Chapter 38: The Controversy of the Seed Master (2)
"General, where do you say that!" Song Qinzong's face remained unchanged, but he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, and he actually said such a frustrating word, isn't this a blow to the army's heart?
"Your Majesty, war itself is a competition to see if the army is elite and whether there is enough food and grass. As long as the elite of the army is like an arm, it can win a hundred battles; As long as there is enough food and grass, we can fight for a long time. As long as these two points are achieved, even if the general is slightly inferior, it can be compensated. ”
The seed master said, "In this battle, our army has three advantages, and the Jin army has three disadvantages!" ”
"I don't know the three advantages, the three disadvantages!" Song Qinzong asked.
The seed master asked: "The Jin army came from afar, crossed thousands of miles to attack, it can be said that the lone army went deep, coerced Bianliang, it seems to be powerful, but in fact, it has committed the taboo of the soldiers, which is a disadvantage of the Jin army; And our army guards Bianliang, the city of Bianliang is high and the river is deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, this is a benefit to our army; The Jin army is mainly cavalry, with few infantry, good at field warfare and weak in siege, which is the second disadvantage of the Jin army; Our army is mainly infantry, with fewer cavalry, and it is not good in the field, but defending the city is a strong point, which is the second advantage of our army; The Jin army was dominated by Jurchen soldiers, Liao soldiers, Bohai soldiers, Xi soldiers, and Han soldiers, which were mixed troops and internal discord, which was the third drawback; However, our army is united to protect the official family, which is the third benefit. The three disadvantages are in the enemy, and the three benefits are in me, which is a sure victory, and under the long-term battle, the golden soldiers will retreat. ”
"However, the fortress outside the city was lost, and a large amount of grain, grass, weapons and armor, and siege equipment fell into the hands of the Jin. In an instant, the Jin army, which was originally at a disadvantage, came to a big remake, and the lone army went deep, but there was no need to worry, no worries about running out of food; The Jin army was not good at attacking cities, but they could besiege Bianliang. Now the Jin army can be said to be offensive and defensible. Victory in the war can coerce our DPRK to sign a harsh treaty; If the battle is not smooth, you can take the opportunity to leave, our army is mostly infantry, even if you want to pursue, it is not enough. If the pursuit is too fast, it will be easy to be broken by each one! “
"But our army is in a desperate situation, trapped in a lonely city, the Bianhe River is cut off, grain and grass cannot enter the capital, even if Bianliang is not broken, it will starve to death; If our army attacks, the field battle will be defeated, and it will inevitably be broken by the Jin army. At this time, whether it is attacking or defending the city, it is a dead end, there is no way out, no matter whether it is advancing or retreating, it is a dead end! “
Song Qinzong listened, his eyes were flat, like dead wood, and his heart was extremely cold. Is this my life?
When he did not become the emperor, he was afraid that his father would pass on to the third brother and deposed him; And when he became the emperor, he was facing a critical situation, and Bianliang was about to break at any time. A heavy fatigue rose in my heart, and I was a little tired of being an emperor, and the emperor was not as good as I imagined.
"Your Majesty, I propose to move the capital to Chang'an. Guanzhong is the hometown of Sanqin, the mountains and rivers are dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The people there are fierce, there are many strong men, and they avoid the edge of the Jin army when they occupy the time, recuperate, train the soldiers, lie down and taste the courage, and accumulate strength. Sooner or later, it can perish! Planter Dao suggested.
Moving the capital seems to be the only way out.
The capital of the Song Dynasty was Bianliang, which was located in the center of the Central Plains, like the Tianyuan position of a chessboard. This location, the transportation is convenient, from Bianliang to the Great Song Dynasty, the east, west, north and south are extremely convenient, you can quickly obtain the southeast of the finances and taxes, you can better send troops north to support the Hebei defense line, against the Liao army; It is also better to go west out of Shaanxi and attack Western Xia.
During the Taiping period, when the Song Dynasty's national strength was at its peak, Bianliang played the role of a pivot, and its location was crucial.
