Chapter 449: The Western Army Rises Up

Xu Wei stood by the railing on the upper floor of his residence, motionless, like a stone statue. Xu Shao was urgently summoned into the forbidden middle school, although he didn't know what was going on, but intuitively, he guessed that the matter was not trivial. Seeing that the sky was about to darken, and the third uncle hadn't come back yet, Xu Wei couldn't help but think secretly, could it be ......

"Xianggong Xu Xuanfu is back," the guards rushed into the courtyard and shouted upstairs.

Xu Wei moved when he heard the sound, strode downstairs, and went to Xu Shao's residence in a hurry. The two of them were not far away, just separated by two porches, and when he stepped into the courtyard, he found that the third uncle's entourage was hurriedly packing up. As soon as he saw this posture, he had already guessed a few points in his heart.

After asking where his uncle was, he walked straight to the room. When he stepped into the threshold, he saw Xu Shao packing up some chapter files behind the copywriting, so he stood at the door and asked in a deep voice, "Third uncle?" ”

Xu Shao raised his head, his face was solemn, and he looked at his nephew for a while, but he didn't know where to start. After a while, he lowered his head, continued the movements in his hands, and said in his mouth: "Go quickly, and set off for Shaanxi early tomorrow morning." ”

Xu Wei's face remained unchanged, and he asked again, "Jurchens?" Xu Shao didn't say anything, just nodded, after he packed up some important copywriting, he thought that Xu Wei had left, but when he looked up again, he found that the other party was still standing at the door.

With a heavy sigh, Xu Shao stepped out of the desk a little weakly, and before he arrived at the guest seat, he slowly sat down with his hands on his knees, and then said, "Sit down." ”

Xu Wei stepped forward and sat down, but he didn't ask questions, because it could be seen that the third uncle was under a lot of pressure.

"Unfortunately, you said, the Jurchens, here it is again." Xu Shao said in a low voice.

"Through Shandong, transfer to the Central Plains?" Xu Wei asked tentatively.

"Yes, the Jin people knew that the Tokyo Left-behind Division had arranged a heavy defense in Huazhou, so they turned to Shandong. Known as 500,000 horse infantry troops, its ambitions are not small. Xu Shao said.

"Not at all." Xu Wei concluded. However, with the current strength of the Song army in the Central Plains, or Gyeonggi, Henan Province, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop the offensive of the Jurchens. Last time, the Jindong Road Army had already looted the Central Plains, and this time it would be easier than last time.

"Even if half of it is less, Zhang Suo can't cope with it, the Central Plains, life hangs by a thread." Xu Shao said worriedly.

Of course, Xu Wei knows this, what the Tokyo Left-behind Division currently relies on is Han Shizhong, Yue Fei and other generals, but with Han Yue's current strength, it is not enough to compete with the Jurchens. What he cares about now is, what is the attitude of the imperial court? And what is the attitude of the third uncle who presides over Shaanxi's military and political affairs?

"The ministers of the DPRK and China are arguing, each saying their own thing, and has not yet come up with a countermeasure. However, some people have already proposed that the Central Plains is in danger, and they have asked the Western Army to go out of Tongguan to help. As soon as Xu Shao's words came out, Xu Jiu's heart fell. Previously, the Western Army had followed Fan Zhixu, the governor of Shaanxi, to go out of the customs and return to the king, and suffered heavy losses. This time I'm going to do it again......

Third uncle, don't say that you nodded in agreement that the Western Army can't be used indiscriminately, besides, Shaanxi is also a mess, and it's not good that the Jurchens will send troops in two ways, I'm afraid that Shaanxi is also fighting now and is going to transfer the Western Army to the Central Plains, I'm afraid that when I look back, the old nest has made people take the Northwest Army of the Great Song Dynasty, but don't be like the Northeast Army in later generations, becoming a homeless lonely division

"At present, I have not received a report from Shaanxi, so the official family urged me to return to Shaanxi as soon as possible in case there is a change." When Xu Shao said this, he finally let go of Xu Wei's hanging heart. As long as the third uncle didn't express his position in front of the emperor and the deacons, things would be much easier.

"Third uncle, then I'll go and prepare, and ...... early tomorrow morning" Xu Wei was about to get up.

"Old Nine." Xu Shao stopped him. "I'm worried now, will there be anything wrong in Shaanxi?"

Xu Wei sat back and said solemnly: "This Xuanfu Xianggong can rest assured, if the Jin army is still sent from two routes, the most convenient route to enter the army is to go from the Guanzhong Plain to the city of Chang'an." In this area, the humble post has been properly arranged, not to mention the defense of Chang'an City, and there are also heavy troops in Yaofang Prefecture. Moreover, behind Chang'an, there are troops directly under the Xuanfu Disposal Division, which is enough to resist. ”

"But you're still in Zhenjiang." Xu Shaodao.

