The news of the sudden appearance of the main force of the Jin people, even though they were six to seven hundred miles away, frightened almost all the civil and military personnel in the field.
Some people wept and begged to see Zhao Jiu and begged to remove Li Gang from his position. The reason was that the Jin people clearly used this main war faction Li Gang to lure him. Otherwise, why had nothing happened in the previous two months?
Some people desperately asked for an immediate imperial conquest...but instead of asking for money, Zhao Jiu was asked to personally drive to Guangzhou on the upper reaches of the Huaihe River as the emperor, and to surrender Ding Jin, who was gathering troops there at the time, so that he could quickly
Hurry up, even Han Shizhong doesn't need to wait!
It's not like no one advised Zhao Jiu to turn back, but he could just go back to Mingdao Palace, because Han Shizhong was there, and he and Han Shizhong would have a total of 13,400 troops by then. They could abandon Ding Jin and take a detour to Huaidong.
Go to the sea and go directly south to Yangzhou or even Hangzhou!
In short, the four words "the true character is revealed" are extremely appropriate at this time.
Regarding this, Zhao Jiu, who was extraordinarily calm and untroubled for some reason, was half worried and half happy.
What's worrying is that although he has been prepared, these civil and military personnel really look decent on weekdays, and all of them are capable of civil and military affairs, so that he almost believes in these people's ghosts, and the Jin people really come.
, they finally restored their original shape; and the good news is that after all, it was only almost, there were still some people who were not scared, and there were still some people who persisted in their stance.
Needless to say, Li Gang was almost the only one who kept calm along with Zhao Jiu. At the critical moment, the minister Zuo Pushe temporarily dismissed several people and forcibly expelled those courtiers who came to Zhao Jiu to complain.
He also requested to hold a political affairs hall meeting the next day on the grounds that the Jin people were extremely far apart... In the end, with his son serving him, he slept directly in the main hall of the Buddhist hall, and the door was opened for anyone to watch in the middle of winter, which was considered reluctant.
It stabilized people's hearts.
Then, Zhang Jun and the young people recommended by Zhang Jun recently did not disappoint Zhao Jiu. At the critical moment, they did not make any mistakes. Instead, they stood firm and chose to support Li Gang.
What surprised Zhao Jiu the most was Yu Wenxuzhong, the bachelor who used to be responsible for negotiating peace with the Jin people in Jingkangzhong. This time he showed great restraint and demeanor, but his independent position was unclear, otherwise Zhao Jiu really wanted to
He immediately put him in Yu Wenxu, who was the prime minister of the East and West. Since Chen was responsible for negotiating peace that day, he went to the north to hunt for the two saints. The country was on the verge of collapse, and he often blamed himself, so he invited himself to go north. Firstly, he tried to delay one or two; secondly, he saw what he could do.
Whether to persuade the other side to withdraw their troops; third, see if there is any hope of catering to the Second Saint.
Of course Zhao Jiu did not allow it, and then Yu Wenxuzhong and others were expelled from the back hall by Li Gang.
However, as the saying goes, you stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, but you don't know that you are also the scenery. In the whole row, since the commotion last night, in the local martial arts, the most surprising thing for everyone is none other than Zhao Jiu's.
calm!
Thinking of his miraculous judgment about Jin Wushu leading the main force of the Jin army south when he communicated with Zongze before, it is even more shocking.
"What's so surprising about this?"
The next morning, another Imperial-Buddhist-Political-Tang meeting was held. Zhao Jiu was still busy, as numb as a duck, and his face was expressionless when he spoke. "The Jin people originally came from the alliance of fishing and hunting tribes. At that time,
I don’t know what extravagance and frugality are, I don’t know what power struggle is, I don’t know what kings and ministers are, and even though they have been exposed to these things for thirteen years, they are extremely simple... It’s not that you don’t understand, it’s that you think too much.”
"Why Jinwushu (Wanyan Zongbi)? It's because he is the fourth son of Aguda, that's all."
"I think that Jin Taizu Agu defeated a generation of geniuses and died, and the throne was transferred to his younger brother Wu Qimai. However, his founding power was truly inviolable in the Jin Kingdom, so even though the second prince Wanyan Zongwang died,
But the leader of the Jin Kingdom, Wu Qibi, and the marshal Nianhan (Wanyan Zongfu) were unable to shake the power of the Aguda disciples at all."
