readbooksol Page 336
Page 336
After the resignation of Dazai Cai Jing, Wang Fu, who was the second chancellor, took charge of the government. It was a time of great power and prosperity.
Wang Fu was good at figuring out the Daojun Emperor's mind. He knew that the current emperor loves vanity and is very happy with his achievements.
At this moment, the DPRK and China are preparing to go to the Kingdom of Jin again to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Jin. How could they know that the East and West Roads near Gyeonggi are in chaos.
The earliest news that the imperial court received was that Liangshanpo bandits took advantage of the Lantern Festival to harass Dongping Mansion and Jeju by the lakeside of Liangshanpo.At that time, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty and his ministers all thought that the grassroots bandits in Liangshanpo were nothing but a disease of ringworm and scabies, and the local government and army would soon put them down.
Grand Tutor Yang Jian even thought that the imperial court issued an order to the local state capital to let them send troops to suppress the bandits. The news leaked out, which caused the bandits to jump over the wall in a hurry.
Shortly thereafter, another good news came from Dongping Mansion. Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Mansion, and Dong Ping, the Superintendent of Soldiers and Horses, fought bloody battles and won a great victory at the foot of Dongping Mansion. , Yu Baosi, Zhu Fu and Li Xiaoer were awarded the head.
After receiving the news of the great victory in Dongping Mansion, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty became even more convinced that the bandits in Liangshanbo were vulnerable. It would not take long for the local government and army to break through Liangshan and wipe out the grassroots bandits.
However, the Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty in Bianliang City, Tokyo, hadn’t had fun for a few days, and the military situation in Puzhou, Xuzhou, Shanzhou and other places was reported to the capital with great urgency. They all said that there were a large number of refugees in this state. The Liangshan Po bandits broke through, and all the prefectures are sending scouts to Jeju and Dongping Mansions to check the facts.
Just when Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty felt unbelievable, Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, sent the latest military information from Shouzhang County, and reported to the court the process of the fall of Dongping Prefecture.
Cheng Wanli's secret report said that after the victory of Dongping Mansion, the Liangshan bandits who invaded Dongping Mansion suffered heavy casualties and fled to other prefectures.However, the army of Jeju City in the south was lax, and thousands of officers and soldiers were destroyed by bandits.
Cheng Wanli found out that Jeju City was surrounded by bandits in Liangshanpo, and when the situation was critical, he immediately sent Dong Ping, the military supervisor, to rescue Jeju day and night through Wenshang County.
Cheng Wanli did not expect that Jeju City would be breached by the Liangshan Po bandits within a day, and all the magistrates and officials of Jeju were killed.Dong Ping, the supervisor of soldiers and horses, was also defeated at the border of Wenshang County and surrendered to the bandits in Liangshanpo.
There are many bandits in Liangshanbo, and under the cooperation of the traitor Dong Ping, they successively broke through Wenshang County, Dongping Fucheng and Dong'e County.
When Dongping Mansion was facing internal and external troubles and was in critical condition, the magistrate Cheng Wanli led the officer of the imperial army Wang Jun and others to fight in various places, successfully repelled the attack of Liangshan Po bandits on Shouzhang County and Yanggu County, and led the army to recover Dong'e County.
Now, Cheng Wanli is gearing up his troops, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack and recover Dongping Mansion.He asked the imperial court to issue an order to let the officials and troops in Hebei and Jingdong Road Puzhou, Gaochangfu, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou and other places enter the encirclement, cooperate with the army of Dongping Mansion to wipe out the bandits in Liangshanpo, and recover Dongping Mansion and the whole territory of Jeju.
Cheng Wanli's military secret report to the court fully contrasts his command and tenacity with the incompetence of Jeju Zhizhou and the strength of Liangshan Po bandits.
After reading Cheng Wanli's memorial, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty was furious at the brutality of the bandits in Po Liangshan and the incompetence of the officers and soldiers, and was deeply moved by Cheng Wanli's tenacity and hard work.
Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty personally wrote the four characters "mainstay" as a commendation to Cheng Wanli, the magistrate of Dongping Prefecture, and at the same time asked the ministers to immediately come up with strategies to suppress the invaders in the hall.
Taiwei Tongguan had returned from the northwest at this time, and was secretly planning the expedition against Liao.When he heard that Cheng Wanli, his former mentor, had repeatedly made military exploits this time, he was also very proud.
Tong Guan thought, that Cheng Wanli was able to remain stable in the face of danger, not because he learned some ways to lead the army from the Taiwei when he was with me.In the end, it's my childishness who taught me well!
Tong Guan had selfish intentions and intended to let Cheng Wanli of his faction win the first victory in the battle to wipe out the bandits in Liangshan Po, so he made a suggestion to Song Huizong: make Xuzhou, Shanzhou, Yingtianfu, Huaiyang Army and other places in the south of Jeju south Strengthen the defense to prevent the Liangshan Po bandits from going south.Then ordered Puzhou, Gaochang Mansion, Qizhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou and other places to quickly mobilize the officers and troops to gather in Dongping Mansion, under the unified command of Cheng Wanli, who had defeated the bandit army in Liangshanbo, outflank and wipe out the bandits in Liangshanbo from north to south .
