Chapter 344: Wishful Thinking
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the Lianghuai system has made Lu Wende return to the capital. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Lu Wende can be said to be unfavorable, not long in office, he encountered a fierce attack by the Mongolian Tartars, which has not happened for a long time, the Mongolian Tartars plundered in the two Huai, and finally swaggered away, so that Lu Wende felt a chill down his spine, of course, Lu Wende finally reported to the imperial court, it was the army that repelled the attack of the Mongolian Tartars.
The original battle of Diaoyu City, when the imperial army faced the elite of the Mongolian Tartars, it was also desperately resisted, and later the Battle of Ezhou, as well as the Battle of Tongchuan Fulu, Lu Wende led the army to effectively resist the attack of the Mongolian Tartars.
But this time, the Mongolian Tartars waved their armies, and the situation seemed to have become different, and the Mongolian Tartars did not focus on attacking Jiankang Mansion City and Luzhou Mansion City, but moved quickly to attack the cities of the prefecture and county, which made Lu Wende, who was in charge of defense, tired and unable to deal with it calmly.
The losses in the battle of Lianghuai were heavy, the burned city, the people who were killed, and the situation and scene of thousands of miles of uninhabited people after the army, appeared in the rich Lianghuai, a large number of fleeing people, poured into the vicinity of Luzhou and Jiankang City, the collection of taxes was affected or secondary, the panic of the people, and the inability of the army to deal with the situation of the brave Mongol Tartars, for Lu Wende was fatal.
This time, Lu Wende returned to the capital, and his purpose was very strong, after all, the signal released by the capital was keenly captured by him.
When he returned to the capital, Lu Wende didn't even return directly to his mansion, so he asked to see the Duke of Wei.
The only one who can solve the crisis situation between the two Huai is Jia Yidao, and the situation in the capital seems to have undergone major changes, which makes Lu Wende see great hope.
Korakuen Garden, the mansion of Jia Rudao.
Lu Wende, who carried a rich gift, followed the housekeeper into the mansion and was taken directly to the wing, and Jia Yidao was already waiting in the wing.
This flattered Lu Wende and was very happy.
After a simple greeting, Lu Wende went straight to the point.
"Wei Guogong, the lower official thinks that the safety of the two Huai is related to the stability of my Great Song Dynasty, and the invasion of the Mongolian Tatars has caused many places in the two Huai to suffer heavy losses, and the lower official begs the Duke of Wei to send a large army to the two Huai. . . ."
During the process of Lu Wende's request, Jia Rudao kept his eyes slightly closed, without any expression on his face.
Jia Rudao knew the grievances between Lu Wende and Wu Shaogang and Li Tingzhi, and the grievances in this could be traced back to the Battle of Huaibei at the earliest.
The beam between Lu Wende and Wu Shaogang has been concluded, and it is almost impossible to completely eliminate it.
Jia Rudao also knew that the reason why Lu Wende returned to the capital between the Spring Festival was because he knew that Li Tingzhi had been impeached and was forced to resign from the post of secretary of the ministry, and Wen Tianxiang continued to impeach Wu Shaogang, which caused a huge repercussion in the court, and Wen Tianxiang was appointed as the Sichuan Chengxuan envoy and went out of Sichuan.
Jia Yidao was sarcastic about Lu Wende in his heart, but he would never say it.
Li Tingzhi's resignation from the post of secretary of the ministry is by no means because Wen Tianxiang's impeachment has played a role, Li Tingzhi has long thought about leaving the capital, as for Wen Tianxiang's impeachment of Wu Shaogang and being sent to Sichuan as a propaganda envoy, as long as he carefully analyzes it, he can find out the problems, Wu Shaogang is the Taifu and Yunchuan Jiedu envoys, and a mere Sichuan Chengxuan envoy can play a role, and it is not at the mercy of Wu Shaogang.
If Lu Wende relies on these things, he thinks that the imperial court will start to calculate and punish Wu Shaogang again, it is a big mistake, Jia Rudao Although he is autocratic, although he holds the power firmly in his hands, although he will calculate and disobey his civil and military ministers from time to time, he also knows that the stability of Sichuan is related to the stability of the court situation, if Sichuan is completely chaotic, he, the prime minister, should not think about being stable at any time.
Jia Rudao has actually admitted that Wu Shaogang is the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Great Song Dynasty.
“。。。 Wei Guogong, the lower officials thought that the Hezhou Imperial Army, the Xingyuan Imperial Army, and the Jinzhou Imperial Army stationed in Sichuan were all extremely brave, and defeated the Mongol Tartars many times, and his subordinates begged the Privy Council to send part of the army stationed in Sichuan to Lianghuai to protect the safety of Lianghuai. ”
Lu Wende finally said his purpose.
Jia Yidao also opened his eyes, and a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes.
Lu Wende is using him nakedly, hoping that the imperial court can weaken Wu Shaogang's power, let the two Huai get benefits, and let the two Huai system allow Lu Wende to enjoy his success.
Where in the world is there such a simple thing.
However, Jia seems to be able to lose his temper.
