Chapter 157: Clouds Move in All Directions
Kaifeng, Henan, from the year before last to Kaifeng City, last year Zong Ze led the army into Kaifeng, until now, Kaifeng has completely changed!
Because of the Jurchen invasion, Kaifeng has long been ten rooms and nine empty, and the entire Kaifeng originally had a population of one million, but now it has only a few thousand people, and its degree of dilapidation can be imagined!
The city is full of ruined houses, weeds, and wild beasts!
Even the former palace is dilapidated at the moment, and you can constantly see the ruins and broken walls, and you can constantly see the bones that no one has cleaned up! The opulence of this place has long since disappeared, and now it is as if it has been abandoned for many years!
Late at night, there are no lights or any sound! No one will live in this empty place, they would rather live in a cramped and comfortable home outside!
But in a row of rooms around the palace, there are lights on here!
Under the lamp, the gray-haired old man is struggling to write, and it is quiet at night, his back is reflected on the window paper outside, looking unusually lonely and lonely!
At this moment, there was a voice from outside, and he raised his head and said, "Come in!" ”
I saw a general in his thirties enter the room, and the temperament of the general, Yue Fei, Wang Gui, and Zhang Xian was a little imaginary, obviously a rebel general who came out of the countryside!
"The last general, Wang Yan, see my lord!" The rebel general knelt down and said.
It turned out that he turned out to be Wang Yan, the leader of the Eight-Character Army! The eight-character army was the most famous rebel army in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the first batch of soldiers had eight words tattooed on their faces, "serve the country with a red heart and swear to kill the gold thief", so it was called the eight-character army! In the original history, after Wang Yan, Liu Qi served as the leader of the Eight-Character Army, and developed the Eight-Character Army to a peak! But now Liu Qi is already a general under Zhao Chen, I'm afraid that he won't follow Zhao Gougan!
"Get up! What's the matter? The old man said a little tiredly.
"My lord, the Jurchen army is about to go south, let's think of something to deal with them!" Wang Yan said.
"Don't worry, I'll be able to stop the Jurchen army! We now have two million rebels, how many Jurchens can there be? At most, there are only 100,000, don't be afraid! The old man said.
If Zhao Chen heard this here, he would definitely be shocked! This old man has gathered two million rebels in just one year, and if nothing else, the word "two million" alone is enough to make people terrifying! Zhao Chen's army is now only 200,000, and the army under the old man is ten times that of him!
"My lord, although there are many of our rebels, many of them are rabble, and they may not be able to stop the Jurchens!" Wang Yan said.
"Let's rely on Kaifeng and Shangqiu, under the command of the old man, we can block the Jurchens, you don't have to worry!" The old man said.
"What are you writing about?" Wang Yan said.
"I want Your Majesty to send Han Shizhong to Kaifeng, if Han Shizhong comes to Kaifeng, I will be more sure to deal with the Jurchens!" The old man said.
"Your Majesty is afraid that you won't let Han Shizhong come here!" Wang Yan said.
The old man sighed softly and said, "I also suggest that Your Majesty move the capital to Kaifeng!" After a year, I have gathered an army of two million, and if Your Majesty comes here, it can boost the morale of the army, and it will not be a problem to counterattack the north in the future! ”
Wang Yan was taken aback and said, "Your Excellency, you must not do this!" ”
The old man said, "Why not? ”
Wang Yan said: "I'm afraid that this will anger Your Majesty, and I'm afraid that the post of Kaifeng prefect will be removed at that time!" ”
The old man shook his head and said, "If it's good for the country, what's the matter if I am removed from the Kaifeng prefect?" ”
Wang Yan said anxiously: "My lord, if you are removed from the post of prefect of Kaifeng, who will resist the Jurchen invasion?" ”
The old man was stunned and said, "Then after defeating the Jurchens this time, I will suggest that Your Majesty should also open the seal!" At that time, I proved to His Majesty that I was enough to resist the Jurchens, and Your Majesty would surely be at ease! ”
Wang Yan still felt that something was wrong in his heart, when he first followed King Kang Zhao Gou, he felt that King Kang Zhao Gou was a hero who could turn the tide, but unfortunately he soon found out that King Kang Zhao Gou was strong and competent! King Kang's ability to fight for power and profit is not small, and he is good at promoting talents, but after King Kang arrived in Hangzhou, he immediately fell into glory and wealth, and now King Kang has no intention of fighting with the Jurchens at all, only thinking about the side of peace! He thinks that as long as the old man hands over such a recital, he is afraid that he will not only be dismissed, but even worry about his life! For King Kang's ruthlessness, Wang Yan also has some experience! In order to compete for power and profit, King Kang even wanted to kill his nephew at the beginning, but now what is it to kill this old man! King Kang has a lot of generals under him, and it is estimated that King Kang doesn't care about this old man anymore!
