Qian Song

Chapter 370: Commander of Gold Cutting——Yue Fei! (Ask for a monthly pass!)
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Due to the fierce struggle among the aristocratic factions of the Kingdom of Jin, even the Huining Mansion in Shangjing was under martial law, so that Li Cun was not able to receive the news of Wanyan Wu Qimai's death in the first place.

However, Li Cun's annual intelligence expenses of tens of millions are not in vain.

In the end, Li Cun received the news of the great changes in the Jin Kingdom before the nobles of the Jin Kingdom reached an agreement to unseal the Huining Mansion in Shangjing.

Wanyan Wu Qimai, who had been trying his best to maintain the stability of the Jin Kingdom before, and even made Wanyan Aguda's eldest grandson Wanyan Quan as the crown prince, died suddenly;
Wanyan Quan ascended the throne, and with the assistance of Wanyan Zongqian and other nobles of the Jin Kingdom, he abolished the Bojilie system that the Jin Kingdom had always implemented, changed to the three-provincial system, and forced centralization;
Wanyan Zonghan, who had vigorously developed his strength in the western Liaoning area and could even compete with the Jin Dynasty court, and Wanyan Zonghan's confidantes, all lost their military power and were transferred to the central government to be completely emptied;
Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Zongjun, Wanyanchang and other peace factions, and Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongfu, Wanyan Zongbi and other main combat factions, in order to seize power, intrigue and fight openly and secretly;

Wanyan Xieye, Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Wulu and other famous generals of the old generation of the Kingdom of Jin who were really capable of fighting have passed away one after another. lower up.

The Daqian Dynasty learned of all these major events that happened one after another in the Kingdom of Jin.

In the face of these good news that are beneficial to the Daqian Dynasty, Li Cun, Lu Jiang, Zhang Shi, Qian Zai, Li Gang, Zhang Bangchang, Tang Ke, Zhao Ding, Chen Kangbo, Liu Yanzong, Shi Liai, Li Guang and other ministers Countermeasures were repeatedly discussed.

I don't know if it's because the climate in the south is much more pleasant than that in the north. Liu Yanzong, who should have died in history, is still alive. The infighting among the Jin people overthrew the Kingdom of Jin, and there will be no future troubles.

Liu Yanzong and Shi Li'ai's proposition was supported by Li Gang and Zhao Ding.

But Qian Zai, Zhang Bangchang, and Tang Ke opposed Li Cun's war.

The reason they gave was that China has finally ushered in a period of peaceful development, and it should not take the initiative to tear up the peace treaty and launch a war. "Alliance of the Abyss".

Some are for it, some are against it.

If it is an emperor like Zhao Huan, it must be difficult to make a decision.

However, after listening to the opinions of all the chief ministers, Li Cun decisively issued an order to prepare for the war.

The reason why Li Cun decided to launch this war was because in Li Cun's view, it was an imperative battle.

The Jin people are warlike, greedy and cunning, and if they are not eliminated, they will always be the confidant of the Daqian Dynasty.

Moreover, the top management of the Kingdom of Jin, and even the entire society of the Jin people, have begun to split. If Wan Yanquan wants to secure his throne as emperor, he must transfer internal conflicts to external conflicts. The final result is likely to be If the Daqian Dynasty does not fight against the Kingdom of Jin, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely fight against the Dagan Dynasty.

Li Cun is not just making random guesses.

You must know that the Jin Kingdom in history, from the beginning of its establishment to the period when it was finally wiped out by Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty, almost always invaded the outside world, especially when its internal regime was unstable. country united.

Since this is the case, of course the Daqian Dynasty wanted to take advantage of Jin Guo's illness to kill Jin Guo.

The point is, using these five years, no, as early as when the Dagan Dynasty was negotiating peace with the Western Song Dynasty, Li Cun had already allowed the people of the Dagan Dynasty to recuperate. Now, after so many years of recuperation, the Dagan Dynasty has become stronger and stronger. Moreover, all the good generals are in the right time to fight. At this time, the Daqian Dynasty will not destroy the Kingdom of Jin, but the opportunity will never come again.

The key point is that Li Cun, who is familiar with this period of history, takes history as a mirror and feels that this is definitely a god-sent opportunity for the Daqian Dynasty to destroy the Kingdom of Jin.

