Zhao Kai wrote a memorial that night and had it sent to Jiangnan and handed it to the emperor Zhao Huan who was supervising the war in Jiangnan at that time. He also expressed his views on the war.
Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh after reading it.
He has always been wary of Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan because in history, due to many reasons, the two of them finally launched a rebellion known as the Miao-Liu coup.
There are different opinions on the reasons, and it can also be said that multiple reasons interfere together.
In order to fight for power and gain, Zhao Gou favored the eunuchs, appointed general Wang Yuan who had some hatred against them, and looked down on Han Shizhong and other low-level military officers and generals.
There are those who do not want to continue the war and want to simply negotiate for peace.
There is also the desire to hold the power alone and act as a powerful minister.
In short, these two people are not honest and good people in history. They want to force Zhao Gou to abdicate the throne to the two-year-old crown prince Zhao Min, which cannot be washed away.
Therefore, although Zhao Huan has no reason to kill them now.
However, they were still held down in the end, quite a bit wary, and their abilities were displayed there, which really meant that they failed to succeed but failed.
In addition to his high status, hanging it up for them would be the best choice.
But Zhao Huan himself never expected that these two guys did not launch a mutiny to embarrass him like in history, but they ushered in a rebellion in Guanzhong.
The area west of Chang'an has gradually begun to become desertified over the years, so Chang'an can no longer be used as a capital, and Luoyang is no longer suitable due to floods from the Yellow River.
However, in comparison, Luoyang is more reliable than Kaifeng and Lin'an in the south of the Yangtze River. In order to show its determination to restore the Central Plains, it can gain more support.
Zhao Huan decided to take a risk.
Zhao Huan had no impression of Xu Wen. He only vaguely remembered such an incident. Xu Wen seemed to have appeared on his merit list.
It was a very long roster, and it was reported by the commanders and generals from various places. After the calculations were made and there were no major problems, Zhao Huan just wrote the correct words.
Well...that's probably what it's like.
Then Xu Wen killed Miao Fu, the grandson of the commander in front of the palace, and the son of the general of the Song Dynasty.
Now they are directly approaching Hangu, and they seem to want to send troops to Luoyang.
That's what happened, but Zhao Kai's explanation was different.
"Although Fu Miao died, the power of the Song Dynasty was not weakened. Although Xu Wen was brave, he was not a famous commander. Xixia was brave, but he was at the end of his strength.
Tubo...that's not a thing.
Although this situation seems powerful, it is nothing more than bluffing.
If these things are all conspiracy, we can wait a little longer until the Jin people's war is unfavorable, or the army comes to the city, as the last resort to defeat us.
At that time, it will be even more appropriate than this time.
From the perspective of my younger brother, this situation now looks more like a secret conspiracy in Shandong under the guise of Guanzhong affairs.
Wang Yuan had previously served as an official with the title of "Jia Bao Jia" and had the power to carry out some criminal and prison matters, and had offended many people. He also followed Liu Yanqing to attack the Liao Kingdom. Although he had military exploits, he had a bad temper and was irritable, and many lieutenants and generals in the army were alienated from him.
In addition, Liu Yanqing and his son, in order to make clever words in front of the late emperor, falsely accused him of refusing to give troops and horses to cross the river, delaying time.
In anger, Wang Yuan beheaded his general Jiangbei Du Inspector Huangfu to help himself. At this time, the former emperor slapped fifty big guns each and ended the matter hastily.
But Wang Yuan completely lost the hearts of the generals. Zhang Kui had never heard of him, but his accusation against Wang Yuan was probably not true.
My younger brother thinks that this is the land of Shandong, and he wants to cause trouble!
Once trouble occurs in Shandong, there will be renewed persecution on the flanks of the Central Plains, the new commander-in-chief will be dead, the morale of the army will be unstable, and Yang Weizhong and Li Mi will be quite old. If the situation cannot be stabilized, a shocking crisis will occur.
There is a shortage of baggage in the south of the Yangtze River, Yue Fei cannot escape, and it is difficult for His Majesty to find good generals to support him. The fall of the Central Plains is imminent.
But as the saying goes, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and misfortunes depend on blessings.
Since Zhang Kui wanted to falsely accuse Wang Yuan, he would definitely not fabricate it wantonly. What he said at this time was conclusive and there was a lot of evidence.
It is better to take this opportunity to clear out the eunuchs and use the children's skulls as bait to clean up the court again.
Once successful, Wang Yuan would definitely be unable to take control of Shandong, so he transferred him back to Luoyang and ordered Pharmacist Guo to go to Shandong, with Guan Shengke as his protection.
At the same time, we can also alleviate the suffering of food and livestock by checking those who are corrupt.
In places such as Luoyang in Guanzhong, Kaifeng in the Central Plains, and Guangxi in the south of the Yangtze River, the autumn harvest can be harvested in a few months at most. We can only overcome the food crisis in a matter of days.
This is a time of critical life and death. Victory or defeat can be decided in a matter of seconds. I hope Your Majesty will take this seriously. "
When everyone was focusing on Guanzhong, Chang'an and other places, Zhao Kai quickly dug out the previous Shandong secret memorial that didn't seem to be very important.
Zhang Kui secretly accused Wang Yuan of corruption. This matter did not attract much attention. According to the rules, the censor or officials from the court and central government were sent to investigate.
At the same time, Luoyang will also investigate Kang Lutongguan internally.
