Chapter 40: Divisions within the anti-gold faction
The seed master Dao felt a pain in his heart, these Qinwang divisions may have low combat effectiveness, may have poor military discipline, and may not be pure-minded, but thousands of miles of rescue to protect Bianliang are worthy of praise in themselves.
However, the arrival of reinforcements also aggravated the food crisis in Bianliang, 200,000 people, how much grain to consume in a day, which was fatal to Bianliang, which was short of food. In order to fight for that one percent of the elusive opportunity, in order to save food, how cruel is it to let these 200,000 people go to death?
But in order to defend Bianliang, for victory, it can only be like this!
"Your Majesty think twice!" The seed master persuaded again, although he understood the emperor's intentions, but the seed master still couldn't accept it.
Song Qinzong did not answer, but said: "I don't know, that general is willing to lead the army to attack, as long as the Jin army is defeated and the siege of Bianliang is lifted, I will not hesitate to reward him with great merit!" ”
The seed master was silent, these are all robes, but they are going to die.
The generals were silent, and they all knew the combat strength of the Jin army. There is more than enough to defend the city, but not enough to fight, and the battle will be defeated. Since the battle between the Jin and Song dynasties, the Song army has suffered many defeats, and even occasional victories have been disastrous victories.
"Could it be that the military generals of the Manchu Dynasty are all waste? Hearing that Jin Jun was scared into a soft-footed shrimp! Song Qinzong said angrily.
The planter on the side was furious, and was about to get up and lead the troops to attack. At this time, a young general stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the last general is willing to lead the army to attack the Jin army, and he will break the Hulu!" “
This young general is really Yao Pingzhong, the general of the Yao family of the Western Army.
"Okay, in ancient times, there was a champion Hou who attacked the Huns, and now there is General Yao who broke gold!" Song Qinzong praised, "The courage of young people is commendable, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty does not hesitate to take the title, and I do not hesitate to take the title, the day the general breaks the gold, it is the time to be a marquis!" “
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Li Gang said: "Congratulations to the official family, the champion Hou, Dajin is about to be broken!" ”
Seed Master Dao was cold in his heart, looking at this scene, it was not clear where it was, Li Gang recruited the military general Yao Pingzhong and began to fight against him. And the officials also acquiesced, and even encouraged Yao Pingzhong to stand on Li Gang's side, and dismantle the situation of his military dominance, lest he support the army and be self-respecting, and it will be difficult to restrain him.
The most important thing that the Great Song Dynasty has always lacked is party struggle. The Great Song Dynasty rose in the north, and most of the civil and military generals in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China were northerners, which was the founding father's faction; In the south, most of the civil and military generals who surrendered such as Wu and Southern Tang were one faction, and the two factions were constantly fighting each other;
The senators had a political advantage, while the southerners had an economic advantage.
In the middle period, it was a dispute between the old faction and the reformers, then a dispute between the new party and the old party, a dispute between the traitorous party and the loyal party, and now a dispute between the peacemakers and the anti-war faction.
However, when he arrived in Bianliang, he found that the anti-war faction was divided into the other Shidao faction and the Li Gang faction. Although I am unwilling, although I try my best to bridge the contradictions, the natural differences are still like fire and water.
Li Gang is a civil servant, and he must first protect the interests of scholars; And he is a military general, and he must first safeguard the interests of the border soldiers.
Li Gang thought that it was best for King Qin's division to be under his command, and he would become his staff officer and assist in the battle; And he resolutely opposed it and handed over tens of thousands of soldiers to a scholar, which was irresponsible to the soldiers, and he didn't want the shame of Changping to be staged again.
Besides, if you want to set him up and make him a staff officer who needs to be a good person, there is no door. The staff officer said that it was better to listen to it, and to assist the marshal in command, and to say that it was difficult to hear that it was not your credit for winning the battle, and that it was a scapegoat for losing the battle.
This is a struggle for power, a struggle for power between civil servants and military generals.
Even if he agreed to retreat, his generals did not agree, and the literati have always despised the generals, and the generals have long been holding their breath in their hearts, and they are willing to retreat.
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The expedition has been decided, and Yao Pingzhong led the army to attack and break the gold.
The general policy has been set, and what is lacking is only detailed planning, such as when to send troops, how many troops to send, which part to attack, and equipment configuration, etc., all of which require careful planning. And the seed master Dao has been silent, without saying a word, and resisting the order to go out with silence.
But Li Gang said with great interest, and talked about the details with Yao Pingzhong.
An hour later, everything was decided.
This time, 200,000 people attacked the Jin camp at night, and Yao Pingzhong led the troops, and the date of dispatch was set for February 1.
Why the night attack?
Because the Song army was weak, it opened a big battle head-on and faced off with the Jin army, and the odds of victory were very low, so it could only be a night attack. At night, the surroundings are dark, and they can quietly approach and launch attacks, shortening the attack distance and reducing the impact of the Jin Army's iron cavalry.
Why February 1?
According to Feng Shui, it was a good day.
