Chapter 217: A Glimpse of the Nine Dings (II)
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Here Liu Qi is informative because of what is in front of him, but Bianliang over there is a mess! Due to the three changes in the border situation three times a day, Zhao Huan's mood fluctuated greatly, and his enthusiasm for the marriage of Cao and Liu had long passed, so he did not attach much importance to it, so the scene of Cao Guangbi's marriage in Bianliang was not as grand as expected. However, the Han Dynasty's proposal of "sending troops without generals, and managing the war without flags" was very interested in the Song Dynasty.
However, Yang Yingqi's letter mentioned three conditions: first, this matter was an oral agreement between the Song court and the Han Ministry, and the Han Ministry would never leave a written seal, so as not to harm the general's life if it fell into the hands of the Jin people; Second, the commander of the army must be approved by both the Song and Han dynasties, and cannot be decided by either side alone; Third, the soldiers and horses lent by the Han Department could only be used against the Jin people, and could not be used for other purposes.
These three proposals are also reasonable, Zhao Huan and his prime ministers feel that it is beneficial to calculate anything, and they have the heart to agree, but they have many hesitations in whether they comply with the rules of the ancestors, and there are many discussions on the selection of generals, at the beginning Li Bangyan proposed to use Cao Guangbi, but then he felt that it was inappropriate: Cao Guangbi has not officially pledged allegiance to the Zhao family after all, if he is to lead the army, then this army will completely become the Han Department. The envoys of the two sides exchanged and dragged on for two months to waste months, but the matter was still not resolved.
At this time, the Shaanxi soldiers who had already driven to Hedong and Hebei had been interrupted by the indiscriminate command of the Privy Council of the Great Song Dynasty, although Li Gang was the ambassador of the two rivers, the nominal commander of the armies of Hebei and Hedong, and the person in charge of rescuing Taiyuan and other trapped cities, but first, he had few soldiers and food shortages, and second, all the soldiers and horses active in the two rivers directly listened to the transfer of the imperial court, Li Gang did not have the power commensurate with his name, and third, although Li Gang was loyal, but after all, he was a scholar and a soldier, and his talent was quite insufficient - there were these three mistakes, As a result, the battle situation between the two rivers became more and more unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty.
In the end, Song Ting finally got impatient, dismissed Li Gang, and re-established the Seed Master Dao as the envoy of the Two Rivers, but the predicament faced by the Seed Master Dao was not better than Li Gang, although he was more expert than Li Gang in military affairs, but he was not an immortal, where could he quickly reverse the entire defeat?
In the evening before returning to Liaokou, Yang Kaiyuan said to Yang Yingqi: "Now the situation in the Great Song Dynasty is very bad, if the Jin people succeed again, do you still plan to endure it?" ”
Yang Yingqi said: "What can you do if you can't bear it? Can we still ignore the life and death of our eldest brother? ”
"Ignoring the life and death of the eldest brother, it is naturally not okay." Yang Kaiyuan said: "But our promise of 'not a single soldier will enter the Song Realm' is worth reconsidering. ”
Yang Yingqi said in his heart: "Third brother, are you also moved?" ”
"Well," Yang Kaiyuan said: "The Great Song Dynasty is as sick as an ox, and it is better to replace it if it can't be helped!" If not, what did the second brother send Shi Kang back for? ”
Yang Yingqi said: "You mean that the second brother also has the intention of taking Song?" ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "He didn't say it explicitly, but according to his guess, it should be - the question is only how to take it." ”
Yang Yingqi said: "If that's the case, then why is the second brother still staying in the Great Song Dynasty?" He even got married there! Does he really want to save his eldest brother by his own strength? How can that be? ”
"Save Big Brother?" Yang Kaiyuan said: "He wants to save the eldest brother? Well, it's a good idea to rely on the power of the Song people to save the eldest brother. But how to do it is difficult. ”
"Save Big Brother, that's what must be done. But once the eldest brother gets out of trouble, it will be when Jinhan officially breaks up! Until then, we have to keep the situation moving in our favor. ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "But the current situation is not favorable to us, the Great Song Dynasty is losing and retreating, and even taking us with us is out of ground." If Bianliang can hold on, then we can continue to sit and watch them wear each other down. But the situation has developed to this point, and I have doubts about whether Zhao Huan can continue to hold the capital. If Bianliang is lost, then our situation may be even worse! ”
