Chapter XXVIII

Zhao Huan, formerly known as Zhao Ji, also known as Zhao Xuan, is the eldest son of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, Song Qinzong was born on April 13, this day is the Qianlong Festival, Song Gaozong Zhao Gou's half-brother, mother Gongxian Queen Wang. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info Nawu Kangjun made Zhu Lian, the daughter of Zhu Bocai, the crown princess.

In the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125), Zhao Huan was allowed to ascend the throne by his father Song Huizong Zhao Jichan, who was Song Qinzong and changed his name to Jingkang. After ascending the throne, he immediately demoted Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others, and then reused Li Gang to resist Jin.

Above the current court, all the important ministers in the era of Emperor Zhao Ji were degraded, and they were replaced by Li Gang, who was very popular in Shilin, in the court, and in the rivers and lakes. Song Qinzong trusted some of the newly appointed ministers very much, thinking that as long as the dynasty was as prosperous as it is now, the Great Song Dynasty would naturally be saved.

With so many capable and upright ministers, wouldn't it be easy to turn the day over? Zhao Heng is very confident in this, and he is also very proud. took the opportunity of Jin Bing to go south, forced the incompetent father to abdicate, and passed the throne to him, this kind of merit is probably comparable to Tang Taizong in history, right?

He thought happily, the next step is to drive out the Jin soldiers first, recover the lost land, and then expand the territory and achieve a great cause like the Heavenly Khan!

The first thing Li Gang and others did after taking office was to mobilize troops to relieve the siege of Taiyuan. After looking at the map for a long time, the Privy Council finally came up with a good idea. The prime ministers looked at it and thought it was good, and then arranged for the people below to carry it out.

During the period, there were a few twists and turns, and the military general in the Western Army, who was called the seed division, actually said that the Privy Council was out of order, and the plan formulated was not realistic at all, and said that the soldiers were not well equipped, and the food and grass allocated were not enough to eat Yunyun.

It's a joke! Most of the people in the Privy Council are newly promoted righteous gentlemen, and they are the most talented. They had made a plan after looking at the map for days, so could there be any problem? It must be that these warriors want to support their own troops and want to deduct military salaries from them!

Aren't the warriors just a bunch of half-orcs with unclear brains? What do you want to do so much? Just follow the plan made by the old man and execute it!

In 1126 A.D. (the first year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Jin Tianhui) in February, the commander of the Jin Army's West Route Army, Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han), led the army to besiege Taiyuan, Zhongshan (now Dingzhou, Hebei), and Hejian (now Hebei) three towns, the Northern Song Dynasty court appointed Yao Gu as the Hebei system envoy, and the seed division was the deputy envoy of Hebei system, and ordered Yao Gu to lead the army to rescue Taiyuan, and the seed division led the army to rescue Zhongshan and Hejian.

After crossing the Yellow River with his troops, he found that Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han) only left his deputy general to besiege Taiyuan, and he himself led his troops southward and had arrived in Zezhou (now Jincheng, Shanxi). After Yan Zongwang led the army to return to the north, the division was forced to withdraw.

Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han) swept away the outer prefectures and counties of Taiyuan, and successively captured Wenshui, Xidugu, Qixian, Taigu, and Yuxian with partial divisions, and defeated the local troops of the Song army who rescued Taiyuan, Fan Kui, Shi Xu, and Gao Feng. He also used the "City Lock Law" to build heavy fortifications to surround Taiyuan and cut off the connection between inside and outside the city. Although the Yao Gu Department of the Song Army recovered Longde and Weisheng, it did not achieve the goal of relieving the siege of Taiyuan.

In May 1126 (the first year of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Jintianhui), the Northern Song Dynasty court organized the army to rescue Taiyuan again, and the division entered the west from Jingcheng in Hebei, and the other two generals, Yao Pingzhong's adoptive father Yao Gu and Zhang Xiaochun's son Zhang Hao went north from Changzhi and Fenzhou respectively, and the three armies were horns for each other to relieve the siege of Taiyuan.

The seed division led the troops from Jingcheng, Hebei Province into the Shanxi Pingding Army (now Pingding, Shanxi), and soon recovered Shouyang (now Shouyang, Shanxi) and Yuci (now Yuci, Shanxi), but because Yao Gu and Zhang Hao's troops did not keep up, in order to avoid the lone army going deep, the seed division that lost its strategy led its troops to be stationed in Zhending (now Zhending, Hebei).

At this time, the commander of the Jin army, Wanyan Zonghan (Sticky Han), was taking refuge in Yunzhong (now Datong City, Shanxi) for the summer, and he asked his soldiers to graze nearby.

After the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty got the news, they made a judgment that the Jin army was going to withdraw its troops on all fronts, so they urged the troops to enter the division, and even blamed him for holding heavy troops but staying on the sidelines.

After receiving the order, he was very sad, he said: "It is a big crime in the army to stay and stay in fear of the enemy, I have been in the army since I was a child, and I have been fighting for many years, and I still have to bear this crime when I am old?" So the planter left a heavy load of grain and grass, and did not even bring anything for reward, so he led the troops to set off lightly. At the same time, the planter wrote a letter agreeing that the two armies of Yao Gu and Zhang Hao would go their separate ways.

Soon, the advance of the middle of the division reached the stone bridge twenty miles away from Taiyuan, and the Chinese army reached the stone pit in Shouyang (now southeast of Shouyang, Shanxi), and the army advanced ten miles.

After receiving the news from Huang You, the seed master smiled bitterly: "I have long said that the Jin soldiers are not going to retreat, what is the use of saying such things now?" Besides, the prison army is in the army, and if I don't agree to continue the golden army, I will be removed from my post directly. I lead a large army, and maybe I can defeat the Jin soldiers, if ....."

So the planter ordered the army to move on. Huang You directed his troops to retreat slowly, while sending scouts and elite cavalry to cover his movements. In his opinion, since he found that the situation was wrong, of course, he should retreat a distance and set up camp.

Who knows, the division did not order the troops to stop advancing, but urged the troops to continue to advance. Seeing this situation, Huang You went straight to the big tent in the seed master, and said loudly: "Handsome! We're too far ahead! ”

"And what are you going to do?" The planter asked rhetorically: "The order given to me by the imperial court is to rescue Taiyuan, do you want me to resist and disobey the order?" ”

"However, even if we go all the way, we can't save Taiyuan!" Huang You shouted: "The other two soldiers and horses are too far away from us, if you can't do it, this is another good water river!" ”

"Presumptuous!" The planter is already over sixty years old, and he still has a fierce temperament, and he was furious when he heard this: "If you are afraid, you can go back to Shaanxi by yourself!" ”

"How can I, Huang You, be that kind of person?" Huang You also said angrily: "It's just that the orders are different like this, and it is a taboo for soldiers to rush forward." If the imperial court really wants us to rescue Taiyuan City, why don't we unify the power of affairs and let the marshal control the soldiers and horses of the three routes? ”

The seed master stared at Huang Youyou for a while, and then like a deflated ball, his energy was completely lost, he waved his hand weakly, and said, "The imperial court.... Hey hey ......."