As the military commander, since he said this, it means that the Taiyuan defenders have no other choice but to resist to the end. In other words, death. Because the Purple Gold Tiger has already said the words in front: as long as Kaecheng surrenders, promise not to kill, if he resists stubbornly......

Wan Yanliang didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and continued: "Only in this way can we have the last ray of hope. Hearing the word "hope", many people's eyes lit up, hope? Do we still have hope? Susan Zhongyi was also surprised, and asked softly, "What does it mean to appease............"

"When I came up to Hedong with my resignation, the Holy Lord said that I would try my best to survive in Hedong, and I would have to survive no matter what. Because Marshal Liang Wang had already repelled the Khitans in Datong Mansion, it was believed that the Liao army could be expelled. Once the situation in Yanyun is stable, King Liang will rush south to help. Wan Yanliang said loudly.

The voice landed, although the hall was still silent. But the hearts of the generals are alive! People are most afraid of no hope, as long as there is, even if it is a fantasy or a dream, it is better than despair! Is Wan Yanliang's words true or false? I'm afraid only he knows, but for the generals, this is undoubtedly good news! Even if someone knew that he was lying to boost morale, it didn't matter, they would rather believe it was true!

As the second-generation general of the Jin Army, Fusan Zhongyi is certainly not so easy to fool. Wanyan Liang said true or false, he knew it. Regardless of whether Marshal Du's Wushu can defeat the Liao army, even if he can, can the Jin army wait until then? Do your own calculations, how long did it take from Xu Weiqiang crossing the Yellow River to the arrival of the troops in Taiyuan? It only took him more than two months to capture most of Hedong, and even if King Liang Wushu defeated the Liao army, he probably couldn't immediately withdraw south.

But as Lei Shuai, he naturally wanted to follow Wan Yanliang's words: "It is reasonable to appease what he said, as long as we hold on for one more day, we will have more hope." Well, the Khitans, who sent troops from Hexi far away, and had no stable rear, how could they endure a long war? King Liang's army is believed to be going south soon. ”

The two of them sang and "a pool of stagnant water, and the festival hall suddenly came to life." A Han army commander immediately said: "Although the giant robe of the Western Army is powerful, once it stops the robe attack and attacks the city closely, it will be at a disadvantage. ”

"Yes, we have a group of robes in the city, and although some have been destroyed, most of them have been preserved. Once the Song army approached, it would be a powerful counterforce. And we have plenty of supplies and ordnance, "as long as the melee siege begins, the pressure will be much less." "One will say again.

"What is tight now is that the morale of the army is unstable and demoralized. The lowly priestly thought that this should be brought to the attention of the whole army, so that the brethren would know that the more hope we had for each more day. ”

This "gratifying", the change "made Wan Yanliang and Fusan Zhongyi feel a little at ease." As long as the morale can be lifted, it may be able to hold out for a few more days.

As he spoke, there was a sudden sound of crackling footsteps outside. Everyone involuntarily looked out, and after a while, they saw several officers rushing to the outside of the festival hall and "stopped in front of the threshold, and someone shouted: "The guards at the south gate mutinied!" Wan Yanliang got up suddenly! I suddenly felt my legs go soft, and my heart was beating wildly!

Fusan Zhongyi also bounced up from his chair" and asked sharply, "Is the situation like Ran?" Come in and say! ”

Several officers rushed into the festival hall, and one of them hurriedly said: "The subordinate department is responsible for patrolling the city tonight, and when I arrived at the south gate, I saw that the defenders were mostly gathered in the area around the city gate. Seeing that the situation was abnormal, Cao Meng'an immediately stepped forward to ask, and then a verbal conflict occurred, which then evolved into pushing and scolding, "In the chaos, someone shouted" to raise things. Cao Meng'an was slashed to death by Luàn "When the lowly people see it badly, get out and report it!" Servant San Zhongyi was shocked when he heard this! Turning his head to Wan Yan Liang and shouting: "I'll go!" "Let's go, grab the knife and go! Leaving a full house of generals looking at each other doesn't bode well......

This mutiny was quickly quelled.

