Li Gang, who was under forty years old, was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhenghe. A few years ago, Duan made five trips to Xijing and marched eastward along the Yellow River. Bianliang was shaken, and the officials almost wanted to move the capital. It was this manpower who advised him to stop it.
After this incident, he was promoted from a fifth-rank military officer, Wai Lang, to a fourth-rank Taichang Shaoqing.
You can tell what the Ministry of War is doing just by hearing its name. Taichang Temple is in charge of rituals, music, etiquette, sacrifices and other matters. It's quite interesting to touch it carefully.
When the officials saw that except for a few loyal ministers, there were still people who dared to take the lead, they were happy and said quickly: "My dear, if you have anything to do, just tell me."
Li Gang left his job, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Yelu Chun and others are now bereaved dogs, but even if they are dogs, they are hundreds of thousands of ferocious and vicious dogs that can bite and kill people. If you are allowed to be in a high position at this time, you will definitely grow up." Out of arrogance, I ask your Majesty to send tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to your humble ministers. First, attack them head-on, and then reward them and recruit them to surrender. In this way, with the combination of kindness and power, you can subdue this dog and accept it for your Majesty's use."
Tong Guan was furious after hearing this: I have 200,000 soldiers. Once I was defeated, you said that tens of thousands of people can fight head-on. You are skinning my old boy in front of me!
He smiled coldly and said: "Li Shilang, now the Khitan troops are roaring in, and the Bianliang defenders are only tens of thousands. If you talk so lightly and fight, what will happen to your majesty if you make a mistake? Your majesty, this man has wolfish ambitions. Old minister, please punish him!"
Li Gang raised his eyebrows and pointed his halberd at Tong Guan: "Tong Dao! Traitor! In the battle of Hejian Mansion, you were at a loss. Hundreds of thousands of good men were sent to death by you, but you blamed Wang Huan and Zhang Kai. , do you have any sense of responsibility as a commander? Daming Mansion is a key place in Hebei Province. You don't want to protect it. As a dignified commander, you abandoned the army and fled first. Now you are talking empty-handed, blaming the generals for their disadvantages in fighting! You To shield the emperor from above and bully colleagues from below is to be cut into pieces with a thousand swords!"
Tong Guan was so angry that he wished he could punch Li Gang to death, but he held back his anger and knelt on the ground like a boneless man, wailing loudly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I have served my country and my king all my life, whether in water or in water." , in the fire, how did you ever know the word "cherishing one's body"? Now that I am old, I am humiliated by Shuru in front of me. The old minister does not want to engage in verbal disputes, but only asks for Your Majesty's permission to leave his post to serve the people. This old minister will I took my generals and loyal servants with me to fight Yelv Chun to the death, so that the world would know who I am, Tong Guan."
While crying and kowtowing, I felt sorry for this old man. His hard skills were broken by Wu Erlang, and soon he was bruised and swollen.
Cai Jing hurriedly stepped forward to support him, thinking that he couldn't talk to Li anymore, otherwise my son-in-law would be implicated in selling the city, which would not be a joke!
He is an older man with white beard and hair, and his ability to cry is becoming more and more proficient: "Your Majesty! Although Tong Guan was defeated, there was a reason. If he is guilty of this, who will dare to take responsibility for the country? He previously swept through Xixia and pacified Jiangnan. Why don't you talk about these people? Your Majesty, it's really a shame. They slander Tong Daofu. If they succeed, the next step will be the veteran. We loyal and good people are far away from the court. These people are afraid that they will... Your Majesty, the veteran dare not say ah!"
While crying, Tong Guan struggled to sit up, patted Cai Jing on the back, and rubbed the snot on Cai Jing's shoulders: "Old Master, at your age, you are about to enjoy your life in peace. Don't do anything for me. A eunuch would fall into the trap of these people."
Cai Jing took one look at the big yellow mucus and felt sick in his heart. He coughed loudly and a mouthful of old phlegm flowed down the boy's hat...
Two veterans, a civil servant leader and a military leader, just hugged each other and cried in the golden palace without any regard for dignity.
As the saying goes: The prince cries and the wife howls, and the tears stain the purple robe. With great acting skills and great tacit understanding, Li Gang’s junior will definitely not be able to escape!
Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others usually quarreled and fought for power, but now they all knew how to unite. They wanted to go up and cry, but they saw that Tong and Cai had runny noses and phlegm. After all, the heat was not enough, so how could they dare to go up? Hugging each other in front?
He had no choice but to raise his voice and shout: "Whoever hears it will be sad, and whoever sees it will shed tears, Your Majesty!"
After hearing this, Zhao Guan's family became even more furious: "Li Gang! You are so loyal and upright, you dare to frame my veteran minister in front of the court! Since you are so capable, I can use you... Nanjianzhou Sha County, tax collection in recent years If you don’t pay enough, you can go there and be a direct minister and sort out the tax for me!”
After a word, Li Gang's expression changed miserably, he smiled bitterly, thanked him and left.
Li Gang was demoted to supervise the taxation of Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture. He left Beijing that day and wrote "Six Poems on the Crossing of Watersheds in the Snow" on the way. One of the sentences goes: Looking back at where Jiangxiang is, I feel very sad when the branches are broken. His state of mind is visible.
This is something to say later, so I won’t mention it here.
When the news spread that day, Qin Hui, a scholar from the Imperial Academy, heard about this and said angrily: "Li Boji, what a villain! He can't relieve the king from his worries, but instead criticizes the old ministers. Isn't this the way to be a minister and a junior?"
Immediately he went to Cai Jing's house to ask for an audience, saying that he would be an envoy.
Qin Hui was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe. He was thirty years old. Cai Jing summoned him and saw his handsome appearance and elegant conversation. He loved him as a person and immediately brought him to the palace and recommended him personally.
