Just as Ma Kuo went to Yunzhong to negotiate with Yan Zonghan, Cai You was playing, requesting the abolition of the Ansu and Baoxin armies and the restoration of them to Liangmen and Suicheng counties.

Ansu and Baoxin two armies, is the Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyi built, and Baozhou, Yizhou constitute a dog's tooth staggered trend, mutual containment, in order to control the road to Shanxi, is the Song Dynasty at that time along the northern border of the most critical place, Song Liao Yuan battle, known as "Tongliang Gate, Tiesui City".

The reason why Cai You wanted to do this was because there were frequent alarms in the north at that time, and Cai You was worried that it would attract the attention of the imperial court and shake and affect his own position, so in order to cover people's eyes and ears and show that the world was peaceful, he proposed: "The ancestors used to build two counties to build an security and protect the trust, so they controlled the Yizhou area. Now that Yanshan is obtained, and Jingji is a foreign domain, Ansu Baoxin is in the mainland, and it is useless, and it should be abolished as a county. ”

As the country's military director, Cai You, on the eve of the war, actually thought that these military facilities were useless, which is really a strange news in the world.

Zhao Ji had great trust in Cai You, and soon agreed to Cai You's request, abolished the Ansu and Baoxin armies, and restored them to Liangmen and Suicheng counties.

I have to say that Zhao Ji is so sloppy, it is tantamount to digging his own grave.

After the abolition of the Second Army, just when "people were confused and unhappy", and when "the military camp migration building was destroyed and abandoned", the Jin army suddenly invaded on a large scale!

At this time, the situation in Yanjing was already critical.

The Yanjing area is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is Bauhinia Pass in the northwest of Yizhou, Juyong Pass in the west of Changping, Gubeikou in the north of Shunzhou, Songting Pass in the northeast of Jingzhou, and Yuguan Pass in the east of Pingzhou (Shanhaiguan in later generations).

As long as these places are held, it will be difficult for the Hu people to enter the Yan land, and then they will not be able to invade the south, if the Great Song Dynasty can occupy these passes after recovering Yanjing, and then arrange heavy defense, then the Yanjing area may be preserved, and the northern part of the Great Song Dynasty can be worry-free.

This is also the reason why the successive emperors of the Song Dynasty were so eager to recover Yandi.

However, the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan in Yuguan were occupied by Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji since the Later Tang Dynasty, and Pingzhou was changed to Liaoxing Prefecture, which governed Yingluan and Luan Prefectures, and was called Pingzhou Road.

When Shi Jingjiao, Liao Taizong obtained the Tan, Shun, Jing, Ji, Zhuo, and Yi prefectures of Yanshan, and built Yanshan as Yanjing, and governed six states such as Tan, Shun and Jing, and was called Yanshan Road.

Yanshan Road and Pingzhou Road became two roads side by side.

At the beginning, when the Great Song Dynasty was negotiating with the Jin State to hand over the land, Zhao Ji mistakenly thought that Yanjing and the prefecture cities under its jurisdiction had included all the places in the Guannei because he did not know the political geography of the Liao State, and did not know that the three prefectures of Ping, Ying, and Luan were not within the jurisdiction of Yanjing.

This political mistake made Zhao Ji very remorseful, so he repeatedly ordered Zhao Liangsi to try his best to fight for Ping, Ying, and Luan in the negotiations.

However, the Jin people were not stupid, and they also saw the strategic value of the Ping, Ying, and Luan regions very clearly, so they repeatedly rejected the requests of the Great Song Dynasty.

The Jin people not only wanted to keep this place, but also stationed heavy troops here, the purpose was to leave a passage for themselves to go south.

In order to recover this place, Zhao Ji did not hesitate to take the risk of accepting Zhang Jue, the envoy of Nanjing (Pingzhou), a traitor of the Jin State, and later killed Zhang Jue.

The Zhang Jue incident was one of the most fatal political mistakes made by Zhao Ji in the process of recovering Yanjing - it not only created an excuse for the Jin army to enter the Kou, but also chilled the heart of the Liao generals.

The Jin army was divided into two routes, east and west, and Wanyan Zongwang led the east route army to send troops first.

On November 26, the seventh year of Xuanhe, the Jin army set out from Pingzhou to occupy Danzhou (later Miyun, Beijing).

On the 28th, it occupied Jizhou (later Jixian County, Tianjin).

It was not until the morning of the 28th that Yanshan Mansion confirmed that the Jin army had invaded on a large scale.

