Chapter 513: Sudden Battle

In mid-August, Xu Wei did not wait for the report of Huanqing Jingluo to appease Liu Guangshi, but received news from Chang'an Xizuo. (Niu Wen ~ Net) puppet Han's Li Yongqi, the governor of Yanzhou, and his son Li Shifu conspired to launch a "rebellion" and wanted to kidnap Zhang Jun, the puppet ruler of Shaanxi. Unexpectedly, Zhang Jun learned the news in advance and thwarted the attempt. The details of the incident are unknown, but it was found that the Li family was almost wiped out......

Xu Wei was shocked to hear the news, and couldn't help but feel pity, and instructed the meticulous work lurking in the enemy territory to try to find out what happened.

In the blink of an eye to Jiading three years, the Western Army gradually recovered from the pain of defeat, Yao Pingzhong because of the support of Xu Churen and Xu Wei, the Xihe Army expanded to more than 30,000 people, so far, except for the Jingyuan Jingluo Pacification Division, the strength of all roads in Shaanxi is basically the same. Qin Fenglu did not recruit troops on a large scale during this period, and the Hu'er army remained at more than 30,000 after the war. Although the quantity did not increase, Xu Wei grabbed the quality hard. The most outstanding achievement is that his selection of horse troops has reached the scale of 8,000 horsemen.

Eight thousand cavalry is nothing in the eyes of the Jin army, but in the Song army, even if it is a large corps of the size of a front army, it is rare to be able to get this number. Xu Wei's original cavalry foundation was thicker than that of other roads, and in the past two years, Qin Feng's horse farm produced a small number of war horses, all of which were "swallowed" by him.

In addition to the increase in cavalry strength, firearms gradually became large-scale in the Tiger Army. The 2,000 "assault cavalry" commanded by Li Chengwei have become proficient in the use of the new "three-eyed assault rifle" and have become an elite mobile strike force. The "flying artillery" equipped with infantry has also formed a standard, with as many as 100 guns, mainly arranged in Zhujiguan and Fengxiang Fucheng. In addition, the completion of the Fengxiang city defense project marks the formation of the Zhuji Pass-Fengxiang City-Dasanguan triangular defense system.

The Western Army was steadily recovering, and Xu Churen was not idle, in addition to trying his best to meet the needs of Shaanxi, he increased taxes in Sichuan through various means to ensure the stability of the situation. In the three years of Jiading, the tax revenue of Sichuan and Shaanxi exceeded 25 million yuan for the first time. In view of this situation, Xu Churen began to accumulate money and grain to make strategic reserves for possible future wars.

During this period, there were constant minor frictions between the Western Army and the Jin Army and the South Korean Army in Shaanxi, but there were no major conflicts, and the situation was generally calm. But this calm changed in June of the third year of Jiading.

First of all, let's start with the country of gold. After Wanyan Kang received the support of a group of "emperor" clans such as Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zonggan, and Wanyan Zongbi (Wushu) to succeed to the throne, he began to attack the "Xiang clan" forces represented by Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han). It's just that Muhan is the first hero of the founding of Dajin, enjoys high prestige in the army, and has always been the symbol of the Jin army.

Although Wan Yan "changed the military power with the phase" and summoned most of Zong Han and his dead friends to the central court, he still did not dare to rashly move to Zong Han's head. After thinking about it, the emperor and his gang found a breakthrough, that is, Gao Shiyu's Great Korea. At the beginning, he supported the founding of the country by Emperor Gao Shiyou, which was to "control the Han with the Han and the south with the south", and formed a buffer zone between the Song and Jin.

But now, the Emperor of Jin himself is implementing the reform of sinicization, what three princes and three provinces, and the feudal system, it has been very popular. And after so many years of understanding, I have almost explored the management of the Han people. There is no longer a need for the origin of the high world to fill the scene.

