Became a feudal lord in the late Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 84 Losing power and humiliating the country
  Zhuozhou, the camp of the Song Army.

Wang Zhen rubbed his hands, his opponent breathed out a sigh of relief, and looked at the pale sky with some sadness.

Even though it is already February, the sky is still filled with rain and snow from time to time. Last night, more than 20 soldiers froze to death in the camp. When the bodies were dragged out, although everyone knew that rigor mortis was inevitable after death, these people were indeed frozen to death. Understand.

He went to take a look outside the handsome tent, and there was actually the sound of singing and dancing inside. It was obvious that Grand Master Tong was not worried about Yizhou at all.

In the eyes of him and many Song Army generals, taking Yizhou may be a bit difficult, but it is not difficult, let alone letting Liu Ling go. First, Liu Ling and Guo Yaoshi already have enmity, which can intensify the conflict between them. , and secondly, it consumes Liu Ling's troops.

Thirdly, Yizhou is in the hands of the Changsheng Army, and Medicine Master Guo has not publicly surrendered the money yet, so in terms of identity, he is a traitor general of the Song Dynasty. It is natural for the Song Army to deal with him, and he will not follow the Jin Dynasty again. People have conflicts on the surface.

Wang Zhen saw a ten general in the army from a distance, went up and chatted a few words, and learned that he was going to deliver military reports. After thinking about it, he took it from him and prepared to give it to Tong Guan himself.

When the gatekeeper announced and let him in, Wang Zhen lifted the curtain. Although he lowered his head, he saw the skirt of a dancer fluttering past him. When he raised his head, Tong Guan said with a smile on his face: "Masaomi, what's going on?"

"Commander, the Yizhou Army has reported, and they are from the Xinxing Sect. The Liu Ling Department has not yet sent back the news."

Tong Guan took the military report and frowned when he saw the first line. After reading it, he sighed and said: "I gave Xin Xingzong a lot of troops, but he was hindered by a small city for several days. Zhengchen , If I had known earlier, I would have taught you."

Wang Zhen lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Hearing Tong Guan's silence, he plucked up the courage and said, "Liu Ling deliberately missed the deadline and marched in advance. If he captures Yizhou faster than Xin Xingzong, wouldn’t the commander-in-chief have to reward him for his achievements?”

"How could Yizhou be so easy to defeat?" Tong Guan suddenly sneered, "Liu Ling's troops can only fight with two or three thousand soldiers. I heard that all the soldiers I gave him were left in Zhuozhou without me. If If he can conquer Yizhou like this, what if I give him my position?

Seeing that this thief is very ambitious, I will teach him how to lose more soldiers and horses in Yizhou first, and then he can take care of himself more easily.

I estimate that maybe in half a month, Yizhou can finally be conquered. By then, Liu Ling will not have much wealth, and he will have to follow me to Gaoliang River. By then, he will have to rely on himself to handle affairs. I'm the ruler. "

Wang Chen thought that there might be some omissions in Grand Master Tong's strategy, but since he had already made up his mind, he couldn't say anything else. He could only remind him: "What if Liu Ling's department is consumed and collapsed?"

"No, you are worrying too much."

Tong Guan looked past him and stayed on the singer, smiling: "Sing another song by Uncle Yan Tong's Die Lian Hua."

"Send someone to pass the military report back, saying that Yizhou City has been captured."

Liu Ling deliberately waited for two more days. After arranging the convoy of money and grain, he was going to transport it back to Zhuozhou in batches from the north. Compared with the money and grain, maybe the sentries of the Ever-victorious Army discovered it and reported it, and the generals of the Ever-Victorious Army were too lazy to come. It takes a lot of trouble, after all, there may be a large number of soldiers accompanying the money and food team to escort them.

But if it is a large group of civilians, one is slow in movement and the other is easy to attack. Even if the road is inconvenient, it will easily arouse the covetousness of some people.

Before getting the military order from the rear, he had to continue to guard. He didn't know why Xin Xingzong, who was lagging behind, never came over.

