Chapter 399 The Political Heritage of the Khitans
In Yanjing City, when Zhao Gou received the "good news" of the Battle of Tanzhou, he had a happy conversation with several second- and third-rate families in Yandi.
With the rise of the Yan King's Army and the withdrawal of the Jin forces, the political form of Yan land had a significant change, that is, the Liu family, Zuo family, Yu family, Zhang family, etc., which originally occupied the head of the Han family in Yan land, were all carried outside the pass by the Jurchens. What were left were some second- and third-rate families, such as the Ma family to which Ma Zhi belonged!
Ma Zhi was the one who offered the strategy of "joining Jin to destroy Liao" to Zhao Song. He was a great clan in Yan for generations and was promoted to Guangluqing. However, because he was defeated in the internal political struggle, he turned to Zhao Song and actively promoted the joint attack on Liao.
To be honest, Zhao Gou is still very interested in this person. He will never put all the blame for Jingkang's shame on Ma Zhi. Even though this person is a bit politically speculative, Zhao Song can't blame others for not being strong in his own right.
On the contrary, in Zhao Gou's eyes, Ma Zhi could think that if he joined forces with Jin to destroy Liao, he would be a very capable person. If Ma Zhi had not been dead, he would be the largest flag in Zhao Gou's hands to recruit the Yan family.
Unfortunately, the first time the Jin people went south, all the monarchs and ministers lost their lords, and this must be to find a scapegoat. Ma Zhi was therefore pulled out and took the blame. The censor accused: "The maritime alliance led to the Jin Kingdom becoming a disaster. At the same time, it also ruined the century-long reconciliation between our dynasty and the Khitan, and caused the Jin people to invade the Central Plains. Ma Zhi should be beheaded on the streets and displayed on the public."
That is, he pushed all his sins to Ma Zhi and described them as the key to Zhao Song's inducing the wolf into the house.
Everyone really wants to be shameless.
Therefore, the Ma family without Ma Zhi can only become one of the people here today, and cannot be the one who is the leader.
After reading the "gou news", Zhao Gou's expression did not change at all. He even announced the news that Tanzhou was captured by the Yan Wangjun in a happy tone.
After experiencing the experience in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhao Gou is not a person who is easy to behave in joy and anger.
But with his back turned, how could he not be angry?
It was just a small Tanzhou, with only a few thousand remaining soldiers. Did Yang Weizhong hand over such an answer to him?
Not counting Liu Shunren, the Yanshan Army lost 5,000 troops in the battle of Tanzhou. There is no need to consider whether the thunder will be lost. The Nanmen Camp, which was completely obscured by the Jin cavalry, burst into roaring explosions at the last one, and the Jin people were not good either!
But no matter whether the Jin people are good or not, whether Wanyan Loushi's own son died, Zhao Gou's face would not look good just by looking at the loss of Yan Wangjun.
The remaining troops in the South Gate Camp were wiped out. The remaining troops were 1,000 soldiers, more than a thousand wounded soldiers lying in the camp, and even some military doctors, Ding Zhuang, only a few scattered hundreds of people escaped.
If Zhao Gou hadn't been satisfied with the death of the Nanmen Camp at the last moment - this was a question of attitude, his face would have been worse now.
"Let Yang Weizhong ask for punishment. All soldiers who died in the war must be given preferential treatment." At the last moment, the soldiers of the Nanmen Camp dared to ignite the thunder and die together with the Jin soldiers. This really touched Zhao Gou. "There is also that Zhang Jun, who has a commendable courage. He was promoted to the deputy chief of Yanjing and watched Gu Beikou."
Of course, Zhao Gou knew Zhang Jun, one of the culprits who killed Yue Fei, a member of the group of four of Yuemiao Kneeling. He was also one of the two most inconsistent generals in the early Southern Song Dynasty who had the most name and surnames. The other was Liu Guangshi.
But judging from his current performance, Zhang Jun's performance is very good. Whether it was before or in the Battle of Tanzhou that had just ended, he performed remarkably.
