Chapter 115: The Commander of the Martial Forces
When the news came, Xiao Ming immediately reported to Xijing, Emperor Tianzuo began to panic again, the Spring Bowl Conference that was supposed to be held on the Liaohe Plain was still not continued, and it became a problem again, the left and right civil and military officials and princes and ministers were helpless, and the current strength was tight, and he really couldn't take out troops to support Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming's 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands were almost the last troops of the Liao State to rely on.
Could it be that it is not possible to send the emperor's personal guards, in addition to the palace tent army of the three feather forest armies of the flying tiger, flying leopard and flying bear, there are only a few thousand of the most heartfelt Huluduo guards left, Yelu Yanxi also knows in his heart that there are tens of thousands of forbidden troops in the hands of the Northern Privy Council and the king of the North Courtyard Yelu Yujian who garrison Xijing, and these people are impossible to fully trust like the soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard, it seems that only Yelu Yujian has been sent to support, and he has also taken this opportunity to weaken their strength.
Such a trick could not have been thought up by Emperor Tianzuo at all, but Xiao Fengxian's bad move, and Xiao Ming was a pawn proposed by Emperor Tianzuo to fight against the forces of the North Courtyard and the South Courtyard, but Xiao Ming did not have soldiers and horses in his hands, and the soldiers and horses of the Southern Courtyard needed time to control, and only by slowly wearing away Yelu Chunxian's forces could the entire Southern Courtyard soldiers and horses be controlled.
But time does not wait for anyone, the golden soldiers are pressing step by step, forcing Xiao Ming to use the soldiers and horses of the southern courtyard, it seems that Xiao Ming has no soldiers in his hands for a day, and Emperor Tianzuo is not at peace for a day, which also involves the reason for the queen Xiao Mimi, Xiao Mimi's unruly temper is still very much to Emperor Tianzuo's appetite, and she is obedient to her, and she loves her very much, and her eldest brother is resisting Jin Bing for himself, but he does not believe that it is not a matter to use soldiers and horses.
After weighing, Emperor Tianzuo issued a secret decree, giving Xiao Ming 10,000 taels of gold, of course, first offset with the taxes in the Eastern Liao region, 10,000 cattle and sheep, this anyway does not need Emperor Tianzuo to bleed, let Xiao Ming restore the number of the Wugu enemy Lie Commander Army Division and its soldiers and horses, and the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Army Division was originally the commander of the soldiers and horses in Ningjiang Prefecture, and the quasi-military establishment under the command of King Jing Xiao Wuna, as Ningjiang Prefecture was conquered by the Jin soldiers, Xiao Wuna's whole family died in battle, and the soldiers and horses of the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Army Division moved south to the Nanjing area of Huanglong Mansion and were controlled by the king of the Southern Courtyard.
However, as the war between the Liao State and the Jin soldiers became more and more fierce later, and several battles were fought, the Wugu Enemy Lie Unified Army Division has become a broken and formed army, and the unified army division is originally a military position equivalent to the commander of the forbidden army of the Southern Academy, but now it basically does not exist and has become history!
This is actually given Xiao Ming the right to build a private army, which is terrible, throughout the history of the Great Liao State, only after the death of Yelu Abaoji, the queen Shulu clan developed the troops in the tribe into the royal guards to fight against the intricate power struggle, and the private army at that time had a tendency to be official, and no one dared to build a private army in later generations.
From this point of view, Emperor Tianzuo is also very embarrassed at present, the contest of political forces, often to compare their respective strength, when the strength is not as good as people, we must learn to compromise, as far as the current power of the court is concerned, not only his uncle Yelu Chunxian's southern forces, but also Yelu Yujian's northern court forces, and the harem forces headed by the king of Lanling above the court, as well as the forces of the queen mother and the concubine Xiao Yu, and at the same time his six sons are mixed in, and now the forces of the queen Xiao Mimi's side are added, It's complicated.
