Zhao Guanjia was right. There was a delay in the transmission of information. When the military information was sent to Nanyang, when the main force of the Jin army sat idly by and Wang De showed off his might and defeated the servant army in the east of the city, the 20,000 Eight-Character Army was under Wang Yan's command.
Under his leadership, we have successfully crossed the river and arrived in Tokyo.
In this process, Nianhan, the first person in the Jin Army who was least likely to be a waste, reacted immediately. He sent a force of 5,000 people and gave the leader of 10,000 households Gaojingshan Self-Exalted
power.
However, Gao Jingshan followed Wang Yan to the bank of the Yellow River and watched him cross the river, but never launched an attack, and instead turned back to Daming Mansion.
The reason is very simple. Gao Jingshan, a veteran general from the Korean tribe, believed that his five thousand soldiers could not defeat the opponent.
Let us also say that since the Song Dynasty actually abandoned Lianghe, the Eight-Character Army has been active in the Taihang Mountains for a year and a half, fighting almost every day. It may have been losing and turning, but it has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and is getting stronger day by day.
, this made them even unaware that they had become the army with the most rich combat experience and the least fear of the enemy when facing the Jin Army.
Moreover, this army is different from the pure rebels in Wuma Mountain. They also have the undoubted tradition and genes of the Song Dynasty official family. This year, they missed the early sweep of the Jin army by some strange mistake, and it was almost as if they were recharging their energy.
Generally speaking, we spent the autumn peacefully, and the so-called troops were well-prepared. Once they gathered together, the 20,000 people headed south in an orderly manner. Gaojingshan clearly held 5,000 Jurchen cavalry who had just been rotated from the Huazhou battlefield.
But he actually lost the courage to fight with him!
In this way, the two sides parted ways without firing a shot.
When the Jin army returned to Daming Mansion, Nianhan did not blame Gao Jingshan. On the contrary, he had suffered from the rebels before and almost immediately recognized Gao Jingshan's judgment, and deep down in his heart he lost the desire to conquer Tokyo.
In a ruined city, all the gold and silver craftsmen and women have been squeezed dry, and now they are dry and hard. It is better to sit in the Daming Mansion and watch Wanyan Tatai's laziness, Wanyan Wushu, Wanyan Lou's three people, and forget about it.
In fact, Nianhan was more focused on Jinan Mansion at this time.
By the way, this is not because Liu Yu and his son of Jinan Prefecture are flatterers. In fact, Liu Yu's backer is Wanyan Talan. The top brass of the Jin Kingdom have already established a strategy of setting up Han vassals on the south bank of the Yellow River.
It was promoted by the faction of the country leader to which Wanyan Talan belonged.
However, after experiencing the rebellion of the rebels in Hebei during this expedition, and the months of battle in Henan that were both smooth and difficult, Nianhan, as the highest-ranking politician of the Jin Kingdom, has become keenly aware of the need to use
The Jurchens' complete rule of the whole of China is nothing more than a foolish dream. The 'vassal policy' of the country's leader Wanyan Wu Qimai and the right deputy marshal Wanyan Talan may be more correct to a certain extent.
Therefore, the leader of one of the three major factions of the Jin Dynasty and the supreme leader of the army now not only has no intention of doing anything militarily, but also wants to settle the matter before Liu Yu's original backer Wanyan Talan, so as to put this political achievement into perspective.
Keep it in your own pocket!
According to his recent communication with Shanxi, three Han vassals should be set up south of the Yellow River, Qi headed by Liu Yu in Shandong, Qin headed by Zhe Keqiu in Kansai, and then wait for the Nanyang incident to find another
A similar number of Han heroes were able to establish the State of Zheng or the State of Chu.
There is no need for Zhao Song to stay!
That's right... Liu Yu just bribed Wanyan Talan, and after Wanyan Talan traveled west to the west side of Tokyo, the number one traitor was worried that he would be tricked, but he never expected that the Jin Army was really big.
People are already rushing to make him a Han emperor!
Is this simply destiny? It’s much more reliable than killing a white snake or calling a fox!
It is much better than Zhao Song bullying orphans and widowed mothers!
Not to mention that Wanyan Nianhan gradually lost his military thoughts and was preoccupied with political issues. He treated Gaojing Mountain as warmly as the spring breeze.
On the other side, Wang Yan led 20,000 troops into Tokyo, but it was not harmonious at all - the problem was caused by Yue Fei, the actual military commander in Tokyo.
