Chapter 102: Planning Under the Oil Lamp
Zhao Yanna immediately welcomed it, saying that there were strong voices in the Lin'an court calling for an alliance with Mongolia to destroy Jin and wash away the century-long humiliation. It would be better if you could take some action, but don't make it too big to avoid bringing about war.
Zhao Yulin's move was exactly what the Prime Minister's Mansion in Lin'an wanted. Zhao Yan was the Prime Minister's disciple, so he naturally supported it from the bottom of his heart. He simply agreed.
This time he was even more hasty and promised to follow the master's orders. After completing the official duties, he would go back with Cao Youwen.
Cao said that a Mongolian envoy wanted to use the Baoxia Road to enter Hanzhong, but he refused. Zhao Yulin gave him a thumbs up and said that they also wanted to take the Ziwu Road, but he refused all of them.
He told Lao Cao that the Mongols were very smart and sent several groups of envoys to the Song Dynasty every year to gather military intelligence. They were their high-level spies.
He had to urgently deploy the Jinzhou Army to attack the Jin people, bid farewell to Lao Cao and return to Yangzhou.
Lu Youpeng reported to him that the confidential document had been sent out and Toure would see it soon.
Zhao Yulin wanted to pass on the information that the Mongol spies found during the search would attack the rear of the Jin Kingdom and disrupt the deployment of the Jin Army. In exchange for a little convenience in the future.
Newspapers have repeatedly questioned why the Kingdom of Jin ignored the interests of both countries, went back on its word, and harmed the generals of the Shenwei Army?
Lao Lu believed that the momentum had been created and the army's actions still needed to be swift.
He ordered Miao Gui to immediately go to Xunyang to coordinate the command and to pull the 9th Column over to test the waters. This time, he would let the Hanzhong Navy, the 2nd Column, the 9th Column and the cavalry coordinate their actions and fight a mobile .
Tu Lei received a secret document from Hanzhong. On a piece of luxurious rice paper was written information that the Shenwei Army would immediately send troops to the rear of the Jin Kingdom, harass Dengzhou and attract the Jin Army to move south for a period of half a month.
This confused Toure.
Last year he tried his best to ask for permission to pass through the country, but the other party refused. Today he actually took the initiative to attack, creating an opportunity for the Mongolian army to fight.
Why is this?
Is it really because of his brother's rage?
Although Toure couldn't figure it out, he was unwilling to miss the opportunity and immediately rushed to see the Khan.
After reading it, Ogedei disagreed.
Although he suffered heavy losses in the past few months, he had made some progress. His eastern army had surrounded Kaifeng. If Jinzhou really mobilized the Jin army to move south, he might as well take the opportunity to open up another battlefield.
Ogedei quickly gave instructions and made arrangements.
The Jin Dynasty palace was in chaos. The emperor's original plan was to leave a way out for himself, but he didn't expect the matter to be exposed, and it also angered the Shenwei Army, who wanted to retaliate.
However, some Jin generals thought that Zhao Qi'er was just talking nonsense to appease his subordinates. It was too much for the Shenwei Army to both guard against the Mongolian Army and attack the Jin Dynasty.
The accumulated military merits of these veteran generals gave them great confidence. They were ordered to keep an eye on the border and report immediately if anything happened in Jinzhou.
Three days later, Miao Gui led the Shenwei Army's forward command post to enter Jiahe with great fanfare. The Jin people were doing business in this region, and there were many spies, so the news was sent out immediately.
Soon after, the nine vertical flags of the Fire Phoenix appeared in Xunyang. After Zhou Ping's painstaking management, the navy was no longer just the dozens of small boats when he first arrived. A large number of warships continuously sent troops to the front line.
This was a routine exercise that Zhao Yulin asked him to do, combining the daily training of the 9th Column with this feint plan.
The Jin people immediately became nervous and sent letters to Lin'an and Qingyeyuan demanding that the Shenwei Army's unreasonable behavior be stopped.
