Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Combined with the robbing of the camp by the Song army this time, all the generals of the Jin army suspected that the Kang Wang Zhao Gou in the camp was not the real prince, but a son of a general sent by the Song people to pretend to be his replacement!

Therefore, Wanyan Zongwang asked the Song Dynasty to replace the prince as a hostage.

Chapter 9 Where is my brother-in-law?

In the court of the Great Song Dynasty, because of Yao Pingzhong's defeat this time, Emperor Zhao Huan was terrified, and regretted that he had mistrusted the words of Li Gang and Yao Pingzhong.

At the same time, almost all the ministers believed that the Jin army was invincible, and the peace faction had the upper hand once, and no one made any plans to attack the Jin army.

After Yao Pingzhong's defeat, Li Gang begged to see Emperor Zhao Huan overnight, but Zhao Huan, who was depressed, refused to see him again, and ordered the eunuchs to keep him out of the palace.

On the day after the defeat, Emperor Zhao Huan urgently called a group of ministers to discuss how to deal with the aftermath.

In the meeting hall, Li Gang persuaded all the ministers not to compromise with the Jin people and continue to fight the Jin army.

Veteran Zhong Shidao also said beside him that victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, and it is nothing special. Our army only lost a few thousand troops, and there are still 20 troops.

Regarding how the Song army should use its troops next, Zhong Shidao said calmly: "It is a pity that the robbery failed, but the most important thing for a military strategist is to win by surprise.

Our army has been defeated, and if we send our troops to separate ways to rob the village tonight, it will be beyond the expectations of the Jin people.

Even if you still can't win tonight, it doesn't matter, as long as you send thousands of cavalry to rob the camp every night, so that the Jin army is exhausted, within ten days, the enemy will definitely flee. "

This kind of strategy of being a teacher seems reasonable, but it is a pity that such a strategy can only be implemented smoothly if the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the two armies is not much different.

Back then, the 20 army of Cultivating Teachers and Liu Yanqing's [-] army were defeated by Xiao Qian and Yelu Dashi's [-] Liao army. It can be seen that even the most elite Song Xi army is far from the Liao army in terms of combat effectiveness.

When the Jin army faced the Liao army, it always won more with less, and often 1000 people could defeat [-] Liao troops.

It can be seen from this that the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is much stronger than that of the Song army, and it is conservatively estimated that at least one can be equal to ten.

In other words, in order to defeat Wanyan Zongwang's 60 East Route Army head-on in a field battle, the Song Army would have to assemble an army of [-] to [-] troops.

At this time, although there were more than [-] Qin Wangjun gathered outside Bianliang City in Tokyo, these troops came from all over the world, with complex components and no subordinates. Compared with the Zhongshi Dao Army and Liu Yanqing Army during the Liao expedition .

If you use such an army to harass the Jin army, you will be swallowed up by the Jin army as many people die as you go.

You know, Yao Pingzhong was famous for his bravery and skill in the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty, and his 7000 men and horses were the absolute main force in the 20 Qin King Army.

As a result, after World War I, Yao Pingzhong's army was almost wiped out.

The combat power of the other king Qin's army is not as good as that of Yao Pingzhong, and attacking easily is tantamount to a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.

In fact, Wanyan Zongwang had no interest in continuing to fight the Song army outside the city precisely because he had reached a peace treaty with the Song Dynasty on land cession and compensation.

Otherwise, in a field battle, the 20 Qin Wang army would not be able to stop the attack of Wanyan Zongwang's army.

Although Li Gang and Zhong Shidao insisted that the Song army still had a chance to defeat the Jin army, none of the ministers would listen to their opinions.

Dazai Li Bangyan retorted: "If you rob a battalion, you will lose tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. No matter how many soldiers and horses our army has, it will not be able to withstand your tossing!"

Zheng Wangzhi, who had been to the Jin camp, also echoed: "Your Majesty wanted to negotiate peace with the Jin people before, and there was nothing wrong with the original intention. It is like a robber suddenly coming to the house, and the strong men in the family are not there. How can we deal with it without making peace? After that, the ministers raised troops. There was no mistake in the first place, but they only saw that the Jin army could be attacked, but they didn't know that the imperial court has no one available now!"

The ministers of Zhuhe believed that the Jin army was invincible, and shifted the responsibility for the Song army's failure to Li Gang and Zhong Shidao, who were in the main battle.

Emperor Zhao Huan believed that the ministers of the main peace faction were justified.

There was never a shortage of people in the court who tried to figure out the emperor's thoughts. Seeing that the emperor had already favored harmony, on the third day of the first lunar month, some ministers issued a memorial to impeach Li Gang and Zhong Shidao on the grounds that they advocated sending troops and leading to the defeat the day before yesterday.

Emperor Zhao Huan ordered everyone to discuss it in the palace.