As we all know, Yue Fei and Wang Yan had some feuds. In order to break up the trouble at that time, Yue Fei was almost beheaded by Wang Yan's subordinate Xiao Fan joining the army in Hebei, and when he arrived at the Tokyo Remaining Department, he was almost beheaded by the officials of the Tokyo Remaining Department...
Of course, the public is justified in this matter, and the mother-in-law is justified in this matter, and Wang Yan finally gave Yue Fei a job as a release, so the two parties are not mortal enemies after all.
Later, Yue Fei was promoted three times a day under Zongze, and he also won the great victory in Liangshanbo, and became an official and governor. The situation was already different... This difference is on two levels. One is that his identity is here, and he leads the army independently, so there is no reason for conflict.
The other is that Yue Pengju is growing up day by day. When he becomes the governor and becomes a big boss, he will look back and look back at the fact that he left the team without permission, which makes him a little embarrassed.
So, as soon as Wang Yang crossed the river, he followed Du Chong's order and asked Wang Yan to lead the Eight-Character Army to garrison in Qingcheng, south of Tokyo City. Yue Fei took the initiative to send troops to meet him, and at the same time sent Fu Xuan as an envoy to meet Wang Yan, telling him that
, I asked the other party to make sure to go to Yuetai in the west of Tokyo, because I wanted to meet him face to face and then buy a drink to apologize.
In response, Wang Yan not only hosted a banquet for his old subordinate Fu Xuan, but also fully agreed to Yue Fei's invitation.
Then, on the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Yan indeed led a mighty 20,000-strong Eighth-Character Army to pass between Yuetai Town and Tokyo City, preparing to go to Qingcheng south of Tokyo.
And Yue Fei, who specially rushed to Zhang Xian's station in Yuetai City, also arranged a banquet with Fu Xuan in the city early. They put on their regular clothes and wrapped their heads together, assuming the sincere posture of subordinates of the old army, and braved the cold wind.
Together with Zhang Xian and others, a large group of people gathered and stood by the road in person.
However, Wang Yan, who had promised well before, rode on a big horse, surrounded by countless Eight-Character Army, and took Xiao Fan to join the army and other close staff, and they crossed the Yuetai without changing their expressions and headed for Qingcheng, from beginning to end.
, without even glancing at the roadside.
At this moment, tens of thousands of people in both armies knew it immediately. Yue Peng raised his eyes eagerly to apologize, but ended up humiliating himself.
"Brother!" Zhang Xian was dumbfounded. He watched Wang Yan riding past without looking back. It took him half a day to wake up, but his face turned red and he couldn't bear it anymore. "This guy is humiliating you!"
"I know."
Yue Fei stood by the road with his hands folded and sighed, but he only glanced sideways at the continuous Eight-Character Army in front of him. As these Eight-Character Army passed by, they all stared at the group of people beside the road with strange expressions, as if they had realized something.
.
"Then you can still bear it?" Zhang Xian was furious. If it weren't for strict military discipline, he would almost draw his sword.
In fact, there is no reason for Zhang Xian to be like this. This is the style of the Song army. It is common for armies with different establishments to fight each other because of vindictiveness. If they disagree, the commander here will kill the commander there, and the commander there will kill the supervisor.
It's all commonplace.
In another time and space, Wang De once refused to accept Han Shizhong as the leader and directly killed the deputy general sent by Han Shizhong. In the end, although he was imprisoned for this, nothing happened in the end.
The most important thing is that at this moment, as Yue Fei publicly invites Wang Yan to drink and apologize, and then Wang Yan publicly humiliates Yue Fei, if Yue Pengju does not fight back, then I am afraid that everyone will think based on the military atmosphere these days,
The responsibility for that public case at that time belongs to Yue Fei.
Otherwise, why can you swallow this breath?!
"So what if I can't bear it?" Yue Fei finally turned around and asked. "Cut it over? There's going to be a war soon. Do you want internal strife first? Are you going to implicate Commander Fu?"
Fu Xuan was originally embarrassed, but when he saw Yue Fei acting like this, he was angry that Wang Yan had humiliated him along the way, but at the same time he was grateful to Yue Fei for saving his face, so he kept giving him away.
Zhang Xian was speechless, but still a little angry, but he stamped his feet and said: "Brother, you must be the governor now, not his subordinate general back then, how can you still tolerate him?"
Fu Xuan could only sigh after hearing this.
