Chapter 368: When the clouds are overturning, friend or foe are indistinguishable
The important town between the rivers, the soldiers and horses.
Even after the New Year, there was no slackness, and everyone knew that the war was imminent.
In the wind blowing from the north, there seems to be gunpowder smoke and bloody gas, and the three countries of Liao, Song and Jin, plus Yeluchun, the lord of Youyan, are a total of four forces.
The land of Youyan is like a charming woman, who originally belonged to Yelu Yanxi, but was later stolen by her own family Ding Yeluchun, and now she has attracted Song and Jin, like two evil men who covet her.
Yelu Yanxi saw that this beauty couldn't be recovered, plus he had many wives and a lot of less, so he generously gave it to Song.
But he's like a soft egg with a green hat, and it's useless to talk, so he still has to grab it himself.
In Tong Guan's camp, another herald was ushered in, Yang Lin, deputy marshal of soldiers and horses, transferred Tong Guan and his Shengjie army to Baigou Station.
Baigou Station is a small town on the bank of the Baigou River, which is the junction of Song and Liao, and has always been the place where war and disaster are connected.
Tong Guan is not angry but happy, he is in front, in his opinion, there is nothing bad.
As long as he can take the lead in taking Yanjing City, with the help of Liang Yinxiang and Gao Yu, this credit will not fall to Yang Lin.
Shengjie's army immediately set off and headed for the Baigou River.
As the border between Song and Liao, the Baigou River was originally agreed, and there were some problems.
The Liao State sent a diplomat, Xiao Xi, to the Great Song Dynasty to demand that the border be redrawn. The boundary he proposed was Huangwei Mountain in the northern part of Shanxi, and according to his idea, the north of Huangwei Mountain was owned by the Liao State, and the south was owned by the Great Song Dynasty. As evidenced by the map, once the Northern Song Dynasty agreed to this request of the Khitans, it was equivalent to advancing the border of the Liao State to the south by more than 30 miles.
Song Shenzong hurriedly discussed with the ministers, and none of the Manchu ministers knew where Huang Weishan was, but instead took out Wang Anshi and whipped the corpse.
Admonished Emperor Shenzong to be close to the virtuous ministers, far from the villain, not to get involved with Wang Anshi, to get the Khitans, and to start a war lightly, which is not beneficial to the country and the people.
Shenzong just asked them to come out and ask where Huang Weishan was, who would have thought that they would take the opportunity to scold them, and they almost vomited blood in anger.
In the end, Shen Kuo came forward, took out his hand-drawn map, and finally agreed that the Baigou River was the border.
In the original time and space, Tong Guan was here, personally leading 100,000 Western troops to be defeated by Yelu Dashi and the last fig leaf of the Great Song Dynasty.
Tong Guan left Mozhou, where he was stationed, and the local people set off firecrackers to celebrate, and for them, this year was a double happiness.
Tong Guan's guy was a bird in the original time and space and now, and his soldiers have always eaten two salaries.
Liang Shicheng supported him in the court, and there was naturally no shortage of military salaries, and the money, grain, and grass allocated by the court every year were filled by himself.
However, the soldiers and horses under his command are the foundation of his life, and he must not starve them, so Tong Guan will coerce the local magistrates, collect exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and only after making up enough military salaries will he give up.
Zhao Ji has never looked at right and wrong, only at the distance between relatives and relatives. For such things, he turned a blind eye, and over time it fueled his arrogance.
Wherever Tong Guan was stationed, the people there fell with blood mold and needed to pay two taxes. What's worse is that most of the places where large armies are stationed are places where wars and disasters are connected, and there are few achievements.
Qin Long's death of starvation and exhaustion of tens of thousands of people is right in front of him, and now he has choked on the scourge of Hebei East Road.
The army rushed out, and Tong Guan glanced at it from a distance, and the clouds in the north seemed to be much darker.
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In the Hejian Mansion, Yang Lin was leaning against a stove, looking carefully at the sand table in front of him.
He transferred Tong Guan to Baigou River, of course, not to give him credit, Lu Qian stood aside, a little uneasy in his heart.
