Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Come and listen."

"Since the Hejian Mansion has fallen into the hands of the Song army, and at this time the Song army has learned that our army is going south, they must place heavy troops in Hejian. We can send people to inquire about the situation in Cangzhou. If Cangzhou is empty, we will pretend to attack Hejian. The army is mainly attacking Cangzhou." Liu Yanzong said.

Zong Wang nodded, obviously agreeing with Liu Yanzong's statement.

"If the defense line in Cangzhou is breached, His Highness can send Yinshu Ke to drive straight in from Cangzhou, and the Song Army of Hejian Mansion will go south to rescue, and my main force will attack Hejian!"

"That's a great plan! Just do as you say!"

That night, Zong Wang wrote a letter to Yin Shuke, ordering him to pretend to attack Hejian, and not to reveal the strength of his troops casually, so as to create the illusion that the main force is attacking Hejian.

At the same time, Zong Wang sent a large number of scouts to Cangzhou.

At the end of July, scouts from both sides began to move intensively in the land of Hebei.

In addition to Zongwang who sent scouts to closely investigate the situation of the Song army, Yue Fei, Zhang Xian, and Niu Gao all sent a large number of scouts to the north.

In the past few days from the 26th to the 29th, Zhang Xian received countless reports every day, each of which told him that the cavalry of the Jinren had entered Hejian Mansion.

But there is no piece of information that can tell him the specific strength of the Jin people.

On July 29, Zongwang divided his troops into [-] troops and arrived at Hejian Mansion, where Yinshu could command them.

The order Wanyan Yinshu can get is to feintly attack Hejian Mansion.

Note that it is a feint, not a real attack.

Because of the [-] allocated, there are only [-] elite infantry, and the rest are all signed by Han Chinese.

The real elite is still in Zongwang's hands.

In the early morning of July [-]th, Zhang Xian got the latest information and found a large number of gold troops in the area of ​​the Gentleman's Pavilion.

There are swords and guns like forests, and banners cover the sky.

And the commander of the Jin army turned out to be Wanyan Yinshuke, the master of Yuanzhongshan Mansion.

Zhang Xian was taken aback when he heard the name.

Even though Wanyan Yinshu was defeated by Yue Fei, no one dared to underestimate him.

Zhang Xian will not despise him.

In Yao Zheng's words: "The main force of the Jin army is really coming to Hejian."

"It may not be possible to attack Cangzhou." Zhang Xian said.

"But the probability is extremely small."

"How many defenders are there in Cangzhou now?"

"There should be another ten thousand!"

"1 people is a lot." Zhang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, "And there is Li Xianggong in Cangzhou."

"That's right, Hejian is the most important thing now." Yao Zheng said, "If the Jin army dares to attack Cangzhou, we will divide our troops and return to help, and we will besiege and kill the Jin army with Cangzhou troops!"

In the early morning of August [-]st, Zong Wangyi received multiple messages from Cangzhou. Compared with Hejian, Cangzhou's defense was not sufficient.

This undoubtedly verified Liu Yanzong's conjecture.

On that day, Zong Wang no longer hesitated, and the main elite quickly moved towards Cangzhou to cover up and kill them.

Chapter 738 Everyone keep dancing, dance to your heart's content (third)

On the second day of August, the information that the main force of the Jin army went south was sent to Tokyo.

For a while, it caused a great shock among the officials and gentlemen in Tokyo.

It is an indisputable fact that the war on the northern front has rekindled.

It seemed that the people in Tokyo City could smell the flames of war once again.

There is no exact number of how many Jinren came.

Since ancient times, the truth has not yet set out, and rumors have spread thousands of miles.

Some people say that the Jin army only came with [-] people, and the main attack was Hejian Mansion.

But there are also rumors that the Jinjun came with 20, or even 50.

Some people even said that this time the Kingdom of Jin came here with all its strength, with millions of troops going south in five directions, to launch a full-scale attack on the Great Song Dynasty!

In this special period, Yue Fei, who had been hyped up in Tokyo because of the Liu case, once again entered the public's field of vision.

Of course, as early as half a month ago, many newspapers reported the news about Liu's lying.

The truth is that in the first year of Jingkang, the Liu family escaped the war, abandoned Yue Fei's family, and divorced Yue Fei at the legal level.

According to the newspaper, after Yue Fei became prosperous, regardless of previous suspicions, he also sponsored the Liu family many times.

This news has been announced for a while, but there are not many heated discussions.

Later, Hu Yin, the editor-in-chief of Dasong Newspaper, also expressed emotion: the public likes to watch the case, but they don't care about the truth. When the truth comes out, there are not many people talking about it.

Originally, in the past half a month, Yue Fei's affairs had gradually calmed down. The sudden and intensive battle reports from the northern front undoubtedly brought pressure to the capital of the empire.

This pressure may not be great, and it may not even cause any storms.

But society is complicated, and people's hearts are complicated.

War and politics are also closely linked.

Those who lost the interests of the war will naturally not give up this opportunity.

At this time, although the newspaper published many United Front articles.

However, public opinion in Tokyo City is still divided into two factions, and they are among the people.

One faction believes that we should resolutely fight the Jinren.

