Mou Tuo Gang. △
The snow stopped temporarily, and the wind was not strong. In the Jurchen camp surrounded by water on three sides, piles of bonfires were burning vigorously in the camp. In the central tent, in the six iron basins, charcoal fires are burning brightly. The surrounding decorations, furs, knives and guns, and even the people who are here, all set off everything with a solemn majesty. Zong Wang sat behind the long table and watched. Broken letter in hand.
Wanyan Jammu, the Han army commander Liu Yanzong, the general Saila and others were sitting nearby and occasionally exchanged expressions or whispered a few words. After half of the letter was given to Zongwang by Wanyan's mother, the captain of the scout was still standing below, waiting to be questioned. Zong Wang looked at the letter for a while, his expression changed, and finally he took the letter on the case.
"Hmph, the Nanren want to deceive me!" He said this for the first time. After seeing the expressions of the people below, he frowned again and looked at the scout.
"Tell me about the situation at the time. When, where, and under what circumstances did you meet that person and get this letter!"
"Yes… "
The captain of the scout saluted and nodded, talking about what happened.
Due to the deepening of winter, the snow began to close the mountain, and the number of Jurchen patrols and sweeps was actually not as much as before. Their scout team met each other on a road in the mountains ten miles away from the Mutuogang camp. There were three people on the other side, the messenger was among them, it seemed to be an official of the Wu Dynasty, and the two next to him were guards. A little further on that road, it will lead to the suburbs of Bianliang City.
The Jurchen patrol, with a total of five people, is specially responsible for this part, trying to cut off the connection between Bianliang and the outside world. Of course, such an attempt cannot be successful, because the Bianliang is too big, even if all tens of thousands of Jurchen are dispatched. I am afraid that it is impossible to surround the entire city. But even if the blockade could not be cut off, some incoming and outgoing messengers could always be intercepted. When they saw the other three, the five scouts immediately launched a pursuit.
Both sides were riding horses, and the other party was on high alert, seeing the Jurchen coming. Turn around and run, and shoot back with arrows. The scout on his side immediately shot back with an arrow, and then hit the officer in the middle in the back.
The other party ran three horses into the rugged place in the nearby mountains, and his scouts kept chasing after him. In the end, due to his serious injury, the official of the Wu Dynasty fell from his horse. It happened that there was a dry river below, and he fell. The two Wu Dynasty guards were too late to save them.
While the Jurchen scouts divided their troops to pursue them, they detoured slightly to the river valley to search for the bodies of officials of the Wu Dynasty, and then found this letter. After the Wu Dynasty official fell into the river, he seemed to want to shred the letter and throw it out, but he was powerless and tore the letter in half. Throwing it aside, the wind blew away the small half. Most of the rest were picked up by them.
The scouts didn't want to read the letter and hand it over to their immediate boss. After reading it, the boss felt that the matter was a big deal, and handed it over to Jammu, who was in charge of the matter. After seeing it, Jammu immediately called Zong Wang over.
Zong Wang looked at the scout: "From seeing the officials of the Wu Dynasty fall from their horses and fall into the river, until you detour, the corpses of the officials of the Wu Dynasty. You may have left your sight."
The scout said: "Because of the detour, there is a moment, but at most ten breaths."
"Humph." Zong Wang pondered for a moment, "Did you bring back the corpse?"
"They brought it back." Mother Wanyan said, "I have already checked the body."
Wanyan Jade's mother is Aguda's half-brother, ranked eleventh, Zongwang's expression softened a little, and said, "Eleventh Uncle, what is the result?"
"Looking at his body, he was really pampered in the past, and there is no sign of being bound between his siblings. This matter is not small, I have checked it repeatedly, and it should not be forced."
Jay's mother said so, Zong Wang fell silent slightly. He has a rough temperament, but has a thoughtful mind. After thinking for a moment, he reached out and patted the long case: "However, a man from the Southern Dynasty, a clown who jumped on the beam, how can he have such courage."
"Our army has defeated more than 300,000 troops of the Wu Dynasty in this area in more than a month, and they have been unable to do anything, and it is unknown."
"Well." Zong Wang nodded, "Commander Liu, you have selected a few people in the army who are most proficient in Sinology and planning, and come to this tent. In addition, come here! Please invite General Guo, the pharmacist, and Zhang Linghui under his command. , Liu Shunren, come to the big tent to discuss military affairs."
After receiving the order, Zong Wang went back to the back of the long case, flipped through the letter, which was divided into several pages, and picked two of them and put them aside until Guo Yaoshi, Zhang Linghui, Liu Shunren and others came over. , Several craftsmen and masters also came, and just now handed a few pages of letters to Guo Yaoshi: "General Guo, you should read this thing first, and then... circulate it."
