The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 634
"I waited for eight years, and finally got what I wanted!" Zhao Gou laughed heartily, and the grievance that had been suppressed for a long time finally broke out. The Great Song was resisted by our soldiers several times, with heavy casualties. At that time, the Great Song was in its initial stage, and I could only bear it and choose to defend instead of actively attacking. Now the time has come, and I decided to start a full-scale war. The power of the whole country counterattacks the Jin soldiers, so that those who are eyeing the tiger can have a good look at the strength of the Song Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, are you ready to go to war with Jin Bing?"

"That's what I mean!"

"Qi Zou emperor, I think it is not appropriate to go to war with the Jin Dynasty at this time!" The opposing minister respectfully said, "Although the Jin people have repeatedly invaded the Song Dynasty in the past eight years, our soldiers have repelled the enemy several times. There are more than a million things, and if a large-scale war really breaks out, it will be more than ten million taels."

"In addition, if there is a war between the two countries, whether it is the Song Dynasty or the Jin Dynasty, the people on the border between the two countries will once again face dire straits. When the war breaks out, people will suffer. My Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette. How can it be compared with a barbaric country? The emperor of the Jin Dynasty negotiated peace to avoid the serious consequences of war."

"My lord Wang's words are wrong!" Zhao Yougong stood up and said, "The national power of our Great Song Dynasty is becoming more and more prosperous. In just eight years, commerce and agriculture have all developed rapidly. The strength of the army is increasing day by day. Old and weak soldiers."

"For eight years, the Jin people repeatedly invaded. The emperor took the overall situation into consideration and decided to focus on defense and not to fight a decisive battle with the Jin people. At that time, the national power was weak, the people were in a panic, and the people were in dire straits. Now that the country is prosperous, the two emperors of Song Huiqin and I were captured by the Jin people. Could it be that you have forgotten that the Second Emperor is still in the hands of the Jinren?"

"Such shame and humiliation must be avenged! The Great Song Dynasty is a state of etiquette. It is the initiative to propose a peace to save the people from years of suffering. However, Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty didn't care about this. What he wanted was a thousand miles of rivers and mountains in the Great Song Dynasty. If there is a peace negotiation If you have already withdrawn your troops, how can you repeatedly invade Song Dynasty?"

"The two countries are at war, and the emperor of the Jin Dynasty can stop fighting only with reason, so how can there be a war? How could they send someone to capture the second emperor? We don't know what the second emperor is doing now. If there is anything wrong , then we are in vain as courtiers."

"Your Highness the King of Chu knows that if a war really breaks out between the two countries, then the growing national power of the Song Dynasty will come to an abrupt end, and the people will suffer from the disaster of the war. It is really unwise!" The minister who opposed the war with the Jin Dynasty was The safety of Jiangshan Sheji and Liming people is the most important, and Zhao Yougong's refutation is also based on the overall situation, each has its own advantages, and the debate is endless.

"Okay!" Zhao Gou interrupted the debate, and said in a deep voice: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there has not been such a big shame. This shame must be avenged! When foreign enemies invade, we will only argue in the courtroom." , what's the use?"

"What I want is a way to solve this problem, not to listen to your bickering! A peace negotiation is based on the other party's willingness. Now the Jin Dynasty will not let it go, so how to negotiate a peace, the only way is to fight the Jin Dynasty. The Jin people know that we Song people are not so easy to bully."

"If you blindly give in, the Jin people will press harder and harder. In the end, our Great Song Dynasty will not be the meat on the chopping board, and they will take it. I don't want to be ashamed of the people of the world, ashamed of the century-old foundation established by Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong , I don’t want foreign enemies to underestimate me, Da Song, and bully me, Da Song, no one!”

"This is my will!"

The emperor was furious, and everyone dared not say anything, Zhao Gou was born in martial arts, his aura is not something ordinary people can resist.Even though some people objected, Zhao Gou still insisted on going to war, but there were few peacemakers, and most of the officials above the second rank chose to go to war and start a full-scale war with the Jin Dynasty.

