On the 18th day of September in the ninth year of Jianyan, it was only 18 days before the Zhao Guan family left Tokyo again. In the evening of this day, in the Wushan camp in Yanggu County, Dongping Prefecture, the Zhao Guan family sat at the top of the table. Lu Yihao and Wang Yan sat on the left and right of the civil and military personnel.
, countless civil servants, military officers, and soldiers were listed below, but everyone only treated him seriously, and the whole hall was silent.
Everyone is waiting for news about Yue Fei.
And Yue Fei did not keep these people waiting. Around sunset, the former military commander of the imperial camp went directly into the hall and handed over his report.
"So, is it true?" After hearing this, Lu Yihao couldn't help but stood up and asked.
"It can't be said to be true," Yue Fei squinted his eyes, but still maintained a rigorous posture. "It's just that the news of the death of the third prince of the Jin Kingdom, King Wanyan Yinli Duo, has spread all over the other side, from Daming Mansion to Liaocheng, in the countryside and in the city.
Everyone knows about it, and they all say that he immediately developed acute carbuncle, struggled for two or three days, and died in Qinghe."
"Are you saying that it's possible that Yin Liduo faked his death?" Lu Yihao didn't have time to ask.
"Absurd." Wang Yan suddenly stood up and shouted. "How can one of the ruling kings of a country thousands of miles away and the commander-in-chief on the front line cheat his death? Why is it necessary? The gain simply outweighs the loss."
"That's right." Yue Fei was not annoyed at all, but responded calmly. "The lower official also thought that although it was difficult to tell the truth for a while, there was really no need for this person to cheat to death. What's more, in terms of the overall situation, the current situation makes it impossible even to cheat to death.
It’s indistinguishable from real death.”
Wang Yan was stunned for a moment, and Lu Yihao, who was about to turn around and say something to Zhao Guan's family, suddenly turned back to look at Yue Fei, and then became thoughtful.
But when Mr. Lu withdrew his eyes from Yue Fei and faced Zhao Guan's family, the latter was obviously caught off guard.
Moreover, most of the people present, not only Zhao Jiu, Lu Yihao, Wang Yan, and Yue Fei, have actually believed the words of the Liaocheng magistrate's son... This is not only because of the Jurchens' founding generals and famous kings.
They have been dying all these years. More importantly, as Wang Yan said, Yinli Duo has a special status. He is one of the three ruling kings of the Jin Kingdom and is currently the temporary commander-in-chief of the front line of the Jin Army. This kind of
It's ridiculous for a character to pretend to die just for a little plot, and the gain outweighs the loss!
This is a national war!
It was a national war pitting hundreds of thousands against hundreds of thousands, involving thousands of miles of front lines. How crazy would the Jurchens have to be to let their ruling king openly cheat to death?
Why doesn't the whole country openly pretend to surrender?
But Yue Fei's meaning went one step further. He simply made it clear that even if such a person cheats his death, he is cheating his death openly, and the news of cheating death will also cause serious political and military turmoil, and then give the Song army an opportunity to take advantage of it.
Good opportunity.
Yue Pengju was hinting...or in other words, he was clearly telling Zhao Guanjia not to waste the opportunity to fight!
Therefore, it took Zhao Jiu several breaths to calm down, and then his eyes swept over the three officials in the hall who really had the right to speak.
"His Majesty."
When Lu Yihao saw this, he didn't hesitate and gave it to him directly. "In the past when Taizu conquered the world, he only had one hundred thousand elite soldiers. In the first twenty years, although the Jurchens suddenly rose up, they established ten thousand households and twenty twenty, and they ran rampant and became powerful.
The calamity of Jingkang can be traced back to Yanhou. The officials worked hard to manage and raise an army of 300,000 in the imperial camp... With 300,000 soldiers, what can't be done? Besides, the generals in the imperial camp, Han Shizhong, Li Yanxian, Yue Fei, Wang Yan,
Zhang Jun, Zhang Rong, Wu Jie, Qu Duan, Wang De, Li Qiong, and Li Bao have all written letters asking for war since last month. Now another famous king in the north has been punished by heaven. It is said that if the army is well-prepared and the people are rich,
Fighting spirit, and when this God-given opportunity comes, if you don't take it, you will regret it. May the officials make wise decisions and make decisions in the north without hesitation."
