Chapter 425: Prepare with both hands
There are not many generals available in the imperial court, and Jia Nidao, as a privy envoy, is completely in a predicament this time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhizhou Gundam stationed in Jiangzhou, and Ma Junsi, a guard stationed in Changzhou, commanded the envoy Si Xia Gui, who was already the so-called most courageous general in the DPRK, when the plan was first implemented, Jia Rudao cleared a lot of dissidents, among which there were a number of outstanding generals, such as Wang Jian, the pacification envoy of Hubei at that time, and the Jinzhou Zhizhou and Jinzhou Imperial Armies all controlled Cao Shixiong, both of whom were strong generals, and made great achievements in the battle against the Mongol Tatars.
Now, there is almost no one available in Jia Yidao's hands.
This also means that once the Mongol army goes south, Jia Rudao is afraid that he will personally lead the army to encircle it.
After supporting Jia Rudao, the emperor once again indulged in pleasure and did not care about any matters in the court, including the specific situation of Jingnan Road and Lianghuai, the emperor was not very clear.
All the heavy responsibilities are pressed on Jia Yidao's shoulders.
Jia Rudao once thought about sending Gundam into the capital and being responsible for the defense of the capital, but he finally gave up, in fact, Gundam was also the object of Jia Rudao's calculations, if it wasn't for the emperor's soberness and didn't kill Gundam, now there is really no one who can lead the troops to fight against the Mongol Tartars, Jia Rudao is afraid that once Gundam masters the army, he will calculate him in turn.
As for Xia Gui, Jia Rudao didn't believe it very much, Xia Gui led his troops to aid Kaifeng Fucheng several times, but he was defeated by the Mongolian army, and his combat ability was not much stronger, and there were not many good ways to deal with the attack of the Mongolian army.
After all the armies of the palace front division commanded Sima Huaxuan to leave the capital, Jia Rudao personally controlled the army of the three palace divisions stationed in the capital, with a total strength of 130,000 people.
These 130,000 people can be said to be the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are the support of the capital to resist the attack of the Mongol army.
Throughout November, Jia Rudao was in a great state of anxiety, the Mongolian army stationed on Jingnan Road and Lianghuai did not make any moves for the time being, and the army led by Jiangzhou Zhizhou Gauda was struggling to support, but Gundam had already written several copies to report the great danger faced by Jiangzhou.
What was the next move of the Mongol army, whether to stick to the Jingnan Road and Lianghuai to rest, whether to turn back and attack Sichuan, or to go down the river and attack the Jiangnan Road.
Jia Rudao didn't know, and he couldn't figure out the information in this regard.
Peaceful days are numbered, and at most, after the Spring Festival, the next plan of the Mongol army will be revealed.
After careful consideration, Jia Rudao dispatched Gundam to serve as the governor of Ezhou, responsible for holding Ezhou City, as for Jiangzhou, Jia Rudao also knew that he couldn't keep it, after all, the imperial court did not have a large army to rush to aid Jiangzhou, if Gundam led more than 10,000 people to defend Jiangzhou, the final fate was to be wiped out by the Mongolian army.
If Xiangyang Fucheng is the gateway of the Great Song Dynasty, then Ezhou is the gateway to the capital Lin'an, once the Mongol army takes Ezhou, the land and water routes leading to the capital are not dangerous to defend.
When the holy decree was issued, Jia Rudao also issued an edict to Gundam to defend Ezhou.
After doing all this, Jia Rudao will never be stable, he thought about it again and again, and wrote a letter to Wu Shaogang in Sichuan, on behalf of the Privy Council, he vigorously praised Wu Shaogang's bravery, and revealed that he wanted the emperor to recommend and crown Wu Shaogang as the king.
This is already the back road that Jia Yidao has planned for himself, in case the south can't hold it, he can rush to Sichuan.
As for the emperor and the imperial court, they can only go to Sichuan as a last resort.
In late November, a news reached the capital that the city of Kaifeng had been conquered and occupied by Wu Shaogang, the envoy of Yunchuan Jiedu.
The authenticity of this news has not been confirmed, it is those businessmen from Sichuan who brought this news, after all, it is close to the end of the year, and there are still businessmen who want money and do not want their lives, they risk their lives to do business in the capital, and also bring the news from Sichuan to the capital.
Jia Yidao quickly ordered the sergeants of the front division of the palace to find a few merchants who delivered the news and questioned them personally.
After some inquiry, Jia Rudao thought that this news was accurate, that is, Wu Shaogang took advantage of the Mongol army to occupy Xiangyang Fucheng and Lianghuai, and launched an attack on Kaifeng Fucheng, but the Mongolian army commander Boyan stationed in Kaifeng Fucheng was killed.
After proving the accuracy of the message, Jia Rudao felt a chill down his spine.
Jia Rudao's power all comes from the support of the emperor's palace, and he who has made preparations with both hands, he is also thinking of letting the emperor go to Sichuan as a last resort, but Wu Shaogang captured Kaifeng Fucheng, such a big thing, he actually did not report to the court, what does this mean.
It seems that Wu Shaogang doesn't care about the emperor and the court at all.
Sent to Sichuan to Ma Huaxuan, it should have arrived, and it will be sent to the capital according to its twists.
Jia Nidao, who was a little flustered in his heart, tried his best to stabilize his emotions, and even refuted the ministers who delivered the news in the court.
