It was April 15th, the twelfth year of the Great Jin Tianhui.
Daxing Fucheng, Imperial City.
The atmosphere was extremely depressing, and everyone gathered in the hall felt as if a big stone had been pressed on their hearts, making them almost breathless.
Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao were also in the main hall at this time, each holding a report and looking at it with livid faces.
The reports they were holding were handed over by Hebule, the military governor of Hedong, and Wanyan Zongfu, the military governor of Datong.
The contents of the two memorials are similar. They both report one thing, that is, Zhao Kai, the emperor of Luoyang in the Song Dynasty, joined Yelu Dashi, the regent of the remaining Liao Dynasty, to send 200,000 troops to raid the Yinshan area of the Hedong Army.
This blow simply stunned Hebule!
He is just a chief of the Saibei tribe who is attached to the Kingdom of Jin. He covets the richness and warmth of the prairie at the foot of the Yin Mountain, and becomes a governor of the East River of Dajin that is not worthy of the name. But in fact, he is just a soy sauce, and it is not important at all.
Moreover, in the past two years, he had secretly communicated with Xiao Heda from the Yangshan (Black Mountain) grassland next door, and agreed that when Song and Liao jointly attack the Jin in the future, he would remain neutral and lend a road to the Liao soldiers (is this still called neutrality?) , in exchange for continuing to occupy the Yinshan Grassland—his request is not excessive at all, right?
Even if the officials of the Song Dynasty did not agree, there was no need to leave Wanyan Zongfu of Datong alone and bring 200,000 people to attack him!
However, Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, made a strange move that no one could understand. He just left Datong alone and joined forces with the regent of the Liao Dynasty to dispatch an army of 200,000 from Yangshan, Fuzhou, Ning. The Hua Army sent troops from three directions to besiege Hebulebu in Yinshan, catching him off guard and with a face full of confusion... How could he be so virtuous and capable of being in Hebule? What did you do wrong again? Is it necessary for Song and Liao to dispatch so many troops to attack?
The tribesmen brought by Hebule to the Yinshan Grassland were said to be 30,000 households, but in fact they were more than 20,000. Calculated with ten people per household, the total population was over 200,000. How could they withstand the siege of the 200,000 Song and Liao coalition forces?
Zhao Kai's style of play is no longer about killing a chicken with a knife, but directly using a bomb!
After the "explosion", Hebule was of course completely defeated. He lost hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, hundreds of thousands of herd horses, and his Mongol tribe was also dispersed.
However, Hebule himself and his two sons ran quite fast. Under the protection of thousands of timid cavalry, and with more than a thousand core tribesmen, they fled in panic to Yuanyangbo in Xuande... ....
Wanyan Zongfu, the governor of Datong Town in Dajin next door to Hebule, was also confused by Zhao Kai's violent beating of Hebule. He originally thought that the Song army would aim at seizing Daxing Mansion in Nanjing and attack Dajin. The Hebei Road and Nanjing Road under the rule launched a fierce attack. They probably took the lost land in Hebei first, then regained the Shannan states, then blocked the entrances to Yanshan, and finally turned around to recover Jingdong Road... After Jingdong Road, then The Southern Song Dynasty occupied the southeast.
Therefore, there is a high probability that the Xijing Datong Mansion in Dajin will be attacked by the unified Song Dynasty after Zhao Kai destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty.
Not surprisingly, that was many years later.
Therefore, during the military meeting of the Marshal's Mansion last year, Wanyan Zongfu wanted to send troops to participate in the battles on Nanjing Road and Hebei Road.
When the news of the Song Army's large-scale invasion of Hebei Road reached Datong, Wanyan Zongfu became even more confident that his territory would not be attacked by the Song Army for the time being, so he deployed the troops in Yingzhou, Yuzhou, and Shuozhou. Most of the troops were transferred back to Datong City, preparing to lead them to support the war on Nanjing Road.
As a result, as soon as the troops stationed in the three states returned to Datong, Shuozhou was attacked by the Song army!
Because most of Shuozhou's defenders had been mobilized and could not reach the 120,000 Song army's onslaught, important places below Shuozhou fell one after another. In less than two days, the entire Shuozhou was occupied by the Song army.
After receiving the news of the Song army's fierce attack on Shuozhou, Wanyan Zongfu realized that the problem was serious, so he immediately deployed the defense of Datong and asked Hebule for help - not asking Hebule to lead troops into Datong, but asking Hebule to lead troops into Datong. The Mongol cavalry was sent to harass the Song army's supply lines.
And Hebule promised well...but what happened next made Wanyan Zongfu wonder if Song Jun had admitted his mistake?
Because after the Song army captured Shuozhou, they actually ignored the Jin Dynasty King Wanyan Zongfu and his 30,000 elite soldiers, and went straight to Fengzhou (located at the foot of Yinshan Mountain), Hebule's hometown!
At the same time, Xiao Heda, who was stationed in Yangshan, together with the Mobei Allied Forces brought by Yelu Dashi, sent tens of thousands of troops to attack the Tiande Army and Yunnei Prefecture under Hebule's jurisdiction. In one fell swoop, Hebule was beaten until he was stunned, and Wanyan Zongfu, who was hiding in Datong City, was completely confused... Where did these Mongols offend Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi?
This Hebule had a bad temper, was rough in behavior, and was very annoying. He might have offended Yelu Dashi, the "prairie scholar". But Zhao Kai probably doesn't know him, so why is there so much hatred?