However, at the moment when the power of the Song Dynasty was weakened, the shortcomings of the Dingdu Bianliang were also fatal. Bianliang is surrounded by plains, there is no pass as a buffer, and only the Yellow River can block it for a while. However, the thousands of miles of defense line of the Yellow River, deployed everywhere, and divided troops everywhere, may not be able to stop the Jin army, even if the shit luck breaks out and blocks the Jin army, the thousands of miles of defense line of the Yellow River consume extremely terrifying money and food, enough to exhaust the treasury.
As long as the Jin army crosses the Yellow River, Bianliang is a naked beauty, and can only be ravaged.
The Jin army does not need to attack Bianliang, which has a large population and strong city defense, but only needs to cut off the Bianhe River and cut off the grain and grass transported to Bianliang from the outside world, and after a long time, the stored grain will be completely exhausted, and there will be a huge famine in Bianliang, which has a population of one million, and will trap Bianliang to death and become a dead city.
Trapped in Bianliang is almost a dead end.
"Move the capital, no!" Li Gang immediately shouted, "The officials can leave, but what about the people?" Did he leave the millions of people in Bianliang and fall into the hands of barbarians? The king abandons the country, and the king is not the king! “
Bai Shizhong also immediately said: "The Zhou family moved the capital, and as a result, the royal power was lost. Before the relocation of the capital, the ceremonial conquests were all in the Son of Heaven; After the capital was moved, the ceremonial conquests were all from the princes. Have you thought about the consequences of moving the capital? ”
Zhang Min said: "The old general, the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Emperor abandoned the capital and lost his trust in the world, since then the authority of the Tang family has been lost, the feudal town has been divided, and finally Zhu Wen has destroyed the Tang Dynasty royal family, and the Tang Dynasty is dead!" ”
As soon as the master said the opinion of moving the capital, he was immediately scolded by the Manchu scholars, as if moving the capital is the destruction of the country, it seems that moving the capital is a great rebellion, and it seems that moving the capital is a heinous crime.
The Seed Master Dao did not refute, but just looked coldly at the scholars around him, his expression extremely indifferent.
Only a few Wenchen did not answer and remained silent.
At this time, an old minister spoke, it was Ouyang Xun, he said: "General, don't move the capital, don't talk about it for the time being." Now that the Jin army is approaching the city, even if they want to move the capital, they must repel the Jin army, and only by repelling the Jin army can they move the capital. The Jin army does not retreat, and it seems a bit extravagant to talk about whether to move the capital or not! ”
The planter said: "I have a plan to retreat from the enemy!" ”
"If you go out of the city and attack the Jin army, you will be defeated; Hold fast to the city, and you will die of hunger. Song Qinzong said curiously, "I don't know what the old general knows how to break the enemy!" ”
The seed master said: "The Jin army is powerful, and it is almost impossible to defeat the Jin army, but it is very easy to let the Jin army retreat!" ”
"The Jurchens rose in Liaodong, a generation of heroes and heroes have the courage of ten thousand people, and several princes under their command are even more capable of literature and martial arts, which can be called the country's talents. His younger brother Wu Maiqi is extremely not simple, proficient in internal affairs, every time he finishes the expedition, Wu Maiqi guards the national capital, responsible for transporting grain, grass, equipment and so on. And Wanyan Aguta also has great trust in this younger brother and puts his heart into his heart...... It's just that unfortunately a few years ago, Wanyan Agu died of illness, and the remnants of the Liao army were still arrogant that year, and the Liao Emperor was still in turmoil, in order to stabilize the Jin country. Before his death, Wanyan Aguta passed the throne to his younger brother Wu Maiqi, who is now the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom."
Saying this, the Seed Master Dao paused.
There are some things that don't need to be said too clearly, and being able to sit in the court and be in a high position are all human spirits. He only needs to name a few, these ministers, and he can guess eight or nine.
Song Qinzong's eyes shrank, he didn't expect that the founding emperor of the Jin State was also staging "brother to brother".
There are many ways to inherit the throne, the most important of which is the inheritance of father and son. It is only in some special circumstances that there will be a brother-in-law death. For example, after the death of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, he did not pass on the throne to his son, but to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi; Song Zhezong died early, and he had no son, so Zhao Ji became the emperor in the name of his younger brother, and he was Song Huizong.
