The problem with the Great Jin Kingdom is that there are too many unreliable people.
As long as the emperor in the court is reliable, he will not treat those close relatives and nobles as his eyes and ears, spying on the officials all day long. If this were not the case, Pusan Anzhen would not be unable to sit still in his position as the commander of the armed guard army, and would instead seek to go abroad.
As long as the local officials on the east and west roads of Hebei were reliable, they would not have caused riots in dozens of military states across thousands of miles of fertile land. Until several months after the Mongolian troops retreated, normal social order could not be restored and food production could not be organized.
Even if Pusan Anzhen was in Jingzhou, the dispatching center for grain and supplies, what he saw was that the people were so hungry that they were eating each other and dying for each other. The reason why the more than 20,000 horses under his control had to go south to Shandong was because Hebei needed an army that could fight the Mongols, but the huge Hebei could no longer support this army!
It goes without saying that Li Quan and his like are unreliable.
On that day, the imperial court favored Yang An'er and appointed him as a high official. What was the result? Now it seems that this Li Quan is nothing more than another Yang An'er. To a certain extent, Li Quan and Guo Ning are both the same, but Guo Ning intervened early and put a layer of official cover on himself.
There is no truth in this person's mouth, there are no rules in his actions, and all he can think about is taking advantage of the chaos to gain his own interests. In their eyes, the imperial court and even the servants representing the imperial court, Anzhen, were just tools to realize their interests.
Pusan Anzhen has always seen the plans of such people very clearly.
Originally, when the imperial court was strong and the Jurchens still had strong military power, the only way to deal with this generation was to kill them. Once all the people with ulterior motives are killed, the world will be at peace.
But now, the core force of the Jurchens, hundreds of thousands of troops, have been buried in Yehuling, Migukou and other places, and have become the food of the Mongols. Pusan Anzhen also knew that the troops he had re-assembled could not be wasted casually.
After all, Pusan Anzhen is different from an unscrupulous figure like Guo Ning. He is a relative of Dai Jin. He has too many things to weigh and many constraints.
There are a bunch of unreliable people from top to bottom in the Great Jin Kingdom, so that the country is divided into north and south, and the center is passively beaten. In this situation, whatever Pusan Anzhen wants to do, the first thing he has to worry about is not causing turmoil in the court itself. He was always worried that the increasingly shaky imperial court would be shaken down by his actions.
Therefore, he would subconsciously avoid direct military confrontation, and try his best to design and drive, take advantage of the situation, and find ways to make these thieves kill each other.
This is not difficult at all for Pusan Anzhen, who is used to seeing the intrigues between the powerful in Zhongdu.
With a few dead soldiers running around, he easily provoked hostility between the Red Coat Army headquarters and Ding Haijun. Then he promised Li Quan the territory of the three Denglai states and the status of Jiedushi, prompting Li Quan's troops to quarrel with his own side. Join hands and enter Yidu City to determine the strength of the navy with exhaustion.
If everything goes well, Pusan Anzhen only needs to mobilize a thousand soldiers to make a show, and the army will be able to watch the fire from across the bank, watching all sides of the red coat army, including Li Quan's men, turn against Guo Ning and fight with blood. After all parties were exhausted, the Hebei army safely dispatched and harvested the fruits of victory.
But Pu San Anzhen never expected that Ding Haijun's power would be so strong. The red coat army was completely inadequate to hinder them.
So, what to do next?
The Hebei army will not move here, but the entire situation will not stop changing. The main force of the Ding Navy led by Guo Ning captured the strongholds in Zizhou one by one after Yidu Mansion. They keep approaching day by day. When this army finally reaches the south bank of Beiqing River, how should we deal with it?
Are the two families really bounded by Beiqinghe? Don’t talk about anything else?
Then, to whom should we seek justice for the lives of Heshi Lieyawu Pagoda and a thousand soldiers?
The death of Heshi Lieya Wuta really made Pusan Anzhen extremely sad. This was a truly traumatic loss, and he couldn't bear it no matter what.
But, do you really want to avenge Heshi Lieya Wuta and fight with Guo Ning?
"Envoy, is that in line with the court's wishes and is it cost-effective?" Someone beside him asked: "What's more, given the current situation, it's not just Guo Ning who is worrying."
Only then did Pusan Anzhen realize that she was so lost in thought that she was actually mumbling to herself. The one who asked the question was Wu Lin who answered.
Pusan Anzhen quickly put on a smile, reached out to hold Wulin's arm, and said affectionately: "Haha... why are you here, sir?"
