Li Fen knew that he wanted to compete for the leadership of the alliance, but his advantage was not obvious.
Although he has the largest territory and the most troops among the three towns, he still has a lot of water.
After all, he is Zhao Tai's defeated general. He has little chance of winning in a head-on battle, so he can only use strange moves.
After listening to Li Fen's words, Peng Huizu nodded slightly, "General, I understand, I will make arrangements now!"
Li Fen waved his hand, and when Peng Huizu left, he took a deep breath and prepared to go to the backyard to find Yang Guiying.
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Western suburbs of Jinan.
Zhao Tai led a group of subordinates and stood in the wilderness waiting. From a distance, he saw a group of men and horses galloping towards them.
"Commander! Duke Wu is here!" Wang Bin reminded as he looked at the rising yellow dust.
Zhao Tai stood up from his horse and saw a group of cavalry galloping towards him, arriving in front of him in a moment.
"Come here to greet me, Commander!" Zhao Tai greeted with a smile and led his subordinates out of the pavilion.
Wuxian galloped his horse and saw Zhao Tai and his entourage, so he galloped up to him, reined in the horse, and laughed loudly: "Commander!"
Zhao Tai smiled all over his face, "Brother! You are finally here!"
Wu Xian jumped off his horse, threw the whip to his subordinates, stepped forward and held hands with Zhao Tai.
"The commander-in-chief's move is really beautiful. In less than a month, he drove the Mongols out of Shandong!" Wu Xian said with a smile: "In addition, he also entered Hebei and beat Zhang Rou again. Now that he has the entire territory of Shandong, The feudal town in Hebei was hit hard again, and the situation immediately improved."
As the Kingdom of Jin was about to be destroyed, Wu Xian was very worried about the future of himself and his subordinates, and was worried about the situation.
Now Zhao Tai uses a strategy to force Li Fen to rebel, causing Mongolia to lose Shandong and at the same time enter Hebei, destroying Hebei's war potential, which is equivalent to breaking the situation and giving hope.
"Although the Mongols have withdrawn from Shandong, the situation is not optimistic at the moment." Zhao Taidao: "After Wokuotai captures Kaifeng, he will definitely focus on attacking us. Therefore, we must complete the internal integration of Shandong before the Mongols attack. When the Mongols come Attack, only if we all work together can we defeat Mongolia!"
Wu Xian nodded, "The commander-in-chief is right, we should prepare early."
After saying this, the two exchanged a few words, Wu Xian went straight to the topic. He pulled Zhao Tai aside, and then whispered: "Commander, the Mongolian army broke through the outer city of Kaifeng and moved Pu'a out of the city to ask for help. I Stopped!"
Zhao Tai understood that Wuxian had good intentions. The Mongols had already breached the outer city of Kaifeng. He was simply seeking death when he went to save Kaifeng at this time.
If Zhao Tai is found in Yilu Pu'a and Zhao Tai does not send troops to rescue him, the Jurchens in the army and some of his subordinates who have the Jin Kingdom in mind will be dissatisfied with Zhao Tai.
After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, they believed that if Zhao Tai refused to save him, he would not seek refuge with Zhao Tai. Even the Jurchens in the army would leave Zhao Tai.
Therefore, Wu Xian's interception of Yi La Pu'a can prevent Zhao Tai from being passive and prevent Zhao Tai from making an immediate decision.
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "Brother, thank you for your trouble!"
Wu Xiandao: "You and I, brothers, this is what we should do. However, in order to let you send troops, the imperial court is planning to make you the king this time."
Zhao Tai raised his eyebrows and said, "Become the king?"
Wu Xian nodded, "Yi La Pu'a said that as long as you send troops, I will make you the loyal king!"
Zhao Tai felt a little excited when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down.
This "loyal king" is not so easy to accept. The so-called "loyal" king means loyalty to the Kingdom of Jin.
