Chapter 0779 The calculation is clear (Happy Holidays tonight everyone!)
Zhong Shiheng's purpose is to show his prestige and momentum at once, and to show the thunderous and clearing posture that a big country should have when facing a small country.
Then, he did it.
Conquering three cities in Dali in one day indeed showed great authority and momentum.
It also created some sense of trance.
The Tianwu Army had been reorganized and equipped with firearms, and its combat effectiveness was somewhat beyond his expectations.
While spending the night at the border between Dali and the Song Dynasty, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng discussed taking ten days to capture the three cities of Dali, and then wait for the officials sent by Dali to negotiate to arrive, and then capture them in front of them.
The fourth city is the area under the jurisdiction of the Fengpa tribe.
But in fact, it only took them one day to conquer the three cities of Dali.
On the second day, the three parties gathered their troops under the city of Fengpa tribe.
Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng led an army of 30,000 people. As soon as they arrived at the city of Fengpa tribe, the leader of Fengpa tribe led 10,000 soldiers and horses of his tribe out of the city holding a white flag.
"It's down?!"
Zhu Neng sat astride the horse, scratched his head, and asked Zhong Shiheng next to him with some uncertainty.
Zhong Shiheng was filled with emotion, but there was no strange clarity on his face. He glanced at Zhu Neng and said calmly: "Maybe he knows about our battle to defeat Adu, Shama, and Shuanglin.
, knowing that our troops were sharp and they could not stop us, so we took the initiative to surrender."
Zhu Neng said with some regret: "This battle is over before we have even fought it. I am really...unwilling..."
In the past, wars would not last for ten days and a half.
It's good now, the battle plan that was originally planned for nearly half a month was completed in two days.
It was clear that the four cities had been conquered, but Zhu Neng felt as if he had not fought at all.
Zhong Shiheng glanced at Zhu Neng and said, "Isn't it good to win a city without a single blow?"
Zhu Neng sighed: "It's good... but it's just not good."
"If you don't feel good, just hold it in. Our goal is the entire Dali. We have only captured four cities at the moment. There are countless cities behind us that we need to conquer. There are many wars for you to fight."
Zhong Shiheng scolded Zhu Neng angrily.
Zhu Neng pursed his lips and did not speak.
He knew that Zhong Shiheng was telling the truth.
Many people in the Song Dynasty thought that Dali was small and pitiful because it was located just a short distance away, but this was not the case.
Even though Dali's territory is larger than that of Xixia, it doesn't make too many concessions.
In addition to the capital of Dali, Yangjume City, there are eight prefectures, four counties, four towns, and thirty-seven tribes. Thirty-seven tribes are located in eight prefectures, four counties, and four towns respectively.
Among the thirty-seven departments, most of them are autonomous and only obey the orders of King Dali.
At present, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng have captured the Adu tribe, the Shama tribe, the Shuanglin tribe, and the Fengpa tribe, which are not included in the thirty-seven tribes.
The city where the four tribes of Adu live is just a city under the jurisdiction of Jianchang Prefecture, one of the eight prefectures.
The four tribes of Adu are also under the control of Jianchang Prefecture.
Therefore, Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng's attack on the four cities of Dali could not damage Dali's muscles and bones. At most, they only cut out a piece of flesh.
Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng's goal is the whole of Dali, so there is still room for further gains.
Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng used blunt knives to cut the flesh, so they had to cut the flesh from Dali's body one by one.
The Fourth Division of Abdu was their first attack on Dali.
Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng sat on horseback, waiting quietly for the leader of the Fengpa tribe to come closer. After completely expressing their surrender, they sent people to collect the weapons of the Fengpa tribe's soldiers and horses, and then led their troops into the Fengpa tribe.
In the city governed by Pabu.
Entered the city.
Zhong Shiheng sent Zhu Neng to lead his troops to set up defenses. He followed the leader of the Fengpa tribe into the city's steward's yamen and counted and confiscated all the money in the yamen.
After everything is tidied up.
The city belonging to the Fengpa tribe officially belonged to the Song Dynasty.
After nightfall.
