After the great victory of Yishui, which was unknown in the Song Dynasty, but was blown up to the sky in the Jin Dynasty. The War between Song and Jin entered a period of stagnation that lasted several months. Not only did the war situation come to a complete standstill, but the peace negotiations between the two sides also stalled because Qin Hui was beheaded and Zhao Gou was detained.
While the war and peace talks stalled, the armies of the Song and Jin Dynasties began to adjust their deployments along the borders of Hebei and Hedong in the Song Dynasty.
This war between Song and Jin Dynasty started in October of the seventh year of Xuanhe, and it has already reached the second year of Jingkang... Even a fool knows that this war will most likely turn into a protracted battle of equal strength.
The so-called equal strength means that neither side of the war has an absolute advantage, and neither side can completely take the initiative... This means that both sides have to consider the balance of offense and defense, and the all-attack and all-defense style of play is no longer appropriate.
In order to fight a protracted war with a balanced attack and defense, the Jin soldiers, who had been concentrating their forces to attack fiercely, must withdraw their main force and at the same time use a small number of troops to garrison important strongholds on the front.
In addition, the Jin Kingdom also needs to divide the highly concentrated main force into two groups and deploy them to Nanjing Road and Xijing Road respectively... Of course, this is also to avoid conflicts between the Wu Beggar Faction and the Nianhan Faction on the front line. A good way.
On the sixth day after the "Victory of Yishui", the Qingzhou Conference chaired by Wu Qimai made the decision to divide the troops to guard the western and southern capitals, while also controlling key areas south of Yanmen Mountain and Juma River.
According to this decision, the eldest prince Nianhan will continue to serve as the right deputy marshal and command 60,000 households (Nianhan himself will take one 10,000 households, A Lan, Xi Yin, Yu Jian, and Yan Mu will each take one 10,000 households, and Han Qi will be promoted first Xijing Road Han Army Commander) moved to Xijing Road and controlled Yanmen County and Fanju County south of Yanmen Mountain, as well as various mountain passes in Yanmen Mountain to maintain the threat to the hinterland of Hedong Road in the Song Dynasty.
The position of deputy marshal Zuo left vacant due to the death of Onlibu was taken over by Aguda's third son, Wanyan Yinliduo, known as the third prince of Jin, and commanded six thousand households (Oben, Yinliduo, Wu There are ten thousand households each in Shu, and the ten thousand households that originally belonged to Oojiebu were taken over by Alu, and were also controlled by Wanyan Yinliduo, plus two ten thousand households from Yelu Wuma and Han Chang), stationed on both sides of the Juma River. , and controlled Xiongzhou, Bazhou, Mozhou, Qingzhou, Xin'an Army, Baoding Army and northern Cangzhou (abandoned southern Cangzhou) and other places on the south bank of the Juma River.
The post of marshal of the capital that had been vacant after Wanyan Xie's death remained vacant. The emperor Wu Qimai moved to Nanjing's Xijin Prefecture City and personally controlled Puluhu, Alan, Boji, Pujianu, and Guo. Sixty thousand households under the control of Yaoshi, Liu Yanzong and others were huddled around Xijin Mansion.
Another two million households were transferred to Liaodong and Western Liaoning, and were led by Wanyan Zhenluguan, the sixth son of Wanyan Aguda, and Wanyan Asikui, the leader of the Wanyan tribe in Yelanlu.
As for the candidate for the vacant position of Senior Banbo, according to Wanyan Wu Qingmai's suggestion, after the war with the Song Dynasty comes to an end, the Jurchen, Bohai, Xibu Meng'an Commander-in-Chief and the Wanhu Commander-in-Chief will be convened. Recommendations will be made at the unified meeting...
On the other side, Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, also responded tit-for-tat and began to adjust his deployment. He transferred Liu Kai, who was originally guarding Zhending Mansion, to Taiyuan and appointed him as the Hedong Xuanfu Envoy. At the same time, he also established the Hedong Road Xuanfu Department. He appointed four governors with extremely high authority, including Bingdai Road, Fulin Road, Zelu Road, and Shixi Road. Among them, the most important governor of Bingdai Road Town was concurrently appointed by Liu Kai, the governor of Fulin Road Town was held by Zhe Keqiu, the leader of the Zhe family generals, and the governor of Zelu Road Town was appointed by Yuwen Cuizhong's younger brother Yuwen Shizhong. Zhong Shizhong, the younger brother of Zhong Shidao, served as the governor of Shixi Road.
In addition, the three government offices of Hedong Road Transportation Department, Tidian Prison Department and Tiju Changping Department were temporarily abolished, and the affairs they were in charge of were taken over by the Xuanfu Department and the Zhenfu Department respectively. As a result, a four-level military and political management system was formed on the Hedong front line: "Xuanfu Division - Zhenfu Division - Fuzhou Army - County Supervisor"... This was an unprecedented decentralization of power by the court to local governments since the founding of the Song Dynasty!
The same decentralization also occurred on Hebei Road, but the degree of abandonment was different. There is no Xuanfu Envoy Department in Hebei, because Zhao Kai himself is stationed in Daming Mansion. Hebei's military affairs are of course managed by the personal expedition camp, so there is no need for the Xuanfu Department.
However, under the personal expedition, four towns and envoy roads were established, including Zhendingfu Road, Zhongshanfu Road, Gaoyangguan Road, and Damingfu Road. He also promoted Zongze to stay in Beijing (Damingfu, Beijing), personally conduct military envoys, and concurrently serve as governor of Damingfu Road Town... It was considered that Mr. Zong had replaced Li Gang and became the chief minister of Zhao Kai, a high-ranking official who wanted to fight against thieves in battle. The leader of all the camps.
