are all relatively young. Many of the soldiers in our Zhongjia Army and Zhejia Army are their brothers. The key is the generals under Tong Guan.
I am very loyal to Tong Guan. As long as these people are removed, I can guarantee that these 30,000 victorious troops will never cause trouble."
Li Qi was overjoyed and said: "If that's the case, it would be easy to handle. Hehe. It seems that the breeder is still quite resentful of Tong Guan!"
"Ahem! You kid is so unreasonable. I meant to remind you, but you came to ridicule me instead."
"Hehe, it's me who judged a gentleman with a villain's heart. Forgive me, forgive me."
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In the afternoon of that day, Tong Guan's vanguard troops arrived. The leading vanguard officer told Li Qi that the emperor had sent the Prince of Guangyang County to supervise the troops. We ordered the supervising troops not to send troops until the supervising troops arrived.
Make a decision.
Of course Li Qi agreed with a smile and entertained them with good wine and food.
After Yang Zaixing and others learned the news, it was no wonder that you tried this trick again and came to find Li Qi. Li Qi immediately called them into the house. When they came out, all of them were
With a smile on your face.
One day later, in the morning of the third day, Li Qi learned that Tong Guan's army was about to arrive, so he, Zhong Shidao and some other generals went outside the camp to "wait".
After waiting for a long time, I saw Tong Guan leading his own soldiers, walking towards this side covered with dust.
"U---!"
As soon as Tong Guang got off his horse, Li Qi, Zhong Shidao and others hurried over, cupped their hands and said, "Li Qi (lower official) has met the Prince of Guangyang."
Tong Guan waved his hand like a boss, and immediately asked Li Qi with an anxious look: "Li Qi, how is the situation now?"
Li Qi shook his head and sighed.
Tong Guan asked in surprise: "What's going on?" The expression on his face was as if he was ready to mount his horse and run away the next moment.
Li Qi snickered secretly. But he said: "Prince Guangyang, you came just in time. I don't know what to do now. Originally, we really wanted to take this opportunity to take back Yunzhou.
However, an unexpected situation prevented us from advancing, and now the enemy's reinforcements have arrived. This puts us in a dilemma."
Tong Guan asked hurriedly: "Then did you fight against the Jin army in Yunzhou?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "The thing is like this. Due to the flooding here, our attack has been blocked. So far, we have never fought against the Jin Army in Yunzhou."
Tong Guan asked again: "Didn't the Jin army come to attack you?"
Li Qi was speechless and said: "Prince Guangyang, this flood will also affect the Jin people. Since we can't fight it, they will naturally not be able to fight it either."
"That's true."
Tong Guan breathed a sigh of relief. In fact, he had done some research on the way here. Seeing that what Li Qi said was correct, he believed it in his heart and said, "That's good, that's good. I came to this prison on the order of the emperor."
Army, now the war situation has reached a stalemate. If we continue to fight, it will only waste people and money. God has the virtue of good life. The emperor cannot bear the sacrifice of our soldiers in vain, so he decided to reconcile with the Kingdom of Jin. After all, if we continue to fight like this, it will only harm ourselves and others.
"
Zhong Shidao nodded and said: "What the King of Guangyang County said is reasonable. We have recovered the land we lost this time. Although I dream of seeing the Song Dynasty recover Yunzhou, I am afraid that Yunzhou will be difficult to capture at this time.
, the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous it will be to us. If we can reach a temporary reconciliation, it will be the best policy."
After all, he is an experienced actor, and his acting skills are worthy of recognition.
Tong Guan laughed and said: "General Zhong is worthy of being the pillar of the Song Dynasty. He really hit the mark!"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, I also want to retreat, but if this matter is not settled and the two countries are still at war, we will retreat in a hurry. The Jin soldiers may chase us from behind. The prince of Guangyang County has always been with us.
We have good relations with the Kingdom of Jin, so whether we can successfully withdraw our troops depends entirely on the Prince of Guangyang."
Tong Guan felt comfortable hearing these words, and was secretly proud of himself. Look, sending troops to fight can't be done without me, Tong Guan. You still have to rely on me. Hehe said: "What you said is out of context. We are all doing it for
Your Majesty, of course, you have to do your best when doing things. It is already very good that you can regain the lost ground. The Emperor is also very satisfied. It just so happens that I have some friendship with Wanyan Zonghan. I will send someone to negotiate tomorrow. Since I have already arrived, these soldiers will definitely
Able to retreat safely."
Having said that, if the negotiation fails, he will definitely be the first to escape.
"That's the best thing." Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and said: "It's okay for us to stand here and talk all the time. I have prepared a banquet to welcome the King of Guangyang County, please."
Tong Guan was already flattered by Li Qi's flattery. He had been in charge of the army for twenty years, had power both internally and externally, was arrogant and domineering, and looked down upon no one. This also made him treat the young Li Qi very seriously.
There was no defense. Otherwise, he would not have come. He took the general and a group of soldiers around him and walked in swaggeringly.
However, the moment he stepped into the tent, Li Qi suddenly glanced at Yang Zaixing from the corner of his eye, and his eyelids moved. Yang Zaixing suddenly got angry, drew out his sword, and stabbed Tong Guan in the back with the sword from behind.
The sword was very fast, piercing through the boy's body like lightning.
Only Tong Guan screamed.
The generals around him could not have imagined that Yang Zaixing would suddenly assassinate him. Before they could wake up, the swordsman hiding outside the tent suddenly rushed out and killed Tong Guan's guards, Yue Fei and Yue Fan.
Zhang Xian and other generals also drew their weapons and chopped down Tong Guan and the other generals to the ground.
The drunkard who replaced Ma Qiao as Li Qi's bodyguard during this expedition stood in front of Li Qi and Zhong Shidao, yawning. His expression was telling others, I won't mess with you, so don't come up either.
It's a pity that someone who didn't open his eyes really rushed over, and was instantly killed by the dagger in the drunkard's sleeve. Then he fell asleep again, which made Li Qi roll his eyes. This person was really hopeless.