Zhong Shiheng refused the banquet from the leader of the Fengpa tribe and the beautiful woman sent by the leader of the Fengpa tribe, and returned to the Chinese army's tent.
As soon as he entered the Chinese army's tent, he saw Zhu Neng drinking wine and eating meat in the tent.
Zhong Shiheng walked over, grabbed a piece of meat from Zhu Neng's hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and said to Zhu Neng: "We must digest the four cities we captured as soon as possible to prepare for the subsequent capture of other places.
When we sent out troops before, we estimated that it would take half a month to capture the four tribes of Adu and open the door to Dali.
Therefore, the officials sent by the imperial court to govern Dali are still in Sichuan Mansion.
When you send someone to deliver the good news to the officials, you also send someone to Sichuan Mansion to ask the officials sent to us by the court to rush to Dali as soon as possible."
Zhu Neng stood up, handed the wine bottle to Zhong Shiheng, and then left the tent to give instructions.
Zhong Shiheng was drinking and eating meat in the tent.
After Zhu Neng finished ordering the soldiers who delivered the message, he returned to the tent.
After sitting down, we ate meat and drank wine with Zhong Shiheng.
The two of them ate until they were 70% full and stopped eating meat and drinking wine.
Zhong Shiheng said to Zhu Neng: "The Fengpa tribe surrendered without a fight. We lost the means to intimidate the Dali envoys, so we must use other methods."
Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "The city of Jianchang Prefecture is thirty miles away to the west of Fengpa Department. If we, fifty thousand soldiers and horses, leave behind our baggage and travel in a hurry, we will arrive at Jianchang Prefecture at noon tomorrow."
Hearing this, Zhong Shiheng rolled his eyes and said, "Jianchang Mansion is a city after all, how can it be so easy to fight? There are about 30,000 soldiers and horses stationed inside, plus the barbarians nearby, the number is very large
It might be on par with us.
Now that we have conquered four cities under the jurisdiction of Jianchang Prefecture, the city of Jianchang Prefecture must have received the news and made arrangements.
If we kill him now, we will most likely play into their hands.
Therefore, it is not advisable to attack Jianchang Mansion rashly.
If my guess is correct, after dawn tomorrow, the master of Jianchang Mansion will send envoys to negotiate with us.
When the time comes, let's give them a warning and scare them.
Then let the head of Jianchang Mansion inform King Dali of the matter.
Wait until King Dali sends someone over to negotiate with us."
Zhu Neng frowned slightly.
Seeing this, Zhong Shiheng continued: "It is easy to capture Dali, but it is difficult to govern Dali. Since you have proposed a method of using Dali people to govern Dali people and the court has adopted it, you must follow the method.
There are not many officials sent to us by the imperial court, and the troops we have are limited, so we cannot take risks.
We have to wait until the officials sent by the court arrive, wait for them to set up a racket in the city of the four tribes of Adu, and select some confidants who can help them govern Dali, and then continue to attack the city and plunder the territory.
As long as they can barely keep the city of Adu's four tribes in chaos.
We don't have to worry about backyard fires.
You don’t have to worry about being cut off.”
Zhu Neng frowned and said, "But after King Dali finds out about this, he will definitely send more troops to Jianchang Mansion.
The more troops Jianchang Mansion increases, the more difficult it will be for us to attack Jianchang Mansion."
Zhong Shiheng said in a deep voice: "Our use of troops this time focuses on a strange word. When we use troops, we must surprise them and catch them by surprise. The attack on Jianchangfu City is naturally no exception.
We are the attacking side, and we have time and energy to choose where to attack.
It took more than a month for Dali to negotiate with us and the court, so we have plenty of time to plan for Jianchang City."
Speaking of this, Zhong Shiheng added, "Of course, not taking Jianchang City now is also to avoid completely breaking up with King Dali."
After Zhu Neng listened to Zhong Shiheng's words, he raised his brows slightly. He nodded solemnly and said: "Tomorrow I will send out some of the general's scouts to explore Jianchang City."
"good……"
After discussing the matter, the two of them went back to their respective military tents to sleep.
