Yanjing.

After the withdrawal of the Song soldiers, the Liao State (Northern Liao) began to fight among themselves.

The powerful minister Li Chuwen and his son felt that the future was worrying, and they sent people to fornicate with Tong Guan, intending to kidnap Concubine Liao De and return to the Great Song Dynasty. On the other hand, he secretly contacted Jin Guo, and was willing to be the internal response of Jin and help Jin Guo take Youzhou.

Concubine Liao De took the lead, killed Li Chuwen and his son, and even went to the five tables to declare herself a vassal to the Jin State. The only requirement is that Liya be appointed emperor.

The Jin people are not allowed, and Concubine Liao De is stubbornly guarding the Yong Pass.

The Jin soldiers broke through Juyong Pass, and then entered Yanjing City, and the Northern Liao regime was declared extinct.

For the land of Youzhou, Jin Guo is not interested at all. Due to years of war and natural disasters, the birds here are so poor that they don't, and the rest of the property of the Liao nobles is regarded as a burden by the Jin people.

The population was still of some use, and the Liao people who were still in those tribes were sent by the Jin State to the edge of the Songnen Plain (east of the Great Khing'an Mountains) for resettlement.

In a bitter cold place, and there is a shortage of materials, who wants to go?

On the way to migrate, a large number of people fled and went to the grassland to seek refuge with Emperor Tianzuo of Liao.

Emperor Tianzuo recruited these subordinates, cheered up a little in the grassland, and planned to recover the Youyun region.

At this time, Ah Guda was dead, and Wu Qimai succeeded him as the emperor of the Jin State.

Wu Qimai sent an envoy Li Jing to Kaifeng to discuss the sale of Yanjing to the Song State: There are Liao people rebelling in Youzhou every day, and the hungry people are everywhere, waiting to be fed, and this broken place has to be sold early for money.

Before the envoy of the Jin State, Li Jing, arrived, the Sichuan war report had already arrived.

Only the documents of the victory were exposed, and the documents of defeat were all expedited and had to be quickly forwarded to the Privy Council.

Zheng Juzhong died of illness in early winter, and the current privy envoy is Cai You.

Cai You opened the battle report and looked at it, his body shook, and he almost fainted.

Zhao Shu has sent several letters in a row, the content of which is the fall of Jianzhou, and he asked the imperial court to send reinforcements and money and food quickly. Cai You replied every time, and he was good at holding Zitong and Guanghan, and there were reinforcements until spring.

For the war in Sichuan, the Great Song Dynasty monarchs are still very confident.

Jianmen Pass and Zitong blocked the main force of thieves for a long time. The officers and soldiers of Kuizhou Road have also won successive battles, constantly recovering lost territory, and have recovered the entire territory of Quzhou, Bazhou, Pengzhou, and Guang'an Army with more than 10 good reports in a row.

Judging from the battle report, the bandits have turned from prosperity to decline, and the officers and men of Sichuan are on a major counteroffensive.

"How did Chengdu lose it? How did Chengdu lose it......" Cai You looked at the eight hundred miles in his hand, and the whole person was in a state of confusion.

After slowing down for a long time, Cai You took the emergency report and rode towards Gen Yue.

Song Huizong was entertaining his ministers and Guo Yaoshi, and although the war was a mess, Guo Yaoshi was extremely favored.

This general of the Liao State has been the general of the Northern Liao Zhuwei (how awesome it is, you can refer to the major general of the national army appointed remotely in 49). Even if there is a lot of water, it sounds good, this is the highest official of the Liao State who belonged to the Great Song Dynasty.

What's more, Guo Yaoshi also offered a surprise attack on Yanjing, if it weren't for the Song army entering the city to fool around, Yanjing would have been taken by the Great Song Dynasty a long time ago.

As soon as Guo Yaoshi arrived in Kaifeng, he was immediately received by Song Huizong, and was given mansions, concubines, and servants, and was often invited to accompany the emperor to visit Genyue.

"What's the matter with Rokuro?" Song Huizong asked.

Cai You was silent, looking at the idle people around the emperor.

Song Huizong said with a smile: "You don't have to hide it, it's all your own family." ”

Cai You was still silent.

Song Huizong's smile suddenly disappeared, he knew that something big had happened, and immediately waved his hand away from everyone.