Last year, the Jin soldiers surrounded Yuci, and the commander of the Song army was martyred. Zhang Jun led hundreds of troops to break through, fight and retreat, and killed more than 500 pursuers. As a result, he became famous and made his mark in the army. In the same year, he fought against the Jin soldiers in Dongming County (now north of Lankao), and promoted to the Wugong Doctor with military merits. In May, he went from Hebei to Hedong Road to establish deputy envoy Zhong Shizhong to aid Taiyuan. Zhong Shizhong defeated Yuci, and Zhang Jun led hundreds of troops to escape from the siege and fled south. By December, when Zhao Gou advanced to Daming, Zhang Jun led his troops to Daming with Liang Yangzu, the prefect of Xinde (Xingtai). At this point, he joined Zhao Gou's subordinates and served as the commander of the main force.
Now that Zhao Gou is appointed as the deputy chief of the Yanjing land, he has definitely risen to a higher level. He performed well in the battle of Tanzhou and immediately led his troops to the camp. Not only did he meet some lucky people who escaped, but he also took advantage of the chaos of the Jin army in the South Gate Camp to launch an offensive against him, completely putting an end to the battle of Tanzhou. Such a contribution is not surprising at all. Although Zhang Jun came out of the main force, this is also a big climate?
As Zhao Gou's territory increased, the positions of chief and deputy chief managers were placed in front of him waiting for commanders like Zhang Jun to compete.
If you are not a person with a large background or extremely outstanding ability, you will not think about the position of the commander-in-chief of the Five Great Camps.
Compared to going to the next level among the five major camps, it will be easier to transition into the local garrison army.
Zhang Jun is not Yue Fei or Han Shizhong. He is not very outstanding among the commanding officials in the army, so he is very happy to break out of the five major camps.
In addition to being angry, Zhao Gou could not do more.
You can't just cut off Yang Weizhong just because of this, right?
Yang Weizhong is not really surnamed Yang. The Kang family behind him is also a third-rate family in Yandi. Although this person defected to the Song Dynasty early, he had an inseparable connection with Yandi. When Ma Zhi was dead and Liu Yanzong and other leading figures were all taken away by the Jin people, Yang Weizhong may not be able to become a new banner for the Yandi family in Zhao Gou.
Furthermore, the battle in Tanzhou was the Yan King's army that was victorious in the face of the battle. How could there be a reason for the victory in the world and being questioned if it was asked?
Even if you really want to punish Yang Weizhong, it can only be a punishment that is not public. And this is politics.
Similarly, he could not continue to shout and kill at the Jurchens. Not to mention the climate problem, mobilizing troops in the cold winter is not a good choice for the Central Plains regime.
Just talking about the terrain outside the pass, Zhao Gou and others were very unfamiliar with it. Their only purpose of this time was the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. In addition, there was no way to continue using troops.
Zhao Gou didn't have the time and energy to continue to launch an offensive against the Jurchens. What he should do now is to completely control the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and control the Khitan's Southwest Road Raiders - that would make him a very favorable strategic terrain for Xixia. By the way, he also sent a summon to the Mogesi tribe and the Zubu tribes of the southern monastery grassland so that he could successfully inherit the Khitan and the Jurchens' status as co-dominant in the southern monastery grassland.
This is a very precious political legacy. Because of the Khitans' grassland policies, over the past two hundred years, the Khitan not only built some cities deep in the grassland, but also opened up many roads connecting the grassland and the Yan land, and also inspired and suppressed the development of grassland tribes.
The famous Golden Family in later generations is now a very inconspicuous small tribe in the Qiyan tribe in Mobei, and the living environment is even more superior on the Monan grassland. Because it is closer to the core power of the Khitan, it is not as good as the Mogeshi tribe, the Tubu tribe, or the Baidadan people. As for the Naiman tribes and the Shubu people in Mobei, as well as the Menggu tribes, they are also vulnerable.
On the grassland where the population was originally very limited, the nomadic people were divided into small tribes that were not unified, and even different tribes had an indelible hatred between each other. Such grassland herders and the Mongols unified by Genghis Khan were two completely different concepts.
Chapter completed!