Although the leader of the Fengpa tribe prepared a comfortable bed for them.
But neither Zhong Shiheng nor Zhu Neng accepted it.
As the brains of an army, they will never put themselves in danger when fighting.
Who knows if the leader of the Fengpa tribe is pretending to surrender and is preparing to assassinate them after they relax their vigilance...
The next day.
After Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng got up, they inspected the camp, ate some food, and sat in the tent waiting for the envoys sent by Jianchang Prefecture.
Wait until noon.
The envoys sent by Jianchang Prefecture rode their fast horses to Fengpabu City.
Everyone in Jianchang Mansion knew why the Song soldiers invaded Dali. The envoys sent by Jianchang Mansion naturally knew better.
Although the conditions and reasons for Song soldiers to invade Dali were very absurd in the eyes of Dali people.
But in the end, it was Dali who was wrong first.
Therefore, after the envoys from Jianchang Prefecture entered Fengpabu City, they showed great respect to Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng.
Zhong Shiheng didn't say much to the envoys from Jianchang Prefecture.
He bluntly told the envoy from Jianchang Prefecture that no one in the Jianchang Prefecture was qualified to talk to him on an equal footing.
If we want to discuss this matter, King Dali will send someone.
The envoys from Jianchang Prefecture still had to argue with Zhong Shiheng.
Zhong Shiheng took him directly to watch a big show of bombarding Shimen.
The envoy from Jianchang Mansion saw a tall stone gate shattered into stones under the bombardment of artillery. He did not dare to say a word and ran back to Jianchang Mansion in dejection.
After that, the master of Jianchang Mansion sent a very generous gift to Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng.
He also told Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng that he had reported the matter to King Dali.
King Dali will reply soon, and I hope Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng will calm down.
After Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng received the generous gift from the master of Jianchang Mansion, they asked for a more generous gift from the master of Jianchang Mansion, and promised that after receiving the generous gift, they would never touch Jianchang.
Fufu City.
The head of Jianchang Mansion was forced to give them an even more generous gift.
After the two of them received the generous gifts, they decisively reduced their troops.
It created an illusion that the city of Changfu would not be built at all.
Five days later.
The local officials sent by the imperial court to follow Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng to Dali arrived at the city of the fourth tribe of Adu.
Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng decisively handed over the four cities to local officials for management.
The local officials who were sent to Dali were not good people in the Song Dynasty.
All of them are thick-faced and dark-hearted people.
When he was causing trouble in the Song Dynasty, he was caught and originally planned to be exiled.
But Dali needed people, so Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji made a plan and sent them all over.
Not only that, some prisoners who were exiled to places such as Salmon Island and Yongzhou have also received orders from the court and are on their way to Dali.
Just because they are not good people, they will not have any good methods to govern the newly acquired four cities.
The rules set by the court for them are very simple.
Just two.
One thing, he worked hard to help the court make money.
One, maintain law and order, and when necessary, deploy some armed and trustworthy people to serve as thugs for the court.
After they learned these two rules, they completely let themselves go.
Why?
Because the rules set by the imperial court for them were the same as the ideas they followed and the way they did things when they were officials in the Song Dynasty.
When they were corrupt officials in the Song Dynasty, they often followed the two rules set by the court.
Work hard to make money, cultivate a group of talkers and thugs, and help you guide your speech at critical times, suppress the people, and kill people to silence them.
Now, let them do what they like the most and are most accustomed to, and they naturally let themselves go.
The fifth day when local officials entered Dali.
So they set up a framework to govern the four tribes of Abdul, and also recruited a large group of lackeys who were willing to follow them and help others.
On the sixth day.
Yang Yunxian, the Dali envoy sent by Duan Suzhen, the Zhengzhi Emperor of Dali, arrived at the city where the Fengpa tribe was located.
Zhengzhi is the reign name of Duan Suzhen.
Not long after he ascended the throne, he encountered the Song Dynasty soldiers entering Dali. He was so panicked that he ran to the royal temple and asked two elders who had abdicated the throne as monks for advice.
Under the guidance of his elders, he sent his young confidant Yang Yunxian to the place where the Fengpa Department was located to negotiate the matter.
