Zhang Fu's letter was an excellent opportunity for the Southern Song Dynasty to break the strategically weak situation.
Wu Lin was a general with a strategic vision, so in the context of trade, not only did the Ming Dynasty understand the Sichuan-Shu region of the Southern Song Dynasty through trade, Wu Lin would also send people to Guanzhong to inspect the people of Guanzhong under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and see what the Ming Dynasty was doing. What is the foundation of Guanzhong's rule?
After a period of investigation, Wu Lin almost understood the political situation, military situation and people's livelihood situation in Guanzhong.
From this, Wu Lin concluded that Ming's rule over Guanzhong was not as solid as imagined. The Ming's existence in Guanzhong mainly relied on military power, and most of the officials in Guanzhong were officials from the old Jin Kingdom.
It is said that the Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago and there were not many talents, so it had to rely on the original old officials to rule Guanzhong.
Although this is convenient, it also brings about the problem of unstable rule. Wu Lin has reason to believe that if the Song army fights back, these people will not resist.
If these officials were not loyal to the Jin Kingdom, they would certainly not be loyal to the Ming Kingdom.
They just want to be officials and masters, as long as the emperor gives them official positions and protects their power and status. As for who is the emperor, they don't care.
Such people are the easiest to win over. As long as you give them the official position they want and as long as you are in a favorable situation, they will obediently obey without considering other issues.
As long as the Song army can seize the opportunity to defeat the Ming army in Guanzhong, Guanzhong will change hands in just a moment.
Since the Jin Kingdom occupied Guanzhong, Wu Lin has been thinking about how to counterattack for decades. Although he is good at defense, what he hopes more is to lead an army to attack and recapture Guanzhong, and then recapture the Central Plains and regain his homeland.
After all, his hometown is now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. He very much hopes to return to his hometown, regain his hometown, and be buried in his hometown.
When the Jin Kingdom was on the verge of its demise, Wu Lin even thought about taking advantage of the fact that the Ming Army posed a great threat to the Jin Army in Guanzhong and took the initiative to send troops to sneak attack the Jin Army, seize Guanzhong first, and hold on to Guanzhong.
For this reason, he secretly reported to Zhao Gou to ask for permission.
Zhao Gou must have been frightened, so he quickly sent someone to write back to him, asking him to be honest and stop messing around, which angered the Ming Dynasty. They took advantage of the situation and attacked Hanzhong. Can they still do it?
The Ming army can even defeat the Jin army, let alone us? General Wu, let's be realistic, okay?
The emperor was cowardly, and Wu Lin had no choice but to give up, continue to train his troops, save food and grass, accumulate strength, and wait for the day when he could finally break out.
But when that day came, the situation in the Southern Song Dynasty changed again.
The battle against bandits on Jiangnan West Road failed miserably!
The main force in the Jinghu Theater was almost destroyed, and the imperial court had to send additional troops from the Forbidden Army and the Sichuan-Shu Theater to fill the vacancy and continue to suppress the bandits.
What a joke!
Wu Lin was furious at that time.
A great strategic opportunity lies in front of him. Zhang Fu said that he could at least unite five states to surrender to the Southern Song Dynasty without any bloodshed. As long as the Song army broke through the border and entered the Guanzhong Plain, he could instigate these five states to change their flags and surrender to the Song Dynasty. Then everything would still be fine. Wasn't it Wu Lin who had the final say?
Five states! Five states changed their flags in an instant, and the situation in Guanzhong was reversed in an instant. The Ming army would be captured at strategic points before they had time to react. They would either be cut off from their retreat and fight alone, or they would be driven out of the pass and leave Guanzhong!
More importantly, Zhang Fu also provided military intelligence, indicating that part of the main force of Su Haisheng's regiment stationed in Guanzhong was transferred to the homeland of Xixia to assist in the defense of Xixia, and part of it was guarding the border in Jishi Prefecture. The number of troops staying in Guanzhong was not large, so Just under 50,000 people.
If the Song army can dispatch the main force of the Sichuan and Shu armies, they will definitely win an unexpected victory in Guanzhong. They will wait eagerly in Guanzhong for the king to come and care for them who have been away from their homeland for a long time.
The words were disgusting, but they only made Wu Lin angrier.
Because in fact he no longer has the confidence and strength to do so.
Not to mention whether the imperial court would support his risky strategic decision, he felt that he was weak in terms of strength alone.
Yao Zhong's troops were transferred away, and the three armies of Sichuan and Sichuan lost one, and their strength was reduced by one-third. The confidence to deal with the Ming army in Guanzhong was not so strong.
