It’s November 13th, the eleventh year of the Great Jin Tianhui.
Daxing Mansion.
In the lobby of the Capital Marshal's Mansion, a group of Jurchen nobles wearing white leather robes with wide collars and wolf-skin hats were surrounding a board placed on a large table, looking at each other with big eyes and small eyes. Be silent.
Marshal Wanyan Zongqian, the deputy commander-in-chief on the left, and Wanyan Zonghan, the deputy commander-in-chief on the right, were sitting side by side, just looking at the Jurchen dignitaries below.
I don't know who raised the alarm, but the Jurchens below started talking.
"...If we really follow the second prince's plan, will we give up too much territory? What if Zhao Kai only wants to regain the land inherent in the Song Dynasty and stops at the south of Baigou River, then we Wouldn’t it be a waste to give up such good territory?”
"It's not impossible to do that... As long as the land of Yanyun is in our hands, the door to the Central Plains will be open. We can invade whenever we want! And there is another one to the south of Zhao Kai Zhao Huan, there is also the Western Tang Dynasty to the west. We can unite with Zhao Huan in the south and Dang Xiang in the west, and besiege him together!"
"Then you don't want Ziqing Town or Weibo Town left by the second prince?"
"What we lose in the east is what we gain in mulberry trees. Our Ziqing town can make up for it with the land of Mobei Zhenzhou, and Weibo town can make up for it with the land of the Koryo Kingdom. In this way, our situation in Dajin is still better than that of Daliao in its heyday. But the situation in the Song Dynasty is far worse than that of Song Taizong and Song Zhenzong, so what else can we worry about?"
Hearing that Wanyan Xiebao was spreading the views of defeatism and escapeism again, Wanyan Zonghan coughed quickly and said: "Xiebao, what are you talking about? Our Ziqing Town has twelve states and one prefecture. , there are also 33,000 households in the twelve Meng'an tribes and an army of 66,000 (including the Han'er army). In addition, there are more than 60 large tubes and countless explosive pots. It can be said that the soldiers are strong, the horses are strong, the tubes are thick and the explosive pots are strong Duo, how can you give up just by saying you give up?"
In fact, Wanyan Zonghan couldn't bear to let Ziqing Town occupy the Jingdong East Road site. The level of economic development here is second only to Huaihe, Liangjiang, Zhejiang and Sichuan. So in the past few years, Wanyan Zonghan's Ziqing Town has been extremely wealthy. Not only did he raise twelve men strong and strong, but he also recruited and trained 30,000 Jingdong Han'er troops as eagle and dog minions. .
How could Wanyan Zonghan be willing to let go of such a good place? Move west to Baghdad...it has a weird name, and it doesn't sound like a good place at first glance! Moreover, the customs are not good either. They are not allowed to drink alcohol, and they are not allowed to eat fat meat. The worst thing is that they can only marry four wives! There is more than this number now!
"Dad, what I said is the worst possibility..." Wanyan Xiebao quickly changed his words, "Zhao Kai will not let Yanjing go without taking it. He can only take Yanjing and then block all the entrances in Yanshan. , he can go south with peace of mind and destroy Zhao Huan. Otherwise, if we join forces with Zhao Huan, if he dares to go south, we will invade Hebei, if he dares to go north to Zhao Huan, we will take Jiangling from the west. Zhao Kai will never expect to dominate the world in his life!"
"What Xie Bao said makes sense," Wanyan Zongqian nodded and said, "The King of Wei also said so in his will. He believed that Zhao Kai must take Yanjing! After taking Yanjing, he will definitely take other mouths of Yanshan. .....So we can fight first at Qigou Pass or Gaoliang River, and if unfavorable, we can fight again at the Yuguan Pass area.
When fighting at Yuguan, we can also contact Jinling and return the land controlled by the Song Kingdom in exchange for Zhao Huan sending troops to capture Jinghu North Road and Sichuan Road. As long as Zhao Huan is willing to send troops, our probability of victory in Yuguan is very high. "
"Zhao Huan will definitely be willing to send troops!" Wanyan Zonghan said with great certainty, "Zhao Huan actually wanted to maintain the situation of three-thirds of the world... That's why he has been holding down the Southern Song Dynasty navy in the past two years. Let them come to Jingdong and the northern coast of Goryeo to cause trouble. Moreover, once we retreat to Yuguan, the Song Dynasty's homeland will almost be restored. The rest will be the matter of Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai. If he does not send troops, then Just waiting to die.”
Wanyan Zongqian smiled and said: "That makes sense... If we lose the Battle of Yuguan, we will most likely retreat outside the Great Wall. We can still manage Mobei and develop westward. Zhao Huan will have no way out, and he can only If the remaining one cannot defeat Zhao Kai, the country will surely be destroyed and the family will be destroyed!"
Wanyan Xiebao had an idea at this time and added another sentence, "Deputy Marshal Zuo, why don't we let out the false news that Zhao Huan is colluding with us first!"
Wanyan Zongqian nodded, "Okay! Let's make a counter-measure first to make brothers Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan suspicious of each other!"
He paused, "Then let's follow the instructions left by King Wei... Be ready to abandon the main road from Daming Mansion to Zhongshan Mansion at any time, and then concentrate our troops on Fanyang, Gu'an, and Wuqing In this area, prepare to fight to the death with the enemies advancing from the north!
As for this military strength... it is not enough to rely on the 70,000 people directly under the jurisdiction of the Marshal's Mansion! "
"Uncle, the 30,000 troops in Wei Bo Town are all at my uncle's disposal!" The new envoy Wei Bo, who was wearing mourning clothes, Wei Wang Wanyanqi was very aware of current affairs and immediately handed over all the 30,000 troops left by his father. .