Wu Lin replied that he obviously came here in a hurry, and his forehead was covered with sweat. He took half a step back and saluted Pusan Anzhen: "Envoy, from the battle situation in Yidu Mansion, I suddenly thought of something serious."
"Speaking."
"We have to be careful about Li Quan."
"Um?"
"Although Li Quan is a bandit who fell in the wind, he has been able to establish himself in Shandong for many years and amass tens of thousands of troops. He is a hero and has his own methods. Liu Qingfu also followed Li Quan for more than ten years. His reputation and status were gained through fighting after fight. Then, I don’t understand how Liu Qingfu’s performance in Yidu Mansion could be so sparse? Is this person surrendering so quickly, is it true or not?”
"You mean..."
"Envoy, we promised Li Quan that the three Denglai states have no chance of being realized. Zizhou, Yidu, Weizhou and other places that were originally under Li Quan's control have also been lost. Li Quan, this guy, has been under Li Quan's control for several days After seeing the territory lost one by one and the loss of capital, will he get angry and turn to cooperate with Guo Ning?"
Wu Lin replied in a low voice: "Is it possible that Li Quan's troops in Yidu Mansion were not defeated, but that they consciously colluded with Ding Haijun?"
Pusan Anzhen gasped.
The battle situation in Yidu Mansion has been very popular among the Dinghai Navy. Through the reconnaissance of one's own spies, Pu San Anzhen also has a clear understanding of the situation. Almost everyone said that Pusan Anzhen's troops were quite fierce, but Li Quan's general Liu Qingfu almost gave up the city.
Previously, Pusan Anzhen only thought that Li Quan was unreliable, thinking that this person was only thinking about his own interests and did not seriously serve the imperial court.
But if Li Quan is not unreliable, but unreliable...
The two are completely different internally!
According to Wu Lin's guess, Pusan Anzhen can use the Red Coat Army for his own purposes, and so can Guo Ning. Originally, the cooperation between Li Quan and Pusan Anzhen was based entirely on interests. Now, the two families have no consensus on interests. Who knows if Li Quan will fight back and become Guo Ning's tool?
In this way, is it too dangerous for Hebei's army to penetrate deep into Shandong?
possible!
Pusan Anzhen originally thought that she was a hunter, holding a wolf in her hand and facing another wolf. If Wu Lin's guess was true, wouldn't he become a hunter being stared at by two wolves?
In that situation, is a hunter still a hunter?
Maybe the original hunter has become the prey?
This is really big trouble!
Pusan Anzhen held the long knife on his waist and paced back and forth on the long embankment that served as the barrier on the south side of the military camp, thinking over and over again.
Under his sight, across the Beiqing River, was the gentle slope area known as Tieling and Yinling. In the cold autumn weather, the trees on the slope gradually withered and turned yellow, adding a sense of solemnity.
Two teams of cavalry were riding and galloping between Tieling and Beiqinghe, rushing back and forth like landslides and tsunamis. The weight of the people, horses and armor caused the weeds and soil on the ground to rise, and even the surface of the Beiqing River created ripples.
After several attacks from both sides, the knights and horses were covered in hot sweat. The general leading the team shouted an order, and the soldiers behind him blew their horns, and then the cavalry retreated. When they stepped onto the Beiqing River Floating Bridge, they lined up in groups of two or three, and the queue was still neat.
These cavalry, like the soldiers of Heshi Lieyawu Tower, are the core troops of Pusan Anzhen. Pusan Anzhen gave them several times their military pay, and gave them the most generous treatment and equipment. The scene of them training non-stop every day was Pusan Anzhen's confidence.
It's a pity that such elite cavalry can only be used by Pusan Anzhen, who can only ride two thousand. The Mongolian army can move south at any time, and there are times when they need to fight for their lives. The failure of Heshi Lieya Wuta's troops will break off one of Pusan Anzhen's arms. The remaining one should be carefully protected for now.
"Herald, heralded? What do you think?"
When Pusan Anzhen was meditating, Wu Lin seemed to have said a lot, but he didn't listen to anything. It wasn't until Ulin answered repeated questions that he became alert.
"Ah? How about what?"
"..."
Wu Lin replied in a low voice: "We and Guo Ning are both high officials of the imperial court and ministers of Dajin. We have not broken each other's faces. That is a good thing. The envoy did not hesitate to write a letter and ask Guo Ning to meet in person. Let’s talk about it. Let’s make it clear that He Shilie’s life will be exchanged for Bozhou, Dezhou, Dizhou, Binzhou and Jinan Prefecture in Shandong. As long as Guo Ning agrees, we will let it go.”
(End of chapter)
