Wan Yanliang stood with a knife in his hand, with a fierce look on his face, ready to kill with the knife if he disagreed.
The ministers were horrified, too frightened to say anything, and watched the situation on the field in great panic.
As the center of the storm, Wen Dun Sizhong was not affected at all. He closed his eyes and stood in front of Wan Yanliang with a calm face, as if he was waiting for the judgment of fate.
After all, Wan Yanliang had nothing to do with the veteran Wen Dun Sizhong.
Can he really be killed in public?
Then he, the emperor, should really stop doing that.
So he could only angrily walk away, and that night it is said that he beat to death two chamberlains who had been serving him for a long time.
It seems that he is indeed very angry.
Even though Wen Dun Sizhong was able to stand up to Wan Yanliang without losing the upper hand, the treatment was only given to him, a veteran of the Four Dynasties, and the ministers did not think that they could also receive the same treatment as Wen Dun Sizhong.
If you really want to learn, you will be a corpse tomorrow.
Therefore, in the face of Wan Yanliang's urging orders, they did not dare to refute and still pushed forward Wan Yanliang's orders.
First, mobilize the troops from all walks of life north of Hebei to gather in Zhongdu, while the troops in Guanzhong are ready for mobilization and await the next order.
Second, the troops on Hebei Road and Henan Road were required to assemble their own troops and be careful to prevent the Liberation Army from attacking westward. They were not allowed to attack before receiving orders, and took defense as their own responsibility.
Third, vigorously build weapons and warships, gather all raw materials and craftsmen in Zhongdu, work hard, and accumulate enough military supplies.
Fourth, the relevant construction personnel need to bypass Hebei and go to Kaifeng Mansion to assist Kong Yanzhou, who was left behind in Nanjing, to build the Kaifeng Palace.
And because Kong Yanzhou, who was left behind in Nanjing, wrote to Wan Yanliang, expressing his support for Wan Yan Liang's march south to conquer the Song Dynasty, Wan Yan Liang was overjoyed and rewarded Kong Yanzhou with many things.
He also ordered Kong Yanzhou to mobilize Meng'an, who commanded the entire Nanjing Road, to defeat the troops and horses, and gave him the power to issue troops, so as to ensure that the Nanjing Road was not lost before the army went south.
Kong Yanzhou was a Han Chinese and a rebel general in the Southern Song Dynasty. He had a disgraceful experience. Wan Yanliang's order aroused the opposition of many Jurchen courtiers.
However, Wan Yanliang resisted all opinions and resolutely handed over this power to Kong Yanzhou, and rebuked the officials for not understanding what kind of person Kong Yanzhou was, but he understood Kong Yanzhou best.
No one understands Kong Yanzhou better than me!
When Kong Yanzhou learned about this, he was very moved and decided to use all his strength to repay Wan Yanliang's trust.
He issued a mobilization order as a stay-at-home man in Nanjing, and then prepared to fight a beautiful victory to repay Wan Yanliang's trust.
During the Western Expedition of the Liberation Army, they took away Caozhou and Shanzhou, which were under the jurisdiction of Nanjing Road, as a guarantee for the logistics channel. Kong Yanzhou didn't know about this at the time, and after learning about it, he always wanted to take back these two places.
Previously, he lacked the power to deploy troops and troops, and without an order from the Privy Council, it was inconvenient for him to fight.
Now that he has everything he should have, if he doesn't win a battle to show his "talent", he really feels sorry for Wan Yanliang's trust in him.
So Kong Yanzhou mobilized his troops and was ambitious, preparing to launch a counterattack against Caozhou and Shanzhou, poking the Guangfu Army in the back to see what they could do.
He had previously found out through intelligence that the Liberation Army had besieged Nanle County for almost three months before finally breaking through. He believed that the Liberation Army was not strong and he was sure that he could compete with the Liberation Army.
This can also curb the pace of the Liberation Army going north and reduce the pressure on Wan Yanliang, right?
As for the Southern Song Dynasty...
He sent many spies to the Southern Song Dynasty to find out the information. According to the Southern Song Dynasty's poor confidentiality ability, as long as there was a possibility of going north, he would definitely know it soon.
There is currently no sign of trouble, so we can almost know that the Southern Song Dynasty has no plans to go north in the short term.
In this way, he could confidently dispatch troops to attack Caozhou and Shanzhou, thereby threatening the Liberation Army's flanks and rear, forcing the Liberation Army to stop heading north, and reducing the pressure on Wan Yanliang.
