"Guan family, we were deceived by Brother Richard! He wanted to seize Xingzhou while we were having a decisive battle with the gold thief!"
"Humph, what a beautiful idea! My father is guarding Xingzhou with troops, and there are tens of thousands of explosive pots stored in the city. How can Brother Richard be able to attack those tens of thousands?"
"You can break the Yellow River dam even if you can't break Xingzhou... The terrain around Xingzhou is also low and it's easy to get flooded!"
"Huh, if he does this, he won't be afraid of us sending troops to Hexi?"
"He must have taken refuge with the gold thief... What a despicable person!"
"But why would he seek refuge with the golden thief? We obviously have the upper hand, he should seek refuge with me!"
"Maybe, maybe Li Qianshun is still here?"
"It's possible...the two brothers Qian Shun and Brother Cha have a very good relationship!"
"Really? Yuzang, Heda, you are all from the Western Bandits, tell me."
"In the official family, as far as I know, the two brothers Cha Ge and Qian Shun do have a deep relationship..."
"In the official family, Brother Cha has led the army for many years, but Qian Shun has never been suspicious of him. Brother Cha seems to be... loyal!"
In Wu Lahai City, Zhao Kaizheng and his generals were discussing the reason why Dangxiang's army suddenly turned westward... Unfortunately, although Zhao Kai had Yue Fei, Li Xiaozhong, Li Shifu, There are fierce men like Wu Jie and Xiao Heda, but none of them can outwit Zhuge Kongming. After much discussion, I never guessed that Brother Cha was being tricked by Wanyan Wu and Wanyan Xianbao!
This thing is really unexpected... In fact, Wu Qimai and Xie Bao didn't know that Brother Richard had killed Li Qianshun and completely surrendered to the Song Dynasty.
They just felt that the behavior of Brother Richard's party troops was too abnormal and did not look like a loser at all, so they took action with the mentality that they would rather kill by mistake than by mistake.
It is better to kill by mistake than to place it by mistake. This is the rule of the game for the emperor!
Of course, the 50,000 horse-riding troops in Brother Richard's hands was also the reason why Wu Qibuy was determined to deal with him.
Although the combat effectiveness of these 50,000 mounted troops is not worth mentioning, their mobility is very strong.
Once Wu Qimai's army begins to retreat, these 50,000 party members can follow Zhao Kai's cavalry in pursuit!
Zhao Kai only had about 30,000 cavalry at most (including Xiao Heda's Khitan and Fan soldiers from Hengshan, Hehuang and other places). Without Dang Xiang's 50,000 cavalry to join, his pursuit ability would be limited.
For this reason, Wu Qimai cannot misplace Brother Richard!
Brother Richard felt too good about himself and underestimated the fighting power of the Jurchen warriors. He also didn't expect that the "explosion pot" could be picked up on the battlefield... As a result, Wu begged to buy and Xianbao. These two ruthless men seized the opportunity and plotted against them.
However, Li Renli was able to quickly control the Dangxiang army with the support of Xie Bao and a small number of Jurchen warriors. In fact, it was also related to the general anti-Song Dynasty among the Dangxiang people. The Dangxiang people and the Song Dynasty had been fighting a tug-of-war for more than a hundred years. Of course, the public opinion in the country was To serve the war, propaganda against Song Dynasty is indispensable!
Moreover, Zhao Kai has continued to seize land from Xixia in recent years, which has pushed Xixia to the edge of national subjugation. This will of course arouse the hatred of the Song Dynasty among the Dangxiang people.
Brother Richard wanted to rely on the support of the Song Dynasty to open up the Western Region route. Although it was feasible, ordinary party members would not think so. They will only regard Brother Richard as a national thief who betrays the country and seeks glory... It's just that the Weiming family has been exterminating powerful party members for more than a hundred years, and now it has formed a situation where the Weiming family is the dominant one, and no one can challenge it. The authority of the Weiming family.
So when Li Renli, a "bad name", stood up to "overthrow" the traitor Richard Brother with the support of Dai Jin, and announced that he would assist the crown prince Renxiao to ascend the throne, of course he won the support of most grassroots party warriors.
Moreover, although Li Renli "anti-Song", he did not intend to lead his men to counterattack Xingling, but continued to implement Cha Ge's westward route.
Therefore, the middle and upper-level generals in the Dangxiang army did not object to his "unworthy name", so Renli quickly took control of the situation with the support of 3,000 Jurchen warriors led by Wanyan Xiebao, and led the 50,000 Dangxiang army to the west overnight. .
As soon as these 50,000 party members moved westward, Zhao Kai was in a bit of a dilemma!
If he ignores these party members and continues to confront Wanyan Wu Qimai (Zhao Kai's army cannot cross the Yellow River and the North River without the obstruction of the Jin soldiers, but has to go far away to find a place to cross the river without the obstruction of the Jin soldiers, and He was afraid that Wu Qimai would escape, so he could only confront him first.) What if the Dangxiang people really took the wrong medicine and went back to Xingzhou or Lingzhou?
The two big cities of Xingzhou and Lingzhou can definitely be defended. However, there are many small towns in Xingzhou territory, and most of them are undefended. If they are occupied by party members, they will have to fight back one by one. How troublesome would that be?
And if Zhao Kai sends troops to pursue the party members who are advancing westward, he will inevitably divide his troops... How can his infantry keep up with them? There are only 30,000 cavalry available. It is no problem for 30,000 cavalry to defeat the party's 50,000 cavalry, but what about the golden soldiers?
