Chapter 550: Crisis
Which one are you talking about? Wanyan Zongshu tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's your Qin King Xu Zixian, the one who opened Fujian Road?" ”
"King Qin is indeed a rare masterpiece."
"Hey."
Wanyan Zongshu sneered this time, the Donghu people have been coveting Great Wei for a long time, and they have worked the emperor, high-ranking officials, dignitaries, and of course the clan of Great Wei. They took a detour to buy intelligence from the Bohai State and the Wa Kingdom, and although some of them were mishapty and some of them were fabricated, there would not be much error in the general information.
Xu Zixian opened the capital of Fujian, and his military achievements were impressive, and he has collected a lot of intelligence in the past two years, and Wanyan Zongshu has certainly come into contact with and understood a lot.
"Fighting a dozen mountain bandits and robbers, killing pirates, is not a great deed." Wanyan Zongshu said: "If you get here in Liaodong, face the ice and snow, and fight here, you can be regarded as a hero in the world." ”
Like the traditional northern magnates, Donghu magnates like Wanyan Zongshu had little understanding of sea power and pirates, let alone intuitive feelings, and like the northern high-ranking people of the Great Wei, he had both an indifferent side and a contemptuous side of sea power. Competing for dominance on the sea, killing pirates, in Wanyan Zongshu's view, is just a child's play, not hundreds of thousands of people competing for dominance in the white mountains and black waters, facing the most cruel and difficult natural environment and powerful enemies, not facing 200,000 Donghu cavalry, can not be called heroes.
In the hearts of Wanyan Zongshu and even Chechen Khan and other high-level officials of Donghu, even Li Youde and others are in command, and their status and importance are far above that of Xu Zixian, the prince of Kaifu.
This is something determined by the usual way of thinking and geography, not to look at the intelligence to intuitively understand the south, at this moment, the Donghu nobles, like the people of the Great Wei in the north, have limited knowledge.
Yue Zhi smiled again, the conversation between the two ended here, Wanyan Zongshu had limited gains, and Yue Zhi was the same, the brutal siege battle was about to begin, and Yue Zhi's top priority now was to bring back the 60,000 troops under his command intact from under the noses of the palace tent soldiers.
Fortunately, it was almost dark, and after talking for a while, the army slowly retreated, and when the twilight was low, the army of 60,000 finally began to retreat in great strides, because it was almost dark, and the palace tent army obviously had no plan to pursue, and the two armies were getting farther and farther apart, and finally separated completely.
Wanyan Zongshu didn't point out Yue Zhi's careful thoughts, in fact, he didn't have complete confidence to take it, if a Wei army suddenly attacked in the fierce battle, and lost the Tashan Fort that was taken, Wanyan Zongshu doubted whether his position in Nayan could be kept. Even, life is in danger.
As long as they hold the position in front of them, the retreating Wei army is still in the bag and cannot escape.
It depends on how Li Guorui, Yue Zhi and others decide, and how they decide, it will be quite difficult.
"Xu Zixian, King Qin?" In the twilight, Wanyan Zongshu smiled lightly and shook his head.
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"It's really a shaft, a shaft, Li Enmao is also a bastard, and he can't atone for his sins if he dies!"
In the political affairs hall, many senior counselors and cardinal envoys, including Zhang Guangen, all looked gloomy, and some weak privy deputy envoys actually fainted.
Han Zhong is not much better, and roaring in the political hall is something that has never happened to the prime minister of Bingguo for more than ten years.
There was a gloomy fog in the political hall, and everyone felt a heavy crisis.
Li Enmao had already arrested Xu Ziwei and sent him to Jingshi, and he himself pleaded guilty, and said that he would continue to guard the fortresses in Songshan and Ningyuan. Everyone knows that he is talking nonsense, the Donghu people are not crazy and will not fight all the way along the western part of Liaoxi, Yuguan will put 30,000 people and Donghu 300,000 will not be able to attack it, what is the use of taking Zhubao and Ningyuan City?
The important thing is the 200,000 trapped army, which is the essence of the forbidden army of the Great Wei, not to mention Li Guorui and Yue Zhi and others, any army in the trapped army is commanded, it may be the essence of the century-old generals in Hebei or Hedong and the northwest, with rich experience, profound family knowledge, loyalty, ability, and connections, these generals, as well as those elites of a hundred battles, if they fall on the side of Yushui, this is a price that Great Wei cannot bear.
Even if Han Zhong, the prime minister and the Son of Heaven, can't afford it, the prestige of the two governments and the Son of Heaven will drop sharply, which will make the local people dissatisfied, centrifuged, and even lose control over all roads.
The decay of Great Wei will inevitably accelerate, just like a runaway carriage, inevitably rushing off a cliff.
Those present were all the elites of the Great Wei elite, and everyone understood what the fate of the Northern Expeditionary Army would be if it was destroyed.
"Can't you draw troops from Hedong, Qin Feng and other roads?" A governor said to Zhang Guangen: "Now there are still 100,000 troops outside Yuguan, and another 100,000 soldiers must be drawn to open up Tashan and open up the grain road......
"It's impossible to do." Zhang Guangen said: "Of the 600,000 forbidden troops, there are already 300,000 outside Yuguan, and there are still more than 100,000 garrisons in the south and the Central Plains, and more than 10 roads in Shandong. The army has enough food and grass for a maximum of ten days, and it will take ten days for our military order to transfer troops to almost the farthest places. There are tens of thousands of people in Jingshi and Jizhou, and Yunzhou have to defend against the northern captives, and they can't draw any more people, otherwise the northern captives will come in and directly threaten the Jingshi. Similarly, Qin Feng, all roads in Sichuan want to defend Xiqiang, but there are less than 100,000 people, all of them are pulled out, and all roads are gone? Besides, it's still like that, there's not enough time......"
