Chapter 587 The flea on the drum explains the war

Author: Sharpshooter Lao Feixia

Chapter 587 The flea on the drum explains the war

Yelu Tahaoli, who has been on death row for more than half a year——

Put on the military uniform again, return to the court, recruit old troops again, and rebuild glory.

This guy originally held a high position as Privy Councilor in the North Courtyard. He had been in officialdom for many years and had a number of useful people under his command.

Emperor Tianzuo had previously put him on death row. He was worried that his troops would cause rebellion, so he dispersed most of them and distributed them to various states, and the rest of them were dismissed along with his old soldiers.

This is quite cheap for Lao Cao.

If not, these men and horses must be under the control of the Jin people at Yanmen Pass at this moment.

Now that it was better, there was a loud sound in the sky, and Tahaoli reappeared, planting flags and waving people. Those old troops who were resentful towards Emperor Tianzuo gathered together for a while. In three days, they gathered seven or eight thousand people.

He is a veteran who can fight.

Still not satisfied, he told Lao Cao Versailles: "Hey, the 50,000 soldiers under my command were scattered in the clouds, north and south, and only one or two percent remained near Yunzhou. Otherwise, my brother-in-law could do it alone."

With the help of men and horses, we can pull down Yelu Yanxi's son from his horse."

Cao Cao was full of compliments: "With just one order, eight thousand Liao warriors returned. Such prestige shows that my brother-in-law is the true God of War of the Liao Kingdom."

Yelu Tahao laughed loudly: "Soldiers have their own eyes, how can they not know who is worthy of following? Since Yelu Yanxi ruled the country, he has been defeated again and again, and the morale of the army and the people has been completely lost. Fortunately, the ancestors are alive in heaven.

, so that my brother-in-law can rescue me from prison, so that I can bring order to the chaos and rebuild the world!"

The two of them were talking about speculation when Lu Fang flew up to the hall and said, "Brother, Ma Ling, Shi Qian and I are both here."

Cao Cao was overjoyed. He stood up and said to Tao Hao: "Brother-in-law, when my two brothers return, this plan will be feasible. Brother-in-law is busy with military affairs. I will make arrangements later."

After bidding farewell to Tahaoli, Lao Cao quickly walked out of the Privy Council and came to the door, where he met Ma Ling and Shi Qian, who were pretending to be a wandering Taoist or a Taoist boy.

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "Brothers, you have worked hard all the way! This is not the place to talk. Come to my house and explain it in detail."

After that, he led the two of them to his residence in Yunzhou - the palace of Emperor Tianzuo.

He also summoned all the brothers who had no official duties, and everyone gathered in Emperor Tianzuo's study. The maids carefully served snacks and fragrant tea, and then left.

Ma Ling looked at Shi Qian and said, "I'll give you your words. Come and talk to your brother."

Shi Qian bared his teeth in amusement and did not refuse, so he said: "My brother asked me to go to Yingzhou to find out the whole story of the war between Song and Liao Dynasties. We found out in detail. When we returned to Wusheng Pass, we passed by Guizhou, but it was Hao Siwen's brother.

Speaking of it, Brother Wu went straight to kill the tiger, so the two of us turned around and rushed there. When we were passing here, we saw the west wind flags were flying at the top of the city. When we came in, we saw that all the brothers were there."

Cao Cao smiled and said: "I'll let you two travel back and forth, so don't make it more difficult."

Shi Qian sighed: "What kind of hard work is this? I don't know, brother, but the defeat of the Song Army was really annoying..."

Then he told everything he knew——

It turned out that Zhong Shidao had completely different intentions from Tong Guan and others. He was not in favor of starting a war with the Liao Kingdom. For this reason, he wrote several times to Yanmen Pass to state his interests and harms.

In the view of Mr. Zhong, although the Liao Kingdom was a bad neighbor, the two families had been on good terms for hundreds of years and had lived in peace and had their own affection. The Jin Kingdom's attack on the Liao Kingdom was like a robber breaking into a neighbor's house. As a Song Dynasty, not only

Instead of helping your neighbors, you take advantage of the situation and share the stolen goods with the robbers. This is extremely unjust. How can an unjust teacher last long?

When Lao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "I have heard for a long time that the old gentleman is a good man, but now it seems that he is also a mediocre person. What he said may be true, but since he has become a marshal all the way, he is like an arrow on the string. At this juncture He also said that he was unknown when he launched the army, which simply weakened the morale of the army! If I were Zhao Guanjia, I would rather change the commander before the formation than let him lead the army."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, thinking that if they were the generals under Lao Zhong, they would be prepared to risk the fate of the country in a battle. Wouldn't it be depressing to listen to the old man nagging every day that this battle should not be fought?

