Chapter 643: Surrounded on all sides
Zhang San's idea was that since it was surrounded on all sides, then why not make a central breakthrough, go up from the Liao River, and directly take Liaoyang, when the time comes, if you can destroy Allah in one battle, then the things behind will be simple.
And under what circumstances will the Jurchens be concentrated in Liaoyang City? Major sacrificial activities, expeditions or the death of the emperor, the Jurchens have no major sacrificial activities at all, let alone expeditions, and now only the emperor will let them concentrate their main force in Liaoyang City.
And Wanyan Aguta has always been a heart disease for Zhang San, sometimes you have to believe that some people have the ability to write history, Wanyan Aguta is the kind of person who can rewrite history and write his own history, and turn an ethnic minority into a regional power with his own strength.
So if such a person does not die, Zhang San will be worried that the Jurchens will resurrect at any time, and just take this opportunity to get rid of the troubles in one fell swoop, as for the death of Yan Agu, there are many ways for Zhang San, whether it is assassination or poisoning, even if he can't die, the impact is not big, and he may be able to receive unexpected benefits by blaming the Liao State.
Zhang San asked the staff to reformulate the plan, and then dispatched troops to prepare to attack the Jurchens, and after solving the Jurchens, he turned around and killed the Liao State, and if the operation was done properly, maybe the Liaojin problem could be solved next year.
For Zhang San, the expansion of the territory, Kai did not experience happiness, he was frightened by the unprecedented financial burden, not to mention anything else, the logistics of the troops and the rescue of the victims in various places are a big problem, fortunately, the Mongolian steppe can be left to its own devices, otherwise the pressure will be even greater.
Fighting a war is fighting money, and Zhang San saved up for two or three years to carry out this big operation, so the main war must end next year, otherwise Zhang San will either raise taxes or issue treasury bonds, which is not what Zhang San wants to see.
When Zhang San was in a meeting, the Great Song Dynasty was also having this discussion about the Qi State, although the battle had been fought for two or three months, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers still did not realize the gap between themselves and others.
However, the huge losses still made the Great Song know that his offensive plan was not feasible, so in addition to the border training, the Great Song was still studying how to defeat the Qi State.
In the face of a force that could defeat the Liao State in two months and almost destroy the country, the hearts of the Great Song Dynasty were terrified, especially now that the army of the Qi State had advanced to the outside of the city of Lanzhou, and crossed the Yellow River to the city of Tokyo.
Therefore, in addition to some ministers shouting and shouting to kill, more people are considering whether to move the capital to avoid the edge temporarily, and even more are ready to welcome the new emperor and write a letter to Qi to declare their allegiance.
And for Zhao Ji, this year is quite heartwarming, it has just been three years since the last Liangshan army entered the capital, and this year Qi has hit the city of Tokyo, although the other party has no intention of crossing the river for the time being, but the other party seems to be only fighting with the Liao State without freeing up his hands.
If the other party succeeds in destroying Liao next year, will he come back to clean himself up, this possibility is very large, and Zhao Ji also has this plan to move the capital, but unlike in the past, in the past, the northern dynasty went south, and the southern dynasty ran south.
Because the northerners are not good at water warfare, they can at least row the river and rule, but now in the face of this Qi country, it will not work, because the water division of the Qi country is the crown of the world, and he may die faster when he runs to the south of the Yangtze River.
Many people in the government and the opposition suggested running to Shudi, at least they could rely on this high mountain pass to block for a while, Zhao Ji also had this meaning, but as an emperor, he couldn't propose to escape by himself, and he always had to be persuaded by the minister several times before he could visit Chengdu, but there was no conclusion in the court until now.
Zhao Ji was very anxious about this, but the main battle and the forces were fighting very lively, and these main battle forces were still needed to defend Tokyo, so the enemy was still on the other side of the river, and Zhao Ji did not dare to suppress the main battle faction too much.
In fact, the main battle faction itself is also very confused, from the beginning of the war to now has been fighting for a month or two, the other party has not been strong, their own side has been constantly defeated, eliminated, the other side does not seem to want to fight the Yellow River, so the two sides have fought several times in a row near Lanzhou, each time the Song army was defeated.
Although the main battle faction is fierce, they also know that they can't win, and this is still in the absence of the main force, but these people are often a bit hard-boned, and they have to fight if they can't win, and not only do they want to fight, they ask the emperor to stay and fight with them.
Recently, some people have begun to think about other ideas, that is, the Yangtze River estuary leased by the Qi State, which has become prosperous after Zhang San's three years of construction, and there are not only merits but also practical benefits to get rid of it.
However, Zhang San had long prevented the Great Song Dynasty from doing this, so the other side of 20,000 people came to attack, and the garrisons of the two local divisions directly fought back, and occupied the surrounding towns, Jiangsu, Zhou, Hangzhou and other places.
The reason why Hangzhou was occupied again was also to break off some of the thoughts of the southbound faction, although Zhang San felt that no one would be brain-dead enough to persuade Huizong to go to Hangzhou, but what Zhang San didn't expect was that the Great Song Dynasty really had such brain-dead.
Although Zhang San could not send troops to fight a big war on a large scale, but for coastal cities, supply is convenient, and there is no problem at all in the local war of one or two divisions, the Great Song Dynasty spent the Lantern Festival in the noisy and noisy, Zhang San spent the Lantern Festival in various meetings, and all parties are paying attention to the north at the beginning of the new year.
And the Liao State in the north, Yelu Yanxi has not yet understood from the sudden defeat, and after reacting, his powerful and huge Liao, now only a few cities near Shangjing remain, for Yelu Yanxi, at first he was angry, but after the anger was fear.
At the beginning, someone in the Liao court suggested that he and Jin negotiate peace to deal with Qi together, and for such a minister, Yelu Yanxi directly put the other party in prison, but after a period of war, when he and Jin were surrounded in this part of the Liaohe Plain, he had to seriously consider the next way out.
How big is Yelu Yanxi? Historically, he and the second emperor of Huiqin of the Song Dynasty were also imprisoned after being captured, and the three emperors were all kept in captivity by the Jurchens as pigs and dogs, and they all shamelessly bowed their heads to the Jurchens.
Therefore, they are not only willing to negotiate peace with the Jin State, but also hope to negotiate peace with the Qi State, just to have a place to live, for the envoy of the Liao State, Zhang San is too lazy to see it, and he is looking forward to giving up the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun and wanting to exchange for his previous territory, Zhang San can only say that you think too much.
However, the envoy of the Liao State still had to drag it, at least give him some thoughts, lest he jump off the wall in a hurry, so Zhang San sent people to talk to the envoys of the Liao State, so that they could retreat to Central Asia and avoid death.