1126 Ye Qing's Weakness
In the Yanjing Palace, Wanyan Jing's expression seemed particularly gloomy, and Wanyan Yongji's expression also seemed ugly. Yelu Liuge and Yelu Sibu's rebellion have become a fact. Now the only ones who can balance the two are Zhang Zhiyuan on Tokyo Road and Wanyan Heda on Beijing Road, and Wanyan Silie on Zhongjing Road wanted to guard Zhongjing Road and protect Yanjing from being invaded by rebels, so he could only stick to Zhongjing Road.
Wanyan Yongji obviously did not expect that Ye Qing was really thinking about the Jin Kingdom this time, and he had no other selfish thoughts mixed with him.
Wanyan Jing looked out the window in a daze. He didn't believe that Ye Qing was really so kind, just to warn them. But now that the matter was once again touched by Ye Qing, Wanyan Jing felt a little regretful, but more of his concern about the current Wujing Road.
"Dijier, Pu Xian Wannu, Wanyan Chengyu has led his troops to Zhongjing Road, and he will be able to go straight to Xijing Road soon..." Wanyan Yongji felt a little guilty when facing Wanyan Jing. After all, if it weren't for his so-called strategy of adding two households to one household, he wouldn't have fallen into such a situation.
"Why don't you let the gods of Qi Shilie suppress the rebellion?" Wanyan Jing turned around and looked at Wanyan Yongji calmly and asked.
"Returning to the emperor, the slaves of the gods are required to stay in Yanjing to protect Yanjing. I plan to set off to Zhongjing tomorrow to personally supervise the soldiers of Wanyan Chengyu and others." Wanyan Yongji must make higher attitudes and positive actions to make up for the mistakes he made.
Although Wanyan Jing did not blame him and even took this matter to him, the more Wanyan Jing did this, the more guilt and self-blame made Wanyan Yongji, the emperor, feel more and more guilty and self-blame.
"Has the Beijing Road been lost?" Wanyan Jing frowned. He did not mean to blame King Wei Shao. Even now, he still thinks that this is his mistake and has nothing to do with the emperor's uncle.
Therefore, even though the rebellion of the Khitan Liao people on Wujing Road has become a fact, Wanyan Jing did not intend to let Wanyan Yongji go to war in person. In his opinion, the rebellion of the Khitan Liao people should have been premeditated, and they had already become dissatisfied with the Jin Kingdom in their hearts, and then they would take this opportunity to implement the two-household plus one-household strategy.
"The emperor's uncle doesn't have to blame himself. The freezing three feet of ice will not be a day's cold. The Liao people in the Khitan must have been dissatisfied with me, Dajin. This time, they just took the opportunity to make things worse and had nothing to do with the emperor's uncle's strategy. But now the road to Zhongjing must not be lost. Once the Yelu Liuge and Yelu Sibu meet, we will be..." Wanyan Jing looked at the somewhat dejected King Wei Shao and comforted him.
The footsteps interrupted Wanyan Jing's comforting words to Wanyan Yongji. As the ministers such as Jiaguqing, Lin Ming, Li Xiang and others came in with a serious look on their faces, Wanyan Jing's originally frowning brows were twisted into a circle at this time.
"You all don't need to persuade me. Although Yelu Lu is a Khitan Liao native, this time Yelu Liuge and others rebelled has nothing to do with Yelu Lu. If I wrongly accuse those Yelu Lu who are loyal to the Great Jin Kingdom, wouldn't it make all the Khitan Liao people feel disappointed?" Wanyan Jing glanced at Wanyan Yongji. His thoughts were consistent with King Wei Shao. He must not take his anger on other Khitan ministers in Yanjing because of the rebellion of Yelu Liuge and others.
After all, although this move can serve as a warning to the monkey, if you are not sure, it will cause the entire Jin Jin to be doomed, thus giving those originally swaying ministers an excuse to follow the rebellion.
"The emperor, there are two sons of Yelu Lu in the army on Xijing Road and Shangjing Road. If the emperor does not punish Yelu Lu in Beijing, it will probably only make his two sons follow Yelu Liuge more unscrupulously." Lin Ming said hurriedly with a serious expression.
Almost overnight, the rumors of rebellion on Xijing Road and Shangjing Road became a fact. At this time, the army had gathered outside Yanjing City, ready to go north to Zhongjing Road and then suppress the rebels.
