Chapter 284: Tong Guan is a genius
To the north of the Daimyo Mansion, the camp of the Yan Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although the first two 200,000 troops were tossed cleanly, Tong Guan still transferred 30,000 infantry troops from the surrounding areas, plus the original only 20,000 infantry troops left, to form a new Northern Expeditionary Corps.
Late at night, the angel galloped and summoned Tong Guan to Bianliang Miansheng overnight. So Tong Guan ran back with the angel all the way. Along the way, the switch is closed, and the city is opened. When I arrived in Tokyo, the angels were paralyzed, but Tong Guan could still withstand it.
After going to the hall to meet Zhao Ji, Tong Guan saw that Liang Shicheng, Bai Shizhong, Wang Hao, and Gao Yu were already waiting on the side. Judging that this posture did not seem like a teacher asking for guilt, but rather a discussion of going out to fight, he saluted you with the frame of a privy envoy, and there was no shame of the commander of the defeated army at all.
Although Liang Shicheng was extremely disdainful in his heart, he did not show any displeasure, but more diligently introduced the proposal of the Khitan secret envoy to Tong Guan.
Several people have discussed it before, Bai Shizhong and Gao Yu know that this battle cannot be started, there is no money, there is no army, and it is facing the army of tigers and wolves, there is no chance of winning, so they are opposed.
There is oil and water in the war, so Wang Hao strongly suggested taking the opportunity to pick up the cheap, the opportunity must not be lost, and the loss will not come again, no matter what. And Liang Shicheng played Tai Chi, and he talked a lot about it, but no one understood whether he was in favor or against.
In the end, Tong Guan came to express his position, and Tong Guan first said that he must participate in the war, which is a good opportunity to weaken the Jurchens and Khitans. But instead of Fengsheng, he led a large army to attack Yanjing, Xiao Gan held on to the northern line while raiding Fengsheng with surprise troops, and Yanjing was empty and it was the best time to recover.
When Zhao Ji heard it, it also made sense, if he took down Yanjing, ruled the world, and looked down on all living beings, it would be so wonderful.
Tong Guan is a prodigy who fights wars!
But Tong Guan said this, Bai Shizhong stopped doing it at that time, and you still want to fight Yanjing? At the beginning, Yanjing was empty, you missed the opportunity in vain, and 80,000 people were defeated by 6,000 people. You have lost all the soldiers and horses, armaments, money and food, and now the three divisions have no money, so you can fight and prepare your own military expenses.
For squeezing Bai Shizhong's living space, Wang Hao has always spared no effort, it is best to knock him down and control the third division by himself, and it will be much more convenient to grab the money bag. Yin and Yang said strangely, "If you can't get Yanjing back, it's the real defeat, if you take Yanjing, everything will come back, there is no money, and then you will issue more money." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone frowned, how lacking in common sense is this idea?
The three-year bill has jumped from 30 million to 50 million. It has only been issued for two years, and the people are already struggling to make a living, and if it is issued again, there will definitely be civil unrest.
Seeing that the topic was about to collapse, Liang Shicheng asked, "Taishi, what is the amount of military spending required to send troops to Yanjing this time?" This sentence was asked by Liang Shicheng instead of Zhao Ji.
Tong Guan calculated, 50,000 horses, all infantry troops are not good, must be from the capital forbidden army in the transfer of 2,000 cavalry to decorate the façade, people eat horses and chew, the first batch of military expenses need at least two million guan.
Liang Shicheng then thought of a way, "Two million is not a lot, it is estimated that the Quartet can still have it if they get together"
According to Liang Shicheng's monthly income of 200,000 yuan, this money is really not much, just take out the business and doors of a prince and nobleman's family, and be embarrassed to go out if you don't earn one or two million a year. However, the treasury was empty, not to mention that the yamen at all levels were in arrears with large local debts.
Two million guan is only 4 percent for the Song Dynasty, which has an annual income of 50 million guan. However, it is an insurmountable obstacle for the imperial court, which currently has a huge debt black hole.
