Chapter 836(1/2)
Then Wang Ju met with some of the great monks in Hehuang.
These great monks cannot underestimate them. Even in this period of history, they were very active. Not only did they cooperate with the Song Dynasty to persuade the surrender of the tribes in Xizhou, but in history, Zhong Pu was deceived by a monk and was ambushed and sacrificed. Even in Wang Ju's hands, they were also very active. Wang Ju gave them a promise in Hezhou, which was to take out a lot of money and silk to build temples for them, and promote "Buddhism". So many monks happily took the initiative to go to various tribes for Wang Ju, which played a very important role.
So Wang Ju was busy with everything and took the time to summon some famous monks to Lanzhou.
They are all eminent monks, all of whom are hypocritical, with monk robes floating on the shore. The people of Lanzhou looked at them and lay down on both sides of the road to worship.
Wang Ju was funny in his heart, it was good. It seemed that these monks made people feel noble, but don’t take it seriously. They are the masters of a group of murderers and arsons.
He welcomed the monks to the prefecture yamen, ordered the yamen to have tea, and then had a conversation.
The first is to further win over.
Why did Wang Ju successfully take over the entire Huangzhou area? In fact, the reason is very simple. It is not that the Tubo people are not strong, and it is their home court. Instead, the Tubo people are the leader and Ali Gu, can they agree very much? However, not many people agree with the Song Dynasty.
The situation in Tubo now is like the minions in the movie. Without a master, one by one, one by one, the other is without a master. Therefore, the role of these monks can be shown. Under their guidance, many Tubos will recognize the Song Dynasty as the main focus.
In this way, Hehuang will become more and more stable in the future.
Even later, Wang Ju officially asked the people to pay taxes, so he asked these monks to help and cooperate.
The second thing was to make another promise. In order to express his gratitude, Wang Ju will further build temples in these states once the court uses troops to the Hexi Corridor in the future, and invite them to promote Buddhism and carry forward Buddhism.
Wang Ju’s intention to do this is actually to use Buddhism to build a firewall in the Hexi Corridor. Now Hei Khan has a good relationship with the Song Dynasty, but Wang Ju has always been worried about that religion. Think about the tragedy during the Tongzhi period.
Now the Hexi Corridor is still mainly Buddhism, but Wang Ju found out that some of the green and green were attacking after the scouts inquired.
This is an extremely dangerous signal. Even if many people will be migrated in the future, don’t forget it. The proportion of Uighurs in this area is far greater than that in the Qing Dynasty.
But these monks didn't know that they were all grateful and then went back happily.
It was getting colder, and some small rivers with shallow water began to freeze.
The imperial court suddenly sent an envoy to deliver an edict, and Wang Ju quickly went to Beijing to report his duties.
It is normal to go to Beijing to report on work. Not only this year, Wang Ju may also go to Beijing to report on work next year to communicate with the court. Wang Ju needs to understand the situation of the country, but the country also needs to understand the situation in the northwest and Wang Ju’s plans.
However, Qiong Niang held the teapot and asked in surprise: "Zhu Zhongjun, this is too early."
There is no difference between morning and evening when discussing duties. The problem is that Wang Ju has to use to evade Khitan envoys, but now it is the beginning of the winter moon, and the word "speed" is added.
Wang Ju waved his hand and signaled Qiong Niang not to speak. He asked in a harmonious voice: "Is the official dragon body still healthy?"
"Taibao has won many great triumphs. As the saying goes, people are happy when they are happy. How can the dragon body of the official family not be healthy?"
If Zhao Xu is still alive, there will not be any stories of twelve gold medals. It is not Wang Ju’s suspicion. There are so many things in the northwest. But what Wang Ju is most worried about is Zhao Xu’s body. Zhao Xu is safe and sound, so there will not be any demon moths behind him. But if Zhao Xu has something to do, there will be demon moths behind him. So Wang Ju said, “Okay, let’s go back to Beijing together.”
The group quickly returned to the capital.
As soon as Wang Ju arrived in the capital, he was invited to the palace by Zhao Xu.
He was taken to Yanhe Hall by the eunuch. In addition to Zhao Xu, there were several prime ministers. Other ministers were gone because there were probably some confidential military affairs to be discussed below.
Zhao Xu asked straight to the point: "Wang Qing, why did you ask Xia Envoy to bring that letter of nationality to Beijing?"
Everyone hasn't figured it out yet.
Wang Ju said: "Your Majesty, this matter is a bit long. Let me start with Liaodong. This spring, the group of Jurchen rebels expanded to nearly 40,000 people. With one move, they took over Xianzhou and Yinzhou. Yinzhou (Tieling) was an important gateway to the entire southern Liaoning. Therefore, the Liao Kingdom launched a large army of 70,000 to 80,000 troops to intercept. When the two armies met, the Jurchens gradually lost to the enemy."
