Yue Fei was in a bad situation in the front line. Yue Fei was not to blame for this, but Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai of Luoyang were also very helpless.
As a court, as the richest court in history, who could imagine that they are now so poor!
Without food and baggage, Yue Fei did not need to be defeated by Jin Wushu, he defeated himself.
In desperation, it is also a helpless thing to allocate military supplies from all parties.
After all, the military expenditure of the Song Dynasty has always been a large expense. Now that the war is urgent, we need to allocate emergency response to each other. After the Jiangnan is pacified and the supplies and grain from the Bashu land in Xichuan are delivered, this matter will be over.
But before the court could resolve the matter, problems had already arisen.
The place at Hangu Pass in Guanzhong.
At this time, Hangu Pass is no longer the same one used by the old Qin people.
The Hangu Pass was originally built by the old Qin people for their own safety on the Chang'an Ancient Road, in the valley close to the bank of the Yellow River. The original Hangu Pass was bordered by the plateau to the west, Juejian to the east, and the Qinling Mountains to the south. , Beisai Yellow River.
It is a truly dangerous place.
However, due to the ravages of time, the changes in the course of the Yellow River, and thousands of years of war, Hangu Pass has been rebuilt and expanded again and again.
In addition, after the rise of the Han Dynasty, Guanzhong became the imperial capital, and the east of Hangu Pass was called Guanwai. General Yang Pu's family was in Xin'an County, and it was close to Hangu Pass but outside the Guan.
Maybe he felt that this place affected his housing prices, so he built himself a Hangu Pass.
In the third year of Yuan Ding's reign, he also built a Hangu Pass in the east of Xin'an County. It was very grand. Not long after the renovation, it was confiscated by Emperor Wu...
The Hangu Pass mentioned at this time was the Wei Pass about ten miles away from the Qin Pass. Legend has it that Cao Cao was attacking Zhang Lu and Ma Chao in the west. In order to quickly transport soldiers, horses, food and grass, Xu Chu was ordered to dig a tunnel there and build a pass tower. , not far from Qinguan, so it is called Xinguan.
The reason why this new pass is now more important than Qinguan is because it has not been affected by the diversion of the Yellow River. The most important thing is that it connects Chang'an and Luoyang.
It is a real traffic artery.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty court set up a military camp here, and appointed Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan, who were highly regarded by Zhao Huan, as the chief generals of the camp, commanding tens of thousands of troops to guard the western frontier.
During the battle in Kaifeng, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan contributed a lot to the Song Dynasty. Although their final contribution was not much, they had to be rewarded.
In addition, they are from orthodox general backgrounds, and they have a group of people behind them.
Zhao Huan thought about whether to kill the two of them directly. Later, he got the many forces behind them from Tong Guan and felt a splitting headache.
It is not difficult to kill them. What is difficult is that after killing them, the people behind them will not cause trouble for themselves.
So in the end, Zhao Huan brought the two of them to his side and acted as the commander in front of the palace.
Although they have a high status, they do not have much real power. Especially after the arrival of Pharmacist Guo, Luoyang's ever-victorious army generals Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were directly separated from their troops.
Completely severing the connection between them and the possibility of their rebellion.
Everything went very smoothly. In this way, Zhao Huan had solved a lot of troubles and generals that he didn't like.
But this time, because Yue Fei was short of food and supplies, Zhao Kai finally had to make a decision after discussing with everyone in the court.
Let Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan go out in exchange for food, fodder and baggage in their hands, or in the hands of their soldiers and horses.
Placing Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan in Hangu, Xinguan is a kind of affirmation for them. Naturally, they are willing to make some sacrifices when they get this opportunity.
Originally, everyone should be happy when things come to this point.
But the development of the matter exceeded everyone's expectations. When Pharmacist Guo left Luoyang, Chang'an immediately sent out an emergency report. The Xixia people were in frequent turmoil and seemed to be planning an attack.
After hearing the news, Luoyang immediately ordered Miao Fu, the guard of Hangu Pass, to investigate, and ordered Liu Zhengyan to garrison Hangu just in case.
In addition, generals such as Liu Qi, Han Shizhong and others from Hedong Road and other places were called to lead troops back to the area to provide reinforcements just in case.
Logically speaking, there is no problem with this arrangement. However, after these things were spread to Jiangnan, Zhao Huan, Zhang Junyuefei and others did not find any problems after discussing with them.
If Miao Fu Liu Zhengyan had a conspiracy in his mind, Liu Qi and Han Shizhong would directly intercept them before they entered Luoyang, and then they would be held down with a blast.
Their strength and abilities are completely disproportionate.
There was no problem in Guanzhong, but there was a problem in Shandong.
Originally, it was Wang Yuan's great achievement to regain Jinan Prefecture. Later, he defeated Liu Yu in Zhoushan and almost took the entire Shandong Road back into the hands of the imperial court.
But at this time, Wang Yuan's general Zhang Kui suddenly secretly trusted the court.
It is said that Wang Yuan was corrupt and perverted the law in the Shandong Road area, amassing money wantonly, filling his own pockets, and devouring military supplies.
Eunuchs such as Kang Lu, the Minister of Internal Affairs, colluded with Wang Yuan to deceive the court, and Tong Guan, the commander of the Imperial City Department, was also implicated.
