The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 638

"Marshal, is what you said true? The emperor really decided to go to the imperial conquest?"

"Of course it's true, isn't it still a fake!"

Zhao Yougong was really powerless. He conveyed the news that Zhao Gou personally came to command. From top to bottom, all the generals were inconceivable. People have asked this question for countless times, and Zhao Yougong said nothing. .

"Don't release the news of the emperor's personal conquest for now! If the enemy finds out, they will definitely send people to intercept it. I'm afraid it will be more troublesome at that time. Just be clear in your heart. Before the emperor arrives here, we must take Liaoyang as soon as possible. How about giving the emperor a big gift?"

"That's natural!" Everyone quickly agreed, and they were very happy. Zhao Gou was not only their backbone, but also today, the emperor's personal conquest, which really boosted morale and greatly improved the morale of the soldiers.

The backbone of the "Yue Family Army" is Yue Fei, the backbone of the "Han Family Army" is Han Shizhong, and the backbone of the "Liu Family Army" is Liu Guangshi, but their backbone is the current emperor.In their eyes, Zhao Gou is not only the emperor, but also their marshal.

Although Zhao Yougong was the coach of the Northern Expedition Dajin, he also followed Zhao Gou's deployment. Even Zhao Yougong felt that he had no scruples to follow Zhao Gou.At the beginning, when the Jin soldiers invaded the south, Zhao Gou fought his back. The soldiers who experienced that battle all saw Zhao Gou's strength and admired him very much.

As the emperor, being admired by the soldiers may not be because of his great military talent, but because of his status as the emperor.Zhao Gou was respected by them all because his ability was so powerful that everyone knew it was hard to match.

Zhao Gou rushed to Liaoyang Mansion non-stop, Zhao Yougong and others were not idle, they were all discussing how to win Liaoyang Mansion.

"The last time our army attacked Shenzhou and was defeated, the Jin soldiers must have taken precautions! The distance between Liaoyang Mansion and Shenzhou is only more than a hundred miles. When we attack Liaoyang Mansion, we need to guard against the support from both sides, and there is an army of Posulu in the south of Liaoyang Mansion. In response, if the expectations are correct, the Liaoyang government has at least 20 troops hoarded."

Han Shizhong said in a deep voice: "The Liaoyang Mansion already has 10 soldiers, plus the troops from the surrounding area, it is indeed 20. In addition, the South of Liaoyang Mansion across the river is the Koryo State. With the strength of the Jin Dynasty, I'm afraid Goryeo has already bowed his head and surrendered."

"The Xixia army has been harassing the Song Dynasty, but it has been reluctant to attack for a long time, nor is it willing to fight with our army. It is nothing more than the selfishness of the Xixia monarch. He wants to reap the benefits of the fisherman. When our army and the Jinbing fight, which one No one knows who will win or lose, and the monarch of Xixia dare not gamble."

"If our army wins, then he has offended the Song Dynasty. With the emperor's temperament, he will definitely send a large army to attack. However, Goryeo is somewhat different from Xixia. If you don’t follow the order of the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, I’m afraid it will be difficult to resist the attack of the Jin soldiers, and I guess they will definitely send troops to support.”

"General Han is right!" Yue Fei continued, "Most of our troops attack by land. I wonder if it is feasible to attack by water?"

Zhao Yougong said: "How to attack from the waterway?"

"Marshal, do you still remember that I entered the Liaoyang mansion together with the emperor, and negotiated with the emperor Wanyan Agu of the Jin Dynasty?" Yue Fei reminded Zhao Yougong, recalling that when he came here with Zhao Gou, it was indeed from the sea. But then there was also danger.

"If we attack from the sea, it will be very disadvantageous for us. We are not familiar with the sea area here, and there are no large ships, which cannot carry many soldiers. It is not a bad idea to attack by water. We can use Jinzhou, Laizhou As a ferry, go directly south across the Bohai Sea to enter the hinterland of Liaoyang Prefecture, and the army quickly occupies Posu Road. When Liaoyang Prefecture is attacked by the enemy, it can also deal a severe blow to the Jin soldiers, and it can also be used as a breakthrough to warn the Goryeo rescue army.”

"It's just how many soldiers in our army are familiar with water warfare?" Zhao Yougong sighed, "It would be great if General Song, General Lu and others were still alive!"

