Chapter 147: The Determination Has Been Made
Zong Han saw the head of a man in front of the tent and the embarrassed Gao Qingyi, although his face was full of anger, but he was smiling secretly in his heart, although Zhao Er was as cunning as a fox, but his behavior still exposed the thoughts in his heart - he did not give up his brother!
Then Zong Han asked Gao Qingyi and Zhao Er in detail about the negotiation, of course Gao Qingyi knew what to say and what not to say, so he naturally hid the part of his forced confession, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable, and the person in front of him had to cook himself and eat it.
"Okay, you have made a great contribution this time, and there are two Southern Dynasty Meiji in the camp, and I will reward you today!" Zong Han was in a good mood when he heard this, as long as Zhao Er still cared about the brotherhood of the monarch and the minister, he would have a way to subdue him and get out safely, thinking that now that Han Li is dead, there is no one in the country who can compete with him, and he can also re-ascend to the phase and continue the glory of the family, he can't help but laugh...
The battle suddenly began at the darkest hour of dawn, and the Zhongxing army concentrated all its artillery and launched a fierce bombardment of the Jin army camp. The last time it was raining heavily, the artillery could not be used, so that the artillery became the role of soy sauce, this time they can have a good time, it is not a thousand cannons, but it can also be called a hundred cannons!
Yue Fei stood at the head of the city and looked at the golden camp, it was the first time he had seen such a spectacular war scene, countless shells drew a graceful arc in the air and fell into the enemy camp, and the walls that had to cost countless lives to break through in the past were destroyed in the blink of an eye in the sound of explosions, turning into raging flames, the roar of thunder in the golden camp had turned into a sea of fire, and the arrogant Jurchens were crying and running in all directions in the smoke and flames. It's a shock!
The shelling lasted for half an hour, and the smoke of gunfire even obscured the rising sun. The loud and poignant trumpet of the charge sounded, and the Song army on the north and south roads was like a vice squeezing from two directions to the middle. The armies began the assault according to the plan.
Although the Zhongxing military division is from the same school, it can still be seen that there are different styles. Zhao Yong fought fiercely, and the troops he commanded and trained were good at fighting, hussars opened the way to crush, disrupted the enemy's deployment, and then broke through the gap with dragoons, isolated the enemy army into several sections, divided and annihilated; Zhao Lian likes to command battles from the perspective of a staff officer, and he can consider problems from all angles. In the beginning of the war, they had a clear and clear vision, and they had a good grasp of the coordination of firepower, and the use of troops was well founded.
Zhao Xin may have been by the side of the prince for a long time, and his style of fighting is most like that of the prince, he is good at using surprise attacks, and the shelling has not stopped, several detachments have been interspersed with the enemy formation, and some have gone straight to the enemy's main general to attack his command system. Others control important places. Cut off enemy forces from each other. The brigade then quickly followed, further quickly cut and separated the enemy troops, and eliminated them one by one by virtue of their superiority in firepower. If there is a cheap one, it is not considered that the expensive one ...
The battle has begun, but Zhao Ta is idle, and he doesn't need to worry about the ongoing battle. As a result, it was determined at the moment when the Baoding army was recovered, and the Jin army could not escape the fate of annihilation. And what he had to think about at this point was no longer just a battle. It's an 'war' to come.
All generations of Central Plains kings from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the later Qing Dynasty understood, and of course Zhao Ta also understood. The relationship between the Central Plains and the nomads in the north is the relationship between conquest and subjugation, the relationship between brothers and enemies, the relationship between war and exchange, and the relationship between integration and integration. The empires they fought in the world were destined to be intertwined.
The Jurchens in the north are their enemies now, and they will be their enemies for a long time to come, and there will be rising Mongols after the decline of the Jurchens, and they will all be strong enemies of the Great Song Dynasty. And to defend against these enemies, you must have a rich and powerful empire to back them up. The Great Song Dynasty, which was founded for two hundred years, has now accumulated a lot of drawbacks, faltered, and collapsed in an instant under the invasion of the Jurchens, and Zhao Ta's task is to re-establish a new Song Dynasty!
Zhao Ta, as a later person, said that many of his narrations and comments on the 'shame of Jingkang' seemed to give deep sympathy to the Song people without exception, and it was an inextricable knot of heartache in the hearts of every Chinese people. Sympathizing with the weak, shoveling the strong and hoeing the evil, there are such heroic plots in everyone's heart, and the Jingkang Disaster is indeed a blatant trampling on Chinese civilization. Civilization is so fragile in the face of the blade! Why is civilization so vulnerable?
But they don't know that poor people also have hate. In fact, it is not possible to blindly blame and blame the Jurchens, when the Jurchens stepped on both sides of the Yellow River, behind them were the obvious mistakes and perverse behaviors of the Song Dynasty who repeatedly betrayed their promises, went back on their word, harbored evil intentions, and fought and were uncertain. If these acts were committed by the Jurchens, then many people would lash out to show their righteous indignation.