Although Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng, Yang Jian and other favored ministers around Song Huizong had their own interests in the east and west of Beijing, they could not compete with Tong Taiwei, who had experience in the Xixia battlefield, in terms of marching and fighting, so they all seconded Tong Taiwei. Consistent proposal, no other plan.
Taiwei Tong Guancai came back from a victorious battle in the northwest. Song Huizong trusted his military insights very much. Seeing that the ministers had no other intentions, he issued orders to suppress bandits in the states of Hebei and Shandong according to Tong Guan's wishes.
What Shao Zai Wang Fu did not expect was that after the imperial edict was issued, the army of Hebei and Shandong had not yet assembled, and the Liangshan Bo bandit army had captured Danzhou and Xuzhou one after another, threatening the capital of Jingdong Road, which was also the fourth capital of the Song Dynasty. One of Nanjing Yingtianfu.
Nanjing Yingtianfu is located with a long history and is the former capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties.After King Wu of Zhou conquered Shang, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it became the capital of the Song State.
In the Later Zhou Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Zhao Kuangyin was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of the German Army, and he was stationed in Songzhou.Therefore, this is also the land of Longxing in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Later, Zhao Kuangyin founded the country and named it Song, and established the Zhao family's ancestral temple in Songzhou.
During the period of Song Zhenzong, Songzhou was established as Nanjing, renamed Yingtianfu, and an imperial edict was issued to make Nanjing Yingtianfu the accompanying capital, giving it a special political status.
Now the few urgent reports in the hands of Shaozai Wang Fu are all about how Xuzhou and Danzhou lost troops and generals, lost their cities, and let the soldiers of the Liangshan bandit army go straight to Yingtianfu in Beijing.
In the direction of Dongping Mansion in the north, only Zhang Qing, the military commander of Dongchang Mansion, led his troops to Dong'e County, and was attacking Dongping Mansion City together with Cheng Wanli, the prefect of Dongping Mansion. Quickly recovered Xiadongping Mansion and Jeju, and went south to rescue Yingtian Mansion.
Seeing such a bad battle report, how could Wang Fu, the prime minister in charge of the government, not be so angry that he slapped the table and cursed?
When Cai Jing was in power, how could the world be peaceful without these troubles?
Yingtianfu in Nanjing was the accompanying capital of the Great Song Dynasty, with Zhao's ancestral temple in it, and had a special political status.Moreover, to the west of Yingtianfu in Nanjing is Gyeonggi Road where Bianliang in Tokyo is located.Without the barrier of Yingtianfu in Nanjing, the bandit army could reach the city of Bianliang in Tokyo unimpeded!
Therefore, Nanjing Yingtian Mansion must not be lost!
Chapter 543 Hu Yanzhuo
After Wang Fu patted the table to vent, he gradually calmed down.Close your eyes and think about how to deal with the bandits and soldiers in Po Liangshan who violated Ying Tianfu.
If we say that the army with the most combat effectiveness in the Song Dynasty is the Western Army under the command of Taiwei Tong Guan.If he reports the situation of the general to the officials, the officials may be furious and let Taiwei Tong lead the army again!
Cheng Wanli, under Taiwei Tong's sect, has already gained the limelight, how can Taiwei Tong get the military merit of suppressing thieves alone?
The gang of favored ministers around Song Huizong also had the desire to compete for power and profit among themselves, so Wang Fu did not want to see Taiwei Tongguan dominating the show.After thinking about it for a while, Wang Fu remembered that another favorite minister beside the official family was also in charge of the soldiers?He immediately rushed to visit the man who had met secretly.
At three o'clock at five o'clock that day, Daojun Emperor Song Huizong stepped into the hall.Three blows of the net whip, and the two classes of civil and military classes are in order.The emperor was sitting in the seat, and the head official of the palace shouted: "If there is something to do, go to the class and play, and if there is nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat."
If it was on weekdays, the ministers must have nothing to do and leave the court early.The Emperor Daojun is still in a hurry to draw pictures, enjoy the scenery, and listen to the beauty singing!If there is something really important, the ministers and the Taoist emperor will discuss it in secret in the palace.
Unexpectedly, the prime minister, Wang Fu, came out to play and said: "Today, there are Chao Gai and Song Jiang, the bandit leaders of Liangshanbo in Jeju, who have committed great evils, robbed the city, and gathered criminals and evil parties. Seeing that the officials and soldiers were killed in Jeju, Jiangzhou's inaction army was attacked. They captured Dongping Mansion and Jeju City. Now they have captured Xuzhou and Danzhou and killed all the officials and people in the two states. This has already threatened the Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing, Song Dynasty. If such a serious trouble is not executed early, it will be raised in the future. If you become a thief, you are afraid that you will capture the enemy's country by force in the north. The humble minister is terrified, and I beg my emperor to judge."
Daojun Emperor Song Huizong was shocked when he heard the play, and immediately asked his ministers to select generals and dispatch troops to suppress and arrest them.
