Chapter 1511 White Tiger Festival Hall, Imperial Captive Strategy
With a complicated mood, Zhong Shidao felt that he seemed a little older. Originally, when he led tens of thousands of soldiers of the Western Army on the way to Beijing, he heard that the two emperors, the royal family, the court ministers and even a large number of people who were captured by the Jin army were mourning.
While Xiao Tang defeated the Jin army and rescued him, he actually considered designing a plan to weaken Xiao Tang's troops, and even considered whether they should work together to get rid of this traitor who was holding the officials hostage, in order to eliminate the Song court's future henchmen.
However, under the current situation, Zhong Shidao's thoughts have changed. He found that he had some confusion about whether he should try to control Xiao Tang for the sake of the court. Zhong Shidao also knew very well that he was already in his twilight years.
In the Song Dynasty, as an official, and as a member of the Western Army guarding the border, I was already exhausted mentally and physically, but there were still many things that I was powerless to do...both at the beginning and now.
It seems that today's officialdom is indeed nepotistic, forced by the power of the Jin army and easily controlled by foreign invaders... And the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are still as cunning and deceitful as they were in the party's struggle for power, causing the government to become abnormal...
...And what you, Xiao Tang, did did help to turn the country around at its most critical moment. Although to the court, at first you were a rebellious and rebellious traitor who betrayed the official family, but now you are coercing the emperor and taking advantage of the situation.
The heroic overlord who, facing the national calamity and supporting his troops with self-respect, will probably have to fight against the Song Dynasty sooner or later. But you have indeed never deceived me. Your long-cherished ambitions are just for the sake of the people of the world!
That's all... The Jurchen Tartars in the north overthrew the Liao Dynasty and established the Nuo Empire. If one day you, Xiaotang, can defeat the powerful foreign invaders, I am afraid that my fate will be long ago. I don't care what you think of the imperial court by then.
, I will surely comply with the people's wishes... I will be loyal to the country in this life, but how can I control what happens after my death?
Zhong Shidao, who was thinking about complicated conflicts, finally just sighed and immediately allowed the rebel army under Xiao Tang to greet him, and headed straight for the inner city of Bianjing with the tens of thousands of Western troops under his command.
After the officers and soldiers of the Western Army entered the city in Bianjing and settled down, and after Zhong Shidao went to the inner palace of the imperial city to meet with the officials, he also held a military meeting with Xiao Tanghua to discuss the next important matter of resisting the foreign invaders of Jin Dynasty.
After all, the Jin Kingdom's southern invasion was defeated. Although its previous invincible power and prestige was dampened, the border troops led by Mr. Xiao Zhong also marched to Hedong Road to resist the Jin Kingdom's west road army. Now that the war in the north is not extinguished, the Jin Kingdom must also
They made a comeback and continued to invade the Gyeonggi and Jingdong roads by encroaching on the land of Heshuo. At the moment, from a strategic level, Xiao and Tang's rebel army and the Song court's forbidden army jointly finalized the strategy of purging the Jin army that invaded the territory of the Song Dynasty.
The most important thing is to plan a counterattack and the Northern Expedition.
After three quarters of noon, Xiao Tang, together with his confidants, held a military meeting with Zhong Shidao, Zhang Shuye and other generals. The location chosen for the meeting was exactly what Gao Qiu, the old thief of Sanya Taiwei, had chosen.
The palace under control.
As for Lin Chong, Yang Zhi and other leaders followed Xiao Tang into the military council hall, they looked up and saw the four characters "White Tiger Festival Hall" written on the eaves and forehead. Now that they were revisiting their old place, they remembered that it was also the time when Gao Qiu
The plot was misplaced here, and it was also the beginning of the two heroes who were originally determined to protect their homeland and settle down as generals of the Song Dynasty.
As Xiao Tang walked calmly into the White Tiger Festival Hall, discussing military and national affairs to defend against foreign enemies, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi sighed in their hearts, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile with emotion.
According to the battle report from Hedong Road reported by Zhong Shidao, the Jin army, which was as powerful as the West Road, had already broken through key points such as Shiling Pass, and the vanguard troops had already reached the gates of Taiyuan City. The Western Army in Bianting was defeated, and Liu
Guangshi and others had previously led their troops to aid Taiyuan, but were defeated by the Jin army on the north bank of the Fen River. As for the Hedong Xuanfu envoy Zhang Xiaochun, who was also the governor of Taiyuan Prefecture, and Tong Guan were retained as the deputy governor of Hedong when they fled south, Wang Zhen commanded the Xuanfu Division soldiers.
