Chapter 302 Voting (2 in 1)
Late autumn and early winter are the times when troops are used because, firstly, horses are fat and food is plentiful after autumn, and, secondly, the harsh winter has not yet arrived.
However, since Aguda officially launched his rebellion against Liao 18 years ago, there has been a total war for 18 years. This autumn and early winter seems to be the most stable war window in East Asia, the world's highland of civilization.
The reason was simple. The Jin Dynasty, which was accustomed to sending troops south in autumn, finally stopped its 18-year expansion war.
Although there are still wars in northern Shaanxi and although the Battle of Zibo broke out before, compared with the Jin people's overwhelming momentum in the previous 18 years, the zombies of other countries are still dwarfed by the chaos.
In the eyes of many people, the so-called autumn offensive of the Great Jin Kingdom launched by Huo Nu in the autumn of that year was as ridiculous as a child's game.
The slogans were loud as thunder, but the front line made no progress. They finally captured several villages of the Bao'an Army through surprise attacks from the flank, but they still failed to capture the most important and core Taoluo Village. Now, with Wu Jie, the commander-in-chief of the rear army of the Song Dynasty Imperial Camp, personally leading his troops to provide assistance, those outer villages were taken back one by one, and the Bao'an Army was about to fall into a stalemate.
Just make trouble anyway.
In fact, at the time when Yelu Yudu fled into Taoluo Village, Emperor Zhao, who had just finished the palace examination, although maintained a certain concern about the war situation in northern Shaanxi, still sat in Tokyo City and focused most of his attention on the package of financial reforms that were about to be implemented; and the envoy from Guanxi, Yuwen Xuzhong, was still sitting in Chang'an; Han Shizhong was only symbolically sitting in Tongzhou; Hu Yin was only in Fangzhou; even Huo Nu and Wu Lin were only confronting each other at Diaoyin Mountain Pass; and the Jin army in Hedong did not make any arrangements or cooperation.
Of course, the Fourth Prince of the Jin Dynasty had just arrived in Taiyuan, and only learned about Yelu Yudu's disappearance more than ten days later.
To be honest, the Fourth Prince did not react much after knowing the specific news.
Firstly, he didn't know about Yelu Yudu's plan to connect the Song Dynasty with Yelu Dashi. Even if he knew, he wouldn't have too many thoughts about a defeated general of the Jin Dynasty who was thousands of miles away. This was due to the limitation of perspective. Wuzhu couldn't have any opinions about the unknown wild land and unfamiliar objects, and the same was true for Qin Hui.
Secondly, the Fourth Prince’s goal has actually been achieved.
The truth of the matter was as cruel as Yelu Yudu had guessed. This escape was just a test run by Wanyan Wushu from beginning to end. In Wushu's eyes, Yelu Yudu, the former prominent figure who had been squeezed dry of all his value, was nothing more than a tool and a stone.
Before, Nianhan wanted to kill Yu Du as a tool to establish his authority, but he didn't have time. Wuzhu wanted to use this stone to test Xixia's true attitude towards the Jin Dynasty... Is he still as afraid as before that the queen and the prince died of excessive longing, or does he really have a rebellious heart?
By the way, he also wanted to test whether Huo Nu still regarded Yan'an and his 20,000 people as part of the Jin Kingdom?
The results are mixed.
The good news is that Xixia still feared the Great Jin and knew the difference between the important and the unimportant. This was clearly shown when Weiming Yunge rejected Yu Du on the spot and took the initiative to plead guilty after Yu Du disappeared. It can also be deduced that Xixia still wanted to form an alliance with the Great Jin to fight against Zhao Song.
After all, the hundred years since the establishment of the Western Xia Dynasty was basically a hundred-year history of war with the Song Dynasty, and all the imaginary enemies and strategic threats have always been the Song Dynasty.
But what's worrying is that the living girl is still ambiguous... Yu Du passed through his territory to contact the Xixia people, and then disappeared, and his fourth prince also arrived in Taiyuan, but the living girl just stayed in Diaoyin Mountain without moving.
Of course, Wanyan Salihe, who stayed in Yan'an with Huo Nu, took the initiative to pay his respects to Taiyuan and took the initiative to review Yu Du's affairs. But at the same time, Salihe took the initiative to complain, saying that Hedong did not care about the lives of the Jin army in northern Shaanxi, and did not pay military funds when the Jin army was fighting on the front line in northern Shaanxi, causing the front line to be frustrated, and hoped that the fourth prince would deal with it impartially.
As for Taiyuan City, Wanyan Balisu, Wanyan Tuhesu, Wanyan Zhehe, Yelu Mawu, Jiagu Wulibu and other generals also complained to Wuzhu, saying that once Huo Nu started a war, Hedong would not really stand by and watch them die, so military reserves, supplies and food were sent over like water... However, the court had no order to start a war, and Huo Nu absolutely did not allow Hedong troops to go to northern Shaanxi, let alone give them any prior warning. This resulted in Hedong being unable to cooperate at all, and the battle itself had no future at all, so they had to supply basic military supplies, but it was impossible for them to really throw all their precious food reserves over.
You have to know that times have changed now. It is no longer possible to rely solely on looting to supplement large amounts of military supplies. Other military supplies are fine, but military rations are the most valuable. The food here in Hedong is also grown with great effort. Is it going to be taken away and thrown away by a living woman for nothing?
To be honest, things were so complicated that they were beyond Wushu's expectations.
Therefore, Wanyan Wushu hesitated for a moment, and then decided to prioritize and do it step by step... While appeasing the generals in Taiyuan, he personally sent a letter to Wanyan Huo Nu, asking him to stop the doomed futile war, hand over Yan'an to Wanyan Salihe, hand over the front-line troops to Pucha Huzhan, and then come to Taiyuan to see him in person.
That was not all. Wuzhu also sent a letter to his sixth brother Wanyan Eluguan, the newly appointed governor of the Jin Dynasty's Xijing (Datong) in the north, asking the latter to go to the north to talk to the Xixia people and give them some hints.
It can be considered that I have done my best.
Besides, the transmission of information these days is really a troublesome thing. Theoretically, whether it is Song or Jin, the fastest method of communication should be 500 miles a day and night, but how is it possible to do it in reality?
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