The Lin'an (Pizhou) court has two saints, the female is in charge of the outside and the eunuch is in charge of the inside. There is a clear division of labor.
Just after Zhao Gou and Wanyan Yan led hundreds of officials to offer sacrifices to Wanyan Wu, the emperor of Dajin and Daxing, to beg for purchases, the two saints of Lin'an and Chaozhong Wenwu were divided into two. Wanyan Yan led a group of military ministers headed by Li Cheng, Liu Lin, Kong Yanzhou, etc., and also took the prince Zhao Shanzhen with him to leave Lin'an City and moved to Chenjiabao on the east bank of the Chen River outside the city, where he had full command of the Lin'an imperial army. Prepare to fight to the death with the invading Yue Fei.
The emperor of Lin'an, Zhao Gou, led a group of civil servants and courtiers to continue to sit firmly in the court and preside over major affairs of the country.
Does the Lin'an court have any other important affairs to take care of?
Of course!
There are still many!
No, Wang Shiyong, the Privy Councilor of the Lin'an Imperial Court, is now talking: "So that the officials will know that the Queen has handed over the defense of Lin'an City to the Privy Council. All the important military and aircraft tasks in Lin'an City are under control." The Privy Council has it under control."
Zhao Gou, who finally sat alone on the throne, immediately became energetic when he heard what Wang Shiyong said - The Privy Council is theoretically a yamen in charge of the army, but Queen Wanyan Yan did not use the Privy Council to manage the army, but established a bureau. The Lu Bingma General Manager's Mansion, with Prince Zhao Shanzhen as the nominal general manager, and a group of "little white-faced Jinshi" as subordinates, bypassed the yamen run by civilian officials such as the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.
This time when Wan Yanyan left the Chenqiao Pavilion, he took away all the troops from the general manager's office, so the military affairs of "Lin'an Island" were ignored and handed over to the Privy Council.
"How many soldiers and horses are there in Lin'an Prefecture?" Zhao Gou asked quickly.
Wang Shiyong replied: "There are more than 4,400 people in the three armies of horses, rifles and barrels, and one hundred and eight large barrels of one thousand kilograms are prepared!"
"It's quite a lot!" When Zhao Gou heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up!
Although he had nominally led tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, those soldiers and horses were not his own, but those of his wife Wanyan Yan.
"Where did these more than 4,400 people come from?" Zhao Gou asked again, "Are they the Forbidden Army?"
"It's not the Imperial Army," Wang Shiyong's answer made Zhao Gou a little disappointed, "They are all the Xiang Army of Lin'an Prefecture."
When he heard that it was the Xiang Army, the luster on Zhao Gou's face immediately disappeared without a trace. The Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army were not the same thing!
Zhao Gou's more capable armies in the Song Dynasty are the so-called Forbidden Army. There are six in total, namely the 24th Squadron Army, the Palace Front Army, the Guard Horse Army, the Guard Infantry Army, the Guard Water Army, and the Hebei Xuanfu Division Army. .
Among them, the twenty-fourth squadron is the Jurchen Bohai Navy. It has the strongest combat effectiveness and the smallest number. It is Wanyan Yan's personal army.
The three yamen armies, that is, the front army, the guard horse army, and the guard infantry army, are the main force of the armed forces of the Lin'an court. Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the twenty-fourth squadron army, they are larger in number. Each army has 10,000 households. , a total of thirty thousand soldiers.
The escort navy was actually created by Zhao Gou himself to run the route between Goryeo Haeju and Jingdong (Shandong) Road, and was a navy raised through maritime trade and Haeju (Goryeo) tax. Before Zhao Gou became emperor, he had only a small number of people, only two thousand, and he only owned ten warships. After Zhao Gou became an official, this navy was also controlled by Wanyan Yan's general administration. Later Wanyan Yan recruited many pirates along the coast of the Shandong Peninsula and bought many civilian ships from the maritime merchants of the Southern Song Dynasty. The size of the navy has also been expanded to 10,000 households, and the number of large and small ships equipped has reached as many as three to four hundred!
