Chapter 223: The Cloud of War
Wanyan Zonggan and the other three were indeed embarrassed to ask Wanyan Zongwang why he made such an absurd decision, but he was unequivocal about the upcoming war, after all, the three of them were carrying the brand of defeat and shame, and if they wanted to be defeated again this time, the three of them simply found a place to commit suicide.
Especially Wanyan Yanmu, this guy acted as a vanguard, leading 10,000 cavalry to kill Runzhou, eager to immediately break Zhang Jue's corpse.
Zhang Jue is not stupid, as soon as this guy heard that it was Wanyan Zongwang who led the army, he immediately led the army to flee from Runzhou to Pingzhou, of course, Pingzhou was changed to the Taining Army garrison, and it was very normal at this time.
Wanyan Yan's mother soldiers took Runzhou bloodlessly, but before he led the army to Pingzhou, Wanyan Zongwang's order arrived.
After seeing the order, Wanyan Yan's mother smiled, of course, this guy also understood that the gap between himself and Wanyan Zongwang was 108,000 miles, and it was difficult to surpass it in this life.
Pingzhou is not very far from Runzhou, that is, two hundred miles away, and the key is that there are still three military states apart, so Zhang Jue here does not have the previous tension.
On the tenth day of the first month of the sixth year of Xuanhe, this day was a big day for Zhang Jue, the eunuchs sent by the imperial court came to announce the sealing, and this guy didn't fall asleep all night when he was excited.
This step is very important for Zhang Jue, as the envoy of the Taining Army, then it can be expanded to 100,000, then it can be kept alongside Guo Yaoshi in the future, and even stabilize the other party, which is very clear.
Because there is exciting news from the DPRK, that is, Wang Anzhong is going to be transferred, which is still secret to Pharmacist Guo, but it is very clear to Zhang Jue. If there was no one in the court, he would not betray the Jin State and defect to the Great Song Dynasty.
This person in the court is Zhang Bangchang, this guy and Wang Shiyong are sworn friends, these two people operate together, that is, to push Zhang Jue to that position, of course, it is still very difficult, the key is that Zhang Jue just surrendered, and he is just a martial artist. Yanshan Mansion is not as simple as a city, that prefect is actually the Xuanfu envoy of Yanshan Mansion, and this position is often filled by civil officials, which is the practice of the Great Song Dynasty, not something that that person can violate.
Originally, there was no chance, but after Zhang Jue's victory in Rabbit Ear Mountain, what was not possible became possible. At this time, Zhang Bangchang gave Wang Shiyong an idea, that is, to leak the news to Guo Yaoshi, in that case, the resentment army would be unstable. If Yanshan Mansion is in a military crisis, then there will be no civilian official willing to serve as this Xuanfu envoy, and in this case, it will be possible for a military general to serve as a Xuanfu envoy.
Who is the most suitable between Pharmacist Guo and Zhang Jue? The civil and military officials in the court were divided into two factions, the first faction was Tong Guan, Bai Shizhong's faction, they supported Guo Yaoshi, the reason was that Guo Yaoshi took the initiative to defect to the Great Song Dynasty, and made great contributions when he seized Yanshan Mansion, which was supported by a large number of people. The second faction is Wang Shiyong, Zhang Bangchang's faction, they support Zhang Jue, the reason is that Zhang Jue is the only army that defeated the Jin army, at this time Yanshan Mansion is afraid of the enemy like a tiger, they are very afraid of the Jin army, at this time, Yanshan Mansion's Xuanfu makes Zhang Jue, the victorious general, more suitable.
The faction that supports Guo Yaoshi is large in number and powerful, but the attitude of the official family is more optimistic about Zhang Jue, after all, in Song Huizong's view, Zhang Jue is the only general who defeated the Jin army, at this time, it is not that Song Huizong deliberately ignored Liu Zhenglong, the key is that he does not want to put the treasure on the son-in-law of this meritorious family.
This time it was Zhang Di who read out the holy decree, this is a cronie who has followed Song Huizong for many years, this person went to Hebei, it is enough to show the importance of Zhang Di, of course, this does not mean that Zhang Jue can serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Yanshan Mansion. But if you offend Zhang Di, you can't be a propaganda envoy 100%.
Zhang Jue is now in a dilemma, if he goes to meet Zhang Di, if he is attacked by the Jin army, the consequences will be unimaginable, but once he doesn't go and offends Zhang Di, then this Yanshan Mansion Xuanfu envoy should not think about it.
