Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

However, the Song army was outnumbered, and Hedong had fallen into the hands of the Jin army, and the hearts of the soldiers in the city were scattered.

Seeing that Zhenwei City could no longer be defended, Zhu Zhao killed his wife and children in the mansion, so as not to be humiliated by the Xixia army, and then gathered the dead soldiers, preparing to fight out of the city to fight the Xixia army.

It's a pity that there was a traitor in the army who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and informed the leader of the Xixia Army, Wu'er Siqi, about Zhu Zhao's battle plan.

After Wu'er Siqi, the leader of the Xixia Army, learned about it, he spent a lot of money to buy off some of the city defenders in the Song Army.With the help of these traitors, the Xixia army rushed into the city.

When Zhu Zhao learned that the city was broken, he led his subordinates who followed him to the death to start street fighting with the Xixia army, and fought in the city all night.

In the end, Zhu Zhao died from an arrow, and Zhenwei City was finally captured by the Xixia Army.

After the Xixia army conquered Zhenwei City, they wanted to attack Fuzhou, which was occupied by Zhejia, to the east.As a result, Zhe Keqiu was recruited by the Jin army and took Fuzhou to seek refuge in the Kingdom of Jin.The Xixia army had to change the direction of attack.

After conquering Zhenwei City, the Xixia Army won successive battles and conquered the Jianning Village of Linzhou on the East Road to the east, and then conquered Xi'an Prefecture on Qinfeng Road in the Song Dynasty and Pingxia City of the Huaide Army to the south. Refers to Weizhou.

Later, Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, took advantage of the victory and sent troops to the west to besiege Lanzhou, and only withdrew after a lot of plunder.

When the Xixia army attacked Xi'an Prefecture, Ren Dejing, the governor of Xi'an Prefecture, did not resist, and led the soldiers and civilians in the city to surrender to the Xixia Army.

Li Ganshun, the lord of the Xixia Kingdom, immediately appointed Ren Dejing as the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture, hoping that the guards of other prefectures in the Song Dynasty would follow suit.

However, although Bianliang City in Tokyo was already in chaos, the guards in the northwest of the Song Dynasty were quite contemptuous of Ren Dejing's surrender.

Liu Quan, the Zhijun of the Huaide Army of the Song Dynasty, led his troops to resist when the Xixia Army attacked the city, and was killed after the city was broken.Du Yishi, the general judge of the Huaide army, refused to surrender and hanged himself when the city was broken.

The Huaide Army is the famous Pingxia City in the Song Xia War, where the Song Army and the Xixia Army broke out many battles.

Empress Dowager Liang, the mother of Li Ganshun, the lord of Xixia, has always wanted to seize this place but failed, and it can be said that she regretted it all her life.

Now, taking advantage of the demise of the Song Dynasty and the weakening of the Western Army, the Xixia Army captured Pingxia City in one fell swoop, which greatly inspired Li Ganshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, thinking that this was a sign of the rejuvenation of the Xixia Kingdom.

When Ximen Qingbei went to Jin State to attend the funeral for Wanyan Zongwang, Li Qianshun, the leader of the Western Xia Dynasty, used Wanyan Zonghan's deliberate border demarcation as an excuse to send a large army to attack the border of Chu State again.

Li Qianshun's half-brother, Marshal Li Cha, who was appointed king of Jin Dynasty, led his troops to Pingxia City, hoping to attack Weizhou.

So, why didn't Ximenqing send troops to Shaanxi Fifth Route immediately to repel the aggressive brother Richard?

On the one hand, Guan Sheng, Wang Jin and others needed time to polish the newly formed army, and Ximen Qing didn't want them to rush into battle.

On the other hand, it is because although the strength of the Western Army has dropped greatly, Sun Zhaoyuan, Wang Yi, Wang Si, Qu Duan and other generals of the Western Army are rebellious and rebellious, and they did not sincerely submit to Chu and Ximen Qing.

Ximenqing intended to let them resist the Xixia army first, and after suffering some hardships, he would lead the army in Pingxia to save the generals of the Western Xia army from the fire and water.

After all, it is the routine of stars and protagonists to make an appearance at the most critical moment!

Therefore, Ximenqing is currently only training troops to prepare for war, but let the Western Army and Xixia Army fight first, and both sides will suffer.

However, at Wanyan Zonghan's home at this time, Wanyan Zonghan pointed out that the Xixia Kingdom had colluded with Yelu Dashi, a remnant Liao faction, and wanted to cause trouble on the border of the Jin Kingdom.

Therefore, Wan Yan Zonghan hoped that after Ximen Qing returned home, he could launch an offensive against Xixia as soon as possible.

At the same time, Wanyan Zonghan will also organize an expedition against the Yelu Dashi Army.

All in all, Wanyan Zonghan wants to join hands with Ximen Qing to break the political alliance of Li Qianshun and Yelu Dashi.