In the end, there are many reasons for the "shame of Jingkang", and it is biased to put the blame on Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan, father and son, and it is not appropriate to turn a blind eye to the bad role played by these two Song officials. It was his inaction and chaotic actions that led to this humiliation and heartache throughout the entire history of Chinese civilization!
However, it is not something that can be achieved overnight, and military victories do not necessarily lead to political victories. Now Zhao Tan originally planned to recover Yanjing Mansion with all his might, but after careful consideration, he still gave up, as the main force of the battle, the Zhongxing Army has been fighting for more than half a year, fighting several big battles, but has not been fully rested, and the pressure on logistics is increasing day by day.
Since Zhao Ta decided to go south to aid Bianjing, the plan has changed several times, and the Hebei and Henan areas have been sacked by the Jin army. At the same time, rebels, bandits, and stragglers swarmed up to loot again, and the primitive agricultural economy had collapsed. The area recovered by Zhao Ta and the needs of the battle all came from the northwest, although he had made preparations for this in the past few years, but he was also stretched thin, and he struggled to maintain it, and if it continued like this, the northwest that had just improved would be dragged down!
The supply of weapons and ammunition for the Zhongxing Army is different from that of other armies, and it cannot be replenished on the spot, let alone produced on the spot, and it all depends on the production of workshops in the prefecture. Now Shuozhou is already in full production, and if there is no previous inventory, it will not be able to meet the needs of the operation, so the attack on the Yanjing area will face a situation where there is no ammunition available. After thinking about it repeatedly, Zhao Ta still decided to give up the campaign to recover Yanjing, turn to defense after the annihilation of the Zonghan Army, and implement it after the domestic economic and political environment improved.
The most infuriating thing is that the decree is not passed, although the edict of Zhao Ta being made the new monarch has been sent to the capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, but his orders can only be implemented in the Gyeonggi and Lianghe regions controlled by his Zhongxing Army, and other places are perfunctory, especially in the Jiangnan region, he has issued orders to local officials several times to obtain materials, grain and grass, but there are few responders, they are still waiting to see the development of the situation, in order to get the greatest political capital.
There is also the 'father' who doesn't make people worry, now the situation is tense, and he has just escaped from the tiger's mouth, he can temporarily keep to himself, and be his Daojun Emperor well, but after a long time, with the defeat of the Jin army, it is difficult to ensure that he doesn't want to do anything and toss something.
Recently, there has been news that the Emperor Taishang is thinking about rebuilding Genyue and restoring its old beauty, but some people are praising his stinky feet, Zhang Luo will restore the abolished Ying Feng Bureau, and increase taxes to raise 'reconstruction funds'. At the same time, he also rewarded his former ministers in a big way, but he was temporarily abandoned when he was opposed by the Queen Mother and the ministers led by Li Gang. Once or twice they can withstand it, but I'm afraid that a few more times, Daddy will lose patience.
In ancient China, the real sharp contradictions existed not only between the landlords and the peasants, but also between the people and the imperial court. A dynasty often gave heavy servitude to the common people in the middle and later periods, when the landlords and peasants were in fact in the same position. Under the harsh government, the landlords and peasants will be dissatisfied with the state policy and have a feeling of rebellion. The current Great Song Dynasty is in such a dangerous period, and if it is not done well under internal and external troubles, it will provoke the people to revolt again, and it will not be as easy as 'square la', and it is likely to take the old road of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.
"The name is not right, it seems that only the official enthronement of the king can solve the problem!" Zhao Ta thought of this and stood up, it seems that his enthronement ceremony must be held as soon as possible, has broken off the other thoughts of those who are still lucky, in this troubled times, 'outside' and 'inside' must be unified, and 'inside' is equally important at this time, history and reality have forced themselves onto a 'road of no return'...
The history of war tells us that there is no eternal strong and no eternal weakling, and time will cause the two to trade-off or even shift between the two. Zhao Tan's army was born to restrain the Jurchens, and the invincible Jin army in the world was soon unable to withstand its fierce attack.
Zong Han's troops have lost their troops and lost their generals in several confrontations with the Xijing Army, leaving a shadow in the vast number of Jin officers and soldiers, when they heard the continuous sound of guns and cannons, and saw the high gun flag, they had no heart to fight, and the West Route Army was defeated in Zhaozhou, and the news of Lou Mur's death was no longer a secret in the army, and Zhao Er's 'killing order' was widely known, and the morale was completely lost before the confrontation!
In the afternoon, the Jin army, which had suffered heavy losses, was broken through by the Zhongxing army in many places, the front was lost, and Zong Han was difficult to control the troops, but with the improvement of his status, he had already lost the determination and courage to fight to the death, and seeing that the situation was out of control, he led the remnants of the army to break through to the east and entered Bailiwen Anwa, trying to find a way to live, but it was not so easy to pass... (To be continued......)