When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty asked his ministers to recommend virtuous men, he quietly turned his attention to Taiwei Tongguan, which meant that it was self-evident.
Prime Minister Wang Fu, Taiwei Liang Shicheng, Taifu Yang Jian and other close officials and favorites of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty saw it, but they didn't say a word.
Just at this time, a person stood up in the train and said to the emperor, "Don't worry, my lord. The Xuzhou and Danzhou disobeyed the imperial court's will and neglected to guard against grassroots bandits, which led to the loss of cities, territories and soldiers." To humiliate the country, let the grass bandits in Liangshanbo achieve their ambitions for a while. Measure the grass crowns, they are all reckless mobs, how can they accomplish anything? The imperial court does not need to raise a large army, the minister protects only one person, and can go and recover."
When everyone looked at it, it was Taiwei Gaoqiu.This Gao Qiu is the closest person to the emperor, and also the captain in charge of the Imperial Army in Tokyo. If he stands up like this, what will the officials say?Even the Taiwei Tongguan also quietly took back his right foot that had protruded for half a step, lowered his eyes and ears, and listened to what Gao Li had to say next.
The corners of Wang Fu's mouth curled up slightly, and he stood aside as if nothing had happened.It was he who moved Gao Qiu to check and balance Taiwei Tong Guan, so that Tong Guan would not be the only one in charge of military power and stand out from the crowd.
Daojun Emperor Song Huizong saw that it was Gao Qi and Longyan Dayue, and he thought that he was still his own person and he would share my worries for me!He said with a pleasant face: "If you use it, there will be no mistakes. Even if you set out to hunt for thieves, you will repay your merits as soon as possible. After the grass bandits at Liangshanpo are suppressed, the imperial court will increase officials and rewards, and move them to high positions."
Taiwei Gaoqiu said: "My lord, this person is the descendant of the famous general Huyanzan of Hedong at the beginning of the founding of the country. The single name is called Zhuozi, and he uses two copper whips. He has the courage that ten thousand men do not deserve. See you in the capital of Runing County. Controlling. There are many elite soldiers and brave generals under his command. The minister recommended this person to conquer Liangshanbo. The minister thought that he could be given the command of soldiers and horses to lead the elite soldiers on horseback to Yingtianfu in Nanjing. "
Unlike the Taiwei Tong Guanjiu who was in the northwest and was surrounded by arrogant soldiers of the Western Army, this Taiwei Gao Qiu has been in charge of the Forbidden Army in Bianliang City, Tokyo for many years, and has a closer relationship with the founding generals in Tokyo. .Therefore, when he had the opportunity to compete for military exploits and seek promotion, he naturally took the benefits and gave them to the juniors of the generals.
After hearing this, Tai Wei Tong Guan understood that Gao Li was using this to win over the generals in Bianliang City in Tokyo and cultivate his power in the army.It is also impossible for Tong Guan to speak out against it, just offending those generals who are lying on the merits of their ancestors.However, he has already made up his mind to secretly ask Cheng Wanli to step up his offensive, capture Liang Shanbo first, and compete with the generals recommended by Gao Lian.
Seeing that there were no objections from the ministers, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, the Taoist emperor, issued an imperial decree, ordering the Privy Council to send people to Runing Prefecture to announce the acquisition of Hu Yanzhuo in the starry night.
At the end of the court that day, Gao Taiwei went to the commander-in-chief's mansion to send an officer to the Privy Council to take the imperial decree and announce it.Starting on the same day and setting a date within a limited time, Hu Yanzhuo is required to go to Beijing to listen to the order.
After Taiwei Tongguan returned to the mansion, he also wrote a few secret letters in hand, and sent them to Cheng Wanli in Yanggu County of Dongping Prefecture and several states around Dongping Prefecture at night, secretly urging them to march as soon as possible.
Hu Yanzhuo, a descendant of Jiangmen, was originally Hu Yanzan, the founding general of Hebei in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestral home was in Taiyuan, Bingzhou. , has the courage of all husbands.
Because the royal family of the Zhao family in the Song Dynasty won the country improperly, they were afraid that the generals in the army would follow the same pattern and come to a mutiny in the yellow robes of Chenqiaoyi and seized their own imperial power. He seized the military power of the founding generals and raised them with high officials and generous salaries.
The descendants of these founding generals have been handed down from generation to generation, gradually forming an intricate group of generals who colluded with each other.
The disciples of Jiangmen have developed to the present, and most of them have already degenerated. They can't go to the border to fight, but they can mix with the forbidden army in various places to benefit their own family, but they are all good at it.
Of course, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds.The "green-faced beast" Yang Zhi also appeared in the Song Jiangmen Group.
Yang Zhi was originally a descendant of Yang Ye, a famous general in Hedong, and he can be regarded as the descendant of the general.Thanks to the blessings of his ancestors, that guy had a good start. He was once an envoy of the Palace Marshal's Mansion. When he was young, he also flew eagles and horses in Bianliang City, Tokyo like other generals, so arrogant.