Defending the city, the war was very tight. As a descendant of the generals of the Zhe family and the second general of Hedong Road, Zhe Kecun was ordered by Zhang Xiaochun to garrison troops in Guoxian County to resist the Jin army's onslaught, but he also ended up being captured when the city fell.
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It seems that the Jin Army has also received the news that the troops on the east route were defeated by Xiao Tang, and that the coach Wanyan Wolibu was also killed in battle. The Jin army on the west route, which has been out for a long time, should be getting tired day by day, but
The momentum of occupying key places in Hedong became even more fierce. It seemed that the tenacity and resistance of the Jurchen's fierce soldiers and horses were vividly reflected. While the coach Wanyan Nianhan assigned his troops to heavily surround Taiyuan, he also ordered
His general Yin Shuke wiped out the surrounding states and counties of Taiyuan. Wenshui, Xidugu, Qixian, Taigu, Yuxian and other places were successively captured and fell, and went to rescue Fan Kui, Shi Shen and Gao of Taiyuan.
The Song army under Feng's command was also defeated by Yin Shuke one after another.
When he heard about the critical moment involving the fall of Taiyuan and even Hedong, Xiaotang Xianggong, Yao Gu, Zhang Hao and other Song generals respectively led their troops to the rescue. When the three armies were horns with each other and tried to solve the dangerous situation in Taiyuan, Xiao Tang's mind moved and he couldn't help but
Anfu said: Although I and a group of brothers worked together to turn things around, the catastrophe in the official history of the Jingkang Shame will not worsen, causing more innocent people to be brutally violated by foreign invaders... But the same is true in the official history.
In order to resist the Jin Dynasty's southward march, the Song court launched a defensive war with Taiyuan as the main battlefield... Didn't it also end with the defeat of the Song army and the fall of Taiyuan, causing the Jin tribes to annex the entire Hedong Road?
Although according to the original trajectory, the Jin Army's West Route Army led by Wanyan Nianhan should have captured Taiyuan Prefecture, the strategic center of Hedong Road, during the second southern invasion of the Song Dynasty, and then marched south to fight against the Jin Army led by Wanyan Yilibu.
The armies on the East Road of the Jin State responded to each other and joined forces in Bianliang, Tokyo, which triggered the humiliation of Jingkang. However, even if Zhao Huan, the cowardly and incompetent Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty in the official history, accepted the withdrawal conditions proposed by the Jin army to cede the three towns of Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian, the Taiyuan army and people
However, they refused to obey the imperial edict of losing power and humiliating the country, and still rose up to block the troops of the West Road of the Jin Kingdom who wanted to take over the city. The Hedong Road, with Taiyuan as the center, had been suffering from the fierce offensives of the foreign invaders during the two successive southern invasions of the Jin Kingdom.
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Even though there were soldiers of the Forbidden Army fighting desperately on Hedong Road, the Song army, which rushed to support from all directions, was defeated in consecutive battles. Although the army on Jinguo East Road was defeated and the coach Wanyan Wolibu was killed by himself, Xiao Tang also knew very well that if
He did not send troops to rush for reinforcements, but assisted the Song army to resist the offensive of the Jin army led by Wanyan Nianhan... I am afraid that the civil servants of the Song Dynasty interfered with the military affairs, and internal intrigues and disagreements broke out among the army's lieutenant generals, and the volunteers of the Forbidden Army who fought desperately to resist were also
It will eventually be defeated separately by the Jin army... and a series of tragedies will probably still be staged according to the original trajectory. The Jin Kingdom will eventually occupy the entire Hedong Road. Considering the geography, current situation and many other angles, the
It will become a sharp knife hanging on the road to the capital of the Song Dynasty, and our own army and the Song Dynasty's imperial army will also fall into a very passive situation strategically.
The rebel soldiers and horses of the Taihang Mountain Chain Village led by Fu Xuan, Meng De, Liu Ze, Jiao Wentong and other brothers, as well as Liang Xing and Zhao Yun, were also dispatched by my general to Hedong Road to organize the voluntary anti-golden armed forces to this day.
Finally, there is a place to be useful... Xiao Tang thought in his mind, but he still couldn't help but hesitate for a while: Now that many state capitals have fallen on both sides of Hebei Province, the Jin Kingdom must have sent another general to go south from the East Road to attack the capital.
All lands under the rule of Jingdong...
If this is the case, should I personally lead the army to Hedong to rush for reinforcements, or should I stay in Gyeonggi and set up a defense line in Shandong?