Shuhu Siji still has some military abilities.
At least this was the case for the top brass of the Jin Kingdom after being purged by Wan Yanliang, otherwise they wouldn't be able to get into the position of military commander.
Before and after Wan Yanliang became emperor, senior military officers such as military envoys and deputy envoys were basically relatives of the emperor among the Jurchen tribe.
The person who serves as the commander-in-chief must be a member of the clan or a relative, otherwise he cannot serve.
Only Wan Yanliang killed too many relatives of the clan due to the need to stabilize his status, causing the clan's talents to wither. Therefore, he appointed more ordinary Jurchens and even Khitans to important military positions, instead of appointing clan members and relatives to military positions.
This gave some opportunities to ordinary Jurchens like Shuhu Siji, allowing him to stand out from the army and gain Wan Yanliang's trust.
It's just that his old age and long-term superior living conditions have weakened his once sharp senses and will to fight.
But at this critical moment of life and death, some of the energy that had been worn away by wine and beauty for many years seemed to have returned to him.
Shuhusiji began to mobilize troops and generals and issue various orders.
He planned to use the existing military strength on the East and West Shandong Road to fight against the Liberation Army, stabilize the situation, and take the opportunity to mobilize troops from Damingfu Road to support the East and West Shandong Road.
Then pacify the Shandong East Road, and then further counterattack the Shandong East Road to gain a theoretical possibility of survival for myself and others.
In order to implement this plan, Shuhu Siji sent Tu Danjing as his special envoy to mobilize troops on Damingfu Road with a warrant, while he stayed in Dongpingfu to preside over the war on the east and west roads of Shandong.
According to the terms of reference, Shuhusiji could mobilize the strong men from Meng'an Moukehu who moved south from Shandong East Road, West Road and Damingfu Road 3 and the active standing troops in Meng'an Town to form the main army for conquest.
Whether it was an enemy country such as the Southern Song Dynasty that launched a surprise attack, or there was a rebellion in the local area, he could mobilize troops and horses to attack in emergencies.
Of course, if the battle is large, a report must be made to the emperor and the central government.
Under normal circumstances, Meng'an's plan to suppress households and the town's defense against Meng'an are self-contained systems that are not subject to the control of normal local governments. Civil and military officials from local and state governments have no control over Meng'an's plans to curb households.
The authority of the local government is to mobilize Han-dominated miscellaneous troops such as the Sheliang Army and to issue strong men as signing troops to form an auxiliary cannon fodder army to follow the main force of Meng'an Mouke.
In short, it's death.
If the two sides cooperate together, they can mobilize all the military forces of the entire road and achieve military mobilization.
Shuhu Siji indeed asked Yelu Chenghui, the governor and general manager of the military and horse capital, to provide enough Han Chinese to sign troops as cannon fodder and to ensure logistics and transportation.
He needs sufficient logistical capabilities to ensure the operations of the counterinsurgent forces.
In this regard, although Yelu Chenghui tried his best to cooperate, he was still very worried.
He knew the size of the Shandong rebels clearly.
The rebellion spread to the entire Shanshan East Road, and also spread to the East and West Roads of Shanxi. The number of people was definitely not small, 30,000 to 50,000 people was the minimum, it was huge, organized and planned, and even the slogan of "Expelling the Hulu and restoring China" was put forward .
When it comes to the most taboo theory of the Jin Kingdom, the Hulu and the Chinese, then this is an upright rebellion, fighting for the world with the Jin Kingdom.
At the beginning of the incident, they were indeed a small group of bandits, but now, they are clearly a giant.
There are only fifteen standing soldiers and horses along the east and west roads of Shandong, with a population of about 6,000, which is simply not enough.
Then it is necessary to recruit strong men from Meng'an and Mukehu to participate in the war.
There are eight Meng'an stationed on the East and West Road of Shandong, with 24,000 Jurchen households. The population is indeed very large. They are all mobilized, not to mention about 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and horses.
But the problem remains.
Not to mention how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized to participate in the war in a short period of time, it is difficult to say how many strong men in these households are still fighting.
Zuo Siyou thought and felt uneasy, worried that he would be deceived by these people, so he found Shuhusiji and raised his concerns with him. He suggested that Shuhusiji should be more straightforward, not have any illusions, and request help from the central government as soon as possible. .
He came up with a very scary idea.
"Even if the number of rebels is small, we can put them down, but if the rebels unite with the Song State in the south, recruit the Song State army to help them, and go north together, then we really can't stop them!"
This idea can be said to have directly hit the most vulnerable part of Shuhu Siji's heart.
He knew very well that once the rebels really united with the Song Dynasty and invited the Song army to go north, Shandong and Daming Mansion might not be able to be saved, and he would really be dead.
But he didn't want to make this assumption, because this was his only chance of survival. The only way he had any hope of survival was to give it a try.
Before that, Wan Yanliang must not be allowed to know the true situation in Shandong.
This has become his obsession.
So he rejected Yelu Chenghui's suggestion.
"Your Majesty has ordered me to put down the rebellion on the spot, and we have not learned any information about the rebellion being related to the Song Dynasty. You should not worry about these things. Just issue a civilian husband to transport military rations for me as soon as possible. You don't need to worry about the rest. You Just wait to receive the credit.”
Seeing that Shuhu Siji refused to listen, Yelu Chenghui had no choice.
In terms of identity, he was a Khitan, and his skills were inferior to Hu Siji's. The other party was the commander of the army who was deeply trusted by the emperor. In every sense, he could not compete with him.
He was really worried that Shuhu Siji, who had lost his mind, would kill him with one blow and die in vain.
So Yelu Chenghui could only nod his head, sign the people as signatories, and try his best to cooperate with Shuhusiji and prepare the logistics and transportation work for the war.
By the way, I was also thinking about whether there was a better way to escape.
Shuhu Siji lost one of his most elite troops due to the previous chaos. Now he only has more than 300 elite cavalry as personal troops, and all the remaining troops have to be recruited on the spot, which makes him very worried. Difficult.
The Tongjun Division originally had quite elite regular troops, but unfortunately they were all lost when he fled in a hurry, which made him feel quite regretful.
He knew very well that the Han landowners and gentry had a large number of people, but their teams were all ragtag and had little fighting power. Once they encountered elites with fighting power, they would be defeated.
But he just doesn't have elites, and apart from a few elites, most of the Jin army is a rabble, which leads to the current situation.
Shuhu Siji had no choice but to first mobilize more than a thousand regular troops gathered by Yelu Chenghui in Xucheng County, plus more than 300 of his own guards, organize them into an army and take action quickly.
While suppressing the rebellion, they mobilized the Meng'an Mou Kehu to form the main army, hoping to organize a large army as soon as possible to counterattack the so-called Liberation Army.
Shuhusiji did win a few battles at the beginning.
The troops he sent out, led by Jiagu Asu, defeated many armed landlords and gentry under the banner of the Liberation Army in the Jeju area.
Jiagu Asu reported many times that the Liberation Army was very weak, they were all a mob, they had insufficient armor and inferior weapons, and they would collapse at the first touch. This made Shuhu Siji very happy.
But soon Shuhu Siji discovered that what was hindering him from countering the rebellion was not the emergence of some elite and capable Liberation Army, but the pull of his own people.
The rebellion on the East and West Road of Shandong is mainly concentrated in several southern states, and there are relatively few chaos in the Dongping Prefecture area. This is the result of Yelu Chenghui's efforts to control and respond effectively, and also because most of the eight Meng'an on the East and West Road of Shandong live here. .
This is more convenient for recruiting troops.
Shuhu Siji thinks so.
But that's not the case.
