Chapter 641 The Great Wheel of Life and Death in the Ningdong Snow Sea (5)
Motuogang.
The heavy snow has temporarily stopped and the wind is not strong. In the Jurchen camp, which is surrounded by water on three sides, piles of bonfires are burning vigorously in the tents. In the central tent, charcoal fires were burning in six iron basins. The surrounding decorations, furs, swords, guns, and even the people here made everything look solemn and majestic. Zong Wang sat behind the long desk and watched. Broken letter in hand.
Wanyan Yanmu, Han army commander Liu Yanzong, general Sai La and others were sitting nearby, occasionally communicating with expressions or whispering a few words. When they came over, several people already knew something about it. According to the situation, the half-torn letter was given to Zong Wang by Wanyan Yan's mother. The scout captain was still standing below, waiting for questioning. Zong Wang looked at the letter for a while, the expression on his face changed, and finally, he patted the letter on the case.
"Hmph, the southerners want to deceive me!" He said immediately. After looking at the expressions of the people below, he frowned and looked at the scout.
"Tell me about the situation at that time. When, where, and under what circumstances did you meet that person and get this letter!"
"Yes..."
The scout captain saluted and nodded, and talked about what happened.
As winter deepens and heavy snow begins to close the mountains, the number of times the Jurchens go out to patrol and sweep is actually not as much as before. Their scout team met the other party on a road in the mountains ten miles away from the Moutuogang camp. There were three people on the other side. Among them was the messenger, who seemed to be an official of the Wu Dynasty, and the two beside him were guards. That road goes a little further and leads to the outskirts of Bianliang City.
The Jurchen patrol team, a total of five people, is specifically responsible for this area, trying to cut off Bianliang's connection with the outside world - of course such an attempt is impossible to succeed, because Bianliang is too big, even if If all tens of thousands of Jurchens were mobilized, it would be impossible to surround the entire city. But even if the blockade couldn't be cut off, some incoming and outgoing messengers could always be intercepted. When they saw the three of them, the five scouts immediately launched a pursuit.
Both sides were riding horses, and the other side was also highly alert. When they saw the Jurchen coming, they turned around and ran away, shooting back arrows. Our scouts immediately fired back with arrows, and then hit the official in the back.
The other party's three cavalry rushed into the rugged mountains nearby, while our own scouts kept pursuing them. In the end, due to serious injuries, the Wu Dynasty official fell from his horse. It happened that there was a dry river below. After falling, the two Wu Dynasty guards were unable to save him.
While the Jurchen scouts divided their forces to pursue, they took a slight detour into the river valley to search for the bodies of Wu Dynasty officials, and then found this letter. After the Wu Dynasty official fell into the river, he seemed to want to tear the letter into pieces and throw it out, but he had no energy left, so he tore the letter in half and threw it aside. The wind blew away the small half, and the remaining half was picked up by them. Come back.
The scouts didn't want to read the letter and gave it to their immediate superior. After reading it, the immediate superior felt that it was a serious matter and handed it to the mother who was in charge of the matter. After reading it, her mother immediately Someone called Zong Wang over.
Zong Wang looked at the scout: "From the moment I saw the Wu Dynasty official falling from his horse and falling into the river until you took a detour, the corpse of the Wu Dynasty official was never out of your sight."
The scout said: "Because of the detour, there will be a moment, but no more than ten breaths."
"Huh." Zong Wang pondered for a moment, "Can the body be brought back?"
" They brought it back." Wanyan Mu Nai said, "I have already gone to check on the body."
Wanyan Mu Nai. He is Aguda's half-brother, ranked eleventh. Zongwang's expression softened slightly and said: "Eleventh uncle, what is the result?"
"Looking at his body, he was indeed a pampered person in the past, and his siblings were There were no traces of being tied up. This matter is not trivial. I checked it repeatedly and it seems that it was not forced.”
After Yan Mu said this, Zong Wang fell silent slightly. He had a rough temper, but was thoughtful. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and patted the long case: "But how can people from the Southern Dynasties and clowns have such courage."
"Our army will be in the country for more than a month." , in this area defeated more than 300,000 people of the Wu Dynasty army, they were unable to do anything, and they jumped over the wall in a hurry. "
"Yes." Zong Wang nodded, "Commander Liu, please select a few people in the army who are most familiar with Sinology and planning methods to come to this tent. Also, come here! Invite Guo Pharmacist Guo The general and his subordinates Zhang Linghui and Liu Shunren came to the big tent to discuss military affairs. "
After receiving the order, Zong Wang went. Returning to the back of the long case, he read through the several-page letter again, picked two of them and put them aside. When Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and others came over, several craftsmen and masters also came over. He just handed a few pages of the letter to Pharmacist Guo: "General Guo, please read this first, and then...circulate it "Yes." Pharmacist Guo nodded. The circulated letter was divided into five pages, and there were some complicated calculations and patterns on each page. With the small part incomplete, Medical Master Guo could only read the words at first. However, not long after he started browsing, the color in his eyes changed and his expression became serious. He didn't say anything until he finished reading it, and passed it to Zhang Linghui. Zhang Linghui read it, then gave it to Liu Shunren, and then passed it on to the masters and craftsmen. Some people looked confused, while others changed their expressions. A master saluted Zong Wang and asked, "I hope the commander will give you paper and pen."