In a dilemma, Zhang Jue called his younger brother Zhang Dian over to discuss, and at the same time summoned Fan Jun, Huo Kai, Zhou Hong and others to discuss how to deal with the card.
This is definitely a dilemma, no one dares to make a statement easily, and in the end, everyone's eyes are on Zhou Hong, this guy is a civil official, a Jinshi of the Liao State, and he is usually very strategic.
Zhou Hong pondered for a moment and then said: "Lord Jiedu, you are too worried, no matter how powerful the Jin army is, it is not willing to kill Pingzhou from two hundred miles away in half a day, and there are three military cities in the middle. You will have half a day at most to greet the envoys of the imperial court, and there will be no danger. Besides, we can station thousands of elite soldiers outside the city, in that case, even if the Jin army kills them, it will not be a problem to protect the adults back to the city. β
Everyone nodded one after another, it seemed that everyone agreed with what Zhou Hong said, and even Zhang Jue himself felt that it was feasible, and finally agreed.
On the tenth day of the first month, Zhang Jue personally led 3,000 elite soldiers out of the city to meet Zhang Di in Panlong Town.
Less than half an hour after Zhang Jue left, the four gates of Pingzhou City were closed, and not only that, Zhang Dian's head was cut off. Zhou Hong, Fan Jun, and Huo Kai controlled the situation.
Zhou Hong said to Fan Jun and Huo Kai: "Brothers, Pingzhou will be our world in the future, and the second prince has also promised that Zhang Jue will never come back, and now, what we have to do is to clean up Zhang Jue's cronies in the city as soon as possible." β
"Lord Zhou, just look at it, our two brothers promise to complete the cleaning work today."
Fan Jun and Huo Kai are not good people, each of them took five thousand taels of silver, and directly betrayed Zhang Jue, which is enough to show that Zhang Jue's ability is problematic, and he doesn't even know the betrayal of his subordinates, so what do you want.
As for Zhou Hong, it is even more confusing to Zhang Jue, one of Zhou Hong's concubines is a Jin man, and he secretly took refuge in Jin Ren a few years ago, he has already joined the Golden Wolf Guard, and this operation was carried out with the cooperation of the Golden Wolf Guard.
Zhang Jue didn't know what was going on, and after he greeted Zhang Di, he hurried back, but when he was twenty miles away from Pingzhou City, an army came over.
Strange, what's going on, Huizhou's army is coming, after seeing Huizhou's regimental training envoy Qi Yong, Zhang Di understands that this bastard has taken refuge in the Jin army.
Faced with the round-up of tens of thousands of troops, Zhang Jue didn't want to be tough, he could only choose to escape, but when he ran to Pingzhou, this guy was even more desperate.
The wolf flag of the Jin Kingdom has been raised on the head of the city of Pingzhou, and before Zhang Jue and the others have reached the city, dense crossbow arrows are flying above, and they can't get close at all.
Run, at this time, he can only run, Zhang Jue has nowhere to go, he can only go to Yanshan Mansion.
Going to Yanshan Mansion, that is obviously not a good place for Zhang Jue, it is Guo Yaoshi's territory, but if you don't go to Yanshan Mansion, where else can you go.
No matter how much it is, it is better to die than to live, Zhang Jue can only run all the way into Yanshan Mansion.
Wanyan Zongwang is waiting for this step, as long as Zhang Jue enters Yanshan Mansion, then it is only a matter of time before Yanshan Mansion is taken.
Wanyan Zongwang called Wanyan Zong, Wanyan Zongqi, and Wanyan Yan's mother to the big tent, and he said straight to the point: "Everything is going well, the next step is to see how to force Wang Anzhong to hand over Zhang Jue?" β
After thinking about it, Yan Yanmu said: "It's very simple, when we first started, we could soften our tone and give Wang Anzhong a certain buffer, these officials of the Song Dynasty have always been very stupid and self-righteous, he will not give in easily, either prevaricate, or make a fake one, our Golden Wolf Guard is waiting for an opportunity to act in Yanshan Mansion." Then see the move, it is best to make Guo Yaoshi and Wang Anzhong have a conflict. β
"In this way, put specific pressure on Wang Anzhong, and you will do it yourself." After Yan Zongwang handed over this task to Wan Yan Yan's mother, he looked at Yan Zongqi and said: "You come to fight the resentful army, how to operate it, you come and see it." β
In the end, Wanyan Zongwang handed over the people who finally attacked Yanshan Mansion to Wanyan Zonggan.