Of course, this response will still take a long time, and their generals have to prepare for the unexpected and begin to urgently mobilize troops to the south to set up defenses.
The precarious Jin Dynasty was full of loopholes, and these actions could certainly not be concealed from the Mongolian army. Ogedei immediately smelled a rare opportunity for war.
He hugged his concubine and drank Zhao Yulin's Five Grains with relish, and even praised Zhao Qi'er as interesting. He actually helped him fight the Jin people without asking for any benefits. Didn't he understand that if I destroyed the Jin Kingdom, it would be their Lin'an court?
The Khan was so masculine that he called Zhao Yulin a "fool" and threw the concubine in his arms onto the couch...
Jinzhou, Xunyang's Jiahe River, Zhao Yulin was already on the boat. He waved his hand and Zhou Ping immediately ordered the boat to set sail.
Fenghuang leaned on his shoulder and whispered, saying that there was no need for her brother to do anything. Zhao Yulin hugged her slender waist and said that such opportunities would become less and less in the future. His brothers would not let him go to the war, so why should he lose the chance to stay in the trenches with his wife?
Fire Phoenix happily stamped two seals on his face, causing the guards on both sides to turn Lian behind their backs.
At night, Zhao Yulin entered Xunxiang. The deployment of the Jin people and the Song Dynasty was the same, with light troops in the front and heavy troops in the back. The Shenwei Army took the county town effortlessly.
He ordered an immediate campaign to eliminate the bandits and tyrants, and to seize the grain and fodder and transport them away.
While the Jin army was still not able to react, the Shenwei Army quickly advanced eastward along the Han River and entered Gucheng three days later. Zhao Yulin asked the Hanshui Morning Post to immediately report the news that the Shenwei Army had recaptured the counties along the Han River.
The newspaper floated down the Han River and the news spread quickly. The Jin Kingdom was shocked and the Han people were excited. They praised the Shenwei Army for adding glory to the Song Dynasty.
At this time, Zhao Yulin had already ordered the collection of military equipment and food to prepare for retreat.
Do you really want to fight against the Jin people?
He doesn't think now is the time.
He launched the attack this time in order to disrupt the Jin army's deployment and create opportunities for the Mongolian army to fight each other for fun.
However, he did not respond as the Jin people were too slow.
Yang Xingyun led the vanguard to check out the surrounding terrain, and Jin general Wanyan Hedacai led the army to arrive.
Miao Gui analyzed: We are in a position of rest and waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out. We can fight a battle before leaving. Zhou Ping also wants to fight a battle. His navy has not had any good food for a long time.
Several people planned under the oil lamp and selected a piece of terrain called Bojijigou, 50 miles east of Qiande County. The enemy was coming down aggressively, so we should be able to catch some fish there, right?
Zhao Yulin agreed and ordered the logistics department to quickly move everything that needed to be moved and withdraw the troops after the battle.
On this day, Zhao Yulin was basking in the sun in the county government office in Gucheng when Meng Gong, the defender of Xiangyang, came to visit him.
Meng Gong was a provincial governor of the same rank as Zhao Yan, so Zhao Yulin immediately went to the gate to greet him. After the two of them sat down and had tea, Meng Gong asked him what he meant.
The imperial court did not send troops to attack Jin?
Why did his Divine Mighty Army suddenly send out troops?
Zhao Yulin knew that this area theoretically belonged to the Jingzhou war zone, and it was Meng Gong who should make the decision.
He praised Meng Gong for his skills and courage, and for traveling 200 miles against the flow to Gucheng. He suggested that Meng Gong immediately return to Jingzhou and make a feint to force the Jin army to mobilize its troops to the south, and then stop when the goal was achieved.
Meng Gong asked him: Do you want the Mongolian army to continue fighting with the Jin people and consume their national strength?
Zhao Yulin gave Meng Gong a thumbs up and said that he would withdraw his troops in the next few days.
The two men discussed for a cup of tea before parting ways. Zhao Yulin stood on the dock and watched Meng Gong until he could no longer see him. He used the magic mirror to observe and found that Meng Gong had been standing at the stern of the boat.