"I'll leave you 10,000," Wanyan Zongqian said. "You lead them to Cangzhou. Cangzhou has a lot of water. You must destroy all the bridges on the rivers in Cangzhou. This way, the Song army will be less likely to invade from Cangzhou." ”
It also left some strength. Wanyan Qi gratefully bowed to Wanyan Zongqian, "My nephew takes the order!"
"Brother," Wanyan Zongfu, the military governor of Datong, answered the question, "our Datong army should also send 20,000 troops."
"No," Wanyan Zongqian waved his hand, "The troops in Datong Town will not move...and the Mongol people in Hedong Town are also under your control. You have to let Yelu Dashi and Xiao Heda take advantage of the situation to rob them. You have to let them go." The partial master of the Song people."
"Okay, brother, I'm here on Xijing Road, so you can rest assured."
"Brother, can we finally use up all the 30,000 troops in Pinglu Town?" Wanyan Zongbi did not think about conserving his strength at this time, and generously used his old capital.
"There are also 20,000 elite soldiers in Huining!" Wanyan Zongjun was quite powerful, and he also brought out his troops in Huining.
Wanyan Zongqian did not refuse and said with a smile: "Okay, add 70,000 to 30,000, add 20,000, add 20,000, the total will be 140,000! 140,000 is 400,000, although I am waiting for work, it seems that it is still a little less."
Of course his words were meant for the sons Wu Qi bought, Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Yan.
"Deputy Marshal Zuo," Wanyan Zongpan also came to attend Wanyan Zongwang's funeral. Of course he understood what Zong Qian meant, so he said to Zong Qian, "An Dong's army is small, and the maximum number is fifteen thousand."
"There are not many soldiers in Xianping Town," Wanyan Zonggu immediately followed his brother's words, "Let's give fifteen thousand."
"Then there are 170,000..." Wanyan Zongqian muttered, "If we can have an army of 200,000, then we will be very sure of this battle."
He said this to Wanyan Zonghan. Zonghan nodded and said: "That's okay... We can send out 30,000 troops, but the troops returning to Germany will have to be controlled by the lonely king for the time being."
The Jiedushi of Guide Town was Wanyan Zonggou, but the actual person in power was Wanyan Yan.
Wanyan Yan heard Zong Han's request and said with a smile: "That's a dream... Wuli sister guarding Goryeo can't leave, and I am a female and can't lead troops. The 50,000 elite soldiers who returned to the German army all listened The right deputy marshal’s.”
Wanyan Zong smiled and said: "That's great... there are two hundred thousand troops waiting in formation on the north bank of Baigou River, they will definitely make Zhao Kai'er come back!"
...
Half a month later, Kaifeng Mansion, Genyue Taicheng.
The news of Wanyan Zongwang's death and Zong Qian's use of Zongwang's funeral and the gathering of princes were also brought to Kaifeng Fucheng by the great monk Ma Zhi on this day.
At the same time, Ma Zhi also brought information about the Dajintong Army, the Artillery Army, and the Pot Army.
"In the official family, the Golden Thief has also put a lot of effort into firearms in recent years, casting two to three hundred large barrels (the original plan was 1,000, but only 300 were cast), and also used the Western Thief to pour Xijun's They made many cannons that could be carried on camels and were specially used to fire explosive pots. In addition, they also cast many hotpot cannons..."
In order to deceive others, Ma Zhi is still dressed as a monk and talks to Zhao Kai alone in a Buddhist hall.
While talking, he also took out several blueprints of Jin's weapons and spread them out in front of Zhao Kai.
Zhao Kai and Ma Zhi were both kneeling on the futon, facing each other, not far apart. Ma Zhi spread out the drawings on the ground, and Zhao Kai could understand them with his eyes.
"How is their gunpowder?" Zhao Kai asked, "Is there any new medicine?"
The so-called new medicine refers to black granular gunpowder.
"No," Ma Zhi said, "but they have also thought of many ways to remind them of the power of gunpowder these days. Don't underestimate it!"
Now the Northern Song Dynasty, Southern Song Dynasty, Western Tang Dynasty, and Jin Dynasty have all evolved into "gunpowder empires", and under the spell of the curse of ruin if they don't work hard, they have all made great efforts to develop firearms. The secret of black granular gunpowder must not be kept for long...
However, Zhao Kai's artillery is definitely still ahead of the Jin and Southern Song Dynasties by at least two generations!
Zhao Kai not only has granulated gunpowder, fixed ammunition, and lightweight cannons and gun carriages, but also introduced a spindle-shaped gun body, which can save raw materials while strengthening the strength of the medicine chamber.
"Official family," Ma Zhi whispered to Zhao Kai at this time, "Pharmacist Guo also heard a piece of news, I don't know whether it is true or not..."
"What news?" Zhao Kai asked.
Ma Zhi replied: "It has something to do with Jinling!"
"With Jinling?" Zhao Kai frowned.
Ma Zhi said: "There is news that Wanyan Zongqian has established a line with Zhao Huan through Wanyan Zonggou, and the two parties plan to form an alliance against the imperial court!"
"Is the news reliable?" Zhao Kai asked calmly.
"Reliable!" Ma Zhi said, "The information that Pharmacist Guo has obtained has always been reliable...and the rebellious officials and traitors in Jinling must not want the officials to dominate the world! The officials must be on guard!"
Zhao Kai nodded slightly, already a little convinced.
The news reported by Pharmacist Guo in the past two years has always been accurate!
And now the world is divided into three parts! Can Soochow watch the Shu Han push Cao Wei to dominate the world? This is impossible!