There are only 30,000 people, and if you want to take Yanshan Mansion, it is simply a pipe dream, but Wanyan Zongwang is still confident in taking this big city, and it depends on the reaction of this guy Wang Anzhong.
As long as Wang Anzhong did not send Zhang Jue back as soon as possible, then the Jin army would have enough reason to attack Yanshan Mansion. But now Marshal Wan Yan Xian has not yet given the order, in this case, Wan Yan Zongwang decided to dig a pit for Liu Zhenglong, as long as the Song State is in chaos first, then Marshal Du has no reason to stop the attack on Yanshan Mansion.
In the battle, in the face of the pressure of the Jin army, Zhang Linghui didn't know what to do, the eldest brother Guo Yaoshi was in Yanshan Mansion, and now it was too late to notify, he could only fight with his scalp.
Qianyi Battalion only has a mere 5,000 resentful troops, and in the face of 10,000 cavalry, there is no chance of winning, this is not the core, the key is, how can the infantry outrun the cavalry?
Wanyan Zongqi looked down on the resentful army at all in his bones, maybe if it was Pharmacist Guo on the other side, he could still see it in his eyes, but this Zhang Linghui in front of him was an inconspicuous one of Pharmacist Guo's subordinates, and his former camp was not good at all among the resentful army.
The Jin army did not rush forward, but slowly approached, but the more this happened, the more scared Zhang Linghui became, he didn't dare to run if he wanted to, he didn't have the courage to fight, and now he was in a dilemma.
Why did this group of golden people only chase and not fight? The more afraid people are, the more frightened the wolves are, Zhang Linghui was already timid and afraid, but now in the face of the persecution of the Jin army, this guy is afraid to death.
After chasing for more than ten miles, Wanyan Zongqi didn't know that the game of cat and mouse was almost played, and he said loudly: "Zhang Linghui, if you have the ability to survive the pursuit of five hundred cavalry, it will be the sky that will not stop you." β
With a wave of Wanyan Zongqi's big hand, the five hundred gold national iron riders were killed.
There are only 500 cavalry, this Zhang Linghui is not so nervous, this Zhang Linghui believes that his 5,000 resentful army will definitely not suffer against 500 cavalry, this family waved his hand, and the army rushed up, trapping the 500 cavalry in the middle.
Stupid, Wanyan Zongqi didn't expect Zhang Linghui to be stupid enough to surround his cavalry, the art of war: Ten times the encirclement is right, but five thousand infantry encircled and annihilated five hundred cavalry, that is definitely a stupid thing.
These 500 cavalry are the elite of the elite, facing ten times the number of resentful troops, but this group of guys is still fearless, and they directly rushed over like arrows off the string.
Once the speed of the cavalry charge increases, unless the infantry is lined up in formation, no amount of infantry can stop it.
Sure enough, the five hundred cavalry rushed over like arrows from the string, with a clear goal, that is, to take down Zhang Linghui.
When he saw the Jin cavalry rushing towards him, Zhang Linghui knew that he was too stupid, if five thousand soldiers lined up to meet him, no matter how strong the Jin army was, it would not be able to rush over, but it was too late to say anything now. If you want to escape, there is only one way, and that is to escape.
Zhang Linghui, who was greedy for life and afraid of death, saw Jin Guotie riding like a torrent of steel rushing over, this guy actually took the lead in escaping.
The main generals all fled, and the resentful army was still in the mood to fight against the powerful Jin Guo Iron Cavalry, and they began to flee one by one, it can be said that they wanted to flee without a fight, and this kind of rout was simply a shame.
The killing officially kicked off, and the five hundred Jin State cavalry chased the resentful army to kill. It was simply a flock of tigers and sheep, and the scene was simply miserable, if Pharmacist Guo saw this scene, he would definitely vomit blood with anger.
After annihilating the 5,000 resentful army, the 10,000 Jin cavalry continued to advance towards Baihe, getting closer and closer to Yanshan Mansion, and it was obvious that they wanted to join forces with Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonggan to put pressure on Yanshan Mansion. In fact, this kind of soldier came to the city to force Wang Anzhong to submit.