"Yes." Pharmacist Guo nodded in agreement. The circulated letter was divided into five pages. Four of the pages contained some complicated formulas and drawings. Each page was partially incomplete. Pharmacist Guo began to read only the words. However, not long after he started browsing, the color in his eyes changed, and his expression became serious. He didn't say anything until he finished reading it, and passed it to Zhang Linghui. Zhang Linghui read it, then passed it to Liu Shunren, and then continued to pass it on to those masters and craftsmen. Some people looked confused, while others changed their faces. A master saluted Zong Wang and asked, "Master Wang, give me a pen and paper."
Zong Wang's eyes showed admiration, and he waved his hand: "Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and also, bring me a table and chair for him to sit on."
Not long after, everyone had read it once, and the letter was circulated in the hands of several masters and craftsmen, and they were repeatedly checked and discussed. Zong Wang saw the expressions of everyone.
"This is a letter from the Wu Dynasty that was intercepted today. The matter is too big, and it is difficult for this commander to tell whether it is true or false. Therefore, everyone must come together to identify and discuss." He raised his hand, "Everyone has What's your opinion, please speak up."
Among the resentful soldiers, Zhang Linghui was somewhat ignorant, and Liu Shunren had some ideas. At this time, he first cupped his hands and said: "Qi, the commander, I feel that this fact is a bravado of the people of the Wu Dynasty. The warriors are timid, but always He likes to play all kinds of tricks, among them, there are too many people who are smart. I am afraid that this letter is a self-righteous plan. After all, it is too hard to imagine if you want to do this..."
"Oh? General Liu thought it was fake?" Zong Wang looked at Yaoshi Guo, "General Guo, what do you think?"
"Brother Zhang is right." Pharmacist Guo said. "Confucianism and Taoism in the Wu Dynasty, respect for the ancestors of the heaven and the ancestors, in the Wu Dynasty, the respect of the Yellow River is unimaginable. If it is as stated in this letter... If you want to kill the Yellow River and retreat from our army. Let's not talk about how we wait, millions of people in Bianliang City, There are very few people who can escape. Moreover, the Yellow River bursts its banks, and the thousands of miles around Bianliang City will be flooded within a few years. For the Wu Dynasty, this move is really outrageous. Those who do this will be slandered by the whole country. .Behind me, I'm afraid it will also be infamed through the ages..."
In the letter that was circulated to the public, it was written about the plan to dig the Yellow River embankment and lead the flood to retreat the Jurchen army. At the beginning of the plan, he made a generous statement, saying: The war can be defeated, the city can be powerful, but the country cannot be destroyed. Festival can not fall. After some generosity, a formal plan was introduced. Even with drawings, specific plans, a lot of calculations, etc., etc., it is so meticulous and detailed that it is really difficult to distinguish between true and false.
After Pharmacist Guo finished speaking, Zong Wang frowned: "General Guo also thinks it's fake..."
"But... it's not." Guo Yaoshi said after hesitating for a moment. "Confucian scholars in the Wu Dynasty are really rhetorical, but they are hard to make achievements in practical matters. However, there are many of them, with strong and decisive personalities. I believe that it is better to be broken than broken, and I will go south to the army, and the army will be swept away. However, it is very decisive. The war outside Bianliang City has developed so far, if it is said that officials in the Wu Dynasty are so desperate, they want to do something terrible in the world, retreat with a flood, and millions of people are buried with them. The pharmacist thinks… Not surprising. So, it's hard to tell."
At this time, the masters who were called into the tent were mostly Jin and Liao people, but there were still some who knew Confucianism. After Guo Yaoshi finished speaking, he also saluted. Yan Dao, a scholar of the Wu Dynasty, although he has no power to hold a chicken, there are indeed many people who count this kind of decisive matter, and some people even like this kind of thing especially for the sake of the name behind them.
But then there is humanity. Some people do this kind of thing. If they send the plan to Bianliang, they will be banned. Maybe there is still a fraud.
However, after this statement, someone reminded that there is a paragraph after the letter, which seems to be saying that before the war, the ships around Bianliang had already entered the city. in time. At that time, although the Wu Dynasty also suffered heavy losses, the center was still there, but it was a loss of a city. Although the Jurchen is strong, half of the soldiers of the whole country have come here. This time when the flood is flooded, it seems that they have gone to half of the Jin Kingdom. The Wu Dynasty had indeed done a lot of wrong things in the past, but it was not too late to learn from it, and it was never too late.