Shi Qian said again: Zhongshi Dao, Tong Guan was divided into two marshals, the west and the east. Tong Guan was afraid that he would make a contribution first, so he repeatedly wrote letters telling him not to advance rashly, but this played into Zhong Shidao's wish, so he defended Yan Can't get out the door.

When Lao Cao heard this, he became even more amused: "The country sent him two groups of troops, originally to support them. It was difficult to attack the Liao people from the beginning to the end. One of the two leaders wanted to take credit and fight rashly, and the other said no. Righteousness is as immovable as a mountain. It is a miracle that a country like this can survive to this day."

After laughing, he asked again: "Then why did he suddenly send troops after that?"

Shi Qian smiled bitterly and told the whole story: It was Tong Guan who defeated Hejian Prefecture. He had more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, but not one out of ten was left. He fled all the way to Daming Prefecture. Three to five memorials were sent out every day, urging Zhao Guan's family to add more troops to him. , otherwise if the Jin soldiers capture Daming Mansion and lose all Hebei and Shandong, they will have to drink horses by the Yellow River and point their swords at Bianliang City!

However, although Zhao Guanjia is a painter, how can he draw people and horses without Ma Liang's magic brush?

In this massive attack on Liao, the two groups combined an army of 350,000. Including Wang Huan of Hebei, the original number of troops was nearly 400,000. It was truly an all-out attack. Now if we want to attack again, unless we find the magic pen, otherwise Where can I get it?

Moreover, as an artist, Zhao Guan's mind is extremely sensitive. He originally had strong ambitions, but Tong Guan was defeated so easily. The official's ambition turned into a glass heart in an instant, and he woke up several times in his dreams.

In addition, in order to shirk his guilt, Tong Guan boasted that the Liao soldiers were in the sky and on the ground. The memorial clearly stated that "the Liao people and the Jin people fought fiercely for many years. Although they were defeated, after all, their bravery increased day by day. The Hebei Forbidden Army did not fight for many years and its armaments were slack. One Liao soldier can be regarded as ten of his soldiers, and one Liao soldier can be regarded as ten of his generals. Therefore, they collapsed at the first touch and scattered the Western Army under the veteran's command, leading to a great defeat..."

The officials were horrified when they saw this. They first issued an edict and dismissed Wang Huan, the representative of the Hebei Forbidden Army, from his post and took him to Tokyo for trial. They also sent a trusted eunuch to the West Route Army and secretly asked Zhong Shidao to withdraw his troops to avoid being misled by the Liao people again. Defeated, and can still protect Tokyo——

As for Hebei and Shandong under the Liao army, the officials couldn't see it anyway, so they simply ignored it for now.

Master Zhongdao listened to the eunuch's secret military order and looked up to the sky with a sigh.

He lamented that the emperor had no responsibility - sending troops on two fronts was the emperor's own strategy. Now that the west route army returned without firing an arrow, the emperor felt that it was not good-looking, so he did not issue an edict and only asked people to hint that he wanted to cultivate the spirit of a teacher. Find a reason to retreat and take the blame for the Holy Emperor.

In fact, it would be fine if he took the blame, but from Zhong Shidao's point of view, precisely because of Tong Guan's defeat, he had to fight even if he didn't want to. This was also the meaning of his helpless sigh.

After all, he was a veteran general. Although he had not started a war since he was appointed as the commander-in-chief and went to Yanmen, he also sent spies to collect intelligence about the Liao people. Therefore, he knew that outside the Great Wall, the Jin soldiers were rampant and devoured thousands of miles like tigers. Naturally, he was deeply afraid of them. .

In his opinion, Tong Guan's defeat completely exposed the Song army's weakness as a sheep and stupidity as a pig. Tigers and wolves like the Jin Kingdom will definitely sharpen their knives against pigs and sheep.

At the same time, the troops of the Liao Kingdom's southern expedition also had a serious problem. If he listened to the emperor's hint and returned to the dynasty, his strategic initiative would be gone. It would be better to engage in a big fight to frighten the Jin Kingdom.

Secondly, they surrounded Wei to rescue Zhao and forced the Liao army southward to return.

When Lao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but nodded: "Although Lao Zhong is not a talented person, he is responsible. He didn't know that I occupied Youzhou and Yelu Chun had a family and it was difficult to return. He also overestimated the loyalty of Xiao Qian, Yelu Dashi and others.

From his perspective, offense is indeed a way to solve problems."

Zhong Shidao made up his mind and led an army of 150,000 troops to march north from Yanmen Pass.

Among these 150,000 troops, there are 80,000 Western troops, all of whom have fought with Xixia for a long time and can be called sharp soldiers.

The remaining 70,000 Shanxi frontier troops had fought against Tian Hu the year before last. After all, they had been tempered by the fire of war and were barely useful.