At the end of November, Ma Huaxuan's twists and turns arrived in the capital, and all the truth was clear.
Ma Huaxuan did not see Wu Shaogang, the envoy of Yunchuan Jiedu, but Li Tingzhi, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, the army stationed in Sichuan, did occupy Kaifeng Fucheng, and controlled the entire Henan Road and Kaifeng Fu, Yunchuan Jiedu made Wu Shaogang, should have stayed in Kaifeng Fucheng, and did not return to Chengdu Fucheng for the time being.
This news was like a bombshell, which made the imperial court boil in an instant.
Many adults who have fallen into despair see hope at this moment, what does it mean that Kaifeng Mansion is recovered, it means that the sky will not destroy the Song Dynasty, you must know that Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and Lin'an Mansion City is just the capital of the Great Song Dynasty that lost Kaifeng Mansion and was established.
Many adults in the court have put forward suggestions, suggesting that the emperor return to the capital and go to Kaifeng Fucheng.
In the face of the suggestion of the lord of the court, Jia Rudao was a little speechless, could it be that these people didn't know Wu Shaogang's attitude, they didn't report to the court about the recovery of Kaifeng Mansion at all, besides, most of the places on Jingnan Road and Lianghuai were occupied by the Mongolian army, and Jinghu South Road was no longer very safe.
Jia Rudao did not explicitly oppose the suggestion of the lord of the court, nor did he dare to continue to pour the disaster water on Wu Shaogang's body, but immediately handed the emperor a fold, imploring the emperor to enshrine the Yunchuan Festival and make Wu Shaogang the king of Wei.
Jia Nidao asked the emperor to entitle Wu Shaogang as the king of Wei, and it can be said that the title is higher than that of him.
This is also Jia Yidao's good intentions.
The title of the Great Song Dynasty, the king is the first product, the heir king, the county king and the prince of the country are from the first product, although as the prime minister, the master of Jia Nidao, has long been a member of the first product in the court, but in the title, Jia Nidao is still the Duke of Wei, or the title of the first product, and the title of the king is generally given to the royal family, such as the emperor's brother, and the emperor's son.
The Great Song Dynasty court enshrined people with foreign surnames, and the highest was the king of the county, or the prince of the country, and he would not be crowned king.
Now Jia Nidao proposed that the emperor enshrine Wu Shaogang as the king of Wei, on the one hand, he wanted to be able to stabilize Wu Shaogang, at least Wu Shaogang's undisclosed rebellion, then there was still hope for the Song Dynasty, on the other hand, this is also an olive branch handed by Jia Nidao to Wu Shaogang, and at the most critical juncture, this olive branch must still have an effect.
Hardly anyone in the DPRK or China opposed Jia Nidao's proposal.
On the tenth day of December in the seventh year of Xianchun, the emperor decreed that Wu Shaogang was the king of Wei and made Taifu and Yunchuan Jiedu.
This is the first prince with a foreign surname in the Great Song Dynasty, the prince of Zhengyipin.
An official position represents power, and a knighthood represents the highest honor.
From this moment on, all the adults in the court, including Jia Yidao, after seeing Wu Shaogang, wanted to bow down, because Wu Shaogang was already the king of Wei in the Great Song Dynasty.
At the same time as announcing the will of this way to the world, the official department Shangshu trusted by Jia Rudao personally went to Sichuan to announce the decree.
In the team announcing the decree, there were Jia Nidao's henchmen, carrying a letter specially written by Jia Nidao to Wu Shaogang.
Kaifeng Mansion City was recovered by Wu Shaogang, King of Wei, for the people of the capital, it is also a huge encouragement, more than 100 years have passed, although the people have not had the luxury of expecting the imperial court to recover Kaifeng Mansion City, but the people have passed on word of mouth, or will talk about Kaifeng Mansion City, and now many people in Lin'an Mansion City, are from Kaifeng Mansion City long distance to come, they heard a lot of stories about Kaifeng Mansion City from the mouth of their ancestors, and Meng Yuan Lao wrote "Tokyo Menghualu", It is a detailed description of the wealth and prosperity of Kaifeng Fucheng, and this book is available to many large families, and even a necessary book for large families to teach their children.
Under such circumstances, how could the people of the capital be unhappy and excited when they learned the news that Kaifeng Fucheng had been recovered.
For a time, in the tiles of the capital and in the wine shop, storytellers would talk about Wu Shaogang, the king of Wei, describing how brave Wu Shaogang was, how he led the Song army to defeat the Mongol Tatars, and how he recovered the city of Kaifeng.
Many people in the capital did not know that most of the places on Jingnan Road and Lianghuai were occupied by the Mongolian army.
Jia Rudao once strictly ordered the soldiers guarding the city not to let any unrelated people enter the capital, in fact, it means that the people of Lianghuai and Jingnan Road are not allowed to flee to the capital, so as not to take a walk with the news, and the government and county yamen in the capital are also severely punished for the people who dare to spread the news randomly, so those officials and eunuchs who know the news will never dare to talk casually outside, and they will force the news they know in their hearts.
Jia Rudao can control the mouths of the common people, but he can't control the legs of the powerful people in the DPRK.
Since the end of October, the children of some powerful people in the capital have secretly left the capital, saying that they are going out to study, but in fact, they are going to Chengdu Fucheng in Sichuan with money, and these magnates know very well that the safest and most comfortable places now are Chengdu Fucheng and Chongqing Fucheng in Sichuan.