Everyone was silent for a while, they knew who Zhao Yougong was talking about, that was Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others, Yue Fei and Lu Junyi were from the same school, and they also knew that Lu Junyi, Song Jiang and others occupying Shuibo Liangshan, they are most familiar with water It's a pity that they were all killed in the last battle between Song and Jin Dynasties, and the dead are gone, only the military adviser Wu Yong is there, and Wu Yong has left the court for a long time in despair, and his whereabouts are unknown.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, there is someone outside the tent asking to see you!"

Zhao Yougong said: "Who is this person?"

"The man said that the emperor sent him here!"

"Sent by the emperor?" Zhao Yougong muttered to himself, a little puzzled, but still invited him in.

When that person appeared in front of everyone, everyone was stunned, because the person in front of them was Wu Yong, a military advisor, and Yan Qing, who hadn't shown up for a long time, came together.Zhao Yougong, Yue Fei and others were familiar with them, so they hurried forward to meet them.

"Military division, where have you been all these years?"

"Brother Yanqing!"

Everyone exchanged pleasantries, Wu Yong saw that many generals were there, and guessing that they were worried about attacking Liaoyang Mansion, he said straight to the point: "Your Highness is worried about how to attack Liaoyang Mansion?"

"Military teacher is a god! I am worried about this matter!" Zhao Yougong did not refute, but directly admitted, and then asked: "Military teacher and Brother Yanqing, why are you here?"

"Brother Yanqing and I came here to help His Highness resolve this matter!" Wu Yong smiled and said: "In the current situation, we can only choose two flanking attacks, one is to attack Liaoyang Mansion head-on, and the other is to attack Liaoyang Mansion." All the way is by water, and few generals in the army are familiar with water warfare, so Yan Qing and I came to personally command the battle."

"It's so good!" Zhao Yougong was overjoyed, and said: "If there is any need for the military division, as long as I can do it, I will obey your orders!"

Wu Yong said with a smile: "Your Highness is serious, I want to borrow two people from His Highness, I don't know..."

"Who do you want to borrow? But it's okay to say!" Zhao Yougong agreed before Wuyong finished speaking.

"Wu Lin and Wu Jie!" Wu Yong told the names of the two people, and everyone was also surprised, explaining: "Although the two brothers Wu Lin and Wu Jie are from the north, they are both familiar with water warfare. You also know that the two of them are generals under Marshal Zhang's tent, why don't you see Marshal Zhang?"

Yue Fei was stunned, why didn't he think of Wu Lin, you must know that they entered the army in the same group, and they were together later, but they rarely communicated with each other.At that time, Yue Fei was already highly regarded by the emperor, and so was Wu Lin, but they guarded different places.

Wu Lin and Wu Jie originally followed Liu Qi to resist the Xixia army and guard the land of Bashu. Later, Liu Qi sent them to Zhang Jun and asked him to lead them to resist the army.However, Wu Lin and Wu Jie had never had any experience in water battles, so everyone couldn't figure out why the military division said this.

"Your Highness doesn't know! General Wu Lin and Marshal Yue entered the army at the same time, but they were ordered by the emperor before. At that time, when the emperor was still the general of the world's soldiers and horses, he planned everything and ordered them to train together. Approved water troops to eliminate water bandits. I didn't know about this matter, and the emperor told me about it later. I didn't stay in Gubeikou at that time, and it was also because of the emperor's order that I and Wu Lin and Wu Jie People gathered together, and the Yanqing brothers were also together, so they are more familiar with water warfare."

Everyone suddenly realized, Zhao Yougong said: "So, the military master and Yanqing brothers came here also according to the emperor's order?"

"Exactly!" Wu Yong and Yan Qing nodded.

They are people who are familiar with water warfare. If it wasn't for Yan Qing's unwillingness to stay in the court as an official, Zhao Gou didn't let him idle.As for Wu Song, Lu Zhishen and others who had completely converted, Zhao Gou did not force them to leave the mountain, but when Lu Zhishen cultivated the organization, he resigned after success, and Wu Song also left.

Zhao Yougong immediately sent an order to Wu Lin and Wu Jie to order troops and horses, and set off with Wu Yong and Yan Qing.Wu Yong divided the army into two groups, one group departed from Jinzhou, and the other group departed from Laizhou and directly entered the hinterland of Liaoyang Prefecture.

Wu Yong, Yan Qing, Wu Lin, and Wu Jie, with Wu Lin and Wu Jie as deputy commanders, Yan Qing as the general, and Wu Yong as the military adviser, selected [-] soldiers who knew water skills from the army. let's go.Zhao Yougong adopted Wu Yong's suggestion again, and he personally led the army to attack from the front.

