Under the five-capital system implemented by the Jin Kingdom, it was equivalent to the country having one capital and four accompanying capitals.
The area where the capital is located can be said to be an area directly under the central government, which is conducive to expanding the central power and suppressing local forces.
Each capital will set up officials named Liushou to manage the capital and control military power and general political power. They are extremely powerful.
Logically speaking, the responsibility of quelling the Khitan Restoration Army should fall on Tokyo Remainer, who would lead the battle and put down the great rebellion of the Khitan Restoration Army.
But having said that, the situation is often not as simple as it seems on the surface. If everything in the world could be done according to the rules, the whole world would have been unified long ago.
The man left behind in Tokyo is named Wan Yanyong, and he is a descendant of the clan.
Wanyan Yong is not the descendant of Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qingmai. The descendants of Wanyan Wu Qingmai have been literally killed by Wanyan Liang. Wanyanyong can live to this day because his grandfather is Wanyan Aguda. A big connection.
Of course, Wanyanyong's father Wanyan Zongfu also contributed a lot. As the minister who defeated Zhang Jun and won the battle of Fuping, Wanyanliang did not kill Wanyanyong after comprehensive consideration.
He was ruthless to other Wanyan people, killing many people and killing all the clan members. Officials secretly spread that Wanyan Liang's killing of clan members was similar to Hu Hai's style of killing his brothers and sisters.
Despite this, because of his outstanding performance in the Xizong Dynasty, Wanyan Liang has always been unhappy with Yan Yong since he came to the throne. He tested him many times, suppressed him repeatedly, and even asked his wife to enter the capital alone as a test.
Wan Yanliang has always been a vegetarian when it comes to issues between men and women, and he doesn't care about other people's wives. He only cares about whether they look good or not, whether he likes her or not, and does whatever he wants. Everyone knows that sending his wife to the capital is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
However, Wanyanyong always showed sincerity and fear, with a thunderous and benevolent attitude. He was always obedient and never resisted, so Wanyanliang couldn't find an excuse to deal with him.
You can't just kill the clan members without an excuse, let alone the meritorious ones.
Despite this, Wan Yanliang did not relax his vigilance. He transferred his official position many times and did not allow him to stay in one place for a long time. He was tossed around and sent to Liaoyang Prefecture in Tokyo as a stay-at-home officer.
Nominally, he is the powerful Tokyo left-behind, but in fact, this real power is in the hands of Wan Yanliang's crony and Tokyo deputy left-behind Gao Cunfu.
Therefore, since the beginning of the rebellion, Wan Yanyong, who was left behind in Tokyo, did not take this matter seriously. He still summoned his subordinates to hold banquets, drink wine and write poems, and live a happy life.
Regarding this, Xiao Tula felt very unhappy after arriving at Liaoyang Mansion.
He settled his army outside Liaoyang City and went to the city to visit Wanyan Yong. After being polite with Wanyan Yong for a while, he began to question Wanyan Yong.
"The rebel army is so powerful, why doesn't Liubei strengthen its troops and reorganize the defense of Liaoyang? If the rebel army is preparing to go south to attack Liaoyang, how does Liubei plan to respond?"
Wan Yanyong had just met a guest at that time. He drank a little wine, his face was red and he was a bit drunk.
He smiled heartlessly.
"Thieves? The thieves can't accomplish anything! Your Majesty is so wise and powerful, what can't the thieves handle? Sooner or later they will be pacified! Moreover, Liaoyang City is tall, wide and deep, so the thieves will definitely not dare to attack, so don't worry! Hahahahahaha!"
Wanyanyong smiled very arrogantly and looked very dissolute, which Xiao Tula couldn't stand.
However, considering that Wan Yanyong was from the royal family after all, he did not dare to say serious words to him. Instead, he found Gao Cunfu, the deputy left behind in Tokyo, who was worried about the matter.
As far as he knew, Wanyan Yong's name was Liubei, but in fact it was a false position. The power that Tokyo Liubei should have was in the hands of Gao Cunfu, the deputy Liubei and the emperor's confidant.
Therefore, military and government affairs were actually handled by Gao Cunfu, and Wanyanyong really could not get involved.
He was eating, drinking and having fun there, which was a scene that Wan Yanliang and Gao Cunfu wanted to see.
