The first lunar month has not yet ended, and it will take three days to reach February. Zheng Zhi and Tong Guan have only been in Hejian Mansion for two days.

It was a daily routine for the army to get up early and everyone gathered in the tent to discuss matters.

A team of knights rushed from Xiongzhou and went straight into the tent. They were breathless and knelt down on the ground, shouting loudly: "Report!!!"

Tong Guan and Zheng Zhi, who were still chatting around, stood up immediately. Zheng Zhi had a premonition and asked quickly: "Tell me!"

"Report to Grand Master Cai, Grand Duke Zheng, and news came from the Liao Kingdom that the Jin army was coming to the Dading Prefecture of Zhongjing, Liao!"

Zheng Zhi was a little confused when he heard this, and hurriedly spoke, "Why did the Jurchen attack Dading Mansion during heavy snow?"

"I heard that it was Yelu Yuji, the general of the Liao Kingdom's front line, who led his troops to surrender, and the Jin people were proud to arrive at Zhongjing so quickly."

Zheng Zhi looked at Tong Guan and said, "Ye Lu Yu saw who he saw? He heard that this surname must be a member of the Khitan royal family. Why would he lead a large army to surrender to the Jin people?"

Tong Guan frowned and thought for a moment, and said, "Yelu Yuji is also an important official of the Liao Kingdom. His wife is the sister of Emperor Wen of Liao Kingdom, and she can be regarded as a relative of the foreign country. The only reason he would surrender is the loss of power. The domestic situation of the Liao people was unstable. The Liao emperor personally fought for the Jurchens before, and rebelled in the capital, so the 700,000 army was defeated so much. Today, I am afraid that it will be another battle of authority that forces Yelu Yuji to surrender to the Jurchens. This is just right, we should march north."

Tong Guan was indeed smart. Tong Guan had been to Liao Kingdom and had some understanding of the political situation of Liao Kingdom. There have always been frequent power struggles within the Liao Kingdom royal family, and there is no idea of ​​the rebellion.

In the fourth year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty, the sixth year of Tianfu in the Jin Dynasty, the first month of the Liao Dynasty, Yelu Yuji, the general of the front line of the Liao Kingdom, surrendered. The reason for the surrender was because of the dispute between the King of Qin, the son of Prince Yuan of Liao, and the King of Jin, the son of Prince Wen. Yelu Yuji was framed by others. The Privy Councilor of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Fengxian, framed Yelu Yuji, to prepare for a mutiny to support the King of Jin, and turned Yelu Yanxi into the Supreme Emperor.

Unexpectedly, Yelu Yanxi really believed it. Yelu Yujiu was so scared that he turned against the enemy and surrendered to the Jurchens. It can be seen that the Liao Dynasty was corrupt and the enemy was facing the enemy. He actually framed the generals of the leadership for his own personal gain. From then on, Yelu Yujiu became the vanguard of the Jin Dynasty, captured the prefecture, and made many military achievements.

The Jin Emperor Wanyan Aguda even learned from Yelu Yu that the Liao Dynasty's Zhongjing was empty and he would not miss a good opportunity. Even though the snow was heavy, the Jin Dynasty's army of less than 50,000 had already gathered south.

Among the Jin army, there were more than 10,000 real Jurchens, more than 10,000 mature Jurchens, thousands of Bohai people, thousands of Xi people, thousands of Liao people, and thousands of northern Han people. It was such an army that was invincible under the leadership of the Jurchens.

Zheng Zhi heard Tong Guan's words and didn't think much. He asked the military man in front of him, "Is the war between Zhongjing started?"

"Reporting to my grandfather, I only heard that the Jin soldiers came to Liao Zhongjing, and I didn't know whether the war started. I only learned about it after a few days of information."

Zheng Zhi heard this and said, "Okay, you can go back to Xiongzhou quickly and report it immediately when there is new news. In addition, he will bring a letter to the prefect of Xiongzhou and the governor and the governor, and said that the army will arrive soon, so he will prepare early and level the military camp."

"As for your order!" The military man replied, stood up and left the tent.

Zheng Zhi turned his head and said to Tong Guan again: "My kindness, with the power of the Jin people, Zhongjing will fall soon. We should send troops to start the war quickly."

Tong Guan nodded after hearing this and said, "Immediately send a command to the logistics of the baggage and load food and grass quickly, and start soon."