Zhang Guangen's face was wrinkled as if he had been deeply ploughed, and in just a few days, this privy envoy of the Great Wei had actually fallen into a collapse, and participating in the meeting of the political hall in front of him was just a routine.
"Not only do there be no soldiers, but there is no money...... Han Zhong also sat down, his face was also full of decadence, he lost 200,000 main forbidden troops in World War I, Han Zhong is also the first person in the history of the Great Wei Dynasty, and he is destined to be famous in history in the history books in the future.
Of course, what kind of reputation it is, Han Zhong himself also understands it very well.
Misleading the country and traitors, the evaluation of these four words cannot be avoided.
Even, it is the traitor of the country......
"The money in each inventory is less than two million, and it will cost at least 10 million yuan to requisition and raise an army, and the cost of armor and weapons is more than that." Zheng Yumin, the transfer envoy, also said: "At the bottom, we still have to rely on spring taxes to make up for holes, and the grain storage is less than three million stones, and it is difficult to say whether we can withstand ......the spring famine and summer harvest."
"Now we have to think about the worst-case scenario." Han Zhong raised his head and said to everyone: "The northern border, Yuguan Pass, and Yumen Pass all have to recruit new troops to garrison, even if the Donghu people win, they will definitely be greatly injured, and they will give us time to recruit and form a new forbidden army, and we must select generals in the Jiangmen, and appoint a pacifying ......envoy who is shrewd and strong to do Xiaochang's military affairs."
"The important thing is not to let the Son of Heaven mess around, and the courtiers are less selfish!" Zhang Guangen split his head is a sentence, seeing Han Zhong's displeasure, Zhang Guangen didn't care, and continued: "Also, Wang Zhi should be rewarded, and if necessary, King Qin should be asked to lead the fleet north."
, order the Northern Expeditionary Army to break through to the sea, how much can be saved! ”
A tower mountain and a ten-mile long trench will certainly not be able to block all the places that can be walked, and the army can only be broken into pieces if necessary, and desperately run to the sea in western Liaoxi.
In the battle of Songjin in history, the defeat of the Eighth General Army left Hong Chengchou in Songshan Fort, the Qing army's light cavalry pursued and defeated the fleeing Ming army, and the sea in western Liaoning was full of corpses, and a large number of Ming troops drowned directly in the sea.
Zhang Guangen has never been to Liaoxi, but he has a wooden sand table, and his current method is also the only way to save the lives of soldiers as much as possible.
"Be quick!" Zhang Guangen said: "Don't scruple about anything, don't be lucky, now we have to make a decision while the army still has the strength to fight!" ”
Everyone looked at each other, Zhang Guangen was in a hurry, what's the use of yelling at them? Now that the information is cut off, there is no way to give instructions to Li Guorui and Yuezhi.
"The Son of Heaven ran out of the palace...... "An internal envoy Xiao Huangmen ran to the government hall panting, ignoring the ban, and crashed in.
"What's the hell going on?" Han Zhong's face was cold, and he took the lead in stride.
After the news came back from the front, the Son of Heaven's sanity seemed to be a little abnormal, and he walked in the palace with a sword every day, and there were several little yellow doors that were stabbed to death by the Son of Heaven.
This cannot be publicized, and of course the Son of Heaven cannot be punished...... The whole country is a courtier, and the Son of Heaven is unkind and unkind to kill people at most, and he can still be brought to justice?
When the ministers arrived at the inner east gate, the Son of Heaven with his cloak had already run out.
Walking with a sword, his eyes were red, and when he saw Han Zhong and the others, the Son of Heaven seemed to be a sign.
"I'm not crazy." The Son of Heaven said: "I want to personally conquer and save Li Guorui and my army." ”
Han Zhong said coldly: "There is no money and food, and there is no army, Your Majesty wants to go alone?" ”
"I still have 30,000 forbidden troops, thousands of Lang guards ......"
"The Beijing battalion soldiers are unusable, and Lang Wei is even more unbearable in a battle." Han Zhong said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty should go back to the palace, don't make trouble." ”
"Xianggong is not responsible?" The Son of Heaven said angrily: "The affairs of the world, even if they are broken, are the responsibility of me and Xianggong. ”
It turns out that this official is afraid of the hearts of the people in the world, afraid of what Wanfu will point to, and afraid of taking responsibility?
Han Zhong didn't know if he was sneering or smiling bitterly, indeed, he couldn't get out, no matter how much bitterness and compulsion he had, the bad things he used about Li Enmao were also a fact, selfishness, and put Xu Ziwei's waste in Tashan, this was Li Enmao's biggest mistake.
The lightest has to be stripped of the captain, and it is difficult to say whether he can live or not.
Xu Ziwei will most likely not die, although he is the culprit, what can save him is not the identity of the clan or the blood of the Son of Heaven, but his two sons.
The two regimental training envoys have already entered the palace, regardless of whether the procedure is right or wrong, it is a fact that they have entered the palace, and it may be a fact that the Son of Heaven may be in the future.
You can't kill the father of the Son of Heaven, just like King Zhao, how much of a mistake he made, that is, he couldn't even get rid of the knighthood. Xu Ziwei's crime is bigger, but it is also a cut and a captivity, at most.
Unless it is the death of the Great Wei Dynasty, or the imperial system is offset.
The worry of the Son of Heaven lies in this, his father and brother have repeatedly done bad things, the trust of the Son of Heaven has seriously declined, and the court officials are at both ends of their minds, whether they can keep the throne, or even keep the throne unshakable, it is quite difficult to say now.