708,Battle of the Daimyo's Mansion (24)
Brother Cha issued three orders in a row, one was to imprison Zhu Fu and keep him under strict guard, and then sent a subordinate named Li Shiliang to secretly go to Weizhou to see the so-called evidence with the people who Zhu Fu had already arranged to wait outside the mansion.
Li Shiliang is also a member of the royal family of the Xia Kingdom, and he is even a generation higher than Brother Cha in terms of generation, but Li Shiliang's branch of the royal family has long since declined, and it is just a reputation of a royal family when it comes to his generation, but Li Shiliang is a standard "Song Guotong", not only can speak the standard and fluent Bianliang official dialect, and knows everything from folk customs to etiquette in the Song Kingdom, and at the same time has deep attainments in the field of Han culture. It has always been deeply trusted by Emperor Li Qianshun and has long been used as a diplomat to the Song Dynasty. This time, Brother Cha led the troops to Song, and he also brought him in order to communicate with Song more conveniently. Brother Cha believed that with his intelligence and ability, he would be able to clearly distinguish the truth of the so-called evidence when he went to Weizhou.
Second, Brother Cha ordered all those who knew about Zhu Fu to keep their mouths shut, and no one could reveal a word to the outside world. At the same time, he ordered people to prepare in advance, and once Song Guo sent someone to inquire about this matter, he could immediately explain to Song Guo.
Because Brother Cha is afraid that this is actually a trick set up by Zheng Linfeng, that is, in fact, the so-called conspiracy and evidence of the Song State are fake, the reason why Zheng Linfeng did this is that he guessed that he would be eager to verify after hearing Zhu Fu's words, and once he sent someone to him, he would secretly "inform" to Song Guo in order to cause a misunderstanding between Song Guo and himself, Song Guo was furious when he heard that he was secretly in contact with the enemy army, and then he used it skillfully, even if the misunderstanding was finally resolved, It will also cause mutual distrust between Song and himself, and help him break up the alliance of the Three Kingdoms. And that Zhu Fu is a "dead man" he set up this plan!
The third is that Brother Cha immediately secretly sent secret agents to infiltrate the Daimyo's Mansion to find out the movements of the Song Army, especially to find out the latest news of the Qin Cha named Zhang Shuye, to determine whether he was staying in the Daimyo's Mansion well.
Brother Cha knew Uncle Zhang, in order to grasp each other's actions in time, Song and Xia have been sending a large number of secret agents and spies to each other to find out the news for more than 100 years, and they have also bribed some officials of the other side to provide information for their own side as much as possible, which is also an open secret, so when Uncle Zhang Ye did not come to the Daimyo's Mansion, Brother Cha actually knew about it, and it was precisely because of this that when Zhu Fu said that the Heavenly Dao Army had captured Uncle Zhang, Brother Cha was able to make the decision to send someone to the Heavenly Dao Army to find out without hesitation.
If Uncle Zhang was not captured and stayed in the Daimyo's Mansion well, then needless to say, it would be directly proved that Zheng Linfeng's so-called evidence was false.
But if there is such a thing, then it is difficult to say ......!
After giving these three orders, Brother Cha was in no mood to do anything else, and he didn't even write a letter to the emperor, everything was just waiting for the news of Li Shiliang and the secret agents to make plans.
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Cha Ge thought that he would have to wait at least seven or eight days to get the news, but he didn't expect that only two days later, he would first get the news from the Daimyo's Mansion, and of course this news did not come from the secret agents he sent to the Daimyo's Mansion, and the spies would arrive at the Daimyo's Mansion at most even if they were sooner.
This news came from the eyes and ears of Brother Cha who had already been planted in the Daimyo's Mansion before, because as early as a few days ago, a rumor suddenly circulated in the entire Daimyo's Mansion, saying that after the Xuanfu envoy Zheng Xiunian, Zhang Shuye, who had just been sent to the front line by the imperial court, was also ambushed by thieves, and hundreds of Yao Gu's personal guards were all killed, and Zhang Shuye's life and death are still unknown!