At this time, if the Yanjing Capital City could assist the army from the side and punish the Khitan Liao people such as Yelu Lu in Yanjing City, it would definitely be able to intimidate those traitors. It might be possible that Yelu Liuge and others would not dare to rebel further.
Just as Wanyan Jing looked at Wanyan Yongji, the Gods Slave Qishilie also appeared at the door at the right time. After seeing Wanyan Jing waved, he immediately walked in quickly and whispered beside Wanyan Jing: "Report to the letter from Master Song Ting Ye Qing to you."
Wanyan Jing looked at Qi Shilie's Gods Slave in surprise, and then immediately took the letter that had not been opened. The familiar fonts came into view again. It was just a few simple words, but Wanyan Jing's heartbeat was accelerating.
"Be careful that the Goryeo people will join forces with Yelu Liuge and others. Similarly, be careful to prevent the Mongolians from supporting Yelu Liuge's rebellion behind their backs, and even send troops to help them fight with your country. So it is better to cut the mess quickly, dig the two routes of Hedong, Hebei and other troops immediately head north to fight for the shortest time, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."
Wanyan Jing looked at the simple words and still couldn't figure out the purpose of Ye Qing's move. But it has to be said that if Yelu Liu Ge really colluded with the Mongols, it would be difficult to quell the rebellion in a short time based on Beijing, Tokyo, and even Zhongjing Road alone.
Moreover, Ye Qing's first words told him that the Goryeo people might also send troops to help Yelu Liuge, which made the situation in Wujing Road even more complicated.
After Wanyan Jing read the simple letter from Ye Qing in his hand several times, he handed it to Wanyan Yongji next to him.
"Summon Wanyan Xiang, Wanyan guards the way, and Yelu Lu enters the palace." Wanyan Jing said calmly, and then he ignored the ministers who met him to punish Yelu Lu. Accompanied by the slaves of the gods, Qi Shilie, he quickly walked out of the imperial study.
"What is Ye Qing's move meant?" Wanyan Jing, whose ears finally cleared down, asked the Qi Shilie God slave who was following closely.
The slaves of the gods Qi Shilie did not drag on the water and answered decisively: "Ye Qing intended to violate the alliance. Now Ye Qing is in Chang'an. After the last time he took the initiative to make peace, he was obviously considered a great humiliation. Because when he returned to Lin'an, he had often brought him impeachment from his colleagues, although he was finally in danger. But I think that Ye Qing suggested that the emperor dispatch troops from Hedong and Hebei to the fourth route of the Hebei region to take the opportunity to cross the river when the troops were empty."
"That's right, this is Ye Qing's real purpose. He went to Chang'an from Shandong Road. Obviously, he planned to avenge his previous shame. In the battle of Yanzhou, no one got a chance to take the opportunity to make peace, but his reputation for being undefeated was questioned. Therefore, taking this opportunity to avenge his shame naturally became something he urgently needed." After Wanyan Jing walked out of the imperial study room, his mind suddenly lit up, and he suddenly understood the real purpose of Ye Qing's letter.
"Is there any abnormal movement in Jinan Prefecture?" Wanyan Jing took the slaves of Qi Shilie and walked to Tongliyuan without realizing it to hide in the quiet place.
The emperor's grandfather Wanyan Yong had talked to Ye Qing alone here, but now the pavilion is still there, but there is no longer the shadow of Ye Qing and Wanyan Yong. Everything is no longer what it used to be. Even the Jin Kingdom under his rule unknowingly, it has reached a precarious point.
"There has never been any abnormal movement in Jinan Prefecture, but we have to guard against Ye Qing joining the army to divide the troops into two groups. But... Ye Qing has always been cunning. If the army is divided into two groups, it is difficult to judge who is the main and who is the auxiliary. Although Ye Qing wants to avenge his shame, he is not a very good person who is very fond of merit in terms of right and wrong. On the contrary, from the fact that Yanzhou takes the initiative to make peace, it can be seen that Ye Qing is an extremely pragmatic person. As long as it is beneficial to him, he will never care about the so-called reputation of integrity and other false reputations. Everything is considered based on actual interests." In the past two years, Qi Shilie's Gods Slave has not done much else, and almost all his thoughts are used to analyze Ye Qing's style of conduct.