However, the equipment of the Liao army in the nine states behind the mountain was not as good as that of the Liao army in the seven states in front of the mountain, and there were no famous generals in charge. Therefore, after leaving the pass, the division route went smoothly and went down to Shuo and Luo states, and fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Liao army in Yingzhou.

They also won several games in a row, and the Liao army was given the exemption card.

Now that the battle has reached this point, not only the old gentleman is proud, but also the generals in the army are high-spirited.

At first, they were still preparing for the return of Youji soldiers and horses from the Liao Kingdom. Later, prisoners confessed that Youji was occupied by the rebels and Juyong Pass was lost. The Song Army suddenly felt that the overall situation was determined. The Liao Kingdom was about to be destroyed, and it was only a matter of time to destroy the Liao Dynasty.

Already.

Master Zhong and others will discuss it and make a plan:

The first step is to capture all the nine states behind the mountains;

The second step is to recruit high-ranking officials with generous salaries and surrender Youji's rebel army. They can conquer Yanyun without a single blow;

The third step is to cross Juyongguan and destroy the Liao army in the south from top to bottom;

In the fourth step, the old man is crowned the king, and the young man eats his fart.

For more than ten years, Tong Guan has been in charge of the military power of a country as an eunuch. If Lao Zhong and other generals and disciples disobey, they will be suppressed. Although they don't say it on the face, they are always ashamed in their hearts. Now that the general situation is in hand, it is easy to see it.

Wouldn't it be a pleasure to counterattack in one fell swoop, take over Tong Guan's forbidden favorite, regain Yan Yun Qigong, and replace him?

When people are happy, they will inevitably become frivolous, and a seventy-year-old man is no exception.

He counted on his fingers and found that he had 150,000 strong soldiers in his hands, 70,000 remaining soldiers in Yingzhou City, and all the other states were empty. How could he be invincible?

So to prepare for the future, he sent Taiyuan military commander Zongze with 20,000 troops to return via Taihang to help Tong Guan guard Daming Mansion——

Lest on the day of success, when the victorious troops and horses are deployed to attack the remaining troops of the Liao Kingdom in the south, Tong Guan will be jealous and break the jar, causing another accident to happen for nothing.

Lao Zhong has been very close to Zongze these days. The two are similar in age and have similar words. Therefore, Lao Zhong knows that Zongze is a talented person. If he is in Daming Mansion, even if Tong Guan maliciously destroys him, Liao will recruit troops from the south.

It’s hard for a horse to overturn the world.

Anyway, for the enemy in front of us, 150,000 or 130,000 are the same thing.

When all the generals heard this, they all remembered the old man's foresight and far-reaching plan.

No one expected that when Zongze led his troops back south, Emperor Tianzuo's surrender letter had been delivered to Aguda's table.

Aguda was still a little hesitant at first. After all, they were allies with the Song Dynasty. After the Liao Kingdom surrendered, should they help them fight against the Song Kingdom?

His brother Wu Qimai took the opportunity to express his opinion: Since the Liao Dynasty sent gold, that land is my land. When the Song Dynasty attacked my land, it was he who provoked it first! We promised them seven states in front of the mountain and nine states behind the mountain.

Didn't tell him!

When Lao Cao heard this, he sneered frequently, shook his head and said: "People like Tong Guan are really not successful enough. They talk about covenants but refuse to conclude them, so that there is no other reason to follow."

It turned out that the year after his mission, the Song State sent another envoy, who formed an alliance with the Jin State. The two parties agreed that the Jin State would take Shangjing and Zhongjing from the Liao State, and the Song State would take Xijing and Nanjing. After the Liao State was destroyed, the Yanyun states would return to the Song Dynasty.

The country transferred the annual coins originally given to the Liao Kingdom to the Jin Kingdom.

However, regarding the specific description of Yanyun Land, Song and Jin Dynasties actually had different opinions——

The Song State believed that all the sixteen states of Yanyun were included, while the Jin State believed that it was limited to the seven states in front of the mountains, and the nine states behind the mountains were not included.

At that time, the Jin State deliberately held back, and the Song envoys did not dare to argue. Therefore, this clause was never written clearly on the black and white covenant, but was only mentioned hastily.

After all, Aguda was an ambitious emperor. With an excuse, he nodded and sent a message with a flying eagle, instructing General Wanyan Loushi, who had originally attacked Hukou, to inform the Liao Kingdom about the surrender, and to introduce the army into the pass, "Don't let the Song Dynasty

If anyone steps on our soil, otherwise I will accuse him of breaking the contract and breaking the alliance, and I will attack him with troops."

On November 7, the Liao soldiers in Yingzhou opened the city gates and rushed out. The soldiers were cut off and their supplies were exhausted. They had no choice but to fight. They were overjoyed and ordered the entire army to fight.
To be continued...