The situations of the third prince Erlido and the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu were simpler and more direct. One of them was the prime minister and the other was the chancellor, and they actually took over control of the Jin Dynasty's western and eastern armies respectively.
In the Great Jin, military power is the foundation.
However, this control is not something that the three brothers can just sit there and say, "Abolish the Marshal's Office, the eldest brother will take charge, the Western Army will be yours, and the Eastern Army will be mine."
The army is complicated and involves the most basic and core political interests... Wuzhu needs to face the troublesome problem of Damingfu, where many veteran generals of the Eastern Army gathered, and the reality that the Jin Army in Hebei is rapidly degenerating and corrupt. And since Erlido has taken over the Western Army, he also needs to face the two most troublesome military leaders there - Wanyan Balisu of Taiyuan and Wanyan Huonu of Yan'an.
Balisu was not so bad, especially the three Wuzhu brothers who were self-taught. After the coup, Yin Shu, who had turned traitor and lost his integrity, was directly left idle, but Balisu, who held military power, was given real power arrangements such as the Taiyuan garrison and the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army's front line... This made Balisu abandon his eldest brother without hesitation and directly became the most powerful military leader in the country after the three brothers.
But at the same time, the living girl is a huge problem, because the problem of the living girl involves too many things.
First of all, of course, Huo Nu’s father, Wanyan Loushi, left a huge military and personnel legacy to his son within the Western Route Army.
Although Lou Shi died in battle and his head was displayed to the public, so that his body is still lying on Yao Mountain, all the Jin soldiers who had fought on the battlefield knew what happened. No Jin soldier would deny Lou Shi's military exploits, qualifications, and his own strength and greatness.
To deny the Loushi is to deny all the heroic deeds and glorious military exploits of the Jin Dynasty since its uprising!
Even the battle of Yaoshan, which led to the reversal of the situation between Song and Jin, was correct and timely, and no one denied it. Now, all the nobles of the Jin Kingdom would only regret not listening to Lou Shi's advice earlier and not giving Lou Shi more troops. In fact, as early as when Nianhan was still alive and Wuqimai had not suffered a stroke, the Jin Kingdom had already reached a consensus that Lou Shi died and was defeated in the battle of Yaoshan because Wanyan Lou Shi's old injury relapsed and he lost his command and combat capabilities on the battlefield.
As the saying goes, when there are no heroes of the time, young men become famous, which allowed the Zhao Song government and people like Han Shizhong, Qu Duan, and Wu Jie to take advantage of the situation.
Even the people of Song Dynasty, after experiencing such a thrilling battle, had no intention of maliciously belittling Lou Shi. This can be seen from the fact that as soon as the battle ended, the Zhao Song government promoted Liu Ziwu, who opposed sending troops.
Secondly, after the death of Nianhan, the Western Route Army generally distrusted the central government.
There is nothing much to say about this... Nianhan was the founder of the Western Route Army. He died suddenly, and the Western Route Army did not react. It is the most strange thing. Just think about it, the reason why Huo Nu was able to keep such a large number of Jin army main forces in Yan'an Prefecture motionless must have been due to Nianhan. Even if Balisu was able to take advantage of the opportunity to jump up, wasn't it also taking advantage of this?
But once again, it involves the issue of the basic national policy of the Jin Dynasty.
Wuzhu launched a coup d'état, on the one hand to seek factional political interests, but on the other hand he had long noticed the rapid degeneration and corruption of the Jin army and the rapid reversal of the power balance between Song and Jin. He intended to use this opportunity to seize power and carry out internal reforms.
Moreover, this reason was actively recognized by the Third Prince Erlido, Wanyan Talan, and many Han officials... Although the fundamental reasons for these people's recognition were different, they generally supported Wuzhu's basic political demands.
To do so would mean abandoning the national policy of military aggression and plunder and stopping expansion. In other words, this coup itself has the political color of changing from offense to defense and abandoning war to seek peace.
But, so to speak, the Zhao Song official in the south did not act like a Zhao Song official at all. He refused to negotiate peace and successfully launched a sneak attack on Jingdong... Of course, the battle of Jingdong was beyond the expectations of the top leaders in both the north and the south. What happened on the battlefield was not something that anyone far away in the temple could control... But in any case, this also gave the pro-war forces within the Jin Dynasty an excuse.
You said peace talks... Did they negotiate peace? Did the Song people give you face? How do you say Jingdong was defeated?
This kind of dissatisfaction within the army also indirectly gave Huo Nu a certain amount of political voice. And this time, in the document thrown to the ground by Erliduo, Huo Nu used the pretext of Jingdong's defeat and regaining morale for the Jin Dynasty from northern Shaanxi to annoy people.
Finally, there is the personal grudge between Huo Nu and Ba Li Su in their fight for the command of the Western Route Army after Lou Shi's death.
From Erlido's perspective, there was certainly no problem in giving priority to winning over Balisu, who had more troops, a more legitimate official position, controlled Taiyuan, and had some influence over Xijing (Datong) and Hezhong Prefecture.
But on the other hand, it was also expected that this would offend Huo Nu.
But things keep turning around, and the principles keep checking each other... As I said, even so, Huo Nu's rash dispatch of troops without considering the overall situation still dealt a blow to the political prestige of the entire Jin Dynasty center, and severely hit the political prestige of Erlido, the nominal leader of the group.
If everyone followed Huo Nu's example and ignored the central government's will and sent troops on their own, wouldn't it cause a huge disaster?
It was also raining in Yanjing, and it was already the last month of autumn. With the drizzling rain, the people in the Shangshutai couldn't help but feel a little chilly.
"Although the living woman is hateful, I have no choice but to accept it for the time being."
Unexpectedly, the person who picked up the document that Erliduo had thrown to the ground and said these words was the pale-faced and equally unyielding Fourth Prince Wushu. "Not only that, we must also have Bali send reinforcements as soon as possible to respond."
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