"There is no need to worry about this point of Xuanxiang, even if the lowly post is not there, recruit the deputy envoy Wu Jue, and control Yang Yan can replace the lowly command, and then Zhang Xian, Wu Lan and other generals can stand alone, the most unfortunate, there is no problem until the Xuanfu Prime Minister goes back." Xu Wei said with relief.

Xu Shao was a little relieved, but then, he asked a question that worried Xu Wei: "If the Jin army advances in two ways, the Western Army will naturally defend the territory and resist the war." If not, then it is the duty of the Western Army to come to the rescue, you know? ”

Xu Wei's face was expressionless, and he could imagine how much pressure Xu Shao was under from the court. However, it is definitely not a wise move to pull the Western Army from Shaanxi to the Central Plains to fight, and I Xu Wei has won several battles, but those are all on a limited scale. This time, the Jin Army is known as 500,000, the water is wrung out, there are always 200,000, and then those shrimp soldiers and crabs will be planed, the real Jin Army elite 100,000 is not much, right?

To deal with 100,000 Jin troops, and it is in the Central Plains, how many soldiers and horses does the Western Army get? At least 150,000, right? You still have to guard against Yan Lousu taking advantage of the opportunity of the Western Army to aid the Central Plains to attack and calculate this account, does the Western Army have this ability? Putting these aside, even if the Western Army really came to the aid and won, it would be to relieve the crisis in the Central Plains and force the Jin Army back. But in case of a major defeat like the "Battle of Fuping" in history, the Central Plains can't keep Shaanxi, and the remnants of the Western Army may have to retreat to Sichuan, just like in history. So why should we argue with Jin Jun?

"The family is an uncle and nephew, the subject is a subordinate, the minister is a public but there is a military order, and the lowly position must obey each other. If Xiang Gong is really willing to gamble with the Western Army, he has nothing to say about his humble position, but he can only listen to moderation," Xu Wei arched his hand. He wasn't angry, because he knew that with Xu Shao's knowledge, it was impossible not to figure out these truths.

Xu Shao clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, and waved his hand for a long time. Xu Wei got up and bowed, and strode out of the room.

Early the next morning, the two of them set off for Shaanxi. Such a big thing happened suddenly, and the court was already chaotic enough, and no one came to send it. Because the Central Plains had already started a war, they could only go to Shuzhong and return to Shaanxi via Sichuan. This road, even with the fastest speed, will take more than a month to reach the destination.

Just as they were on their way to Shaanxi, the Central Plains region was already full of smoke. In the fifth year of Longxing, in August, the Jin court decided to support Wanyan Wushu, with him as the right deputy marshal, and sent more than 90,000 soldiers and horses under the jurisdiction of the Yanjing Privy Council, and recruited a Han army of 10,000 people, a Khitan army, plus 50,000 signed troops, and 50,000 puppet Korean troops, a total of 210,000 people, known as 500,000, launched an attack of "collecting the Central Plains and pointing to the south of the Yangtze River".

At the beginning of the war, the Jin army defeated the limited Song army in Shandong without much effort. But what is puzzling is that Wushu does not seem to have the intention of going to Tokyo, and deliberately puts the Tokyo area not to fight, but divides the troops into routes, quickly attacking the city and conquering other prefectures in the Central Plains. The strategic arrangement of the Tokyo Left-behind Division was originally to focus on the capital, so how could there be any strength to take care of other things? Therefore, in a very short period of time, Wushu took Zhengzhou, Yingchang Mansion, Ruzhou, and Chenzhou, and formed a pincer attack on Henan Mansion, where Luoyang is located, and Kaifeng Mansion, where Tokyo is located. What's more serious is that Wushu's move also separated the Tokyo Left-behind Division and Zhenjiang Xing, blocking the way for Jiangbei to support the Central Plains.

And Tokyo, who stayed in Zhangsho, was slow to react after the incident. Han Shizhong warned him several times that the Jin army would not come to touch Tokyo City because they wanted to leave us to the end and encircle and annihilate us. It is necessary to make a decision as soon as possible, one is to ask for help, the other is to break through the siege and abandon Tokyo immediately, lead the troops to jump out of the encirclement of the Jin army, go south, and join the troops of the Imperial Camp Division in the south of the Yangtze River, this is the best policy

But Zhang did not agree, although he also thought in his heart that Han Shizhong's opinion was reasonable in military terms. But from a political point of view, he didn't dare and couldn't give up Tokyo, after all, although the money, food, and materials in the capital city were transferred, there were still hundreds of thousands of people in Tokyo, as well as the imperial palace and temple, what should we do if we patted our butts and left? I went to the south, how do I explain to the officials?