When Yue Fei heard this, he was not angry but smiled: "If I were still a general of the day, do you believe it or not, Wang Taiwei would dismount himself to comfort me? It is precisely because I have become an envoy now that he went to such trouble.
You want to humiliate me! As for Fu Tongzhi, it is nothing more than a disaster for fish in a pond."
Zhang Xian was confused for a moment, but Fu Xuan realized it for a moment, and then shook his head repeatedly.
But Yue Fei sighed quietly: "Wang Taiwei is a man of good family background and high talent. He is as arrogant and generous as Guan Yu... This is why I resisted him so much that day, but he gave me a way to survive.
When Fu Tongzhi went to him before, it was because he sincerely entertained me, but now that I have become a governor, I am almost on an equal footing with him, but it only aroused his arrogance, which is why what happened today."
Zhang Xian thought about it again and again, but was still angry: "Just forget it?"
"The war is about to begin. If you continue to argue, I will deal with you first!" Yue Fei suddenly changed his expression.
Zhang Xian was helpless immediately.
In other words, although Yue Fei endured such humiliation in a face-to-face manner, now that such a thing has happened, it is not easy to continue to leave it as an exhibition on the roadside.
Zhang Xian returned to the small town of Yuetai and ate and drank behind closed doors in anger, while Yue Fei and Fu Xuan immediately mounted their horses and headed for Tokyo.
In the afternoon, when the two of them had just entered the city, Commander Li Kui had been waiting here early and took the initiative to report: "Zhen Fu! I heard that the 'Yizhang Qing' from Ma Taiwei's family entered the city from the south gate in the morning.
First I went to visit Zong Liushou, and then I’m afraid I’m going to see Deputy Du Liushou!”
Yue Fei was overjoyed and nervous again, but he put aside his original plan to visit Zongze and directly clamped the horse's belly on the wide road in the empty city, leading Fu Xuan and Li Kui to Kaifeng where Du Chong lived.
The government office flew away.
When I walked to the government office, by coincidence, I bumped into a middle-aged woman in her twenties wearing iron armor around her waist. She was none other than Mrs. Ma, who was 'one foot green'!
"Sister-in-law!"
Upon seeing this, Yue Fei immediately dismounted from his horse and bowed his hands, respectfully facing the woman. Fu Xuan and Li Kui also dismounted from their horses and saluted.
In fact, if Ma Gao, a young husband and a senior commander of the Tokyo Remaining Department who was highly valued by Zongze, was here, Yue Fei might not need such courtesy, and even Fu Xuan might not need to salute, but Mrs. Ma herself was an exception.
This is because although Mrs. Ma is only a woman, she is born with great strength. This can be known from her nickname...Yizhangqing refers to a kind of big python, which is quite strong. During the reign of Daojun Taishang Emperor,
Among the thirty-six leaders of the Song Dynasty, there was one named Zhang Heng, whose nickname was also Yi Zhangqing... It can be seen that this Madam Ma's strength and kung fu are really impressive.
In fact, Mrs. Ma herself often wore armor and rode into battle with her husband, and was regarded as a brave general of the Tokyo Remaining Division.
However, although everyone knew that Madam Ma was the second-ranking figure in Ma Gao's army and was actually a general in the Tokyo Remaining Department, according to the rules of these days, it was impossible to include her in the official army roster, so Madam Ma had been
With no title or position, she could only follow her husband Ma Gao up and down.
So no matter how big the official position is for Yue Fei, as long as he does not break away from his current status as a pure warrior and becomes a husband, he will really have no way to deal with the other party when he meets him. He can only follow the customs of the world and call him sister-in-law and treat each other respectfully.
And to be honest, Yi Zhangqing did take good care of him in the past.
In fact, this Yizhangqing is in the Tokyo Remaining Department. With her special status, she can easily talk to her husband when it is difficult for her to talk to her, go to places where her husband is not easy to go, and do things that are difficult for her husband to do.
, coupled with her warm nature, she is particularly known as the 'sister-in-law' of everyone.
As for the commander Ma Gao, who is slightly higher than the other commanders in the Tokyo Remaining Department, three or four points should be attributed to this lady.
"Wu Lang!" Mrs. Ma couldn't help but be happy when she saw Yue Fei, so she dismounted and faced him. "Sister-in-law, I haven't seen you for a year, right?"
Yue Fei hurriedly handed over his hand again: "Sister-in-law, it's actually not a year. I left after the Lantern Festival at the beginning of the year, and there is still one month left."
