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Tong Guan arrived in Hejian Mansion in late April.

In Hejian Prefecture, Tong Guan listened to the report of Hou Yi, the appeasement envoy of Gaoyang Pass Road and the prefect of Hejian Prefecture.

Hou Yi obviously made sufficient preparations. He reported to Tong Guan in detail about the situation in Hebei.

In Hou Yi's report, there are mainly two aspects: on the one hand, the current bad situation of the Hebei Imperial Army, and on the other hand, the poor situation of the Hebei Imperial Army's materials and equipment.

After listening to Hou Yi's report, Tong Guan went to check the Hebei army, the granary warehouse and the armory in person.

As a result, the difference in the situation shocked Tong Guan very much!

Tong Guan picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Zhao Ji overnight:

I admire Zunrui's instructions and submitted it to the north. I was worried that I would not be able to catch it. I sent you a lot of money. I followed the order to come to the north and went to Gaoyang Pass on April 23 to promote the preparations for the march. I saw that Heshuo's soldiers were arrogant and lazy and did not train the enemy troops, and they had no use. The military rations were too coarse to eat, and they had to pound and shake, but only half of them were obtained. They were mostly far away, and it was time-consuming and labor-intensive. The military weapons were very lacking. Although they were in Taiyuan, Daming and Kaide Branch arrived, the seal of Chunchun was insufficient, or they were not suitable. As for the land building, the items that were built and the city guarded were all unprepared. Because Heshuo had never talked about troops for two hundred years, it was difficult to blame once he was in a hurry...

From the letter written by Tong Guan to Zhao Ji, it can be seen that Tong Guan saw that because he was in a peaceful period for a long time, the generals of the Hebei imperial guards were arrogant and lazy, without training, and there was no one in a hundred people who could use it. Military supplies, food, etc., and there was nothing to do.

In short, Tong Guan believes that relying on Hebei imperial guards and Hebei's military supplies and fortifications to fight may cause mistakes.

At this time, Tong Guan's self-confidence was actually severely hit, and he even regretted his advocacy of regaining Yanjing. After all, Tong Guan had been in charge of more than 20 years of soldiers, so he still had this knowledge.

It is precisely because of this that Tong Guan, who had always advocated the recovery of Yan Yun by force, began to become cautious.

But Tong Guan thought about it again that this time he led his army north was not really going to fight with the Liao Kingdom, but just showing his military power and shocking Yelu Chun, hoping to recover Yanjing without fighting.

This is actually the order Zhao Ji gave to Tong Guan. The three strategies of patrol the border given by Zhao Ji are ironclad evidence.

Thinking of this, Tong Guan felt that the pressure on his shoulders was slightly relieved.

Tong Guan continued to advance north and also came to Xiongzhou, an important town in the northern border. He planned to sit here and use political, diplomatic, military and other means to coordinate and command, hoping to recover Yanjing in one fell swoop.

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As soon as he arrived in Xiongzhou, Tong Guan convened a meeting of generals from various army in the Xuanfu Department.

Upon hearing the news, Xiongzhou magistrate He Wen hurried to Xuanfu Division to remind Tong Guan: "Deputy Xuanfu Cai is still on the way. Should we wait a while and have a meeting when he comes?"

When Tong Guan heard this, he was furious and scolded him sternly: "All the troops have arrived, how can you wait? You are still a general, and this matter is still unknown. How can you lead troops to march and fight?"

actually--

Tong Guan, who had already figured out Cai You's personality, first intimidated him, and then asked someone to find a large group of beauties for Cai You, but Cai You stopped taking a step forward in Daming Mansion.

In other words, Cai You was "still on the road" because Tong Guan intended it, with the purpose of not letting Cai You get in the way.

He felt embarrassed when he was scolded by Tong Guan in court, and his face turned red and white!

original--

He Guan wanted to please Tong Guan in the name of asking for advice, but he accidentally slapped the horse on the leg.

What I don’t know about is that there is a huge conflict between Tong Guan and Cai You.

