Chapter 277: Private Tune

As a general valued by Han Shizhong and recognized by Zhang Jun, Wu Jue does have considerable ability. Before Ouyang could convey Zhang Jun's words, Wu Jue had already arranged the first wave of attacks. His statement was similar to that of Zhang Jun, who believed that if the enemy did not retreat, a large-scale counteroffensive must be brewing. Instead of waiting for the enemy to attack, it is better to attack yourself to disrupt the enemy's deployment.

Military operations require the consent and approval of the supervising forces, and the supervising forces cannot oppose the deployment of forces that may be rebellious. When he arrived at Zhao Yu, the supervising army also had a task, which was to supervise whether the generals violated the strategic process. Therefore, all the battle plans must be passed or notified to Ouyang.

Ouyang was still very satisfied with the battle plan, the plan was very simple, to adopt the method of defending in front and attacking in the rear, using heavy artillery and waterwheels piled up on the city wall to attack the south and north of the city, and drive the enemy to the east city or drive out of the Huanglong Mansion.

But everyone misunderstood the Jurchens, and the Jurchens did not intend to retreat, but because Zong Han was also injured. Rushing to the front line, there are not so many flukes. No matter how heroic you are, there are not many ways to deal with long-range attacks. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhao Zilong fought in and out of Changbanpo seven times in and seven out, even if it was, one of the first conditions was that Cao *** ordered that arrows should not be released, and they should be caught alive.

Before the bombardment, the scouts reported that the three cities of the north, south, and east were on fire. Someone was sent to investigate, and the Jurchen army, led by Wanyan Zongbi, withdrew from the north gate overnight. The evacuation was very hidden, and the Song army commander was injured and concentrated on arranging defenses, so he didn't find it at all. As for the fire, it was because the Jurchens lit the grain, forage and other military supplies that could not be taken away.

Zhang Jun, a lieutenant general, asked: "General Wu, the enemy has a lot of injuries and diseases, and he must not walk far." I implore one to pursue it. ”

"Not allowed!" Wu Jue said, "Such a secret evacuation can escape my eyes and ears, and Allah will definitely be no ordinary person." ”

The adjutant general said politely: "General Wu, the general taught that generals should be enterprising, and if they don't take advantage of the enemy's fatigue, they will let the tiger return to the mountain." ”

Wu Jue has the same official character as him, although he is a little annoyed, but more helplessly, in the past few hours, because he is a descendant general of the Northwest Military Road, it is not very useful to give orders to Zhang Jun's direct subordinates on the Hebei Military Road. Ouyang knew this situation and said with a smile: "This general, General Zhang asked General Wu to temporarily act as the chief general instead of you, which means that he trusts General Wu more." That, of course, is General Wu as the master. ”

"Master Ou, you don't know the common sense of soldiers......

"Boy, I'm giving you face now, don't force me to turn my face." Ouyang whispered and said, "This prison army has participated in the Battle of Huanxian and the Battle of Yuzhou...... Although he doesn't know how to fight yet, he can at least look at people, so it's decided, and everything is subject to General Wu's orders. ”

The following Zhang Junyan looked at each other and bowed their heads: "Yes!" "They know that Ouyang is more difficult to mess with than Zhang Jun.

Ouyang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and at the same time was a little helpless, although Wu Jue was talented, his military exploits were not enough to convince the generals. Zhang Jun needs time to recover from his injury, and it seems that he will not be able to step down from his post as a military supervisor for the time being. At the same time, it can also be seen that Zhang Jun consciously downplays the influence of his lineage. After the enclosure case, Zhang Jun became much more cautious about dealing with some things.

From this to the north, the Jurchens no longer have a strong place to resist, but the territory is still quite large, there is an area larger than the Western Xia, and it takes a lot of time to clean up, but everyone believes that in addition to a few rivers, the northern Jurchens are not high, the mountains are not dangerous, and what is needed is only a matter of time. After some training, Zhao Yu's newly recruited forbidden army has formed a fighting force, and the current strength of the Song Dynasty is already very strong, and no country dares to confront it head-on.

This year's New Year Festival can only be spent in Huanglong Mansion, but it has a different flavor than the Yangping New Year's Festival. Han Shizhong and Liu Qi, the chief general of the Yongxing Military Road, not only came in person, but also brought a large number of high-quality wine and food to Hebei Military Road to celebrate the New Year together. When the generalissimo came, Wu Jue and Ouyang naturally wanted to greet him. Han Shizhong first said a few polite words, and then climbed the city to overlook and praised: "What a place where soldiers must fight." ”

Ouyang smiled and asked, "Is General Han chanting a poem?" He said that he was used to it, and he never changed his words, and Han Shizhong didn't care.

