Dragon Ball, while crossing the heavens and the world

After Luo Yan defeated the armies of Cai You and Liang Fangping one after another, Luo Yan's reputation became even louder and gradually spread further afield.

Originally, his fame was only spread in Hebei and Shandong.

Now it has spread directly to the temples of Liao and Jin.

In Hebei, there were many rebellions that were larger than Luo Yan's, but they were all peasant uprisings, and their leaders were not special.

Except for those few waves of more than 30 rebel troops, the rebel forces with a scale of less than [-] people could not attract the attention of the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom at all.

But Luo Yan was different. Whether it was his status as a god or the armament of his army, all the major forces in the world looked at him with suspicion.

In Yingzhou of the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Dynasty was pacing in the military camp and thinking.

Today's Liao Kingdom is no longer the powerful country that could force the Song Dynasty to sign the Chanyuan Alliance.

It is now the 6th year of Xuanhe. Four years ago, the newly-rising Jin Kingdom broke through Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom, causing the Liao Kingdom to lose half of its territory.

Two years ago, the Jin State captured Zhongjing of the Liao State and forced Emperor Tianzuo to go into exile in Jiashan. For a time, the Liao State lost all traces of their emperor and had to establish a new emperor.

The newly established Emperor Tianxi of Liao sent an ambassador to the Jin Dynasty to beg for vassalship, but he died of illness before the matter was completed.

Emperor Tianzuo came to power again. When he learned that Xiao Qian had rebelled against the Jin Dynasty last year, he thought it was an opportunity to regain his lost land and led his troops to Yingzhou.

It's a pity that Xiao Qian didn't do enough, his rebellion was put down by the Jin Kingdom, and Emperor Tianzuo completely lost the chance to regain his land.

But at this time, he learned that a magical rebel force had arisen in the Song Dynasty, so he thought of treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and wanted to contact Luo Yan to help him contain the Jin Kingdom.

The Liao Kingdom was on the verge of subjugation, let alone the ridiculous thing of wanting to use Luo Yan's army to help him contain the Jin Kingdom.

Li Chuwen and his son, ministers of the Liao Dynasty, even planned to have a secret affair with Tong Guan of the Northern Song Dynasty to the south in the fourth year of Xuanhe. They wanted to kidnap Liao De's concubine and bring her to the Song Dynasty to seek asylum from the Song Dynasty.

The Liao Kingdom had always looked down on the Song Dynasty, but it had to accept territory from the Song Dynasty in exchange for the Song Dynasty's support. This shows that the Liao Kingdom has reached a critical moment of life and death.

Li Chuwen was like this as a minister, and Emperor Tian Zuo was even more unbearable.

When Shangjing was defeated, Emperor Tian Zuo was worried day and night. He packed up his pearl treasures in advance and prepared two thousand horses to escape at any time.

He also threatened: "Song Dynasty and I are brothers, and Xixia and I are uncles and nephews. No matter where we go, we will never lose our wealth."

An emperor who can say such things is truly a fool.

Now it's nothing to pull off the mask and win over a fairy rebel.

After thinking for a long time, Emperor Tianzuo began to study ink and write books, and sent envoys to make contact.

The Liao Kingdom had little influence on Luo Yan in this regard. The decision of whether to help Emperor Tianzuo rested with Luo Yan.

But the situation is different in the Kingdom of Jin. The Jin people regard the newly rising Luo Yan as a huge threat, and want to take advantage of Luo Yan's unstable foundation to destroy him.

When the Song and Jin Dynasties formed a maritime alliance and agreed to attack the Liao Dynasty, they saw the Song Dynasty's military incompetence, so they already coveted the power of the Song Dynasty.

The Kingdom of Jin also coveted the land of Hebei. Last year, it wanted to recruit Zhang Jue, deputy envoy of the Liao Xing Army in Lulong, Hebei, and make him a subordinate of Tongping Zhang.

However, the Jin Kingdom seems to be recruiting, but in fact it is just to stabilize Zhang Jue and let him attack the Liao Kingdom at a stable point in the Jin Kingdom. It plans to cut him off in the future and then obtain the land of Hebei.

The Kingdom of Jin could not tolerate Zhang Jue, how could it tolerate Luo Yan.

Once Luo Yan occupied Damin Mansion, one of the Jin soldiers' southbound routes would be blocked, which would have a significant impact on the Jin Kingdom's strategic policy.

Therefore, Luo Yan has now become a thorn in the side of the Jin Kingdom and wants to remove it to avoid future troubles.

The Emperor of the Jin Kingdom issued an edict to Wanyan Zongwang to send troops to Junzhou to eliminate Luo Yan.

Wanyan Zongwang is the Jin general who killed Zhang Jue last year. His troops are brave and good at fighting, and are very powerful. The Jin Kingdom's fight against the Liao Kingdom is like killing a dog. It is probably easier to defeat the Song Dynasty than a chicken.

After Wanyan Zongwang received the order, even if he heard about Luo Yan's name as a god, he didn't take it seriously and thought it was just a rumor.

There shouldn't be too many rebellions in the name of gods in history. Wanyan Zongwang felt that Luo Yan was also a fake god.

Luo Yan was able to conquer Junzhou in the Song Dynasty, not because he was powerful, but because the Song Dynasty was too weak.