The emperor has no son, and the throne is passed on to his younger brother, which is nothing, and power can be smoothly transitioned; However, if the emperor has a son, he does not pass it on to his son, and if he passes it on to his younger brother, it is extremely dangerous, and even leads to the royal family's murder.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the release of military power and the division of power in feudal towns can be said to have seriously damaged the interests of the ruling class, and almost pushed these civil and military generals to the opposite side of the emperor. But the next emperor, if the means are not hard, sooner or later will lead to a backlash of policy, and one carelessness is the tragedy of King Zhao Wuling starving to death in the sand dunes.
Back then, on the eve of his death, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, felt that his sons were cowardly, unable to suppress the arrogant and domineering generals, and unable to control the powerful Wenchen, in order to avoid the tragedy of the five generations again, he had no choice but to pass the throne to his younger brother Zhao Guangyi.
This decision is correct and maintains policy coherence.
But for Song Taizu's sons, it was extremely tragic. They were all calculated by their uncles one after another, and they died tragically, and their descendants were also suppressed and had a tragic fate.
It's just that history is repeating itself, and the tragedy of the early Song Dynasty is also playing out in the Jin Kingdom......
The seed master said: "Now, the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, the throne is passed on by Wanyan Aguta; Among the heirs left by Wanyan Aguta, the eldest son, Wanyan Zonggan, is a famous man; The second son is finished, and his name is inseparable; The third son, Wanyan Zongyao, is named Liduo; The fourth son is Wanyan Zongbi, a famous vulture; The eldest son of the five sons, Jin Huizong, Wanyan Zongjun, is named Rope Fruit; The sixth son is Wanyan Zongjun, whose name is Luguan; The seventh son Wanyan Zongchao, named Wulie (Lie Puyang Tiger); The eighth son, Wanyan Zongqiang, is named Alu; The ninth son is Yan Zongmin, whose name is Aru Bu: the tenth son is Yan Zongjie, and the name is not in the wild: the eleventh son is Yan Yanlu, the twelfth son is Yan Luduo, the thirteenth son is Yan Xi Nilie, and the fourteenth son is Yan Ningji. ”
Among them, the eldest son, Wanyan Zonggan, is good at Wenzhi like Xiao He, but he is a concubine, and the throne is hopeless; The second son, Wanyan Zongwang, that is, Wanyan is inseparable, is the second son of Jin Taizu, who often follows Taizu to conquer, is often around, and has repeatedly made great achievements, called the "second prince", and is also the culprit who coerced Bianliang; The third son, Yan Zongyao, is forgiving, benevolent, honest, dignified, and feared. From the father of the fourth battle, the attendants left and right, participated in the curtain, and was Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty; The fourth son finished the Yan Wushu, he was young, and he was overshadowed by the light of several brothers, I don't know much about it, so I don't care about it for the time being; Wanyan Zongjun, the Jurchen name Wanyan Shenguo, is the eldest son (fifth son) of Jin Taizu, the most likely to inherit the throne, was injured in the war to take Zhongjing and save Xijing, and then died, but it's a pity! As for the others, there are no discrepancies, and there are no amazing achievements, so leave it alone! ”
"These sons of Jin Taizu are all in power, and they are like feudal towns, and they are not satisfied with the current emperor of Jin. Among them, the most powerful is Wan Yan who is inseparable, he has a heavy army, and he is highly respected in the Jin Kingdom, and he always threatens the current Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. ”
"Your Majesty, if you want to know that you have a high merit, you will definitely die. This second prince has captured Emperor Liao today, and he has made great contributions. This time, the Jin army went south on two routes, besieging Taiyuan all the way, and it was difficult to advance an inch; And he was like a bamboo. Once Bianliang is broken, his merits will inevitably be in full swing, and at that time he will not only be feared by the emperor of the Jin State, but also by the civil and military forces of the Jin State and the Manchu Dynasty. In the middle of the day, it moves, and the moon waxes and falls. The extremes of things must be reversed, and it can be stopped. As long as he is not stupid, he will not lead his troops to break through Bianliang, and once Bianliang is broken, he is not far from death! ”
"In short, anyone can take the first credit for the destruction of Bianliang City, but he can't. The best way is for the Western Route Army and the soldiers to break through Bianliang together, even if there is merit at that time, it will not be too obvious. It's a pity that sticky Han is short-sighted ......"