"Forget the poetry." Han Shizhong said: "The destruction of Liaojin is just around the corner. ”

Liu Qi reminded: "Generalissimo, you should go to visit General Zhang first. "That's the main purpose of their trip.

Han Shizhong nodded and smiled: "The ancient city of Huanglong Mansion is known as the strongest city, but now it has fallen into the hands of our forbidden army under the command of General Zhang, and my heart is itchy and unbearable. Let's go, down town! ”

This sentence is already a very commendation for Zhang Jun, and Han Shizhong, accompanied by him, visited Zhang Jun who was still in bed. Zhang Jun's wound has basically healed, and his mental state is good, but when he saw Han Shizhong, he could only sit on the bed and salute with his fists: "Generalissimo, General Liu." ”

"General Zhang, don't be polite, be careful not to tear the wound." Han Shizhong said: "Bring the wine." ”

Zhang Jun, a personal soldier, said: "If you go back to the generalissimo, the general can't drink." ”

Ouyang smiled: "I said it." ”

Zhang Jun said: "Then take a bowl of cold boiled water...... I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, I've been drinking cold boiled water for more than half a month, and my beak is fading out. ”

Han Shizhong praised: "Lord Ou is not only the champion, but also knows the military, but Han really didn't expect that the adult is also familiar with the art of Qihuang." I should first salute the adults with a bowl of wine, thank you for saving me the general of the Song Forbidden Army. ”

Han Shizhong said this at a high level, clearly respecting Ouyang and respecting Zhang Jun. Next, Han Shizhong was very cruel and asked people to set a table of wine and food in the tent, and Zhang Jun leaned on the bed and could only swallow saliva. In front of him were the same eggs, chicken, green vegetables, and white porridge.

After three rounds of drinking, Han Shizhong wiped his mouth with his hand, showing his true colors in the army and said: "As soon as the Huanglong Mansion is opened, the three military roads will be united. But the territory occupied by the Liao and Jurchens is still very large. Neither the Liao nor the Jurchens want to confront our forbidden army head-on, and it will take a lot of time. However, there is good news from the Liao side. ”

"What's the news?" Ouyang asked.

"I received the news that Emperor Tianzuo is back. Yeluchun wanted to hand over the throne, but his wife Concubine De did not allow it. So Emperor Tianzuo was the king of Yinshan. Emperor Tianzuo is very helpless without military power, and the officials of the Liao court are now in chaos. Although I moved to Tokyo, I have been dealing with this matter for so long, neither restoring the place nor cleaning up the military affairs, it is a mess, and the soldiers in the army have no desire to fight. ”

Liu Qi said: "Don't underestimate the Liao State, the main thing is their internal discord. Liao has a special artillery army, and if it is not for the gunpowder to keep up, I am afraid it will be difficult for our forbidden army to go so smoothly. ”

"Gentlemen are harmonious but different, villains are the same but not harmonious." Ouyang Dao: "Several generals have their own means and styles, but they are harmonious, which shows that everyone is a gentleman." Liao was originally a big country, but because of internal discord, it led to internal friction and was beaten by the Jurchens, so that the country is now in decline. "Whether it is the rebellion of the prince, the uprising in the frontier, or the peasant uprising, it is called infighting. And infighting is one reason for the maximum destruction of the country's strength.

"Reasonable!" Liu Qi said: "The three of us are all the same scholars, although they are different from each other. Even when I was in the Northwest Military Road, the generalissimo and I had a lot of disagreements on command, but as long as it was for the sake of defeating the enemy, the difference was a trivial matter. ”

"The three armies are here, but it's a pity that there is one less sea route Yue Fei." Zhang Jun said with a smile: "Now that the three armies are divided, the Hangzhou fleet can also rest." ”

Han Shizhong shook his head: "I'm afraid not, General Yue has already received the order to lead the Binfu from the sea, occupy Xingkai Lake, and divide the Jurchens into two." ”

Zhang Jun was taken aback: "General Yue's headquarters doesn't seem to be very good at fighting land battles. ”

"It's Yongxing Military Road." Liu Qi said: "The generalissimo considered the Jurchen combat strength and thought that the two battlefields were the most difficult, so one part of the Yongxing Military Road would be transported to the Binfu, and the other would be sent by the Huanglong Mansion to the Binfu. The Yongxing Military Road Headquarters will focus on dealing with the Jurchens in the East China Sea. And the Hebei military road will focus on dealing with the Jurchens of the Five Kingdoms. ”

"I disagree!" Ouyang said suddenly.