After listening to Cai Jing's story, the officials summoned Qin Hui for a discussion. They found that everything was to their liking. He was overjoyed and said, "It's a wonder that I can't reuse such a capable minister."
So he was promoted to Yuanwailang and ordered to go to the Liao camp with imperial edicts, gold and silver and generous gifts to announce the return of Yelu Chun, Xiao Qian and others.
When Qin Hui arrived, Yelv Dashi smiled and said: "The Emperor of Song wants to make peace." He summoned him and waited for Qin Hui to tell him that Emperor Tianzuo had surrendered and the Liao Kingdom had been destroyed. The Zhao Guan family wanted to make Yelu Chun the king of Liao and promised him to control Liao forever. , Yelu Chun and others were all shocked.
Xiao Qian ordered Qin Hui to be placed under house arrest, and secretly discussed countermeasures with Yelu Chun and Yelu Dashi. When he mentioned that Emperor Tianzuo had misled the country, Yelu Dashi burst into tears and Yelu Chun also had a pale face.
Xiao Qian sighed: "Since Emperor Tianzuo does not attach great importance to the inheritance of our ancestors, we have no choice but to invite King Wei to visit Dabao."
After some calculations, Yelu Chun ascended the throne in the army and was named Emperor Tianxi. He changed his name to Jianfu, named Xiao Qian the marshal of the world's military and horse capital, and Yelu Dashi as the king of the Nanyuan, privy envoy, and general. Wu Yanguang and other important generals were all rewarded. He also named Emperor Tianzuo the King of Xiangyin.
On the day he ascended the throne, Yelu Chun had a serious look on his face and said to everyone: "The way of the world is that the weak eat the strong, and the weak will eat the strong. The Jurchens are now so powerful that they have seized my homeland and it is difficult to compete with them. This is not cowardice, but wisdom. If we retreat for a while, he may not be strong every year... In the same way, now that I am strong and Song Dynasty is weak, I should take his land and extend our country. Now that I have ascended the throne, I have no capital. Isn't it ridiculous? I have heard for a long time that Bianliang is prosperous. In the world, I want to take it as the capital of the country, will all the generals be willing to contribute?"
All the Liao generals shouted in unison that they would fight to the death to capture Bianliang.
Yelu Chun ordered the Qin Hui sacrificial flag to be cut off.
When Qin Hui heard this, his face did not change, and he laughed and said: "The Emperor of Liao will kill me now. I am no different from cattle and sheep. If the Emperor of Liao takes me to Bianliang, I can defeat thousands of troops. The Emperor of Liao wants to take the cattle and sheep." Qin Hui, or Qin Hui with thousands of troops and horses, please think carefully about it."
When Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi heard this, they both showed strange expressions. They looked at each other and said in unison: "My emperor, wait a minute, this person may be useful."
So he was spared death and imprisoned in the army.
A few days later, the Zhao official family heard that Yelu Chun had become the emperor of the Liao Kingdom and wanted to seize his Bianjing as the capital. They couldn't help but pissed off and quickly gathered the ministers to discuss. Everyone was numb after hearing this. Only the old commander Tong Guan showed his righteousness. Said: "Your Majesty, I have a plan to defeat the Liao soldiers!"
Zhao Guanjia said happily: "Old dear, please tell me in detail!"
Tong Guan pointed to the north: "Emperor Tianzuo has surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, and Yeluchun is just a rebellious official and a traitor. You can order Master Zhong to open Yanmen Pass, ask the Jin people to bring Emperor Tianzuo in, and call Yeluchun to surrender."
Zhao Guan's family was stunned: "Yeluchun, the evil wolf is still difficult to get rid of, and you want to let the tiger in again? Tong Guan, are you afraid that our Song Dynasty will not perish quickly enough?"
Tong Guan waved his hand confidently: "Your Majesty, this is a plan to drive away tigers and swallow wolves! Let me listen to the veteran's explanation..."
He explained in detail that his intention was to let the Jin soldiers enter. However, the number of Jin soldiers outside Yanmen Pass was only more than 100,000, and most of them were new Liao soldiers, so their strength was actually limited.
Now that Yelu Chun has become the emperor, how can he be willing to surrender easily? Moreover, the Kingdom of Jin is the real blood feud. How can we let go of a partial army now?
Therefore, Jin and Liao are bound to fight a war. Yelu Chun has many soldiers and Jin soldiers are good at fighting. Even if both sides are not harmed, they still have to kill one thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses.
At the same time, he ordered all the Western soldiers from the Zhong division to come to King Qin of Bianliang, and then locked the Yanmen Pass, and took advantage of the situation to wipe out all his victorious troops. This was Tong Laoshuai's "driving the tiger to swallow up" Wolf, close the door and beat the dog" clever plan!
According to Tong Shuai, in this way, the huge Liao Kingdom is at your fingertips. If you rely on the Great Wall to control the Jin Kingdom, wouldn't it be a asset for hegemony?
After hearing this, Zhao Guan's family was very moved——
What a clever idea indeed!
There are different teachings: Lao Cao plans a plan for the Liao Dynasty, and Tong Guan plots to trap the tiger and wolf. The bottom line is that Yanmen has not been released yet? The next chapter must be continued.
The winners of the Duck Duck Award in the previous chapter are: Brother "Book Friends 20220623092252466" and Brother "Qianmo Liuying". At that time, Brother Shuyou was on the first floor and deleted it due to a writing error. Brother Qianmo replied, and Brother Shuyou replied again, both at the same minute. Since it was the first day, it was considered a double championship.
If you draw again later, at the same minute, choose the one with the lower floor.
I will create a prize collection group later, and the winning brothers will come in and send me a private message with my address, and I will send it out together.
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