Cai You, who had been sitting aside for a long time, finally spoke: "Tai Shi Tong, when the two countries are in war, should you report to Tokyo first, ask Your Majesty to decide, issue an imperial edict, and then start a war? This is what is considered etiquette."

When Tong Guan heard this, he knew that Cai You was right, but he didn't take it seriously. He just said, "Well, I'll ask Mr. Cai to do it for him."

When Cai You heard this, his face was happy. He felt that he had done something big, so he called him paper and pen to write memorials.

Tong Guan just showed off Zheng Zhi with his eyes. Zheng Zhi immediately got the big tent.

There are too many things to prepare when more than 100,000 troops are starting to set off, and food is the first to be affected. If more than 100,000 people eat the food chewed by horses, they don’t know how many big trucks are needed to load them. There is also a matter of arrangement. In the era without communication tools, everything can only be passed down by word of mouth. Such a huge army is a simple military order, and it is also a manpower-intensive task to spread throughout the army.

There are still important things in Cangzhou and Zheng Zhi also wants to send people to urge him. On the way from Cangzhou to Hejianfu, there are more than 20 cannons, more than 20 small cannons, more than 100 horses and chariot frames, and hundreds of soldiers operating cannons are slowly advancing in the wind and snow.

After Cai You wrote the memorial, the army and the Han quickly headed for Tokyo.

The memorial was just three days after it was issued, and a big drum had already risen in the army, and countless soldiers gathered together and had already begun.

Cai You seemed to be kept in the dark. It was not until he saw the army gathering and set off that he knew that he was going to set out today. He hurried to Tong Guan and asked anxiously: "Tai Shi Tong, why did he start today? The imperial edict of the official family has not arrived yet. If the imperial edict is not obtained, how dare he start a national war without authorization?"

Tong Guan heard this and said, "Sir Cai is too concerned. The army just went to Xiongzhou first and went to the banks of the Juma River, not to start a war."

Tong Guan seemed to have some courage in these things. Last time he was in the northwest, he dared not to obey the imperial edict. This time he didn't care about these traditional Chinese etiquettes and went straight to the army. The Juma River is the border river of the Song and Liao dynasties. The name of the Juma River also means this, and it is also the upper reaches of the Nigu River at the mouth of the sea.

When Cai You heard this, he was a little confused, but he couldn't say anything, and Tong Guan's explanation was impeccable.

Looking at Tong Guan again, he had already gotten up and got the frame. Zheng Kai had been waiting for a long time in the frame.

Xiongzhou has been a battlefield since ancient times, and it was even more of the battles during the Liao and Song dynasties. Most of the front lines are here. There is also a place of battle to the west, which is Yanmen Pass. Xiongzhou also has a famous later generations, namely the famous Baiyangdian, and the location of the story of the soldier Zhang Ga.

The army headed north, but Zheng Zhi turned around frequently, thinking about his treasures in his heart. He once again sent someone to go back, urging the cannon to speed up and meet in Xiongzhou.

In Tokyo City, in the arched hall.

Zhao Ji didn't wait for the following officials to speak in the morning court, so he spoke first: "Yesterday, Hejian came to report that the Jin soldiers came to Liaozhongjing, and the Hejian army should go north to attack Liao. Can the manifesto be written?"

Cai Jing stepped forward and reported, "I have reported to Your Majesty, and the manifesto has been written according to Your Majesty's wishes."

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Read it!"

Cai Jing spread a piece of cloth full of handwriting in his hand and read aloud: "One Yan is originally my territory, but once it has been trapped for several twenty hundred years, the Han and Fans are disunited, and internal and external chaos are in trouble. I am sorry that this good people are suffering from great trouble. The officials followed the will of the wise and commanded the heavy troops, and now they are close to the border.

If you are resigning and asking for punishment, you are responsible for saving the people and not killing. You should work hard to return to the plan early. Those with officials will return to the old times, and those with fields will return to their business as before. If you can lead the heroes to achieve different achievements, you should give them good positions and give them gold and silk; if you can return to one state and one county, you will be appointed as the county; if you are a hero who comes to Yanjing, you will not be bound by the army and the people, even if you have no official appointment, you will be given 100,000 yuan in money and a large mansion. Only by striving to work together to bear the enemy's happiness, return to the Han Dynasty forever and protect the prosperity of the Khitans. The Khitans are also the same as the Han people.