More importantly, Li Cun is now 35 years old. If Li Cun can survive for so long, even if Li Cun can survive for that long, let alone whether Li Cun's body, which is full of daily affairs, can survive for so long. Maybe Li Cun at that time didn't have the ambition to catch up with the Han and Tang Dynasties.

As for Li Cun's descendants, it's not that Li Cun underestimated them. After Li Cun died, they might not have the courage to expand abroad.

Therefore, Li Cun quickly set the tone and immediately prepared to mobilize troops to the northern border and prepare strategic materials.

in fact--

The so-called mobilization of troops and preparation of strategic materials, the Dagan Dynasty did not need to go to war at all.

At the beginning, when Li Cun divided the military regions, he especially divided ten military regions in the north and arranged ten compartments (group armies).

There are three military regions on the northern front alone, namely the First Army (Pingzhou Military Region), the Second Army (Yandi Military Region), and the Third Army (Yundi Military Region), with a total of 30 troops.

Hebei and Hedong each have a military region, namely the Fourth Army (Hebei Military Region) and the Fifth Army (Hedong Military Region), which are another 20 troops.

Linfufeng Military Region, which is also the Sixth Army, this army is the original Zhejia Army, with only [-] regular troops, but since men, women, old and young can all go into battle, it can be expanded to [-] troops at critical moments.

By the way, when dealing with the Zhejia, Li Cun considered that the Zhejia had guarded the frontier for the Han people for two to three hundred years, and it could be called the Great Wall of Human flesh in the Northwest by the Han. The half family is regarded as part of the rule of the prison.

The Zhe family was grateful for Li Cun's affirmation and preferential treatment to the Zhe family, and specially selected [-] young and beautiful Zhe family female generals and soldiers to Li Cun to serve as Li Cun's personal guards.

The three hundred female generals and female soldiers of the Zhe family include: Zhe Yuexiu, the daughter of Zhe Keqiu, Zhe Yueru, Zhe Yuezhi, Zhe Yuemei, the daughter of Zhe Keshi, and Zhe Yanxiu, the daughter of Zhe Yanshi, who is famous in the Zhe family. The female generals are Zhemeifeng and Zhemeiluan.

It can be said that on this matter, the Zhejia definitely did their best and showed the greatest loyalty to Li Cun.

There are three military regions in the Sichuan-Shaanxi region, namely: the Seventh Army (Northern Shaanxi Military Region), the Eighth Army (Eastern Shaanxi Military Region), and the Ninth Army (Shaanxi Military Region).

In addition, there is also the Tenth Army (also known as the Central Plains Military Region) stationed in various parts of the Central Plains.

These ten military regions have almost 100 million regular troops alone.

This was specially prepared by Li Cun to defend against the Jin and Xia countries, the tribes of the grassland, and the invasion of Korea.

At the same time, these ten armies are also the army that Li Cun intends to use to recover the grassland.

Compared with the north, in the whole south, Li Cuncai set up four military regions, plus Li Cun's pro-army Huben Army, but only 50 troops.

Of course, Li Cun also deployed 20 naval troops in the south.

This 170 million army is the entire force of the Dagan Dynasty.

In order to deal with the war that may break out in the north at any time, over the years, the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, the Sixth Army, the Seventh Army, the Eighth Army, and the Ninth Army have always been in a state of second-level combat readiness. Even the supporting Fourth Army, Fifth Army, and Tenth Army are always in a state of third-level combat readiness.

In addition, each military region has a year's supply of food, grass and strategic materials.

Therefore, in the first stage of the war, the Dagan Dynasty could even go to war against the Kingdom of Jin without mobilizing troops or food and supplies.

But then again, this is a national war with the goal of destroying the country after all, so Li Cun can despise the Jinren strategically, but he will definitely not despise the Jinren tactically.

Based on this caution already engraved in Li Cun's bones, Li Cun still ordered the relevant departments to quickly and secretly prepare for the national war.

On this day, Liu Yanzong and Shi Liai came to Chongzheng Hall hand in hand.

Liu Yanzong suggested to Li Cun: "Your Majesty, according to the spies, the Jin people are finishing the reorganization of the army under Yan Zonghan. Now almost all the generals under Yan Zonghan have been replaced, and their troops are in the weakest state. Send troops to attack the gold." , It is imminent, if I miss this golden opportunity, after the Jin army has completed its reorganization, it will not be easy for me to fight and win if I go all out.”