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So with this mentality, Wanyan Zongwang led a thousand cavalry and marched south.

The number of Jurchen soldiers in the Jin Kingdom was small, and these thousand gold soldiers were already a lot of soldiers and horses.

The 1000 Jin soldiers can defeat [-] Liao troops and [-] Song troops. Wanyan Zongwang's dispatch of troops this time is equivalent to leading an army of [-] troops. It can be regarded as strategically despising Luo Yan and tactically valuing him.

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Let’s talk about the attitude of the Great Song Temple towards Luo Yan.

Because under the general policy of joining the Jin Dynasty and destroying the Liao Dynasty, the entire Song Dynasty court did not pay much attention to Luo Yan.

Tong Guan has been in charge of the expedition to Liao in recent years, and everyone in the government and the public has been busy with the Northern Expedition.

Recovering Yanyun and the Northern Expedition to the Liao Kingdom had been a concern since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and were much more important than putting down the Hebei rebellion.

If Luo Yan hadn't started the uprising in Xiangzhou, the geographical location was too important, and he had personally displayed his Dharma and confirmed his status as a god. How could the Gonggun princes in the court take a rebel force with less than ten thousand people in their sights? inside.

In the Song Dynasty, too many people rebelled and were organized into the Xiang Army every year. In their view, the previous Luo Yan was just another little shrimp who was about to be incorporated into the Xiang Army.

The previous dispatch of Cai You to quell the rebellion had already given Luo Yan enough face.

After all, Cai You was also a civil servant who followed Tong Guan in his expedition to the Liao Dynasty, so it was not easy to put down a rebel bandit.

It's just that Cai You overturned and died in the Liuqing River area with no body left. Many ministers were frightened and no longer dared to take action in person. They only ordered local officials to put down the rebellion on their own.

Unfortunately, the local officials were not strong enough. Just one day after Cai You's death, Junzhou fell and was controlled by Luo Yan, which made the court feel as big as a fight.

What is even more frightening is that the imperial court had a secret report that when Luo Yan captured Junzhou, the deceased Kou Zhen turned into a city god and failed in a battle with Luo Yan.

This is Kou Ni, the fierce man who was strong and tough when he was alive and forced Zhenzong to resist the Liao Dynasty. After his death, he turned into a city god and an immortal god. He was no match for Luo Yan, so how could they not be afraid of Luo Yan.

In the Song Court, Song Huizong summoned his ministers to discuss the Northern Expedition, and then began to discuss Luo Yan's rebellion in Junzhou.

When discussing the Northern Expedition, all the ministers were spitting and eloquent, but when they discussed Luo Yan, they all closed their mouths.

Looking at the ministers who were hesitating and speechless, Song Huizong felt impatient.

"Speak, do you ministers have any good strategies to put down Luo Yan's rebellion in Junzhou?"

The ministers looked at each other for a long time, and one of them said for a long time: "The evil way brings harm to the world, and it is difficult for ordinary people to deal with it. Don't you have Zhang Xubai and other Taoist masters around your majesty? Why not let them deal with Luo Yan's rebellion in Junzhou."

Huizong of the Song Dynasty was a Taoist priest who believed in Taoism. His subordinates included Zhang Xubai, Wang Laozhi, Lin Lingsu, Liu Hunkang, Wang Zaixi, Zhang Jixian, Wang Wenqing and many other "masters of Taoism".

The most famous among them is Lin Lingsu, the leader of the Shenxiao Sect.

However, Lin Lingsu, a well-known Taoist liar, was attacked by servants when he was managing floods in the first year of Xuanhe. Only then did Song Huizong realize that this Taoist priest had long made the world angry and resentful, so he reprimanded Lin Lingsu and returned to his hometown. Soon Lin Lingsu Su died in his hometown.

Now the celebrity in front of Song Huizong is Zhang Xubai.

Thinking of his Kinmen feather guest, Song Huizong slapped his thigh continuously and said excitedly: "That's right, to deal with the evil way, a real master must take action. Go to Longde Terrace to announce Zhang Hu's appearance."

Zhang Hu is Zhang Xubai. Among all Taoist priests, Zhang Xubai spent the longest time with Song Huizong and had the best relationship.

He once slept drunkenly on the emperor's knees and was often outspoken in his critical warnings, even directed at the emperor himself.

Song Huizong tolerated Zhang Xubai's rude behavior, which shows his favor for Zhang Xubai.

However, Zhang Xubai is not a liar Taoist priest like Lin Lingsu. He is proficient in alchemy and qi. He is especially good at Taiyi Liuren, Jindan Secret Technique, and the theory of the Aether School to predict good and bad luck.

Historically, the Jin Kingdom captured Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom and sent an envoy to inform the Song Dynasty. Song Huizong happily entertained the envoy.

After the banquet, Song Huizong saw Zhang Xubai again and mentioned the banquet to him.Zhang Xubai prophesied: "Emperor Tian Zuo went to the sea and built a palace to wait for his majesty for a long time."

It means that Song Huizong was happy too early, and you will soon end up like Emperor Tianzuo.

Later, Bianjing fell, and Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty was kidnapped and headed north, where he suffered a lot of torture in the Kingdom of Jin.

From this prediction, it can be seen that Zhang Xubai either has a very political vision, or he is a really good person and can make calculations.