Chapter 8 Woe to a Man
When Zhao Ta learned that the voice of peace between the DPRK and China was rising, he wrote a letter to oppose it, and at the same time hurried to the capital to cast his vote. And when the Great Song Dynasty hesitated whether to accept the peace terms, the Jin State was also fighting for whether to send troops, and the previous escalating peace conditions were not expected by Zhao Tan, it was Han Li who was not playing 'deceitful peace', but it was the repeated success of blackmail that also made the Jurchens' ambitions swell again.
The first war launched by Wanyan Wu Qimai, who had just been in office for just over a year, basically failed. With the help of Guo Yaoshi, the East Route Army, which was inseparable from Yan Han, was lucky to take Yanjing Mansion, crossed the Yellow River, and marched to the capital of Bianjing, but failed to enter the city under Li Gang's stubborn resistance. In the end, he obtained a large amount of war reparations and the promise of ceding the three towns through coaxing and deception, which was indeed an unexpected gain.
But Han Li was not only half happy, he was robbed as soon as he entered the door, 10 million taels of silver was gone, the Prince of the Great Song Dynasty as a hostage was lost, the captured slaves ran away, and he was killed and injured more than 10,000 people, but when he arrived, he didn't know who robbed Lu Dao. The three towns that the Great Song Dynasty promised to cede were not in hand, and the guards of Hejian and Zhongshan refused to hand over the city after receiving instructions from the emperor, so that Hanli would not steal chickens and rice.
Not to mention Zong Han's Western Route Army, it was not smooth from the moment it was dispatched. In Yingzhou, it was intercepted by the remnants of Liao, not to mention that it was blocked for more than ten days, and it was a heavy casualty, so that Zong Han had no power to fight back, if it wasn't for Yinshuke's partial division to attack Daizhou, I am afraid that the attack of the Western Route Army would have died halfway.
After a lot of hard work, I arrived in Taiyuan, but after half a year, I didn't even capture a small Taiyuan city, let alone Bianjing. When he came, he also asked Prince Yan's army in the river to put a dish, not only watching the cooked duck fly. was also driven out of Taiyuan, and the land he occupied was lost. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor of the Song Dynasty had transferred King Yan away, he would have almost been driven out of Daizhou. returned to China in a gloomy manner, but fortunately, he found some face in the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty after the worst.
The Western Route Army did not catch it, but the losses far exceeded that of the Eastern Route Army, more than half of the soldiers were lost, and they died after Yan Yan's mother, lost Yan Yan's speed, and betrayed Yelu Ma Wu, if it weren't for the reinforcements sent by Zhongjing, I am afraid they would not be able to hold out to the most rear, which can be said to be the biggest loss suffered by the Jurchens since the army. Zong Han planted the biggest heel!
After surviving the scorching summer, for the Jurchen people who have lived in the north for a long time, after autumn is the season when the war horses are fat and strong, the grain and grass are very abundant, and the climate is cool, which is very suitable for the Jurchen soldiers to fight. Therefore, August and September of each year is the best time for the Jurchens to start a war, and Wu Qimai is certainly not willing to let go of this opportunity.
After a man has eaten honey, he will not feel sweet when he eats anything; I'm used to sleeping Simmons, and I can't sleep on a hard bed anymore! The Jurchens used to live in primitive societies. This foot stepped into the slave society, turned over and became a master, rice can be eaten as much as you want, and money can be spent as you like. And all this comes from plunder, robbery has become their habit, and war has become a part of their lives.
In order to stimulate domestic demand. Improve people's living standards, and GDP will reach a new high in the coming year. At this moment, the pocket that Yan Wu bought was also empty, and the Jurchen soldiers rested for more than half a year. Of course, a new war needs to be waged. So Wu Qimai recalled the marshals of the east and west routes back to Shangjing to discuss the dispatch of troops, and he planned to divide the troops into two routes, led by Zhu Li and Mu Han to the south. It is also in order to be familiar with the road, preparing to capture Taiyuan first, sweep the three towns of Hebei, pacify the two rivers, and then go down to Bianliang, so that there will be no worries!
I don't know if the last time I led the army to retreat, it was really dangerous, in case Song General did not obey the emperor's orders and led the army to cover himself, it is still unknown whether he can sit here. Besides, the water coward who sneaked up on him halfway has not been heard from, and if he repeats the old trick, he is not busy in vain, so after listening to this plan at this time, he thinks it is reasonable, so he will not say anything.
But when Zong Han heard this, he was furious, and said sharply: "Tokyo is the fundamental place of the Song people, if it is captured, the land of the two rivers will be destroyed." Last time, it was a failure, just because I couldn't come to the city in person, this time I raised troops in person, and it was inevitable to break it. ”
"Sticky Han, are you sure to capture Taiyuan?" Wan Yan Xian also asked.
"It's... I am sure that the army in Hezhong has retreated, and King Yan has also left Hedong, and Li Gang and his ilk can't stop my Dajin soldiers, and this time the troops will definitely be able to fight down! Zong Han said vaguely.
"Oh, I see, but I heard that King Yan has now gone to Beijing to become a fellow governor of the Privy Council, so are you still sure to capture Bianjing?" Han Li was a little unhappy when he didn't listen to Zong Han's words, I just failed to capture it because Li Gang was guarding Bianjing, and you said that Li Gang couldn't beat you, didn't you belittle me and elevate himself by changing the law!
"I guess I can!" Zong Han thought for a moment and replied vaguely.
"Hehe, as a marshal all the way, you said such things, the use of soldiers is a big deal, but you regard it as child's play, what should you be able to? We poured the country's troops out to fight, if we lost our troops and returned empty-handed, how to explain to the emperor and the soldiers! Han couldn't get used to Zong Han's arrogance for a long time, so he grabbed the handle and said sarcastically.
"Second prince, you didn't return empty-handed, but where did the 10 million taels of money given by the Song people go, it can't be that you are corrupt, where are the three towns that were ceded, I heard that you are blackmailing the Song people again, and we haven't seen a tael of the tax money they gave!" When Zong Han heard this, he was also angry, thinking that he was laughing at himself for dying so many people, consuming so much money and food but not getting a hammer, and immediately began to reveal his scars.
"Hmph, I've always suspected that those halfway robberies were impersonated by the remnants of the Liao Texas Army, their firearms were sharp, and they bombarded the camp with artillery, although they changed their clothes, but the same way we fought the Texas Army under Yuanzhou City, we were several times their soldiers and horses were defeated by their men back then, not to mention that this time they were sneak attacks!" Han Li snorted coldly and said, many of the people here had participated in the Battle of Yuanju back then, and they were silent for a while.
"No, the remnants of the Texas army don't have a navy, and it's impossible for them to have a sea ship that can enter the sea, but I suspect that they are all related to one person!" Wanyan Xiyin said, "All of you think about it, are the Texas army we met in Yingzhou and the Hezhong army of the Great Song Dynasty the same in terms of weapons and combat methods? ”
"Ceres, do you mean to say that the Hezhong Army, the Texas Army, and the Water Kou that Han never encountered are all from the same source, and we are all defeated by one person?" Zong Han thought for a while and said... (To be continued......)