It was this scruple of Zhang that directly announced the bankruptcy of Zhao Ding's plan to "confront the Central Plains".

The fourth day of September, Shaanxi, Qinzhou.

An army of horses, swept into the city like a whirlwind. After more than a month of starry nights, Xu Shao, Xu Wei's uncle and nephew finally returned to Shaanxi. At this moment, what they want to know most is, what happened to Shaanxi?

It was noon, and the adjutants of the Xuanfu Disposal Division, who had eaten lunch, returned to the government office in twos and threes, ready to continue to take care of official affairs. When you arrive at the second class, you will first brew a cup of strong tea and prepare to scrape the greasy lunch. During the interval between waiting for tea, it is really pleasant to sit in the position and squint and take a nap.

"I'm about to go to the lobby to announce that the prime minister is back" This thunderous roar woke up a group of leisurely officials. After being stunned for a moment, they all jumped up as if their buttocks were on fire, and went straight to the lobby.

In the corridor, I saw colleagues flocking to each other, talking to each other. Why did Xuanfu Xianggong call me to the court as soon as he came back, without seeing me? What's going on?

When they arrived at the court, everyone knew that the matter was not small. Don't you see? Xuanfu Xianggong one, Nanlu Xu Zhaoyi, all sweating, wheezing. One sat on the top of the hall, the other on the bottom, with a tired look on his face.

Wang Shu, the judge of the Xuanfu Disposal Division who returned from Huanqing, stepped forward and asked cautiously: "Xuanxiang, what are you ......?"

Xu Shao waved his hand, grabbed the teacup on the case and drank it violently, after drinking, he couldn't care about being out of breath, and asked quickly: "Is there something wrong in Shaanxi?"

A word shocked Shaanxi? What can happen? Everything is normal

"It's not a big deal. It's just that last month, there were soldiers in Huanqing who made a rebellion, but they were suppressed by Xu Zhaoyu within half a day, and it did not cause a ......" Wang Shu is reporting according to the truth.

Unexpectedly, Xu Shao interrupted him: "This official is asking Jin Jun if Jin Jun can move"

Wang Shu was shocked by his appearance, and all the officials in the hall also looked at each other. What did Jin Jun do?

"No, no, Xuan Xiang, what's wrong?" Wang Shu was confused.

Xu Shao can be regarded as letting go of a big stone in his heart. He grabbed the teacup again, but found that there was no half of it inside, and after the heavy lid was closed, the whole person collapsed, closed his eyes, leaned back against the chair, and stopped moving.

Seeing this, the officials didn't dare to disturb, and they all turned their eyes to Xu Wei. You went with Xuanfu Xianggong, you should know what's going on, right? Wang Shu walked over and asked in a low voice, "Ziang, why is this?" ”

Xu Wei had already calmed down at this time, and looking at the puzzled faces, he sighed: "The Jin army has invaded the south in a big way. ”

The pot suddenly exploded in the court, and the adults who were sleepy after the meal were instantly shocked, how? Another big invasion? How good is that? Alas, the country is troubled

"Which way to go? Is Shaanxi dangerous? ”

"What is the attitude of Zhenjiang Xing? Is there an explicit order for Shaanxi? ”

"Where are you now? Gangnam is safe, right? ”

All the officials were gossiping, and they all rushed to Xu Wei, and the whole court was in an uproar. Suddenly, only two loud bangs were heard. Everyone looked back and saw Xuanfu Xianggong's face full of anger, and his hand hit the desk. The noisy public hall suddenly fell silent.

After all, Xu Shao was old, so he slapped the table twice, his legs were weak again, and after sitting down, he reprimanded: "What are you waiting for?" All sit down."

The officials sat down according to the order, and although they didn't say anything, they still couldn't help but feel apprehensive in their hearts. In the past, the Jin army was always divided into two routes, one east and one west, but now that the Central Plains is at war, Shaanxi may not be able to escape, right? Oh, Xu Wei, Xu Wei, this time you have to resist it, and we will count on you

Xu Shao tried his best to calm himself down, and the problems he was facing now were even more complicated. If the Jin army is still divided into two routes, it will be easy to do, and he will directly lead the Western Army to resist the war. Judging from the current signs, the Jin Army has changed its previous strategy, and this time it seems that it is only aimed at the Central Plains. So where the Western Army will go depends on how he decides

Although the ministers of the court and the central government called for the western army to come to help, the emperor did not make a clear request. just let him judge the situation, which is also his right to "proclaim and dispose of" cheaply. But the more this happens, the more headache it becomes. On the way back, he thought about it countless times, and had to admit that Lao Jiu's words were right. Even if the Jin army did not attack Shaanxi, the Western army could not run to the Central Plains to support. Shaanxi is too important, there is no room for any mistakes, Yan Yan has been occupied by the Jin army, and the enemy is right under his nose, how can he pull away? Besides, in the past, the Western Army came to the rescue, it was because the Son of Heaven was in Beijing, and he could not be saved. But now, the Son of Heaven is far away in the south of the Yangtze River......