Behind these forces are the support of the forces behind one party, for the newly rising side of Xiao Ming's forces, that is the power of Queen Xiao Mimi's side, such strength is the most favored by others, which side he joins, it will cause earth-shaking changes to the original balance of the situation.
And to grasp this side of the forces in the hand, is the safest way, from this aspect, Emperor Tianzuo is not confused, he knows what to do, for the entire Liao court, there are many commendable political initiatives, although the imitation of the Central Plains civilization of the dynasty system to adopt the cabinet three-point model, but through the efforts of the Shunzong and Taoist dynasties, the political system of the Liao State is also quite enlightened, because of the addition of its special collegial system, so that the entire Liao State can avoid a lot of mistakes in major national decisions.
After Yelu Yanxi ascended the throne, he thought that the state affairs were peaceful and the four seas were peaceful, so he began to be arrogant and lascivious, and wantonly looted the people's fat and ointment, not to mention the serious oppression and oppression of backward tribes in various places, and tyrannical and easy to kill, which was also the biggest source of forcing the Jurchen tribe to rebel.
In reality, the Liao regime has no meaning to Xiao Ming, Emperor Tianzuo gave him the right to build a private army, and he was about to make good use of it, and the most experienced candidate in this area was what Xiao Ming had to consider, he thought of a person, so he went to find him.
The place where Xiao Ming went was the prison of the forbidden army camp in the north of the city, where many court felons were imprisoned, including: Wanyan Boluhuo, the general of the Jin State, and Xiao Tzu Buye, the general of the Jin State, and the person Xiao Ming went to find was Xiao Tzu Buye, who had been the envoy of the Eastern Liao Festival and the envoy of the garrison in Beijing.
Xiao Tzu Buye is the nephew of Xiao Dalin, the privy envoy of the Southern Liaoning Court, with a tyrannical temperament, stubbornness and unkindness, and a very harsh management of the army. Because of advocating the southern expedition to weaken the Song Dynasty, the northern resistance to the Jurchens and disagreement with the political views of Yelumoge and Xiao Yizhen in the middle of the dynasty and was excluded from Yunzhou, and later the Jurchens violated the boundary, Xiao Tzu Buye was activated, until Shangjing was broken, and Xiao Tzu Buye surrendered to the Jin State.
But this person was the commander of Xiao Wuna's Wugu Enemy Lie's Military Division, and he has a long time of experience in leading troops, so it can be said that among the Jiedu envoys of the entire Five Kingdoms Department, the Jurchens were most afraid of the soldiers and horses of the Wugu Enemy's Lie's Military Division.
Of course, Xiao Ming's subordinate things to others naturally can't be wishful thinking, after bringing Xiao Tzu Buye up, looking at this well-known general of the Great Liao Kingdom, Xiao Ming suddenly felt very sad! Xiao Tzu Buye's expression was haggard, his beard was unshaven, and he didn't have the look of a general of the unified army, where did he look like a festival envoy who commanded one side, a general who commanded tens of thousands of horses, at least his eyes were dim.
Xiao Ming suddenly felt that his decision was correct, he was a little doubtful of himself, but he still decided to ask Xiao Tzu Buye first, he ordered someone to take off the iron shackles on Xiao Tzu Buye's body first, and then let someone bring up a chair and send a bowl of steaming milk tea.
The steaming heat blurred Xiao Tzu's wild eyes, he raised his head to look at the young man in front of him, suddenly choked up, and said, "I don't know what the general wants to do with me?" ”
Xiao Ming asked, "Are you from the Collective Liberation Department?" Why surrender the Kingdom of Jin? ”
Xiao Tzu Buye said: "The general doesn't know, I have a reputation for being harsh in governing the army, and the soldiers under my command will not fight for me, but when these people see the courage of the golden soldiers, they don't want to fight for the emperor anymore!" ”
Xiao Mingqi said: "Why is this? ”
"The Great Liao Kingdom is over!" Xiao Tzu Buye suddenly hung his head in pain.
