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Under Ximenqing's arrangement, the old supervisor Ximenfu quietly transferred out the stores opened by Ximen's family in various states on Hebei Road at a high price, and exchanged them for real money and shipped them back to Yanggu County.
Ximenqing's restaurants, pharmacies and other shops were all located in the most prosperous places in each city. When he quietly withdrew, local wealthy businessmen didn't know that the war was coming, so they rushed to buy these businesses.
In addition to Mr. Lu Junyi and Mr. Lu of the Daming Mansion in Beijing, Ximen Qing also made a special visit and suggested that he transfer the business of unpacking warehouses in various places on Hebei Road to Hedong Road and Lianghuai Road.
It's a pity that Mr. Lu's family has a big business. Although he trusted Ximen Qing's judgment and shut down some businesses, he was still not willing to give up the business in Beijing Daming Mansion.
After all, Beijing Daming Mansion is the second most populous city in the Song Dynasty, and its prosperity is not inferior to that of Bianliang City in Tokyo. Which businessman is willing to give up such a big city?
Ximenqing had no choice but to sell all the luxury goods such as jade, gold, silver and jewelry in his hands as soon as possible, and replaced them with the most valuable weapons, food and medicinal materials during the war.
While Ximenqing was secretly preparing for war, Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zongwang and others were also gathering strength for the war.
At this time, a Lang official named Chen Jiao in Yanshan Mansion was ordered to escort the envoys of the Kingdom of Jin to leave the country.
When he arrived at the border between the two countries, Chen Jiao found that the Jin army was gathering troops in the Pingzhou area for unknown purposes.
Chen Jiao sensed the abnormal atmosphere in the Kingdom of Jin. After returning from the border, he immediately reported the situation to Cai Jing, the prefect of Yanshan Prefecture.
But to be on the safe side, Chen Jiao only said that he heard what others said on the way, and hoped that Cai Jing would make preparations early to guard against Jin Guo's attack.
Unexpectedly, Cai Jing didn't believe Chen Jiao's words, thinking that the survivors of the Liao Kingdom were secretly provoking the relationship between Song and Jin.Cai Jing angrily said, whoever made up this rumor should be found and killed.
Seeing this, Chen Jiao was too frightened to speak, so he had no choice but to ask Cai Jing to let him go elsewhere and leave Yanshan Mansion.
Cai Jing saw that Chen Jiao was not pleasing to the eye, so he sent him to Fujian to become an official.Chen Jiao took the opportunity to fly away, and escaped from this extremely dangerous place in his eyes.
Although Cai Jing was confused, Ma Kuo had a clear understanding of the situation between the two countries.
Tong Guan, envoy of Xuanfu, handed over the 20-year-old coins and silver taels in advance to Wanyan Zonghan of Datong Mansion, and then rushed from Taiyuan to Yanshan Mansion in person.
Ma Kuo heard that Taishi Tong was coming to Yanshan Mansion, so he rushed to Renqiu County, Mozhou, between Hejian Mansion and Xiongzhou, to meet Tong Guan.
After the meeting, Ma Kuo reported the tense situation on the border to Tong Guan, and suggested that Tong Guan should immediately strengthen the border defense forces to prepare for Jin's southward invasion.
Tong Guan said to Ma Kuo, this time I came to Yanshan Mansion just to do this.
In order to appease the Changsheng Army who had resentment about Zhang Jue and the Yisheng Army, so that the Changsheng Army could continue to serve the court, Tong Guan immediately rewarded Guo Yaoshi and the Changsheng Army after arriving at Yanshan Mansion, and dismissed Wang Anzhong. At that time, Cai Jing, who had a good relationship with Guo Yaoshi, was promoted to comfort envoy and magistrate of Yanshan Prefecture.
Faced with Tong Guan's kindness, Guo Yaoshi once again expressed his willingness to die for Tong Guan.
After rectifying the Yanshan Mansion, Tong Guan rearranged the soldiers and horses on the Hebei Road, and divided the garrison on the Hebei Road into four groups. Xin Xingzong was in charge of the Zhongshan Mansion, Ren Yuan was in charge of the Zhending Mansion, Yang Weizhong was in charge of the Hejian Mansion, and Du Chong was in charge of the Daming Mansion. .
Tong Guan also ordered the armies from all walks of life to recruit fugitive soldiers and homeless people to supplement their military strength.
Soon, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty in Bianliang City, Tokyo, decreed that the Taishi leader of the ruling dynasty should be appointed as the chief of the Privy Council, and the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Road, Hebei Province, be filled with Shenxiao Palace, and that [-] households in the public food town of Yu State should be granted [-] households. Tong Guan was the king of Guangyang County, Jiashi Township, and [-] households were granted food seals for [-] households.
Song Huizong suddenly made Tongguan king because he felt the threat from the northern Jin Kingdom.This move is to commend him for his great achievements in regaining the lost land, and the second is to hope that he will continue to work hard to protect the northern border of the Song Dynasty.
At this time, Wanyan Zongwang asked the Yanshan Mansion of the Song Dynasty for the household registration of Pingzhou who fled back, but the Song Dynasty refused to hand it over.