Li Gang argued that he had originally agreed with Yao Pingzhong to send troops on February [-]th, but Wei Chen was not ready yet, and Yao Pingzhong sent troops on the first day of the first month.

Even so, our army only suffered thousands of casualties, and the Jin army had no fewer casualties than our army.

The Jin army can only fight more than 3 people, and our army has 20. What is there to be afraid of only a small defeat?

Li Gang's self-justification made Emperor Zhao Huan feel unhappy.

Yao Pingzhong sent troops on the first day of the first lunar month because he received my secret decree.Why, Li Gang, are you actually going to shift the responsibility for the defeat to me?

snort!The reason why I agree with Yao Pingzhong to send troops is because I listened to your analysis of Li Gang and thought that the Jin army could be defeated!

This time Yao Pingzhong was defeated, Yang Kesheng and He Guan died in battle, you and Li Gang are inseparable!

Emperor Zhao Huan was terrified by the strength of the Jin army. Thinking of how he had misunderstood the opinions of Li Gang and others, and actually took the initiative to attack the Jin army, he felt really regretful.

After the court discussion, in order to quell the anger of the Jin army outside the city, Emperor Zhao Huan decreed to dismiss Li Gang Shangshu Youcheng and the post of personal enlistment envoy.

In addition, Zhao Huan will cancel the position of personal enlistment envoy from then on, and replace him with the post of guard envoy, which will be taken over by Shangshu Zuocheng Cai Mao.

The abolition of the post of personal enlistment camp envoy shows that Emperor Zhao Huan completely gave up his plan to counterattack the Jin army, and only wanted to hold the capital.

Later, Emperor Zhao Huan also ordered the dismissal of the Gyeonggi Xuanfu envoy who cultivated the teacher's way.

Faced with Jin Jun's request to replace the prince as a hostage, Emperor Zhao Huan did not dare to refuse, so he had to exchange King Kang Zhao Gou with Su Wang Zhao Shu.

Zhao Goufu was so fateful that he was suspected by the Jin Army of being a fake prince because Yao Pingzhong robbed the camp. He escaped from the tiger's mouth in a daze and returned to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

After Shangshu Zuocheng Cai Mao took over the post of guard envoy, he ordered the guards to take off their armor and remove the guards on the city wall, and ordered all the local township warriors who helped the city defense to disband. The Song Dynasty no longer had the attitude of fighting the Jin army and seeking peace wholeheartedly.

Emperor Zhao Huan not only reused peace ministers like Cai Mao, but also restored other peace officials who had been demoted in the early stage, such as Li Bangyan and other capital officials, and asked them to actively negotiate with the Jin army and prepare for gold and silver compensation.

After the news of these personnel adjustments in the Song Dynasty reached the Jin Army, Wanyan Zongwang, the commander of the East Route Army, was very happy and decided to make friends with the new emperor Zhao Huan of the Song Dynasty.

However, Wanyan Zongwang also despised the Song Dynasty in his heart at the same time, saying that there were indeed no people in the Southern Dynasty.

When I first saw my brother-in-law Ximen Qing and the warriors around him, I thought there were many capable people in the Southern Dynasty, but these Southern Dynasty people were so vulnerable.

Brother-in-law Ximenqing is also from Song Dynasty, so why is he so much better than them?

Thinking of Ximen Qing helping him in Pingzhou, Wanyan Zongwang suddenly missed Ximen Qing's brother-in-law.

Ximenqing's brother-in-law should know that I led the army to Bianliang City in Tokyo, why didn't you come to the barracks to visit Zong Bi and me?

Chapter 9 and Four

When Wanyan Zongwang misses the benefits of his brother-in-law Ximen Qing, Ximen Qing is making every effort to improve his combat power.

During this period, Xinzan of Qizhou, Zhao Mingcheng of Laizhou, Murong Yanda of Qingzhou, Shi Wengong of Zengtou City of Lingzhou, Du Chong of Daming Mansion, Zhang Qing of Dongchang Mansion and other people from all walks of life secretly sent people to contact Ximen Qing and asked him about the place Does Haoqiang have any plans to raise troops to serve the king?

Ximenqing replied to them one by one, saying that the Jin army was too strong, and he only wanted to organize volunteers to protect Dongping Mansion, Yanggu County and other places.

Seeing that the resourceful Ximen Qing stood still and fought on his own, all the forces that had good relations with Ximen Qing just guarded their own one-acre three-point land.

At this time, in Bianliang City, Tokyo, because of the failure of Yao Pingzhong's attack on the Jin Army's camp, the Song Dynasty had no choice but to dismiss Li Gang and Zhong Shidao, who were the main combat faction, in order to show their favor to the Jin Army.

However, the Jin army resumed its harassment of Bianliang City in Tokyo in order to increase military pressure on the Song Dynasty.