The door of the study room opened, and Shi Liai pushed the door open and came in, saying: "March is almost here." The Song and Jin Dynasties agreed to hold peace talks in the Gaoliang River area in early March. I heard that the Song Dynasty had also sent envoys. In fact, both the Song and Jin Dynasties I don’t really understand what happened in Yandi. The Song people may not save the Song officials who fell into the hands of Medicine Master Guo, but they still have to take back as much land as possible in Yandi.

Therefore, in terms of peace talks, the Jin people have the upper hand.

They had already sent people over to discuss some requirements. Yang Keshi and several other generals of the Song Army either had some friendship with Liu Ling, or they had secretly accepted bribes from Liu Ling and secretly sent people to pass them over overnight. .

"The Jin people said that the Song people did not abide by the covenant, secretly protected Zhang Jue, and embezzled land. General Liu Ling even attacked the Jin army camp and almost killed their marshal Wanyan Yanmu. It is said that Wanyan Zongwang not only demanded Liu Ling , and also demanded the return of his wife, the princess of Shu."

Shi Liai read the letter slowly.

Liu Ling replied: "Tong Taishi would probably reply like this: The Jin people were provocative and provoked the Song general Guo Yaoshi to rebel, intending to kill the Song general Liu Ling and forcibly seize the land that both parties agreed to return to the Song Dynasty. , Wanyan Zongwang was treasonous and contrary to the last wishes of the late Emperor of the Jin Kingdom.

As for the princess of Liao, it is still open to discussion. "

"It's just bullshit anyway." He said calmly.

Three hundred cavalry defeated the Jin camp. In fact, they relied on the support of the Pingzhou Army. However, the ownership of the Pingzhou Army was very vague. If it were to be investigated further, it would be a war of words. Therefore, the Jin people were very smart and directly ordered Liu Ling. In order to be the culprit of breaking the Jin camp, he used this to blackmail the Song people.

The leading figures on both sides knew about this matter, but when word spread, the people in Yandi really thought that Liu Ling had opened the door with three hundred cavalry of Jinmen, and his reputation was greatly increased for a while.

"For the Song people this time, the best thing is to keep the remaining two or three states of land. As for other places, it depends on whether they can argue with the Jin people and buy them from them with another sum of annual coins. Next. But as for you, you want the people of Song Dynasty to see that the next Yan land cannot do without you, you must be used!"

Shi Liai casually pulled up a chair and sat across from him. When he spoke, his gray-white beard trembled slightly.

"The loyalty you have shown is enough, but in terms of military strategy, you really need the Song people to send you money and food. You might as well ask Tong Guan to ask for it. If he asks you if you can go north to regain the lost territory, you must say It will take a long time to recover, and Yandi is no longer able to fight anymore.”

Liu Ling's face suddenly showed a trace of confusion.

"Tong Guan, the eunuch who started his career, put interests first and changed his attitude according to the situation. I heard that he was decisive and willing to take risks when he led the army in his early years, but his previous battle against Liao showed his incompetence. He also knew that he could not win. He used You are motivated by interests, but if you show the same attitude, he will use you as his confidant."

Shi Liai gave a short laugh, "Song people don't need to be loyal or useless, but if someone catches Tong Guan's eyes, the people of Song Dynasty will reuse him. It's really ridiculous."

In February of the sixth year of Xuanhe.

The Zhuozhou defense force of the Great Song Dynasty led the Liu Ling tribe to conquer the entire territory of Yizhou in several days, but the Xinxing clan of the Song army was still blocked outside a small city and could not advance. The commander of the Song army, Tong Guan, was furious when he heard the report. He broke a jade cup in the tent and cursed the Xin family. Incompetent, it seemed that he had to go out in person. After that, he trained troops in Zhuoyi, and he was quite interested in the Northern Expedition.

But with the arrival of March, Tong Guancai "reluctantly" persuaded his generals and planned to follow everyone's wishes and meet the Jin people first.

(End of this chapter)