This was when Zaizhi came forward and publicly proposed the formal Northern Expedition, but Zhao Jiu remained silent and looked at Wang Yan again.
Wang Yan understood clearly in his heart, and immediately stood up and stood behind Lu Yihao, cupping his hands to answer: "The official family, the imperial camp, the Privy Council, and the martial arts school have already made various plans, so of course there are preparations for the march at this time. What's more, after all, the Yellow River has not yet dried up.
, the ice age has not yet come, there is actually no major military harm. Even if there is, it is not as good as this god-given opportunity. The official family...according to the regulations, the third and fourth princes of the Jin Kingdom clearly divided the control of Hedong and Hebei on a routine basis. Now they are cheating
Li Duo died in Qinghe. We cannot know the news as quickly as Yanjing did and seize the opportunity to advance. Even though it is just one person's death, it is enough to unbalance the Jurchen and Eastern strategies! Don't hesitate!"
"So, I should go to Shaanluo according to the original plan, command the Guanxi roads out of Hedong, and use the imperial camp's front army and the right army to leave Daming Mansion?" Zhao Jiu directly said the military secret that was not a secret.
"Yes." Wang Yan said firmly.
Zhao Jiu's mouth went dry and he looked at Yue Fei again. Obviously, he still needed a military reassurance, or a military basis for judgment.
Yue Fei narrowed his eyes and took the initiative to stand behind Lu Yihao, but he also raised his hands and said: "Don't worry, officials, I have a plan to find out whether the third prince of the Jin Kingdom is really dead or fake, or whether Hebei is doing it."
Shocked and stunned.”
"What should I say?" Zhao Jiu was refreshed.
"Send two commanders and five thousand soldiers across the river to attack Liaocheng lightly according to the wishes of the Liaocheng magistrate. Looking at the current situation, whether the third prince is really dead or fake, he will be able to succeed quickly." Yue Fei did not panic.
Busy. "After we capture Liaocheng, we will wait to send out troops. We will only lead the army to stay in Henan. We will wait and see the reaction of Daming Palace. If Daming Palace reacts quickly, we will immediately send the elite of the Jin Kingdom to quickly surround Liaocheng. The officials will not hesitate and Xu Chen will send troops immediately."
The imperial camp's front army, right army, and naval forces all marched to Hebei. If the Daming Prefecture was caught off guard and the support was slow and chaotic, then there may be something to say about the matter, and the officials might be able to delay their advance."
Zhao Jiu was stunned for a moment.
Not only that, many of the accompanying ministers and former officers of the local imperial camp were already ready to make a move, but they were stunned when they heard these words. Many of them, who were ignorant of military matters, almost thought that Yue Fei had said the opposite.
However, there are many smart and sharp people among them, but after thinking for a moment, they immediately wake up.
"That's it!" Zhao Jiu didn't wait for the ministers to start discussing, and directly gritted his teeth and issued the order. "Pengju made military preparations by himself, Wang Yan went to prepare the overall plan, Lu Xianggong, Fan Xueshi and others quickly prepared the order.
Just wait for the results from the north!"
After the decree was issued, and Xianggong Lu clearly supported it, everyone dispersed with a loud roar, and then got busy.
In the evening of that day, almost all of the Wushan camp was dispatched. Except for some who stayed behind, it was divided into two. One group of 5,000 people was led by Ma Yu and Wang Gang, the former army commanders of the imperial camp. They went directly to the night camp.
Cross the river and head towards Liaocheng, which is directly opposite.
The rest of the imperial camp front troops, the Chinese army troops and horses, and the accompanying imperial troops, totaling 20,000, who had gathered in Wushan before, lit up torches all night and went upstream along the Yellow River embankment.
