Chapter 629: Zeguo Jiangshan Enters the War Map (3)
To the east of Bianliang, near Qixian County, the small village has become lively recently.
Most of the residents who originally lived nearby have moved away. The reason for the excitement is that King Qin's troops from all walks of life are arriving one after another. Led by Wurui Camp, more than 60,000 troops have been gathered near Qixian County.
Even an army with more than 10,000 people is a complete ecosystem. With tens of thousands of people, it is a big test for the commander to control the army.
Now that the Jurchen army is approaching the city, and war is about to break out, the management of the army is naturally much stricter than usual. However, several large armies gathered nearby. The three armies of Wuwei, Wusheng, and Wurui each had different members. In addition to the three armies, 30,000 people from the Wujie camp came from the west. Except for a few armies near the capital, Forbidden troops with independent names such as Pengri, Tianwu, Longwu, etc. have been After they were all withdrawn to the capital, there were also some small-scale imperial armed forces from various places, plus various troops from all directions, all gathered here. Who obeyed whose orders every day, who needed the logistics, and where to live. It has become an endless commotion.
The military establishment of the Wu Dynasty was originally a bit chaotic. This time the armies gathered together, and the strategic and comfort envoys of each army were actually of equal rank. When they gathered together this time, the armies were unable to control each other. As the top officials, such as He Chengzhong of the Wuwei camp of Tong Guan's clique, Liang Zhongshu of Cai Jing's clique, and Huo Jue of Wurui camp of the Youxiang clique, although they discuss together every day how to fight next, no one dares to deal with them easily. The Jurchens launched an attack, and after several armies approached, they had numerous frictions with each other over logistics.
In the capital, the person with the most prestige and ability to lead this war this time was actually Tong Guan - even though he was not highly regarded in later generations, at this time he was indeed still the military leader of the Wu Dynasty. the first officer. But as the Jurchens moved south, the situation in the capital was changing and complicated. Tong Guan's escape from Taiyuan was tainted. After returning to the capital, Zhou Zhe felt somewhat grudged, and he also shrank.
For this reason, when it came time to select the top officer for this defense campaign, only the upright Left Prime Minister Li Gang stood up. The dynasty was dark and the generals were incompetent. Li Gang complained a lot about this. It is said that no one dared to stand up in the court, so the old prime minister had no choice but to come out and say: "If the Holy One is not afraid of letting civil servants take charge of military affairs, I am willing to do it." This is very important for him. For Tong Guan and others, it was a slap in the face. However, the Wu Dynasty used civil servants to control the military. Tong Guan bowed his head and said nothing. Zhou Zhe caught the strong man and happily threw the hot potato away.
After Li Gang took over, he was probably a little angry. In order to fill in the river, he demolished Cai Jing's garden. In fact, although he has been in the position of left prime minister for several years, many affairs have been controlled by others. The truly most powerful people in the court have always been Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others. The old prime minister had an upright and fiery temper, and was not as flexible and flexible as the right prime minister Qin Siyuan. However, this time the fate of the entire dynasty depended on one person. After he vented his anger and slapped Cai Jing in the face, no one dared to criticize him.
Of course, these things are only known to the senior officials in Beijing. Although Li Gang is now the top commander and guards the capital tightly, it is not easy to control the several armies outside the city with ease. Under such circumstances, when 3,500 of the scattered King Qin troops outside the city—including some of the bandits who had been recruited before—gathered over, it became a question of who should listen to orders and who should eat with them. A troublesome thing.
For this reason, when a young general named Yue Fei arrived in Qixian County with more than 300 soldiers under his command, and found Ning Yi in the small courtyard of a nearby village, the surrounding situation was such a chaotic situation.
Outside the camp where the army is gathered, there are various small military camps in a mess, noisy voices, occasional frictions, daily quarrels over military supplies and food, plus various small battle reports, The wounded gathered together. It's not that the reorganized armies don't want more people, it's just that the efficiency of the reorganization is too low, and the cumbersome system of the Wu Dynasty is still there. These things are not yet ready to "do everything according to authority", so the whole scene becomes... Everything became tense and chaotic.
The more than 300 people led by Yue Fei were originally stationed near their hometown of Tangyin. The Jurchens moved all the way south. Although Tangyin was not beaten, the various command systems north of the Yellow River were also disrupted. When he learned of his master's death, he led more than 300 people in pursuit. After arriving near Bianliang, he didn't know which army to join.
