Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Because he didn't know how many Song troops were around.

With cold sweat dripping from his forehead, Pucha Shijianu hesitated for a moment and ordered the whole army to stop marching.

Then he ordered to strengthen the defense of the rear army, and took people to inspect the army in person to ensure that the defense of the army was very stable before he was relieved.

At this time, the cavalry of the Jin army had lost [-], and the infantry and logistics signed troops had lost more than [-].

If it was a golden army all the way, with such a battle loss, the main force would have collapsed long ago.

Pucha's Shijianu didn't dare to go forward, Yunnei State was in front, but he was scared out of his wits.

When he was defeated in Dongsheng Prefecture, he was demoted from the left deputy marshal to the deputy capital commander, and he was satisfied with saving his life. If there is another big defeat now, his little life will basically be explained.

On the same day, Pucha Shijianu added more scouts, and he had to wait until he had thoroughly figured out the Song Army near Yunnei Prefecture before doing anything.

In the evening, Yue Yun received an order to return to the main army camp.

On the morning of the [-]th, Yue Yun arrived at the main army camp and reported the detailed results of the battle to Yue Fei.

"Yue Shuai, since the enemy's main force is more than ten miles away to the east of the city, why don't our army go to fight the Jinren!" Jun Song immediately stood up and said excitedly.

"No! We want to maintain the current siege. The Jin people in the city must be waiting for the main force of our army to fight against the main force of the Jin people's reinforcements. They will take the opportunity to go out of the city and raid the rear of our army! If the city is besieged without fighting, the elite cavalry will be used to keep an eye on the enemy's reinforcements. You can hold back the enemies inside the city at any time, and look for the weak points of the enemies outside the city."

Juniper felt that it made sense when he heard it, and he sighed why he couldn't see the overall situation clearly?

Hearing what Yue Fei said, it seems very simple!

It's so simple, why didn't I think of it?

"How about the arrangements for the cities in Anbei Prefecture?" Yue Fei asked again.

Zhao Song came out and said, "The lower officials have just received a report from Diyang County. Diyang County has closed the city gates, and the people have entered the city one after another. The food in the city can be managed for more than two months."

"What about the south?"

"The military strength of Dongsheng City is also in a state of wartime. If it is necessary to transport food, the imperial army can go north to escort at any time."

Yue Fei said: "The enemy's next step must be to use cavalry to rush into our Anbei Mansion and attack our rear. If Anbei Mansion's deep tactics are pulled away, it will be a hard battle. We can't divide our troops for backup, we can only quickly defeat the main force of the Jin people , to win the battle, and the main force of the Jin people will not be defeated as easily as Yue Yun two days ago, for the sake of the Song Dynasty, all the lords are ready to fight to the death!"

Everyone said in unison: "The last general is willing to go through fire and water with Yue Shuai! Wrapped in horse leather!"

At this moment, a voice came from outside the tent: "Yue Shuai, urgent report from eight hundred miles away from the capital!"

Chapter 1335 Going west to Yumen Pass (third change)

After reading the urgent report from the capital, Yue Fei fell silent.

Seeing Yue Fei like this, everyone was puzzled, Juniper couldn't help asking: "Shuai Yue, what's the matter?"

"Send envoys to the outside of Yunnei Prefecture, saying that we want to negotiate with the Jin people."

Everyone was even more surprised, they played well, how can you talk about negotiations?

"Shuai Yue..."

"Go!"

The envoys were sent out, and they arrived outside the city of Yunnei Prefecture.

Soon Uyan Puluhun received news that the Song army wanted to negotiate.

"Song people want to play some tricks!"

Although it was definitely a trick of the Song people, Wuyan Puluhun still sent envoys out of the city to meet the Song people's envoys.

After an afternoon of "pleasant negotiations" between the two sides, the envoys of both sides limped back.

After listening to the report, Wuyan Puluhun said angrily: "I didn't snatch a few sheep back! Pay me back!"

"But Dutong, the people of Song Dynasty said that if they don't return the sheep, they will attack the city!"

"I'm afraid they won't succeed! I've been waiting for them to attack the city!"