Chapter 987 Mysterious Gift

Wanyan Zonghan is the No. 1 general of the Jin Army after Wanyan Aguda, and he has a superb ability for marching and fighting.Want-free-free-view-full-full-version-please-[-]-du-search- After discussing with him, Ximenqing benefited a lot and had a clearer plan on how to attack the Xixia Kingdom.

After discussing with Wanyan Zonghan, the two drank a jar of fine wine to the bottom.Ximenqing bid farewell to Wanyan Zonghan, and rode back to Aguda's village.

Wanyan Zonggan, Wanyan Zongfu and others have been waiting here for a long time.

Ximenqing conveyed Wanyan Zonghan's intentions to all his wives and uncles, saying that Wanyan Zonghan agreed to support Wanyan Zongfu as the deputy marshal of the Jin Army, but in exchange for letting him annex the Yanjing Privy Council.

That is to say, Wanyan Zongfu, the deputy marshal, can command the army, but he has lost control of the local military affairs in Yandi and Hebei, and his authority is much less than that of Wanyan Zongwang.

For this point, the Wanyan Zonggan brothers can also accept it.After all, Wanyan Zongfu's prestige in the army is far from that of Wanyan Zongwang, and it is impossible to fully inherit the power he controlled during his lifetime.

For the Aguda players, the most important thing is to hold part of the main force of the Jin army in their own hands.

Wanyan Zonggan and the others did not hesitate and accepted all of Wanyan Zonghan's conditions.

Therefore, Ximen Qing went to Wanyan Zonghan's village again and gave him a clear reply.

Wanyan Zonghan let out a hearty laugh, and sent Ximen Qing out of the gate in person.

After watching Ximen Qing ride away on horseback, Wanyan Zonghan returned to the house, only to see Wanyan Xiyin sitting there waiting.

Wanyan Zonghan asked Wanyan Xiyin with a smile: "God Gu, you and Ximen Qing have a very close relationship, this time he is helping his wife and brother-in-law Eriduo, and wants to take away the post of right deputy marshal from you! Hehehe~ Gu Shen, what do you think?"

Wanyan Xiyin said with a smile: "Why does elder brother make fun of younger brother?

The younger brother thinks that Brother Ximenqing is right. Uncle Wu Qimai and Brother Puluhu are very attached to the post of Marshal, and they will not let me take up the post.

I think the current situation is the best, little brother. "

Wanyan Zonghan snorted coldly and said: "Brother Gushen, although you can't take the post of deputy marshal, I can entrust the Privy Council Yanjing and Hebei affairs to you, and let you take sole control of Hebei."

Wanyan Xiyin said seriously, "Little brother is willing to go through fire and water for my brother!"

Wanyan Zonghan walked to the door, looked proudly at the emperor's village in the distance, and said in his mouth: "Brother Gushen, you and I will go to see His Majesty the Emperor right now, and I will recommend you to take over the post of Deputy Right Marshal!"

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For the candidates for the right deputy marshal of the Jin Army, for the Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wan Banbo Jilie Wanyan Zonghan, it is not big or small, and it can be settled without a court meeting or a Jurchen aristocratic meeting. Decide.

After Wanyan Zonghan met with Wanyan Wu Qimai, after some friendly discussions, they reached a consensus that the crown prince Wanyan Zongpan, Wanyan Xiyin, Wanyan Pujianu, Wanyanchang and other senior military generals all withdrew from the right deputy marshal. However, this post was still held by the son of Emperor Taizu.

As a result, the dust settled, and Wanyan Zongfu, the third younger brother of Wanyan Zongwang, took over the post of Deputy Marshal of the Jin Army.

Wanyan Wu begged to buy an order to make Wanyan Zongfu the right deputy marshal of the Jin Army, and command the army left by Wanyan Zongwang.

Wanyan Wu begged for another setback in his efforts to control the military power, but the emperor's dignity cannot be forsaken!

Although the Jurchen aristocrats are well aware of this matter, Wanyan Wu Qimai still has to maintain his supreme image in front of the subjects of the world.

Therefore, after appointing Wanyan Zongfu as the commander-in-chief, the emperor Wanyan Wu begged to buy and announced to the world that because of his achievements in destroying the Song Dynasty and opening up the frontiers, the imperial court would reward Marshal Wanyan Zonghan heavily.

Wanyan Wu Qimai specially gave Wanyan Zonghan an iron coupon, which means that in the future, except for zào fǎn, the imperial court will not ask about any of Wanyan Zonghan's actions.

At the same time, Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai also rewarded Wanyan Zonghan with many belongings and horses.

I don't know which counselor gave Wanyan Wuqi the idea. His Majesty the Emperor is declaring to the world that he and Wanyan Zonghan are still monarchs and ministers.

Wanyan Zonghan is extremely well-versed in the Kingdom of Jin. He is the heir to the Jurchen traditional throne, so the iron certificate has no practical significance to him.

In the final analysis, this reward is just to show off the imperial power that Wanyan Wu begged for.