"Another thing is that the Jin people's art of war was passed down from hunting, and the division of soldiers and horses into left and right wings has become a fixed pattern and tradition, which cannot be easily changed. However, Aguda's sons are many young, and the two sons are not dead, but there are only three...Jin
The country is dominated by Bojilie, and the eldest son Auben (Wanyan Zongqian) must continue to be his Bojilie in the center; while the third son Yinliduo (Wanyan Zongyao), who was originally under the command of Nianhan of the West Route Army, has many
The foundation, no matter whether he independently controls the Yanjing Central Army or not, he will never abandon his headquarters. Therefore, although Jin Wushu is young, he is pushed out by his brothers to succeed Aguda and join the East Route Army.
The only person with authority!”
After a long talk, there was silence in the Buddhist hall where the Tathagata statue had been dismantled (and used to scrape off the gold powder). After waiting for a while, someone didn’t know who sincerely praised:
"Your Majesty is so insightful that he can see the fire thousands of miles away!"
Zhao Jiu's face remained expressionless, but he couldn't help but secretly complain in his heart. If you knew the answer and could deduce such a process, you might be more reasonable than me!
"But why was Your Majesty so sure that the Jin army would immediately invade the south again?" Zhang Jun, the censor Zhongcheng, couldn't help but ask. "If we start from June, it is only April, and the Jin people actually left and came back."
"You are from Tokyo and have experienced much more than me. Why do you still have some illusions about the Jin people?" Hearing this, Zhao Jiu was finally moved, but he continued to sneer, and the sarcasm was beyond words. "The Jin people said
He is not good or evil, he is just savage and cunning, just like a wild beast. How can a wild beast eat a meal of meat in vain and never come back again?!"
At this point, Zhao Jiufu looked at Yu Wenxuzhong again, and his tone became more serious: "And if you don't beat the beasts to pain, there is no way to reason with them!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Yu Wen didn't mention them in vain, and many ministers in the hall also swallowed their words, because they finally determined that it was impossible for this official to abandon the idea of main warfare for the time being... Of course, really,
If the Jin army comes to the city, it's hard to say. After all, there is a precedent... Let's wait and see.
Zhao Jiu had a rare attack. Seeing Li Gang and Li Xianggong staring at him in surprise, he quickly became solemn, then continued to sit under the lotus throne where the Buddha statue had been removed, and went to assemble the wood carvings.
Li Gang was silent for a moment, then turned around, and when he opened his mouth, his voice was no longer as loud as before... It turned out that in order to calm people's hearts, he slept here specially last night, but he opened the hall door and lit the brazier, resulting in a cold night.
When it blew, I immediately felt the wind chill and my voice became hoarse.
"I have made a decision on this matter!"
Li Gang's eyes were bloodshot and his voice was low, but as soon as he opened his mouth, everyone in the hall immediately became serious, vaguely more serious than when he treated Zhao Guan's family before. "Yesterday, there were a series of military reports, and the military situation is undoubtedly, but
It is the main force of the Jin Army going south, ranging from 50,000 to 60,000 people... However, judging from the standing arrangements of the Jin Army's east and west route armies, there must be follow-up, and the final main force of 100,000 should be undoubtedly, and this time it should be directed at the two routes of Jingdong and Jingdong.
(in today’s Shandong Province), there is no threat... we don’t need to worry too much.”
"I have objections to this matter."
At this moment, someone suddenly interrupted Li Xianggong's calm arrangements without opening his eyes, causing everyone to look at him angrily. When they found out that it was an official who interrupted, they simply adjusted their expressions and looked expectant.
"Your Majesty, what objections do you have?" Li Gang frowned more and more. Although this official has been obedient in recent days, he has learned from past mistakes. In the past month or two, he has seen that he is very good at winning people's hearts, and a lot of people have gathered around him.
There are civil and military servants nearby, but they have to be on guard.
"The Jin people can't just take Jingdong Road."
The matter was so important that Zhao Jiu didn't bother to worry about whether the old minister was ill or not. He directly expressed his worries. "Zong Liushou said before that the Sishui Pass was tight. It may not be false. It can be seen that sticky
Even if you have no choice but to send troops south!"
Li Gang was silent for a moment again, and then he was trying to relieve his cough. After a while, he finally managed to say something: "Your Majesty is right, and if Nianhan sends the West Route Army to go south, it will definitely take Luoyang, Shaanzhou, and even Guanzhong..."
Everyone instantly became frightened... If this was the case, not to mention that the 200,000 Jin army went south again, the key point is that if we follow the original arrangement and go from Nanyang to Luoyang or Chang'an, wouldn't it be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?