Five days passed in a blink of an eye, and Niu Gao who was in Chuohe suddenly received an urgent report. After tidying up that day, he took hundreds of cavalry and headed south quickly.

Niu Gao walked very fast, and it only took five days to return for two thousand miles.

Within these ten days, the Song army and the two sides each sent several small-scale troops to fight no less than twenty games in a radius of more than ten miles outside the city of Yunnei Prefecture.

Even as Yue Fei expected, the Jin people also sent some cavalry into Anbei Mansion to fight high-mobility and deep tactics. Although the effect was minimal, it also posed a threat to the Song army's rear and made the Song army afraid of transporting grain and grass.

On the whole, both sides have their own winners and losers.

But the behavior of the main force of the Song Army suddenly became very conservative, and there were no major actions within ten days.

This caused Pucha Shijianu, who had been cast out of the shadows, to have many question marks on his head.

Is the Song army going to fight a protracted war?

its not right!

Song army fighting a protracted war?

What are the benefits of fighting a protracted war to the Song army?

On the night of May 23rd, Niu Gao hurried to the main army camp where Yue Fei was, and met Yue Fei.

"I'm relieved when you come back." Yue Fei grasped Niu Gao's hand, his eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Yue Shuai, what happened to call me back urgently?"

"Ten days ago, His Majesty sent me an urgent report, asking us to withdraw our troops from the cloud and stop fighting the Jinren."

"Why?" Niu Gao couldn't help asking.

"A major event happened in the northwest. Gaochang State killed our envoy, captured many merchants, and completely cut off the trade route. The imperial court has already planned to send troops to the Western Regions."

Niu Gao was stunned, and said: "Will the imperial court stop the war with the Jin people if the small country of Gaochang is defeated?"

What Niu Gao meant was also, let the Northwest Tianwu Army send troops to Gaochang, just destroy it, and it will not affect the battle with the Jin people at all.

"You don't know that the Khitan people are behind Gaochang. Now the court has the news that the Khitan man Yelu Dashi has defeated all the tribes in the Western Regions in the past few years and formed a powerful force. If the imperial court sends troops to destroy Gaochang, it will inevitably touch Yelu Dashi. Your Majesty It is because he is worried that he will send people to support Gaochang, causing the northwest to fall into a protracted war. The western region is vast. Once it falls into a protracted war, the situation of the war will inevitably be unclear and the logistical pressure will increase. If we continue to fight with the Jin army at this moment and win the Yunzhong Mansion It will inevitably attract reinforcements from Wushu and expand the war between Song and Jin."

Hearing Yue Fei's words, Niu Gao understood.

Now the two armies are still fighting in Yunnei Prefecture. Once the Song army really takes down Yunnei Prefecture and the news reaches Wushu, Wushu will never let it go. He is very likely to start an all-out war between Song and Jin.

The Song Dynasty was naturally ready, but now that something happened in the Northwest, the situation in the Western Regions is unclear.

Hearing Yue Fei's tone, it cannot be ruled out that the imperial court will send troops from other border towns to support the Western Regions.

In short, it is a matter of life and death for the world, and no one dares to take such a risk at this time.

But Niu Gao still asked: "Why don't you attack the Kingdom of Jin first?"

"I don't know, this is His Majesty's arrangement. His Majesty asked me to return to Beijing quickly, but the battle situation in Yunnei Prefecture is still at a stalemate, so I called you back to preside over the overall situation here. You have always handled things calmly. I will leave it to you. Only then can I return to Bianjing with peace of mind."

Yue Fei sighed, somewhat reconciled in his eyes.

He also said: "Since Your Majesty intends to crusade against the Western Regions first, the battle with the Jin people should be resolved, but the troops cannot be retreated directly, otherwise the Jin people will advance an inch and propose a truce, so that the Jin people will hand over what they robbed before, and each take a step back." .”

"What if the Jin people don't want to, but increase their troops secretly?"

"The eyeliner I planted in the cloud sent back secret reports many times. The Jin people did not continue to increase their troops, but this matter cannot be confirmed immediately. We still have to make judgments based on changes in the situation. If the Jin people continue to increase their troops, I will report again. The imperial court, make adjustments according to changes in the situation, in short, you must stabilize the situation here and don't expand the war."