The Guanzhong Ming Army defeated the Jin Army, which was very powerful in the past. Although Wu Lin also knew that the strength of the Jin Army had declined, the strength of his own unit did not necessarily increase much.
It can be seen that the Guanzhong Ming Army is definitely a more difficult opponent than the Jin Army.
However, as the party that controls the defense of Shu Road, Wu Lin has considerable confidence in the Shu Road defense system that she and her late brother Wu Jie worked hard to build.
Even if they couldn't win in the plain field battles, the Ming army would not be able to take any advantage in the defensive operations in the mountains. Just like the Jin army that tried to capture Sichuan and destroy the Southern Song Dynasty, it was bound to fail.
Other places dare not say it, but Wu Lin dares to say that as long as she lives for one day, the Ming army will not even think about going south to Shuzhong.
However, this can only be passively beaten and cannot be proactive, which is meaningless for the Southern Song Dynasty.
As a military general with a strategic vision, no one understands better than Wu Lin what it means to look forward to Shu.
The Ming Dynasty will definitely attack Sichuan, just like the Jin Kingdom never gave up attacking Sichuan, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty had just founded its country and still had a strong army and a strong desire to expand its territory.
Being passively beaten is really not a long-term solution. Being passively beaten will only make the Ming Dynasty push forward and become more and more indulgent. However, the national power of the Southern Song Dynasty...
After thinking about it, Wu Lin didn't know how to respond to this matter, so she could only send someone to hurry up and send the news to Lin'an six hundred miles away. She also planned to set off to discuss it with Wang Yan and Sichuan Production Envoy Wang Yingchen. this matter.
It would be great if Lin'an could give him the power to make arbitrary decisions when the situation arises.
Once this power is obtained, Wu Lin can seize this opportunity to make a clean cut on the weakest link in the Ming Dynasty's rule, open his eyes, reverse the situation in Guanzhong, and break the bad situation of the Southern Song Dynasty being trapped in the south of the Yangtze River.
However, Wu Lin did not realize that this was a fleeting window period for the Southern Song Dynasty.
What he should do most is to seize the time to plot the matter with Zhang Zhongyan and Zhang Fu, and attack immediately to catch the Ming Dynasty off guard, and maybe even have a 50-50 fight with the Guanzhong Ming Army.
Of course, it was just a 50-50 fight with the Ming army in Guanzhong, because once Su Yonglin learned that the Southern Song Dynasty was sending troops, he would immediately send tiger and horse cavalry to rush to the rescue. The Song army, which lacked cavalry, would face off against the Ming army on the Guanzhong plain, and the end would definitely not be good. .
It just allows them to see a glimmer of hope, just a glimmer of hope.
Zhang Fu and Zhang Zhongyan also did not realize that the window period for making changes was very short, otherwise they should immediately tidy up their belongings and be ready to run away at any time.
Zhang Fu felt worried because he did not get a reply from Wu Lin soon, so he wrote two letters in a row to urge Wu Lin, hoping that Wu Lin would give a reply as soon as possible. The opportunity was fleeting, so he must seize it.
The first letter was successfully delivered to Wu Lin, but the second letter was intercepted by the Fourth Operation Team of the Skynet Army.
Zhang Fu, like many non-core officials, did not know the existence of the Skynet Army. He did not know that the Skynet Army was vigorously building an intelligence network in Guanzhong, gradually infiltrating all walks of life in Guanzhong, and finding ways to protect the national security of the Ming Dynasty. Dharma door.
After Zhang Fu's third letter was intercepted by the Skynet Army, Xu Xuan, leader of the Fourth Operation Team of the Skynet Army, was furious.
Good guy, play Infernal Affairs with me! Are you going to rebel against me?
I think you are treating me like air!
He immediately sent people to monitor Zhang Zhongyan in Chang'an City and Zhang Fu, who was the magistrate of Ningzhou, and reported their movements and their external contacts at any time. At the same time, he sent people to rush to deliver the news at a speed of six hundred miles Zhongdu, tell Su Yonglin.
Although Zhang Zhongyan has little power, he does have the title of Taiwei, and is considered a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty. Neither the Skynet Army nor the entire Guanzhong region has a suitable organization to capture him. They must obtain Su Yonglin's approval before they can arrest Zhang Zhongyan. .
After six hundred miles of expedited journey day and night, riding horses during the day and traveling by water at night, day and night, the news was finally sent to Zhongdu five and a half days later, letting Su Yonglin learn about the matter.
After Su Yonglin learned about this, he did not get angry, but seriously thought about the pros and cons of this matter.