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Actually-

As early as twenty days ago, Guo Yaoshi had already assembled the Changsheng army and stationed it in the eastern suburbs of Yanjing.

On the morning of November 28, Cai Jing, a scholar of the Baohe Temple and a pacification envoy of the Yanshan Prefecture, went to the eastern suburbs to meet with Guo Yaoshi and discuss a strategy for retreating from the enemy.

After returning to the city, Cai Jing said to his brother-in-law Xu Cai: "Guo Fenyang (Guo Yaoshi) seems to be afraid of the Jin army. ”

On the second day of December, Pharmacist Guo sent people into the city to ask Cai Jing for instructions, intending to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

At this time, Xu Cai strongly suggested to Cai Jing: "And let Guo Gong suppress the formation, you can send Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren to meet the enemy with partial divisions." ”

Xu Cai explained: "If Guo Gong goes, if he is defeated, he will be arrogant, and Xianggong will be even more unable to control him, and Yandi will be even more dangerous." If he wins or loses, Yanjing will have no room for maneuver. In addition, dangerous places such as Gubeikou and Juyong Pass also need to be defended, and you have to beware of the Jin people attacking Yanjing from these places. ”

Cai Jing disagreed, he believed that a strong enemy could not be so wary of the commander of the army, this was not tantamount to tying his hands and feet.

Early the next morning, Cai Jing went to the eastern suburbs to meet Pharmacist Guo.

Xu Cai wrote down his previous suggestion on a small piece of paper and entrusted Cai Jing's son Cai Songnian to go to the eastern suburbs to bring it to Cai Jing, saying that there was a letter from the family.

Soon, Li Zhen came to see Xu Cai, and Xu Cai made this suggestion to him again.

Li Zhen also came to the eastern suburbs and advised Cai Jing.

But Cai Jing still didn't accept Xu Cai's suggestion, and Cai Jing asked Cai Songnian and Li Zhen to give Xu Cai a message: "Guo Fenyang has decided to personally lead the army to meet the enemy. ”

In order to boost morale, Cai Jing took out a large amount of gold silk from the treasury and rewarded the victorious army with great fanfare.

Then, Guo Yaoshi personally led Chang Sheng's army all the way to the east.

On the sixth day of the twelfth month, Chang Sheng's army came to the west bank of the Baihe River in Sanhe County (later Sanhe County, Hebei).

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang had already led his army to the east bank of the White River.

Guo Yaoshi was afraid that Yan Zongwang would have an ambush, so he did not immediately launch an attack.

It was ten o'clock in the night, and after Guo Yaoshi had checked the situation on the battlefield, he crossed the White River with his men and horses.

When the Jin army saw the victorious army crossing the river to meet the battle, they were also a little afraid.

Wanyan Zongwang reorganized the military horses in time, and then personally commanded his subordinates to meet the victorious army.

At that time, the two armies faced each other.

Soon a major battle began between the two armies.

This battle was a hard battle, and both sides did their best, fighting for more than 30 miles.

It can be seen that the battle situation is fierce.

In the end, Guo Yaoshi's 300 personal guards only held 120 people.

The losses of the other armies can be imagined.

On the seventh day of December, Cai Jing and other officials of Yanshan Prefecture stood on the east wall of Yanjing, looking east in the direction of the Baihe River.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Cai Jing and the others saw the direction of the Baihe River, and the smoke and dust were billowing out.

After a long while, I suddenly saw Zhang Linghui leading the army back, and then Liu Shunren also retreated.

In the evening, Pharmacist Guo also led the army back

The three of them were all a little depressed and complained to each other.

Although Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi are both from the resentful army, they have been advancing and retreating together over the years.

But in fact, Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi have a deep contradiction, and they have been around for a long time.

At the beginning, when Zhang Linghui and Guo Yaoshi were officials in the Liao State, Zhang Linghui's official position was once above Guo Yaoshi.

After the surrender of the Great Song Dynasty, Guo Yaoshi not only had an official position above Zhang Linghui, but was also favored by Zhao Ji, and was also appreciated by the second marshals (that is, Tong Guan and Cai You).

This made Zhang Linghui very jealous.

Zhang Linghui was unhappy and unhappy when he thought that he was being left out.

Wang Anzhong was already aware of it when he was in office, and recommended Zhang Linghui to Zhao Ji, and the Zhao and Song imperial courts also appointed Zhang Linghui as a high-ranking official of the Jiedu Envoy.

But even so, Zhang Linghui is still under Guo Yaoshi.