Zong Wang showed admiration in his eyes and waved his hand: "Pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Also, bring me a table and chair for him to sit on."
Not long after, everyone had read it once, and the letter was passed on by several masters. , circulated in the hands of craftsmen, repeatedly inspected and discussed. Zong Wang looked at everyone's expressions.
"This is a letter intercepted from the Wu Dynasty today. The matter is so big that it is difficult for me to tell whether it is true or false. Therefore, everyone must come together to identify and discuss it." He carried it. Raising his hands, "If you have any opinions, please speak frankly."
Among the members of the Resentment Army, Zhang Linghui was somewhat uneducated, while Liu Shunren had some ideas. At this time, he first held up his hands and said: "Qi Zhenda handsome, I feel that this fact is a bluff by the people of the Wu Dynasty. The people of the Wu Dynasty are timid and timid, but they always like to play all kinds of tricks. There are too many smart people among them. I am afraid that the letter in front of me is someone's self-righteous plan. After all, it is said. Get up, it's too hard to imagine..."
"Oh? General Liu thinks it's fake?" Zong Wang looked at Medical Master Guo, "General Guo, what do you think?"
"What Brother Zhang said makes sense." Yaoshi Guo said, "The Confucianism and Taoism of the Wu Dynasty respected Heaven and Dharma ancestors. Within the Wu Dynasty, the importance of the Yellow River is unimaginable. If it is true as what is said in this letter... if you want to conquer the Yellow River, retreat from me. The army, let’s not talk about us. There are millions of people in Bianliang City, and only a few can escape. Moreover, the Yellow River bursts its banks, and the thousands of miles of land around Bianliang City will be flooded within a few years. As far as the Wu Dynasty is concerned, this move is really a sign of anger from heaven and people. Anyone who does this will be slandered by the whole country, and will probably be infamy for eternity after his death..."
Written in a letter circulated to everyone. It was a plan to dig up the embankments of the Yellow River and divert the flood to retreat the Jurchen army. The plan began with a generous statement, saying: The battle can be defeated, the city can be powerful, but the country cannot be destroyed, and the integrity cannot be degraded. After some generosity, a formal plan was introduced, including drawings, detailed plans, extensive calculations, and so on. It was so meticulous and detailed that it was difficult to tell the truth from the false.
After Pharmacist Guo finished speaking, Zong Wang frowned: "General Guo also thinks it is fake..."
"However...it is not." Pharmacist Guo hesitated for a moment and said, " The Confucian scholars of the Wu Dynasty were indeed very talkative and could not achieve anything practical. However, there were also many of them who had a strong and resolute personality and believed that it would be better to be in pieces than in ruins. When our army went south, it was difficult to defeat them. However... ...The resistance was small, but some were very determined. As the war outside Bianliang City progressed to this day, if there were officials in the Wu Dynasty who were so desperate, they wanted to do something that was unfavorable in the world, and retreated with floods, and millions of people were buried with them. The pharmacist thinks... It’s not surprising. Therefore, it’s difficult to tell.”
Most of the masters called into the tent at this time were from Jin and Liao, but there were still some who understood Confucianism. After speaking, Medicine Master Guo also bowed in agreement. . It is said that although the scholars of the Wu Dynasty did not have the power to restrain a chicken, there were indeed many people who wanted to do such decisive things, and some people even particularly liked such things for the sake of their posthumous fame.
But then someone said that it would be fine if only a few people did this kind of thing. If the plan was sent to Bianliang, he would be stopped. Maybe it was still a fraud.
However, after this statement, someone reminded me that there is a paragraph at the end of the letter that seems to say that before the war, ships around Bianliang had already entered the city. Once the Yellow River burst its banks and flooded the city, the emperor and senior officials in the city It's still too late to wait for people to board the boat. Although the Wu Dynasty also suffered heavy losses at that time, the center was still there, but only one city was lost. Although the Jurchens are powerful, half of the country's soldiers have already come here. This time, when the flood flooded, it seemed that half of the Jin Kingdom had been lost. The Wu Dynasty did make many mistakes before, but it is not too late to learn lessons from now on and work hard to improve things, and so on.