The three of them were surprised, Ouyang rarely said that he disagreed on such an issue, and this was the fastest solution to the war that Han Shizhong and the Military Aircraft Department had researched. Han Shizhong couldn't help asking, "My lord, how do you say this?" ”

"General Han, you should deal with not only the Liao people in Tokyo, but also Mongolia in the west of Tokyo, as well as more than 100 groups such as Western Liao." Ouyang Dao: "Although Your Majesty did not give an order, I personally hope that you can provoke a war and take advantage of this time when the army goes deep into the north to completely eliminate them." ”

The three generals looked at each other, and Han Shizhong asked carefully: "My lord, is this the emperor thinking?" ”

Ouyang shook his head: "It seems that the emperor is unwilling to make a big move except for Liaojin. ”

Han Shizhong hugged his fists and said, "My lord, I'm afraid it's very inappropriate to do this." ”

"I mean, the Yongxing military road is not involved in the extermination of the Jurchens. And if it causes friction in the northwest, you will suspect that it is the Liao army, and you can just exterminate it. "Those tribes have a few hundred people, and many thousands, and they are all allied and scattered with each other, and the 200,000 regular troops of the Yongxing Military Road are absolutely overwhelming.

Han Shizhong thought for a while and said: "My lord, I can discuss with the Military Aircraft Department whether to transfer the Yongxing military road to the Jurchen, although it will take some time to encircle and suppress it from the Hebei military road, it is enough." Adults can face the emperor, Tokyo has a large territory, and it will take at least a year to deal with the Liao. When the time comes, it is not impossible not to return to the dynasty and turn to the west. ”

"I'm afraid I won't be convinced." Ouyang smiled bitterly: "Not only Your Majesty, but even the ministers and even the Chamber of Commerce will not support me, so I want to ask you to support me." ”

Han Shizhong shook his head: "My lord is my three teacher, and there is no adult and we are today." And the three of us know the credit of the adults, and if the adults have other things to do, we will naturally do our best. But Han was appointed by the imperial court to lead the troops, so he could only obey the orders of the imperial court. ”

Liu Qi said: "My lord's kindness, Liu Qi dare not forget." But the soldiers are not Liu Qi's, but the imperial court's. Adults also often tell us that we are the ones who lead the troops, but we are not the ones who use them. Whether or not to use soldiers, to whom to use soldiers, we don't count. ”

"At that time, I was the only one in the whole dynasty who fully opposed the Lianjin against Liao, and supported the Lianliao against the Jin. You have all fought battles, and you should know that the Jurchens are much more difficult to deal with than the Khitans. It turns out I wasn't mistaken. Ouyang said: "Now I feel that Mongolia and Western Liao will pose another threat to the Song Dynasty in the future, why doesn't anyone believe it?" Destroy Mongolia and Western Liao, what good is it for me Ouyang? ”

The three generals stopped talking, and each bowed his head in contemplation. Ouyang sighed and said, "Forget it, when I didn't say it." Today is a good day after all, everyone toasts together. "Mongolia has always been a scourge if it is allowed to develop, and I am afraid that no one cares about the security of the region. Maybe he is just worrying about the sky, because Song's current national strength is not afraid of any nomads at all. But as a traverser, Ouyang would not let a nation with an aggressive desire survive.

Liu Qi raised his glass and didn't drink it for a long time, and finally said, "I'll do it!" ”

"General Liu?" Han Shizhong was shocked.

Liu Qi said: "When I was in Dongting Lake, I wanted to abandon the poisoned person to pursue Zhong Xiang, and the adult asked me if I could believe him again." So I believed. The results were better than I expected. I have cooperated with adults in the most wars, and not only have they never sought personal gain for themselves, but they have also used money to supplement the war. You see, the war against the Western Xia was promoted by the great people, and the expansion of the Western Xia for nearly a hundred years was ended once and for all. The frontier was harmonious, and the Silk Road was also opened. No matter what happens, the adults don't get any real benefits. You may say that the Chamber of Commerce is good, but as you know, the Chamber of Commerce is not an adult at all. If there is no commercial development, can we be equipped with firearms? Can all the Hebei military roads be redressed to fight in winter? I feel that there is no reason not to believe that there is always a reason for adults to say that there is always a reason for adults. ”

Han Shizhong shook his head: "I don't approve." The generals will make soldiers, and the officers will send troops, this is the dead rule set by Taizu. ”

Liu Qi said: "After the Liaojin War, it doesn't matter if the Song army has one more general or one less general. The last general pleaded with the generalissimo to persuade the Military Aircraft Department to transfer the Yongxing military road to the west. ”

Zhang Jun said: "General Liu, that may ruin your reputation." ”

"If you dare to propose like this and don't hesitate to do so, the reputation of the last general is nothing." Liu Qi said: "If Mongolia and Western Liao are swept away, the territory of my Great Song Dynasty will be greatly expanded. Attacking cities, seizing cities and plundering land, and expanding the frontier have always been the main reasons why I abandoned literature and martial arts since I was a child. Even if I am sentenced to death in the future, hundreds of years later, everyone will say that that place was beaten down by Liu Qi back then. ”

Han Shizhong said: "The emperor is wise, if you open up the territory and level the land, he may not trouble you." But I'm afraid that adults will be in trouble. "Han Shizhong understands something after all, even if everything goes well, Liu Qi will not be punished, but he will be abandoned. And Ouyang is lawless and bent on stirring up border chaos, so he will be responsible for this matter. Instigated the generals to attack without authorization, provoked the frontier, and committed the crime of complicity and rebellion. The nature is very bad.