Tadashi Sasan intended to deal harshly with the officers and soldiers involved in the matter. But Wan Yanliang did not agree to do so, and only sentenced the officer who provoked the leader to death, and did not hold anyone else accountable. He even went to meet these soldiers in person and repeated what he said to the generals, hoping that this would stabilize the morale of the army. But in reality, the results were not as he imagined, and bigger events were brewing.

Different from the dark cháo surging in the city, the Song army camp outside Taiyuan City was full of excitement and excitement. Xu Wei has already issued an order to start attacking the city tomorrow and solve the matter of Taiyuan as soon as possible. At this moment, the soldiers of the Song army are waiting for the day!

The lights in Xu Weiya's tent are still on, and after so many years of military career, he has actually developed his regular work and rest time. But today, he clearly did not comply.

He sat behind the handsome desk, where there were some books and manuscripts scattered around, but he was not reading. Instead, he leaned back in his chair with the elbow of his right hand resting on the armrest, propping his head in deep thought. Although he would not adopt Han Chang's suggestion, this matter once again reminded him of the awakening.

The war has been fought so far, and the most difficult period has passed. Next, no matter how the situation repeats, the general direction should not change, and it will continue to develop in the direction favorable to Song Liao. This leads to a very practical question: if the Northern Expedition counteroffensive is successful in the future, then there will be no need to fight.

Of course, as the leader of the Song-Liao alliance, Xu Wei knew very well that this was not some kind of brotherhood. This is pure common interest. The Great Song Dynasty wants to save the country, to recover the lost territory, and the Great Liao wants to restore the shame of the country and regain the territory, so it is natural to come to the future If the Jurchens are finished, Song Liao will inevitably have contradictions, which is unavoidable. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and it can be seen from the history books that this part of East Asia has never allowed two great powers to exist at the same time. Moreover, there are two basic contradictions between Song and Liao, which are almost irreconcilable.

First, it is Yanyun's problem. The Yanyun region was originally the inherent territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, and the Khitans took it, which made the Great Song Dynasty lose the barrier in the north and have been passive.

The second is the issue of the "maritime alliance." In the past, the Song and Jin formed an alliance to attack the Liao State, and although the Song army was embarrassed, it did offend the Khitans. Once they succeed in recovering the country, I am afraid that this account will have to be settled sooner or later. There is the problem of Yanyun, and the matter of the Sea Alliance is the best excuse for the Khitans. But then again. Even if the Khitans succeed in recovering the country, it is impossible to turn their faces with the south immediately like the Jurchens, and there must be a process.

Since "once the Northern Expedition counteroffensive is successful, there will be no war in the short term." If there is no war, of course, the army will still be retained, but now that the commanders who are in charge of the army, will the imperial court still let us stay in the original position? In all dynasties, once they entered a period of peace, the first thing they had to do was to reduce their military power.

Since there was no external threat, the generals with heavy troops became an internal potential threat, which was not allowed by the emperor and the imperial court. If you say, let it be, then it can be predicted. Once the war is over, "the imperial court will first remove the cheap power of the major Xuanfu Divisions; Immediately afterwards, officials were sent from the central government, and then the administrative power of several major propaganda envoys was divided; After that, it is to summon the commanders of the army into Beijing and entrust them with all kinds of real posts to replace the military power in your hands. If you say that you meet a benevolent emperor, you may be the same as Song Taizu. Although he has received your military power, he will not do anything to you, but still give you money and a house, so that you can live a pampered life. In case you turn your back and encounter a ruthless person, not only will you be charged with military power, but you will also be more likely to fabricate various charges to rectify you, which is not uncommon in the history of China. Even in this dynasty, there is a living example, Di Qing. Xu Wei's rise is very similar to Qiuqing. Both of them started at the bottom of the ear, fought in the east and west, and constantly accumulated military exploits, and even became extremely popular ministers. However, Di Qing held power as a military minister, which was not tolerated by the imperial court and "not tolerated by the civilian clique." constantly spreading rumors and slandering, constantly rejecting and attacking" finally ended up being degraded and frightened to death.

Moreover, "Di Qing encountered the greatest benevolent monarch in the history of China, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen."

Although, Xu Wei's fate may be better than Qiuqing's, maybe the emperor will think that he has worked hard and left, and he will still support him. But the question is, why should your fate be in the hands of others?

Although it is not yet that time, it is necessary to start planning now. The most direct and easiest way to control your own destiny is to rebel and become the emperor yourself. But this was not a good solution, at least not in the Song Dynasty.