As for the Song-Jin buffer zone, it cannot be established. Because the Song army is already too weak, for the Jin army, the other party is almost out of strength to parry, let alone fight back? What do you need buffers for?

The most important thing is that the Jin Imperial Court allocated the territory that the Jin soldiers had fought hard to get back to Gao Shiyou, although it was a continuation of the policy of Jin Taizong Wu begging to buy, but this made the Jin army very unhappy. We work hard, and in the end, the benefits are all high? What is the rationale for this?

Based on this situation, there were voices within the Jin Imperial Court to abolish Gao Shiyu. This made Zong Han feel in danger, abolishing Gao Shiyou, on behalf of the new emperor to suspend the route of the previous Taizong Dynasty, and he was in power in the Taizong Dynasty, does it mean that I am also among the "suspended"?

So Zong Han, who is the "Shang Shuling", strongly opposed this matter, and instructed Gao Shiyou to hurry up and show his performance to prove the value of your existence, otherwise you will be finished.

Gao Shiyou was shocked to hear the news and was so anxious that he couldn't do anything. How can I behave? Money is usually sent to the homes of the magnates of the Jin Kingdom, and the tribute to the Dajin Emperor during the New Year's holidays has never been interrupted, what else do you want me to do? After thinking about it, under the suggestion of his younger brother, Gao Xiaogong, the king of Qi, that is, the one who dug the ancestral grave of the Xu family, Gao Shiyou had a way.

My role is not only to send some money to the Dajin Kingdom, I can also fight wars, and I can also expand the territory of the Dajin Kingdom

Gao Shiyou played the Jin court in the third year of Song Jiading, claiming that although the Southern Dynasty was the nephew of Dajin, it was not honest. Why? Because as far as he knew, the Southern Dynasty used the Zhejia to garrison Jiangxi and He Guan to garrison Jinghu, both of which were recruiting troops and expanding their strength, which meant "committing crimes in the north". In particular, He Guan in the Jinghu area deployed heavy troops on the Xianghan front, indirectly threatening Tokyo.

Speaking of the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu of the Southern Dynasty made Xu Churen not very good, but the Shaanxi system made Xu Wei is not a thing. His cavalry once arrived under the city of Wugong, and almost did not make it to Chang'an. That's it, the most infuriating thing is that Xu Wei tried his best to dig into the corner. In the rebellion of the Li family's father and son who were defeated in Shaanxi last year, Xu Wei was involved.

This kind of indication shows that Zhao Song still has delusions of recovery, how can this work? I, Gao Shiyou, practiced the system because of the love of Emperor Taizong of Dajin, and I was thinking about reciprocation all the time. Now that the opportunity has come, I am willing to clean up Zhao and Song for the Dajin Kingdom, send troops to the expedition, and ask the Dajin Kingdom to send troops to assist.

Wan Yan received his recital, and his heart was like a mirror, knowing that he wanted to use the Song Dynasty to gain self-respect. gathered important ministers to discuss, and it was generally believed that since Gao Shiyou had this "filial piety", let him fight if he wanted to. If he wins, of course, it is good, but if he is defeated, don't you just use this as a reason to depose him?

For Gao Shiyou's request to borrow troops, Wanyan did not intend to agree, but later because of Mu Han's strong insistence, Wushu decided to send his own generals, Pu Luhun and Arupu led 30,000 troops as support, as for the western front, in addition to Han Chang's 20,000 soldiers, Wushu sent his own fierce general Chi Zhanhui to lead 40,000 troops to reinforcements.