Wang Ju's judgment on the combat effectiveness of the Liao army mainly comes from this battle.
"But at that time, I asked the other side to select a few past observations that were a little military. Among them, the leader was Lu Hui, so he offered a plan to the Jurchens, asking them to retreat significantly, and retreated to a tributary upstream of the Huhan River before stopping."
It is easy to understand for those who understand military affairs on the other side. The other side is also fighting, but the enemy's blocking rate is relatively low.
Actually, I can’t think so. When I get to the two continents over there, the enemy’s blocking rate has become very high.
"Then he used my strategy in Huachi County, but the difference was that I used nine corpses to welcome guests in Qingxichuan, which made the Xia army frightened. Then I set up camp in Qingxichuan, and my water attack plan succeeded. However, Lu Hui directly asked three thousand Jurchen soldiers to stand each other across the river, forcibly blocked tens of thousands of Liao main troops across the river, and then dug up the embankment dozens of miles away, causing tens of thousands of Liao troops to almost wipe out all the troops."
Tens of thousands of Liao troops were almost wiped out, and the three thousand Jurchen soldiers were almost wiped out.
But that was not my own child, so I didn’t feel heartbroken no matter how I sold it.
"After this battle, the Jurchens grew rapidly, including the Changbai Mountain tribe and Huiba tribe, and some tribes came to join. Therefore, the Liao Kingdom assembled another 200,000 troops and sniped in two groups. Seeing that the enemy was in great force, Lu Hui instructed the Jurchens to split up some of their troops and go down the Yalu River. It happened that the Liao army's troops on the east side of the Yalu River were all transferred. Therefore, they quickly occupied Baozhou and Kaizhou on the west coast of the Liao Kingdom. They also used Goryeo to pretend to be the order of King Wang Yan of the Goryeo to tempt a soldier on the other side to lead troops to replace them. Then they retreated from the path to the east coast of Goryeo and took the help of sea boats to return."
First, Wu Nan and others entered Goryeo since spring, and even came to the near Yalu River to investigate the terrain and various situations. At the same time, they also learned that there was a guard general named Li Bingzhen of Goryeo, who was very brave and hated the Liao Kingdom, but this man was extremely powerful, but he was a muscular man with lack of brains.
The gap was opened from his hand.
But the root cause still comes from the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom looked around and seemed to have no opponents. Therefore, starting from the previous generation of King Wang Hui of Goryeo, he began to harass Goryeo again, causing the Goryeo people to be like the soldiers of the Song army who were facing Xixia during the Qingli period. They hated and feared in their hearts, but they were not Li Bingzhen alone.
Of course, Wang Ju didn't know about these situations, otherwise he would have made a few better moves.
After Wu Nan sent someone to inquire about them, Wu Nan and Lu Hui used this situation to make these arrangements. The reason for choosing Li Bingzhen was that he hated the Liao Kingdom more, and the other was that he had developed limbs, simple minds, and easy to be deceived.
However, the whole process is not as simple as Wang Ju said. Especially since tempting Li Bingzhen into the trap, it can be said that he is terrifying every step.
Moreover, after Li Bingzhen handed over the Kaiyuan City with Goryeo troops, it was also difficult to withdraw Goryeo, because the entire Yalu River is now controlled by the Liao Kingdom, including the entire Changbai Mountain area of the East Coast of Goryeo, to Xingnan, South Korea, all belong to the territory of the Liao Kingdom. Although this terrain is mainly mountainous, the Liao Kingdom still stationed some outposts and forts. Therefore, it is necessary to not only break it into pieces, hide the eyes of the Goryeo people, but also hide the eyes of the Liao people in order to slowly dive to the east coast. With the help of the night, board a boat with a small boat, and then follow the northeast wind to return to Mizhou and the other shore.
But I didn't say anything about the five thousand soldiers and horse kings on the other side, otherwise it would cause everyone to have some unnecessary associations.
In fact, when the Song Dynasty was killed, there were no natural enemies on the beach, including the Japanese side.
The richest country now is not the Song Dynasty, but the Japanese.
As a large number of wood and gold and silver were transported to the Song Dynasty, various scarce commercial goods in Japan were also transported from the Song Dynasty, but quietly, some areas of Japan began to deteriorate in soil and soil.
In fact, even if the water and soil do not deteriorate and there is no sea ban, there will be no secret collusion between coastal merchants, and Japanese pirates are not enough to harm them. When it is really enough to harm them, history doesn't know what new chapter to open.
From this point of view, there is no need to make the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty worried about the future.
Zhao Xu said: "No wonder..."