When the ears and eyes heard the rumor, they immediately began to investigate its authenticity, and after simply bribing an official of the Daimyo Mansion Left-behind Division, they got the exact news, and they did not dare to delay, and immediately sent someone to report to Brother Cha.
Brother Cha was taken aback, although Li Shiliang didn't believe it yet, but a strong premonition told him that this time, I'm afraid that Zheng Linfeng didn't lie to himself......! At the same time, this news also proves his speculation that there was a big traitor in the Song Kingdom, first the commander was captured, and then the minister was captured, either of these two things is impossible according to common sense, but it really happened, and it happened at the same time, if there was no traitor with a very high status in the Song State to tell that Zheng Linfeng and secretly cooperate with him, how could he do it?!
Brother Cha quickly made a decision, even if he hadn't gotten any news from Li Shiliang, he had to treat that incident as real for the time being! So he immediately sent someone to inform a group of cronies and generals, asking them to immediately put down everything at hand and come to see him immediately, and they must come to see him in secret, and they must not be ostentatious!
Everyone was shocked when they got the news of Brother Cha's urgent summons, because when the armies were attacked by the Heavenly Dao Army some time ago, they didn't see such an urgent order from the commander Brother Cha, and they had to act secretly, everyone knew that something big must have happened this time!
Everyone didn't dare to delay and hurry to Brother Cha's place, and when they heard Brother Cha, who had an extremely serious face, finish speaking, everyone was dumbfounded, no less shocked than when Brother Cha heard it from Zhu Fu's mouth that day.
After the shock, except for a few of Chage's civilian officials and staff, almost all the generals were furious, and asked Chage to attack the Song army immediately, leave here, and go back to the northwest!
A member of Chage's staff named Ren Duo Langyu immediately stood up to object, he said, even if that Zhang Shuye was indeed captured by Zheng Linfeng, it is not enough to prove that Song Guo is really calculating us, now let's just assume that this is true, isn't it nonsense to turn against Song Guo based on assumptions alone? Even if the Song Kingdom is really calculating us, don't forget that we are alone in the depths, thousands of miles away from the northwest, with neither reinforcements nor food and grass, how can we fight this battle? Now turn against Song Guo, they can starve us to death just by starving!
A general named Yeli Wanghong immediately retorted with a sneer, "Grain and grass? Why did Brother Renduo forget our old method after only eating the grain and grass of the Song Kingdom for a few days? If you don't have food and grass, you won't grab it? Do you remember how to write the words "Hit the Grass Valley (Note)"?! We have an army of 200,000, so why don't we just "fight the grass valley" all the way back to the northwest? ”
Ren Duo Langyu also smiled coldly and said, "General Yeli, since Song Guo dares to calculate us, do you think they will be unprepared?" How do you know that he didn't set up layers of ambushes on our retreat? If they are well prepared, how much food and grass do you think we can grab? The 200,000 army is an advantage for us, but it is also a big burden for us, if Song Guo makes up his mind to defend all places, plus their ambush, even if we can finally return to the northwest, how much will the 200,000 army be left at that time? Don't forget that we are in the hinterland of the Great Song Kingdom, there are thousands of their people here, and there are tens of millions of Han civilians along the way, and each person can drown us with a mouthful of foam! ”
Ye Li Wanghong was in a cold sweat when he said this, although he was reluctant, but he also understood that Ren Duolangyu's words were by no means alarmist, and now he was clearly in Song Guo's plan, since he had been tricked, how could he get out of it so easily? He was so anxious that he couldn't help but say angrily, "Then what do you think we should do?" Are you just waiting here to die? ”
Ren Duolang said, "Of course we can't wait for death, but we must not act impulsively, fortunately, we know not too late, and our 200,000 army has not lost a single soldier, as long as the strategy is right, I think we can return to the northwest with minimal losses, but whether it can be achieved has a crucial thing to solve!" ”
As soon as he heard this, everyone's eyes, including Brother Cha, were focused on Renduo Langyu's body,
Ren Duolangyu looked at Brother Cha and said in a deep voice, "The key to this matter is...... Then Zheng Linfeng told us about this, what did he want to do?! ”
Brother Cha raised his eyebrows, these words obviously spoke to his heart!
