Chapter 158: The Way of Reward
Yu Yunwen also has the status of an envoy at this time, but he is slightly worse than Zhang Jun and others in terms of qualifications, at this time the emperor greeted him first, he smiled and nodded to the rest of the people with a slight apology, and then hurriedly replied: "The minister arrived in Taiyuan in early March, and the sedan chair has been set up, and the righteous people of Taihang are now headed by Shi Ziming, this person is strong and resolute, after Wang Yan, the Hebei righteous army is the most prestigious. Last year, he captured Fuxian many times in Hebei, which made it difficult for the Jin soldiers to take care of the head and tail, and it was necessary to leave heavy troops in Hebei, and even the marshal Xingtai was moved forward from Yanjing, so he did not dare to take it lightly. This time, the army was prepared by Taihang directly into Hebei, Shi Ziming and others did not know, but the ministers asked them to make more preparations, repair roads, set up more post stations, and assist the pedestrian division to pay attention to the movements of the Jin soldiers, grain, grass and medicine, and a lot of them have been transported in the past few months. After Yue Fei's troops invaded the Central Plains, the minister had already ordered Yao Duan and Zhang Xian to be the vanguard, and more than 27,000 people from the two divisions were already in Shouyang, waiting for orders in Taihang Mountain, and could be ordered to go out at any time. The rest of the generals Guo Hao, Yao Pingzhong, Wu Jie, Wu Fu, Yao Gu, Liu Qu, Liu Weifu, Shao Xing and other generals led the 13th Army 150,000 people to be stationed in Tai (16K mobile station ap. Yuan and Shouyang, these days are waiting for the movement of the Jin soldiers, to decide when to march in a big way. β
Speaking of this, Yu Yunwen smiled slightly, looked at the wooden map on the wall, and said to Zhao Huan: "It seems that the time has come now, and it is the right time to march into the army in a big way." β
He is young at the bottom, and although he has cultivated the city very deeply, he still inevitably shows a proud look at this time. The entire unprecedented campaign of mobilizing millions of people and using the Song Dynasty's many years of financial savings was planned by him, and the details of the battle were even more protracted and painstaking.
Everyone knew that he was working hard, making plans, and going to the plane in person, which could be regarded as painstaking. If it weren't for the good body of the young and boiled, if Zhang Jun or Zhao Ding and others were replaced, they would really not be able to support it. Seeing him like this at this time, they all smiled at each other, just waiting for him to continue to say the following.
But I saw Yu Yunwen hand-drawn wooden drawings. At this time, in addition to Zhao Huan and several prime ministers, there were also Yao Pingzhong and other generals in the room, who followed his gestures at this time and looked at them with full attention. I only heard Yu Yunwen say eloquently: "There are three main forces of the Jin soldiers, the Jurchens are the main force, and they are basically cavalry, and the Jurchen country is only based on the Wanyan tribe, and the more powerful it is, the more powerful it is." When the country was established, it drew Ding from all the Jurchen tribes, and set up Meng'an Mouke in various places, with three to five thousand people in one Meng'an. One plot to conquer a hundred. And Meng'an Moke, ninety percent is located in various roads in Shangjing. It can be regarded as guarding the inside and outside. Every time they attacked the Great Song Dynasty, they threw troops near Shangjing and gathered to go south, and the original garrisons in the Central Plains of Hebei were not very many. Based on the number of Jurchen tribes, the number of men, the number of soldiers who can fight, and the number of people who have been scouting for many years, the Jurchens can draw 100,000 troops, which can be regarded as doing their best. 150,000 people, and the old and weak who are not suitable for serving as soldiers have been expanded into the army. Last time, Chang'an fought several battles with Tongguan and Luoyang. The Jin soldiers were transferred to the vicinity of Shangjing, and even the border troops of the Mongolian, Tatar, and Tuban tribes were transferred to the Central Plains battlefield, and the first battle of Chang'an and Taiyuan were two battles, and the Jin soldiers suffered great losses, except for the Han army and the Khitan, the Jurchen soldiers suffered great damage in these battles. Rough estimates, at least about 20,000 people, are able to fight well, fight for many years veterans, after these few battles, there is no big war on both sides, the Jin people guard the inside and outside, the