When Mrs. Ma saw that the other party was still as honest as before, she couldn't help but pulled the horse's reins and shook her head with a smile: "No matter what happens, just come back! You are from Hebei, why do you go to Jingdong to mix with those Jingdong locals? Now Zong
The marshal is not in good health, and Du Dayin is looking to straighten him up. You are a native of Du Dayin's hometown, and you are also the governor... We were talking in the south, and we all said that this time you could be the deputy left-behind and the commander-in-chief.
Woolen cloth!"
When Yue Fei heard this, he couldn't care less about this, but he immediately became serious: "Sister-in-law, what do you think in the south? I heard that before the twelfth lunar month, the ten governors in the south actually became brothers. Do you have any plans? As an officer and soldier,
, but they followed the example of bandits and bandits and spread it to the marshal, Dayin, and to the Nanyang court. What should they think? And this time Du Dayin got the imperial edict and specially summoned the ten commanders to come together, so why are you the only one?
One person here?"
"They are all from my own family, and my sister-in-law won't hide it from you." Zhang Qing was straightforward and went directly to talk to him in a low voice. "The previous sworn friendship was all Sang Zhong's idea. The head of my family didn't think it was a big deal, and it didn't happen at all.
I agreed, but later I saw that Marshal Zong was in such poor health that he couldn’t even give a military order, and the Jin people were fighting fiercely in the west of Beijing, and it was hard to slap him, so he agreed and became the big brother. But in fact, he just saw the situation.
It was so bad and there was no one to preside over, so everyone was afraid, so they took an oath. According to Sang Zhong's words, they were just on guard in case someone broke the rules and caused trouble! However, in the south,
I heard that Du Dayin took over, and I was happy to do so. After all, Du Dayin is from Hebei..."
Yue Fei frowned as he listened, but at the current situation, he couldn't say much.
By the way, at this time last year, Yue Pengju had no choice but to believe what Yi Zhangqing said... In fact, he still believes it now, because he knows that Ma Gao and most of the Tokyo left-behind commanders who participated in the sworn alliance are just people with bad habits.
Some, in the previous situation, ten times it was just to survive as a group, and there was no malicious intent.
Especially Yi Zhangqing and his wife. Her husband Ma Gao is older and has an air of an elder. Yi Zhangqing herself has no knowledge, she is just a passionate woman with outstanding martial arts.
There is no way these two people have any bad intentions.
So what's the problem?
It's very simple. In the past year, Yue Fei had almost no free time in Jeju, practicing martial arts, studying and training soldiers, but his experience was different from before. He knew clearly, and the historical records clearly stated that the Taizu of this dynasty was able to gain power that day because of his strength.
Ten brothers from his volunteer society helped each other, and in the end they wore yellow robes.
At this time, these ten men, each commanding thousands of soldiers, formed a sworn brotherhood at a time when the country was in chaos. What would the central government and Tokyo think?
Not only that, the Sang Zhong who was the first to make a fuss was not an ordinary person... Sang Zhong was born in a primary school under Zhongshi Dao. Like Li Qiong who stayed in Tokyo, they were both knowledgeable people. He may not necessarily understand this kind of allusion.
I don’t know, but if you know it and you still do something like this, what are your intentions?
One more thing to say here is that Yue Fei's experience at this time is different from that of the past. He has been the governor for more than half a year and has experienced so many things. If he looks at his colleagues in the left-behind department in Tokyo in the past, he can already roughly guess who is capable and who is.
Those who are incompetent are those who can be used and those who need to be wary.
For example, just speaking of ability, the six families of Li Qiong, Sang Zhong, Cao Cheng, Wang Shan, Zhang Yong, and Ma Gao are the most capable;
For another example, speaking only of reliability, the Ma Gao couple, Zhang Yong, Liu Wenshun (Liu Monk), Li Bao (Sickness Guansuo), and Li Qiong, who is vaguely at odds with Yue Fei, are more reliable;
There are a few other families who follow suit, including Li Hong, Ma You, Xu Yan and others;
In addition, Sang Zhong, Cao Cheng, Wang Shan and Zhang Yu who were demoted to the Jin Dynasty were either arrogant or dissatisfied with the internal system of the Song Dynasty. They often made inappropriate remarks and remarks.
Zongze's behavior was just a little too cunning, that is, a little inappropriate. This time Zongze fell ill, so he should have been careful.