Yang Yingqi said: "But now it's too late for us to suddenly reverse our strategy and invade the Song Dynasty." Suddenly invading Song now will make all the pieces we have laid out before become useless - then we will become more passive! ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "I didn't say that I want to invade the Song Dynasty now, I just think we should take a further strategy to limit Dajin's southern invasion?" After all, the Jurchens' power could not be allowed to expand so smoothly. ”
Yang Yingqi nodded and said, "I'm actually prepared for this." ”
Yang Kaiyuan asked, "What are you going to do?" ”
Yang Yingqi said: "In case the Zhao clan is in danger, then we will use the torn world to resist Zong Han and Zong Wang." ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "The torn world? ”
Yang Yingqi said: "If Bianliang is lost, the Central Plains will inevitably fall apart, the central government will temporarily lose its authority, and the power of the local vassals who were excessively suppressed by the central government of the Great Song Dynasty in the past will re-emerge. Once these local forces raise their heads, there are only two ways to face the Jin, the first is to reduce the gold, and the second is to resist the Jin. Judging from the current public sentiment, I believe that most of the local forces in Lianghe will choose to resist the Jin - even if some places surrender to the Jin people for a while, their hearts will definitely not be strong, and once there is any wind and grass, they will also be shaken. ”
Yang Kaiyuan asked, "Do you want to unite these local forces of the Great Song Dynasty to resist the Jin people?" ”
Yang Yingqi nodded, and Yang Kaiyuan said: "This move, I'm afraid it's playing with fire!" A unified Great Song Dynasty can't resist the Jurchen Iron Horse, let alone a torn world? That will only make the golden people break each one! ”
"Not necessarily!" Yang Yingqi said: "Third brother, compare the Han and Tang Dynasties, do you think this unification of the Great Song Dynasty has strengthened the power of various places, or has it made the power of various places weaker?" ”
"Naturally, it gets weaker!" Yang Kaiyuan said: "If it is placed in the Han Dynasty, Hebei all the way - no!" Only Jizhou alone is enough to make tens of thousands of Huma, and it is difficult to advance. But the Great Song Dynasty is not a Han Dynasty, nor a Tang Dynasty, after more than a hundred years of continuous power reduction, everywhere - except for Shaanxi has no strength to fight! ”
Yang Yingqi said: "How did the current situation of the lack of strength to fight in the place come about? ”
Yang Kaiyuan groaned: "It's because the Song Dynasty has collected too much local wealth and military power. ”
"Not bad." Yang Yingqi said: "The Great Song Dynasty made the local, and even the generals of the frontier lose their arbitrary power, so the local vassals did not have the strength to resist Huma's attack. Originally, if the Great Song Dynasty could effectively organize the forces of various places to act in unison, it would have been possible to resist external troubles, but now Zhao Huan and his rulers obviously do not have this ability. Therefore, although the Great Song Dynasty is unified at present, this unity is a weakened unity. ”
Yang Kaiyuan glanced at Yang Yingqi and said, "I know what you mean, you mean that if Bianliang is lost, the local guards will regain the power that was deprived by the central government, and it will be possible to release the potential of various places, right?" However, it takes time for a place's potential to become a strength. Zong Han Zongwang will not give them this time. ”
Yang Yingqi said: "Zong Han Zongwang naturally won't give them this time, but we can greatly reduce the time for some forces to grow - even there is already such an existence in the Great Song Dynasty, isn't it?" ”
Yang Kaiyuan said with a pang in his heart: "You mean secretly supporting, just like Cangzhou and Dengzhou?" ”
"Not bad. At present, the population of Dengzhou and Laizhou has exceeded one million. After the popularization of high-yield crops and the rectification of farmland and water conservancy in the past two years, the peninsula, which does not have much arable land, has been able to produce self-sufficient grain, and with the development of industry and commerce, if the system is completely liberalized, it will be no problem to raise 50,000 to 100,000 military horses here. And if these soldiers and horses fight on the mainland, they are afraid that they will be able to drag down the entire Eastern Route Army! Of course, it is unrealistic to let Dengzhou resist the Jin soldiers alone, but if there are three or four similar forces in the Central Plains, which are not subordinate to each other, but echo each other, and point the finger at the Jin State at the same time with the call of 'anti-Jin', then I am afraid that even Zong Wang and Zong Han will be too busy. ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "I still don't think it's a foolproof solution. ”