Even if Wanyan Zongfu tried to break his head, he still couldn't understand this question.
However, after he saw that Hebule's little strength was eaten up by Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi in a few days, he immediately understood that Datong Fucheng could not be defended.
First of all, Datong at this time was not a strong city at all, and its reserves were not rich. If there were Mongol cavalry from Hebule operating outside, it might be possible to hold on. But now that Hebule is finished, Datong City is isolated and helpless.
Secondly, among the 30,000 troops under Wanyan Zongfu, only 10,000 were Jurchens, and there were 20,000 Khitans, Hans, Bohai people, and Tatars. Among them, the Khitans were the largest, with about 15,000 people.
These Khitan people are not farmers, let alone industrial and commercial people in the city, but herdsmen grazing in Datong Prefecture, Fengzhou, and Xuande Prefecture! Their tribes and family members are outside the city of Datong Prefecture, and they will definitely be taken away by the Yelu Dashi... Will Wanyan Zongfu still be able to rely on them to defend the city?
So Wanyan Zongfu took advantage of Zhao Kai and Yelu Dashi to join forces to violently attack Hebule, and took more than 20,000 people with him (some of them were wiped out in Shuozhou, and some escaped) to protect the Jurchens and Bohai people. Their family members withdrew from Datong Fucheng and moved to Fengsheng Prefecture...
The news of the defeat of Hedong and Datong towns reached Daxing Mansion on Nanjing Road, which also confused Wanyan Zongqian. Now he was attacked from both sides!
There are still more than 100,000 or 200,000 Song troops on the other side of Qigou Pass. I don’t know how to deal with them. On the other side of Xijing Road, there are at least 200,000 Song and Liao coalition troops. How can we fight this?
Wanyan Zongqian, who had no idea, could only ask Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao, who were stationed in Zhuozhou to resist the Song army, to retreat in the rain... Return to Daxingfu City first, and then discuss whether to fight or run?
If you want to run, where is the best place to run?
"We definitely can't defend the city of Daxing..." Wanyan Xiebao started to speak. As for where the Marshal's Mansion will be moved, it all depends on whether our Dajin Kingdom is going to develop east or west.
If our Kingdom of Jin is going to expand westward next, then Marshal Du's Mansion should go to Linhuang Mansion. First, the nation must adapt to life on the grassland, and then raise more cattle, sheep and horses.
If our Kingdom of Jin is planning to develop eastward next, we must move eastward to Guangning Prefecture and conquer Korea as soon as possible. "
"Of course he moved eastward!" Wanyan Zongbi expressed his position before everyone started talking.
The two routes of moving east to Guangning and west to Linhuang were also disputed by Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Xiebao on their way back to Daxing from Zhuozhou.
When the two of them led their troops to evacuate Zhuozhou in the rain, they knew of course that it was difficult to hold Daxing.
So the focus of the argument is no longer whether to run, but where to run?
Wanyan Xiebao's idea was to run westward... In the west were Baghdad, Castle, and Rome, all of which were said to be extremely wealthy. Moreover, there is no gunpowder or big barrel in the West. Therefore, as long as Daijin pulls the big barrel and kills it, he can easily capture a prosperous land. When the time comes, we will have more Jiedushi envoys, so that the juniors of the Wanyan family can have a piece of territory to dominate and dominate. How great!
Wanyan Zongbi responded tit for tat and proposed a plan to march eastward to Goryeo!
"Of course we are going to conquer Korea!" Wanyan Zongbi immediately expressed his opinion, "The kingdom of Korea is 1,200 miles from north to south and 300 to 400 miles from east to west. It has a household registration of 1 to 2 million and is rich in fish and rice. Although it is not as good as The wealth of Jingdong and Hebei is no less than that of Nanjing Road. If we, Dajin, can occupy Yanshan in the west, Korea in the east, and control the grasslands in the north, it will be no less than the Khitan in its heyday in the past. Why travel thousands of miles west to Baghdad and Junshiba , Rome and other barbaric places? How can it be so easy to travel thousands of miles west?"
As soon as Wanyan Zongbi's words came out, all Wanyan from Aguda's group in the hall joined in agreement.
"It's better to go to Korea!"
"The Kingdom of Koryo is right next to our hometown. We are familiar with its customs and customs, and the people look similar."
"That's right... Goryeo women are also beautiful. They are not like Orchid in the West. Their eyes are green and blue, and they smell bad!"
"Yes, Korea is better... I can even speak a few words in Korean!"
"Deputy Marshal Zuo, let's march eastward to Korea!"
Wanyan Zongqian squinted his eyes as he listened to the people below praising Goryeo, but he did not immediately express his position - of course he also supported moving to Goryeo. But it’s not that she dislikes Western Hu Ji’s bad eye color, nor does she dislike her family’s odor. But if he chooses to move westward, then Wan Yanliang will not be able to become a master.
But there are also disadvantages to moving eastward...the territory in the east is small! There is only one Goryeo that can be conquered. Unlike the endless territory in the west, there is plenty of land to accommodate those "Wanyan" gangs. A lot of things can be arranged, such as the Baghdad governor envoy, the Persian road pacification envoy, and the Roman road passerby envoy.
The only way to fight eastward was Korea, and Korea could not be given to "Wanyan" who had lost its territory, because Wanyan Zongqian himself also needed territory to make up for the loss of Nanjing Road and Hebei Road!
Otherwise, wouldn't Wan Yanliang become a "wudibojilie" in the future? What kind of emperor do you want to be?