Li Cun asked: "Is the time really ripe?"

Shi Liai replied immediately: "I think the time is ripe, if Your Majesty does not act decisively, I am afraid that Jin Kingdom will complete the change of power."

Li Cun asked casually: "If I send troops to cut gold, who will be the commander in chief?"

Liu Yanzong had served as the chief officer in Yundi for many years, and he had a good relationship with Li Cun's favorite general, Su Dong. He also recognized Su Dong's ability, so he suggested: "I think it's better for Su Du to control it. Tong was a general when His Majesty raised his army, he was loyal, brave, good at fighting, and had experience in military command. He had guarded the north for many years and was familiar with the tactics of the Jin people, so he was a good choice for the commander."

Shi Liai used to work in Yandi, and had many contacts with Han Shizhong. He admired Han Shizhong's ability and boldness.

However, unlike Liu Yanzong who has no scruples due to old age and poor health, Shi Liai, who still has political ambitions and is cautious by nature, said: "Su Dutong, Wu Dutong, Liu Dutong, and Zhao Dutong are all good. candidate."

After a pause, Shi Liai said again: "But the most suitable person should belong to Han Dutong."

Shi Li'ai then explained: "Although Su Dutong is also a suitable candidate, but Su Dutong is just over [-] years old now, and he is a bit young, so he may not be able to convince the public. Wu Dutong, Liu Dutong, Zhao Dutong I haven't been in northern Xinjiang for a long time, so I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the cunning of the golden dog, but Han Dutong is relatively comprehensive in all aspects, and he is highly respected, so he should be able to take on this great task."

Whether it is Su Dong or Han Shizhong, they are actually good candidates. Both of them have guarded the northern frontier for the Dagan Dynasty for more than ten years. Cannot be chosen as Varkin's commander.

It's a pity that neither Su Dong nor Han Shizhong is the best candidate in Li Cun's mind.

It is impossible for Li Cun to decide on the election of a commander-in-chief just by listening to the suggestions of the two ministers.

After all, Li Cun may hand over half of the soldiers and horses of the Dagan Dynasty to this person in the future.

Liu Yanzong and Shi Li'ai also knew that Li Cun was just asking them casually, and Li Cun must make up his own mind about the most important candidate.

After Liu Yanzong and Shi Liai left, Li Cun said to behind the screen, "Come out."

As soon as Li Cun finished speaking, a big-eyed general in his early thirties came out from behind the screen.

Li Cun looked at General Big and Small Eyes, and joked, "Aiqing is not a good person. There are so many ministers, but none of them recommended Aiqing as commander in chief."

No matter how low Yue Fei's EQ was, he couldn't just say: "If it weren't for the officials, you replaced Weichen from the head coach of the Hedong battlefield, so that Weichen's reputation would not be obvious, and his credit would not be more than other generals. Would no one recommend Weichen? Minister?"

Yue Fei could only say: "The minister has always abided by the government's policy of separating the military from the government, and never interacted with high-ranking officials, so none of the high-ranking officials knew about the preparations made by the minister for cutting gold."

As soon as Yue Fei opened his mouth, Li Cun secretly shook his head.

Although Yue Fei's EQ can't be considered low, it's definitely not too high. Don't you see, he almost offended all the generals and all the high-ranking officials by opening his mouth?

You must know that one of Li Cun's taboos is the collusion between officials and the army. Therefore, if you want to be a high-ranking official or a general in the Daqian Dynasty, the first thing you need to do is to separate the officials from the army. Otherwise, you will definitely have no chance to climb up. Talent and background.

Collusion?

Li Cun had spies around all the officials and generals of the Daqian Dynasty, and it wasn't a group of spies. What could be hidden from Li Cun?

In other words, if Liu Yanzong colluded with Su Dong or Shi Liai and Han Shizhong, they definitely had no chance of gaining power.

In other words, Yue Fei made random accusations, and was even suspected of spreading rumors.

But Li Cun can also understand Yue Fei.

So far, the Dagan Dynasty has destroyed four kingdoms.

Although during this process, Li Cun also appointed many commanders, but strictly speaking, the four countries were actually wiped out by Li Cun as the commander in chief.

But this time the gold cutting is different.