If the soldiers have been abstained from killing a man, if they are unrestrained or disrespectful, they should make other measures. The Khitan will remove all the straits. Even though the soldiers entered the boundary, the price of food, grass, carts, ox feet was not allowed to be prepared by the Yan people, and they would still be exempted from taxes for two years."

Zhao Ji nodded repeatedly and said, "This is very good, it is in line with my wishes. When the people of Yanyun heard that the king's army came north, they would definitely eat and drink to welcome him. The proclamation was passed on. Yanyun's old people knew my heart and the benevolence and righteousness of the Song Dynasty. If they won without fighting, they would be of great good."

The meaning of the manifesto was that when it came to war against Liao, it said that Yan Yun was originally his homeland and had fallen into the hands of the Liao people for almost two hundred years. The Han people in Liao and the Khitans were separated from each other, and there were turmoil at home and abroad. In order to save the people from water and fire, they raised their troops to the north.

Second, when the Song Dynasty raised an army, it was only for the sake of the war. As long as the surrendered people, those who were officials would become officials, and those who had property would not plunder them. Last time, someone could present Yanjing to the Song Dynasty. Even if they were not officials, they would be granted the title of Jiedu and gave them 100,000 yuan and a mansion. Those who surrendered the Khitans were treated the same as those of the Han people.

The third is to order the Song army not to kill a person, and even prepare food and grass by themselves, and not to let the people of Yanyun bear the burden, and to exempt the people from taxes for two years.

It was this manifesto in history that made Tong Guan hinder. At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, many of the Liao people were shot and killed by arrows by the Liao people, but they did not fight back. It was just because Zhao Ji's manifesto stipulated that no one would be killed.

It can be seen that Zhao Ji, Cai Jing and others were so naive that they really thought that as soon as the army arrived, the people of Yanyun would immediately open the city gate and kneel down to surrender. If Tong Guan was in Beijing, they would definitely not have Zhao Ji issued such a naive manifesto. The two countries went to war and actually expected others to surrender.

The Hebei army is already at the jumahe River, just waiting for everything to be ready.

The Juma River is actually not a big river. It can pass by the shallow water. People on both sides of the river can also move around, so it is normal for businessmen to intermarry. Before the Xiongzhou Quechang was closed, the crowds of people on this river were endless, and they were all merchants. Now, after the Quechang was closed by Tong Guan, the river was much deserted.

Zheng Zhi and Tong Guan stood by the river.

Tong Guan's face was a little excited. The battle had begun and the king was just around the corner. He spoke to Zheng Zhi and said, "If I can live this river, I will have nothing to ask for in my life."

Zheng Zhi looked at the plain river beach in winter and suddenly replied: "You should not be too careless. Although the Liao people fought against the Jurchens repeatedly, the remaining soldiers were all over the hundred battles. As the saying goes, the soldiers who were sad and angry will win. The Liao people are at the right time to burn their boats. When they go to battle, they will have the heart to die. After crossing the river, they will fight hard."

Tong Guan seemed a little dissatisfied when he heard this and replied: "The Liao army is all guarding against the Jurchens in the north, and the south is full of defeated soldiers in the battle formation. I think there are not many people. We are coming with more than 100,000 troops. The Liao people are hard to guard and must not defend."

Tong Guan was still careless after all. There were many reasons for the defeat in this battle in history. The naivety of Emperor Zhao Ji and the Tokyo Dukes, Tong Guan's carelessness, and the century-long slackness of the Heshuo soldiers were all reasons. These reasons were combined together, which was the reason for the failure.

Zheng Zhi naturally did not allow such a thing to happen again, and quickly said, "You should not underestimate the Liao people. The person who led the troops on the other side was called Yelu Dashi, who was a brave and resourceful person. Although there were not many soldiers and generals under his command, they were all defeated people who fought with the Jurchens for many times. They were used to fighting fiercely and casualties. Although our army had more than 100,000, most of them were people who had never been on the battlefield. There were also variables in the victory or defeat. It was a big taboo to be careless against the enemy."

Tong Guan asked in confusion: "Yelu Dashi? I had never heard of this person when I went to Liao Kingdom. I think I am an unknown person. But what you said makes sense. You can use all your strength to fight against rabbits, so you should not be careless."

