Chapter 146 One Zhang Qing
Emperor Zhao was right. There was a delay in the transmission of information. When the military intelligence was sent to Nanyang, when the main force of the Jin army sat idly by and Wang De used his great power to defeat the vassal army in the east of the city, the 20,000-strong Eight Character Army, led by Wang Yan, had successfully crossed the river and arrived in Tokyo.
During this process, Nianhan, the first person in the Jin army who was the least likely to be a waste, reacted immediately. He sent a troop of 5,000 people and gave the leader Gao Jingshan the power to command.
However, Gao Jingshan followed Wang Yan to the bank of the Yellow River and watched him cross the river, but he never launched an attack. Instead, he turned directly back to Daming Prefecture.
The reason was simple. Gao Jingshan, a veteran general of Goryeo ethnic group, believed that his 5,000 soldiers could not defeat the enemy.
Moreover, since the Song Dynasty actually gave up the two rivers, the Eight Character Army has been active in the Taihang Mountains. For about a year and a half, they have been fighting almost every day. They may have been defeated and retreated all the time, but they kept fighting and growing stronger. They did not even realize that they had become the army with the most combat experience and the least fearful of the enemy when facing the Jin Army.
Moreover, this army was different from the pure righteous army at Wuma Mountain. They also had the unquestionable tradition and genes of the Song Dynasty officials. This year, they somehow missed the Jin army's early sweep and spent the autumn safely as if they were gathering strength. They were well-trained and well-fed. Once they were assembled, the 20,000 people went south in an orderly manner. Gao Jingshan had 5,000 Jurchen cavalrymen who had just been rotated from the Huazhou battlefield, but he actually lost the courage to fight them in the field!
Just like that, both sides parted ways without firing a single arrow.
When the Jin army returned to Daming Prefecture, Nianhan did not blame Gao Jingshan. On the contrary, having suffered at the hands of the rebels before, he almost immediately agreed with Gao Jingshan's judgment, and deep in his heart he lost the desire to capture Tokyo.
It's a deserted city. All the gold and silver craftsmen and women have been squeezed dry. Now they are dry and hard. It would be better for them to stay in Daming Prefecture and watch Wanyan Talan, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Loushi fend for themselves.
In fact, Nianhan was paying more attention to Jinan Prefecture at this time.
This was not because of how the father and son of Liu Yu in Jinan Prefecture could flatter people. In fact, Liu Yu's backer was Wanyan Talan. The Jin Dynasty's high-level officials had already had an established strategy to set up Han vassal states on the south bank of the Yellow River, which was itself promoted by the faction of the state leader to which Wanyan Talan belonged.
However, after experiencing the great uprising of the Hebei rebels and the months of battles in Henan which were both smooth and difficult, Nianhan, as a top politician of the Jin Dynasty, had keenly realized that it was a pipe dream to use the Jurchens to completely rule the whole of China, and that the "vassal policy" of the king Wanyan Wuqimai and the right deputy marshal Wanyan Talan might be more correct to a certain extent.
Therefore, the leader of one of the three major factions of the Jin Dynasty and the supreme leader of the army not only has no intention of taking any military action, but is instead determined to settle the matter before Wanyan Talan, Liu Yu's former backer, so as to take this political achievement into his own pocket!
According to his recent communications with Shanxi, he should set up three Han vassal states south of the Yellow River: Qi State headed by Liu Yu in Shandong, Qin State headed by Zhe Keqiu in Guanxi, and then, after the Nanyang incident was resolved, he would find a similar Han hero to establish Zheng State or Chu State.
There is no need for Zhao Song to stay!
That's right... Liu Yu only bribed Wanyan Talai, and after Wanyan Talai traveled west to the west side of Dongjing, the number one Song traitor was worried that he would be framed. However, he never expected that the real bosses of the Jin army were already vying to make him a Han emperor!
This is simply destiny, isn't it? It's much more reliable than beheading a white snake or a fox!
It is much better than Zhao Song bullying orphans and widows!
Not to mention that Wanyan Nianhan gradually lost his interest in military affairs and was only thinking about political issues, and treated Gao Jingshan as warmly as a spring breeze.
On the other hand, Wang Yan led an army of 20,000 into Tokyo, but things were not harmonious at all - the problem was with Yue Fei, the actual military commander in Tokyo.
As everyone knows, Yue Fei and Wang Yan had some grudges. Because of that incident, Yue Fei was almost beheaded in Hebei by Wang Yan's subordinate Xiao Fan, and when he arrived at the Tokyo Liaison Office, he was almost beheaded by the officials of the Tokyo Liaison Office... Of course, each side had its own reasons, and Wang Yan finally gave Yue Fei a sentence to clear the matter. After all, the two sides were not mortal enemies.
Later, Yue Fei was promoted three times a day under Zong Ze, and won a great victory at Liangshanpo, becoming the pacification commissioner. The situation was different... The difference was on two levels. One was his status and he was leading the army independently, so there was no reason for conflict. The other was that Yue Pengju was growing up, and when he became the pacification commissioner and a big boss, he felt embarrassed about leaving the team without permission.
Therefore, as soon as Wang Yan crossed the river, Du Chong ordered Wang Yan to lead the Eight Character Army to station at Qingcheng, south of Tokyo. Yue Fei took the initiative to send troops to support them, and at the same time sent Fu Xuan as an envoy to meet Wang Yan. He told him to take the Yuetai route west of Tokyo, as he wanted to meet him in person and then offer wine to apologize.
In response, Wang Yan not only hosted a banquet to entertain his old subordinate Fu Xuan, but also readily accepted Yue Fei's invitation.
Then, on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, Wang Yan led 20,000 soldiers of the Eight Character Army and marched through the area between the small town of Yuetai and the city of Dongjing, preparing to head towards Qingcheng, south of Dongjing.
Yue Fei, who had specially rushed to Yuetai City where Zhang Xian was stationed, also arranged a banquet in the city early with Fu Xuan. They changed into their regular clothes, wrapped their hats with furs, and acted as sincere subordinates. Braving the cold wind, together with Zhang Xian and others, they gathered a large group of people and stood by the road waiting for them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