Wang Anzhong didn't take Zhang Jue seriously at all, especially when he fled back to Yanshan Mansion like a lost dog, in this case, he didn't want to pay attention to it at all.
Wang Anzhong can ignore Zhang Jue, but Guo Yaoshi really can't, not only the rabbit dies and the fox is sad, this guy knows that Jin Jun's request for Zhang Jue is fake, what is the point of a down-and-out general, the reason why Jin Jun wants people is just a means of persecution, Jin Guo just wants to know what Wang Anzhong's attitude is, to put it bluntly, what is the attitude of the Great Song Dynasty.
Guo Yaoshi knew that if Wang Anzhong could hand over Zhang Jue, then once Jin Jun asked for him, he would definitely be betrayed, which was the most terrible, and it didn't matter much to Zhang Jue himself whether he lived or died.
The special envoy of the Jin State, Priqi, was very polite, this guy just emphasized that Zhang Jue's betrayal of the Jin State must be brought back, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the Marshal Du. However, he repeatedly emphasized that Marshal Du also meant to exert a certain amount of pressure.
Wang Anzhong originally wanted to hand it over, but at the critical moment, Guo Yaoshi raised objections, and his attitude was very tough, he said to Wang Anzhong: "Zhang Jue represents countless Liaodi Han'er who are eager to serve the imperial court, if he hands it over, it will cause turmoil, and the 50,000 resentful army will not agree." β
Wang Anzhong didn't like Pharmacist Guo in the first place, but now in the face of Pharmacist Guo's threat, he was even more dissatisfied, so he said very toughly: "This matter, this official has his own opinion. You'd better leave this matter alone, or you'll have to wait. β
Guo Yaoshi already saw that Wang Anzhong was not pleasing to his eyes, so he said angrily: "Then let the court decide, you better not make claims." β
Although he looked down on Guo Yaoshi, Wang Anzhong didn't want to go to the imperial court, so he refused the request of the envoy of the Jin State in this case.
PriΔ seemed to have guessed this a long time ago, and he was not surprised at all, and directly and secretly met with the Golden Wolf Guard, preparing to arrange the next move.
Wang Anzhong originally wanted to send someone to secretly send Zhang Jue out of Yanshan Mansion, but the Jin army had already blocked the gate of Yanshan Mansion, and it was impossible to send him out in this case.
On the third day, Prich's attitude suddenly hardened, and he said viciously: "Our marshal is very annoyed by your harboring of rebels, and now let me formally ask you whether your Song Kingdom wants to tear up the Sea Alliance and declare war on our Jin Kingdom." β
When Wang Anzhong was about to speak, Pu Liqi continued: "If you don't hand over Zhang Jue, then our Jin army will ask to enter the city to search for him." β
"It's too much, this Yanshan Mansion is the land of our Great Song Dynasty, here, or we have the final say, how can we allow you to search for it?" After all, Wang Anzhong is a civil official, and in the face of the fierce and vicious Purich, he is obviously a little lacking in confidence.
"We have a maritime alliance, although it is said that Yanshan Mansion is yours, but we gave it to you with Dajin. When Tong Guan was there, he was blasted out of Yanshan Mansion, do you think that our marshals will listen to you? Now the Jin army is outside the city, if you don't give an explanation tonight, tomorrow our Jin army will go directly into the city. β
Prici said viciously: "Accepting the rebel generals of the Jin Kingdom is tantamount to declaring war on Dajin, you had better think carefully before answering." β
Wang Anzhong was a little big, saying that he couldn't let the Jin people enter the city to search, but he couldn't declare war, this guy thought about it, and finally said: "Your envoy don't worry, I will send someone to investigate, if Zhang Jue is in the city, I will definitely arrest him and send him to you." β
"You don't need to check it, it's hidden in your armor storehouse, or take us to search it now."
At this moment, Wang Anzhong was dumbfounded, and after he was silent for a moment, he said: "Your envoy, don't worry, I will definitely give your country an explanation tomorrow morning." β
Confess a fart, Wang Anzhong originally planned to hand over Zhang Jue's head to the envoy of the Jin State, but Zhang Jue took out a silver ticket of 100,000 taels of silver at the most critical moment, he hesitated again, and finally found someone who looked like Zhang Jue to kill him, and was ready to give his head to the envoy of the Jin State.
Wang Anzhong never dreamed that this dummy head would be recognized, it turned out that among the Jin State Mission, there was Zhou Hong, who had betrayed Zhang Jue before, and he recognized it on the spot.