If Zhao Tai accepts the title but does not carry out rescue, then his loyalty to the king will be unfaithful, which will affect his reputation and make him unable to accept the inheritance of the Jin Kingdom.
In addition, if Zhao Tai accepted the title of king conferred by the Jin Kingdom, the Southern Song Dynasty court would definitely be unhappy.
The Song Dynasty was a dynasty established by the old Zhao family who bullied orphans and widowed mothers. When the people of the old Zhao family became powerful, they were very afraid of others following their example.
Therefore, from the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty planted the seeds of suspicion of military generals.
Generally speaking, when faced with the invasion of foreign enemies, dynasties will reuse their military officials to fight against foreign humiliation, but the Song Dynasty is an exception. When they are in danger, they will increase the restrictions on their generals, fearing that their generals will become bigger due to war.
There are too many such examples in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. In the Song Dynasty, the old Zhao family was not in the right position. The landowners, gentry, and the emperor were all worried that the military ministers would gain power in the war, thus threatening the old Zhao family's empire, so they were even more suspicious during the war. Wu Chen.
If you understand this, you can understand why Song Zhenzong wanted to pay for compensation and negotiate a peace in a hurry when the Northern Song Dynasty blocked the Liao soldiers and the main war faction asked to continue fighting. This also means that we understand that Gaozong wanted to kill Yue Fei and Lizong wanted to remove Meng Gong. .
The Song Dynasty was not afraid of foreign enemies. In contrast, they feared that their military officials were stronger.
After all, before the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty could still find peace even if it was defeated by foreigners. Most of the dynasties were replaced by internal rebellions.
This is also the reason why the Song Dynasty was unwilling to fight and liked to spend money to buy peace.
When fighting a war, you must reuse military ministers. If you reuse military ministers, you may be usurped by military ministers. Therefore, if you can solve the problem with money, use money to solve it. Even if you have an advantage sometimes, you must make peace.
If Zhao Tai became king, the Southern Song Dynasty would definitely be wary of him, but being a king also has its benefits.
Now the three towns in Shandong lack a core. If Zhao Tai becomes king, it will undoubtedly be beneficial for him to control Shandong and take over the remnants of the Jin Kingdom.
This made Zhao Tai difficult to make a decision for a while and required careful consideration, so Wu Xian blocked Yi La Pu'a, which undoubtedly bought Zhao Tai time.
"I still need to consider this matter and discuss it with the military advisor." Zhao Tai said in a deep voice: "I will bother my brother to entertain you."
Wu Xian nodded, "It's a little effort. By the way, Li Fen invited us to Jinan this time. What's the matter?"
Zhao Taidao: "Now that the Mongols have been driven out of Shandong, Shandong needs a commander to take charge of the overall situation. I think Li Fen wants to be the leader of the alliance."
"Hmph!" Wu Xian snorted coldly, "Then Li Fen is just a defeated general. What qualifications does he have to be the leader of the alliance? I was the first to refuse to accept that I had to submit to his subordinates. I only recognize this alliance leader as the commander-in-chief, and only the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief has the ability to lead us against Mongolia."
When Zhao Tai heard what Wu Xian said, he felt quite happy, "With brother's words, Tai's confidence has greatly increased."
Wu Xiandao: "The commander-in-chief has been planning for a long time to drive Mongolia out of Shandong. Now, although the land of Shandong is owned by us, the crisis has not been resolved. Mongolia may counterattack at any time. So what ability does Li Fen have? Can he lead us to fight against The Mongolian army? He obviously does not have this ability. The situation is now extremely critical, and someone must be able to command the three Qi. The commander-in-chief should do his duty. Only by following the commander-in-chief can we have confidence! Otherwise, if it is left to Li Fen, I think It’s better for everyone to find another way out as soon as possible.”
Wuxian made no secret of his disdain for Li Fen. After hearing this, Zhao Tai felt that Wuxian's words were reasonable.
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