At the same time, countless messengers and sentries were directly on the river, and there was constant traffic on the shore.
On this day, it was not yet the middle of late autumn. Although the moon was not round, it was still shining brightly. What’s more, such a movement could not be concealed... Therefore, the sentries and guards of the Jin army on the opposite side saw a huge fire dragon with their own eyes.
As we proceed along the river, the boats in the river are constantly responding to each other, and we can even clearly see that the dragon banner of the official family of Zhao Song Dynasty is connected with the four-character banner of Yue Fei, the former military commander of the imperial camp. They are also among them, but they are already facing a powerful enemy.
, the war continues.
This was not a strategy of dubious tactics, but an upright advance. Zhao Jiu and Yue Fei, as well as Lu Yihao and Wang Yan, were all in the army. The army continued to move forward and backward, and early the next morning they arrived at the imperial camp at the junction of Dongping Prefecture and Puzhou.
Shuijunjungangzi Road.
At this time, more imperial camp front army troops, plus some imperial camp navy troops, who had received decrees and military orders, also gathered here. However, it formed an obvious military assembly point, and more imperial camp front army and navy troops gathered here.
But they were still on their way to gather at various predetermined locations after receiving military orders.
That morning, news came from the river that Ma Yu and Wang Gang had captured Liaocheng.
We won the first battle. Although there were internal responses, everyone was still very excited.
However, after hearing the news from the front line, no one in the real decision-making circles was happy... Again, in this kind of large-scale war, the gains and losses of one city and one place, the victory and defeat of each battle, basically there is not much
Of great significance.
As for the most concerning issue, that is, the sudden death of the third prince of the Jin Kingdom will certainly give the Song Army a huge opportunity to fight, but this opportunity will only be reflected in the strategic incoordination between the traditional eastern and western armies of the Jin Kingdom, and it is impossible to
It is reflected in the gains and losses of a military town under Daming Mansion.
Even as Yue Fei wanted to express, if the third prince Yuli Duo died on September 15th in Qinghe, which is not far away from Daming Palace, then the Jin Kingdom’s Daming Palace Marching Department would have moved ahead of schedule because of his death.
Entering a state of full combat readiness, it will respond quickly and decisively when facing the sneak attack of the Song army... Especially Gao Jingshan of the Daming Mansion Marching Department is not a waste, and there are many knowledgeable soldiers among the tens of thousands of Jin troops gathered around Daming Mansion.
with elite troops.
And if you are cheating to death, you must be trying to lure the enemy deep and annihilate a large number of effective forces, which will appear to be slow to react.
Therefore, the top leaders of the Song Army are still waiting for news that the front line has been defeated and trapped.
This kind of waiting was excruciating. During this period, Zhao Jiu and other senior officials hesitated whether to continue to move upstream, join Zhang Rong, and continue to put pressure on Damingfu on the opposite side.
But soon, before the evening of that day, a piece of news that was definitely tactically bad, but also definitely strategically good news came - during the day on September 20th, facing the Jin army that was urgently dispatched for reinforcements,
Commander Wang Gang disobeyed military orders, abandoned the ferry position under the city, and took the initiative to attack in the wilderness. As a result, he encountered a far greater number of Jin's elite cavalry who attacked one after another, and was defeated on the spot.
Immediately, Wang Gang led his troops to flee back to Liaocheng in embarrassment. Some of the defeated troops were caught off guard and had to board the navy ship directly at the ferry. The navy reconnaissance force also subsequently investigated clearly, and at least nearly ten thousand Jin cavalry surrounded them.
The flags of Liaocheng, Jin Kingdom veteran and veteran Wanhu Ali are prominently among them.
In this battle, although there was an accident that Wang Gang did not obey the command and lost his troops for the sake of merit, this did not delay the final situation and basically verified Yue Fei's prediction.
Yinli Duo was afraid that he really had a sudden illness and died.
The setting sun shines brightly on the river.