And then the Jingkang incident happens again?!
"How about we stay in Nanyang for the time being and wait and see?" someone suggested.
"It can only be like this... If there is really a problem, why not go south from Nanyang and enter Xiangyang?" Some people are more conservative.
"Can't we just have a fight?" Zhao Jiu obviously talked a lot today.
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an immediate silence in the Buddhist hall.
No one else needed to speak. Li Gang, the number one war sect in Tianzi, sighed softly, and then softly persuaded Zhao Guanjia in a rare hoarse accent:
"Your Majesty, everyone in the world knows that I have always led the battle with my own strength. Therefore, if the Central Plains is really capable of fighting with one or two, how can I let your Majesty go to Nanyang? At this time, Guanzhong is not concerned.
, there are only Liu Guangshi's tens of thousands of people on both sides of Jingdong, and the rest are bandits and bandits. The local state army has recently recruited strong archers and the like. Based on my guess at the combat power of the Jin army, I am afraid that all the people north of Mount Tai will fall a few years ago.
Already."
"If this is the case, then there is no need to think about where to go." Zhao Jiu also sighed. "Since the Jin people can establish the two routes of Jingdong and East, they will immediately know where they are and where they are. What reason is there not to pursue them?"
Li Gang was about to comfort Zhao Jiu, but unexpectedly, the official Zhao had already continued:
"Li Xianggong, I said before that Jin people are like wild beasts. You said that wild beasts can't endure it when they see their prey turn their backs and flee. The current situation has nothing to do with your decision. It's about breaking camp from Nanjing (Shangqiu) that day.
Starting from the south, it was already doomed. Since the Jin people broke through the Jingdong defense line and knew the true and false situation of the Central Plains, they saw that they were fleeing south. However, Jin Wushu was young and vigorous and had first commanded an army. They must have despised him and wanted to build up the army.
If Immortal Gong competes with Nianhan for supremacy, he will most likely drop everything and chase me directly."
"Then what do you think your Majesty should do?" Li Gang frowned more and more. I don't know if it was an illusion. He seemed to be in low spirits and needed to frown to cheer up, because the hard wings on both sides of his head were obviously trembling slightly.
"I've been thinking about it for a long time these days, and it's nothing more than this response... If you can fight, fight, don't seek a big victory, but seek a small victory to boost the people's morale, which is enough to comfort the world; if you can't fight, defend, and deploy your troops as much as possible
Horses, guard the enemy in the Jianghuai River network, and keep the rear slightly safe; as for being unable to defend..." Zhao Jiu, who was wearing a red robe with a round collar, said this, but did not continue.
However, everyone in the hall is well-read in poetry and books, and they have already understood what they heard. They know that this is what Sima Yi said when he discussed the army that day. It is said that if you can win, fight;
It's just a matter of death or surrender.
Hearing this, Li Gang thought for a moment, but then shook his head: "Your Majesty's intention is clear to me, but I also said that the Central Plains is really invincible! However, with Zongze in Tokyo and Liu Guangshi in Mount Tai, perhaps we can still defend one
Keep it."
"Whether we can fight or not is not up to Li Xianggong." Zhao Jiu seemed to have a tendency to disagree with Li Gang today, but it made many people in the hall feel alive. "Li Xianggong himself wrote a letter that day and said that he did not know.
Soldiers..."
Maybe it was a powerful enemy, maybe Zhao Jiu's position was good after all, or maybe he was sick, so Li Gang didn't get angry or have an attack, he just said sincerely: "If I don't know how to fight, I won't say no."
After all, who can have the final say? Your Majesty, you don’t know soldiers and have never been in battle..."
"I know that I don't know how to fight, so I thought that if I can fight or not, I should ask Han Shizhong!" Zhao Jiu finally revealed his true request today. "Han Shizhong is a famous general in the world, but the country has been reduced to this. Isn't there a war without asking the general?"
, but is it mainly because the central civil servants are thousands of miles apart? According to me, in the early years when four vassal towns were set up in Hebei, why did the Jin people drink from the Yellow River and cause the Jingkang Incident?!"
This topic was extremely sensitive, but Li Gang still responded immediately: "When the country is in chaos, your majesty can use military men, but you cannot make them take power! Today's words are even more ridiculous! As for the lesson that the central civil servants are thousands of miles away from the main force, I also know
, so Zongze and Zhang Suo are the commanders in front, and the generals will fight."