Everything was done, Li Gang was full of interest, and the seed master was in a depressed mood, and the leaders of the two main battle factions had a violent disagreement again on the dispatch of troops.
"Li Xiang, please stay!" The Planter Dao said.
"I don't know the general, what's the matter?" Li Gang said.
"Li Xiangke has time, go to Wangchun Tower for a break?" Seed Master Dao said.
"No need, the gentlemen are not the party, they have just arrived at the six thieves and traitors, and the officials don't want to give birth to another traitorous party!" Li Gang unceremoniously refused.
The seed master Dao's eyes were cold, and he was no longer polite: "Li Xiang, I resolutely oppose this expedition, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." It would be better for Lee Sang-sang to join me in persuading His Majesty to stop this battle. “
Li Gang also said unceremoniously: "I am in favor of this expedition!" ”
"If this expedition is defeated, the heart of the official family will inevitably be discouraged, and the cession of Hebei and Hedong will inevitably become a foregone conclusion. In the fifth generation, Shi Jingjiao ceded the sixteen states of Youyan, leaving a disaster to future generations, leaving infamy through the ages; If the official family ceded the land of the three towns north of the Yellow River, how would future generations evaluate it! The planter shouted.
Li Gang said lightly: "The official family is already cowardly, lacking the heart of steel, and his heart has been shaken, and there are already seven layers of plans to cede the three towns, but he is only afraid of the world's discussions, so he hesitates." If it drags on any longer, the cession of the three towns will inevitably be a foregone conclusion. Rather than that, it's better to give it a ......"
The Planter was silent.
This is a dead end, a dead end that must be walked towards even if you know that you will lose.
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If the king is not secret, he will lose his minister, if he is not secret, he will lose his body, and if he is not secret, he will be harmed.
Military affairs need to be kept secret, and only secrecy can maintain the suddenness of the night attack, and only secrecy can have the effect of surprise soldiers. It's just a pity that the monarch and the minister have just finished the meeting, and in less than an hour, the carrier pigeon flew out from different directions and landed in the Jin army camp.
"The fish has been hooked, and now it's time to close the net!"
The most indispensable thing in the Song Dynasty was corrupt officials, and scholars had lost their integrity, and they could not expect a corrupt official to be patriotic, nor could they expect a corrupt official to have the courage to die in the country.
In fact, for the most part, there are more betrayals by civil servants than by those who hold fast to their beliefs.
When it came to the change of dynasty and the invasion of foreign races, the wars continued, and the peasants lost their land and stable life in the war, fought for survival, and would desperately resist the invasion of foreign races; The generals and the foreign army are constantly fighting, and a large number of robes have died in the hands of the enemy, there may be parents, there may be clansmen, there may be brothers, there is a deep hatred of blood in the heart, and often they will fight to the end; The emperor is facing a life-and-death crisis, and everyone in the world can surrender, but the emperor cannot surrender, surrender has no good end, and the emperor's will to resist is relatively firm.
And the least determined and the most traitorous are the literati.
In the era of chaos in the change of dynasty, no matter which one won the final victory and which one was in power, they could be officials and enjoy various privileges. is also a surrender, the military general surrenders, may be feared, and be killed; However, after the literati surrendered, they were less afraid and rarely killed.
The literati can be said to sit firmly in the Diaoyutai, with this layer of insurance, who will be stupid to resist foreign enemies, so whether it is the end of the Song Dynasty, the end of the Ming Dynasty, or the period of the War of Resistance Against Japan, there are many traitors in the civil and official groups, vying to betray the country, the higher the official position, the more happy the betrayal. First, there was Qin Hui, and later generations had Shi Miyuan, Jia Nidao, and Fan Wencheng, Hong Chengchou, Qian Qianyi, until Wang Jingwei in later generations.
And there are very few people who are determined to defend the country to the death, there is only one Li Ruoshui in the Northern Song Dynasty, only one Wen Tianxiang in the Southern Song Dynasty, and only one Shi Kefa in the late Ming Dynasty.
The views are a bit extreme, but they are very realistic and cruel.
With the rise of the Jin army and the use of money to open the way, some civil officials of the Song Dynasty began to secretly communicate with the Jin army. Through these ministers of the Song Dynasty, the Jin army opened up the key points of the border passes, and smuggled a large number of strategic materials such as iron weapons, armor, crossbows, and salt to the Jin army.
The Jin army was able to defeat the Liao State and destroy this powerful country, and these Song ministers contributed a lot.
Later, on the eve of the Jin army's attack on Bianliang, the Jin army bought a large number of civilian officials, Bianliang's virtual reality, the layout and combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, and the information of various ministers in the court were leaked out one by one, and the Song Dynasty was like a naked beauty, and all the information was leaked in front of the Jin army without reservation.
Before the war, the Jin army had already done it to know itself and its opponent.
However, the Song Dynasty didn't know itself or the other, but thought that it was just another alliance and another peace, but they didn't expect that this was a war to destroy the country.
The Song Dynasty thought that the wolf was coming, and he was going to pay again; But I didn't expect that it was a tiger that wanted to eat people!