This thing... doesn't seem very reliable. Neither Zhao Huan nor Zhao Kai knows who this Kui is, but the few people mentioned in it make them pay some attention.
Kang Lu, the governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was the governor of Prince Kang's palace. When Zhao Gou was appointed by Zhao Huan to test the late emperor Zhao Ji, Kang Lu came into their sight.
Later, after Zhao Gou lost power, Kang Lu got the official position of Minister of Internal Affairs because he did not do any evil and tried his best to convict Zhao Gou of various crimes.
It's just that they have officials but no power. Neither Zhao Huan nor Zhao Kai likes eunuchs, so they don't have a good perception of eunuchs except Tong Guan.
Kang Lu has been a tepid existence for so many years, but everyone is not a fool. Although Kang Lu is not considered evil now, he also had great achievements in the past.
But this man is greedy by nature, and he has a group of complicit people around him, so he has some strength, and his greedy temper makes everyone aware of him.
Saying that he and Tong Guan were corrupt and perverting the law... this can't help but make people think too much.
But this Wang Yuan is a bit confusing.
Wang Yuan was Zhao Huan's confidant, and he did really well during this period, although his ability was not that outstanding, and there were some minor problems such as a bad temper and a bad background.
He is not a good general, but that does not prevent him from being entrusted with important tasks.
Now that someone is secretly impeaching him, Zhao Kai and Zhao Huan naturally cannot ignore it. Jiangnan, Jianghuai and other places are in chaos, and they cannot sit back and watch problems arise in Guanzhong and Shandong.
Liu Qi's troops frequently went out to test Xixia's movements. At this time, his general Xu Wen also went to Hangu direction to meet Miao Fu who was going there.
Then....
"Xixia suddenly sent out a large number of troops. Three Xixia generals, Weiming Awu, Renduo Zongbao and Sachen, went out together. The troops were divided into three groups to attack Guanzhong.
At the same time, Aligu, the leader of Tubo, was also persuaded, and together he raised troops to attack the Song Dynasty. "
Zhao Kai responded immediately, first appointing Liu Qi as the main general to go out to resist the Tibetan attack, and then sent General Liu Zhongwu to form a father-son team with Liu Qi to resist the Tibetan attack.
He also sent an order to Wu Jie, the general stationed in the Bashu region, to send troops to Tibet from the flank to force them to return to the army.
Not only that, the imperial court immediately sent envoys to Yelu Dashi in Kedun City again, hoping that he could unite many tribes in the northwest to contain Xixia from the rear.
Even the Jin, who may be on the offensive again.
These responses can be said to be very timely and reasonable, but before Zhao Kai, Li Gang and others could take a breath, something new happened again.
At this moment, the second battle report came.
"When General Miao Fu went to Guanzhong to assist in the war, he was deceived by Liu Qi's general Xu Wen. After entering his camp, Xu Wen suddenly turned against him and ambushed his army. General Miao Fu was killed on the spot, and his army suffered heavy casualties."
After the news reached Luoyang, everyone was shocked.
"This Xu Wen is from Ye County, Laizhou. When he was young, he was a salt dealer and traveled to several states near the sea.
When he was recruited, he was just a young general. Later, because of his extraordinary bravery and ability to wield a huge sword weighing fifty kilograms, he was known as "Xu Dadao".
Later, after His Majesty heard about it, he promoted him to the post of general of the Privy Council. Over the years, he had been constantly fighting with Xixia. He once captured an enemy general alive and was called brave in the army. "
Li Gang was very familiar with the Song Dynasty military. If Zhao Huan came to see him, he might have forgotten who Xu Wen was.
But Li Gang, who is quite young, did not forget that as soon as the news came out, he had retrieved all the information about Xu Wen and then asked the question.
"Xu Wen is a strong general under Liu Qi, but now the Western Army is no longer the same as it used to be, and he and Liu Qi are not close friends. Was Xu Wen's incident intentional, or Liu Qi..."
This involves many issues. If Xu Wen has an agenda, it doesn't matter if he alone is extremely brave. There are not many generals who can fight these days.
But if it was Liu Qi who gave instructions later, this matter would be extraordinary.
If it is Liu Qi, it means that Guanzhong is no longer safe.
"Liu Qi is the emperor's confidant. It was the emperor who promoted him when he was in trouble. Logically speaking, he should not have any plans at this time, and he has no reason to rebel!"
At the critical moment, Zhao Kai was more rational and determined the problem of this matter immediately, and then continued.
"Since Xu Wen was selling salt back then, I think this guy also traveled to and from the land of Youyan and had some contact with the people from Jin and Liao."
"Did King Yun say that he was persuaded by the Jin man?"
"It may not be a golden man..." Zhao Kai finally found his own state in this chaos. At this time, his eyes narrowed slightly and his demeanor slowly became calmer.
"Order Zhe Yanzhi to continue to Chang'an to transport grain and fodder, and at the same time send an order to Liu Zhongwu to tell him that he will personally be responsible for putting down the rebellion.
Also, it has been so long since Qin Hui, why is he still unwilling to come back? Someone wants to find him. Someone wants to know what happened to him in the Jinren! "
