Chapter 184: Urgency
At the turn of the summer and autumn of the second year of Tianhui, the base camp of the Jin Dynasty's invasion of the Song Dynasty was established. The Jin Dynasty mobilized the whole country, and the Liao Han army of more than 100,000 troops from Zhongjing, Shangjing, Tokyo, Pingzhou, Liaoxi, and Changchun six roads, Meng'an, Moke, and Xinshu, and other places, tore up the Song-Jin non-aggression pact under the pretext of the Zhang Jue incident more than a year ago, and prepared to march south by two routes. Wan Yan Xian also served as the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses of the Jin Dynasty, sitting in Huanglong Mansion, leading all armies and assisting Jin Taizong in controlling the overall situation.
The Jinxi Route Army built a large camp in Fengshengzhou, and Wanyan Zonghan was the marshal of the Western Route Army, commanding the Western Route Army in a unified manner. Wanyan Xiyin was the right supervisor and the vanguard envoy, commanding the advance column of the Western Route Army. Wanyan Yinshu can be the right capital supervisor of the Western Route Army, assisting Zong Han in commanding the whole army. In order to deal with the Western Army of the Song Dynasty and the remnants of the Liao State in Xijing, which could be reinforced at any time, the Jin Army placed the main force on the Western Route Army led by Wanyan Zonghan.
Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Saili, Wanyan Sudden Combination Speed, Wanyan Pull Out Speed, Yeluma Fifth Rank Fierce General is mostly under the command of Zong Han, and the Western Route Army alone has 60,000 Jurchen soldiers, and there is no separate alien army of 10,000 households. In the era of Jurchen invincibility, the 60,000 Jurchen army was a formidable striking force, enough to sweep the whole of North China.
The Jindong Road Army built a large camp in Pingzhou, with Liu Yan as the head of the hospital. Wanyan Zongwang was the marshal of the Eastern Route Army, and commanded the Eastern Route Army in a unified manner. Wanyan Yanmu and Wanyan Zonggan were deputy marshals, among them, Yanmu was the commander of Nanjing Road, commanding the Western Advance Corps of the Eastern Route Army stationed in Pingzhou. Wanyan Zonggan was the commander of the six road capitals, commanding the Eastern Route Army stationed in Zhongjing to march south; Liu Yanzong was the commander of the Han army and followed up as the second echelon of the Eastern Route Army.
The strength of the Eastern Route Army was much worse than that of the Western Route Army, and the main Jurchen Ministry would be Wanyan Zongbi. After the end of the face, Wuyan Puluhun is gone. Chizhan Hui, oblique Ali. Aru and others, the average quality is a grade worse than that of the Western Route Army. The total strength of the Eastern Route Army was 60,000, of which 30,000 were the Jurchen army, and the rest were the Khitan army, the Xi army, the Han army and the Bohai navy.
In addition to the part of the alien army mixed with the Jurchen army, there are also Han Qing and Liaodong Han Army, which are a separate army, and a 10,000-person team of the Bohai Army. And the 10,000-strong contingent of these co-enlisted troops is not necessarily 10,000, some are exceeded, and more are insufficient, and the average number of 10,000 households marching is about 8,000.
September. On the pretext of celebrating the friendship between the two countries, Jin sent envoys to visit again. On the day of the envoy's arrival in Tokyo, the Hedong garrison reported to the imperial court that the Jin army on the border was in military movement under the command of Mu Han and might be in danger of invading the south. At the same time, the court also received a recital from Prince Yan, but no one paid attention to it, but thought that he was colluding with his old subordinates to create tension and want to re-govern Hedong.
However, Tong Guan was busy abolishing and reducing the border garrison according to his own intentions, changing the commander of the Ansu Army to the magistrate of Ansu County, and continuing to lead the downsized Ansu Army; The commander of the Yongben Army was reappointed as the magistrate of Boye County and the commander of the downsized Yongben Army; The commander of the Baoding Army was reappointed as the magistrate of Baoding County and the commander of the downsized Baoding Army. The rest of the outposts along the border are border villages. Except for very important ones, the rest will be abolished and merged...
Zhao Ta's last effort ended in failure, not only was he scolded, but he was also charged with sabotaging the peace agreement with the Jin State. It was the queen who came forward to persuade him to keep the position of the pacification envoy in the river, otherwise he would really become a bare-bones prince with various false titles, but his power was also greatly restricted. Basically in a state of idleness, but he didn't care anymore. Know the destiny of heaven and do your best. I've done what I had to do.
"Lord Wang, let's have another drink!" Although the weather is already cold, there is a strong sense of spring in the tent of the prince of Dijinze, and Princess Aman and the prince are drinking each other.
"Aman, I can't drink anymore, I'm almost drunk, just say anything you want!" Zhao Ta's face flushed and waved her hand, this little girl actually found here, but needless to say, she also knew her intentions.
"The prince is really a smart person, I think he has already guessed what I want to say!" Ah Man smiled and put down the wine glass and said.
"Then the princess should have guessed the reason, so why bother to run again!" Zhao Ta leaned back and said.