This is not a big problem, and it is easy to deal with. When chaos broke out in Guanzhong, someone in the court had already proposed to appoint Wang Shixiu, the central doctor, to be in charge of the matter.
Investigate Wang Yuan, Kang Lu Tongguan and others.
But...Zhao Kai seemed to find something wrong here.
They can't break through Guanzhong. Han Shizhong's soldiers and horses are squatting at the door of his house. Not to mention that it's just Xu Wen himself who is making some moves. Even Liu Qi has appeared now, and Han Shizhong can fight him back.
In this case, Zhao Kai had to think about it, if there were no fatal problems in Guanzhong, where else could the Song Dynasty enter a place of eternal disaster?
Everyone knows that it is already the third year since Zhao Huan took office.
In the first year, wars broke out frequently. In the second year, the court was cleaned up and wars broke out frequently. Once this year, Zhao Huan would be able to handle it again.
As soon as grains from various places were received, the Song Dynasty basically calmed down. Although it was still far away from a counterattack, it was really nonsense to think that it could be easily destroyed.
In this case, whether it is Jin Wushu or Nianhan, they are not so unclear about the importance to both parties now, why are they still throwing a hammer here and there?
The whole command, Jin Wushu attacked the Jianghuai area, Du Chong and Liu Yu stormed Hongzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, Yang Yao was tossing around Dongting Lake, and after Cao Cheng was resolved, the Hebei Road was not stable either, holding back Yang Weizhong and Li Mi who succeeded Zongze. big.
This is the current battle situation. Li Gang didn't find any problems for a while, but Zhao Kai took out the map at this time, deployed all the troops, and also drew the distribution of the battlefield.
Then he made a hypothesis.
"Everyone asks for money. Now the situation seems to be blooming in all directions and there is no connection. But if we have a group of troops here."
While Zhao Kai was speaking, he picked up his pen again and drew a stroke on Shandong Road.
“When Wang Yuan launched his counterattack in Shandong, he successively attacked Jinan Prefecture and other places, pushing the front line forward to the middle section of Shandong Road.
It seems to have protected the sides of the Central Plains, and also maintained the grain roads of the Central Plains.
But if a Jin army appeared on Shandong Road at this time, and Wang Yuan was held back because of the inspection, then Guan Sheng of Jinan Prefecture might not be able to resist it.
Once the Jin people enter Shandong Road from Yanjing Land, as long as they are fast enough, they can cut off Shandong Road from Jiangnan Land before the emperor brother in Jiangnan Land reacts.
Then, taking advantage of Zong Shuai's death, he attacked the Central Plains from the side and rear.
Although Yang Weizhong and Li Mida can be regarded as veterans of the Western Army, they have been powerful under Zong Shuai for so many years.
But this land in the Central Plains was, after all, the hardest hit area by surrender, and Du Chong was even more deeply entrenched here when he was young.
Once the Jin people break into the Central Plains, it will be difficult for us with the troops, horses, supplies and food to defend in the Central Plains. After all, this is truly a place where there is no danger to defend and the plains are flat. "
While talking, Zhao Kai once again marked the location of Kaifeng in the Central Plains, and then circled the Central Plains with a circle.
At this point, Li Gang, Zhao Ding and others had finally figured it out.
"What King Yun means is...the real purpose of the Jin people is to wait for us!"
"What Mr. Li said is true. Regardless of whether the Jin people know that Brother Huang is not in Luoyang, this is our capital after all.
Once the Central Plains gate is lost, the Jin people do not need to fight fiercely in the Central Plains for too long, nor do they need to completely occupy the Central Plains.
He only needs to cut off the roads from Kaifeng to Zhengzhou, Henan Fu, Luoyang and other places, and then my land of Luoyang will become an isolated city.
There was Jin Wushu's Jianghuai army at the back, Xu Wen's rebels were rebelling at Hangu Pass, and there was a Jin raid on the right. Hebei Road was in chaos.
The newly acquired Daming Mansion... will also collapse immediately! "
At this time, Li Gang had to say, there is such a kind of person whose talent makes you feel amazing.
Zhao Kai just ran to Yanjing and stayed with Guo Pharmacist Yue Fei for a while. Then Zhao Kai, who had never been involved in military affairs, was able to discover this kind of thing after he calmed down.
Talent is really scary.
From the very beginning when he was busy in the court to now he is at ease, and now he is both civil and military.
Li Gang also wanted to know how much of King Yun's abilities he had not yet used.
This thing sounds very shocking, but it also makes people feel very reasonable.
After Daming Mansion was recovered, it was already very difficult for the Jin people to invade the Central Plains from Hebei Road. Daming Mansion gathered too many capable ministers and generals.
Therefore, many people moved Jin Wushu to the Jianghuai, Hanxiang and Jiangxi areas because they could not open up the situation in the Central Plains. They never thought that such a thing would happen again in the Central Plains.
"Then based on what King Yun thinks, how should we respond?"
"Replace Wang Yuan with Pharmacist Guo, and at the same time send an order to Guo Yong to investigate the news in Shandong. If the Jin really dares to do this, we will use the strategy of luring the enemy deep in and kill him directly!"
"good..."
Everyone nodded slightly and acknowledged this matter.
At the same time, in Handan City, the Jin commander Nianhan who was supposed to be in charge of Yanjing appeared here again.
"Tell Wan Yanchang to hide the soldiers and horses more carefully. When heading towards Shandong Road... be careful not to expose the horses' feet too obviously."