The Xuanfu Division Army in Hebei also had tens of thousands of households. Wang Bolong of Ten Thousand Households was originally a bandit on the Tokyo Road of the Liao Kingdom and a Han nationality. When Aguda was ready to raise an army, he took his subordinates to join him and followed the Jurchens in their conquests. He became one of the founding heroes of Dajin and became a member of Wanhu early on.
After the war between the Song and Jin Dynasties, he first followed Wanyan Zongwang into Hebei, and then followed Wanyan Zonghan into Shandong.
After arriving in Shandong, he was divided into two states and lived the life of a native emperor.
Later, Wanyan Zonghan evacuated Shandong, but he was unwilling to leave with him, so he took refuge with Wanyan Yan. He became the Hebei ambassador to the Lin'an court and was informed of the affairs of Jinan Prefecture. He controlled the affairs of Bozhou, Dezhou, Binzhou, Dizhou and Dongping Prefecture, and arranged Si Jinan Prefecture. He became the supreme commander of the northern line of the Lin'an imperial court. In addition to the ten thousand households who had been following him, he also had some soldiers and horses from Shandong local traitors and recruited bandit troops, about thirty to forty thousand people.
The above six armies are the forbidden troops of the Lin'an court, which are said to be one hundred thousand... The actual number depends on how to calculate it? If you only count the combat soldiers, the maximum number is sixty or seventy thousand, if you count the auxiliary soldiers, there are hundreds of thousands, and if you count the family members, there are hundreds of thousands!
In addition to these forbidden troops, the Lin'an court also had many Xiang troops affiliated with local state capitals. Most of them were armed by some landlords and gentry, responsible for maintaining local security, helping the government collect land taxes, showdown cards, and so on. The Lin'an court did not spend any money to support them, and all funds were "self-raised."
As for combat effectiveness...it's still a good job to catch a few thieves and bully the working people.
The situation of the Lin'an Prefecture's Xiang Army was slightly different. The Lin'an Prefecture government collected donations and taxes from the local wealthy gentry and wealthy households, and then hired some strong men to run it. In theory, it should be a little stronger than the local Xiang army. However, the local Xiang army still has to deal with robbers (perhaps they themselves are robbers). Since Lin'an Prefecture has the Third Yamen Army and the 24th Squadron Army stationed there, there are no robbers, so the Lin'an Xiang Army has zero combat experience... .
Seeing Zhao Gou's discouraged face, Wang Shiyong, the minister of the Privy Council, Zuopushe, the minister, and Zheng Juzhong, the minister's assistant, exchanged glances with each other, and then opened their mouths to cheer Zhao Gou up.
"Don't worry, officials. Although most of the Lin'an garrison are side soldiers, they are all strong, simple men, loyal, reliable, and hard-working. As long as they are trained rigorously, they will surely become a powerful force."
"Guan Jia, our Lin'an City is one of the most majestic cities in the world. It is surrounded by water on three sides and is surrounded by embankments and high platforms. It is unbreakable. Moreover, Lin'an City is far away from the enemy. The enemy needs to pass through many hurdles to break through to Lin'an City. Besides, the army will be exhausted by then. The imperial court only needs to hold on to the city and wait for work, and it will be able to win a great victory."
"Yes, the Queen will not let the enemy invade the city soon, so please rest assured... I will also do my best to assist the officials in training and expanding the Lin'an Xiang army."
"Yes, the enemy is still far away, and the court still has plenty of time to prepare for war, so the most important thing at the moment is to successfully hold the imperial examination to win the hearts of Shandong scholar-bureaucrats... And the fight against the enemy is presided over by the Queen. Why should officials worry?"