Zhao Jiu did not argue with him, but responded slightly: "But from now on, you should always consult the frontline generals on war matters, right?"
The civil servants in the hall were talking a lot, but the few military generals who were walking around showed no expressions, as if the debate had nothing to do with them. Li Gang also gave in slightly: "If you only want to consult, your Majesty can summon him privately.
You can temporarily summon the Prime Minister for questioning, but as for the previous discussion about vassal towns, civil and military affairs, please respect your status and say nothing more. The way of controlling military affairs with culture is actually the foundation of the country's stability... And once the ban is lifted,
If a warrior is immoral, he may become an aide to the tiger, and the golden man will not be able to stop him, but will ruin the overall situation."
After Zhao Jiu received Li Gang's permission, he naturally stopped saying these sentimental words and just nodded.
Let's say that the Zhao Guan family and Li Xianggong each received their magical powers, and the rest of the things naturally went smoothly. Soon the court agreed on the strategy, or in other words, Li Xianggong's strategy was adopted:
First, since Zhang Suo had no time to go to Jingdong and Dong, he could only summon Zongze and Liu Guangshi to carefully arrange the two defenses. Water from afar could not quench the thirst of the nearer, so he could only treat the dead horse as a living horse doctor and delegate power to them.
Dispose of it yourself;
Secondly, although the Jin army is six to seven hundred miles away, and their frontline is aimed at Qingzhou, Zizhou, Qizhou and other places, there are Jin troops behind them and bandits in front, so they should immediately transfer to the state.
It is best to calm people's hearts in the city... Because there had been a small rebellion in Chenzhou in the north, and it was difficult to persuade the civil and military forces to go north at this time, and there were heavy rebel troops gathering in the southwest, so we immediately agreed to go to the south.
Settled in the city of Dongyingzhou (later Fuyang);
Thirdly, no matter whether the Jin people are chasing him or not, the Huaixi thief Ding Jin in front must be dealt with immediately and quickly... In this regard, Xing Zai formulated a decisive and bold strategy, and at the same time sent local officials to appease him.
On the one hand, Liu Zhengyan, who was originally appointed as the general, led 3,000 elite troops, plus Miao Fu, and Liu Yan, with a total of more than 4,000 troops. They crossed the Ying River directly and followed the envoy to approach. Once the surrender failed, they would immediately
Changed to military strategy.
This is of course very bold, but it does not refer to Ding Jin's side, but if this happens, there will be a vacancy here in the short term, and only Yang Yizhong will lead hundreds of imperial guards to protect him.
However, no one objected, because don't forget, today is already the second day of November, and the forwards of Han Shizhong's troops have definitely entered the range of the East and West Roads of Beijing. Even if they actively want to move to Yingzhou, as early as today, or later in the evening,
Then in the future, he will definitely be able to rush to protect the emperor and the civil and military officials.
In other words, even if Liu Zhengyan led his army away, he would still be under the ring protection of the two most reliable imperial troops, just to give an example a little further away.
After all, even though Li Xianggong said that every military minister was immoral, he still trusted Han Shizhong very much... This is also nonsense. Han Shizhong can't be trusted. Who can be trusted in this situation?
Of course, there is a little bit of caution in this strategy that Zhao Jiu doesn't understand and no one else mentions. That is, since we are going to enter the city, we shouldn't bring too many troops in, otherwise there will be trouble. It's best to do it.
Civil and military forces entered the city first, and then Han Shizhong led his troops to guard the city.
Now that the matter was agreed upon, it was immediately implemented with Li Xianggong's vigorous and decisive actions.
Not to mention all the complications, it was none of Zhao Guan's family's business anyway. In the afternoon of that day, Zhao Jiu started to move again, and he, who was used to riding horses, didn't take it seriously at all.
However, in the evening of this day, only a few hundred Banzhi and a few hundred civil and military personnel and their families were left walking south along the Ying River, trekking all the way to Shuizibu Town (later the northern part of Taihe County) where they settled temporarily and were just about to start.
During dinner, someone suddenly came from the northeast... It was none other than Zhao Ding, one of the two imperial censors who contacted Han Shizhong after discussing the strategy this morning!
As soon as Zhao Dingfu, who was covered in mud and in a state of embarrassment, jumped off his horse, he brought news like a bolt from the blue to the indifferent Zhao Guan family:
"In the official family, Han Shizhong has rebelled!"
Zhao Guanjia, who had just picked up a bowl of rice, was dumbfounded and speechless for a long time... Can it be okay even if Han Shizhong rebelled?
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