Tong Guan looked down on Cai You from the bottom of his heart. In Tong Guan's eyes, Cai You is just a playboy, eating, drinking, playing and playing, and is very good at everything, but in terms of ability to do things, he is still far inferior to his father, Cai Jing and his younger brother, Cai.

Cai You was also disgusted with Tong Guan and felt that Tong Guan relied on his seniority and was arrogant, so he often said bad things about Tong Guan in front of Zhao Ji.

He Shen has been an official in the local area all year round, so how can he know the filth between the court officials such as Tong Guan and Cai You?

He Guan felt that he was very wronged, and he felt that Tong Guan didn't take him seriously. He was also the top leader of Xiongzhou and the representative of the Hebei imperial guards. How could Tong Guan treat him like this?

In fact, Tong Guan is venting and swearing.

At first, Tong Guanqi, Shin and others made Hebei like this, without even the power of a battle, allowing him to win the great achievements of regaining Yan Yun, adding variables.

Secondly, Tong Guan was very angry when he heard that Cai You was the deputy propaganda envoy. It was obvious that Zhao Ji arranged for Cai You to monitor him.

What makes Tong Guan even more upset is still here.

At the beginning of the meeting, Zhong Shidao expressed his attitude towards the battle against Liao: "Now the army is patrolling the border and recruiting Yanjing will not be easy. Now the Liao Kingdom has been severely damaged by the Jurchens, which is like a neighbor's house being robbed. Our Song Dynasty not only did not go to rescue him, but instead went forward to steal the things in the house. This is not a benevolent and righteous act. Besides, the army's army is not a famous name, so there may be something to lose."

After a pause, Zhong Shidao said again: "The court rashly used troops and forced Shidao to be the commander-in-chief. Shidao can only devote himself to the work of the king. If you gain an inch of progress, this is the spirit of the country and the blessing of the official family. Shidao dare not take the credit for his achievements. If the situation is not smooth, if there is a little trouble, there will be a responsibility for it, and Shidao will not be blamed. Today, the priest will be clear, and Shidao will make this clear in front of the generals, so as not to have any further comments in the future."

What Zhong Shidao said is: "I don't agree to fighting this war and don't want to be the commander of this capital, but if you insist on letting me lead the troops, I will try my best to fight. If I win, I don't want to make a contribution. If I lose, I won't take the blame. Whoever is responsible will bear it?"

Tong Guan, including Zhao Ji, actually knew that Shidao Zhong did not agree with this war.

But Tong Guan did not expect that Zhong Shidao would not give him any room for him, leaving room for the court, and he would go to war, and he would say such deflated words.

Tong Guan glanced at Zhong Shidao and said coldly: "Today's military affairs, the government has its own achievements. If you want to use your reputation to intimidate the Liao army, that's all. The success or failure of things will be my responsibility and the court."

Zhong Shidao said to other generals: "The success or failure of Liao affairs is the Taishi and the court responsible. Have you heard it?" Then he looked at Tong Guan and said: "The Taishi is about to compile the book and report it. The Taishi said, the Taishi must be written in the memorial, so please do not blame the Taishi."

Tong Guan said, "Don't be so troublesome. Before I come, the official family will ask us to follow the three strategies he taught to fight the enemy. You can take it and see it."

After saying that, Tong Guan waved his hand and someone showed Zhao Ji's three strategies for patroling the border to Master Zhong.

After seeing this, Zhong Shidao immediately weakened his momentum. He thought to himself: "It turns out that the government has never thought about fighting and wants me to be the commander-in-chief. He just teaches me to be a decoration."

Master Zhong is already seventy-two, three years older than Tong Guan.

It is said that the older the world, the less courageous it is.

Zhong Shidao, who fought twice the battle and knew the true situation of the Song army, actually had this meaning.

In addition, although Zhong Shidao was a soldier, he was tired of external expansion and only wanted to protect the country and the people.

Therefore, Zhong Shidao stubbornly believed that this battle should not be fought.

but--

Having said that, although Zhong Shidao stubbornly believed that this battle should not be fought, he was still ready to do his best to fight this battle.

But what Zhong Shidao didn't expect was that he had thought too much and there was no need to fight this battle. They came over through mountains and rivers, but in fact they were here to scare the Liao people.