Although Yang Yunxian was young, he came from a wealthy family and had some talents, so he was highly regarded by Emperor Zhengzhi Duan Suzhen.
After Yang Yunxian arrived at Fengpa Department.
Zhong Shiheng came out to meet him.
After Zhong Shiheng chatted with Yang Yunxian, he knew that Yang Yunxian was a smart person, so he did not go around in circles with Yang Yunxian.
He told Yang Yunxian decisively.
Dali had to give him a large sum of money to labor the army, and then sent people to Bianjing City to apologize to Zhao Zhen. He would withdraw his troops only after getting Zhao Zhen's understanding.
After Yang Yunxian learned about Zhong Shiheng's conditions, he did not stay in the Fengpa Department for long.
Yang Yunxian returned to the capital of Dali and informed Emperor Zhengzhi Duan Suzhen of Zhong Shiheng's conditions.
After Emperor Zhengzhi Duan Suzhen learned about Zhong Shiheng's conditions, he agreed without much thought.
While he sent people to send money to Zhong Shiheng to stabilize Zhong Shiheng, he also sent people to carry heavy gifts and his apology letter and rushed to Bianjing City to meet Zhao Zhen.
The person who went to plead guilty to Zhao Zhen on his behalf was his confidant Yang Yunxian.
It was already a month after Yang Yunxian arrived in Bianjing City of the Song Dynasty with heavy gifts.
When Yang Yunxian arrived at Bianjing City with a heavy gift, Kou Jigang had just completed the second transaction with Da Shiren.
Yang Yunxian entered Bianjing City and was taken to the post house by officials from Honglu Temple, waiting to be summoned.
Kou Ji was summoned into the palace by Zhao Zhen when Yang Yunxian entered Bianjing City.
Once entering the palace.
Arrive at Shijitang.
Kou Ji saw that Lu Yijian and the others had arrived a long time ago.
Kou Ji entered the Zishi Hall and after saluting Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Fourth brother, the Dali envoy has arrived in Beijing..."
Kou Ji smiled and said, "You brought a lot of wealth?"
Zhao Zhen nodded with a bright smile.
No wonder Zhao Zhen was unhappy.
After Zhong Shiheng and Zhu Neng invaded Dali, progress reports were reported to the court almost every day.
The imperial court has received six pieces of money sent back by Zhong Shiheng.
The biggest one was the one million yuan that Zhong Shiheng sent to blackmail the King of Dali before the Dali envoys did.
Now the Dali envoy has sent money to his door again, and then the court will use this to blackmail Dali.
The imperial court gained several gains through a simple battle, and Zhao Zhen was naturally happy.
Faced with Kou Ji's question, Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "The people from Honglu Temple have roughly counted three boxes of jewelry and jade, one box of gold, two boxes of silver, six boxes of copper ingots, and a number of other rare treasures. Roughly,
It’s estimated to be worth a million dollars.”
Kou Ji thought for a while and said: "Then we have to ask Dali to provide another two million yuan worth of things, and then the officials can forgive them."
“One life worth a million?”
Lu Yijian fumbled with his beard, groaned, raised his head and looked at Kou Jida: "Is it too little?"
Wang Zeng and Zhang Zhibai nodded together to express their agreement with Lu Yijian's statement.
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched.
Officials of the Song Dynasty did not know that Dali was very rich before.
So every time Dali sent something over, they thought Dali was giving a generous gift.
He also gave Dali a bigger gift in return.
Now I know that Dali is rich, and under the pressure of the Song Dynasty, he gave the money so happily.
The appetites of Lu Yijian and others also increased.
In their eyes, if Dali is not forced into a desperate situation, it has the value to continue to exploit him.
If Dali doesn't act impatiently, they can continue to exploit him.
Kou Ji coughed lightly, "Four million guans should be the limit that Duan Suzhen, the king of Dali County, can spend. Plus, he might raise an army. Although Dali is very rich, not all the money is in Duan Suzhen's hands.
Just like our Song Dynasty, there is an endless amount of money.
But the money held by the royal family is always a small amount."