"There's no way, my father and Uncle Wang have to ask me to go and discuss it with the prince!" Ah Man said and leaned closer to the prince and said, "This year, the land in Lanzhou has moved, the houses in Liangzhou have collapsed, the fields have been destroyed, and the grain harvest has failed, but the Great Song Dynasty has reduced the grain output by seventy percent, but has bought cattle and sheep from Xijing, and no longer buys my Daxia livestock, isn't this taking advantage of the fire to rob!" ”
"The princess has said this, now that the king is a powerless idler, where can you still take care of these things, can you report to the court and expand the trade?" Zhao Tan shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, the Lanzhou earthquake had little impact on the river, but it made the adjacent Liangzhou area of Western Xia stained, resulting in a collapse and cracking, and the river was diverted, but it was the main grain producing area in Western Xia, and of course they had to be anxious to reduce their own grain exports.
"If it's useful, I don't have to go here to trouble the prince, our envoy has already gone twice, but there is no gain!" Ah Man sighed and said, she has been trading for a few years, and she already knows that the grain that she can get through the Rongchang transaction is limited, and it is not a simple matter to expand the trade, and in the past two years, she has relied on the output of the caravan of Prince Yan in front of her to barely maintain the balance in the country.
"Wouldn't that just follow your father's thoughts, didn't he already make an agreement with the Jurchens and give you Yunnei and Yunzhong, where the land is fertile and there will be a shortage of food!" Zhao Ta gave Ah Man a meaningful smile and said.
"Don't laugh at the prince, how can we make peace with the Jurchens, and besides, it's the prince's territory, how can we interfere!" Ah Man was stunned for a moment when she heard this, she was very clear about the prince's 'ambition', his purpose was to control the entire southern foot of Yin Mountain, and he was originally 'scrupulous' Yelu Yanxi, the main master, and now that he was captured by the Jurchens, Prince Yan did not make a move now but was just waiting for an appropriate time.
"Oh, this king may have heard rumors, and he thought too much!" Zhao Tan said with a smile.
"Lord Wang, can we do the same? If you cut off the business with Xixia, you will also lose a lot, don't you really care! Ah Man looked at the prince and said, but he knew in his heart that things were not so simple, he said this one was to test the truth of the rumors, and the other was to say the opposite, so he pretended to be stupid with him.
"Alas, I really want to earn your money, but now I'm just a vain prince who is not as good as before, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at it behind my back, but if there is a mistake, I will be ordered to return to Beijing, then wouldn't it fulfill the wishes of many people!" Zhao Ta sighed and said, at this moment, the person who wants him to leave the northwest the most is probably Western Xia, and he is afraid of them and has to consider his own existence.
"I'm afraid that the prince is just an excuse, right?" Ah Man's gaze swirled on the prince's face, as if he wanted to see something from that calm face, but the result was still disappointment.
"Aman, go back and tell your father and uncle Wang that it is you who will suffer from the skin of the tiger, and the Jurchens are not good men and women!" Zhao Ta got up and said.
"Is the prince a bodhisattva, isn't he using our Western Xia to deal with the Jurchens?" Ah Man said with a sneer.
"Yes, because this is the rule of the game, we are all fighting for our own interests, because this is a world of the jungle, full of conspiracy traps, if you want to live, you have to do this, everyone understands this truth, but they all want to put on a fig leaf to disguise themselves as noble and great, in fact, they are all a pile of shit, no one is purer and kinder than anyone else!" Now that Ah Man has made it clear, Zhao Ta simply admitted it.
"Lord Wang, but I really don't want us to fight again, I'm tired of this kind of day, I just want to live a happy and peaceful life!" Aman muttered.
"I want to too, but this kind of day is not something that can be obtained by thinking, your father has reached an agreement with the Jurchens to promise Yunzhong and Yunnei to you, and the condition is that when they attack the Song Dynasty, your Xia Kingdom is not allowed to help the Great Song Dynasty, and in the future, after they destroy the Song Dynasty, they will cede all the land in Hedong to you!" Zhao Ta said, "Will I use the food and money of the Great Song Dynasty to arm and feed the enemy? There is nothing to talk about on this issue, and you can convey my words to your father and uncle, and let them choose where to go! ”
"Lord, then we..." A Man couldn't hide his sadness, if the two countries turned their faces again, let alone make peace, the two would not even have a chance to meet.
"Aman, you and I are both pawns in this game, go back!" Zhao Ta turned around and wiped away the tears from her face for Aman, and said...
Zhao Ta knew that the battle of the Dao was imminent, at this time, it was necessary to stabilize the Western Xia, as long as he held their life, he would not be able to set off any big storms, no money and no food, he would fight a fart battle, now the Lingzhou area has been stable after several years of operation, if they want to start from that side, it is impossible to succeed, they can only avoid the river to use troops against Tiande, and at this time, the loyal army Chen soldiers are along the Yellow River, and if they want to do it, they have to think about it, he will not be stupid to really disarm and return to the field for the loyal army.
Now that he has flatly rejected the request of Western Xia to increase the grain trade, Brother Cha's cleverness will not fail to understand that this is a warning to their rebellion, and let Ah Man negotiate with him is just to talk about his own style, but also to see the actions of the Jurchens. They also know that what they see now is only the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror, even the Jurchens of the Krüd Army in Xijing have repeatedly defeated their subordinates, and it is still unknown whether they can take it down, and as long as they remain neutral, Zhao Ta will have the opportunity to turn the tables again and pull Xixia Zaici to his side.
Entering October, the weather is getting colder, the autumn harvest is over, the horses are fat and strong, it is the season to use soldiers, of course the Jurchens will not let go of this opportunity, the armies have gone south, Chen soldiers border, and the Great Song Dynasty is busy organizing the emperor's birthday, not wanting to disturb the emperor's interest! (To be continued......)