Meng Gong stood on the boat and saw that Zhao Yulin had not left until he was out of sight before he walked into the cabin. He thought to himself that he and this man had only met once, so why did Zhao Yulin respect him so much?
Of course Meng Gong didn't know that Zhao Yulin knew that he was a rare famous general who fought against the Mongols in the Southern Song Dynasty, and his name had long been engraved in Zhao Yulin's heart.
The Prime Minister's Office in Lin'an received the report that the Jinzhou Shenwei Army had harassed the border of the Jin Kingdom for revenge. He was very happy. This gave him more weight to form an alliance with Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty.
The emperor was unhappy. Although he was happy that the Song army had opened up the Han River transportation channel, Qingyeyuan reported: The Shenwei Army repeatedly used its own troops, which was a big taboo.
Even though Zhao Yulin submitted the secret report only to disrupt the Jin army's defense and consolidate the Song-Mongol defense line, the emperor still kept a record of him.
The emperor was in a good mood in the past two years, so he changed into casual clothes and asked the eunuch to lead the way, and quietly slipped out through the back door. When he came to Kuang Sisi's yard, the little beauty immediately hugged his neck and gave him a sweet kiss on the face.
Wow, this is a different kind of enjoyment that you can’t experience in the harem.
The emperor happily asked for his glass to be taken out to drink, and then the eunuch took out a jar of Wugufeng wine from the cabinet of the sedan chair outside.
Kuang Sisi jokingly asked him what was so sad and why he left the palace so early. Wasn't he afraid that the tigers in the palace would bite him?
The emperor was deeply moved when he heard this, and said that Zhao Yulin of Jinzhou helped him teach Jin Gou a lesson, and he had won a great victory.
Kuang Sisi was smart this time. She dared not say anything good about Zhao Yulin. She asked the emperor in confusion, saying that according to rumors among the people, there was no imperial decree, and it was Zhao Qier who sent troops on his own to avenge his brother.
How could the emperor miss such a good opportunity? He said with a slightly angry expression: "Nonsense, Jinzhou will naturally send troops in accordance with the imperial edict. Let's have a drink ." After that, the emperor raised his head and drank the glass heroically.
Zhao Feiyan ran out and called him daddy, and Kuang Sisi wanted to take advantage of the emperor's happiness to seek some benefits for his daughter...
Zhao Yulin in Jinzhou was nowhere near as idle as the emperor. He was commanding the battle at the front line in Gucheng.
The enemy was crawling like a snail, and he became impatient and asked the idle troops to go to the countryside to do propaganda, buy the surplus food from the people at high prices, and persuade them to go into the mountains to avoid the war.
This time he did not divide the land of the local tyrants, but only confiscated their food and money.
Zhao Yulin knew very well that the troops were only occupying the place for a short time, and even if the land was divided, the people would not be able to defend it, so there was no need to create too much trouble.
Miao Gui told him that more than 100,000 troops had come down from the north, and the plan had been implemented. It was expected that the vanguard of 10,000 Jin soldiers would enter Boji Valley tomorrow.
Lu Youpeng reported: Intelligence shows that the Jingzhou soldiers have already been dispatched, and the Jin soldiers will definitely have some concerns.
Zhao Yulin said that in the battle against the enemy tomorrow, we must be brave and ruthless, and retreat according to the plan no matter what.
The next afternoon, the battle of Bojigu started. As expected, the Jin soldiers were defeated in one round and retreated madly under the joint attack of the 20,000 troops of the 2nd and 9th columns.
However, the Shenwei Army stopped chasing and retreated immediately after cleaning up the battlefield.
The next day, when the Jin army scouts passed through Boji Valley, they could not find any traces of the battlefield. If it were not for the large number of iron barrel cannons that blasted out craters filled with smoke, they would have doubted whether a battle had taken place there.
He ordered all the Jin soldiers who died in the battle to be buried, and the wounded who did not escape were gathered and resettled locally, and food was also reserved for them.