"Don't worry, Yue Shuai, leave it to our old cow."

Yue Fei patted him on the shoulder, and asked again: "How is Chuuhe?"

"The Tata'er Department is very cooperative. The scholars we sent over have also begun to promote Wanghua in Chuhe River. The engineer battalion is trying to build a city in Chuhe River."

"We captured Chuohe, and the Jin people will not sit idly by."

"Yue Shuai don't worry, with Yang Zaixing there, he will take charge of the overall situation."

Yue Fei immediately called for Yue Yun, and after a few brief explanations, he left the commander's camp overnight, carrying some dry food, and quickly headed south with dozens of people.

The progress of Song Jin's war in Yunnei Prefecture suddenly slowed down like this.

On May 25th, Li Yanxian, who was stationed in Liangzhou, first received an order to transfer troops from the imperial court.

On the same day, Li Yanxian began to gather troops in Liangzhou.

On May 27th, Li Yanxian assembled [-] elites and set off from Liangzhou, heading west all the way, and began the Song Dynasty's initiative to attack the Western Regions.

Li Yanxian's goal is Beiting City north of the Tianshan Mountains, which is the winter capital of the Uighurs in Gaochang.

It is about three thousand miles from Liangzhou to Beiting City.

The route arranged by Li Yanxian was to go from Liangzhou to Dunhuang first, carry out some supplies in Dunhuang, then leave Yumen Pass, take the northern route, arrive at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and finally arrive at Beiting City.

On the evening of May 27, Liu Kai in Zhangye also received an order to transfer troops from the imperial court.

In the evening, a collection order was issued from the General Manager of Economics and Strategy, and the collection of food and grass began.

On May 29th, Liu Qi set off from Zhangye. He was also an elite of [-] people. He also went to Dunhuang and left Yumen Pass from Dunhuang.

But his route was different from Li Yanxian's. He took the foothills of the Tiannan Mountains and passed through Yizhou, an important town east of Gaochang, which was later Hami.

If you want to conquer Gaochang, you must first conquer Yizhou.

The Song army used cattle as a means of transportation, and also carried a large amount of sheep and dry food. This is the experience of the Central Plains Dynasty handed down from the Han Dynasty.

In short, it was Liu Kai and Li Yanxian who took the lead in launching the Western Expedition to the Western Regions.

Chapter 1336 Yue Fei's theory of destroying gold (first change)

On June [-], there was a heavy rain in Bianjing, which washed everything away.

In the afternoon of that day, Yue Fei and Wu Jie, the guardians of Anbei Protectorate's Mansion, entered the palace at the same time and met Zhao Guan's family.

The Zaizhi were also present one after another, and this was considered an imperial discussion.

"I wish Your Majesty the best of luck."

"Quick and free." Zhao Ning said quickly, "Sit down, sit down and say, try the coconuts that I have prepared for the two of you. I sent them back from Qiongzhou, and sent them back eight hundred miles in a hurry. The one prepared by the minister, and some sent to the two ministers."

"Your Majesty is merciful, and I am grateful."

"I am in a hurry to call you back this time because I have something important to discuss with you."

Yue Fei and Wu Jie took their seats respectively.

"Your Majesty, but let me show you."

"Yue Fei, how is your battle in Anbei Mansion going?"

Yue Fei said: "We have wiped out some Jin troops and are now surrounding Yunnei Prefecture. Jin reinforcements have been dispatched from Yunzhou. Tens of thousands of troops have been gathered in Yunnei Prefecture. For the time being, we have [-] cavalry staying behind at Chuohe Tataer Ministry, stabilize the situation on the grassland."

Zhao Ning nodded, and said: "Before I discussed with the ministers and assessed our current strength, the treasury has enough money to support the Northern Expedition to the Kingdom of Jin. The ministers also think so, but this decision involves too much , It’s not something that the people sitting in the back can make a random decision by patting their heads, as I said, I’ll wait for you to return to Beijing before asking your opinions.”