Now the Song Army is occupying Guangning Mansion, and as long as they cross the Taizi River, they can enter Liaoyang Mansion. He attracted the attention of the Jin soldiers in front, and let Liu Guangshi lead a large army to intercept the reinforcements sent by Shenzhou, so that Liaoyang Mansion was completely isolated. stand up.

Jin Bing was attracted by the main force of the Song Army, and was unprepared for the Song Army's army entering the hinterland from the Bohai Sea, and it really fell into the trap.Wu Lin and Wu Jie led the army to land, while Yan Qing led 500 people to stay at the ferry and wait.

When Wu Lin and Wu Jie led the army to attack the rear, the defenders of Liaoyang Mansion found out, and he dispersed his troops again, and sent a team of 2000 people to the ferry to look for Song Army ships.After groping, they finally found Yan Qing and others. After a big battle, Yan Qing was seriously injured, the military division was shot to death by the enemy's arrows, and the [-] pioneers were wiped out.

At this time, the Liaoyang Mansion was attacked from both sides. Zhao Yougong issued a military order, the army attacked in an all-round way, launched an attack from the front, and responded from the rear. Liu Guangshi also led the army to prevent the rescue of Shenzhou. Finally, the three armies encircled and finally broke through the Liaoyang Mansion. Take it down completely.

Zhao Yougong hurriedly led the army to support Yan Qing and others. If he hadn't come in time, Yan Qing would have died tragically, and the Song army set off again to attack the army sent by Goryeo. The two armies confronted each other. No attack was launched, because they also knew that the Song army had won.

If they fight with the Song army, it will be harmful to them, but they will have no benefit, and finally Koryo withdrew.

After the Song army occupied Liaoyang Mansion in Tokyo, there are now Datong Mansion in Xijing, Dading Mansion in Zhongjing, and Yanjing, and Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing is still in the hands of the Jin people. The others have been captured and occupied by the Song army.Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng, who was in Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing, learned that Liaoyang Mansion was breached, and then came the news that Shenzhou was breached, and everyone in the Jin Dynasty was terrified.

"Your Majesty, the Song army is attacking, what should we do?"

"What a panic!"

Wanyan Sheng was furious. These people are usually high-ranking officials and generous salaries. Everyone can use them when they encounter something. This makes him very angry. It would be great if there are talented people around him, and those who are really talented All the people were sent to attack the Song Dynasty, and those who stayed in Shangjing were all civil servants.

Ever since the Song Army counterattacked the Jin Dynasty in an all-round way, Wanyan Sheng had received countless memorials requesting reinforcements, and he was already in a state of desperation.Over the years, he has been ambitiously attacking the Great Song Dynasty in order to obtain the Great Song Dynasty's thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, as well as the fertile land.

Compared with the living conditions of the Song people, the living conditions of the Jin people are one is heaven and the other is hell.Every year in the cold winter season, tens of thousands of Jin people starve to death, and many of them freeze to death.However, the Song people had huge resources to provide. If the emperors of the Song Dynasty hadn't done nothing, they wouldn't have displaced the people and launched riots one after another.

Wanyan Cheng had long wanted to encroach on the Great Song Dynasty, even Wanyan Aguda, but Wanyan Aguda received the favor of Zhao Gou, and also saw the fighting power of the Song Army, which was no less than his own side. In the end, Wanyan Aguda gave up Devouring Da Song's mind.

If Wanyan Aguda survived, maybe he would take the initiative to negotiate peace with the people of Song and stop provoking war.After experiencing the battle of exterminating the Liao Dynasty, and provoking a war again, I am afraid that the vitality of the Jin Dynasty will be seriously injured and it will be difficult to recover.It's just that after Wanyan Sheng inherited the throne, he changed Wanyan Aguda's original intention.

Wanyan Sheng wanted to make up for the vitality of the Jin Dynasty by plundering the resources of the Song Dynasty, but he assembled an army of one million to attack the Song Dynasty, but was still blocked. Later, he launched consecutive attacks, but the result was the same. Finally, Wanyan Sheng also began to think about it. In the case of the Jin Dynasty, it was decided to start a war while restoring its vitality.

It's a pity that the background of the Jin Dynasty cannot be compared with that of the Song Dynasty. Each tribe guarded one side, and sometimes they even acted independently and never interacted with each other. They even competed with each other for cattle and sheep. This made Wanyan Sheng very angry and punished some people. This situation is still unavoidable in the cold winter season, and it happens frequently.