Fortunately, although he has a loyal character, he is not a fool. After forming an army, he secretly inquired and found out that his resurrection was an indirect order from Qin Shaoqian. He had never seen such court officials before, but after arriving near Qixian County, he saw Zhu Ji's people and came all the way to look for Ning Yi.
The number of people Zhuji gathered here was one or two hundred, occupying a large courtyard near Wurui Camp. After Yue Fei inquired about it, the stragglers gathered around him only knew that people came and went in this yard every day, and it was extremely lively. Sometimes some officials would come in and out, but no one knew what was going on inside. Some people guessed that they were responsible for helping people. The imperial court was transporting supplies, but after Yue Fei came in, he only heard someone yelling.
"... Huangkou kid, I don't know the importance. There are so many life-and-death matters here. Is this a place where you and other villains take the opportunity to stir up troubles with power! How many people died in Chenghuangpo, and how many people died in Yuangang area! I won't let you Rule the people to die! They stay in the city and guard the city walls, but there is still a way to survive——"
Yue Fei didn't know what the scolding was for, but he heard one. The voice rang out.
"Master Yu, I said that you misunderstood. The people in Zhuji are just coordinating the evacuation in the name of the court because they are familiar with the surrounding roads. My people will coordinate the timing and route for you, whether to do it or not. How can I, the next ordinary citizen, force me to force you..."
< br>"You are sophistry!" The man cut off the other person's words. "Ning Liheng, you think I don't know. Although I, Yu Wenfeng, am a minor official in the county magistrate, I am not a person without any background. There is someone behind you Zhu Ji." It's the Prime Minister's Office that supports me. You and I are the ones coordinating everything outside this time. Although the reporter put down his things and left, as soon as I said no, an official document came that afternoon. You thought I didn’t know what was going on! The war was coming, and you were doing such ridiculous things around me. Fortunately, you were also full of poetry. The person who writes is not afraid of the dead under the Nine Springs and will not let you go——"< br>
"Come here, send Mr. Yu away. Mr. Yu, you made a mistake. If you don't want to withdraw, then you won't withdraw. I still have many things to be busy with here, and they are all pressed down with official duties. When this matter is over, I will come to my door in person to apologize..."
"A real man stands upright. Ning Liheng, do you dare to do something but don't dare to say it? Don't you dare to confront me -"
In the midst of the noise, the sound of barbaric farewells could be heard, and an official was pushed It came out, this court People came in and out of the courtyard. Ning Yi also came out from the door there, followed by a few people. Yue Fei was about to go up when there was the sound of galloping horses and stopped outside the courtyard. A man with Qinggong flew in and came to Ning Yi. He whispered something in front of him. Yue Fei was highly skilled in martial arts and vaguely heard that there were more than 3,000 people there. Ning Yi frowned and whispered: "Which army is nearby? How scattered is it? Let Brother Wenren ask for the warrant. Brother Yong, this matter is troublesome." You lead a team, As long as there is food, we must leave..."
The man next to him whom he called Brother Yong was Qi Xinyong from the Soul Retrieval Spear. Yue Fei also had a chance encounter with him in Jiangning, but he only handed him over. Then left. Ning Yicai finally hurried over to Yue Fei: "Brother Yue family, long time no see, you are here too."
Yue Fei stood up straight and held his hands in arms. The friendship between him and Ning Yi is not very deep. He had helped save the Su family in Jiangning, and later they met and chatted twice. Ning Yi regarded him as a "benefactor", but Yue Fei had been obsessed with Zhou Tong since he was a child. Teach, at that time, he was just chasing bandits and didn't think it was a big deal. This time he came to visit because he didn't want people to think that he was asking for repayment.
Although the two of them fought side by side for a short time in Jiangning, Yue Fei later learned that this scholar was ruthless. After the family massacre, he chased them to Liangshan and slaughtered half of the people in Liangshan. This was well received by the public. In the end, it is both good and evil. He just listened to the county magistrate's scolding again, and now he subconsciously kept some distance from Ning Yi.
Seeing that Yue Fei came to him at this time, Ning Yi naturally knew the reason, and soon after he found Qin Shaoqian and introduced him to him. At this time, Yue Fei was unknown, but Qin Shaoqian was a general in the army. He sniped at the Jurchen army in Shouzhang and lost one eye. He was very domineering and murderous. Yue Fei only thought that Ning Yi was deliberately building relationships for him. Ning Yi told Qin Shaoqian that this young general should be very good at fighting, and Qin Shaoqian only thought it was a compliment. Then people organized more than 300 of Yue Fei's men into the army to provide food and fodder supplies, and then arranged these 300 people with Zhu Ji to temporarily listen to Ning Yi's command and deployment.