Central Plains and Shandong all over the country, let the puppet Qi to the Han army defense, only a small number of Jurchen soldiers to control, to leave tens of thousands of horses in Hebei, in order to support the Central Plains battlefield at any time. In addition to the Jurchen soldiers, the original Khitan cavalry and Han army of the Liao State, about 200,000 people, surrendered to the Jin State, the Jin State was on the front line of the Great Wall, Shuozhou Yanjing and other places in the clouds, as well as Shangjing Hebei, there were many Khitan and Han soldiers to cooperate with the Jurchen soldiers to garrison. As soon as Zong Bi heard that all parts of the Central Plains had fallen, he was in a hurry, and led him to travel about 60,000 people and horses, and rushed to the Daimyo Mansion and Xiangzhou, Huazhou, and was originally afraid of Yue Fei and other strong forces, and wanted to wait for Shangjing and Yanjing to come to the rescue, and he was afraid that Zong Han was close to the coup d'Γ©tat to seize power, and this person was not tolerant of him, but he was afraid that he would not send troops to help the war for a while and a half, and learned that Yue Fei's troops were scattered, Zong Bi left more than 10,000 people along the Yellow River to be on guard, He led the elite of 60,000 households and went straight to Yingchang. β
Speaking of this, Yu Yunwen's expression was already extremely excited, and everyone in the audience, although they had just learned the final result, were still overjoyed, and their faces were full of irrepressible joy.
Since the second year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers attacked the city and plundered the land, breaking through the whole city of Dasuo, together with the royal family, officials, monks and craftsmen, and even concubines and palace maids, a total of 100,000 people were escorted to the north by the Jin soldiers in the ice and snow, and they were embarrassed along the way, many women were humiliated, men were beaten, and even tortured and killed. After the fall of Kaifeng, the Jurchens were still fighting everywhere, and the Song soldiers were not opponents, if it weren't for the Yangtze River and the weather in the south, I was afraid that the entire territory of the Song Dynasty would be captured by the Jurchens.
At that time, the Han dynasty was orthodox in the world, and the Chinese civilization was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Such a great shame was the shame of the entire nation at that time, whether it was the upper-class aristocratic bureaucrats or the peddlers, they all felt the same grievance. Throughout the Song and Song dynasties, the poems written by countless literati and writers also profoundly reflected the psychological state of the people at that time.
And at this moment, the Jurchen Iron Cavalry, known as the invincible Jurchen Iron Cavalry, is not in the Xiongguan City, nor is it the natural danger of the rivers, but in the hinterland of the Central Plains, on the plain battlefield, facing the Song army with fewer people than themselves, fighting to the end of the defeat, many generals (16K mobile station ap.!) N was killed in battle, and even Zong Bi's own son-in-law lost his life, but imagine how miserable the image of Jin Bing was that day. Listening to such a great victory report is more relieving than all the victories of the Song army before, and it also makes the Song army more confident, and it is quite proud.
Zhang Jun has a strong and rigid personality, although he knows that Yu Yunwen is not easy, but he is not convinced by the boss in his heart, at this time, he grabbed a crack, and smiled at Zhao Huan: "Yue Fei has made great contributions to this battle, and he needs to be rewarded for his good life." β
Zhao Ding also bowed and said: "Yang Zaixing is slashing thousands of households, and he also needs to be praised by good students." β
Zhao Huan Xian's mood is very good, these months are facing a big war that determines the fortunes of the country, but he has handed over a lot of important military and political affairs, this era of fierce generals like clouds, good ministers like rain, as a monarch, his biggest responsibility is to select the meritocratous, and then explain the matter. Therefore, although Yu Yunwen and others looked tired, and many generals were full of nervousness, he practiced riding and archery, calligraphy, met with Wenchen, paid attention to national government affairs, and even the reform of the national political system, but did not stop because of the war. He knew that the medical conditions in this era were limited, and his most important task was actually to maintain and exercise his body, otherwise he would be uncomfortable, and he was afraid that the heir might not have the determination to fight this big war.