Soon after, the teacher who was doing calculations at his desk also expressed his praise and reported to Zong Wang: "The study of planning and civil engineering in the Wu Dynasty is really exquisite. The calculations in this letter are actually It's a pity that only half of its pinnacle work was torn apart, but it also has the effect of stones from other mountains in our study of dynasty planning..." Then he regretted and praised, wishing he could see the small half that was torn away.
Everyone has their own ideas, but it is difficult to decide whether the letter is true or false - the most important thing is whether the other party is really determined to do this. Soon after, the mother said: "Even if the other party really wants to take this risk, Recruitment, we have to wait until next spring It will only be effective during the flood season. Our army has already prepared to attack the city in heavy snow. As long as we break the city this winter, there is really no need to think too much about it."
Zong Wang nodded, in fact, the big account. Many people here have this kind of mentality, but Zongwang is practical The emperor is not a reckless person: "What the emperor said makes sense, but in everything we need to consider the worst consequences. Now I have dispersed the Wu Dynasty army, and the remnants are scattered around. Next, let the army speed up the attack on the city. Get ready, within five days, I want all the items All the equipment is completed, and the general attack is launched... Let the scouts find out the surrounding situation and figure out which party is trying to do this, and then... General Guo, you are responsible for this, crush them for me. ! ”
Everyone took orders.
“Yes!”
The big account was shaken.
Zong Wang tapped his fingers on the table. After everyone left, he walked around the tent a few more times, returned to the case, and picked up the last two pages that he had not shown to Guo Yaoshi and others. I browsed the paper.
The last two pages contain mostly persuasive content. The top part continues the vision of Zong Wang’s army being swallowed up by the flood. The letter talks about many internal problems in the Jin Kingdom. It says that Aguda created a generation of geniuses. After the uprising, the Jin people were full of vigor and people came out in large numbers. However, there were also hidden dangers.
After Aguda abdicated, the successor was not Aguda's own son, but his fourth brother Wu Qimai. Wu Qimai is a stable man and is well-educated. This is actually Aguda's painstaking choice, but it also illustrates a problem. Among the Jin people, there are many outstanding people, and it is a situation of strong cadres and strong support. Now that Aguda is dead, it is difficult to say what will happen when the third generation succeeds.
Among the Jurchens, the commander-in-chief Nianhan was equally talented and strategic. With Wu Qimai in power, Zongwang and others could still compete with him. However, what would have happened without Wu Qimai? The Wu Dynasty's policy of allying with Jin to fight against the Liao Dynasty was wrong and hard to change. However, if Zong Wang, the second most powerful prince among the Jin princes, and his tens of thousands of troops were destroyed here, the Jin Kingdom would be the only one who had the military power to determine the world. , only Dashuai Nianhan.
The eastern and western armies of the Jin Kingdom went south to invade our Wu Dynasty. However, Zongwang arrived at Bianliang first, but Nianhan was blocked by the fortified city of Taiyuan. It is said that Zongwang issued military orders several times, ordering the Nianhan army to quickly go south. , but it was clear that Taiyuan could be bypassed, but Nianhan was still reluctant to move. Is there any rift between the two of them? Defeating the Yellow River at this time would only mean the loss of one territory, but within a few years, the Jin Kingdom would be in chaos. The Jurchens suddenly rose up and conquered the world without any foundation. If they could not recuperate and work hard to govern, they would surely die within a few generations and would no longer be a problem for the Wu Dynasty...
The words on the last two pages indicate the author of the letter. Regarding the internal understanding of the Jin Kingdom, every word is full of heart-wrenching remarks.
In fact, Nianhan stayed in Taiyuan out of caution. This was the first time they invaded the country of Wu Dynasty. If the whole army really went south and Taiyuan was left on the road, if the Western Army really They came to block the way, and more than 100,000 troops were trapped in the hinterland of the Wu Dynasty. It's hard to say what would happen. Zong Wang naturally understood this concern, but the letter was not polite. The above sentence made him feel that it was both provocative and possible. At the very least, after reading this, he first felt that it might be true that the other party wanted to use the method of destroying the Yellow River.
As for those seemingly provocative remarks, he has tried his best to normalize them, but after seeing things and saying them so clearly, it is impossible not to think about them.
In this sense, whether this letter is true or false, it has at least played a certain role.
Thinking of this, Zong Wang slapped his hand on the table.
The Confucian scholars of the Wu Dynasty were a bunch of clowns, but this one not only showed his understanding of the internal affairs of the Jin Kingdom, but his tricks also made people feel particularly angry.
If you have a chance to catch this person in the future, you must kill him alive with your own hands!
Zong Wang thought about this Wu Dynasty villain whose identity was unknown, and such thoughts flashed through his mind.
Sorry, I have been emotionally connected recently, so the interruption of updates may be a little abnormal...
(End of this chapter)