However, having said that, the Jin people went south, but they made the water messy again. Everyone had their own situations and performances due to their situation and position:
After the swarm of swarms met the main force of the Jin army, they simply surrendered the Jin people;
Zhang Shan, who usually talks about "the world is in chaos and the rich and the poor are re-established", has nothing to say because he and Han Shizhong are stationed in the same city, and he is more reliable than anyone else;
Li Qiong is a native of Xiangzhou. He is a scholar. He is good at both civil and military affairs and is kind to people. He just came late. He was only a commander before. However, under the pressure of the overall situation, he happened to stay in Tokyo and met the villagers again.
When Du Qiong took office, he was immediately promoted to the commander, taking charge of the remaining forces of the Tokyo Remaining Division in the city, and became the second-largest general in Tokyo after Yue Fei... But for some reason, after Li Qiong, who had always been kind to others, became the commander, he turned against Yue Fei.
Showing a bit of indignation;
As for Zhang Yong, he was originally reliable, but he was stationed in Yanling, which was close to the front line. Faced with Han Shizhong's general Liu Bao repeatedly asking him to attack, he committed suicide to save Han Shizhong. He was quite dissatisfied, and instead simply abandoned the city and left.
Retreating to Fugou behind;
And around Fugou, Zhang Yong was defeated like this, and there were many defeated generals. This time the sworn commanders met there, including Ma Gao, Sang Zhong, Zhang Yong, Cao Cheng, Liu Wenshun, Li Hong,
Ma You, Xu Yan, plus two new arrivals this year, Qi Fang and Liu Zhong, whom Yue Fei didn't know about, were exactly ten commanders. When the country was in crisis, they chose to sit on the sidelines and became ten sworn brothers!
But once the ten brothers become sworn brothers, the remaining soldiers and horses of the ten families gather together, and there are about 30,000 to 40,000 people, but it is difficult to deal with them.
Back in front of the eyes, Yi Zhangqing came as an envoy. When facing Yue Fei's questioning, he stated their meaning very simply:
First of all, they were willing to accept Kaifeng Prefecture Yin Duchong, who was born in Hebei Province, and became a regular official;
But at the same time, because of their previous defeats and various actions, as well as Zongze's illness, they were also a little flustered, fearing that they would be killed by Du Chong, who was known as "bloodthirsty", so the ten commanders did not dare to personally do it for the time being.
When I came to Tokyo, I expected Du Chong to lead his troops there so that they could make meritorious deeds.
Yi Zhangqing told Yue Fei these words because he wanted to ask Yue Fei, a fellow from Du Chong, to be the middle man.
What else could Yue Fei do? He had endured Wang Yan's humiliation before, let alone something like this?
As a result, Yue Pengju took the initiative to ask to see Du Chong and conveyed Wang Yan's arrival and the intention of the ten commanders in the south of the capital, but unexpectedly did not mention anything about becoming sworn brothers.
"So, Wang Yanzhen arrived with 20,000 solid troops?"
Du Chong was a Jinshi during the Zhezong period. He is sixty years old this year. His three sons and one son-in-law have already served as officials. He is recognized as a minister with seniority here. In addition, his appearance is dignified and serious, which makes him quite worthy of a minister. However, he heard in the back hall that
I got such good news, but I was a little disappointed.
"Yes!" Yue Fei raised his hands and responded seriously, causing Li Qiong who was standing next to him to look on coldly.
"The ten commanders in the south of the city are also willing to listen to my orders. They are just afraid for a moment, so they are willing to organize their troops and wait for me in the south?" Du Chong continued to ask with his hands behind his back.
"good."
"How many soldiers and horses do they have? Tell the truth." Du Chong tugged at his gray beard and sighed.
"I asked Mrs. Ma, and there are actually 36,700 people." Yue Fei answered simply.
"There were originally 20,000 soldiers in the city, 10,000 defenders, and 10,000 scattered troops around. You brought 16,700 troops. The total is 70,000. Plus Wang Yan's 20,000, then leave Han Shizhong alone.
Li Yanxian and so on, we already have 90,000 soldiers, and then we can really send out 80,000 troops immediately?" Du Chong frowned even more.
"good."
"And then they are all willing to listen to my command..." Du Chong shook his head. "In this case, doesn't it mean that we can no longer delay, but we have to send troops immediately?"
Yue Fei heard something was wrong and instinctively asked: "Isn't Enxiang Neng ready to send troops?"
Du Chong shook his head repeatedly, but did not speak this time.
ps: I'm so sleepy, I haven't fallen asleep like this for a long time... I apologize for any typos, I can't open my eyes at all.