Pu Liqi said to Wang Anzhong: "It's no fun to joke again, if you don't hand over Zhang Jue today, let our Jin Jun search tomorrow." β
At this time, the always tough Guo Yaoshi was still tough, but no matter how tough he was, it was useless, Wang Anzhong was really scared, and this guy finally ordered Zhang Jue's head to be cut off and handed over to the envoy of the Jin State.
Guo Yaoshi was furious, and he said to Wang Anzhong angrily: "If one day, Jin Guo wants my head, will you also hand it over?" β
Wang Anzhong did not answer, but he ordered the disbandment of those surrendered generals, and Guo Yaoshi was completely dead in this matter.
Not only did the heart die, but also had the idea of rebellion.
On the twentieth day of the first month of the seventh year of Xuanhe, Zhang Linghui fled back to Yanshan Mansion.
Guo Yaoshi didn't expect Zhang Linghui to be so defeated, he slapped this guy and said, "We are brothers, but you have disappointed my brother too much." Lost 5,000 soldiers, if this guy Wang Anzhong knows, don't kill your head. β
"Big brother, we really can't beat the Jin army, you know this very well, more than one million Liao troops were killed by the Jin army. The Song army was even more vulnerable, when we opened the gate of Yanshan Mansion, but the Song army was coaxed out by the people in the city, if it encounters the Jin army, it can withstand it. β
Zhang Linghui was really scared, but he was also telling the truth, Song Jun really couldn't beat Jin Jun. Guo Yaoshi shook his head and said, "No, the imperial court is not kind to you and my brother. Say that you can't be a slave with three surnames. β
"But, but, this Wang Anzhong can't tolerate you."
"Then let's go to Jizhou first, and then go to the court to complain about Wang Anzhong, I don't believe that the court doesn't pay attention to this greedy person who is afraid of death."
Guo Yaoshi has always been decisive in killing, this guy dares to say it, and the next day he left Yanshan Mansion with the army and went straight to Jizhou.
It is not so easy to go to Jizhou, and the 30,000 Jin National Iron Rider is already ready to go.
In the fierce battle, in Baihe, the battle of 50,000 resentful troops against 30,000 Jin Guo iron cavalry kicked off.
The resentment army is combative, although it can't beat the Liao army, and the Jin army is far from it, but it is far stronger than the Song army, but the 50,000 resentful army was chased and killed by the 30,000 Jin national iron cavalry, and half an hour later, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren, Zhen Wuchen, Zhao Heshou and other life and death brothers of Guo Yaoshi were arrested one after another.
In desperation, Pharmacist Guo announced his surrender.
Wanyan Zongwang had long known that this was the result, and he personally welcomed Guo Yaoshi to join, and personally promised to report to His Majesty the Emperor and reasonably settle the resentful army.
Jin Taizu Wanyan Wu Qimai trusted Guo Yaoshi very much, and retained the resentful army, so he would let Jin Jun assist Guo Yaoshi to take Yanshan Mansion, and stay for Yanshan Mansion, and give the country the surname Wanyan.
There are only 50,000 defenders in Yanshan Mansion, and it can be said that these 50,000 defenders are a rabble, and without the assistance of the Jin army, Guo Yaoshi also believes that Yanshan Mansion can be taken.
Marshal Wan Yan Xian of the Jin State did not advocate an immediate attack on the Great Song Dynasty, but the emperor ordered that Yanshan Mansion must be taken, and in this case, it was difficult for him to stop it.
Wan Yan Xianye's thinking was very open, he ordered Guo Yaoshi to take Yanshan Mansion by himself, and then hand it over to the Jin State, so that it would not go against the emperor's will, and he did not directly declare war on the Song State, as long as he handled foreign affairs well, then he could still prepare for the invasion of the Song State.
Wanyan Xian also agreed to Wanyan Zongwang's plan, that is, to provoke the Great Song Dynasty civil strife first, as long as the emperor of the Song State can kill Liu Zhenglong, or Liu Zhenglong rebels against the Song State, then the opportunity for the Jin army to go south is ripe.
The clouds of war shrouded Hebei Road, and Yanshan Mansion was in crisis, but in this case, Wang Anzhong, the Xuanfu of Yanshan Mansion, took the lead in escaping, which was equivalent to taking the initiative to give up Yanshan Mansion.