In addition, three generals including Zhendingfu Road, Zhongshanfu Road, and Gaoyangguan Road were appointed respectively as governors, including Han Shizhong, He Guan, and Huang Wuji, which could be regarded as a comprehensive movement of the defense line northward.
The deployment adjustments of both sides were big moves, involving the dispatch of hundreds of thousands of troops, the transfer of massive supplies, and even the reconstruction of the local military and political system. The Song Dynasty's military weakness was largely due to being too fragmented and fragmented. Inefficient local military and administrative systems.
Although this military and political management system is designed to decentralize power, keep all parties in check with each other, and thus ensure the central power, it has effectively eliminated the danger of warlord separatism. But it really cannot meet the needs of war... Fighting a war is not just a matter for the military. The people must be mobilized to the greatest extent possible to participate! Not to mention the local tyrants, if the local official is a sluggish person and uncooperative, then all Xuan Commanders and Commander-in-Chiefs will have to attack him!
Zhao Kai was able to fight so well before, largely because he was an official... No other handsome man could cure local officials, but he could kill people with just an edict. Who would dare not? Cooperate?
But now that the battlefield of the Song and Jin Dynasties has been spread out, it stretches thousands of miles from west to east. As an official, he has no other skills, so he has to come up with this military and political system that grants local governments heavy powers!
However, adjusting this system into place did not happen overnight... Zhao Kai and the entire Song Dynasty court started from the winter of the first year of Jingkang, and kept struggling until February of the second year of Jingkang, before they finally got it right. Some.
While Zhao Kai was busy smoothing out the anti-Jin military and political system, on Jingdong's side, everything was ready for a cross-sea expedition, all he needed was the south wind.
And the south wind... has been blowing since the first day of February!
...
On the second day of February, the dragon raises its head and ascends to the water village of Zhouzhou.
The sea breeze was a bit strong, and the drizzle also fell. In the midst of the storm, the orderly infantrymen of the Song Army, with their armor and backpacks rolled up, boarded the ship in good order. Civil servants from all over Jingdong East Road kept carrying large and small bags of supplies to several large ships moored at the pier.
The waves today are not small, causing the ships inside and outside Dengzhou Water Village to rise and fall.
In this misty and rainy scene, the ships that had completed boarding and loading had already unloaded their anchors and left the port. They formed a formation outside Dengzhou Water Village, waiting for the remaining ships to leave the port and sail across the ocean together. Cross the sea to Liaodong Peninsula.
In a corner of Dengzhou Water Village, on a heavily guarded pier, a very tragic scene was being staged at this time - ten shirtless and sturdy men were walking between two springboards carrying a huge coffin. Step by step, he lifted the coffin onto the deck of a large ship that looked like it contained 2,000 materials.
At this time, the three Gao Yameni, Gao Yaokang, Gao Yaofu, and Gao Yaoqing, were working with civil and military officials under the Xuanfu Department of Liaodong and Jingdong such as Zhao Mingcheng, Ma Kuo, Liu Zhengyan, Miao Fu, Niu Gao, Yue Fei, Gao Jingang, and Gao Luohan. Standing on the pier looking at the rather absurd scene in front of me.
These people didn't know what to say. What was the Zhao Guan family thinking? How did you come up with a "lying in a coffin and going to war"?
At this time, Yue Fei, who was watching Gao Qiu boarding the ship with his arms folded, suddenly said with emotion: "I understand, the officials let Gao Taiwei lie in his coffin for the Northern Expedition, just to tell us that as long as civil servants don't love money, If the military officials are willing to die, the world will be at peace...Although Gao Taiwei has military qualifications, he also has the qualifications of Grand Master and Special Jin, so he is both civil and military. But now he does not love money and does not hesitate to die. !”
That seems to make sense!
The officials present to see Gao Qiu off were all nodding their heads... Is this what the officials meant?
Yue Fei's suggestion of "not loving money, not willing to die" was originally quite offensive...because he himself "does not love money, not willing to die", while most others both love money and not willing to die. .
So what Yue Fei said is tantamount to asking everyone to learn from him!
But now...does Gao Qiu still love money? Even if mountains of gold and silver are placed in front of him, he won't even move.
Will Captain Gao still be willing to die? Of course not, he is already lying in the coffin, why should he be afraid of death?
And Gao Qiu is not horny now!
No matter how beautiful a woman is, she can no longer attract the life-and-death Lieutenant Gao!
With such a lieutenant who doesn't love money, is willing to die, and is not lustful, leading everyone in the northern expedition to Liaodong, are you still afraid that you won't be able to go straight to Huanglong?
"It makes sense. With Captain Gao as our commander, we can expect a great victory in the Northern Expedition!"
"That's very true. The official must have this intention. I must also learn from Captain Gao!"
"Yes, yes, that's what an official should do!"
"In the Song Dynasty, having an official like Captain Gao was really a blessing to the court and the official family! It is also a blessing to us..."
A group of officials who were about to follow Lieutenant Gao in the Northern Expedition to Liaodong all nodded, and everyone looked impassioned.
Zhao Mingcheng, who had been nagged by his wife Li Qingzhao for several months and was still motionless and unwilling to go around Liaodong, was now quite good at speaking nice words. He stroked his beard and said to the three Gao Yanei: "Captain Gao. He is truly a role model for officials like us, and I admire him so much! When I write a poem, I will be in full swing!"
Well, this is all a poem. I wonder if Li Qingzhao, a talented woman, will write a song like "I still think of Gao Qiu, and I generously went to Liaodong"?