Therefore, Zhang Linghui has always been very unbalanced in his heart.

This also led to constant conflicts between Guo Yaoshi and Zhang Linghui, and in the process of fighting with the Jin people this time, Guo Yaoshi and Zhang Linghui did not trust each other, so that they failed to defeat the Jin people.

Cai Jing saw that Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, and Liu Shunren had all returned in defeat, and felt that the situation was not good, so he led the Yanshan Mansion Supervisor to the south gate of the city to hold a meeting.

The transport envoy Lu Yihao suggested that a death squad of 2,000 men be formed immediately, and then open the city gate and retreat south.

To put it bluntly, Lu Yihao just saw that the situation in Yanjing was not good and wanted to run first.

Shen Xuan, the promotion officer, did not approve of opening the city gate, believing that no matter how difficult the situation was, they should guard the important frontier position of Yanjing for the Great Song Dynasty.

Cai Jing thought for a while and said, "Now everyone goes back first, you can discuss it with your family, you might as well send your flesh and blood back to the south first." ”

Cai Jing returned home and said to Xu Cai and Cai Songnian: "Today, we had a short meeting in the south gate, and they all want to abandon the city and retreat south, what do you think?" ”

Xu Cai and Cai Songnian both believe that this should not be done.

Xu Cai said: "The public is a minister who guards the land, how can he be compared with others? Defend it to the death. Besides, if the prince leads all the people together, they all have their own dependents to drag them down. Moreover, in the area of the Lugou River in the south of the city, the defeated army is full of wilderness, and they have no way to vent it, so they would rather know if they will intercept and kill us? ”

Cai Jing said: "This is exactly what Jing means. ”

After a while, someone came to report that Lu Yihao and Liang Jing, the envoy of Lian Fang, arrived at the south gate of the city with their families and prepared to leave the city, and there were about 1,200 Cao Si officials and soldiers, who smashed the door at the south gate of the city and wanted to flee out of the south of the city.

Cai Jing decisively ordered: "You immediately lead someone with a sharp blade and go to stop it, and if you dare to take advantage of the chaos, kill it!" ”

It took a long time for the area around the south gate of the city to settle down.

That night, there were rumors in Yanjing City that Chang Sheng's army might mutiny.

After Xu Cai heard the news, he hurriedly reported to Cai Jing.

Cai Jing didn't believe the news very much, he still believed in Guo Yaoshi and Chang Shengjun.

At this time, Lu Yihao, Liang Jing and others all came to Cai Jing's house, and they strongly persuaded Cai Jing to abandon Yan and escape.

Wu Ji, who was in charge of the appeasement department, also suggested to Cai Jing: "You can withdraw from Yanjing in order to protect yourself." ”

Xu Cai analyzed Cai Jing and said: "In the rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, such as Li and Guo Zhujun, there were people who had surrendered insurance, and they each raised heavy troops, or they did not use this place, or they used water and grass, or they were on the terrain. However, Yanshan is a place governed by the government, which is different from the above situation. Wu Jizhi's words are true, if the Duke follows his advice and abandons the city and flees, when he arrives, they will inevitably put the responsibility on the Gong, and they must not ignore it. Besides, if Chang Shengjun knew that Gong led the crowd to flee, Guo Yaoshi and the others would inevitably use this as an excuse to arrest Gong, where would Gong be able to flee? ”

Cai Jing thought so.

When Lu Yihao and Liang Jing heard this, although they didn't say anything, their faces showed anger.

Actually-

Xu Cai's analysis makes sense.

If Cai Jing really listened to the advice of Lu Yihao, Liang Jing and others, and led the crowd to run south, then it must be a place of death, and it is impossible to leave the Yanjing area alive, because the Changsheng army and the township army have just been defeated, and they are now entrenched between the Lugou River and Zhuozhou to burn and loot in order to vent their frustration.

On the morning of the eighth day of December, Cai Jing led the officials of the supervision department to visit Pharmacist Guo at the garrison of the Changsheng Army.

Pharmacist Guo gave a brief introduction to yesterday's battle situation and his plans for the next step.

