The Jin thieves finally retreated!

Although it was not retreating to his hometown, nor did it retreating to Yanyun, it was just 10 miles north of Dayi Mountain and Tiancheng Fort to Liyang County, which was more than 20 miles away. If Zhao Kai chose a place with better visibility, he would still see the marching troops of Wanyan Wushu heading north and slowly approaching Liyang County, which was still under the control of the Jin thieves.

In Tangyin, north of Liyang, there is now a Jin army with tens of thousands of people stationed. They are Wanyan Jiemu and the main force of the Jin thief Eastern Route Army led by Wanyan Zongwang. They arrived in Tangyin County on the fourth day of the first lunar month and may move south at any time!

Therefore, the crisis in Kaifeng Prefecture and the crisis in the Song Dynasty are far from being resolved!

However, on the early morning of the sixth day of the first lunar month of the seventh year of Xuanhe, Zhao Kai was excited to climb the commanding heights of Dayi Mountain and witnessing the Jin soldiers retreating slowly, but he was still excited and danced a little.

"Wow, the Jin thief retreated, the Jin thief retreated, I won, I won, I won this time, I am now in a good position, Kaifeng Prefecture can be guaranteed for the time being!"

Following Zhao Kai to the mountain, a group of civil and military ministers heard the words of the Song Dynasty official and congratulated him one after another.

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and you will win the flag. The Jin thieves fled to the wind. Tokyo rests with peace of mind. I congratulate you!"

"Your Majesty has achieved martial ethics and is invincible in battle. Sooner or later, you can attack Youyan and recover the lost land. I congratulate you!"

"Your Majesty is a brilliant plan and is a decisive victory in the enemy. It is Taizong, a powerful lord that has never been seen since Zhenzong. The Supreme Emperor is in charge of Your Majesty. It is actually a blessing for the country and the world!"

Some people flatter, and of course some people pour cold water on them.

"Your Majesty is the master of ten thousand chariots. Now he only brings only 20,000 troops to block the enemy. It's too risky. If there is any mistake, will the country and the world be in danger?"

"Your Majesty is the lord of the world, and governing the world is Your Majesty's duty. If you lead the troops and fight, you will be able to do it on your behalf. I beg Your Majesty to return to Beijing as soon as possible and take charge of the overall situation."

The two civil officials who brought troops to serve the king were poured into cold water. One of them was a white-faced scholar with thick eyebrows and big eyes and three beards. He was thirty-six or seven years old, named He Li, and was appointed as the governor of the Yanzhou affairs of Huiyou Pavilion.

Another person was a tall and burly fat man with a red face. He looked like he was about 60 years old, but he was still energetic and had a loud voice. This person was named Zhang Shuye, and he was appointed as a direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion and was an educated Qingzhou official.

Both of these officials were on Jingdong Road, very close to Junzhou, where the Sanshan Floating Bridge was located. They seemed to be civil servants who were informed of some military affairs, so they reacted quickly. After receiving the imperial edict to serve the king, they immediately summoned thousands of people to come to Kaifeng Prefecture day and night. When they passed by Huazhou, Yunzhou to the east of Junzhou, they heard that the Jin soldiers were attacking the Sanshan Floating Bridge, and immediately realized that they had to block the Jin people north of the Sanshan Floating Bridge, so they changed their direction and stopped going to Kaifeng Prefecture, but went to Sanshan Floating Bridge to rescue emergency.

The two met near Liangshanpo, Yunzhou, and then joined forces to lead six or seven thousand people together, heading to Huazhou day and night. They arrived in Huazhou last night, located in Wenzi Mountain Fort, southeast of Sanshan Bridge.

At Wenzishan Fort, they met Wang Yuan, who had just taken office as the governor of Huazhou. From Wang Yuan, they learned about a major event that almost fell off. Not long after he ascended the throne, Zhao Kai, who had not even had time to change his term, had already personally marched to the Sanshan Floating Bridge, stationed in Jushan, commanding more than 20,000 Song troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty! And they also fought a battle with the Jin thieves, and even won a great victory. In this battle, the Song Dynasty officials themselves even personally captured a Jin general (Guo Tiannu) alive. They were so brave!

After hearing He Li's bravery in the official family, Zhang Shuye was not happy at all. Although the military system of the Song Dynasty was designed around the imperial army in person. Under normal circumstances, except for the emperor himself, no one else, whether it is civil officials, military generals, or eunuchs, could not have the full authority to command the army or the frontier.

However, the civil officials of the Song Dynasty did not agree with the officials' personal expedition, thinking that it was absolutely necessary and at the same time they were sure that the officials were still in charge of the court and were in charge of the generals.

The ideal way of command is to use the emperor and a group of important officials who are familiar with military books but have never really seen the battlefield formulate specific combat strategies in the court, and then draw a formation map and hand it over to the officials, generals, and eunuchs on the front line to let them act according to the plan without any mistakes.

Oh, by the way, it is also a taboo to designate the generals who lead the three armies.

The ideal approach is to be a civil servant who serves as a pacifier (Public tutor, commander, and commander), a military general who serves as the commander, and an eunuch-in-arms supervising the army. The three of them jointly take charge of the power of dispatching and commanding. At the same time, the transfer envoys use cultural resources to control the logistics of the army (the officials of the transfer envoys are generally pacified and not subject to the control of the pacifier), and then a group of commanders, commanders, and other military generals lead the army.

As for the local officials of prefectures and prefectures located in the war zone, they are not Xuanfu. Those who appease such ministers can be supervised by military law, let alone replacing and punishing them in the name of delaying military opportunities.

Of course, the above model is still the case where war is limited to one way of comforting the envoy. If the war spreads to multiple way of comforting the envoys, it will be even more chaotic. Sometimes a general of Xuan general is appointed, and sometimes even a general of Xuan general is not appointed, so the following parties will directly obey the court. How can the court understand the situation on the front line? Of course, it is blind command.

In other words, if Zhao Kai did not command the Sanshan Floating Bridge and sent He Guan to bring his troops there, then He Guan would not be able to control Liang Fangping, and Liang Fangping would not listen to He Guan. Of course, it would not be possible to accept He Guan and Liang Fangping's orders to send civilians. Not to mention that Huazhou was directly under the "military control" of general Wang Yuan.

The consequence of the lack of commander on the front line and the military command cannot control the local area is of course a big loss and a loss. Otherwise, in the original history, how could the Jin thieves reach Kaifeng Prefecture with a strong momentum?

So after hearing He Li and Zhang Shuye’s advice, Zhao Kai could only smile bitterly and said to the two: “If I hadn’t been here, the thief would have crossed the Yellow River today! So the two of you don’t have to persuade me to return to Beijing to take charge, because I can’t go back to Beijing yet!”

Zhang Shuye was a civil servant who had fought a war. Of course, he understood that what Zhao Kai said was not false, so he did not make any more suggestions.

He was trained as the "Master of the Condor Heroes", because the Song Dynasty, who had been following the route of using literature to control the military, but at the same time had to deal with the long-term war with the Western thieves (Xixia), he deliberately or unintentionally trained some "military civil servants" from decades ago.

These "military civil servants" usually look more powerful and have some martial arts skills. After entering the officialdom, they will send them to the northwest front line, allowing them to become officials in the border areas along Shaanxi and accumulate military experience.

This Zhang Shuye is such a civil servant.
Chapter completed!