Yeli Wanghong immediately said impatiently, "Oh, Brother Renduo, don't sell Guanzi, it's not simple?" Doesn't he just want us to turn against Song Guo? ”
Ren Duolang shook his head expressionlessly and sighed, "It would be nice if it was really that simple, but as long as he immediately releases his so-called evidence to the world now, it will be tantamount to forcing us and Da Song to the edge of the cliff, and Da Song and we can only split, do you need to secretly inform us?" So I think...... He doesn't just want us to turn against the Song Kingdom, he also wants to form an alliance with us! Let's help him turn to attack the Song Kingdom! His strength is already very strong, coupled with us and the Liao army who are angry and eager to take revenge, Song Guo can be said to have no chance at all! ”
Everyone suddenly realized!
Brother Cha just looked at him with a grim face and nodded, not looking very satisfied.
Ren Duolang immediately continued, "But...... That's what worries me the most! Judging from the last time we fell for his trick and lost tens of thousands of troops in vain to help him survive the crisis, this person can be said to be scheming! We have to make an assumption, after we really help him defeat the Song Kingdom, what will he do to us? Will he really let us go? Song will calculate us, won't he? Don't forget that he is also a Han Chinese, and he once sent troops into the northwest to fight with us, and I clearly remember that his Heavenly Dao Army showed deep hostility towards us at that time, even stronger than our feud Northwest Forbidden Army! Let's think about the slogan that the Heavenly Dao Army shouted to kill us all when they attacked us some time ago, I'm really worried, when the Song Kingdom is defeated, the next turn will be us!
Everyone was shocked again!
But Brother Cha didn't show too much surprise to show that because this was also what he was most worried about, he finally spoke, frowned and said, "Then let's ...... What should I do? ”
Ren Duolang Yu stretched out his hand and pointed to the north and said, "Contact the Liao army immediately!" ”
Brother Cha's eyes suddenly lit up!
Ren Duo Langyu continued, "Who is the grasshopper who is tied to the same rope with us now? It's Liao! Their situation is even more serious than ours, and Song Guo's goal was originally to destroy them with the help of Jin! Presumably, the Jin Kingdom is ready now, the Liao Kingdom is in danger, and the Liao army is more eager to go back than us! But they are bound to encounter the same predicament as us, and it is dangerous to return to China alone. ”
"My idea is that we will form an alliance with them immediately, in this way, the alliance between the two armies will be a full 500,000 army, don't be afraid of the Song State, and don't be afraid of Zheng Linfeng, even if they encounter the ambush of the Song State on the road, then their ambush is at most designed to deal with the Liao army, and I don't believe that they can eat the combined forces of the two countries of Liaoxia together!"
"Moreover, the Liao realm is only half the distance from here to Daxia, ten days of grain and grass is not enough to support us to return to Daxia, but forbearance can support us to reach Liao, and when we reach Liao, we can return to Daxia through the border of Yanjing and Xijing! It's far away, but it's the safest way! ”
"More importantly, in addition to the common goal, we also have a reliable alliance with them, and with Princess Cheng'an (Note 2), we can trust each other with them! A hundred times more reliable than trusting Zheng Linfeng! ”
Brother Cha was overjoyed when he heard this, the fog in his heart finally dissipated, he nodded again and again, and then said, "Okay, just do it, Brother Renduo, this matter will be handled by you, go to the Liao army immediately...... by the way, you must act in secret!" Don't let the news go! ”
Ren Duolang immediately said, "Yes, please rest assured!" ”
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Grass Valley: During the Liao and Song dynasties, when the army went out, "the men and horses did not give grain and grass, and the day sent to beat the grass valley and ride out to plunder for it", this kind of no special logistics support, relying on the soldiers to raise their own supplies, and plundering the people's grain and grass property is called "grass valley".
Princess Cheng'an: In 1105, Emperor Liao Tianzuo named Nanxian as the princess of Cheng'an to marry Li Qianshun, the emperor of Western Xia, and the two countries married and formed an alliance.