The problem of the Song people is that the monarch is too incompetent, which Zhao Huan has long understood. Letting go of so many talented generals, but letting the mountains and rivers fall, is really incompetent and shameless.
At this time, his face was full of red light, his body was strong and long, and he was playing with the jade pendant on his waist in his hand, and his expression was a little casual, but between Gu Pan, his eyes were shining, the waves were crystal clear, and he looked directly at people's hearts, so that people did not dare to look at him.
Hearing Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding's suggestion, Zhao Huan smiled heartily and replied: "The establishment of knights in the country was originally to reward the merits of the ministers, and the courtiers have made great contributions, so why should I be stingy with the knights?" Yang Zaixing......"
Zhao Huan was stunned, and almost subconsciously said that he had left. He naturally knew that Yang Zaixing was an unobtainable fierce general, according to the official history, he dared to rush into the Jin Soldier Formation with one person and come out safely, and then fought at Xiaoshangqiao, burning more than two catties of arrows on his body, how could he not know such a fierce general?
At the moment, he pretended to groan, and said after half a sound: "Yang Zaixing was originally a general, and the appointment of official positions was still decided by Yue Fei, and I did not interfere, and gave him the title of Marquis to reward him for his meritorious work in killing ten thousand households." As for Yue Fei, he was already a pivotal minister, commanding the army, and then conferring the title of duke of another country, opening the palace and the three divisions, and that's it. After this battle, there was no major war in the Central Plains, so that Yue Fei's infantry left to besiege Kaifeng, and he himself took the cavalry and the two armies of Shengjie and Destroying Feng to cross the river north at any time. β
He thought about it for a while, and then said to a few cardinal ministers: "Wang Gui is steady and sophisticated, and he has always been Yue Fei's right and left hand, so let him recruit the chief manager and lead the departments, and Li Ruoxu no longer has to follow the north to help Wang Gui stabilize the Central Plains." β
Speaking of this, Zhao Huan smiled slightly, turned over and sat down, and said to everyone: "The Queen Mother has repeatedly mentioned it, and I am also full of thoughts about Kaifeng as soon as possible, Chang'an needs to operate for many years in order to be the capital, and after many years of fighting, it is better to give the people a rest and recuperation, not too much waste." I only hope that Wang Gui and others can clear all parts of Gyeonggi as soon as possible, and I will serve the Empress Dowager and Kaifeng. β
The Song Dynasty was very strict with the generals, even if it was Di Qing, a famous general like 16K mobile station ap., after making great achievements, the Manchu Dynasty did not want to reuse, but wanted to be on guard, even after serving as a privy envoy, he was still rejected by the ministers, and the emperor's vigilance was becoming more and more serious, and Zhao Huan's control of the generals has always been free, and there is no vigilance and vigilance, and many measures can prevent the generals from being full-time and arbitrary. Listening to Zhao Huan's words, the military generals have made great contributions, and they will be rewarded with knights, but they may not necessarily give the generals heavier rights and responsibilities, and the reward given to Yue Fei is just right, but it does not increase Yue Fei's actual power, and in the blink of an eye, Yue Fei's original military power has been slightly weakened.
Zhao Huan turned his eyes and saw that everyone was silent, and he was surprised: "What? β
Only then did everyone come to their senses, and they bowed down one after another, and replied, "Your Majesty is wise, and the ministers are all respectful." β
Zhao Huan smiled slightly, and didn't say anything about it, but just said to Yu Yunwen again: "Everything is ready, the next step is naturally to go straight to Hebei, cut off the contact between the north and the south of the Jin soldiers, go straight to Yanjing, restore the sixteen states of Yanyun of my Han people, and complete the will of the emperors of my Great Song Dynasty." β