Yue Fei paused and said, "Although I'm besieging Yunnei Prefecture, I actually don't agree with the current northern expedition to the Kingdom of Jin and a full-scale war with the Kingdom of Jin."

"Why?"

"Currently, our dynasty and the Kingdom of Jin are mainly confronting each other in Liaodong, Hebei, and Yinshan. The main forces of the Kingdom of Jin have also invested in these three places. In addition to confronting each other directly, What is the difference, I feel that the difference is still very big, the Kingdom of Jin is strong but not rich, and has enough elite soldiers and generals, especially after the reform of Jin Wushu."

When Yue Fei said that, the surrounding chiefs also nodded, and couldn't help but praise Yue Fei in his heart, not just as simple as a military commander.

Zhao Ning also nodded, obviously Yue Fei quickly got to the point.

"Since we are strong but not rich, no one can be sure whether we can guarantee victory in a head-to-head confrontation with the Jin army. However, if we continue to confront each other, we will completely outflank the Jin army, and the Jin army will be forced to Deploy troops from Yinshan, Hebei, or Liaodong to the new battlefield, and then divide and weaken the military forces of the Jin Kingdom and our army that have been confronting each other for a long time."

"Yue Shuai is talking about the grassland?" Zhao Ding asked.

"Yes, regarding the status of the grassland, the officials have reported to Mr. Zhang many times, and the matter of managing the grassland has also been reported to the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall many times."

Everyone couldn't help nodding.

"The imperial court has just dispatched troops to defeat the Tata'er tribe, which is considered to have gained half of the control of the grassland. The minister also sent Liu Yi to meet the people from the Qiyan tribe. The Qiyan tribe has agreed to use the banknotes. In terms of commerce and currency, we can establish a strong connection with the grassland, if the East Mansion can keep up with the deployment of officials, I think the imperial court can station a considerable number of troops in the grassland."

"As long as the grasslands around the Chuo River are under control, the imperial court's troops can directly deter Jin Kingdom's Shangjing from the west, forcing Jin Wushu to divide its troops to defend, greatly reducing the pressure on the military defenses in Hebei, Yinshan, or Liaodong, and reducing the pressure on the imperial court's Northern Expedition." resistance."

"What if Jin Wushu doesn't mobilize troops from the three places you mentioned?" Wang Zonglian couldn't help asking, "If the Kingdom of Jin conscripts some more troops, it should still be possible, right?"

"It is true that some troops can be forcibly recruited, but as I said just now, the Kingdom of Jin is strong but not rich. At present, we are forcing the Kingdom of Jin to deploy defenses on three sides. Their military expenditure is already very large. If they forcefully increase the number of troops, the Kingdom of Jin may not be able to It can support so many soldiers."

After listening to what Yue Fei said, Zhao Ning nodded and asked Wu Jie, "Where's Wu Qing?"

Wu Jie said: "According to the information I received, the Jin people have deployed at least 20 troops in Hebei, and the defense of Hebei is the most important thing. I also sent people to inquire about the people's livelihood information of Jinfu. Follow my example of returning the land to the people. My court rent is 4 catties per mu per year, but Jin Ren has to pump 120 catties per mu of land. Yanyun’s actual output per mu of land is at most 240 catties a year. Ten mu of land, a family of six people, they have to hand over 3600 catties of grain to the Jinren a year, and keep 3600 catties of grain for themselves. Each person saves an average of 600 catties of grain a year for themselves, 50 catties a month, and eats about 1.6 catties a day. [-] catties of grain, in fact, this is a theoretical calculation value, a farmer in Yanyun can eat one catty a day, which is not bad.”

Yue Fei was talking about the macro level, while Wu Jie was talking about the micro level. What Wu Jie said almost verified what Yue Fei said from the micro data.

Perhaps the actual situation of the people of Yanyun will be even worse. After all, the population base of the Kingdom of Jin is not large, and it still needs to support such a huge army.

Although some middlemen like noble lords have been eliminated by Jin Wushu, don't forget that there are still bureaucrats!

Groups like bureaucrats have the same attributes in every corner of the world: if they can get money, they will never miss this opportunity!