"No wonder?"
"Wang Qing, you can continue talking first."
"Lu Hui saw that the enemy was powerful, and continued to guide these Jurchens, using Li Jiqian's tactics, and in the depths of Liaodong, the vast and sparsely populated areas, he launched a guerrilla war with the Liao army."
"Guerrilla warfare?" Fan Chunren asked in confusion.
"The enemy advances and we retreat, and we retreat. That is to use the advantages of the terrain to find ways to avoid the enemy's main army, constantly harass the rear and supply, or see the enemy's small army, gather superior forces, and annihilate them. Even when it is critical, you can surrender fakely and wait until the enemy's main army leaves and rebel again. You must know that the area in the depths of Liaodong is large, and not only 40,000 to 50,000 people are strong, but many tribes have not participated in the rebellion. With repeated false surrenders, the Liao team will make a misjudgment and suppress some tribes that have not rebelled. Some of the truly surrendered tribes will be executed, and the scale of the rebellion will become larger and larger. The main generals sent by the Liao Kingdom this time seem to have some ability, but because of this measure, the rebellion has not been cleared until the autumn."
After thousands of troops on the other side evacuated, Lu Hui and dozens of generals did not retreat, but they were mixed with the huge rebels and were not conspicuous. If it was really dangerous, there would be few people, so it would be easier to escape. There was still an unfreezing port there, and a small boat escaped.
The following news was sent by Wu Nan and others on the way to Beijing.
"Can this be delayed until next year?"
"I am not very clear. The Jurchens are not afraid of the cold, and the Liao people are not afraid of the cold. Especially because of the war, they seriously hurt farming and animal husbandry, which is very difficult in winter."
Wang Ju sighed. It was only the same as Wanyan Aguda and Wanyan Aguda without Wanyan.
"But no matter what, the Liao Kingdom was severely damaged this year. So at that time, Liu Changzuo sent this letter to me. Han Yun, a guest of mine, said that he would immediately send the Xia Envoy away with this letter. However, I did not agree. After all, Xixia was extremely embarrassed this year, and our dynasty occupied Yinzhou again. However, in order to confuse the Liao Kingdom, I told the Liao Envoy to go to the northwest to rectify the border defense, and by the way, I would teach the Western Xia a lesson, not to destroy the Western Xia in order to win precious time. If such a letter of nationality was sent to me, my intention would be clear."
"You mean agreeing to peace talks?"
“That’s right.”
"After agreeing to peace talks, we will use troops..." Fan Chunren said.
"Mr. Fan, the core idea of Confucianism is the inner sage and outer king. What is the sage way? Be kind to the inside, be calm, attack, and be cruel. You must do everything you can. As for promises, you must not fail to obey, but the key depends on who to obey. Xixia abides the covenant to our dynasty? Even if the Liao Kingdom is better, it will turn 300,000 into 500,000. The annual monies of friendship have become humiliating, and the Hedong area has been blackmailed for another 700 miles. In fact, peace is made by the strong country. Since ancient times, no covenant can be exchanged for true peace. On the contrary, smart people will use covenants to confuse the enemy and bind the enemy's hands and feet. Only stupid people will tie their hands and feet with covenants. Let me give you an example,
Is Emperor Taizong of Tang a wise monarch? Emperor Taizong of Tang and Tuli became ally on the banks of the Weishui River, but how did Emperor Taizong of Tang treat this ally in the end? Why did I have frequent conflicts with Duke Wen and others? It is precisely the disagreement of this concept. I said that love the people. I love all the people. In the eyes of Duke Wen, there are only scholars and officials. However, are the Zhang Jiao brothers literati, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and Huang Chao, a scholar? Then my idea is to make all the people in the country rich and strong as much as possible, and be cruel to the outside world. Duke Wen led the Song Dynasty to the inner and outer sages, treating the literati and officials be kind to the enemy. He treats the common people with a fierce attitude. Ming is a Confucian minister, but he did the opposite of Confucianism..."
Especially in the Qing Dynasty, I would rather give it to a friend than a slave.
Moreover, this idea even affected ****. Many people took off their heads, but they still didn't take off their hearts. There are even more excessive people. If they are infertile, they should be infertile, whether it is a breeding or a surrogacy. How many people actually used Japanese surrogacy and spent a lot of money to ask Japanese surrogacy, which is so cheap!
"Your Majesty, and there is another reason for me to do this. Liang Yibi's plan was very good this time, but our dynasty did not agree to the peace agreement. This would make all tribes and people in the Western Xia share the same hatred and win the help of the Liao people."
"The help of the Liao people?" Zhao Xu was surprised.