The Wushu Office is so active in Shaanxi, first of all, because Shaanxi has always been the western route in the Jin Army's combat route. And the West Road has always been presided over by Sticky Han. His intention to let his fierce generals lead troops into Shaanxi and replace Mu Han is self-evident. In addition to political factors, although the Western Army experienced a great defeat, it is still the most powerful armed force in the Southern Dynasties. Last time, Ma Wu failed to take Fengxiang Mansion, which cannot but be said to be a pity

The approval and support of the Jin State gave Gao Shiyu great encouragement. He immediately used his younger brother Gao Xiaogong to take charge of the army, and on the eastern front alone, he gathered 140,000 troops, appointed a large number of generals to command the troops, and planned to set out from Tokyo and attack the Xianghan region. As for the Western Front, Gao Shiyou was not crazy, he knew that although the Western Army was defeated and injured, it still retained considerable strength. The annexation of Shaanxi is obviously unlikely for the South Korean army. But it doesn't matter, I can't swallow the whole of Shaanxi, don't you tighten, isn't the Western Army still controlling the four roads? I can take him all the way through. In short, Shaanxi fought a little, and Jinghu fought a lot

In August of the third year of Jiading, the autumn was high and the horse was fat, and the 140,000 Korean army and the 30,000 Jin army set out from Tokyo to Xiangyang, and the Song-Han War broke out

Jiangnan shook Hangzhou, and the monarchs and ministers who were in Hangzhou never expected that two years ago, at the cost of great humiliation, they had successfully negotiated peace with the Jurchens and stopped fighting. But now, the pseudo-Han is here again

Zhao Chen, who had just ascended the throne, had no experience in dealing with this situation at all, so he went to see his father and grandfather to ask for advice on how to deal with it. But when those two were in power, they didn't do well in dealing with the urgency of war, so they could only tell him that you had to discuss this matter with the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Zhao Chen hurriedly convened the detailed discussion division, and brought Xu Shao, who was no longer qualified to participate in the detailed discussion division, to discuss countermeasures. Zhu Shengfei, Qin Hui, Xu Han and other important ministers lacked experience in dealing with wars, and Xu Shao's role was highlighted. At the meeting of the detailed discussion department, he lightly told the officials and colleagues not to worry, we can't beat the Jurchens, can't Gao Shiyou beat them? Guan Yu and Zhang Fei can't beat it, can't Liu Xuande still beat it? The green dragon sword and snake spear can't fight, but the double-strand sword can't be successful?

He pointed out that He Guan is a veteran general in the army, and he has his eldest son He Ji, the Zhang family brothers and Han Shizhong Yue Fei under his command, so it should be no problem to support him for a while. The Zhejia army is training in Jiangxi, so when do you need to stay at this time? Zhao Taiwei Gong Wei is here, and he has the advantage of the water division in the river, and there is no problem in protecting the river defense. In short, don't panic, just deal with it calmly.

His calmness greatly eliminated the tension of Zhao Chen and the Zaizhi, and the emperor listened to Xu Han's persuasion, "overriding public opinion", and officially appointed Xu Shao as the right servant of Shangshu, the Zhongshu Sect Ping Zhangshi, and concurrently served as the imperial envoy, becoming the second minister and the commander-in-chief of the counterattack Han army.

In Shaanxi, although Xu Wei did not know that the war had started in the south, he also noticed the abnormal behavior of the Jin army and the Han army in Shaanxi. First of all, the enemy army in Jingzhao Mansion shrank its troops, and Gao Wan, who was stationed in Wugong, led the army back to Chang'an after the wheat harvest.

Then, Huanqing Liu Guangshi reported that there were signs of enemy troops gathering in Ningzhou, south of Qingyang Prefecture, and in the northeast of the security army.

Next, it was Liu Yu, the puppet ambassador of Shaanxi Xuanfu, who officially wrote a letter to Zhao Songchuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu Division, accusing Xu Wei, the Shaanxi envoy of the Southern Dynasties, of instigating the Korean army and soldiers to defect and deliberately provoke disputes. In the text, Liu Yu's rhetoric showed an inexplicable fierceness, directly raising the matter to the level of undermining the peace talks of Song Jin Longxing.