Ouyang said: "I don't care. "I'm tired of the days when there was no electricity, no beer, no chili, no cars, and no telephones. Kindness...... This is not the case. The fact is that Ouyang knew that Temujin, the demon king, and his descendants had killed countless people, almost essentially destroyed the Central Plains, made the Central Plains stand still, and during his reign, it led to a large-scale regression in economy and culture, and the Han people were ranked as third-class people. Of course, from a modern point of view, Mongolia is also Chinese, but from the perspective of the Song Dynasty, Mongolia is the invader. If the anti-Japanese resistance failed in those years, would the Yamato nation become one of the 57 nationalities of the Chinese nation? Will our children and grandchildren still want to be in harmony and unity? The aggressor is the aggressor, even if it is whitewashed by historians. For example, Ouyang has always admitted that he instigated the Great Song Dynasty to invade and expand externally.

Han Shizhong said: "This matter will not be discussed anymore, and we will not mention it anymore, everyone raise a glass, today should be the time to congratulate General Zhang Junzhang on successfully winning the Huanglong Mansion." ”

"Good!" Several people raised their glasses and drank them all, but Zhang Jun still drank cold boiled water.

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The capture of Huanglong Mansion was a sign that the Song army was incomparably strong. The Royal Daily recorded in detail the course of Huang Longfu's fierce offensive and defensive battles, and interviewed the seriously injured Zhang Jun, the supervising army Ouyang, the acting general Wu Jue, the hero Wang Yan, and the logistics officer Chen Gui. At that time, people were honest and would not brag nonsense, because it was a glorious victory, and Ouyang did not intend to brag nonsense, and a report close to the truth surfaced.

Then there was a wonderful comment, the special commentator is the former general of the division, and the division believes that such a victory can be achieved not only because of the bravery of the soldiers in front and the proper command of the generals. More because of logistics. The planters said that in their time, there would be no large-scale wars in winter, and the Song Dynasty completely overcame this, and the clothes that were warm to the teeth, as well as the huge amount of ceramic water bombs consumed, were all that only today's productive forces could make. The emergence of firearms such as heavy artillery, as well as the stereotyped method of skillfully transporting heavy artillery, all illustrate the importance of talent.

Zhao Yu also decreed the establishment of a miscellaneous research department at Tokyo Royal University to encourage talented people like Chen Gui to enter. Study academics and teach the people.

In March, Ouyang returned to Tokyo, originally thinking that he could step down, but he didn't expect something to run around again. After Zhao Yuxuan Ouyang, he saw that Ouyang was quite tired from the journey, and he was a little reluctant to go. deliberately asked the imperial chef to get some snacks, but Ouyang had a natural resistance to shemales, and he didn't feel that the imperial chef's skills were good.

Zhao Yu said: "Emperor Tianzuo sent someone to contact Tong Guan and wanted to surrender to the Song State. ”

"As far as Weichen knows, Emperor Tianzuo is now a royal family, and the throne is already in his hands. Moreover, the military power is in the hands of Yelu Dashi, who supports Yeluchun, and his surrender does us no good. ”

"Yeluchun also sent a minister's watch, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Song Kingdom."

Ouyang asked, "When a vassal state?" ”

"That's what it means." Zhao Yu said: "They pay tribute every year, with Tokyo as the boundary. ”

"Tokyo was looted by the Jurchens once, and it is no longer of much value. It is not impossible to be a vassal state, but there must be several conditions. ”

"On what terms?"

Ouyang Dao: "First, the army must be abandoned, both inside and outside Tokyo must be the army of the imperial court, the Liao army is all disarmed and returned to the field, we send agricultural experts to help them settle down and farm, but they can no longer live a nomadic life, and the imperial court can also carry out certain subsidies if necessary." ”

"What else?"

"Second, allow the Khitan people to migrate to the Han land, and allow the Han people to move to the Khitan land. Tokyo used the Great Song Law to protect merchants. ”

"You mean to assimilate them?" Zhao Yu said: "Slowly fuse? ”

"Yes, in fact, those in power know their current situation, and they have no chance of victory at all. So we can give certain benefits to being in power. For example, the hereditary king, who enjoys the annual subsidy of the imperial court, allows them to still enjoy a luxurious life. ”