Chapter 4 Falsehood
Just as the Zhao Guanjia thought, the scholar Xiaolin volunteered to go to Wuguan. In addition to Hu Yin's previous deeds, the Zhao Guanjia's seemingly joking saying, "I would rather kill this person than destroy the country." This greatly stimulated the civil servants of Xingzai, which greatly improved the efficiency of Xingzai.
Not only that, Yang Yizhong followed the order of Zhao Guanjia to recruit Niu Gao and Yan Xiaozhong went to search for Zhai family. Many other people, such as the censors, the clerks, and the heads of various departments, even wrote letters to ask for orders, and each wanted to venture to recruit rebels all over the mountains and fields around Caizhou.
However, compared to Niu Gao's 100% harmlessness, Zhai had long colluded with Yan Xiaozhong, and the Zhao Guan family was a little uneasy about the enthusiasm of the rest of the people, for fear that the lives of these people would be frustrated, so they hesitated for a moment.
Just as hesitated, on the evening of that day, Han Shizhong, who had been fighting the rebellion in the west, suddenly rode alone back to Ruyang City, and asked for the meeting with the saint overnight, and then brought some new, precise, subversive military information and military suggestions to the Zhao Guan family.
"Wanyan Yinshuke?" Zhao Jiu, who had been up from the couch for less than half a quarter of an hour, was stunned in the back hall of the Ruyang City Government Office for a long time before he realized what was going on. It turned out that it was Yan Xiaozhong's accent problem, which made him think he was an ordinary household. "Nichuhe... Is Yinshuke actually this person? The second-ranked general under Wanyan Nianhan, second only to Wanyan Loushi, captured Emperor Tianzuo of Liao Kingdom alive, and the one left behind in Taiyuan now?"
"It's this person." Han Shizhong stood in the hall and bowed to each other. "The official family, I heard from Liu Yan outside that the official family had the intention of gathering and annihilation of this person, so I immediately turned back... I said frankly that this battle cannot be fought!"
Hearing this, Zhao Guanjia's heart sank immediately, because Han Shizhong said that he could not fight, so he could basically fight.
However, Zhao Jiu is a qualified engineering dog after all, so he still has this good habit: "Is it because of Silver Skill, can he be good at using troops?"
"This is not a single one." Han Shizhong showed disdain when he heard this, and finally had a little fearless attitude. "If you really think of a general, not to mention silver skills, Wanyan Lou Shichen didn't take it seriously, but the elite bravery of his troops is a fact. Relatively speaking, it seems that there are many soldiers and horses now, but the real warriors are actually the soldiers who besieged Wanyan Wushu's village that day, but there are still three thousand old soldiers of Taiwei Zhang and thousands of dead and injured people who left the team..."
When Zhao Guanjia sighed slightly when he heard this, he immediately understood his recklessness from a mathematical perspective.
"In addition, Dengzhou (Nanyang) is an open land, and the Jin army's cavalry travels like the wind, but we have no large-scale cavalry available." Han Shizhong finally felt helpless when he said this. "According to the military information conveyed by the Tokyo Left-behind Office, Wanyan Yinkeshu's younger brother Wanyan Balisu should also lead a ten thousand households. At this time, he is encircling Da Zhai Xiao Zhai in the Luoyang area of Xijing. If we are forced to fight, as long as Yin Shu can rely on the Nanyang Basin to deal with one or two, he can wait for the cavalry reinforcements sent by his younger brother from Xijing... At that time, the Jin army relies on the benefits of cavalry to attack north and south in the flat land of the Central Plains, and with combat power, he may be defeated by a battle."
At this point, Han Shizhong rarely showed a serious attitude: "Officials, how many cavalry are we? My Beiwei Army has only 800 cavalry, and Liu Yan's Chixin Team has 600 cavalry, but only two Jin army's two men... What can I use to fight with silver skills?"
Hearing this, in the slightly hot night, Zhao Jiu, who was sitting in the back hall, was completely silent, but he was actually reflecting on himself seriously... It’s ridiculous that Zhao Guanjia was obviously persuaded by Hu Yin before, and realized his political arrogance, and pretended to make self-criticism, but what about it?
In fact, I still haven’t really changed my aggressive mentality after the Shouzhou victory.
There is actually only one reason, that is, Zhao Jiu is now an official family... The Zhao Guan family has always been a real single man, and he has always held the core power openly. In addition, it is now during the war, and he has gained some so-called prestige through the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, so no one can truly supervise him at this time.
If you think about it carefully, from beginning to end, he was the only one who made the mistake in the military plan rashly proposed this time.
Otherwise?