Zhao Jiu, who was dressed in a cotton military uniform but without armor, stood on the embankment of Ziluxiang, raised his head and held his sword, and took a long breath towards the north bank of the Yellow River.
He knew that he could no longer hesitate... In military matters, there was a 60% chance of winning, so the whole army could be suppressed in order to fight decisively. What's more, at the moment, regardless of whether Yinliduo was dead or fake, his death effect was already over.
It has been reflected that the military and public opinion have developed along the line that he is dead. There is no need to delve deeper into what is true or false.
In other words, it's time to make a decision.
"deliver an imperial order."
After a moment, Zhao Guanjia, who had regained his breath, suddenly turned around, with a calm and serious look on his face, and directly faced the dense crowd of civil and military officials and soldiers under the river embankment behind him.
Zhang Jun, commander of the military capital, Zhang Rong, deputy commander of the imperial navy, and Li Bao, deputy commander of the imperial navy, combined the 90,000 troops of the fourth army to form the Hebei Front Army, and added Yue Fei, commander of the former military commander of the imperial camp, as Shaobao, marshal of Hebei, to control Luoyang and beyond.
Eastern Front, unified march to Hebei."
This was the plan that was planned in the first place, but at this time, the Zhao Guan family was calm, but everyone around them became awe-inspiring. Even Yue Fei was shaken, and just then he was about to step forward and hand over his hands to thank him, preparing to obey the order.
But Zhao Guanjia, who was standing on the river embankment, felt relieved as soon as he said this. However, he did not wait for everyone present to react and continued to issue orders:
"I ordered the left deputy commander of the imperial camp's central army to be commander-in-chief Wang De, the right deputy commander-in-chief Li Qiong, and the commander-in-chief of the imperial camp's cavalry troops to be commander in chief Qu Duan. As soon as the decree arrives, the entire army of 80,000 troops will be sent westward in sequence, with Qu Duan taking the lead, and Wang
De followed by Li Qiong then marched to Shaanxi and Luo... told them that I would catch up with the army immediately."
"The imperial camp's left army was commanded by Han Shizhong, the imperial camp's middle army was commanded by Li Yanxian, and the imperial camp's rear army was commanded by Wu Jie. The three route armies were combined with 130,000 troops to form the Hedong front army. Han Shizhong, the king of Yan'an County, was appointed as the marshal of Hedong. They marched to Hedong in a unified way.
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"I ordered Li Yanxian, the commander of the imperial camp, to leave Zhongtiao Mountain. As soon as the order arrived, he immediately encircled Hezhong Mansion, contacted the Taihang Rebel Army, and joined forces with Ma Kuo."
"I ordered Han Shizhong, the commander of the left army in the imperial camp, to immediately send 40,000 troops across the river and march to the east of the river. They must first take the middle of the river as the front."
"The imperial camp's rear army was commanded to be led by Wu Jie, and it was temporarily stationed in northern Shaanxi. It divided its troops to attack Luliang, press outside the river, and contact the Khitan and Mongolian tribes."
"The Shaanxi Road Manager Hu Shijiang, the Ningxia Road Manager Hu Hongxiu, and the Qinfeng Road Manager Zhao Kai were ordered to provide military supplies to Kansai and recruit civilian men to ensure smooth military flow in the front, and then ordered the three of them to send 50,000 party auxiliary troops according to the previous case.
, all under the control of Wu Jie."
"The imperial minister Lu Haowen, the provincial prime minister Zhao Ding, the deputy prime minister Liu Ji, the privy envoy Zhang Jun, and the deputy privy envoy Chen Gui still form the secret cabinet, and the public cabinet is in charge of the government affairs."
"Privy Envoy Zhang Jun is ordered to take charge of the south of Tokyo, and the rear will be fully mobilized and dispatched."
"Deputy Privy Councilor Chen Gui leads the Tokyo Four Walls Defense Ambassador and concentrates on the defense of the capital."
"Hu Yin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Liu Hongdao, the minister of the Ministry of War, led the water supervisor of the capital, Liu Hongdaoyi, and took charge of the dispatch, distribution, and transfer of military resources on the front line, and the recruitment of civilians from all over the country."