Guo Yaoshi said: "Yesterday's battle, the pharmacist was defeated by cavalry, chasing thirty miles, the Jin people fled, to Shen Weijian, looking back at the infantry army without fighting, thinking that it had been defeated, and then galloped back, and then heard that it was Linghui to retreat without a fight, and the infantry army was then pursued by the prince of Jin, until Lu County, the prince saw that his army did not continue, and also fled to the east. Now pack up the army and enter the city to be, and when the Jin people come to the city, send the troops to fight to the death, or if they are not victorious, they will support the army to the south to save the army. ”

Zhang Linghui did not deny what Guo Yaoshi said, he only asked: "Does the imperial court have reinforcements?" ”

Someone replied: "No, Great Song, apart from our victorious army, how can there be an army that can fight?" ”

Zhang Linghui asked again: "Is there food, now the army is about to run out of food, and it is impossible to defend the city without sufficient food." ”

Someone replied: "Now there is a mess everywhere, even if the imperial court wants to transport grain to Yanjing, it is impossible to transport it." ”

At this time, Lu Yihao said: "The division was defeated and retreated, and there were also ancient times. It is better to retreat to Xiongzhou in order to move later. ”

Zhang Linghui said: "Nearly 100,000 families of Chang Shengjun are in Yancheng, how can they get it? If the rate goes, there will be chaos immediately! ”

Pharmacist Guo and Liu Shunren both thought so.

Guo Yaoshi said: "Since the university (referring to Cai Jing) is guarded to death, and the pharmacist is a handsome minister, he should also repay Emperor Zhao with death, and the rest of the supervisors will go by themselves." ”

At this time, an official of the supervision department asked Guo Yaoshi to send 100 Changsheng soldiers to escort his family out of the city.

Pharmacist Guo replied resolutely: "The victorious army cannot be sent. ”

Cai Jing said: "I should defend the city to the death, how can the princes be?" ”

Only Shen Xuan said: "It is difficult to come to a certain news, and it is not necessary to go alone, but there is only one death, and a certain is the same as the university." ”

After the meeting ended, Cai Jing returned to Yanshan Mansion with Shen Xuan and others.

Cai Jing and Shen Xuan saw that the officials of the government wanted to flee south, so they warned: "If you dare to run, the Changsheng army will use this as an excuse to kill your entire clan." ”

Shen Xuan said: "Take the way of life, but not necessarily immortal; There is a way to die, but not necessarily not to live. ”

Deputy Envoy Li Youquan joked: "The battle is very strict." ”

Shen Xuan also said: "Although a certain person is lonely and cold, there are still fourteen or fifteen people in the current clan, if one dies here, then all the clans can be judged, if not, the whole family can not return to the eunuchs." If he is killed by the Jin people after leaving the city, or when he returns from the victorious army, the humiliation will be even greater. ”

When they heard this, they were silent.

Cai Jing agreed with what Shen Xuan said, and he joked to Shen Xuan: "Jing has to enter the loyalty and righteousness today, the public is bold, and he will not be afraid of death, and he should also follow me." ”

Cai Jing and the officials of the Yanshan Prefecture, in the face of danger, in addition to dying to make their will, can only pin their hopes on Chang Shengjun.

But what Cai Jing and the others didn't know was that last night, Emperor Ben, who was guarding the northeast gate of Yanjing City, had secretly sent someone to contact the Jin army, saying that he could open the city gate to make an internal response for the Jin army, and also asked Yan Zongwang: "I don't know if the prince wants to live Guo Yaoshi, or Guo Yaoshi who is dead?" ”

Guo Yaoshi has also learned about this, and he also knows that the masterminds behind Huang Ben are Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren.

After weighing the pros and cons, Pharmacist Guo had ordered Rulinlang Wang Shu to draft a surrender table to the Jin army, which said:

"When the time comes, the movement is fixed and the rest is unknown; Those who obey the heavens survive, and their survival cannot be ignored. The division of the first brigade of Chen Suti was occasionally transported by 600. The king who has nothing to do with the dead Liao, Dajin has a difficult road. Song Lord Zaijia, Qin Guan is with, read a meal of grace will be repaid, then the six-foot body can be donated, although knowing that God is coming, dare to think of the trapped beast to fight. In the past, he also went on a crusade to the east, although the wrath of the thunder dared to commit it; To the north of today, pray for the amount of heaven and earth and accommodate ......"

Actually-

In the battle of Baihe, the Chang Shengjun and the Jin army fought a half-catty, but the Chang Shengjun did not win, and the Jin army did not win.

However, due to the rebellion of Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren, the victorious army led to the imminent fall of Yanjing City.

Seeing this situation, Pharmacist Guo also decided to reduce the gold in order to protect himself.

In the final analysis, it is still Zhao Ji's use of inhuman.

And Cai Jing and others were kept in the dark from beginning to end......

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