Chapter 9 Murder by the Sword

In the Battle of Song and Xia that year, the overwhelming Chage army was suddenly defeated, so that it was on the verge of destroying the country, and the hand that turned the tide of the war was the participation of the Hedong Army; During the battle to destroy Liao, the Jin State even went down to the four capitals of the Liao State, but the head of the Xijing was broken and bloody, and was defeated by a sudden Texas army; In the battle of the Song Dynasty, the Jin army was defeated by the Hezhong Army and the Dezhou Army successively, but suddenly there was an additional water bandit.

The elites of the Dajin Kingdom quickly reverted to the wars associated with these armies, realizing that although they had different names and seemed to have their own subordinates, the weapons in their hands showed that the three armies were inextricably linked. When they first appeared, they were just the personal army of the little-known Prince Yan of the Great Song Dynasty, and as the power of the King of Yan grew, they also expanded rapidly and became the loyal and brave army of the mighty Hexi.

And it was when the Jurchens attacked Xijing in Liao, the loyal army was evacuated from Lingzhou, and one of their detachments disappeared in the storm at that time, when the incident was very big, the Great Song Dynasty sent people to look for their whereabouts, but the last was fruitless, but Xijing suddenly had a more Dezhou army, which opened the door of doom for the Jin army in Xijing, kept the last piece of land of the Khitans, and took in the blood of the Liao royal family!

There are all kinds of signs that the two armies are in the same place, and although that water gang appeared for the first time, their superb tactics and skillful combat skills show that they are by no means the first brothers to go to the battlefield. Being able to mobilize more than a dozen 2,000-hun ships and 10,000-hun sea ships at a time shows that they will never be a water coward, but a well-organized army. As for its provenance, the Loyal Army can split into a Texas Army, and it can also create another Naval Army.

The facts in front of them shocked the generals of the Jin Kingdom. Realizing that he had encountered the biggest obstacle since the army was the Great Song Yan, he was the mastermind behind the myth of the invincibility of the Jurchens again and again...

"I have said many times that King Yan is extraordinary. I'm not an unknown person, but you always think I'm talking nonsense. Believe it now! Wan Yan also looked at his group of nephews with eyes on the top of their heads and said leisurely.

"Du Shuai, we really underestimated him in the past, but he has such a great strategy, why has it always been difficult to reuse?" Zong Han asked.

"Alas, the emperors of the Song people are different from our Dajin, they are afraid that their sons will take their throne, and they are all raised in Beijing with good food and drink, which is like our Jurchens grew up on the battlefield, and King Yan did not like his father. Therefore, for those who were sent to the northwest to endure hardships, even if they have made countless meritorious contributions, it is rare to be happy, and the throne is still given to his brother! Wan Yan Xian also sighed and said, very sorry for his brother.

"Didn't the emperor of the Song people already recruit him to Beijing as an official this time?" Wanyan Zonggan said.

"It is true to recruit him to Beijing as an official, but it may not be to reuse him, the foundation of the new emperor's accession to the throne is unstable, the old emperor is still alive, and the new emperor is worried that he will have troops outside and be self-respecting, and he will establish himself as a king, so he wants to bring King Yan back to his side. Prevent him from taking the throne! Wanyan Xiyin said.

"Since King Yan is not trusted by the new emperor, he will not be appointed when he goes back, and we still have something to fear, so we can take Bianjing directly." Wanyan Zonggan said.

"No, you can't. It is not a common thing that this son can quietly train such an army, and he can live in the northwest for many years, and his city is quite deep. It can also be seen that his ambition is in the world, and he will be my fierce rival in the future. Now is the time to deal with it before it is fledgling, otherwise it will become a big disaster! The national theory is extremely strong, and Xi Gu Nai thought about it and said.

"Not necessarily. King Yan is righteous, as long as we give up attacking the Song Dynasty, he will not be our enemy, I don't want to meet him on the battlefield. Wan Yan Xian also disagreed, yawned and said, his current life depends on the 'elixir' given by King Yan, and he killed it, so he has to finish playing.

"This son must be removed, otherwise it will be difficult to realize the last wish of the first emperor!" Zong Han said with a hideous face, he was put on a few occasions by him, but he was still confused, which really made him a smart man unbearable.

"Du Shuai, since you are friendly with King Yan, and King Yan is unhappy in the Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't it be better if we can surrender to him!" Wanyan Zonggan said.

"Well, good idea, we can allow him to split the soil and become the king, as long as their brothers are out of harmony and the Great Song Dynasty is in civil strife, we just go south to herd horses!" Wan Yan Han couldn't leave.

"Han Li, you are presiding over the Song-Jin peace conference, I see that you can ask Da Song for him as a hostage, what threat can he have in our hands!" Wanyan Wu Qimai said suddenly, everyone nodded when they heard it, or the emperor was smart.

"Oh, the emperor's plan is very good, and we don't have to bother to surrender to him, but I'm afraid that Emperor Song will not will!" Han Li said,

"The Emperor of the Song Kingdom is weak and incompetent, as long as we take this opportunity, he will definitely enter the hub when the troops go out of Yanjing!" Zong Han said.