There were only two eunuchs left at the scene, and Song Huizong asked, "But which city did Song Jiang take?" ”

Cai You said: "After the Shengjie army was reorganized, it has killed the Song River to the north of the river and no longer threatens Tokyo. I just received an 800-mile expedited, and the thieves in Hanzhong have ...... Stolen from Chengdu. ”

"What?"

Song Huizong was shocked, and then said angrily: "Kuizhou Road officers and soldiers, aren't they even victorious and have recovered the four state armies?" Why don't you go west, cut off the thieves' retreat, and fight the thieves back and forth with the officers and soldiers of Chengdu Fulu? ”

Cai You said: "The Privy Council has issued this order to let the officers and soldiers of Kuizhou Road go west. Now that Chengdu has fallen, there is no movement on Kuizhou Road, and there are only two possibilities. First, the officers and soldiers of Kuizhou Road encountered the thief and the division halfway and were stopped at the boundary of Zizhou Road; The second is that the officers and soldiers of Kuizhou Road have been avoiding the war from beginning to end, and they don't dare to fight the thieves at all! ”

Cai You completely guessed it, and it is estimated that he had discussed it in detail with the civil and military officials.

The officers and soldiers of the Kuizhou Road first marched westward, but were stopped by Li Bao's partial division, and they avoided the battle only after suffering defeat.

Song Huizong sat on the golden chair in despair, Sichuan is a land of wealth, and the terrain is very easy to divide. Once the thieves rely on the dangers of the mountains and rivers to defend to the death, no matter how powerful the forbidden army and the western army are, it will be difficult to exterminate them.

Cai You said: "Your Majesty, please summon all of you, as well as the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, to discuss matters!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes, quickly recruit them to Genyue." Song Huizong finally reacted.

It didn't take long for Genyue to be full of sages.

They are: Wang Hao, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Bai Shizhong, Zhang Bangchang, Wang Anzhong, Li Bangyan, and Zhao Ye. Shen Jizhong (Hubu Shangshu, Wang Hao's henchman), He Zhitong (Bingbu Shangshu, his father is Cai Jing's political opponent and former prime minister He Zhizhong).

Originally, there was also a Feng Xizai, who belonged to Cai Jingyu's party, and was thrown out by Wang Hao to be a governor last month.

"Meet the official!"

The virtuous ministers were saluting, and Song Huizong said impatiently: "Don't bow, Liulang quickly talk to them." ”

Cai You said: "The fourth road of Sichuan Gorge, the Zhu thief has taken the third, and only Kuizhou Road has not been lost. ”

"Chengdu is gone?"

"What kind of battle did Zhao Shu fight?"

"Shu Dao is dangerous, how can officers and soldiers lose the battle?"

"Hurry up and wipe out the soldiers!"

“……”

The ministers present panicked and began to speak in a disorderly manner.

Song Huizong asked Tong Guan: "When will the forbidden army and the Western army be able to suppress thieves?" ”

Tong Guan replied: "Your Majesty Qiqi has experienced the Great War of Hebei, and the number of troops in each army is uneven, so it must be reorganized one by one. The Shengjie army has been reorganized, and is encircling and suppressing the Song River with the Shandong Xiang army, and the Song thieves are chased to the border of Hebei and Shandong. The rest of the forbidden army is still being reorganized. The Western Army has returned to Shaanxi for reorganization, and it should be able to be completed by the beginning of spring. ”

Liang Shicheng said: "It snows heavily in the middle of winter, and it is inconvenient to march, so why wait for the snow to melt in spring." ”

Song Huizong was dissatisfied: "There will be no heavy snow in Sichuan, and I will go to suppress it after the beginning of spring, I'm afraid that Kuizhou Road will be gone!" Jingnan Road and Jinghu North Road, why haven't these two roads entered Sichuan to suppress thieves? ”

Cai You said: "There are also anti-thieves to be suppressed on these two roads, especially Jingbei Road, which is sending troops to Jingnan Road to conquer the Seven Buddhas of Fang La. The minister has let Guangxi Road send troops, and the north and south will attack the seven Buddhas on that side. In addition, both of them said that the money and food were not enough, and it was not slightly relieved until the autumn grain was replenished. ”

Shen Jizhong, the head of the household, suddenly said: "The autumn grain tax on Jingnan Road and Jinghu Road has not been transferred to Tokyo this year for a grain of rice or a penny. Gyeonggi, Southeast, Lianghuai, Shandong, Hebei, Shaanxi, all roads reported famines, and the ministers really couldn't get money and grain to fight! ”

Tong Guan Yin and Yang said angrily: "You can only cry poor, if it weren't for the lack of money and grain transfer, how could we lose the battle in Liao?" ”

Shen Jizhong said angrily: "I'm not an immortal, where do I become a moneymaker!" ”

After Tong Guan returned to Beijing, he not only threw the pot to the generals, but also threw the pot to the Hubu Shangshu. Historically, Shen Jizhong, Wang Huang's henchman, would be squeezed out by Tong Guan to raise the Taoist temple in a short time.