Except for a small number of Han soldiers, everyone in the Jin army has a horse! If the Jin soldiers attack in large numbers when the Song cavalry is chasing Dangxiang cavalry, how will Zhao Kai deal with it?
And if Zhao Kai ordered the cavalry to cross the Hejian grassland immediately, pass on the pontoon bridge on the South River of the Yellow River, and then go straight to Xingzhou, he could avoid being flanked by the Dangxiang and Jin soldiers, and Xingzhou and Lingzhou would be safe and sound. .
But in this way, the Jin soldiers on the north bank of the Yellow River can retreat safely! Zhao Kai led his troops north from the fork of the Yellow River just to beat up Wu Qimai, an old dog that fell into the water... How unwilling is it to let him go now?
Zhao Kai was not willing to give in. Guo Tiannu suddenly walked closer to Zhao Kai quietly, reached Zhao Kai's side, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "Guan family, King Kang wants to see you."
"Prince Kang? Zhao Gou?" Zhao Kai was stunned, "He, is he still Prince Kang?"
What he said was more thoughtful. Lu Xiucai, the Hanlin Lu Baoshan who was on duty today, immediately responded: "Reporting to the officials, King Kang is still King Kang. Last year, when he led troops to invade Haizhou and Lianshui, he was dismissed by King Wu. All officials and nobles will be expelled with jade certificates. But you did not issue an edict to remove them from the official ranks... so King Kang is still King Kang."
Zhao Kai pressed his forehead and muttered: "There are still too many things to do, and I actually forgot about them... Uncle Twelve and Uncle Fourteen didn't even remind me."
Zhao Kai's two uncles, King Yan Zhao Ma and Yue King Zhao Si, also fled when Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan fled. But they did not go to Yingtian Mansion, but went to Yingchang Mansion along Huimin River, and later to Xiangyang. When Zhao Shuxiang sent troops to Jinghu, he just invited the two of them back to Luoyang.
Zhao Kai asked the two of them to take care of the affairs of Zongzheng Temple, and each of them would "judge the temple". In fact, Zhao Kai didn't want them to manage the affairs of the clan very well, but he wanted these two sons of Emperor Shenzong to deal with a group of down-and-out clan members who had nothing to eat... Zhao Kai Because Kai's court was relatively poor and advertised "reopening the Song Dynasty", it did not provide much support for idle people.
Most of the officials and clan members before the Xuanhe tragedy were unable to find their original seats in the Luoyang court. Some of the "poor sects" will go to Zhao Huan, while others want to find a job from Zhao Kai. The Zongzheng Temple of the Luoyang imperial court mainly dealt with them.
Of course, Zhao Kai still recognizes the titles of his brothers... This is the respect between brothers and brothers! Moreover, Zhao Ji had a posthumous edict before his death, as many of Zhao Kai's younger brothers can testify!
So on Zhao Kai's side, Zhao Gou's Dingwu Army Jiedu Envoy, Inspector Inspector and King Kang are all still there!
As for Zhao Gou's defection to the Jin Dynasty, he also acted as a leader and led the Jin soldiers to invade Huaibei and Huainan. No one in the Luoyang court cared about it, and there was no impeachment by the censor... The censor of the Song Dynasty went to Impeaching the fifteenth prince of Daikin, is this not a joke?
The censor did not impeach, and Zhao Kai didn't care. Of course the two princes of Zongzheng Temple didn't care about this business... So Zhao Gou is still King Kang now!
Since he was still King Kang, Zhao Kai felt that he had to go and see him.
"Where is he now?" Zhao Kai asked in a low voice.
"On a boat on the north bank of the Yellow River," Guo Tiannu said, "it is said that there was only one boatman beside me."
Zhao Kai nodded and said to himself: "He is a bit brave... In this case, I have to meet him, otherwise it will appear that I am afraid of him."
Then he said to the generals in the hall: "I am going to see someone. You guys first make a strategy for dividing your troops and returning to Xingzhou to aid."
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Zhao Gou, the Wanyan Zonggou, is currently sitting on a wooden raft placed on a wooden boat, looking at Wu Lahai City on the south bank of the North River of the Yellow River with an expressionless face... He feels very unhappy. taste.
They are all kings, why is Zhao Kai doing so well while he is so miserable? Even the lifeblood was kicked by a cheap horse... Wanyan Xiebao said that he could eat more roasted lamb kidneys, roasted lamb eggs and stewed lamb whip to make up for it. I don't know if there is any. use?
When I return to Xuzhou, I must try it and eat it every day and every meal!
But whether he can return to Xuzhou alive depends on whether the mad king Zhao Kai still misses the brotherhood?
Just when he was thinking about brotherhood, he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, and quickly looked up... and saw Zhao Kai, escorted by several knights, galloping from the north gate of Wu Lahai City.
Seeing as he came in such a hurry, he must still be thinking about brotherly love... Zhao Gou thought passionately.
At this time, Zhao Kai was trying hard to suppress the thought of killing Zhao Gou with one arrow and avenging Yue Fei!
He can't do that now, because Yue Fei won't agree - Yue Fei doesn't know that Zhao Gou once killed him! If Zhao Kai killed his brothers for no reason, then Yue Fei would definitely be afraid of his brothers!
As for Zhao Gou's invasion of Huaibei and Huainan, not many people thought that Zhao Gou was voluntary. Most people thought that he was detained by the Jin people and used as a sign. It would be too ruthless for Zhao Kai to kill him with one arrow.
So Zhao Gou had no choice but not to kill Zhao Gou for the time being and listen to what he said first? If that's not true, capture him and strangle him with a bowstring.