Yue Fei was originally recruited because of Ning Yi’s relationship with him, and he was so enthusiastic this time. In Qin Shaoqian's opinion, he either wanted to repay Jiang Ning's favor, or he felt that this young general really had potential, and wanted to form a good relationship with him and recruit him as a thug in the future. At this time, warriors were mostly looked down upon. Although Qin Shaoqian himself was a military general, he was not a leader. As a young military attaché of the Sanbaixiang Army, in his opinion, running errands under Ning Yi, a staff member of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was not a loss of status. Moreover, although no one was sure about the necessity of what Ning Yi was doing at this time, the mobilization of millions of civilians near the capital was indeed extremely manpower intensive.
One of the big reasons why Yue Fei went south was because of the sacrifice of his master Zhou Tong. Who knew that he was now assigned to a group of businessmen who didn't know what they were doing as bodyguards, and he was a little bit angry. But he has been in the army for several years and understands some things in the army and officialdom, so he will naturally not do anything outrageous. Moreover, during this period of time, more than 100,000 people gathered, and it was just a fierce small-scale friction. Everyone was confronting each other and standing still. The situation made him, a middle- and lower-level officer, quite confused.
As usual, the Jurchens have been beaten to the bottom of the capital. More than 100,000 troops have gathered here, plus nearly 100,000 people in the city. Everyone will want to drive away the Jurchens as soon as possible. How could this happen? Everyone lives here in a noisy way.
Although he couldn't understand Ning Yi, Ning Yi didn't want to neglect him. Although he was busy every day, he would go over to say hello and chat for a while. When the other party asked, Ning Yi knew that there was unrest inside and outside the capital during this period, but after thinking about it, he could only say: "I'm busy negotiating."
People inside and outside the capital are indeed busy negotiating at the moment.
In Bianliang City, after an initial round of fierce attacks, the Jurchens sent people to deliver the conditions for peace talks. There were four conditions for the peace talks:
1. The warriors should compensate the Jin Kingdom for their military expenses and gold. Five million taels, fifty million taels of silver, ten thousand cattle and horses, and one million silks and satins.
2. Zhou Zhe respected Wu Qimai as his uncle.
3. Cede Zhongshan, Taiyuan and Hejian.
4. Take the prince and prime minister as hostages and escort the Jurchen army northward back to the country.
Theoretically speaking, the war has not started yet, and these four points combined, there is basically nothing to talk about for a country. But at least according to Ning Yi's information, in the capital at this time, Zhou Zhe supported Li Gang's strict defense with great "vigor". On the other hand, everyone was really discussing the matter of suing for peace. It was said that he had sent He went to the Jurchen military camp twice to discuss peace talks.
"I heard that there has been a lot of noise in the capital." As the sun set, Ning Yi looked at the busy and huge camp and sighed with Yue Fei. He couldn't say too much. In the capital, the emperor gave Li Gang the responsibility of defending the city and leading the battle. In the blink of an eye, he was negotiating peace again. Li Gang had already cursed several times in the Jinluan Palace, "Those who are so close will hate the enemy quickly." Words such as "How can I face those who are fighting in the front with face" have also been cursed, but everyone only mentioned Jiangshan Sheji, and most of them ignored the current restricted area.
Zhou Zhe did not mention it, but only comforted Li Gang: "I am going to fight. My family and country are like this, and I am to blame. But prime minister, for the sake of the country, the soldiers only need to think about fighting hard, but I have to Make two plans."
Failed to do so, Li Gang also requested that he come forward to negotiate with the Jurchens. But Zhou Zhe clearly understood the situation and did not agree. In the end, he let Li Chu, who was more flexible and flexible, go.
Qin Siyuan did not speak during this.
Qin Shaohe has been stationed in Taiyuan for a month. Now the news between the two sides is cut off, and the current situation is unknown. Although Qin Siyuan will never bring his son's reason for fighting in the front to the court to reason. ——But that is the restricted area that no one can mention.
After all, the person who was wanted to be sold in the rear was already fighting in the front until his life or death was uncertain...
A few days later, an imperial edict was issued, and Qin Siyuan was dismissed as prime minister. (End of this chapter)