Zhong Shidao was silent for a while and said, "How can the master's name be compared to the Taishi? I also asked the Taishi General to lead the entire army and let the teacher return to the northwest."

Tong Guan also wanted to lead the entire army, but Tong Guan knew clearly that Zhao Ji would never allow him to command the troops himself.

Therefore, Tong Guan said: "The official family orders, how dare you refuse the teacher's way?"

Zhong Shidao remained silent.

Tong Guan’s political methods are extremely experienced and he knows how to take the opportunity to expand his results.

Taking advantage of the slump of his opponent, Mr. Zhong, Tong Guan immediately changed his previous deployment of Mr. Zhong, and announced:

The army was divided into two groups, one was the Eastern Army, namely the Xiongzhou Army. The goal was to enter the Baigou River area, with Zhong Shidao being responsible for it, Wang Bing General's Front Army, Yang Wei's Left Army, Zhong Shi's Right Army, Wang Ping's Back Army, and Zhao Ming's Front Army.

The other route is the Western Route Army, namely the Guangxin Army garrison. The goal is to enter the Fancun area, with Xin Xingzong in charge, Yang Keshi, Wang Yuan's front army, Yao Pingzhong, Jiao Anjie's left army, Liu Guangguo, Ji Jing's right army, Cookie, Wang Yu's back army, Wu Zihou, Liu Guangshi's front army, and obey Liu Yanqing's control.

Judging from Tong Guan's deployment, the Master of the Seeds has been reduced to the same position as Liu Yanqing and even Xin Xingzong. In addition, Tong Guan completely disrupted the Western Army, making the Western Army unable to become a complete piece or a group.

In short, Tong Guan obtained all the military power with Zhao Ji's three strategies to patrol the border.

Master Zhong, who understood his true identity, completely lost his previous fighting spirit, and then followed Tong Guan. He thought: "Since I don't fight, since I'm just a decoration, I'm still fighting for something, I'd better be more sensible."

...

In early March, Wanyan Yinshu was recommended by Wanyan Xieye, and he was appointed as an envoy to go to the Song Dynasty.

But at that time, Wanyan Silver Skill could be found in Yangcheng, and Wanyan Agu was in Liaozhongjing, and it would take at least ten days to travel between the two places.

Wanyan Yinshu had to convince Wanyan Aguda to go to the Song Dynasty.

It was also a coincidence that after Wanyan Yinshuke went to Liaozhongjing, Wanyan Aguda went to Xianzhou again.

There was no way, Wanyan Yinshu chased him to Xianzhou again.

In Xianzhou, Wanyan Yinshu finally met Wanyan Aguda.

Wanyan Yinshu immediately reported Yelu Yanxi to Cai Jian and Cai Jian's defeat, and other things, in detail, to Wanyan Aguda, and told Wanyan Aguda that he wanted to go on a mission to the Song Dynasty, to find out whether the Song Dynasty was about to breach the contract, and to find out the reality of the Song Dynasty, and to find out the reality of the Song Dynasty, and to find out the truth and reality of the Song Dynasty. It would be best to get some weapons from the Jinwu Army to bring back for research.

Wanyan Aguda was also shocked by what Wanyan Yinshu Ke said. He discussed with his staff and thought that he should send someone to Dasong to see it.

So, Wanyan Aguda ordered Wanyan Yinshuke to be the envoy, and Bo Jin went to the Song Dynasty with an affidavit to hold accountable.

At this time, it was already early April, and it had been a month since Cai still captured Yelu Yanxi.

However--

Even God seems to be busy with Cai.

Because the Jin Dynasty's ships were not good.

It happened that they had just come out and encountered a big storm.

As a result, three of the five ships sent by the Jin Kingdom were overturned by the wind and waves, and only the ship Wanyan Yinshuke and the other ship were lucky enough to escape back.

This strong storm lasted for more than a month.

After the storm, Wanyan Yinshuke, who was worried about the occurrence of the previous incident, took several days to find a large Korean ship, and then continued to go to the Song Dynasty.

but--

By this time, it was already mid-May, and Yanyun's situation had changed drastically...

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Chapter completed!