"If the troops are divided into two groups, do you think..." Wanyan Jing felt confused again in an instant. Dealing with Ye Qing made him feel like he was not good enough, as if no matter how he planned it, it seemed as if it was Ye Qing's expectation. He sighed helplessly and said, "Which way do you think Ye Qing will put as a false way and a true way?"
Qi Shilie's Gods Slaughter paused for a moment, and then said cautiously: "In my understanding of Ye Qing, since he suggested that the emperor gather Hebei and the four Hedong Routes' troops to suppress the rebellion of Wujing Routes, I think that Ye Qing's journey from Chang'an would not be the main attack direction, and he would inevitably place the main attack on Jinan Prefecture on Shandong Road. After all, if Ye Qing's purpose is Yanjing, then from Chang'an to attack from west to east can be said to be a fortress step by step. There is no need to say anything else. The four major checkpoints of Taiyuan, Yanmen Pass, Niangzi Pass, and Zhending Prefecture are enough to make it difficult for Ye Qing to capture in a short time, so I think that if Ye Qing attacks..."
"Why can't we set up a large army opposite like Ye Qing held Yanzhou back then..." Wanyan Jing frowned. No matter how he looked at it, Ye Qing was taking the initiative, while they were always in a passive situation.
The expression of the Qi Shilie Gods slave instantly dimmed, and his expression became extremely solemn. Under Wanyan Jing's gaze, he said helplessly: "The three thousand battalions in Ye Qing's hand are hard to defend. In Yanzhou... the priest also saw their power. A small hill was instantly razed to the ground among the dust flying poplars that covered the sky and the sun. So if Ye Qing had already been scruples, he would probably..."
"You mean he has made sufficient preparations on the other side, and if our army stepped in..." Wanyan Jing's heart began to sink involuntarily.
"Ye Qing is in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. This is not a secret. He even mentioned it to the priest for frankly. Therefore, I believe that we don't have to pay attention to Ye Qing's actions around him. As long as we tie the surrounding checkpoints mainly in Yanjing and set up heavy troops to defend, Ye Qing will be difficult for us. Moreover, I think that Ye Qing will never consume it for a long time with us. No matter which stop, Ye Qing has always liked to fight and decide quickly. In fact, this is not because Ye Qing's soldiers are strong, but because his food and supplies have always been a fatal weakness. He cannot get the benefits of the Lin'an court.
Support can only rely on the weak and barren northern region to continuously supply them with various supplies, so it is impossible to fight for too long. As long as we guard Taiyuan and Yanmen, the first line of defense, and regard Zhending and Niangziguan as the second line of defense, then I believe that Yanjing can be safe. If these two lines of defense can not be lost, then Ye Qing's offensive from Chang'an will be disintegrated by us over time, and at that time he has to take the initiative to withdraw his troops." All this said by Qi Shilie's Gods Slave is based on the premise of not following Ye Qing's advice and mobilizing troops to suppress the Five Jing Road.
If the rebellion of the Wujing Road cannot be suppressed in the shortest time, then the troops must be mobilized from all walks of life to suppress the Khitan Liao people. In this way, whether the Song people attacked one way or two way, the pressure would naturally be much smaller, and they might even take the opportunity to seize some important levels.
So this is why the reason why Qi Shilie's Gods Slave regards Taiyuan and Yanmen Pass as the first line of defense, and Zhending Mansion and Niangzi Pass as the second line of defense, is that it has been done. Once the court draws troops from Hedong and Hebei, Qi Shilie's Gods Slave's plan to give up the first line of defense between Taiyuan and Yanmen and guard the defense line of Zhending Mansion and Niangzi Pass.
Ye Qing's weakness is indeed as analyzed by Qi Shilie's Gods Slave. Since the Northern Expedition to the present, whether it is the supply of food and grass or the support of the court, it will always be the kind of practice of tearing down the east and repairing the west walls, and it will always be a tactic of killing the ground before resuming it.
Therefore, almost every battle is taken with risks, based on the premise that one must win but cannot accept failure. Once it fails, the impeachment and attack from the court will make Ye Qing feel like a mountain of pressure. Similarly, it will also overdraw the food and food resources of all regions in the north, causing the entire north to fall into a vicious cycle, and it will be difficult to cheer up in a short period of time.
So thankfully, Ye Qing won every battle in the end, and if he lost, as long as the enemy breathed more than him and as long as the opponent could realize his weakness, he could pierce the entire defense line of the North with just one finger.
