Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After Wanyan Chang left, Dading Mansion was handed over to Wanyan's mother to guard it.

After the army was mobilized, the two Marshals Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongfu were recalled to Huining, the capital, to discuss the military deployment for the second westward expedition to Yelu Dashi.

Such a large-scale defense change will inevitably cause some people to fluctuate.Ma Kuo sent someone to report what he saw and heard back to Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Ximen Qing, who has been paying attention to the situation in the north, has grasped the details of the transfer of the Jin army from various intelligence sources.

After discussing with the ministers, Ximen Qing unanimously came to the conclusion that this internal adjustment of Jin State was not aimed at Qi State, or even the remnant Liao forces in the northwest, but a readjustment and balance of domestic factions.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell at a glance that such an adjustment would be of great disadvantage to Marshal Wanyan Zonghan.

The generals who originally supported Wanyan Zonghan spread all over Yanjing, Datong Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion and Hezhong Mansion, occupying Yanjing area, Xijing Road area, Hedong, Hezhong area, and half of Hebei area.

These areas have a vast territory, a large population, and are connected together, so that Wanyan Zonghan has the strength not to lose to the emperor Wanyan Wu begging for money.

However, Wanyan Lou's room was unexpectedly defeated, and Wanyan Zonghan was caught off guard and lost a major pillar of the army.

Taking advantage of Wanyan Zonghan's failure to return, Wanyan Wu begged to carry out this military defense change in an open and aboveboard manner, dividing Wanyan Zonghan's contiguous forces into several pieces.

Although Wanyan Zonghan is still in Datong Mansion, Wanyan Yinshu has been transferred to Hezhong Mansion on the southwest border.

Taiyuan Mansion between Datong Mansion and Hezhong Mansion was occupied by Wanyan Zong's auxiliary army, separating the two places.

Similarly, Wanyan Xiyin, who originally guarded Yanjing City, and Wanyan Zonghan of Datong Mansion are also connected together, but now they are transferred to Daming Mansion from the south.Yanjing City fell into the hands of Wanyan Chang, who Wanyan Wu begged for the most trust.

Wanyan's mother, the fierce general who succeeded Wanyanchang in guarding Dading Mansion, was also a supporter of his elder brother Wanyan Wu's begging for money.

In this way, Wanyan Zonghan's sphere of influence is no longer monolithic, but divided into three fragmented parts: Datong Mansion, Hezhong Mansion, and Daming Mansion.

Even in the Datong Mansion, Yelu Yujian, who is not Wanyan Zonghan's confidant, is now inserted.

Returning to Beijing this time, if Wanyan Zonghan can't argue with reason and continue to control the initiative to conquer Yelu Dashi in the west, he is afraid that the military power will gradually fall aside, and it will be difficult to regroup.

And if Wanyan Zonghan wins a round in the capital and firmly grasps the general's power, he will eventually set things right and resolve the current adjustments one by one.

Obviously, in the near future, in Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, there will be another fight between dragons and tigers, and the three factions of Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zonghan, and Wanyan Zonggan will wrestle for military power.

In order to prevent internal changes in the Kingdom of Jin, Ximenqing ordered Luan Tingyu, Tong Guan, Zong Ze and others to relax externally and internally tighten the army, prepare for war, and wait and see the situation.

At the same time, Ximen Qing also asked Brother Qiao Yun to inform Shi Yong, Jiang Jing and other generals on Posu Road to be careful to guard against changes in the Kingdom of Jin.

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While Ximen Qing was sitting and watching the nobles of the Kingdom of Jin scramble for power, an unexpected visitor ushered in the distant Hexi Corridor.

A group of more than a hundred cavalrymen in ragged clothes but with guns and bows suddenly crossed the sky and sand, and appeared outside the city of Shazhou.

After hearing the news, Ren Deren, the prefect of Shazhou, led his troops to the top of the city to watch, and asked the sergeant who came to report the letter: "Can you see who is coming? Are they Tubo people, Huihe people, or Dangxiang bandits?"

"Master of the prefect, it's not Tubo soldiers, Huihe soldiers, or party bandits who came here. The soldiers and horses outside the city claim to be Jurchens..."

Jurchens?Isn't the Jin Kingdom's army stationed in Heishui City north of the desert? Why did they suddenly come to our Shazhou?