When Zhao Gou made the decree, he immediately began to deploy and dispatch, and asked various departments such as the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Privy Council to immediately collect grain, grass, and materials.Even if there is no war, the food and grass must arrive first, and Zhao Gou arranged Youzhou as a food and grass storage point, and all the materials will be concentrated here this time.

In the land of Yanyun, only Youzhou is located in the middle, so it is very convenient to go anywhere.However, just in case, Weizhou and Zhuozhou have also become the first choice for granaries in Yanyun Land. Weizhou granary is used as a backup. Liu Qi leads the army to resist the invasion of the Xixia army, and also needs grain and grass reserves.

The Ministry of War secretly built millions of arrows, crossbows, spears, swords and other weapons in eight years. Few of the ministers in the court knew about these things, and all of them were planned by Zhao Gou to fight the Jin Dynasty. Support Zhao Gou's decision.

Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng had spies in the Song Dynasty to investigate information, and the Song Dynasty also sent spies to closely monitor the Jin Dynasty's every move. This is only part of it.Zhao Gou let all the people in Amber Villa and the secret training organization participate in it, especially all the personnel in the organization gathered in the land of Yanyun as early as when Zhao Gou was the King of Yan.

After Zhao Gou returned to Beijing and ascended the throne, he immediately issued an order to disperse everyone and divide them into three parts to act separately. On the one hand, he was to inquire about the domestic situation of the Jin Dynasty and the deployment of the army; The last is to figure out the local terrain.

For eight full years, the spies searched the streets and alleys of Dading Mansion, but there was no news about the second Emperor Huiqin. Even if they tried to sneak into the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, there was still no news. This made Zhao Gou a little strange , Could it be that the Jin people guarded it very tightly, and it was impossible for the wind to pass through at all, so Zhao Gou could only choose to continue to inquire about the news.

The most troublesome thing is to figure out the local terrain and the garrison troops in various places. This cannot be done in a day or two.The weather in the north is very bad, and there are often sandstorms, snowstorms, etc., which delay the itinerary, and most of the food is cattle and sheep.

It took those people more than three months to fully adapt to the climate there. Some places are rough and difficult to walk, and some places are valleys or low-lying places. All these must be recorded and reported to Zhao Gou. Let the Ministry of Industry start drawing the map again.

Zhao Gou was very prepared, and the only thing missing was the east wind.Now that Dongfeng has arrived, naturally he won't be waiting.

At the same time, Zhao Gou announced the imperial decree in front of the ministers, appointing Zhao Yougong as the Marshal of the Northern Expedition, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, and Zhang Jun as the deputy marshals, and Liu Qi continued to stay to resist the Xixia army's surprise attack on the Song Dynasty. In order to support.

Yue Fei was awarded the title of Deputy Marshal of the North Road in the crusade against the Jin Dynasty, Han Shizhong was the Deputy Marshal of the East Road, Liu Guangshi was the Deputy Marshal of the West Road, and Zhang Jun was appointed as the Deputy Marshal of the East Road. They were divided into four armies, each commanding [-] troops.Yue Fei and Zhang Jun attacked Nanjing Mansion from the left and right, and used this as a breakthrough to attack the Zhongjing Dading Mansion in the north; Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong attacked Xijing Mansion from the left and right, and continued northward to intercept the connection between the Jin Dynasty and Xixia. Isolate the Xixia Kingdom.

When Liu Guangshi and Han Shizhong attacked from Dushiguan Jinbei, they continued to march eastward, and then joined forces at Dading Mansion in Zhongjing. Yue Fei and Zhang Jun led an army of [-] to attack Liaoyang Mansion and took the city. Later, in the name of Song Dynasty, he negotiated peace with Koryo to prevent the alliance between the Jin Dynasty and Koryo.

After eight years of preparation time, Zhao Gou began to think about how to attack the Jin Dynasty and completely destroy the Jin Dynasty when the time was right. Therefore, after a long time of groping, he decided that such a deployment was more appropriate.If you want to conquer the Jin Dynasty, you must first let the Jin Dynasty have no soldiers to help, and only when they are isolated and helpless can they have a chance to completely destroy them.

(End of this chapter)