Based on the analysis of these situations, Xu Wei believed that Shaanxi might face the danger of war, so he reported it to Mianzhou. Xu Churen instructed not to act rashly and wait and see what happens. Xu Wei then ordered Liu Guangshi to enter a state of combat readiness as an envoy, and ordered Xu Yuan, the commander of Jingyuan, to be ready to support at any time, and once the war broke out, the Jingyuan soldiers entered Qingyang Mansion to help in the war.

As for his own defense area, Xu Wei doesn't have to worry too much. Fengxiang has his henchman Zhang Xian in charge, whether it is Fengxiang Mansion City or Zhu Ji Pass, there are heavy defenses, it can be said that the city is strong, no matter who bites, he has to knock out his teeth He is worried about, but it is Liu Guangshi and Huanqing all the way.

Huanqing Army, most of them are Quduan's original old foundations, usually peaceful, and whether Liu Guangshi can command freely is a question when he really fights. At the critical juncture, whether Xu Yuan would disobey the order and refuse to support is another question.

Qinzhou, Shaanxi Preparation Division.

For several days in a row, new news continued to arrive here, and the war clouds were thick Liu Guangshi had confirmed that the South Korean army was about to launch a flank attack on Qingyang Mansion from Baoan and Ningzhou. He had already ordered Zhang Zhongfu to arrive in the northern part of Qingyang Mansion to arrange defenses, and ordered Liu Qi to lead troops into Chicheng Town, south of Qingyang Prefecture, to choke Jingshui, and mobilize the army and civilians in Qingyang Mansion to strengthen defense. However, he was still worried about the weakness of the situation, and asked the Department of Preparation and Deployment to mobilize troops and horses for reinforcements.

A messenger carrying a letter box galloped to the front of the Department of Preparation, and without waiting for the horse to stop, he flew down and jumped down, took the letter box with his hand, and said loudly: "Qingyang Urgent Report"

Hearing this, the soldiers guarding the gate did not dare to stop him, and let him pass all the way into the second hall, and the director of the preparation department, Yi Zhang Qing, caught it, and asked in a loud voice: "What's the matter?" ”

"The war has broken out, and the South Korean army is attacking on two fronts," the sweaty messenger said Jiao.

Zhang Qing's face tightened, he grabbed the letter box, turned around and walked inside, and Wu Jue, who heard the news, entered Xu Wei's office hall with him.

"Handsome," Zhang Qing shouted in a deep voice as soon as he entered.

Xu Weizheng bowed his head to the copywriter, and when he heard this, he raised his head with a solemn face. Zhang Qing hurriedly stepped forward to present the box, and the purple gold tiger opened the box and took out the silver medal in it to take a look. Four days earlier, the South Korean army had crossed the border with Ningzhou and invaded Gyeongyang Province. Liu Qi, who was stationed in Chicheng City, relied on the camp to engage the enemy and won the first battle. On the same day, Huanqing Shuai Si received a report from Zhang Zhongfu's army that the enemy was coming from the security guard along Luoshui, and the momentum was great, and the defenders were struggling to support.

"It's really going to be a fight......" Xu Wei muttered to himself as he read the strike report.

He knew that just the rotten eggs and rotten cucumbers of the Han army did not dare to touch the tiger whiskers of the Western Army. Dare to invade Huanqing so arrogantly, there must be the support of the Jin Army, needless to say, Han Chang, who is famous for being good at offense and defense, must be there

"What Xianggong Liu Guangshi can't hold on to is not that he looks down on him, we all know who the Zhang brothers are. Liu Qi and Li Yanxian are not yet in the climate, and Huanqing needs reinforcements," Wu Jue said in a deep voice.

Xu Wei didn't understand this truth, but although he had already ordered Xu Yuan, the commander of Jingyuan, to pay close attention to the situation in Huanqing, and wave his troops to reinforce once the war broke out. However, Xu Yuan is Xu Yuan after all, and no one can predict what he will do.

Liu Ziyu hurriedly came in, and happened to hear Wu Jue's words, so he said: "Xianggong, you must ensure that Xu Yuan does not stand still."