Wanyan Zongwang also heard that Tong Guan and Guo Yaoshi were training troops in Yanshan and actively preparing for battle.
Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang asked the emperor to attack the Song State, and said to Wanyan Wu begging for money: "The Song State has repeatedly broken the alliance, and it is not a country with faith. If the Song State is not pacified first, it may become a trouble in the future."
Under the impetus of Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zonghan, the Jin army is gearing up and wants to hang their names and punish crimes!
Chapter 877 Wanyan Zonghan's Determination
After capturing Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom, the Kingdom of Jin quickly turned its horse's head and turned its attention to the Song Dynasty in the south.
The State of Jin sent envoys to the Song Dynasty many times to ask for the household registrations of Liao officials and civilians who had fled into the Song Dynasty.
Wanyan Zonghan and others became angry from embarrassment, and decided to lead the troops south to see how the Song Dynasty had a territory of thousands of miles and a large population.
In July of that year, Jin Guo sent envoys to the Song Dynasty on the grounds of celebrating the capture of Emperor Tianzuo and the demise of the Liao Kingdom.
In September, the Kingdom of Jin sent envoys to visit again on the grounds of celebrating the good relations between the two countries.
On the day the envoys arrived at Bianliang City in Tokyo, the defender of Hedong reported to the court that the border Jin army under the command of Wanyan Zonghan was undergoing military mobilization, and there might be a danger of invading south.
As soon as the intelligence from Hedong arrived, Ma Kuo found Tong Guan and said that Yan Zonghan was preparing the army at this time, and the only explanation was that he was preparing to attack our Song Dynasty.
Ma Kuo said that [-] troops can be sent to patrol the northern border to show our strength.This will not only consolidate the border defense, but also force the Jin army to give up the idea of invading south.
However, Tong Guan was unwilling to take the initiative to stir up trouble and give Jin Guo further excuses, so he did not adopt Ma Kuo's opinion.
In fact, Ma Kuo's opinion is not a good policy.
Because, the Song Dynasty had a lot of troops on the northern border.
The ever-victorious army in Yanshan Mansion has 30 people, plus the Yandi Township soldiers claim to be [-].
The newly formed Yisheng Army on the border of Hedong also has [-] people, and the soldiers and horses on Hedong Road also have more than [-] horses.
And there are 10,000+ forbidden troops on Hebei Road.
Therefore, the Song Army has hundreds of thousands of troops on the border of Yanyun, Hebei, and Hedong, which is far superior to the Jin Army in terms of strength.
The crux of the problem is that although there are many Song troops, there are not many capable of fighting.At the beginning, the 20 Western Army was beaten to pieces by tens of thousands of Liao Army, but now these hundreds of thousands of troops can match the tens of thousands of Jin Army?
Tong Guan, who has led the army for many years, knows this well, so he knows that patrolling the border with a [-] troops is just a child's play. Apart from wasting food and grass, it will not have any deterrent effect on the Jin army that has experienced many battles and swept across the Liao Kingdom.
Of course, Ma Kuo's enthusiasm is very commendable, Tong Guan still encouraged Ma Kuo.
While Ma Kuo was worrying about the safety of the imperial court, Ximen Qing was also busy.
The army in Hebei is recruiting soldiers. In order to prevent Yue Fei and others from Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, from joining the army in a daze, Ximen Qing rushed to Tangyin County and brought them all back to Yanggu County.
Even for the safety of everyone in Yuejiazhuang and Yaojiazhuang, Ximenqing broke his lips and invited Yuehe and Yao Daweng to Dongping Mansion, and gave them two big farms in Dong'e County.
Thanks to Ximenqing's hard work, Yue Fei and others' relatives all moved to Dong'e County, living next to Ximenqing in Yanggu County.
There are only a few stewards left to take care of the fields of Yuejiazhuang and Yaojiazhuang in Tangyin County.
Ximen Qing vaguely remembered that Xiangzhou was the place where Wanyan Zongwang's army passed by when they went south, and a great battle broke out there.
Now that Yue Fei's family members have been moved to protect him, Ximen Qing can be regarded as benevolent and caring for Yue Fei and others.
Isn't Xiao Yuefei obediently working for his uncle?
In Taiwei Tongguan's Propaganda Department, information about the Jin Army came in a steady stream.
In October, the third batch of envoys from the Kingdom of Jin came to Bianliang City in Tokyo again in the Song Dynasty on the grounds of celebrating the New Year.
On October [-]th, intelligence came from Zhongshan Prefecture, saying that Marshal Wanyan Zonghan and General Yeluyu of the Kingdom of Jin had seen troops stationed in Liudian outside Weizhou City, training their troops and horses, and there might be some changes.
On the 5000th, news came from Zhongshan Prefecture that 2000 Jin soldiers from the Jin State were rushing to Pingzhou in the Jin State, 2000 from the Bohai Navy, 9000 from the Xi Army, and [-] from the Tieli Army. Rush to the Datong Mansion of the Kingdom of Jin.