It should be noted that crossing the desert from north to south along the Heishui River from Heishui City should reach the territory of Suzhou in the Hexi Corridor.

From Suzhou and then westward through Guazhou, you can reach Shazhou, the westernmost state of Qi.

When Ximen celebrated the end of Xia Dynasty, Ren Deren led the army all the way from Liangzhou City to Shazhou City, so he was familiar with the geography of the Hexi Corridor.

Therefore, these Jurchen cavalrymen who crossed Suzhou and Guazhou and appeared in his jurisdiction immediately made him a little unbelievable.

When he came to the tower, Ren Deren looked up, and saw a hundred or ten armed cavalry standing side by side in the distance of two arrows outside the city.

These cavalry were ragged, their skin was tanned by the scorching sun, and some of them were wounded.

Look at the heads of these cavalrymen, with braids that are different from those of Tubo and Dangxiang.

However, although they looked quite embarrassed, these cavalrymen were in order one by one, and they all looked at Shazhou City in silence.

The captain above the city gate reported to Ren Deren that the city gate had been opened just now, and merchants from the Western Regions and the people in the city could come in and out freely.

After these cavalrymen, who called themselves Jurchen warriors, came outside the city, they did not take advantage of the chaos to enter the city. Instead, they stopped outside the city very politely, only wanting to meet the city lord.

The captain said, it seems that these people outside the city are not bandits.

Ren Deren was also the one who led the army to fight, so he couldn't understand it.

The cavalry outside the city looked like well-trained elite soldiers, how could they be bandits who took advantage of the fire to rob.

Looking at their situation, Ren Deren already understood that this was an army that had retreated from the battlefield.They came to Shazhou, presumably wanting to seek their own help.

And these cavalry stood far away, obviously not wanting to cause misunderstanding and conflict.

"Listen, people outside the city, the magistrate is here! What are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell me!"

A sergeant with a loud voice was ordered to shout.

Among the cavalry outside the city, a tall and strong man stepped forward, clasped his hands and shouted towards the city: "I am Wanyan Zongbi, the general of the Kingdom of Jin. I have been defeated so far, and I want to take shelter of your army!"

Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Chapter 58 Hidden Murder

In Huining City, the capital of the Kingdom of Jin, in Wanyan Zongpan’s stockade, Wanyan Zonggu, Wanyan Zongya, Wanyan Zongshun, Wanyan Zongwei, Wanyan Zongying, Wanyan Zongyi, Wanyan Zongben, Wanyan Hulan and others were all fully armed and sitting quietly in the hall , waiting for the return of the elder brother Wanyan Zongpan.

These people are all the begging sons of Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu, and the brothers of Prince Wanyan Zongpan.

Wanyan Wu Qimai is physically strong, not only capable of throwing a bear when he was young, but also able to give birth to a son.

Wanyan and Wu Qimai gave birth to fourteen sons in one go, and now they are all grown up, each with authority in the Kingdom of Jin, and has become a political force that cannot be ignored.

For Prince Wanyan Zongpan, if the Han civil servants and generals who took refuge in him are the left arm, then his thirteen brothers are the right arm.

With these people, Wanyan Zongpan's strength is enough to compete with Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongqian, and then realize his political ambitions.

When Wanyan Wu Qimai first ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the political influence of the founding emperor Jin Taizu Emperor Aguda far exceeded that of Wanyan Wu Qimai.

Therefore, Wanyan Zonghan, who was trusted by Wanyan Aguda at that time, was the only one in the army, and Wanyan Zonggan and his brothers were also quite popular among the Jurchen nobles.

As a result, after Wanyan Wu Qimai inherited the throne, three major factions, Wanyan Wu Qimai, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zonggan, were formed.

Because the war against the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty was going on at that time, Marshal Wanyan Zonghan, who held a heavy army, undoubtedly had a great right to speak and was very strong within the Kingdom of Jin.

Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai focused on domestic internal politics, pacified the people, developed agriculture, and repaired the damage caused by the Jinliao War.

Because Wanyan Wu begged for internal affairs, military affairs and diplomacy were handed over to Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang. During the end of the Jin-Liao War and the two wars between the Jin and Song Dynasties, the political and military leaders of the Jin Kingdom undoubtedly fought repeatedly. Winners Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang.

Among them, Wanyan Zonghan is the most dazzling.