Tong Guan obviously had never heard of who Yelu Dashi was. Yelu Dashi was not from a military general, but was a Jinshi from the Liao Kingdom. However, this Jinshi was very good at riding and shooting, and was truly capable of literature and martial arts. There is another title for Yelu Dashi in historical books, namely Dashi Linya, Linya, and Hanlin from the Liao Kingdom.

At this time, Yelu Dashi was only in his early thirties. When Tong Guan went to Liao Kingdom, he had just passed the imperial examination for a short time, and was just a small Hanlin emperor.

Zheng Zhi felt a little calm when he heard Tong Guan's reply. He had to do his best to fight against a rabbit. This battle would be tragic. The Liao people were really not a mud, just because they encountered such a Jurchen. The Jurchens could be said to have the most legendary nomadic fishing and hunting nation in Chinese history.

Even Genghis Khan Temujin was actually a little short of it. When Temujin rebelled against the Jin Kingdom, he had already unified the loose grasslands and had been kneeling down and surrendering to the Jin Kingdom in the early stage.

When the Jurchens rebelled against the Liao Kingdom, there were only 3,000 people. The Jurchens, who had 3,000 people, dared to go to war with the Liao Kingdom, which had dozens or millions of troops. When facing the so-called 700,000 troops of the Liao Kingdom, the Jurchens' troops were less than 20,000.

From this perspective, even Temujin can't compare to Wanyan Aguda's courage.

At this time, Cai You suddenly came straight to the river from a distance, holding a golden scroll in his hand, and when he got closer, he spoke: "Teacher Cai, the imperial edict from Tokyo has arrived. We ordered us to make the imperial edict into a list and send people to Yanyun."

When Cai Jing heard this, he took over the imperial edict. After watching for a moment, his expression changed drastically. He looked at Cai You again, with a look of hesitation and embarrassment.

Zheng Zhi took the banner and looked again, his face full of anger, and asked, "Why did the official family issue such an order and not kill a man? Then what else can he fight?"

Cai You heard this and said, "Zheng Jingluo is not arrogant. Your Majesty is kind, how dare you comment on it randomly?"

Zheng Zhi came out of anger and said, "The bullshit, where is benevolence? Could it be that the soldiers under his command come forward and wait for the killing? Let the Liao people chop and kill? This is benevolence?"

Zheng Zhi spoke less and less restrained. However, his words also made some sense. In history, when Tong Guan's Northern Expedition, soldiers were on the river bank, and the Liao people shot arrows and rained, and countless casualties were killed or injured, but they could not fight back. Most of the morale of the army was lost.

Cai You was furious when he heard this and scolded: "Zheng Zhi, how dare you be so bold? What I said today will definitely report to the imperial court to punish you."

Tong Guan was very hesitant, and Cai You was on the side. Although Tong Guan was a military supervisor, it would be better to say that Cai You was the real military supervisor. Hebei is not as good as the northwest. The messenger went to Tokyo quickly and arrived in a few days. Cai Jing was behind Cai You. If Cai You got the handle, Tong Guan in Xiongzhou would definitely not be able to defend himself.

I heard Tong Guan say, "I will make a long-term plan for this matter. Zheng Zhi, don't talk nonsense anymore."

Zheng Zhi's face was even more angry. If he didn't fight, it would be fine, but he would have to fight in the end. In the end, naivety could not defeat reality. The enemy could not really surrender. Zheng Zhi was even more unlikely to be beaten and refused to fight back. Zheng Zhi even wanted to take action first. This imperial edict would definitely not be obeyed.

"I am so kind, I am not waiting for the time. When everything is right in the future, I can send troops to cross the river and attack Guiyi (Xincheng) first as a bridgehead. I will fight Yelu Dashi in Zhuozhou. If Yelu Dashi does not come out, I can face Yanjing and attack the city to win." Zheng Zhi knew that things could not be delayed.

In history, the real war between the Liao and Song dynasties was delayed until April. Yelu Dashi won consecutive battles across the river.

Tong Guan was really hesitant. If he wanted to be the king, how could he dare to resist the orders under Zhao Ji's nose? He was already restrained. He just said, "Go back to the big tent first and then discuss."

After Tong Guan said that, he turned around and left. Cai You looked at Zheng Zhi a few times, with a little excited look in his eyes, as if he had already obtained Zheng Zhi's handle.
Chapter completed!