However, if the Western Army is so inactive and indifferent, it will definitely not work. It's hard, it's a dilemma

"Beiyi invaded the south again, through Shandong, to Henan, the Central Plains is in danger of today's situation, the Jin people seem to have no intention of committing Shaanxi, do you think, how should the Western Army respond?" Xu Shao asked. It was hard to hide the tiredness in his tone.

Wang Shu immediately took over the conversation: "What do you mean?" ”

"At that time, the situation was unclear, and there were no clear instructions, just let Shaanxi judge the situation." Xu Shao replied.

"The weight of the Central Plains is far better than the two rivers, and the loss of the Central Plains is not only hopeless to recover, but also the south of the Yangtze River is also dangerous, and the Western Army must make a move." Wang Shu groaned.

"Yes, the Western Army went straight to Henan," someone echoed loudly. Immediately attracted a chorus of approval.

Xu Wei glanced at these people and did not speak. At this time, there was also someone watching him, it was his cousin, Xu Liu.

"If the Western Army rushes to the aid of Henan, then may I ask, where is Shaanxi?" Xu Liang asked in a voice.

The hall was quiet for a while, yes, my brain was hot, just thinking about the Central Plains, how could Shaanxi be rectified? Now that the area of Tongzhou is still occupied by the Jin army, if the Western Army is transferred to the Central Plains, don't let people take the old nest, right? No, no, no, the Western Army can't go anywhere and can't go

"Can we divide the troops? One to defend the Golden Army, one to help? Someone asked in a low voice, probably feeling a little lacking in confidence.

"Division? You turn around and ask Xu Zhao yourself. If the troops are divided, I am afraid that we will not be able to save the Central Plains, and we will not be able to protect Shaanxi."

"What then? The situation is so critical, are hundreds of thousands of Western troops indifferent? Is it dry to raise soldiers in the imperial court? ”

"Isn't that what that said, isn't this a deliberation? What are you anxious about? The situation in Shaanxi is already complicated, how dare the Jin army act rashly on the side of our collapse? ”

"What I said is that in my opinion, the Jurchens just want to use the Shaanxi Jin Army to contain the Western Army and prevent the Western Army from supporting, so that they can let go of their hands and feet to invade the south."

These people were noisy and noisy, and there was no unanimous opinion, until Xu Liang stepped forward to stop it again.

"The country has reached such a point that the Western Army must take action, and we can't sit idly by," Xu Shao made a final decision and set a tone for the Western Army.

Since he opened this mouth, there is no need to discuss whether the Western Army can move at every turn. It's just, what's the way to act? Really go to support the Central Plains? Ignored in the backyard?

Wang Shu and others were quite excited and agreed: "Xuan Xiang's words are in Lixi's army as the elite division of the Great Song Dynasty, and the national disaster is at the head, and it should be the courage to turn the tide."

"How?" This is really a real problem.

Xu Shao didn't answer, but set his eyes on Xu Wei: "The South Road recruits Xu Wei here, I guess there must be some suggestions?" ”

In fact, on the way, his uncle and nephew had already discussed several times and prepared several sets of strategies. If it is only for the interests of the Shaanxi and Western Army, it is best not to move. This year, the Jin army's wheat harvest was ruined, and the Jurchens in Shaanxi will only become more and more passive. In another two or three years, when the western army is strong and strong, and the food and salary are abundant, the horn of the counterattack can be sounded. But it is clear that the current environment does not allow the Western Army to do this.

Then there are two sets of options.

In the first set, since the Jin army invaded the Central Plains, it was inevitable that Henan Province, where Xijing Luoyang was located, would be inevitable. Henan borders Shaanxi and Shaanxi, via Shaanxi. Now that Shaanzhou is under the control of Xu Wei, it can send troops on a small scale to support the war of resistance in the Central Plains. If the battle is unfavorable and Shaanzhou is lost, then it is also a prudent policy to retreat to Tongguan to defend it.

As for the second set, it's a bit risky......

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