Inheriting the Song Dynasty

In 1127 AD, the Northern Song Dynasty fell. Immediately, the ninth imperial prince, Zhao Gou, ascended the throne in Shangqiu amidst widespread anticipation, inheriting the Song imperial line and r...

Chapter 65: Embankment Slope Management

"So, you are the only one who can help the Jin Kingdom? There are 60,000 Song Kingdom soldiers in armor on the other side! You are so powerful, how about you use your Wan Hu to try? We are happy to cross the river to rest!"

In Ligu Town, which served as the core point of the main camp of the Jin Kingdom, in the courtyard of a wealthy family with two flags erected, as Ali and Shaohe crossed the river to pay homage again, a military meeting was once again held at the level of Wanhu. However, a quarrel soon broke out at the meeting, and it quickly became fierce, chaotic and deviated.

Faced with this situation, Wuzhu had already become impatient. At the same time, Marshal Balisu, who was sitting next to Wuzhu at the top, had a blank expression on his face and said nothing. This inevitably made His Royal Highness the Prince of Wei a little cautious... He did not want to steal the show, especially since this quarrel seemed to be one thing on the surface, but was actually directly related to Balisu's authority.

However, as the quarrel became increasingly detached from the war itself, the ruling king of the Jin Dynasty could no longer tolerate it. After a moment's hesitation, he finally turned around and asked the slave behind him to whisper in his ear:

"Tell the Marshal to deal with Wanyan Bendu with confidence. I will agree and cooperate with him no matter how he deals with him!"

Tai Shi Nu understood and immediately took advantage of the chaos to go behind Wanyan Balisu and whispered in his ear again.

This is the correct answer.

Across the table, having received the promise, Balisu immediately spoke out proudly: "Wanyan Bendu!"

With a loud shout, the courtyard suddenly became quiet.

But soon, the Wan Hu who had argued the most and was almost the youngest in the courtyard just sneered, and then bowed in an almost provocative tone: "What do you want, Marshal? Could it be that after the Marshal took office, we Jurchens changed the rules and were not allowed to speak even in military meetings? When Taizu was here, even the Moukes present could criticize his mistakes to his face!"

"During the military meeting, instead of discussing military affairs, you attacked your colleagues for no reason. Isn't this what destroys the tradition of military meetings?" Balisu, who was sitting there motionless, responded coldly, and then blurted out an order. "Wanyan Bendu is too selfish and deliberately disrupted the military meeting. He should be flogged twenty times. Who objects?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole courtyard fell into silence. Not only was Wanyan Ben stunned when he saw himself, even Wuzhu, who had just made a promise in private, was stunned for a moment.

It is true that Wanyan Bendu was causing trouble and throwing a tantrum, and everyone knows the reason, which is that he was dissatisfied and unwilling to accept that Balisu was the marshal.

Come to think of it, in terms of closeness, although Wanyan Bendu is a distant relative, he was raised under Aguda since childhood and can be considered Aguda's direct descendant; in terms of mountain base, he was from the Eastern Army, and in this battle, the Eastern Army's nine million households far exceeded the Western Army's four million households; taking a step back, just saying that Wanyan Bendu, as the commander-in-chief of the Longde Prefecture's military division, brought the five million households under his command this time, which is also much stronger than Balisu's direct descendant from Taiyuan.

Even before the twelfth lunar month, that is, before Wuzhu and Balisu led the Hedong troops to gather here with great difficulty, this side was basically the camp organized by Wanyan Bendu. At that time, he was not seen yelling that Ali was old, Shaohe was a Bohai person, and we should cross the river in dozens of groups.

But now, you are saying this in front of Ali and Shaohe?

In a word, Xiang Zhuang danced with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong. Even those who don't know this Han Dynasty allusion can understand what is going on.

It is precisely because of this that, when the war was stuck in an awkward and helpless situation, whether it was Wanyan Bendu taking the opportunity to throw a tantrum or Wanyan Balisu taking the opportunity to establish his authority, it was all considered normal... But the problem was that he was dissatisfied and made a few complaints, and you established your authority by giving him, a governor-general and a standard third-ranked figure in the army, twenty lashes. This was a bit beyond your expectations.

This is no longer the era when Nianhan beat Wuqimai with twenty crutches!

This is different from that time.

"I have the gold medal bestowed by the Emperor Taizu, who dares to whip me?!" After a moment of silence, Wanyan Bendu came to his senses and flew into a rage. He directly pulled out his gold medal from his waist, then held the gold medal in his hand and shouted at the soldiers. "You, the marching soldiers, look at your own gold medals and then look at mine. Are they the same? My future was publicly promised by the Emperor Taizu! I want to see who dares to whip me in this army?!"

At the end of his words, this guy almost put the gold medal in his hand right in front of Balisu's nose.

But it was this action and these words that finally aroused the wrath of one man...It happened in a flash. Balisu remained silent, but Wuzhu suddenly stood up, picked up the horsewhip on the table between himself and Balisu, and lashed at Wanyan Bendu who was approaching.

Poor young man with a golden medal, who was just so arrogant and thought he was invincible in the army, but the next moment, he saw that it was one of the two remaining ruling princes among Taizu's own sons, who might also be the real master of the Eastern Army, who came to whip him personally, and he did not dare to resist at all. In a panic, the young man with a higher generation than Wuzhu could only quickly put away the golden medal and hold it in his arms to prevent it from being accidentally injured, and then just stood there with his head down, allowing the other party to whip him non-stop.

This kind of whipping, through armor and fur robes, of course, could not cause any substantial harm. A few whips on the face would not be a big deal, but the deterrent and insult were extremely great. After twenty whips, Wanyan Wushu turned back to his seat and continued to pretend to be dumb without saying a word, and Wanyan Bendu did not dare to say another word, but just returned to the group of households below and stood in silence.

The rest of the tens of thousands of households were even more speechless.

"Let me tell you straight!"

Seeing that the situation was stable, Balisu spoke again as if nothing had happened. "The Yellow River is not frozen. Under the current situation, the river channel is blocked by the Song navy. If we force an attack from the north and south, not only will we not be able to deploy our forces, but the fortifications in the north and south are also not for show... Although General Ali is old, he is a veteran and has strict military discipline; although most of General Shaohe's subordinates are from Bohai, they are also the most courageous ones who want to rescue General Gao... If the two of them say no, then no!"

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