This is the thing that Qi Shilie's Gods Slaves most regretted, that is, after the Yanzhou peace talks, he should have followed his inner voice and counterattacked Ye Qing. However, at that time, he had not yet fully understood Ye Qing's weakness as he is now, so he missed an opportunity to kill Ye Qing.
Ye Qing's initiative to make peace seemed to be unable to help anyone with compromise because the two armies fought hard for half a year, but in fact, Ye Qing had reached the end of his strength and had completely reached the point of despair of running out of ammunition and food, and had no strength to fight Jin again.
Although the Jin people seemed to be in high morale because of Wanyan Jing's arrival, due to the six-year tug-of-war, they actually lost the morale to continue fighting again under the premise that neither side could do anything to each other. But even so, they were still much stronger than Ye Qing in terms of food and grass.
So for the Qi Shilie's Gods slaves, after Yanzhou peace talks, Ye Qing's cunning and insidiousness made him mistakenly think that the Song people still had the strength to continue to consume with them, but in fact, a finger might have poked Ye Qing at that time.
"In that case, it was the same when I was in the mountains?" Wanyan Jing said after a long time of silence.
Even though the eunuch had reported to him several times, the ministers he summoned by Wanyan Jing were already waiting in the hall, Wanyan Jing was still calmly discussing the reasons why Ye Qing always failed in the face of Ye Qing.
Qi Shilie's gods were silent. In the battle of Guanshan, he was indeed blocked by Ye Qing's aura of ten thousand people, which scared him to continue moving forward.
The Song army, which had 5,000 people, was chased by the Xia people like a stray dog. After a series of hard battles, the number of people was less than 3,000. In addition, the Xia people were the most solid in Guanshan and the most defense forces. In addition, his 20,000 troops were surrounded by Qinjiayuan Road, so in theory, Ye Qing was already doomed like a turtle in a jar.
But Ye Qing actually shocked him with his own strength and made him afraid to move forward. In the end, Ye Qing won the opportunity to fight the Xia people to death and wait for reinforcements for the three thousand Hua family soldiers who fought to the death with the Xia people, thus enduring the opportunity to fight the Xia people to death and wait for reinforcements.
If the slaves of the gods Qi Shilie were not afraid of the sharp weapon in Ye Qing's hand and took the risk to continue heading towards Maluguan, then even if hundreds, thousands, or even themselves died at the sharp weapon in Ye Qing's hand, there would probably be no such scenes that Ye Qing could die in Xia later. Ye Qing would also die in Guanshan with his Flower-planting Army, at most, leaving behind a sad and heart-warming poem that made future generations sigh and sigh.
After escaping from death again and again, he laughed at the end of his strength again and again, and finally fulfilled the powerful northern heroes, which made the Jin Kingdom passive step by step. He could only sigh in regret and sigh helplessly with those who were like those who were.
"If I leave Hebei and Hedong 4th Road to guard, will you have the confidence to win Ye Qing?" Wanyan Jing's eyes were full of firmness, and he looked at the shocked Gods slave Qi Shilie with a determined look on his face.
"The Lord... I... I will never refuse to die. Even if I die in the battlefield, I will never let Ye Qing step into Zhending Mansion..." The god slaves of Qi Shilie knelt down on the ground.
"No, what I want is Taiyuan, Yanmen will not be lost. Ye Qing wants the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and even one Prefecture will not let him succeed." Wanyan Jing said firmly.
"Yes...but if I am too far from Yanjing, you are in Yanjing. Once the Song people are from Shandong Road..." The slaves of the gods of Qi Shilie had to worry about Wanyan Jing's safety. After all, Ye Qing would obviously not only come from Chang'an to attack the Jin Kingdom.
"Wanyan Shoudao was the general left to me by the emperor's grandfather back then. Although he has been in his prime for the past two years and cannot send troops to Zhongjing to quell the rebellion, it should be no problem for him to defend the east gate for me, right?" Wanyan Jing felt helpless.
The current situation is indeed too unfavorable for him and the Great Jin Kingdom. Ye Qing finally showed his hideous face full of ambitions, and chose to rebel at the time of the Khitan Liao people's rebellion. This forced Wanyan Jing to choose to take a single bet and put all his expectations on Qi Shilie's Gods Slave and Wanyan Shoudao.
Chapter completed!