Song Huizong suddenly missed Cai Jing a little, if Cai Jing was still there, the finances would not be so embarrassed.

Song Huizong looked at the group of deputy prime ministers: "What do you have to do?" ”

Zhang Bangchang said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, when the spring is released, you will definitely be able to exterminate the Zhu thief in one fell swoop!" ”

Bai Shizhong said: "You can order the astronomical officer to choose an auspicious day to send troops." Your Majesty is the eldest son of God, and he is blessed by the gods, and the little thief is not enough to worry about. ”

Li Bangyan said: "Can you recruit An? ”

Zhao Ye said: "Yes, you can try to recruit An." If you can succeed, it is naturally the best, and if you can't succeed, you can also paralyze the Zhu thief. ”

Song Huizong thought for a while, pointed to Li Bangyan and said, "You have an old relationship with the Zhu thief, and you will go to Sichuan." ”

Li Bangyan really wanted to slap himself twice, so what did he say to recruit An? I got myself into the pit.

What if the thief kills himself to sacrifice the flag?

Wang Anzhong said: "Zhang Gen is an official in Jinzhou, and he is the father-in-law of Zhu Thief, so he must have become a thief. His brother (Zhang Xiang), his son (Zhang Tao), and his son-in-law (Li Gang) can no longer be reused, and must be demoted to idle positions. ”

Song Huizong nodded and said, "This is reasonable. ”

The virtuous ministers instantly found the direction of advice, and Bai Shizhong said: "Zhao Shu, Huang Xu, and Gao Jingshan should also be punished if they lose the city and land. The brothers and relatives of these three people should also be resigned. ”

Song Huizong said: "It's not necessary, the three of them don't know their whereabouts, maybe they have died heroically." Especially Gao Jingshan, Huang Yishangshu impeached him for being a thief, but Zhao Shu said that this person did not know where to go. ”

Tong Guan said: "Your Majesty, it's better to have a strategy to suppress thieves as soon as possible. ”

Song Huizong said: "Qing is a person who knows the soldiers, can he have a good strategy?" ”

Tong Guan had already formulated a strategy for suppressing thieves: "When the snow melts in spring, the western army will go to Hanzhong from southwest Shaanxi, the forbidden army will attack Jinzhou from the southwest of Jingxi, and the officers and soldiers of Jinghu Road will enter Sichuan from Kuizhou." With such a three-way attack, the Zhu thief will definitely be difficult to support. ”

He Zhitong, the secretary of the military department, said: "You can send an envoy to Dali to reward its king, and order Dali to send troops from the south." Then he sent an envoy to pacify the Tibetan tribes and the Xishan Yechuan tribes (from Xiaojinchuan to Luding), and ordered these Tubo and Qiang people to attack western Sichuan. Cooperate with the officers and soldiers of the three routes, and it will be a six-way combined attack! ”

Song Huizong was overjoyed and said: "This plan is wonderful! ”

Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty appointed Tong Guan as the commander of the thieves, let Tong Guan be responsible for the deployment of troops, and asked the Ministry of Rites to send envoys to contact the Dali, Tubo and Xishan Yechuan departments.

The virtuous ministers retreated, leaving Li Bangyan alone.

Song Huizong said to Li Bangyan: "When you go to Hanzhong to recruit An, you will say that I value his father and son quite much. If you are willing to submit to the imperial court, Zhu Guoxiang can be named Taishi, Hanzhong Marquis, Zhu Ming can be Zhilong Tuge, promoted Dali Temple, and recruited as a lieutenant. I miss them so much that I have left a mansion in Tokyo and am waiting for them to move in. ”

Li Bangyan sighed: "The official family is so generous-minded, the Zhu father and son are definitely willing to recruit An." ”

"Go, bring my gifts." Song Huizong smiled.

Li Bangyan bowed and retreated, Song Huizong's face instantly became gloomy, and he couldn't wait to cut the Zhu family's father and son with a thousand knives.

(End of chapter)