Chapter 905: One Step is a Decisive Battle
Shaanxi Sixth Road lost 400,000 troops in less than half a month, all roads in Shaanxi were defeated, the Jin army captured Qinzhou, and Li Fu surrendered after a strategy; Huanqing Road was the most hit under the attack of the Western Xia and the Jin army, Fengxiang Mansion was lost, and most of the 27 villages in the face of Western Xia had been lost, and now they had retreated to the first line of Hulu Village.
Knowing that the Jin army had entered Guanzhong, Cha Ge understood that if the Western Xia Dynasty continued to fight eastward, it would also be a wedding dress for the Jin people, and it would not be of much benefit; so the Western Xia army did not continue to attack Huanqing Road, but stabilized the battle line, and the army turned to Xihe Road to seize the Hehuang area, and the battle on both flanks of Yanzhou was inexplicably stopped.
Guanzhong was attacked by Wanyan Gao, the Great Song Dynasty lost almost all the cities, 80,000 Song troops surrendered, and the last formed army in Weinan was led by Liu Guanglie, the commander of Shaanzhou, and Li Mida, the governor of Shaanxi, and went out of Tongguan to join Zhao Gou, the king of Kang; However, according to the intelligence on both sides of the seed master Min and Xu Huiyan, it is shown that the Jin army on the opposite side is being mobilized, and it is likely that it will go north soon.
Taiyuan suddenly made a noise, fortunately, the wheels of the Dingbei Army preparing for battle have been running, and Zong Ze is also mobilizing troops to prepare to attack Jiezhou, Zhao Kai is not panicked, but Taiyuan City is a little more nervous. Yang Zhi led 20,000 cavalry to Taiyuan at this time, bringing 10,000 sets of armor, weapons and 2,000 war horses to Taiyuan, in addition, the team transporting cattle, sheep and green salt was on the road behind.
This time Yang Zhi made a big transfer to his subordinates, Kong Yanwei returned to Shuozhou as the governor, Fuqi Road and Yanyan Road were attached to the Dingbei Army, Bianliang was no longer a symbol of the imperial court, Kong Yanwei would not produce any more moths, as Yang Zhi's earliest subordinates, he was naturally reused, and Yue Fei's deputy Chen Guang took over the post of Yinzhou Zhi.
Yang Zhi's army to the south had Zhang San as his lieutenant, Yang Yizhong and Yi Room Bai Da as the vanguard, Ma Qin and Wang Shougu as the rear army, and Wei Dingguo and Shan Tinggui as the marching staff officers; when he arrived in Taiyuan, Yang Zhi directly took B Room Bai Da and Wang Shougu to meet Zhao Kai, and said that he was going to recruit the children of the Hu nationality in Guanzhong Academy, and asked Zhao Kai to give the surname to B Room Bai Da, and was ready to let B Room Bai Answer settle down like the Han people and no longer retain the tribal form.
Zhao Kai knew that this was a symbolic means, and only the head of a clan and the emperor were qualified to give a surname, and Yang Zhi was pasting gold on his face; Zhao Kai immediately agreed to be naturalized in Taiyuan, and gave him the name Zhao Yi, with the same surname as himself, and at the same time let the B room not forget his origin. Then Zhao Kai held a meeting, which was regarded as asking Zong Ze and Yang Zhi to temporarily make a handover, as soon as the business was finished here, Li Xiaoming asked Yang Zhi directly: "Jin Jun retreats, what conditions will be required this time?"
Li Xiaoming is the deputy envoy of Hedong Mansion, and he is not particularly familiar with Yang Zhi, but two generations of the Li family have been officials in Bianliang, and now they are trapped in Bianliang and can't get out, so Li Xiaoming has to be anxious; Yang Zhi didn't know what the situation in Bianliang was, so he asked Cao Qianli: "What is the new news about Bianliang?"
Cao Qianli's face swept over a dark cloud and said: "The Jin people asked for mules and horses, the horses in the capital were empty, the mules and horses outside the city had long been snatched away by the Jin people, many businessmen had already transferred the materials to the south in advance, it is said that Wang Shiyong used the heavy reward to expose, only to find more than 7,000 mules and horses, and collected 160,000 taels of gold, 2 million taels of silver, and 1 million horses of clothing and satin, but it was still far from the amount demanded by the Jin people. At present, the Jin people changed to ask for other things to offset the gold and silver, and the ritual vessels of the Heavens, the Dharma of the Son of Heaven, various books and classics, and Dacheng musical instruments are all in the search. ”
As in history, Song Qinzong was in the Jin camp, and everyone still thought about him sitting on the Jinluan Palace, thinking about how much money to redeem Song Qinzong and send the Jin army away, and then Song Qinzong continued to be his emperor, and the ministers below continued to be their own officials. Even Cao Qianli was lamenting, and didn't realize what would happen to the Jin people next, and now the people in Bianliang City are probably struggling to make a living.
Yang Zhi groaned: "The Jin people are tired from fighting for a long time, and they are worried that they will be supported to death when they occupy the Great Song Dynasty all of a sudden, which is nothing more than asking Bianliang to pay money to make up for the losses, and the other is to find a way to cause the Great Song Dynasty to break." They even want to worship the heavens, the Son of Heaven, and all kinds of books and classics, and their ambitions are not small, and their ambitions are no less than those of the Liao State, Lord Cao, you say, will Qinzong not be able to come back?"
"Cause the Great Song Dynasty to break up?" Zhao Kai understands this truth, only by dividing the Great Song Dynasty into several parts, will the power be dispersed; Yang Zhi's question is clearly a hint, and there is no need for an answer at all. Zhao Kai thought for a while, changed color and said: "The Jin people plan to make a fuss in Bianliang and set up a new emperor, will the country name be canceled?"
Yang Zhi nodded slowly and said: "At this time, the Jin army is like Xiang Yu in Guanzhong, no matter how big the determination above is, but the soldiers want to return, no matter how good it is to return to their hometown, it is better to return to their hometown in brocade." Strategically speaking, the Great Song Dynasty did not suffer much from the eastern front of Shandong, Yangzhou and other places, Jiangnan can still recruit troops to fight, as long as the Jin army has a little brain, it should know that now it is to govern well, the Jin people are also understaffed, it is better to turn back and govern Hebei thoroughly.
With this plundering in the south, the Jin army could recuperate in Yanyun and Hebei, and then encroach on the Central Plains and the south step by step. But there is a premise for all this, that is, Bianliang cannot be given up, so Jin Jun must find an obedient person to watch, so that it can be plundered in the future. ”
Yang Zhi did not directly answer Zhao Kai's question, but described this matter from the attitude of Jin Jun; Yang Zhi had to be careful, this matter was related to the battle for the imperial system, and the subsequent matters were too complicated, and saying a wrong word would cause a lot of unnecessary trouble. Especially now that they are all together, it is really so much that Zhao Kai will sit in that position one day, I don't know how many of these people will be his or Zong Ze's opponents, and when the time comes, it will be a little troublesome to say the other way around.
Cao Qianli and the others each fell into deep thought, they already understood why Zong Ze wanted to move his army south, and why Yang Zhi wanted to go to Taiyuan to sit in Taiyuan, because Zong Ze also saw this step, and Xiao got a decisive battle; But for the Dingbei Army, this is an opportunity, now Guanzhong is beaten all over the ground by the Jin Army, if the Dingbei Army can recover Guanzhong, then it is equivalent to sitting in the northwest, and it can win the Central Plains in the future.