"Well, then follow the plan!" Wu Qimai said, "Spread my will, requisition Yanshan, Yunzhong, Zhongjing and other road militias into Zhuwanhu, enrich the troops, Muhan and Han will not step up the training of the army, raise military salaries, grain and grass, and prepare to attack Bianjing in the south, Zong Han will contact the Xia State again, let them harass the border of the Song State, contain the Hezhong army to prevent it from going south, and when my Dajin captures Lingxia, it will be returned to them!" ”

Wu begged to buy a piece of Longkou, and the attack on the Song Dynasty had become settled, and the generals immediately went down to prepare, and he left the Minister of State to talk to Liu Yanzong, the commander of the Han army of the Eastern Route Army.

"The matter of attacking the Song Dynasty is also very opposed, especially the matter of King Yan is always ambiguous, is there any collusion between the two?" Wu Qimai summoned the two to the apse and asked.

"When Du Shuai was in distress during the expedition to Xijing, he was favored by King Yan, so it is understandable to say some good things for him!" Xi Gu Nai thought about it and said.

"Maybe it's more than that, I want the first emperor to capture Yanjing and return to Shangjing on the way to get seriously ill, someone once sneaked into Shangjing to assassinate Yu Zhen, and later found out that the box contained gunpowder, today I heard them say that the Yan King's subordinates are all good at using firearms, and I think the assassin is sent by him!" Wu Qimai turned around in the hall and said.

"This matter is very likely, but there was no conflict between our Song and Jin that day, and we were joining forces to destroy Liao, what did he do this for?" Xi Gu Nai thought about it and said, King Yan will never be able to see the Song and Jin exchanges today with his back eyes!

"The assassin sent two treasure chests that day, the first box contained the edict of the first emperor, and the other exploded box, although the things were blown to pieces, but after the fact, it was the transfer of troops and the national seal, at that time, the first emperor knew that he would die soon, and thought that those things must be sent back to me by the first emperor, and there are definitely not many people who can know about this matter, and no one in our army is proficient in the use of gunpowder to make such a delicate device, if I was killed at that time, then..."

"What does the emperor mean that Du Shuai and King Yan have joined forces to do this?" Xi Gu is one of the parties involved, the assassination of Wu Qimai is confusing, and the truth has not been clarified, and the person who delivered the box has not been found, and now the two people are put together, and the truth seems to have emerged.

"If the assassination is successful, only Du Shuai can inherit the throne at that time, he is the biggest beneficiary of this matter, inheriting the throne, and King Yan, as the prince, was the same as Du Shuai at that time but was not made the crown prince, at that time, Du Shuai can help him ascend to the throne with the power of a country, they are really calculating!" Liu Yanzong sighed.

"Hmph, this can explain why Xian Ye has always had an ambiguous attitude towards the matter of dealing with King Yan, always touting him in front of people, if it weren't for the accidental mention of it today, I would still think that they were just sympathetic to each other, it turned out that there was a long collusion, how do you think this matter should be handled?" Wu Qimai said with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this time it is not appropriate to be oblique and handsome, just in case!" Liu Yanzong said.

"No, Xian Ye has been ill in recent years, Du Shuai is only in name, and now his collusion with King Yan is only speculation, if he is removed from his post this time, it will only startle the snake and arouse his vigilance, he is desperate to collude with King Yan to rebel and stand on his own, not only can he not realize his wish to go south, but also will plunge the country into turmoil!" Xi Gu Nai said.

"If we sit idly by, it will be a hidden danger in the end, and the emperor can't help but guard against it!" Liu Yanzong said eagerly.

"We are not ignoring, and the oblique and the king of Yan support each other, as long as we break one of them, it will be difficult to succeed, so the top priority is how to put it to death, instead of messing with ourselves." Xi Gu Nai said.

"Prime Minister, I think you have a solution." Wu Qimai listened to what he said and nodded.

"Now that King Yan has lost power, he will definitely be imprisoned by the new emperor if he is recalled, we just use the peace talks to force him as a hostage, if King Yan understands people and cooperates with the emperor, we don't have to worry about oblique anymore, and we can also get a helping arm to take Bianjing lightly!" Xi Gu Nai said, "But if he refuses, we can only kill him to prevent future troubles!" ”

"If Emperor Song refuses to let him be a hostage, after all, they are brothers, and it is the time to use people, so they can really use the power of King Yan to fight against my Dajin!" Wu Qimai asked again.

"Well, we can ask Xian Ye to write a letter to King Yan and surrender to him, if Emperor Song refuses, then we will leak this letter to Emperor Song, and then Emperor Song will kill him without us doing anything!" Liu Yanzong offered another strategy.

"A good one borrowed a knife to kill, King Yan has a high reputation in the Great Song Dynasty, if the Song Emperor executes him, it will cause public outrage, we can just use this to use troops, not to worry about drinking the Yangtze River!" Wu Qimai praised with great satisfaction.

The plan of the Jin State has been decided, and Huo Huo is preparing to go south, but the Great Song Dynasty is still arguing about whether to fight or peace, and the two factions are arguing endlessly, in order to let the prince be hostage, who to send to the peace talks, and they have not taken the preparations to heart at all, let alone realize that the Jin State has completed the strategic deployment of the second southward movement in full swing after careful and careful planning. (To be continued......)