Xiao Ming looked left and right, pulled his subordinates back, and then looked at Xiao Tzu and said, "Is there anything unspeakable about the general?" ”
Xiao Tzu Buye said: "The emperor is strict with the law, widely levy the people's wealth, these years of heavy taxes, many tribes have been forced to relocate, although my Daliao territory is wide, but there is no available soldiers, the soldiers are fighting in front, but the family is taxed by the cool officials, there is almost no way to live, who is willing to fight hard, I have the heart to let my subordinates insist, but the people's hearts have been scattered, why let them die in vain?" ”
Xiao Ming asked, "Didn't the Jurchens give you any benefits?" ”
Xiao Tzu Buye said: "I only ask to be kind to the soldiers, don't stop them from going home, the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom is quite enlightened, and agreed to my request, just let the subordinates continue to guard Shangjing, and did not make it difficult for them."
Xiao Ming nodded and said: "I understand, the general is a general who has commanded the army for many years, if his soldiers serve to death, I ask you if you can resist the attack of the Jin soldiers?" ”
Xiao Tzu said wildly: "The Jurchens have extraordinary combat power and extraordinary bravery, but they can't attack the law, and they have no basis for retreating and no rules, but they love to use clever tricks, and they are bold and careful, and it is not impossible to defeat them." ”
Xiao Ming said: "Okay! Well said, now I will pardon the general's capital crime, you don't have to worry about the emperor, I will appoint you as the commander of the first army of the Wugu Enemy Lie Commander Army, and help me defend the area around Tokyo, as for this soldier and horse, you can temporarily recruit a part of the pawn, and I will give you another 5,000 cavalry in the southern courtyard, so are you willing? ”
"Woo...... Wugu Enemy Martyr Commander Military Division! Xiao Tzu Buye didn't seem to hear clearly, and after seeing Xiao Ming nodding, he immediately knelt on the ground and said: "The general's grace to avoid death will never be forgotten, dare not die!" ”
Xiao Ming helped him up and said: "You first temporarily garrison in Tokyo, and then help me defend Shangjing, now that the Jurchen army is 200,000 pressing, I estimate that I may not be able to fight, but I have a way to deal with them, if you have anything to do to send someone to find me, I will give you a perfect plan, but you had better leave recently." ”
Xiao Tzu Buye was grateful, bowed down and said: "The sin general will go to appease his subordinates now, there are still many old subordinates who are in the midst of being surrendered, and I will leave within three days at the earliest."
Xiao Ming said: "Very good, with you guarding Tokyo, I will have the time and energy to deal with Jin Bing, come on!" Wine! ……”
After subduing Xiao Tzu Buye, it can be regarded as Xiao Ming's own arrangement of a confidant, Xiao Tzu Buye is grateful for being pardoned by Xiao Ming, and will definitely serve Xiao Ming, so that Xiao Ming at least built a private army in addition to the Wuhuai Army, and the first army of the Wugu Enemy Lie Unified Army Division established by Xiao Tzu Buye has no combat effectiveness, this is just a number, Xiao Ming has other uses.
The 5,000 cavalry sent to Xiao Tzu Buye is the Wuhuai Army led by Hanlu, Hanlu has made great contributions in the Battle of Shangjing, Xiao Ming gradually reused him, although the soldiers and horses of the entire southern academy are now looking forward to Xiao Ming's horse, but after all, they are still controlled by Xiao Gan, Yelu Dashi and others, and Hanlu belongs to the instructor to enter the army of the southern department, during this time, the southern soldiers and horses are very respectful to Hanlu, which is also very beneficial to the division of the southern department.
Naturally, the soldiers and horses of the Southern Academy could not be included in the sequence of the Wugu Enemy Lie Commandery, but Xiao Ming could strip a part of it from the middle and fill it into Xiao Tart's team, so soon, Xiao Tart Buye first selected 20,000 people from the soldiers, plus the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of the Southern Department that Xiao Ming filled for him, plus the 5,000 Wuhuai Army of Hanlu, he made a team of more than 40,000 people and went to Tokyo.