The civil servants who were in the middle of the journey were very enthusiastic, but they were not blamed. They were political creatures and only followed the officials. And others didn’t know that Zhao Jiu didn’t know the military level of the civil servants of the Song Dynasty?
From Li Gang to Fan Zhixu, from Yan Xiaozhong to Hu Yin, from Lu Hao asked to Zhang Jun, no matter how their position or moral level these people did not delay them being military waste... At present, Grandpa Zong Zezong was simply the god of war among the civil officials of the Song Dynasty!
Zhao Jiu had known about these things for a long time, but he actually mocked Fan Zhixu while following Zhang Jun and others to pass an unrealistic military decision... The main force of the Jin cavalry is invincible. This is the fundamental reason why Han Shizhong and his Zhao Guan family chose to launch a battle in Shouzhou at the beginning, okay?!
As for the military officials, Han Shizhong, the only one who could rely on, was so arrogant before, so didn't they come back overnight to persuade him? Even Liu Yan was obviously aware of the adventure he planned by Zhao Guan family. However, this person has always been lazy and has just come back and dared not persuade him. Therefore, he chose to go to Wuguan to meet Han Shizhong on the way to Wuguan and let the person who could persuade him Zhao Jiu come back.
By forcing a loyal minister to this point, it can be seen that Zhao Guan family should indeed reflect deeply.
When Zhao Jiu reflected on her, she found that she seemed to have been a little "frivolous and reckless" since she left Shouzhou, and became increasingly arrogant... Not to mention anything else, the careful service of new people such as Feng Yi and other flattering servants, and the increasingly huge bureaucratic system were really too obvious... It is obvious that someone has lost the vigilance of the revolution!
Of course, when I returned to my eyes, it was too dark, and the Zhao Guanjia, who lit a candle, sat there expressionlessly, not looking at reflection at all. Instead, it seemed a little sulking, which made Han Shizhong and Feng Yi, the only attendant in the hall, feel uneasy... Even the eunuch Feng Yi, the governor of the eunuch, began to wink at Han Shizhong, as if he wanted Han Shizhong to comfort the official family.
Han Shizhong saw that the official family was silent for a long time, and was thinking about how to comfort him so that he could save face for the official family... But Han Liangchen thought about it but could not think of any reason at all, because Wanyan Yinshu was really unable to beat him now, and he would be defeated by the tenth one. Han Wu was so kind to the Zhao official family that he could not ruin the little wealth and prestige that the official family had finally accumulated.
"I was wrong." I don't know how long it took, but Zhao Jiu suddenly sighed. "But good minister, you are my courage. Today you must give me some insight... If you can't defeat Wanyan Yinshu, wouldn't Dengzhou be protected? Tens of thousands of troops come together. Do you have to swallow the capital that has not yet fallen? There is something you may not know. According to Yan Xiaozhong, the governor of Tangzhou, Liu Ji, who has worked hard to raise the transfer of Beijing West for these days. Many warehouses in Sichuan and Sichuan and Beijing West were gathered in Nanyang. If this is lost, and then the city is burned by Wanyan Yinshu, wouldn't we turn around and go to Yangzhou again?"
"Good instructors know." Han Shizhong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and then became proud. "I just said that we have few cavalry and few elite soldiers, and we cannot take the initiative to fight with Yin Shuke in the field, but it is not that we cannot force Wanyan Yin Shuke to leave! Not to mention that we cannot defend Nanyang!"
Zhao Jiu was excited: "How to fight?"
"Official." Han Shizhong said frankly. "No need to fight. Now there are only two things to do... One is called "Aggression", which makes a big noise to tell Yin Shuke that our army has arrived; the other is to quickly seize and surrender the key cities of Ruzhou, Caizhou, Tangzhou, and Yingchang Prefecture! Of course, Wuguan is also very important, so after hearing Liu Yan's words, I still urge him to go to Wuguan quickly..."
Zhao Jiu felt something and immediately realized: "Is this a pretentious and implicit thing to force him to return?"
"It's not a pretentious thing." In the dark hall, Han Shizhong's eyes were as lightning as lightning, and the corners of his mouth were ferocious. "It was just a last resort to protect Dengzhou. Otherwise, if he really dared to sit idly by and watch me occupy more than a dozen cities on the northeastern passage of Nanyang, he would wait to be trapped in Nanyang. Only Yin Keshu's military veteran is definitely not a stupid person like Wanyan Wushu who first entered the battle formation. Therefore, I believe that he would take the initiative to abandon the flesh on his mouth and return to the army immediately! If so..." At this point, Han Shizhong was a little cautious again. "As long as Yin Shi can withdraw his troops, the west side of the Jingxi side can be said to be defeated."
This is a lie to report military merits and promote political propaganda.