After speaking in one breath, Zhao Jiu stood down from a high position and calmly asked the crowd of ministers below: "Are there any omissions?"
"Wanqixian..." Wang Yan immediately reminded. "According to the filing, the East and West Roads in Jingdong are the main logistics transshipments on the East Road. Wanqixiantai must be allowed to take charge of the logistics transshipments on both Jingdong and East Roads."
"I ordered Wan Qixi, the strategic envoy of the East and West Roads in Jingjing, to coordinate the logistics transfer between Jingdong and East Roads and ensure the logistics of the march on the East Road... Is there any more?"
"My lord..." Lu Yihao took a step forward.
"Xianggong Lu is following me to Luoyang, as is Wang Dutong, and all the Imperial Banzhi are also accompanying me." Zhao Jiu interrupted the other party calmly. "Is there any more?"
"Goryeo, Eastern Mongolia..." Liu Yan rarely bowed his head and spoke. "Send a special envoy as soon as possible."
"Eastern Mongolia is the most serious. Let Hu Hongxiu, the strategic envoy of Ningxia, and Hu Shijiang, the envoy of Shaanxi Road Economics, take the lead to make overall arrangements. Goryeo sent an edict to severely reprimand Jin Fushi, counting from today, September 20, the ninth year of Jianyan,
If we send troops one day later, Goryeo will have to repay tens of thousands of military supplies!" Zhao Jiu looked at him solemnly. "Is there any more?"
The upper and lower faces looked at each other, both speechless.
"Since you all have nothing to say, I still have something to say."
Under the setting sun, Zhao Jiu slowly faced each other, but reached out to hold Yue Fei, who was already quite close, and then tried to drag him to the river embankment.
Of course, Yue Fei's body would not be dragged like this by Zhao Guan's family, but how could he stand still under such circumstances? However, he quickly followed him up the river embankment, and then bowed his hands and waited for the order.
"Pengju, I will go west to Luoyang. East of Luoyang, the entire Hebei Province will be handed over to you." When the other party stood still in front of him, Zhao Jiu still held the other party's arm with one hand and spoke calmly, his expression unchanged.
"If I accept the official's trust so much, I will go through fire and water, even to the death." Yue Fei bowed his head and faced him.
The people below had no superfluous reaction, because this explanation was extremely ordinary and natural.
"It's not this sentence." Zhao Jiu still spoke calmly. "It's another sentence... I will go west, and your Majesty will cross the river. We will be separated by thousands of miles. Although there are military plans and arrangements, the changes in the war situation cannot be predicted by human power.
It is said that the general will not accept the order of the king, not to mention that your military strategy is ten times better than mine? Therefore, as long as you are decisive, there is no need to report everything, you can do it yourself."
"I understand!" Yue Fei was excited for a moment.
The civil and military personnel under the river embankment also looked a little awe-inspiring.
"You don't understand..." Zhao Jiu paused for a moment, then continued to press the opponent's arm and spoke slowly. "What I mean is that after crossing the river, even if the army advances or retreats, you can still make your own decision, and even if there is an edict, you can still ignore it...
...If there is any highest explanation, there is only one... Now that you have sent out the army, you will be able to avenge Jingkang's humiliation with the Song Dynasty on my behalf."
After saying this, Zhao Guanjia put down his hands without waiting for words, and walked down the river embankment. The ministers under the river embankment were headed by Lu Yihao, Wang Yan, Fan Zongyin, Yang Yizhong, Liu Yan, Ren Baozhong, Yu Yunwen and so on.
He was caught off guard and hurriedly followed, but he actually mounted his horse directly with the official, and then rushed westward regardless of the fact that it was getting late.
After walking about ten miles, when the moon rose above the treetops, Zhao Guanjia had completely forgotten the battlefield on the Eastern Front and no longer paid attention to it.
PS: Thanks to the new leader Ping Zong Xia Yin
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