Zhao Gou calmed down after listening to the advice of these two important ministers. Regarding the matter of resisting the enemy, it was useless even if he was anxious, that was Wanyan Yan's responsibility.
What he can do now is to restore the original system of the Song Dynasty as much as possible - using literature to control military affairs, or using literature to control wealth, using wealth to control military force, and using force to control soldiers... This is the real The way to long-term peace and stability!
Through the imperial examination, it was a key step to establish a system of using civil society to control military affairs by connecting the imperial court with the landlord class below who controlled land and customers (population), and guiding them to abandon martial arts and study literature, and become the middlemen for the imperial court to control local areas and obtain finances and taxes.
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"Empress, this is an urgent report from Wang Xuanshuai..."
At the same time, Wanyan Yan, who had just settled down in the Chenqiao Pavilion fortress, was holding a military meeting. Her general manager Yi Luoyu came in from outside the lobby, came to Wanyan Yan, and offered Wang Bolong a 600-mile gift. Urgent report delivered urgently.
This Luo You was the number one scholar in the imperial examination hosted by Wan Yan Yan - the number one handsome man in Shandong!
He was really a dignified Shandong man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, a wide mouth and a beard, a strong back and a strong body, tall and strong!
Well, this is what Wanyanyan thinks of a pretty boy! And Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou, and Liu Lin all have similar looks. What a bunch of muscular men!
The kind of handsome guys in later generations who can't tell the difference between male and female are the standard of beauty and beauty in this era... Wanyanyan grew up in a group of macho men since she was a child. Her fourteen brothers are all macho men, and her cousins are all macho. They are all muscular, so of course they can't be fond of sex.
"What did Wang Xuanshuai play?" Wanyanyan asked with a smile.
"Reporting to your Majesty," Luo You replied, "Wang Xuanshuai said that recently, the Western Army's cavalry has frequently invaded the borders of Bo, De, Bin, and Di. The Xiang troops in the four states are unable to resist and can only defend themselves behind closed doors."
"You came so quickly!" Wanyan Yan frowned and glanced at Li Cheng, Kong Yanzhou and Liu Lin with a faint look, "What do you three brothers think?"
These three people are all Wanyanyan's "godbrothers".
"The Empress, the four prefectures of Bo, De, Bin, and Di, as well as the two prefectures of Jinan and Dongping, cannot be defended." Li Cheng frowned and said, "We should let Wang Xuanfu's troops retreat to Dengzhou as soon as possible. The state city is close to the sea and mountains, so it is easier to persist."
"Empress," Kong Yanzhou also said, "the situation is critical now. Only Dengzhou, Chenjiadao, Haizhou, Qushan, Donghai and Lin'an Fucheng can be defended for a while..."
Liu Lin said: "Dengzhou, Chenjia Island, Haizhou, Qushan and Donghai will definitely be ignored by Yue Fei. After all, these places are on remote seaside, but Lin'an Fucheng is what Yue Fei must take! So we want to escape intact. , we must make Yue Fei believe that we have gathered our army with Lin'an and are ready to fight him to the death!"
Wanyan Yan nodded and said with a smile: "Yue Fei will definitely believe it... Zhao Gou is still holding the imperial examination, and candidates from all over Shandong are gathering in Lin'an Prefecture to prepare for the imperial examination! Who would believe that we are going to Golden cicada escapes from its shell?"
It turns out that Wanyan Yan is already planning to run away!
However, she has too many "handsome men" under her command, and needs to take away more soldiers, family members, craftsmen, and goods, and there are too few ships available, so they must be transported by sea in batches.
Moreover, the matter of running away from Shandong had to be hidden not only from Zhao Kai, but also from Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou. The former has a large navy and may send troops to stop it, but the latter...the latter has to stay in Lin'an Fucheng and sing an empty city, oh, it is an empty national plan!
If he were to run away, the Lin'an court would collapse, and Lin'an City wouldn't be able to hold on for a day. How could Wanyan Yan and the others run away?