"Lu Zhizhi envoy, you only know one and don't know the other, the Mongolian Tatars attacked the two Huai, I think its purpose is to plunder, in the two Huai wanton looting and left, after all, the Mongolian Tatars lack a foothold in the two Huai, it is impossible to settle down for a long time, but Sichuan is different, the battle of Diaoyu City, you and I are clear, the Mongolian Tatars dreamed of being able to occupy Sichuan, so as to attack my Song Dynasty, in this case, you said that the army stationed in Sichuan will be transferred to the two Huai, if this Sichuan is lost, How should the court respond, how should I respond? ”
Jia Yidao's tone was very soft, and he also spoke with a smile.
Lu Wende, who was thinking about weakening Wu Shaogang's strength, didn't feel the meaning behind Jia Yidao.
"Wei Guogong, the lower officials thought that the former Great Khan of Mongolia died in the battle of Diaoyu City, which must have made Kublai Khan have doubts and even fears about Sichuan, and over the years, the Mongolian Tatars have repeatedly suffered defeats in Sichuan, Chengdu Fu Road and Lizhou West Road were recovered by our army, and Yunnan Road was also controlled by our court, so that Kublai Khan thought that attacking Sichuan was not so simple, and it can be seen that Kublai Khan sent two armies to attack Sichuan and Lianghuai respectively."
"Kublai Khan only sent 10,000 new annexed troops to attack Sichuan, but sent 50,000 troops to attack Lianghuai, Sichuan's expedition, Kublai Khan's army suffered a crushing defeat, and Lianghuai was considered a victory.
Jia Rudao shook his head slightly, disagreeing with Lu Wende's analysis at all.
Jia Rudao can be said to know nothing about military matters, and several times the foreman has been fighting, he directly thought of negotiating peace, and took out a large amount of money to solve the matters of fighting and killing.
Lu Wende is both civil and military, and has participated in many expeditions and battles, and his strategy is analytical and predictable.
This time, Lu Wende's analysis should be said to be very good, if Jia Yidao considers it and prepares in advance, it may be able to allow the imperial court to deal with the attack of the Mongol Tatars.
It's a pity that Jia Yidao doesn't know how to analyze, and he doesn't agree with Lu Wende's analysis, so he lost a great opportunity.
"Envoy Lu Zhizhi, you are too worried, I have already said before, the Mongol Tatars attacked Lianghuai, just thinking about looting money and grain, and there will be no other plans, as for your analysis, just relying on the two armies sent by Kublai Khan, you will draw a conclusion, this is inappropriate, Sichuan has always been the focus of the Mongol Tatar attack, whether it is Wokotai or Meng Ge, they all chose to attack from the direction of Sichuan, take Sichuan, the city of abundance, and then threaten our Song Dynasty."
"Wu Taifu led everyone to garrison Sichuan, so that the imperial court was relieved of worries, and at the beginning of the year, the Mongolian Tatars invaded Sichuan and Lianghuai, and the Mongolian army that attacked Sichuan was annihilated, which was a huge threat to the Mongolian court, forcing Kublai Khan to make the decision to withdraw his troops, and the two Huai were truly preserved.
"Envoy Lu Zhizhi, I have said everything that should be said, don't continue to talk about the matter of transferring troops, as for the matter of the insufficient number of troops stationed in Lianghuai, you can find a way to solve it, don't you just recruit sergeants."
Let Lu Wende, the envoy of the two Huai systems, be responsible for recruiting sergeants, others dare not say this, Jia Nidao dares to say it, and Jia Rudao's opinion is the opinion of the imperial court.
A smile already appeared on Lu Wende's face, he didn't expect such a situation.
Half an hour later, Lu Wende left, with a comfortable smile on his face.
After Lu Wende left, Jia Yidao's expression was unusually serious.
Before the housekeeper could ask, Jia Rudao spoke.
"Lu Wende, this person, has a lot of ambitions, he has already occupied Lianghuai, and the imperial army stationed in Lianghuai has a total strength of more than 100,000 people, he is still not satisfied, do you want to transfer the army of the three divisions in front of the palace to the past?"
"Master, Lu Wende is just thinking about dispatching the army from Sichuan."
"Hmph, if you want to cover up and dispatch the army from Sichuan, is it so simple to talk about it, why should you send them, Sichuan is located in a fortress, and it is necessary to strengthen the deployment of military forces, doesn't Lu Wende know this, asking the Privy Council to dispatch the army from Sichuan, doesn't it force me to offend Wu Shaogang, speaking of which, if the army is dispatched, then it can only be considered the army belonging to the three divisions in front of the palace."
"Master, Lu Wende doesn't dare to have such thoughts."
"Not yet, what will happen in the future, who knows, there has always been a contradiction between Lu Wende and Wu Shaogang, this is clear to me, Lu Wende is thinking about calculating Wu Shaogang, this is not a big deal, but thinking about letting me calculate, Lu Wende will get real benefits behind the scenes, is this too beautiful."
The housekeeper lowered his head, thinking about whether the heavy gift that Lu Wende gave him should be returned, so as not to be misunderstood by his master. (To be continued.) )