At the beginning of October of the first year of Chuixing, it was not a good thing for the Song and Jin countries. The second prince of Jin Guo, Wanyan and Han died of illness after finishing Yan Aguda's bloodline. For the Jurchens. not only lost a general, but also lost a capable minister. For the Great Song Dynasty, the inseparable death of illness means that the Jin State's strategy towards the Song Dynasty will undergo an unpredictable evolution. In the court of the Jin Kingdom, the faction of the second prince can be regarded as a "moderating faction to destroy the Song Dynasty", he advocates cannibalization, while Muhan advocates whale swallowing. He advocated that "destroy the Song Dynasty and not destroy Zhao", even if he conquered the south, he could still appoint the Zhao family as the emperor, and he only needed to be controlled by the Dajin State. However, Sticky Han insisted on the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty and set up a different surname. And when the time is ripe, directly administer the southern lands.

Unable to do without this death, Sticky Han monopolized the national affairs of the Jin State. In other words, the president's attack on Song will not change. And this incident happened to be born in the sensitive period when the Three Routes Western Army marched into Hedong, and Xu Wei led the army to aid Zhaode.

Once Sticky Han has the power to adjudicate, he will definitely make some moves next.

Before he died, he bought a book for his uncle, that is, the Golden Emperor Wanyan Wu begged to buy a book. The Jurchens fought for many years, made enemies on all sides, failed to overcome the Song Dynasty twice, and the remnants of the Khitan resurgence in the Western Regions. If you chase and kill Yelu Dashi, this is "you will want to destroy its race, and you will fight if the beast is poor"; If you insist on destroying the Song Dynasty, "like Xu Wei, the tiger minister of the world, will rise up." ”

At the same time, he reminded Emperor Jin that setting up a different surname in Lianghe was really a strategy, and it would only bring endless trouble to the Jurchens. "If you win, you will gain profits, and if you lose, you will suffer from it" is not cost-effective no matter how you look at it. He also recommended his mastermind Han Fang to Wu Qimai, believing that this person was outstanding. He is especially good at grasping the big picture, and has foresight, which is worth relying on.

But Wu Qimai didn't seem to listen much to his nephew's "advice" before he died. Not long after his death, he was promoted to "National Theory Right Pole" and concurrently served as "Marshal Du" to become the highest military governor of the Jurchens, and his marshal's palace even had the power to appoint officials on his own! All matters concerning the Song Dynasty were decided by Mu Han. From this point, it is not difficult to see that Wu Qimai also hopes to destroy the Southern Dynasty in the short term.

After Xu Wei led his army to Zhaode, he barely put up any resistance and withdrew all the way to Taiyuan, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses in Pingyang Mansion for symbolic defense. After Sticky Han learned the news, he was very annoyed, but he was afraid that Taiyuan and other important towns still needed Li Zhi's protection, so he tolerated it for a while.

At this time, Xu Weixun took control of the southeast of the river, and soon after Li Zhi withdrew his troops, he sent Wu Jie to recover Pingyang Mansion and drive out Li's army. The situation of Song and Jin in Hedong was restored to the scope of the Jingkang Peace Conference. He knew it wasn't long after. The Jin army will definitely go south to retaliate and place the battlefield east of the river. It is undoubtedly the most beneficial to the Great Song Dynasty. Ma Kuo was injured and worked for him. It was judged that if the Jin army went south, it would either attack Pingyang, take advantage of the narrow corridor between Luliang Mountain and Taiyue Mountain, and go straight to the Linfeng Basin, and then attack the Guanzhong Plain. In addition, there is also a route to march, which is to make a detour to attack Zhaode. Out of the pot and into the river Dingrong. But this route is obviously a lot of trouble, Zhaode Si is in front of the mountainous area, if the Jin army can take Pingyang, it will never take Zhaode.

Yao Pingzhong and other generals mostly advocated that Xu Wei set up the Recruitment Division in Pingyang and personally sat on the defense. The defense of Zhaode City is seriously damaged, it is difficult to repair, the construction period is long, and the cost is not extended, but he also reminded Xu Wei. Zhaode can't be careless. In case the Jin army can't capture Pingyang, they would rather take the road of Zhaode with some trouble. That's going around to the back of Pingyang.

At the beginning of September, Xu Wei led the army into Pingyang, set up the Recruitment Division, and issued a call to the Hedong Righteous Army to fight against the gold thieves, with nearly 200,000 followers, especially Shao Xing, the leader of the Righteous Army stationed in Zezhou, was the most active. And assured in the letter to Xu Wei. As long as the order is given, the Zezhou rebels will not obey it. The rest of the rebels, such as Xiuzhou and Cizhou, either personally sent people or sent letters. All said that only Sima was to be prohibited, and the order was forbidden.

At the moment, at a time when the enthusiasm of the military and civilians in Hedong to resist gold is high. The first batch of grain, grass and ordnance from Shaanxi arrived in Zezhou. When Xu Wei marched into the army, he expected that this time in Hedong, I am afraid it will not be as simple as one or two months, and the management of grain and grass materials is the premise of the battle and the guarantee of victory. Therefore. He asked his fourth brother Xu Sheng to sit here and take charge of the supplies.

In early September, Xu Wei, in his dual capacity as an envoy and the head of the rebel army, recruited tens of thousands of volunteers from Cizhou and Xiuzhou to Pingyang to help strengthen defense and repair the city. After much deliberation. He entrusted Zhaode to his confidant Wu Jie, let the Wu brothers sit on the defense, and at the same time flew to Shaoxing in Zezhou. Organize a large number of manpower to speed up the reorganization of Zhaode city defense. With the power in his hands, he can do things quickly, and there is the premise of "acting cheaply", and he does not need to ask anyone's opinion when he transfers troops, marches, uses money, and uses food. This ensures that more can be done in a limited amount of time.

At Ma Kuo's suggestion, Xu Wei established a clear operational policy from the beginning. That is to temporarily give up the field battle that he has always believed in. It was decided to rely on the city to consume the strength of the Jin army to the greatest extent in the early stage. But at this time, he recruited the generals of the division, such as Yao Pingzhong, Zhang Jun, and Zhang Xian. Yang Yan and others were almost all in the field. After all, something is missing.

Thinking about it, Yao Pingzhong still remembered someone. This person's name is Wang Yu, and at the beginning of the Taiyuan Defense War, it was this person who blocked the Jin Army for more than half a year, and it can be said that he has deep attainments in defending the city. But Wang Yu was in the middle of the Hedong system. When the troops were stationed in Taiyuan, they were already under the command of this old minister. Now, the seed is stationed in Fengxiang. Can you borrow this person from him?

Xu Weiyi asked his subordinate generals, who has an old relationship with the public? After all the calculations, only Yao Pingzhong can talk about "friendship" with the seed master. At the beginning, he obeyed orders under the command of the seed master and led the army to save Taiyuan. As a result, because of his greed for merit, the Song army lost. If it weren't for the fact that he was a child of the Yao family. If it weren't for the fact that he was a favorite of the official family, the planter would have the heart to kill him.

Xu Wei had no choice but to send someone Pegasus to ask Jingzhao Li Gang for assistance. But he knew it in his heart. In the Western Army, Li Xuanfu is basically under command, and whether he will sell him in the division has to be said for face. How important is the plan for the defense of the city. There is one. "Expert" is good, but we can't pin all our hopes on Wang Yu. Therefore, the official army and the righteous army were widely mobilized. Actively prepare for battle.

This chapter makes up for the word count owed yesterday, and there will be an update later. (To be continued)