Lu Qian knew in his heart that Shaozai was still very trustworthy in the matter of killing. If you say you want to kill him, you will definitely kill him.
However, the killing of children is different from the past, the risks and the probability of success are not large, and they must be carefully planned.
Now that Shaozai has transferred Tong Guan to Baigou River, it has obviously begun, and he doesn't know Shaozai's overall plan, so he can only secretly calculate in his heart.
Yang Lin rubbed his eyes, stretched his waist and said: "This naΓ―ve and damn cold, if you are in Bianliang, you should enjoy happiness in the warm room at this time, just to avoid freezing, and you have to recover Youyan as soon as possible." β
Lu Qian said with a smile: "Shaozai, recovering Youyan is a hundred-year plan. Even if you freeze for a few years, it's worth it. β
In Bianliang, Tokyo, it is also very cold, but it is the busiest time.
In the past few days of the New Year, the four gates of Bianliang have been opened, and Jinwu can't help but redecorate the city all over the city, and put up lights everywhere. The market is crowded with people. Firecrackers and fireworks turn the night into day. Men and women, hairpins walk through. The wine shop is a house, and the sound of silk and bamboo strings is until dawn.
At this time in previous years, it must be a happy moment for Yang Lin to bring his family to enjoy the lights upstairs and drink for a long time.
"In the past, Song Liao had to exchange envoys with each other, hehe, since Yeluchun doesn't have this awareness, I'll send someone to see him." Yang Lin stood up and said with a smile.
Lu Qian paused for a moment, now they are tense with each other, what are they sending people to do?
"It's easy for me to kill Tong Guan, but how to keep the Shengjie army is the difficult part. When you want to get rid of Tong Guan, if you don't take a Shengjie army, you can only join forces with Yeluchun. Yang Lin said with a smile.
"Yeluchun occupies Youyan and does not obey Emperor Liao, isn't he our enemy?"
"Enemies, too, can be used by me."
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In Zhuozhou Chengguan, a military general was standing on the high place of the watchtower in the middle of the camp, looking at the black clouds in the distance.
This person is only about thirty years old, with strong muscles and bones, and a rough face, and he is the rare tiger general Yelu Dashi of the Khitan clan.
Yelu Dashi entered the eunuch with Hanlin, opened a hard bow, ran a wild horse, was broad-minded, and had an extraordinary bearing, and Liao Daozong called it the Khitan Qianli Horse at the beginning.
Such a general, who was both civil and military, was demoted from Beijing by Yelu Yanxi and sent to Yanjing, but became the right-hand man of Yeluchun, the king of Yan.
Yelu Yanxi's attainments in the skill of self-cutting off his arm are no less than Zhao Ji.
In the minds of the vast majority of Liao generals in Xijin Prefecture, this big stone Linya is the last pillar of the stormy Khitan.
At present, Youyan's Khitan small court has been forced into a desperate situation not long after its establishment, and compared with the forces of all parties, they are the weakest, and they occupy all the cities of Youyan.
Even if Yelu Dashi is a genius of the sky, he can't help but feel a trace of despair, what he hates most in his life is the treacherous minister Xiao Fengxian, followed by the bad and surprisingly Song envoy.
Thinking of Yang Lin, Yelu Dashi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he was also a traitor, why did Xiao Fengxian and Yang Lin change.
One scooped the dignified Khitan into this step, and the other slowly made the weak Song Zhongxing.
A small soldier interrupted Yelu Dashi's train of thought, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Dashi Linya, the Han barbarians in the south have sent a messenger, saying that they want to go over to see King Yan." β
Yelu Dashi's expression moved, and he asked, "Who sent it?" β
"It is said that it is the deputy marshal of the barbarian's soldiers and horses, what is it called Yang Lin."
A sense of uneasiness rose in Yelu Dashi's heart, and he came into contact with this guy several times, and as soon as he made a move, it was a vicious strategy, and he couldn't help but call people to take precautions.
"Don't let this group come over first, bring them to my camp, and after I interrogate them, then let them go to see King Yan."