"How's the situation?"
Several people in the darkroom asked questions.
Pusanna replied with a cold face: "Yang Chengzhi is ignoring us!"
"How many times should you go and invite me? Didn't you say last time that he fell in love with the daughter of a jailer on the east side of Ximagou Bridge? Call him out and drink with him!"
"This guy is just soft-hearted. He will never seriously talk to us! Don't waste your energy!"
Several people in the room asked again: "Where is Li Chunfu?"
"The same thing!" Pusannatan said angrily: "I pretend to be crazy and stupid day by day, can't they see it? These people are in important positions and are as clever as ghosts! They are deliberately avoiding me! What about you? Who else have you contacted?"
"If you can't explain clearly, how can you impress others? If you talk too much, it will be in vain and make people laugh."
"That is to say, there are no results."
Several people in the room remained silent, acknowledging it.
An aging voice in the darkness asked: "What are Guo Liu's arrangements for military affairs?"
"Li Ting from Hebei Road is busy wiping out the water villages and gangsters along the Yuhe River. His soldiers and horses are unable to come out. One of Qiu Huiluo and Zhao Jue is at Juyongguan and the other is at Xuande. The troops of various departments are being reorganized and drawn from them. They After all, facing the grassland, we must first be busy distributing military camps and rebuilding fortresses in various places. Not long ago, the newly surrendered Mongolian tribes tried to riot, so the troops had their own tasks and it was difficult to mobilize them. In addition, the people of Jing'an went to Daomaguan five times. Patrolling the Ling area, his troops are spread all over the mountains and are always scattered. As for the Beijing Road, most of them are facing off against the Dajin army and horses in the northeast..."
Someone in the corner of the room sneered.
"Although the group in the northeastern hinterland are all Jurchens, they may not be embarrassed to be regarded as Dajin's army. They take the money given by Guo Liu and eat Guo Liu's food. Even if they have done something, they still have nothing to do with it. He is just trying to get more benefits from Guo Liu."
What he said was very unpleasant. The person who originally spoke paused and raised his voice: "In this way, the people who confronted them, such as Shi Tianying, Xuetala Hai, Yelu Kechou Baer, etc., may not be regarded as Guo Ning's subordinates. They are just watching. The situation changes with the wind. They deliberately put on a posture of spending the winter on the grassland. Who knows that they are not trying to escape the reorganization of Ding Haijun? "
Pusanna suddenly cheered up: "So, these people can still be won over?"
The old voice in the darkness coughed and said impatiently: "Continue talking about military affairs."
"Yes Yes."
The man from before thought for a moment and continued to report: "As for Zhongdu Road, there are currently more than 14,000 soldiers stationed in the three camps of Jinkou River, Zhahe, and Qinghe. Among them, there are more than 5,000 from Guo Ning's headquarters, and there are There are more than 4,000 brave men selected from the surrendered troops. These troops take turns entering the city to guard the city, one rotation every three days, with 4,600 people in each class. In addition, Guo Ning's capital marshal's mansion has a daily garrison of elite retinues. thousand."
"How are these 5,600 people distributed?"
"Marshal, please look at this. This is the distribution of soldiers and the patrol route map."
The person who reported it was already prepared and presented the drawings with both hands. A waiter took it and moved it to a dark place. The old man known as "Marshal" stretched out his skinny wrist, took it and unfolded it.
In the dark corner, he didn't know what he saw clearly. After a while, the old man asked again: "Who is in charge of city defense?"
"The people who are nominally responsible for the city defense are Wang Shixian and Zhao Jue. However, Zhao Jue has always been stationed at Juyongguan. Recently, there are rumors that Wang Shixian will also be in charge of the Dinghai fleet, so today there are a group of fleet leaders and watermen. Come to Zhongdu and wait for his reception. Tomorrow he will take his headquarters to Zhigu Village to reward the remaining sailors, and is expected to return in five days."
"So, after Wang Shixian left Zhongdu, who specifically focused on defense?"
"It's Dong Jin, the leader of Guo Ning's bodyguard, and Xu Jin, who is also in charge of the Zhongdu Police Patrol Court."
"A young boy in his infancy, a gangster living in the rough."
"yes."
Silence returned to the room. Because many people gathered in the small room, and the windows and doors were closed, it became extremely hot for a while.
Someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted loudly: "Marshal, do it!"