Kong Yanzhou was ready to go out.
After entering the new year, the entire Central Plains is in a turbulent situation, and the entire situation is developing in an uncontrollable direction.
As the only person who had the opportunity to control the situation during this period, Wan Yanliang subjectively did not want to make the situation more corrupt, but his actions objectively caused this result.
For example, he ordered that mobilization be completed within two months and the army move south within four months.
The Privy Council stated in a statement that it was really difficult to complete full mobilization within two months. In some remote areas, it would take more than two months just to gather troops and horses. According to Wan Yanliang's request, it was already very difficult to complete mobilization within six months.
Wan Yanliang was very angry and dissatisfied with this, so he summoned He Shi Lieliangbi and Pu San Hu Tu and scolded them.
Pusanhutu didn't dare to say anything, but Heshi Lieliangbi was very strong.
He said that if he can't do it, he can't do it. Some things can't be done just as Wan Yanliang wants to do. If he must achieve this goal, then just remove him from his post and select someone else to take over.
Wan Yanliang was so angry that he couldn't find a reason to accuse him after much thought. He also knew that some things couldn't be solved by just forcing him. If people were forced too hard, it would only have the opposite effect, so he I can only sulk for the time being.
But while he was angry, he thought of a solution to the problem.
Conscription of troops to the Khitans.
If there are not enough Jurchens or they are too far away, then use Khitans instead. Recruit the Khitans in front of and behind the mountains to join the army. They will be treated the same as the Jurchens. All the strong men will accompany the army, and no one will be left behind. Let me fight!
When the news came out, the civil and military officials in the court were talking a lot, especially the Khitan officials, whose expressions were strange.
But the one who had the biggest reaction was Wen Dun Sizhong. He came to see Wan Yanliang in person on crutches, intending to dissuade Wan Yanliang and tell him not to act recklessly.
"Your Majesty, I hope that your Majesty will not use all the strength to defeat the strong men. If all the strong men are transferred away, what should we do if there are thieves or small-scale rebellions?"
"It is not possible to mobilize all the Khitan tribes, especially the tribes behind the mountains, which are close to the grassland and have many conflicts with the Mongolian tribes. Once too many tribes are mobilized, they will inevitably be unable to fight against the grassland cavalry, which will definitely make them panic, which is not conducive to Stability of the Khitan tribes!"
Wan Yanliang was very dissatisfied with Wen Dun Sizhong's barrage of accountability.
"Your Majesty, you are overly concerned. Our army has gathered together and its power is overwhelming. The young people dare not rebel at all. As for the Khitan people, they have already surrendered. Even if you give them ten courages, they will not dare to rebel!"
Wen Dunsizhong felt very unhappy with this unfounded and mysterious confidence.
"Your Majesty has no basis, so why do you dare to say such affirmative words? Your Majesty, the traitors will not disappear just because of your Majesty's few words. No one thought that the Han people would carry out such a large-scale rebellion before!"
"Old Lingjun, do you have to compete with me?"
Wan Yanliang lost his patience and looked at Wen Dun Sizhong: "You are a veteran of the Four Dynasties, an elder, highly respected, and I don't want any unpleasantness to arise between me and you."
Wen Dun Sizhong stared at Wan Yanliang for a long time, then sighed deeply, turned and walked to the entrance of the palace.
Just when Wan Yanliang thought he would give in and leave, Wen Dun Sizhong suddenly knelt down at the palace door.
"Emperor Taizu! I have tried my best! However, my descendants are unworthy and cannot accept loyal advice. Even though I tried my best, I can't change the situation. I can't help you!!!"
Wen Dun Sizhong looked up to the sky and roared, then kowtowed heavily to the ground, which made Wan Yanliang panic.
So he immediately sent someone to catch Wen Dunsizhong - he didn't dare to let him faint or have his head covered with blood, otherwise something would really happen.
This old guy is so ignorant that he actually used Emperor Taizu to deal with him!
While Wan Yanliang was worried, he was also very angry.
He thought about it and felt that he could not continue like this, so he decided to be more direct and sent Wen Dun Sizhong back home, ordering Wen Dun Sizhong to recuperate at home and stop wandering around recently.
It's like putting him under house arrest under another name.
In order to ensure that he did not wander around, Wan Yanliang's personal soldiers were stationed in front of his house, and he was not allowed to go out unless there was anything wrong. Wen Dun Sizhong's family could not resist and could only accept it.
So Wen Dunsizhong's last efforts failed.