However, considering that he could save Dengzhou and forced him to retreat, Zhao Jiu, who calmed down, could already accept it.
So he nodded slowly, and then asked in a serious manner: "In this way, where is the key to this battle?"
"Hurry!" Han Shizhong was determined. "After a little slowing down, either Nanyang will fall, or Silver Skill will in turn seize Tangzhou and Ruzhou, and in turn will be too arrogant."
Zhao Jiu nodded heavily again.
There is no need to say much overnight. The next morning, the Zhao official family, who had just made a big plan yesterday, seemed to have not diminished interest, but they gathered their ministers early in the morning to discuss the war.
In this regard, the ministers who were shocked by a special atmosphere seemed to be very cooperative.
"That's right. Didn't many officials come here to recommend themselves yesterday, saying that they wanted to invite themselves to gather the rebels and bandits in Caizhou?" Zhao Guan's family was straightforward. "And I thought about it last night and felt that I could not dampen your aura... So today I want to tell you that I promised what I asked yesterday!"
Many officials in the hall were happy, except for a few of the husbands who were self-reliant and a red-robed official who seemed to remain calm.
Not only that, everyone saw that although the Zhao Guan family had a calm expression and smooth speech, their eyes were red and their tone was trembling. It seemed that they had not had a good rest last night and were a little angry... So, many people were secretly considering whether to choose a few concubines for the official family after the war.
However, just as we are about to fight, some things should be temporarily pressed.
Of course, the Zhao Guanjia, who looks calm on the outside, is nervous and helpless on the inside, doesn’t know what these people are thinking. I guess he doesn’t care if he knows, because he doesn’t have that much time to think so much now.
"It's not just that, as far as I know." Zhao's official family was relaxed and continued to talk freely, but he secretly gritted his teeth in his heart. "When traveling west from Shouzhou, there have been many officials sent to accompany him recently, and they have to give them a chance. Now, Tangzhou, Ruzhou, and the southern part of Yingchang Prefecture, since Na Yin...Nanichuhe walked over there, the towns were basically vacant, mostly bandits, and the rebels were under the control of the government army... In this case, why not let these people go farther and go to the western prefectures of Beijing to seek comfort together? It is also possible to allow these people to be placed on the spot, and by the way, Han Shizhong led a 50,000 army into Nanyang and surrounded and killed the thousands of soldiers of Nichuhe as a backup?!"
After saying a word, Zhao Jiu looked around the hall and saw that people including several husbands were moved... After all, who has no relatives, old friends, and nephews, and friends from the same department have been following him all the time recently?
As for the only red-robed official who had not shown any joy before, the Chief Censor Zhang Jun, who had once wanted to speak when he heard this, but he did not dare to speak for a while.
Seeing that no one objected, several people jumped out to agree, but this matter was passed without any mistake.
According to the discussions between the Zhao Guan family and several of his close friends, the matter was arrested by the General Secretary and quickly assigned it. According to the rank of the officials on his own, whoever recruited and stabilized the city could be the corresponding magistrate; how many soldiers he had appeased would also have corresponding contributions; and if anyone could appease Xiangcheng, Wuyang, Yancheng, and Fangcheng, the four major cities on the northeastern passage of Nanyang, they could send military provinces!
Therefore, the morning meetings were dispersed in a hurry, and almost everyone was celebrating each other even in Ruyang City.
However, at this moment, the number one confidant civil servant of the Zhao Guan family, Zhang Jun, the chief censor of the Censor, went back and took the initiative to meet the Guan family... This was a bold move with the increasing number of people.
However, Zhao Jiu had no reason to refuse.
"I risk my life to ask the official family to take back Cheng's orders, and don't ask to annihilate the enemy in Nanyang!" Zhang Junfu saw the Zhao official family in the back hall. Although he did not learn from the martial officials, his immediately bowed down, but his immediately bowed his head was very similar. "Nanyang is flat and the Jin cavalry is scattered. Our army may not be able to win quickly. If we cannot win quickly, Xijing is still in the hands of the enemy, and there will be a large number of reinforcements. At that time, the Jin cavalry will attack from north to south, and our army will probably lose... Officials, I made a big mistake yesterday, so I would also ask the official to punish him!"
Unexpectedly, Zhao Guanjia, who could not sit in the back hall, was silent for a while before suddenly speaking: "Deyuan, did you bribe Feng Yi, or did Han Shizhong not forget to report the message to you when he left last night?"
Zhang Jun looked up in shock and was in a panic.
ps: It’s a bit of a card, mainly because I’ve read the passage from the Song Dynasty recently. It’s so messy... I’m very sorry, I only have 4,000 words today.
Chapter completed!