Li Cun is now the emperor of one of the largest empires in the world, and it is certainly impossible for him to visit the frontline battlefield in person.

In this way, the person who will serve as the commander-in-chief of the front line this time is likely to command half or more of the Dagan Dynasty.

Moreover, the person in charge of the army this time is likely to seal the wolf and live in Xuxu and complete the highest achievement of a soldier.

For a military man, this is so attractive.

The point is, for this reason, Yue Fei has honed his sword for ten years and is just waiting for this battle.

Yue Fei also said: "Besides, His Majesty has decreed ten years ago that I have made preparations for cutting gold, and I have been preparing for this for ten years..."

Having said that, Yue Fei secretly glanced at Li Cun.

Yue Fei almost said directly: "I have prepared so well, who can give me the position of commander-in-chief of cutting gold?"

There is really nothing Li Cun can do about Yue Fei's character.

Who said that the emperor must have no jokes?

There are too many emperors who say nothing and forget it.

Zhao Gou is one of them.

Historically, after Liu Guangshi handed over his military power, Zhao Gou promised to hand over the Huaixi Army commanded by Liu Guangshi to Yue Fei to take control of it and let Yue Fei take it to recover the Central Plains.

But then Zhao Gou thought about it again, if the Huaixi Army was also handed over to Yue Fei, then Yue Fei would control almost half of the Southern Song Dynasty's troops.

This is something Zhao Gou, who has always distrusted generals, would not dare to do even if he was killed.

Therefore, Zhao Gou and the then prime minister Zhang Jun and others refused to hand over the Huaixi Army to the commander-in-chief of Yue Fei in order to prevent Yue Fei from becoming too big and forming a situation that could not be lost. He refused to listen to the advice of Yue Fei, Zhang Shou and others, and employed improper personnel, which led to the rebellion of Li Qiong, Wang Shizhong, Jin Sai, etc., who were formerly under Liu Guangshi's commanding officers, killed the supervisor Lu Zhi and others, and led the entire army of [-] soldiers. More than [-] people, and more than [-] common people surrendered to the Jin puppet puppet Qi Liuyu, causing the Southern Song Dynasty to lose a very precious and very possible historical opportunity to regain their homeland.

Also, during this process, because Yue Fei changed his mind temporarily because he didn't hide it from Zhao Gou, and ruined his dream of regaining the lost land, he let go of the pick, making this one of the reasons why Zhao Gou later killed Yue Fei.

It has to be said that although it is Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun and others who "didn't have the right to plan", but Yue Fei's straightforward temperament and easy to get emotional when doing things, in fact, it also has a certain relationship. If this matter is replaced by Wu Lin, Yang Yizhong, Liu Qi and other generals who know how to adapt, even if they are replaced by generals like Han Shizhong who know how to take a step back when they see things, they may not get to the point where they are killed by Zhao Gou.

In other words, Zhao Gou really doesn't understand Yue Fei, he doesn't understand at all, Yue Fei is an idealist through and through, a real soldier, a real national hero, he can do things that he can retire, but he can't do it. Come out to seek to usurp the throne.

Zhao Gou is a villain through and through, so he always judges the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

Li Cun, on the other hand, knows very well that with Yue Fei's upright character, he will be a marshal at most in this life. He is definitely not expected to be an emperor. It is a rebellion, and there will never be too many people supporting him.

The key point is that Li Cun is not Zhao Gou, not as dark and unconfident as Zhao Gou.

The key point is that Li Cun understands Yue Fei's ideals and "simpleness".

Therefore, Li Cun didn't let Yue Fei's heart worry any more, so he said bluntly to Yue Fei: "Okay, okay, don't hint at me anymore, I'll keep my promises, I won't go back on what I say, and you don't want to think about it, I If I don't want you to be the coach, can I call you back at this time?"

Although Yue Fei also guessed, Li Cun called him at this time, he must be the commander in chief of cutting gold.

However, guessing and guessing, or hearing it from Li Cun's mouth, Yue Fei's heart was completely relieved.

"Don't worry, the officials, if you don't destroy the Jin Kingdom that has repeatedly violated our frontiers, you will come to see me!"

Yue Fei, who had received the reassurance given by Li Cun, immediately began to gear up with a smile on his face, ready to fight hard.

Seeing this, Li Cun poured cold water on Yue Fei: "Don't be too happy, I have one more condition..."

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