Soon after, the master who was sitting at the desk also praised and reported to Zongwang: "The study of calculation and civil engineering in the Wu Dynasty is really exquisite, and the calculation in this letter is actually the pinnacle of it. It's a pity that the small half was torn up, but in my study of planning, it also has the effect of a stone from other mountains..." Then I regretted and praised it, wishing I could not see the torn up half.
Everyone has their own ideas, but it is difficult to determine whether the letter is true or not—the most important thing is whether the other party is really determined to do this. Soon after, Jammu said: "Even if the other party really wants to do this dangerous trick, it will still need to wait until next spring flood. We have already made preparations for the heavy snow to attack the city, as long as we break the city this winter, there is really no need to think about it.”
Zong Wang nodded. In fact, many people in the big tent have this kind of thinking, but Zong Wang is actually not a reckless person: "Uncle Huang is right, but everything needs to consider the worst consequences. Now the Wu Dynasty The army has been dispersed by me, and the remnants are scattered around. Next, I will let the army speed up the siege preparations. Within five days, I will complete all the equipment and launch a general attack. In this regard... The scouts find out the surrounding area. The situation, find out which party wants to do this, and then... General Guo, you are responsible for this matter and crushed them for me!"
People take orders.
"Yes!"
The tent shook.
Zong Wang tapped his fingers on the table, and after everyone left, he walked around the tent a few times, returned to the case, picked up the last two pages of paper that had not been shown to Guo Yaoshi and others, and browsed.
The last two pages are mostly persuasive content, and the top is a continuation of the vision after Zongwang's army was engulfed by the flood. The letter mentioned many problems within the Jin Kingdom. It said that Agu fought a generation of Tianjiao. After the uprising, the Jin people were full of vigor and people came out in large numbers, but there were also hidden dangers.
After A Guda abdicated, the successor was not A Guda's parent and son, but his fourth brother Wu Qimai. Wu Qimai is a stable person and has more than his ability to guard. Among the golden people, there are many outstanding people, but it is a situation of strong forces and strong support. Now that A Guda is dead, it is difficult to say what the situation will be when the third generation succeeds to the throne.
Among the Jurchens, the great commander is Nianhan, who is also very talented, and Wu Qimai is in power. Zong Wang and others can still stand up to him, but if there is no Wu Qimai, what will the situation be like? The Wu Dynasty's strategy of uniting Jin and anti-Liao is hard to change, but if Zongwang, the second most powerful prince of the Jin Kingdom, and his tens of thousands of troops are destroyed here, the only one in the Jin Kingdom who has the military power that can determine the world , Only the big handsome is sticky.
The east and west armies of the Jin Kingdom went south to invade our Wu Dynasty, but Zongwang went to Bianliang first, but Nianhan was blocked by the strong city Taiyuan. It is reported that Zongwang issued military orders several times, ordering the Nianhan army to quickly go south, but it was clear that it could be detoured. In the past Taiyuan, Nianhan was slow to move. Is there any rift between the two? At this time, the Yellow River will only be lost, but within a few years, the Jin Kingdom will be in chaos. The Jurchen suddenly rose up and gained the world, and there is no background. If you can't recuperate and work hard, you will surely die within a few generations, and it will not be the trouble of the Wu Dynasty...
The words on the last two pages show the writer's understanding of the interior of the Jin Kingdom.
In fact, Nianhan stayed in Taiyuan out of prudence. This was the first time they invaded the country of the Wu Dynasty. If the whole army really went south, and there was another Taiyuan on the way, if the Western Army really came to block the way, More than 100,000 troops are trapped in the hinterland of the Wu Dynasty, it is really hard to say what will happen. Zong Wang naturally understood this concern, but the letter was not polite. The above sentence made him feel both provocative and possible. At the very least, after reading this, he first felt that the other party was going to use the method of attacking the Yellow River, which might be true.
As for those seemingly provocative remarks, he has tried to normalize them as much as possible, but what he has seen, what he has said so clearly, whether he wants to or not, is impossible.
In this sense, whether the letter is true or not, it has at least served its purpose.
Thinking of this, Zong Wang slapped the table.
The Confucian scholar of the Wu Dynasty, a bunch of clowns jumping on the beam, but this one not only showed his understanding of the interior of the Jin Kingdom, but these tricks of jumping the beam also made people feel very angry.
If there is a chance to catch this person in the future, I must kill him alive!
Zong Wang thought about this villain in the Wu Dynasty who still didn't know his identity, and such thoughts flashed in his heart. (Please search for floating astronomy, better and faster!
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