"Now the situation in the world is chaotic, I am in Kaifeng every day, worried! I'm worried about both the Jurchens and Emperor Xuanwu! The old man said.
"Emperor Xuanwu? That's just a child, so what's there to worry about? Wang Yan said.
"Emperor Xuanwu himself is really not worth worrying about, I am afraid that those powerful ministers who killed Emperor Xuanwu will only instigate Emperor Xuanwu to attack Jiangnan, then it will be inappropriate!" The old man said.
"This Emperor Xuanwu, there is more than enough success, he was a puppet in the hands of Zhekeqiu, but now he is only afraid that he will become a puppet in the hands of Li Gang, Qu Duan and others!" Wang Yan snorted coldly.
"That's it, he was the crown prince after all, and his ascension to the throne is justified! Hey, the situation in the country has become like this, I really don't know who is right and who is wrong! The old man let out a long sigh.
"Hmph, when I was outside Xiangzhou City, it would be nice if Your Majesty could kill that Emperor Xuanwu!" Wang Yan said.
"How can you have such an idea?" The old man frowned.
"Am I not right? Emperor Xuanwu is the source of the division of the world! Wang Yan said.
"Well, don't talk about him! Tomorrow morning, you will call all the leaders of the rebels, and we will have a good discussion on how to deal with the Jurchens!" The old man said.
Wang Yan nodded and agreed, don't mention it!
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It wasn't until around December 10 that the Jurchen army in Hedong finally moved slowly!
Wanyan Lou also led an army of 20,000 into the Jurchen army in Hedong!
As for Wanyan Yinshu, he was sent to Chang'an!
At this moment, Wanyan Yinshu is with Wanyan Living Girl!
Wanyan Yinshu has a very good relationship with Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Living Girl is the son of Wanyan Lou Room, so naturally she doesn't dare to slack off Wanyan Yinshuke!
"Uncle don't worry, when next year, uncle has made a few contributions, and he can naturally be promoted to captain again! With the force of his uncle, who in the world can be opposed? In the Chang'an City Lord's Mansion, Wanyan Huonu was entertaining Wanyan Yinshuke, he took a sip of wine and said.
Wanyan Yinshu is gnawing on a large piece of roast lamb shank, this roast leg of lamb is not even sprinkled with salt, he doesn't care, he doesn't know how to eat now, he just gnaws there fiercely, as if venting!
"I heard that the rebels in Hedong are all subordinates of the little emperor of Han, but is there such a thing?" After a while, Wanyan asked again.
"Not bad! That little emperor has no other skills, but there are a lot of conspiracies and tricks! He actually sent people to Hedong to oppose me everywhere, and the third prince died! "The silver technique is good.
"Uncle, I'm thinking about something! The second prince, the fourth prince, and my father all went south, leaving only us in Chang'an! Actually, it's not interesting for us to stay here, so let's start a battle too! "Wanyan said to the living girl.
"Shall we also follow them south? The second prince will never agree! "The silver technique is good.
"I'm not talking about going south!" Wanyan lived girl's way.
"What's that?" The silver technique can be said.
"I mean, we can go all the way west! Now that Guanshan and Fengxiang Mansion are in the hands of the Han people, let's knock down Fengxiang Mansion and Jingyuan City farther away, what do you think? "Wanyan said to the living girl.
Wan Yan Yinshu was stunned when he heard this, and after a moment he suddenly laughed, and his laughter shook the house!
"Not bad! Good idea! If we can't march south, then wipe out all the Han people in the northwest! Jingyuan City is known as the first military city in the north, let's destroy Jingyuan City! There is also Fengxiang Mansion, which is on the back side of Hanzhong, and we will destroy him too! I heard that there are still tens of thousands of Han troops in the northwest, let's wipe out these Han armies! When the time comes, we will also have meritorious deeds, and maybe I will be able to become a captain again! Wanyan Yinshu laughed.
The scar on his face continued to shake with his laughter, like a huge earthworm, it looked terrifying and disgusting, but the living girl turned a blind eye and laughed! Both of them were so excited that they felt they had a bright future!
And just when the clouds were moving in all directions, the grain and grass in Hanzhong and Sichuan and Shu were all moving towards Dasanguan!
Intelligence from all over Guanshan is also being sent to Dasanguan in a steady stream!
The strength of the forbidden army, the Jingyuan army, the Huanqing army, and the imperial camp of nearly 150,000 is also gathered in the area of Dasanguan and Fengxiang Mansion at this moment!
By the time of December 15, Zhao Chen had already rushed to Dasanguan in person!
Wang Shu, Yue Fei, Zhao Zhe, Liu Qi, Kang An and others all gathered at Dasanguan at this moment!