Yang Yingqi said: "Wanquan...... In military and political affairs, sometimes only the most likely success can be pursued. Before we save Big Brother, is there a better way for us than to support the affiliated forces? ”
Yang Kaiyuan pondered for a long time and said, "This strategy of yours is very risky. Because of this, we need to guard against not only the Jurchens who have risen, but also the heroes who lurk in the shadows! Ying Qi, the heroes who are killed in the chaos are very powerful! Coastal states and counties, such as Dengzhou and Cangzhou, can be controlled directly, but not far from the coast. And where we can't reach the whip, there may be hidden tigers that are no match for us! ”
Yang Yingqi said: "Are you afraid of the emergence of grass heroes like Xiang Yu and Liu Bang?" ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "Not bad." Before Cao Cao's rise, who in the world didn't pay attention to Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao? Before Sun Ce swept Jiangdong, who in the world knew that this unknown man would divide one side? Although we are doing a good job now, if we let the world go into chaos, maybe a person who accidentally kills a figure who sweeps the world, then our Han Department may become as ridiculous as Yuan Shao and Liu Zhang in the eyes of future generations. ”
"This is indeed a very terrible problem," Yang Yingqi said, "so for the forces that we can't directly control, while supporting them, we also have to use another thing to clamp them down." ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "What is it?" ”
"Loyal." Yang Yingqi said: "Loyalty to the Great Song Dynasty." ”
Yang Kaiyuan asked: "Loyalty to the Song family - will this thing still have the power to restrain heroes at that time?" ”
"Yes." Yang Yingqi said: "Loyalty is a desire to belong, and most people need it, except for a few people who are arrogant enough to think that they are the center of the world. So it can only be replaced, not destroyed. Especially for our Chinese people, the glory of several times of great unification has given us an almost instinctive habit of great unification: we need a regime that can unify the world as the object of our unity! As for who this regime is, it doesn't matter who owns the world. It is precisely for this reason that although the Great Song Dynasty is weak and the imperial court is mediocre and incompetent, it still has a strong appeal! It is precisely because the Song Chamber still has such appeal that I dare not move it easily. ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "But what if the Zhao clan continues to be weak, so weak that it can't maintain the expectations of the people of the world for it?" ”
Yang Yingqi said: "What if? We are not afraid of this eventuality, I look forward to this every day! ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "You mean, when the time comes, you will send troops to the Great Song Dynasty?" ”
"Not bad!" Yang Yingqi said categorically: "I will never hesitate then!" ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "But I'm still worried about another one in case ......"
Yang Yingqi asked, "What if?" ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "I'm worried that Dajin will get this kind of loyalty from the Song people one step earlier than us......"
Yang Yingqi sighed: "Third brother, your worries are also reasonable, after all, people's hearts are disgusted with death and life, if they don't have a choice, they will probably gradually become numb to Huma's iron hooves and don't know how to cheer up." But...... But now we can give them a choice, a better choice! ”
"It's just that it could be better." Yang Kaiyuan said: "That's right, our Han Department is closer to the Song people, but now in the eyes of most Song people, the Jurchen is still stronger than our Han Department!" So whether they will choose the pro or the strong, I'm afraid it's hard to say, right? ”
Yang Yingqi was a little gloomy when he heard this: "Not bad." However, the change in the ratio of strength and weakness of the two countries' forces is not something that one of them can change if he wants to! Because it takes not only effort, but also opportunity! ”
Yang Kaiyuan said: "Are you waiting for this opportunity? ”
"It's not!" Yang Yingqi said: "I want to create this opportunity!" I don't know if I'll make it, but ......"
"No, but." Without waiting for Yang Yingqi to finish speaking, Yang Kaiyuan patted Yang Yingqi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Actually, I believed from the beginning that you would succeed - no!" It's us! We will make it! ”
Yang Kaiyuan's words made Yang Yingqi's heart settle down for a while, after the fall of Zhi Yanchong, the only one who could give him this kind of support may be the third brother.
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