The other faction believes that Yue Fei, the leader of the war hardliners, should be dismissed and negotiate peace with the Jin people, so as not to cause the war to expand.

Some people even pinned the root cause of this war on Yue Fei.

For example, someone scolded Yue Fei in public like this: "It is because of this man that Song and Jin are going to fight again. He is the one who forced those unarmed people to go to the battlefield. It is he who caused countless families to be torn apart!"

"This man not only dumped his wife, he was also a war lunatic. He killed so many people!"

Another part of those who supported Yue Fei scolded these people: "It was only a few years ago that the gold men surrounded Tokyo, and the gold thieves were determined to kill me. You healed up so quickly and your scars forgot the pain!"

"A bunch of scum! Yue Fei is protecting us! He is protecting us from being killed by the gold thieves! The soldiers on the front line are fighting against the gold thieves in the north with their lives. What are you people doing?"

"You idiots, you should all be sent to Zhending to see! Send to Yanyun to see what kind of life the people live there, just let these people eat too much!"

"..."

In the afternoon, Zhao Ning was summoning Yu Yunwen who had returned from Fuzhou in Wende Hall.

"Your Majesty, according to my investigation, Fuzhou has actually been doing business with outside the customs in the past hundred years. Although the scale is small, I have also contacted a border merchant, and he is willing to cooperate with the court."

"Oh, who is this frontier merchant mainly doing business with?"

"And the Mughal tribes of Yinshan."

"Mongols?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"This businessman is very familiar with it."

"I have been running for more than ten years, and I am very familiar with it, and can help us match up."

"Has he ever heard of a man named Yelu Dashi?"

Yu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, he really mentioned this name."

"Oh, talk about it."

"He said that five years ago, a Khitan royal family named Yelu Dashi went to the Yinshan area, gathered eighteen tribes, became king there, and formed a large army."

"Is it still there?"

"It's gone. It's said that Yelu Dashi fought with Jin Guo a few times, and then moved west."

Zhao Ning sighed, it seems that the inertia of history is not so easy to change.

At least Yelu Dashi did not stay.

Forget it, let Yelu Dashi go to the northwest to create his Xiliao, and we will have a chance to fight against each other in the future.

"Since the land of Fuzhou can be connected to the outside of the customs, let's set up a discussion field there and put it under your control." Zhao Ning said, "In name, it is to do business with the Mughal people, but in fact I want to win them over. It’s time for you to leave the customs.”

"Yes, rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best."

At this time, some public opinion reports in Tokyo City were sent to Zhao Ning.

He read it carefully.

In fact, the influence of the people on the war is not that great. Even if some people in Tokyo are against the war, but the pen is in his hands, Zhao Ning, and the united front must be the mainstream.

The reason why he pays attention is actually to look at some recent things.

The folks don't have so many fierce voices for no reason.

Who is behind the instigation?

Who are the people behind Wang Biao?

Where has their integrity reached?

If these people oppose printing money, or even oppose the New Deal, he, Zhao Ning, can tolerate it.

You can see that Cai Mao has always opposed the New Deal, and Zhao Ning has always let him be in power in the Zhengshitang.

why?

Because opposing the New Deal is not necessarily wrong.

but!

If you dare to play public opinion on Yue Fei at a critical moment, and on the military defense that I have spent so many years building on the northern front, that will not work!

Zhao Ning is serious this time. The reason why he has not publicly expressed any views on Yue Fei's incident is that he continues to wait.

He wants to see, with the escalation of the incident, how many people will jump out?

First stir up public opinion among the people, and officials should jump out soon, right?

Now it seems that some people don't want to have fun with me for the sake of profit!

Then stop playing!

Zhao Ning asked Yu Yunwen: "Song and Jin are fighting again, what do you think?"

Yu Yunwen said with a smile: "The Kingdom of Jin is a country of tigers and wolves. The peace talks between the imperial court and the Jin people are only expedient. The peace negotiations are only short-lived, and wars are normal. The emperor has been strengthening the defense of the northern front these years, and appointed many famous young generals. It's normal for some folks to be worried that the Jin people can't get in. Everyone will be afraid, but..."

"But what?"

"However, if someone is playing tricks behind this, the imperial court must strictly investigate!"

Interesting!

Zhao Ning has noticed Yu Yunwen's drastic changes in the past two years.

At such a young age, he speaks with such boldness.

No wonder that great man commented that Yu Yunwen was "No. 1 through the ages".

Zhao Ning did not express his position, and he did not want to reveal any views on this matter for the time being.

On the fourth day of August, when both Zhending and Zhongshan were calm, Zongwang's main force began to secretly cross the Yellow River, and the soldiers pointed directly at Cangzhou.

Zhang Xian didn't know that the Jin army had suppressed the main force in Cangzhou.

Chapter 739 Cangzhou Iron Horse (first update)

The sky was gloomy, and the ground in front of it was unevenly distributed with patches of gray, which looked like sores on the earth.

Those were wheat stalks burned by farmers.

Between the barren fields, groups of people are moving forward.

Each of them is unkempt, sallow and emaciated, with a family.

From time to time, he complained a few words: "There is going to be a war again, when will it be the end!"

"Let's go, if you don't go, the golden man will come!"