Bai Shizhong had no choice but to say that he had advanced the flood control funds and tea and salt tax for the next two months in advance, barely scraping together 700,000 yuan. Gao Yu saw that Liang Shicheng was coming out, and naturally knew that it was Zhao Ji's meaning, so he gritted his teeth and said that the Fourth Army could squeeze out 300,000 yuan for emergency expenses.
Wang Hao made a lot of money by selling his official mantle, but his family had a big business and a lot of expenses, so taking a penny from him was like ripping his flesh, and he simply looked at Liang Shicheng.
Liang Shicheng secretly cursed in his heart, Scrooge, this is a critical time to curry favor with the official family, and he still cares about two money! He said that Genyue could delay the construction for three months, and he should be able to get 500,000 guan.
Tong Guan asked, where are the remaining 500,000 Guan?
Liang Shicheng smiled slightly, Yizhou is the closest to Yanjing, where can you rest and replenish, and the shortage of expenses will be paid from Yizhou.
This is another trick to lead the water to the east, although Zhao Ji knows it, but this is also something that cannot be helped. In short, just let Tong Guan quickly lead the troops to fight, as for what will become of Yizhou after the war, no one will care.
In the end, it was decided that Tong Guan would lead the troops to the expedition, and the Western Army would combine 100,000 troops, and immediately go north to recover Yanjing. Tong Guan was very dissatisfied with Han Wang's freedom from his control, and deliberately took advantage of this battle to include the winning streak into his battle sequence.
Although Zhao Ji knew the stakes, Tong Guan was responsible for the whole army, so he could only do what he wanted. The magnates finally solved a major matter, and naturally made money in harmony. In particular, Tong Guan began to dance again, saying that he would call Pingliao Fuyan, pointing out the country and the mountains, and the momentum was compelling.
Han Wang didn't know that this kind of thing would happen in the court of the Great Song Dynasty, and he still sent a battle plan to recover Yanjing to Tokyo through Yizhou.
Zhao Ji was overjoyed when he received the secret report, but Tong Guan had already led the troops to the battle, and a large amount of money and grain had been transported away, and it was difficult to go back on his word, so he chased after Han Wang's plan and passed it on to Tong Guan, so that the two departments could cooperate in the battle. Zhao Ji really thought highly of the combat quality of the Song army, if he fought together, in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, there would be no chance at all, because everyone wanted to retain their strength, so whoever cooperated suffered a loss.
Tong Guan was shocked when he received Han Wang's report on the battle situation, it turned out that Jin and Liao thought so. God help me, Yanjing will be handed over to me, after all, Master Tong has 100,000 troops.
But he immediately thought in his mind, is the winning army actually so strong? If you take the opportunity to swallow his troops and equipment, it will be enough to defend Yanjing, anyway, I am the biggest in the north, and I don't dare to say anything more if I forgive him.
It just happened to remind Lao Chong and Yang Keshi that no matter how powerful Han Wang was, he was not played with by himself, and smart people knew each other.
The speed of this raid on Yanjing was the first, and the entire Western Army, as the vanguard force, had to conquer Zhuozhou within two days. At the same time, prepare for the whole army to attack Yanjing, and if there is a delay, it will be dealt with strictly.
When Tong Guan arrived in Xiongzhou, he ordered the seed master to gather the western army to march to Baozhou and Yizhou, and quickly took Zhuozhou.
The seed master finally gathered more than 30,000 military horses, and Tong Guan had to open the whole army as soon as he came, so he was naturally in a bad mood. But in view of the fact that this fat man came out of the official family, he will sell some face to him first, and then find an opportunity to rectify him after this time.
Just when Tong Guan and Han Wang were carefully calculating with Yanjing as their goal, Xiao Gan's 55,000 troops had all arrived and entered the position of assaulting Aguta from the mountains.
The 30,000 Liao army was used as bait to deal with Zongwang and Hulu, and the remaining 25,000 men and horses were the real killer moves.
A decisive battle against the Jurchens will be launched tomorrow night, and the task of defeating the Jurchen myth will be left to me, and this raid will surely become a classic case.
But Xiao Gan doesn't want to know that there is another proverb: "The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment" (to be continued). )