If what Wang Ju said was true, the Liao Kingdom suffered heavy losses this time. The previous two times, at least the Jurchens had tortured nearly 100,000 troops. Now there are still 200,000 troops trapped in Liaodong. How can we help Xixia?
"The Liao Kingdom is a soldier for all the people. Of course, this is impossible. If you really want to help, even if the 200,000 army is trapped in Liaodong, you will still draw out many soldiers and horses." Wang Ju explained simply. In history, the Liao Kingdom dispatched 100,000 troops to suppress Wanyan Agu's death for the first time. Liao Kingdom then dispatched 700,000 troops. Of course, this is also the limit of Liao Kingdom. Therefore, after the 700,000 troops were defeated, the Liao Kingdom had no strength and quickly destroyed the country. Therefore, Wang Ju said this, if Liao Kingdom really agreed to rescue Xixia, it is still possible to draw out more than 100,000 troops.
"The Liao army is not as powerful as we imagined, but not so weak. If two sides start war, there will be some variables. Now it is still my original strategy. I will continue to stabilize the Liao Kingdom first and then quickly pacify the Western Xia. At that time, even if the Liao Kingdom sends troops, I will not be afraid. But in just a few months, it is best not to happen unexpectedly. Now that the Western Xia sends envoys to discuss peace, our dynasty has agreed to discuss peace. After the peace negotiations, it will be better to confuse the Liao Kingdom. Maybe in order to resolve Liaodong as soon as possible, they will send more troops in the beginning of spring. In that way, the northwest can be settled."
Zhao Xu walked a few steps. Although Wang Ju made sense, no matter what, he had agreed to peace, but immediately regretted it. Zhao Xu still couldn't do such a thing.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. There is another more important reason why I have this choice, that is, Liang Yiji drew one more tail this time."
"Add to the point of drawing a snake?"
"Well, Liang Yifeng's strategy was good this time. Our dynasty did not agree to the peace agreement and agreed to the peace agreement. I have a year and a half before going to the other side. Then Xixia will win an important breathing time and make a comeback in the future. But after he wrote this letter of nationality, he secretly sent spies to sneak into the border of our dynasty, threatening everywhere that my military ability was better than Liu Jinu, and he also compiled a song that Zi'an's achievements were better than Jinu, and he defeated Helan and the mainstay."
"Who dares to spread such a threat?" Zhang Dun said.
"Zihou, the key is that there are a few people who know who Liu Jinu is. Moreover, over the years, Xixia has repeatedly invaded. It is hard to imagine the difficulties of the people on the border without witnessing them with their own eyes, especially the people of Qingzhou and Yanzhou. The former was because of the defeat of Lingzhou, many civilians died in foreign lands, while the latter was because of the defeat of Yongle City, which also turned into bones. Now our dynasty has turned around and has won many great victories, and the people on the border are unthinkable. Therefore, they have even more supportive love for the Song Dynasty and the soldiers of the three armies, including the ministers. They thought Jinu was still a famous general of the Hu people, and they also had the words of defeating Helan, so they sang them one after another. Then when they came to the capital, His Majesty was afraid of me, took back my military power, and the crisis in the Western Xia was lifted."
"This is what I said. First, he underestimated His Majesty's trust in me. Second, he underestimated the love between the soldiers of the three armies for the Song Dynasty. If I command the army to the enemy, all the soldiers of the three armies will move forward bravely. But if I lead the three armies to the rear, I believe that the military orders in front will be broken and dismembered by the soldiers of the three armies. Therefore, the way of the country is to be wise, the ministers should be wise, and the politics should be clear."
"This tail not only won't work, but was used by me. I ordered the generals on the border to secretly investigate these scouts and secretly monitor them. By next spring, they will all be captured. Since Liang Yibi compared the minister to Emperor Gaozu of the Southern Song Dynasty, and using this to frame me, will I still abide by the alliance?"
There is an excuse.
But it is not that simple. If Wang Ju is not happy, tell this matter out and use it. Once it is spread to the capital, it will definitely make Zhao Xu suspicious. Even if Xixia is destroyed next year, the soldiers of the three armies will not be able to get rid of their troops and return to the fields. They must prevent the Liao Kingdom and build the Fortress Great Wall. As long as Zhao Xu takes back the power of Wang Ju’s military, the major event will be over again.
Besides, there are many political enemies of Wang Ju in the court. When they hear this rumor, what will they do? You should know that sometimes a sharp kill can also kill people.
Otherwise, Liu Changzuo heard this song sing among the people in front of him, and immediately wrote a letter to Wang Ju afterwards, and sent many people to check where the song came from.
This metaphor is very vicious, because Wang Ju's contribution is so similar to Liu Yu's original contribution, and the troops he possesses and prestige in the army are also so similar.
To be continued...