Lu Yijian frowned and said, "What about next time? Next time the Dali County Prince cannot pay, what do we ask him for? To cede land?"
Kou Ji nodded, "Of course... we have now occupied the four areas of Jianchang Prefecture. If war breaks out again, we will occupy the city of Jianchang Prefecture. By then, half of the territory of Jianchang Prefecture will belong to us, the Song Dynasty.
The remaining half will also be cut off from Dali's body.
When the time comes we ask Duan Suzhen if he wants to build Changfu, and he will definitely agree."
Wang Zeng stroked his beard and said: "Once our soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty occupy the city of Jianchang Prefecture, the remaining Dali land in Jianchang Prefecture will be sandwiched between Chuan Prefecture of our Song Dynasty and the city of Jianchang Prefecture of Dali.
If the prince of Dali wants to control those places, he must pass through our place.
If we don't give way, he can't control those places.
He would definitely not raise an army with me in the Song Dynasty just for that little bit of land.
So when I, the Song Dynasty, propose to cede the entire Jianchang Prefecture, he will definitely agree."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "We have captured Jianchang Mansion and digested Jianchang Mansion. After our troops and horses have completely established a firm foothold, we can repeat our old tricks and continue to cut flesh from Dali.
Using the same method to capture another mansion should reach the limit of Dali.
When the Third Palace is invaded, Dali will definitely be at war with us.
At that time it will be time for us to use heavy troops to attack Dali in one fell swoop.
With the help of the naturalized Dali people in Jianchang Prefecture, after we capture Dali, we can implement the strategy of Dali people governing Dali.
In Dali, wealthy families such as the Yang family and the Gao family can also be retained.
As long as they donate a certain amount of money to us."
Wang Zeng looked at Kou Ji doubtfully, "Aren't you afraid that those wealthy families will become powerful?"
Kou Ji asked: "If they don't become powerful, how can we deal with them?"
Wang Zeng stared at Kou Ji blankly.
Kou Ji said frankly: "We kept them in order to capture and pacify Dali at the minimum cost. Keeping them is to set an example for other wealthy families in Dali and let other wealthy families know that we, the Song Dynasty, are just
To bring Dali into the territory is not to eliminate them.
As long as we show them enough goodwill, they will definitely help us in the Song Dynasty and quell some resistance forces in Dali.
After I, the Song Dynasty, have completely digested Dali, I will naturally have to understand them."
Wang Zeng asked: "There are a lot of Wuman in Dali. How will we deal with those Wuman at that time?"
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The Wuman people have different temperaments and habits from us. If we leave them alone, they will easily conflict with the people who migrated from the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, we can give them money, give them food, and let them help me in the Song Dynasty to fight.
There are many aggressive people among them, and as long as they do a little manipulation, they will follow our wishes and help us fight in the north and south."
In a few words, Kou Ji had already made all the arrangements for Dali's future.
He considered almost all the problems that could occur in Dali and thought of strategies to deal with all problems.
Now, all we need to do is follow Kou Ji's plan step by step.
Zhao Zhen listened to Kou Ji's words in silence and looked at Lu Yijian and the others.
"What do the three beauties think of what the fourth brother said?"
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other and shook their heads.
Obviously, they had no objection to Kou Ji's strategy.
They couldn't raise any other objections.
Because so far, the Song Dynasty's foreign wars were almost always led by Kou Ji.
The several battles led by Kou Ji basically achieved significant results.
Therefore, they still believed in some of Kou Ji's military strategies.
Besides, even if they have objections, there is no point in speaking out.
Currently fighting in Dali are the soldiers of the Forbidden Army.
The Forbidden Army is under the control of the Privy Council, and other yamen are not qualified to intervene in the military affairs of the Forbidden Army.
As the privy envoy, Kou Ji can implement the strategies he has set as long as Zhao Zhen does not object.
No matter how much others object, it is of no use.
Seeing that Lu Yijian and the others had no objections, Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said: "Since the three beloved ministers have no objections, then we will do as the fourth brother said. I will summon the Dali envoy later, and the fourth brother and the three beloved ministers will be there.