First of all, since the founding of this dynasty, it has ruled the world with "benevolence", abandoned the politics of martial arts, and relied on scholars. In the Song Dynasty, there were faint monarchs, but no tyrants, although there were also social contradictions, and even evolved into fierce conflicts, rebellion. But on the whole, the rule of the Zhao family is still quite popular with the people. Although this is also related to the emperor's personal actions, more importantly, it is a system.

Secondly, after the end of the war, after many years of turmoil, the people's minds were settled, and the people suffered from displacement, and they only hoped that their wives would be peaceful and live a down-to-earth life.

If the road of rebellion does not work, they will take another road, secession, secession, and secession. Sichuan and Shaanxi, entering can attack the world, retreating is enough to protect themselves, is the most ideal place to secede. However, since the founding of the Zhao family, they have learned the lesson of the five generations of warlords in the late Tang Dynasty and the constant disputes, and they will not allow a powerful local force to form its own faction.

In this way, you must have the capital of secession, and this capital must be so large that the court does not want to see you dominant, and does not dare to move you easily. To have such a large capital, you must first have the support of the army, which is the same in any dynasty and generation.

Now the six major commanders of the Western Army, plus a Liangxing pacification division, among these seven divisions, Duyan Shuai Xu Hong is Xu Wei's cousin: Yongxing Shuai Yang Yan is Xu Wei's hardcore: although Jingyuan Shuai Wang Yu has not been under Xu Wei for a long time, but judging from the operation of Xu Mao and Xu Yuan's father and son in Jingyuan Road, and the two brothers Xu Cheng and Xu Yan are still holding important positions in Jingyuan Shuaisi, Jingyuan has no problem: In the Liangxing Pacification Division, Wang Yan is Xu Wei's old subordinate, and Xu Sheng, the deputy envoy to pacify, is his own brother, and there is no big problem; As for Qin Feng Shuaisi, he is completely Xu Jiu's descendant, not to mention.

Only Huanqing Shuaisi and Xihe Shuaisi are controlled by outsiders. However, Liu Guangshi of the Huanqing Shuai Division, Xu Wei has not taken him seriously, and the current main generals of the division, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian, were also picked up by Xu Wei. Again, Huanqing's strength is the weakest in Shaanxi Zhulu.

As for the Xihe Yao family, Yao Pingzhong had a bad relationship with Xu Wei in his early years, and later released his previous suspicions, especially in the defeat of *zhou, Xu Wei saved the Xihe army and saved Yao Pingzhong, which made the little captain very grateful to him. However, in the face of interests, "human affection is always fragile." Xu Wei remembered a classic comedy movie he had watched before, Jiupin Sesame Official. Bao Longxing's Lao Tzu said that he had been kind to a person in his early years, because he gave half a piece of bread when that person was in trouble. Now the man was a great ruler, and he called his son to go to him. As a result, Bao Longxing went to take refuge with hope, but he didn't know that people had already worn a pair of pants with the villains.

And asked someone to take out a basket of cakes, and said that you didn't give me half a piece of bread back then, and I will return you a bunch now and give it to me to eat!

Therefore, favors are unreliable, and Yao Pingzhong must be wooed. From this point of view, the army has no big problems in this regard, as long as it is not a blatant rebellion, the western army will still firmly follow Xu Wei.

It is not enough to have the support of the army, there must also be political influence. At this point, after the recovery of Shaanxi, most of the officials in various prefectures and counties were appointed by Xu Wei, and now the officials of the Shaanxi Transit Division, the Criminal Division, and the Changping Division are also inextricably linked to him. But in Sichuan, it is difficult to say that although Xu Wei is the deputy envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi Xuanfu, the imperial court has sent a Wan Qi merchant to restrain him, and this aspect needs to be strengthened.

With both military strength and political influence, you have to take one thing to be insured. That is, there must be someone in the DPRK.

Speaking of this, Xu Wei had to thank his family power, if the Purple Gold Tiger just broke through single-handedly, he might not be able to reach today's status. It is precisely because he has a family with a deep background that he has created today's Xu family generals. Among them, Xu Liang is especially valuable. Now that Xu Liang is the prime minister and is in power on the stage, as long as the Xu brothers cooperate well, then there will be no big problem.