The old man in the darkness smiled hoarsely and asked, "What are you doing?"
"What the general wants to say has been said countless times. Marshal, we should take action immediately and kill Guo Liu! Take the Central Capital! When the Mongols besieged the city, we had no way to kill Guo Liu. Is there nothing we can do now? The solution? The Mongols have left and won’t come back for three to five years, so what worries do we have?”
The speaker couldn't hold back his emotions and his voice became louder. When he reached the light with all his strength, everyone saw that this man was the commander of the military guard who cooperated with many merchants and wealthy people in the city when the Mongolian army besieged the city, and planned to open a gate to let people flee. To the east, Xuancai was appointed deputy to accuse He Shilie and Heshou.
Later, Monk Luo's men captured the Huicheng Gate, and General He Shilie expressed his cooperation without any resistance. Later, when Ding Haijun entered the city in large numbers, he did not make any obstruction.
After Guo Ning established the Marshal's Mansion, he favored the original figures in the court without deliberately suppressing them. Therefore, Heshi Lieheshou was still prosecuted in front of his armed guard commander and the deputy deputy commander in the east of the capital. However, all the soldiers under his command were transferred, leaving only dozens of close followers.
But at this moment, dozens of such characters gathered together. These people are almost the only Jurchen generals left after the Battle of Zhongdu. Although they have been deprived of their military strength, they can still muster considerable strength if they have the desperate intention of defeating everyone.
What's even more frightening is that Heshi Lieheshou, who is considered to be the more willing to cooperate among the Jurchens, now opens his mouth to kill Guo Ning and take back Zhongdu, but so many people around him don't look strange at all, as if it's already over. It was discussed many times.
The old man shook his head: "Stop talking, the time has not come yet. Guo Ning is a rare and capable general in this generation. Just rely on you trash, even if a hundred of them come together, they will not be his opponent, and they will not be able to shake the situation in Zhongdu."
These words made all the Jurchen generals furious.
"It is precisely because we are not Guo Ning's opponent that we must seize the opportunity to act! In the past two months, Zhongdu's military strength has been gradually decreasing. If we suddenly attack now, all Guo Liu can rely on is the Marshal's Mansion. A thousand people! And Wang Shixian, who is in charge of city defense, will leave tomorrow, and the two deputies left behind are of no use!"
The old man poked his hunched figure out of the shadows and said sternly: "I told you, the time has not come yet!"
"When will the time come?" Heshi Lieheshou said impatiently: "Keep waiting until the Tatar Khan marches thousands of miles westward, and Guo Liu's elite soldiers and generals deployed outside can take back the central capital? Wait until Guo Liu This marshal of the capital is becoming more and more popular, and even the Jurchens in the city admire him? When Guo Liu completely steals the power of the court, will he wear a yellow robe and completely overthrow our Jin Dynasty? "
Hearing what he said, the people around him were all angry, and some even choked: "Old Pusan, as the marshal of the Kingdom of Jin, you must be a little loyal to the emperor! Your nephew Pusan Anzhen , just because you were betrayed by Guo Ning, don’t you feel resentful?”
This old man was Pu Sanduan, the right deputy marshal of the Du Marshal's Mansion, who was given permission by Guo Ning to rest at home because of his old age and frailty.
Pusanduan was the right-guard general when Zhang Zong came to the throne. He was the envoy to the Northeast. During the Taihe period, he established a province in Nanjing and was the deputy commander of the army that defeated the Song Dynasty. Later, he served as Pingzhang Zhengshi, Zuo Prime Minister, and Du Marshal. Now he is old, but he is still the leader of the Jurchens in Zhongdu.
Pusanduan sighed deeply: "Don't say any more. I won't agree to waste the last bit of the Jurchens' strength before the time comes. Besides, doing so will greatly hinder the emperor. You know..."
In the middle of speaking, he suddenly stopped talking and listened.
"Marshal, what are you listening to?"
"Quiet!"
Pusanduan listened for a long time and said slowly: "Someone is playing the piano."
"What does a cat or a dog playing the piano have to do with us? Marshal, we have to explain the business clearly!"
"This is a report from an old friend, you don't understand." Pusanduan pointed to a few close associates around him: "Go and find out, there should be something big happening in Zhongdu, and this big thing... also affects the business that you are thinking about. help."
