Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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Cai Jing and others who were forced to watch were dejected. At this time, they knew how failed the government's administration in Yandi was, and they had already lost the support of the people in Yandi.

No wonder Guo Yaoshi chose to invest money after the first battle when there were still [-] soldiers and horses and sufficient food and grass.

After Yan Zonghan entered the city, he admired the prefect Cai Jing's loyalty to the Song Dynasty, and ordered the Han officials in the army to persuade Cai Jing to surrender, and promised him a high official and generous salary.

Cai Jing said that as an official of the Song Dynasty, he had already defeated the Yanshan Mansion of the Song Dynasty, and he did not dare to go to the Jin State to harm the country and the people, and refused to surrender to the Jin army.

However, Shi Liai waited for the remaining officials of the Liao Kingdom in Yandi to vote for the Jin army one after another at this time, helping the Jin army rule Yandi and attack the Song Dynasty.

On December [-]th, when the Jin army left Yanshan Mansion after a little rest and continued southward, Wanyan Zongwang ordered Cai Jing to be killed.Lu Yihao and others were brought by Wanyan Zongwang's side.

At this time, Wanyan Zongwang still didn't trust Guo Yaoshi who had just surrendered, so he only ordered him to be the forward coach and lead a thousand cavalry to lead the Jin army as a guide.

Guo Yaoshi was dissatisfied with this arrangement, and told Wanyan Zongwang that he had too few soldiers to take on the important role of forward.

Wanyan Zongwang added another thousand cavalry to Guo Yaoshi, but ordered him not to attack and plunder the prefectures and counties in front of him without authorization.

Since the rise of the Jin army, officials appointed by the Song Dynasty in Yandi's prefectures have run away one after another.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wu Zhen, the city guard of Jingzhou, fled by sea.

Gao Gonghan, the city guard of Jizhou, and Zeng Ping, the deputy city guard, fled to the south with the defenders.

Xu Jie and Huang Wen, the city guards of Tanzhou, also abandoned the city and fled.

Shunzhou city guard Lin Lianggong fled to Yanshan.

Ge Feng, the city guard of Zhuozhou, abandoned the city and fled when he heard that the Jin army was raising troops.

Huang Lie, the city guard of Yizhou, persisted in the city for a few days, and only jumped over the wall to escape when the Jin army reached the gate of the city.But he was unlucky when he escaped. He jumped the city wall and broke his feet, unfortunately he lost his life.

Only Cai Jing, the appeasement envoy and prefect who guarded Yanshan Mansion, refused to escape and was killed for refusing to surrender.

Because of the surrender of the Changsheng army, the entire Yan land soon fell into the hands of the Jin army.Wanyan Zongwang swung his army straight to Hebei.

On the same day that Guo Yaoshi's Changsheng Army and Wanyan Zongwang's Army fought fiercely in Baihe, Tong Guan invited Zhang Xiaochun, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, to discuss the matter together in the early office of the Xuanfu Department of Taiyuan Mansion on Hedong Road.

At this time, everyone in the Xuanfu Department certainly didn't know that the decisive battle to determine the fate of Yandi was taking place in the distant Yanshan Mansion. What they were worried about was that Wanyan Zonghan's army led the next Daizhou and Xinzhou, Li Siben's [-] troops collapsed overnight, and the Jin army's forwards were approaching Taiyuan. government.

Tong Guan told Zhang Xiaochun that because of the emergency situation on the front line, he planned to leave early tomorrow morning to rush back to Bianliang, Tokyo, and personally report the front line situation to the imperial court.

Tong Guan asked Zhang Zhifu to guard Taiyuan City well.

Zhang Xiaochun didn't expect Tong Guan to leave at this critical moment, and firmly opposed it, asking Tong Guan to stay on the front line to stabilize the morale of the army.

Zhang Xiaochun dissuaded Tong Guan: "The Jin people broke the covenant, the king should gather all the soldiers to fight the enemy, how can he leave like this?

When the king left, the hearts of the people were horrified, and it was tantamount to handing over the east of the river to others.Once Hedong falls, how can Hebei be preserved?

Your Majesty, please stay with us and do our best to lead the people to serve the country.

Nowadays, the roads of Taiyuanfu are dangerous and the city is strong, and the soldiers are proficient in warfare, so the Jin people may not be able to break through. "

Because Tong Guan was named the king of the county by the court, Zhang Xiaochun honored him as the king.

Tong Guan was furious when he heard the words, and said to Zhang Xiaochun: "I am only ordered to proclaim, not a minister of the land, if I must stay, what do you want the ministers to do?