Xu Wei sent troops to Hedong this time, and there were also reasons to support and respond to Xu Liang. What was the result of your Zhao Chen, bypassing the prime minister and courtiers, and directly commanding Zhi Yanzhi to rush the Northern Expedition? As soon as our Xu family makes a move, what about it?

"The king hasn't stopped yet?" A voice came, pulling Xu Wei back from his complicated thoughts. When I looked closely, I saw Yang Yan lifting the curtain and leaning into half of his body.

Xu Wei moved his body and said casually: "Oh, just rest, do you have something?" ”

"No, I passed by and saw that the lights were still on in the king's tent, so I came to take a look." Yang Yan smiled, said, and stepped into the tent.

Xu Wei got up slowly, cleaned up his miscellaneous things, and said: "Tomorrow will start to attack the city, your Yongxing army will focus on the east city, be dry and sharp." ”

"This doesn't make the king worried, Yongxing's troops were launched from Qin Feng, can they embarrass the king?" Yang Yan said confidently.

Xu Wei walked over slowly: "You guy, you have never known modesty. ”

"Why be humble? We have been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years, and we have made great achievements, we can fight! Yang Yanlang said.

Xu Wei shook his head with a smile, and scolded the outside of the tent, Yang Yan followed behind and said: "It's not too early, the king should go and rest early, and go back to the camp with his humble position." ”

As soon as he got out of the tent, Xu Wei looked up and saw a bright moon hanging in the sky, and the bright moonlight sprinkled all over the earth, hazy and real. Such a beautiful scenery made the generals who fought on the battlefield also intoxicated.

"Yang Da, let's go, go to enjoy the moon." Xu Wei was interested.

Yang Yan frowned: "When is the moon gone, what is the reward?" If you have the air to admire the moon, it is better to sleep with your head covered. ”

Xu Wei turned around and scolded with a smile: "That's it for you, tell you to recognize a few more words, read a few more sentences, you promised to be happy, and never took it seriously." ”

"Hey, hey." Yang Yan laughed.

Xu Wei didn't say much, called the guards on duty at the entrance of the tent, and whispered a few words. The soldier hurried away, and he and Yang Yan walked not far in the camp, when the soldier caught up and handed over two things. Yang Yan looked at it and was immediately happy! That's two jars of wine!

Xu Weijun's law is strict, and when he fights outside, except for special permissions, such as celebrating achievements, it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol. But among these generals who lead troops, which one is not a good drinker? But who dares to disobey King Xujun's military law, so he can only endure it.

Yang Yan hugged the two jars and said happily: "With this thing, you can reward anything!" ”

Xu Wei walked slowly with him all the way without speaking, and finally found a secluded and uninhabited place, and the two brothers sat on the ground, picked up the wine jar and drank it. Yang Yan poured a lot of anger before he wiped his mouth and said: "Brother Jiu, this Taiyuan is defeated, and Hedong is basically stable, what are we going to do next?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xu Wei asked after taking a sip.

"How do I know this? Anyway, Brother Jiu said that he would fight wherever he wanted. Yang Yan replied.

"When Han saw me yesterday, he had an idea. said that now the Jin army is probably fighting fiercely with the Liao army, and Yanyun's defense is empty, so I suggest that after I take Taiyuan, I will lead the army to Yanyun. Xu Wei said casually.

When Yang Yan heard this, he even forgot to drink the wine, and said in surprise: "Oh? Yanyun's defense is empty? This, "is a chance!" Attacking the Yanyun realm in one fell swoop, even if you can't take it down, you have to scare the Jurchens into niào pants, haha! ”

Xu Wei chuckled: "I don't have this score." ”

Yang Yan glanced at him and asked, "Why is this?" "Yang Da, how many years have we been fighting? Xu Wei suddenly asked.

Yang Yan thought for a while: "It's been almost twenty years, when we were all sixteen or seventeen years old, and we were still playing in the countryside of the Daimyo's Mansion, and in a blink of an eye, we were all in our thirties." Hey, time flies so fuckingly! It seems that yesterday Brother Jiu, Zhang San, Ma Er, and I, I were still gambling and fighting in Xiajin County, and today I will fucking lead the troops to fight. ”！ ~！