Wanyan Sheng has been heartbroken over this matter all these years, so he can only gather them all together to plunder the resources of other countries to reduce the losses in the cold winter every year.Therefore, Wan Yansheng launched a war against Goryeo and Xixia, which also restored the Jin Dynasty's vitality and eased domestic conflicts.

After eight years of development, the national strength of the Jin Dynasty has also increased a lot, and it has obtained a lot of things from Xixia and Goryeo, making the Jin Dynasty stronger and stronger.However, Xixia and Goryeo are both small countries and cannot be compared with the Song Dynasty with its vast land and abundant resources.

Wanyan Sheng's ultimate goal is to embezzle Da Song and get more resources!
The military generals of the Jin Dynasty came out in large numbers, but there were few civil servants as many as the Song Dynasty. Some of them were shepherds and were later promoted because of following Wanyan Sheng. Such a country is still managed by Wanyan Sheng himself, and there are very few who can help him. In the end, Wanyan Sheng simply selected talents from among the common people.

The Song Dynasty had an imperial examination system to select talents, and the Jin Dynasty also had a unique method. Wanyan Sheng was not a fatuous and incompetent emperor, and he was not inferior to Wanyan Aguda in terms of talent.Wanyan Sheng passed the screening and passed the personal test, and also obtained a lot of talents, but most of them were military generals, and most of them were literati in the Song Dynasty.

In the end, Wanyan Sheng let some generals stay in Shangjing to become civil officials, for example: Wanyan Zongwang!At the beginning, Wanyan Zongwang was seriously injured by Zhao Gou, and he was dying. He was sent to Shangjing immediately. He was unable to fight again, so he could only stay in Shangjing as an official. Unfortunately, his body was exhausted and he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Majesty, the front line has been repeatedly lost. I am afraid that the Song Army will not let it go. I also ask the Emperor to make a decision as soon as possible. If it is delayed, things will change later!"

Wan Yancheng replied: "Let me think about it!"

"This matter is imminent. According to reports from the spies in front, a large army of the Song Army has already crossed the river, approaching Shangjing Linhuang Mansion, Qingzhou and other places, and will arrive in Qingzhou in a few days. If Qingzhou breaks through , then Shangjing will face the siege of the Song army, leaving the green hills without worrying about no firewood!"

"Retreat!" Wanyan Cheng said helplessly, he really didn't want to say it, and he didn't want to do it, it was a shame and a shame.

Wanyan Sheng had already obtained the military information, saying that the army of the Song Dynasty was divided into two groups, one was to attack Liaoyang Mansion, and the other was to go north to attack Qingzhou and Linhuang Mansions, which made Wanyan Sheng very helpless.Now that the cities of the Jin Dynasty are falling one after another, if they drag on, they will really come to the city.

Shangjing Linhuang Mansion is the capital of the Liao Dynasty. Wanyan Sheng used this place as his base camp to better mobilize the army to attack the Song Dynasty. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty did not break through and attracted the Song Dynasty's counterattack. This made him a little depressed, but he was helpless.

The capital of the Jin Dynasty was in Huining Mansion, but Wan Yansheng insisted on moving the capital here, but he didn't want to leave a big hidden danger for himself.When the army of the Song Dynasty attacked, if they confronted them head-on, it would be a disaster.If there were millions of troops, it would be easier to say, but seven or eight of the million troops were wiped out, and there were not many left. It is still unknown whether the soldiers who stayed at Linhuang Mansion in Shangjing could hold back the Song army.

In the end, Wanyan Sheng had no choice but to choose to retreat. He took part of the troops and retreated to Huining Mansion, while Shangjing Linhuang Mansion was guarded by Wanyan Zongwang, also to confuse the Song army and prove that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty was still alive. Lin Huang drew attention and gave Wanyan Sheng time to escape.

Under the cover of an army of [-], Wanyan Sheng headed eastward directly from Linhuang Mansion, passing through the two cities of Taizhou and Zhaozhou, and after crossing the river, he arrived at Huining Mansion. The minister who left with Wanyan Sheng was the female prime minister Wan Yan Xiyin, general Wanyan's mother, assistant minister Wanyan Zonggan and others took away most of the soldiers of Wanyan's tribe.

The news of Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng abandoning the city has been blocked by Wanyan Zongwang. If the soldiers knew that the emperor had abandoned the city, they would not resist desperately, nor would they have any fighting spirit.Besides, the Jin Dynasty was originally composed of various tribes, and it would really fall apart by then.

(End of this chapter)