Xiao Tula just couldn't stand Wan Yanyong's behavior and wanted to ridicule him a few words, but it turned out that this guy was not ashamed at all and instead felt proud of it. This made Xiao Tula very unhappy.
"He's been like this for a long time, mainly to avoid suspicion, but don't underestimate him."
Gao Cunfu said with a worried look on his face: "More than ten years ago, when he was very young, he served as Minister of the Ministry of War. He was good at riding and shooting, and was good at both civil and military affairs. He was very popular. The reason why he looks like a libertine who lives and drinks in life is not his true self." appearance."
Xiao Tula was surprised.
"Is he pretending?"
Gao Cunfu was noncommittal.
"Whether he is pretending or has completely degenerated into this, he will be like this. If he is not like this, what is the point of His Majesty arranging for me to be here?"
Gao Cunfu glanced at Xiao Tula, and Xiao Tula immediately understood.
"understood."
"As long as you understand, the important thing now is not Wanyan Yong, but the Khitan bandit army."
Gao Cunfu asked: "What help does Your Majesty want me to give you? Just leave me alone. I will do whatever I can."
"It's the support in transporting grain and fodder. I brought 30,000 troops this time, which is relatively large. It was originally an army assembled by His Majesty to prepare for the southern expedition, but it ended up being used here. Before I set off, His Majesty told me not to lose too much. So no matter what, we must ensure that there are no problems with the transportation of grain and fodder."
After Xiao Tula finished speaking, Gao Cunfu nodded slowly.
"This, I can guarantee that if you send troops to conquer the bandit army, I will not let the army starve. Just don't worry."
"Thank you."
The two discussed some detailed issues, and then Xiao Tula and Xiao Huaizhong led the troops north to conquer the Khitan Restoration Army.
The movements of this Jin army were also detected by the Khitan Restoration Army very early. They learned that the opponent had about 30,000 troops. Sa Ba and others believed that this force was relatively strong and could not compete head-on.
Although the Khitan Restoration Army has many troops, it still lacks some equipment.
There are only a little over 20,000 fully armed troops, and the rest have only simple equipment, no armor, and some don't even have a handy weapon.
Therefore, Sa Bada collected craftsmen from various sources and captured cities and territories in order to obtain the weapons in the arsenal, but this operation did not go very smoothly.
So Saba summoned Botebu, old monk Naye, Yilawoou and other important subordinates to discuss how to deal with the Jin army's attack.
They had been in rebellion for nearly two months and had already developed very well. The Jin army's attack at this time did not surprise them.
It's just that they didn't expect so many people to come in the first wave of the Jin Army.
"It seems like the golden thief really wants to wipe us out here in one go."
Botebu looked at Saba and said: "The Liberation Army in the south has attacked Xiongzhou and Bazhou before, and they should have restrained many of the golden thieves' troops. This army should be the only one that the golden thieves can bring out. An army."
"This should be the case, so they really hope to wipe out our army in one fell swoop so that they can concentrate their forces on the southern expedition. But how can we let them achieve their wish?"
The old monk Na also nodded and said: "The great situation of the north-south pincer attack must not be broken by them! Our army can make more use of cavalry to fight the gold thieves, and can also sneak attack their grain roads. In short, we must not retreat."
Sa Ba looked at Su Yin.
"What's your opinion?"
"I think what you all said is correct."
Su Yin nodded and said: "Commander Su is attacking Xiongzhou and Bazhou. The thirty thousand troops that the golden thieves can bring out should be all the troops they can use for the time being. As long as they can survive this wave, it will be difficult for the golden thieves to continue. Attack us with an army.
But we must not forget that the Golden Thieves still have a large number of tribesmen further east. Given time, they may mobilize more troops to attack us, so I think we should always be on guard, constantly expand our army, and Always stay on the offensive. "
Su Yin's opinions were obviously more thoughtful. As the representative and advisor of the Han Restoration Army in the Khitan Restoration Army, Sa Ba trusted Su Yin.
So Sa Ba patted Su Yin on the shoulder, faced the other generals and said: "The warriors of the Han Restoration Army have conquered Shandong and Hebei. Their successful experience is what we need to learn from. We must ask for advice humbly and deal with it carefully. , you must not be arrogant."
The generals expressed their approval.