It is your duty to defend the city, and you must work hard!

When I go to the capital to report, I will soon mobilize all armies and horses to respond.

If I stay, it will be of no avail. "

"His Majesty wants to leave, but Xiaochun dare not force him to stay. Don't worry, Your Majesty, Xiaochun will live and die with Taiyuan City! The military aircraft is busy, and I will leave!"

Zhang Xiaochun and Tong Guanhua were not speculative, they became angry and broke up unhappy.

Zhang Xiaochun returned home, put his palms together and shouted: "Taishi Tong is so dignified on weekdays, how do you know that a big event is coming, but you are so cowardly! As a minister, you can't serve the country with death, just want to run away with your head like a mouse, how can you see the world's soldiers?"

It wasn't just Zhang Xiaochun who was dissatisfied with Tong Guan's leaving, Ma Kuo heard that Tong Guan was going back to Tokyo, and hurried to persuade Tong Guan, saying that at such a time, he couldn't leave the front line at the risk of being cast aside by the world.

Ma Kuo also persuaded Tong Guan to move the Xuanfu Division from Taiyuan Mansion to Zhending Mansion, Hebei, on the grounds that most places on the front line are closed and have cities to defend, and only the vicinity of Zhending Mansion is a smooth road.If you don't focus on guarding, I am afraid that the Jin Army will drive straight in.

And if the Xuanfu Division moved there, not only would it be able to stop the Jin army, but if the troops and horses from all walks of life knew that Tong Taishi personally guarded the most dangerous place, it would greatly boost their morale.

The strategy offered by Ma Kuo is really not brilliant, but the courage of a passionate young man.

With no soldiers and no generals, let Tong Guan take the staff of the Xuanfu Division to Zhending Mansion to risk their own lives, wouldn't this be death in vain?

Could it be possible to defeat Jin Jun's mace with Tong Taiwei's courage, spirit and Tianling Gai?

In fact, not only Ma Kuo was naive, Zhang Xiaochun was also a civil servant with no military experience.

They only knew to let Tong Guan die to guard a city and a place, but they didn't know that apart from giving Tong Guan a better reputation when he was dying, it actually had no effect on the war between the two countries.

If Tong Guan wants to play a role in this national war, he really has to rush back to Bianliang City in Tokyo in time to mobilize the national army and horses to fight hard with the Jin army.

Only people in high positions like Tong Guan know that the key to this battle lies in the command and dispatch in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

However, the group of important ministers around the emperor were all boastful civil servants, and none of them had military experience like Tong Guan.

To mobilize and command the Western Army of Shaanxi Fifth Route to rescue Hedong and Hebei, there is no more suitable candidate than Tong Guan at this time.

As Tong Guan said, it is the duty of the guard to stand firm and wait for help, and he should return to the capital to take charge of the overall situation, so as to mobilize troops to rescue Taiyuan continuously.

If Tong Guan is trapped in Taiyuan Mansion or Zhending Mansion, how can he command the various armies?Then his role is nothing more than a magistrate.

Of course, Tong Guan was morally inferior to Ma Kuo, so he could only pretend to agree, but did not take any action.

Seeing this, Ma Kuo finds Tong Guan again and asks him to hurry to Zhending Mansion.

Tong Guan became furious and scolded Ma Kuo for letting him go to Zhending Mansion because after Ma Kuo settled down, the whole family lived in Baozhou.

Tong Guan also said that even if he went, he would not have any, because now he has no soldiers in his hands, so what can he use to resist the Jin army.

Ma Kuo suggested that volunteers could be recruited on the spot.

Tong Guan then said that it is better for you to go to Zhending first to recruit soldiers and buy horses. If you can recruit 3 people, I will go to Zhending Mansion.

On the second day, Tong Guan, Ma Kuo and others left Taiyuan together. Ma Kuo rushed to Zhending Mansion to recruit soldiers, and Tong Guan took everyone from the Xuanfu Department to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Chapter 884 Ximen Qing's Important Matters

Tong Guan was in a hurry to rush back from Taiyuan Mansion to Bianliang City in Tokyo, not only because he wanted to sit in the capital and mobilize the national army, but also because he felt another kind of crisis.

This time the Jin army attacked the Song Dynasty, it is natural to issue a call to action against the Song Dynasty.The content of the call to action has been passed on to Tong Guan.

In short, the main meaning of the proclamation is that the emperor of the Song Dynasty broke his promise and did a lot of things that were unworthy of his ally, the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, the Jin army wanted to kill the capital of the Song Dynasty and settle accounts with the emperor of the Song Dynasty.